The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-04 00:00:00

TO BR DISPO%ED OF, • A I e lightful small astral (4orrAut, near Nor wood, w,tbin 8 Milos of Londe., comadadio, 4 meat bcAu iu which the eye is Wit by the oartaiin4 Coon i..‘ a entepri,ing a go9d dairy, dratrutc.rmoo, and two .61 her rooms ea the r:oond Auer, I 11•4 beta bed-rooms, And I.lree . miter sleeping room, a =su e se, and two-stall 'table, w rte. ping tools, an garden, amid p .ildock, all to complete ttpaisit..aily &rubbed sesta over) itereAt.^.rj, bat tt ((hoot elptravaosee k Tce whole, V 4 th tbe dame, to be aipmed of on moderate erms, the present Clelloerbeiteg obliged to joio the Army. letters, pat-paid. addreatal to A. B. C. at No. 87, 'fleet street, will he attended to% • 4. LIVINU WONDEILS! Julie-as cimi lions Imiia, vat Mistime' 7/11111rid.% corner of Eagle-stmet, • TWO SURF/U*ll7M GR WA T CONSTRIC,T.QR BOA, Ow largest species .Of SERPENTS in the World. The Roe Cori-trictor is themes:A CodeviCtwus of all SCf F es, fram its pie-emitmut superiority of Size and Beastly art Co lair; and thou.:it Is varies from Age. Sex and fAinsatt, he may be distinguished In every State from t he reit of its Tribe, Ise the pecuhar Patters or Disposition of its variegatirm. and believed to be a Specimen of those Pismosamita, which NA tpral Ili Cory gives such marvelloas Accents of dirk Sloe nod imangth. It is ,rail. sot u canaries past,. one simile reptile of this melee, acne the y _ KINN' Degrade, In Att i Ca , tvigoed solo master far map years over a Vibe Tract of ud, decocting every this% that dare approach him calla etas to $4 the Army of Attilius flognlto art dismay, the 0 . 41:3 of which useasured IT) fret tit length. These.gigantie Serpetes %Lice become less common now, thatch thev Are scot in Italia of the mutinous ? , ,te at feet loiter and so ..:rang as to attack a Buffalo, Deer, or any other Auinial, and swallow them whole. The .lien Specimens :row Kest -Lord to the public notice were taken in Jauaary last. to the ))earns of Sellathi/M. sitar Umbra': the yoongest of sh;ch was e.tught while in an lofant state, being only a few days old, but since growl, to as Muscat inrrodibiesnarner, now measuring abot t Id feet us !ends, nod 14 inches in circumference: the other wits up wards of 14 feet long when caught, and considered the largest Serpent ever brought to England alive. 'fbese surptisitte Serpeuts have been examined by some Naturalists and Counotssears, since their arrival in EitgLutd, who state that they are of the same Species as those above -14-12::Jord, and -o seiemigailly described by Dr. Shaw in the third volume of his Zoology, train which lenrtwd and celebrated N% 'irk the above descripti-o is partly takeu ; and to whicb we refer for a nsore elaborate account. Admittance, Oue Shidiag each, • From Toto'Clock in the Marvin till Dusk. N. E. As the illtirithr against these Reptiles. generally prevails, thePotilic may be awed that they are gent harm andistolleasive, :so that the Keeper ran Play with them lilt a and moat the most timid Lady may approach Cann *Chisel Pear or Danger. PR tCE OF STOCKS TON at perCeatennv. In es„ di,. I 3 'per Lew. fled. t►tii *per Cent. 811 Navy 99i Commis for Act PI j I BAY AT OMB O'CLOCK. ()insolent 1 * prem. Long. Ann 1R 13-16 I.:lien. Bill., ; 13'. pron. Indies Bonds. ‘M. Loiter) Ticket,, 211. BIGII WATER AT LONDON RR IDOL rota. past I; o'clock. THE STATESMAN. PROPOSITI . TBNAZ. LONDON: FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. PAPVLS from Spain and Portiogil, to the 17th taf July inclusive, arrived in town this morning. By the Badajaz Ga.:Me of the I Ith of last mouth s we learn that the head-quarters of Sir Aaisu• Wat.r.v.st.tv were at Curia, and the advanced guard at Placentia—and that Sir ARTHUR had promiscil, that by the 10th instant, he would he in front of the Spanish arely on the right back of the Tagus. The French are stated to 114VC retired to Talavera de la Reyna. lt is almost unmet:es. sary_.to lay, that the accouut that was