The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-06-26 00:00:00

J.sne t the French armies have been on 14e de f.- toe, fur we have, in those documents, slide, me :is of the successful repulse of two corps of Aratri tar that had craned Site Danube, one at ms, with 1000, and the other at Presburg, tit:i 900 u men ; and on the fortifications at In every resource of human in. •entii• s and labour has been exhausted.—By ..te army of Italy, NAPOLEON has already been joined—and he appears to have been resolved to wait for further reinforcements, before he resumed eit.istve operation4.---The lath Bulletin, dated toe 4th of June, announces the arrival of the D .he of RtousA (Marmont) at Laybach— which, in the 13rti Bulletin, It was only hoped he would reach before the sth of June—so that Ise is approaching the Grand Army at Vienna snore rapidly than was even hoped. Thus far the French Bulletins. From the Foreign Journals, it is known, by a variety of concurring accounts, that the forced march, of the Duke of DA NTZIC, was suspended, by (he " resuscitation," in the Tyrol, of the Insurgents, against whorl the Duke of VALM T (Kellerman) is hastening from Frankfurt, with a corps of 10,000 men. The grand line of operations, at the date of the last accounts, ex. tended from Lintz to Presburg,—both on the Da. ntibe.—The grand tete-du-pont is committed to the protection of the Duke of Ht vol.* (Massetia), arid the Austrians are said to have thrown up formidable intrenchments directly in front of that work; sn that both parties are as it were at bay, nintually afraid of commencing the onset ; though it cannot he denied, that the Austrians hav6 made demonstrations of attack by their crossing the Ihnube at Krems and at Preshurg. Iu the mein time, while NA. , ot.xos is awaiting re inforcements, the Archduke CLIA:: LES is said to have been reinforced by the Hungarian Insurrection, to the amount of 00,000 men. Of the Archduke Jolts, there is no certain inlet& puce, since he evacuated Gratz, of which place Gen. Nlacnort.4l.o is said, in the 16th Bulletin, to be master—" having reduced the Castle, which 46 seemed disposed to make WOW resistance." It will be remembered, that in the 14th Bulletin; dated June lit, it is said, "Gee. MACDON ALD has. entered Gratz." And front the repetition of that fact, in the 16th Bulletin, it may be concluded that the Castle had, at least, retarded his advance 'some days. The report of a battle oo the 121 h, communi., tatted la the letter which *u received from Hol. laud on Saturday, continues to be confidently eireeleteil, with the additloo of ceramics pard. culars, all of which, as well as the fact, of a battle bailer been fought, rest solely on the au. Mistily of rumours, excited and propagated in csismsence of the letter from Holland. A Report is is circulation that intelligence is received by Government, confirming the statement contained in the Letter from Holland, given on Saturday—and that being finally defeated, the Preach are in full retreat.—Of the truth of this report we have not the means of judging. It is reported that a change has taken place in Else arrangements of office...the Marquis WELLES.. LIT to accept the office of Secretary of State for the AVar Department, and Lord CASTLZREAGII to go out to Spain. The naval part of the grand Armament now preparing will, it is said, be commanded by Sir RICHARD STRACHAN. The Generals already named for the army are, Lientenant-Generals Sir ETRE Coots. Sir JOHN CRADDOCK, the Marquis of lIUNTLIIV I Sir JOEY HOPE, MACKENZIE FRASER, and GatosvENon—blajor.Generals STEWART, CHARLES 1.101)1, THOMAS GRAHAM, Sir WILLIAM Easatus, and Dsorr —Brigadier. General !Lawson, &c. Major-General Nl'Lron, Adjeutant..G. neral, and Lieutenant Gen. BRAT mos, Quarter-blaster-General. The cavalry to be under Lord Ruoictst. The recapture of St. Andero is confirmed by a letter from Captain hat, of the Amelia frigate, published in Saturday's Gazette. Prince STAlitill outs, it is said, has received dispatches, dated the 28th nit. from the Austrian army, which state the important fact, that the Hungarian levy, to the amount of 60,000 men, would join the Archduke Cuant.ts by the 9th instant. An important article is contained in one of the Journals, brought by the Crottenburgh via. that the Emperor Ar.vxaxiita has actually set out for Eoninpburgh, to have a conference with the King of PIU 4 SIA. Letters from Holland, by the vessel which brought the papers received on Saturday, mention that great apprehensions were entertained that a Decree for a rigorous and extensive conscription would immediately 'ppm. It is reported that an embargo 'took plate in thc Dutch ports on Wcd. ncsday or Thursday. The Gazette of Saturday contains an Order in Connell for continuing the prohibition against the evportation of naval stores for six months, from the 14th of July next. The intelligence of thc victory obtained by the Archduke CHARLES did not, ostensibly at least, Sake any impression at St. Petersburgb favours.. 'Me to Austria in the Russian Councils, as on the following day Prince SCIIWARZENBERG, the Au stria. An.bassadur, kit that city. It now appears very uncertain, whether M. itintsomt, the French Minister at Washissitun, brill altbdallw from his Embassy. NAVAL INTELLIG&VCS. PoIITSMODTVI. Joac 21.—Arrivel the Illittriees, of 74 pui, Captain Broughton, free' the Down, with seveteil bottomed beats ea beard; Csmel stere-stlip, from Wahl wkb ; avid the Sir Williams Leshimiton watt Wyelleal lndia men, free the River. Went sot of harboor Ibe Fitgazd frigate, Cop t& Bolton. JeNE 11 the Antelope, of &.1 cos, Adolfo! Hol loway, Captain E 4 Cleod, fur Newfbondland. 'The Gaasbl•T cutter ii appointed convoy fur Plymouth nod the Goree sloop, for Itorne...,•al. Pt.r mourn. Jo if E Pappeohargb pl - De Twee Gebroeders, O. de Snit, a:L - 1,-v, from Loa don, In baltast.—The eapprabarp gallica, De Jonge Caree ns, Jan raises, Bunter, ftlin from Immo., 1. ballast —The Spanish ship La Fitagalx Evanto Nombsada la Amable Dooceila, Joao Antonio Mansell, easter, from London, honed to t'adis. Sailed, the Resistance frigate, haring on heard a Messenger and specie, for Sicily. The Aigle frigate was paid wages last evening, rind is ex pected to bail immediately on a cruise to the westward. Orders have been received here for all the light transports, and victuallers, to sail immediately fur Portsmouth, to Joia the expedition fitting out there. JrNi. 'l4.—Arrived the ship Dawson, James Davidson, master, from lialifsx, with limber anl masts, for the Dock yard.—The ship London, R. F. Hawkins, master, from St. Visterat's, with rots for the victualling-Mice, last from Fal mouth.—The Navigation, A.. Carr, from Loudest, is ballast, bosad to the Majesty's frigate Pallas, from a cruise. Sided, LA evening, the frigate, and brig Hardy, with snort twenty light transports @mkr convoy, for Ports mouth. A line of battle ship arch wed this afteroooo in Cawrand Bay ; bel have out learnt her name. FA LWOVTU. Jolt: 49.—Sailed the Lord Hobart packet, with nsaib fur the Brazils. His Majesty's ship Freacriekstein, with convoy for tbe Me ditorrasean, appeared of this port In-day ; the ships here have joked them DeAL, Jays ts.—Sal led the CI3 de frigate oa a cruise. (:aAritsama, JUNE 23.—Arrived the Salveassests, Foe. secs ; and Tanner, Solis, from Gibraltar; Lierg9. Yasorrick ; aad Desidc.tia, Va,otrick, from Malta; Rebecca aad Sarah, Watson, from the Isle of Ma) o ; Tiger, Lumsdale, frost the Braril,; Maria Arad, Lanreoce, front Itiver Plate; and the fletwiettn l harloate, Sherry, from New York. baited the Melville, Roach, for the Cape of Good hope $ Elisabeth Antlemon; Sleight, fur Africa; Anna Maria, Adams; and Grinder, Connell, for Gibraltar; Hamilton, (limbos's., for Deinarara ; G. 0., Sutherland, fir Africa; Ze phyr. Jeffery, for Madeira; and General Miranda, Ferrier, tot Hayti. DREADFUL EXPLOSION. PORTSMOUNI, Juice 24. This morning this tows' was must dreadfully alarmed, by the ammunition belonging to the Stit regiment blowing up on the Point-bench, it being carelessly !yin; shout the beach two days. Yes. terday, shout half-past• ten, one of the soldiers' wives was smoaking a pipe, when she inadvert ently beat out the burning tobacco on the beach, where some loose powder was lying ; it instantly communicated itself to other louse carsandips6 and then to two barrels of gunpowder, which blew up with a most dreadful explosion.— Three soldiers were blown to atoms ; five othen were badly, and tour others slightly, wounded, two of which have since died. Several women and children were blown up ; and others, it h feared, were blown into the harbour, as the re mains of one pour fellow was picked up floating. Seventeen persons are said to have suffered. Up wards of 30 houses in Point-street have suffered by the circumstance, in having their roofs blown off, and all their windows broke. It is expected that a Military Enquiry will be made into this unfortunate affair. THE MAIIKE7N. CORN-RXCHANGE-arms There are considerable fresh supplies of Wheat arrived this day ; prime samples go oti" readily folly at last prices ; other sorts very dull sale at rather leas. Barley in tolerable supply, at little variation. • White Peas likewise. Malt and the two kinds of Brans rather lower. Of Oats there are also considerable supplies, with MOW fo. reign arrivals, and fine samples are named sooty. what higher. Fluor at last week's prices. CURRLNT PRICES: VVheat, 574. 7th 05.. Tick 110.4.0. - • - - 444. 5 04. Pine ditto kyr, -- - - - • - 424. 44. j POIZNI ditti4, - - -SU. Sit. Barley, - • 284. Od. Malt. - - - £4O £3O. W. Peae(Boilor) 10.0. I lb. r i rite Float - - - - 734. 7M. Grey Pe s, 461.,5114. f SeeJads Beam 544. 6M. I 21. To sigh the Oral, per stout DIM. Od. to 64. 4d. I Ileail of Cattle Ibis day : Ntuttno..ss. Od. in 6s. 4A Be Ve.4l ...6s. Od. to 6s. dd. I boeep and Ludo.— 17,700 Port 0.1. to 6s. Od. I Calves Od. to 6s. dd. Pip :44• HAY-MARKET. ligy Shaw .. l ll.. sa. I.s. : ti 6l. 6 n 16t cluTc, 6!. &. Od. to 71. 10i. W. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. Saturtlug r June '24. This day the Stmsiotir ended here, when the fol. lowing case excited much iutenst :--.An infor mation was lodged before the Sitting Magistrate at Bow-street, against :Mamas Shackle, of Ha's, in Middlesex, for selling straw in the public market, which, upon examination, turned owt to be of a most fraudulent description, Me outside being fair.looking lung strsw, while the inside of every truss was short, and of a very inferior quality.... For this he was fined one shilling per truss, for 64 trusses, and from this conviction of the Magis trate heappealed to the Sessions. Mr. ALLEY was heard against the appeal, and in support of the probocution. The Custanan reprobated the offence; and not only was tho conviction of the Magistrate confirmed, but the Court ordered the costs at tending the appeal, amounting to 10 guineas, should also be defrayed by the Doreedant. The Sessions were tbco adjourned to the oth of October next. • • THE ..4 1 . • • iv. • •4".... ,_ IN7'ENDED EXPEDITION. 4 AllTZltitflet, Juice 23...-Orders have been isibeiied for all the battalions of loraetry, re. ported At fur service in the Kent district, to hold the} selves in readiness to march for embarkation at an hour's notice. Among the regiments made Isubjget to this order, are, the Gtb, ( lit battalion) at Ospriege ; 9th and 38th, (Ist battalion) at Canterbury ; 42d at Shorntliffe ; 50th (Ist bat talion) at Ramsgate ; 68th and 71st at lkabortie; 91st at Deal, and 95th at Hy thc. The 38th regiment moved early this morning from Canterbury for Deal, to be in readiness to be embarked *hen required. Great exertions are making in the Naval Yard, at Dell!, is order to get ready all the flat-bottomed boats, three oT which were yesterday sent on board the Illastrious in the Downs. It is said that a small ekpedition, to consirt -4 one or two brigades, of which the 6th, 9th, and both meets, are to form a part, will sail immediately, and that the troopt will be embarked in men of war. They arc to Move with the lightest possible equipment. Two troops of the id (Queen's)DragoonG uards, • march this morning from Canterbury for ilythe l to do the coast duty, in the place of two troops of the 120 Light Dragoons, which have been or dered to join their regiment, eight tieops of which. are ender orders fur embarkation. Besides the above cavalry regias.mt, a similar number *f troops of the 3d (King's Own) Dragoons,. at Canterbury, are ordered to be in readinest to em bark for foreign service on the shortest notice. The 2d battalion of the Bth and 96th regiments, lately embarked at Portsmouth, supposed for Jer sty, have received orders to send all their heavy baggage on shore. The Bth arc about 600 strong —and the 96th about 400 strong. DEAL, Jona 23.—Preparation is -making in this district for another very extensive expedition : all the troops of the line have received orders to hold themselves in readiness fur immediate em barkation, both cavalry and infantry ; and it is even said, that all the regiments in the kingdom, In a state fit for service, have had similar orders. Several movements have already taken place: yes. terday and to-day the North-York Militia marched from their barracks at Deal to encamp at Shorn. cliff, and their quarters taken up by the 2J batta. lion of the 5241, which were removed from the North Infantry Barracks here, to give room for the Ist battalion of the 38th regiment, which came in this morning, about 850 strong. Both of these battalions are tinder orders for embarkation ; and also the 12th light dragoons at this place. Doyen, JtiNE 23.—.-Flat-bettomed. boats are getting ready with the greatest expedition, and several regiments arc expected to embark item. iliately. The artillery-men here have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark. iloLamm SHIMP-SUBllittlie. THIRD OAT. Weibendlig o lune 21. _ ' ...I This morning the company visited the slangitiwO Sheep for the prize, sad then proceeded to tips farin, to rc-inspect the new Agricultural Imp's ; 'then in varied parties rode through the Park, add other farms, to see the rapid ithpreve. merit in the various growls& crops. The Company assembled, u usual, at four o'clock, to dinner; after %Melt, Mr. Cott gave " The Coastwise aed Kim." and" Prosperity to Agri culture." The " Reakb of the Sisk. bf Norwich" woo Ikea drunk. Mr. Cote' rose, and addressed his numerous friends, stating, that he had flow to perform that of all other duties the most pleasing to him, it to distribute the premionts, which, last yea r, te had offered for the improved breed of Cattle, and ir 6 atszricultural benefits. Ile then read the dool. Sion of the zgw4l..e• s (the Dake of Bvnrono, Sir J. Sitatorr and Mr. Massy, which declared Mr. Jobs ' ,teem of Miriam, dclerrilw rat remiss** tie best Leicester umber. let presenting to that Gentleman an elegant sit. ver cup, Mr. Gigs observed, that the Leicestet sheep bad rendered great benefit to the 9 having been the means of ridding it of the NO l r i f te erlt breed. The Leicester certainly were tits kit long.woolled sheep ; but the Sonth.down, which had stperscdee then, were far better adapted to the coanty ; and Mr. Reeve himself, centrieeed of it, was paying the greatest attention to the aosth. down flock.--Mr. Cuke then delitered to Mr. R. a large silver teapot. For a Leicester ram—no competitiow. Mr. Reeve had also to rrreire a third preminm, and Mri Coke presented him with a pair of salt. cellars. For the best Leicester Theo Wei Mt. Reeve Obtaiasd the premium. For the best pea of Saith-down Theave the *rim ststs adjudged te Mr. Mowry Ilill ;--a ran laser UMW. For the bat booth-down Welber, Mr. Thames Moore re ceived a silverelt cap. For the best fear; Ediltaid Beck received a Wear gilt cup. To Mr. Moseley was Ocii the prevails for Irrigation;— an elegant silver bread-basket. Mr. Cole said, that Mr. Moseley bad been very successful in conierting many acres of an. profits,* into the most productive land: HelaW, that Mr. George Eyres was entitled to a *mph mentary tribute fur his improvement in the breed of Merino sheep, and therefore be must request his acceptance of a act or Silver Salts, se a Hifi munial of his merit in that line. Mr. COKE then read the adjudication- of the Rev. 11. B. DUDLEY ) the RCT. ST. Joint PRIEST, and Mr. Buanows, respecting the best nerr.in.. rented or improved Implement in Husbandry, which recommended the suspension of the piece of Prize Plate, because the principal implements et. hibited did tint appear perfected conformable to the printed regulations. The premiums being adjndged to Mr. Moseley, and Mr. G. Etheridge, shepherds, for rearing the greatest number of Lambs from the number of their Ewes; and the remunerations being dosed, the Duke of BEDTORD arose, and gave " The Health of Mr. Coke, and prosperity to the nausea Molkbasn." which was enthusiastically drunk with three doses thrre. Mr. Coal, after returning thanks for the ho. nour thus conferred upon him, observed, that, in referring to the time when he became possessor of those lands which be now occupied, he found upon them, and for eleven years afterwards kept, the Norfolk breed of sheep; het convinced that mime other breed, more profitable, might be introduced, he tried the Leicester, wbkh first superseded the Norfolk, and the inlvantagee he derived from the change werti soon very conspiceons, Midi he lieved, they would soon become general in eil Dose. ties, as the best sheep, unless, after the tiW Raw osaking,.the Merjno sheep should prove they could produce as gooebreases, for their wool was so. ;wrier. If this were the cue, and the Marilee, from being found a more desirable breed, sheik! supersede the South-down, benefiting the comity, the thanks would be due to Mr. To!lett. [Hero Mr. C. referred to what that Gentleman and he himself had stated on MoAsy.] That Mr. Tol lett, convinced of the advantages the Merino sheep • possessed, had persuaded him (Mr. C.) to make a trial of them fur live years, and in comminute be had purchased 100 of the best Ryelaad, and 100 of the best South.down ewes, to which be had put the purest Merino sheep. The fleeces of the Merino rams, Which were let the preceding evening, averaged 71b. Boz. and were worth 31. a fleece. This fact undoubteilly must have Ott weight on the minds of all, as the superior qua. lily of the wool was the great object with the breeders of sheep, where it could be obtained in a high perfection, not losing tight of the carcase; in short, that breed which would be found the most profitable to the refiner, ought to be adopted. Was it then not astonishing, that, proied as the Leicesters and the Suutb.downs eery, and as the Merino likewise must be superior to the Norfolk sheep, that even yet some men .would not get rid of their prejudices, but were tall found to keep them ? He could sae, that when he first MON - to Helkham, he haul but 800 breeding ewes, which were supposed q u ite sufficient for the pas.. lure on which they had tp feed, and that he was. obliged to sell his lambs ; but when he obtaioed the South.dewns, he had 900 good sates, and re. taiaed their produce, although 1,100 sere, of the sheep land ass converwd into tillage. Mr. Coke said, the nest improvement which was effected in Norfolk, mu the drill husbandry, which was very widely extended, and produced tbb greatest beee.. fit. Another fiello*ed, which use ut the etinost import, of the most essential fettle", of such con. sequence to Norfolk, that, as be had before stated, its great advantages ought to remain in. delibly impressed on the minds of every posses. sur and occupier of land, where it could be adopted—he, of course, meant irrigation. Ila could not limo forcibly imperse on the mind of every Norfolk farmer the entity of water meadows in Otis county, end which also was most poet. liatly adapted for their formation, ahasoclitig with Wean,' and isarrow sallies; a County in which it 3 ~ I A 11 INTENDED EXPED lON. 110L111431 8116 .SUB~fttXli. kg,: 74 AllTZltittflet, JUNE 23.---Orders have been " THIRD SAT, Pal a.