The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-09-02 00:00:00

■ A •rt...d. mans. Dee. Dublin ... 4 0 • 'Waterford .... ... 1 3 • Unlimbersle .... v J •.. .Nap a 1 7 1 IIF STATESMAN. PROPOSITI T: ♦.l X. LONDON: S kTURnA Y, SEPTEMBER 2. I.,ist) +X au a:lL—Holiday at the Public Office:. hit A 114 NitsON MENT of the ENTERPRIZE ig.ii;Jst A NTW ERP is at last elemi-ggicially an nounced by one of the hireling organs of Minis tai..-the Nabob's Post, and will probably be u peated this evening in the renal echo of the wally luminous and immaculate Couricr...-The . _ f o llowing humble recantation appeared in tioe Na 's niper of tlois day---Thc Morning I'ost : iii•rti 'IIES rßom Lolly) IT ‘T;i M. —A BAN j)(“ o t.N I' ref the EN TEI11'11121; agutist ANT- I.'t l'. r„, t t r ara to one exprelatfons and predictions, founded ov a the nifalom 'if the project, and the extrusive meats em ploked Ii ettert it- titers/. as aril as the in formation we ..'e to the habit of neetnittaall. reel-wing from imielfigent ..• ;:trs Isttar:ted tit thr lixpedition. it is with Infinite grief de r al. e-taert I;tat adv ices were verterlay received from Lovd it .t 111 A sr, stating, that fear% the information be had re.. (el\ d 1 , 1 the monlwrs which the enemy hod beets able to cal k,• t'.; depmcc ef .4olaterp. the extensive inuntLitious t!..c. in t cti-eted. leis l.otdshtp, in coneurmuce with thewpt► itm:comit-titaterals, bad decided not to &drones I;evelar.J against (lint city t so that the meditated attar um ,tint‘enal, and Ilse French fleet, is eillogether alert. • ‘'. 0,. I:eader, a tll recollect, that about a fin - Might since t• sr; •IL. I : :ir appreltenriun iv felt in respect to the dip . fli tardine- isf the prmeedinp, and happy shall we be h:01 the delay in our operstkw, which we thee fore st:; woull roahle the enemy to collect the means of opposing to elect hal re-istanre to oar future elferts, was rendered hos wne.:Ste it, the untoward clrettinsta:srs wider wbkh our foun I themselves placed.-:- , Never certainly was , , wer t io a.• &teelier judiri.t&oty planned, ;Ind we ear •• I'.:u it I ends our heart to cortemplate its tailor'. an: i' 11: I r. sati•tiad a.; we me fiat the moat ample • ••v ere pa.% :2 •;1 Is ...aoire 16 complete .otceess. The most fo, til • arm:view tha! veer smiled from t!: • ." : as vox /rd. nf . .: rivoith 1; :e Srhrldl, :me 1.1. A Ad i • roil-rte. - 1 ep-ratioir: simullantotody In 1111: Sr STE,OSN of s coerday, •• : '.-• altar N n, nti,l3t hat- 0,r. , 4 nu!..atteotts" teem% of. .o.se o.s the ; .Ina - was Poll caroled a . ; ot• 7roaiert p it ef our toree remained roue tar doe;:rg t':e eslu r of that tit t le so ti4tif of the ene Hy. • . `turn the 14 :t • • 1:•••.t'.19 Lytle n• tiop,/r/i•sta:/:'el drfay were not ue.i , tr (goert inuner.m. reups from various +lnt, but a;.. rte to imitict.tte rot:site,' to prevent r.ll, contempt:natio of -o unexpected [Vide • N•vary-tot tv, .4.1 , -. 14.] ore_o: 4 l, grieves our Ter. soul ; wit r:.l our 4riei beilliestated otiterwi-e thno S. our t Oat ngvd, able to giseassli..fo, tory erp .s! ion shoot the mbietat—tltiv ev planatieo, w Isu►f, they vs ;II be able to ;:!!:1111; :ay.'. restful; upon that hope, we shall not at - rioitt ta prejudge Vie question. For tale present, we •.111:e growl , ' of &modellers from the proipect, that ititaanToig the abandonment -f the enterpi 'se azainst the ti-et and arse. al of the enemy. means ?lay 11. ertheless be a auk: -o too .struct the navigation of the St (pi& zw to make tlest rater Q 3 '47* 10 the ~ivy. The pn-s‘evrion of Vli.tifilerell /NW; mahk 11. to edect the treat object, %flitch, if arrom pli-4r.1, carp produce a mow insportant effect, ie.:lshtar% 3). tar Atria . s's ll rt trauldtherebv because starlet , and Itt a great r; a - tr4. ro-uptfirale for the fairs:re of the enterprise tigatitat Actin erp."—t 31urning Past, Srpt. ) Who could have expected that the futile ex pcLlations held out to the public by the Posit Abe Times, and Courier, Efor they may be all classed in the front rank of falsehood, delusion, and ath;:erditn,) Fhotold have subsided into ' 4 a ground itico;ssolation," a "trust" that means " may" be found to obstruct the navigation of the Scheldt-- that the possession of Walcheren " may" enable as to do this, and that, "if" accompanied with viecess, " could" produce the " important" effal of rendering the French Fleet" useless," and " might," iu a great measure, " compensate" far the "fuilare " of the Expedition.