The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-10-26 00:00:00

►. d of large shingles, is generally access , but it was supposed, on reconnoi_ tat the lairling was practicable, and Capt. 1 ,„ xhu undertook to superintend it, t in j small prize schooner, captured by ca a pal ty of seao.eas and a detach. "ht troops, land wilt some of the boat, ~.we.l elleced a partial landing, but the ~.vest were stove the h e log, however, considered by Lieu. K e ating of touch Litportanee to cf. 14 ,,d0 4 on this point, a light transport, gr,.,it judgment by Lieutenant t he Boadicea, in order to act as hreak d thc stern cable parting she only fore.ed _try cuter for a few boats, and, notwith. very exertion of the skill and experience ‘Vidoughby, the officers and seamen, it n e:Ts , ary, on the close of the day, to re. inyfurther atttempts at this point for the [ am concerned to state that two sea. tsu saldiers st ere drowned on this occa. party, however, maintained their ground, possession of the battery and punt of St. Att., the night. ag;cienne, with two transports, were now (~ s upport the brigade landed at (.4autle •, lot Captain Curtis alone gained the an-doll landed the troops embarked in her. ,ruing of the Bth the beach still appearisig w e I weighed, at the desire of Lieute. wa rt Keating, and proceeded to the an. olf Grande Chalonpe, where we landed a !,!1. of Iha troops, guns, &c. The trans. ;wen left in charge of the Iphigenia, and pith much activity and exertion, t r .to l ..s embarked in her. . ele d Captain l'ym to proceed with the to be ready to tact with the if St. ll:nis i when at 10 P. M. I received c (rain Lieutenant-Colonel Keating, that ;tiered into a capitilla!ion ttilh the enemy, ,desire landed next morning, in company Farquhar, app , )inted to tho Governiiteut !, 40 d (tsho had done toe the honour to oa ii• !;oatlicea,) when we signed the annexed directed Captain Pym, by signal, ~, , session of the shipping at St. Patil's ; in I • whidt Lieut. Norman, in the bar.ze of the yorred French bri ; :, (that had sailed with les for the Isle of France) in a style which olliccr much credit ; I beg leave to trans. Lain Pynt's report of the affair. detail of the operationm of the troops oft d e ieh lv.l to the surrender of the island, Fe to refer to Lientenatc.Cnlonel I sting's c. ; his plan of attack was so ably con. tai I executed with so much decision, as to t o te speedy termination of a contest, which, 4C1C.1, wmt front the nature of the country Td ;inned much Ins! , . ) w, Sir, beenOleS a pleasing I Sit of my duty,. :e the cordial tinaniniity and zeal that pre letwecri all ranks of the Army and Navy on ic e we have engaged in. 'To Captains Pym, c a w ' s, and Willou4liby, I feel particu. Itlcbtril, for the proMpt assistance and sup.. received from them 'on every occasion ; and tile exertions of the 'Officers and men on this 'at fatiguing service could not be surpassed. fellow-Colonel Keating has mentioned, in ;nis of approbation, the conduct of Captain • Ighby, the Officers au d seamen employed on vitli the troops, and Lieutenant Cottell, with ;ades of marines under Ms orders. ic superior force of the enemy, stationed at of France, *ill nut allow the to detach any the squadron, I have directed Lieutenant first of the Boadicea, to proceed with the cs in the Anita, the fastest-sailing transport destined to proceed to the Cape ; the merits Officer arc well known, Sir, to you, and I mention in too strong terms of commentla unremitting zeal and assiduity to which I highly indebted. hare the honour to be, &e. JOS. ROWLEY. !wind Ilertie, &c. &c. &c. His Nlaiesty's ship Sirius, at Anchor nt St. 11th July, ISIO. —ln putting your order in force to anchor 'Burs, I was fired at by all the batteries, and 'log a truce, they repeated it with many however, during my stay in the bay, I saw that a brig was getting reai!y to cren &dock I dispatched Lieutenant Nor. :he barge, to bring her out or cut !ter oil; 1, by boartling the other vessels in the bay, sailed about nine o'clock ; he pushed on, ier a hard row of nearly twelve hours, came 'h and, in a most gallant manner, rowed her tire, boarded, and took her. She is arcl, of N 3017, pierced for sixteen guns, row tweive-flounders, and thirty men on w3S charged with dispatches fur the isle of I am lia;)py to say, we have only three nmled, and :ifit dangerously. 