The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-09-07 00:00:00

merely to gratify the predominant taste of 'the public. To the national vanity, and the national avarice, their appeals have the usual success of flattery. They lind the nation willing to be flattered, and they flatter them. Sonic of them insidiously ellict an enmity towards corrup tion, at the very nefitient that they lend themselves to the authors, supporters, and abettors of the principle of corruptiou 'itself. At one time the affairs of France were desperate, and NapoLeoe, run mad, was compelled by his Generals to abandon the contest on the Danube. Ile crossed the Danube, fought, and conquered at Wagram. The Armistice of %maim followed. Then it was dis covered that at I this was the filth of the Archduke CHARLES, and the Emrenoie determined to fight it out. SCIIILL and the Duke of [laymen - Ice were eplienieral—they however had their day. Tile insurrection in the N ,rth of Germany bad its day too, and that is past. • To duubt the destruction id the French in Spain, after Sir Aeenete Weet.cst.ey made his appear. once, was absolute heresy. Holland waited but for the presence of our Expedition-mind the des a!fection in the Neapolitan territory rendered our forces certain in that quarter. Such are the delusions with which the venal Pi ess has almost eloaked the People of England. 'Dine has at last turn uff the veil of delusion ; mid the naked truth, in all its terrors, sta:als before the view of the in. fatuated People of England. The sum and sub stance of our situation may be very concisely Stated Our victorious army in Portugal is not only starving, but certainly in danger ;—the Eapedi. lion to Holland has totally feilal—and Welch,. ren is believed to be untenable ;—our army in Sicily has elected no more real services than if it had been at the Antipodes ;—lschia and Procida are doubtless evacuated ;—we have qaarrelled with, and are hated by America ;..- Fs ance reigns paramount abroad,ancicorruption reigns paramount at home ;..-the Ministry are in a rapid state of decomposition—some of the part. ners are about to retire. On this subject reports are numerous and contradictory the war. like CASALAREAGH, retirement is pretty generally assigned..-AA Mr. CANNING, who dierited a bet. ter fortune than to have been involved in such I concern, is said to be disgusted. He that as it shay, the whole nation is beginning to be disgusted with those ascasures which have brought us to to the very verge and brink of destruction. Even the gloomy, thoughtful NAPOLEON ) who seldom smiles, must grin at theinfatuatiun, and pm. erile efforts of England, which, with the most mighty lanwer on this Globe—has suffered him to conquer the Continent of Europe. Those who laugh at our predictions that he will totally annihilate the commercial in:crcourse with the Continent of Europe—anal disturb oar reign in tbe East way, pet leaps, hereafter expeces the fuolish es tinder of ignorant incredulity, with " who would have thought it ?"—Nut only men, but ma. cures, must be changed—and with those measures must alio be changed that disposition which the veuple of England have derived from the fatal commercial monopoly of the visionary i'LTT. For Fai L tland the only means of SALVATION are PEACE and ILEFOR.M. Am article from New-York ; dated July 30, says : " By the British schooner James, in 14 days from P u rt-aii.Pritice, we learn that CURISTOPUN and Purtesa's fleet have recently had a severe en. gagement,in which the latter gained a signal victory ; and that their armies had met near the Cape, about the same time, and that Cunisroeuc had de. feated Pcriors with very great slaughter." Sunday and Monday several troops of the Rd-Light C.Lralry of the German Legion, which had been disembarked at Ramsgate, arrived in Canterbury, where they at present remain. A detachment also of the .2d, or Queen's Bays, marched on Monday ; and the remainder of the r-onieot, with the 3d King's Own Dragoons, were expected yesterday, to occupy their former crafters. A rosel arrived at Plymouth, from Martinique, has brought a report of Guadaloupe listing sur. rendered to a British force ; which had appeared off that island. A vessel is arrived from Bilboa, with skins and wool, atter a short passage of five days. We understand no molestation was given during her loading, or navigation down the river to Portu. galete ; and that thres more ships, with cargoes from thc same place, arc hourly expected. The information