The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-07 00:00:00

'nit SrATESMAN

ttcelleney as a proof of his admiration of the va•
tour and constancy with which your Exceitencris
fighting in favour of the inslependenco and liberty of
your country. In remitting to your Excellency this
proof of his Royal Highness's esteem, I beg you to I
receive my sincere Wit;hes for the preservation of yoor
life, that you tinny employ thii weapon to the ho.
Dour and advantage of your country.
WELLINGTON, Duke of Chided Redrlge.,i
' Ilead4eastws, Flores de ()Tele, July c.. 5.••
IMPLY.
46 EXcarzest Lono,-1 have received, Wilt ill
the esteem I ought, the sword which your &eel-
way has sent me from his Royal Highness the
Panne Reoznr of England and Ireland. I cannot
find sufficient words to exprebs my gratitude for this
goodness which his Royal Highness has deigned to
,hew me, and which will, if that is possible, augment
those sentiments of gratitude, which in me, and all
patriotic Spaniards, the generous efforts he has made,
and continues to make, have excited.
46 For my part, it is the most gratifyiog satisfac-
tion, that this information was directed to me by the
first General in Europe; the immortal hero to
whom Spain and Portugal owe so many signal vic-
tories, and to w hom I most sincerely offer my most
profound thanks, love, and admiration,.
Toledo. Sept.?. 44 J. PALIMEA."

MADSIO, OCT4IO.—We are every instant in ex.
pectation of receiving orders to march. Sovves
advanced parties are now very near ours. It is said
that Sotto's forces, joined to Swan's, do not exceed
43,000 men.
The corps commanded by General HILL do not
tensist of less than 21,000 men, sad to those we
must add the 3d awl 4th light dividons, which are
at lost 0,000, making in all 36,000 valiant soldiers,
without speaking of the Spanish troops who have
joined ; or of Getters! BAt,Lasvaitos, who is acting
in the rear of the enemy, with 20,000 men. The
4th division has marched to join Gen. Ilzu.'s army.

When uur Ministers planned the present Raimisn
war, and succeeded in alluring ALEstmeorn into the
ambitious purpose of opposing his powerful adver-
sary, little did they expect to hear of the Heavens
being darkened with volumes of smoke issuing from
the devouring flames of Moscow—little did they eras,
pest to have heard of the principal avenues of sup-
plies being shut against St. Pittershurgh—littte did
they expect that NAPOLEON wonld have led on
400,000 men at a diAance of 1600 miles from his
••• r capital, in a stmle of time scarcely sufficient for

• lad' ,idual‘e make a tour over such a vait com-
oars of territory—little did they expect to have heard
it a nation rising, like the fabled Phoenix, from its
!,tes, and the whole vengeance of its IR-
teneelierglesleo ft tfii cruel oppressors—they did
not expr.A.: geese t . because they had not the ca-
pacity and foresight tocalculate justly upon causes
and effects, and were ignorant of the powerful re-
sources, and extensive influence of the Flaxen EM-
PEROR.
Such are among the train of ill-starred and ill-•
devised plans of our Ministers, originating in habits
which they have been brought into by the blandish.
meats of post er and the corruptions of a majority—
measures which have already proved destructiVi'apt
the British Empire, and may ultimately prove so to
Ministers themselves. If they would cast their eyes
inwardly, and appeal to their consciences, and east.
Mine c'osely and unprejudicedly the real state to
which their fatal Councils have brought this once
happy land, they would discover a frightful rain of
deserted prospe.rity —front an overhearing power, sow.
rounded by scenes of calamity, which the unionism*
keople of these realms are compelled to endure.

