The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-11-06 00:00:00

& ID• g:: , ------ IfErdLIER DE LA PISYROIJSE. /y e o.'o in our paper of yesterday the disco. very, o r some documents *buck were supposed to rtkte to t h e last voyage, or melancholy catastrophe o f this celibraled and unfortuoate circumnavigator, at y,„ themeo's Laud, in Nuw Holland. The fol. partictilais of this extraordinary event h ave to colnionscated to us through a channel, which in d o ce 03 (0 place the fullest reliance in their ac. GOY o ffi,or of the name of EDWARDS, belonging to nth regiment of light dragoons, which has t os g on service in India, was proceeding to beep v ow S.eith %Vales in the Venui, for the benefit of When the vessel was off Van Diemen's L o d, Lieutenant EDIV.tBDS and some others land. d i fur tbe purpose of amusing themselves, and see. ilitflo of the country. After walking about forsome time, some of the company perceived en iocription cut in the bark of a tree, the characters of vi hi c h were nearly obliterates' or filled op. The however, was legibl4 which, by a singular' coincidence, proved to have been inscribed exactly that very day seventeen years. As the whole of s he in,eriptiou, from the circumstances we have a l to', could got he decyphered, the company re. turned ou board, giving up all idea of further research. The estraordinery discovery having made a deeper irpre ssion on Mr. EIIWA SDI than it did on his febe.passengers, he determined to make another i ncept to ducypher the inscription ; for which rd r r n ose he went on shore the next morning, ant. . comps eied by some persona to whom lie imparted portion of his seal and curiosity. Their first pro cselliag was to clear away the bark from the e, by which means they found that the itnpresion se the body of the tree was so strong as to be Wile. They ascertained (rem it that something of gt aequence was buried at the root of the tree. Mr. EDNVA SIDS immediately set to work with an iron instrument they had brought on shore, and after digging for a short time, it came en contact with a glass bottle, and broke it, but fortunately the contents were not injured. Upon examination they were found to consist of font. letters ; two of which were addressed to persons at that time filling situations in the Government of France, and the other two to Ladies. A raper also accompanied the letters, ithich were carefully sealed, rcquesting whetter should find them to forward them to their res p ec tive addresses. Mr. EDWARDS, under these eircessemees, as well as. in observance of the wohusts which should animate an Officer and s Galilean, did not feel himself warranted it amain the mysterious papers, but carried thesis the state they were found to. the Governor e oirc Seoul Wake, at winos disposal he was ialjDui to place the.. The Govertwr, however, souiderieg Lieutenant Rowans:so best entitled to the merit of the disaevery, submitted to him the propriety of transtaitsing them himself to the British Government. This englesdon wee adopted, and EmpAltrut forwarded the letters, uttopemed, l l with an account of the meaner in which they Wesel disee r reresi o by the Dromedary storeship, to his father in London; who p in conformity with bit songs request, intsotied to prate then this morning into the hands of the fieersistp at fiats for the Colonial lisputineat. That the Wen gentaisnotaeinformation relating to the fate of that very M. and muchelamonted mariner Pseeocax inmost probable ; for the latest blelligsnce obtained of Ms was not far removed free the date of the iosceiption, when he was con: timing his researches in thous. quarter. As the delicasy which Lieutenant EDWARDS praeteed with respect to these interesting let. len, we have reason to presume, will also be ob. served by the Earl of LIVERPOOL, and that they will be transmitted by his Lordship to France is the precise state he received them, It is pos. tibia that we may be condemned to the mord& cation of being kept in ignorance of their con tests. BONAPARTZ is so much out Di' humour with England, so implacable and unaccommodating, that we should not be surprized at his with.holding from us the gratification of learning what has be. tome of a man, whose talents we as much respect ed, and whose supposed melancholy fate we as much deplored, as the country which had the ho. Hour of giving him birth. We think we have a right, on this occasion at least, to a reciprocity of ;owl offices from the Government of France. Ablue ribband has lapsed by the death of the Earl Of DARTMOUTH, which, with all other great State llosours that fall, must rest in abeyance till the So vereign's recovery. Mr. Bunn, of the lloe, is down upon a visit LIMN WHIT/AEA% at his beadtiful seat in Bed. (*skim DEAR Swrirr, advised the people of Ireland to into every article imported into that country from England, uccpt coals. BONAPARTE'S