The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-30 00:00:00

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bmiegeti-tti attempt a now debarkation: • rt took
place ow the lath of September, at Moaner, whither
Capon marcite,l from the banks of the Guadiana,
to support it ; but 'he Adjutant-Cornanatulatt Re-
biottd, and the Duke of Aremberg, manceuvred
with so much promptitude,4 that Copous was soon
come up with, beaten, and chatid ;new beyond
Saint Bartholomew and Cistaya, and the troops of
Wiz were again ebligod kre.embark with prtct;
pitation.

GRANADA AND MURCIA.
SIPTEKSCIL —The collections f the Mu reian 'pea.
sants, under the command of Blake, threatening-the
frontiers of Granadai • General litbastiani set out
from thecity of Granadwat the latter ;Ad of Au.
gust to disperse or destroy thorn. On his approach
they became panic. atruckomillied in every direc-
tion. The army entered Murcia without having eq•
casion to fire a single siddi , From • theitte he di..
rested his march ti, several Odds in pursuit of the
enemy, but he was dot able to come tip With them
any where. Two detachments only, were over.
taken within two leagues of -Carthasena, and de.'
biroyetl. . •
While the General was employed in this expetli:
Bon, two bands of rubbers- from the Mountains of
Granada united, forcedsome hundreds to juin them,
and proceeded to the environs of the town of Ora-
nada. 'Monet, chief of squadrue of the 166th
Noma draguieni, fell in with them .00, the 4th of
Seßtembert above Pedal, completely routed as&
hatted upwards of 40G of them,. meow; whom was
their. leader. .110 also took seems; pristseersi their.
itandard, and immoral horses.'. These.
sotto escaped
lkstAci the mountains.
In another quarter the English and the Insurgents
endeavoured to take advantage of the absence of
Cesteral Scbastianes corps to raise. the country.—
There were seditious in some villages. Troops were
landed near Alpujarres, and the castles of Mottril
spd.Almunrjar, where there were only some coast
guards, were taken. After •the affair of Pedal,
General Werle directed his march upon these two
towns, which he. found occupied in force ; bitt the
resistance he met, with only contributed to increase,
the enemy's loss. •
• The English were overwhelmed, and after leaving
several dead on the place,,fied to their ships. .Ther
castles of Mottril and. Alinenejari in which. they.
had planted _an additional neasber of guns- and
supplied Pita, provisions, fell into our power. again.'
• The civic pied of Granada,. the Spanish troops
in that town, the dompasty of town chassours, the
guardof• honour, tile clergy, the several authori.
ties of the province, and all persons of distinction,
have on this occasion COMUCted theIOSCIVLS in the
most praise-worthy limner.
LA MANCHA. • ..
.SuiTtmaza.—The number of robbers decreases
daily. They are so closely, pursued that they have.
net time to atablish themselves any where. A party
of them had the imptkdence to • make an attack qis
Thumellossee on the 2d .of September. ColonsV
Baron l'irtsso was dispatchedugainst them. He came
up with them at Saquellainos ; they consisted lob
Mat infaistry and 200 cavalry. .
. Colonel fause.made tech excellent movements,
Oat upwards.of 100 of them were killed, a greater
number were wounded, and their baggage .runs
talgen by Colonel Kruse, who oniered Ate miserably
remains of theUangto be.pursuedi The othersete
defeated in. the same inmates mbar it - -possible .to
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• • GUADALAXARA...;., • r 4.. ~•
The bioi,pli4oipecinado., 1100 virong,,hsd
approached Cituentes and the environs. Geheral
Sago, who was stationed at Brihuega with 90Q•in.
(entry and 250 horse, marched, to 'attack them .on
the 14th .of September, drove them (ruin all their
positions, entered.Cifuentes, and killc.l and. wound-
ed. upwards of 200 of them. •
CATALONIA.
AI/GUM—Genera! Sucher having received iuferr.
11311ti01) that several thousand Valeticians were
marching towards Uldecona, for the purp(?sec of at.
tacking his advanced guard, ditipatelied, on the 14th
of August, 100 hussars, under the command of
Captain Galbois, of the. Staff, to reconnoitre. This
officer fell in with 200 horse, which he charged aud
pursued to litneeerlos, where having received a re.
.inforcement, they appeared disposed to maintsio
themselves.. There was a sharp and close actiou,
in which Captain.talhois killed •25 men, took
42 prisoners, one of whom was an officer, and had
only three •hasaarawounded. lie learned in fact
that-a considerable corps from Valencia was pro.
waling by this route.. General .Sachet proceeded
to meet it with several battalions and 300 cavalry,
butthe enemy did nut wait• for him ; they retired
precipitately by &ass six. different, roads, leaving
behind them 150,000. ratios" of biscuit, a great
deal of baggage, and one standard. Thu advanced
guard only was able to come up. with aboutl9o of
.them. .
The army of Catalonia has effected a -jassetinn
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with the 3d comps of the army ; cud the woilia„far
tthe.sicge of..Tortota are begun and .iiesioilows. with
great. activity.
ARRACiON.
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Avottii.i..—.ool the 20)th of Augost, gerieuvler,
Chief. of .Bilta4Ort, cedamanding at Jaca, surprised
.at A.nso a notorious leader of robbers, With '3oi
of his Mew:drat the, residue of the gang, This
lender, as well as..l4.ot.his band, vfere killed on the
spot, and 15 others talten and shpt. This. was the
last 'of the.leatiers of the rubbers on. :he left bank of
the Ebro, :where they diaoluch mischief to the in..
habitant,.
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The Arragoncie epometed, 'vial the beet
rit ; they occupy Weinselves only in:their:ordinary
business, and cal ffaist Orou‘houe the *bole pro,.
vince without a guard.
NAVA-Ott..
General Drouct having tent some troops to par.
sue an assemblage, composed of the 'wrecks of se-
veral :tall-destroyed baud:, killed a great many of
them in different engagements, and drove them back
into the province of Soria, from whence they were.
also driven by the column under the
.command of
General Ittoplet, who killed 300 of them in two
-engagements. 'rite remalris •of • this collettion,
which does not exceed five hundred men, have re.
tired to Valencia. '
There are at present only three small bands or
ten or twelve each in Nivarie, wandering in the fo-
otsie sad motiutaius.