We have often had occasion toadied, to the shames I
ful prostitution of the pen and the press, iu *soon•
tenaucing a system of palsy whkil ob►iousty and
gradually tends to our atter rule. The approaching
disastrous effects of this purse wetilotervlif bellevo
as visible to its parasitical supporters es is oar.
selves ; but as the asetsures we condoms ere prate-
tile to those who purses then, the seribbNus panders
are contented to defelidihem by the rewsuPiliey
ceive for their labour. It is u dissustkag, es It is
afflicting, to the Mask Patriot, tts *ba►rs doom.
miums in thr venal Prints, which 1" *Teri dal 13-
vished on the men -who are conducting sad **lending
the war, as if it were to be perpetual, sad as though
it were a privetiblo rather than a dent:yea* pursuit•

lire are to send every man disciplined in amnaliste the
Peninsula ; we are to seed every weapon we ale manu-
facture into Spatn and Portugal; and lastly, we are to
send both specie and subsistence to the *Mies on the
Continent ; and this we are to continue to dos till, by
the drainage of the precious metals, with the conco-
rilant evil, an inundation of paper-corresey, and .a
pearzity of the necessaries of life, the bulk of ,the
lower orders of the people are driven by distress and
famine to madness. Mr. Pm: began tbe wasteful
project, and yet we see loquacioes orators impudent
enough to say, that "what that great Mao maid
not achieve, inferior agents may complete?' doubt.
less, the final overthrow of his country I The gar-
rulous Mr. CANNING throws out, in one of his rhe-
torical eructatious, in the face of his friends at Man-
chester, after a luxurious dinner, that he doubted
not but his fellow-subjects would reward those who
endeavoured to forward the plans and maintain the
principles of that most extravagant of all Ministers.
Fpr his part, he said, " he should walk in that track
:ch his great pietetype had chalked out." Oh, tart 1,

IA the same way we *NON dm prolix Vtrus tirtng the
potuctant war. with Ida eternal my for another man,
Is extravagant as the former, to be called to the
helm of Government. A. man, who to enrich and
ennoble his IMO kindred, would put the last stake
of this onee great kingdosa to a single hazard. In
the like view, though perhaps not in favour of the
same individual (but In that of other men from whom
• they are more sure to receive the reward of their
Uses( labour), they harangue their hearers with
the highly probable success of certain Ministers'
wise Councils. In anothet ridiculous, or rather
, shameful, scene, exhibited on an electioneering stage,
we hear two Court Candidates bespattering each
other with compliments, like Noodle and Doodle in
Tom Thumb the Great! ! When will this odious
farce have an end ? And when will the People, with
a powerful voice, call for a Grand Inquest on the at
fairs of the Nation ? Till that is done, it is of little
concern or avail, whether Lord WELLast.Ev, or
Mr. SyboxuAst, his Secretary, are Prime Minister.

STATESMAN OFFICE, TWO O'CLoCli.

Orders have been dispatched to all the out-ports,
to hasten the sailing of troops for the Peninsula, that
may be detained there, the moment the wind be-
comes fair; and others are to follow iotoediately. It
is indeed stated, on pretty good authority, that Mi-
nisters are in possession of very unpleasant accounts
from Spain ; and od that Oceount are- hastening to
afford every succour to Lord WELLINGTON, who is,
by the last accounts, left in a very critical situation,
with three large French armies menacing his commu-
nications, and threatening to interrupt his operations.
Barges is stated to have been abandoned by the Al-
lies,who have, ere this, had mother severe brush with
the enemy, with such fearful odds ; we confess
we tremble for the result.

A convoy for Bermuda and the adjacent Islands is
how assembling at Spithead, and will sail in a few
days, under the protection of a man of war.
The Doris sailed last night from the Downs, with
a convoy for Portsmouth.
We are informed that the following Gentlemen
have been appointed American Commissioners for the
care of rrrperty captured under the flag of the
States, prior to the commencement of the war
the Republic :—BEESTON LONG, Esq.; As-
DREW WEDDERsuas, Esq.; Row, Esq.;
HasicocK, Esq.; and Dr. BoaxAnsr.
expected that Mr. ABBOT will be in the forth-
coming hatch of Peers, and that Lord SIOMOUTII'S
friend, Mr. B4IIItIRST, is to be proposed as the New
Speaker. Loul *;IDMOUTH'S friends say, that whe-
ther Government has, upon the whole, gained or lost
by the returns, his party at least is increased by the
I addition of four or five votes, which have been
gained by opposing person* attached to Govern-
ment, though not personally to the Home Secretary
of State.

