The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-11 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, JULY 30. Prohibition of the entry of Colon sal Prod nee. An Imperial Decree of the 17th of July, 1809, has repealed the Decree of the 4th of June last, which had re-established the relations Nith 1101.. 141111 o❑ the same footing with what had existed prior to the Decree of the 16th of September, 1808. Here follows the Decree of September 16, 1508, which by this change is now in force:— We, N poleott, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, aid Protestor of the Rhenish Confederar, upon the lle.purt of our Minister of finaoce, have decreed, and do decree as fal lout '— Art. I. The entry Into France of all Colonial Produce passive through Holland and Spain, is prohibited, until it be otherwise ordered. ♦rt. 11. Tao 'earls loaded with colonial produce which eater rie !Um, the Weser, and the Yade, shall be seized aid confiscated. Art. 111. This present Decree shall not derogate from the previsioas of that of the 9tb of June. by which we have re served to ourselves to. permit, according to circuiroances, the foredo-tint+ of rotten wool. • AR. IV. Our Minister of rifflllltC is cliargett will the cir ealation of the Keno' Decree. (Sigurd) NAPOLEON. ts'ace of St. Cloul l 51110. IR. IFO6. PAnts, JOLT 20.—The Prince of Poste Curio ! arrived here two days ago. In conformity' to the orders contained in the letter of hie Majesty the Emperor and King, dated July 13, from his Imperial camp at Znaim, ist Morevia, and addressed to the Israelitish Con. Mstory, at. Paris, by his Excellency the Alinister for Hivioe Worship, on Sunday next, the 30th instant, prayers and thanksgivings will be offered to the Most High, in the Jewish Temple of the street St. Avoie, fur the victories of Enzcrsdorff and Wagrani, iii which the God of Armies has so evidently fought with the warriors of France. Jus.v Majesty has ordered an immc. diate stop to he put to the reprisals lately decreed against the subjects of the Hey of Algiers, as the ' Dey has given satisfaction fur his conduct towards Mr. Dubois Theinville, and the Frenchmen in his dominions. In consequence, the sequestration laid on his mach and goods is rallied. his M ij sty also revives thu decree of Sept. It, 1808, relative to colonial produce coming through Holland, and which had been annulled by the decree of the 11th June last. Nu culunial produce coming through Holland shall therefore be admitted on the territory of the French Em pire, whatever be the mode of its importation, or the certificates with which it is attended. MUNSTER, JULY 22.—His Majesty the King of Westphalia is expected at Hanover, which place General Iteubell entered the 19th iust. at the head of 13000 Westphalian troops. CAI3LL, Joey Majesty has organized, by a late decree, a b'ettalion of national guards, &imposed of eight companies, one of which is to consist of grenadiers, and moodier of chasseurs, cuataining each 154 effective men,' olTivers in. eluded. Attessovue, JULY 20.—Certain intelligence has reached us, that after the departure of the Duke of Ragusa, the Austrians almost instantly again took possession of I part of Lower Stiria ; but the province will, by virtue of the armistice of Znaim, he shortly given up to the French troops. It essentially contributes at the present moment, by its fertility, to the supply of Lower Austria, and particularly of Vienna, with provisions.... Grata, the Capital, is one of the most important towns heloogisig to the Austrian Monarchy. Mar. shah Macilutiald's corps has been ordered to take tap cantonments in the province. MIINICU, JULY 22.—Although the Austrian Major Twiner, who commands the insurgents of the Tyrol, was informed of the Armistice' of Znaim, he had, on the 17th, the audacity to make a general attack upon the positions of the Bavarian General Count D'Areci. He gained and bept possession for an hour of the town of Mur. nau, but was at length defeated, and driven into the mountains with considerable loss. MADKID,J u LY 20.—His Alajesty's last labours have been dedicated to a considOration of the con. dition of persons employed by the State, and the a44iptioa of as equitable system for reform, end the granting of pensions to those who retire from office. Thu old Government had vainly attempt. ed to correct the abuses existing in that part of the admitikration. The reward due to services eine) s fell to the share of intrigue. Employments and pensiens were multiplied in proportion to the number of persons intend to be served ; and places were subjected to an incessant mutation, difficult to be conceived. Ignorance and effrontery üb. blued the posts claimed in tail, by talent and in. straction, and discouragement sprang frutu such as ill.cotorived organization. The numerous taxes, torn from the labours of many unhappy beings, Isere scarcely 'efficient to pay all the pen. sion* so inconsiderately lavished away. The de cree issued by bis Majesty, which insures pensions of retreat to those who are employed in his ser vice, secures et once their zeal and gratitude, and wilt prove one of the gmeatest benefits conferred nom his people. ; .0.. ---- • . _ . TIM .. 111 BiSii reSpectfielly a- ........... p , ' ablic that 0 the dilly Lottery•to --F4 • is' the E STAT LOTTER 1 . %If lt W • .1 of hest Oetobrr, . -, 4' e ALL l.' 0 i ii: I! - • Tickets and Share: ar • ".. ... to .4. lice Scheme seems highly ap , ! ! ' he better, torte Wow ind • 4 IP" _ bchett.e,, with Partite , ' ' , ~4 illSit'S old established No. 4_, 4:ornhi Fr 1 where Capital )liars to i ll for imerti•oo hove bees . .. . and where Persons *the Coyote as if present, by reed* their tide ted with g ood Bids. Cath„ Bank Note:, 011ee Or der,. 0. • Mean to notice, the Lovery it:. %) and virtisitss en the lOtn of October, and that day will deride .1.*.1.10,0UU in OFFICIAL AkTICLE. FaCII THE KADRID GAZETrE, JULY if if wee be a disorder inseparably attacked to THE STATESMAN. the social state, civilisation and more enlightened vices have disarmed it of its must fatal rouse-' quest a*. It has, in consequence, assumed a less sanguinary appearance among the nations whet profess the Christian religion religion fraught with charity, love, and benevolence. The cap. tive seized uu the field of battle no longer dreads indignities perpetrated by former ages—no longer shrinks with terror at the prospect of chants and slavery at a distance from his home, still more terrible than death ; —no triumphal car - drags him bound to its wheels; nu public sale reduces hint to a level with the brute, to serve an unpi. lying master, crushed beneath the weight of toils and cruelties. l'iisimers no* experience the kindness due to misfortune. Separated for I while from their families, the well-founded hope that peace will shortly restore them to their habi tations and their friends, allays their Oa, and cheers their captivity. Ever since the establishment of a standing force in the heart of every European State, civi lised nations have bound themselves to employ re gular troops alone, and not tumultuous crowds of insubordinate peasants, unable to support the attack of a well-disciplined and experienced enemy, in the decisiou of their differences. — Whatever the causes of the war may be, in order to diminish its calamities, it is agreed that the peaceful inhabitants of the country should be re spected ; that only strong places and citadels should be defended ; and that a fruitless oppo sition made in villages and open towns can have Gunther aim than to effect the ruin of their nine bitants by the destruction of their goods anti pro. perty. In 6 word, to conquer, and not to de stroy, is now the sole acknowledged rod of war. Until the present times, this lawful mode of warfare had been the only one practised by the Spaniards, in the bosom of their own peninsula, as well as in foreign countries. Murder had never s tained the reputation of their warriors. But not satisfied with the common evils of war, and the dreadful consequences of anarchy, which they alone have produced, those who have hur ried their countrymen into the present war wish to give it a character f ferocity which appals humanity, anti which, scarcely equalled even among savages, caters its authors with indelible shame. The abnegation of every humane fecli ng, and hatred foe their own country, can alone have led the Junta of Seville to issue the order dated the -Ith of January of the present year, which dooms every Spanish village that shall nut oppose the pas. sage of French troops to the dames. The laws of war, according to all the writers on that stihject, especially the celebrated Mar quis de Santa Cruz, in his Commentaries, suthu. rise an hostile General to raze every village which, although not fortified nor garrisoned, pretends to resist, or where any of his soldiers have been murdered. Thus the death of a single man would calm the destruction of . hundreil‘, or at least, would 14itimate plunder, .and all the excesses which a peaceful conduct could, and ought to have prevented. e . This decree, however, is not more pernicious than that issued by the same Junta, which autho rizes the formation of companies of robbers or land-pirates. The Spaniards have already expe rienced the effects of such organizations. What man, who still feel s the impulse of honour, will ever debase himself by such service ? Wretches, the scum of the population of the country, smug. glers, and depredators torn or escaped from their prisons, and even couvicts, whom society had chained to secure its tranquillity, so far from entrusting to their hands the care of its defence —such are the heroes with whom those cotnpauies are filled. It is evident that such decrees spring from de. spair and powerless rage alone. The authors of the war are conscious that the whole of Spain will finish by acknowledging King Joseph I. fur its lawful Sortreigii. They know, that had the de. cision depended on thu valour of armies, it would long since have been given in his favour. It is in order to delay that happy moment, that they have recourse to measures as extraordinary as they are cruel, and which ran only be attended with the extermination of all those in whose hands they have placed the dagger and the sword. J u Lit 20.—0 n the lath of August next, the festival of St. Napoleon will be celebrated at the capital by a grand display of tire-works. hi' tite evening the cupola of St. Peter and the Vatican will be illuminated. On the Ist of January next, the franc will become the- only current small coin in this free and Imperial city. The French and Italian coins, bearing the image of the Emperor, shall pass current with the coins of the old Go. vernment. The institution of the Sbirri is sup. pressed. The Roman States are to be divided into departments, cantons, and commons. As soon as the publication of this new division takes place, the present denomination of our various provinces shall be altered. The administration of every de. partment is to consist of a Prefect, a Secretary. General, a Council of Prefecture, and a Council General of Department. The individuals confined in the prisons can no longer he deprived of all communication with their friends, unless their sub sequent conduct renders such additional severity indispensible. Every person who may be arrested shall immediately be transferred to prison, and the motives for his arrest must be written and explained un the gaoler's book. Fit A NI Fort, Jor.r 21.—Letters from Turkey state that a bloody battle has taken place between the Russians and the Turks between Sophia and Adrianople. It is added, that the victory has been long and desperately disputed, but that the itussians have remained masters of a field of battle dearly purchased. Such are the contents of those letters. But news from that quarter, which travels so fast, is always uncertain or con tradirtory ; and 'we can get no positive and au thentic information of any event but a lung while after it has happened. Fishermen hare found in the 11).iiiihe, about six miles from Semlio, the corpses of a great number of soldiers. Fatant. Re, Jur.y 18. -13 y a circular letter, I dated July 10, the I.3titlanonan of Switzerland I communicates to thu Governments of thu various Cantous the decree unanimously passed on the sth inst. by the Diet, respecting the remit situation of Switzerland and its armed neutrality. The Laudatuman invites all the Cantons to obey the stipulations of this decree, which consist of seven. The following ferns its chief contents : the present Diet adheres to the system of neutrality adopted by the extraordinary Diet, in order to secure the inviolability of our territory. The Landamman is ordered to take every diplomatic measure neces sary to maintain that neutrality. The military cordon placed on our frontiers shall retain its pusi_ lion, and may be et►creasexi. to 15,000 men, the total of the federal contingent, but it shall be di.. minished and disbanded as soon as circumstances will allow, without endangering our safety and tranquillity. The Cantons shall furnish succes. sively, at the Landarnman's request, the cumin. gent of money necessary fur the st,pport of our troops. The Cantons are invited to be in readi. ness to raise new soldiers, in case his Excellency should find himself compelled to assenshle a toted that should exceed the first federal contingent. At the same time he would be obliged to call an extraordinary Diet. The Governors of Cantons are also invited to esiturce the strict exercise of Ole Police in the interior, to prevent every stet► *hick might compromise our nentrality, and espe cially to watch over the sale df all kinds of muni. tions of war. Arrived. Malls. Doe. 1 0 Gottenburgb ...... 3 (I 1 MICR CW STOCKS rills perCeld.Cans. Ell et. di,. 3 per CPU Red: 681 4 per Got 811 I Navy.... ... ; ..911 9 Conools far Ace • 1/PeY AT ONE OCIACK. °maims ..11 1 prem. Long. Ann 111 13-16 Knee. 11ills, Ss 13s. prem. ISM* &Path, VOL Vs. prem. Lottery Ticket', 31/. I IN mull wATut AT L'INDON 111111)(11:. This Afterouop it nolo. put 1 o'clock. THE STATESMAN. FILUPUVITI TSNA i. 1.0 A' DO N : IMIDAY, AUGUST 11. Waxy the Expedition sailed, the Public was led to believe, that by the establishment of signal sesselr, intelligence would be almost homely coo. veyedatross the Channel, of the operatives of an armament, before which every island and every fortress was expetted to fall in successionoeithout, much more opposition than was necessary to pre. serve the appearance of resistance. The first and last dispatches arrived in town on Sunday, and on the Friday morning following, a period of almost five days, the people, and, as we presume, from their silence, the Ministers of England, remain in profound ignorance of what is !sassing in the ins. mediate vicinity of our own coasts. Of the event of this Expedition we have never had but I one °elision—that it is too late, and c.txxoT be sucecsful.— The mere possession of the Islands at the mouth of the Scheldt cannot, by any one, he deemed a successful—adequate result of the combined efforts of a Naval and Military Force, more formidable than any that is recorded in his. tory—and that any serious impression can now be made upon the Continent, even the most san guine and deluded have almost ceased to expect. —The Expedition, which sailed on the 28th of July, was announced to the public about the middle of June. At first it was to bare bee!' a secret Expedition, for the accomplishment of an object at no great distanee—" Only a few Regi. " molts, without heavy baggage or other isscuin. 64 brance," were destined for the service. Nest, , was announced (on the 24th of June), that the " Expedition about to sail from the coast of Suf. 46 folk" would be accompanied by the Venerable Man of war, under the command of Sir HOME POPHAM—which ship had " returned into port a 44 . few days before from Flushing." To carry Flushing by a coup de main, was /hen thought to be the object of the secret Expedition; but the battle of Aspens, and Ow long pause of NAPOLEON in Vienna, soon changed its character from secrecy, to that of an open, undisguised attempt to stimulate the Continent to " throat off the yoke."—Froin that period• to tbo present ) our public prints have daily given " Dreadful note of preparation t" and it certainly will not be denied, that an rope. dition has at last left our shores, froM which very important results .might have been anticipated, had it but been ix time—that unhappily is nut the fact—it is completely and absolutely out of time—there has been lime given to the enemy to make that picparation for defence, which will Iftevitably dcfcat the grand object of the Expe. e dition—fur the real objects of this armament most have been known, or very shrewdly costjectured, at jhe latter end of June—and it is not .very unreasonable to apprehend that the tuiddlc of August may arrive 'ere Antwerp can be attacked—so that there will have bech almost two months for the collection of troops, and strengthening the already very powerful elvf,ne, s of that place. If the following acculinti;, which arrived in town this morning, are nut absolutely ful , e, it should seem that the sang* of resistance given by the town of Flushing is nut calculated to confirm. the eaptviations that way have lace!, form. edi . 10 the LOW confidence of credulity, that aii almost bloodless conquest of Ilaillaad and Flanders was to be anticipated from the supposed tivourab:a disposition of tbe.inhabitants. DIAL, AUG. 10.—Last sight, abut sews o'clock, a " boat hel..ugiog to this place attired la the I)orras from of " watch place 'be left on afetislay nowt. Themes • ttatr, that at the time they came away, Flubbing bad hot " :urreadercd ; that the bombardment custroued ; amid that " a flag of truce had been vent towards the town, but re " turad on the rowney'sfiriag nt Men, slid killise It. horst )1•11•Aft, At/D.lO.—A visas mine un ~hure this " niorotag, from a Dutch whit t, whith left Canpeeir at " four k )esterday afternoon, at which tune !lusting " hod woe surrendered." If it should prove to be true that which was completely invested by the fall of Ran.. makins, on the 3d, had nut surrendered on the 9.h, there can no longer be a doubt that the d►ldicul. lies of the Expedition are greater than have been apprehended. The forts with which the banks uf the Scheldt are lined, we may be •well asiured, will not be tamely yielded ; and although of their successive capture we entertain not the math.* doubt, their possession will be attended with the loss of both time and men. At the entrance of the River, on the left bank, is Furt St. Aiin, and a little higher ►tp Fort Lies ; but as the river k wide, they may perhaps be passed nithuut much opposition. A little higher, on the right, Fort .dotbeire, Fort Blaeugaren, and Fort Lille. Above these Fort St. Janes, Fort Frederic:(. Hear,. Still higher up, where the river begins to narrow, Fart I'crle and Fort St. Miry on the left bank, and Fort Philip itutnediately opposite. Before Antwerp is reached, there are yet two Forts on opposite sides of the river, Pierntattel and Lobelia. Then comes Antwerp VA Itil its strung de. fences, and poFribly an army equal in numbers to that of the Expedition. It is impussible to suppose that the several defences we have enumerated on the right and left banks of the Scheldt (looking aeon the river) can be cart ied without loss. The defence of Flushing is a certain indication of what may be cspeacd at every defensibk point—which the acknotelalged skill and act►vity of the enemy leave no hope of their neglect►ng.— Admitting, however, that which is possible... that all these formidable obstacles are neatly sur mounted by the skill and bravery of the British, Antwerp cannot be tenable—Destruction, then, of the ships in the S'•heldt, and the possession of oval. ahead►, are the only results that can, in any event, or under any circumstances, be cape, ti J. As to the 66 riggers" that accompany the Expedition, there outlet be much hope of employment fur them : we greatly mistake the character of those agaiii , t whom we are contending, if they suffer the men of war to fall untouched into uur hands— and we greatly fear that this Expedition will, in its result, finally disappoint the People of Eug. land, in a degree even paramount to the sanguine expectation of success With which they have been Hatter:3l. SOTWITHSTA N NG the splendid prospects with which the Public hare been amused respecting the deliverance of Spain---every arriv il tends more strongly to confirm our apprehensions and opinion that the power of Narny.cum must eventually pre vail in the Peninsula. The base flight at the battle of Belchite was not calculatedro raise our expects. lions ; but when we hind C vLsTA , t h e c„,.„„,,,, t t er of an army, prelcodia; to be fighting fur free. su deeply i ninerstiLl in the depths of piper stition as to staler his deference to a Saint to suspend the operations of du:Jai-my...our ex. peetations of successful re,,istance by the efforts of the Spaniards rani*h. The British army in Spain is now hastening to pree6ely the same ;idiot of embarrassment in which that of Sir Juui Moons was lIITUI fell ; fur if reinforcements from France enter Simi/J.—nothing is left fur Sir A.W LI.LLSLEY but retreat —.Mc llrilish army is not of strength sujirient to ioroted itse(i. Of this Ministers aro b 0 well aware, (flat already are Meir Prints beginning to prepare the public mind.... To play the gains* second time precisely on the same principle with that by sshich toey lost the first, is a species of infatuation, of which even the vigour of the present Administration could nut have been suspected! Such, flowerer s is the la. 'Rentable truth ; and it will at toughs be decuvered, even by the credulous adherent) anti supporters of the present men and measures, that, with the mightiest means, they have effected nothing s which could ;n any one respect contribute to the deliverance of Europe. Parliament was yesterday prorogued by Co*. . mission in the usual form, till 7'hurailay ttAr 211th of September next. The Commissioners were, the Luuu CiIASCELLnit, the Eat !s of W E4140k LAND and Lis r Krum.. The Commoners w• - represented by Mr. LEY, jun. and th f l the House. Wiwtrs Yesterday morn:44 4lotitets teceive4 dispateltel from the 11.111;16. Joni 4n.tats bee been nomiliated by the rovoibanT of the United States 44. Ambits...d o r to the court of St. Petersburg h ! Nis appointinFPl has been confirmed 17 the StgOalv. Letters from ljuilgoili altlte t that B0:91?4111tf otsued a 4..errt, itl which it is declared ! met the Americans citsisent to th.: right of yearch p neutral, claimod by England ! tig A mertrati *kip Hill im imriplited ft, color Use it?rlf of France. the tr94jl tins, ;II Ailiciialftrarq V3id, hal l?..pa J