The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-10-31 00:00:00

r Morn FRENCII PAPERS.- PARIS, Oct. In. • TO Ills EICELLENCT TILE DV OF raven; MM. TElt .11 WAIL S AT PARIS. " Ilead-quarters at Seilla, Sept. 28, 1910. M 0 setc, six -- I had the honour of giving an aerount io your Excellency of the attack made o n r , 11th instant, by the English, on the transports 0 i t: e of Reserve, commanded by General : c „, 4 ime, a hick wore at that period lying at anchor in the bay of Pentimele, near Reggio. b 4 I now hasten to communicate to you a journal of ,1„ „vents w hick have taken place since that time, u p the 25:11 On the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and lath, t:,cre 110111111 g new. • .4 O the morning of the 17th, his Majesty hare lug mitered that some troops of his guard should re. c , n uoure a transport ship to the south of Messina,. there issoed from the pert of that city several gun h,,ati, which came to attack them. His Majesty then, also, sent several gun-boats to support t'hcir Are, together with some light vessels filled with troops,' with the design of hoarding the enemy. Ia t he enemy's vessels then formed in line, and opened a very well-supported fire on, those of his jki a j,ity. 'I he latter advancing in order to'board, did a •t r .iern the fire, lest their progress should be thereby retarded ; but the enemy having perceived their design, tacked :shwa", and regained with all sail the clast of SiCily. 'The vessels of his Majesty then taking the enemy .in flank, kept up upon him very brisk cannonade, and a well-supported Ire el musketry. • ►► His Majesty, present at this action, directed all the movements. The enemy's lon- must have been considerable. 44 On the same day, his Majesty having given orders at four in the afternoon, that all t h e troops 1/f the army should hold themselves in readiness for embarkation, each corps was in consequente placed behin , ! the boats destined fur its respective trans. port, frir the purpose of effecting their einbarka. 11 0 u Kith the least delay when the order should 'be gli " At ei;ht in the evening, the order for ember. lation WaS given; the Division of Reserve, eight miles di,t•int from the others, did not receive the order till half-past nine. The wind, which (luring the whole day had been favourable for this expedi tion, had totally ceased in the Channel at nine in the evening; it still lasted, however, at Pentiumle, where tho Channel, beginning to widen, affords a freer approach to the southerly winds. " The divisions PAriOllllOllllZ and A.iainarque were embarked at 'eight ib the eyeing,. as. Well, es the It4yal Guards; at half past nine .thd Reserve was also embarked, so that at ten -the whole army was ready to sail ; his Majesty Nth himself embarked, together with all his Sta. " Detailed instructions tied hten given to rack of the Generals commanding the divisions and the comsat guards, with regard to the manner in ‘v - hich they were respectively to act, and stoo l after the debarkation, with regard to the plan of 'attack, the only one which local circumstance', permitted his Majesty to adopt t it was - perfectly understood ; but there was room to regret that it could be only partially carried info effect. " The General. commanding in chief the Attn.. lery and corps of Englotrepsy, had also received the Instructions necessary for their service, as well as the head commandant and director in chief. of the marine. In short, nothibg had been ted by Lis Majesty to secure thosuccesa of such an ti nter. prize; the good spirit of the army give every yea. sun for hope. " The wind continued during the whole night deficient in that part of the channel occupied by the two divisions Partonneaux and Lamarqiie, end the Royal Guards ; but it still blew, though weakly, off Pentimele, where the division of. Mier** at anchor. " This division set sail about half past ten, and arrived, without meeting the enemy, ou the coast of Sicily, not at ScaJetta, -which was the point marked out fur its debarkation (the sea.brecze which it fell in with on the coast not having pern.itted it to as. cend so high), but at Saint Stephan!, four miles farther to the north, and of course nearer to Messina. " All the troops were landed and formed in an instant, so as to leave nothing to fear from the dis, , positions which th e enem y mig ht a dopt. All the' dispositions to be wished for in such circumstances were taken by General Cavagnac. 44 In the mean time the two d visions Partonneaux and the Guards found themselves constantly des. titute of the least breath of wind, and could not execute their movements. His Majesty vainly hoped, and waited the whole night in his barge with the' mast lively isipatience fur a breeze to till his sails; the most complete calm on the contrary prevailed, and lasted till daybreak. " It was far (ruin being supposed, that the sea at Pentimele was not subject *.o the' same calm watch prevailed at the Punta &el Mao, there being Pii;j eight miles distance between them. I I It was, therefore, with surprise and extreme eneasiness, that his Majesty at five in the morn. ing learnt that the diviiion of reserve had been able to execute its movement, and was on the Opposite shore : a very brisk firing at the point of its landing confirmed this intelligence, and unfortu. :lately the signals agreed upon could nut be given at hat hour. Bat as that division had orders to retreat, Case the twu others could out effect their passage ; it saw, at the sate time, that the divisions Parton. heaux and Lamarque were still on 'the Calabria! beach, and General Cavagnac ordered a return. 46 Two brigs and an English corvette, followed by a great number of icorridors, immediately is. sued from Messina to attack this convoy, but a con trary wind slid not permit them to execute this de sign, and they were obliged to confuse themselves to a fruitless cannonade. " His Majesty had hitherto preserved the hope that his reserve ,division had returned untouched, and eveu after having obtained some advantage over the enemy ; but by a fatality, which in great enter prises often depends on the smallest details, thir. teen of the transport ships, after having landed the troops which they had sin • board, profited by the darkness of the night lo o regain the coast of Cala brshss So that a part of the Lroups which they had ..THE gTATESM transported to Sicily, having no longer means of re.embarkation, were necoiarily left there, told in the affair of neat day feU into the hands of the enemy, after a most . vigorous defence; which left them not a single cartridge remaining. 66 The number of these prisoners amounts to from 200 to 250 men, all Neapolitan troops ; among whom are Colonel &Ambrosio, and some subaltern Officers. 44 On the 18th, 19th, 20thi and 21st, nothing new took place. 64 On the 22d his Majesty gave orders to the di. aisles. Partonneaux and the Royal Guards to ens. bark, and sail.up the Channel, the former to 134 g. nara and the guards to Scala. These movements were made without any loss, lhou'qh the enemy fired a number of cannon shots. On the same day the division Lamarque replaced the division Parton- Beaus, at the anchorage of Pezzo and Canitello. " On the 23d, 24th, and 23th, there was no. thing new . . " I have the honour to salute your Excellenoy with the highest consideration, _ " General of Division, Couot of the Empire, Chief of the Stair." FONTAINBLEATI Ocr. 21.—This day, Sunday,. before Mass, his Majesty the Emperor and King received,at a private audience, G,eneralVViltersdortf, Minirter Plenipotentiary of his Molest) , the King of Denmark, who presented his Credeptiola In that Capacity. Madame the Countess de Montesqnien has been appointed governess of the children of France. ' M. Dubois, chief surgeon at the aospital of the School of Medicine, has been appointed surgeon. acouucheoc to her Majesty tae Empress. PARIS, OCT. 21 ?nom A LONDON PAPER OF OCTOBER 5. The following extract of a letter, dated Malta ) August 28, was posted it Lloyd's • • " The superrairi of the Giulia com►innicates in a letter dated the nth, that he is detained at Lissa-by contrary winds, )ut that he is at liberty, and that all the Turkish vessels that were sequestrated in the Adriatic have been li'. rated." Monitutst.—lt wrtg Dauchy, Counsellor of Stale, who was guilty or the indiicretiun, otramo wing the sequestration from 30 Turkish vessels which arrived at Trieste and the neighbouring ports ; but . he took securities. The Council has ordered these vessels to be eon. fiscated ; the securities, therefore, Will pay the 'va. lue of them. We would recommend it to the Directors of Lloyd's to affix this piece of intelligence also. Seven more vesseli.were released at Ancona; but, also, upon giving tiectrities. We are perfectly aware that all the Turkish •essels . which navigate the Mediterranean sail under Englislr licences, come from Malta, and arc on Enalrsh - account. The confiscations that have been made•in consequence at Marseilles, Genoa, Naples, and Venice, amount already to W millions; those at Trieste and Ancona to 12 millions. Here, there. fore, are 32 millionsAistounted by the Bank of England; and which are; in fact, a discount of the fogs of the Adriatic orMeditarranean.. All the celestial and 'British. merchandise have heel) seized in the principal depots: in Germany and Switzerland,.. _Aunties worthy of being posted LiOyd's. COMPIEGrE, OCT. - IL—We are told from Paris that a foreign Prince is expected in this town, that preparations are made in the palace for his rocep. 'ion, and that relays of horses are posted ,on the road. This intelligence has created some surprise here. There is no bustle hece,..no preparations at the palace, no relays on the road. In fact, newer was there intelligence so unfounded. FONTAINILSAU, OcT. 16.—His Majesty was at a stag-hunt to day. ,• The Grand Huntsman w.aa present at the chace. We Are rather surprised to hear from ,Paris that he set out, according to some; to meet a foreign Prince; according to others, to take the command of the army oCGermany. The Prince of Neuf. chaterhas not stirred from Fontainbleau. COLOVAL PRODUCE. . HAMBURCOI I OCT. 12.—The Director of the French Customs has communicated to the Senate of this city the following Imperial, French Decree, and has requested that they would make known the same t COPY OF Alt IMPERIAL DECREE, DATED AT TILE PALACE* OF FuNTAINDLCAU, OCT. 2, 1810. " We, Napoleon, Emperor of the. rench, King of Italy, ,Protector of the Confedektion of the . Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation, hate decreed and do decree as followit—. " Art. 1. The produce and merchandise mentioned in the tarif annexed to the present Decree, which shall enter Meck lenburg, Laueuburg, the Hanseatic Towns, and all the coun tries errnprehended between the sea and the line 6f our cus toms. from ltbees upon the Rhine to the Hattie, are subject to Cie duties upon entry laid down in theenirt (aril. whether they enter in virtue of licences of permits, .or are the proceeds of prizes, confiscation, or seisure. " 2. The said prOdace or merchandise at present existing in the said countries shall be subject to the said duties. " $. The proprietors or consignees of the said produce and mercharidise shall be bound to make declaration of the same, within ten days after the publication of the present Decree, wider penal yof confiscation. They shall pay the said duties. either in specie, or with good bills payable in three months. " 4. At the expiration of the term above fixed far giving in declarations, the custom-house officers shall make the neceSsary visits and searches, in order to discover the produce and mer chandise which shall not have been declared. They Shall be allowed a fifth of what is produced by the sale of such as they shall. have discovei•ed and seized. " 5. • Every individual who shall discover to the cottom . hiMse-tifficers the places where the goods withdrawn from d claratiOn are deposited, shall receive a fifth of the pronuce of their sale. " 6. The military authorities are required to lend nssistance to the custom-house ofti:.iers, on the denhuid of the chief of each • detachment. " 7. Our Dirac!or-General of the Customs shall give the ne cessary orders, that the searches and visits be made with exact or-as, and that the merchandise discovered, as well as that con-. fiscated in default of payment of the duties at the prescribed periods, shall ire conveyed to Cologne. " 3. Our Ministe,e of Finance is charged with the execution of the present Decree. (Signed) " NAPOLEON. (Attested) " COLLIN DE SUSSY, Director-General of the Customs. . (Attested) " D'EUDEL, Director of the Customs." [Here followe the Tarif of duties, ,which is the same as that annexed to the Decree of the sth of Augusts.] . - 4131iRlad,V ROSTON, Seim V. The letter from the Doke de Cabot's to General ARMSTRONG, stating the repeal of the Decrees of Berlin and Milan, highly important as it must be considered in a national view, must becontemplated and weighed with great deliberation,' as to its pro bable ultimate cunseqnenees. The first idea which strike) the reader upon a pe- rusal of this unexpected determination of NAPO; LEON'S is, that there appears nu ostensible reason ' for his conduct. It is evident the' Act of Con. ' gress of the Ist of May',. which opens• the ports* of America to French Commerce, is merely a pre. I ' tence ; for the ports of America were perfectly free to • France at the time the 'Decrees were en. ' acted. But if this particular Act of Congress had been the true reason fur the repeal, why el riot ' NAPOLEON promptly, and without delay, act mien the information ? Why, truly, becaitie lieu as not ti officially notified" of the Act. This want, of official notification, however, as to the. Act of the Ist of March, removieg the embargo, .did not pre. vent him from enacting the sequestration 'a n d s al e 'of American property in his dominions, in what. vier place it could he seized. No ; he claims such reprisals as Matter of 'right, 'and commanded by his dignity. In seeking, then, for the real motives Which have induced him thus to repeal his Decreei ; we need' not go further than the condemnation and sale of American property. NAPOLEON i$ w great distrait for fait to prosecute the war in Spain, and pay hi's other expences : ho has seized thirty millions of American property, as a right; respect. ing • which the Duke of CA DORE remarks, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE ANY COMPROMISE;" acrd, e's°, that it was the necessary result of the Non-inter. course AN of Congress. The consequences of this• seizure are too favourable to his wants and resources, to induce him tb relinquish 'the money ; but he is very willing to grant the repeal of his Berlin and Milan Decrees, as a salvo for this grievance, and . unction for the wound he has inflicted upon our national honour in the first instance, and upon our commercial* prosperity in the second. Great Bri. lain, undoubtedly, if we may believe Mr. CAN NING'S correspondence with Mr. P INKNEY, will repeal her Oiders in Council, which were the con. sequences of the French Decrees ; but here some momentous questions occur, namely, " What con. fidence is to ha placed in the' promises Of NAPO LEON ? and what materials for further pretences and future seizures of property are contained in this very Act of Repeal?"' NAPOLEON'S pro mises, his integrity and justice, are mere topics of derision' throughout 'the world, and his own dominions in particular : he will no longer he restrained than it is his interest to withhold the grasp which is to wreak still greater vengeance upon our wealth. Ile will not want plausible reasons for his conduct : he can readily discover them in this very act or repeal.. Ile declires to General Anmsveortio, that from the Ist of No/ vember. next the acmes of Berlin and Milan " will cease to be in force." So far all is well ; but hero comes thedifficulty : rc it bring understood" (mark it well); that in consequence of this declaration, the English shall reveke their Order, in-Couneil, and re., 'notaries the nett principle:l :A f blockade ids they hare attemptodtaetiablish.." The first point involves no difficulty • but what are these new principles ..which the English hive attempted to establish I 'risotto upon which NAPOLEON founded the 'Decrees in question, in the.preamble to that.of Berlin ; viz. - the blockade of a length of . coast, which Greit Bretaio only a few mauths, ago, to Mr. PINK NET, officially refused to resikn. There are no other principles respecting blockade s that we recollect, of which the French: Government have ever made any coin. plaint. If this is the doctrine on the relinquish .ment of which. NAPOLEON founds the revocation Of his. Decrees, it is clear lats.revocation will become a nullity,• since it requires of Great Britain aneraili. cationof.the root from which. the Decrees originally sprung. What will be the consequence which France will pretend to draw from a refusal of Great 'Bri tain to make this concession We find it in_ the following idea of QUAINPAGNY, that the United States shall, conformably to the Act of May 1, cause their rights to be' respected by the English." In other words ; the United States have• pledged themselves to go to war with. Great Britain, But, however NAPOLEON may flatter himself that he has caught us in his snare of di plo macy, it is fortunate that the United States have in reality given 'no such pledge.. They will restore the aysteßt of Non-intercourse with the nation refusing to rescind her Edicts ; but NAPOLEON will find, the difference between actual war.and a state of non. intercourse is .too broad and apparent ever to be *suffered by the A,inericaos to be involved under one and BIG same meaning. Died, on Monday morning, at five o'clock, In his 30th year, at his scat at Brandon House, near Coventry, the [Light Hon. H> N nY Ys.cycirrox, Lord Grey de Rothyn, Baron Hastings, .Wyford, and Valiance, Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant of. tii:e 4th Regiment of Warwickshire Local Militia, and an Active Magistratefor the county of Warwick. His Lordship. was grandson to the third and last Kiri of SUSSEX, who left issue au only daughter, viz. Lady BAkBARA YkiLVEKTON, who married E.T. Gantt), E-q..and died 1781, leasing his Lordship an infant, who succeeded to the baronies and estates, the Earldom of Sitilex being extinct. His Lord ship was married in June, 1809, to Mania,(laugh ter of Wm. Fol. of Ryton, .by Whom . he has left an infant daughter,. who succ*.eds to the titles and estates. His Lordihip passed 3 wee 4 in Coventry with his regiment, during which period he had a slight attack, but had immediate relief. After his return tri Brandon Ifouse, he was again . seizes! with a violent hemorrhage, which terminated his existence in five days.- His Lordship was ninclv beloved in' Coventry and its neighbourhbod. • The last harvest has dotibtlecs been abundant, but it is not likely that we should experience. any depreciation iti,the price of. the necessaries of life, while we hive to support such immense armies abroad, nut oply it our own.soldiers,• but of oor Allies also. togi.ther with toe whole forced popula tion of Lisbon. , . ,lr .7-47 ROBBERY AT LORD AYLESBURY'S. • . • We lay beforeour readers the particulars eta robbery at Lord Aylesbury's, which will thew thp necessity there is for the Nobility and Gentry to caution their servants not to allow workmen, when employed in the absence of the family, to remain by themselves, especially in those rooms when; pre.. petty is deposited. Lord and Lady Aylesbury ar. rived at their house, to Seymour.place, on Saturday 44, and on Sunday moritin,; it was discouJed ihet several drawers and a bureau had bouts opened • either by false keys, or a picklock ; among others, those bel-onging so her ip the charge 0f... , her maid, who instantly missed a very valuable . pearl ring (presented. tsr - her Ladyship by the Prin. cess Augusta), a diamond hoop ring, a pair of sine. thy's! snaps, arid gold chain, two roes for bracelets, . set ssith brilliants, four rows of gold chain, and . articles to an immense value ; alsO a great qoantity of Ladies' wearing apparel. Fier Ladyship, on being acquainted of her loss, re. vested that Townsend might wait on her the ful. lo wing clay; which he accordingly did; and, through his exertions, nut only have the - perpetrators been discovered, but a great ;wart of the eropery found, its the following manner : Upon exaussiting the drawers, &e. he instantly reported that no ssangers . could have done it, and enquired who had beeti left in charge, of the Rouse, amid *what persons had called there. On iteing informed oat there had bean no strangers, extuspe looto workossn from in ;eminent upholsterer, who' had been re. coolly employed there, suspicion immediately fell on them, and Townsend suggested to Cady Aylesbury, without taking notice or what. had occurred, to send fur the same Men, and to re. (pest that their master might accompany them which was instantly complied with,- and the jam... • iseymawand the two assistants, upon b'eiii„; closely questioned by Townsend i confessed' the robbery ; and upon examining their respective apartments, in that of the jou-neyinan was discovered a part of the jewels ; and amongst a number of dupliestes was found one fur the ring presented to her Lay.. - ship by the Princess Augusta ; and in those of the apprentices, at their master's house, was foetid a part of her Ladyship's wearing apparel. The three yesterday underwent an excnination at Bovisstreet, and :.sre to te. brought tip again. ST. 134RTUOLomElPs. 110SPIT.IL. Last night a very alirMing fire broke out in the Cloisters, in the neiglittotirhood of St. Bariiirt.ln. mew's Hospital, which fcir some time raged with great fury, and consumed three houses. Great fears were entertained fur the safety of the Lliispitat ; but we are happy to find, by the following clicial cont. mitoioatitin that that most elcelleut linsittirlott perietierd no injury • • 4 We are happy to Mute tharthe Arty wbirh t . ik plate last night in the neigooourhoott of St. liarthol..me,r b HaTital has done no damage to the itospital. and pat at' I& paticats dr" safe.—PubliAwd by order of Ch..t Vt. ou. '." . . • The Blue-Coat.BOys were'extretnelY iniVe at the cofnmencement 'of the fire; in c,olveying • w ater s pat which greatly Contributed to • prevent ifs 'Nader: • extension; , This day At &manna cdmnsenreitat ttie Old Bali' ley. The trial of Ensign Hepburn . ii.iiiiected to come on in the course of the week. The ,following may serve a a caution' to Or— vieto :—On Saturday, a sharper hiving ;•licerved a man deliver a hatbox, which tie concluded contain. ed a new hat, at the house of Mr. W. in Norfolk.. Street, Strand, stetiped .up to him, as 'soon as the door was shut, and asked . whether he came front Mr.'Andre's, in St. James's.street ; for that, if he did, lie would trouble him with a message home to ins-master. 'The •mto, no/ wincing 'the question was meant as a finesse, inadrertentry replied, " No, he did not; that he came from Mr. Bond.street.',' • This was sufficient for the ,h trot.; who immediately quipped in an apron, such as is usually worn by batters . ; then returning, 'knocked at the 'cher, and begged to have the hat returned which had just been le . fe; for that tho stupid fellow had deliveied it there instead of at the house of Mr. —, another' of his matter's' cus. tomers, residing iti the uezt street. Thic ,p,ere of art succeeded; and the servant; after this plausible story, had no kesitatipn in delivering the ~at.box and its contents, with which the sharper wade off. ‘ .1 On Fridayoshotit threso'Clock.ln tbeaiftei no w.. hetween 2 and 300 ciiavicts, belongiqg to the hulks, in Langston ilarlatue, who were at work in Cues. befland Fort,essembied iq a budy,.and artud pith spades, pickaxes, &di came down to entrance guard.bouse w.lth an intention t idriy s ic their esciipe. Part of - the Bth Royal Keteran Bittalion was on the guard, and seeing their object, ineackiiistely brat to arms, anti drove thorn. Nell They tneo atkempted. to cross the mad to Milton COMMON it hciplol)V water, and eleven of thin effeet!'d their esgepe;,..lset from the activity of the Ye(tUfattS,ivii of them wine "" *-- secured by . six o'clock in tho-eiruivg, 'ln& Atout '* 7 - eight the missing one was dlseoiereJ in some husjace . .ticar• the fort. 'Phil Whole . or them are now'safOr lodged on board the hulks. , Cartoagena Gazettes are .said to have been tre. oeived tattle 30th of August, containing some fur. r qther particulars of the establishment of the ,Provi. simnel Goveruotent at Carthsgens, anti stating the assumption of the Supreme Junta of the power for. tnerly vested in the Superior Ociteritturnt of Sawa `Fe. We apprehend there is senic mistake ip. • the date assigiteil toithese•paperthastl:that. nO later ac. counts have reached this. toontty;frbni 111 41, Gre. iiada than those we• formprlxAttliimed; Lieut. Itattru . tawszt-sz, of -Ake 45th reghnent, who was amongst the. killpd hs.4he tagegoineat a t .BIlsgo.:•on the 274 tat. ander Lord %YELLING* TOtt ' Se rv ed nritts the regiutetSt dialog Iti ettinpaigia • itt P ortugal,, and, we present .tit all the vkirmistes Unit lately oectirred,.in whirels the Rfitish were 664' ceroed —et the battle of Talavera, ai Ensign.. he gallantly distiogaishisdhinis , l(;. for one of. aloe Of. Aims being mortally wounded early in the action, lie inatistitly seized botb standards, and continu,d,to , maintain teenv; . though pressed on, by the repeated charges, until the sente‘t .terminated. - • e was slam of the late Rabaul OeisLiy, .Esq: of Linlclriok ; JAW had. not attaised. hi* rights:nth yesr.' ~, - I ' I / • .. ,~