The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-22 00:00:00

.. • • ~ Areived• 1 000000000 •• • • • • 4•• • • • • • • • •••••• • • •• • • • •if ; • • • - • • .. Malts •• _ A ' . . 11•••• iiIIUCE OF ilk fll 18 HA It A . l Wit: ATI•OOK. 1 portimet.Cams. We I Minks I e mum 9 pee cent. WA. 621 e 9 Left. Ans. .. 18 13-ite 4 Or Ce5t...... _844 i Etch Bills, lb. pe r ~ Nay ni 9 hidia Kw* Ws. Ills. rem. Cowie for Ace ___ Me I Lotter. Ticket., Vi t. Is,. BlGki WATlilt. AT I.IN DON Bit IDGS. Twdve o'clock. THE STATESMAN. pMuru~lTl T►h.%l. LONDON: TUSt43I V . A:y*4A? 22. Mtn the French should claim the victory at Talavera, we naturally expected ;—but from the 'aria Papers that have been received, it is apparent that the narrative of that battle has been very im perf.v.ly detailed to the Parisians. On the 28th of iv!, the French, finding their efforts ineffectual, retreated. In a letter in these Paper., dated Ta. beets, the 29th of July, King Jussru is said to hare continued to pursue the British after the bat tle sr the 18th. There is added this very correct ilkatemeat •-••• 46 Gen. LATouit httesonao entered " Talavera this morning, the 29th." Sir Alt?llint Wcccasctor dates - his last dispatch from Talavera •n the Ist of August. All this is very absurd. In the *use letter is contained a passage, which spews how equally nations run the race of sanity against each °ilia-. 44 In these oireumstances ti " the " French" have proved, as they have cc often done, that whatever be the positiuu and " number of their enemies, they can overcome ar all Obti3 el 'S." if we substitute the surd 64 ' Eng,. fish" for 64 French", this paragraph may be sup. posed to hate been copied from one of the many thousands of a similar natuse that have appeared in the British JournalA. • The French funds have experienced a slight de. Fression. The 5 pet:tents'. were on the Bth at 78 fr. Sr c. aud Bank Stock 1'215 fr. From the same source of intelligence, we have tuntradietory statements with respect to the com mencement of hostilities between France and Austria.—From Munich is armounced the forma tion of au intretiched camp by the Austrians, near Prague, on the Weissembourg, or White Hill, memorable for the signal defeat and ruin of the un fortunate EIACTOK.— While fruin Frankfurt, of the later date of the 4th of this month, we leans, that news was n:ceived there on the '2d, of the signature of the basis-of Peace on the •ttith . 01 last ustutth. To separate truth from falsehood, becomes daily a task of greater difficulty to the public journalist; and in sioAustauce have we found contrarieties •ore irreconcilable thin in the reports of the re. MMus :Accrue' t of bustslititn between France end Austria. The foilowittg is the substance, of what is eirculatod suillbelieteil on this important sub jac A considerable difference of opinion existed be.. tweet many of the Austrian Generals, and those under whose immediate influence the AaCiIDUZI Vas supposed to be, respecting the manoeuvres of tie Austrian ariny, when the Danube was first passed by N tyoutom. The villages of Aspern and .gssling %s ere strongly recommended to have been occupied by the Austrian army in the first instance. This was first serious difference of opinion.— When the French te.passeil the Danube, Prince roux of Lichtenstein recommended a perseverance in the conflict—and in this opinion be was sup. ported by the most experienced Generals.—The tuba/ by which the A ncunuae was surrounded, persuaded him to turn a deaf car to this advice.— Tile French ammunition being afterwards known in the Austrian camp to have been absolutely exhausted before they retreated to lu.der. Lobaa, excited a general* discontent throughout the army.—Tbe A sten ova* then determined on remaining on ,the defensive in an entrench. ed camp, against the advice of Prince Jolts of LicIITINITEIN sad the other Generals, who concurred in the expediency of the entrenched camp, but strongly insisted on the prudence of opposing the second passage of the Danube, and urged active measures to interrupt the progress of the French works. After the battle of Wagram, in which the am. munition of the French had again been exhausted, Prince Joan of Lictrunrretts proposed to make &diversion, with 30,000 men, by passing the Da nube, and cutting off the supplies of NAPOLEON from Vitae.; his advice was again rejected ; and, although the opimiou in the Austrian army was generally favourable as to their 'Mara, the armis tice of Znaim was proposed, in direct opposition to the opinions of Prince Jour of taco-rest slat a, and absolutely against the inclination of the Emperor of Austria ; the negotiations were after wards protracted by the perseverance of the Arch duke Cita aLas in his opinion, " that whatever were " the 'aerial:es required, hostilities should cease." Tito Emperor Napoleon was ielletible In the ri gour of his demands, &ad the Emperor of Les eau, finally resolving not to submit to the hem required i appointed Prince Jour of Warms. •-•rommognomo..