The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-10-03 00:00:00

GENERAL PORLIER.

. llis Excellency Don Juan Diez Porlier is about
30 years of age, small in persist,. thin, but of a hand-
some appearance. He is nephew of tire.late Minister
P slier, Marquis de 13axamar. He served as a Mid-
shipman in the battle of Trafalgar. He first became
known m the late war against the tyranny of Bona-
plr-e, by collecting a handful of deserters from the
actio:ssio.Castile.uswier General Ceesta, with which,
.only amodstisig to 30 men, he attaCked 5U French
.advsotagessittly posted near the city of Palencia,
whom he killed or took, and presented to the Junta
Of Aslkiries.- The tatter then gave him the rank of
_Colonel, and heimmediately formed a /gorilla corps,
called Coop° Franco, with which he.did prodigies of
valour against • the enemy. This corps afterwards
bernm- a respectable division. What gave him most
credit in the tune of the Provincial Juntas, .was, .kis
-recreat from St. Ander°, surrounded by four times
kit number of enemies, from whom he escaped, and
eilen lock arid killed some of the French. This ac-
tiOst., which covered ,Porlier with glory, and thslias-
teros with shame, who merle a, disgraceful retreat to
Gijon, in •concequence of which that part of the
country was abandoned. 'lite u4her illustrious ac-
tions of Pastier are ,cgricained in the public Papers
of that.day. 11.. was latterly made a Mariscal.de.
Campo (Major-General), and his character is frank
and noble. Ile is also a man of great energy and
readiness', as is proved ,by what happened between
hies and she Marchioness of Mataross, to whose,
daughter he is now married. The Marchioness was
prowd and bought), and before she consented to the
marriage of her daughter she required Porlier to ez-
h.hit his titled of nobility. To the person sent to
wait on him :with this request, Porlier answered--;
" Tell the Marchietseis from me that my name is
Juan Diez Porlier, arid I reqoire to know whether
her daughter is to he married to me or my parch-
ments, if to the tatter, they may both go to the
devil,"
Ile however got his bride. He is, consequently,l
brother to Count Toreno;who, before his father died,
was called Count de Matarosn, and one of the De.!
pities from the province of Asturias that came over '
to (:righted in search of aid tt hen the Spanish rev.- I
lution broke out.

l'Orlier IS I,f Catorian origin. and by his marriage
hr artittirrt: tho title of :Marquis tie hlatarostt, in the
rijht of Lig rife.‘

11 wa4 arrested by Ferdinand in consequence of
the Di, root of the Yost-Office intercepting a letter
,5,1. writing to a merchant in Bilboa, in which lie
e him orders to supply money to a Spanish patriot
who had fled to France, in case he came to Bilboa.—
lie also in same letter made use of some harsh ex-
pressions against (he governing system of Ferdinand,
adding prende a (ado cl que rcbusna, " he arrests
every one who brays."

l' A X was to conclude his engagement at the Li-
verpool Theatre on Saturday, after which be returns
to- his professional duty at New Drury.
%Ye hear that the investigation which has just taken
place into the affairs of Messrs. WILKIN-
pI, and Shrownru, of Stocktota.upon-Tees, is very
discouraging ; and that the dividends are net ex-
pected to he equal even to those of the Darlington
Dank.—( York Herald.)
An unexpected change bas taken place in Ply-
mouth arsenal Roberts, master shipwright of
that yard, is to be removed to Paher-yard, Wales,
and Mr. Peake; his assistant, to Sheerness.; Mr.
Churchill, master shipwright at Paher, is to succeed
the former, and Mr. Dadd, from Sheerness, the
latter.
• On Sunday se'npight a person was set down from
it hired gig, at Mr. Elector's, Saracen't Head Inn,
Paisley ; and though apparently in ill health; he was
se well as to amuse himself in the afternoon by
4alking through the streets. When he went to bed
in the*Vening, he said he intended going to Glas-
4ow nest' day by the canal. On Monday morning,
the mniter; thinking he lay too long, went into the
room and found him speechless, Medical aid was
procured, but he died three hours thereafter. From
a furlnegit, found in his. possession, it appears his
-frame Is *lnset' Watti corporal in the .9th bat,.
tilinn Royal Artillerp—yitat he.came from Athlone,.
Treland, was a'ne.tive vet. Abeideen, and fled been
toy troirlii t flecendi intermit
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