circulated last night, in the second Edition of an evening Paper, of the entrance of Sir A arut:rt into drill, is unworthy of attention. It is reported in private letter;, that the terms of pacification having been adjwtsd between Franco and Austria, a large detachment of the French army is actually un its march to Spain. It is impossinle at present to ascertain the correct. nets of this report; but no doubt whatever can exist, that whether French troops .have or hare n u t - a l re ady marched fur Spain, reinforcements will in a very short time be poured into that country, • the file of nhich we cuthider to be absolutely de. cisled. 0, the Expedition, no certain intelligence is re. ceived ; but it is believed at tlover, on the authti_ lily of the Master of a vessel, that possession has Veen taken, by a detachment of our troops, of the little island of Schowen. The return of NAPOLEON to Paris bas not yet been announced ; but the Paris Papers cypress a daily expectation of his arrival in that city. Ills return will necessarily be the sLotal for all increased activity in every mu tufo of defence against the efforts of wit. Ex pedition—and if it be the intention of our army to make any stay on shore after effecting the mediate objects of dest ruction— sec way confidently expert that Ni tPOLEON in person will direct tho olocrations in that quarter—and that he will sub.. sequently revisit Spain. w ear d e ntly wish that wecould juin in the. antici. ration of that advantageous result from the opera. toms of the Espexlitioli, which appears to br einversal—bot the termination of the contest with 41.113tria appi.ars to be ileci,iye on this point. Injuries may be done to the enemy, but wle.tther with great or little loss to ourselves that injury cannot be pi rm anent, nor will it teed to dimi in any important degree the pow•er or the ihfluenee of France. Of the power and resources of Fog. laud, we think, perhaps, more highly than many „but the weapon is too mighty for the hands by which it is so feebly wielded. It is reported that the Island of Walcherca being deemed untenable against our force, ,the common and other mcaes of defence have been removed to these points of the s i lver s c h u ilt which arc pityosed to be def:usibla.. FRENCH TRANSLATION 044 . 1114 114'G;S SPEECH. • , The following translation of the KING'S Spix.e.llo4l9ler reicenjiy diaGottiered _in a French ilorettersiliPa ; coApariion of which, with the ori. *nal, will shew that NAPOLIIO N, adopting the old fitti.tim of "Ps .ash et ah haste doceri," has fol. lowed the laudable example that has been set in , certdin ether countries of Europe, of hood ,winking the people, -hg a gross and palpable mis representation of facts. The paragraph in the Speech respecting Spain is totally omitted in the translation. Had a volume been written on this important fact, it could not have IFltistrated more forcibly NAPOLEON'S suspicions of the public feeling in France, with respect to those atrocious and an paralleled acts of treachery—the invasion of Spain, and the seizure of the Royal Family, than the suppression of this part of his Majesty's Speech. The anxiety thus manifested by this omission is so marked, that it is impossible not to see the great importance attached to public opinion, even by NAPOLEON himself. But even the omission of this important passage falls short of the interpo lation of a studied panegyric on NAPOLEON and his infallible succes., in a species of corollary. —That passage of the Speeeli which States the un certain issue of 44 the present struggle against " thc common enemy of Europe" is thus dilated (translating it literally)..." The uncertainty of I 66 I =lan affairs, and the vicissitudes of war, do " nut permit us to indulge with too much confi. 1" deuce in the hope of a favourable termination i 46 of the contest—for we have to contend against " an enemy of active genius, with whom every " (king prospers, and all whose designs, however 4" incredible, invariably succeed." Amongst the most incredible and daring achievements of Naroccov, we rank this sue. 1 cessful attempt to induce a belief that the Govern. 