she has brought is, that there aie no French garrisons in the extensive range of coast from Santander to St. Sebastian, the whole of the troops in that direction having proceeded by Oriluna, Burgos, and Segovia, towards Ma. drill and Santa Olalla, to reinforce thc army of Viva on. During the bombardment of Flushing, and after the communication with Cadsaml was cut off. means were found to convey a letter from the gar rison in the latter place. It was enclosed in a shell, which, without being filled with inliammahle materials, was discharged from a mortar plintett on one of the sea batteries. The sb.II was taken up in Cadsand, and emptied of its contents, which were forwarded to Paris. PORTUGUESE Pd P E RS. LISBON, Aua. il.—We learn, by letters from Corunna, of the 6th instant, that the army of the Marquis ito.liana, to the number of 30,000 men, began its march from that place fur Lug► on the Ist, 2d, and 3d inst. CEIIVERA, IN CITALONIA, JULY 12.—Fester. day evening our worthy Captain. General Dun Joaquin' Blake, set out from this town fur Villa de Calop. JULY 14.—We know officially that succours have entered Gerona, and that several coop._ menti with the enemy have terminated successfully on our part. Aua. 4.—The army which was dis persed in Belchite is re-uniting and organizing in Tanta; whence, it is to be hoped, it will soon march, to free the districts of A Icaniz from the ra vages of the enemy. In the mean time, there has been a rising and arming in the rallies of the Py. rcnees of Arragon ; and as this movement mev have the most advantageous consequences, the Marquis de Lazatt has order's! the brave Colonel Dun Fillippe Perena to set out with his division for tho . se mountains, the illustrious cradle of Arra. peen liberty. It appears that the rallies of Anso and Rental have taken the lead of all the others in the noble resolution of arming against the enemy. In these the Brigadier-General Don Mariano de Reno; ales, commands the brave companies of peasants, who have already had sone skirmishes with the French detachments left there in garrison.—( Lisbon Ga zelle) Aug. 19.) EXTRACTS FROM THE FRENCH PAPSRS. A wrwuer, AVG. 40.—0 n tho 16th inst. the following General Order was published here:— ARMY OF THE NORTH. GMILAL ORDIC " Votive is riven to theism', t►at in virtue of the orders of his Majesty the Emperor and King, his II ighticKs the Mar shal Prince of Poote Corso is nrri.ed Antwerp, in order to take the command of the land and sea forces, which ate nsseinhled in the Scheldt, and its envirnri. " The ?.tth Military and that part of the 9th which is on the left hank of the Meue, are united under this rommand. The klarsaal esteems himself happy in being aide to share pith the National Guards of the Empire, the Itry,u lars, and Imperial Navl, the honour of lighting against the enemies of the Continent. Ilk flightless is penis:Wed, that idl will Tie with each ether in zeal far the defence of the Slate, and in devistednem for the service cf bis Majesty the Emperor and King." Auo. 21....Siuce yesterday no change has taken place either in the English Hue or in ours; they are still within two cannon shots of one another. We are continuing oar preparations with the greatest vigour. A numerous cordon of troops is going to be established roved Antwerp.Ordcrs are already hared to make free all tha roads which are slant by barriers, in order that steither horses nor carriages may meet with any interruption, either by night or by day. The necessary pre parations have been made for soddenly inundating all the low grounds in case of the enemy's pre. seining to approach. Even already the meadows both to the right and left of the road of Ghent, beyond the hills of Flanders, are covered, and the sluices are still raised in order to aug. meet the waters in case of necessity. In this manner Antwerp will be covered on the left. Great movements of troops are taking place in the city. We have either within our walls, or in the environs, 15 Generals ; and every day fresh troops, apd more superior Officers, are arriving. A battery is now establishing at Fort Frederick, upon the left bank. This morning the English fired a few unison shots, in order to endeavour to obstruct the works, but they will not succeed. The inhabitants of the country have fur nished, with the greatest zeal, whatever is necessary fee an army which has been formed with so Meeh precipitation. Every thing is in move. meat ha our city; the workmen arc employed both night and day ; the blacksmiths are making tools ; the coachanakers and waggon-makers arc employed in the service of the equipages for the artillery ; and the diggers are covering the re. doubts, which are raising oo the right and left banks of the Schaidt.—( Frees the Argue, Au. wart 46.) THE COURT. Yesterday at noon his MAJESTY arri►ed from Windsor, at the Queen's 1 3 .1 lace, and was shortly afterwards attended by the Dukes or YORK, Kin, Cana*teat:, and CuMnr nt.Avn• Soon after two o'clock his MAJESTY held a pri vate Levee. The following had the honour of being pre sented to his Id AJEsTY : laird Manner.. Rear-Admiral Sir Sydney Smith, en his return room the Brasil,. Lieut.-Gen. Reason, on hit appointment to the command of the 10th Royal Veteran Battalion. Sir I). Banda', on his promotiuo to tlt. Coloncicy in Chief of the 9Sth Regiment. Sir George Rupert, on being created a Baronet. His MAJzsrY afterwards held a Privy Council, and gave audience to the Duke of Yowl - LAND, and the rest of the Cabinet Ministers. Mr. II DER, the Judge Advocate, laid hvfore his 'AI J CST Y the proceedings of several Coo rts.Nl ar About half-past fire his SIAJEsri if coon fur Windsor. 'ME . gTAT F.SMAN. NAVAL INT&LLIGENCE. PouTuunnrit, Srrr. 6.—Arcived the Neptune. of 98 gun:. Captain Wood. from the Hest ladies; nod the Unite, Captnin Campbell, and i names, 11m. Ciptaln Wnidegrave, from the Mrd terrnnear.—The two latter brought dbpatc:►rs. The Conflict, from Pl y mouth; nod the Richmond, floes Cnwe3 Roads. Sailed the Brilliant, Captain Smyth, for the Downs; and the Ant. with the convoy for Guernsey. Went out of harbour, the Ganeymerie, Capt. Cathcart. Arrived the Tortoise store-ship, from the Mediterranean. Sailed the Revenge, of 71 gong, Hon. Captain Paget, for flushing; the Defender, Lieutenant Now, on a cruise. PLYstortrt, SETT. s.—Arrived the Scepford Bremen brig, Johan 11. Mandell, Master, from Fast Florida, bound to Chatham, laden with tiniher, cotton, a oul, &c. last from Falmouth ; and the Pickle gull-brig from the %veg. The Rhin frigate was paid wages vesterday, and is expect ed shortly to sail for Rechfurt. Arrived the I'heasaut sloop of war fram Cornona r it was reportrd there when she left, that the cumhined British and Swinish Armies had defeated the French a ith very great A large Beet is now pawing up Channel from the westward. The Eagle Eirise cutter, of this port, is stated to have re-captured an English brig on this coast, and was left is pur suit of the French lugger that captured her; mid there was ever• reason of her getting up with het. BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. This scene of mirth, folly, and disorder, ended last night, and the n (milers of Nature and Art are now on the way to Edmonton, thenext rendezvous. The Giant, Lady Morgan the Dwarf, the Great Child, aged ten years, the Groat hog, and all the other great rarities, hare disappeared. COURT OF PIED POUDRE. c•ises ocrirrred during yesterday ; but th e f o ll o wing was the only one worthy a report : 11104)K V. GRABS. This was on appeal to the Homage to obtain the restitution of nine sail of the line, three French flags, and about forty pieces of cannon, captor ed by the Defend:in:, a British seaman. It ap peared that Houk, the Appellant, had invited the public to witness a correct representation of the battle of the glorious first of June, and the destruc tion of the French fleet. Grabb, who had taken more grog on board than ballast, sailed into the marine euiibition, and took his station very close to the sea, which was formed of glass Shortly after, the English fleet appeared in a line of battle, led by the gallant Howe. The ships were neatly formed of paper, and they presented a very picturesque view. Hook, the showman, then announced to the spectators that the enemy was in sight; and Grabb imindiately ruse up to clear for action, expressing at the same time his determine-. film to pour in a bra idside upon the first French man that came within hail. The audience ad. mired the blunt lingo of the tar, but no one sus pected that lie would join in the engagement. They were, however, deceived. The instant the French line was formed, and a cracker had been discharged, as the signal to engage, Grabb sent his stick among the nautical apparatus, and the glass sea, which exploded like Congreve's rockets. lie then seized the greater,part of the enemy's ships, guns, flags, and other minutia, and put them in his p icket, bidding defiance to the French Navy, with Bonaparte