The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-10-20 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

ceived a concise report, written on the field of battle,
e hich we Inc, no time in 'eying b •fore our Readers,
having merely proleiied that it i• naturelly neithee so
full nor en accurate as it Iseuld have been in less
try ieg circumstances. We were wrong in stating the
action to have begun by an attack nit the part of the
enemy. it commenced in conseveisce of a si-
nwltaneous movement made by the British troops,
with a view of confusing the elseloy, and meth% off
I
'all communication between *down and the stock.
ides, redoubt., and other fortified nut-post. One
l nfthese columns, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
ITheinson, Was attacked by the enemy immediately
on reaching its de•tination on the morning of the
115th ultimo. The struggle less kept up with un-
remitting violence &sting the whole of that day, and
of the following night. At length, after a desperate
I attack at break of day, the courage of thus gal-
lant detachment W4l crowned with perfect success.—
! The enemy were Petite!y repulsed about seven in the
morning, leaving on the field their Commander
Bughtee, Thappa, Fleerda, Singh Dieppe, uncle of
Umr Singh and Gujceu Tliappa, nephew of Bughtee
Singh. These, with 100 others, had been brought
! into Colonel Thomson's stockade. Here 150 were
likewise wounded ; oar loss was also severe t Lieut.
Begot, of the pioneers, was mortally wounded, and
died on the morning of the 16th. Capt. Geld, Ad-
jutant Light Infantry 1311 talion, was severely soon&
ed on the 15th. Major Lawrie, 7th N.tive Infantry,
' and Lieutenant Dalgairtis, 3d regiment Native In-
fantry, were slightly n runded on 16111. Thirty Se-
' pays were killed, and 113 wounded. Capt. Sbowers,
19th Native lefantry. was shut, at the head of his
column, with both his Orderlies, after having cut
down the Sirdar opposed to him. I.;eu t. Spellepy, 7th
! Native Infantry, was also severely wounded. The
loss in rank and file of this column was, tO killed,
end 61 wounded. In another column, commanded
by Captain Bowyer, of the 19th regiment Native
Infantry, our loss was only '2O in killed and
wounded. Deserters reported, that when Bughtee
commenced the attack, Unit. Singh was only
a few yards distant from him, and "that the as-1
sailants were above two thousand in number, of
whom four hundred were killed and wounded. A
few of our irregulars had fallen. the termination of
this brilliant affair was such as might have been ex-
pected from the united efforts of brave troops, placing
confidence in the abilities of a prudent and able Gene.
ral. The blow was conceived to be fatal to the
enemy, who was now cooped up in his last hold,
mach dim;oished in numbers, and destitute of provi-
sions. Our new posts had been much strengthened,
and fresh ruittforeements had joined the troops, who
were greatly jaded by excessive labour, in a hot sun,
on a sail yielding too water to quench their thirst.—
Oer letters speak in the bigbeit terms of the conduct
of all the troops engaged.
66 We hope soon to give to the community a fuller ,
end mere disquiet ecenunt of the action than Is con-
tained in this rude sketch."

loyal country !
" For some days past," continues the Brussels
Piper, 46 several Officers, native Fl:lgians, have
arrive(' here, who have remained WI nom in the
French service. Among them is a well-known
('moral, who was formerly in the Dutch set rice,
with some of his Aid-de. 01111 pi. It seems that they
desire to enter into the service of their country,
who‘e fate is irrevocably fixed."
This is certainly a very pretty proof of the attach-
ment winch the Belgians have to that cause which
we have so warmly espoused, the giving them a
Dutch King, and freeing their country from French
invasion. These B,lgians, and the 44 well-known
General who was formerly in the Dutch service,"
and " have remained in that of the French till
now," no doubt fought at the battle of Waterloo,
with the view of delivering their country also; and
from this arid the many other undisguised proofs we
have of the sentiments of the Belgians towards us,
and the system we have expeolled so much blood and
money to establish on the Continent, we may judge

of the estimation in which our efforts are held by the
people of the Low Coutotties,—the loyal subjects of
our august Ally, and Sovereign of our owu making,
the King of the NETHERLANDS.
The Emperor of itusstA is said to have signed, on
the 30th of September, a family treaty and a treaty
of alliance with the King of the NETHERLANDS,
which settles ti.e terms of the marriage between the
Prince of ORANGE and the Grand Duchess ANSE,
sister to the Emperor.