1 meat of England would put into his AlaJaszz's mouth an admission of this nature. In &subsequent part of this garbled document, the jealousy of NAPOLEON of the merit and repu tation of the Archduke CH A R 1.1:3 IS clearly evinced.' by the suppression of his name, in speaking of the war between France and A ustria. The absolute subjugation of the Press in France enables -the French Ministry to play of these 66 races " with complete effect on the people.— , Happily England has not yet received that "Coup 1 1 de Grace" of Civil Liberty.—No Minister has drred to go that length, and therefore the misre_ presentations with which the people of this Coma_ try have been so repeatedly deluded, have always been dragged forth to public view at seine period. Again s t this newly-discovered atrocity of the French Emperor, we feel indignation and detestation as gtat as can he felt ;—bet be. fore we joist in the cry of the hireling Pr: sses of this coustry - against NAPOLEO4, it may, perhaps, be worth while to look at the conduct of England in this respect.—Whafabricai. ed the Bulletins, b 1 which the people were per. saaded of the ultietate defeat of the French at i the battle of Austerlitz?—We martian this as only one of hum!, edr of misrepresentions—gross wilfulloisrepresentations, fur the express purpose of buodzcinking and deluding the people of this country, . . . " As to the intelligence during contest in " frons the shores of Biscay ' '' . Mid, in the more recent contest in German►', "From , the shores of the Elbe," we know tl.at the intelli getice from those shores was manufactured on the banks of the Thames—where also were manufac tured, but by whom, or in lehat precise placenear those banks, we do not pretend to say, the olTicial account of the battle of Aspern and also that of Wagram, of which the premature ' arrival of the Armistice unfortunately prevented the publication.—When we look at the lies, the forgeries, and the delusions with which the people of this country have been for years gelled, it might be as well to hold our tongues about the misrepresentations of Ike French.—Did not this country vomit ship-loads of forged assis nate on the coast of France?—And yet w e shou Id not sera pie to abuse thastrociousuess of the eneniy for re- 1 turfing with the same weapon on the Rank of Eng land. And as to individual forgeries, that of the ne ver to he forgotten French Gazette, " L'Eclair,M is a pretty gond specimen of the honesty of the Bri: tit!) Journalists. Indeed it is somewhat difficult to see why the forger of a public document, by which a nation is deceived, defrauded , plundered, would not grace a public exhibition with as great propriety as be who defrauds an individual by forging a Bill of Eschange. The Kia(s Speech. Ik Ikit , coun tel pill cot dais le klessiteer du - JO Jel Ilet. y Lords awl Geetletwen, Nly Lord. et Memieurs, 'We are roinmJaded by his Nous *vone nets de s. Majesty to aeyrtira ‘,IIJ, that l'ordre de you+ lalanimer woe hat Majesty fuss great ..atisfac- I'e at present des attire. !alb eit* its brio: en.thlt-d, by the !blur. pennot a S. N. devou• stale of the pultlie busine,-, &lo:awe de ronthseer plus t., release you from s car la- loaf s = sus travails ea b minas attradanne in 'Partin- P 4 neat. flis Majesty &PIM no( that S. M. oedoute passpie rata ea your return inks your re. ne retoundies dans vas pin-, *poetise Comities, yiets a ill titters twee Pinteitiun 41'rni furry with you a diKpositka pluyrr tuutel'intlueuce de ros ' - - Mt kieekelle. both by Warty- Jointers et de vas examples doe Mel - example, a spirit of pour graver de plus en plus etteehuseat to t h ose establish- daiu le cceer de V" peoples le ' ed lawsied that bappy Coo- respect pour l&nk rsabiirs,et Shelia' which it inn ever r a ttacheiurnt a tette heart-use, bees his hi Age y's •an it ious Cinutituti , in que la two le plai wish tosapport Lied a !main- ardent de S. Al. a toujoun et defeat tale, lied upon wisitb, wader de • et* mainieiiir v et Prinvidsice, depend the wel- de talpe oats la g protection fare and properity of this de la P itteuce, depend le &Writ's. buitheor at la prosperite deco Ro) some. - Gentlemen of the foes Messieers de Is Cimattot of Commons, des Communes, ' We have k locoinsand fres S. M. boos Ordoone de IS Majerty to thank you for onus reutercierd'avoirpourvu the liberal p revision which si liberaleineut au servicede la .you base made fur the/services present ewe. et de sous ca n, the present ) ear ; and to ex- primer combrien Elle est su (e:thesatisfaction n lath his tisfkite de volr quo rums ales y derives from your pa pourvoir ace service sass having beeo enabled to pro- presque avuir into =moue vide fur those PerViOSI without nouvelle charge stir sou peo ati) groat aid Immediate ad- pie. diem to thebartbeas spa his Ime* Ills Majesty particularly S. M. antis commode part'• sanmands us to acknon lede calierensent de coos resaerci. - r your prompt *nestle to his de l'empreseemea gee vous Wishes respecting an increased ayes wit a seconder le dew prevision for the poorer Ckr- qu'Elk roma es prime de rule hek e • ; an object in the highest nurnenter let foodsdastiaes a ' interesting to his Ma- l'estresitien du Clerge p owe. " s Itelings, and ileserving Cet objet interessoit an phis Geserebie 'amsidenuioa haat degre le cceur de S.M. et a PerlinNAL ' . seri telt deter considere avec bicareillance par le Patio- meet. My Lords and Gentlemen, My Lords et Yank The atrocious and unparal- • [Thin paragraph i, omitted.] leled act of violence and trea chery by which the Ruler of France attempted to surprise and to enslave the Spanirli Na tion, while it has excited in Spina determined and imam qserable res;staisee against the 'maps ion and tyranny of the French Government, has, at the same dose, awakened in other satins of Europe a de termination to resist, by anew effort, Use continued and in creasing encroachments on theirs:arty and independence. Although the uncertainty Jr Incertitude des domes of all human events, and the humilities, et les vicissitudes vicissitudes attendant upon qui accompagnernent la war, forbid too confident as guerres ne uses permettent expectation of a satisfactor_y pas de sous liner aver trop issue to the present struggle de conflance a l'esperance de against the common enemy of voir la lutte present se tenni- Larope, his Majesty coin- ner heureuseineot s ear loos mauds us to conignstulate you anon, a bate comes an sailesisi upon the splendid suO import- errs genie actif a gni taut out SUCCES which has recently ?revere, et dent totes tee des crowned the arms of the Em- wins, masse Is: plus iacroya peror of Austria, under the Dies s'areotreplistera Wears. able and distinguished calduct Cependent, S. M. m'ordonae .f his Imperial Highness the de 'ems assurer qu'Llie est re- Arthdoke Owls". To the solos de continuer d'aider et darts of Europe for its own de sontenir de tout sac pou deliveramees his Majesty has voir tes efforts gue fait (Au directed as to assure you that tricks, perosadee qne vous he is determined to cootinue proses avec Elk que agates his most strenuous assistaece les measures qui teedcut an re • and support, convinced that tahlissement de son indepen you will agree wills him to deuce, oe sant pas maim utiles considering every exertion for lax 'rats interets de la Grande the re-establishment of the in- Bretagne, qu'elles soot on depeadesice and security of smithies a soil marten. et a other flat ions as no its s eno- soft huonears dueive to t he true interests than it Is becoming the cha racter and honour •of Great Britain. I ''• Theo/tCommi.sion for pro- Apm ce DircouctjeChaus roving the Pm-halm-a was cellor amalgam gee k Pur red. lemeet etoit proroge as Jed' le Auld prochain. • The French Poors countenance the repeft of MoriAPAlLTE'Sbeiog on his return to Paris, though he had not arrived there on the 24th tilt. The Manby gun-brig is appointed convoy to the