••••• or Austrian Armies, ID.th• rataill the Archdidte Cis A num, • - I • Of these facts, and of the Asiumminative Alretria lb persevere iu the contest, it is aeseethi l that (Internment has received an official commuei n , cation front Count STADION, who still retains paramount inieence in the Austrian Cabinet. Such is the substance of the rumour in general circulation. That the French were su ::red to pass the Danube, and occupy the villages of Aspern and Ending without molestation —al wayti sppeared mysterious—and to the , conduct sof: the Prince of LICHTSHITEIN the success at Aspern was in a great nsmuure owing—his opinion, there fore, may be presarned to have great weight— But it seems extraordinary that the Prince of LicturcnsTETß, who is stated to have been deci dedly averse to the Armistice, should have been selected to propose it. The words of the twenty. seventh Bulletin are, "at noon on the same " day (the 10th of July), the Duke of RAGUSA, ." who had arrived on the heights of Znains, saw " the di 2my 's baggage and artillery filing of to wards " Bohemia. Gen. BILLEGAILIM wrote to him that PrIOCAJOHN of LICHTSKSTLIN would repair to " the Emperor with a mission from his Master, for " the purpose of treating for Peace, and in con " sequence desired a suspension f sane."-- And afterwards, in the same Dutletist , " The " EMPEROR, informed that Prince Joss of " Licsfassratn, mho had been sent to him, ", was arrived, within thu lines, ordered the fire to cease." Subsequent accounts inform us, that the Prince or LICUTENSTON was presented to NAPOLEON at Vienna, and has since becu passing backwards and forwards iut:,ssantly, between the two Emperors. All this is certainly inconsistent with what is now tiserted. But if it bo true, the Prince of 'ACUMEN. STEIN was used worse thau Sir A. WELLESLEY. when he was euusgrained to sign the Convention•of Cults*. Of the Archduke's disposition to pro secute the war, we need only refer to the following Note which appeared in the Loudon Rapers on the 19th of June. In answer to an overture fur peace by Ware- LEON, previous to the battle of Eta transmit ted to the Aacitoultz by the EMPIIIIOft, he re. plies— " MY MARSKAL*I STAY; PROM DE., AND RAIDER LET MS KNOW TEAK 66 AUbTItIAN NAME NO MORE, NOR YOURS; BUT 44 LET DIX KLTIRE Mr SKOTMZILS TO HUN " GARY." The authenticity of this note was opt im. peached—on the contrary, the Government Prints trumpeted it 'forth as att instance of the firmness and unconquerable determination of Austria to perse- acre.—W hat then ciao have so suddenly changed the opinion of the Archduke Cataimes, even after he ha aseertatheed by the event if the battle of Aspern, which was " decisive for the glory of " the Austrian army, for the preservation of the " Monarchy, sod for the essmlction of public opi " 'dun" (as our menufeebtred official account had it) lust the French army under Naeat.sun was not absolutely invincible ?--Treachery, it is found impossible to impute to the Auenevts : bad he been any thing but the brother of the Empaaoa, we should have bad that accusation.—Admit ting, for the sake of argument, all that is now alleged on this important subject, to be true, however improbable—one of two facts must be admitted—either that the Attempt/ILL etas, subsequent to the battle of Asperu, fallen under the influence of a treacherous cabal, corrupt. ed by N tPULLON, or that the Archduke CUAIRLIS is sincere in his belief that it is the interest of Austria to accept of peace, even uuder terms of humiliatiuu, rather than risk a renewal of the con test. That the latter is the truth there east be no doubt. The appointment of the Prince of Lice- TXNSTEIX to negotiate the Armistice—he w ho was so warm an advocate for vigorous hostility as to be deemed worthy of succeeding