The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-20 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

IMPERIAL PAR L tAgENT.

1101„1SE OF LORDS, Fro, 19.
In an ApPtml from the Court of Sessinum In Scotland, " Watts.
chnpe, Trustee of the late Joint. Duke of Roxburgh and others,
it. Lasly Essex Kee and Lady Mary Ker, daughters of Robert
Duke of Roxburgh, deceased." Sir Samuel lto i illy and Mr.
Horner were heard for the Appellants, 91r. Adam and Mr: Ma.
cnnnochie for the Respondents, and Sir Samuel tonally la re-
plt Ind on Friday.
he Eastia Loan Amendment Bill, the Coal Datiesißia,
and three Local Bills, were hrot.ght op from the Comm/ins hy
Mr. Mallace, Mr. Ltishington, Mr. Tyrwhitt, General We
and other Nlenthers' and rtlid atirst time.
Mr. Montagu(', from the Citataberliti3 of London,. pre-
sented certain Accounts directed by Aot of l'arlkuueor, which
were ordered to lio ou the table.
Adjourned ail to-morrow this day). •
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lIOUSE OF COMMONS. •

The House resolved into a Commaittee upon the Sogar Draw-
back Bill. The Report ordered to ha received to-morrow.
Mr. Boller, Clerk of the Council, brought up, by the com-
mand of the Prince Regent, some papers relative to the corstruo-
tion of a pier or break-water. in Plymouth Sotind, accordiug tr
plans that had been submitted to the Couinal.
Mr. WHARTON brought in the Exchequer Bills Fundiog
Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second
time tomorrow.
Mr. CA I.CRA FT moved fern return of the monher of Re-
cruits that bad been raised fur the Regular Army, iu I ti I I, not in
the regular way, including mew and boys, but exclusively of
foreign and colonial corps.
Mr. BROUGHAM moved for a printed form of the commer-
cial licences granted duri-ng the lust ten years. lie did out con-
ceive there would be any objection to this, as dm stature of those
licences were, in fact, a twitter of p:rfect notoriety.to the coun-
try. There was a work recently publisher!, which contained the
form of these licences, and which, he presumed, was familiar to
every Gentleman in the House; or if it were not, he would par-
ticularly recommend it to their attention. lir alluded to the
" Reflections mt the NNtirre and ii.rlent oft Licence 'remit,"
by Dr. Phillimore, Professor of Civil Law in the University of
Oxford.
Mr. ROSE objected to the motion, en account of the multipli-
city of licences that had been granted during that peeled.
Mr. BROUGHAM was aware of that multiplicity, Rod wish-
ed only for one of each class, if the Right lion. Gentleman could
specify those classes. Ile knew the lice.uces varied according as
they were for Cm Mediterranean, or the Baltic, or France, &c.
He did not wish fortbe common licences, such as were constant-
ly granted.
Mr. ROSE replied, when Mr. BROUGIIVI consented to
withdraw his motion till to-morrow.
DROITS OF ADMIRALTY.

Mr. BROUGHAM wished that the order respecting the pro-
duction of certain papers relating to the prizes condemned as
Molts of Admiralty should he extended to all the Officers con-
cerned, as well as the Registrar of the Admiralty.--Ordered.
Mr. 11011 N ER moved that several papers laid on the sible by
the Clerk of the Council respectiug several Commercial Li-
cences be printed.—Ordered.
Mr. Fitt:LA[4O;TUE moved, that certain Papers respecting
the %Aar Taves be printed.—Ordered.
sir TH OAI ASTI] TON moved for the production of several
Paper, relating to the total amount of the Funded awl Unfund-
ed Debt fur 1811; the total amount of Taxes raised during. the
preceding year, and up to January, 1812; the debt due from
the Prince Regent of Portuol, and. from the Spanish Govern-
ment to this country ; also for the amount of expences incurred
by our operations on the coast of Spain, ke.
The CH ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER saw so objec-
tion to the iininedia'e production of those Papets. but that the
accounts relating to our operations on the coast of Spain would
require some time, as the Navy was concerned in them.
Sir THOM AS Tuirrom observed, that if these Papers
would require soy-time to produce, he would defer his motion
on the Stag of the Nation to-morrow so'nniglit till the
Mouday following.
NOTTINGHAM RIOTS.

The Report of thtt Not i in;hato Frame-work Bill was bror►ht
up sold read ; some adtiltiohal clauses were introdt:ced by 51r.
Ryder, it iwn it was ordertd to lau.engrAssed, and read a third
dint! to-morrow.

to Almeida. No English troops hare been left in
Ciudad Rodrigo."

