The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-08-20 00:00:00

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FitVith:// PAPI BS. ' - t *declarations of Mr. WonsanAn and ,
to support Ministers in their dispute
Nam, Aaron 11.—We learn froib our correspon,
if that power should require more than the re.
dints, that preparatioes are making in all the cities,.
towns, and elennueies of the Empire, for the due sci• ins of ;he Ortiers.in,6Cquuell. These
celebration of the birth-day of his Nakste tio cal? one were if impfeeidest; first, because
r 8 . . *desta-
reror and King, ' • t. y well knew that Amelia"( had vital grlarttnaas
On Sunday, the oth, after Masi, her 1/1/Aleity Of: tbcoMplain of, independent of the Orders in Coon-
Empress gars an audience et St. piougpi; IN' *a- cil ; geld Wendt', they knew, from fatal imporistee,
testy the Xing of 4p me rode io a curiiiige to Paris,
if. Ministers could once' °Wait; the stew of popular
at four in the by the Bois de Eoelogn' as ..
approbation in favour of their conduct, that there is
fardts__tha jlalgAicbaliou; ko roamed by the Par -
*bezel arell'llie*Plain of Gretielle, a plunge Ra tw
*fife, ate Eil.; no distress into which they would net
press went in her carriage to Veyssilles, where she den headlong. What tangs will this be for the
rode through great part of the park, accompanied 11 guartufacturing towns and districts ! No sooner had
the:Governer and Cornigandaet of the tqww., •Ber the sunbeam of hope began to direct the steps of the
Moiety was every. where received withiazclernatioes
and repeated cries of " Long live the Erarvess!" .' 'ne-&IDA c ;ad artisan from the thorny wilds ofi
Walsavt„ Jez.T 23.—The Deputations sent to vation than the clouds of despair snatch stir , it again
-Wilais and Dresden have returned. • There will be f from their view. •
to-morrow an Retnierdinary•Sittiog •of the General'
Our Ministers wounded the interest and honour.,
' Confederation, ill which will titcreed the answer of able feelings of America; and then sported with the.
his Majesty the Emperor to the Depetation. Te Daum! wounds they had made. • They laughed at the weak.,
will then tie chaunted In the eothoirall and there
will be public rejoicings. ! ness of America, and treated her complaints with
A few days ago a Courier froth Constantinople i sovereign contempt ; and when they had driven her
passe; through this city in his way to Lithuania. ' into an attitude of war,thoy thought to have soothed
The headquarters of the Saxon army, under the her by a shesst-'of courtly condescension, to whidt,
orders of General Begnier, are at Stonim ; and they seemed to be urged by their fears rather than by
those of the Austrian army, commaudad by the !
motives of. honour or justice. They knew that the;
Prince of Schwartztaberg, at Pruzaq.
According to the latest accounts, the Palish army' British army it: the Peninsula, depended, ht a sheet
was at Nieswitz, in the best condition, gect animated degree, for support upon America, and that she
by the best spirit. There had been no affair of im-Illtadill the weight of France to help her in her ape-
portailee, but tto cavalry bad skirmishes daily, andliattai -0-hei :. therefore thought it high time to con-
-very much annoyed the enemy. On the 13th, therel coal the cloven foot. But then the Americans knew
was au elsgagement between the Polish cavalry a:id!. •
the rearguard of General Bagration, which lasted I.isea •
these things also; and they have done no more than
some iiours : our e,avairy displayed their usual biavery 1 seeable men expected, in taking full advantage of
and enthusiasm, and killed 2000 of the enemy, among i their information. The tittle is coitus when'she mud
whqm was Geis. Gregoriew. 1
resent the indignities imposed upon her by British
We are informed that a reinforcement of 20,000 ; Ministerial arrogance, or she will be cast out of the'
Austrian troops has recently arrived at Tomas() yt in t of independent nations.
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Beau x, Atm I.—Marshal Augereau, Duke nt 1. Since the above was written we have learnt that
Castiglione, arrived here from Potsdam.qp the 28th. t, the (!!leaner, which was sent out by Clovernment
On the 30th, Marshal Victor, Duke of Belluno, left; with dispatches to Mr. FOSTER, containing the
this city to proceed by the way of Custria to his air i PRINCE REGENT'S order' for rescinding the celebrated
tenor destination. The greater part of the 9th corps,
i Orders in Council, arrived in A •
tinder his orders, had set out on its reute some days
' fore Mr.
FOSTER left that country ; and from letters
before. His Eccellency, during his three months' I
stay here, has conciliated general esteem. ) received just when we were going to press, there is
On the 30th, there was a grand dinner at Charlotten- , every reason to believe that the American Govern-
burgh ; besides the Royal Family, the principal c i
-it•l i nient have permitted their privateers to cruise against
and Military Authorities, the Marshal Doke of Cas- ! our commerce.
tiglione, the Genet al of Division, Durutte, Governor 1
of this residence, as well as a great number of Officers
of the French Staff, had the honour to dine with his
Majesty. -

We have often exclaimed against the wild waste of
j British blood and treasure in the cause of Spain,
because of the apathy and ingratitude of its inhabit-
ants; nor is it a victory, however glorious, that
can alter our opinion : nothing but the energies of the
people of Spain, and an improved policy in her Go-
! vernment, can ever convince us of either the moral
justice or political propriety bf spilling our blond
and wasting our treasure in their behalf. For the
purpose of adding to the numerous and irresistible
arguments, which have already been advanced on
this subject, we give the following judiciously writ-
; ten letter from a person of high respectability, and
! whose means of obtaining ieformation, and his ho-
! nesty in giving it, enable him to state facts which are
endeavoured to be concealed from public view.—
; Whether the victory obtaiued at Salamanca wialue
the effect of chasing away the dormancy from the
character of the Spaniards, and of giving new tol-
-1
Raise to their feeble Government, remains to be seen;
but, if that should not he the case, Spain, in despite
iof all our efforts, will belong to the dynasty of
! France.

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SUPPI.RMENT TO TIlk: 81`. pETEßsnuanil GA-
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OFFICIAL ACCOUNT; FROM TILE ARMY, OF rilEOris
(21sT) JULY, 1812.

“ The first army, after passing rolozk, makes
forced a:arches towerdi Witepsk. Ihe corps of
Lieutenant-General Count IVittgensteiti, which has
been strengthened With some battalions of reserve, is
now at Drissa, in order to oblerve the Movements of
the enemy, at well as to secure the Psko witch road.
TO effect a junction 'of the two armies is the piiapk.
pal object of our movements. •
46 It appears by the last accounts from Prince
Bagration, that his advanced guard, under the corit7
viand of Lieutentint-General Najewskji, is iu the
neighbourhood d 11dogilew. General Plata, who
commands the rear-guard of rrincis Bagration, was
attacked near Romanoff by seven French regiments
of caralry,' of the King .of WeAphalia's corps, I
which were totally defeated, and pursued for 15
wersts.• *ln this action, the first regiment of cavalry, ,
jei, one of beat of the enemy's regiments,
*Drone- 'earthy grepadier regiment, were entirely
destroyed; two Coloni4l 16 Officers, and 300 pri.
eon, taken iiiiseuers.7..._
EXTRACT OF A LETTEX mow !LIGA, DATED AIJGCS: 1. I
.44 The destruction of our suburbs has been corn-
plated, and has occasioned the utmost ' distress
monist 'the inhabitants. The enemy is close at
band, and we expect daily to be attacked. We arc,
however, well prepared. Our fortress is in the best ,
state of defence, Ond our garrison consists of 9,5,000 I
Men, provisioned foriix•tannths.”

" ISLA, Jva• 90.

" I am not long returned from visiting Cartha-
' pita, Alicant, Ste. It was a very interesting tour,
as I was enabled to see with my own eyes every thing
' that was passing. It is truly lamentable .how you
at home are deceived as to the real state of things.—
Ministers will not credit the plain statement of ho-
nest and well-informed people; and no wonder,
when every thing like truth is driven from the door.
Our Agents are full of deception, and of gross mitt.
representation. It is their livelihood to be so, and'
they are credited. You can hare no conception of
the miserable state of the country, and of the
anarchy of Government. Even here, on their own
locality, neither the Regency nor the tortes harp,
much influence; elsewhere they have none. Every au.
thority acts for itself, and plunder is the order of the
day With every public officer. No where is thereany
revenue—our Gibraltar smugglers have destroyed'
what little there was remaining. England Must fur.
nish, must do every thing. Of our supplies not one,
third is properly applied. The state of Spanish of.
fairs is not to be told ; midi less to come within the
compass of a letter. The Spanish corps that are in
existence devastate worse than the enemy : they raise
contributions on the Country where they are, without
affording it the least protection ; as the French, with
aery inferior force,_ carry away the harvest in their
very presence. Fitt whet I saw and learnt I am per.
seeded that eyoey account that the Spaniards giro of
having ehteined steidyintace,, is false—they have ea-
sustained a defeat. Fifty French dragoons awes
` hole 40'1,14. While! was there, Gen. Ilarishe came
lic
t With only-i 204 men into the Huerta of Murcia, and
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.44qtlY loaded. and sent 42000 mules, while Mr.
(rDernyirre hid, within IS miles of him, 11,000 men;
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sent the sacks back, with their com.
no hardier use for them. When

!kept, I accompanied Mr. Rocuz in a dentoastrat
,eiax; or rocolmoitance.. I never belpld any thing
laughable; I there saw Frencli:agents publicly
'toying and emoding.away wheat from the Mole, and
with the secret permission of the Governor. But our
Government is as bed midi. their-licences, who per.
mit SOUF to be supplied with medicine chests and
surgical instruments from England. Vie are alljob-
ben.. from Gibraltar I visited Mr. BALLASTEROS
at his then head-quarters at Algesiras, and saw his
army. It is truly laughable how we have been hum-
bugged as to this Gentleman : he is a good bold fel-
low, and nothing more, equal to command 1000 or
1200 Own; he is destroyed with his present large
force, which he was not able even to subsist, as we
were daily sending him 20 barrels of flour from our
stores of the rock.

