The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-12 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN•

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place, when the ()Seers of course inspected, and took'
post with their.companies.
The Geier/►cr Chronicle• of this week haring stated a
deal more than is hue, • 1 have taken the liberty of for-
warding one for your Grace's perusal, and am very sorry
to see that any of our men have become the dupe• of a
set of designing men, and with the exception of Lillev.
Newton, and Brookes. and perhaps some few other'.•l
am confident the Privates knew nothing of any such
thing as an Address.
I have the honour. N.c.
J. DElKlNti,Quarter-Ma3ter. L.M.

Leir,ster. Sept. 3. IWO.
We, the nntlersigned Nor.-remmissioned °dicers of',
the Leicestershire Regiment of Militia, do lierebV
dare, that during the late training of the Reginiefit, we.
never at any time heard of an intention on the part of
the Privates, to present an Address to the Queen, and
that since an Address has 'teen presented to her Majeor
on their behalf, we have seen the men resident in 1.4-:
tester, and the different villages in the County, to the
number of -ell. all of whoui positively disavowed any
knowledge of such Address, or that the satolistait ever
seen, heard, or read by them, or ever gave any sanction
thereto; and we ftirtlier declare, that if an Address had
been in contemplation during the training. the same
must have come to our knowledge.
Wm. Wheatley. serjni-maj. William Elliot. eorpoisi
Thomas Johnson. serjennt William Care!, ditto
George Ilighton. ditto Charles Bass. ditto
John ditto %Villistit Bishop. ditto
(;erree J-lin.on. ditto Jn4n Waldroin, ditto
illiasu Lewis, ditto Jtmer:i Mae. ditto
John Jeley. ditto Nathan Cox, ditto
Josep!l Dudgeon. ditto James IVakerley. ditto
Thomas ditto .1 os POI Newtua. ditto
Thomas 110,1 re,. ditto John Bradshaw. ditto
John I livkinKbottoin. ditto Robert Adeoek. ditto
John Fos4e:t. ditto Ed ward Whittingham, ditto
LI Jaynes Squires. ditto Joseph Gishorn. itrum•niajor
• John Markers. ditto John Norton. Drummer
J. Lee, ditto Thomis Warden, ditto
' John klareh. ditto William Asher, ditto
Richard Rabrey. ditto Wiiiiam Nowrogsh. ditto
Henry Nicholson, corporal (*harks Houghton, ditto 1
William Welton. ditto William Hall, ditto
John ditto John Breslin. ditto
Thomas Bills, ditto

nragultaborph-llerse, Sept. 7. ISIO.

MT Loan—ln answer to your letter of the 3th lust. I
bare first to observe, on the extraordinary circumstances,
that an Address from the privates 14 a Regiment to their
lawful and led Queen, should be deemed by their
Colonel an ffsnlnto the honours of the regiment. This
idea, it it havr no other merit, has at least that of novelty.
The soldier sloes indeed resume this militart garb, butt in
cheerfully performing th;4 part of the ditty of a good
subject, he does not forfeit his civil rights, much less
floes be forfeit the richt of exercising his judgment, and
of acting agreeable to his feeliitri as a man.
That the men had a right to express their attachment
to her Majesty, and their abhorrence of the treatment
that sloe had'experieneed, I know lull well. lam con-
vinced that the Address contained the real sentiments of
this regiment. And I know that it was agreeable to her
Majesty to receive the same.
As to the isquities said to hare been made of the men
indirideally, and reported by the Serjeant-3lajor, Ad-
jutant and Quarter-Master, am too well acquainted
with the nature of the power of such persons over the
men, to pay the <tcalleq attention to such reports.
The account siliiela you are pieiseil to gis e me of its
designing persons even now enwe.l to entrap some of
the private, into an avowal of the Address, induces sue
to inform your Lordship. that I have sink ... minor re-
ceived an Address signed by MO of the Privates. accom-
panied with a letter, statin.:, that a much larger number
would have signed it, if they could hare obtained the
Address at their re•delencr.

By one reflection, hn•vever, I am consoled. and that N.
that the private soldier has At last cow to herd-1,161mA
as a being whose feelities an,f wishes are worthy of
*petition. I have the litcionr to he, bx.
‘TTIIEW IWOOD.
To his Grace the Duke of Itottawl.

