The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-05-20 00:00:00

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fell that there are,. at least, 'lO,OOO horses la tits
c ,uotry, fed in this manner, nudge for yourself, orbs&
thvr ll 0 a aka mould have imagined a more destrottita
oohed Of sometime than by occupying a British
my in this coatntry I' It is really shocking to see
thou lavish waste of money in the Commissariat' Lte.
rttnent alone; to say nothing of the suite of mules,
which every Genetal Officer, Stalk AidddetCamp,
Digade-Major, &c. &c. has to carry his baggagekl,
(from 10 to 100 each), there is not a eirnedesory
LA;* in that while immense department who mambas
0 P.hout, at least, halfa dozen mules, a wife (or =old..
.: I one), wit h a mu!e establishment for her, and eel*
r ,!:!!'ort and (usury together with the extensive mine
,rmgling them, Which they possess, can produtaw,
We are told that we are to march to Burgos, which
isle be taken; from thence we are to pass the Ebro,
cross the Pyrennees, and march into France, by the
western provinces, Lord WELLINGTON is now de-
cal
termined to make all sure; for a battering train,
drawn by upwards. of a thousand bollocks, is coo
here ; sminunition for it, drawn by.st least ath '
sand more, is on the march from Lisbon ; as is a
brigade of 32 pontoons, of the largest size, arranged
so sato form a bridge over the broadest rivers, also:
drawn by bullocks, upon cars constructed porpoaely.
Thu.: you see be is pow in earnest • but that
causes some amusement to the army is, that w`

these immense preparations are making, the enemy
quietly withdrawing at his leisure from the
contest. ,It is well known that,. Burgos ex-
cepted, not a Frenchman is on this ,side the
Ebro, so that . Lord IVELLINcixox may thank
the Russian campaign for the issue, of the Peninsula
warfare, without which it is evident we should have
gone on much as heretofore. A report has been very
industriously circulated, and certainly with the sanc-
tion of very high authority, that the whole army is
to march to Santaudeeo, after the expulsion of the
enemy (which is considered as already done), and
there to cmbark for the North of Europe, where
Lord WELLINGTON, leasing, Marshal BERESTORD to
command the Portuguese force, with the hick Eng-
lish (at least ten thousand of trhich are now in hos-
pital), is to measure his strength with BONAPARTE
in person ! This is really spoken of with confi-
dence. Again : Lord WiLtalst BENTINCI Is said
to be expected daily at Alicant, where he is to
command the united British, Spanish, and Sicilian
armies, and to receive an addition of thirty thou-
sand Russians, which the Emperor ALEx.itcriza has
arranged to be placed under the command of that
Officer in the South-east of Spain. This force is.
also said to be destined, after reducing Saragossa,.
Larcelona, and alt the fortresses in that direction,
to pass into France, by the way, of Pampelutia,
the Bayonne read is to -iso occupied Jill Paul
WttuNGTott ; or in the event of his going with the
army to Germany, by at least two hundred thouiand
Spaniards, cow collecting for that purpose. This is
ail the news I have to tell you."

" P. S. The Hussar Brigade composed of the 10th,
15th, and 18th Hussars, is broken up, owing it is
laid, to the following circumstance :—it came out
under the command of Colonel GRANT, a man very
yell known about Bond-street; but who has never,
seen a shot fired, or a charge made, but upon
llounslow Heath, or Wimbledon Common ; while
Sir GRANBY CALCRAFT, General BROOKE, and
various other Cavalry Officers, his seniors, who
have made all the Peninsula campaigns, are without
commands, this excited great disgust; so rather than
offend Colonel Gleam., list PRINCE itsasicr's
Aid-de-comp, the brigade is broken up. The 10th
is gone to Lord WerAngo•rom; the 15th to Gene-
val SLADE'S division of cavalry; and the 18th to
General BILL'S; the Life Guards were also in a
sad state of confusion as to command ; the House-
hold Brigade was quitted by General RADON', and
is now commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel HILL, of
the Blues ; the First Life Guards are commanded
by Major CASSAC, the 2d by Captain JAcKsox;
thus these two fine brigades, the Hussar and House-
hold, the most expensive of the whole army, are
commanded by young Officers without experience,
and distracted byjsialousies, intrigues, and internal
disputes."