A report has been in circulation, that Commodore
Ronoxas is taken by one of the ships of war attached
to the squadron which lately sailed under Sir J. B.
WARREN. The matter has been thus explained to us.
A trading vessel in the American service, named the
Commodore Rodgers, has been captured, and this
circumstance, by a very easy mistake, has given oc.
casion to the rumour. We do• not vouch for the
correctness of this representation.
Two Cartels have been permitted, to come from
Morlaix, notwithstanding the temporary embargo
imposed on vessels in French ports within the range
of the Channel. We are now told that the cause of
theeenunotion in Paris, is the unprecedented seve-
rity with which the Conscription Law has been car-
ried lots effect. This strong impulse of discontent
is wet likely to be moderated, as the same law con.
dunes to be executed, notwithstanding the insurrec.
dee, with unabated obderacy, both in the capital and
in the provisoes of the empire. Nothing has yet
transpired as to the proceedings against the in-
,sergents.
- -

By an Officer lately returned from Flushing, we
are informed that the fleet consists of 21 ships of the f
Una, besides frigates and sloops, and is manned with
one.tbird French, one-third Dutch, and one-third
Dania, who by no means agree together. A boat
with • Dutch quarter-muter (formerly muter of a
Ilmerchant ship) and 18 men, were lately picked up
is the North Sea, who had escaped from the Chat-
hens, 3.decker. They say the Dutch are determined
aoll to fight against the English, and take every op-
portunity of deserting.
We understand that Mr. BROOKE, the Chief Clerk
of the Alien branch of Lord Sown:nes Office, ar-
rived at the New Ship Inn, Brighton, on Wednesday
evening, attended by a 'Messenger ; that an active
inquiry was immediately set on foot, and several fo-
reigners were called before that Gentleman for exa-
mination, though at a late hour. Three of the prin-
cipal performers belonging to the Opera, had been
residing at Brighton for some time without the sanc-
tion of Government, but they had quitted it about
a week since. Mr. &moat was in private confer-
ence with the Magistrates, the next morning, at the
Hall, for a considerable time.
The &rag. extra ship, from Bengal, arrived off
Portsmouth the 4th inst. in company with the Ba-
rone country ship, and were standing for the Downs.
Sailed from Bengal 21st June ; arrived at Madras
7th July, and sailed from thence 13th July ; arrived
at St. Helena 12th September, and sailed from thence
14th, in company with the oountry ship Barents)
which sailed from Bengal about 'ix weeks before the
Daring, and arrived at St. Helena about ten days'
before that ship.

We are requested to dontradict the statement in-
sertad in our Paper of yesterday, in the account of'
the Coroner's Inquest, which sat OD the body of
Greenwood, a tailor, at the Marquis of Granby,
Villiers-street, in which it is said that the Corporal
(Jenkins), who locked the deceased in the garret,
was in the East India Company's service, such sot
being the fact, as hi belongs to one Qf the regiments
el the line.

THE ARMY.