the Archduke CH ARLES ,appears truly marvellous! When we hear it positively affirmed that Government are °fiddly informed of the fact, we are constrained to sup pose that possible which might be deemed impoosi. ble. It may be presumed, that except the Ex !Ellett and his children, no man in Austria can be more interested in the preservation of the Monarchy than the Archduke CBAILLSA, and not many days since every epithet of praise which the English language could furnish, was di- , ligently culkd to exalt the character of the Arch. duke CHARLIM—Arne the people of England pre. pared to acquiesce lu that degradation-41w de. :traction of character, which is now manifestly meditated against this illustrious Commander, on whose individual talents and exertions we were, but a few short weeks ago, taught to beliefs the fate of Europe rested L!! Tut Protest and Eucontainnitstion of the Pore should have preceded the humiliating journey to Paris, and t►e Coronation of NIPOLIIOII. TwitChhsese have condescended to tell is in a " -Chop" what they tbiuk of tha '• Mistress of STATISMAN. _ She Oc.esn." Her sth►mtbsist by watchmaking ! Aitost essaited °Oaks bolt of the British cba. racier! Lord Macliiixar's Embassy hal done but little, and coupliafthe laughable absurdity of the " Chinese Chop," with MIR/llCllief " Na tion of Shopkzepers," posterity will form a cu. rious opinion of the British Empire! A report prevailed yesterday eveniag that intelli gence had arrived from Sir Arraign War.t.aastr, !oath% his junction with the Portuguese army un der General Brea:motto, and the advance of the British, Spanish, and Portugueso forces towards Madrtd. The enemy's beets and squadrons this aWe of Gibraltar, being either destroyed or rendered use less, Lord GASIIIILitaad Sir JOHN 'Noma, Duct- WOlllll have arrfved in town; their ships not being now kept in an efficient state for sea, their crews have beau put into smaller vessels. A letter from Plymouth loosely reports, on the authority of a West India arrival at Ibit port, that the City of St. Domingo,-in the island of that name, had surrendered to the armament sent against it from Jamaica. Some of the French litre-nf.battri ships in the Scheldt are nisi to be manned by YUMA, who are mach dissatisfied with the conduct of the French Government towards them. The Earl of YARMOUTH and Lord LOWTHRS arrived on Sunday from Fleshing, which they left early on Saturday mooing. cis ' The Esperance privateer cer.leit into Dieppe, on the 19th alt. an American vessel, of 350 tons burthen, laden with 503 hogsheads of tobacco. Cuxhaven is at present occupied by - the Danes. A Hessian force of between 2 and 3000 men is expected on the banks of the Weser or the Jade, from whence they will be conveyed to this Coon. try A . n order has been received at Mill Prison to prepare for the reception of 2200 prisoners of war. The Transport Board have given directions to remove 1000 (ruin the respective prison.ships in Hamoaxe to Dartmoor. JOSEPH BONAPARTE has published a decree, abolishing all duties on the transit through Spain •of goods from Portugal to France, and from France to Portugal. This has been done in order to impress the idea that the communication be tween those countries is already free. Prince Pomiarowset, who has the command of the Gallo-Polish army in Gallicia, and to whem BONAPARTE recently gave the Grand Cross of the Legion of lionour, is the nephew of the late King of Poland, SraXIsLAUS AUGUSTUS. His fa. ther was Field-Marshal in the service of Austria, in which sertice he was himself Lieetinant.Colo nel twenty years ago, and fueght agaidst,the Turks under the celebrated General Latreoe.• The lisetkr, arrived at Portsmouth from New. foundland, has brought intelligence that the Ante. lope, Captain hi'Lenn, with Vice-Admiral HOLLOWAY, arrived at Newfoundland on the ' 18th of July, after a very pleasant passage.