The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-03-26 00:00:00

respecting t_lo late operations of the contending ary.4
.
mies. 'he following are extracts from the Paptri
received this morning :

PORTO, MARCH 2.
Our army has made a move; it ii now Heir M.
tes and Nivt, and the adjacent towns, except the lifth
division, which is upon the• march, and will be is
Coimbra to-morrow and the following day.

SALAMANCA. Its is.
The whole of the Imperial Guard has received nr.
ders to proceed to Fiance. On the 22d of Janua,v,
M4axoNT had his head-quarters and army in S.lll.
manca ; but, on receiving intelligence of the fda
of Ciudad Itodrige, Immediately retired re
Valladolid, leaving only six thousand m„ is
that city. Goo. MAILMONT, after collecting cm
siderable fo'rcts in Valladolid, advanced to Sea.
manse; but the Allies seemed not only determined
to wait for .him, but also give him battle, should
reek it. • We knew lately that the 'French havers
tired towards Toro; it is, therefore, presumed that
our will very shortly undertake the siege of
liadajoe. .We know that the utmost activity plena,
in thit.-place, in collecting provisions and military
states. It is. reported that General WELLMTCoN
will give General HILL 20,000 men, in addition tar
those' he already bus, for the purpose of executing
this order.—(Caronoa Diary, Fcb. 45.)

PONFER,RADA, FE N.

To.day, 60 dragoons entered %Titla:ion, taken by
the party of MARQUES= j out of 166 men *hid.
composed the enemy's force, six only escaped.—(Sa,:it
PaPr-)
SALkMkNCA, Fze.l7.

The English maintain their positions between the
Tormes and Agueda. We are assured, that at Chi%.
cella Gen. 'nitres has completely defeated Mus.
sum's• division, belonging to MARNIONT% a ray.
qtte 6th division of MARMONT'S army has marched
for Gastile, in consequence of which, in 'fabrers,
din. there remain very short garrisens.,-(Same
Paper.)

CORUNNA. I?.
The English Colonel, Sir EDWARD •DOTYGLA6,
frieud to the Spaniard's, and one of the most active
and glorious protectors of. oar holy cause, after hay.
ing delivered to the 6th army, which covers the fron-
tiers of Galicia; the aids lent by his generetis Go,
ttrnment ; after having assisted, in a -scimitar mast,
ner, the valiant parties of Ggarillas 'with arms,
kc. has directed his attention, without losing
sight of the army which merits his first con-
sideration, to the alarm of this faithful kingdom
of Galicia, among the inhabitants of which he is
going to distribute pu additional number of muskets,
The Public will be able to judge of ' the number and
description ,of these aids (hithesite it would not have
been proper to medtion them), whet:fit is informed
that during the last five monthl.3o,ooo muskets have
been distributed by &ismer:ell Chieff so that
this powerful succottriand dithers -which are 'about to
'be given, Galicia wiH tie played •in '.sac 111 raeral
state of defence, as will makelts Wag sultdaedby
the enemy impossible. Thanks to the generous Brit
tish Nation.—(Coruinu Diary; Feb. ".7.)
LISIION, MARCIE 4.
Our Government has issued an order, in conse,
quence of the great scarcity of provisions h
Spanish Estremadera, by the calamities of war, that
rice and biscuits may be exported to all parts of that
province, not occupied by the enemy.--(Lisbon
G(r.elle; March 3.)

Souse American Papers reached town this morning,
but of too old a date to bring any intelligence; the
Norfolk PePiligs only reach to the 13th February.
It cannot fitti to be in the recollection of o*
Readers, that, as the eve of the appointment of ties
httrect of Wend to be Regent of these kingclem‘.
the columns of the &trier were filled with the melt
scurrilous invective against his Royal Highness and
the other Princes of the Blood, because it was at
j that time thought it was the Reosn's intention to
;.call to his 'Councils, those men whom he had all
I along declared his friends, and whose principles ha
professed to have adopted as a guide to direct him its
his future political career. As an experiment to
counteract his Royal .Highness'i views, the restrih
tions imposed by Mr. Ptacsvat, were resorted to;
and, through the medtem of his hireling Journals, the
Premier indulged in a strain of declamation, the tnnli
indecent and opprobrious against the Heir Apparent,.
with the view of bringing him into discredit with the f
nation. Because the Royal Brothers gave a declare•
tion to the world, of their opinion as to the measures
pursued by Mr. PENCEVAL to limit the Royal Prero-
gative, they were insultingly denominated the "Col-
lege of Princes ;" they were spoken of individually
as " Baby Princes, who had no comprehension for
any thing beyond the childish amusement of a Battle."
Every thing, in fact, which disappointment and Inn-
lice could devise, was promulgated in the Como', r,
and from thence copied into all the other no'r•
coon,* prints, to calumniate and stigmatize 04
')loyal Highness. Now, however, that Mr. PENCE-
Tilt has " found favour" in the eyes of his Master,
the Journal which was formerly devoted to his pur-
poses of scandal, every day teems with the most ful-
some adulatioti, the most disguring flattkry ecor
shown to any mortal. Instead of the PRINCE iti#
GENT being that inditidual whose conceptions were
unfit for any other pursuit than that of a " bah),"
he has become "-enlOtened," by the 4'• brilliant ca-
reer" of his Father's Ministers. Instead of itolif-
ference to the true in'erests of his people, he is bemire
all 0 oace WO with" anxiety for the pal lie

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