- rismieed for all the battalions of isfatitry, re. Weibendig, lime 21. • W4' 4l - ported At fur service in the Kent district, to hold Icy - theipstlves in readiness to march for emberkatioo This morning the company visited the slangitiuo at an hour's notice. Among the regiments made Sheep for the prise, acid then proceeded to th e /.114x) • subjgrt to this order, are, the oth, ( lit battalion) farm, to re-inspect the new Agricultural Imp's- al Ifol- at Ospringe ; 9th and 38th, (Ist battalion) at iiients;' then in varied parties rode through the mouth Canterbury ; .I‘ld at Shorneliffe ; 50th ( lit bat- P ar k, aid ot h er f arms , to see the ra pid ithprere. talIon) at Rantsgato ; 88th and 71st at lkaborne; merit in th e v a r i ous grow i sg crops. The company • 91st lit Deal, and 95th at llythe. assetribled, u usual, at tour o'clock, to dinner; th ga l_ The 32th regiment moved early this morning after whkh, Mr. Coke gove- rn boa- from Canterbury for Deal, to be in readiness to 4. The Comultatias and Kim," and" Prosperity Su Agri- Corse- be embarked *hen required. culture." • The " Health of the Mhos bf Iderwieb" woe firm Amid, DEATH OF MR. LAMBERT. Mr. Daniel Limbert, the huge man, died, in Stamford, at 8 o'clock on Wednesday last. lie had travelled from Huntingdon to that town. On Tuesday evening he sent a message to the o ffi ce of the Stanford newspaper, requesting that, as " the mountain could nut wait non Mahornet, Maho met would go to the mountain"---or, in other words, that the printer would call upon him, and receive an order fur executing some handbills , an. nounciug Mr. Lambert's arrival . , and his desire to see company. The orders he gave upon that oc casion were deliviaed without any preseutiment that they were to be his last, and with his usual cheerfulness. He was in bed—one of large di. mensions-4" Ossa upon Olympus, and Pelion upon Ossa")---fatigued with his journey ; but anxious that the bills might be quickly printed, in order to his seeing company neat morning. Before nine o'clock, on that morning, however, be was a corpse ! Nature had endured all the trespass she could admit : the poor man's corpulency had constantly increased, until, at the time we base mentioned, the clogged machinery of life *rood still, and this prodigy of Mammon was numbered with the dead ! • I Ho was in his 40th year; and upon being weighed, within a few days, by the famous Cale donian balance (in the possession of Mr. King, of Ipswich), was found to be 52 stone 11 lbs. in weight (14 lbs. to the stone), which is 10 stone 11 lbs.. more than the great Mr. Bright, of Essex, ever wcightxl. Ile bad apartments at Mr. Ber ridge's, the Waggon and Horses, in St. Martin's, on the ground Moor—fur he had been long ince. peble of walking up stain. His colku, in which there has been great dilificelty of placing him, is 6 feet 4 inches long, 4 feet 4 inches wide, and 2. feet 4 inches deep: the immense substance of his legs makes it necessarily almost a square case. The celebrated Sarcophagus of Alexander, viewed with so much admiration at the British Misseam, would not nearly contain thisimaselise sheer hulk. The Mau, which consists of 112 superficial feet of elm, is built upon two sale-trees and four clog wheels; and upon these the remains of the pour man will be rutted into his grave; which, we understand, is to be in the new burial.grountl at the back of St. Martin's church. A regular de scent will be made, by cutting away the earth ski piney for sonic distance. The window and wall of the room in which he lies must be taken down to allow his exit.--He was to have been buried at eight o'clock on Friday morning. The dangerous consequences likely to result from aleopistg in an out.bouse, during a state of intoxication, were singularly exemplified on 'Chars. day last.—A labourer, in the employ of Mr. LAYBOURN, of Whitney, near Oxford, having retired greatly inebriated, to recover from a de bauch, was attacked by some rats. The liquor and sleep bad so overpowered the unfortunate man, that be was incapable either of repelling these, or eating fur assistance. He continued in an agonized state for two hours, when his groans attracted the notice of a person passing the dour, and who, on entering. found a number of rats ' of a large pp s, essensbled round the feet of the sufferer ' 'eters of whose toes bad been entirely dc reared by them.