The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-08 00:00:00

• at the date of the last intelligence, were at !Auto mischel, which is to the North of Iglu, and about midway between Prague and Brunn. By the extracts from the German Papers, It will be seen that Orciden is evacuated by the Austrians __and that the King of Saxes? is preparing to return to his capital. Of Nayouton's return to France, no certain a Iriees have been received; but it is an event evi dently expected. There call be no doubt, from the visit of Prince Janx of lactrrals . rxt If to Vienna, that a Treaty was negoriating ; and it is reasonable to believe, must crc this have been concluded between France and Austria. A FREsn instance of the vigibonce with which ths;Noble Etrl at the Head of the Admiralty pro tects our shorts from insult, is to be found in the following Letter " Dower, Aug. 7, 1809. " Lost night as an American ship was lyihg in Ow Itmatl4, A French privateer r one alongside, boarded, anti tarried her nil is tri •Ite afterwards went after a gallint, but it getting quite dusk, we lust •ight of thew !!!" So much for vigour !—We should really not he greatly surprised to hear or a French privateer in the river Thames. tits are sorry to iesro that the Lord Nelson hiral cutter, with the Expedition, is tutally lust. The following are extracts from German Papers up to the29th ult : Arrov t, Jet., 28. %reading to the constitution of the French empire, all dignities, Mkt, and militia /, are etio biked at Rome. In the Danish oSeial Gazette it is slated, that an Voi.7lith fled hos appeared before Cronslndl, and that proper ilisposi tiim- have been made there to receive the enemy, should be at:raipt to make au attack. It Aaf reported at Nloabeint, on the 21st of JOY, that the F.mperror N POLEO V Iva+ shortly expected at Strasburg.— ( .Vord, .fuly IS.) Darsussi, Jui.v :11.—This city has been yesterday and In-day in a state of great Al arm. Ala-13n nit entered yester day at she iu the morning. al the head of a battalimi of re gular troops, and -lime battalions of landwehr (inilitko, with sit pieces of catmon, cninpwiag in the wholeabody of 4.000 viten. This General batiste received am estafstle„ quietly ma reefed the city ee Ike 1.34, at three in the afternoon. A Qaarter-Master, a short time after, announced the arrival elf Saxon troops. Beatty, .lort 10.—Some ill-disposed persons have re p plied, that the Duke of lin "is, tea DLLs was assisted here io his enterprises, by the tram-mission of several articles of warlike stores. The absurdity of this insidious assertion hr manifest tv every ooet for purchases is( this kind cannot be made wielinot the knowledge of Government, since ries- are proMbiteil. sal the military cordons on the frontiers reader a Cl4is•!e•t:or et p irtation absolutely imprwible. The mn,t rnnwiticilz proof. iowev..r. how much the Government disapproics or re dart of this P ince, and especially the Pmrlaniatioes in w ti • lies taken upon him to make an improper no- ii• the name of the King. is, that his Majesty, to sbew his ?iipkasiare or tio Duke, has ordered Mr seques tration of the Principality of Gels, Sifesia.—( .theilic do Nord, July ) s=trict or • Lorna elms vtslllltA, n.trcn sr Y 15. " tieneral the Pehlke:of licutesstut 'I arrived lwre vel terday, at noon. 1k had on interview with the . llinistor of Yammer. The ',pert is, that the Emperor N• Po tiros( in trod, to set out to-cloy fur Paris. •• I.ast week, toasty perms were 'reused of having spread false rte WS. " The fine regiment of eliastean of the Grand Duchy is &dallied loathe Imperial Dead." WARS tW. JULY 15.—Private letters front Lahti* slots, that on the nih of this month, the Authorities assembled at the Town flail, to Gala tie oath offilelity to the Emperor .Veroceoz, and that the Fresach Edwin haw every where re pt nerd those of ,Isstria. ex t . !' tee OF I.NTTEII FROM WONICII, maven .111t.W 18. • •• We have to-Jay learnt that the Tyrolean, have •entered Upper Bavaria. in spite of Ike notification mote to them of I.`e fermi:tile. The troops of the line were relievel at 'tine o'clock in the evening by the national guard. " Some det teiunents of infantry set oat. in the night for Rachel anti IVolforthshrumen, where the corps of the Duke of Ir A nen is stationed. "The rebels have beets repulsed,and retired iuto the moun ta,.s."