, • —410.-. ~
Copy of a letter addressed by his Royal Highness the
COmmander in Chief to General the Earl of Chat-
ham, K. G. cr General Officer commanding in the
Eastern District, dated
lcnrse Goads.
MY. Lean,—Having laid before the Prince Regent'
the proceedings of a General Court-Martial, held at
Chelmsford' on the 18th October, 1811, and con-
tinued by adjournments to the 15th of November fol-
lowing, for the trial of Captain John Ford, of the
First Royal Surrey Regiment of Militia, who was
arraigned under the ander-mentioned charge, viz.:—
" For having during the whole, or a great part, of theperiod
between the Ist day orjamtarv, and the Itab of Sephiasher.lllll,
neglected to pay his company liimself, in obedieporto his 144es-
ty s orders ;and for having allowed the wife,nr the reputed wife
of Serjeoet.Majoi Allingham, to pay the men of his company,
and provide them with necessaries, by which means thacomforts
and interests of the soldiers were not attended to, the and charg-
ed more than they. oughtto have Been for necessaries, and sub-
jected es various impositions; such conduct heirg higtdy detri-
mental to his Majest)'s service, and to the prejudice of good
order and military discipline."
Upon which charge the Court came to the follow-
ing decision :
" The Court are of opinion, that the Prisoner,
Captain John Ford, is guilty of the charge preferred
against Mm, in breach of the Articles of War ; but
taking into their roost serious consideration all the
circumstances ,I,,tailed in evidence and the very high
and honourable ,:haracter given him by his Colonel
and other Officer:, do sentence hint to be reprimand.
ed, in such a men:ler as his Royal Highness the Prince
Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma-
jesty, be pleased to direct ; and farther, to be
suspendedmay from rank and pay for the space of one
calendar month."
I am to acquaint your Lordship, that under all the
circumstances of the case, his Royal Highness was
pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma-
jesty, to approve the finding of guilty, and to con.
firm so much of the sentence of the Court as ad-
; jadges the Prisoner Captain Ford, to be repri-
' mended and suspended for one month, from rank
and pay.
I am, at the same time, to acquaint your Lord-
ship, that upon a careful consideration of the whole
evidence, as detailed on the face of the proceedings,
'the guilt of the Prisoner, as found by the Court,
appeared to the Blimp Regent to hare been so fully
lestablished as to have demanded a sentence more ade-
quate to the nature of an offence, ievolting the first
I and most important duties of every officer in the ser-
fvice, of the rank of Captain Ford ; and as no evi.
deuce to general good character can in propriety be
I n:iered in extenuation of such dereliction of duty to
the country. and to the service in particular, as ap-
pears err have attended the guilt of the Prisoner,
whose adn ission of error In not paying his own coin-
patty, contrary to the standing orders of the army,
by which a aystem of gross imposition was admitted
on the part of Mrs. Allingham, to whom that duty is
proved to have been most improperly entrusted,
would appear of itself to have been sufficient to point
nut to the Court, the ill-judged application of lenity
to the nature of the case brought under their
investi-
gation.
•
aatton.
. .
Under these circumstances, the Prince Regent coo-
sitieted '.: to be due to the disciplituotOliara.mMt in-
terests of the service, that the expression of lemoyal
I Highness's marked displeasure should be conveyed
I to the officers of the Court Martial for this very in-
sufficient sentence, upon their own finding of guilt
I against the prisoner.
I am further commanded to order, that until a ge-
I neral investigation shall be instituted into the system
I of a corps, under which such practices could be to-
lerated as those which appear on the face of the pro.
cetdings, Captain Ford shall be prohibitgd from
joining or doing duty with the First Royal Surrey Re-
, i giment of Militia.
• l Your Lordship will acquaint me with the day upon
1 which the sentence is made known to the prisoner,
I as from that day the suspension from rank and pay
will take effect. I am, &c.
(Signed) FREDERICK, Commander iii Chief,

