The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-28 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

tbao before its recent retreat from that place; or
whether the Peninsula, which could not be rescued
from the grasp of NAPOLEON, when the Spanish
armies were able to make some appearance in
the field, is now to be delivered after they have
been defeated, dispersed, and captured, and the
whole provinces of Spain over-run by the enemy..
The French Papers are entirely silent on the clans
of Spain and Portugal. With regard to
.the late
battle between the Russians and Turks, they sta!e,
tlrt the GRAND VIZIER, who was shut up in 144.
chuck, was without, provisions, which intluctil
him to make a furious sortie from the place
the whole of his army, amounting to 25,000 awn.
'fhe result was a terrible conflict. The Turks placed
their dependance on the sabre, and speed of their
horses; the Russians were defended by the artillery
of their lines. PAcuss and Be vs were seen precipi.
feting themselves in the enemy's ranks. \Ye are as.
stared that upwards of 10,000 men fell err the field
of battle. The GR.% VD Viz.iza, disguised as a
ple Janissary, escaped toSchumla." A ccouoli It cut
Naples, of the Bth instant, state, that the arrilti
of. Lord WILLIAM BErrisca, at Palermo, had to,
producedi tlie-eikts which this country espocted.
littnasiatelt upon Ma arrival," says ill
Jomrnal dc Clues ire, of the 22d instant, C 4 he
had a long audience of King FEastssxn,the issue c
which was the ordering of fresh arrest% princitrally
persons the most dear to the Sicilian Government.
These arrests,execut ed in the niost iigo-rouittnd u dee:.
ing manner,and in places hitherto respected, have pro.
duced sensations easy to be conceived. Such mei,.
sures prove that the Sicilian Government is reduced
to the humiliating necessity of sacrificing their befit
friends and individuals the most distinguished by the
ties which unite them to FERDINAND aud CAno.

