The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-07-10 00:00:00

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THE STATESMAN.

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JOLT 10, In;

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Nothing can place in a more odious point of view
the intolerant, sanguinary, and persecuting-spirit of
the present Ministers, than the rancour which they
evinced towards that undaunted patriot, Mr. Con-
arrr, after he had suffered a rigorous punishment,
under an authority noway recognized iu our judicial
cede, and which all good men cordially join in con.
demning. It was not enough that he suffered two
years' imprisonment, and paid to the King, " the•
Father of his People," aline of one thousand pounds,
for declaring that the Flogging of Soldiers was a
violation of the natural rights of Britons, and a
gross outrage against humanity ; bet they meanly,
cowardly, and, we may add, savagely followed him
from the prison door into his private walks, and
there endeavoured to complete their hellish revenge, ,
by an unfounded attack on his honour and integrity.
Nay, as if nothing would satisfy them but the entire
ruin of the nitric nho had so manfully and succms-
, fully exposed their cruelty and injustice, these minis-
' ten; of iniquity—these monsters in human form, -at-
tempted to deprive him of the internal pleasure and
satisfaction which his restoration to the society of his
friends was calculated to excite in his breast. Assas-
sin
like, they air* the deadly blow when they con-
ceived
he ,would by most off his guard, and in a state
the most,unfitio struggle with his adversary; and to
accomplish this, they employed the very same press
which hod, under tee sanction of Government,
advocated the doctrine of assassination. By these
mom they eikagated on aceompli:ching the de-
structios a a sae, whom they had already
so greatly wroth; but in this they were com-
pletely defeated. The attempt only served to place
their oppression and injustice in a more conspicuous
I light, and to increase the general Boding of detesta-
lion of their wanton and lawless measures, which
already pervaded all ranks, whip the character of
the worthy object of the base and unprincipled at-
tempt, instead of being injured by it, was, if possi-
ble, more exalted. This subject presents an ample
11 field for reflection ; hut our limits prevent us going
j farther into it at present. We cannot, however,
dismiss it without stating the following interesting
particulars connected with the liberation of Mr.
Conaerr, which we received from a most respectable
quarter : _ _

at Santa Martha.

On Tuesday, Mr. Alderman Woon attended at
Norgate, to take the recognizances of Mr. Coeutxr.
The Clerk of the Crown-office was present to receive
the 10001. fine due to the King. The securities were
TIMOTHY BROWN and PETER WALKER, Esquires,
for Mr. Conuerr to keep the peace for sera; gears,
himself In 30001. and the Gentlemen in 10001. each.
When Mr. Cowart was paying the mousy, he ad..'
ati:lressed his son and daughter in the following'
terms :—" My dear children : Mark this: I am
now paying a thousand pounds to the King. Tell
your brothers, and heed it-to your future children,
that your father, after two years' imprisonments was
obliged to pay a thousand pounds to the King, for
publishing his sentiments upon the subject of military
I dogging, in the presence of foreign mercenaries !"

Yesterday we stopped the press to announce the
arrival of Paris Papers to the sth inst. containing
French Official Documents, sufficient to justify an
apprehension that BONAPARTE means to force ALEX.
ANDES into a compliance with his Anti-commercial

Edicts, if that Monarch delays any longer to accsfilie
II to his terms. But, as hostilities hare not yet eons.
, menced, and no Declaration of War hot actually
I been issued by France against Russia, we are still
inclined to think that ALEXANDER, who has so much
at stake by goi it' to war,will be drawn into a new treaty
lof amity with NAPO/A.ON. If, however, it should
tura out otherwise, we entertain little doubt that
the struggle will terminate fatally to the interests of
the Russia's Crown. ,Ansple extracts from the Paris
Papers will be hand fn our preceding columns.
I -
t In oar Second Edition of yesterday, we gave the
following Government Bulletin, containing therm!.
I 'Wan of the advance of Earl WejutNoios to Ur

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lantana, which we republish, for the information of
those Readers who might not see our additional Pa-
per :