ARMY OF PORTUGAL.
On the 13th Dnember, the Duke of Ragusa con.
sidertd it expedient to dispatch General Montbrun
with three divisions of infantry, a division of caval-
ry, awl 30 pieces of artillery, to march by Albacete
upon Valencia, and reinforce Marshal Sucbet. The
march of General Montbrun having been unfortu-
nately retarded by counter-orders, this General only
arrived at Almanza, Jan. 11 ; Valencia was taken.
General Montbrun continued his march towards Ali-
cante, defeating several insurgent corps. On the
25th he arrived on the Tijo to rejoin the army. The
Duke of. Ragusa wishing to relieve the garrison of
Ciudad, Rodrigo, and revictual that fortress, set out
from Toledo the beginning of January, with four di-
vines's of his army, taking the direction of Vallado-
lid ; but Ciudad Rodrigo had been invested by the
English since the 9th. Lord Wellington, wishing
t• make a diversion in favour of Valencia, passed
the Agueda: The redoubt and convent which de-
fended the approaches to tho town were surprised,
and it appears the town was taken on the 19th, the
breach having been practicable. By a cult,ahle ne.
gligence of the Governor of Salamanca, the garrison
of Ciudad Rodrigo had been 'without communication
for two months. Originally 1400 strong, it was re-
duced by sickness, and the surprise of the convent,
to 900 men. The General of Brigade, Barru, was
Governor. We are not yet sufficiently acquainted
with the details of this event to form an opinion of it.
The Duke of Ragusa having arrived at Salamanca
with four divisions of his army, two divisions drawn
from the army of the North, and Bonnet's division,
which he withdrew from the Asturias, independently
of the division which he had left on the Tijo, marched
towards the English, to give them battle, but Lord
Wellington had already re-crossed the Agueda, de-
stroyed the bridges, and re-entered Portugal, after
performing this coup-de-main.

REPORT OF GENERAL DECALN TO Tilt MINISTER OF

WAR.

" Head-quarters Cerunne, Jan. 31.
" MONSEIGNEUR,—By my tette} of the 21st inst.
I had the honour of announcing, that having been
informed the enemy had assembled the greater part
of their forces in the neighbourhood of Tarragona,
and that assisted by the English, they intended tb
insult that fortress. I had ordered the General of I
Division, Lamarque, to march with 5000 men, and I
effect as soon as possible a junction with General I
Mathieu, Govenor of Barcelona, whom I had .in-
formed of this movement, as well as to unite with that'
division 3000 nicu of the garrison, take the command 1
of the whole, and march against the enemy. Gen.
Lainarque did not receive his orders until the even-
ing of the 19th, his division was then near Arens de
Mar, but he was obliged to return by Tordera to
Hostalich for provisions. On the 20th, at noon, he I
departed front thence, and on the 21st, at eight in '
the evening, arrived near Barcelona. At that in-.
slant, General Mathieu, with his indefatigable zeal.
land activity, marched' with the brigade of 3000 men
he had formed, commanded by the General of Bri-
gade, Devaux, and in the night seized upon the
, heights which command the entrireces of the neigh-
bouring Col d'Ordal.—On the 22d, at five in the,
afternoon he occupied Villa Franca; the division of,
Lamarque took a position on it at midnight. The
object proposed by Gen. Mathieu of deceiving the
enemy in regard to the number of troops broue,t
against them, by making his troops successively march,
succeeded sn completely, that Baron d' Eroles, per-
suaded he had only 3000 men of the garrison of Bar-
celona to contend with, set out on the 2'2,d, in the
morning, from Reus to give them battle, haughtly
observing, that with 6000 troops he knew he was in
the right. An intercepted letter confirmed the error
of the insurgent Generals, but in order not to give them
time to be undeceived, Gen. Mathieu marched from
Vendrezon the '23d, at eleven at night ; he forced
some advanced-posts, which were in advadce of
Toria d'Enbarra, and arriving before day-break
upon the heights of Altafouelln, discovered by the
enemy's fires they were upon the heights, which
command the right banks of the River Gaya, their
right supported by the sea, and their left occupying
the extreme point above 'lanai'.
gg All the dispositions were made for debouching
upon the enemy at break of day ; then were they
attacked with that ardour so habituarto the French.
The third light infantry regiment of Lamarque's di-1
vision, directed to carry the rugged point, occupied
by the left of the enemy with their chosen troops, ex-
perienced an obstinate resistance ; bqt the intrepi-
dity of this brave regiment overcame all ditliculties.
An enemy's column whkh attempted to debouch be.'
tween the village and the point, was repulsed by the
102 d. General Devaux's briga.kpenetrated and over- ,
threw the enemy's centre, under the grape shot of
their artillery, which was taken by the 115th regt- '
meals- • The fifth regiment of infantry of the line,
and that of Nassau, carried with equal ardour the
heights of Tamant, covered by the right of the
enemy. The company of partisans, and those of the
118th light infantry, and 23d of the line, forming the
ladvanced guard, under Commandant AdjutafitCharry,
charged and dispersed the centre.
" The bridge over the Gaya was destroyed ; but this
formed no obstacle to the troops—all .passed the 1
river by fording. A squadron of the 29th chasseurs,
commanded by the Chef de Escadron, Schweitzgut,•l
a strong column of the enemy, which it over-
threw. This officer was wounded, and Capt. ilautco-
las, of the same regiment, killed.
" The enemy, penetrated at all points, succeeded,
nevertheless, in again forming upon 'an high moun-
tain, behind the village of Sagnita. Brigade-Gen.
Hamilnaye, of Lamarque's division, was charged
to make a fresh attack upon the left, whilst Lawarque
advanced to attack in front with Erpent's brigade,
composed of the 42d regiment, and the fourth bat-
talion of the 16th of the line. In this attack the
Chef de Escadron, with 20 chasseurs and a squadron
of the 29th, made a most brilliant charge against
more than 400-cuirassiers and hussars of St. Narcesse, a
great number of whom were sabred. A hundred horses
and 60 prisoners were taken by the chasseurs. The
enemy, forced at all points, was put to flight, and
in such disorder that more than half of them threw
away their arms. Not a man of this corps d'arrnee,
which, a few days before, vaunted it would take
Tarragona, would here escaped, if al mountains