Decree, or- • 'Wang the burning of British manufactures, has Miner precedent nor emption. With sincere regret we have to announce the death st sa excellent Patriot and most amiable than, Re. test Feeousow, Esq. of !Wk. He died at his' hued Rsith, In Fifeshire, on Wednesday lasts ihMst ult. at half put nine o'clock in the evening. Oa the Monday preceding he was apparently in the l'inYntentof perfect health ; but on that day hesuf. fired a paralytic 'stroke, which at first was not doming, but it terminated hie valuable life on the !coed day. M r . Fajtousom was one of the most, "anguished of that steady and inflexible baud of Whig in Scotland who, frees the commenetment of tC In-judged system of politics which plunged us 'tit() the revolutionary war, have espoused the opi. 'ins, ani — a • m tutained the principles of Mr. Fox. 1 14 second son, the gallant Major-General Fano u sav, was with him in his last moments. His loss lilt b.:. universally lamented in his native land, * aura: his virtues and hospitalities were known. • when the Cow, which was lately bought by an V i e 'tura' amateur, for four hundred guineas, vas seat home by the purchaser to his bailiff, the Ilan was so surprised that he dial not know what to t ill her to eat. O a the return of the owner, he band her without food ; which the bailiff very ",4 4 7 appligiusi fur by saying, ho thought such , I meld have bee° affronted with grass 1." .. • PAPERS*, ' 1 • VIENNA, OCT. 13.—The Co urt Gasiette of tbili day contains the following OrFICIAI. INTELLIGENCE FROM THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ARAI( IN TURXEY, TO THE YSTill SLPI'. 18lu. " While the victorious troops of his imperial Majesty occupied the fortress of Sistow, Lieute. nant.General Count Kamensky received Informs. tion that another Russian corps, under the cum. staid of G en e ral Zi v ili ne ff, had gained possession of the entrenchments of Bunt), by storm, on the 2d inst. and soon afterwards had made himself mos. ter of the fortress of Cladowa. " The capture of Sistow was not the only for. tunate cousequence of the splendid engagement which the Russian troops had fought in the neigh bourhood of Baja. On the 18th of September, they took possession of the fortress of Ornawa, and shortly afterwards of two others, Praowa and Negotin, and found there a quantity of artillery, military stores, and provisions. The conflict at the latter place was so desperate that the Servians on their side were obliged to sustain the whole charge of the Turks. " These rapid movements were followed by an attack upon Rudschuck and Guergowa. In the midst of the firing of artillery to celebrate the co. ronation of his Imperial Majesty, our adored Mo. narch, the above-mentioned places submitted them. selves to his glorious-sceptre. This event, so de. cisive for the prosecution of the future operations of the Russian army, is the more important, inas much as it puts in our bands an incalculable quan. tity of artillery and stores of all kinds. The whole Turkish flotilla stationed before Rudschuck has fallen into our possession." CoNSTANTINOPLE, SE,PT. 12.—0 n the Isth inst. the Grand Vizier was to quit Schumla, and to pro. teed forward against the Russian army. Strong reinforcements daily arrive at the camp. Ten thousand are assembled from Asia, and as they are ready on the other side to pass the Dardanelles, we may shortly expect them here. Twenty new Bairacs have been formed, who were to join the ar my, which is now upwards' of 200,000 men. The day before yesterday a Tartar arrived at the Porte w ith the news, that on the 7th instant, the Russian Commander in Chief attacked Rudschuck, and that Mactar Pacha was killed by the enemy, but that llargarg Pacha arrived with a supply of 60,000 men, and a fourth time re-occupied the in. tronchments, and that Bockniak Pacha made a sor. tie with the whole garrison. The intelligence re. dpecting this last battle was expected. The strong east wind and an extraordinary cur rent in the Black Sea, would not allow the Captain Nebo to maintain his station. At the same time an epidemic fever has lessened the number of men in his Meet, and carries off from 15 to 20 per day. The rA.dmiral has therefore thought it right to return with his fleet to the Canal. The greater part of the Russian fleet ha, retired to Set stopol. HAIDUAGH, OCT. 24.—Apartments have been pripsted for the e.i.devang King of Holland, at the baths near Vienna, in a building belonging to the Convent of St. Augustin, where the Court usually resides, It is supposed that this Prince intends to settle in Austria. Oa his part 250,000 ducats of gold hays been offered for an estate in the neigh bourhood, in a warm healthy situation, with ex. tended grounds. FEOSIr TUE RUSSIAN Facowneat, I.—Ac. cording to some accounts ' the Count Von Gottorp (Gustavus Adolphus), h as put himself on board ship, and has joined the British fleet under Sir Jas. Satanism, from whence be is to proceed to Eng. land, NAPLES, Cfor. 3.—His Majesty, on the 28th Sep. tetaber embarked at Arvo, end came entirply by wa. ter as far as Almafi, where he yesterday landed, having seen nothing of the English. From thence he proceeded by land to Castellamare, resumed his journey at night, and arrived here early this morn. ing. SEPT. 25.—The division of Parthunesa and the Royal Guards, yesterday at two o'clock, embarked in the face of the enemy, to proceed, the one to Bragnara and the other to this place,without any attention to the violent cannonading made by the English, which, far want of something else to do, they kept up during the whole night. The General of Division Pactod has been appoint ed to command the French troops forming part of the expedition. ANTWERP, Ocr. 12.—The following has been published here " IMPERIAL CUSTOM-HOUSE. " The Director-General of the imperial Customs bas al , ready :Announced, on the 6th iast. that the goods of the Ame limn cargoes, which, on the 15th of last month, were sold at the depot of the Customs in Antwerp, after the duty of import ation bets been paid, may be exported to Holland. without be ing objected a second time to the duty of export. He also gives tidier, that tobacco shall enjoy 'the same exemption with respect to the tax upon the manufactitre, We understand that the new Lord Mayor is to present himself, as usual, to the Court of Exchequer, and th it it will remain for the Barons to declare whether they can swear him into office, when hi s Majesty's approbation of the election has not been signified in the usual Way. It is said that Madame de STAEL, who has resided for many years i■ Germany, and whose literary fame bas extended throughout all Europe, is about to quit this part of the world for America, and that she intends to settle at New York, whither she will be accompanied by her friend, Mr. WILLIAM Summit. The Duke of Q. so far from any intention of " bidding this world good night," intends to take a more pleasant cour-c, and bid " good morning ►o the night cap" of a jolly dame, whom he means immediate/5r to raise to the rank of a Duchess! The same qualities that adapt BONAPA RTE for mar, incapacitate hiu► for commerce.—Commerce requires W►ience, quiet, and repose; war, restless. ness, violence and change. We refer the Public to the Advertisement of thy Commercial.hall Wine Company; and as wo ate decidedly in favour of good articles at low we recommend our Readers to make trial of the Company's Wines, Spirits, &c. &e. '!'ICE BTATESMAIf. , B I I I 4V OB .411terriaTR4ORDIN4RY •T OAXIC7TE. Avow* 1. The Central commanding the Expediti o n 4 to 181 t o he interior Provinces received the following cot:tenni 'cation on the 3d of August, at histiead.qoarters of Corral. det Maestro, :r0:13 the Cabal) of (ordova. 66 Stu on GENERALy—The Cabildo is persuaded that the greeter part of the inhabitants of this city, at the present moment,, aro much agitated with fear in consequence of the intelligence from Buenos Ayres, which announce to them the ap. proach of the Expedition to the interior Provinces, and which could not be allayed, notwithstanding the arrival of the public newspapers, which breathe nothing but sentiments of the purest fraternity and union, from which it is to be hoped that the inha. ' bitants of this town will receive no ill-treatment from those coming from the capital : and, on the other band, the dread and consternation which have seized the public mind at the near approach of the army, Which has also been •augmented by the absence )f Governor, the Inteudaut, and the Bi. shop of the Diocese, this Ayuntamiento has consi dered it as absolutely nicessary, for the maintenance of public tranquillity, tosend to your Excellency, in quality of Deputy, the Alcade Don Jose Auto iiio Qrtiz del Valk, that your Excellency before the arrival of the troops will condescend to remove the erroneous Impressions which have been made ulion the public, mind, by answering this letter, and which this Cabildo proposes to your Excellen. cy with the greatest deference. 4 4 God preserve your Excellency many years. " 6 Solo Capitutar de Cordova, Aug. 1. [Here follow the names of the tliferent Magistrates. To the General of the Army and Representative of the Governing Junta of Buenos Ayres. (A true Copy.) " IMPEL." 