The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-31 00:00:00

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

• We are in a competent manner authorised to contra-
dict the report from Leon, inserted in No. 731, of the
Fepeqador in which, speaking of the progress of (Jr.eral item a ..inst the 11.1sehi, order the ex-Count
Amirante, an insinuation was thrown out that the afore-
said brave General ceased following up the rebels, in
co.n.erpience of orders received from his Government to
return to Portugal. We are farther authorised to

esqure the public, that the Government •of His
Most Faithful Majesty furnished General Rego
• with the most ample and positive orders, not only
to attack and exterminate Silveira and his follow-
er , but also any other auxiliary force of Spanish or"
foreign rebels, who might protect or join him; and that
the determination of General Rego to retire, was takenin
a Connell of War, in consequence of hi. being unable to
come up with Silveira, who, by his precipitate flight, had
gained considerable ground of him, and had already'
opened communications with the invading forces, great-
ly superior in minsher to those commanded by General
Rego, who for this very reason must have taken great
responsibility on his own shoulders, if lie advanced against
the several corps of an enemy without sufficient and previ-
out s combinations with the armed force of the priori nce,and
wi•hout any apparent advantage ; at the Wile time that
;dykes of new machinations in the province of Tras
o. Monte., excited by the factious spirit that began to
display itself after the absence of the army, render-Al
his return indispensably necessary in order to suppress
them, after bravely expelling from the said province
the principal force intended to kindle a civil war in Por-
tugal.
%Ve have also an assurance of the highest character
that General Rego, us soon as be has received his new
instruclons frout the Portuguese government, founded
on the treaty of the folt of March, will enter Spain
with most a the additional Portuguese forces already
placed on the war establishment, in order to attabk and
defeat, in concert with the Spaniards, any enemies of the
Constitutional system, wherever they may be &nod.—
'lr, May 9.)

(Erpectadth

BIRMINGHAM BANK NOTE ROBBERY.

On Tuesday se'nnight, Lot Cartledge and Griffith
Tnrner, the two men apprehended at Manchester, charg-
. ed with stealing :,:e two Bankers' parcels from the
Balloon cearh, in December last, underwent a final ex-
amination before T. Norris, Esq. Mr. Bird, Solicitor,
of Birmingham, attended for the prosecution, and Mr.
Barrow, of Manchester, fur tbr, prisoners. The evidence
on which the parties were committed, was briefly as
follows :—A Clerk from the banking-house of Messrs.
lionhury and Co.. deposed to the making up of the par-
cel addressed to Messrs. Taylors and Lloyds, containing
notes to the amount of 4,0131/., and to the delivery of it
to Sargeant, guard to the Balloon coach, who was in the
habit of carrying similar parcels for them. AW. note,
build upon the prisoner Turner, lie identified as one con-
tained in the parcel—A Clerk of Sir James Esdaile and
Co., also deposed to the making up of another parcel,
containing notes amounting to 3,676 L, directed to Messrs.
Viihbins, Smith, & Co. which be delivered to Sargeant.
Two of the notes found on Turner, and one upon Cart-
ledge, were identified by this nitness.—Sargeant made a
situilar deposition to that be made in London, immediately
after the robbery,as to the circumstance attending the loss
°faille parcels committed to his care. Mr. Franklin,
money-broker, of Manchester, Stated that the prisoner
Turner came to his shop, and asked him to •change
some country notes ; he presented him three Birming-
ham iii. notes, and suspecting they were forgeries, be
desired biro to call again, as be could not change them
at that moment : be took them to Lavender, the de-
puty constable, who upon examining the printed list
of lumbers, found they .formed part of it. Lavender
immediately proceeded to Franklin's shop, and appre-
hended Turner, who said be took the notes of a wan
who was with him at the Turk's Ifead.—WM. Kilbie,
constable, stated that he went in consequence to that
public house, and there found the other prisoner Cart-