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BISCAY.
The weak bands that were in Biscay ire entirely
disimrsed, w ith the exception, of one only, which
ciummits the must huriible excesses upon the inha-
bitants. ft is pursued, and will soon cease to
Kist.

Alt the towds and 44!'ages of the three provinces
of Biscay are forraitivitic iguar.l3 to preserve that
tranquillity Mhic Olay eajoy at present, asd -to
Aasect our croups. ilf case the brigands should again.
wake their appriritice. ;
'ASTURIAS:

Marquisitto had assembled a
body of trim pi at..Piites which appeared to assume
some consistence. General S
-eras was dispatched
by (karat- Killorinan from Benevcnte to. .Potes
to disPerse •theie troops. Marquisitto did iidt.
deers it'adriselibbflu bait hi; arrivill.• balms& in.
irruptibrrintii tiro "Asturias, for the-purpose-of -at-
tacking. General Bonnet, in Oviedo. ,Oti the.
September, he was discurercd-witlibiteitirileaaaes of.
that town, at the head of .3000 lee.
Bonnet instantly
.ntaiched to attaelibim, JtiUci .4(X
mon, -destroyed hid cavalry., :wet 'emiardi UE.3O'
prieuetifi, and diipiried the'retaidiide?. ' •
• • OLD CAVTILE.

