The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-05 00:00:00

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MILITARY OPICRATIONSOF MINA.

The following Interesting earomary of the military
)rrotions of Alias ii glees is Ilia lksette of Sere-

goose :
Bacot, re, Not. 26.—Every body knows the eituatimin
of this province in time month of Argue, when General
Mine received time command. They know that the De-
fenders of time Faith were in possession of every part of
it, except LeiitLl, Mattress, Cardona, Barcelona, Tara-
gone. Tortass, t a rona, !hearing, and Rosas ; and those
places were btorlsadrol, and their weak garrisons were
forced to make fregoent sallies, and combat enemies, far
superior in number, to procure provisions.
The success of the Defenders of the Faith increased,
while they had to contend with forces so inferior that
they were hardly able to act even on the defensive. Yet
the Constitutional troops, faithful to their oath to de-
fend the good cense, and despising the great number of
their assailants, the confirml marches, distress. famine
and privatious of every kind, never lost their courage,
t and presirved those important important places, with the
aid of four weak moveable columns, commanded by the
brave Torrijos, %mien, Milans, and 51anso, to whom we
partly owe the p floe of Ltatalonia.
Oenersl Mina arrived on the jth of September at
Lerida, entirely.desitute of time necessary means to com-
bat forces ten times more numerous than those placed
ander his command; not hut that the reinforcements
promised were forwarded, and in fact, he received about
12011 men at Letitia and Toeri.ios, *with'a column of SOO.
which had escaped (roam nominates, and other Chiefs
cf the Army of the Faith. who bad surrounded hiss at
Cervera, succeeded in joining Mina at Lerida on the
10th. it was with this torte that the General undertook
his first movemenc.on time 12th towards Cervera, which
the Defendersof the Faith evacuated at his ipp..ach on
the night of the 13th. On the 16th the Constitutions
tienetal restored his head-quarters to Calif, which be-
came the central point of his further operations. Baron
di/relies -di-airing to impede the march of releforee-
meets to'Catalenia, caused the banks of the Cinea to be
invaded by Isis troops. seriously threatening Arragon;
and in fact he succeeded at least, in employing ter a
month, the division of General Zarco del Valle, consist-
ing of 4,000 men, the greater part of which was demisted
to reinforce Mina, while other bands of the Faith, more
or less numerous, were sent to the right bank of the
Ebro; nay, Queseda was detached into Ns/there, in the
hope of further diverting the attention of Zarco del
Valle. • Nothing could induce a change in the general
plan of the Constitutionalist% which was is the main,
to attack the adverse faction at its source...ad to expel
the Regency from lirgel; but yet this object was se-
mote, for it was necessary, first of all, to restore the
communications between Saragossa. Lerida, Vieh, Maw
test, Lc. to reinforce the garrisons, to raptly them with
ammunition and provisions, to fotm d line of defence.
to revive public teatime in the cerinirrecespied by
the Constitutional troops, especially at Barcelona, from
which they limit derive their chief meources r. and His,
Mina effected is the space of a month, bemiring elm a
knowledge of the ground, aid of the real situation a
:the, enemy's force. Meantime thinforreareate arrived
froth all mistier% thatch sot is seek numbers as bed
heen hoped ; because the iscursione of them Defenders*,
the Faith into Arragon, and evrn We* the province et
Valencia, having draw* off sor 6.006 dee*. The Royal-
istagroi/ of their snperiatity, and tali*/ foam% an OF
activity which was only prudence on the part of Minos
'they dilly provoked him to battle, bit Owes *tit till the
2601 of October that he resolviel to %flask Castelfol-
fit..and ea the 27th the division of Relines. at Tors.—
Our readers know tliesserult of these two days; ea**
It to musk, that they greatly contributed to the is
creasing emcee, ef.the•tleneral, wherowas atterwarde
"reisforceerhy 3,000 mmaleurn the division. of Zane del
!Valle. &relies thee perceived that he amid atria
no great bike/stage es the right bunk lOU Sres, afilk
rellited 'inks " the smoutniarwe eise tkimiiii47. crap,
liktalfre cottony. firmly peresaded thsit.bea shield he
them able to resist the GettstitntiOnallata; but the affeiri
of the 1311% lith, iloth. and 16th, have proved the /po-
ttery ; for hie troops have been dislodged from their
positions, beaten; and dispersed I Erase himself being
*teed to terreat to Civil, where Mint expeeNd to or-
'rive on the 13th or 2tlth. The whole district of Tromp.
op to the frontiers of France, was covered with wander
ing fugitives. Temp, Wars, and several other coma-
useneuthave been plundered and burnt by the Canstita
clonal inn," who spread g I consternation. Not-1
withstanding the preparations for defenses making at
Urgelea the Ifitk, it is not thought that it will stand a
siege.'especially es the soldiers of .the Faith re-
' fused to shut themselves up is it. Meantime it is aban-
doned by the 'il;leocy, and by all the Inhabitants who
have any thing to lime. The alarm extended mu to
Poycerde, and if •Milea continues his movement towards
Campredon, there is so doubt het that place will have
the same fate as Berl. The number of peasants who
leave time misty to rotten home. and of Soldiers of the
Faith who over to serve under the Constitutional Gene-
rals,'* ininsideraisle. In fart, confusion and discord
now'rthign in that-army which boasted of re-establish-
I ing desputtam in Simla. Such was the result of the opera-
' tions up to the 16U1 of this month.
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TliE LO DOS %VORKIIOUSE.