at its head. This UtlelllCClCl Attack threw the showman and the audi. once into the greatest confusion, and, as the sailor as determined to maintain his victory, the con_ stables weec called; consequently, after a few shots had been exchanged, Grabh was conveyed before his betters. When the appeal was made, it was evident that Grabb had evinced too.much zeal in aid of the British fleet ; but he was half seas over, and the Homage only ordered hi:n to make retribution to the amount of half_a_guinea. In compliance with this order, Grabb threw down a guinea, and exclaimed, " Ll you, take a guinea, rid let me have another shot at the ene my." The appellant was not willing to accede to the last proposal, but lie received his disabled ships, ordnance, and prize-money, and left the Court. It is reported that his SICILIAN MAJESTY will have a Monarchy assigned to him in New Spain, under the protection of this Country, in case all attempt. to restore FERDINAND to liberty and to his nation shall fail. The reason circulated for this intended establishment is, that he is the neat heir to the Crown of Spain, at present in the en. joyment of personal liberty, and one more likely to be well received by theTrans-Atlantic Spaniards than any other Personage in Europe. The vacancy lately occasioned in the 95th re giment, by the death of General MANNINCIIAN, is filled by no less than foist. Colonels ! A Colo nel has been appointed to each of the three Nitta. lions of that regiment, of which Sir DAVID Dux. DAS has been made Colonel in Chief / A person has been mentioned to have lost no Iv.' than 200,0001. id hazard last week. The Gentleman certainly is of high rank, and well known. Our astonishment therefore, is, not that he lost such a sum, but that he had it. Capt. Aiken performed an extraordinary match yesterday, in the neighbourhood of Weybridge: lle backed himself for a eager of one hundred guineas with a brother officer, to go three miles in 18 minutes, and won by about three seconds. lie had bets to the amount of 5001. upon the event, as he took the current odds 6 to 4. A duel took place On Tuesday, on Ilarfordwest Common, between Deal and Barnham, between Captain C— and Adjutant R—, in cun-e -gstetice of some dispute! on board a vessel from Walcheren, where both officers had served. Mr. C— was slightly wounded in the arm( by the third shot, when both parties shook hands, and the allair was settled. An Agricultural Society is about to be e.ita. blUilied in Itclourshire, snider the superinteodrinct of several spirited Gcntlemen, eminently qualified to iusine ace to the patriotic and be. nt:hciAl undertaking'. l i nst week, William Con table and Richard Cockcroft, OA t ere appreheihied at Bull, fur prepaying to leave this kiugdoni and go to America. POI.* E. stj N I ON.II AIL L. -14;; yesterday mentioned the circumstance of a young Geetlentan attempting to shout himself and a young body who was with him in a kiekney-coach, in., Bigtialere-place. The Getitlfintin is a son of Mr. Vl:iitun, of Belvidere ' place, and the young Lady a Miss Colson, a re ' spectable young woman, st hose friends reside art the Borough. Several persons who had some ' knowledge of the tritissetion were examined yes. terday before the Magistrates at Union-hall. Hulston, driver of the hackney-coach No. 278, stated that he was called °tithe stand in the Minerals' on Monday night, about 11 o'clock, by a gentleman nnJ two ladies ; he was dotted to drive to Crouked.latie, where the ladies got out; one of them however returned, and again got into the coach with the gentleman, who de sired him to drive to Belvidere-plac.e,it. George's.. fields ; %hen he arrived within two or three doers of the house where he was ordered to set them down, he was alarmed by the report of a pistol in the coach, and immediately after of a second, and heard the gentleman eaclaiin " Oh, can you for give me in your dying momentsl." the lady answer ed " Yes, yes, yes ;" lie stopped his horses, and getting off his box, ran to look for a watchman; un his return he found his coach empty, and • person informsd him that the lady and gentleman were i t the house, and that no harm was done; in surd:Ws amongst the straw of his coach after. wards, he found a pair of pistol-bags. Mr. John Taylor, who' lives at 42, Belvidere.. place, was sitting with his family, a little before twelve o'clock, on Monday evening, is hen he was alarmed by the report of two pistols ; he ran out to see what was the matter, when he