The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-08-23 00:00:00

'HIE STATESMAN.

committed frightful ravages in the villages. its
file city of Odessa it carried off 2,600 individuals,
Ind upwards of 3000 :n the remainder of the pro-
, ince. At length it ceased on the frost setting in
list year. There were only two sick in the month
of December, and iu February last the quarantine
was raised."

• -GOTTENBURGII

GuTTENBURGII, Aun. 12.—A regiment has arrived
in the Roads, said to be the Royals.
Our accounts from the opposite coast seem to con-
sider the renewal of the Armistice as an event not
likely to take piece.
PrrEnsattnew, JULY 27.—Messrs. Gelatin and
Bayard, Ministers Plenipotentiaries from the United
States of America, have arrived here.
Along with the Prussian volunteers, under Major
Lutzow, are also Tyrolese, and among them Andrew
Hoffer, son of Andrew Hoffer, who was shot; as
also Henry Palm, son of the bookseller Palm, who
was shot at Erlangen.
• STOcKuOLM, AUG. s.—According 'to accounts re-
ceived from Stralsund of the 23d of July, his Royal
Highness the Crown Prince enjoyed the best state of
health. On the 24th, his Royal Highness intended
to set out for Berlin, to review the Prussian troops
that are placed under his command. His first night
quarters woold be at Prentziau. His stay at Berlin
will be about four or five days, after which the head-
quarters will be removed to Demmin. Two divi-
sions of the Swedish Army were immediately to
break up, to take their positions something further
in advance.
I.:upturn, JULY 31.—Yesterday morning an
English brig cutter arrived here from the northward
with a flag of truce. An Officer of the Row flotilla
went out to her, and after having delivered to him
letters or dispatches, she immediately worked out
again. At noon there likewise arrived a fleet of•
merchantmen of upwards of fifty sail, among which
were some Swedish brig cutters, and gun-boats who
went through to the southward, without coming to
anchor. The number of vessels under Swedish co-
lours were few, the remaiuder were of different
nations.
ELSINEUR, Atm. 3.—Yesterday a Russian courier
arrived here from Sweden, and set 'off immediately-
for Copenhagen. Ile came from Berlin, and tra-
velled here by the way of Stralsund and Ystadt.

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9 per Cent. Bed. 57i Exchequot Bills 314.
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THE ~ATAT.ESMAN.

LONDON:
iitit.NDAT) AIMIAT $3 1813.
DISPATCHIS from Lord WELLINGTON.

FALL OF THE FORT AT SARAGOSSA.

nil GARRISON PRISONERS—FORTY•9EVEN PIECES OF

CANNON, AND A ♦AUT QUANTITY OF AMMUNITION,
ARMS, AND CLOTHING, TAKEN IN THE PLACE.
APPROACH OF LORD W. BENTINCK TO TARRA-

GONA.

Mr. WILLIAMS, the Messenger, arrived yesterday
evening at the Office of the Earl BATHURST, with
Dispatches from the Marquis of WELLINGTON, the
substance of which was soon after made known in
the following—
BULLETIN.

" War Depariment, Aug. 22, 1811

66 Dispatches have been received this evening from
the Marquis of WELLINGTON) dated Lezaca, 11th
of August.
" Nothing of consequence t►ad occurred in that
neighbourhood since the date of the last Dispatches.
" The Fort at Saragossa surrendered on the 30th
of July, to General MINA. Above five hundred
prisoners, forty-seven pieces of cannon, and a• vast
quantity of ammunition, arms, and clothing, were
taken in this place.
64 Lord WM. BENTINCIC was near Tarragona upon
the Ist of August."

PROCLAMATION OF MARSHAL SOULT.

" To be read by a Commending Officer at the bead of Com.
'mows in each Regiment.
" SOLDIERS !—The recent events of the war have
induced his Majesty the Emperor to invest me, by an
Imperial Decree of the Ist instant, with the cons.
mend of the armies of Spain, and to honour me with
the flattering title of his Lieutenant.' This high
distinction cannot but convey to my mind sentations
of gratitude and jo) ; t►ut they are not unalloyed
with regret at the train of events which have, in the
opinion of his Majesty, rendered such an appoint-
ment necessary in Spain.
It is known to you, Soldiers, that the enmity
of roused into active hostility by the eternal
enemy of the Continent, made it incumbent that
numerous atmies should be assembled in Germany
early in the spring. For this purpose were many of
your comrades withdrawn. The Emperor himself
assumed the command ; and the arms of France,
guided by his powerful and commanding genius,
achieved a succession of as brilliant victories as any.
that adorn the annals of our country. The pre-
sumptuous hopes
.of aggrandizement entertained by,
the enemy were confounded. Pacific overtures were
made; and the Emperor, always inclined to consult
the welfare of his subjects, by following moderate
councils, listened to the proposals that were made.
44 While Germany was thus the theatre of great
events, that enemy, who, under pretence of succour-
ing the inhabitants of the Peninsula, has in reality
devoted them to ruin, was not inactive. He assem-
bled the whole of his disposable force—English,
Spaniards, and Portuguese—under his most expe-
rienced officers; and relying upon the superiority of
his numbers, advanced in three divisions against the
French force assembled upon the Douro. With well.
provided fortresses in his froitt and rear, a skilful
General, enjoying the confidence of his troops, might,
by selecting good positions, have braved and dis..
comfited this motley levy. But, unhappily, at this
critical period, timorous anti pusillanimous councils
were followed. The fortresses were abandoned and

By the Official Bulletin from the War Department
yesterday, we are informed of the fort at Sarragossa
having surrendered to the arms of the Spanish Ge-
neral MINA. By the word at, and not of, Saragossa,
we are at a little loss whether to understand the in-
formation to convey an idea that the fort commands
the town (in which case it might be conceived that
the entire place was in the power of the captors),
otherwise another contest must take place before the
fruitful province (once kingdom) of Arragon
is in the hands of our Allies. It is unques-
tionably surprising, and requires to be noticed, that
so small a garrison as 500 men 'should be found in a
place of so much consequence, militarily and naturally,
being so situated on the Ebro. This famed city, founded
by the Phrenicians, has often been the golgotha of
numerous bloody rencontres, and of none mere than
in its famous siege and valorous defence during this
Peninsular war. A town, named by the Roman Em-
peror Cresarca Augusta (front whichdktragossa is but
the corruption) could only have been left under the
care of 500 French soldiers, from some desperate mo-
tive. But we apprehend the place designated to be the
fort without the town, within which, and perhaps
the citadel, the chief body of the enemy had retired,
leaving the garrison of half a battalion to its fate.—
By the contents of the Plymouth Letter, some other
particulars, in addition to the above, will be seen,
relative to the advance of Lord Wicr,tAm BENTINCK
across the Ebro, and the retreating of the French
General Sucuvr.

We publish the Proclamation of Marshal SOULT
in this day's Paper, as a subject worthy of perusal,
from the reflections it will naturally give rise to. ft
is couched in that species of language, the events
which had just occurred might be expected to give ,
rise to. The French soldiery are always operated
upon, and stimulated by such addresses. This in-
strument, as much as any active step of the nen!),
appointed French Commander, shows us what may
be expected from him and his army, viz. the exertion
of every nerve to execute the wishes, we may
even say the orders, of his ,Chief, of which he
boasts being his Lieutenant. Should the Mar-1
shat Duke fail in his design, and be discomfited,
'like his predecessor, he most expect his own suc-
cessor in command to speak of him as he has
done of JOURDAN. This severity of treatment by
BONAPARTE towards an old General, who has gained
so many important battles, and who is acknowledged
to hive been weakened in his late command in Spain
by the withdrawing many of his veteran battalions,
to strengthen the cohorts of the Emperor in the
North, put us in mind of what was so long deliberated
on in the Committee of &Mt Publique, during the
furious moments of the Re►olution, viz. that a new
General, who should gain a victory, should be dis-
. tinguishedly rewarded; and that an old one,
who suffered himself to ba defeated, should be kg-
gominiously put to death!! To Mr preposition It

Officer would accept of a baton under such condition..
ties ran be insurmountable to your valour and devo. was asked by one of the more modorate members, ,Let
exert
canw with hgv
e mutualgr at
er r-
to which a very fiery Republican answered,
many ;
felicity to the paternal heart of the Emperor, than _
as was the case in the Turkish Divan,
ldioontir. alAndt übes,atshseuirled ourselvesh g
triumphs of his army—of its where a GRAND
the knowledge of the
V zreadily accepted
.the
lER e. e honour under a perfect
increasing glory—of its having rendered itself worthy
knowledge of the forfeiture attending the want
of him, and of our dear country.
of
4g, Extensive' but combined movements for the re- success.
lief of the fortresses are opowthea
few d eve of ta
king place.. The confirmation, of what we ourselves have no
cc of our success be _dated from
They will be completed in ays.he s
Vittoria,—and c. doubt, is still wanting, viz. the renewal of the A
unt
ti isce. The numerous opits'orts or its terni:ns.
the birth of his Imperial Majesty, be celebrated in m
lion, and from those opinions,
reports of
that city : so shall we render memorable an epochostilities
deservedly dear to all Frenchmen. having actually recommenced, hare grown out 0^ the
" July 23, 1811 (Signed) SOULT, Duke of Dalmatia. warlike appearances and preparationof
Lientenam de l'Empet cur. the parties
opposed to each other. If N srotgon were sure or
the renewal of hostilities, he could eot have been
more active in reinforcing his armies, end especially
in completing every regiment and battalion to its fall
number. Nor have the Allies been less on the alert
in providing against contingencies. The Prussians
have, in general, shown much more zeal in this war
then in the former ; but our private letters confirm
what we have long suspected to be tlo case, that
he apprehends it will he suggested in the coming
Congress to give a douceur to the Emperor of Au;.
TRIA, for the part he has acted, which will greatly
diminish his Prussian Majesty's influence hi the trade
of th Bkltic. What, however, can his M ijesty
do ?--The imperious force of necksity, from the
new state of things, will render his condition worse
if he stands out ; as there can be no doubt what.
ever, that the conferences will show the Emperor of
RUSSIA that lie cannot do better than look to the
restoration of his important concern: at home.—
Some of his subjects already speak openly of bet.
tering the wretched state of the serfs in his extee.
sive dominions, at a time when the people in the most
obscure parts of the world are inspired with new
and better Notion of the rights of man. Dt-
!JOUST, and the Crown Prince of SWEDEN, appear to
be the most completely pitted against each other,
from situation, and perhaps the best matched,
in point of strength and numbers. The army
of the former contains a groat many conscripts,
newly embodied ; and that of the latter, though
longer accustomed to military accoutrements, have
never made use of their arms but in exercise. It is
calculated that they will bead about 80,000 men
each.

A Gottenburgh Mail arrived last night, which,
besides the information we have alluded to in niir
general remarks, contain several articles which will
be seen under the distinct head.

The Gazette of Saturday night corrects an error
inserted in the Gazette of Tuesday last, stating that
the Parliament was prorogued to Friday, the 4th of
October; it should have said Monday, the Ist of
November next.

The incessant firing which had been kept up frern
the battering trains, at St. Sebastian's, rendered all
the guns unserviceable. The whole, incept eight
howitzers, were embarked, end a fresh supply of
battery, consisting of 13 and !O. :itch mortars, ner3
on the passage from Corunna. No artillery but shells
will reach the Castle, and, fortunately, it is nut shel
proof.
It is under consideration, to send the whole of the
troops of the line in this country to reinforce the Mar.
quis Of WELLINGTON in Spain. _ _

EX TRACTS FROM MONTREAL PAPERS OF JULY 10.
G. 0. fiend-quarters, Kings, 40. Jul. 1.
Detachments of Indian warriors being about to
return to their homes, his Excellency the Comnrander
of the Forces cannot suffer these brave men to de.
part without expressing the high sense he entertains
of their good conduct, and the. zeal and promptitinle
with which they have obeyed his summons to repair
to the division of the army in active service; the
skill and intrepidity displayed by them in battle, by
which the defeat and surrender of a very superior
body of thetnemy's regular troops was particularly
achieved; and his Excellency has particularly to ap-
plaud the exemplary instance of discipline and for-
bearance evinced on that occasion by their instantly
refraining from all further hostility the moment they
were informed that the enemy had suriendered.,—
The Officers attached to the Indian warriors have
distingushed themselves by their gallantry and good
conduct. His Excellency directs that those warriors
may receive on their return a liberal dosiatiOta of the
usual presents, and.that the wounded, and the fa-
milies of such as have fallen, may receive double
proportions.
The Superintendant General of Indian Affairs
will cause this part of the order to be carried into
execution without delay.
EDWARD BAYNES,. Adj.. Gen.

Wa view with mach .concent thsetsiocoont in the
French Papers, of the opening, we fear, of the con-
summation, of the Port of Cherburgh. This stu-
pendous work, which occupied half the reign of
Louis XVI. is, we apprehend, totstrary to all ex-
pectation, now completed, so far at least, as to
to admit frigates, and other ships of war drawing
little more water, within its safe anchorage, to the
future great annoyance of the trade in the British
Channel. We should have been glad that the money
which has been expended in building useless and
cumbersome Royal Palaces, never probably to 111
inhabited, had been employed in destroying the cones
of that offensive Royal French harbour so directly
opposed to our own.
Lieutenant S. JONES, of the 24th regiment, serf.
ing in the Peninsula, has been sentenced by a Court-
martial to be dismissed the service, for defrauding a
serjeant and several privates of some balances due to
them ; and also for defrauding one LA.TOUIt, an hotel
keeper at Lisbon, of the amount of a bill which. he
had run up at his house.
The United Committee of Lloyd's and the Stock
Exchange, have offered a reward of One Hundred
Pounds for the discovery of the author of the letter
purporting to have been written by Messrs. GOOO-
- and Co: and addressed to
the Masters of Lloyd's from Deal,
stating, "that a
flag of truce had arrived from France with yassportx
for a British Minister."