The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-09-01 00:00:00

GERMAN p4Axas. AMSTERDAM, AUG. 1 1 1. 7 —They wrilefrons Ant. werp, that 3000 French, who are going to join • the Army of Ossendrecht, passed through Ant. werp on the 10th. The English have souk some vessels in the Scheldt, to prevent the breach" flotilla, which is gone up the river, from coming down. There is a report at the Hague, that the English had re.embarked, as they could not ac. cornplish the object of their expedition. Great preparations are making for some import. tent soterprise against Booth &related. The fort of Hat hz is constantly bombarded by the French flotilla, and it is evea repotted that it is again re. taken. Tire American errand idooner Exterprise has left the Texel, and pot to sea again. The King's head-quarters have been removed from Rosendal, near Breda, towards Berges-op- Zoom. The whole army is united. General Colbert is Governor of Breda. Besides the Dutch arn►y, about 40,000 French troops have, within ihrze eight days, arrived from Nris and the interior of France, The object of the enemy was to take Antwerp, and to surprise the squadron in the Scheldt. But we hare reason to believe that this object cannot be obtained. The fleet is at Antwerp, where all preparations arc made to produce in a few hours an inundation whirl► will protect the place against all attacks on the land side. On the Scheldt, the ships will be protected by their own guns, -1.1 well as the batteries on !sae banks, which have, by the order of his Majesty, been augmented by four additional batterier., mounted with 36-pounders. TaoLtx, At n. 1..—0 n the 10th, his Majesty inspected this fortress. Yesterday, during the whole of the day, a heavy cannonade was heard in the direction of Fort Baths. A vessel has been bl.,wn up, and t'►e explosion was distinctly heard ben.. The Dutch flotilla has taken a position in the Scheldt. The to Likes are open at Bergen-op- Zoom, and the whole Polder between this and that town is tinder water. The hostile fleet has extended itself further along the Eastern Scheldt, and a number of their small vessels have come up to Bath;. At the departure of the post, a heavy cannonade is again heard, which appears to be in the neighbourhood of Liathz. gCtti (SUILITII BETELAND). AUG. 13.—The Trench have made several hold sorties frous Flush. ing : that of Wednesday last 'oust Wu coat the English a number of men. Twenty waggons with wgissided were brought to Middleburgh. Thu Eng. their landing on Waleheren, lost 500 men. Soma uaggoits with gold, it is sail, hare passel through Milltilebur.. _ _ 'fh; requisitions of provisions imposed on this and 411 the villages of thus island ere very op. • presa.vc. A scarcity of butchcie meat is appro. bend...! Amman:4am, Arc:. 15.-1 Itoyal Courant locutions Do torts military eveuts. Englih ships arrive daily with satumnition and prosisions 4t W.ileherett ; and the enemy is term ini as considerable magazines there, as if meant to hold that island for a year. The recruitipg goes on well, and the greatest exertions are et cry where made to oppose the enc.. my. A Royal Decree directs, that so long as a vat of Zealand remains in the posstssion of the enemy, 11. Ermeeris shall fill the office of High •Sh..riti of th.it step:sr:tricot. Fronn► the Sti► to th►! 14th there have b►en dAily aclinsts 411,1 cannonading along the Scheldt. T;►r enemy, it seeti.s, has shown h►mself off. ilelvoetsluys, whe►►ce several ship of viar hate pr4.ceetled to Dordrecht. A great namher of tl►e cnen►y's transports have also, ssithin these few da, s, been seen on the coast towards the Tray'. AN rw Ear, Aro. 7.—The French fleet, rom. posed of nine sail of the line and two frigates, wl~e stationed about half way hetsselu Antwerp acid Latlo. IVe consider here the left bank of the Urs!erst Scheldt, as far as Breskiiis, and from thence to Ostend, as being in a good state of de fence. A considerable number of troops occupy the other side from Antwerp to Lill°, and from thence Ossendrecht and Dergen.op.Zoom, and lei/Unreel:rents are daily arriving. A number of troops passed through this place this day, and *e have a considerable garrison. every pu•sible dis position is making fur passing front Ossendrerht South lievelaitd. The French Minister of War bias the necessary orders from Paris fur a number of reinforcements to march hither. A vu. 12 miesienlay ten of deg enemy's f:i gates<, and about 150 giaa.bnat, forced the pas sage 4t Flushing, and sailed en the Scheldt. This 48,tilla landed 11(1111p men at Ter Neese, nut far from Axel, on the Flemish side of the river ; but tliersocor made off. The land batteries maintained a heavy fire upon the vesaels, but could nut pre ,. i d /hilts from arriving at Baths. Tor MAINE, A 00. 14....Tht.Archduke Ferdi. wad t 4 to have the command of thy Austrians troops iN linheatia. Tung. Atm. 2.—A1l the American ships at Naples, Civics Vecchia, Leghorn, &t. have been pit under setluestr.stion. '1'11.! general ahiniun in the mercantile ant Id therefore is, that the French thiseininsoit will no longer wink at the contra. lra.lc of the but is determined to adoit the strungtsat ssis.ouras in unkr to put ate cal,i to it. . Since the efimmenreeneht of hostilities, 14,191 Austrian, and 396 English prisoners have passed Etrutilo WAtts tw, Auc. 10.—Tt is said 'ilia the Ras. sian troops are to Parc and M towards Mo:ilau, to juin their army in that quprter. li o !fussy NG, A vq. 6. Him Majesty has ap.! Hided the (porters far the everrise of the troops, I as f o ll o ws. :—Tne britride in Kist Prussia, at kolitagsberg—that its West Prussia, in the dis. kid of Mewe—that is Pfurarania at Stutiranli— that in the Mark, sit Berlin—that in I.nyscr Silc. bia s partly at Frankfort, and partly at 13reslise— that in Upper Silesia, at Frankinsteine. 01 the seven battalions which form each brl- Fade, two, and two squadrons of ravlry i siall s. d.: rips the periu3 utexercise ) be cam:nips* In ;Ariel - T Hlt STATHSIN AN. turn. The manoeuvres are to nontisuo dices ~lts. Beams, Arne. 12.—Four maps have lately beets publi%hed at Munich, the object of which is to sbew what tbe extent of Bavisrir has been at former periods. In the 10th century it included all Angina, Bohemia, Moravia, and a part of Ifungary. Ou the lath of August the cupola of St. Pelee* and the Vatican are to be illuminated in honour of the birth-day of the Emperor Napo leon, and the pledges in the great pawn-honk:aro to be redeeined at the expeuee of the public Tree. Bury. In all the late Awe! States, the Principals and Administrators of the Convents, and other clerical puns:salmis, are made responsible fur every thing in their houses, or under their eon truul. _ _ _ Pit the 18th of July, a prisoner was conveyed through Frankfort, who, from the respect, with which he was trvated, must be a person at dis tinction. There were two geus d'armes in the latriage. On the 18th of hat month, the pope was still at Genoa. cater., Avc. Estafette is just ar. rived from Berlin, with accounts, that hUstilities arr to commence with Austria and France on this 13:13 inst. and it is said we are to take a part in the war. The Emperor Alexander is enraged at tl.e Poles taking possession of Gallicia in Napo leun's mime, and this is in some degree confirmed by an Estafette just come in from St. Pctcrsburgh, ordering relays of atl horses to be ready at all the post stations fur a great Personage, said to be Caulincuurt, the French Ambassador at St. Peters burgh. A r , Ived. %Milo. Due. 1 Dublin 0 U Water,' srd ......... ..... ... 3 U - 1 1 . Leeward U . Malta 1 or STOCKS PHIS psvCnN.C►wa. 681 per Cent. fled. ani 9 4 per Cent Mk* Navy oak t:oaw►b tow Icr....►;:f I)A' AT ONE O'CLOCK. Omstium 1 pretn. Lung. Ante.... 18 xea. Ist. 13:. prem. India !lands. Yh. Vls. prem. .lotterl l'acketp, 'a/. 1 A.. THE STATESMAN. PIIUrWITI TENAX. LONDON : PIIMAY, 6: r I MIMI 1. Fr is perfectly Chin', that if Englaud must have war, it is her policy to seize every isssalar point within her grasp.— And why, in a warfare„, such as that shies we are now waging for commerce, I Site enemy should have been suffered to retain .. • mato) itilltUrt•illie voi.;tiotie, from whence.our trade has fur seventeen years been incessaotly an noyed, appears totally iucomprehensible.