The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-23 00:00:00

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IMES IN SP4IN.

The relative strength of the hostile armies in 11 •
Peninsula cannot be correctly ascertained ; hilt
the followiug nu believe to be as near the truth a:
any account that lus been yet publiihed :
BRITISH rOcEs In SPAIN, classed regimentally.
CAVA La Y.
SI Dragn Guards tM 00 Drains
It li I Attooo , -- lot Kiefs Germs Legloc
fib Light Vrageors Ithb DetActineat
lab Dim

JNIPA

;Tar.

3d Reginwnt, Ist Bait. --
----rtil Regiment, 2d 11w.
ith ----- 14.---
9th --spa .......—. imj, —.. 9d-- •
alr-------... all ''"'"....
.
pa'l2ltb
sh—t.--6- r ..,....... 97`h
di Sd King's German Legion
lat
. ________... II .--- sth Ditto
oik____...., lit,.:—.. ids Ditto
iant
ith
.---... Id --tit Ditto
ld
Ist Guards (Coldstream)
fothh--.--e Mb— `.:d Ditto
The shore tarots adder the con:a-end of itr A.
Wellesley, luthac the brigade of Gen. Cr.to -
ford, and lye baselines auks Gra. Ligistburn - nap,
Artillery unknown.
l'ornsoe:t: troops under Gen. Bere•rwl - - 43,090
gonniet trottp. under Cueita and Albuquerve - 4i,UJJ
Ditto lese4as - - I 41,9..i4
Legion under Sir Robert Wiiioll, uckr -. wn.
Romano. dints.
lialle•terns, ditto.
FRENCH TROOPS.
victor's army - - . -
Selunsiani -
Jaerdau (*Arid) -
Kellerman'', Cavalry

1110,0.0

• 33,030
IW,Oull
11.8X1
• 4WD

matt, unknown.
Ney. ditto. . .
Garri,um. ditto.
1 The French troops in gareisoil malt amount to
! a very cuusiderabk number. The following plasm
are or great. strength, and must necessarily re.
quire garrisons of some force : —Junquera, Fi-
, glieraA, Row, Barcelona, Saragoisa; Barbastro.
Vittorsn, Perepeluna,ollb?a, St. Sebastian. To
the troops la these plates aka to be added the very
'numerous corp stationed in stlltetent towns in the
Procinca of Catalonia, Areigon, Biscay, Na_
1 warm CAstile, and Leon; "old the ar.ny now be_
i
aiming Gerona. liquet these cdfisPerations are
1 taken intoacconnt, it is difficult to b.:Heti:that the
ryrenob Nice in Spin-does not oven now cons/.
Iderably crrecd 10000 nice. I. :illy bc reinc:.a.
bered that Na.routow, iis one of his public du-
cumerits, asserts, that not a 4egle carps tees
slat drawn fronts Spain rasept Ike lesperisd Gallia.
Thai corps, which coaipfpfiguds every spccicb
of .force—attitlery,.engiuce.ra, snifters, cavalry,
twohigeuq, infantry, and rifle corps—amounts t')
upwards of 30,QW men ; for although passim
antler • tho mama of the . Impale! Guard, trout
whil: it might be inferred to tie merely calculated
foritic protection of the E nperor, it is like every
lother " Corps" of the French Fraud Army—a
coosplehtarmy, possessing in itself every species
jof force.requisite to act either distinctly or Iri Ca.
operation. with other corps. It only differs iii
! being composed wholly of men selected for their
; experience, skill, courage, and capacity, and in
ii particular of tliJse who have at any time greatly
i dinieguished themsalvet. It is believed, upon the
1 authority of various communications from Spain,
I. *at as soon as Sir Jost o Mooat hail marched from
411, 'tors* -ois his retreat, NAPOLEON set of for
.Pitiis,And the whole of the Imperial Guard in.
1011,111 y commenced their march towards France.
The vast Went of the Peninsula will access*.
rily require a very great force to hold it iii sub.
jectiou, but the intercepted letter of Marshal
Soot?, very distinctly ponds out the means by
Which it may he held. Ile prineipally complains
of the want- of secure points of reircui, and 114r-
-1 ticulaely for hospitals. WetaWan•frgpm released
1 from the necessity of continuing his erects in Ger-
i many, it would be more coneessiout to \him to
1 ()barter 150,000 troops in Spain, than in France;
1 mid the distribution of a forte of lhataneeent in
I the Peninsula, there cau be little doubt Mould
-Ite amply adequate to the security of KingJosaria's
I Government.

• Moe late Mathew Roolton, Esq. F. S. was is
'the 81st year of his age.
-"A-Gentleman who arrived from Hilboa on Ss-
taiilay, and who left it on the 2d of August, ac.
quaints us, that the small garrison at that town
claimed a victory on the part of their countrymen
a$ the batik. of Talavera dc la Rey na.
We andentand Ministers have certain amounts
That there ire about eight thousand 'troops in the
fortress of Bergen-op-Zoom, and 25,01) in fort
Lillo and Antwerp.

The following unfortunate circumstance hap.
',cued at Chertsey lately :—A mail of the •amt
of William 'ley, under ostler at the Swan Inn,
,ea. married on the Bth inst. a•d is the evening,
as he was partaking of some recreation with his
friend•, was interrupted by a person in the street,
and the following morning, as [ley was proceed-
ing to his (Intim at the Swan, he was oveitaken
by William Vincent, who immediately attacked
him, and beat him so unmercifully as to break his
ribs, and cause several contusions upon his head.
lie was conveyed hone and died un the Sunday
following. The Coroner's Inquest sat upon his
body, and although •ery nunierons witnesses were
examined to prove the particulars of the eiretini.
stances, the Jury brought in a verdict of—Died
by the visitation of God.
The whole neighbowrhood feelia; meth disap-
pointed at the verdict, as well u the ve►y re-
spectOble Magistrates in the district not feelint:
satisfied therewith, a summons has been issued
to call a Special Bench of the Magistrates through-
out the county to investigate the business, and
they are to meet at the Swan, Chertsey, fur that
purpose this day. There were five surgeons who
attended to open the buds, and their report has
been printed and distributed about the country.
Whatever may be the result of the investigation,
we Cannot sufficiently applaud the laudable and
prompt exertions of thaw Magistrates who have
undertaken to inquire into this melancholy affair,
in ordur to promote the due administration of
jiistlee.

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