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THE STATE S MAN

LONDON .
rumor, ocroueu 20, 1815.

A Flanders Mail arrived thia forenoon, but we
have no fresh arrival. from the French capital.

An article from Fiankfort, of the Pith inst. re.
ceived by the Mail, gives strong ressnn to believe,
that no Treaty of Peace, such as has been repre-
sented, has yet been concluded between Louis and
his Anies. The otNervations in the ankle in ques-
tion (copied from► the Journal de Frankfort), are
as follow :

" Tho,gh it is certain from the Speech of the
Ki, g of FR %SCE, that a Convention has been con-
clotted, which regulates the present arid future rela-
tions of the Al!ied Powers with France, it is not to
ho supposed that this Convention is a Treaty of
Peace, or that any Treaty will b aconcluded. The
Allies treating with the King of FRANCE, who was
not at war with them, wbo was, in fact, their Ally,
have no reason to conclude a Treaty of Peace with
bins, but merely a Convention, modifying the Treaty
which at reody

66 Their Imperial 1111thesses the Grand Dukes of
Russia, ;Cicµon►s and MICHAEL, arrived here last
By the same conveyance we learn from Brussels,
of the I th, that at Lille, and throughout the De-;
pa:lntents of the North, the greatest alarm and agi-
tation prevails. Tne whole of French Flanders,
which has been marked out by the Allies as subject
of partition aud spoil, is in a state of insurrection, and
at the same time a prey to the most dreadful party
rage. Letters from Lille say, that the magazines
formed there when the town was threatened with a
siege, are to be sold by :metier?. A report had been
sproarl, that the artillery and ammunition were to be
removed to Arras and Picardy, which made the in.

habitants very uneasy ; however nothing has yet been
done to execute this meavure. But in the meantime the
Allied troops continue to become more numerous in
the neighbourhood of Lille, and the departments of
the North are proportionably agitated as the decision
of their fate seems to approach. The Brussels ac.
count says, 44 Incendiaries, actuated by a spirit of
vengeance and party rage, have fOr this mootit flitt
various couutry-houses ou fire; and it is reatarka4

that it is chiefly the property of well-known Royalists has certainly gi%en a praise-worthy proof of his r,c,
that is laid in ashes. It is well known that the lution to amend by putting PORLIER 10 death,
It
d_gpartment of the North is that which at an hope the sacrifice of this patriot will not go
types has behaved in the most loyal manner, revenged. He was betrayed by the serjeants
and where the public spirit is the best.—lt may corporals of his corps who were tithed h).
too
then be Imagined in what a situation this un- Priests. These wretches, we are haply (,) /no II;
happy country is,"—and we would add, 44 to what aan article from Corunna, ate universally ezeciate'd
situation has the ambition of the Allies reduced this for their perfidy.

. .
i it appears, that the failure of ()mite's atterpt
• ,•
at Commits, has been owing to precipitation. fie
seems to have been borne away by soot and bett;dowserspirit ; and hearing of dowser k was the first to f,c.
it. flue he not rushed forward shell there
track,
little need, in' order to overcome obstacles tbst cniet
b. epposcil to his generous purposes, by his ow
presence; had he only remained quiet in the strong
pasitiun of Commie, for a f.w de% a, and given time
for the fume to spread and manifest itself, there is
reason to believe that the whole of the provinces at
the Peninsnla would have rose up against the Imss
and monastic despotism of Fattes,mxn. In Cali.
ci't, with only the news of the insurrection of Co.
mina, and merely on hearing the Proclamation et
Potturtt, many towns began to be agitated with
popular cum:notions. In Asturias this circonsct,,,e
caused such a sensation, tout in the etpltal(o6(49,
as well as in several surrounding districts, they be.
gall to cry out for the Constitution and the Cartes,
and actually re.establisbed the regimen of the late
Constitutional Authorities.

