The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-16 00:00:00

SPURTIN6 IN I'ELLIGENCE.

FIRST SKIRMISH OF THE SPANIARDS WITL
THE FRENCH.
Paris papers and letters have been received of the date
of Monday evening, which bring an account of the first
affair that has taken place between the French and Spa.
niards, under the walls of St. Sebastian. The only ac-
count, of it that Las arrived is contained in a despatch
from General Gailleminot, published in the Illnuiteur o
Monday. From this statement it appears that St. Seba...
tian being blockaded by a division under General Belinda.,
that officer sent a flag of truce which was tired at, and
then made himself master of the heights which command
the fortress. From this new position Gen. Bourke sent a se-
cond flag of truce,which was admitted and allowed to return
The Fiend, then assaulted and took the advanced posts
which the Spaniards had re-occupied doting the parley
but after an hour of repose the Spaniards made a sally
with three b.:Valions, supported with a fire of fifteen
pieces of cannon front the town and citadel. This sally,
it is said, was promptly repulsed ; but it could only have
been checked at first ; for it is expressly stated that the
Spaniards were repulsed twice. The French acknowledge
Ott loss of 20 men killed or wounded. in the affair. A
Telegraphic despatch, which did not reach Paris till after
Monday's papers were published, announces that
Duke tVAngonleine slept on the 11th at Tolosa.
advanced guard of the Ist corps, commanded by Genera
t
Wallin, was on the 11th at Villa Real, two days' march
from Vittoria. The Duke of Reggio, with the 1,4 carps,
occupies Villa Franca. The 2d corps is placed between.
Tolosa and Oyergon. The Journal des Debuts ~rates,
that on the 9111 a provisional Government of Spain was
establilhed, and that General Egnia was placed at its
head. It is said in the Gazette de France, that when the
Duke trAngoulente arrived at Eroani, deputies from the
three Biscayan provinces presented to him their recogni-
tion of a provisional Government in Spain during the
captivity of the King. The constittetionusl‘ststes, on the
authority of aprovincial paper, that the Duke of 11,11uno
art ivt ti at Bordeaux.on the 9th on his return to Paris. The
Journal des Debats contains a private letter front Lisbon,
which admits that the Count of A marante had expe-
rienced two defeats, but asserts that in a third action
fought with the vanguard of the Constitutional army, on
the 13th ult. superior numbers bad given him the
tory, and he had succeeded in making its Cotnniander,
General Pamplona, prisoner. It is added, that if the in-
surrection should spread and approach the Capital, it was
the intention of the King and Government to embark and
to fix their seat at the island of Madeira. This journal,
however, gives no account of the defeat of the Count, as
stated in our paper of yesterday, on the 231 ult., which
must give a great turn to affairs. The French Chamber
of Deputies has received the Heron of the Commission
oa the project ollaw for raising an Army of Reserve, ands
has ordered that it should be discussed after the Budget,
which will ; robably continue to engross the attention
for several Sittings.
FUNDS ON MONDAY.—Five per Cents., opened at 84f.
10c.• rose to SM. 70e.; and closed at 511. Neapolitan
- I Stock, 721 f.; Spanish, 341 f.
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STOCK EXCIIANGE,I2 o'CLoca.—Little bnsinesshas been
doing in the Market this morning. Consols opened at
74.1 to I, at which price they remain steady. According
to private letters from Paris this morning, the affair
before Saint Sebastian cost the French more men than