—(.lte/T.: its tmirnitT, JULY Royal Ilighne , s the Grand Duke of Wrarsaratt, set out this morning tot...turn to his The departuie of hi. Majesty the King of %alcove is ref net daed. According to intelligence fi•on the Anotriaas do n..t .r ose , l to . iamsate that capital, though they did not enter it HI tar 1 lib, consequently two days atter the Armistire. We do not &mist but the costa amino will take place as soon as the I,MPEIIOR has given di. rectioas in this respect.• (IYir sense Paper.) - - b the :Wilk du Nord, it is stated, under the head of Naples, Jnly 5, that all the efforts of the English to reanimate the civil discords in that city have been abortive. The islands of Ischia and Proci'la have been occupied by the English with out resistance ; but an epidemical disorder is st.ited to Ii tre broken out amongst the troops, in cuthequelice of their confinement on shipboard. Letters from Cadiz of the IGth ultimo state, that General (base had succeeded in re-organizing his army. He reduced upwards of silty officers to the rank., and appointed non-commissioned offi cers their successors. In his proclamation issued on the late shameful occasion, he threatened with rtirath every man that did not return to the service of his country. It gas yesterday stated, on the authority of a recscl from the Dutch coast, that our troops had takeu Williamstadt, an important post, which was capable of a lung resistance, being fortified ith seven bastions and a double fosse. In 1793 it eras besieged by the French, who were repulsed. The report of its capture on the present occasion, depends solely en one letter, and is not confirmed by public advises. The Hulse of ORA mos may be said to have al. ways had more immediate influence in the Southern Dutch .provinces than in the Northern. Their privat property wu chiefly in the former. Seven teen villages in the neighbourhood of Breda be. longed to them, as owners of the soil, not as Princes : and their conduct to their tenants was such, that tho latter were little less enviable than land-owners, holding their farms from generation to generation, at very easy rents. The Hun. PencY JoestArie, the new Irish Pre oe, succeeds immediately to the Bishopric of I erns, void by the translation of Dr. Cz.zavek to the .. rchiepiscopal See of The late Archbishop of Dublin (Earl of NOR ,.!tro,N) died possessed of nearly 300,0001. ster. principally by his own acquirement. W hen Archbishop of Cashel, his Grace became possessed 01 40.0001 on a single fine for the Palliser estate, by running his own life against that of the existing TEI NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. De Al, Aoa. 7.—Yesterday the bias and %seem cutter, arrived here, and by them we learn, that the whole of the I.le of Walcherrii, with the exception of Fleshing, has sur rendered to his Majesty's furcr4; and that Flushing is gar ri<ancd with about 11000 men, half of which, with the Cola inander, are IriAlt, who are determined not to surrender. Many of our brave - soldiers and sailors are wounded, any _ preparation is making at the Naval D opital at this place, to receive them. The Lord Nelson hired cutter is entirely last, anti the man of war that was on shore got on' again without snstainint mach damage. On Tuesdas last Admiral Sir R. Strachan dined at Middle burg, the capital of the l.land. - This morning the wind being W. N. W. many of the net and-bound merchantmen got under weigh and sailed to the 5%;-tward, bat noir (fur P. M.) the wind is West, and it i. expected they will return this evening. Letters have been received from Jamaica, brought by the Eclipse schooner, letter of marque, in 28 days. At the departure of this vessel, no tidings had arrived of the capture of St. Domingo ; but the last accounts left our expedition before that city. On the land side there were nearly 10,000 Spaniards to co-operate with the British, provided it should be necessary to attack by storm. A ship called the Courier has arrived from the Havannah in the short - interval of 2-1 days. The expulsion of the French from that settlement had produced a strong sensation, and much confusion and embarrassment ; but it was considered by the Governm e nt of the Island as a mexsure of inclis. pensibic necessity in the present circumstances of the parent state. A formal intimation has lately been given to the A mericatts at Paris, that the Government of the United States must soon determine to join the French or the British in the war, as it would no longer be possible to maintain a neutrality between the two Belligerent Powers. A variety of reports were circulated yesterday, and some of them contradictory to one another. A Broker of great respect had a letter from Hol land, dated on Friday