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of Youth. By Mrs. nated a victory, weir* led Of consider at what:riste the Portuguese, who are struck with awe, when
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8. The LO YA 1.1915, on Ifi-torieol Novel. II) Mrs. West, it
ally and nobility,. and feel fully our superiority and
their won insignilicasce.
in s ni.o. 19.0 n. -If It. bisords. a sigh from our . breasts. In
,his progress through
9. TEMPER s or, Domestic Scenes, a Tale. By Mrs.
opie, in 3 rots. ice. price ql., hoards. —. Spain, in what might be called his most fortunate ca-
The 4th Dragoon Guards, commanded by Col.
Er.nTer
3%lolii' El IRISH oinL. By min Olsellns, a lam ' •
reer, he reminded us more of the Eastern conqueror
Stir.trtocN, march in this day dismounted, for ember. than of the nary British Commander, who should be
kation for England. That officer itsald to be much
chary, not lavish, of his followers' lives, since heis
annoyed and mortified at what he considers a veryl the leader and the representative of *slow rather
than of numbers: It is in the power of the least ex-
degrading measure by the regiment being dismounted, I
Initsg over their horses to the perienced Captain to whom a British. army is en-
for.the purpose of ttte
trusted, to buy renown for himself, While he has a Germans; and in addition to that abides a German
officer who performed the duty ofdinnounting them. siietle battalion to bring into the field ; but while
be is ennobled with titles, perhaps his country is . The 9th and 11th Dragoons follow successively, also
exhausted of its- hest treasure and its only defence. dismounted, to embark from the same cause.
The friends of this distinguished officer (for &fig.! "We have nothing to expect at present. is the
i guished we must allow him to be, whether he sauteed , way of °Petting th4calsOalOll,.fee Lord %LUMP.
or fait, uldmiteliy, Id the 'great object of 'the war); : TON, in the present scarcity of -firer, -Cannot pos.
those friends have been perpetually urging our I
liii-
misters to, augment his peens; while we, on the
'Present situation, from alt attacks of the French,
! other hand; regret that so eery little has been done who most be as badly off, for all their resources are
;by such mighty aid as' has been sent him from this drawn from France. This is not a very pleasant.
j Island. The prospective is, however, still ginembicontemplation for* those 'sanguine politicians, who
as will be seen by an extract fronran allthentic.hltter i were for driving the French, pelt melt, over the Py.'
; received by the last mail from Lisbon,and which fol. ' "anent and following Iheini with the whole British
1 lows these reflections. The motions of
,the French, . army, aided by 200,000 Spaniards, 50,000 Porta-
-1 issepaiii, wear a-taee ofgreat uncertainty upon thorn. guese, and 300,000 Russians, with which Paris was
BowaeanTs is puzzled, perhaps distracted, bow :at once to be occupied, and, in conformity to a Pro-
to provide for a proper resistance here, and yet mike deviation of Louis ,XVIII. (with copies of which
a formidible appearance at the head of his sew : the whole Peninsula is inundated), at once seat him
Grand Army of the North. It. were desirable that on the
throne
of ST. Lows, end send BONAPARTE
we could avail ourselves of this perplexity 'in )Tur i and his family to the mines of South America ;
enemy. But our own army is greatly weakened by rick. : and Lord WELLINGTON, who was to do all this,
ness, having, is we are crediblyinformed, 10,000 men ! under 1 plan of the campaign transmitted to him
in the hospitals oron the sick lists.- It is even affirmed :by Lord lovEtteooL, was to be created Duke
that of the Guards, who were sent hence in October, to of the SEINE. At present this brilliant prospect is
join the forces in Spain, upwards of 400 have died : rather clouded, and, In all probability, the gallant
without ever being in action. The expences, too, of I Marquis, will not 'add the Seine to the Murat is
the Allied Army is a very serious thing, for we have the heraldic honours which have been showered on
now Spanish as well as Portuguese in our pay. It is i bins. The army is by no means recovered from the
calculated that, including every contingency eon. : ill-humour occasioned by his celebrated order after
fleeted with the Peninsular war, it does not cost us , the retreat from Burps, in which he states, that it
less than 100,0001. per day ! ! The loss we sustained suffered tio privations ; rest assured, that forsaveral
at Burgos is now more than ever .to be regretted: : days, the only food both men and officers could get,
those 5000 men Would be a valuable addition to.our.; was the flesh of the dead horses, numbers of which
present means. While we mention Burgos, we can. ' every day expired from fatigue sod hunger, as the
not but reflect on the great mistake our favourml ilallell_ltres of trees were the only subsistence the
General committed before that place. lie hesiesen-. P•oesisitiiels bad, for a considerable length of march.
censured by many very experienced Officers sioee.l If if is no privationto march for a month, without
ing with him, for losing the opportunity of then cover, in the depth of winter, exposed to torrents
striking a blow, which may never again occur. While' of rain, without baggage"(all of which was left to the
we are on this dark side of the question, we must not i enemy), without clothes almost, and generally bare-
conceal from the public, that the ill-concerted ; foot (bath officers and mcn)—if these are-not prive-
circular letter to the Commanding Officers of cores, ! tions, I know not what are. -
soon after the disastrous retreat from Madrid, when ! " Little can be done at present, the army is en-
our brave countrymen were driven to such extreme tirely in cantonments ; and instead of collecting, is
hardshiptand privations, gave great °fence through. j dispersing all over the country; as soon as the
out the whole army, and tended considerably to health of the men is a little restored, perhaps Lord
lessen his previous popularity. Under all thesecir. " WELLINGTON will collect them; but at this time
cumstances, theni how can we conscientiously joialthere is no possibility of it, for neither men nor
with those who exult at the prospect of a speedy de- hones Call be supported, from absolute want of
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livery of the Peninsula? means."
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Rana TOZIDAT.—IIoiId4 at lha Public Opus,

Tiik STATESMAN.

LONDON;
TVISDAT, APRIL 10, ISI3.

Dispatches were received yesterday by Govern-
ment from Lord WELLINGTON, after which the lel-
loa ing Bulletin was issued:—

" WAR DEPARTMENT, Aran. 19, 1813.
" Dispatches have been received from Lieutenant.
Genera! Sir JOUN MURRAY.

" By the first, dated Camelia, tad March, it ap-
pears that the Lieutenant:General reconnoitred the
enemy's position at Alcoy upon the 3d nit. driving
In their outposts with some loss. On the 4th, Sir
JOHN Mvaaai attacked Alcoy in force, sending a
column So cut off the enemy's retreat. The French
were driven oot of the town, and pursued six or seven
miles, but the trocps detached to intercept their re-
treat, did not arrive in time; the loss of the allied
force wu
Alcoy being occupied by a division of the Allies,
Marshal Sucarr quitted-Valencia, and concentrated
his army, Sir JOHN MURRAY had fixed his head-
quarters at Castalla, and General ELIO had marched
to Yecla, in order to support the left of the Allies.
Some partial affairs bad taken place to the advantage
of the Allies. The most considerable bad been an
attack made by the Spanish General, Warrrtsta-
HAM, upon the enemy's posts at the Puente de Al-
bayda, from whence the French were drirka with
much loss. •

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM usacw, APRIL 4.
" Inclosed is the General Order of the 14th
March. Lord WELLINGTON has ordered the carat

GENERAL ORDERS. • •-•
Read-quarters, Frenada, Starch 14, 1813.
The various Orders which have been issued at different sham
by the Commander of the Forces, to prevent the misconduct and