--Sn . the re. Solt of the greatest effort ever made by England ter minates in consolation.-.ifs, mays,mights, reoulds, and campentation, fur the failure of the Expedi tion—And this, to these hireling delutire Pr ints, it seems, ii an unexpected result s; ow, to us, eotaitlistaading the wisdom witli w hid) this Ex pedition was planned, of which, " more anon," from the moment that we saw with what eau tious, cool deliberation the Expedition proceed el, we were convinced that it must fag. We were convinced that the rumoured attack on Naples r< unld fail—and we were also convinced that the expectations of our al:iinate success in Spain were utterly fallaciuus. lu 1* tie Sx.vrxs. WAN of the 12th of last month, we expressed ourselves in the following w ordb " We hare sent an army to Si army to Sp via--and "an army to 110(0,4. 411 of which will now return abso " lutely re bifida, tinreecestful, asd without ettai.iing in eny " one instenee the olj-cle for which this alowit iucredible " expellee i 4 incarred:' And on the 11th— " The probable result of the Expedition will he, the re " !Palate of Flushing, and nn itastic:essfal attempt to ascend •• the Scheldt, for the Cit. of Antwerp does not at present ' appear to us in much greater danger than the Town of " Chatham. Whether, hi the prrie:lt circumstances of the " Cooutrt, the Island of Walcheren is an adequate re ~,it of the efforts of such an arms:le:it, we leave to wiser beads "to determine." The possibility of a successful attack on Naples was unworthy of comment. Such an expectation could be classed only with the projects of the moon-struck Knight of La Mancha. On the subject of Spain, our opinion was e:- pressed previous to the battle of Talavera. The statement, on authority, that in that battle only `20,000 British troops were present, of whom more than 5000 were killed, wounded, and mis sing., reduced conjecture to ct rtainty. The Park !IA Tower guns—the famous. ever-memorable Ge neral Orders from t he Ilorse. G uards,and the Peer age conferred on Sir A nrutin liVELLEstrr, could nut divest us of our clear conviction, that the situa tion of the British army in Spain was imminently dangerous.—Tbat it is so, is now notorious. - With respect to the profoooti minion with which the Hxpeditloa to the Scheldt was planned—the following account, it which we hinted( yesterday, has for some days beets in whispering elreulation : Letters from Holland were received by* certain City Negotiant—a monger in Loans, Stocks, Bills, Gold, and Silver. "If an English armament should but make its appearance of the coast of Holland--the Dutch to a man would receive us with open arms." To the vigorous Lord CASTLE. REAGII were the ecsittents of these letters commu. nicated, and by that worthy man to his vigorous co adjutors. The "Negotiant" was personally ex. amined—the Cabinet convinced—the Expedition announced...such is the 'whispered wisdom of the project. The Expedition sailed, and with it sailed another " Negotiant," who doubtless expected to have been hailed by " whole troops of friends." For these friends, day after day, have our Com. manders in vain kept a keen " look out." Nut one llollantkr has declared in favour of England. For the expenditure and disgrace of this Expe dition we have to show, what ? Walcheren, which, if cbletisible, must unquestionably be given back ere peace can ever be expected !