last, stating that the Armis tice had not been confirmed—while on the other hand letters from Holland said, that the Prelimi naries of Peace between France and Austria, were signed on the 28th tilt. and that BoNAPARTE was on his return to Paris. We shall not be left long in doubt upon this subject—in the mean tine we arc assured, that Prince STAIIREMseito has receiv ed no dispatches whatever from his Sovereign. The Dutch Government, it appears, is ill as. eared of the fidelity of its subjects, and therefore prevents, as far as it is able, all intercourse be tween.the several towns. It is particularly anxious to prevent any communicatiott between the disaf fected and the B, itish G overnment. For this rea son the greatest precautions are taken to hinder the further escape of any vessels from the coast of Holland. No ships are allowed on any ac. count to leave any of the ports, and the rudders of such as are erwipped for sailing have been taken away. The vessels belonging to the fisher men have also been secured. Sir EDWARD' PELLEW, who lately arrived in England in. the Culloden, .with the East. India Bret, was so fortunate as 10-hear of the rupture with .the Danes, whilo at sea, soon after its break ing out ; and upon this information, set sail for the Danish settlement at-Tranquebar, in the East Indies. and took It by surprize. Atlm. DRURY ar rived there from England some limo after, with a force to take it, but.founcl'Sir EDWARD in possessio.r. Sir towARD has returned to Eng land with a fortune of between forty and fifty thousand pounds by this enterprise. The inhabitants of IVestmititer. who are at least as intelligent as those within the walls of the . City, and possess as great a share in the public in. trrt,t, cannot comprehend why the telegraphic dispatch should have been sent, the other day, to be posted on the walls of the Mansion House, while those of the Admiralty were left destitute of what would have been so appropriate a deco. ration. Notwithstanding the various reports in circuit'. tion for several days past, of the seizure of a quantity of gold, on its way to the Continent, none kas actually seized until, 3tinday evening. It had been known, we suppo.e, that an inform. tion had been laid of the intention to export gold, which had caused the premature report. A t the time above mentioned, however, some officers proceeded •n board the Hope, in the River, bound to the Continent ; and, without liesitatio'h, went to the secret hiding-place of the vessel, and there found 29 hags of gold, which they took away. The money was riot counthd, and there fore the exact sum was not ascertained ; but it must have amounted to several thousand pounds: besides this, they found some India goods, which had not been entered. None but the Captain knows to whom the gold belongs. The Brokers for the ship arc ready to attest their ignorance of the transaction, in the most solemn manner. It' is not to be wondered at, that gold should be so szarce, which is certainly the fact, as it has long borne a premium in this country, for the purpose of exportation. Perhaps the persons so traffick ing in gold, are nut aware of the heavy penalty they arc liable to ; and we therefore annex the abstract of an Act of Parliament relative to this subject :-- Be it eierefore enacted by the King our Sovereign Lord, by Cie assent of the Lords and Commons in this prevent Par liameat asoembled, and by the authority of the same, That if any permn or persons. after the l,t day of April nett com ing, exchange any coined gold, coined silver, or money, giv iag, receiving. ar paving any more in value, benefit, profit, or advantage fur it. than the same is or shall be declared by the King's Majesty's Proclamation, to be current for within this his Highans's Reaba. and other his Dominions ; that then, all the said coined gold, silver, and money so eschonged, and every part and parcel thereof, shrill be foifeit, and the . parties ,o °resoling shall surer imprisonment for the ,pace of one whole year, and evoke line at the King's pleasure.—Y. The one moiety of the said gold, silver, or coin so forfeited, to be to the King net Sovereign Lord, and the other moiety to be to the party that seiseth the same, or will sue for it by bill, plaint, original &MOD of debt, information, or otherwise, in an' of the King's Courts of Record, in which snit no essoin, proriet ism. or wager of law shall lk, be allowed, or admitted." The Master and Wardens of the Bakers' Cam. ' pasty waited this day on the Lord Mayor to settle the price of Bread, when his Lordship, after In specting the Mealweighcrs' returns, ordered it to , advance 3d. in the peck loaf. - ;^"Tvwf•Trw•www," . STA.TFAIid SPANISH INTEL ;ENO: Gtion, Juts 29.