The Public Funds rose yesterday morning, princi-
pally from an accidental cause. Besides the 140,0001.
as usual bought up by the Commissioners, an addi-
tional sum of 150,0301. was invested for Queen
Anne's Bounty.
The Right Hon. OrAlm Lotto, Joint Paymaster-
General of the Forces, has appointed ItiellAßD
NIATI, FAq. of Lincoln's Ina, to be his Deputy.
A number of persons in the naval service of his
MAJZSTY are not well aware, whether British sub-
jects eon be naturalized in America, from the year
1733 antil the period of their commencing war
against us.
A youth of respectable connections, Clerk to a
wholesale house, in the neighbourhood of Ilolborn,
abseseded a few days since with 30001. which loss
falls ow his sureties, three in number.
The Court of Exchequer has been furnished with
a new clock, which makes a handsome appearance.
Yesterday Colonel CONOREVE introduced at the
Admiralty a gun, upon a new construction, :i 91-
pounder, which was inspected by all the Lords of the
Adutitelty, end highly approved of.
The jLARD MAYOR. elect intends to bestow a good
sdeal of novelty, as well as splendour, on the proces-
sten oflifonday next. In addition to some curious
snits of-armour from the Tower, he has borrowed
ELListow's two valuable nits nibrass and steel.—
Those who ride in the Armour are to be preceded by
Heralds, Banners, Trumpets, Esquires, and all "the
pomp and circumstance" of chivalry • and they are
to be attended by a retinue of armed men, in old
English costume, so as to give an idea of the manner
in which the Barons of feudal times rode forth with
their followert and dependents.
On Friday evening, as a Naval Officer was re-
turning from dining with a party of friends at Char-
ing-cross, he was stopped at the corner of Neweas-
tle-street, by three well-dressed men ; one of whom
seized the gold chain of his watch, and gave it a
pull; but the chain being pissed through a button-
hole, the attempt failed. The Officer then disen-
gaged himself from the ruffians, and gave one of
them a severe blow with his left hand, which the fel-
low attempting to return,the Officer received his blow
on the point of a dirk, which passed completely be-
tween the bones of the fore arm. His associates im-
mediately fled, and the man who was thus secured
begging for nrcey, waa suffered to escape.
•

A PATRIOTI.; EFFUSION
0$ cEHIRING THE SUCEIIIMUL CINDIDATES

WRITTEN BY A YOUNG LALIY,
A deathly Odom and piece! dhattay,
H'ettiomi the savage triumph Of this day* ;
Fatal 16 lAvetpOof =her credit dead,
Her honour tarnished, mid het tonsfiseke fled !
lola tholejoyelmakeett whicb relit the air,
When 'tacos Erg his baste victtitidus chair;
The reason', clear : each basest tette' fade,
Theo pleated deathless honour on his name.
Not so these libeling"; wars hate stricken low,
Who measly hdst the Mood that deals the bibs,;
A guilty thainaiteespreads each servile face, .
That sold their freedom, sad eataird disgteen.
Yet some ezerms for three poor I'd 'hew,
Want's weave hand had fili'd their Warts with wet,
Ap, roaebing whiter they Ronsass *kit dread,
And barter'd honour fur immediate bread.
tio, they, ye creatures of corruption's throne,
Upheld by wild unfeeling pow'r alone I
And, Mashie members, who first promis'd aid
In virtue's cause—yet virtue you betrafd !
BROUCIWAM'S traocendant talents blaaeafar,
His motto " Peace"—bts dote tation " War I"
Profaned his wisdom, his acquirements great,
He form'd the *blest pillar Of our State.
Tho' lust his cause, his mind soperiorro,:e.
His magnanimity unnerv'd his f,.es :
His pow'rful eloquence charm'd ev'ry ear;
Silent they heard, then shed the heartfelt tear.
1113 gentle .soal would spare the rankling dart,
From shedding blood from any human heart.
His meow' eye explores each humble cot,
Whose portion's fame—grief their da'!y lot.
He'd break the chains that vile oppressions give;

And bid owl ftuaislisi soil in plety live.
ill. E. Iron bridge-street, Liverpo6l,
• 17t6 Oct. when the weather was most tenipastanes, and the
rain descended in torrents.

NAVAL INTEL LIU ENCE.

PORTSMOUTU, Nov. 6: Arrived his Majesty's
ships Vidor", Zenobia, Daphne, Ind,fatigabk, and
Tweed; also several Merchantmen, whose onmes We
cannot learn.