and deep ravines had not favoured the fugitives, p,l
sued the whole of that and the folloning day in ail
directions. It was so disperbed, that nothing bi.t
bands were to be seen, who announced that all w: •
lost.

"Two thousand men killed, wounded,
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troops rivalled each other in ardour and courage.
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execution
Belcoun, the 20th and 25th of this month, as ate
tiounced to your Excellency- itt ray precedine ele
patches.• I left Geronne on the 25th, at night, to
proceed to Banvolas, in which a pan of Clement's
brigade, the 23d light, the 11th of the line, and the
Ist squadron of the 21st chasseurs had joined. The
' following day I marched upon Olot, where I could
not arrive before midnight. The snow and ice met
rendered the roads extremely difficult. / only met
in this journey some parties which were driven from
the different positions they occupied. A column of
800 men, under the orders of the General of Bri.
gade Uetirman, left Figueres.on the 21st, in the di.
rection of Llorona. Tortilh. and Castel Follet,
where it found four hundred men from Rover°,
which it attacked and put to flight, arriving at
Olot at two in the morning. Another colutrite
composed of the fourth and sixth battalion of the
18th light infantry, under Colonel Petet, which had
crossed the Ter at &scam), arrived the same day at
st. Esteve de Base This column only perceived some
I Miquelets, who fled at their approach. The iutelligeace
1 I had received, announced that Sarsfield, with the
1 bands of Rover° and Fabrieias, would dispute my
entrance into Olot, where I found part of the iiiir.
1 bitauts. The other part had left it by order of tee
Insurrectional Junta; the greater number, through
fear, in consequence of the acts of terror and despo.
'tism committed by General Lecey. He threatened
with death, or at least with perpetual imptisonment,
all those who, en the approach of the French, did
not abandon their houses and families. The curates
are not exempt from the obligations of obeying such
tyrannical orders. lie has carried his cruelty to such
a height, as to shoot some men who, beies ordered
to take up arms, did not obey.
" On the 22d I marched from Olot upon St Estee*
de Bas. All that my three columns had seen the
preceding day having retired upon kipoli, or hidden
I themselves in this country, which is most difficult of
laccess. All the troops under Generals Clement and
Bcurmen, having joined in St. Esteve de Bas, I made
the necessary dispositions for freeing the chain of
mountains between Vich and Glot. The enemy had
constructed 7 stone intrenchments, one above another,
to defend the passage, which is extremely narrow,
and which can only be turned by making a long de-
tour, and by points very difficult of access. At
break of day, seeing that a heavy snow continued,
and judging that the quantity fallen during the night
would otter great obstacles to the columns, from the
right and left arriving at the summit, as welt as af-
terwards to their gettiteg in the rear of the enemy, I
came to a resolution of abandoning my first disposi-
tions. General Clement then marched, having at
the head of his advanced guard Captain Peyol's com-
pany of miquelets. After clambering more than
two hours and a half, the head of the column
arrived at the first intrenchment, where a post of 50
men only were found, who, after firing a few shots,
tied, totally abandoning the amphitheatre, which
was to have prevented our passage. At four in the
afternoon all the troops were arrived in the village
of Esquire!. The same day I established my head-
! quarters at Rode, the advance guard passed the Ter,
and pushed its reconnoltrings towards Vich. On
the 21th my troops entered Vich; . many of the item.
bitants remained in it; others abandoned the town
for the same reason as those of Olot. I learned at
Vich that Sarsfield set out two days before in the di.
rection of Centelles. Not being able to oLtain posi-