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''..A ieeting of Abe ebercliwerdens and other inhabitants of
agent of London parishes was yesterday held at Bow-
..cititrciifOrtite. purpose of considering what steps should be
lakes in consequence of 110 application to the Court of CORl-
;tann.Council for the suit of 21431. 10s,sin,further support of
.Ilse London WOrkhouse.' A long discussion Wok pace upon
t'lle.anbject,ln the course of which several gentlemen es-
iii.inteed it.is their opinion that the Institution had foiled to
ecconijiliSk On eikieets for whielit was trigi,itily estat4isk-
:ea, elit orient Tittle else this nominee and ripen-
ein.inettmbtanee' upon the city. It wM debated for some
Kui4, wbethir or not the meeting ought to prtment a petition
to the. Court of Common Council, preying 'that It would
take some: eteps either to bare the original objects of the
,fisatilistiois parried into effect. or to have it abolished alto-
gether Oratit was at length resolved. that for the. present
ib 'Wet! Sig • should only express their opinion of the,
finefliciency or the Institution, and adjourn to 'Muted./
seer-
. 'll4..kneel'ruaTmh4rieet"iln:nionaTn
deredro be grinten, in the morning journals; a Committee
we, gplioluted to carry them into effect; thanks were voted
iteit at eleven o'clock. for the purpose of allowing the
:uprps
danr tyu.n 1 ty
opinion to thr4r respective parishes. and of taking their In-
idrar.iioos upon the subject, which they ere to report to the
The of
resolutions communicating
w ero this
to. Mr, Hick, churchwarden of St. Mary-la-Bow, far jail
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, conduct in time choir i and tto meetin{ adjourned.

It is reported that the Commissioners olds/. Western
Turnpike bier given irders to their surveyors to prevent
tlipstes and vggraltite carrying eartheaware, from pitch-
ing their teats, lighting tires, or leaving their carts oo
the sides of the roods, to the great dancer and annoy-
ance of tbe_poillic..- The I:hearers empidyed under the
serveyershave slmore bear, received orders to be in-
foramina' against all'sueh ott•nders. The set of Parr
liaraent-passed le-tbe last session gives fall power to ail
peesois to ipprehend vagrants. of this description. and
to swell their -baggage; and all constables are salient
fa Ate penalty Of 2tts: it.they niter them to herbed,
teiWkli their uthlog. It is hoped that' this salutary lair.
will bieerrled tote fall etfaet, as it will tend to kfinvialab
tsa...strialerglegree the system of horse stlijiliag, aid a
peaty lartsnies. Dow so gowsraiik *9 904ect MO,
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