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ledge; upon searching Mint another of the 51. stolen ,
notes, some money, and Cart's Hook of• lined', anent,
were discovered.—A Mrs. Lambert stated that site sold •
the copy of Cary to a man of wham she took a five
pound birmingliansnote,•gieing hip the change out,
hat she coniii not swear that; At ter of the prisoners
was the person.--A shnpman to .Mr. Buckley, of
Church-greet, Liverpool, said. that Turner pnrcbaaed
two silk hainikerchiefs of hint, and paid for them in a
51. note, identified as one of those stolen, which he
said he hail taken .at Chester.—When Kilbie searched
('artledge at the Turk's Head, be denied having any know-
ledge of Turner; end said he came there alone. The land-
lord, however. stated thst ('artledge and Turner came toge-
ther, and were soon afterwards joined by another man,
about sic feet high, who left them again. This man has
not yet been disco; ered. Cartledge also told Kilbie, he
bought Cary's Roads in Lon,:on. AVlten the examinations
were gone through. Turner, who is well known to Laven-
der, was asked if he had any thing to say; but he refused
to give any account of himself. On the same question being
per to Cartledge, he said he was going from London to see
his relations in Staffordshire; and, is passing through Bir-
mingham, he called at a fr!eod's there, who told him Chester
races were on ; and, as he had to call at a place in the
neighbourhood, he went on to Chester, and put up at a hotel
in that city, of which he could not tell the name. He went
on the race course, and being intoxicated, at the time, made
a bet with a gentleman. of whom he received four firming-.
ham bl., and other loot' notes out of a 301.'Bank of Eng-
land, in payment of the bet he had inst. lie then went to
Liverpool, intending to proceed to his friends in Stafford-
shire, and there met with Turner. and 'came with him to
Manchester—he had never seen him before. As to his de-
nying Turner, lie said he was so therried by the manner of
Kilbie, end being tipsy also, he knew not what. he said.—
Mr. Burrow put several questions to Mr. Bristow as to the
identity of the notes foetid epon Cartledge. Mr. Bristow
made np the parcel ; but he could only speak io the motel'
from the entry of another clerk, which Mr. Barrow cos-.
tended was not sufficient evidence of the hiertity.—Mr:
Norris said, though the evidence of the other clerk would be.
nee sssss y for conviction, yet there was other circumstan-
tial evidence sufficiently strong, not only to warrant but to
call upon hipv to commit for trial. The prisoners were ac-
cordingly committed.

THE ARMY.

GENERAL ORDER, MAY 27, 1823.

His Grace the Master General has received his Majes-
ty's commands to allow a limited number of Field Officers
and Captains on full pay, of the Royal Artillery, who
may have served not less than 20 years, to sell at the regn-
lated price of the Infantry, their Commissions, of Field
Officers or Captain respectively, to Officers of the line
(to be selected by bin Royal Highness thlWommander-
. in-Chief), who, w' ..n promoted, would llicome uuat-
tarhed.
The vacancies of glue Officers of the Art?flery thus al-
-1 lowed to return from the service, will I.e filled up in the
first instance from the second list, And afterwards in the
usual cour4e.
The objects of this arrangement are, by making provi-
sion for certain Officers of the Artillery, who may be de. '
sirons of retiring in this manner front the Service, to en-
able the Master-General to reduce the list of seconded
and half-pay Officers, and thus eventually to accelerate
the promotion in the corps.
It is, however, to be clearly understood, that this plan
does tot in any respect alter the na' ure of the promotion,
or the ordinary rules for the retirement of Officers of the
Artillery, nor give any Offieer of the Artillery hereafter
any right or claim to sell his Commission.
It is adopted at present solely with the view of reme-
dying an existing inconvenience and evil; and no Offices
is to consider himself in future c•?titled to found upon this
arrangement any claim to sell Iris Commission.
Those Officers who may be inclined to avail themselves
of this plan to retire flom the service, will send their
names to the Deputy Adjutant General of the Artillery,
and the Master General pill select those who will be per-
mitted to sell, according to his view of the public con-
venience, and of the r.spective claims and merits of those
who shall have sent in their names.

(Signed) JOHN Illacuton,
Lieut.-Gen. Dep.-Adj.-6en. Royal Artillery.

The 2d division of the Iflth rent. of Foot embarked at
Sheerness, on the 2Sth inst. far Ireland.
A division of the 62d regiment of Infantry will, on the ar-
rival of the 2d detachment of the 10th Foot in Ireland, em-
bark at Cork for Halifax.
. . .

The remainder of the 9th regt. of Llneers, will embark on
the Bth or 10th of June, at Bristol for Ireland..

The fith regt. of Light Dragoons (Hussars) has arrived at
Ipswich from Chatham.
The .IStlt regt. of Infantry, has arrived at Weedon from
Chatham.

11. The 63th rect. of Foot is ordered, on the arrival of the 58th
regiment at Weedon, to march from that station to Hull. to
relieve the 73d regt. of Infant, y, which is directed to pro.
cord to Scotian 1. _ _

Wednesday the 9th Lancers, oilier the command of Col.
!Umlaut!, marched into Bristol from Radipole barracks, on
their route for Ireland. The transports are all ready, and
,wind fair, so that it is expected they will he embarked forth-
with.

COWES. MAY 29.—Seven officers and 21.2 men, of different
regiment's. were embarked from here this morning, on board
the ship Brunswick, for Halifex and Quebec.
On llomlay, the troop of Royal Horse Artillery. com-
manded by Major Latin., left Ringmer Barracks for Ire-
land.