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find no very improper extravagance in his cou-
duct, and when they should know the addi-
tional charges to which leis Royal Highness was
afterwards subjected by the country. Every person
trust remember, that in 1803 the demands on the
' Prince of Wales became the subject of Parliamentary
regulation : and it was then perfectly well under-
stood, that those demands were of that hnnouraable
kind which he had just described-180,0001. were then
granted him by Parliament, being part of his re-
venue, by anticipation for three years. A sum,
which his Royal Highness had borrowed from the
Elector of Hesse, and which was known by the name
lof the foreign loan, was the only exception to the
nature of his debts ; but such was the limited state of
Ibis income, that the best economy could not cover
/them. His Royal Highness was besides, as he had
before hinted, made subject to the payment of 'the
i property tax after 1803, and it was exacted from Mk'
for ,tine years, to the very letter of the law. He die;
' not wish to throw blame on any one; but he had to
Istate, that the whole of what his Royal Ilighnette
paid in taxes of different kinds since 1803 was
175,0001.; which sum he had a right to count upo*
! for the liquidation of his debts, and which if it.had
1
I been at his disposal for that purpose, would have*
!gone a great way in answering it. It was alsb
rather hard, that the royal palace in which the
i Prince of Wales lived was the only Royal Palate
Iwhich paid any rent: and that for rent, rates, taxes,
• and insurances on property in it
4(7041. was not his
lown, he had to pay upwards of . a year. When
the House took these charges, placed upon him by
the House itself, into consideration, he would take,
'upon himself say, that it was merely fair to allow his
Royal Ilighnessahe sum of 53,0001. proposed by the I
I clause to be appropriated for the payment of his
debts. The system, too, of leaving this 53,0001. to
his &aye! Highness, as the residue of his Exche-
quer revenue, he coasidered the best in principle
that could be :I:.vised, and that certainly which mutt
be most agreanle to the feelings of the Prince
Regent himself. When the argument was ad-
dressed to Gentlemen ad verecandium, they must
feel, that if the Prince had come down to Par-
liament, and asked fur this sum of 53,0001. that the
granting of it, though instantaneous, could . not be
made to him with the same grace as by the mode re-
commended in the clause. The Hon. Gentleman al-
luded to his Royal iliglineFs's claims on the Derby.
lie would not go into the question whether those
claims were well or ill founded, because it was more
important far the house tO know that it wets not
the inteutinu 0( his Royal Ilighnoss ever to press
them ; although, a Chancellor of England and Ire-
land, and a Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, had
given their deliberate opinions that those claims
were founded in right. Strong, however, as these
opinions were, the Prince would not act upon them ;
but when he made this declaration, had he not a right'
to argue the justice of the present clause? for if the!
claims had been allowed to the Prince, he would .
have had infinitely more than all his demands. When!
they saw what was withheld from him, and what as ;
taxes, &c. he was obliged to pay, was it but merejus- ;
tice to require the appropriation of 53,0001. a year to !
the payment of those demands ?—The Hon. Gentle-
man next alluded to the fines received by the Prince
from the Duchy of Cornwall, since he (Mr. Adam)
had been one of the Trustees. The whole of those i
fines amotinted to only 60,0001, 57,0001 of which ;
were applied to the liquidation of debts ; and the re-
maining 80001. retained for his Privy Purse, were
distributed in such a way as must reflect eternal ho-.'
The Legislative Restrictions on the Niece RI--
'lour on his principles and his heart. It was the Ho-
nourable Member himself, who, by the direction of CF.ST expire, by the Regency Act, on Tuesday, the
his Royal Highness, had given away those 30001. to lbth of next mouth.
Letters from St. Petersburgh, of the 27th of Do-
three Eoveral objects of his bounty. The Helmer. ... • • .
I
Since writing the above, we have received Cadiz
aisle Member concluded by saying, that this last comber, make no mention of the peace with Turkey.
duty to his Royal Master was the last of his own ; and Lisboa Papers to the 15th,and French Papers to the The exchange has fallen to 161.
political life. Altair, which it was of no • eons.- ; 23d iest. It does not appear that any official account All the letters by yesterday's Dahlin Mail repre-
quence to the world to know, drew him to the la.; of the euiredder of Valencia bad been received at sent that capital to be in a very disturbed state, from
hours of his profession. In taking his leave of ; Cadiz when the Mail came away ; but a report pre- the
.violence with whicitthe Catholic Question is now
that House, and of the Public, he hoped it "lid railed in that
The House of BoLDERo and Co. it is now said)
not be considered presumptiost in bias to say, that;
he believed he had acted with honesty to the public ; the 20th December, which proved disastrous to the, wilt
pay 15s. in the pound.
and fidelity to his Prince. He felt that he could . Spaniards. Au article, dated Tan. 13, states, "We BREAD.—To-day the Lord Mayor, and Aldermen,
carry with him into his retirement the proud bet de- . are highly delighted with the gallant resistance of 'l'a- after inspecting the returns, ordered it to fall 3d. per
rightful consciousness havingacted right. • 1 rift, though we are much afraid we have to regret peck'
Mr. BRAND 'Wed, that if the explanation which bad been . the loss or dispersion of BLAK e's army before Va- • HORRID Mreniais.—The following article is ex-
just giVCI4 try his Doc and Learncd Friend had been nfirred in united from the Plymouth Telegraph.—" It it
aii rattier iit.ife of the debate, he slioald not have troubled the • lencia, and eventually of that famous rich city."—
House with his objection. Though he was of opinion, that the with the deepest impressions of horror we hare
present mode of fleeting the.estarace was not well wiected ; ; But what appears still more remarkable is, that to add another iustatice of atrocious tithing to
stilt h•• thaughe after the candid statement just made. the 'louse ;
B
would no lunger ohject to relieving the embarrassments of the ; LAKE is openly accused of having carried on a the dark catalogue of crimes committed in this
t
Prince. • ' 1 treasonable correspondence with the enemy, and country. On the evening of the 20th inst. Marga.re
Mr. TIERNEY said, that after the full and satisfactory state- •
is stated " to have been receiving the pay of , Huxtable, of Dodbrooke, near Knightsbridge, a child,