Ariimiten-strert, Sept. O. IFIO.
SIR—I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 7th inst. With respect to the Address which you
state yourself to have received on that day, signed by
three hundred privates of the Leicestershire regiment of
Mili:ia (which regiment it should he remarked, has been
disembodied more than six weeks), it is singular that it
should have been thonght necessary to obtain at/Nikki/fa
signstures to an Address, which three weeks since you
published to the world as having proceeded from the
whole of the privates of the regiment. It is impossible
that a more striking presumption can he afforded to the
Public of the truth of the charge of gross and infamous
imposition and forgery, which attaches to the Address
presented by you to her Majesty on the 17th of August,
than the facts that the Address which purports to be
from "The Privates of the beicestershwe Regiment,"
bad, according to your own admission, only two names
subscribed, and that except by the two persons whose
names were so subscribed the Addresss hail never been
seen or heard of. As to the additional signatures, to
which you appear to attach an much importance, 1 will
only transcribes sentence in the letter which I vestenlay
receiirsi from my Adjutant, dated on the 6tb inst.—" 1
have this morning been informed, that an Address to
the Queen, with upwards of two hundred signatures.'
was yesterday forwarded, but I have no doubt, were it
possible to see the Ilst of tli; names, it would be found
that many arc town who never did belong to the regi-
ment, others are affixed with the decided dissent of the
parties, and SUM! have been obtained by false represen-
tations." Three is teething Ws tAsso retaiwissisog parts of
your letter which appears to me to require any canniest
ur reply.-1 Isere the honour to be, Sir, your obedient
humble servant,
RUTLAND,
To Alderman Wood.(siVed)Colonel Leicestershire Regiment

BONA,.Atm.—When Rear• Admiral Pamplin left B.
naparte was understood to be well ; but lived a most se-
cluded life, refusing to see any stranger—even Admiral
Lambert lid not obtained have to visit him when the
Conqueror left the island. We understand that Adtniral
Pamplin had not seen him for many months: that he
sent to him to say his successor had arrived. and be
shoal.' feel happy in introducing him ; to which Bona-
parte replied. he was too unwell to receive visitors. He
' had built a mud wall round his garden, with loop-holes,
to enable him to observe the approach of any person to
his residence. His new house, which is a most spacious
and excellent erection, will be trimly for his reception
'about Christmas next. Captain Lnytehens, 40th Re-
giment, was the Orderly Officer attendant on his. Ad.
rival Pamplin left St. Helena on the Stith of July.
'Some Postmasters having lately altered the rate of
postage, on the plea that any letter which contains a
printed form, accompanied with written instructions
relating to that form, is liable to be charged as a
double letter, an application has been made on the
subject to the. Secretary of the lieneral Post-olliee, who
has answered, that there is no authority fur any sack
exaction; and he hasordere4 the Postmasters to return
the postage which they have to improperly taken.—
(Staqiord Merewry.)

' RWOLGTION IN PORTUGAL.

The following is an extract cf a private letter, dated
Lisbon, Aug. 31 :—" At last a revolt of the troops has
taken place at Oporto, three regiments of the line, and
two of militia. The officers were arrested,
but soon liberated, after being thanked for their past
services, saying. that as this affair was between them-
selves and the government, they required their aid and
assistance no longer. The constituted authorities,
with the bishops, merchants, &e. &c. have taken the
oaths required of them. Last Saturday was the day
of the explosion. All was quiet at Oporto. The ad-
vanced guard was yesterday at Leira, about sixty
miles from Lisbon. Nothing has been clone here by
the Regency. hut the issuing of a Proclamation. The
Oporto Proclaniation was a spirited composition. The
Regency one was torn down the other night, and the
Oporto substituted in its place. Yesterday the police
were very busy in defacing it. No letters were
allowed to tome from the Post-office yesterday ; con-
sequently we are all in the dark. The Creole, they
say. is tee take Palmella before this business he lead
declined going in her. Three frigates are preparing,
supposed to carry off the Regency at a moment's warn-
ing. It is .upposed the Spaniards are at the bottom
of this business, and that Poringal will become a pro-
vince of that country. All is quiet at present here ;
no movement of troops, and wi dependence on any one.
.• The Regency is allowed till to-day to accept the
new Constitution. The King is to be respected. Thee
have paid the troops here.
'• Excuse haste. The packet is expected to sail
every moment for England.
P.S. I lie Regency are certainly going to the Rio.
The frL ate. are to take them, and the Count Paltuella
goes in the l'reole packet."

Extract of another private letter, slated Lidos.
August 30 :—" By the incise:ell translated documents,
yon will perceive that the Standard of Liberty has le•en,
raised, and the Curtis anti Constitution proclaimed, in,
the three northern Provinces of Pormgal.
" The first intelligence of this event reached us
on the VAIL Yesterday our present Government is-
pled a Proclamation, calling the insurrection the
horrid crime of rebellion against legitimate potter and
authority,' desiring Gs: people and troops to remain
firm to their Government, at.d promising to do Low all
in their power to ameliorate the condition of the na-
tion. But this Proclamation has been treated with
very little respect, though it was lasted in al t
every corner.- This morning the greatest part of ths to
were found torn, or smeared with d'ct. not even ex-
ceptiog the places where sentinels are slw vs posted.
" To-slay advices from 11; o to s p to th • 27th were
received ; every thing remained s niet th .re, and they
are preparing to act on the d• it necessary.

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" It is rumoured that Alfit rte awl Akin Tejo are
ready to proclaim, if they hare not already proclaimed,
the Constitution ; but we have no confirmation of
this.

" There can be no doubt that ire are on the eve of
an i por t,a le t. change. Gud grant that it may happen
without any disorder being committed. Yours, &c.
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" Even in Lek* the Consti!ution has hems pro.
claimed.

" Pardon the want of signature tp the pnlarnt;
even• precaution is necessary u•hiie the preasnt order
of things continues."

PROCLAMATION. (No. I.)

4. Soldiers !—line will unite us. Let us haste to the
salvation of our country. There are no evils that
Portugal does not sutrer : there are no sutL•rings that
the Portuguese do not bear in the extreme! The
Portuguese without security in their persons and pro.
perty, request our assistance t thq desire Liberty re-
gniate,l by Law.
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" You yourselves, victims of the general evil, are
n.) longer runsidrred as your value and virtue merit !
" A Reform is necessary ; hu: it must be regulated
by reason and justice, and nut by lieent;ousness.
Contribute to preserve order : repress all tumults :
smother the least symptoms of anarchy.
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" Let us create a Provisional Government in which
we can c,oifide : let them call the Cones, which will
he the organ of the nation, and let these prepare a
Constitution that will secure us our rights.
" Our King Don John VI., a• good, as benign, and
as a friend to his people, who adore him, will bless our
exertions.

" Lunt• live our beloved King! Long live the
Cortes and their Constitution !"

Oporto, in Military Council, Aug. 24.
(Signed) tire': t.vi:oo, Colonel of No. lit
Cia:tctl:A Pitt Artillery
Lieut.-Colonel of No. 6.
Major of the Jlaia Militia
Dit.o Oporto ditto."

PIIOCLAMATION.—(No. 2.)
"SoltHers !—OurSufferings pre past bearing ! Our
country in fetters! All respect for you lust! Our
sacrifices triturated! A Portuguese soldier on the
point of begging alms !!
"Soldiers—This is the moment. Let us haste to
sure our country—let us haste to save ourselves.

"Comrades!—Follow me : come with oar brothers
in arms to orpnize a Protkional Government, and let
them rail a Cortes to form a Constitution, the want of
which has been the origin of a:1 our sufferings. It is
not necessary to recapitulate them: all of you feel
them.

" It is in the name and preservation of our august
Sovereign Dun John VI. that it will govern.
" Oar Holy Religion shall be protected : as our ex.
ertions are sincere and virtuous, so Uod will bless
them.

" The soldiers who compose the brave Portuguese
army will haste to espouse our cause, because it is also
their own. Soldiers The power is in their hands;
we ought not therefore to allow any disorder. If to
each of as our country one its salvation, let it also
owe to each of us its security and tranquillity.
" Place confidence in a Chief who never led you in
any path but that of honour.
" Soldiers !---You must not judge of the grandeur of
the cause by the simplicity of my expressions : men
of talent will one day- illustrate this act more glorious
than a thousand victories.
" Lee VI hallow this day ; and henceforward let the
cry tsf Our hearts be•.-. Long lire King John Vl.
I.ong lire the Portuguese Artny--Long lire the Cortes
and their National Constitution."