The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-06-30 00:00:00

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Onthiuus } preen. t.:lns. open 6GI TILE STATESMAN. PIIOPO,ITI TI!MAJL. I.ONDON: FRIDAY, 311•11: .30. Tna Expedition ! The grand Expedition !! in the absence of intelligence from the Continent, is the sole topic of conversation. To what point this effort of these " Giants refreshed," Lord CASTLEREAGH and Co. is about to proceed, we not . pretend to have any knowkdge ; and to ha. zard a cdnjecture on the policy of those from whom we differ so widely in opinion, would be a fruitless consumption of time. There is scarcely ally topic) on which JOHN BULL can so easily be amused as that of an Expedition ; and yet, after the very many fruitless expeditions that have saileil from this country, it does appear extraordinary that the British Public can be so fond of expeditions. ...The impression of the famous Expedition to Corunna seems to be entirely erased—Hope again triumphs over Experience, and this grand Ex. 'sedition is at once to decide the fate of NAro- Leox. The last French Bulletin is dated the 13th instant —now, admitting that the efforts of those on whom depends the departure of the Ex_ pcdition to be commensurate with their promises, and that on the Bth of July this armament should kayo the English Coast, it is not within pats& batty, however near the immediate scene of ac tion it may se—that the troops and storm could be on Continental ground inuldis than ten days— and that brings us to the 18th of July. During the 35 days that will elapse in that interval, wi!l the grand contest in Germany be suspended ?...:1 t the moment that our troops begin their march, will the result be any longer doubtful? It is utterly improbable that it should be so. If, therefore, this Expedition be intended fur Holland, or for the North of Germany, or foi any pat t of the Continent—for of its destination we are utterly i gno mt...with a view to co-operate with the armies of Austria...it will, in all probability, be too late in every point of view. It will be too late to assist the armies of Austria; for the great conflict must take place before our' arrival at the scene of action..... The contest must, ill fret, be decided on the Danube ; and that befute the arriilil of our troops. From the insurrections in the north of Germany, Napoekost has nothing to dread, but in the event of his being una'ilc to destroy the grand concentrated force of the Anstriatts. If he beats the Archduke CHARLE3 deCiSiSciV, the north of Germany, and the Tyrol, will be totally unable, with all our assistance, to resist him. The only service which we can render to the cause appears to be, the present detention of those rein furccatents which might otherwise march to join him. But why has this measure been deferred until it becomes a question of lime 2—The! military force of England is really immense— possessing as.it does, by the paramount power of , our Navy, a facility of transportation.._ an übi can be given co no other force of that description. If it is now expedient to assist A ustria—n as it not snore so at the commencement of the contest ?...Thc approaching contest was as apparent si hen NAPOLEON suddenly quitted Spain, I as it is at this moment—and so wo then said, day at. ter day. While almost every eye wai fixed on Spain ...war with Germany appeared inevitable, and rapidly approaching. For the effort now making, Ministers deserve no credit---they merit the severest censure for having so long delayed it..-At last the embarkation of troops in ships of war is adopted—now many times d.. 1 we urge the expediency of this .made of when thr first lixpulition to Portugal I; in preparation? If the military force of Fos;:afid can be best employed by Expeditions, pert:-tually rappaeini, different points—why arc riot our trooi s stationed so near the points of-Em barkation, atilt) be ready in •Ils hours to embark ? ...Possessing the boundless resources that we do —.whet physical impossibility is thou in being constantly prepared fa instant service ?..-The French encamposeat at Boulogne menaced us for months and months, arid were oar troops encamped even within a day's march of the points of embark: ation, with whatsu perior rapidity and facility would THE L AN. an expedition be carried into effect. But it seems that, notwithstanding the loss Of • many thousand troops in Spain, and the sub.cquent expeditions of Sir A. WELLESLEY and Gen. Bests-Arnim to Portugal, as well as the 'force employed in the retbiction of Martinique, we can yet spare 10,000 !nen. What impossibility ►lid then exist of send ing, in the summer of 1808, 80,000 men in the first instance to Spain, instead of attempting to op. po.e the French armies in t he midst of winter, with 26,0(X) men,..