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Yesterday at one o'clock a Cabinet Council was held
at the Foreign Office, which sat in close deliberation till
past three o'clock.
The new Guard Ships at the different ports have been
ordered to be completely gummed.
The ship Dove is now in the River, loading with a
large quantity of gunpowder for Spain, and will suit in a
few days.
On Wednesday night, after General Latham NO re-
turned home from Kul live-street Club-house, and while
in the act of undressing himself, lie suddenly dropped
down tend expired.—(Dublin Evening Post.)
In the Lisbon papers, which arrived yesterday, it is
stated that news had arrived by a vessel from Isernam-
buts, that General Lebutour had been completely de-
feated by the Portuguese forces; and also that the Prince
Regent had !nen obliged to retire to Santa Crua, in coa-
t twiptence of a tumult.
By Gibraltar papers, which have arrived to the 2frth ult.,
we learn that an Algerine squadron, consisting of a 60 gnu
ship, a 30 gun ship, a brig, a schooner, and a corvette (the
latter belonging to the Bashaw of Alexandria), s -iled from
Aleiers'for Alexandria, on the 4,1 i of February, the Consul
for his Majesty the King of the NETISEIZIANDS having pre-
viously declared to the Dey that it his corsairs captered a
single Spanish vessel, they would he immediately attaeked
by the Dteclefleet. A .French convoy passed the Straits on
the Itsth for the Mediterranean, and was off Cape Spertal in
the aft moot's. It consisted of nine vessels, apparently in
ballast, under the escort of a. brig of war ; the Captain of
which asked the Master of a Spanish coaster whether tse had
beard of a French line of battle ship, ur knew of any Spa-
nish eruizers.
The A.cie Times say, thie morning, that Lord Liver-
pool proved the 'A ii loin of neutrality on our part by a
di'etnnia which it is impossible to get over :—" The ni-.1-
jorit y of the Spanish people are either with the French
in inclination, or against theta ; if they are with them,
what right have we to go .to war for the purpose of mak:
ing the minority of the Spaniards tyrannize over their
countrymen? And if the inajarity are against the
French, we need not alarm ourselves at the idea of any
accession of power which the invasion will brink to
France; for Spain, defended as it might easily be by 0:e
mess of its population, would not only he invincible, but
would wholly exhaust the power of its invaders."—Tbis
dilemma is much like that by which the Sultan justified
his burning of the Alexandrian Library:—" If the Li-
brary consist of writings which oppose the Koran, it is
dangerous, and onglit to be destroyed; if it consist of
writings which accord nab the Koren, it is useless, and
may as well be burnt!!!"'
The report of Sir Charles Bainpfylde's health was very
unfavourable this morning.
lam Iteveerue COURTS.—In arranging the intended
improvement in these Courts.—four plans have been
taken into consideration :-Ist. The establishment of an
Itinerary Court.—`2illy. To retain the Coutts of Sub-
Commissionere in the country, and restore them in the I
city.-341y. To make the Court of Appeals a Court fur
trials in the first instance, with an appeal from thence to
the Court of Exchequer.-4thly. To make the Conrt of
Exchequer, with a Jury, a Court of Trial in the first
instance, for the elistriceerf Dublin, in. all cases to a 1
certain amonut; and all minor cases to be tried by al
Jury at Quarter Sessions, or the adjournments thereef,!
both in town and country. It is believed the last course
of proceeding will be adopted.—(Dublin Morning Post.)
Ms nne,A PR I L 10.—'l he Guildry met today at twelve,
and resolved to petition Parliament al;ainet the Duke of :
Atholl's new till for regulating the monopoly of the'
Tay Ssltnon ; as well as at inst the old harbarime sit %-
lutes in name of which
oft
public are robbed of the bene•
fits of competition and of modern improvem ni ent in a oet
salliable fishery.
The Commissioners, who sailed two or three months
since in the Lady Campbell bin:man, for the purpose of
inquiring into the expenditure of the Cape of Good Hope,
and islands eastward of it, had a narrow escape with tt e
crew. The vessel, in a gale of wind, lost her rudder, and
in that helpless condition rein lined as a log on the water,
totally unmanageable for several days, until fortunately
descried by a French brig slave-ship, outward-bound,
who towed them into L'Oricnt, and for which service the
brig made a charge of 1,5110/. although within •IS hours.
sail of the French roast. It is rather a singular feet,
that the Captain's name of the slave-ship should be Wil-
berforce.
A French barque, hardly sea-worthy to appearance,
came in here last week, laden with fruit. She bad eightl,
hands on board, who stated that they were engaged in
tidiing at home, and haul taken a veneer in the way of
speculation. The Ctietoimliouee officers eyed them at
first with suspicion. On Monday they pitch4iilibeir tent
on the shore, where they have been disposing of their
fruit, and where crowds of our youth daily attend them.
—(Oundee Courier.)
We are happy to announce that Mr. Uripiliart,of Gins
gow, who was reported as lest in the Alert, is arrived
safe and well. The announcement was occasioned by
his having taken ont his pa.sage, and his name appearing
in the Coanponv'4 books. Providentielly, he was met
by a friend, and detained till after the ves,cl bad seittel,
and in this stay, in all probability, his life was saved.—
( Edie. Star.)
We understand that arrangemerite are now making by
the Duke of Ilamilton and the Conal Cempen v, by which
the inhabitants of Edinburgh will have the Duke's best
coal laid down at their dotes at 90. 63. per ton. This is
just about half the sum which the same quantity would
vic. i have cost a few years ago.—(lbid.)