mewl of his respected I. Head (Mr. Adam), there could be but I only nine years old, was sent on an errand by her
oue fing in that Houseful the subject of thr Prince's conduct a General from Box WRIT, for two years-
as to hi linsourable engagements; nor conld lie help observing,
that there wm. on our- to whom the honourable fulfilment past ! ! !"---The Cadiz Government had received mother to a neighbouring shoemaker's : but it
was to return 1110 more—for enticed, as it is sue-
of an houtiorabie engagement could be better entrusted, than dispatclicw from General Mani, stating, that, in at- posed, by two men, with whom she bad been
to one of such acknowledged accuracy and fidelity. It
appeared that the Prince's dehts were' in a train to be tempting to open a communication with' Valencia, he
disaion.rn, w itso the plan was prevented partly by the yittitatioa seen on the Totnes road, she was first violated,
et' eras WOW ', mil partly by the pros i
of an act of that was attacked on the 26th ult. by a division of MAR- and then murdered in the most inhuman manner.—
' itent.e. Al/he Prince had e'en Pilteed ill eft seelcPerfeltinesw :InONT'S army, and forced to retire. The "CatriPti-'
tiou. in %: Well ii was the duty of Parlianteut to assns him, It Drives !Weft to deeperetion by her' not returning
was the it duty to interfere between the Prince and his creditors, pers are tilled with details respecting the retreat of
home, her parents instaritly madeevery research and
and to rriieve those endmrra:nments Which its oat ri enactmentsinquiry for their child •. but, etas !to no purpose, mi-
.the French from Tarifa—an occurrence which we ail the following morning, u hen her shift was disco-
had bragg :in ; yet he disapproved of the proposed method of
exteguirbing thine difficulties: it was one by which no saving would be inclined to regard of importance, were we vered about a mile from Dodbrooke, much torn and
.would seem. to the country. and which would put the Prince
ander the unplestsult appearance of drawing annually a large not persuaded that the object the French had in
into from tho Palle. ' 11e hoped, theretnre, that some Monter view in withdrawingtheir f that
troops romquarter, corpse was found in the same field, deprived of life,and
dyed with blood. On searching further, her mangled
of higher authority than himself, and whose character and rank .to
might place Min beyond suspicion of a sinister motive, mined -was of greater magmitudethan the capture of Tarifa—
-sedily bring forward a specific motion to place the Prince in
namely the reduction of' Valencia, which, wills ppeiercfeecs,tlyapdpilerestiettdlyofwictlioi clothing. Iles Illvearshiejatedras:nii;)shed
driven
that situation is which all his well-wishers must wish to see him, into the earth ; and her whole body bore Wm:-
with his Mind free from all anxiety, and capable of devoting its the assistance of the besiein army of the testible evidence of tbe effects of ruffian forces—
entire faculties to the public service, g g
I former place, the enemy have completely effected.
The 14th clause then passed.
Mr. BROUtiIIA M wished the 15th clause postponed, from They never hesitate at sacrificing minor objects caped detection : but the Police is attic., and guilt,
The perpetrators of these crimn have hitherto es-
the lateness of tie hour, and because several lUembers mho had
intended to oppose it were then absent. such as theirs, cannot remain long undetected.
I when they have a greater in view, because they know
Mr. PERCEVAL said,
,the Bill I% ah diViled into two parts: ;
WC prewar) deterred; and the present use, and one more , well when they have obtained the more important cOn Saturday the Lords of the Council met at the
node tee all that would then engage the att lion of the House. Council Office, to hearand determine Prize Appeals.
I advantage,. that the lesser will follow as a matter of Mr. GILLES and Mr. PERC LV AL made some observations, !
la which Mr. P defended the application of the Droits towards i course. Its the Lisbon Papers we find it stated, that Dacron.' commoes.—Chs Friday as intererting mate case
supplying the deficits of :he Civil List ; and Mr. G. insisted, that 1 bast erns William Peter Puget, Esq. and Lucretia. his wife. It
on before Sir
. .W. Scox r,respecting the validity of a marriage,
that, to the
Parliainent was bound to look to the application of this money, ; the garrison of Badajoz is greatly straitened from
and also to examine what foods were publieatioti et haus between the parties, the word Peter, a pan
was moved to iiet aside this marriage,. on the ground
which miziit arise. ildrmicat to meet debts ,1 the want or pteviiions, and that numbers of the in- iesia• thi tisnial name of the husband, had been omitted. tar the
Mr. BPsOUGHASI spoke against the clause. - habitants had be4n ordered to quit it on that account. ! . P
fraudulent purpose o preventing
f than open
The House then divided on the 15th clause. • • " ' the Marriage Oct Nandi ed. After bearing the arguments of the
For it 1051 Against it 39 1 Majority 72. In an article dated Valenca de Alc.antara, 3d • COWISIPLION 011 tithed. ride, the Learned Judge .aid, he. rhombi
reberee his judgment on this nevi aud linen:Anti; question to a
The Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. instant, it is.said, " that the blockade of Ciudad l'eas„, day
. pen notification which
Leave was given to bring iii a Bill to carry into effect the Re. Rodrigo has: been and that the enemy's ' tvaketteld House of correction has, within the last Yettrh!tf
solutions of the Committee of Supply.formed, ; ecived ii.l3 culprits ; 115 more than the sear pre..etling.—
On the motion of Mr. WHARTON, the Petition of Ml. Cott forces io that quarter had been much diminished."— , not this decrease of, virtue and morality necesrarrly doe
was referred toe Committee.—Atourund at one o'clock.. 1 from the complexion and distresses of the times; and would not
These new Operations of Lord WELLINGTON seem to : ministers he better "played in devising means for retrieving at
have been resorted to by way of a diversion in favour .
, much as le thealfairs of the couutry bb eudeayouring in at..
llis Royal Highness the PRINCE Rtevrr arrived tate roand thus effectually omote the cause of religion I
at a late hour on Sunday night, front Windsor, ael of Valencia and of the army of BLAKE. Now , than by id vier to raise as unfounded alarm for the safety
er eat ng
; of the church.
Carlton House. His Royal Highness gave audience that these are in possession of the enemy, we shall
yesterday to the Earl of Mom., Mr. SIIIIIIDAN, see whether the Allied Army will be more saecessful L-0------. it
ND(,)N ; Piloted and Published h • Me
y D. Lesser.,
and Mr. ADAM. .; '... :0 . , - • • ..
' stn its present operations against Ciudad Rodrigo, ' . STtTEIRICIN OFFICE, 87, Pleetrstrort.