WAR DEPARTMENT, Jusir 9. 1 Circumstances which have created great surpriro.
Dispatches have been received from the Earl of would not surprise if the reasons for them wet.
WELLINGTON, dated Salamanca, 18th June: I known. Public men should be unspotted ; but till
" Thb Allied Army crossed the Agueda on the i have sometimes proved otherwise. Wealth is often
13th June, and arrived near Salamanca on the 16th. ! obtained by injustice, and power sometimes bj,
The enemy showed some troops in front of the town, i means not defensible. When power is so obtaineiti
but upon the advancing of our cavalry they retreated , those who possess it, tremble, though in power, sot
across the Tormes, and evacuated Salamanca, having . are always fearful, lest the evidences of their cot.
about 800 men in some forts, constructed upon the duct should become public. There are who love
ruin-of somecolleges and convents. The Mlles entered so obtaiued power ; they fear, and have reason ty
the city, but Lord WELLINGTON had found it neces- I be fearful; fur every particular is lc:. :wri, and ti,t,e
nary to break ground against the fortified posts stilt 'is evidence which cannot be controveited. Tit s era.
Id by the enemy. The 6th Division, under Major- i deuce cannot be destroyed, its importance is k:ctro;
General CLINTON, was charged with the reduction ! arid in spite of every attempt it will be pre.e; vei _
.of these posts, and the batteries were expected to opea For the means of its destruction, force and sti4.•
against them on the 19th. MADMON ti
T'S army was re- gem have been anticipated and provided agailLst ; ,
tiring to the Douro, and it was imagined he meant i who possesses it may drop, but auotNer. will suc;ol
o take up a position behind that river, between Za- to his trust. Force and stratagem will Le alike :4.
mora and Toro. sufficient to destroy it, and can only revert Witt.,
" In Estremadura, Major-General SLAnt's htl• ; creased power on their author.
gade of cavalry (3d Dragoon Guards, and Royal 1 Ectraet from Orator Renee's speer 4 on the 4:
Dragoons) having fallen in with two French regi- • of February, 1715:
General
meats of Dragoons, under General L'Ar.t.Enssreol
lei " Alm the ltotAer, of the People 0:01 exa'.‘ themelvr,
near Glera, charged and broke the enemy's line, bu ei:t?.ltiitell
ythewl.loisiiilinntletir'edcY sth4hlea
pfuelorp'—lepabl; 'h'ea"viy, •.t.::
f,-
having pursued without sufficient Caution or ordee, ti•.
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exalt themselves
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snail mat to great places ; to establish t;
body kept by the enemy in reserve fell upon the Bri.l
V
tish before they could form, and retook nearly all the ision the chimerical scheme of Gocerilment. HL;,;,
they entered into, and shall fall7-shall be defeArd.
prisoners Gen. SLADE had made, killing aud wound-
, " The Vision 'means Bulls and Veers, Nollo:...,1
'log 20 or 30 of his dragoons, and taking prisoners
two Lieutenants and above 100 men. Cash, Imaginary Credit , besides all that wasps
" P. S. The dispatches received at the Foreign I mired to the people, and never performed% by the
Godfather of the State. The rision was Cotivelelos
Office from Mr. STEWART, contain intelligence front
Estremadura of a later date. Parliaments, Addresses, Treaties, and• the like.
"Whey shall fall—not only their Stocks shill
" On the 13th of June, there was a skirmish of
full—one, two, three per cent. —..to nothing done,
cavalry near Llerena, ht which Lieut. SMENUWITZ full—one,
nothing done—mercy on us—but themsetars chili
made prisoners 25 dragoons and one officer.
• " fall—be cut off their hopes, and disappointed."
llt appears that the forces under Marshal SOULT
I and General DROVE? having collected, had moved

forward to Llerena and Santa 01lalla. Iu conse-

quence of which, Sir Row!, otn BILL had called in
his detached troops, and had assembled the whole
of his army at Alhuern, where he was joined upon the
18th, by four Portuguese regiments from Badajos,

and by the Spanish troops under the Conde Ds PEINA
Vtt.t.siwa. General HILL'S advanced posts were

,Private letters state, that the French, in their re-
treat, laid the whole country waste, by destroying the
harvest, and every thing like provisions they *ll hi
with. le is reported that King JosErn had retired
from Madrid towards France, and Earl Wawuc-
TON was expected to march to the capital of Spain.
General HILL is also said to be at Album with
19,000 troops. SOULT and Ditourr had united their
forces, which now amount to 41,000; and as they had
marched to attack liim,a battle was everyday expected.
Such are the rumours contained in our private let-
tes s, much of which, we are persuaded, will be found
to be exaggerated.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DOVER, JVLY 9.

PORTSMOUTH, JvLi 9.

Some very heavy firing was heard on the French
coast, during the whole of yesterday, at intervals.—
Three French Officers, supposed to be Lieut.-Col.
.TILES HUBERT, Captain P. L. PRETosT, and Lieut.
HUG. GAUTHIER, %hp broke their parole of honour,
by leaving Thame on the 4th instant, were last night
!Nought here, under an escort from Folkestone,
where they were foetid iu a hay -loft belonging to the
George.

Arrived eight sail of transports, being part its tha Wawa
Unvoy, from Lisbon. The remainder, with the 14i0/114 are
now oil the Wight. The brig Charles, from the (Xpe for IM.
don, and three or four others from Lisbon, are with tho Com.
modore ; his Majesty's ships Attack and Tortoise, with a con.
voy from, the Downs ; and his Majany's ship i'Pique, from
seeing the Mettitensaaus convoy foamed" latitude.
Sailed the Poictiers for the Downs; Nytapb on a cruise; Rol
the hl isle toe, with a convoy fur Plymotttb.
Arrived the Euphrates East Indianian, frees the Downs I dm
Northampton Last latliaansa is in sight, from ditto, with Maul
Miter ships.