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Serrestscu.—The leader of a small handy which
was collected at liangas,-, funned by compelling. the,
peasants to join him, a corps of 990 foot and
.150
horse. General Etsgnet, commanding at Soria,•
.marched against him with 1000 'infantry ithd 300 ca.•
On the 6th of September,. he discovered them In
a position befoso the village, and immediately
charged thoutt , Their line was thrown into confu-
sion) our • cavalry seized
„the,,opportunity, they
were all overibelnied and diit pieces. Ll.pwards •
of two hundred men and fifty-lire officers: Were:
killed ; three.huudred were wounded, and sevbrai,
hundreds surrcudered.,,,, ; .
PQ,II,TII.OAL. • . , . .
The English, after ffiianng itiffeletl citiclad Rel.l
drigo and Almeida to be faiZe;i, took a-position an
the fine heights of Puardd, and gare.out that they
intended to .wakioc.the krairrh.onny there:, We
marched_ noinst thesni,-apd,Acy deemed, a retreat
the most prOent. ,On thq,101..11,- ilia head.iiakrters
of the Prince of Eittling.were at Visch. ThiEng-
lish army had, then fallen ,b14.-Irr.maircheAi and
lons, at Coimbra.--(See die allfmiteur of the 20th
of this moitih.)..

Court adjourueid.

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1;1 t. •• ; I •.11 iii'irbirliki
A case. of cousi eris e. op , Net , n these
few days been brought node '' disigititattei Of the
clot
Alagistiates at the Polki ggatitol.‘itieen.stieltre :
A frerich emigrant, of AtheinlinCol. Pierre Ileatry
Clieirtand, was lately, titiers, ill. al his lodgings iu
.S'oinera•ToWri, and soerrafterwards died. On the
opacities after his decelle;, 'Mrs. Percy, his *eietu.
OWP 09 loOkihg'over his paper*, was greatly sir.
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pfhtesf et=cot finding the property described in his
*dr. ' Sift' lesbiantely •applied to Lavender and
;Sty, -Officer* it the abcititti•OffiEe; who corhtitenced
la search, in the course or itacti, strong' suspicion
fell on a Frenchman of thiSsmees of Fitijames and
his wife. • The Officera nroCurtitfa searcu.warraet,
and proceeded tii the residence of Fitzjarnest where
they, in a drawer, found a purse eoetainkng:26
gutueis„ and tine Spaiiisli dotifircion,
,which"purse
Att.:Pert)? recollected that She had seen in the pus.
ilation of &outdone 'Plieirtinda few moments be-
tare ' his deCia A The 'Officers also found out an
clef kienchs4iiinan wh during the lin .tisof toe
, p, i t.
deCeiiiiid; had attended' hitis.as ilk narse, and whom
filtgillikletlittid his' life. had ititleavoiretlte: iutimi.
date, •to pi-event het. giving life testimony.„ By her
evidence, howivell ;pie 4 hole of •t)ie iiiMtaition re..
afire ttithe robliry Wiii die Coveted, but she was
not able to give any adcquitt of what bad become
of the property. , rill orteers afterwarja' found
iitarly the whole of the money buried in afield be.
hind the workhouse, at St. Pancris. fitzjames
ind his wife were Yesterdiyjully committed to
--Newiales for trial.
On Friday Amid, the remains of Roger Poctling.
too, Esq. lately an ensintint.Banker, at Newark,
were interred in the farnity_ vault, at Witithorpe,
near that town This respectable gentlethan died
or the precedieg.. Friday,' in the 78th year of his
age, and the impressioneet, numerous friends that
his grey hairs were brought
.with
.sprrozo to the
grave, gave a solemnity to the funeral obsequies
exceeding that which is commonly felt. An uni.
versal sympathy was excited, by a recollection that,
had this venerable and estimable man 'closed his ca.
seer two shaft years gunner, he would have avoided
' the change of cireemetances which, to a mind that
beFl for so Wog st aeason- dwelt in the sunshine of
competency and prosperity, must have been an af.
flictiop of nu ordinary cast. Living with abundant
.means of dispensing from his store comfort to those
,Around him, until the longest estimate of human
life had passcal over ,his head,—he; by misplaced
confidence, found himself, in the 76th year of his
age, herledfrum affluence into necessitous .ohscu.
rity, and himself a bankrupt in means arid. hopes I
-In his carriage to the world, however, he bore this
amazing chauge like a confident and good man;
resolved. .yet to. be oeserviee to his- fellow.evea..
tures, be, by an example of resignation, did the
vgoollt of which more active means were now de-
nied him. But the cankerworm of affliction had
its seat in the heart, mid he died a martyr to his
ingenuous, unsuspecting disposition, which had
deluded-him with the belief -that all men were as
. honest as himself. For the present generation, his
grave will need uo monument; and for those to
coma, it will he difficult to make good men, and
419ussibte to.utake had ones, compreimud his use.
cits..7l[ltottissik am :lteviezo.] . . .. .1
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- ' SmoutiNG ACCIDENT.....AS a girl, about /5 yeti's
of age, niece,' to • Mr. Dennis, grocer, in 111tiunt.',
street, was dusting. in the bedroom of a 'second'
door, in ,her uncle's.house, on Saturday evening, '
she fell into -a paved yard, by which her thigh was
broken, her head much lacerated, and she was
otherwise much bruised. Hopes were, however,
,entertained yesterday of her recovery. j
On Tuesday night a man was found dead at the,
bottom of Lady Parson's Stairs, near the I-fermi.
tage, supposed to have fallen dewu through intoxi.,
cation. The Coroner's Jury was taken on the body.
;On:Friday night, and brought in a verdict.—lcaf:
dental Death.' The body was buried yesterday.

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LIONS

LONDON -saSsl, ~
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.Itritarlity commenced the London Sessions, be-,
.11are. the Aldermen and:Recorder (Mr. SityEsTza),
With Sir JOHN Kaltett in the Chair. ' .
After snore routine business, a
,miscreant of the
!mine of MoO r,• was.ott to the bar, charged with a
detestable assault on a yodth on London-bridge, at 1
noonday! ITbe.evidence was of SA unimpeachable a
nature, that the Jury, without hesitation, fouud the
,Pdsoner.gollley. , .
Michael Po en, a lahoutex„, was next put to the I
bar; charged with a similar,otrence on. the person of
Wiitikey Pugh, a vety meritorious City Officer, in
rottrfields, on Sunday, the Rd' Of SepteWber last.
The Jury found the Prisoner guilty: -,
' Charles Slnith was then put to the 'bar,' also
charged withun assault;.witb.the intcht of commit-
ting an, attominable crime,
.by. Williew Stevens, a
must iiraise-wtsetby City Officer, who- serves in
own right, and who went to Mooraelds with a
posse of Officers on the night of.the Rd :of Septeta.
her last, for the purpose of apprehending wretches
44 so debased a cast, where the assatilt-was made.
'Thil.Pritoitert as well at Fenn,. met np the plea of
,tltynkiiiiketst, Ititt•it was bier-railed by the more
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lireltitY evidence of all ilsti. 0168 s Or . The. 'Jury
ifunnd tierdict of*sility, biit judgmeOlcin the three
tairetehcs was•deferrei - •
i. The erideice itsitliteed against the Prisoner was
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!orsubleck 'lines, of so a boinivalAO a DatUrri that
..), we cannotpretead .to,gire any report. or it ;. psk
much Credit- Is duo to those who presided, for listen.
ing so patiently as they did to such disgusting de-
:ll4ls. : So anxious was the Court to do justice, that
Ithey were occupied by the atJOVO three trials till a
lery late hour in the afternoon.
. • LONG O. ST. BOTOLPH, ALDEILSGATE.
1 This was a case of considerable interest to the
ipisseaters, being en Appeal, agsidst a Poor Rate,
arged in respect of a Meeting in Jewin-street,
When it appearing that the subscriptions received
for the pews were voluntary, the Parish consented
I to allow the Rate.

MS WNW-0 Y .SI.IIPikREC KS ,*
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On Monday sebOniglg, the *bin;
.Qyeen. or 14911.
dowry bliand from
.Quebee. to *Deptford; with tits.
beropars, and staves2.onfortanatelt *eat on shore!
en • Petnhrey Sands. - Th4l --WWWW-11111rItrlair of the,
crew perished; thw•mlitter:ltild bihersr were"
saved by remaining on Want the vessii. The boat,
:soon after, the Omer glad -ibe th rr4n got un
board her alougspe, was upsetv-intf, owner,'
,having hold etirdpe): mdffeltiree' ettict to regain
the shipt''shd -bad. nearly
.reacheif 'the peck each
time, but was at iength weslitni eff„ and was iltiejtil
floating upon .wave for ibont two minutes, end
ithen totally cli appearl. lios-was beloved by all
the rxent,, and haslet( a mother and. two daughters
to bewail the loss, of their only supporter.- The
,Collector, Comptroller, and all the Officers belong.
ing to the Customs at Llanelly, are using their bust
endeavours to protect the ship and cargo.
On the same evening, the brig Union, Captain
WORRALLI bound from Cadiz to London, with
cargo p( copper is bars and pigs, logwood, wood,
cochineal, indigo? jalap, capers, horse.bides, and.
skins, was- totally lint; and every soul nit board
perished. She struck on Cefen, Pitiful Sands, near
Kidwelly, and is entirely gone to pieces; the
greater part of the cargo has been washed about the
shore, and it is feared very little of the property
can he saved. The.ship's papers have been *found,
and bills of exchange to- the amount of 3,336.1. ster.
ling, the latter of which are in the hands 9f H.
Eaton, Esq. Collegtor of the Customs at the port of
Llanelly., and, Stephen Jones, Esq. Comptroller.
These Geutlemeo, and the Officers of the Customs
have exerted theniselves to -the utmost of their power
to save as meek as possible of the property.
The Bercsford, Outerbridge, froni Cork to
Bristol, satruck on the-sands near-Tenby, bat it is
expected wail be, got off again: -and on Wednesday,
the ship Viagante, Cardoza, nut 34 days from
Lisbon fur Liverpool, with wool, was brought into
Tenby by a boat from that port.
There is •great!`reason to fear that a vessel has
been lost on the Gower.coast, as the bodies of two
children came ashore at Paviland, about 16 miles
from Swansea, un Tuesday morning, last, both
naked, the one a fgnale'about fear years of age,
and the other a boy about 12 months old, together
with a little shirt belonging, as is supposed, to one
of them, marked Wright, , and a board with the
words Amelia Packet painted thereon.

On Saturday last, a fatal and most unfortunate
occurrence took place at Wakefield.-51i:.Thomas
Shaw, Deputy. Constable, was called to the Cock
and Swan public-house, in that 'place, in censer.
quenco of. the disorderly conduct of sothe soldiers
of the 30th regiment of foot, quartet* 'in 'that
town: • In the execution of his duty he struck one
'of them, .Daniel Ryan, on tbe bead with' Itia'ntaff,,
attcitwards pat lies Into lie Kid Cnnt fur the
night, inwtflch .place he found• dead- next
morning. On' Monday an Auquest wane taken tiefori.,
' Mr. EDW. BROOK, when a number of situ: sac}
were examined. The result of the examination. was,
that Mr. Shaw was held.to bail, himself in. 5001. and
two sureties in 5091. each, to appear.at Ydrk As.
sizes ; and Major Spew forth is alSo bound in' 1091.
,to prosecute Poi the alleged manslaughter.' 'We un-
derstand that Henry Andrews and James Teal,
&qrs. are the gentlemen fixed upon for being hail,
On 'llurdsay, Mr. Ridge, surgeon, of Lewis,*
in a fit of insanity, mit a period to his existence,
by placing a. pistol, charged with powder only, in
' his mouth, in his bedroom at his dwellitig.houst.
The deceased was only 30 years *of agei
_and re.
turned home the'same marrnivsg,' after visiting a pa.-
tiout a few miles in the Country.
The .Mysore Princes are abilitt to be= removed to
,Riti?apnglah, where suite neei buildings are erecting
for their reception. • , • , •
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The supply of hops at Weyhill (air last week was
about ,000 Farnham, and 11000 country pockets;
the deetatid for the fermir was brisk, and nearly all
sold at from 141. to 131. 13i.Ceuniy hops' frotd:'
91. toll!. ; some few at eleven•guiueas per cwt.
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