The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-03-30 00:00:00

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the consequence of Blake's defeat on
.the 20th of confess, we are able toil& Hy the conveyance whielt
oecember ; but upon receiving e few discharge i of brbught Hie Lisbon Maili, 'Government received dis-
-rtilleryi and finding their expectations were we-' patches from Earl ' %'ELt.mt a en. Saturday even-
minded, they returned to Toledo, which place they, :is
g, Frenada, 4th March;, red
idered the latter end of January. The 6th divisitin 1 --117'''''" yesterday ad-
Iditional dispatches were resisted
proceeded by Avila towards Salamanca, .to join Mee. 'red fro'dthis. Lordship,
stout, when the mishit; of the siege of Ciudad R•alstnd also front Sir ifeottv Witsistax, at Cadiz. The
big° was intended ; bet on hearing of itslitH, Bidtfal contents of the last communications have not trans-
pier marched for the banks of the Tagus. The latter , pired, bat they are believed to convey no material
end of February, Marmont had about one half at
-• I intellig' etice-beyond that which will be -found in the
his army in Talavera, and the other at Valladokd.—
Portuguese and Spanish Journals. The following
Sachet, after taking Valencia, having heard that !
: Bulletin was issued by Ministers late en Saturday
I,a, had routed a French corps close to the walls
sf tarragona, and 'was likely soon to take the place, evening, as the contents of the first dispatch :--
left in Valencia Harispe's division, and marching to " WAR DEPARTMENT, Maar" 48.
tatalouia, obliged Lacy to raise the siege of Terra- " A dispatch has hem revived from the Earl of
go,t!! , _ Had Valencia but resisted six days longer, ; WELLINGTON, dated Frenada: -4th March. His.
which Blake admits it might have done, though Lordship had received advice of the defeat of a
with considerable injury to the inhabitants, Terra. , ~,
t r rench corps, near Malaga,. by General BALeas-
gona would have been taken. Nevertheless, the
•xtaos--the General Officer who commanded thi
bold attempt of the Catalonian General, has beet*
attended with considerable advantages to the South enemy's troops being killed in the action. • Upon the
of Spain. Soelt'smovements are wavering and doubt..l, Oth of January, EsPoz T MINA took klitesta.
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that i making the garrison prisoners ; and having „joined
NI. From Andalusia, it is reported by some,• • .
he istends going against Ballasteros, and ;Generalafterwards — •,
DIIENDIAABEL and Doe Vaaacisco LOslct,
besieging Tarifa; by others, that his real destine- I e e.
their united forces 'engage& a large
tau is Estremadura. It is, however, certain, he will i ill ar 'gigues";
bqdy of French troops, a hick had been sent from,
not be able to leave so weak a force iri Andalusia I
this year as he did the preceding one. Pam tuna to attack MENnizener.; and completely
We are assured that the French have drawn eletet flefented tbeeirhilling 60tita *gamin— y andiaking2
battalions of the line frown before Cadiz, and inareliest '
sitter 4` tin. nois . In the latteriad re bruary,.a.
them in the direction of Tarifa ; and that on the 2d ,detachment
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of oULIAN SANCllgz'itaerillaciuter.
inst. Ballasteros was in Algesiras, and his troops in
Xitnenet and its vicinity. • espied an Officer and 80 French, between Alba de
CIUDAD RODRIGO, Fan. 19. _ yeterday Lord Torres and Salemancs. The enemy's party was en.
Wellington was here : he visited the works, upon . tirely destroyed, and important dispatches,with which
which the English continue to work with•the greatest : the Officer was charged, fell into the hands of tits'
activity ;he was• guest to Gen. Castanos, and to-day !gpan' •tards vand were brought to Lord WELUNGTON. "
returned to his head-quarters. Besides these works ; .. .t will
i be seen that the advantages noticed in
others are projected, to which our Allies contribute ,
the above communication, are those referred to in
pecuniary. assistance. General Castanos is shortly to .
set-ont for Galicia. We have intelligence from sa. : Earl WELLINGTON'S dispatchea to the Portuguese
!alliance to the 10th ; Dorsenne has proceeded from t Government.
Thogos to France, tpking with him more than 60001
of his division, who belong to the Imperial guard.
From Madrid they write, that on the 6th of Febru-
ary an embargo had been laid upon waggons,
coaches, &C. for the intended journey of Joseph to
Burgos, where, it is now said, the Cortes were to be
astensled, but is supposed he will continue his jour-
ney to Fleece, considering Spain as united to the
bench Kmpire:--(Lisbon Diarg, March 16).

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MR L'ORIENT SQUADRON.

The rumour which prevailed at the end of last
week, that this squadron had escaped into Cher-
burgh, proves to be incorrect. The Committee at
Lloyd's made application to the Admiralty on Satur-
day, to ascertain the fact, when Mr. CnoKEa return-I
ed the following answer in writing I have to ac.
quaint you, that I cannot give you the information
you desire."—We have since ascertained that our
squadron which blockaded Cherburgh, consisting of
the Ma,s, Hotspur, Crane, and Buzzard, arrived at
Portsmouth on Saturday, after having reconnoitred
the enemy's port only the da34 preceding, when they ,
ascertained that only two sail of the line and four
frigates and corvettes were in that harbour. The
Thracian, which arrived at Plymouth on Thursday
last, also reconnoitred Cherburgh, in which she
-counted five sail ready for sea, but they were not the
ships that had escaped from L'Orient. Information had,
iisrleed, reached Plymouth, on the same.day, that this
squadron was seen in lat. 46. ion. 9., and that seve-
ral of our merchant ships were in the middle of them,
which, it was feared, were the homeward-bound
Mediterranean convoy. Sir Holey NEALE sudden!),
sailed from Plymouth in the Sceptre, to resume hii
station off Rochefort.