per.. coived a coach standing near the door, without any person on the box ; he went to the coach and opened the door, when, by the light of a candle, be perceived Mr. }Allston and Miss Colson, the latter apparently fainting ;he shut-to the door again, and going to the horses, drew the coach close up to Mr. Elliston's door; the family were by this time alarmed, and he assisted io getting them out of the coach ; Mr. Elliston was begging to be forgiven, saying, he had no intention to hurt her ; she ans*ered—Yes, yes ; she forgave him. Mr. Taylor went for the surgeon, and on his return, ou suarchiug the coach, he found a pistol bullet in the back part of the seat, he saw nu appearance of blood ; but saw the mark of the powder on the woman's dress. Mr. Wagstaff, a surgeon, said, he was called on bleedsy night about twelve o'clock, to go to Mr. Ellistun's house to examine two persons who were supposed to be seriously hurt ; he went and found Miss Colson sitting on the bed partly on. dressed ; on examining her person, he found she had received a contused wound on the right side, which was very much inflamed and swelled ; her cloaths were perforated in several places, and from their appearance. and from the appearance of the wound, he had no doubt it was inflicted with some sort of fire-arms. After having dressed her wound, he was desired to attend Mr. Elliston ; lie found him lying on the bed ; he had a wound in. dieted by a ball in his right side; the ball had struck upon his ribs just below the breast, and gone off slanting, without having penetrated the abdomen. The wound was very much inflamed and swelled, but the witness did not apprehend any immediate danger; from sonic expressions which fell front Mr. Ellison), however, the witness was fearful he had taken something of a poisonous nature ; and after being repeatedly pressed on the subject, he acknowledged, that finding the ball had not taken effect, NO had contrived, uhobsei red, to swallow &quantity of opium. 11lt1 Wagstaff had questioned Miss Cullom respecting the firing of the pistol ; she said that Mr. Ellistun had desired her to look out at the window to see if the coach. man was not gone past the house ; whilst her head was out at the window she heard the report of the pistol, but did not at first know that she wounded ; nor was she much alarmed till she heard the second report, and saw the dash in the coach, when she screamed out. The witness did nut consider either of the parties to be in imme diate danger. The pistols were delivered to Mr. Wagstaff on Tuesday morning, by a younger bro ther of Mr. Ellistou. Gutt.nnst.t., SEPT. 6.—Walter Smith was brought up on a curious charge, that of going into an eating house in Saiisbnry.square, Fleet street, yesterday, and regaling himself with what he chose, to the amount of two shillings ; after which he walked off without remembering to dia. charge his reckoning. Upon being brought back, he had no money, and was therefore detained. The Magistrate declared ho could afford no relief. It appeared from one of the Officers, that the Prisoner is in the habit of practising this cheap mode of living, as ho bad been lately brought be fore the Lord Mayor upon a similar charge. Up. on that occasion, however, his appetite was more delicate, as he had gone to one of the taverns in the city, where he fed on turtle, and drank in prol.ortion. Ile was ordered to be detained, in order to be passed to his parish in the country. Joseph Whyte, was committed for trial, for picking the pocket of Mr. Crofton of his pocket. hook,. yesterday evening, in Bartholomew Fair. The Prooncr was seen by a Gentleman conveying the theft iii to his pocket ; ho was instantly seised, arid the article found on him. Robert Tucker was in like manner seised in the act of conveying a silk handkerchief from the pocket of a gentleman. He was committed tot trial. John Leary, a lamplighter, wu charged with %tabbing a child in the head with his scissors, this day, ationt 12 o'clock. It appeared from the evidence of a boy, that ns the Prisoner was trim. ming his lamp to Cum-y(1-mi, Finshury..qaari., lunge children Were pis) ins, and one nt the.ti, a female, spit through the ladder upon tipe Pei un. cr's shoe, when tat instantly struck her with the :Assort in his hand * by *hich he cut her despe •rasely Whim' the ear. The child %Sas taken to a *.wrgeon. The Privorirr was ordered to be brought up again to.tnorrow, mod the child to , L 1 11, . • t 4 I • .4 • • . ; • 34 .li l4 t ';11 I , I