The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-11 00:00:00

I t PROPO3ITI TillAtesg: LONDON: TUUDAY, JULY 11. —.41110-- DISPATCLUI We said to have been received by Government, this day, troll Lisbon. ••.- Farm the French Bulletins, and other state. meats of the relative situations of the armies on the Danube, it appears impossible that a general action could mach longer be deferred.--The last French Bulletin is dated the 24th; up to that time, therefore, we are certain that active opera tions had not bees commenced by NAPOLEON. — Hi time appears to have been devoted to pre paration, at least as much of it as could be spared from the correction of the disorders announced in the remarkable "Order of the'Deh" to which we have more than once particularly directed the attention of our Readers. Within the last two days, reports have reached this country, of a bat. tie on the Danube. stated to have been fought on tite2llth....of saw& late sanguinary and decisive ustorwthan the bode at. yesterday mentioned sub a report; by way of Dover..... That such an account is id current belief in Holland, ap. pears certain, from the corroboration of three distinct arrivals...at Lath, Yarmouth, and that at Dover.... What comes direct from Heligo. - land, in the shape of rumour, is now sera. viably viewed with great stupicion—and that which comes from Holland, unsupported eves by letters from Germany, cannot be received, widest cautious hesitation. It was asserted that a person who had come from Holland bad seen a Proclamation of the Aacuaties, proclaiming the victory, and ordering a thanksgiving. Those who "died on the tardiness with which intelligence has hitherto reached as from the Austrian head-quarters, Brill be inclined to think this minutia of accuracy to be as credible as the wounding of the Postman in the reported duel between Charles and Sir Peter Testae, in the School for Scandal. That there has been a battle, and that such is the belief, every consideration renders probable—nor is it less so, that by the easy process of human credulity acting upon human hopes, the people of Holland may believe and announce that which they wish actually to have happened. Hitherto there certainly is no intelligence of any battle between the Grand Ar. take, on which any rational dependance can be placed—but news of that important event, which will unquestionably be decisive of the fate of Ans. tria l must be hourly expected. Tis French Journals dwell with peculiar cos. plaeoncy on the magnitude of the efforts at Ebers. dolt to establish the grand bridge, but as it is feud necessary to keep boats on the Danube, io order to divest floatiug bodies which are brought down the stream, from coming into contact with the piles on which the bridge is constructed ...it should appear that this work, so pom. poasly announced, is by no means so secure es to be deemed oat of the reach of acci. dbet. Materials are at baud in great abun. dance, and the labour of an absolutely indefinite number of workmen, for one whole month, has been expendsd on this important stricter*. But we are strongly inclined to think that the civil engineers of this country, having at their di. reetion materials and human force so abun. dant, would have completed a substantial bridge in a seek shorter period.-.-Many works have been completed in this country within the last twenty yams of immense magnitude.—subter. rumpus, and, indeed, subaqueous canals...stupen. dons aqueducts..-docks, and other marine works, of eurinlled labour and magnificence.—Those who saw the justly clebrated Coffer-Dam at Hull, by which the formidable River Humber, was com. pletely excluded, where the tide rises nearly 20 feet, will, perhaps, not think so highly of a tem. porary Bridge over the Danube—On one point the incessant recurrence to the passage of the Danube cannot fail to strike every person—the *Gaiety to secure a retreat; -..for it is indisputable, that for the mere purpose of passing the river, the bridge has for weeks been practicable. TIE following letter was received in town this morning Yunnan' JULY 10.—Arrived the Moot gisa-brig trots the ankle , and brings intelligence that Seam. i not dealt, but only wounded, and is fortifying the Waal of Agee, sod merle that a Revolution Mr broke sot at St. gt e l en h arg b, Modal by the Grand Doke ConseaWnits. Tao% hto PAIN*... La *. New York Pub& tidvertiser of the 9th of Jane last, the death of this extraordinary and once celebrated man, is aeneatteed to hare taken place on the preceding Aar. -,.. Aryosta. MA Nob , D Doe. oMt W .neerfami., . • • PIKE OP %Took ACI iIAY AT ORB 0* I P pe st r C e a lt. " 7l ll :;l. 6 :or . =MK Ss. It Ape Ce1t...... ---Do. Md. a S. :. i por for ex Wks Bo*, ils. As. Onsols for Acc Tickets, 211. il Bleo—_______ THE STATESMAN: THE ST, A Cork Paper Oyes the following partienktts, en the authority of Captain DELA NO : " That at Sandvisook, the day before his departure, he Law a New York riper to the lOth, Witch stat.d„ Om; the rejoicings which were !Ned for that day, to cosunemorate the renewal of commercial intercourse with these essMties. had beer stopped, N consequence of the mews carried oat by the Patfie, and tbat it wns supposed, in the same Paper. , seek proeemlings would be mere! throughout America. lie further says, that the celebrated Thomas Paine has at Nagth really gone to the tomb of his fathers. sonw fetuses atioo was extolled in the Northern States, in consequence of the on moms desertiuos from the United States' Army on the CanM dian frontier.—Captain Bennett, an American °Meer, had ordered ape of these deserters to be pursued into the province of Canada, and in consequence of t , :e resi-tarre he made, on some of the Canadians coming up to his assistance, be was shot by the party sent to apprehend hits, who themselves with digs:silty escaped. This atfair has Oleo rise to some bickering, between the Governor of Canada, aad the Aar rican Government." The Enireprenante, which has arrived from Lis. bon after a voyage of 12 days, has brought some letters from Portugal, but the public derive no in formation from this source. About 70 ships were yesterday reported as hay. ing arrived from the Baltic. The new King was unmolested by the Russians, and no interruption was given by the Court of St. Petersburg to our with the Swedish harbours. The Quail schooner arrived on Thursday, in Leith Roads, from Heligoland, which she left on the 2d inst. She brings further reports of advan. tages having been gained on the Danube by the Austrians over the French. The Austrian official account of the battle •f Aspern has been received by Government, and will appear in the Supplement to the Landon Ga zette of this evening. Government has at last taken into considers. don the distressed situation in which the women and children of our brave soldiers will be placed, by not being permitted to accompany their bus. bands on the present Expedition, and have ordeg tad, that a certain proportion should be left in the barracks occupied by the respective regiments, and allowed to draw the same allowance as a like 'umber of men, and those beyond the regular proportion are to be allowed a sem of money for themselves and children, to repair to their homes. The public may rest assured, that General FERGUSON only declined serving in Portugal, and assigued the climate as the reason of his re fusal. The Captain and crew of a Portuguese trading vessel in the Chinese seas, were lately redeemed from the slavery of the Ladrone pirates by the benevolence of several European merchants. HENRY FITZ.CLARINEE, second son of the Duke of Cs.aaaoct, arrived, on Sunday, at Bushy, after an absence of fourteen months, as Midshipman, on board the Superb, of 74 guns, Admiral ILZATF.E, in the Baltic. Daring that in. terra!, the vessel has been frequently frozen up in the ice, and the most serious apprehensions were entertained for her safety. A Noble Lord met with a rode reception from one of the Volunteers, aCthe late 6re in Conduit. street. His Lordship was anxious to get to Mr. Norm's house, and he told a Volunteer, who opposed his progress, that he was a Peer of the Realm. The Volunteer smartly replied, " Ido not know a Peer from a Pickpocket when I am on my duty, so stsud back ; your appearance is not necessary." On Sunday morning, during Divine Service, a gentle JUSICA, of the tribe of BINJAMIN, gently attired, did public penance in the Church of S;. Paul, Coveut.gardcti, for calling a Christian neighbour by a name, which is odious to every woman of reputation. The crowd on this occa. sion was extremely great, and the fair offender *pint the establi►hed rules of politeness was fol. lowed home, after the exhibition, by a long train of spectators. The LORD MA Ton will hold a Court of Com. mon Council at Guildhall, tomorrow, at twelve o'clock. The annual prizes given by the Representatives in Parliament