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THE STATESMAN.

~I,ONDONs.
• 18011DAVirmAlitit 30, 1311..
Tall KING.

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The monthly Bulletin of the state of kis MAJESTY
was yesterday exhibited at St. James's Palace. The
following is a copy of it
Windsor Castle. March 28.
" The XiNG continues Nearly in the same state." • -
(Signed by the five Dockilli.

The 4th battalion of the- 60th and 103 d regiment,
Great events are expected soon to take phiee in are under orders to embark for North America.
the Peninsula. The sieges of Badajos and Tarifa Out of the numerous Licences granted by our
appear to be ou the eve of commencing; if the epee Government in the course of last year, the port of
rations for reducing those fortresses arc not alreadylHan took out but eight, and that of Liverpool only
begun. Two Whin Mails have arrived, the latest
ofWe are sorry to announce the loss of the Mod•
e bleb brings Portuguese Journals to the 17th in.
beerkhound front Liverpool to the United States, on
shut ; and, by a Cadiz Mail, we have Spanish Pa- i the North Coast of Ireland. The cargo was valued
i.ers to the 12th, full extracts from which we have iat about 80,0001. a very small portion of which has
given in our preceding columns. Earl AVci.usevron been saved.
arrived at Elves, within about 15 miles of BadijohA The Gazette of Saturday night contains the of-
en the 11th instant; Marshal BazasroaD, With :tfio Aced account of the capture of the Poinone and
heavy guns and stares necessary for the attack, have Persanne French frigates, in the Adriatic, and of
nasal operations on the eastern Coast of Siaiu.
ing preceded his Lordship. The place was to beta... borne
General. MAITLAND, who recently returned to
vested on the 13th, and (;coevalHue was to pro- thin -country from the Government of Ceylon, is
teed to Merida, &bent 35 miles in advance of DV about to proceed to the East again, with the ap-
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ilajos, to prevent supplies approaching the fortreitis poiniment of Governor-General of Java and its de-
while the Siege was to be covered by the principal peed's.
body of our cavalry, stationed at Caceres. We, Mr. LUTON will leave town to-day, on his mission
however, doubt the accuracy of that • part of the Constantinople, attended by Mr. FISHER.
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statement respecting Gen. HILL, as qur private let-1 The PRINCE is expected to hold a Levee on Thurs-
ters mention thattbeFrench had collected a large force i day sennight. •
The Dube of Nostrum' arrived yesterday at his
t Merida. They We also succeeded in thiowinga re- I
house in St. James's-square, from Arundel Castle.
ouforcement of 3000 sneu,and a greatquantity of provi- The following changes in the Adiiiinistration, we
sionsand warlike mares into Badajoe. Nathingissaid understand, are finally settiesl;.—Lord 4anuourtr,
in the Portuguese' or Spanish Papers, as to MAR-' to be President of the Council, in the room of Earl
mores positions. Sover was in front of Cadiz on 1 CAMDEN ; and the Karl of Ducessouawensni Pre-
ps, sid ent of the Bollid of Confront. Mr. VANSIYTAST
the tlitle of February, where he reviewed his troops,
aud•on ,the 6th ioetant, he was at Puerto Slide Ma- ,isto be irLord- of. the Treasury.
Wtenson, Ma acid 29.—Yesterday being the last , I
ria, ou thnopposite side of the Bay. There can be Sunday of the month, the Qusee's Council assets-;
little doubt, however, that the French Marshals 1
bled here to receive a Report- of his Nlareery's
have been suAciently apprised of the movements and i health from the Physicians. There were •present,
intentions of the Allied Aviv, which, we are per-i the Archbishops of CANYERBWRY and YORE, the
ttiaded, they will not permit to remain long mune* ! Duke of MONTROSP, and the Earls of Aretsroeu
'Jested in their operations against Badajos. The Lis- `and WI SCTI ELSEA. It was stated, that the KING I
bon Papers contain two dispatches from Lord Wzr.-1 had been less agitated since the last meeting of her
MAJISTY'S Council, though in the course of the
etienrom to the Portuguese Government, dated 27th : last fortnight he had been more restless and disturbed.
February and 4th March. In the first, his Lordship : That hit MAJesrit,s bodilyteelth had improved, but
states, that Marshal Sumer had marched into Cats_ I that his mind continued as diseased as ever.
lonia, leaving only a small force in Valencia; and 1 Yesterday belt% Easter Sunday, which is coed-
that General LACY had been compelled by tbeenemy dered a grand Church Festival, the PRINCE REGENT,
to raise the siege of Tarragona. In the second, I was pleased to go in _
~ state to the Chapel Royal,- St.
to attend Divine Service, and to re-
i) alludes to some partial successes obtained by cjerveest'hseP.Saacilirceranients . The Parsee Receser took the
'he Pdrals, tinder their great Guerilla Gene. , King's seat in the Royal pew, surrounded by; his
ral MINA) over the French, and notices, as Royal Brothezi, and attendaats. The public co'
a circumstance of imports ice, that dispatches, ' sity had been raised to such& pitch.
In the care of a French Officer were taken dour from the Palace was forced '
by the Spaniards, and brought to .
heasleeearterae,
I o'clock and great numbers of persons
I will be found -among our extractsperly. '.
The door-keeper bad' near
loom the serious injury. . The Chapel was Ere
Lisbon Papers, and perhaps oar Readenrinay.dis;.; as well as the state-rooms in the
-ever more of :importance in them, than we 'readflpinkifhlAttiffetilleol4l,Sl4 -
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