The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-05 00:00:00

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED

KINGDOM.

Honoured as my Parliamentary conduct has beett
by the approbation of so many of my Country-
men, I feel myself called upon in consequence of
in event that yesterday took place, immediately to
address you, and that in vindication of my
character, rendered open to attack from the verdict
of the Jury upon the evidence of Mrs. Cr..tr.sc
and Mr. WRIGHT, the brother of her Uphol-
sterer, in a cause in which I was Defendant, in
the Court of King's Bench. The detail of the
evidence the Public Prints will afford. It is
with me to state, that my Counsel, satisfied in
their minds that the Jury would not, upon such
testimony as had been given by the Plaintiff's bro.:
ther and Mrs. CLAIIKL alone, find a verdict
against me, did not comply with my earnest en-
treaty (repeated to them in writing daring the
trial in the strongest terms) that Major Donn, Mr.
GLENIE, and other respectable witnesses subpcened
by the Plaintiff and myself might be examined, as
I knew their testimony would be founded iu truth,
and be in direct contradiction to what had been
sworn against me. Under such circumstances the
Verdict was obtained. There only remains for
me now, before my God and my Country, to
declare, that it was obtained by Perjury alone;
and I do pledge myself to prove that fact
the earliest moment the forms of the law will
allow me to do so. Anxiously, therefore, do I
look forward to that period ; and I trust that
till then the public will suspend their judgment
upon the case.
With sentiments of the deepest gratitude and
respect, I remain your ever faithfully devoted
Servant, O. L. WARDLE.
Jaases-street, July 4, 1409.

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PROPOSITI TENAX.

LONDON:
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IT is not easy to account for the interdiction
of all intercourse with the brig Cadmus, which
brought the dispatches from Captain WKINLEY,
that appeared last night in The Gazette. A
letter from Falmouth states, that g‘ Nothing
44 has been suffered to transpire relative to the
news brought by the Cadmus, nu boats being
44 suffered to go alongside, from which it is in-
" ferred to be of an uufavourable nature."—lf
no other intelligence than that which it has been
thought proper to communicate in The Gazette of
last night, has been brought by this vessel, there
surely could be no occasion for this rigorous
prohibition of communication with the shore—
and if such be the fact, it is greatly to be la.
mented that a measure so apparently superfluous
should have given birth to conjectures that the
affairs of the French in Spain are not so desperate
as they are daily represented. The particulars
of the evacuation of Ferrol and Corunna had
not arrived at a tate hour last night, so that the
public yet remain ignorant of the real cause of
that event.

It has already been seen, that when the public
expectation was raised to a very high pitch, by
the sanguine hope of the expulsion of the French
—news, most unexpected, was received of the en..
trance of their troops into Gijon, from whence
RoMAN% and the Bishop of Si. ANDER() had
barely time to save themselves by flight ; and the
re.captnre of St. Andero by the French, on the
night of the very day on which the Spaniards
stormed the place, is an instance of premature
confidence—so recent—u to require no comment.
Upon what principle the French can have march..
ed in the direction of Portugal—if they had been
expelled from Corunna, we are at a loss to com.
prebend. The first letter from Capt. I%l4KttnaT
states the Spaniards to have made a retrograde
movement from Pontevedra to San Payo, that is,
from Gallicia t?wards the Northern frontier or
Portugal ; this movement was, in consequence of
the enemy having " united his forces from Lugo
to those of Corunna." Now, if the French bad
been driven out of Corunna, they surely would
not have joined the division from Logo to march
in the direction of Portugal. We, however, find
them endeavouring to force the passage of the river