vessels boom' for the coast of Holland, which are to sail from Sheerness ta.tnorrow. It is net true, as has been erroneously reported, that the heelths of " Mr. Aldermen Goodbehere, " Mr. Wadi:man, and the Independent Majority ss of the Court of Common Council," were given by a Cabinet Minister at Lord Haaisosrait's din ner, on Wednesday last. The following anecdote is industriously circu. fated in the City: " Sir IVILLIAN Coavts's yacht is the finest pleasure vessel belonging to any British subject ; he spends 16001. a year upon it ; it was natural enough he should desire to see something of the progress of the present Expedi tion from the deck of this his favourite summer dwelling. He accordingly wrote a pressing request to Mr. PeacerAzi for permission to sail with the' fleet. Mr. rentals*, answered; that as afriend, he did not like to refuse Sir WILLIAM ; but as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he could nut write upon the subject to the Admiralty, unless the worthy Alderman would consent to put his vessel under their orders. Sir Wsct.taK readily accept. ed this condition, and immediately began to per form his mod duties by storing his vessel with every kind of viands, substantial or lnxurious, and abundance of the finest wines. The Marquis of lltextty l and - Several General Officers readily enough accepted his hospitable offers to entertain them on their passage." lh addition to the immense sea store of eatables, and drinkable., and L".: ea ra bles—the sauce piquant, the Champagne, the cork jacket:, and the large reserve of inexpressible:, with which the yacht of the Belligerent Alderman was so luny charged when he joiued the Expedition, ho has been fa. veered with a considerable number of the Congreve rockets. At the arrival of this unexitected cargo, the Civic Warrior remoustratcd, with ,Eery coun tenance, against the danger of depositing such a mass of combustible matter so near his person.— The characteristic and genuine good humour of : the worthy Baronet, however, soon returned, on reflecting that the . greater the danger, the greater the lionise!.; and, after a-few bumpers, recovered his wonted serenity of countenance. 44 Pt OM but tbe brave deserve the Gar." An unfortunate Irishman, named O'Flaherty, who was desperately woupded in an affray with sonic of his countrymen on Cie night of last Sun. day se'unight, in Chick-lane, died of his wounds in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on Tuesday night. A Coroner's Inqoast was held on the body, on Wednicday evening, at St.. Bartholomew's Hospi. tat, which, after sitting in deliberation until one yesterday one morning, brought in a verdict of Wilful Murder, against three persons, two of whom are in custody. Mrs. Joitir+f .is to perform a few nights at the Liverpool Theatre, at the latter end of the present month, SPANIS!I4ND PORTUGUESE PAPERS. BADAJOS, JOLT 11.—The English head-quar ters aro at Curia, and their advanced guards at Pla contia. General Wellesley has promised, that by 'the 20th inst. he would be in front of our army on the right bank of the Tagus. On the 6tb, the English arrived at Placentia, and on the rune day the French bend the town of Calera, and after. wards retired to Talivera de La Rep t& His Excellency General Ceesta has ordered se. feral batteries to be placed on varioas points of the banks of the Tagus. On the 7th inst. the English were preparing to pus the Tietar.—(Diorfo de Badrflot.) CORDOVA, JULY 4.—Don Philip de la Corte, charged with protecting the towns of La Mancha, left Criptara in order to execute his commission. After various movements occasioned by those of the enemy, he learnt the small force they had in Ocana and Amities. He marched from Villa. lobe at eight o'clock at night on the 2 lst of June, with two companies of grenadiers and chasseurs of the regiment of Alcazaro, San Juan, 28 cavalry, and eleven pikemon, whom be armed with poles, which were furnished him by the Curates of gacl Estivan and Puebla de Fadrique, in all amounting to 181 infantry and 39 cavalry ; with this force he marched through the environs of Coama and Aranjuez to Soto Magas, surrristd the guard, broke the doors open, secured the servants, detached several parties to collect the cattle they could meet with, and retreated to Noblcjos, and without the least loss or accident, having taken in the whole 1327 head of cattle. The famous El Fortran, oo which Ferdinand VII. made his entry into Madrid, is among the num. ber.