The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-28 00:00:00

THE EXPEDITION. PRIVATE CORRESPONDLNCL. " MIDDLEBURG, AtT. Z. " Intelligence has been ju,t received front the vicinity of Lilln, stating that the flotilla under the command of Sir I!. Porn t had been remelted by nearly 100 French mat-boats and brigs, and that We rc-ult was, as usual, decidedly in fa vorer of our navy, akboagh possessing St 3reely half the strength of the enemy. Our vessels have taken three of the Fresh brigs and sunk one t the others sought safety in flight. They have gone up abort. Lillis. near to where the French fleet lie. '!'his was the boasted flotilla, e bids was, in eat ;enctien with the fort of Lille, to have given protection to the Freuch fleet. The Dumber of that tieet i, now accuratelv ascertained—they amount to nine sail of the line and four fri gate.. Before they can he a pprrutelied. the imnietee chain mid' boon which is acres the river must he broken. mid the fort of Lillo mitt be passed. Cite chairs h, I under...mud. con•i deribly larger and more difteult to be broken than that which remised Basque Roads. The attempt to break it was to bare been made, and probably ha. , . before now, by . the Couregrur, Captain PLAMPI I / 4 . The distance be• (trees Lila mei Fort de Lie kershneh is not halt mile, but these coteries are not -taring. I arm told bs per. s e a s of intelligence, on whom I ran rely, that the Freoch elrips arty p.os Antwerp, and go up too high to be followed Ly ocr fleet, if their toasts and pess be taken nut. It is still re united to :Mark Antwerp. It t, stated that Bo r 4PARTL has ce :crud a stem.; farce. While oar army and navy were oc cupied been! Flitiiiittg, and Sir Jou , ' !lora waited the re sult its Beteland, Doe aranres agents were actively en steed is providir.g this force—sarong those was King Louis himself. Ile was at Antwerp and Lillo on Sunday lint, to vview the froops and the fortificationt. The Royal salutes upon hi, arrival at each of these places were heard by our Yewels. Same deserters have since come over to to. who saw his Majesty, awl who describe him as very cope to forward the preparations of revise:nee for our attack. The report of these deserters, however, as to the nature of the French force, is Tory encourneing ; bat who ester beard any report of a contrary maitre from a deserter ? Aninng thew desere tees are •oar flanirweri in., who state that the it hole force as sembled in the vi' ini v of Aattverp does not eveced 0,000 men—that ee-t consist of persons of different notifies, who were primorri fit war in France, and who sie-e rimed by ill treatment (to escar starvation tittle, fl) to enter i to the French service. This may be true. but I rememher tied we had a similar dory about the garrison iif Flashes:, and It was extraordinary with what eagerness these ill-treated prisoners fought for the power which so forced them into service. The garrison of Flushing, consisted of nearly 9.000 men, not one third of whom were French, mod yet being few of them de serted to ns—searcely any helped, hut our own cnuntry men, who are, for the most pert, subject to the su-pieinn of having before deserted from our awn army or navy. They state ge nerally, that they were taken prisoners at Copeirisageti or Fpnin, or elsewhere, NO furred nut of pri,on to tight egoista their country. But the evidence of the stepicien I have men tinned appears frost their having been beat with the French prisoners to F.ogi.tod. s. General llovw ernal mite, together with thirty or forty prisoner., who have been cau,;ht its different hiding places them :thorn the icl.tsJ since the surresider of Flushing. era b irked this d .r England—eve boats were filled with the bargege of 11.)x ver's suite. 'lnsect is not considered at a rola of ability—he I, a mere soldier, devoted to Nero. j tans—bat he endeavours to write. I have rata some pa lters he aoldreseil to the inhabitants of Flashing in the course of the siege, and tuey are perfect rbodonsontade—leite as re.narktible fur vapour and inanimlty mutate of our paella ei:attary speechee Gar: teal Lunt: v, who was meson in raminasd, is a clever man. Tine Geoerale do not disguise Vie fact, Oat they had no hope fit holdirat net king at Flab i tr, after their cuinuannicatino with Cachand w ai• intercepted. 1:It that they were eitoitted to resist as long as possible, in order that tee Unglish army should be so detained, that how :night be affirJed for the enilectiou of a force at Aotwevp.