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" The bombardment of Cadiz is now become very
serious, not from the misohief done by the shells,
but from the alarm they create, hardly a quarter of
the town being secpre from them. They now range,;
where people had flown for refuge. There is nearly;
a stagnation pf trade, the Mole and Custom-holt*,
being completely exposed to them, as is also the ge.,
neral residence, of the merchants, who? for conve-
nience, had their houses in 'this quarter, If shells
are thrown early in the morning, business Is over for
the day. Any one wishing not to pay money, makes
them as an excuse for not being at home. The gal-
legos,who were wont to be employed, aro not now to
be had, to run about and take up bills, and carry
money; they are better paid for transporting beds,
&c. There is an extreme confusion, as you may well
conceive, when I tell yon that families eat here, sleep
there, and transact business elsewhere, and that there"
is a total change of residence. All who can R&M
it, and whose occupations would allow of it, have
come out here, so we are throng with folk. Happily, as
yet few lives have been lost, but the houses have been
knocked about a little; very few shells explode? so
little injury is done. In a military point of view,
this bombirdment effects but little, but politically
I think a great deal. If it is continued through the
winter, it will produce great discontent. At this
season of the year the people do not mind sleeping
in the streets, and tents have been pitched to receive
the poor, in a quarter of safety. In winter this can-
not be done. lam only sorprifedlhat the enemy do
not attempt throwing shells into the Isla, which
they might easily do from many points. This would
complete the alarm. As yet they have net mo-
lested the shipping. Their tiring is most irregular ;
they throw just three or four shells, thee stop for a
couple of hours; but it is generally in the night.
We foolishly answer eight for one, so there is a ter-
rible expenditure of ammunition. At Puntales there
begins to be a serious consumption of limbs, as gene-
rally there are eight or nine wounded, chiefly Spa/
niards, who mutually furnish the garrison ; and their
battery is in sad order, having uo shelter for the men.
Just now we are annoyed with demonstrations to
please the Spaniards, who fancy, by shewing a num-
ber of men at the advanced outworks, to give alarm to
the enemy, but who, with ourselves, thoroughly un-
derstand the thing. We 'are out at break of day,
but more with a view to defensive than offensive
measures; however, the Dons have crossed at St.
Petri, and are throwing up a fresh work, but which
the French will destroy at their leisure. Mr. BAL-
LASTEROS has been drawn late a scrape by the
French; why or wherefore he chose to make a move-
ment on Malaga, which he entered, but the French rep
tiring into the castle, which commands the town, he
was soon driven out of it. SOUL; aware of his move-
ments, had withdrawn from the lines all his dispos.
able force, and marched them fo cut off his return to
his old ground ; so Mr. BALLASTEROS, with 7000, has
been forced to Junquera, in the Sierra of the Ronda,
and where he is surrounded with 14,000 men ;
Ge-
nerals LAVAL and NET being at Coir, and line off
sea-coast, with 7000 men ; Viccyrc, with 35(X) men,
at Ardeles ; and BRETON and Cat's, with 3000 men,,
at Los Barrios and St. Roque. Trie erinch cut off
some Spaniards, who aflvandid front-11011i they
entered Algesiras, but after- exacting 8000 eillione,
retired from it, as our gun-boats from the Bay
immediately opened on it. BALz,Arrutos writs!
that he can maintain himself, but I think he wilt
be obliged to. disperse, and if so, it is nsy opt.
nion the French will again turn their attention to
Tarifa, and which most probably these will now
take; as our works on the isle are not near finished,
and the Spaniards have been constructing works
which they cannot defend, and which facilitate the
capture of the town. It is quite nonsense to say that
the French have no force in Spain. We are rather
inclined to believe that the grand Sicilian expedition
is all over ; as Mr. Rome, who had embarked
3300 men, and had arrived at Mahon, has been
sent back and disembarked, and the Ist division of
4900Englirit, who sailed at the same time, have gone
Gmt knows whither. We are most healthy, but I
think the fever must break .out at Cadiz, from the
pigstye growillitt of the lower classes."

