The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-20 00:00:00

JVAV.IL INriiLLIGSNGS,

peartrigeryir, nye. 11).—fltiled front entre,. the! Vern-
% mili4 trot-port. R. blotter, haler convoy of the Surly cut-
let, fist Cieeteser.

PcrweirTs, Ore. If.— •• ritT4 the Clmet, fteed, front
Oporto, with wines fsw this port, sailed in eninniwiy with
the convoy; and parted off VP, port this morning t on their
iswrige eneountereil try:Timbals gale, of wind.
stilei his Sf.je,ty's ship Orestes,
nu% kinjest's ship, ("resters of 18 gems wits
obliged to put bark actin Ivt evenings in c..tseitience of the
*cry Wary gate, hut we ire hippy in stati.iz, that no las-
damage has been done he r.

TScat, Dec. 19.—Came dawn (mei the River his Ma-
}-rte', ship Agincourt, and queen,.
flailed the At.al.intit, ilri•sep; to rrw-•ead, to repair da.
*bier% a hich she sdstaiesed b thq lute gales.

lye here great pleasure Its being able to state,
o,st the iltutsrtr frigate is safe in Geern•ry. The
pilot who took her out arrived at Pt) mouth on
Sololay.—She did not put into Torhiy throegh
stress of wither; but being •A' there, a Boat.
swain's Mate dropped down dead, and they put
iu there In litter the body.

A Swedish ship, with all her liernettretni pa.
Isen perfectly reveler, was drtaintil by e. King's
ship: and in nne of the late gales was toteekett on
the Goodwin Sands. The owners are•to bring an
action against the Captain of the King's ship
for the amount of the lobs, %bids b esatnated at
180,0001.

_Ore bear that in one of two commnnicatlatts
lately recvived from Paris, Lord Wei.t.Estre Is
Wormed or t'a,• c!eath of A lITHUR O'CON MOR,
Vgq. A no'h •r let:er, however, he says, comm.
diet' the lept,tt.
The nuptials between Lord GRANVILLE LEMI•
s,. Gowrit anal l.uly lIA ItRIET CA111\101111)
%di take These next Monday, the t Sth.
The Earl of Li renroof. leaves his home in
(narks-,tweet, tit. J allieS'i-Kgll3 CC, h 1 Wing taken
the late Lord Fif.!'s house, Whitehall.

Lord auJ Lady Avsoe are expected, this day,
at their hone iii Arlington-street, from their scat
in Hertfordshire, fur the season.
Private letters from Holland, to the. sth inst.
lament the alteration which is expected to take
place in that country...the loss of their King,
*chi Is believed to have left his kingdom fur ever.
The mert;iiiits request their correspondents not to
eteript to forward colonial produce, or British
manufacture, to Holland, as the landing %%mild
be attended will) the grratot difficulty and dan.
gar, and, if successful, would wily lead to their
scieitre, the consiguees being made responSible.
Extract of a letter from Cadiz, Nov. 30
affairs in the North bear sit iinfavourablesan aspect
they are no kis mclaneLoly in this quarter. We
kave received the most distressing acconats from
our army in La Mancha, und.o. the eanynand of
Aresaga ; by which it appears, that on the 19th
instant, he sustained a gteieral atlark in the
bourhhood of °cams, aid the consequences have
been very fatal to our army. Our tins has been
very enniblerable both in officers and men : argil. i
ammunition, provisions, Sc. all appear to
have been abandoned lay our troops : such was
the panic, that whole battalions threw away their
arms, to avuid, by a precipitate light, the de-
struction which evidently was suspended on
their heads. It is impossible at this moment of
gettersl consternation to say cue/1y it!iat our
loss may be; but of the rapid flight we Intro matt
distressing proof, several parties having arrived in
the vicinity of Cordova and Java. In corpse.
quence of this unpleasant intelligence, the most
severe measures are ahuut to take place forlhe
raising of the people ea masse ; all persons from
18 to flO, capable of bearing arms, will impala
diatcly be called into actiou, and this meaty
•ss 111 extend to the Cusivents, nithout distinction I
in tie, our situation becomes daily more critical'
toil we must prepare ourselves fur gri•at 'erratical.
lint, alas! what will become of us, now that
the Usurper has humbled the Emperor of Austria!"
The followins letter from the Spanish head-
quarters is highly interesting

" Head-tridirierr,
" The battle fought between the Spaniards and
Treneb at OC4III, MII the 19th inst. was obstinately
eontested, and most sanguinary. The French
had 30,000 veteran troops, commanded by Joseph
Bonaparte in person, assisted by Marshals Mnrtter
and Soult. The Spanish force amounted to 50,000,
el which 5,000 were killed, and 15,000 takers pri-
soners. The defeat was (incisive, and the rout be-
came general. 'lite Spanish Commander in (;I(i4
was sorrowncled by the French, and must inevitably
have been taken, bet Col. Ruche having collected
about 300 Spanish cavalry, arrived at the cr;lical
moment, making a gallant charge, in which he a as
ounded ; he had tha good fortune to rezetto the
Cfcneral, and to ricurt him in safety. The other
British Officers present in the action, anti %Ito
behaved must gallantly, were Lord M.cnurr,
Volunel Cor.soase, and Colonel The
latter has been taken prisoner. The Spaniards
also lost 'sleets of cannon. The French have
likewise snikred mo,t f evenly in men ; but tht
roost egtranrdissary circumstance attetrdhg this
disaetrnns event is, that the Spaniards st•em to
think nothing of it. They arc no way depressed,
and affirm, that iu one month they wiN hive Is
more numerous army." . a •

On Thurs-lay night, a violent gale of wind, sr:
rompailica by very heavy rain, Iris tisperieni+a.
in Gloucester, and excited great alarm, as well fcr
thr s if, :y of the shipping upon the coast, as for
',roper!), of every description, eallip,e,l to the
Fowl of the storm. A t the Bishop's Milace, a large
chimney was blovro down, aii.l forced its way
serys a strong roof into a sitting.rnom beneath,
the floor of which, with apparent difficulty, sus.
Wrier, the crash of the falling ruins. One barn,
at tiot end of Barton-street, sad another at Barn.
wood, Isere blown down ; and a small hot.house
belonging to Rob. M orris, Esq. at the latter
place, was nearly despoiled of all ifs glass. The
winders of the Infirmary, and the roofs of a
somber ef oilier bedding', sustained tootitlerable