Sailed his Majesty's ship Nemesis, for Corunna ;
Fervent, with a convoy, for the Downs ; and the
Stork sloop of war, with a convoy for Cork.
The following convoy still remains at Spithead :
His Majesty's ship Java, for the Cape of Good
Hope; Crocodile, for Gibraltar and the Mediterra=
ueau ; Niemen, for Lisbon, &c. ; Coquette, for the
West Indies ; Admits, Tor North America ; Ra-
coon, for the.figasils and South America; and the
Minerva, for ilermucit and the Bahama Islands.
FALototrtn, Nov. 4.—Arrired the Lord Keith
transport, Captain Hill, from Plymouth, hound to
Lisbon ; and his Majesty's schooner Roj4d, from
ditto.

Sailed the Duke of Montrose packet for Coronna
Marlborough ditto ; Queen Charlotte ditto, for
Lisbon ; Carteret ditto, for Cadir ; Princess Mary
dittos for Gibraltai and Malta; Lord Chesterfield
lays*
_for,l Welsinghwn ditto, for Barba'
doets.

Thtt Scylla and Seatlamer sloops of war, with
their Convoys, still remain, but they ail! ,no doubt
sail to-morrow morning should the wind continue.

SCILLY,. Nov. 3.—Came in the day before yester-
day his Majesty's ships Fothowtd and Helicon, front
a cruise.—Yesterday a large schooner privateer hove
in sight to the S. W. of the Island ; the Foxhound
and Helicon instantly got under weigh, and are now
in chime of her, but the wind is light, and we fexr
the enemy will escape.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. s.—Arrived the Spanish lugger
El George, from Gijon, with nuts, for London.
Sailed, the Royne of 98, Tigre 80, and Scerlin;
Castle, 74, for off Brest; Phew frigate, pith a neW
ship the Coventry, under convoy, for Portsmouth.
DEAL, Nov. 6.—Arrived his Majeqty' ship In .on.
i slant, Commodore Owen, from off Flushing; Barin:
and Rarrosa East Indiamen, from India, Tart from
Portsmouth, and remain with his Majesty's ships,
victuallers, and transports.
_ _

Arrived the Catharine and Caroline, Fishman, front
Malaga, and sailed for the River.
Came down from the River, the Peter, Watson,
for the Riledla; and the Fortune, Walker, for Ne*
South Wale..
Hanwros, Nov. 6.—The number of passengers
en board the sari of Leicester paeket, Capt. Ham.
mead, which wired yesterday, after &abort passage
from Gottenlihrgh, is twenty. They state that the
Russian affairs are, generally speaking, going on
well. Wittgenstein has had another successful bat.
tie, bet is represented as bating lost, in his eottli-
nued actions, since the commencement of the cant.
paign, upwards of 17,000 men, which is more than
the total amount of his reinforcements ; and es Ou.
dinot and Macdonald are constantly receiving an ace
cession of strength, it is much feared they may tilde
mately succeed : Wittgenstein has been hitherto
the saviour of St. Petersburgh. A sensible in.
formant, who very lately left Riga, states his
positite conviction, that should the French suffer
themselves to be wintered at Moscow, they must be
straitened and cut off in detail; that they will be in-
capacitated from attempting any thing as an army its
the spring ; but adds, that Bonaparte, being aware
of this, it is thought he will make a dash at SLY*.
tersburgh before the snow falls, and although the
progress of the enemy may be retarded between Twer
and that capithf, by the blowing up of the numerous
wooden brides and aqueducts ; yet it is appreaend-
ed (which God avert) that they may possihly reach
Petersburgh ; and that then the ILissitnis, like
tire Spthuiards, will have nothing. but their constancy
left, to enable then( to drive the ruthless iovaeer
from their soil, a *ask all the world acknowledges
they are better calculated for than any other tation
under the sun.

The'Lard Msyor's Bulls are to cease with the
present gay Magi,trate.• fa future those amore is
are to be styled tie .Laid Miyer's