— howeser, the connisoniratiosi with Cadsand had net been cut oil, they acre eol without hopes of receiving Resident form to smelly them fur Hi/UV a general attnek upon our army. Tic reinforcement they did 'recite from Cad--and was about 41130 men. It therefire now appeart euite evid• ut. that the Marquis of TIVNTLET was not only Juaiiktble, in &riming to dietteha:k sr. t:aels:tml, jut that he would have ten extremely culpable hid he attempted to risk ais force under the circumstances in which he was pla t ed. on a ll hands it is confessed. that Commodore Owen could not Tuntiah boats to land more titan 704 Men at a time, while from the nature of the weather, it was impossible for them to take more than one trip in a tide. Whet then, with sorb a force en Ca4eini, was to become of 700 men before they could he 1/enforced ? But the fact is, that the enemy bail a force at Cadsand considerably outnunalo:•riog the whole division under the coommod of Lord Ile TILL Y. It i, there. Barr peculiarly fortunate, that what MU so mach regretted some flats n 4 o, did happen to Like place. and in comegateete, the conduct of a collate l's neer. which y. re. F..r some days the 'abject of much aiiimadversion, stands now perfectly vindi cated. " Bat many persons very naturally ask, why was nest the emnmanieatioa v.,: y mt ith Cadzand mother prevented by the iaterposition of oar navy ? !lad the frigates, whose gallantry I mentioaed in 3 former letter, made n sintilar dash at the outset of the the comma .ication allutled to might have been stopped at once. The result, however, is not to he deplored, as the communication has served only to sag men; the number of prisoners. " Lord Cu tTlr.tt sets nil to-morrow for! nude. Aeveland. The Transports, kr. a hich arc to take our troops ap the Scheldt are lying otr Pushing. Some of the troops are eat hArked. Central (;aos v axon's divi,ion embarked at Kam niuco, to p over to South Revel.ind. The 44ith i tb, and l t regiateot, remain in this Hand. " 'lttere is reason to suspect that a vast number of French soldiers arc concealed at Flashing and throe7hout the island; they are sail to arno tat to several hundretts--some art diAco 'eyed every hour. .•.n order has been isst . -4 at Flushing, to surrender all men vr a bore arms, aecturs:). , ..licd with a threat t'it.t, if envy da n..? , Irreader within a crrtz.in period, they will he treated as spies. •• I ail inward 16 making inquiry to to the vitiate of this i•land a a cooque-t to England, in a military, a commercial, and a political point of view. Informatitio upon these polo*s must be desi.-ahle to Englishmen, now that it determined to retaiu the island. This determination is maniPest. Colonel Naze, of the Engineers. has already received orders to take everyneeessars measure fur insproviug tbe fortifications 1: Flashing." " TERVEER. AUG.I9. " A report bas been in eircohatini litre to-day, that our - "el4 ham pawed 1.41 o; het arm iuquire among those who r.unpeesot to indo. I do oat hod that this report is ere -4,1r- It is tint enorelved probable that that description of *Jr naval foreo, hr whirls ouch a passage mould be attempted, rata: h.i‘e reached TAM its time for the roma alluded to. •• All oor twee rtrimartl for the operations up tbe Scheldt have cnitnirkel. retiooest+ wkieb rensaio beer are the *ith, Tith, ilst, Nth, 814, sad GU. It was fillrort4.l that the troops to reasia wevialove bees General THI.t STATFSMAN. • tit .t division, havingNuffercd so ouch daring the siege of FluAting ; it was naturally sopporri that this opportunity of relief would have been aforded theta but it would ap pear that the .Attar this corps displayed, so strongly recoils- mended them for selection as to uvercushe every other coosi deratioo. " Lord CIIATRAN and suite proceed for Goes is Sswth Ilevel.utd, where the head-quarters are to be edahlished. " The troops murmured much before their departure, is consequence of the logs untained h) the state ureter currency, which 1 have before mentioned to you. The soldiers hare received their pay in dollars at 4s. 6d. each, that is 2 guilders 14 wiser% and these dollars are current at only 2 guilders slivers. " have now a report here that the inundation of the ground near Fort Lillo is PO compleat, that it will he totally impossible for our army to approach it on the la r d side. It alight