I tive accounts respecting the place where this Chief of
the Insurrection and his division Art.:, my troop;
tieing extremely fitigned by the painful marches they
had made the preceding days, and that many other
would be experienced in clearing the mountains
which separate Vich from Barcelona, I allowed theta
to rest till two o'clock in the afternoon of the `.2sth,
whoa they were again put in motion upon the road of
Tone. In taking this direction, I left the spies of
the enemy in uncertainty respecting the point to
which•l was actually going; since I might be pro.
I ceeding by the Col de Collespena, an extremely clic&
I cult passage, to penetrate on Mauresa, or intend de-
scending by the valley of Coneyost -to reach Grano!.
i lers. I marched upon Coldas ; my advanced guard
, could not arrive before midnight.
t"During this long and painful march,not a muske-
was fired. lit passing through the village of Cm:-
' 1 telles3 I learned that Sarsfield, with: four horses
1 men, passed the preceding night there, and was sup-
rposed to have gone to Moya, and from thence to
Manresa. The difficulty of the road which I had ex-
i perienced, made me conclude the troops e.f my left
would not arrive at Coldas before day, 1 therefore
! St.o F
rderedelicGi,enaenradl thenße uprmro.aceedn tototaltt;eaksioam9.e repose at
rear-
guard did not arrive till 4 in the morning at St.
I Felici ; he had just marked the positions his troops
I were to take, when an enemy's column suddenly fell
upon the -troops which were observing
the road
.1 which conducted them to that position ; these were
the 25th infantry, and, although suddenly attacked,
were nbt dismayed ; not only (lid they receive the
enemy in the beet manner, but suddenly resuming
: the offensive, in a short space of time, seconded by
i some eompauies conducted by Col. Deleambre, they
took a flag, 100 prisoners, 7 of whom are Officers,
0 killed, and wounded -a great number, forcing the
enemy to fly, and pursuing them. The greater part
of the prisoners belong to Werapoin's Swiss Regi-
: giment. It was Sarsfteld, with his division, who
made this attack. It is even *aid he was accompa-
nied by 14acey.

" Tht enemy who took refuge in the mountnitid•
esome hours after seeing General ihermon continued
Itittsoovement upon Col Ans, redescended and attemptr
NI to harass his' ear-guard in the defile halal to pato.
I in consequence nuule dispositions to march against
them, which, as soon as they percrived, they retreat-
ed so quickly that it was,impossible to reach them.—
then marched from.Balda. to 'inhating, where Illy
troops cooks position at eight at uig!if. lu this ?Lica

I have received a confirmation of the surrender of
Valencia.
[Re bare praises his offiCers, end states his whole
loss to consist of 25 killed and 147 wounded, of
whoa eight are officers.]
_ _

gg I have to pray of you, Monseigneur, to lay this
statement before his Majesty, that it may obtain his
favour, and atethe same time beg that he will deign
to bestow his attention on the rapidity with which
such long and painful marches have been performed
by his Army of Catalonia. Leaving Barcelona, I
directed the division of Lamarque to move and occu-
py Mataro, and the sea-coast, as far as La Tordero.
From Hostalrich I directed the Brigade of Ge-
neral Clement to pursue Fabrecyas, betwee❑
the Ter and the Fluvia, towards Olot, whilst
tlle Brigade of General Beurman watched the
coast, from La Tordera to St. Felice de Quexols,
to prevent all communication between the English,
and the Insurgents. I have charged my first Aid-de-
Camp, and Chief of Squadron, M. Lefebure, to
present your Excellency with the colours taken from
the division of &infield ; I beg leave to recommend I
him to your kind notice. I owe the most particular
eulogies to the zeal evinced by the Brigade-General
Flauzonne, Chief of my Etat-Major, as likewise to
the behaviour of all the Officers composing it.
" I am, with profound respect, &c.
(Signed) " DECAEN,"
(To lwrontinued.]

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