The same has occurred in sere-rat other provinces.
This clearly proves how well disposed are the mints
of the Spaniards to shake off the galling yoke of
FERDINAND, and how deeply his ungrateful conduct
has been felt. FERoIN tan cannot tranquilly remain
the tyrant of Spain. That he has caught the alarm
we have no doubt, but we fear the influence of the
cunning Josuits and parasite Friars, will prevent a
radical alteration in his conduct. He may, (or a
while temporise, but now his countrymen knon his
sentiments and his heart, which they did not, when
It is not a little remarkable, that there is not the he returned from France. Whatever be the case, it
it is certain, that in order to preset ve himself on his
slightest nllusion in the Address of the French Chem-
Throne, FERDINAND has been obliged to cast from
free of Deputies to the Treaty of Peace. The
his confidence a horde of worthlees men, what sill
Reader has seen how the Peers Imre skimmed over
the important topic, by saying they were content to be the present language of the venal and foul peas
which have sought to icsitinate, that FERDINAND if
ait until the Kill has made all the painful comma-
isications he has to make on the subject. The DPpa- tittered by Lis people?—Will they now candidly
ties, who, hating in their hands the supplies required confe,s, that he is rather haled and trembles?
either fur war, or the payment of contributions, A letter received by a Spanish Gentleman now in
might have been expected to give pretty broad hints of London, frum Madrid of the 7th, written by a per.
the line of policy deemed necessary to be pursued, son who has the means of being acquainted with the
are altogether silent as to the Treaties concluded, or vcrete of the Court, communicates a list of per-
shout to he concluded ; and are more despicably ser- sons, all of the party of Servile:, and all Well of
vile in their prostration, before the Throne of the not (indeed the principal leaders of that party), she
BOURBONS, than even the Peers whom Lours has have been banished from the Capital. it remains to
created—than even CllATEsusntAmo himself. be 'een who will he appointed their successors, to be
LAlNe's Address, or, as it is called, the Address of able to judge how far Cie political system of Spin is
the Deputies, which we could not make room for to be bettered by the change.
yesterday, is inserted in to-day's Paper. It breathes Strong rumours exist, nod we have even l'Ffl
a strong spirit of Royalism, and calls for vengeance assured that Government have received arivires to ti:o
on those who endanger the Throne of St. Louts, as same (lett, that authentic information has renhc,l
stoutly as any of the Duchess of ANIIODLENIE'S fish. England of the celebrated MtNA (the uncle) bona;
women. The whining and cant of this Address is hoisted in Catalonia the standard of revolt opine
really moat sickening. 66 We all have need of
the arbitrary conduct of FERDINAND, and the lei.
consolation, and your Majesty's grief has penes ations of the priests, on elactly the same plan at
trated us all most iseeply." But " the re- PI/M.IER. If this proves true, the advocates of
turn of the legitimate King, and the n
• ro' liberality and humanity have still much to hope.
(emit% principle of legitimacy," that doctrine which
lie cannot too much admire, have brought consols- ! We give in another page, from the Calcutta Ga.
(ion, and that to no small extent, according to his
gratulation.. Then the French are all unalterably wle, the details of a victory in India, by a diritiae
of the British forces under the command of General
attached to their King, and the world will hence-
forth see with what devotion France will rally round ClencEer.oNY, over the Goorkha army, commandecif
by UNIR SINGH TIIAPPA, in a general action. Owl
the Throne of her ancient Sovereigns ; yet it is ac- success on this occasion appears to have been decie,
knowledged, at the time, that the nation is suffering
sive, and such as must have led to the immediate WI
under the greatest misfortunes in consequence of its of Melown.
general promptitude to treason, and its disposition to ;
overthrow this very Throne; and the most earnest en- The /ode:renders. American man of war, Commie
treaties are breathed that no mercy may be shown to
those e' who even now make a parade of their rebel- shore I. BAINBRIDGE; the United S.'ales and FM
frigates; and Firefly gun-brig arrived at Gihroear
lion," and of course laugh at and despise M. LAINE a nd
on the 28th ult. from Malaga ; and an AMPIIOII
his Chamber of sycophants—their sublime admiration frigate, 3 brigs, and 1 schooner, anchored at A:ge•
of Bourbon virtues and Beer bon legitimacy—their zeal siras the same day.
for the restoration of the Catholic Religion, nett all