have bees taken by Sir Joan alone on his first de xvtit in Bevel:led, but he bad no orders. This circuantatiee very touch alerts the plan of operatives, m it is (mired that it will be impossible to get 'narcissi :4h the French beet even to destroy, much less to bring them 0E" CILIRGE or MURDRII Br rffz KEEPER or 4 LUNATIC:. The death of the unfortunate Maniac, which formed the subject of the following trial, is so deeply mysterious, that we are persuaded no com mon anxiety will be felt, until the nature of the violence by which . fire ribs on each side and the breast bone of this unhappy man .were broken, shall be discovered !l l it appears impossible that the lunatic could, in an act of frenz), how. ever violent, have so maimed himself. The following extraordinary trial came on at the Law:aster Assizes, on the 9.lst instant. Williams Bell was charged with the wilful mur der Of William Brown, by violence and ill-trrat_ ment, while under his care, as keeper a the Any. dim at Manchester for the reception of lunatics. Ittibert Brown (the brother of the fanatic) deposed, that the deceased was so much deranged in his mind, that it was agreed, by his family, to send him to the Asyltim for Lunatics, where he and several of his relatives accompanied him in the month of March last ; that he went to see him shortly afterwards: when be saw him, be nes very bad ; and Dr. IVinstatiley, who attends the patients, informed him there was no hope of his getting better. Ile reu►ainud eighteen days in the Asylum, and then was fetched away. The de ceased was very much deranged, hut knew the witness. As be s►as getting into the coach, he complained several times of his back pain. ing him very lunch. lie was taken from Manchester to Ilendon, where, on his promise to be very quiet, his strait waistcoat was taken ofd'. Ile appeared sensible for several days, so much so, that he was permitted to sleep with his wife. On the Monday after the Friday on which be was taken away, Mr. Sauderson, the Governor of the Asylum, called to see him. Af ter he was gout, the deceased was put to bed, and, when lyiag on his back, he appeared to be very uneasy, and, in consequence, the witness put his hand ►'eider his back to alter his position, when he called out, apparently in great agony, " Brusher, my breast-bone is broken." The witnev asked him who did it, when he replied, " Bell did it ;'' and he appeared quite sensible he was dying. lie said his prayers that afternoon, and every day af terwards, till the time of his death. The deceased also tui.l the witness, on the Friday, when lie was taking him from the Asylum to his house, that all his ribs were broken from kis back-Luise, except two ; and the witness conceived him to be in a dy ing state. Thu witness, on his cross-examination, said, that at (be time the deceased first u►ent' d his ribs nere broken, be imagined it only proceeded from his rambling mind. On the evening after Mr. iaiiderson's visit, the deceased complained so midi of his ribs being broken, that the witness was induced to feel them, and he was then con vinced of the truth of his assertion. The deceased complained very much of the prisoner, and said, it was he that had basket, his ribs and breast bone; and the witness being couvinetsl his ribs were broken, sent for Dr. Agnew to attend him. The deceased lived two days after this : and after his death, witness went to the Asylisin, and said " they had murdered his brother," and made se veral threats against the prisoner. Thitaestimony was also corroborated by the wife of the deceased, who said the deveased was continually con►pl,tining of his ribs, and attri buted it to the prisoner; and that he fervently prayed to God to release hie► from his misery. Here Judge CUAMBRE stopped the evidence.