II

at St. Payo, a town at the heat! of the bay of
Vigo. In this attempt they were finally repulsed ;
and retreated, leaving behind theta many killed
and wounded. This is the substance of Captain
WiEt !may's dispatches. Now, although Gijon
is reported to be again in the hands of the Spa.
i,iards, St. Andero is in the possession of the
French, and whatever losses the French may have
experienced in their different eagagements in Gal.
licia and in Portugal—it is clear that the loss of
the Spaniards cannot have been inconsiderable..
At Oviedo, at Gijon, and at St. Andero, masse.
ores of Spanish troops have been specifically dc.
tailed, and as to the army of Rom AKA, it moot be
now believed that it is considerable.-.. That the
Spaniards in the attack on their post at St. Payot
hare evinced great spirit, it is most satisfactory to
learn—but we are at a loss which most to ad-
mire, the intrepid courage of 3000 unarmed Gal.
licians, or the active vigilance and vigorous ef..
forts of the Ministers of Great Britain, in sap.
plying the Spaniards with " arms, ammunition,
" and every necessary which the inexhaustilde
" resources of Great Britain can furnish."—The
courageous eahibition of an unarmed multitude o'
Patriots od the Coast of Spain, oner whole year
sifter the commencement of the efforts of our
very vigorous Ministers, certainly forms a sub-
ject of just and honest triumph for those truly
active and vigilant Statesmen.—From the conduct
of Ministers with respect to the Peninsula, it
might really almost admit of a doubt 'whether
they arc actually sincere in their wishes fur the
expulsion of the French. It cannot he
forgotten, • that, immediately after the re.
turn of our Army from Corunna—it was an-
trounced that another and more powerful effort
was to be made in the Peninsula—and how has
this powerful effort been made ?—by again senl-
ing a handful of troops to Portugal, where, after
having driven Soutr out of the country—they
have now for weeks remained inactive, by reason
of the insufficiency of their numbers to effect any
one important object.—glad the preparations for
the " Expedition," which is only now preparing
...been commenced immediately on the return of
the remains of our army from Curunna—and at
the earliest moment directed against Spain—not
Portugal—the powerful reinforcements which Na.
roLlon has drawn from the Peninsula, and those
too some of his best troops --could not have stirred.
...Such an effort would really have been a diversion
—Ned a most powerful one, in favour of Austria.
Ministers boast of having 40,000 men in Portu..
gal, and 40,000 ready for the " Expedition."
What would have been the result of the contest
in Spain, "if Sir JOHN MOORE, insteacrof 26,000
effective:, vahich sae all he had at Sahogus,
bad been at the head of 80,000 British troops,
while the French were waiting for reinforcements,
in trembling expectation, behind the Ebro. This
army would then have been, as Mr. WI sea tie
molt happily remarked all armies ought to be,
capable of prolPting itself. Of what use have
the 23,000 cavalry which we are taxed to support
been ?—Mr. 11116KISSuN may, perhaps, think that
the Police services of our cavalry amt ly compen-
sate the espouse of their support, but those who
find the money—the people—out of whose
poekets the money is extracted, think that the
gallant and incomparable British cavalry might be
more usefully employed against the enemy—thaur
as Police Officers, or, in other words, to over..
awe those who pay them.—Of the service to which
our brave army would give the preference, there is,
happily, no doubt. Their only wish is to pro-
tect their friends and country...by meeting tho
enemy.

PORTUGUESE PAPERS to the 10th inst. bare
been received by a vessel which has had a lung
passage. These contain a variety of details of a
favourable complexion, which, however high may
be the colouring•, tend t• *hew that there is in
Spain and Portugal a spirit from which, if vi-
gorously supported by England, the most happy
effects might be anticipated. The abundant ex-
perience we have bad of the correctness of
Portuguese Journals, prevents us from indulg.
ing our belief of the successes of the Sva-
niards to the extent that is stated. But there
is enough to induce us to believe, that, bad
there been some months ago on the Peninsula a
British army, such as it was practicable to have
sent—either the Peninsula had, by this time, been
emancipated,—or 80,000 of NAPoLEor's beet
Troo;,s must have been withheld from joining
him on the banks of the Danube. As it ic, Ire
are too late every where—and for every purpos.:—
ever preparing—never prepared.

41/.4
Yesterday afternoon a CeLine4 Voineil was hail
at Burlington-house, it which were present Fri
Grace the Duke of /loan Afro, *Lotto CuArs
C21.1.01t, Eatls CALATHAM,
LAND, and BATHURST, Lords MULO It 4TE end
CASTIARRAGII, Mr. Secretary (.3.tntwu, and tto4
CHANCYLLOR Of the EzCiiIQUEn.
By an arrival from Rolland, letters of the Ytth
were yesterday received from Itotterriam, Anti ul
the 46th from Paris. They do nut contain a sin
gle article of interest. iVe du not wide/410pol
that any Dutch or French Journals base bees
bretlttii la tuno by the i:1314 conveyance.

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