—So much for the zaisdons with which this project was under. taken. The fleet and stores at Antwerp may perhaps have cost France one million sterling ; this is an extreme calculation. Our fruitless attempt to effect even their debtruction, has cost ) certainly, ten times that amount. The nation will strike the balance. If the subject were not absolutely maddening—we might laugh at the precaution of taking out a Company of Rig. gcrs to rig the ships which we intended to bring away. To complete the tale—the Commander-in. Chief, and his once dear friend of the Venerable, have Lelscd to hold that intimate communion of souk, that produced the determination nut to sail but in the Venerable, which we mentioned yes. terday. The followrig is the reported cause : it w ill be remembered, that we some weeks ago' ann iunced the presence of certain Scavans in the Expedition...one of whom attended a Naval Com mander, as private Secretary. At the presence of this Gentleman, the Commander.in-Chief re. munstrated—this remonstrance was taken in high dudgeon—something was sag about sending the private Secretary home. That, however, we understand, did not take place; but the cordiality 1 that hat!, till that moment, subsisted between the E %I.t and the Aaval k Commander, is at an end.... !On the propriety of the presence of this Spoon we shall bo silent, but of the prudence of thca step s we take the liberty of saying that there is but one opinion. Haxsttttox Papers to the fifth ultimo were j received tl►is day at noon. The Address of the Archduke Cit ARLEN to the Army on his retire. ment, will be found in our subsequent columns. Prince JOHN of LICHTENSTEIN is, it seems, his successor. The prolongation of the Armistice is stated in therm Papers, from which peace must be inferred ; and what in importance is para. osount to every other intelligence, is the arrival of GaitnaNNE in Germany from the Court of Krsia, where he has long been paving the way for the meditated EIPEDITION TO INDIA A LETTER from Yarmouth ) of yesterday's daft., contaios the following :-.- " Arrived the Earl If ',rimier (packet), from Gotten burg, landed a Foreign Ilesseager, charged with dispatches for Govt anietn, left Prague the .sth August, states, the Empe ror of A usrats to have joined the army, that the Archduke ( . 11A EI.ES iiitS resigned, and that Prince JOHN of LICHTEN STEIN b Commander iu Chief. That the Armistice was ex pected to he broken every day by a Declaration of War. The Austrians very strong. BotrAr.tars was at Schoeubrium on the 4tb. The following is art extract of a letter from N e w..Y u rk:-- 44 We have received the news of the refusal of your Governmmit to ratify the ne. guciation with Mr. Easatrix. By this unfortu. nate and unexpected event, a very strong setisa, tine has been produced ; so strong that nothing has more powerfully affected the public mind since the period of our Revolution." Thursday, her M.tatrry held a public breakfast at Frogmore-lodge, when mast of the Nobility and Gentry attended. His R►►yal Highness the Duke of BRUNSWICK paid her MAJIUITY a visit, and afterwards attended the Ktno, at Windsor Palace. The Staffordshire band were present, and played several approved martial airs is the gardens. 'lshe Prince of WALES and Suite left Carlton- House on Wednesday evening, in two carriages, f or Bagley Hall, Warwickshire, on a month's visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of HEAD FORD. The lit battalion of the 11th regiment has been disembarked at Cadiz, from Madeira. The 2d battalion of the 10th Foot bas removed from Lincoln to Chatham. Among the Officers arrived in a state of ill health from Holland, is Colonel RAMSAY. He arrived at Harwich on Wednesday, in the Alert sloop, from Campvere. On Wednesday last the Harmony transport, filled with sick and wounded men, from the army at Flushing, arrived in the Downs, under charge of Siaff Surgeon Baum The Deal boatmen im. mediately pushed off, and gratuitously tendered their unsolicited assistance in landing them close to the Hospital, which could not otherwise hate been effected till the day after. 6111111 MAN P4PICRS.. FROM ?ME liAMSURiiii GORRESFONDRNT, AUGUST 1I WAssavr, Aug. 10....1t is said that the Rus sian troops in Gallicia will =reit to join their army on the Mo!dew. -, Prince Lubermiski is appointed President of the new Administration of Cracow. 'Notes, Aua. 12.... The day before yesterday his Majesty, the King, inspected this fortress; yesterday a heavy cannonade was heard the whole day from the Scheldt, and the vicinity of fort Baths ; a ship likewise blew up, the explosion of which was heard. The inundations before Bcrgen.op.Znom have been opened, and the whole country between here and that town laid under water. TRIESTE, Aua. 3..—This morning ■n English fleet of 10 ships of war appeared before our her. hour. There is among them a three-decker of 120 guns, on board of which is Admiral Coiling• wood. The intentions of the Rnglish with respect to Trieste are not yet known. Our sea batteries are, however, in a very respectable condition. The day before yesterday an. English frigate and a cutter took, in sight of this port, after an action of an hour, 32 ships and barks, bound fur Trieste, among which were six small armed vessels, who convoyed the others. Many were killed and wounded on both sides, as the battle was very obstinate. PRAGUE, Aua. 11.—Our Gazelle of this day 1 contains the following article : " His Royal Ilightwss the Archduke Charles reciened. on the 31st of July, the command of the Austrian army, which lop been accepted by 1 . the General of Cavalry, Prince John of Lich. tenstein." This is followed by the articles of the armis. Lice, concluded on the 12th July, in the camp before Zuaym. Thu' following is the order of the day by which the Archduke Charles notified to the army his re signation of the command in chief : " ZITTAU, drive 31. " Very important reasons have induced me to request his Majesty to accept my resignation of the ea:named of the army entrusted to me. I yesterday received his consent, and at the same time, his orders to transfer the chief command to the General of Cavalry, the Prince of Lichteasteln. While I leave the army, I take the mast lively interest in its fate. The perfect eonvietina I have of its bravery, the confidence I /slice iu it, and the constant habit of dedicating my exertions to its service, render this separation indescriba bly painful. I Batter myself that it participates in, and re turns, this seutiment. " CHARLES." (Signed) Vassa l Ana. 8.- - - - Among other points which are to serve as the basis of peace, and which are now negociating, one is, that the Emperor Francis shall cede the kingdom of Bohemia to Ids eldest brother, the Grand Duke of Wurtzburg. AUGUST 9.---The intelligence t h at the Arch. duke Charles has resivied the Command of the Army, has made a great impression on the p.iblic ; he possessed the love and confidence of the sol diers in a very high degree. It is understood that the armistice has been pro. longed fur twenty.eight days. FROM THE CORRTSPONDENT OF AUGUST c 23. Nines, JULY 2-1.--Yesterday the King gave audience to a deputation of the merchants, who offered Mm a present of 25 entire new.constructed gun-boats, and a bomb galliot. In the afternoon his Majesty reviewed the 211 and 3d divisions of the army, the guards and garrison, which troops and garrison together amounted to 16,000 men. WAasAw, Auo. 14...... The French Ambassa dor to the Court of Persia, Gardatme, has pro ceeded from hence for the French head-quarters, by the way of Cracow...-(ldeas.) An Austrian Courier arrived in town yesterday, with dispatches for Prince STAIIREMBERO. It is rumoured, that, on account of the im mense expenees attending the two Expeditious to the Scheldt and to Spain, Parliament will be called together at a much earlier period than has of late years been usual. Exfract of a private letter received by the last conveyance from Lisbon :—" Sines the accounts have been received here of the movement of the British from Talavera, and the junction of the French troops under the command of Generals SOULT, VICTOR, and SEBASTI ANI, all the dispose. We British and Portuguese troops in Portugal are hourly marching to join Sir ARTHUR Weci.escev. A plentiful supply of pruvisious are daily follow ing, and I have no doubt my next will convey the pleasing intelligence of offensive operations on the part of the British General, who has nothing to fear in his present situation." Private letters from Olmula, dated the Bth inst. state, that at that time the Preliminaries of Peace had not been signed, nor had any notice been given of the rupture of the Armistice. The principal Austrian army had been reinforced to 200,000 men, and that of the Archduke Jona to 65,000 men. The conduct of BONAPARTE, in taking possession of Austrian Poland for himself, has, it is said, excited the jealousy of Russia. Thursday night a hackney-coach driving along the Strand, one of the horses took fright, and in pulling up, the coachman broke the reins, when he get loose, ran over an old woman who sold apples in the street, and almost killeal her. The horse then ran towards the statue at Charing.croA, broke the window of a cheesemonger, and im mediately fell down and expired. NAVAL. INntLLIGENGE. •~ Tim mousy, Aso. 31.—Carse doors out of harbour, his Majesty's ship Whet, of 71 poos, oafisored is Cawood 'lay. Bailed the Lyra, brig of war, With a fret of virtaaltees, for Basque Roads.—The Hvaber, armed ship, and %Testate, brig, with a Sett br the Do was.---The Gawk, sloop of war, fur Cadiz ; she has am board the Smash Gement!, who ar rived here from the West ladies, called De Casto ; she abu . ;tarries out dhpatches. Arrived the Britionia, armed ratter, from -Lithos mad Co mm, with dispatches; left at the hitter plate his Majesty's ships ladefatigable, and Atethans, add a Beet of transports, ' consisting of about IM sail, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Coates ; sailed from Ebben for England about the 12th instant. Doran, Sett. I.—Palled by fur London the Hope, ►l' Parham, from Cape Francois and Cocaives; Charlotte, Captain —, from the Bratib; Queen, Wilson Ju liana, Radford; and numb, Reny, from Quebec.- One hundred gall of transports, with the horses belonging to the cavalry at Flushing, passed by this afterawm to the Djwas. A Frew! schooner, captured off Ireland, also passed by to the Downs. DIAL. Sze?. I.—Arrived several ships from the We•t ward, which anrhored of the Sooth l'oreland; also the Woodland Castle. Freeman, from the River. The Unicorn frigate has soiled for die Nore, to get a sew bon sprit nod foretop•mast. Four 11. M. Sc4eral transports from Flashiag are Jost coming into the Downs; a great rimey others are coning round the Smith Saud-head, and will be in this cycling. In the Downs his 111oje/ty7s ship Lively, Vice-Aided Campbc.ll.—Witid N. E. THE EXPEDITION. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. EXTRACT OW A LITTER Wilton AN OFFICER IN VAL.. EHEREN I DAVID ADS. 23, 1809. " You have Do doubt bend that Flushing is at tenth he our possession. Who would have thought that it could have held nut fourteen days la the face of 90,000 men? The fact is, Bo sA PA ItTE had given Gem. RION NET the mist positive orders to defend the place to the last; and in the opinion of all, but a few of his own officers, be obeyed his orders as long as prudence amid allow him to hold out. " The principal Dutch inhabitants are enraged at him for holding nut so long with so link prospect of seeress. " The French ()Seers cherished an idea to the last, that on their delivering themselves up as prisoners of war, they shteddbe permitted to depart for France without any re straint whatever. Op being marched out of the town to be sent on boird for England, they shrugged up their shoelders t a.la-mode Front:else, and observed very coolly to each other, that there was one lino( which gave them pleasure in leaving Flushing as prisoners of war, which was the certainty that the English could not long retain the place in their possession. " The effects of the tire from oar cannon and mortar bat teries was truly dreadful. Great part of the tows is In rob., and al the streets are literally strewed with fragments of glass from the windows, almost every one of which is cola pktely shattered to pieces. The houses are battered and perforated in every directive with oar dreadful engines of de struction. The Stadt Howse, a large Calviuistkal ebur.:h, and perhaps 1(10 of the principal houses, have nothing left 100 the walls, independently of many other buildings, which are les ' yelled with the groand. The streets we pbaglarl io z with shell', many of which fell into the comb, which, t their explosion was Dot prevented by the water, hindered then from being so destructive as they otherwise would have been. They say Mr. Committees rockets are very destructive a bra they fall on combustible bode d but that is, general they make more noise than mischief. it is certain that the tiring of thee rockets greatly alarmed the inhabitants. and the enemy acknowledged they were thrown into the town with energy and precision. "In the dock-yard was found on the stocks a 74-gun ship of rather a small construction, a frigate, and a .. gun-brig, the Later nearly tit for launching, the two others to great for wardness. the 71-gun ship bas heron little injured in some of ' her timbers an 4 scant/Wing by the bombardment, hut might be got ready tor sea in a short period. Inside tbere is adeep baton, adjoining to the dock, which is capable of containing at least (hefty sail of the line. " Thesmenal is a large building at the entrance of the dock, and, 1 am told, is pretty well stored. " The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded is reckoned at little lessthan 1000. 'Nearly 600 were found troweled in the hospital. destitute of every thing necessary 100 their help. less coielition. " Previous to, and during the siege, the enemy had aug mented his garrison to 7000 regular troops, the male inhabit ants being also called on to assist in the defence of the place —of these lastmearly 4 200 were killed, including 50 women a w l some children. When our troops matched into the town, women were seen wounded in the streets. Indeed their numbers are not to be correctly ascertained. there being many of the inhabitants not yet accounted for. " During the bombardment, those of them who were not actually employed me the works. retired for security into their cellars; bit the better sort, together with the General and his suite, betook themselves to the Stadt House, which was comidered bomb-proof. Isi a few hours, however, this building was enveloped In dames, and the wretched iniabit. ants ran about the towo for other shelter, in the Own* con sternation. At one time the powder-magesioe was on Ike, but, providenally for the inhabitants, it was soma extin guished, without doing any damage. " Generals M0117461' and OSTEN embarked at CaniTeer for Engltuid, eta the Mb ; I saw the latter take leave of his family, and the scene was truly affecting. Hosiers. em barked In aunt of plain clothes. some say to escape the no , tire of the exasperated populace. OSTEN embarked in foil uniform, and seemed to carry with him the regret of the , natives. `` The Dutch, if appearance and professions may be cre dited, are not sorry for their change of masters. Though they arc generally kind and liberal to us in every respect, yet the characteristic avarice of the people is apparent among the commerc i a l p ar t of the community, and more remarkably maiming the patiliams. One might dine almost as cheap at Ilse !Atoka lavers, as la the Dutch lodgment, and certainly with ten times the comfort. But the English, wherever they A go, are so lavish of their cash, that they generally , raise the price of every thing to double its real value. On ou r first arrival here, the Dutch would wily give 19s. rd. fur a guinea, now they are pleased to give us Ws. and some even more. The clanate is reckoned very unhealthy in the Autumn. From the numerous muddy canal. in various parts of the town, which are almost dry at low water, the exhalations ninft he very abundant and prodeetive of sickness. The French garrison bad generally one-third of Its number in liuspitals during the autumnal months. The islaadsof which we are in possession are beautiful and well cultivated; Wel chem° to particular. • " Tire distance between this island and South Bevehuid Is only half a mile; the chew' of cows ynklien is called the Sluy. and the passage is performed hr a sail-boat. The dis tance beteele Flashing toad Ceased is only about three miles. The peke of meat is from live to eight slivers a pound, the Dutch allowing ea English shining to be worth eleven slivers. Vegetables are not scarce." ANOTHER LETTER. " &Atka Frigate. at anchor in the Scheldt, near hat trz, Aug. " We are ia sight of the French Mips at Antwerp, bat it is at present with us as wlth the le ox and the Grapes; but It will not he so. I am ingrextholles, that, at the utt:er end of this th or the isegiuoingoitie s ti, they will be in our pos. sessien, as the army • Vas. PM'S from Flushing to Bathe. noel then is going to kaV the ford near that fortress. in their way. We hear tit toe former the French :tannins to 23400, principt,Ny, Comerip4s, that is to sa,, raw men, and 1 should Imagine hot very well aniseed with their Em peror. YOll mayexpeet to bear of oar arrival io wit.atig or six weeks Ishii the slaps w reselsio the Scheldt." 1 IFII $l 4 C