4 6 The present agitated state of your mind in respect to the fears and afflictions which the stun. der and falsehood of those who meditated the over. throw and disunion of the country, bas filled the public mind, I have been made acquainted with, by your letter to me by Don Jose Antonio Ortiz del Valle. At the same time that it overpowers me with grief, I cannot help noticing your total want of ability and firmness, in not being able to con. rince the people, if you really relied on the good intentions of the Junta, so many times expressed in their public Proclamations, and which were all repeated by me upon taking command of the army, with the addition, that my sole object was to re. gain for them the sacred rights of Americans, and free them from their oppressors ; but since so many public Proclamations, in which the character and intentions of the Junta could not have been misun. derstuod, ha►e been insufficient, you may from this moment inform the Inhabitants, that my actions shall in no respect deviate from the Proclamations issued by the Junta ; and casting away all the ter. rocs which want of discipline only can inspire, you will also state, that I am determined to chastise, with the utmost rigour, the slightest violation el. ther of the property or persons of any of the In habitants ; and, at the same time, I expect you .will take every precaution to secure public tran quillity, so necessary at this momeut fur the glory of America. 44 God preserve, &e. " FRANCISCO ORTEZ DE OCAMPO. HIPOLITO VIEYTES. " VICENTE LOPEZ, Secretary. " Read-quarters of the Anny, Coma del Maestro, Aug. S, 1810. (A true Copy) 66 LOPEZ." " Potosi, June 27. " The Peninsula overrun, and the Government of the Central Junta at an end, it was high time that America should proceed in the formation of a Government, by calling together a Congress of the different towns, by means of their different repre. sentatives. For that purpose the Junta establish. ed in the capital, of which your Excellency is the worth; President, commenced its labours. " The moment the inhabitants of this town read thaten articles contained iu the plan, and the other public documents received from the Capital, pos sessed of that noble enthusiasm which reciprocal welfare Inspires, seeing that between the European Spaniards and the Americans antipathy was cxtin. guished, from that moment they reckoned upon the happiness of their country, founded as it would be upon the supreme laws of the country. • " But," hew lamentable! As in this miserable, life corruption and vice exist in continual warfare with virtue and good intentions, so in this instance have they attempted to stifle, by artificial means, the wishes of the capital, by factions and parties uniting to oppose the election of a body of national representatives, as your Excellency will perceive by the annexed paper. 41 The remedy must be applied before the evil gets too fast a root, and your Junta, composed of men of such virtue and talent, cannot want the means of carrying into execution the first uncle of the plan. This town, oppressed and 'deprived of its most sacred rights, expects that you will carry into perfection the grand work ye have commenced, and it will raise its voice to the King of Kings to inspire such worthy patriots in 'the accomplishment' of labours so nobly commenced. Your Excellency will perceive that I have been forced to use a ficti. tious name, lest a 'numerous family should fall sic. Outs to arrogance and persecution. ff God preserve, &c. " Potosi. Jona; 111.10. GIL NORON4 . " To the Commautlant.Genend, Don Cornett° Saavedra. OCCURRENCES AT POTOSI, PROM THE 7TII JUNE, WHEN THE virutss DI!. PATCHED BY THE INTENDANT Of CORDOVA AR. " The Intendant Sanz talks of an alliance he has made against (he rights of the people, and to the project of Buenos Ayrev. He has called together th e r est of the Intendants of the Provinces. He sent as plenipotentiary to Chuquizaca, Count Du Casa Reg,: wit° assisted at the congress formed by Nieto, the archbiihapi, two jadges, two alc.►ldes a and two canons. 'They agreed 011 the incorporation of those provinces with (he Viceroyalty of I.tu►a. .nz himself went to the Cebildo to acquaint.it of tiie measures take►►, and the members of it so poor, ign 'rant, and weak, that they lowered their heads, Tit: . Vizier ordered ) that two dispatches he left, 1 . - should not be opened until the return of the Coen': The Cabildo obeyed his orders, anti when the dig. patches were read, they were directed to he ar. chiveh. It is said, that Nanz, as well as the Cs. bill., have written to Lima, signifying that this town wishes to separate itself ftom its capita!, Buenos Ayres. " The remittance of money to the mercharits is prohibited, that hunger may force suriender. %Vu are garrisoned with two hundred men. f do not know whether the people will arm ; lint . tau Patriots and European Spaniards are inclined to follow the example of Welles Ayres, with the el.. ception of those tilt° hold situations, and here and there some vile adulator, who for the present tempo. rises with the oppressor, no one wishing to sacri. five his life for the sole caese of Sanz, or to 9tl p port his arrogance and ambition. lam opiiiioo that as soon as the troops scat from the capital up. preach, some will join their good brothers in arms, others will desert, and Will leave this , general pro. muter of the must unjust war. He has nu more Oats 53J stand of arms ; .and the soldiers, some forced, and ethers cowardly and pusillanimous arti. zans, sigh to be freed from oppression. Sanz pro. poses to himself a foolish plan, anti he fancies he can driie back the wholesome River Plate, and then attack the small rivulets that join it. He flatteruhimself that no more than 500 men are coming against him : and upon this erroneous num. bier ho calculates upon victory : would to God that the Junta bad expreised itself in less ambiguous terms, and would send a competent quantity of troops to carry the 10th Article of 1 1 !e. olan into execution. They would sophisticate less, and pro ceed better on the straight road of reason. It is of the greatest importance that the troo, s should hasten their march. There is not a sufficient (pan. tity of arms nor troops here, and there is a dispo. sition in the people to receive the troops as bro. (hers, with open arms as our redeymers. The City of Plate is possessed of as much patriotism as that of Buenos Ayres, and the soldiers, much united with the Chubs Nieto, thought to disarm the City of Cochabamba, but 2)00 men uniting, they op. posed his intentions, and him, one of their valiant sons, who challenged him to tight, and requested him to go in person to collect their arms. In a word, all these towns arc ripe to follow the example of Buenoi Apes. NORONA, To THE EDITOR Of 7'IIE s P.ITESMIN. Sia,—ln my Letter of the 20th ult. I told you, that the Meeting which was convoked by the worthy Vicar of this palish (he certainly is entitled to the epithet, and, what is singular, his name, LEwi , Tay, imports it), was self-attended, which, talply was not the case; and yet I will that my' honest neighbour, wh• told _ . though he said " the thing that was nut," Wu tell a lie f fur when ht., attended at the Ruse Int., about half-past 11 o'clwk, the Reverend Gentle man was certainly sulus, and as the weather was then very bad, he took it fur granted that the matter was at an end, and therefore, Mr. Edivort, I trust to your candour to acquit me of an intention to im. pose on you, or your Readers ; In fact, the Meet. ing was not only not self, but a little time before the usual dinner hour, was very fully attended, as appears by the Resolution of Adjournment, which was signed by the HIGH Sncitire (a great land. owner in, with an eye to the honour of represent. ing, the County), 11 Esquires, 37 Gentlemen (I presume so, for " Mr," precedes each Christian name), and only three Parsons, a paucity which, in this county, where the Court of General Quar. ter Sessions is denominated 44 The Rookery," is truly astonishing; and particularly so, as it is well known, and almost amounts to a propose adage (something very like it is to be found in Scripture), that where the good things of this wsrld are to be found, there the black gentry congregate in vast numbers. As promised to give you the result of the ad.' jaunted Meetiug, I rode with my neighbour in h's cart to Cambridge-market, but, before I reached the scene of action, I was crediblil informed that the Meeting, which was called for the' express pure pose of petitioning the KING in Council (I would they could hare done so) was, on account of the present state of his MAJESTY'S health, which all his subjects unfeignedly deplore,.ailjourned sine die. This being the case, Mr. Paiute, my correspon. deuce with you must here cad ;. nor would I have troubled you now, hecii oat been greatly flattered by your approbation of it , and equally anxious tq assure you that I catinist, On any account, forfeit my word. However, its I sincerely hope that the Meeting will dot be re-convoked without good grpuads, 'ix. the realty lore price of bread-corn, j cainot . lay down my pen,without observing,that the farmer, (the ninths"; fortundti kricoli of the pre. sent day) are either bad politicians, or a covetous .sct of blockheads, for it seems that they would (I one sure Mr. LEWORTHY would not), fur the sake of filling their pockets with rectified rats (pardon the expression), alias Bank-notes, willingly consign the whole physical strength of the country to the Dail ; for sure I am (and so Government thought when theGi,/*Aet passed), that'lltO 'constant use of bpirits will not only de. stray the healthy but certainly and speedily subvert th e morel., of the tower classes of the community, and to which they will necessarily resort, see i ng that BEER, the natural beverage of Englishmen, is not only become very nauseous, and but little, 4 very little, short of , slow poison. - • , Adieu, Mr. EDITOR, Fr. , ni your's, &C. Ilarston, near Cainbridge, Nov. 4, 1610. Z. X. • • Sec Soaollutt's Continuation of flames liistory—Title ~", Fed nisi ins 111 ail ye II ltud 7,01 e by euhl us tl den' tiOn One mtllllS hiCl,l addil e that railed )-day► :LOri'h . ' 4