—Genet al mallasteree ha* returned from Corunna, where he went' to visit his Excellency the Marquis of ltornana. , lie will proceed immediately with 11,000 brave Asturians to join the Marquis in Castile. This division of Ballasteros is remarkably fine, in high discipline, well clothed and armed, as is the Asturian army in general. General Mahi, accompanied by Col. Cerro!, the British commissioned officer to the army of the left, arrived in Asturias some days since. The Junta appear now determined to omit ho exertion to place the Asturian army in a formidable state, and equip them fur immediate service. They now perceive, taught by sad experience, that the best mode of defending their province is by meeting and lighting the enemy outside its limits, in con. junction with other armies. All little private piqees and personal jea- 1 lousies are now done away; and all parties and every man of property and consequence in the Asturias, has evinced a determination to exert his hect energies in the common cause. It is an ascer tained fact, that thoie provinces and towns that have received a specimen of the French fraternal bug, and tasted the promised liberty of Bonaparte, and the friendship of his plundering Generals, arc most inveterate against the tyrant. From intercepted letters it appears that Souk's division were in the greatest want of every necessary, and that they mutinied and relived to fight in Gallicia, unless their arrears of pay were given to them. Several letters from France to Spain have been intercepted ; as also letters from Spain to France. There is no doubt of the entire French people and French army in Spain considering the attempt to conquer Spain as most impolitic. The army states, that the insurgents are cursedly obstinate villains, who will nut listen to reason, and whose intellects arc not open to conviction. It is now clear, from intercepted letters which may be relied upon, that the enemy's plan is to retreat with their entire force beyond the Ebro ; and occupying the I left bank of that river, there to wait the result of the Austrian campaign. With this object in view, I Ney and Soult arc stationed to facilitate and cover 1 the retreat of Victor ; and with this view is Ge. roue now bcsiegi ie by General Angereau. It is a fact ,cell ascertained from undoubted authority, that of 50,000 men the enemy had in Gallicia, they positively left beheld •hern at least 30,000, who certainly can never juin their co:n. rades and brothers -in rapine, having guue to that country frum whose bourne not even Rona. parse's immortals return.' General Beresford's army in Portugal gave a quietus to many of Soult's division. Romana's army, consisting of (2..._:,000 armed soldiers, with 27 piens of artillery, has already commenced its march fur Castile: the vanguard, under General Mandizaln,, is now at Villafranca, and will, in a day or two, be at Astorga.--the walls of which town !lave been mutilated by the retreating enemy. I' R.OO LANI ATION. " SP Ant Ittst hunanity, Napoleon Bo naparte' knows that he cannot conquer Spain by force of arms, and observes with pain and sh one, that his numerous armies and most warlike troops fad their sepulchre is our peninsula and therefore to attain his unjust ends, ise has re course to seduction and intrigue; and by dud of bribes and promise', which he will never fulfil, endeavours to sow divi sions and discord. Foe this purpose he avails himself of in famous emissaries, who pervert the enderstandlng, slide pub 1k spirit, and create distrust among the Supeeme• Central Junta, which is the aim at which he ever phint- i •because he cannot 'educe it. There are no means, hduriver detestable eel vile, which he does not employ, his olsjer.t. bele to de stroy public tranquillity, by means of his agents; that the partisans which, to our misfortune, he has among us, may deliver us into his hands, to be torn to pieces; that on us and our families may be exercised those horrors which are custo mary among the swarm of robbers and assassins wh compose his armies. Such are his cods, Spaniards 1 and such are his means. • " The Tribunal of Public Safety is incessantly employed in discovering. punishing, and exterminating that infamous tare of spit", tritium, and bad Spaniards, who endeavour to de ceive and ruin us. None shall he pardoeed, and the inexot‘ able sword of justice