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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

The vessel reported to be burnt in the Elbe, is repposed
to he of awl fur Hull, from liambre', with a general cargo.
The Hunter, Stone, from Bristol to Bordeaux, struck on
Cheerier Bank the4th inst. and was abandoned by the crew,
hut was afterwards towed into a e...ve, before Roy an, where
she stranded with loss of rudder, anchors, and cables.
DEAL, APRIL l.l.—Catne down from the river. the Broil.-
ford. Spring, for Bombay ; Cadmus, Talbert, for Madras
RIM Bengal ; Muriaime, Parker, for Cape of Good Hope;
'llacia. Wilson, fur Jamaica ; George and James, Boland,
for St. Mary's (Africa); Scipio, Gray, fir Virginia; Py-
renees, Clark, for Montserrat; and Chapman, London,
and Elizabeth and Ann, for Quebec. Arrived and sailed
far the ricer the Flora, Moon, from Smyrna ; passed at the
hack of the Goods in Sands to-day. all well. the ..rig Samp-
son, Catclitt from Copenhagen.—Wind N.E.
PLVIIOLTII, APRIL 14.—Arrived the Flitehie, Robinson,
from Campeachy. Sailed the Lord Esnioutli. Begrett, for
Quebec; and Middlesex. Mertens, for Ditto; Lively,Mitcle
ell, for Nassau ; and Patience, Best, for Petersburg.—Wiari
• North.
• PORTSSIOUTII, APRIL 15.—Sailed his Majesty's ship
Clinker, for London; and de Sarah, Mardy, for Hitt,.
r Wind S.B.E.
I Pataroutx, -Apart. 14,--Wind North.

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NEWMARIiF.T CRAVEN MEETING, 1529.
TUESDAY. Aram. 15.
Sweepstakes of lOngs. each. b. It. for the produce of Mares
covered in ISI9 that never I,nd bred a foal ; ,t.
Sines hst . 41h. H. M.
Mr. Vss ndham's br.,c: by Pioneer, dam by Whalebono,
out of Marianne.
Mr. Rush's 1. by Pioneer, out of Discord.
b to 4 on Pioneer.—Won by a neck.
Sweepstakes of 1044,,g. each, h. ft. for colts rising three years
old, nut of mares which never produced a winner of above
bOgs before the itli of May, ;R. M. Sst. :At t.
Ld. Grosvenor's ch. c...ldroit, by The Flyer, out of
Finesse
Ld. Exeter's ch. c. by Coffins., nit of • Miniature
2 to 1 on Adroit —Won bye neck.
Sweepstakes of to s. each h. ft. for colts, Sat. ilh. end 1:1-
lies, Sal. 41h. risi:ig three years old ; those out of untried
mares, or by untried stallions, allowed :lib. 'O. M.
Lid. Warwick's h. c. by Phantom, out of a Sir Pororel
mare, dam by Sorcerer, out of Pamela
Ld. Stradbroke's ch. e. Armourer, by Zodiac, out of Lati-