the civil and religious tyrannies and absurdities that' Tree CounT.—Yesierdsy at tee) (Mort his R.lat
are inseparably connected with the Bourbon Mo- Highness the Pe.tticc II r.GcNT held a Court of C.."::
narchy— their sentimental querulizing riser the miss
(it ut C::11!oit•I,use, which was a t (elided by the sect,
Lary of Sate for thy Home on.l War Dloomen. ,
fortunes of the country—and their bloody creed that the o i_.
ecretary at Wier, the Bishop of Lovooe. 0:e
nothing but the sacrifice of the bravest blood awl the le; es re
.—.:ot s.on. CHARLES LONG,
&c. The prerogeioa
most enlightened and patriotic Statesmen of Fraace of Parliament was taken info con:Her:elicits. *hen we
on the altars of despotism can give indapenderce or understand it was further prorogued from the see 'll
tranquillity to the nation. The irritation and dice p.. day of November to the first day of Februsry nest.
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pointenwest produced in the public mind by the con-
ARTHUR . T 1 V nor e " Esq. the Cousin of the lat. E'
t'e
duct of the Chambers, the of CHESTEREIELD, had a closet eu.liet.re of
manner in which they iims,T., and delivered to him the Ribbon seal Orley
have been composed, and the total suppression of the Garter,
of the discussions, cannot fail to lead to another PRINCE was pleased In confer the honour of linigl,:.
convulsion; or nt least it must necessarily en• hood on Sir Geo • E fir and to itivest him oi 4
won; by his late noble relatir,. 'n,
of
gender and keep up a sort spirit, the most to ket
t hie, Ili bbon and 13ade of a K tii,t.t Commander, "P"
which OCCROOR Sir GEORGE had the honour
hostile that can be conceived, to that internal his Royal Highness's band.
tranquillity and satisfaction, upon which alone the Mr. GAI.LATIN, who had been appointed Milos-
real security of the Government can be founded.— i sus,. to France, has declined the honout .
i• • arrirei a
Some commotion seems to be apprehended, by the REGNAVD ST. 3 uor n, A yr:ELy ...s
of
Churlemon with bi‘ family. Ile had previously par
movements observable among the Allied troops.—
More Prussian corps are drawing neater Paris from linos, "
have been replaced by chased 10,000 acres of land somewheee in the Cary
(he West ; whilst others are moving towards the hon. The Iphigenin beieg enable to proceed on tliP P 1:
The British troops are changing their country
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The Times says, 1:11111.—t FERDINAND has at lea;th
Health error and is determined to rectify it. lie the I3arbary pirate! infest' those coasts; but the r:::
tnerc, of that city was protected by .
English crew(