—We should like to bcC a correct statement of the amount of Pritss carried into the Isks of France and Bourbon, Martinique, Guade loupe, and Cuba,. from the. commencement of the war with Franco ; the amount would perhaps exceed the eleven millions, which is understood to be the cost of our Expedition. It seems that at last it has been fortuitously discovered, by the merest, and certainly most int; robable accident, •1 the &scram) of the entire Danish garrison, • that the little island of Ertholme contains " a must " capacious harbour, which will afford a safe re. " Image to our ships in the Baltic." Truly it seems marvellous, if such be the case, that a coo. pie of hundred Danish soldiers should have been suffered to retain possession of an i n sular point of such importance. Tu the securing of these points, our efforts must hereafter be cutifined, if war we must have—for, formidable as certainly might have been the military exertion of England un the Cuntimient of Europe, we must be now blind not , o see that we It :me nut amongst onr vigorous Minister —se presiding genius capable of ar. ranging or directing any military enterprize, un a scale of magnitude. Indeed were the genius of the great CHATHAM presiding over our Councils, it will not he supposed pos.dde that any pfais, however well digested, could he carried into exe cution with effect by the son of that really vigo. rous Statesman.—Of thi4, the Expedition to the Scheldt—the single 'menace in w bids the military talents of Lord (711,svii.sst have been put to the t.lit—affurds irrefragable prooff—Althumigh it certainly is not possible for the public to koala the inuti..es, or reasons, which influence the conduct of a Commander, the opinions of the British public, and the British army, on what they hear amid see, ;rill he publicly expvssed. From time Army and the Navy we have variety of consmunicationr, which it is nut possible, for obvious reasons, to lay before the public.— But it appears not a little extraordinary, that those who are on the spot should require from us at home the sulutiuu of an itifistite varim•ty of (pest kills, doubts, and difficulties, Which seem greatly to perplex our Navy and Army. They Scent particularly inquisitive to leans the motives of uer 111ipisters fur .the ap. pointmetst of the Fart of CRATRAII— whose Woofs fir war were unknown—and whose itelloenew in 1 3 arlilnment was not feared. It will be rensembeeed, that same time before the Ewe &ion sailed, reinfercemouts were suddpnly re. %aired top our fleet, on tbe coast of France, ben wititiof (ho )Each &et, .which was Wiest* to he of% the ege - W a f . Vickie& pusb out of port.— Now the ',menage happened to have all her guns, and no troops on board--she was free from every ineambrance but that of certain ponderous baggage, from which, however, she mould have been speedily freed, and might have sailed hi a few hours. Bet the removal of this same baggage was deemed of more importance than that of dis embarking all the troops, and theiraccompanylog stores, from a flagship, so th4t, what by derange. meats and arrangements, this reinforcement was considerably delayed ; a trifle indeed compared with the re-landing of this baggage, and II sepa ration from the then right hand of .the Expedi tion, Sir Hoot Parnell. Even Nelson himself, on whose presence as a Commander, the fate of England might have depended, could not have been mare peremptory I lint of this, more, much more, hereafter. We some time ago took the liberty of suggesting the possibility of proceeding against Antwerp in the first instance—that is crow believed not only to have been practicable, but the only line of conduct from which success could be reasonably anticipated. Ships it seems can pus either on the side of Cadsand or of Flushing ; and the passage of our frigates, comparatively with out loss, shews that the blow against Antwerp might. and ought to have been struck weeks ago. The real state of the case seem's to be simply this— A mighty armament, and 50,900 British troops, are sent to effect the destruction of the French Fleet in the Scheldt.—about one-third, at the most, of the army, is employed in the reduction of Walcheren—very well, admitting, fur the sake of argument, this to have been necessary, where was the propriety of the remainder of this formidable force looking deliberately on, while the ope. rations in IValcheren were in progress—how ever, at last, Flushing surrenders. 11 hat, in the name of Heaven, say the British, is our Commander now about et bliddlchurgh, as Flushing, the grand impediment, is removed ? To this question we apprehend the navy, the ar. my, and the Wilk, are unable to offer any satis factory solution. All that we have heard of the British Commander in Chief is certainly favour. able, so far as regards the dignified support of that reputation for wealth, splendour, and luxury, which certainly precedes the English wherever they go; and we have nut the least doubt that there have been as many comforts, and as much good living enjoyed at bliddlebergh, as in any hall, of any one, of all the rich City Companies. The want a port wine for the numerous sick in our hospitals is the islands at the mouth of the Scheldt, we lament to find reported in the letters from thence—but the public may rest assured, that no such privations have been felt at head. quarters. Indeed the state of warfare has been such as to preclude nu enjoyment either of bed or board. Our Commander has been harassed by no nocturnal passages of rivers in darkness and In tempest, like that of the Danube by NAPOLEON. 1 1 Every thing has been conducted coolly and deli. berately, and it is hoped that the Commander in Chief has once more set foot on his native shore in perfect safety. In plain English, it is reported, the Earl of CUATUAN is arrived. We have nut had an opportunity of ascertaining the truth of this report, but it is prevalent. If, however, the Earl should not have astpally at. rived, the report can only be considered as ;ire• mature, for the primary object of the Etpedition having completely failed, his presence et the mouth of the Scheldt can be no longer necessary. For what was this Expedition undertaken? for the de. struction of the French deet...for the possession of Walcheren...or for both ? If for the nrst, the oliject could only be accomplished by a coup. de-main—if for the second, the force ac. tually Iziided in Walcheren, and one-fourth of the ship, was • amply sufficient—if for boa t that part of the Expedition not employed at Welcher= should have proceeded against Antwerp—those operations might have been si. multancous ; hut it non , turns out that Cadsand, not Beselaml, was the point that ought to ban been attacked ;...unluckily,. as usual there wes an omission of preparation—we had not boats tii•flieirnt for a disembarkation on Cadsaitd.— Thus eleven milli ns will hare becu paid for the possession of au Mind , the retention of which, is defiance of the efforts of the French, is not yet with certainty ascertained —and *hero our troops must be furnished with water from Englind—as the endemic disorder which has appeared amongst them, is attributed by the medical men to the badness of the water in the low lalailds, at the mouth of the Scheldt. Tits intelligence contained in the foreign Jour. nnls k of inferior interest. We attach not the slightest credit to the waclikc i4fereaces that are draws in Ger Morning Papers. As la the re. views of Pnis t sia % end' the jealonsr of Asit4a,n. n. at the display o( the French arms in Puland, we thirk dmi beih thole Niters mu* see that their assistance mama% too late. 11re certoinly have Cu expectation of the reseaptiop of hostilities in Germany—but if, eentearx to . aid ratiennl expecte. ' (ion% FRANCIS dioakid, ve i ls sore se4 4 c his Empire as • rae1"...t1.•••01.6..1...../ ea. _ may be anticipated. Poland naturaNy detesst those partitioning Powers, who pa rccliedunt her fair Territory--anill her attachment to France is not inferior to her hatred of Prussia, Germany, and Russia. When Ministers condescend to 44 let the cal out of the bog," we shalt know something of the real state of the CM, with respect to the leader can_ tiun which the Spaniards hate expressed for the British army, in taking cue that they shall not be exposed to the whole brunt of the French attacks. The people of England hero come really to ; pleasant state of mental degradation, to swallow this contetuptiOle stuff.—Why do not Ministers speak out at once, and let us know the full ex. tent of the calamity Intelligenat from Spain may he hourly expected , and we can as'ure our Readers that the anxiety with which it is expected is most intense. I N a New York Papt•r of the 28th of July, the 'ammeter of the City of St. Domingo to the fish, is anuoisocell on the authority of the Port. eu.Prixce Ginette, of the lst of that month. Stocks were very brisk towards the close of the market yesterday, owing to a report which had obtzittou circulation, that Lord W. BESTIRC K was on the eve of departing for the Contineut, ia the quality of Plenipoteutiary to ; Congress, to be lucid fur the adjutants:at of a general peace. We however have reason to fear that his Lord. ship's mission is of a nature widely different. The Dorset, Serves, arrived at plymnoth, sailed from Webec Jolly 10, iu cowpony with 43 sail, under convoy of his MA Jl i T yi s s hi p C a. quette ; off the [links of Newfoundland pot e d . t reet the whole fleet, in hazy weather, except Blur sail sail, which Inc left on the 28th ult. ett the Lizard. The Experiment, Bat Ago, from Montserrat to London, was spoke th i n tltil ult. leaky, and only biz ha.ids on board. At a dinner given by ViscoUnt WeiArmerox to General JusoT, after tire battle of Viiiirira, the French Goner*, onnilidly confessed that he had passed through the En4lish camp on the Jay before the battle, with hia Aia/..de,Vasap, in the disguise of two, olly Priers. SnarlsLe, Apo. 29 1 --On Wednesilay evening s Sums. Warren% An, eq. M. P. accompanied by his family, arrived at the Tontine Intl, ip this Oar'. Thu bells were rung on the occasion ; nod, oil * Thursday Mr. W. and his lady visited some or our principal manufactorim. On his Isaias% the Sewn in the afternoon, a number of persons were assembled, who expressed a wish of %king the horses (rum the carriage, but desisted enure their purpose at the earnest eotrestise of 31 84 Wan. BREAD. The Earl of CRATIOASS is not re*ark.bk for rising at early hours, though be is usually in be 4 before ten eclock ; only hit intimates kog ir wtts Hier he prays ! hut the whole army is persuaded that his I.orelship does not essich• Gist. sir DA, yin Duna ts, the present Voiernander ia Chief, called on the Earl, on military business, about f•ur o*cluek in the afternoon, and, learning that l e was still nader the soft &minion of Morrheas, left the following note, singular both for point, and its !actinism :—" Genend D. Dosoasis coin. plieteatS to the Into Earl of eiIASHAM-4 p. so.:" -.(nne Mercury.) The near approach of the opining of the The, strew fur the winter season is now makings won. durfill altcrstiun in those of the country. lo w , Queens, and Princes, who have reigned with Mut lin their provincial dramatic kingdom., are noir hourly arriving hi state upon ths roofs and boxes of the stages, to deliver matlages, and strut on as dummies in town, till summer returns. Every !um of Covent.gar4en Theatre his keen tried by weights, equal to that of the most ecowd. ed audiences it will contain, and the experiment fully justified the previously decided opinion of the hest prufasiunal judges of lb eittnordinarp Stability, On Monday evening a young woman, el goofed appearance and respectable connections, wits *bout to precipitate herself from the steps near West. Mester Bridge, into the water; a Gentleman, who nas passing by at the instant, fortunately prevented it ; and having a slight kmowled lo o f her, was enabled to restore her to her friend.. The recent loss of an afrectionate husband, who was an tracer in the army, and fell in the late glo. rious conflict at Talavera, impelled her to this rash attempt, On Thursday se'nnight, a melancholy accident uctsarmil between Walton ferry and !Antiguan,- ' fort. A soldier belonging to the ‘Vestmorland militia had been with 4011111 friends to take refresh, meat at the ferrphouse, after which he was attune to return home. On his way to the garrison, there were three small creeks to pass, the Grit of which his friends put bim aeries; the others hid hard way over them, which he said he knew ; oa that they returned, and he pursued his war to the second creek, and endeavoured to pass on the hard way, but missed it, and gut into the mod ; the. tide was !lowing, and he could not extricate him. self ; in this iivi!ul 'intimacy he remained tiM the tide flowed over his, and he was drowned; ho was found, neat morning, standing upright, a nd in the med. The persons at the ferry. m ee heard a yoiee calling out s bat *eight it same from the soldiers at the garrison. A sca esabanktiteut was last year raised by James Stockilale and Richard Towers, Darr. upon Cartons( Sands, is the county of Lancaster, three miles In length s tea feet hip, and 73 fset base, by which they have inclosed 000 UM of marsh from the sea, 100 acres of which they have sues ;his yea t with oats, and which art a remark ably fine crop. That part which is paatared, since the tide ia taken it it, feeds mode beyond all expectation,. tt is ts be hoped tb e at *ma the are possessed of similar growth $1 fellow die 0 .