mer.-
Ld. Maynard's hr. b. f. by Pioneer, out of a Boning-
brough mare— 3
Sven on Phantom.. Won by a length.
The Second Cless of the Ninth RiddlesworthStakes of omit,.
each, h. ft. for fillies, Sst. 71b. Al. M. 'Chose by not,
ird
stallions, or out of nutrias:l mares, to be allowed 31b. tt
both. 51b.
Mr. W 5 ndlytm'sby Whalebone, data by Col:mina, out of
Catherine
D. of orafton's Veil, by Rub ens, nut of Vestal
Mr. Crockford's by Selim, nut of Sis er to Retnembrane.er S
Mr. Tho 6 rnhill's by Scud, nut of Goosan e- 4
to 4on Whalebone.—Woa tat,. lengths.
14. roll's Sultan, 6-yrs-old, beat 1.. t. 0.11. Cri,.o,l•!l:ll'c
Godolphin, 4-yrt Id, Sst.4lb. each, A. F. 500, h. ft.-6 to 5
on Sultan. —Worry a length.
The Oatlands Stakes of 50 soy. each. It. ft. O. I.
Mr. Orde Powlett's Figaro. 31rs-old, Sst. Ilb.
Mr. Hunter's Friar flacon, 4-y rs-old, Sst.
Mr 0. L. Fox's Bey Burton, by Tramp, rs-uld,
Sib 3
Mr. Greyille's'Attron, 3-yrs-old, 7st. 7 b
I.d. Exeter's Is. c. Ilolbein, by Ruhens, 3-yrs-old, 74.
Mr. Wyndham's Centaur, 4-5 rs-obt, 84. 10th.
Even on Figaro-6 to I Rest Friar Baron-10 to I art Ray
Button.-7 to I agst Aaron-5 to I agst Centaur.—Wun
by a length.
The following having declared forfeit by Pia time pro-
scribed, are to pay only 10 soy. each to the owner of the
se •ond horse. •
lA. Exeter's h. by Ardrossan, 5-yrs-old, SA. 71h.
id. Harley's b. Pr. Gas, by Fyldener, 4-yrs-oli, S-t. 711 i.
Mr. R. Pettit's Amy, 4-yrs-old, 74. 12ib.
D.of Grafton's Hamplen. 3-yrs-old, 7st. 11. b.
Mr. Forth's Ntegims Troll. 3-yrs-old. 7st. s:b.
Mr. Witliants's Emma, 3-yrs.cld, Tat. 31b.
BETTING ON IHI TIII:RiDAV.-3 t.) I 27Nt Mo-
risco-7 to 2 agst. Ajax —6 to I agst Moses-0 to I a;st
Swap-7 to 1 rtst Antonio-9 to I egst Wantor.