shall be lifted alike against the ISower fel and the weak. Already in other parts sone culprits, con victed of treivon, have suffered the punishment due to their crimes. Others, /WWII% whom were public functionaries, have been sentenced to imprisonment fur idlences of less mat nitutle. There are in the prisons other guilty persons, whose processes are carrying on with all speed; and with doe acti city, the evil disposed, and the friends of Napoleon, will be delivered over to the punishinimt they merit. The most per nicious of all are tho--e who, to disuuite us, scatter calumnies ageism the present Governrneut; fur this is the sure way, by ilstroying the national representation, disuniting the pro vinces, Perplexing our relations with the Americas and Foreign Courts, and introducing anarchy, to make the enemy master of the peninsula, and effect oar destruction, To avert this evil, which is doubtless the greatest wbicb can befal a Spa niard, I have decreed as fvflows " I. W heaver shall endeavour to sow istrust of the Sapreuse Central Junta, and overthrow the actual Government by po pular insorrection., and other ile meats, Is derlaied kuiltv of high treason, unworthy the name of Spaniard, and sold to the grant Napoleon. " tf. As mach he shall star r the punishment of death, and hi. el ec t. vital be con.i..cated• " J. Whoever shall hold any Language with a view to weaken the hatred w e ought to feel towards the French ar mies, who are composed of ialivaotto ro►bers and a..assina, lad eerie solely to plunder us, MU sacrifice es, shall be in stantly arrested, tried, aud wilier the punishment he may hare Incurred. " 4. Whoever denounces criminals of this class to the tri bunal of public *minty, shall be competently rewarded as convietino, and his name vh3ll be concealed. " a. The present Prop larnation shall be 'Mixed at the ac customed places of the town, and inserted in the periodical journals. " 1 he Ilarytis de la ROMANA." " Corunno, July 10, 1809. CURUNNA, JULY 16.--On the 13th entered this harbour from Gijon, the English frigate the Amazon, Captain Parker. On board was Lieu tenant-Colonel Cerro!, who last year arrived here with Field Marshal Doyle, bringing with them 3000 Spanish prisoners. This frigate brings from 4 to 5000 muskets, 1,500,000 cartridges, and more than 37,000 flints, besides 6000 muskets die. tribnted in the Asturias. Yesterday Capt. Ilotham of the Defiance, gave a splendid entertainment on board his vessel to the Marquis Romana, Col. Norona, &c. Nine_ teen discharges, by way of salute, took place on the arrival and departure of the guests. The health of their Majesties George 111. and Ferdi nand VII. were sevi.rally drank - with enthusiasm, and every demonstration of reciprocal regard be tween the two nations. JAEV, Jury I.—Victor, with the greater part of his forces, is in Talavera ; and one of his divi. lions, of 9 or 10,000 fuer, , has proceeded to To. ledo, to reinforce Schofield ; and w• koow that . . , .. , General Sols has left Madrid, with 5000 infantry and cavalry; and many covered waggons, on their /Ray to Toledo. Vie know,.from good authority, that the enemy proceeded in great force to Consuegra ; and that, according to all . accurate information, Sebastiani pouessea there; opposed to our army, 2.1,000 in. fantry, and 4000 cavalry. With this superior force, he would probably he able to gain some ad. vantages over our army of La Mancha, and strike a blow which might paralyse it fur a time, in order af terwards to fall upon Cuesta,after lulled crossed the Tagus. Dispatches, dated the 25th ult. therefore say : "in order to avert these evils, General Ye. negas, in consequence of suggestions made by the Supreme Central Junta, which so sedulously watches for the public welfare, has resolved to draw back his line of defence, and will te.morrow transfer his head-quarters to Moral, and will place two divisions of the vanguard on Ciudad Real and Vsldepenas ; and should the enemy dare to attack our divisions with forces whiclf could be withstood, which is not to be expected there, as they know that at the distance of four or five leagues we have the protection of the Sierra, our army s ill sustain the shuck ; but should they advance with a larger force, we, without engaging in the battle, can retreat to our first positions, so ad vantageous, and which the French have Aiwa . ), respected." In spite of all this, we cannot be confident con. cerning the plans of the enemy. Expert in the artifices of war, and in concealing his intentions, it is probable that these tnanceuvres arc iutcnded only to effect, with less obstruction, the retreat of King Joseph, who, we are assured, has re. turned to Toledo. Dispatches, of the 28th. state, that our head quarters were transferred to Mural, and the ad. vanced posts have been transferred to Ciudad Real and Manzanares, in order, as mislaid before, to guard against a surprise from the enemy, and re. tire into the Sierra, if attacked by superior forces. JULY 2.