The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-08-04 00:00:00

THE STAT

This is an admission we had no reason to expect, after
such repeated vaunting about the masterly retreat of
the jt tqatvst and the disorder the French were fre-
rteinilfisk lotto 'daring their pursuit. If the Ras-
.,
sierslenotett not to fight, or defend the country
bet, the Niemen and Dwitta, why not leave • It
bellsre the approach of the French ?
• With respect to America, the breach seems gradu-
ally growing wider, as may he seen by hostilities
having actually.commenced ; and sfe of our Mini-
sterial writers are preparing
.their readers for tire
wont, by representing it as an act necessary to our
hoitottr, that as the Americans have declared war, it
is right for us to curb them Jir their insolence ;
though, had the Ministers shewn a thousandth part
of the condescension towards America, six months.'
ago, as they have done aincselite rescinding of the
Orders in Council, they wouTd not have been pres-
sed with the mortifying reflection, of having driven
their oppressed eounlry headlong into another war.

except a very scanty one at
.Gooltoth.Thich SOUL? kno forbid-
den to be touc:sed ; and tint: ifidfairs condone Wag in their pre-
sent este, all the foreigner* wriedeeed,.the French service ••••
SOOLT a 1148 with this army, nor. da the despiwas WOW. where
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On the 14th head-Quarters were at Reedit.
On the 7th, tneresliedned with between 5 AO 8000 men; the
hostile forces in the Mediate, dolesdino, nearly equal ; Cavra.
sanus, with an is girded.
• LISBON, JOLT 14.
All the infornsation received yesterday, by the post, Beath,
direr,* provinces of Spain, is satisfaetory. In every quirt*
the Feetsr.h are pursued and beaten with the lase of a Oat BOW
ber of own.
The towns which remain free from their cruel oppressors, who
governed them by force, manifest, by every possible means, their.
*sad patriotism, and give many volunteers to the army. The
combined army having continued Its teeth towards Valladolid,'
Illmtwour pretended to male front at TordesUlas, with a large
carps of cavalry and artillery to defend the peerage; but wheel
swill determined to invest the place, or support an attack, and
, a amps of Cacadores advanced on the contra left dank, they
getin disorder, and were obliged to retire, leaving the lesson
tree oor troops. Od this occasion, kit said, the French het
500 men.—(Lisbon Diary, July 14).
LISBON, JOLT 17.
When his Excellency Mantel Getter I Lord quasi/soros ap-
proached Ciudad Rodrigo, be was received at the distance of a
quarter of a league; he was received by a piquet of children, of
from eight to nine years old, armed la that way which their
strength admitted. On the bridge, at the entrance of the place,
was posted another piquet of children, of a similar age, with a
band of music, which so delighted General Wittancerturthathe
dismounted and entered the place on foot, surrounded and fol-
lowed by those guards of honour. At the gate of the fortress be
was received by General Vitas and a General of Division, and
amidst acclamation and repeated cries of—" Legg live the
liberator of candle and Earemadora," wascondoetectlowen
being strewed all the way, to his apartoents. The Wrens wen
completely ornamented ; and front the wlndeirs vac Ihr•WO
era the hem all sorts of dowers. Ilia Foodlasey, der tie plot
pose of pleasing the people, remained at the *haw aft beer°
and a half. A Lady presented hint with toosegay, beautifully
embroidered, and surrounded by a border, to which Were &eel
words—" To the ever victorions and immortal Wnthrwrosr,
Dole of Ciudad Rodrigo, this is offered by a Spanish Lady,
grateful for the taking of the two bulwarks of Castik and Faire-
! matittra."—(LisPoon Gracile, Soly .)
The Udion Diary, of July 17, contains die following answer
of Lord ICVLLINGTON to II compihnentary letter addressed to
him ORE 11A TIALTRO, the Corregidor of Torres
Vedr from tibial+ place his Lordship receives the tide of

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Marquis :
have received the polite letter which your Excelleuey
wa.• ileased to address to me, of the date of the 13th inst. in the
name of the inhabitants of the town and district of Toms *a-
dmit, in consequence of my receiving the title of Marquis el
that place, with ivhich his Royal Highness the Prince Regal a,
‘rORTVGAL !ill% lately been pleased to honour me.
I am very sensible of the polite attention of your Excellency
land I request you to assure the inhabitants of yourjurlsdietiabo-
that I shall alwrqs feel particular satisfaction in being useful 88
them, and promoting their interest, as well as those of all the:
other sulljects of his Royal llighnem the Pluses RIGLIIT. •
Goo preserve your Excellency many years,
Marshal General WELLINGTON, Count of \rimless. ,
Ilcad-quarters, Guinaldo, April 18, 1812.
In reviewing the affairs of Poland, the expanding
powers of the heart are all at work. We see, as it
were, the inhabitants of that vast country brand..
ing again into life. The sun of liberty is again ap-
pearing in their horizon, and is melting down 'the
icy chains, which have been forming, during the last
half century, by the chilling councils of St. Peters-,,
burgh. The Poles are re-entangling, cal their ex-1
pressions of gratitude to their deliverer (may be not'
hereafter assume the oppressor) are of the most en-
thusiastic, yet not of the most extravagant kind.
Their country—Poland is the object which most
animates their souls—Providence they adore for hav-
ing, as they express it, sent " H&POLSOD the
GREAT to their deliverance." He receives their
thanks and their gratitude more than their obedi.
euce, and they look upon him as a. , benefactor, and
not as a master. With what feelings of emotion '
must the youthful population, where these scenes are
taking place, view the silver-beaded Prelates and
care-worn old Marshals, Who saw the sun of their
country's independence set in the clouds of op-'
pression, and have lived again to behold its raysiturst,
forth anew 7—Yes, with what pleasure must these•
sages and veterans be viewed, laying aside the de..
crepitude of age, and coming forward to return
thanks 'to the " GOD of Armies," (embark% deign-
ed once more to look upon their native land; and
calling upon the rising generation to consider their
native soil as their parent, tnal upon the hardy youth
to perform deeds in its defence, worthy of immor-
talizing their names. With like •emetiun too, we
hear of Lord WELLINGTON being received by guards of
honour, composed ofschildren, as ho passes thretigh
the towns in Spain.
Further extracts from the French Papers in our
preceeding columns ern be read with considerable
interest, particularly what relates to the affairs of
Poland. The Diet at Warsaw proceeds regularly,l
day by day, to organize the kingdom anew, and
to pour out their prayers to the DEITY to protect*
them from a return of the Rossians—they rememberl
SuwAtutow, and his myrmidons, and the lientes of
Prague.
In another part of ear Paper will be found official
intelligence from the Russian army. "Wiwi
themselves upon having disconcerted
NAreLtowilly flying 'before him ; and__
having arrtirini at their old frontiers
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.1)413tel KTK 0 WO I
In our our desire to pay a trihutn tp departedzortla,
we -have two objects' in view, the one to nine the
memory of the departed outlive the mouldering ashes
of' his, mortal frame ; and another, to hold him-up
as an example to the virtuous, and as an object of
tor to those whose servility of soul is the only
thing which renders them conspicuous in life. pncter,
these impressions, we gladly give the fotlowing ar.
tick . .
rem( THZ WATILUTORD MIRROR, OP JULY 2R.
Died, on Wednesday last, at his teat at Wilton,
in the county of Wexford, at the advanced age of 73,
Henry Alcock, Esq. a Gentleman of -the most ac-
complished manners, amiable disposition, andtiode.
Tinting integrity.; and who was, at the period of his
death, as one of the four senior Aldermen, a Charter
Justice of this city. Mr. Alcock was related to some,
and connected with other, noble families. He was
lineally descended-from the family of Mason, which
had long possessed the principal interest in this Cor-
poration, and was the remaining head of that ancient
and respectable family. He spent the early part of
his life ip the army ; and ever after, particularly dur-
lug the period when the Irish Volunteers, defended
their country from invasion and recovered her
usurped rights, he was hlihly distinguished by his
teal for the independence of Ireland, and his assi-
duous exertions to conciliate all classes of the peo-
ple. He was, we believe, the first Gentleman vrho
raised a ' battalion of Irish Volunteers compose
wholly of Catholics. ' The first battalion of No.da
was the parent company of the Volunteers of this city.
; The second, or Catholic battalion, he attached to
the first, and united both in cordial affection and ia-
. extinguishable regard. By this means he taught
ithe citizens of the different religions to esteem earl),
other as brethren—a lesson which has ever since been
Ireinembered in Waterford/ and continues to be pro-
iductive of the happiest effects. Mr. Alcock was
Mayor of this City, for the first time, in 1777-8, and,
Ihe was scarcely seated in the civic chair when hidrew
the public attention to the improvement of the city,
particularly of the Quay, which was then very uneven
and ill paved. During his Mayoralty he had it le-
velled, payed, and flagged, from Barronstrauti-strceS .
'to where the Mall was then situated. It is unnitces-
. sary to soy the Quay has ever since been the greatest,
' ornament of the city. His first Mayoralty was a year
of great scarcity, but this unhappy circumstance served
" to evince the genuine benevolence of his character"...
bounties on provisions brought it* the city we/4re.;
rortcd t ), for the first time, and he expended, for this'
purpose, nearly 5001. out of his own pocket. IBS
whole conduct during the season of suffering and trial'
Iwas so exemplary, that the Corporation presented'
him with ;'piece of plate, as a memorial of the last. •
I ing gratitude of the " untouched city." At
•Ow
early period of Mr. Alcock's life he had a ti 'at in the
Irish Parliament. He represented Cionmines, a bo.:.
`rough in the gift of his uncle, Lord Ely, until the'
general election of 1783, when hig was returned Cr
Waterford, which he continued to represent until-
-1797, when his son, William Collgreve Alcock, Esq.
now Member for the County of Wexford, was re-
turned in his stead. lie then went into Parliament
for Bannow, another borough in the gift of Lord'
Ely, and afterwards resigned his seat rather than
vote for the Union, which he 'opposed with all his
might, and which he' deprecated as pregnant with the
ruin of his beloved country. Even when serving for
, Clottmines, he was watchful of the interests of this
port, and was very instrumental in procriring a
Parliamentary grant of 15001. for clearing the Ford,
two miles below the quay, of some largo stones
which greatly obstructed the navigation of the river.
During the whole of his Parliamdntary career he was.
an honest, independent, and conscientious Member
of the House in which he sat. He never accepted
any place, pension, or patronage from Government—
and what is, perhaps, still more remarkable, during
the long period of his municipal honours, although he
had always a leading, and often a commanding in-
terest in the Corporation, he never procured any di-
rect advantage for himself or his immediate family. -
As a proof of the esteem in which Mr. A. was held
by the inhabitants of the county In which he resided,
we may mention, that during the unhappy troubles
of 1798, when he deemed it necessary' to come to
Waterford for safety, his carriage had to pass through
the insurgent army, who made way for it, and gave
him a safe conduct out .of the county; and during
tiie whale month that that county was in the hands
of a lawless mob, his property was preserved aid' ,
sacred care amidst the general havock. The remalus ,
of this venerable, and deservedly esteemed gentleman
were deposited in the family vault, at the Cathedral
in this city, yesterday morning.

The folloiving Extract of a Letter from Captain
of his :Majesty's ship Pheebe, dated Au-
gust t, 18t2, addressed to J. W. OWLS; Esq. and
transmitted to Lloyd's this morning :—"' I Inclose a
Raker !noels which ailed with Me from Quebec, and
those whlck have since taken instructions, six4of
wbtch only, with every possible exertion on my part
to keep them together, remained in company. From
unfavouritble winds I was not able to leave Qdb-
bee• until the 14th day of June, and from the ice
hiteakiog up We, there were only eleven vessels
reed to sail with me. I think it but justice to the
Underwriters to state, as my opinion, that vessels, in
the list of convoy, have taken instructions for lib
sole purpose of receiving part of their insurance, and
with positive determination to proceed without pro-
tection. The nerkly, Christopher, Esk, and others,
were very inattentive to my signals, and, I think,
certainly left me by design." •
It is said, t 111; Government has received informa-
tion of a disp( Orr expressed tiy the Court of Co-
penhagen to unite with its neighbours in the North,
in a system of mutual defence against French en-
croachments and hostility, and that BERNADOTTS has
been principally. instrumental in producing the change
in the councils of that kingdom. Our tulvicas by
the Mail do not favour this account. We are told,
that a Russian Prince had paid a visit to Copenhagen
to negociate an alliance, and had returned to St. Pe-
tersburh disappointed in his purpose.
Let Teri from Cadiz, of the 18th July, state, that
all was consternation, there owing to the French
throwing event night from twenty to thirty shells in-
to the centre of the city, and killing a great many.—
A number of families are quitting Cadiz..
The opening of the Baltic will prove a great ac-
quisition to the town of Hull, in Yorkshire, whose
trade has long languished: and a proportionate re-.
duction in the price of timber to the public will be the
natural andtbeneficial consequence.
Latent are said to have reached town yesterday
from Quebec., to ihg 51h July. An express had been
received. fro" New. Brunswick, *Well announced 4
" the capture of two British vessels on the lakes, by
the Au titans,;" and that " the advanced guard of
the itirericap,nrtay was approaching the frontiers."
Accounts by the A itholt Mail mention, that a num-
ber of vessels had left the Russian ports, laden With
grain fOr this country.
Severn! Officers and men of the Corps of Royal
Engineers seariordered to embark immediately fur
Canada.
A detachment of the 87th regiment has marched
from Bonham to Portsmouth, to embark , for the
Mauritius.
Mr. Fonts', it is said, did not intend to leave
New York until the American Government should
require him to do so.
Yesterday the situation of American ships was
somewhat singular. An Order from the Treasury
permitted the departure for the United states of
those which had cleared out with Licences ' • but an-
other .Order from the Admiralty bad placed the
breadnuchnr -upon them, and its directed their de-
tention as Droits of Admiralty, in consequence of
the commencement of the War. Three ships which
had actually left our ports were sent after by some
of our fast-sailing schooners, and have been com-
pelled, we hear, to return into Ifarbour.
On the receipt of intelligence of KINBINGTON and
Co.'s hank having shut pp, the batik of Messrs.
Woon, of Workington, stopped payment. • It has
caused the utmost alarm in the seaports, towns, and NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
villages in the west of Cumberiand.--(Carlisk Jour-
nal.) PLYMOUTH, A tic. ?.
On the 26th nit. his grace the Duke of %camas Tee sail of_ traiimport< eamenip morninglve %lab%
visited the Leucalterian School in Belfast, and with itir'Autz""::7,';',l:euritylletr,sriong To rat !orl'i patTeillawihtbaiXe
great interest End attentam examined the system ink mister Of ;he deer, under convoy of the Wanderer, 4)lf this ,
all its various departments. Ilia Grace appeared' lath
I Arro7vreriwthleichAvlile);:eeed V-C"ilel. •
ship stgtota, Jenkins; and Prussian
highly gratified, and expressed much satisfaction, de-• steip Margeassern, Molder; both from Board.aaY, aSi vine,
daring his opinion of the beneficial effects such in- for Loudon Ow had passages days; e. ur dour-
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must have on the lower classes in society. drsAti;it tvb:lt4 re IMer;urrixjearstS'asalatTal are the T grey
A handsome desertion was given by his Grace to the p, ea, Aattliope,ri;ifswitina.
for rear ¢o monitors and best .boys. FALMOUTH, Ann. 1.
box
Arrived the Rpecubitian cutter, Capt. Jobs Dam, four day,
We have ontheeity. to.contradict the account in oar from Comma. Capt. Dupe. states; that on the move.
Paper, relativeAothill Clown belonging to Sanuosas's Ersalied front Coranna a Courier
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