The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-09-29 00:00:00

S P.HN. We. giva the following estrut of a letter from Cadiz, merely with a view a skewing in what eery °profile lights the situation of lasi., in Spain, and the diSpoeition of the Spaniards, can be viewed by different people. Whilst must of the reports oi the English In Spain abound in assertions of the absolute supineness of the inhabitants, the writer of this letter draws a picture, which, if he be nut totally mistaken, would induce a belief that Spain iiv is invible We, however, fear, that he views the dispositions of the Spaniards through an incor rect medium :--- " Of all the excursions I have hitherto made, this, to Spain. is the mast gratifying. Upon my arrival, about nineteen days since, I found that the English are almost idolized by the people of this country—who lope os as they abhor the French, who have condocted theituelves like a set of fero cious and murdering banditti, plundering, butchering, and de solating wh Terre their mieriority of numbers have enabled them to erect their standard. Thnnk Heaven the hells of the convents have been ringime, and the gum upon the ram putt, and from the British and Spanish ships at war, &lag, to announce the glorious victor% over the French by Sir A. cti.estre and General CVC•TA, after the bloody butt• ties of the litth and 25th of Jul., aft the same time tbe Mor o:lois of 11' C i.t.cm.cr, who is .ju-t arriv.ed, has hero draws throuth the streets by the enthusiastic and *nor, people of this city, who have expressed the highest gratification at his arrival. The coinridence of the Marquis's arrival, and the prose( this great and glorious battle, ‘s as striking, partial 'arty to such superstitious people as the Spaniards. I have been over a embideratik portion of Andalusia, and have vi-' sited the present seat of Goversinsent,Seville, from w hies l re butted by the iseaotifol river of Goa ialquivir, and every w beret osperieseed the ailrehomot of the Spaoiarla to the Enlists. Upon tbe carriage which I hired—upon the :inning of Ely butt—crm the bandage, aisle' peasants hats—and nearly on every land ud water c.srringe, art the same inseriptious, s' live the FailA—Line Ferdinand—Live the good and brave English." I a:n glad the sl.ftquis is arrived— Mr. Faeas is very unpopatir. The Supreme Junta (or to they are called B000ta) is composed, with the exception of four able and ! sp irked. arro l orf weak, igoora al s and spiritless Grandees. The present Junta a ill, probably, he soots oraoihilide4, rind a free Chostionion will be obtasioed .131 and for the people, v 'Moot any change la the old legitioate monarchy—fur .t he InvesOhien ttley hear tri Vie 'Maui, Killg . Fl.OOl N AND is ea- , tamiastic. GAM a US* IV. 1% 111 mate." 0 , CORONA; A's I NQUES 0 ealfoliteaday wimps e& AP•011111i at a ptrblic. louse in . Olaf kfriar,, 13:::47 o f an infant a l ip l inheil to have bre*:44 • .jvaina by a watchman in the Temple un the evening preced:: its. . • . , . • - The watchman slated, that as he was going his rounds orTisesday evening, about elevin o'clock, he observed somethink stinding on the steps of Nq. 2, Fig.tree.court, srl,irh, on essinioing„ he' discort . red to be an earthen jar, ..overed with brown paper; thinking he had found a prize, he took it up, but did not immediately open it. Ou doing so some time after, he saw it was filled with something white, which lie took to be tallow, but which, on inspection, proved to be tht body of aso infant. A. medical gentleman mid several women, who were examined, stated it as their opinion, that it was the bf:tly of an infant about sit d oys old ; and, from several circumstances, that the mother must have been delivered by a midwife. The jar wasso small, that it must have been with some difficulty the body was squeezed into it, gni on its being taken out, a considerable quantity of blood was discovered at the bottom of the jar. Under alt the circismvtanecs, the Jury returned a Verdict of Wilful Murder splint some person or persons unknown. The jar is not a common one, hut is made of iner earth then they usually are, and is ornament. ed with a variety of Cores on the outside. " Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, which sat till half past lee, at which were present the LORD C 11424• cst.r.ow, Earls GAMOW., CORTRAM, WRIT3IIOIIII. LAND, HARROW, anti BATHURST, I.Ortii NIUL. tRAVE aid LIST WON GOWF.R, and thu ChatM,. LOR Of the EXCUIQUIR. Yesterday her Ruial Highness the Princess of WALES entertained the Progress Cil ►RLoTTE of WALES, the Duke of BRUNswielt, the Duchess of BeeNswiem, the Countess of Evristutta a, Lady CHAP_LOTTE LI NDSA Y, eke. with an elegant din ner, at her seat at Blackheath. Lord Cocuaans leaves town to-morrow, for Plymouth, to take the cumniaud of tho hope rieu tc. By letters from Lisbon we have received the following particulars respecting 'Lord Wawan., TON'S army :—" The army are hutted. Head quarters at Badajos :—GeneraISIISRBROOKR 9 Sdi. vision offends from Lobat: to Merida; a brigade of German artillery is at Lik.iti; a troop of horse artillery at Merida, and also some cavalry ; Gen. CaAwroaD's light brigade of infantry is at Neisa and Portalegre; another division of the army is near Campo Mayor and Albuquerque • the 40th garrison Bad,jos, and the 47th is at Insbtio ; a park of artillery (four brigades) is encamped near Widajos. The convalescent sick are at Elva,— worst cases are sent to Lisbon : the light ca. valry is at Villa Vicinsa and the neighbourhood. The army is extremely sickly—about 7000 sick, wounded, &c. The light cavalry is almost dii. -filutiti,l; a remount of horses for the 14th and !C , ll arrived from England, wider Major ARCHER. The fuse regiment the Ist, or Royal Dragoons, commanded by that excellent 011icer,Gen. SLA DE, landed and marched into Belem (ten days from Cork) 700 strong, in high order. Scarcely a transport in the Tagus, and only the Barfkur and Semiramis ships of war." The Captain of an American vessel, arrived from La Garonne, reports, that when he sailed, it was believed that peace bad been concluded be. tweet' France and Austria, but nothing bad been officially published on the ste ject. Large rein forcements of troops, he says, were on their march to C l ain. The 14th Light Dragoons have received orders to hold themselves in MURDERS for immediate ser. •ice. The lit, or King's Owe Dragoons, expect a similar order. Til _•• NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • --mssasa-- Proftwassottra, SEPT. O.—Arrived the Sepeth, of 74 ram. Captain Jackson s Sateette, Thalia, 'and Bocephnlos frigates, Opossum mod Penias brigs, frogs the Downs, to re it, after toeing employed in the Scheldt, where most of our .hips got on shore. The Port Mahon has made the Opal for easevoy to the Westward. - -- ---- Went oat of harbour the Dryad frigate, Capt. Gal way. Yastworrit, Seer. 211.—Yesterday arrived the Auck land and King George packets, from G ittenburgh, with mails tad passengers. It is laid that the Governments or Rosier nod Sweden have caotiuded a peace, the cosseqaence of which, it is expected, will be the exelti.ina of British *hips front the ports of the latter nation. The C , on molder of the King George died during the pasuage homeward. neat., Scrr. 213.—Came down from the River, the Ad miral calp,,,,s, umana, Golden Grove, and I.evhithani and remain with the rest of the ships.-4t. B. The Luta= has just sailed fur St. Domingo. I.IIIIOIIIR. Pere. 96.—Arri•ed the Doke of Kent packet, Capt. Coteswerth, from Cad* ia 12 dit)s. . • nit svasEtto, Stn. S.—Arrived the Stetliag, Elliot. froattlarbee; Milton; Parker, ditto; True Union, ('oats, ditto; Hero, Keith, ditto; C iao, Phillip., flout Charleston; St. William, from Havana.; ;Lod the ,Tewirs, Patterson, from Tobasio. Sailed the Hopewell Heyman, fur Surinam ; Skiers Pro vidence, Lawson, for Timed& John. Smith, fo bares/ Major, fur Flashiag: and the Sir Citifies Cattail, for Gibraltar. TILE MARKETS. I CORN•RXCHANUE—Strreesce 29. The Market this day has some fresh arrivals of Whgtat, but the general supply is again'short, and sales arc heavy, at little variation in price. Bar. ley. and 41. per quarter highe►. Malt inclines upwards. New Rye dearer. Beans, of each kind, likewise. Of Oats there arc tolerable re maining supplies—this trade is quoted at little fluctuation. Prices of Flour on terms of unr last currency, and fine American fits. to OGs. per barrel. CURRF.NT PRICE OF GRAIN. I Whet, - - 9':. Oh. 111 s. Tick Benin, -- - - 665. 62.. Fine ditto - -- - 1161. 1901. Oats. R re, -4 1 -'.- - -66..611.. Pol:ind *lino -- - - 40.. 13s. Ntrley, - --- to 41r. 11-di - - - £5O £35. W. &last Boilers) -901.911 i. Pine Flour -- - - 935. 1016 they Pew. W.. 545. Secouds Bean, 66s. 71b. • SMITIIFIELD-Sirrt. 29. To sink the Witt, per %too Reer....4s. &I. In 54. & 1 1. Head of Cattle Ibis day s %Intim ..4s. dd. I. ICI.I. Rea 36 590. Veal ..ds. Od. to is. Od. I Sheep nod Lambs.... 4,iOJ Port ....Or. M. to is. 4d. t Calves Od. to Os. Od. I Pigs HAY-MARKET. ay 5l. Os. Od. to M. 6s. OA. • i Straw 2l. 04. utt. to 41. Ic. Ud. OW. 61. 6s. Od. to 71. lid. • %tract of a letter, dated B li aLes, Aug. 19. --"It appears that Government, adopting the early suggestions of the Commander of the For. ces, has ordered the demolition of Fort Bourbon, Martinique, the works of which are entirely to be rased. Our engineers have been for some time employed in undermining it, and the selion angle of that fort was blown up on Monday last. The garrison of Martinique are remarkably healthy, and Sir G. BRCRWITU was to pay his first visit to St. Pierre in the present week. ". The troops here arc all in fine health. Ma. jor.General Morrao still retains the command, Brigadier-General WALE ti-init only en second, et Commandant of the garrison." The following we extract from The Morning Advertiser. We lament that the author of this humorous feu d'esprit overlooked the Loon CIEANELLLut —perhaps the decided contempt in which he is known to have expressed himself on the subject of Italian Singers, may have rendered him, in the eyes of the Propricturs, not a very de. arable arbitrator : " Mr. !Wilms, seeing the multitude of new Performers engaged against him, has acted very prudently in endeavouring to increase Ass com. pany by another set of Actors, whose -appear. anos will doubtless be very ratifying; and, after a few rehearsals, they will top their parts to per. fection. Instead of complaining of raising the prices, 11 . 0 price can be too high for witnessing the graceful entry of such Performers as the Governor of theßank of Kngland...theAcrountant.Cieneral of the Court of Chancery—Sir F. BARING —Mr. A tr. istarrusi...and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Men so well qualified, by professional talents and habits of life, to jndge of theatiical matters, could not perhaps be found : unless the audience would have had the patience to hear Mr. Kamm., conclude his list. Had not the unlucky name of the AT- ToRNEY-GINZRAL popt in, he certainly meant to increase his drama . tit per:once, with the Lotto MAYOR and Sheriffs—the Archbishop of CAN. TCRIBURY—the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Ii —the Commissioners of Cuitorns—Governor AIM —andthe Physicians to St. Lake's Hospital." A Letter from Margatn says..." A ridiculous anecdote is told here of a certain Peer, which de.. serves to be related as an odginal of its kind.... This descendant of an ancient house had long enter. tained a supposition, that every woman who cos. &acceded to enter into a conversation with him, was favourably inclined towards hie pretty person. The opinion led him into many absurdities, which, out of compassion, were not noticed. On a se. cent occasion, however, when, " hot with the Tuscan grape, and high in blood," he, uudcr the animating influence, took a liberty with a Lady under the protection of a Gentleman, which cowl not be tolerated! It was in an Assembly, room wherein this particular con. ict was ish., served—when Mr. L. an athletic gentleman in company, led the petite Peer out of the room, down the flight of stairs to the door, and there absolutely suspended him by the waistband of his sasail.elothes to the lamp iron ; a ladder previ. oesly being most opportunely placed at the en. trance, gate the idea, which was carried into effect with less dielculty than could be imagiami.—After allowing this Noble Patricia,. to take a full siew of the surrounding saisery, by moonlight, be vrestaihreito alight, with the assistance of the wafters" STA'i~ESMA±i. ASS JUL rxr- WORTEff NG. MISS LATHAM AND MR. BARRETT. MAR LBOROUGII-STREET, 'SW. 28. —The par. ties were notified to appear before the Alagistrates this tiair Jay. At one o'clock, Mr. Barrett, accompanied by his Counsel, Mr. Alley, and a number of friends, attended. At half past one, Miss Latham not appearing, nor any person for her, to follow up the prose cution, Mr. NEVE addressed Mr. Barrett, and observ. ed, " he felt extremely concerned, that his ulk. cial situation i.eqaired of him to demand that at. tendance, for the purpose of rebutting a charge, the fallacy of which he was long since persuaded of. The conviction of Mr. Barritt's innocence of the enormous offence was now, if possible, heightened, by the Prosecutrix nut appeai.ing. Under this conviction, Mr. Barrett's attendance at that office was no limiter necessary, and his bail were discharged from their sureties." Mr. ALLEY stated, he would not be doing laic duty if he did not express the gray' tle of his cli. ent fur the mild treetment he had received fi am the Worthy Magistrate, durie!, this most disgraceful transaction. On the part of Mr. Barrett, he bad to return his thanks. Atthongh all the Mu. nicipat Benches did credit to themselves, and ho nour to their country, yet Mr. Barrett might have met different treatment, and hate been parti cipating in all the horrors of a prison, upon the presumptive evidence of this unfortunate young laity. He wished that she hail come forward this day, and have made the only rccompence in her power, by 'hewing her contrition, and acknow. !edging she was mistaken in the person of Mr. B.; hut, as she hail not thought proper to do this, be trusted the worthy Magistrate would furnish him with a transcript of thee deposition taken on the first examination, so that Serjeant Beer, when he arrived in town, and himself, if they thought it advisable, might prefer an indictment for perjury, of which that would form the ground. Mr. Nave observed, the rules of the Office did not admit of such an accommodation. It was competent fur the accusing party to subpdena the Magistrate on the trial, to attest the statement of the loving Lady before him, which would an. swer all the ends of jostice. He, therefore, de. dined acceding to. the request of the Learned Counsel. Mr. ALLaY stated, he acikowl Aged that the authori/ies of the Court of King's Bench were along with the Worthy Magistrate-; and he again expensed his Client's gratitude for the humsoity and politeness which had been shewn to Isim. Mr. NEVE then observed, that, with respect to his motive for desiring another attendance of the parties at the Office, it was in cowsequeuce of some information brought from Worthing by an Officer of the name of Craig, tending to throw some light upon thig mysterious transaction, tho substance of Which 'Was, that he had learnt, from the ostler of the White-hart Livery-stables, that Mr. Barrett had left his horse there on the 7th of J.ily, and that the ostler returned the horse . to Mr. Barrett on the 10th, and saw him mount him. Also, that the postman had met Mr. and Mrs. Buren walking together on the morning of the 9th of July, at Worthing. Thirse Acre cir cumstances so far corroborative of Mil: Lathaut's .tecoent of the appearance of Mr. Eat rett on the Milt of July, that he, Mr. Neve, thought it no cessary to obtain another examination, and inter. rogate the postman and ostler ; but their evidence was so far from being as ropre.ented, that the ostler could not identify Mr. B.trrett's person ; and the postman was uncertain, whether it was Sunday, the ctil, or Sunday, the 9th of July, he met Mr. and Mrs. Barrett walking t o gether. It was in consequence, thorefore, of this imperfect. neat in the corroboration of the Prosecutrix's story, joined (0 the additional proof of the alibi produced by Mr. Barrett, that be was induced to dismiu at once all doubt of his innocence. Mr. Barrett was accordingly discharged. A paragraph in the Cork Mercantile Chronick states, 66 that the composition, which is sold about the streets of Cork by country people, for Catsup, is made from horse.mushroonis and fairy. caps. The interference of the Chief Magistrate is called fur to prevent so dangerous a traffic. It may he remembered, that three persons were poi. maned in England about a year since from the same cause."—We fear 'that the venders of this article in London are not wholly exempt from the suspicion of the same dangerous practices. On Friday, as Lieut.-Colonel Bell, of Berwick, was shouting on the Lowhaugh4, near that place, with a double-barreled guu, havieg fired at a bird, and loading again, the other barrel, which was charged, went off, and lodged the contents in his body : he expired suun after.. Capt. Davison, of tie Royal Marines, sen. tenced to be transported for seten years at the last Taunton Assizes, was removed a few days since from Ilehester gaol to Woolwich. Yesterday, during the procession of the She. riffs going to Guildhall, a young Gentleman had his pocket picked of a valuable gold watch, at the corner of King-street with which the thief effected his escape. _ _ _ As, from the wetness of the late summer, there is a probability of much mtlheil wheat, it may by useful to state, that by putting two ounces of ground rice to a peck of meal or, Ilour, and making the dough tolerably stiff, it will make the bread nearly as-good as if the wheat was in the highest perfection. Yesterday morning, a serious accident happened in Blackfriar's.road ; a chaise being left without any one in care of the horse, the animal took fright, it is•uppoird, throtigh the wanton mis chief of some idle buys, and ran furiously slung the road, till meeting with obstruction, it took the wide foot-way oppoiTte the Rev. Rowland Hill's chapel, and was not stopped till it Had beaten down one man, and three children, two of whom, a girl of nine years of age, and the otheArarly seven, were seriously hurt, and are not expected to recover. .7„.:z • - •- 4 FINE ART S . . • Mr. Devoe, the wel.known writerof nevelt through Egypt, has lately been entrusted by Bw N %PARTE wish A cui,sulC ably Soul of money, to be eqoa:ly divided among the authors of twelve paintings of large dimensions, on the following given subjects: Ist, Bo APAITI, addrEekleg the Bavarians, before the bailie of Abensberg; 2d. I he attack of the bridge at Ratishon; 31. The capture of Ratiabon; 4th. The attack of Ilse ~r idge at Landshut; bth. The bombardment of Vienna; 6th. The attack of the bridge at ltbers.. berg ; 7th. Battle of Wagram; Bth. The French Kinperor's bivouac on the lielJ of W ~trier der. tug the iii4ht of the sth and 6th of Jaly ; 9th. A view of the island Napoleon (Inder Laois), 41 the time when his Imperial Majesty re.uotered it after the battle of ;;sling ; 10th. A second view •JI the same island when NAPOLEON ClabreCES Mara. shal LANKES, mortally woundi,i in that battle; 11th. A view of Ebersdorfr. and the bridges over the Daiiiibe; 12th. A view of the gardens of the palacesif Schoenbrunn. A small numberef mar.. ble busts, and among others, one of Marshal LANNI:3, will also be executed uy skilful French sc ours. The Triumphal Arch erected in the Carousel at Paris, by order of Bonaparte, to immortalize the glory of the French armies, iv mow entirety finished. It faces the Thwilleries no the one Oily io the direction of the Vtitihale, met the Loaves en the other. It is forty.five feet in height, slaty in length, and twenty and a half in thickness. Tho triumphal arches built by Septienis Sores ruts and Constantine seem to have supplied a mo. del for the present monument. Like those, its length is divided into three ereades, but it has one besides, which. running in a transverse' di , ec. tiun, passes through the middle of the others.— The width of the middle arcade is 14 frct, and that of the others eight feet and a halt. Thew htile ed , fice is built with a kind of stone of a fine grain, stud joined with the greatest care. E.4tit columns of red marble of Languedoc tilers, die teen principal sides, and support a prijecting etirnice of Italian marble, on which eight statuses of the same material are placed. These celuoins are of the Corinthian order, and their bases and capitals are of Leone. The top firms a thee& lo de, which is crowned with a quadriga. The vaults of the lateral arches are Ai:tiled with thunder. bolts, laurel bough+, and the monogram of the Emperor. In the c, ntie of the vault of the middle arch, the ornaments of which consist of caissons, a basso relievo has been placed, repre. sentitig Napoleon in his imperial robes crowned by Victory. Tills piece of sculpture, which is seen horizontally, was executed by Lesuour, and :he River Gods, which occupy the sides, by &Abet. All the ornaments are from the chino! of Messes. Gorgery and Denier, %tab the exception Military trophies placed at ate outside of the ferior arches, which were executed.he M. pellier. Messrs. Tautiay and Aipiatgaier duced the four figures of Fame, placed est outside of the middle arch. Tife two uu the of the Thuilleries are by the former, and those that a the Louvre by the latter. Above the inferior arches, basso relievos wiiite marble are placed, which represent actions of the campaign of 1805, which plagued by French inscriptions, erie is ,!nderneetli k in gold letters oh Italian marble. The-full/Mien are the subjects of these basso relievos in. tcrview of the two Emperors, by Mr. Itamay ; Napoleon's entry at Munich, by Mr. Cheat/a ; his entry at Vienna, by Mr. Deseinne ; the vic. tory of Austerlitz, by Mr. Espercieux ; the tepid tulation of Ulm, and the peace of Presbuig, by Mr. Lesneur. The latter is the only subject treat. ed iii an allegorical manner ; in all the others, great attentiou has been paid to give an poet likeness of the scene, as well as of the chief clia. racier!. . Above the basso.relievos there is a kiod of frieze, composed of children carrying laurel 'maths ; and higher still, malt hs+so.rdievos are seen repreAniting allegorical figures, holding the arms of the Empire, and those of the conquered natiuhs. Those have been executed by Messrs. Gerard, Dumont, Callamar, and Fortis,. We hire already stated, that the eight red marble columns were surmounted with as many statues of white marble; we will now describe tho latter. The first, by Mr. Deviant, represents a pie. neer ; the second, by Mr.Bridati, a cannutieer ; the laird, by Mr. Muutoul, a foot tarabineer; the fourth, by sir. Dardd, a grenadier ; the fifth, by Mr. Chittard, a hors carabineer ; the sizth, by Mr. Fouroa, a horse chasseur ; the seventh, by the late Mr. Gerber, a dragoon; and the eighth, by Mr. Taunt', a cuirassier. The quatlriga, which surmounts this monamerii, is the work of Mr. Lento!, with the exception of tite horns, which aril the antique and celebrated horses well known under the appellation of Corin. thian horses, and removed from Venice when it was the French armies. The two figute cu s i.l o q f P f erel ict i y o li e N and Peace, by which they are held, the car, and the figure which will be placed in it, are of gilt lead. Over the middle arch are two tables of white marble, on witich will be engraved the inscriptions which the third class of the Institute are now em. played in prep r;ng. • A Duar.....Early yesterday morning a slus4 took place lb a ;..:Itl uear Charlton, 'between Mr. Ft.wrcuan and Mr. Jomasox, both residing hi that neighlikurhood. It originated in some in. suit offered by the former to a Lady on the pre. ceding evening, who was under the protection of the latter, between Greenwich and W toltrirh.— After the first fire the seconds then swerfe.cd. and the parties retired from the greyed guud fri Saturday last,, Daniel Collin., lIM Ylo ) nap . ark, was brought to the gaol of Traits., from Listowel, under • strong escort of the North Mayo Milli's, charger with tie murder of Mr. David MilrfSlYs .of Abbcrfrale, on the night o f th e .`3lst of • Chrors. - "AU 1.1/IM • EMI 1410111 e• of the the in. Moot. et pro. . N the he des has as roes A. Nl ' . %Milt are ah: