The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-24 00:00:00

ler

:Haile. Ms
...... : .... .. thlblis *.* 6
f ..... .. ... Witterfori....4.
1 ..... I
0 .......... Cadir .... •
„_ 1
• ............... Uttertitey
i............ •• • .Ter.ev
0 ............... Dna. 1
. ... ........... 4. (ioitenbutgb 1

TIIIS
t•-i.
rel:e el Cow a 4 9
1 .04 Give.. Itie
Naii 90%
, .$
•:--- 15-16
•ce

DAT AT ONE. O'CLOCK.
India Windt, par 4 3 di.. •
Kxtheipter !K•b. 31d. p
INttonn. 5 3 p
Onwium 51 pr.
Coinnti rm. %ca. 59 8j 9
Lowry 'tick etc

E STATESMAN.

~;-~;

LONDON:
TVEsuAy, ItovERDELt 24, 1812.

We have this day given some further extracts from
the si"a►►►'h papers, which contain the order for the
&missal of General llALLAsvlans, and his reply
tliereto. We are not disposed to follow the example
of the Treasury Journals h► condemning the conduct
of this brave soldier, as there are no reasons to doubt
t:te purity of his motives. At the same time it must
be allowed that one Commander in Chief of an
Allied Army, fighting for the • same object, is best
violated to produce success to the cause in '
which they are engaged. There was a consider-
able
error yesterday in the translation of Ge-
neral BALLASTEROs'S Letter to the Minister• at
War, charging the English with bad faith, as it
vats intended against the French, and some of the
Morning Papers have explained it properly. There
are no fresh arrivals, either from Russia, or the Pe-
tinsula ; but we understand that Government are
is momentary expectation of intelligence from both ;
and if any thing should transpire it will be given
Second Edition.

In the present perilous situation of the country
ire are urged by strong feelings, though with a por-
tion of reluctance and pain, to express sentiments '
which re not favourable to the. PRINCE REOVIT'II
Ministers, froth which we had enticinated very
different results. Our duty to the public, however,
tenders the language of complacency unbecoming .an
independent Journal, when we see the country go.
vented by a system of politics pregnant with ruin,
Ind obstinately persevered in with insulting insensi-
bility—but in whattver shape we are induced
to deliver the unvarnished tale, we hope and
trust that our animadversions will not be con-
sidered by the impartial and onprejudired Reader,
as intentionally to extend beyond the bounds of
temperate discussion and just expostulation. It
uoutd he some consolation to the people of this
country, if they could, in the hour of danger, Gild
shelter in the Constitution, 8y for protection to their
P::Ncx, and meet with a genial sympathy from
those responsible guardians, to whom they give large
sums of money far the security of their rives,
liberty, and property.--We say, that in the
present awful crisis of our alairs, it would af.
ford some consolation, were the PRINCE REGENT
seriously to turn his attention towards the wretched
condition of his subjects, call to his councils men
who would enter into effectual measures, if not to;
late, to extricate and preserve us from the compli-
cated misery, that, like an incubus, sits upon the
hearts of the people, stagnates the current of their
blood, and locks up every healthful function and
clergy of life. Is it possible, that the Father of his
teple can remain an indifferent spectator of the im-
minent danger that threatens to involve the country ?
Have habits of luxurious enjoyment blunted, nay,
annihilated, every sense of popular feeling, and ren-
dered the duties of his elevated station nugatory in
the Constitution? Can he now remain ignorant, or
does he know from whence the calamity proceeds?
Are we to believe that the crowds of sycophants
that surround him are able to keep the truth at a dis-

tance, and with the music of courtly adulation, pre- I
vent the cries of a suffering and loyal people from I
assailing, with reproach and compunction, his Royce
mind ? And can they view, in the midst of their am-
bitious ;ratification, without alarm, the strength of '
the country daily exhausting—the blood of thou-
sands shed in an unrighteous cause—merchants
breaking—revenues sinking—and all the calamity
attending public bankruptcy impending, and at such
a crisis in our fate, Parliament is again assembled—
the contest for power is again to commence, and the
mass of the people are torpidly standing by to
witness. the disasterous game—but the apprehension
is too distressing; ►et us •iew it in some other light,
it is not possible to reflect with temper on the policy
that has brought upon us such a train of accumulat-
t.!g evils.

By letters received from the army in Spain
up to the 9th inst., it was supposed that Ler il WEL-
LINGTON would not risk a general action, unless he
was absolutely compelled to engage, inferior as he
was to the French united army, in every species of
force. Sovt.T, who had assumed the chief command,i
and had collected the whole French force (excepting
SVGHET'S corps), was calculated to have 100,000
troops with him. While the joinnforces of the Bri-
tish and Portuguese, including HILL'S corps, do not
exceed 50,000. Thus circumstanced, by what we
can collect from out various letters, it appears that
Lord WMINGTOO'S intention was to retreat upon
Ciudad Rodrigo, and possibly (if closely pressed, as
it was feared he would be), still retrograde farther to
the south-west.