.ry 1
°*na- - -
ives committed by the soldiers of theormy, on their marches
s' Sir Joni MuItRAY speaks highly of the beha- - •itend itself in ever
of the whole army to ey possible : -,- • •occasioned, i • id'
. through the country, have been generally lsm 1-
flour of the Spanish troops." direction, all round the country; for such is the ately by some disaster that had occurred, and by the fall of one
scarcity of forage, that it is utterly impossible for lor more soldiers, to contests Kith tthbeeswinlhadibitantser w , for pro-
bethere ir'oeus
There is very little information or consiqoence to i
!subsistence for the horses to be found. The House- teeecptith'vniogatishatorPertY'
derived from the above Bulletin ; but Ministers •
hold Brigade, composed of the Life Guards and,the I The Commanteref the /Wets, therefore, trusted that his re-
must say or do something to keep their party on the
bens obeyed, and. par-
ts vire, and to amuse the public : more especially Meets Is stationed at the villages on the hooka of tpented Orders on thissubJeetwfooldhave
- I titularly as they contain direedoos for dm agoptio• of a line of
the Tagus, from ten to twenty.miles from Lisbeiet : ~
as they had given it out, that the campaign is the
duCt applicable to every diet ems occur, which, if
forage is conveyed to them by water regularly. 1 !
Peninsula would commence very early, and, under i
-." , adopted, must proven retisedy for theevil,aid must prevent the
say oa most ; may conceive the expence attending this method of ; outrages complained of, aid their dessespiewt misfortunes. •
peculiar auspices. We doubt what they
occasions, for knowing, as we do, the inadequacy finding food, for the hay iud oats.are all brought in'
for
the General'
Ennsigln Itosvoi of theo924l,was,anhdrooftetwh. before a. Coort-ntartial,
through - transports from Estgland, -nothing' being to be
of their talents to guide this great nation pro-,J Conn-martial, of which the. Hun.. Colima 010.10.40• AP, h
its present unparalleled difficulties ; we -alseaya, eal. cured here. Otensaoel. The Hussar Brigade marches, pinideve, have sentenced that he should be raffilliamie4•lo4l,
pect them to have recourse to akfta setteeeption4thalteLforeanteakentas_elfg sn_tbajankA tats be is, hereby reptaaifidaiw
the
Forcesacmadtagly
The iiiiitt;heZer—, tiat-itieellierrs -
that the real slate of things may not be lteown., pi L'figu si salFh is the Only plan that can be arlopted of die army
will c.,„ider the object of the °niers, the neglect
the North it is seen of what little consequence they . for feeding them, The 18th, Hussars march fiett '-
--.. of w!iieb is now antler coaaideratiom sat will lad motives for
are, and how they have conducted themselves in that are followed by the 15th,. the 10th bringing up the attending to them, in their desire_ to savei the livedLof
itnheiiher meet
will obtain no : rear : 'they march in divisions of three troops each.
seiwhaiuccil might be wanting
the Trample
before
•
Quarter. We are convinced they
toe-
higher character for their labours in the West. But .It is astonishing to see the perfect boys of which the .
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they are, poor mortals, themselves fighting against an • officers of these regiments are composed. They are Our Readers will notice, in'the slelesinan of this
invisible but superior agency. They are struggling the terror of this place, for they are incpssattili day, another Proclatiatien, CPebriehed by Prince
against opinion! against principles—principles. as Follerrping about the streets from morning to night—* RUTUSOFT S3hIOI.ZII3IC, it. Kars on the 25th of
unchangeable as the seasons of the year. The qt. , a campaign will make an amazing difference in this 1 March, in the united nausea:et the Emperor of
tern which these gentlemen follow up, was, the very ; respect—they.'will return qaite 'coo! and tranquil. A RUSSIA and King of PRUSSIA. Its tone and contents
cause of RaNArARTEI3 becoming great and, if pin- young Merquie, a Lieutenant in the lOth, has disiin. are of more importance' than :all the State Pipers
sisted in (which it must and will be, till e reform , visaed ilmself much here, by an affair of gallantry... which have been issued during the whok war;. not
takes.place), comsat fail to render him great damsel... lie guide an acquaintance with a Commissary, who,has, only for the silent indifference bestowed upou our
out the piebe, :With a wise-Cabinet at St. ientee's, .a pretty wife,, and the Lady, it appears, preferred, own country, hut also for the indication observed itt
during the late few mood*, professing matrix► omit the Marquis, in all the fine habiliments Of thefatece it, that we ore net thesght of an any part of -the.
having credit given theater ib obtainment; the new • Rannst's Heaters,. to her beef and pork huSband, German Continent. except at Cexhaven and Reit.'
Emperor of France-Allaror.zon the Gni/14 as he is left him for the.proteetloofof the whiskered.ilussim. goland, Great Britain tineTtlars to /tassels noSinore
called,would have been beheld a very litt ie team ere this. Great,. indeed, is the !Iteration in her' circumstances respect shaOwoulti tielobabitantn of Little il;iteit‘r '
no
h
and siteation—se w But it is vain' to point oectliese nib et Picel!ot.--7 'WON* it, a carriage, con- it they constituted tied 'pepuktiOn. of . the .114.1 e:
The nation Must by MU la Asnrisi. by: tessee eyes ;tautly attended -by her Lord, most superbly clad United Kingdom. What I:aii• ;the -above Petett.e
than now witness it, ariamithite,and better 011116 f of and decoraied %ill!' the most espensive jewels which. titer mean, by saying, afterf.catiPlinientieff Freoce
thligs Is adopted. We will then have the *Allem she shops of. Lisbon 'pliti!tl produce; to say nothitet for Its beauty, and ittreilgth,- that "no ftv,,
and painful contemplation of eur-rulersit home,and. of the most • delicate white
,- veils, of the ' finest reign' powei intends distorblag it." • We are cute
direct our view to what' is passing with qsr Civet. French fabric, through which the beauties of her they hale not opt 1111alstet'S tiathori!y to say 40
!bander in the
,field. •Fitteltollitet genermi ism Off, face aes but partially disclosed. The Noble lA4, meth: '. Week as •these &vela patties, intellect. Ott
Reader., that we hoe* never enteetained tisatelevaled ,it is sleds has "tainesiiiMs Nit priXes by the tridlnit are not seek &pit* .thet weal.litaake *sou Uwe*
opinion of the martial abilities of our. Generalissimo, 9040 of el2OO per .astaum; but-whether Ail
is to I ~,,,,, itsmtion, Iholtaphot thee open ittittuotet
. (for , .. thotmeny others ltevedone. We know bow difficult It "bind• er w‘fes or a joint concern, ji-not aern toil by me *to .prbseipols by the Proclamation bi

0tArirteme..4....2.1...„ •
tide et Ovular Come
espeeially when art and ,possre ire nwfal stighl
them strength. We have over tierdilied char
his General has purchased hicrenewn attended with