—(Badrdox Diary, July 13.) Lissom', JULY 17.—Seville papers have been received down to the 7th inst. which state, I.ieu. tenant-General Venegas made a Report to the Central Junta, dated the Ist Inst. informing the Junta of a glorious action which took place on the eights of the 28th and 28th of last mouth, in which he routed five French regiments of foot, two of horse, two of chasseurs, and one of Uh. tans, with the loss of 111 slain, and many wound. ed, according to the report of the deserters. (Lithe Gazette, July 17.) BADAJOZ, JULY 14.--Aller the van.gpard of our army had passed the Tagus without opposi. tion, the skirmishing parties under the command of Don Joseph Villalobos, were pushed forward to Calera, where they met with and destroyed a small party of the eeemy, of whom not one escaped ; but observing the main body of the enemy's cavalry coming upon him, he judged it prbper to retire, which he did, tall he joined his vanguard, settbont losing a man. The lifter remains on the right bank of the Togas, the other part of the armyoccupylag its former posi tion on the left. _ They write from La Mancha, that Sebastlani, on the 15th of June, had retired to Madrilejos with a small escort of cavalry, and that there had ar. rived at Consuegra, several waggons laden with biscuit, and some carriages, with 3,500 French. MEETING of the BOARD of ENGLISH CATHOLICS ON THE Oh OP JUNE, 1809. The FAR!. of SHREWSBURY, in the Cbair. The Draft of a proposed Petition of the Roma. Catholics of England being read, it was Resolved, That the Board do approve of the muse. Resolved, That FJWARD Jsatitecat tat, E.g. he re quested to get the Petition engrossed, and that the time and mode of circulating the same for general signature be con fided to his discretion. Resolved, That the Petition be presented on the same day as that of the Catholics of Ireland. Resolved, That EDW AID JERNISONAN. Esq. do make known t the.Cathulir• of Scotland, the Resolutions passed by the Catholics of Eogiand and Ireland, with respect to the measure of petitioning the Legislature, at the opening of tho twit Seraioo of Parliament. Resolved, That EDWARD Jett( Irian ow, Esq. do com municate the above Ftesolotioos of the Boa►d to EDWARD HAY, Secretary of the Catholics of Irelaid; and that he du repent the wish of the Catholics of Great Britain, to co. operute With tlach Dlethceii ha lechtsid, la any MiLlalcr they shall deem most expedient for fora arding the General Eman cipation of the Body. Poop'sßATE. By a late decision in the Court of King's Bench (the King v. the iiihabitauts of Mairfield, 48 Geo. III.) saleable underwoods are rateable annually to the relief of the poor, in proportion to their value, though they should happen not t,, be cut down more than once io If. years ; and their annual value they may be worth to rent for a lease of the duration of their intended growth. Monday the crew of the Cullorite weer paid one. third of their wages and prize.money at Plymouth (amounting to 661. per man), and were granted fourteen days leave of absence to visit their friends. Several of them, who had previously served in, and been drafted from other ships in the East Indies, have considerable sums duo to them for prise money ; and one foremast-man received 4601. It is lamentable to see how the money, thus hardly earned, is squandered. One of the seamen gave fifty guineas for a gold watch, which he will pro. bably part with in a few days, fur as many shil. lings, should it escape the rapacioes fangs of the Cyprians, *be swarm in shoals at that place. TA 'AN.