• A match is to take place on the 30th of April, with n 39
grilles of Manchestar,for a purse of lOU sovereigns, ttet,aee4
the tremendous Matt Weeping, and Langan, a w nod-mwx. r,
from Dublin. Weeping has won eleven battles. the i .-1
with the well-known Ilarry Sutton. the man of eniour. f. r
twenty sovereigns. - Weeping stands 5 fret, I weista
Ilat. Langan a feet le, weight 13st. Intb.—(Dablin .11ura-
iog Post.)
Mr. Wright, the celebrated, Pedestean, is now perform•
ing the greatest task ever attempted. lle started on Saw-
day, from the Three Colts, London Wall, to go on foot 27
milts out, and return again the same day, making 51. wiles
a day, for twenty days. He finished the third day's task at
nine, o'clock last night, with little fatigue. He is in his fe-ei
year, and seems confident of success. though time is barked
nt 7 to 4.
EXTRAORDINARY SUlClDE.—iesterdav reeninr an In-
epd•ition was taken in qn apartment of the White Ifni.,
Celtr, Piccadilly, before Thomas Higgs, Esq. Here;
Coroner for %Vestminster, to enquire into the can of
the death of James Lewis.
Mr. Matthew Howard, 252, High H.lbore, 'mimes-
gee, being sworn;—Had occasion to be here last night
with a number of workmen, in fixing sonic iv”rli is the
kitchen. About 10 'titulars before II o'clock. I iva• in
conversation with Mr. Chester and another g ntleiar,
n-arly under the sky-light there. On a sudden vve
were much alarmed by the breaking of the ghes
over ns. On scarchiug what caused it, ise wt.!-t
upon the leads, and thence saw the deeerist il king in
tile next yard. We then came to the lint dnnr. and
after gaining admittance, we (wind the derea,ed IsiN;,,
on lis back, apparently taking his last brcata. "A c im-
mediately sent fur a surgeon, who came directly, and le
pronounced the deceased dead; li^ had only a shirt and a
pair of shoes on; I believe Ida death 1.:43 OCC:C•ib'eg by
his le,iping wit of a three pair of stairs wittalcre belett
ing to the hotel, situated behind the grocer's shop at,
jolting the hotel.
Mr. Ilotlfrey Tegetmeir, of Arlinron-oreet, moot.
—I am a surgeon, and attended the deceased, who ss:..s
cantined 'o his be I for the last four days; he seas f,:etrisit
and delirious at intervals, but he could cunver,e ratios-
ally ; I 111.41 him several times largely, and he had hiii-
ters applied; there was evidently an age/lion of the
brain, whirl, caused deraugetnent nf his faculties; 1 had
seen him about II o'clock tin Altindayntortlitig ; 'a per,on
was dieectea to attend in his room; I examined the de-
ceased's body after death ; there was no fraet tire vi:dble
externally, Let there is no doubt his death was oc,:a•
shined by tin! fall.
Thomas Cheque, waiter at Hatehetes Hotel, swo:m.— t
The deceased .vas also a waiter at this litut•e ; he has
been germrally in good health,• !luta the last ei;:l.t ur
ten daps; he has been seized with a viol. t.t rt aclittir,
which he atti:Jrtattal to his eatir.g an egg; I have sera
hint at least once or twit e a day since he 113'; lieen cos•
fined to his room ; his mind becatn.e cry disorderril
110111 an apprehension of his losing his situation ; he ito
stern it every kindness ; the propriators of the bore
ordered that every attention should be shoe a to him;
I helwas considered a single titan until Monday, whea a
I futile railed, sato said site oas Ws wife ; slx vas st:.
I matted to hint in my presence, and the stalron aril a
female servant in the house, to whom he had been payaer
it:linked add for eia(sins
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altercation much agitated the deceased; he denied le-
ing married ; 1 beg,4l the woman to desist; his g. 5
retired; in an hour afterwards he was a come.
Mrs. Lewis, the 11.'CrItSrtl'i rife, sworn-1 live '..t Na.
17. Brewer-street Gulden-squar-, and I left ter l:tisbar2.
Ilwith the other woman u lien 1 left him of Murat)
night. She pr.alin eti the certificate of th. it torriagr.
il Verdict —.' The deceased met his death lir thrown:
himself out of his chamber winds:se in a sleiriuus iti..,
of mind."
Coax-ExcuaNce. Aram 16.—Tire fresh arrivals of cart
to this day's market ere !anal and tae buyers nut appeadar
eager to purchase. thrre is n.littoeb ;ire iu the trade. Wirf
supports Monday's prices. BarLl sells heavily. Be'
are more enquired fir. but not dearer. Pease have no it
riation. Oats sell oa cull as good terms as last market-th!
DIED.—On Monday, the 14th inst., at Ida house, Moot
row, Lambeth, Jelin NI irmitt, Esq.. aged titi.
On Monday, the limb inst., in the 2.d year of loop
Serail, the wife of 11. D. Low7•lss, Esq., of It'd up.
a parr, second daughter of Wm. Lowe, Esq., of Cx 'fear.
and of Montagu-street.
On the 15th inst., Mra. Reeves, at bet retidence,:ier!-•
dale-house, Kensington, aged 6. (........_.........,„,.........„

London : Edited, Printed, and PubliAted, at.the Office;
" Tu. STATLSIIAS," No. 997, Stroud, by K. W A1t193.1
LL.B. to whom all Communications, Order:,
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