The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-23 00:00:00

Tigg STAITOMAN

Cum, Aue. tB.—By the Master of a vessel waif
has arrived in nine days from 'Anoint, we Ire
assured, that at the time of his sailing from that
port, the troops who formed the expedition were is
Alcoa, and were to continue their march towards
Valencia, and that the enemy had abandoned all the
points they accepted on the coast between Alicant
and that capital.—(Coadrop Arend 119.)

SEVILLE, Avant 21.
To-day 5000 muskets were destroyed.
Au 0.13.
Au Aid-de-Camp of SOOLTIS has arrived with in.
formation of its being absolutely impossible for
DitoUET and DAMILEAU to retire, in conulatmer of
one of General Hit.t.'s divisiont baring cut off their
retreat by Loa Pedraches. A dispa has arrived,
which obliged SoULr and his party to pack up in
great baste.

ea. IL
An those employed in the Commissariat and
Police have set out. MONTAIREO had disposrd hki
march for Cordoba, but suspended It in consecinenes
of having been informed that some Spanish troops
had entered that city. They have destroyed the
lilsestranza, the manufactory for saltpetre, and for•
titication of the Cartago.

Ava. N.
To-day the Jo ramentados and French party set out.
Ave. It

This evening the enemy were ready to parch ; they
have thrown into tho river all the pewter and saaOr.
petre ; to-marrow we expect to be free from them.
—( From the Regeecy Gosette, Aug. 30).

pia Russia, preparetis to expect a retrograde move-
ment of oa► Army towards Torres Vedras. " The
Spanleirds," says a Morning Paper, " are as sound
in their principles of patriotism, as sincere in their
detestation of a foreign yoke, as ever generous
people were. It will be impossible, therefore,' to
conceite that the efforts of such a race of men, if
they bad been properly directed, could have felled
of success." To what cause, then, shall we attribute
their lurking indifference, their cold-blooded apathy,
when victory cleared the way, and called for the aid
and energies of the Spanish nation, in effecting what
-we cell their independence—why coffer the laurel to
wither on the brow' of the victorious WELLINGTON.—
This ism subject of the greetect importance to the
English nation, as it may Involve our army i• more
mischief than the Spaniards seem to apprehend from
the French.

The determined resolution of the Americans to
persevere in a war with this country, will, by se-
conding the Mighty enterpilte of NAPOLEOW in the
North, most probably close the last avenue of our
expiring comtnerce, and which we cannot contem-
'late without being agitated by the most affecting
sympathy for the unparalleled sufferings ,of our dis-
tressed manufacturers; and the more particularly so,
when we reflect that it happens at a period when
every energy is at full stretch to buoy them
mg from sinking ande► an accoandating weight of
alludes, easstened by a wanton tad profligate waste
of the alisesedasshaustible resources of a loyal and
genereas people.

It is reported that Sir Roma: Wnaos hes trans-
mitted to Government an account of the actions at
Smolensk° and Valentine, which differs very much
with that stated in the French Bulletins. How far
theca ail be any troth to the report of Sir ROM=
having bees present at the engagements, we cannot
my, but jndgiag from the progress of the French
army towards Moscow, we cannot attach mach credit
to this report.

We have this morning received the following let-
ter from Mr. EGERTON SMITH, of the Mercury
Office, Liverpool, by which it appears that he dis-
claime any knowledge of the letter which came to us
by post en Friday last, with his signature, stating
the arrival of the General Washington, at thnt
place, bringing an account of the Rfigocaws of
the DECLARATION of WAR against England. We
have uo reason to doubt the veracity of Mr. &MG ;
but, on comparing the signature of his letter with
the former, there appears to ben great resemblance,
although the body of the former letter is of a differ-
ent hand-writing, end we strongly suspect that the
imposition which has been practised upon us, has
arisen from his having left a blank signature is his
office, which has been most wantonly and di.grace-
fully made use of, by some unprincipled wretch,
and we trust the author of so infamous an imposi-
tion will be imposed to public indignation.