The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-12 00:00:00

li=t Waistford .1./11W 4 11. D se. 0 1 Gotwobarglt Naha . . . . . Heligoland .. . ..... .. . titG/i eV A k.H. AT LON kfterunen ;11 min. p N I o'clock. THE STATESMAN. WI4UVO4ITI 1 . LONDON: • SATS/11t?l,', AUGUST 12. PAITCE or WAbes's Biarig-DA r.—Holiday at the Public tykes. DIJTATCHIS Were yesterday received by Go. vernrnent from Flushing, of which extracts will appear in The Gazette of this evening. There ware several arrivals from the Expedition at differ ent points of our coast on Thursday night ; but the dispatches were brought over, together with the bold Mclennan himself, in perfect safety, by Sir \V s. Cuarrs's yacht. The following particulars of the dispatches, which arc dated the Sth inst. have been circulated : " The siege of Flushing was carrying on with ac. 46 tivit . , although the enemy was taking every ic measure for its defence. Another sortie had 64 been made, in which the enemy was repulsed •‘ with considerable loss. A Lieutenant-Colonel, 44 six other o;ficers, and many private, were 64 made prisoners." 44 Our lon consists of nine OAcers wounded, " 20 men killed, MS wounded. The 3d Batt. " Royals, sth, and 36th Regiments, were chiefly " engaged." !•KES OF TUC OFFICERS WOVMDFD. I.ieetewint Grant, of the Royal Artillery. slightly. Regiment of Foot, Reigade-Major missing; Cop t/tin Hamilton, badly wounded; Lieut. Bird, slightly; Ea riga Galnr.tith, ditto; En.ign Walter, ditto. 95th ditto, Lieut. Clark, badly. German Legion, Lieut. Du I.i , badly; Ensign Hichrnon, ,ditto. The night of the sortie was extremely tern. " pesimous ; our fleet had not been able to move 64 from foul weather; the divisions of the Mar. " quis of Holerarr and the Earl of ROSSLYN " had been landed in South lieveland." A private letter says, " Flushing has not yet " surrendered, nor hos the bombardment begun. " The enemy has received reinforcements fi om ‘• the Flemish costa, and make frequent sorties, " which have occasioned some loss on both sides, probably about 1000 men. The opinion pre. 44 veils, that in consequence of the peace between 46 Austria and France, the English will drop " their plan of further operations against Hot " land, or higher up the Scheldt. The be " sieging army before Flushing consists of about " 26,000 men." Such are the accounts which have been circu. laced ; but the real stale of the case, we lament to say, on very good authority, is this—. The peo. pie of Holland are decidedly hostile to o:.tr at. tempt!!!...and so far from shoeing the smallest inclivation to second the efforts of England for the delioerance of their country, have treated with contempt a threat to inundate the country by tutting the tlyev, in case of their refusal to join in the deliocrunce of the Continent. That such is the fact, we have very cogent reasons for ?g. The measures of England are not stewed favourably in Holland ; and wherever we go, obstinate resistance will certainly be opposed to our attempts. The discontent that has been reported to exist in Holland, is to be found no where—but &spirit of obstinate resistance every where.—Succours frnm Cadsand have been suffered to be thrown into Flushing—and the French Commander, know. ing the important consequences that must result from delay, instead of surrendering, as was at . first expected, to a rapid, but irregular attack, has determined to defend the place to the last extre. mitt'. —Our Commanders arc thus reduced to the necessity of besieging the place in form —and when the lest vessels left the Island of Welelieren, which was on Thursday—the regular siege was to be begun only yesterday morniag Of the ulterior objects, as they are termed, of the Expedition we arc ignorant—but, in the grand abject, the Expedition has absolutely and :omit !! fuit.l. No impression dangerous to the pin:cr and in,luenc3 of PlerotzoN will be made on the Continent by this Expedition. Of that no hope is entertaiaed. Thu fleet hi the Scheldt, ond the Susedis4 fleet, arc thtm the wily ulterior operations which are likely to be attempted.— Now, while one-half of our 50,000 brave troops Are oecepied by the French and Dutch at Flush. eel the other half arc waiting, looking on, in i•itith-Bevelend, the Trines of Poere-Comwo, (Liernadutte) is assembling troops from all quar ters, fur the protectioa of A!itwerp. An attack on Fort and the Aips of war that are ego m ud to Le moortml its a strong line neer it, will, inn!! probability, be made by our (Let and arety. It i. very publble that is srtch as attack dicir of., forts will be stic.,essfni, but nut , vitaotit alum that be felt. Het that we can ifter n arils wa tt , °ire the V‘l t t be opposed to us At Antwerp. reduce that city, is r.urely more than sell:robe irel so :t is f.lt to bt:, -run by Nlitesvrs t!ltas. Faox • subject so painful the feeler of Britons as the ill-directed message of Ministers in the Scheldt, if we turn our eyes to Spain, we shall see still less reason for hope. The probabi. kty of Sir AnTIIIIR Wk.f.LESLZY 9 S retreat be gins to be admitted even in the Nabob's hire ling Print.— If intelligence to this effect hu been received, it is studiously concealed ; but Dispatches arc believed to hare been received from Spain, by the troy of Corunna, last night —be that as it may, all hope of success from our exertions in the Peninsula arc extinct. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCIL is about to proceed imme diately to Spain, in a diplomatic capacity. Un less his mission relates to arrangements respecting South America, we arc at a loss to divine the object. CAPTAIN CAMPBELL landed at Yarmouth ycstcr. day from the Lord Duncan packet, direct from Heligoland, and arrived in town early this morn. lug. He is said to be the bearer of dispatches of extreme importance. ' It is difficult to conceive any subject to which exclusive or pre-eminent impor. Lance can now be attached. Every wind wafts intelligence to our shores, of importance most imminent.—From the Frcuch and German Pa. pens that arrived lasi night, it will be seen that although NAPOLEON cautiously continues to strengthen his position at Vienna, every circum stance that transpires tends to corroborate the opi. niun that peace will speedily be concluded between France and Austria, the immediate consequences of which will be, first the pouring of reinforce. melts into Spain, and next the preparations for the long meditated Expedition to India. Our Ex. pedition, from the circumstances under which it now stands, it will scarcely demand an effort to expel. The first stage to India will be Turkey, in whose European territory will be found the material, fur compeusating the losses Austria, atil fur the gratification not only 8f her cupidity, but that of ALtxANALR• That this attempt surpasses in difficulty an that NAPOLEON has hitherto attempted, we readily ad. mit—bat with those who deem it finally intprar. lira!): e, we are not disposed to contend.—Whilst we reale:ober the incursions of GENGIII2 KIIAN and TAMERLANE, we shall uut be inclined to think that the enterprising mind of NAPOLEoN Is in. capable of effecting that vi hick was accomplish ed by those barbarians. Divested of all ap. prehensions of the for in ,, r great Powers of Europe, the efforts of NAPOLEON, so far from abating, will new be exerted with redoubled force and activity. If England will obstinately persevere in war, war she must have, and, with it, we clearly foresee, calamities, of which no thing but the actual presence, will bring convic. tion to the tear faction. What is to be risqueil by Peace, that will not in a teu-fold degree cer tainly arise from war, our optics arc not suf. ficiently clear to enable us to discern.— The expenditure of the present year for Great Britain and Ireland exceeds 90 millions sterling.— We have sent an army to Sicily—an army to Spain ...and an army to Holland...at an expence per. haps of mere than 20 millions—all of whirl► will now return absolutely rc i ofecta—unsuccessful..... and without attaining, in any one instance, the üb. jests fur which this almost inzredible expense has been incurred. We broke the peace of Amiens, fur what ? to reduce the power of BONAPARTE-210d Austria was laid prostrate at Austerlitz. We emit up our caps and "cheered" when the news of Lord LAUDERDALE'S return from Paris was announced by the LORD MAYOR of London to his fellow. citizens, and—Prussia was " blotted oast of the map of nations," at Jena.—Wu refused the invi. tatiun for peace from Erfurth—and NAPOLEON drove& British army out of Spain....ln the same obstinate disposition for war we ha►e continued ; and, encouraging Austria to renew the contest, she once more lies prostrate at the feet of NAPO LEON. This, by forcing the French into nal., we have compelled them to conquer Austria, Prussia, and Russia; and removed those ob jects of apprehension which their existence must always have presented.—Will the power of NA. POLEON be reduced . 1 —Will the power and re. sources of England be increased by our perseve rance in war?—By war we have every thing to lose, without a possibility of gaining. Let NAPOLEON have ships, colonies, and commerce, and he will find it no easy matter to persuade his people, once be. come commercial, to go to war. They cannot ex. pcct,like the "Shopkeepers" of England,to secu rc even a temporary monopoly ; and ►+e know of nu ether species of insanity w Inch can seduce a coin. mercial people to prefer war to peace. Bet the monopoly of is nu more.—ol that truth her Merchants and her Ministers may be cer tain. Wits Royal litighuess tlir Prince (if ix( COITI_ plcted the 17th yesr_ of his age this day, which uas celebrated with the usual dethonstratious of satisfaction. This day her Royal Highness the Princess of Wa.t.Es will give a grand entertainment, at her argctiprats in Nensington ralace. - -- must the ft t ai l s e t : r ti STATESMAN NAVAL INTELLIGE NCE. DEAL, Avis. 11.—Ths two-decker asentioned yesterday as coming into the Downs was his IlajPat's ship 1' oi., Captain Seaton. which ship left the fleet olf Fluid*" about six P. M. on Wednesday, at which time Flushing had not surrendered; the bombardment was then cowman% without intermission, and the town was seen on tire. Ine York ha. brought house 651 French and Dutch prisoners, which .etaain oa board till orders arrive for their disposal. - Last night a heavy tiring was heard at this place, ..isrposed to be frum Flashing, as the wind was very li4ht laona the Last, and the distance not more than twein) -lour leagues. In the Downs, ht Majesty's ships Unicoru and York. Arrived and passed through the ship Flee: wuoii, front the 1 West Indies. The American skips, as per last, remain here. Came down the ship Orion. Ponesmoorn, it:LY 10.—Arrived the lively f,ir.tr, Captain itf•Kinley, in three weeks. front 1. , .bur., with a fleet of transports. &tiled the Defender, for the Downs. Alt' 11.— , -Arrived the Dexterous, Lieutenant Tomlinson, with &convoy from the Downs. Dropped down to St. Helens, the Gannet mi Abundance. with tit) soil for the Dorms. Arrived L'Espeigle, sloop, Captain Atkin , , from Cork ; and the Georglar.a packet, from the River, for India. Sailed, with suddea orders, fur Fltaur.g, the Diana, Lively, and Nereus frigates. Lord and Lady Holland, 'ha :uric"! ect:rJay from Lis boa, in the Lively, set of fur Lund.ln. Murottn, Aim. 9.- 1 r rived La Ruc.4. Dunkinsoo, from Malta and Gibraltar for Li‘erpool; ai.o a ipaniih schooner from Nle.4irsa for llelfa•t. The Speedwell. of Bridgewater, Wm. N..eJs, from Wex ford, bound to !Warhead, larka with :Aide anti pig•, drove tobore Dear the rntrauce of 144 harbour, anti was totally lost. YARMOUTH, A MI. 11.—ArtiVed hilt Majesty's brig Coo !taut. from the Baltic; the Romeho, Swift, nod tw.i other trasports, from of Ihubbig, which they left nu Wednesday. snwien, Atm. 11.--Arrived this morning the Lord DOll4l4llpacket, from Illelegolaad : Captain Ilansilton itsune diately set MT In a post-chaise for London, with cll./satchel, said to be of the tint consegaeoce. No arrival here from the Expedition. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATEMIN. Srn—A paragraph in your Paper yesterday stated, that I should receive for the capture of Trampiebar io the East In dies, a large sum of mon-y—forty or fifty tbou,and pounds. I request you will contradict that stalemeat, and say front me, that I neither have or expect to receive one shilling for taking Tranqucbar I oar do I believe the public property taken there by the troops will produce to thew any rciiiisoeratioa whatever. F.. PELLEIV, Vlce-AAlogral. The following letter has been received respect ing the alleged number of Irish in Flushing:— " I bare observed, with some surprise, a paragraph, in several of the Daily Prints, stating, that, of the garrison of Flushing, three thorsond, including the Commandant, were Irish. For %vhat purpose such an assertion should be pub lished, I Ca at a loss to conceive; certainly it can answer no good end. This statesmen' I apprehend, must have arisen fro:n the circumstance of 711; Irish Legion having, a few sears ago, in part garrisoned that town. This corps was priori pally officered by natives of Ireland, whom the unhappy dis turbances of 1790 "forced from home, 4011 all its pleasures." Few of the privates, however, were illberaians. There were not in the Legion, at the utmost, more than 400 Irish. Flushing has Inng since ceased to be garrisoned by this corr, which was very latel%. and perhaps still is, attached t,. the French army in Spain." From Italy we learn, that the Pore is about to repair to Avignon. His Holiness having proved refractory, this his banishment will perhaps lead to the future establishment of the Romish See at that city, which was so long the residence of the Bishops of Rome in the 14th century ; at least till the elevation of Cardinal Fact', or some other dependant of BONAPARTE, may render the Pa. pal authority altogether subservient to his will. The British troops from Sicily have compelled the surrender of the castle of Ischia, in the Nee. politan territory. The garrison, consisting of 1000 men, are to be sent prisoners of war to Malta. Another English detachment is said to have landed near Scylla, in Calabria, but accord ing to an article from Naples, was forced to re. embark with some loss. A vessel arrived yesterday in the Downs, with 650 French prisoners on board, 300 of whom are stated to have been taken at the last wile. Government yesterday received dispatches from the Earl of CHATHAM and Sir Aiming,. WILLES. LLY, extracts from which will probably be pub. lisped in the Gazette of this evening. Thu Sunday tolls granted by Parliament to the Corporation of London, on one side of the Mc. tropulis, from St. John's-street to Mile-End, are cot yet expired, and will continue till the slim of 4t,00a1. burrowed on bond at 4 per cent. is paid orr, they being the security of the hy•lders of the bonds. The Sunday tolls at Hyde•Park.eorn.ua &c. have, however, cessi.d. It has been reported that accounts reached town two days ago, of the actual commencement of Sir Airruna WELLULEY'S retreat from Spain, in con. sequence of COMA'S army having sustained a se. vcre defeat. Though this rumour cannot be traced to any authentic source, apprehensions of this sort certainly begin to he entertained. The language that has been held, fur the last two days, in those Journals which are supposed to he under the im. mediate influende of the %Vcia.csLEY family, have lowered their tone. The Lively frigate, Capt. G. 'M'lCtsttry, ar rived on Thursday at Portsmouth, with sixty sail of transports from Lisbon. The Lively left at Lisbon his Majesty's ships Burfratr, Nor; f c, Nau tilus, Phipps, and the Princess Elizabeth packet. The Mirtk had sailed from Lisbon. When the " bold Alkr►nnn" landed at Rams. gate, he was received by one of the regiments there in high style, the band playinK " See the congoseriv Hero comes!" A Mr. Barvey has untlertak.en to go on foot to Brighton, from the Surrey side of IVottminster bridge, in thirteen hours ; he started this morning at six o'clock. Several hots are depending, but as Initials had nu training, the odds are against the per fornit!nce. The statement that Mr. liAants had transferred his property its Cuvent Garden Theatre to his bUll is, we u►►derstand, ut►feundod. Sir J. PutireisEr, previous to his resignation of tl►r Mime of Secretary at Wee, appoin►ed his steward, Mr. JOWLS, to the lucrative office of Paymaster to the Luadou District. FIW3I THE MIDDLEBURG COURANT. Pilliontxarac, Ana. B.—On the morning o f the 29th ult. appeared before our coast a feet of his Britannic Majesty. From time to time th e number of ships was seen to incr..ase ; and the following day, at noon, the tioops 'sere 'au the Bret., which immediately took pos►cssion yf a gout fart of the Island ; and On the Ist inst. the) entered this town, which wast.urrendercd by capitulation. On the ~ .!‘.l inst. the town of Veer, after having defelidtil itself, surrendered by capitulation. Of Flushing, we know uothing with certainty, but that tn.clay the eaNtle of Rai:um:kens Kai taken possession of 11%* the British troops. 'Tic Esiwtliiion is co::ininniled b , Licuten tut-Generai loud l'hathain. bee tt;; ), t; d :ir ish 9 e 7 h T e t r i e e : f_ollowing Proclamations h ave " By order of his Excellency Lieutenant-General Lord l'l..ittiant, cscry inhabitaat of the 101111 01 Middlehar K is or dered to cive it:, or deliver to the Polire, a list of all p e r - in s lodging w their house=. Thiv lid, whisth to be delivered . n a about twiny. is to soclu.le all FtegliAa (/..tiecri; EnxlisL men a ithout tIT-tinctisai, not beim inilitarv, furnished aoh billets or orherni'e; all lorrigntrs , "t wh il i e v er cwimr‘sont being this place. or inhabitants of the Ishxid of Wok:herrn. he l'olice of the several wards are to deliver iu their lists to the Military t;i.intoaudaut." PROCLAMATION. " If iv F.seellettry, my Ford Chatham, Cnnimander in Chief, •iitc. bring iuformcd th.it =us) dearn.•r, o r hod irs ,„ thr French tioop , .. mime of o horn are artist a►c in the Hand, order; that the nforeatiil drserters, armed or atktrt,.r•l, be ►ested, and delivered up to the nearest li irhsh detach. meat t and that nn ooe presume to remise sorN ol.•wrters their houses, oa pain, spite evo►ictiou, of being patavheil 4C cording to Martial W." ATION. " fl order of hi, Excellmo my Lord Chatham. Arr. it Is ordered. that all French pennies, or individual, in the r _ vice of the French lioverintsent, shall replir in persist to use Corninandant llr the 6arri•lin 111i4Weliarg within three day,, in order to receive farther earanuitsdo rr,pertiow them; in dermal of their complying a ith t..i• taller s they snail he cothidciedaa primosers of ear. iddleborg, Aug. t, lik/9." A letter from Yard s clued July '2B, coutains the fullouing _ _ " The couscquences of the Armistice begin at. ready to be felt. Alfustphalian troops are to or. copy Brenton. Gen. Reuben is just arrived there. " Of the turn which the nespacietiou takes at Vienna, nothing is sacral to Sean.spire. One of thepreliminary conditions of peace, is supposed to be the withdrawing of the Austrian troops front Bayreuth and Saxony. They are reported to have returned to Buti7n.i... How far Russia is per. mitred to act the mediator, is not knowto. The cordiality beoreen the two Imperial Courts of the East and West appears lass solid than was ex pected, since whole of Austrian h been occupied in thu name of Bonaparte; Ow oath of fidelity has been sworn to the French Etc. perur, and a strolig army is forming, which bear; the !writ: of the Gal:les:in French Army; and as such, is decorated wit% the French cockade an.l French eagles. Nothing inure is heard of the cu nr!ration of the' Russians. The conduct of the King of Pro‘%ia is sahl to have been mentioned by Bonaparte in vertu:: ot apprubatioe. The anxiety of this unfortunate ;Monarch to leave no room f,r any.ehribt of his absolute neutrality, is so that he has even sequestrated the little Duchy of Ocls, in Silesia, the last estate that was left to tha ill-fated Prince of Cronswick. " Fire persour at Cassel, among whom is Pro. lessor Eschenburg, a own of 76 years, hare been condemned to sutler death, for having exprewd wishes favourable to the Austrians. 46 The 'continued depression of the French stocks leads to the conjecture that the intelligence from Spain and Portugal is nut so favourable as that from Germany. The destination of your Grand Expedition is the main object which oc cupies the attentive of the .North of Germany during the present dearth of political news." Notwithstandiog the boasied refutation of Co. lone! WARDLE'S plan fur retrenchment in our present very moderate expenditure of only ninett; million.' sterling per annum, many possible taring have already been dixcovered, forming in the up. gregate nu inconsiderable amount. These pro found discoveries arc not confined to one or two depaitineuts, and we hope to be shortly able to lay the particulars before the public. One very sub ordinate branch of baring: has already been an nounced to the public—that in army agency : one fourth of the present agency fur paying, &c. will in future be deducted. This has been signified by a circular letter to the several agents. Bills are posted up in all parts of the town. offering a reward of 501. for the apprehension of Mrs. PLUNKETT, well known as the ci-devalit Miss Gumrits so, upon a charge of forgery. This lady made a conspicuous figure some years age, by producing a series of amorous epistles, which she passed upon her father, General C u xo, and (others, as coming from the Marquis of Lour, ad dressed to herself. lier mother, before her mar. riage with the General, was one of the Miss Mt- NIFRIES, to whom Circulating Libraries arc so liberally indebted for the increased bulk of their Catalogues. This lady bas likewise ildded to the stock of Love Literature for young Misses. An elopement took place nut many days ago, from the neighbourhood of Brentwood, in Essex. The parties were the juvenile wife of an Eseula. pian Professor, and her husband's assistant ; what adds to the turpitude of the acii.in is, that the Lady has been married only about 14 months, and has deserted an infant nut three months old. Peroestalsxs.—A wager of 200 guineas has been made between Mr. Llostues, the Pedestrian, and a Mr. White, each to start and go 00 miles a-day, until one resigns. The parties swum! from Andover on Wednesday, and they were travelling together near Oxford yesterday morning at six o'clock. Mr. Duwnes is considerably the (avows rite. PRICE OP TALLOW. St. James's Market ss 644 Tows Tallow 951 Ild --• Od Clare Market Whitechapel Market 5. bed White .. 941 Od —s Od per st. of tllb. Soap dittos 94s ud --s Od 16s 44 Aleliiq Stat.. 71s Od --s Od Average as 6‘41 Ditto ruagk .. 46. Oi --s Od Graves Good Dregs Yellow Snap. 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