— The Admiral landed on the 20th, to resume his government,. and was. received by all the Military land Civil Magistrates. It appears that the teve rity of the last winter has destroyed all the Cattle awd sheep not only at New rqundland, bath' other parts of America. The grimiest scarcity prevails at St. John's. Beef, of the poorest quality, was telling (ruin 16d. to 18d. per pound; and many of ' the Meet respectable InhailltantS had not tasted I any for mUntbs together. Bread has been very I high, but is new falling to its old price. His Ex selleney Governor HOLLOWAY hes applied to the Secretary of State, foi leave to' trade for cattle and - cons to the Western Islands. Lientrant Srnorr, trf the Herring schooner, has returned to St. Jithis's, after a second ansuccessfai aftliMpt to feud some of the native Indians of Newfoied. land. Viee-Admiral Sir ISAAC Covet*, Dart. SC companies Admiral lloct.owir**, - qthen he returns to England. He has finished his tour of America. Monday last the Duke and Duchess of BED ' 04111 1 _ aceomimaiefl by Lord Itussr&, the Hon. Miss Russet 'and Mr ADAM, paid visit to the i l on. Mrs. )Asst, at Government House, Ply month, slid staid the following day. They paid a task to Mount-Edgcambe, bet the weather was extrhesely unfavourable for displaying the beau. ties of that enchanting place. Tes PARTS THEATRIS.L..A . •Freneh Journalist ' has published a tabbit:oflll - . the new dramatic pieces which have appeared in the principal thea tres of Para since' the year 1600; the result •of which is, that the Caistkile rraticoise has repre sented in nine years, TY ceiltbdies of one *0; emd 10 of three ; 10 tragedies and b eoinedies•tit live acts: The Academia asterittle de Moshise, 18 operas and 41 ballets : Tied 7Setere de Luvois, 380 comedies in five acts, three acts, and one act : The Vaudeville, 340 pieces in one act : and 'The, tre Montansier, 300: The Theatre de la Gate, and that of P ilonbigu Covelque united, 400 vaude villes, and b6B mete-dramas. Thus it seems that the melo-drama has borne the prise from all other literary productions. TALPIA, the celebrated French actor, played the part of Manlius, at the Bourdeaux Theatre ) on the 29th last. A new Tragedy, intitied Vitellie, has had a great run at the Theatre Framer:is at Paris.—A new Opera called FernsodCordes,. is in prepare, don at the imperial /coking of Music: There are SO private beam in -the new Cogent. Garden Theatre, Ishii* are already let at 400 guineas each, per usimuma. They are elegantly fitted up, and bare alladaturetiring room to each. ELLIITOX has parebeemirthe Croydon Theatre,- which is likely to pore a very: prodective con cern. For Its size, it is the most elegant and taste fully built theatre oat of Loudon. The Journeymen Farriers had a day of rejoicing yestesday, its consequence of all ddterseces be. twee* themselves sal thrir emtilia i seirs being ad justed. They paraded the streets in Warm. beat. log, colours fiying„ • and flags bewail. J iil u os vices emblematic of the reconciliation. The boxing.gtetch betwixt Richman and Crop leyis off; the former having turned kiipijagig r amit left off tinning against the peace. NAVAL !NTS LI,IGENGE. PLY6OO , II• SO.—Sailed the Nansimet algae fee Werimeth. Pet back, by heavy gales, the Cate!" psi 11011Pwier brig et war. Attired the Ailiiites sebum*. HIPP% YAtilolllll, liimc Mob with paihrugess: they mate the lase( tissosliftiblig VII ; 403, *ad inhabitants 61100. • *, Sailed the Diligent, Beemedatliesike, mad a Sae tj mer• L A cheat ships, to the South.—Ranala is the Reads. the Deo. back, Agincourt, Mosquito, Cal'pen, Ham, EN4Laced. if. .. Doves; Ava. 41.—His Majesty's sahasitec i j 14 4 re-capewed and seat in the ga rn et Frederick. MID salt from DMerisool. His Majesty's sloop Podarps has also rerapurred the FOC.. hum schooner, [rum Liverpool, with salt; both the shame vessels were captured on Saturday night by French priva teers of Beachy Head. The Ambuscade Preach privateer, which captured the schootser, carried into Dunkirk, a short time Mime, a large seerchatit ship, laden with rice, cochineal, Ike. *Arrived the ship Triumvirate, Capt. Glees, from New Drearwick, bowed to London. l'" Avo. 41.—Arrived Om Milder' Mole, from a cruise; from the River, assd resale, lb• Comaimee, White. ige Malta; William, Nellicale, fur Sicily. as' Cass, illy lor, fur Cadiz. 0•1••••1••••• Poarsmovin, At: G. 31.—Arrived the Tyrias sloop, with the transports from Portugal. Sailed the Defender mid Dezleroas gwo-brig, wit► a Md. ter, to the Dowse. Pawed by, the Spsnish Patriot, Darrell, from Cadiz, Is 1,8 days; cm the 16th inst. fell in with two Freach pries teen, Scilly hearing N. R. by E. Mame *hoot lb leapt*, owe a schooner, of 10 guns, the other a cutter, of 1 gun ead fun of meo ; bore down and hailed the schemer, bat could not do any thing with eitber of them, oa accusal of a strati gale from the S.S.W. arcompasiad with a heavy sea; a brig was captured of Seisey Point, by two French loser prism teen, yesterday aftcrtiooo.