The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-25 00:00:00

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of the adjacent villages,
collecting 4 They were abrprised in Sepal, at day-
break, and about forty of them lied in Ariz
shirts. The chief of the insurgents, Lorenzo
Terrer, attempted to fight his way with his pis-
tols through a patty of the grenadiers. The
britee Corporal, Louis Steven, of the 121st regi-
meet, received his lire unhurt, thotigh the muzzle
of the pistol almost touched his breast, and in-
stantly discharging his musket, laid his assailant
dead at his feet. The bands of marauders in Na.
verre have been every where defeated and put to
Night. Carlisco, one of their principal leaders,
has fallen into our hands near Estrella, with 18
of hit followers, anti all their horses."
BA YON ve, Nov.2o.—The Asturiatts having ad-
vanced, by way of Reynosa, and threatened San-
Auden), General Bonnet, being informed of it,
marched from St Andero, and took post in the
vicinity of Torre-la-Vega, writing the attack of
the insurgents. Finding, however, that they still
hung back, he resolved upon attacking them,
though they were considerably superior in num-
bers. lie brought them to action at Coates, six
miles from St. Andero, where they were corn.
!deftly defeated, and put to the rout. We impa-
tiently expect the particulars of this glorious bat-
tle, its which General Bonnet, with only 6000
men, defeated more than 'lO,OOO insurgents.
Fn tort eons, Drc. 6.—On the 4th, 200 of the
Prince Primeteis-troeps left Merits on their march
to Spain.—'f he new conscripts marched yesterday
for Bayreuth.
ST. PETERSBURGIf, Nov. 11.—Russian pro-
duce, notwithstanding the close of the shipping
season, has greatly risen in price, and more espe.
cially at Riga. Hemp fetches 113 roubles the
shi p-pund, colonial produce is also very dear.
Our Sovereign hat, by a recent Ukase, given
permission to French and Danish privateers, duly
provided with letters of marque from their respec.
tive Governments, to put into the ports of the Bal-
tic, and to dispose of any perishable articles form-
ing part of the cargoes of their prizes, with the
exception of English commodities. Several new
regiments are ordered to be raised in the territory
conquered from Sweden. They will in all consist
of about 24,000 men.

The Persian brig„ sad six sail of transports, on
Wednesday arrived at Falmouth, on their passage
to Lisbon.
The Mermaid frigate Mile from Quebec on the
16th tilt. with a fleet of OS sail. One of the Mer.
maid's convoy, the brig Dependence, on Thursday
arrived at Plymouth. She parted from the fleet
on the 14th inst. in a heavy gale, which carried
away her main mast, and obliged her to throw
part of her cargo overboard.
The Minerva, IVheeler, from Virginia to Dub.
lin, was lost on the 13th inst. in Douglas Lily,
with all her crew (the Captain and Steward ex-
cepted), together with a Kinsale pilot and two
Custom-house ufficers.
The Repulse and Victorious ships of the line,
on Tuesday, sailed from Plymouth for the Mcdi.
terranean.
A letter from an Officer on board Ills Majesty's
ship Sultan, dated Port Mahon, November 2?,
says, 4'. We arrived here on the 14th inst. with
our whole fleet, 14 sail of the line, besides frigates
and brigs, to complete water and provisions. The
Renown, Titer, and Invincible, are gone to Gi.
blither to refit, having sustained considerable da.
mage during the late plea. The Triumph and
Zealous are gone to Cadiz. The Centaur and
Vurspite arrived here yesterday. Admiral Thorn.
borough has shifted his flag from the Royal Sove-
reign to the Apollo, fur a passage to England. A
new Governor has arrived." •

The Officers commanding regiments of Local
Militia have been informed, by a circular from the
Secretary at War, that the corporals are nut to
receive any pay from and after this day : that
fruit the same period, pay will be altoned for
such number of serjeants only of each regimenti
Arc. as, including the serjeant-major, will not el.
eccd one per company ; and fur such number of
drummers only, as, including the drum-major, will
not exceed one for every two companies.
A draper of Paradise-street, Liverpooli was on
Monday defrauded of a parcel just delivered by a
carrier's boy, by e man who entered the shop the
moment after the boy hail quitted it, and in a
pretended fit of anger against the boy for a mts.
take, he said, in the delivery parcel, carried it of
before the daughter of the tratleitnan recovered
from the consternation into which he had thrown
her, premising, as he departed, to acid the proper
parcel immediately.
A subscription is forming in Wales for the pur-
pose of erecting a Column' en Moelvansma, the
highest of the Clwydean ridge, to commemorate
the late Jubilee.
A canal is about to be made from Hammett', on
the Welch toast, to run by D Bala, Car
wen, Ptc. to join the Ellesmere Canal, and thus
open a conveyauce for the treasures of the new
mines of Merionethshire, to Liverpool and the
Metropolis.
A young girl at Indira, white amusing herself
some dap since on the banks of the Tay, odor-
Innately fell in, and was drowned.
11cr Royal Highness the Princess CHARLOTTE
r ccs, accompanied by I,34l4.Cirilreatt Ind
The iiisahis of g A LI4BURT, on latuistay visited the
extensive Museum just onaged in the G mat Room,
22, Piccadilly, in which they spent a cousiderable
time, and expressed themselves highly uelighted
with this elegant and rational place of amusemeat.
Sir JOSEPH BA NIES has, we understand, presented
the Proprietor with sumac valuable articles, among
which is a magnificent Turki,h musket, the stock
of which is of ivory, superbly inlaid with geld and
precious stones.
The general opinion of the Ladies is, that the
most useful, and prettiest present which this sea-
son of the year atiolds, and most worthy their ac.
celitance, is a packet of the new Patent Needles,
lately introduced by G. Palmas, cutler to his
Majesty, St. Jaincs's.street. The late material
improvement in this trifling article appears to be
highly deserving the attention and support of the
Public, being the only impreveut,:nt lu this article
Walla.% the last century

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