for the University, value 15 gnineas each, are this year adjudged to Messrs. H. F. Astute and G. Button, of Trinity College, Senior Bachelors; and Messrs. T. S. Hennes, of St. John's, and C. J. BLoomrtELD and W. CLARK, Of Trinity.college, Middle Bachelors. The Rev. J. Kilts, A. M. of Scarborough, has been presented, by the Lean CHASCOLLOS, to the valuable Rectory of Tbwing, in the East-rid. ing of York. Dr. lIEBSIDEN, late Fellow of St. John's.eol. lege, Cambridge, is appointed Physician to the King, in the room of Sir Geoftoi BAKER, whose death was announced last week. Saturday morning a duel was fought in a men. dow adjoining Plymouth Dock, between Captain Forth and Lieut. Cooke, both of the First West York Militia, the latter of whom was shot through the thigh, but the wound is not considered dangerous. Yesterday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, u a man of the name of Taylor, who was gardener to Mr. Elliot, the brewer, of Pim. lief), was passing through Brewer.street, appa. rently in good health, ho fell down, and was picked up by some persons passiug at the time, and asked if he had hurt himself: he answered in the negative. lie walked on a few paces further, and fell down again lifeless. LONDONDERRY.-..A requisition has been circu. lated through this county, signed by a number of respectable Linen.merchants, for the purpose of calling a meeting of linen-merchants, traders, and manufacturers at Londonderry, on Wednesday, the 12th of July, to take into consideration the best means of giving employment to the number of manufacturers and 'thus nom unemployed, from •the present mart* of flax; awl also to adopt amens, if possible, to alleviate the distveso of the great mass of the lower orders, who most liiro-1 sifter be destitute of employment, from the presentl appearance of the fax crop, owing to the intro. duction of unsound jfax.seed. kis expected that the Gentlemen of landed property in the county, being particularly interested in a trade VI essential to the welfare of the people of Ulster, will come forward on this occasion. 'AN. CO LONS Ls WARDLE. common with the rest of my coun trymen, I beheld with admiration the efforts of an individual directed against that mass of corruption, which has so long paralyzed the energies of a mighty Monarch, and his faithful People. Un daunted by the host of enemies which beset him on every-side, undismayed by their threats and insinuations, he proceeded, confident in hopes of success, and triumphing in the justice of his cause. From that moment, every reflecting man saw that all the weapons which the blackest hatred and revenge could work up, would be used to blast the reputation of this intrepid Patriot. Indeed had he lived in the South of Europe, he would have been taken off long ago; but corrupt and slavish as we are grown, we have not yet come to that pass. There are not, thank God, any bravoes in England. But some of their malice has at last found a vent, and now we may see in their true colours the weakness and wick- Woos of their course, when they are driven to such miserable shifts as to corrupt and bribe that very person whom they have a thousand times called the most lying, base, and worthless, that e►er existed, and whose evidence they have as often declared would be unworthy of credit in any Court of Justice. do, Sir, contend, in the face of all the Crown Lawyers, with Sir VICAUT at their bead, that the evidence by which the Jury in a late trial were led to the verdictbey gave, was ioadmiuible and in. * sufficient for that verdict. And I do it on the following grounds : 1. The chief witness for the Plaintiff was a party interested in his success ; for if he had not obtained a verdict, she knew that she must pay the money herself. Here some one will say, 66 You forget that her release, fell and complete, was granted by the Plaintiff's Counsel ;" tree, k was ; but nut till after they had obtained frees her that evidence which they wanted: '• but then she might have retracted," replies another—and was it then to be expected that this " Leader of Generals," would retract any thing she had said? No v No! though we have seen some of her Q. een making this false step, their Leader is not to be so easily caught. 2. The other witness stands, in many respects, in the same situation. lle is the brother and par'ner of the Plaintiff—that is, as far a' his interest is concerned, he is the Plaintiff himself ; I therefore do contend, that his evidence could not legally be received in Court, fur as he employed Counsel, and spoke through them, he could not, by any means, be heard in his own cause. But let us suppose, for the sake of argument, that his evidence might be received, still I contend that it goes for nothing, inasmuch as he stands " in loco accusatoris." So we see that there was in truth but one witness, and that *sinters a party inte rested. Besides, if she had been purely disin. terested, her character was such, that her indi. vidual evidence had already been rejected by the united wisdom of the Empire, in a case of infi. nitely greater importance to public justice.— And this is the evidence on which we are called upon by the ',slots of the present age, to despise and cast off a man who has hazarded every thing in our service— an evidence which stands entirely slime, and of which I defy any Lawyer in Westminster, to thew so a precedent—au evidence by which any W —e, driven by private pique, or large bd. lusty, may pillage the property and injure the character of an honest man. Only let us suppose that any Mr. P was to accompany Mrs. C. and her gallant in their close carriage, to see the fine gewgaws at the Jeweller's on Ludgate-hill. "O," says Mrs. C. " what a handsome necklace this is; and that service of plate, it really surpasses any thieg I have ever seen; how du you approve of it, dear P ? come, speak, you need not be alarmed, nobody knows son here;" " 0, 'tis beautiful, magnificent," answers P , " you must have it by all means." Thus poor P—, is drawn in to pay for a service of plate, he hardly looked at, and never dreamt of giving to the Allis. tress of his Friend. 1 have the honour to be, Yuurs, &c. A REFORMER. Gray's- m, July 10, 1809. The Mails from the Mediterranean have brought an account of an expedition fitting out at Sicily, under the command of the gallant Sir J. STUART. The following is an extract of a letter from a Bri. flab Officer on that Island, dated Melarzo Camp, near Messina A pril U: " We understand thatan expedition will shortly sail from hence. Our garrison consists of a train of artillery, the 10th, 44th, 27th, and 81st re. jiments of foot, one brigade of grenadiers, and another of light infantry, WarrEvar.a's and Da Rota.a's regiments. About 4000 of us are en. camped, and cruelly hot it is. In the harbour there are 40 transports, as well as ordnance and hospital ships. Reports are very various. Some say we are going to Calabria and Naples ; others, that 5000 men are to join the British forces in Por. tugal. Our soldiers are in high health and spirits, mud extremely anxious to meet the enemy once again in the field. Brig.-Gen. CoLl is gone home, on what account is not known." We find from the Paris Papers, that the expe dition has since sailed. An article, slated Naples, the 14th last, states, that the expe dition from Si. oily had just passed by that place. SLOW AND SURE. In planning Expeditions 'gaient the foe Our Ministers are ever suer, though duo, Each Expedition meets a common fate, Stow le depart, and cure--to be too late. IRISH CATHOLICS. At a meeting of the General Committee of the Catholics of Ireland, held in Dublin, 4 7 Cape!, street, on the Mb of July IRO9, The Earl of Fl Y ; L, la the Chair ; Remotest; —That a Committee, corektinp of the lie Peers, and of twenty one Gentlemen, to he chosen by ha , - lot, be forthwith appointed to emery logo etoct the Revolu tions of the late aggregate meeting; and that they do npurt their procoediags to the General Committee, on the *coed of October nett. when their powers shall expire, ortiew renewed by the (*.metal Committee; and they are in the Irwin time authorised, whenever it shall appear to them nere=earv, to direct the Secretary total! a Meeting of the (leper,' Com mittee, and that every eneotry gentleman of tie ticler z i Committee may attend the Sib-Committee. Res:OW/ZS—That pablic notice and private marmontr, b lotted. anmomciog to the member of this body the day ap pointed for the nert meet*. for the perpow of reporting tl. petitior prepared to Parlarneat. A ballot and scrutiny to ascertain the member% of the Stilt- Committee took place accordingly. FOiliAßn HAY, Secretary. NAVAL iNrELLIG E NCE. Poarssioserw, JVLY 10—Sailed the Turin, Captaia Davies, for Oporto, with as Olcer ao I?aird; Redpole, Captain Joyce; Hardy, Gambier, and Sprightly. he the Noce, with seamen; the Centaur, of 74 gees, Captola Webly, and the Venerable, at 74 gam, for the Dowse; the Wu- Bash stoteohip, for Woolwich; and the Raleigh, Captain Saver, on a noise. Went out of harbour the Magnet, Captain Smith, and the Persian, Captain Colman. The tail division of the troops for the Erpedition have cease in to-day ; but they have no orders to embark. Ga AVICSEXD, 10.—Sailed the William, Ostk, for Madeira; Hector, Hector, for Tenerife; the Perseverance. Crain, fur Sesille; and Phasoir, Stewart, for DE A L„ir LY 13.—Arrived frost the River and Killed, the Fame, Duncan, forJansaiea. Sailed his Maiest)'s ships Blake, Repulse, San Domingo. AnJations, Victories*, Theseus, and Demean., co a cruise sit Flushing. NAVAL PROMOTIONS, Itc. BY ■IS tILCSLIANCY SIII SIDIFAILD 1 1 11‘&131 9 •ART. Dlr. Hager. Midshipman of the Atbiss, to be Lieutenart of the Modem., vitt Drury, &teased. Mr. Jibe Faker, dn. of ilk (ARUM'S. Lieutenant of the Terpskhore. eke Lawrenre, dew:ord. Mr. tieorre Oraisteor, do. Cailodea, Lieutenant of the Preerit, vice Hooper. deceased. Leeeterint K. W. 0. Feting, do. Cominander of the Dasher, vice Stewart, deeenved. Cupful* James M. Gerdes, from the Prarris, Captain of the Powerful. Lieutenaut R. Mauoseil, from the Blanche to the Procrii, ♦ice Gordon. _ h:r. Jame Ormond, Mid•biproar, to be Lieutenant of the Fox, vice Hogrrbot, irrear.ded. Mr. Edward Lyo.w, do. of the Barratoota, taw Logan, Invalided. _ _ _ Mr. J. Urvrv, do. of the Russell, to be Lieutenant of the Terintetore, v ice Tahoe, deceased. REMOVALS. Lieut. Henry Drury, from the Coronalik, to be Admiral Drury's Fl3f Lieut. Lieut. R. Spencer, from t Russel to the Cornwallis. sire Drury. Lieut. J. J. Cowin, from e Samara's to the ht. Fiorenro. vice Lewin. Capt. Oa. Harris,from the Barr:waft to the Drake, vice i Saad . W. Weft, from the Blanche o the Barman* vice orris. Lit*. J. Allan, from the rot to the Caroline, vice hplik, isvalided. - Lieut. J. Welwyn, to be Sir Edward Pellew's Flag-Lieu tame., vice Friths, 'roasted. Lieut. C. Paten, from the Caroline to the Culbwiro. vice Weal) O. Lieut. E. Stopford, from the Phobos to the Caroline, vice Prowett.__ _ _ Lieut. F. Jackson, from the Dover to the Caroline. ins Richards._ Lieut. H. Richards, from the Caroliue to the Fox, •ire Allen. Capt. W. A. ?v ague, from the Terpsitiore to dm Doris. Capt. C. Cole, from the Doris to di:, Cornwallis. The prisoners taken on board a Dutch prize, sent into Dover by the Tiger Revenue cutter, state, that it was believed at Flushing, that ano. Cher general battle was fought upon the Dsunbe on the 26th alt. which terminated in the defeat of the French army. They also state, that there were lying at Flushing three men of war, full of troops, waiting for a favourable opportunity to put to sea; that it was understood '20,000 Prus sians were on their much to co-operate with the Austrian army ; and that the greatest discontent prevailed in Helium!, in consequence of the col:- scription law. Reports are cirruLted at Flushing of the assassination of Faint AND VII. The Berlin Gazette has published accounts from th e heal-quarters of the Archduke CHARLTS, in which it is stated that the Arch:lake Joys', haying receive,: reinforcements at Comorn, Intsl advanced again to his former position near Raab.—This corroboiatos the report of the relief of that place, which we have received by letters from Ilelland. The letters from Vienna are not of so late a date as the French Bulletins, but tbeY state that the bridges over the Danube were completed previous to the 17th ult. and that a battle was soon ex pected. Yesterday morning M. de la VEO4. the late re spectable Deputy from the Prorinre of Asturias, &reject, in town. We believe iris object is to ap ply to this Government for arms. If the accounts we have received be correct, 100,000 recruits aro kept out of the field of action from flee deficient supply in that essential particular. Earl ST. VINCENT is gone to his seat, called Rochetts, near Brentwood,lllEssex. The amount of the Legacy Unto, paid on Thurs. day, upon the will of the late Duchess of 11p140 , T, was 1,4301. which shews that the legacies ansiont ed to 123.0001.--. That on Sir G &onGE RAI:VR . 4 will, paid same day, was 1,2001. beiug eTpisl to 100,0001. legacies. An examination of a singular nature, it it said, is now proceeding in hefure the !leads of iloitsc, at one of our Universities. Seven ♦easels from the Baltic ire on shve up!: the Bluth Saud, near Sheerness. L