— lie observed, that although the deceased had lucid intervals, yet, no doubt, lunatics in general had a great dislike to their keepers. With respect to the declarations of the deceased against the prison ; er, he did not think they came up to the princi pie, recognised by law, of a person being in a dy. ing state ; for the only expression that could be ; attributed to his being sensible of his death, was, his saying his prayers; and that his unsupported declaration against the Prisoner could nut there ; fore he received. Previous to the decision of the Jpre, at the re. quest of Mr. CROSS, the Pi isuner s C:ouusel, Mr. Sanderson ss as C4llCd, who gave the Prisoner a good character for humanity, during the five years he was employed by him as keeper. Dr. Winstanley, the physician to the Asylum, said, that he had attended the deceased, twice a week ; and, on the day before he was taken away by his relatives, he was stripped before him, and stood upright, which he thought was impossible it his ribs had been broken; nor did be think it ;u -mble the deceased could have lived four or tile da's in the state he was described to be. lie had attended, with several Surgeons, the opening of the body, and found the upper and lower part of the breast-bone completely separated ; and had no doubt but that his death was occagoned by the its. jury he had received on his chest. Fife ribs on each side were found broken ; but how the de. c e ased came in that shocking state, could not be ascertained. -The keeper had a good character for his humanity. The Jury found the Prisoner Net Guilty. . z Ld NCASTER ASS IZ ES. Before Mr. Baron WooD. BREACH OF PROM PIE OF MARRIAGE AND AN ARM& Moral; t 7. WAl:nruCt. This wit a case which excited such an uncom mon degree of interest, that many of the Ladle , of Liverpool left that place, in order to be pre. scot at a trial which promised so highly to gratify their curiosity. • Mr. Serjmitst Cociter.r., in his'address to the Jury, assured them that it was with infinite regret he stated a case of as much injustice, inhumanity, hardship, and cruelty towards the Plaintiff, as he ever retnembeted to have heard of in his life, and he was surprised the Defendant should have occa. sioned the poor, suffering Plaintiff to come into Court, to ask by means of a Jura, the payment of a debt which ho hail contracted under circuru. stances which froze his bl 'oil with horror. The Plaintiff, whatever her condition in life was, had been most cruelly treated by the Defendant. She was a young woman of great personal attraction, and her misfortune had been her excessive fondness fur an ungrateful man—a man, who, for a long period of time, had drawn his subsistence from this poor deluded young creature. She had been fond of him to distraction ; and the Defendant, taking ad vaotagd of her weakness, had drawn almost every sixpence she had from her, under pretence of af. fectioo, fouilues, and endearment ; so much so as to occasion her to be distressed, and to part with her property, and even plcd t .te the trifle *fie had. This young woman had • been fur some time living in the town of Liverpool, where she had a confectioner's shop, and by her gains in that shop supplied this ungrateful man with money. for a considerable time. Fur a year and a half lie b:iarded at her house, ate at her table, and re ceived in her society what he was pleased to con sider much comfort, but which he had now quite forgotten. He had been in trade, but he after. wards went into the 4th regiment of Dragoons. the assisted him in the purchase of his commis. sion, whets his own friends would not supply him with a shilling. The Learned Serjeant said, he was n it fond of dealing out harsh epithets, but no language could paint the Defendant in his pro per colours. His ono letters, however, would represent him in a true light ; and lie hoped they w hare the effect of letting the Officers of the corps to which he bAutiged know what sort of a' messmate they hail ; and would consider whether, as Gentlemen of the army, they could associate with such a man as the Defendant. As every transartion between these parties passed withont a witness, the Plaintiff had nu means of proving her demand, which amounted to upwards of float., but by the Plaintiff's own ac. knowledgments, as cuutaitted in his letters; mud, - with so much artifice had the IMendatit conducted himself, that when he received money from the Plaintiff, he never had the fairness to admit the sum. The Learned Serjeant then proceeded to read a great variety of letters; they always began, " My dearest, dearest girl," amid were signed " Gcutgc." In the first he said he had received the box of comet-cakes and the pot of preserves, which were very smite—the money came very see suitable, for he was completely run out; his only happiness was in contemplating their union. In another Ito desired her to keep his dogs for him, Vick, and Trim. This young girl nut only had him to keeu and board, but his dogs too. In another he told her he had written home for money, but they had sent hint none; that be had no re source but herself; that he was in want of 20 or 301. and had only a few shilliegs; the last money she sent him just came in time, for he was quite out. Then, in another, after the most passionate vows of eternal love, he said he had regularly re. ceived her dear fetters L•fith Ihcponey; he could only hope, by a life of eon , Jancy and ettachment, to requite her tenderness. • A sad requital it was, to put this unfortunate young woman to the ne eessity of bringing an action under such circum stances. In another letter, he acknowledged the receipt of one from her, enclosing money; and then he stated that which was eqoivalent to a pro mise of marriart• In the itexi, tie expressed him- self in terms of great affection, inducing a belief th it she was the idol of his soul ; but he always rc. curred back to the main thing, which was money. " It freez-s my blood," said the Learned Sur-' jeant, " to deliberate upon this man's cruelty." . in the next letter, he said, " My dearest Rebecca, you must send we some money to keep me a float, and by return of post, for I am quite out ;" and then Ito went on professing his affec ' lion in fulsome language, calculated to assure her he would make her reparation by marriage. Then he said, " Your cash camevery apropos, fur I owe for a fortnight's mess." So that in fact he vets drawing his whole subsistence from this young woman. lie never wrote to her but when he wanted money. There was not a single letter in which he did not attempt to spicexe money out of her. Ile then read a letter, which, he said, would shed the extent of the Defendant's claim on the feelings of this girl. After calling her his only life, he mentioned the circumstance of a vacancy to a highow rank in the regi ment having occurred, which he could obtain by paying 23U1. or 3001. ; he said he had applied, in vain, to his friends—that he had but one re source, and then he desired her to exert herself to obtain the money. One of the articles for which the Plaintiff claimed was a horse, fur which she paid 701. he never having had a sixpence of his own. In one of his letters, he said nothing would give hint so much pleasure as a letter from the Plaintiff, for he was confoundedly off for want of a few pounds. There was one letter which the Learned Serjeant said pained him exceedingly, for it show. ed the avaricious disposition of the Defendant, and to what an extent he was practising 011 tit feelings of the Plaintiff. She h t.l writ e i in him, requesting he would come to Liverpool. lie st sured her nothing would be to gratifying to his feelings, but that he had not the means, as his purse was then, and had he St, in s" limited a state; bet if she would seed hint a little money , then he would come—thus availing, himself of her fondness for hies to take money out of her • a • poisket..lA.l last the finances of this poor yo.sng woolen-were exhai f .and she could nu luogee toppdlß 1111 m. As soon .ar•shr ctased to owed iunegy IS the Defendant, all his flood of fundnesie faired back .to his own bad mind, and he never gave her another letter. The Jury from these letters would have to estimate the damages ; It was evident she lind supported hid); and that he had been living with his regiment in the style of gentleman, and consequently at no email expence. lip• had no resources,bat this lady's purse s and hie pay ass Cornet. Under these circumstances, it would be fur the Jury to assess the damages; they had not the usual means of estimating the damages ; but with sue'. as they had, he was persuaded they would not spare this base, ungrateful man. Mr. Damn WOOO observed, that this was not an action fur damages, but for a demand, which the Plaintiff would have a great deal of difficulty in proving without a bill In equity. His Lordship therefore recommended, as the best mode, that the whole matter should be referred to a gentle. man of the bar, who might eumine both parties on oath. After some cnetersation, this was agreed to; and t h u Phintiff's demand, the breach of promise of mart iage, and all matters in difference were re. fermi to arhitrathin, upon condition that the let. ten should be delivered lip to the Plaintiff as Woo as the arbitrator should hare made his award. Miss Flulme was in Court during the whole trial, and shed teens abundantly while the Learned Serjrant was reading the letters. THE MAR Kr27S. CORN-EXCIIANGE—Auctar Wheat this day has arrived in tulcrdble sop. plies, 6ne samples early in the (lay were at al ad. ranee of about 3s. per tinarter, but afterwards nearly at Friday's prices : Barley and Malt sup. port the late advance : in Peas and Beans bat little variation : there are considerable supplies of Oats from Lincolnshire; and this trade scarcely maintains last prices : Flour on terms of the late quotation : Fine American 525. to 554. per barrel. Whent, - - - - 764. 88i. 10),. Fine ditto - - - - 1U5.. 106 e. Rae, Barley. Malt, W. Pen- ( RnHen) 91,5 * tire) Pens, 465. 525. Beats - 56ftl4s. • Tick Beane, -- - 465. 524. 28s. 925. :Mk. l'idand ditto - - - - 404. Potatoe ditto - - - - to 44e. Rape Seed - - - ifso Fine Flair - - - - SOL Secoods SMITIIFIIi To sink the 4)41 Od. to M. tift. Mutton Od. to bs. 64. Veil Od. to 7.. Od. Pork ... 03. to i c. 4d. 611. to 6s. Fd. .111—Avo. per moue of Klb. hle se, ad of Cattle this day : Plea3so Wp and Lambs !Om calves Pigs HAY-MARKET. 112 y 5l. Os. Od. to 61. 6u. Od. Straw Cluter The Dutch Government have not bees wanting in endeavours to excite the people to take up arms against the British, whom they describe as ." the c ,nmon enemy of the Continent ;" but their ap !ital.; to national feeling have not, we understand, induced any considerable portion of the innabit. ants to enrol themselves. The adherents of Ike House of Orange have of late given some unequi vocal proofs of their attacbirpt to that family, sufficient, it is said, to give well founded rios.• of alarm to King Louis and his liartizans. The great body of the people behold with total apathy the dangers which menace him, and leave him to taw ive protection from the motlqy force which he is cn. deavouring to assemble under cover of the cannon of Bergen-op-Zoom. The five officers who passed through Norwich, List week, from Yarmouth, on their Kay to Ches. terfiehl, nn their parole, as pri':uners of war, were Count NtsiENßuoE, Colonel of a regiment in King JEitont art's service, and Mares.. chat of fllO Palace, , %113 war hrought off by the Duke of Butryswick's Is ilr army, as k hostage; he is also a Member of the !Alien of II incur, and wore the insignia cif the order ; his two As,ies.du. Camp, who are German officer , ; a Captain of Artillery, taken at Biervliet ; and a French officer belonging to the Etat-Nlajur, who was g' iiig from Flushing to Cadsand with dispatches. They pro. cooled the next day on their route. INTERMEMT OF SIR WK. JEILNINGUAM.—The family Chapel and Mausulesm, lately erected at Costessey, having been solemnly consecrated on Monday last, by the Right Rev. Dr. MILNER, V. A. of the Midland district, were, on the fol. lowing day, opened to receive the remains of the lamented founder. At Guildhall before the Commissioners of Bank. rept, on the last Sitting day, a bankrupt was corm. mated to Newpte for not making a true sche. dule. The journal which he produced appeared to have been *alien at one time ; and he swore that the articles had been delivered according L.) dates ; but on examination, it was ascertained 'by the watermark, that the paper of which the book was made, was not manufactured until two )ears after the pretentlill date of the entries, which ere_ ated a strong suspicion in the minds ..f die credi. tors that he had secreted large su:ns of nion..y. At the Public Office, Worship-street, un Sa. turday, a woman named Morrice w as committed for re-examination, charged with negotiating tic. titious West Ilam Notes of (no pounds each, purporting to be issued by a banking Ilein there, and made payable at a house at Plaistow. Yesterday evening as sums children were at play in Piccadilly, near St. James's Church, Gentleman's gig came up at the time one of thre children (a tine hey, about six or seven years uld), in running away from the others, sv,lit into the highway, and run over by tile gig. Suna4 hopes are entertaine,l of hi, recovery. It is a fact not geoier,lll) 'mu' s% bat de. serrys fo be th..l 'me character of Csdeb Q uo . lens, in Cots( s's t 'cheated farceof Ilenetr ; or, frozc of Iliad:tor, was aetrastly 'alginate(' liy Let, the Manager of T.builtimignid sew, ,41 ,t;ier Provincial Theatres. Tisis is most int .0 , . te , t ibl y 1 ,, ,sell hy a recent Public* sun (rum t: u pen of that Geod.:man, entitled Caleb 12.r0i, as and hi. Wife, and which . s - as written long prior to' COLMAN'S production.-7'amnton Cunrier. 1 VI. • I i Aa_!-13