The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-04 00:00:00

LETTER OF THE CLERGY OF THE TOWN OF TORRE

VEDRAS To THE GREAT LORD.
The Clergy of the town of Torres Vedras cannot
content themselves with only expressing, in common
with all other ranks of persons, their just and exces-
sive pleasure at seeing their town ennobled by giving
a new title to a hero so exalted in merit, services, and
glory, as your Excellency, whose sublime and im-
mortal name is alone sufficient at once to inspire con-
fidence and admiration in the allied nationsolnd to
strike aisrm and terror into the ostentatious, but
cowardly vandals, flattered and deceived by the ty.
rant whom they serve, with the title of invincibility,
but of which they have found themselves disgrace-
full• t':prived, by the valour, intrepidity, and pro-
found judgment of your Excellency. The Clergy,
therefore, confiding in the benignity of your Excel-
lency, who, displaying all the qualities which form
the truly great and extraordinary character, unites
the gratest bravery with the most delicate politeness
and affability, has taken the liberty to lay before
your Excellency this testimony of their respect and
satisfaction, not only with the justice of the PRINCE
REGENT our Lord, in rewarding the important
services of your Excellency with the new title
of Marquis of this town, but with the glory
which results to this same town hi basing its name
from hence forward united with that of your immortal
Excellency, and recorded in the brilliant history of
the successive chain of triumphs which form the laurels
gathered by your Excellency on the heights of Zam-
!uwire and Vimeira. and other places, where your
Excellency has chosen to try the fortune of your arms
in hem& of our liberties; and especially iu the last
and impenetrable line of bulwarks constructed at
this town, from which circumstance it has with
propriety been chosen to give the new title which
our illustrious and magnanimous Sovereign has justly
thought proper to add to the deserved honours of
your Excellency. The Clergy of this town recom-
mend themselves to the protection of your Excel-
lency, and will offer up incessant prayers for your
precious life and happiness.
They are, most respectfully,
Your most humble and obedient Servants,

(Signed) The Disenthoriadot VICARIO DB VARA,
And Others, Substitutes of the Town and Sdburtss.

ANSWER OF 1114 LORDSUIP.

I have received the letter of your Excellency, en-
closing the Memorial of the Clergy of your jurisdic-
tion, of the date of the 2d of May. I request
your Excellency to express to th• said Clergy the
warm sentiments of gratitude which I assuredly feel
towards them. GOD preserve your Excellency.

WELLINGTON.
Head-quarters Fueate Gaiaaldo, May 2.

(Portuguese 7elegruph, May 23.)
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Paris Papers reached town last night to the Slit
ult. BONAPARTE, the Emperor of AUSTRIA, ind
their Imperial Consorts, were enjoying themselves at
Dresden on the 23d, on which day their party was
augmented by the arrival of the King of NOWA.
No warlike operations are even hinted at in the
French Journals ; and, from private letters received
by the last Auholt Mail, the people of the North
now begin to think with us, tat all the mighty pre-
parations which have been made in that quarter will
terminate, without a shot, in favour of the views of
BONAPARTE. These opinions seem to bare been
formed principally on the circumstance of Count
Romenzorr, the advocate of conciliatory measures,
having accompanied the Emperor ALEXANDER to
Willie, contrary to general expectation. Our view
of the subject has always been, that Russia would
not again go to war with France, because she was
unable to bring a force into the field sufficient to jus-
tify any expectation of success.

The University of Cambridge was thrown into I
great consternation on Saturday hunt, by the appear- ;
ance of fire in one of the apartments of Trinity Col-
lege, at nine o'clock in the evening; it was, how-
ever, extinguished without damaging any other part ,
of the building. There had been no fire or light in
the apartment for the previous twenty-four boars;
and this is the third or fourth instance of fire break-
ing out in different colleges of this University with-
out any discoverable cause. Much serious investiga-
tion has consequently takeq place, but hitherto
without effect.