-the utmost amount of the concen trated forces of Sir J. Moone and Sir D. BAIRD, at Sahaguu ?-I...rett now, the addition of 40,000 men to our force in the Peninsula would be more decisive in its effect than it could be at any other point— but not in Portugal...the old obstinate error, Portugal...-Ilad 80,000 m►en been sent to Biscay, or Catalonia, instead of Portugal, in the sau►mer of 1808, the French armies in the Peninsula would have been deprived of succours from France. Itad the same force, and to the same points, been sent in 1809, NAPOLEON in Germany would have been de prived of succours. As it is, his armies can, iu case of urgent necessity, retire from► Spain at pleasure, which, if he succeeds is Germany, he will reconquer at pleasure. TUE 19th Bulletin is reported to have been received by Government. Private letters from Holland state, that the Conscription has met with great resistance. In several of the provinces the conscripts have as. sembled, and positively refused to march. Threats have been used against them, but as I.lcsA r.t RTE has drained the country of regular troops, it is doubted a hethcr the Dutch Government has the means of forcing them to join the armies in Ger many. The same letters state, that several Eng lish and American ships hare lately been con demned at Riga. The letters from Sweden speak with much con. lidence of the continuance of the trade between this Country and Sweden, unobstructed by the in. (Notice of the Russian Emperor.--It is difficult to reconcile this expectation with the bitter spit it of hostility that is breathed in the Rits,i:tti Ukase, and in the whole tenor of the proceedings of tie Court of Petersburg against British commerce. The Plorer sloop of war, arrived at Plymouth nn Monday, spoke during her cruize with seve ral vessels from French ports, the Captains of which stated, that almost all the French privateers had been laid up, and their crens marched off to join the armies. LICPP.ACT OF A LETTER PROM RIO JASEIRO, APRIL A. " All trade to the river Plate, hitherto unlaw. ful, i. still interdicted, and it is supposed that the Governors of Ruetins Ayres and Monte Video arc waiting orders on the subject from the existing government in Spain ; in the mean time, by licen ces granted by the Viceroy Lisiii:ns, and by smug. glint;, a vast quantity of goods are introduced. " As soon as the Embargo is taken oil' in Ame. rka, I expect that ue shall have a great many yes. sets here from that country, and I make no doubt but that, among other articles, they will supply us with flour of better quality, and cheaper, than it comes from Rio Grande. "The valuation of certain descriptions of goods underwent sore alteration since the arrival of the Consul Gene►al, who called in certain persons sup. posed to be ‘$ el I informed on the value of goods, but a great deal *aS, I suppose, unavoidably kft undone, which it is hoped will be accomplished, and every thing ratified by a treaty of commerce, said to be in great forwardness between this Court and Great Britain. The business of the custom. house is by no means more tedious than it was at I.isb , m, and in this respect t have out the least complaint to make. " The Exchange was at 73 to 73." On Saturday next the dispatches will he closed for the following ships, which will immediately afterwards sail for hulks : choriton, Captain Wood, mil 11 . indliam, Captain Stewart —Made-in:l and Wiwi. N ortlsan pto i , Captain Sander 4, and Union, Captain Call lard—Madeira nuil Bombast. sir 11 illiam Palteney, eaptain Chr6tiopher, Lady Lush ingtun, Captain Nicholls, William Pitt, Captain Crowder, Sarah Christiana, Captain Alackeson—Bengat direct. It is said, that the person who was recently stated to have arrived in London from the Aus trian army, is an Italian, of the name of Mon s N and was, during the late war, occasionally cm. ployed by the British Government on special or. casiuns, as a messenger. Ile passed through Vienna, but encountered great difileulLies in ef fecting his journey ; but how, or where, he crossed the Danube we have not heard. Ile re. l presents tho loss of the French in the battle of Essling—at which he asserts that he was present' —to have ezeeedtsd 50,000 weft. The whole of ,this account will necessarily be received nut only with caution, but with great allo::ancef. Wednesday Nlr.SerjeantSitten ER n narrowly es. capcd sustaining some severe injury, by the break. ing down of his carriage, in his way to the Court of Cammott Pleas. The carriage was completely separated fru:u the fure.wheels by the violence of the shuck, and the horses ran of at full speed. The coachman was flung violently against the pavement, Ilia escaped with some slight bruises un his head. The Learned Serjeaut fortunately re. mired no hurt. A duel nits fonglit on Tuesday morninz, in I,lington fields, bet wixt a Mr.SIIENTOm and Lieut.. H tun v, of the Marines, in consequence of some divide at a ball, In Mortimer..street, Cavendish. ! square, on thu preceding evening. Mr, Slientun received the ball of his antagonist in the thigh, • and it was extr.icted yesterday, but he ,lies in a dangerons stalc at his apartments in Nottingham. buildings. The parties were relatives by marriage, and they owe uu the most iutimatu terms of friend hip until this affair. THE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE—Jcsr The remaining supplies of Wheat today are somewhat considerable, with fresh arrivals ; in this trade sales arc very dull, and vary but little in price. Barley rather lower, excepting fine. Malt likewise. White Peas keep their price. Beans of the two kinds are cheaper. There arc considerable supplies of Oats, with some further arrivals from Holland ; saki thereof are at little fluctuation ; some few select samples exceed the quotation. Flour at late prices. CURRENT Wheat, - • - - - sde. 72s *l-. Fine shim Rye, Barley, 11. W. Peaa(Boiler;) 10J.. 11'2, (;res Pefv., Beam :Trfs. 395. I SNIITII 1.1. To %ink the Offal, Bret_ OJ. tit 6.. 0,1. I Molten WI to ti:. % ca 1 ....61. l .61. (1.1. to it.. : Tick Beam, - - - - (I.ii,, Yol.trid ditto, -- - Piartue ditto - - Ott. Rape Seed. - - - AL H Fitz• Flour - - - Seconds ,U—.lv!tc 31). per Awl,: of Slh. Ileaul of Cattle tbii dny : Beasts .... Sheep aud I.aui by York ....:s. U.I. top to Is. td. Carts .. Ptgi .liJ HAY-MARKET. flay 3l. ud. to 61. O. 01. SaCaw Clover SOUTH A IL, J UN r 9g. Beasts, 1.2 u I stocep, .lio I 84. SPOATING.—Captain IZancr..►v was yesterday pursuing his extraordinary undertaking with the most confident hopes of success. The reports which have been recently circulated of his la bouring under unexpected disadvantages, such as tenderness of feet and incapability of sleeping, arc unfounded. Ile is certainly very notch reduced in flesh, but his strength is undiminished, and he is perfectly seasoned. The odds are considerably in his favour. A foot.race was ran yesterday at New-crocs, betwixt Captain AG A tt, the celebrated mile_ runner, and a Mr. SwAt.t.ow, who came up from the neighbourhood of Doncaster fur the match, which was for 100 guineas a side. The distance was one mile, and bettin4 was in favo , ir of the countryman. At stsrling, Mr. Su AL LOW took the lead, at the rate of 12 miles ea hour, closely followed by his adversary, until they had gone half a mile, when the spirit of the race commenced, by each making play.— The Captain won the match by about tour yards, and the mile was performed in nine seconds above five minutes. Among the ply's, stg;ested by the Surveyor. General in his fourth report, May be reckutied that proposed for the Opera House, including the opening or continuation of Charles-street to the Ilityinarket at one cod, and the widening of Pall_ Mall at the other. To geese; may he added the North side of Cockspur.strmt, if it shall be nisiencd, to form a beginning of the proposed avenue from Charing.cross to Marybr►ne_parh, in which a►n opening should be left opposite to the l►esntifnl front of St. Martin's Chinch. Sunday sc'nnight, the skins of four foxes were exhibited on the principal door of Grovstoke Church, in Cumberland ; the premium fur the destruction of these voracious animals, is three shillings and fourpence each. This is a very evi dent custom, but observed (we believe) in few places at this time. A stuffed animal of this spe cies is to be seen in that parish, which measures, from the nose to the end of the tail, four feet and a half, and (at the broadest part) 19 inches in girth. On the 17th instant, a melancholy accident happened at March of Lawton, in the neighbour hood of Arbroath: A young man, a black smith, took up a sword, which lay in the shop, and putting himself in the attitude of fencing, said to some boys that he would shcw theta how he would kill the French ; when, by some unfortu nate matireuvre, the point of the sword ran into the head of a fine boy of 14 years of age, and killed him on the spot. Last rii;ht, about half-past eleven o'clock, a fire broke out at a carpenter', shop in Mercer-street, Long-acre, which entirely consumed the same. Yesterday morning Captain WI 1.1.0uc it v, in the New Prison, Southwark, undertook. for a trilling wager, to run 400 times round an allotted space (measuring 65 yards), in two hours, which he performed within eleven mittatus of the time, being upwards of fourteen miles and three quarters in an hour and forty-nine minute!. Yesterday, as Lord PALMETISTON: and his three sisters were passing by the Horse Guards in air open landau, the asletree broke, and the carriage was instantly overturned, but fortunately without any pcstan receiving injury.. Lieutenant Jone P WWI, of the . 4:11 regiment of foot, has been sentenced to be cashiered by a Court Martial, held at Hilsea Barracks. he Defendant was found guilty of all the following charges : 10. In atArming hinatelf, witbnat leave, from the lartlet tram:poet. nn bisard of which ship be V4.L. ordcted n ith a de• IMEttnient of the 4:td regiment. 2.1. it, endeavouring to camper with and perutade Corporal 11illtatti %on, of the Durham who woe sern-ftsen litlica 1.1.11T2C1f to Port -mouth, by ordei Or the. Cournnund ant, 'nails An official letter to hun to return to his yips ter. ut II ' to mite back the letter, and 'ay that lie had not :ceta him, ntid could not find him IL la quitting Ilibea Barracks, for the purprese.of kation, when in debt to a poor sriduw• %suntan that lets lodg ings, 11,35. d. and to other., Swimuctssr--It was stated a few days since, that a genteel chiefly woman, in black, aceonspa. nied by a young woman, as her daughter. Had committed a multiplicity of frauds in the mit 0. ports lately, by gutting goods, and pa) log useless ehecques and fictitious nutes. A stop was put to the Ladies' career on Saturday last, on emir retreat front Bath and Clifton for Cheltenham. .1 chef:clot hed been given to a Mr. Carman, for none) dot_ terously obtained : but in a few hums after, some clamorous creditors raised a hue and cry against the parties, and the swindlers left the town of Bath in their own carriage, and bust horses ; but pi.. Lice overtook (hem at Ham Camino's, and the) have been committed. The eiderli woman ass an old stager in the-lobbies of the fiseatres, where the Asured about two :ears ago. MR. CO BRE77'. It has been the common lot of merit to become the object of perscuttion.----To the possession of merit nu man has a fairer claim than Mr. Consery ; nor has any man encountered more wanton and milli-ions persccutiqn. The malig nity, the abuse, the wanton calumnies, the per !'sonalities, the lies, and the scurrility, with which this Gentleman has lately been aseelled• by the Public Prints in the pay of those he so justly and ludicrou , ly terms " TnE Roane.," far exceeds, in that respect, -es well as in absurdity, any com positions t:iit have ever issued from the press. The coarseness and vulgarity of the language and style• in which he ha* been attacked, have, in truth, been such as might not hare disgraced even the most distinguished prilfessws of elocution in that far-famed .Irena of oratorical disputation—. Billingsgate. The iniquita!ile refutation of the charge against Mr. COBBEIT on, the subject of the famous Court Stadia! (from which so much was expected), that appeared in his " li.t.Gtsrett" of the 17th merits the attention of every individual in the Milted Kingqlom. And in the hope, that by pub. lication in this Paper, it may still be more eaten_ siva,' circulated than it has been, the first part Is this day inserted, and will be hereafter continued. Mr. CoenErr, by the sole power of his per. SOWII era - lions and unassivled talents, has at. tained a degree of fame and. respectabililw, which. have not re►;q Olen been surpassed.— lie has devoted the faculties with which Nature has endowed him, to the service of that society of which he is an honest—and an honorable member. Ile has caviled his potters to tear the mail: front the ♦isages of the " rtret.te auarsens"—and the whole gang; una rote, in full cry—arc now en. dearouring to scold down Mr. COBBETT. Every ertilice—every potsilde mode of perseeetion has been resorted to—the result of all which wig bc• —to ertmil still more widely the influence and reputation of that meritorious individual, to whose manly expositions the country• is so highly in. &bud. FROM COBBETT'S POLITICAL REGISTL7!. " Let hi;k Birth triumph. ‘V hat ran be more great " Nothing-- bta Merit in a lan estate.'' Tor To the ISDEPENDEV PL"..IPLE of leArmpsiting. TIIF. COURT MAR rIAL. GENTI.I;STr%, In n fonder Let.er I spoke to yews open the subleev of pericao! ettackl, nbich the associates in eerruptioti were making upon me ; of which attacks l shall now streak t•• you more folly ; because, tin exposition sir the fakehosit and malice of nor enemies is ill Sti °ugly teed tb *en, nit only that their anise is bad, but that they know it to be bad, and that they have neither feet nor argument In ad vance in Its defence. 'the truth is this : they see plainly. that, unless they eau, by sonic mean or other, de , truy the erect of my publications, those publications 11111, is lime, de-Stray corruptiou and public robbery ; that is to s ty. destroy the meat wheir they teed upon ; and, therefore, a is no wonder that they are making such eforts to destmy the erect of those publications ; and yet, bring qoite destitute of the means of meeting me in the held of disconion ; being quire unalste to make head to stand one moment against me there. they have recourse to personal attack, just as if any thing I did twenty years ago could have any conneciion with what I am now writing upon the subject of Parliamentary Reform ; just as if my haying acted thou or thus, while I nas in the araiy, could base any awinectiou nub what L have now said oboist the Vote of the 310 upon 'dr. Undo:Warns/lion. or ahout the decision with sespect to Castlereagh, Wellesley, and t'crce cal, compared uith the prosecution and sentence of Philip Ilittnlei. I tun acrusing the associates in corruption of sit rioui crint-s against the pe title ; I am exposing their robbe ries to the people; and I aro proposing the wears of pre venting ouch robberies iu future. Why do not the corrupt defend tlietntolves if they can ? Is it common for the thief to attack the lawyer is no a, pleading against hits ? And if he nett! to do it, would ;lea gain hint any credit with the jury, or at all tciel to save his neck ? Of this one triuld think the public robbers must lie aware ; but ttsey are se stung; they smart so severely ; thee are so tell of resentcteet against an who are riJbets, that they commit steaclue their pfic.aotts to tine command of reason. Against me in particular they entertain soca mortal antipathy, that I am sore there is nothing but their cosardice that nithAulds them from at - 'emptier, astasonation. Lu this county especially they am deAvrate. They have (to w.'.leliever set or K..pg they belong) her, seen all the re..!i-etable p ere of the ; , eaplc turn their barks Ivor? theui with disdrin, after saving for mane years been th- dopes .n one gang or the other; ant this (to they) alarming change they ascrthe priaripally to me. No wonder that they arc out very nice in rhea: attempt s to obtain {mace. Souse of tlma• attempts I,fired in a fame, Letter. where .pikt of sotto of the tai•chootio and misrepresentotimii they bad made u'c or. 1 !rise aaw to speak of theicili at ; and, haling $o dime, hnbing once ante sown the tolseiiood, Inc malice, the incompni idle bosesess of the .44- ..ociates in Corruption, I w:II miter agGut take op any 4 ): t, of my pater, or the time et . my reatl:rs, lilt answerinum4 thing that shall he published a.!aimt sec prrwpow:to. The, ,:e wretches hate r .w publiihed, at an enormous ex7eoer. cape:we et nut le-s, perhap , , than ten Mot.. and ?tam thiag iv tuck they pretend ufl true account, of a COrft ~IAIITIAL, in which I iv ts c,nicerned, at the time lcalinz the army io 17i2. ‘Vity, Gentlemen, they r'4'•. when they wen. at It, as tell luive seine the full ler,;:i of the cia..aies of Ea.:land he A inrriett, aml onbli4b , sl an at. swot of st y I ring I •:,•If Jra tz4.l fret fer 1.17 czaZon. Th-y might a; well have ncrescsl me iif U.; • or any oiliet ugem.r. There world Lars beco vs much triqh in , och n char,le 114 in a hat they have 1. 4 a publi4ml, a Mill is a filarlioad from oar mid to the outer,.:, to what it me.ms to cause 13 lie believed respecting! me. It coogaici t like most other deliberate labeller's:ls, somr.'",a,,: w hi c h 1; tri t e in wards, but then the amushig Acr verleJ by the soppromion of all the material poi. a; I‘ , e transaction. Suppose rid acre to sa),—" If sellinz seiitt in Parliamrot be cot puisbal, it is a ihwilic .s.• .. liC,