—[From dispatches of the 27th.).-Tho enemy hat iug, with a superior force, presented himself at the 01)0c-house of Quesada. at a little distance from Manzanares, our General io Chief Vcncgas, in order to guard against surprise, trans. ferred his head-quarters to Santa Elena; and all the divisions of our army occupy the points which they before possessed in the Sierrai until the army of Cuesta shall have corn. pleted the passage of the Tagus, which is is part effected, the Frendt having, as we learn from pod authority, abAndoned the right sing of that Hier. It is snit', that many Gallo-Spanish families bavc left Madrid fur Burggs, and that the peal sans of the tyrant, whu remain in the capital, are filled with terror, fearing the dreadful conse quences -which will result to then!, fron► the re treat of their protectors.: and this appears proba. ble. Notwithstanding, we are fully Aware of the diabolical artifices practised, to surprise come of our divisions of the army of La Mancha ) which was frustrated by our retreat. Many melancholy !persons prognosticate ill of these operations; though nothing has been lost, and our situation has nut been worse than It wall a fortnight a4u. Has the enemy then received fresh succours? If Victor had possessed an army superior to our Estremaduran army, would he have abandoned that province, so important, from its situation, fur the conquest of the Andelusias 'and Portugal ? And ran his union with Siebastianl put himin so respectable a condition, that he can oppose aer army, united with the English and Portuguese? If he b.•fure could not offer battle to our army, and retired from his advantageous posi. lions, ran he do it now that Cuesta has redoubled his forces, and that he will be aided by the army of La Mancha, and by the zealous support, in men and effects, of all those who, knowing that our situation is more critical than ever, discharge the sacred obligation of assisting their country is 4ts extreme danger. It is said that Empesinado is in the neighbour. hood of Burgoi ; undoubtedly to take au account of the Frenchified persons, who are anticipating the march of their dear allies ; and hit cumin'. tians will be very interesting. This valiant pa. triot will be a terrible scourge to the enemy, if he retreats ; for on his march there wilt be many stragglers aho cannot follow with precipitation ; and all these will be the victims of this intrepid Castilian. [From dispatches of Me 281h1—Our head. quarters arc transferred to Santa Elena. The Junta of Defence has been fixed in Real Carolina. The enemy has mmdc no movement, and his ad►anced pods are beyond Manzanares. [From dispatches of the 301h.]---The army of La Mancha continues in its position. The towns of Altnagro and Ciudad Real are free from the enemy. The Central Junta has granted Venison the rank of Lieutenant-General, in consideration of his great services. SEVILLE, JOLT 7.--. The Central Junta has nominated Don Louis de Ones y Gonzalez, Mi nister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America. Frum Madrid we learn thit it is reported there, that a Junta has been nominated to arrange the Incorporation with the effects of the Crown, of all the lands belonging to the clergy, both secular and regular, and to grant pensions to all the clergy, including the prelates; but that this no. mination has been made secretly, as bad cum. quences are apprehended room this measure. The Rev. M. J. Naylor, B. D. of Wakefield, is nominated by W. Renville, Esq. to the vicarage of Pennioton, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Goodai r. At the last Meeting of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, Mr. James Molony was ad mitted a Meueber thereof, after undergoing the re. gular licentiate examination. On Friday last the Rev. Mr. Wrangham, so w►ll known to the literary world, preached a Ser mon at York Wort. the Archbishop at his Primary Visitation in that city. We arc happy to learn that the Public will be favoured with this eloquent discourse, which, at the reqnest of the Clergy present, is to be printed. i I - • 'r' .~