The Statesman. — 1813-07-29 (London, England)

JULY 12.—The return of Suchet to Of the affairs in the Peninsula, the loud, the Valencia, on the 23d ult. with the forces' he took senseless advocates of Ministry (would we could call with him to Catalonia, gave reason for fearing that them advocates of their country), now clump their his intention was to attack the troop! of the Third note exceedingly. Sometimes we have been induced Army, who were in St. Relippe de Xatirt; and as to conclude, that our gentlemen in power dortually the wry was very superior in force, the Third square their conduct in a great measure by the claArmy, on the tbtli, retired to the line of Castella, morousachice of these diurnal Counsellors. Poor men! and the Second to Chinchella on the 16th. This they live, as it were, in paper houses of their own con. Ipbovement would mit have taken place fiitd not the ; stnmtion ; which, should they neglect for a moment, troops Whieh relauded at Alicant been obliged at might fall about their ears, end though the *weight of ;that time to Prepare for stew and interesting opera. ! them could not possibly break their heads, yet the *tiens. ' whirlwind with which they would fly in their faces, 40 the 27th, the enemy descended through Las , could not fail but stifle them, or at least stop their Cabullas• in number 6or 8000 men ; on the 28th, !months. Alas, would they but pay half the atten. entered Itseptena, took 150 men of our's prisoners, tion to the monitions of the few patriotic journals who were a fortified house, and advanced to which have spirit to utter the truth, the affairs of lifers, it is helieied, the French received England would assume a very different aspect. We ligence of the battle' of Vittoria, at on' are new unexpectedly informed, by One of the Court the 28th, they proceeded to fteptena ; orrice, that Field-Marshal !iirecrattcrow deems it listetteheft in the direction of Valencia. necessary .trt. the .safety and security of' the left , SA, they evacuated Xatim and Lerra ; of his army, to wait the event of 'the siege of leelit-heel Las Cabrillas ; and, at two in St. Sebastian's, in form, before be _judges defini• a the btb, Valencia .%1411- fees from the • tingly- of -the tapeiliescy of penetrating to 'the • ••••••• ! • %. •  ..„--....___7 territories of 1.111101. Why, who but the ' enemies of England; the worst of all bee enefebts, could urge the espedismcy of penetrating- the ter- . ritory of France. If the Cabinet of Great Britain shook' rescilvoond imperiously direct the British , Conlinander te- such a step, it 'members, if net I traitors, iwnkl, be murderers of their country's blet , !interests. As meet: as this we would-have laid while the illuminations and-Oates were going on, but that oft voice would not hive been heard. We will put the case eind quesderi of the invasion of France .en the following plain ground; and which cannot fail bat, silence those noisy, mad-brained orators, who rave as in a kind Of military mania:—lf the French were to admit Lord Wr.i.Lrivolow, with every disposable soldier Englend could send him, to march uninterrept. edly without the diminution of a snan in a regiinentst• Orleans, Soinons, or even to Paris, would that je. dicions and reflecting General accept the offer? Let us, thenhear no more of that species of Quixotism—much less of setting up again the interest and the standard of the Bounuoss.- Thus, from the unexampled and almost inconceivable influence of theLondea Journale ' we' allude to, it is, that the cradulods public, are tortured with the labours of a TISIPOUh2 and teized with the disappointment of . a TaxTALUS. The oupposition that the Invasion of France 'odd terra as a signal -of revolt to. the Freeck le.*:diegerees idea, and which, pal. 41 praetiak might indeed be a dreadful experimitat.-6 It mold be wiser to soiled the feelings and liewiOt. the enemy, by a parley ever the Bidassos, without tiling even the threat of crossing it. Our prudence and moderation in that way (if unattended to by their Chief) would shake the attachment of the French to his military and ambitious views, much more than conk) be done by an inroad of the most intrepid of our armies.. 'Letters have been received through the War Office, of a later date by three days than the last dispatches from Lord