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• Qes Correspondent charges us with
having
erred.
.in attributing MAIIMONT'S commencement of the ac.
titin to a false confidence, inspired by his successful
titaninurring ; and his defeat to an over extending of
his line : and, in thus charging us with error, ho
states himself supported by the opinions of several
British Officers. We should be glad to see these
Sidon, advanced ; because the reasons assigned Ly
as, Correspondent to prove that we have erred, are to
only ariuments 4 favour of our opinion. We are
d, the IffAsemohres attack might be occasioned
lospfilitipe orders fro,* King JOSEPEE ; or by the
~ttil
niiestre of sumgionce and rashness :chick di.
finuish the French, (he consequence of so eff"
hoping conquered sender Me most disadvantageou‘
icireumstances. As to the first proposition, 11l
;us gravely ask, is it likely that Josern would
send positive orders for M A &MONT to attack the
4./lied Troops, at the very time when he was bring.
i 4 up reinforcements, with all possible dispatch,
ejlel when he must know that that General was al.
1 most destitute of cavalry, until the arrival of General
i Cetrar., who was to bring up the cavalry belonging
ft* the Northern Army, and who, he knew, could
not arrive before the 23d ? Conscious are we teat
our_._ i . . Correspondent must have crred 14
iliglate ild
4talliVialtall a conclusion; because he must be better
actisleseed with the working of the human mind,
'than to suppose Josseu would be guilty. of such as
absurdity. When he was ambassador at Rome he
displayed no small share of both sagacity end courage
in behalf of the persecuted Jews ;'ate we hue a
right to suppose that experience has added to the
one, without age, as yet, having had the power to
deteriorate the other. As to the rashness and arra.
puce of the French Oenerals (but we qssestion the
stitement) having had the effect of inducing Ma.
Mows to commence the attsek, we reply, that it
adds more t 9 the strength of our argument than
even the improbable idea of ,Toserree having ordered
him to commence the injudicious attack; for it proves
that an error in judgment hastened on the destiny of
his troops, except it can he proved that rpltaess lei
judgment are coexistent sad concomitant qualities
of the mind, It must, however, he deer to every
mind, that takes time to reflect, whatever rashness
might pervade the mind of Maneowr, that as be
had sufficient patience and skill to margeurre three
days in the face (as our Correspondent observes)
of a superior force, he would not suffer that
baneful quality of the mind so ler to get the bet.
ter of his reason, as to induce him to risk his ern
fame and the lives and honour of his spldlers. Vic!
tory must brood in his mind, from a conception of
superior skill, and an advantage thereby gained;
while error in judgment alone, as far as
drilled ?hoe fateeup 000 f
gtrolbatttrloemdehri ndlipeds ;
until the contrary is proved by argument. And if
uat;ln.wheims:lWltpossess this opinion
our Correspondent will read a letter which tame from
an eyelowithees of the action, and which we gave
yesterday, he will see that the opinion which we
gave, that MAassow'r's error lay in too far extendirt
his line, is supported by an'observOl and "li4htftlea
authority.

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During the course of the week the !Ad trick has
been played off upon the public, of imposing let.
tats upon them of English manufacture, which
the honourable venders thereof stated to hare bent
Written by King JOSEPH to the French Generals
sea Constituted Authoritiee, and which bad been
intercepted by our army in Spain. We concluded
they were forgeries, and, as such, refused to insult
ear 'leaders with their contents t and we are glad to
saYour opinion confirmed by the following articl
Which appeared in a Paper of this morning, 'after it
had blasoned them forth to the public. " The dates
of the intercepted letters alone are sufficient to !hew
that these letters are gross fabrication; l for, accord•
ing to Lord WIII.ZINOTOII.S Dispetches, publishrd
the Extraordinary Gantt* of Sunday night, PI
Cm did not lease Madrid to j4in the Sony till ths
21st."

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By reanimation IlrroMrtb *ea i<s reason to
believe that some seisondieittanikor leet taken place
between Mr. TIIOIINTON and BEttlrAnorrE, and
orders for the Railing of the Swedish. pedition Wet
we understand, been countermanded..'.

'll7l understand by letters from Spain, that tho
French, in their retreat from Veiled°Lia, carried of
the greater part of the stores from that piece.
By the Nocton picket from the Leeward Islands,
we have advices from St. Thomas's to the itltb uli•
and with them the following afflicting letter
" ANTIGUA, JULY 9.—We most sensibly feel the
I effects of the American embargo and our prospects
are gloomy, as we have not ten days' provisions for
sale. Flour is 30 dollars per barrel. Indian corn,
upon which we principally feed our negroes, is at SO
shillings per boshel. If we do not get supplies from
some (porter, the aegroes„ I fear, will throw their
hoes down."
It Is mentioned in private letters from Gotten.
burgh. that the ratification of the Peace between
Roosila and Turkey had been announcei in the Sf.
Pderaturgh Gazette- This may be true, but a
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