—Wind W.S. W. GRATIMIXIN Ago. U.—Arrived the Pensioner, Rebus; Thomas, At'Least ; Sovereign, Sinith ; Dale, Ho w ell; Willis; Alhiey Woodle ; sad Europa, Thole,. see, front Jiunatra 1 Juno, , front Norfolk; and Fame, Coortenay, from Cadis. sailed the Mermaid, Synres, for Cadiz : and Fly, Otway ; fur Lisbon. - The Fortuna schooner, with salt from Liver. pool, is re-captured by his Majesty's sloop Parlor gas ; likewise the Frederick William galliot, re. captured by the dlphea schooner. The Champion frigate has sailed from the Downs with the transports under her convoy, having un board the Russian Admiral and seamen, for the Baltic. • BREAD.—There was no Court of Aldermen to. day.—The LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the re. turns of the Bakers' Company and the Meal. weighers, ordered the pries to cuslinue thn .8 as last week. ' • -.11 4 , 11 Aft DUEL.— Yesterday nVeriiids G. K. ,giithr Esc', of Nottingham-beildings, and Captain' Stanton, of Brompton, met at Heston, sear Hounslow, attended by their woods, to settle a dispute which took place on Smaliberry-green t on Sunday evening, the Captalu having horse. whipped Mr. Smith, in consequence of some con. versation used by the latter, at an inn at beans low, towards a lady who was in the captain's company. The duvlllsts exchanged two fires, and they were both wounded; Mr. Smith serious. ly in the shoulder, and Captain Stantan slightly In the leg. The partite were conveyed to Lon. don in post-chaises, accompanied by a surgeon and their seconds. On Monday morning, about six o'clock, a duel was fought in a field near Chalk-farm, between two Hibernian heroes , named Plop O'Fleanegaus and Dennis O'Shaughnessy, in Consequence of . dispute which occurred, the prect:ding evening, at a meeting of connoisseurs, in Russell-square, to view the newly-erected statee dribs lite ookt:ie. Bedford; when Mr. „Triannagan..namd Mrs O'Shaughnessy difered beepleion, ant eairtt if4i,',. spect to the materials of" which it Wueriaiooilbd, but the identity of the Papua it was meant to owe present. Mr. O'Fiannagait, who is i cesepOir, of mortar, insisted it war !bade of carlpstorte,.aad, repreepted the Duke of Bedford ; .rtl Mr. O'Sbatighnessy, who is a rough lfspidurs, vulgarly • isellefiiis paviour, contended it was &tittle of cael iretettiand intended to " reprisint CheirleyWhox." The dispute ran high ; and as it advanced, became mixed with party and provincial feelings. Mr. , O'Flanitagaq was a Connaught-man and a Cairra. . sot; Mr. .I:l l Shatighnessy, a Munster -tnan, of Sliannavart. With such provocation df &Wipel irri. lion, they quickly appetite!, to the law of &rem - and after putting the eyes of each 'apier into ha(t. mourning, they agreed tomulliatitri the battle till 1 Sunday morning, and to divide it like jontiesten by the cudgel. The meeting took place scrota. '. Jngly, and each war attended to the field by a nu. merons train of partisans, male and female, frOm .• the warlike . purlieus of 14W-street and Ss frog .. hill. They were armed with blackthorn essigeie 'of no ordinary dimensions; and having ect-eir, without ceremony or parade, each. belabisdred his antagonist for' above an hour, in a style that would have struck terror into this stoutest of the Barker and Belchers, and enarsatkd oath other from head to loot, with lasting testimonies of vi. geur and dexterity. The air 'se rent by the tri. umphant shouts of •their respective partisans, as either alternately bit the lost. At length, Mr. O'Shaughnessy 'laded the victory ; and Mr. O'Flantiagan was borne of the field, with his brows enwreatimilby the Sunday sham, of a milk. woman, his sweetheart, wife witnessed the counitat, and crowned the coaqapror . with her own fair had& A hackney-coachman ' '6l' the fitment Wenner, was aped oft the stand in Pie:edit'' , on Sunday, afters On by a well.lressed ens anti - woman. Be was ordered to drive to Plitniy, and We theses, in the 'evening, to Turnhavir Green. When' be. tweets the latter place and . ' Breafford thew a • alighted, and in a few !Mentes die men ali g n . ' also, and pointing a pistol et Melo : seamen's . - ' he robbed him et 21. 12ii V . ll pAwt.cheite easna by" in a few minutes, and pnellile Wei w Ili aftor the robber, but without same. tie tii 1 ..1 I Y - I+ 1