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
TUESDAY) JANUARY 28) 1812.

As the following official Bulletin appeared only in
a part of oar impression of yesterday, we relepublish
it for the sake o' those of our Readers who received
the first Edition :

" A dispatch is received from Lord WELLINGTON,
dated Gallegos, 9th January.
-44 His Lordship invested Ciudad Rodrigo on 'the
Bth.- The enemy had increased'the difficulty of ap-
proaching the place by a strong redouit constructed
on the hill of St. Francisco. It was necessary to at-
tempt-to take it: it was stormed on the night of the Bth
by a detachment.of the light division, led by Lt.-Col.
Cotiortsx. The work was tarried in the most bril-
liant manner, and all the garrison either killed or
taken. Our lois was only six men kilted ; Captain
MAIN and Lielbt. Woonekrt, of the 52d, and Lieut.
HAwar.sLey, of the 95th, with 14 men wounded.—
By this success Lord WELLINGTON has been enabled
to break ground within 600 yards of the place, the
redoubt of St. Francisco being converted Lao a part
of the first parallel.

" General HILL entered Merida on the 30th De-
cember. He had hoped to surprise General Dom-
mows[', but his approach was discovered by a
patrole. The French General retreated from
Merida, leaving magazines of bread and wheat,
and several unfinished works. On the Ist, General
HILL marcMd to attack DROUET's corps d'armec at
Almandrelgo, but the enemy retreated to Zafra,
abandoning 450,000 pounds of wheat, &c.
" On the 3d, a detachment of our cavalry beat a
body of the enemy's horse at Pucuco
taking two officers and 30 men prisoners, General
DROULT retreating to Llerena. General HILL found
it useless to pursue him, and returned on the sth of
January to Merida."

We also announced yesterday in a Second Edition,
the fall of Valencia, and the defeat and capture of the
Spanish General BLAKE, with the whole of his army.
The particulars have not yet transpired ; but it ap-
Peat* that SACHET, having summoned BLAKE to sur-
render, which was not attended to, battered the
walls In breach, and having effected a passage for his
soldiers, on the 2Gth of I.);,cember, he stormed the
place with his whole army, amounting, it is said, to
28,000 men. After a sem-L. and sanguinary conflict,
the town surrendered, and 81. and his army were
made prisoiers of war. Displtches are said to have
been received by Government, containing the olcial
details of this event.

!ANC."

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STATESMAN OFFICE, Two O'CLocx.
A letter, of which, the following is a copy, has
just been received by the Lnetn MAYOR:—

,‘ Lord la vsaroot. presents his compliments to the Loan
M I. von, and acquaints his Lordship that Caiaain O'Dosisut r,
Aid-de-Camp to Colonel Bantam, has arrived this morning
a ith dispatches from Major-General Cooks and Colonel Stint.
neer, continuing the satisfactory intelligence of the complete
repulse of a strong detachment of the Fnmets army under Mar-
shal VICTOR, iu an attempt to take Tarifa, by storm, on the Lint
Dec. and that on the morning of the 4th Jan. the whole of the
French army retreated from before that place, leaving in the
possession of the allied troops the whole of their artillery, am-
munition, and stores. The French force employed under
Nlarsaal Micron, in the attempt to reduce Tarifa, appears
to have consisted of ten thousand men, and the allied force
opposed to them of not snore than 1000 British, and 7 sr Son
Spanish troops. Colonel Sauntrestspeaks in the highest terms of
the admirable conduct of all the troops under his command.—
Ile praises particularly the ezenions of Lieutenant-Colonel
Lord PkORY, second in command; of Lieutenant-Co mai
Douce, and the 2d Batalliun, 87th regiment; and Captain
Sam!, of the Royal Engineers. The British loss consists 6i
two officers, Lieut. Lortus.mr, It. E. and Lieut. liau., 47th,
tfd Battalion, and 7 rank and file, killed—three officers, Lieut.
Mut., 47th, `2d Battalion ; Lieut. M. Carroi, and Ensign
lii-
ler; 871 h llat7alion ; and S 4 rank and tile, wounded.
'Downing-street,
Jan. 28-111 A. hi.

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