To THE EDITOR or THE STATESMAN.
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Sim—Your Correspondent, Jurrtor A, is certainly
well-founded .in his complaint, that the Officers of the
/coy, unlike those in the Army, do not acquire
rank by seniority ; and what is far more humiliating,
that unless he has powerful interest, or some extra-
ordinary occurrence, as the death of a Captain in a
very well-contested action, he has no chance of pro-
motion. The fact is certaiuly so ; and as the writer
of the Letter alluded to, seems by his language to he
*man of information and of education, I lament that
be did not enter fully,into the subject, and by a full
exposure of facts, show the absolute necessity, not
only of a change of system. respecting a most inva-
luable body of men, who are most shamefully neg.
lected, and very often most illiberally treated ; but
also prove the no less urgent necessity of Parlie-
memory Reform, to which alone the injurious and dis-
graceful partialities in the Navy, must, in most in-
stance=, be attributed. I will make no invidious
comparisons between the sea and land service, both
have a claim on the country, and both are essential
to its protection; although it must be obvious to the
meannest capacity, that from its being an island,
and in face of the greatest maritime nations in Eu-
rope, the Navy is the service to which its views most
be directed for the preservation of its independence.
Your intelligent Correspondent does not, however,
seem to be aware, that the patronage of the Navy is
divided amongst the Members of the Administration,
and though not exactly, and with the same accuracy,
as the disposal of Bishopricks amongst the Cabinet
Ministers, yet sufficient to mark that the claims of
men in office takes precedency of that of merit,
and hence one of the causes by which old and de-
serving Officers are consigned to vegetate on the
scanty produce of their first commissions. The Mem-
bers of the Board of Admiralty have also a share;
and it sometimes occur, that the senior, and even the
junior, clerks have sufficient credit with their superiors
to procure promotion for their friends ; to these may
he added, the claims of men of both Houses of Par-
liament, and whose claims are peremptory if -they send
three or more men to the House of Commons. There
is again another set of claimants on the Ministers,
who, though despised by them, are nevertheless
formidable, and whose applications are not al ways to
be treated with indifference. I mean those Boroughs
which send Members to Parliament, and particularly
those on the coast, whose Corporations are composed
of vulgar, illiterate men, who, however, resolving
every thing into trade, perfectly understand how to
bring the Treasury to terms, whenever it shows the
least inattention to their demands. The fortunes
made by Prize-money, hold out irresistable tempta-
tions to the pain-taking traders in all our sea-ports,
Falmouth, Troro, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth,
]liver, and the other Cinque Ports, and their vanity
is often as much interested as their avarice in the pro..
motion of their sons. These men, their wives and
their rhoghters, are enraptured on beholding their
boy Joe, Tom, or Dick, strut to church with a
stenod by their side, which has the more charms, as
the ill.fashieried cub was the first of the family that
ever wore such an appendage. In proportion as
votes in Parliament are kr demand, these Mayors, Al-
dermen, and wealthy Burgesses, are insolent or sub-
missive at the Treasury. If the Minister is hard-run,
he is threatened with as little decency as justice by
their worships, and I have known instances of his
being menaced and in danger of seeing a whole family
compact with their dependent become violent Pa-
trials who were the week before all Tories, and of so
senile a cast that JAStEi H. would have called them
the swot loyal of his subjects. With so many potent
pillerAries to all legitiinnte pretensions, can it be
surlo ;sing that a (lion Meg Officer, who has no Borough
interest—no powerful connections, and ouly his own
atstlitra' pretensions of meritorious set viCes to plead
in his favour, should be thrown altogether in the back
ground, and find his not being the son of a shop.
kosper in a trading Borough, for they are all corrupt,
'lmola be visited on him as a crime, and' exclude him
s:1 rinrice of promotion in a service, which is become
olio of the most paws.' ful engines in the hands of
Government, to ensure to them the loyalty of these
Boroughs, and the unconditional submission of their
Representatives. These are the causes which, with
a defective novel system, is sho cause why so many
descrying Officers in the Nmoot advance be-
peel the Lieutenantcy they obtained 40 years ago;
and that many active and intelligent Officers, stick
in elm, may he called the mud, that is, at being Com-
manders, where they are shut out of the current of
pro:notion, and must vegetate on the scanty half-pay
allotted to them. I have also to observe, that it some-
floes occurs that the Secretaries, though not ostensible I
First Lords of the Admiralty, perform the duties of
that office, as far as relates to patronage.
In my early days, I have known the post of
Private Secretary to be to the full as valuable as a
seat at toe Board, and the Gentleman who held that
situation to be by far a much greater man than his
master. If my old friend PIIILIP STEPHENS was
alive, he would more than corroborate what I have
advanced, for he could produce chapter and verse.
He was indeed Public secretary at the Admiralty in
my days; but he thew and saw enough of what
was going forward in the larboard corner of the
Admiralty, to be indignant at the exactions and in-
solence to which veterans, petitioners, were subject.
I do not know whether these practices are obsolete
er not in those days—the exemplary, unaffected
Modesty, and the splendid patrimony of Mr. CIIOKER: