The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-17 00:00:00

-- i - FROM Tli • r oa ars' 1 PAPERS. r. • Je., SEVILLE, Jot. ... :.. , , cony continues to rose* his system ‘—:''''',. on and corruption, but is eve# meetia&nßils pt ~ of the integrity and loyalty of die ' .11 ebisseter. The Bishop 0 , , who al present re. - sides at laerilda, ‘..,.., .i 4 pi Agee Wei', d a letter from the D4tfa , s Perfelifed Viceroy of Navarre, ii ,he Utipe -or, insidog him to re- Ilan py the r • sal.haD tahlehlie occupied be. fore the wool in, fa 4 vferi h im pardon on e the part of the seep t. '. 4 'shop returned ...4he letter to the Mgr . . The Cential sual g 3votta has ordered the pii ation of this honour. able act, that it may serve as an example to all good patriots, and 611 with sh lose those who have baarly become the agents of the most silo of ty. unities and usurpations. The Central Junta has also published a series of aerial reports moseeriting the siege of G-rorsia, as • well as the incessant skirmishes which take nitre in die iorithbourhoed of that heroic eels ; the ob. Jert of which his heon to occupy the attention of the besieging army, and afford some relief to the city. O n the 11th .if Jilly, a convoy of 1000 mats. krt., slime pipes of inanity, l ic,ivisions, and NI Quintals of ronder, etas intercepted, anti at thus same time 52 isrisirtier. taken. The enemy left it .1 dead in th e 6,•1 4 1. Urihavi ily a galley frill of ammimique afterwards blew tip, by which the greater i art of the coovoy sa as destroyed, seed 15 Sraniards killed, and 18 sounded, by the es. At the end of the documents is the following effirial ante : • 4 . Ms Stsiemy hue beard with Jocular witiifertleo the rallog of OM diapatohes. awe esperiAly the narrative of 'hose eirranetames of bravery nail enemooplet skill vrbieh mark the etpinits of all who have thus nobly conducted rseives, peticalarls the brook aid aMonishink (Wenn...loe ensile of Mrintialeh maim amsaiss, rePel l ling with in such glory the force and fury of toe newsy. And hi. :ilajests - beiag laßirmed that the Governor of esentia. es errillag tb• authority he paws. has already pealed re wards to the valiant defenders of that castle. authorises the General is Cider to groat imitable ream& to all who took port is es shave recited sedate. and in particular 1., Colonel Da Treatise* Mils's, and Lieutenant-Colonel Dom Jam Claris. who are thattaruipired by sigh a 'Pries .if ttf•teeil ; MIK' fan ennoidlenitine, as well of the esevpi .rs ems-toner of the imineible defeaders of tuis ilLoreitym city. as of the paternal cares and indefatigable seal .4 , he ss.ohy Junta. mod the apostolic awl patriotic rad sr of the Rev. Bishop sad his Chapter. who have sumer %%gassed I -r Chorea. their spies. our their belated tows is its extreme dancer. daring two months of siege and ENS volt, and f sr weeks of -horrible bimhordowat. his West% ken melte i to publish the whole la a Closets BstroortNnars. for the immortal boomer of owls weltodeseetritig potrintsi , and as a stems and perpetual example to Ilse rest of the nation, who are labouring is the great work of romans Rhinos. and *sr the edairadon of the present age. and of postern)." WEST INDIES. Saigeonn, JOLT I.—The two French fri. we% relichi and Ferieese, part of Cornenod.ser T. mule.% squadron, which not long since so irate. rested the public attention by the hope of their capture or de.truction in the Saints, after quitting 131sseterre, Goad sloure, on the night of the 14th ult. put into St. Martin's. Arrouuts to that effect are received here from Dominica, w Isere the ',chafes sloop of war arri. wed -n the 11th alt. in quest of Sir A. Cochrane. to give lii.o.thr intelligence. It appears that the Furiessie haring sprung a leak, caused then' to pot in th• re, and was disehsrgiug her cargo (both are i o d..aa colonial produce), in order to re. pair it. T..ry were *etched hy. two of oar @loco% of a er ; and in the mean time the Rear.Ailsoiral having ar, at Mariegslante, the 'tanks pro. et.e.led shit *As the inforniatioti. .Itruy 4.--The liriti.h frigate formerly men. ' Caned to hare beets ash..re off Marirgalantc, and supposed to be the Givire, proves to have been the 7heti., and was fortunately got Mr after st wing her water and taking her alter guns out, with 'he loss of her fake keel, and some injury so h.r bottom. She arrived here on Sunday, and sailed yesterday for Halifax, said takes the trade boon., there from the Islands as she proceeds. rse two French frigates Feticili and Feriae" were n o t at St. Martin's on Sundae, the 25th ult. So s a ys th e Marine 'astringence Book of Cock's Insurance 01111ce, on the asithority•of see moos by the schooner SpN, arrived here from St. Kitt's she heard it) and Martinique. Vague as this account may appear, we see nu reason at pre. gent to 11.•iibt it. B itinGi .iows,Jur.T 4.—The brig Mary, from Rio 'Aveiro, in 31 days, arrived here oh Situr. day afirrotion. The accounts by this vessel are most afflicting as to the state or commerce in that country ; scarcely a specks of British or Euro. pean manufacture but what it it overstocked with, and lies actually perishing in the warehouses. The Surinam and Demerara trade, consisting of It sail, passed to leeward of this island, on the 26th ult. under convoy of his Alajasty's brig ()mount, direct for England. The fleet, • hich sailed hence on the 26th ult. under convoy of the Dolphin, arrived off St. Pierre, Martinique, on the night of the 28th, and proceeded on to the general rendezvous the full Emilie evening. His Alajestra ship Intrepid was at Grenada on the 26th ultimo, taking in prisoners of war, and would sail in a day or two after for Fort Royal, Mrrtinique. Th.! Dame Rrno"f schooner, that sailed from Guailskrupe with the French frigates &ladle and Fs:dense, but ass nothing delayed by their put. ting into St. Martin's, captured on the 17th ult. in lat. 11. 45. the Spanish schooner Anteope, which she ransomed, and has sines arrived at Mar tiuiqut•. A cabbage w3s cut on Sunday last from the urden of Mr. Sills, of Eastling l the heart of irls scighed 181 lbs. and the leaves which were kin fruit, it, Di Ibi. and the produce kft on the Ik from which it was sot is 17 cabbages, all tiled eucetil one. Amsed. M nlh. Doe . 1 1 p• Waterford . . . 1 0 0 1 TH it STATESMAN. PRICE OF ‘TI , CIO4 rit is peeCent.Cons. Gil Itaa.div. • A per l'ertt Red. tie 4 I 4 per Cent....... Nave Con:nli. for Are 1!.:1 THE STATESMAN. I 1 I ON prem. ii‘e:i I J.. prem. 1n;1114 2IZ press. I.MM►i Ticket -,314 11,. Pliiil..l.lll 11 , . I% LONDON: THUZSUA T. AUGUST 17. Tim resistance of Fleshing is at length snr. mounted.—Several letters were received last night from the British Lines before that place, and alsts from 3liddkburds, containiug details of the uceratinoos of our besieging Army, and, at an early hour this morning, a letter, which will he found in the succeeding coining's of this Paper, nas received, which leaves no doubt that Flushing is in our possession. All ac. cuttats from this obstinately defended place, eote.oir in stating it to be reduced almost to reins. It appears, that some difficulty had arisen to settling the Terms of Cayitulatien, in rousse • quince of some specifically favourable renditions brine demanded by the Governor, for the Irish Ile igade. The wars that have arisen out of the R of France, hare, iii many in4ances, given birth to preettcos more offensive to Huila. nity than these of even the dark ages of Europe. What On be more savagely creel, this, plaeine , nee in situations, w hive, to.the ordinary chancre of war, they have in addition that of being put nut of the protection of these laws of humanity, by which, in modern earls. e, she conduct of ill.• tic. tor lesson's his prisoners is always eriv..rned.— The but -P e ery of the French IMigrants at Quibe. roe, and the manly, affecting letter of the gallant e..ent de Sossaneute to Lent hleeett.t.r, then Mr. Dveress, are events that can n. ver be erased from our rec•sllection. Of a el, tree ter precisely parallel is the conduct of the French in shutting up the Irish Driest& in Fleshing. But, hamoily for humanity, the cap. sure of these miserable men is under cireutnstances so different, that it may he confidently e e il ed e d no suctf savage measures will be resorted to by the British Government as those whirls marked the iitoial.stained progress of the French Revolution. Among the various preparations fur the lava.ion Englund, the organization of a Corps of Irish, was understood to have been included. That in the character of Inraders of their Native 5.. it a angle individual should have Lscaped instant death, if captured, it were madness to suppose. In the instance of the Irish Brigade being present at the defence of Flushing—merely on the drfrnvive— a very inferior degree of turpitude will obvious. ly be admitted to mark the crime of 'miring arms against 'tie k. ono country. There is too, another important consideration, which neces. sarily indices a belief, that these unfortunate Etiles aro in no danger. The armies of N.t. renews are composed of the natives of every country on the Continent of Europe ; and, what is perfectly unacrountable, the greater proportion lof those Foreigners e lei fill his ranks have been forced into the service of Fratic. The garrison of Fleshing is said to be crenpused of Germans , Prussians, Hanoverians, Poles, and even of those Si , aniareis whose escape with their gallant leader, ROMJNJ, was intercepted. That suoh a number of Aliens can he male to co-operate so vigtoons ly in the cause of Franre, appears at the first view of the subject secretly credible. But when it is recollected Of what a motley description are the crews of some of our men of war—Danes, Nor. %miens, Dutch, Swedes, Americans, in fact, all nations—the difficulty vaosi.bee. The nest operation to be undertaken, is the reduction of Fort Lillie To defend the passage of the Scheldt at this point, the French Admiral is 1 1 said to have brought down a strong force of fri gates and gunboats. If, however, the navigation be practicable for our vessels of war, strong ask Fort Lille, the passage will, in all prebability, he forced in less time than has beets consumed be. fore Flashing. The ultimate success of the Expedition against Antwerp, must, however, finally depend upon the strength of the army that ;nay be collected for its defence. It must be remembered, that whilst our army is neces*arily and inevitably di. minishing—that of the enemy will he howls in. creasing. The skill of the French engineers, and the power of their artillery, have long beet, knowne--but the indefatigable attention that has of late years been paid to this branch of military beieoce-..has at length conferred the paln, of su periority on England. The British Artillery is now admitted to be the most efficient of any in Eu. rope—nor can this be matter of surprise.— lbe practical application of the mechanic powers is, in this country, almost universal—and the incessant construction of machinery of every description, has produced a degree of perfection ill practical mechanics, which has aver bees altairmal, us far as oar firrewledge estmois t ier soy other nation.' in every branch of human envoi. lion in which machinery is used, Eng Lind at Ilia, moment is decidedly superior, and artillmy is o xertainly nsndsinery. The bridges on the Di srobe Na v y be brought at a striking illustr.i. faun of French in4enuify and exuetition. But were the grand contest to be IkciJetl by the per. formanee of mechanical exploits—we should have much loss doubt of the molt than we at present entertain. The superiority of the horses of Eng. land, and the universally acknowledged skill of the natives of this country in the treatment and management that noble and useful animal, add greatly to the excellence of our artillery.— With respect to cavalry, the immense superiority of this description of force over that of any other nation in Europe, we know to have been declared by those whose judgment will nut be edited in question—the French Otlicers who were capturd in Spain. With Mi.lllll, as well military as naval, so great—with ssilors and soldiers, whose cuurage, vigour, and activity are shove all praise—what then is wanting to the sue CM% of England, but the judicious direction of a force of this Empire so truly fortnidatile !! ? IsTuit.toatica is reported to have been received (ruin America, that the news of the refusal of uur Ministers to ratify the arrangements of Mr. KM ZINK instantly produced a violent sensation of re. sentinels' throughout America—in comieglience .11 which the French party have obtained coattpkie escendanry. Aoricas arc said to bays been received front Sown, anisottoeitig the tonott.f)ing itotriltgoire 401 . Aaruua WLLI.EiLLY's gm) hying gredtl) straitens t f.or ,or •tilions. —lt is s iitl that not mole than three dais :supply sere in the Camp Al Tdl4lol'4l. A Gibraltar Chronicle has been received, which on the au:hority .8f Malta and Spanish Gaze/le.', contains favourable 'seas from General SICA KT and imitate ads sees are said to be rL.c. mil of Isis having made a descent in Calalnia, a Welt has been attended a itli coue,sl.•te slice-cu.—This is merely a report, and as such a e give it. 'rue Neplanc, S ,Irrn, wit! Pancbra, ANDER SON, are taken in going woad Caw .11.11 n. Tine \Laster of firc Pa Jura, Supra:m - 4u, and 16 men, are kille.l, after an en4n e gement of ta..ee hours. The !Atoning, ecrordinz to the latest account., are the names and Uhl of the French 'Lips tit the hue in the Scheldt, viz.— Alb:mills Anversais 74 F iedlaisd Audacirua Charlemagne Commerce de Lyons .14 I Paltek ...... ailmatta l4 These'. 1./autale Bevisla several frigatts, null a usabber of brigs, gun-buals o &c. One or two more brigades of the Foot Guards, some regiments of cavalry from this•country, and some regiments of the line frogs Ireland, are im. mediatrly to be sent on service, part of them to Lord Caravitars's •irmy, and part to Sur Adelina WELLESLLT'S; and some more idol:cry go to cacti of these arniitz, with detachments of the Waggon Corps. By a letter from ilavanhah, of 12th Jaw., it aPpears that the San Francisco de Paula, had ar. rived from Vera Cris*, on the 12th Julie, with seven millions of dollars, fur Old Spain.. Tfie following is an extract of a letter from Gij in, dated August 10—" Bactaistcaus is pine to Leon at the moil' of 1112,01)0 men, well amt.,' and equipped. The Slarquesite goes to lards moiler with a small detachment from his forces.— We know very little here about our swine in the interior, but report says, that a blo•iity engage ment has been rough: its the neigh4otirlitiod ul Madrid, wherein 18,000 French wean slain and taken prisoners." The appearance of our Expedition his occasion. ed a great sensatiou in Holland. Ail that the enemy chooses to communicate relative to tile operations in the Province iaf Zealand and on the Scheldt, will must probably reach first through Ilausbnigh, as the eintiarAu on the ports of 11..1. land will perhaps, 'luring tt• continua ire, pres e nt us from receiving any Papers pulvistied loader the authority of the Damn Governmelit. An order was given in one day last week, by the :li:intim Leg Ilion, in the name 01 the Spanish Goverivotent, for the following articles, to be fur nished on their 'crowd at the espiration of one mouth fr the .late of the order :-- 50,000 pail or stockings (cotton), 25,000 pair of shoes, 25,000 shirts, 25,000 stocks and cravats, 25,000 haversacks. Tile house to is loch this ord. r has been giseii, has recently Ins iii , hed warm clothing fur SU,UOU men (to be paid for by the Spanish Government), in order to citable the Patriots to keep the field during the ensuieg w inter. The Spaniards were much inure engaged in the late action than ii genera:ly supposed. They lust 1000 men, and a considerable number of °lll.:yrs, pi ineipally from the regiments that acted with our brigades. After the battle, they made a number of prisoner', and collected a quantity of hoilikets, which the enemy had left scattered un the road on their retreat. A French privateer from Boulogne or Calais captured a br i t, on board of which she put some of the crew. The brig was re.captered and sent into Dover on Tuesday. The Frenchmen, who left France on Monday morning, state, that nu ac. counts had then arrived of Peace having been coo. Waded between Asstris and France. MK mud r. Yesterday at fission his 511astaerat arrived at the Q wen's from %%releaser, where he was re. e•i•cd by their It ty I Ilighii. sus the Dykes of CUIIIIVRLA VU ail B nirpog. _ _ 8.1•. illy after hi« M J ESTI( held a Prillale LC. 11.1*, which was attentivd Is,--. 'rho 1)0 Ice of Brut-4 k ; Path Camden, We-miner- I iad, 11*re...star ; Vivrrwnt Casslerrati.: Lord tote. , L .rd Charles Spencer Zia wain. . and Lord Hriathdield ; Sir Stephen 1 Wirral; SC I) .via . ds~; Cannio! Mr. Perceval; Mr. R. er ; ..wd crie r (kaiak ((:room ire ;railing). The folk% lug Is ril the honour or king pre.ented in his NI Air-TY :•-- Tier Mkt of Kr* itk Orig. en kit arrival i u Fu g t afti g. L••rd ritzier 8 powervrt, 0.0 h.. retwrr from Spain ; end, She •Lerits Pep-. Pre.idrst of toe Collre • of P.11%91 1:11W. w h e I vo r' I h e kmmur ..f p-eseali.tg lir hie 11..;rdy as elegem!, b un I volume of The Aire Parermartiviw. Ili% 11 AJ rstr fiel,l a Privy Cipunril, which tt attosiiieil by the r,,,tisiiirt pre. %mit ; when Mr. II vnr.e, I ti t ()Jon. his MA J EST Y the 'truce• dui*. uf s-veral Cowls-Martial. At half-114cl five &duck, hi, Al 1.1 1 STY lat town fur IVmdsor. his we, ii ...curt. Cill.ll CON. FLYN V. GIFFORD. Yesterday, a rause came on be ate Sheriff's Coast, to I.a s the Dama.tes, the Defendant hav ing let judgment go by default.—The J•iry gave 2001. 11.11111011V.1TE, dra. 13. Thi s pl , ce o f fi..14,,n Ode resort eontinins to he SO CruNdvd, th.il lo.hoenci dr.• out t'P be pr ordred 01004 the great st le;licnity. %Vt• hav e l a . I f hero vodtell by a succ e ssi o n of thcattieal st.att, sho haws greWly tointrilosted to the intbl.c men!, and we hope, lISTC individit illy reaped a t ulden Itatv,•ll. .%I -s Duncan, 'tl n. Edwin, Mks Fearott, ilr. BattAkter, Mr. Emery, have IV. t owe d each their merits a.r to.) sell known to need the small ltt cum most. las.* ns . ht ~, were mug: agreeably av•onithed by 1,1.• wound r- NI talent: of Corri's pupik, also, its sh.• De r r o f All's well, the Trio in l'ereurri, and the Chit ut Oh N.trioN :sod licvrtee of Love, fa.cos sled curry a•nlitor, au.l n err erseorrd %WI a degree of warmth an I enthusiasm whi••h spoke ovu m fort ibly than u: J. can describe tile deep impressiou they mad@ on eke audience. By a French Colonel, taken prisoner, we leant lhal J 1.1.111111 BONAPIIKTE (pitted tae 1i hl , with V►crue, at halc_i►ast lour o'clock, and the army r. fretted at live. Crovcrttoteot ha: given orders for stooling with 3 11 polisilale dispatch styptics or amts Soil Ammo nitioo to tipaitt, and particularly to the Nlarquis oil: LA Ross ttis% army. Of twenty thousand stiol of arms intended f.ar this purpose, five thou. sail., have been already eittharked, and the remain. il..r wall be shipped in the cotes'e of a few dap'. The B Crones I t iOWEItTiI, whose husltaii.l cloriously iii the Bat le of TAlavera, left Liel_r ore. place, on Sunday I ,st, far Falmouth. From Ocoee She iott•o(let1 to proroed fur ipaio, leavoig two elifilreu behind. An express wis sent after h-r at-go:113a her gills the mclanetiuly tidinot of the lite of her ;fall 114.brd. fli t . investiture of his Ettes•llency Lieutenant. Gener..l &raw I it Kill, the insignia of the Must Hinottrahlc Order of ti.e took place at Fort It iy.ll, Alartioique, on the 20th of June. The ceremony Was conducted in a iligaified man flier by Sir A. Cticuua "sr, Knight Compausims of. of the Order, and representativ e of the Suveteign on the occasion, assisted by the principal [strivers of the army and united for the purpose. Colonel ALEXANDER GOIAIWN, e f the 831 re. ginclif, who fell so nobly at the battle of Tata tera, was e% able and enterprising an Officer u the British !busty could boast of. Ile ties wound ed in the 'seek by a musket ball, charging the cnt•my at the head of his regiasent, and While• ear rsing otf the ii dit, a shell fill on him aad killed hitn iii.taotaiteuusly. Union 1 Goan of na. v..ry severely 'sounded ut Hula . uvd under the Nl•rq.'ut of Ituvrt.rst, in %hose regiment he ssus at that fluor 4 Captain. Ile served to the same regiment in F:gypt, a. 91 was subsequently ap,riinted Aide. de-ca op to Lord II AROWiCalt ductisa v • esti. ally in Inland. Her stag awl to Ilse pi sent Countess of Dultraies, and broiler to Wm. Gonna, Esq. N1e...b..r for Moyers, r, one the vortoers iii the yes, ei•tabl • Nous- sit (ionoan Mtiltrlllr, in the tilt). C.ll. (logoos ova scarcely more, than 33, .4 the meet ate 'a., lashed milliwrs and a iiiable ilts i t .sitoini. Thc Canjiict guts. Brix, L—illetiant BIT?, tos WAS arrived At mouth (roan off K .risl.,rl is.i day evening:, b•ings an as C it of tocist....ne Ovii:o a n d the crew of the Dremlit.eight's bo (....pp.med to be either ki11.41 or a iiiinds.d, shoat time since), 11..ni,, t all safe, hid pris.mers, exce e ti..g me nolo *ha 4114 killed. 'I he re.sel thei at. tensisfeul fu emit oust nit the nru,fott, mil 16 anus, and 12') men, and alongside of sev..ral gisn-boats. Our batteries erected against Ftushisig ektend in a circle sisclusiag the ion si Isom sea to sea. The heavy bittern% eason.on ore of the largest ralthar, an.) must, with the mortars, sibs. b also tieerly I hire) , keep tap a most Iremeodous 6r.. The Costalts.Ve h 4.1 alreaeh' produced ,Itstsosay Led lea rot el mot littleseribable among the Fa ouch troops and inhabitants of Flushing. 11'hen played ulf with lull force. they pee-etited a vuturne .if dying dome truly hurribli.. Tile contest mem ;slued by our frigates pith the batteries of Flush. iag is represented as 4 ve. $ splisll,!id Lilid '.V. Srt•AUT 41111 d laic lane hilsl slut only to sus. tails for ail hour and a half 111.• fire of that putt its ft b.st also that or the battery or BreAeus on the isle ot At the Assiut for the county of Somerset, wbieh cumnititeetl on Monday lasi, Capitol J vim Denizen, of the H•iyal o.fs fount) guilty of stealing Al piece of muslin from the .I , hup of )Ir. James Iluister l mercer, Tausitua.—We 611411 gist the tsiati at length to-morrow.