1 am, &C. kSigned) S. PYM. ttrfOore nowley, &e. &c.) . She is sixteen months old, '2 , 15 tons, cop. and copper.fatened, and, in my opinion, f tes3el fur a packet. C;-115, Sielol2s Ray, Atiznist 'l5, MO. --I have the honour to transmit herewith, information of their Lordships, a Copy of from CAptaio Rowley, accompanying a re. f killed, wounded, and missing, in action le enemy in the Isle of Bourbon, on 71h and ly 1 have the honour to be, A. Rte. BERT' E. His MaieFty's Ship M.A.:loci:L i Road of St. 11th of July ISIO. ,—I herewith transmit to you a return of the wonnticd, awl missing, belonging to the if the !•quatlroii, in action with the enemy at lie and vicinity of St. Donis, Isle of MAU- In the 7th and Bth of July instant. have the honour o be, &e. JOS. ROWLEY. Admiral liertie, ICc. Se. A Re tu..rt of :inlet:, Fr01t33 , ..r!, an 4, Misiingt Illbe —I private of tottrioct. ktlied wt shore with the Nctti..@—`2 urditalry st•amrn drovrucd. JO5. itO IV LEY (Sigued) i3ksl id et j ar *ri es ts Ana awirb,, st•e;' , Ceo go , ol Are at; „s , il , ihot al/, tl Paunch 's 1"r. " •reill t!.! 3 ditto f'„ 11-41' mcia (" ' der, ll dal .urf '" 1 L , 1 ,11 ; it bras s c.a30;.C,;10 t!: , !la rJ 48. usi or dit to tl ed c l oth oTh r, hut t ' o %tder ; 41 Is of bholl a 01.0:11tar. 900 lead. i, eV( 5 110, • -I b kLider scads:,e, of Cipi. of n , in excel ii iy ti.;l ant COllteinio pr ,..•eqt• I p oi w so s ever • the ;1. 5,04 , iborat or / 3 .„1 look p tsi &e. 0 varier, . '1;•c 113 g tic.,..h..:1 to Paul's. L',, door., murki er „Itor•ige A" ; ditto eight J,, t!ic tom tr. ditto three r • Colon e,ot .n;t' ull I, 1 six.i oc th . V.;l ! :Xi. aa , i po rts lld.l 6 1 14.-car onbhe tied mu, 1; t iers r t I tiireett St. PAW' c:. ••• elf irked to ' gun: and t.l lt] have nut at his t! c. empl o y. ,ir. )at ticular o f tae rded with 11:!fl • Adj. G terula t:.! en , pri sr stores to to tile pt' id. Sirius, e copiest)i,;LflChrs to-Admi. s lob ° dajestri IDA CePtai' ope, for a 11l s ho c, Will .26, 1310. t t 4l au'. I ti on Ile c c • ortiships, rat d r an 1 neurohle ore ion t'i horsoll if lautract from the hare occas )ceeditt• It now, ction of to ts,:tize t sj ,, cts in ~atli d boll ion that rival Of t huserriee lambert,t. oP Raw. I.riy bade fog is a port I rel the setivi Oft tts short but ',hostel bigh tarns , lunetion Viloughl nand. of shore *it! 'tailed iu the bril,d nimenti l t'e thelt Its the r.' the Isle of ts ' step it posses'. part of t 11..,5bb, fir r ivas the dispatches ltutt!ey, of those di d merits of this Of recom• cannot me n trusted lion the o lug them feel so hig Vice•Admir tat E. it. Milli . , Sin, —1 , St St, Vat' icing to to his air shew site 15 ; hicttiait e!early sal it ult.l that 'kilt having At elco roncrt matt in Ott fleCtS. futind, CM• that she is many sad after le ships ap ith Isle of throttql; ock.sd- the Ed ~yo port, only - -1 to op- has onl s at the hoard, w F r ance France. r':'l Wow k e d un ropean its the Cornolo, P. S. S of the pertd , ati oirpose a very ftt taken C t r s of the for the in to the L. , ;tcr fr , ii. tom ut audios uith the trool) 5 btll July beach s tn and tt,— to the point ships of St. Nlarit ; sup- bun, un ad)? rd by 1, V.ce-Ad 1 4 ) Steeiricniw We are this day f.Vattred With arlother priniti Letter from Amtcus . I carirt.E, atid assure him that our view of tie present a.% fit! state of this C. untry is fully costnatensurate with his own, ttor do we entertain nov hope s of tonendntect. There is %nut h i!.f4rnritian in this letter, whirl' we could %%WI perafi.inu, Jiake use itf, and in partieolar that part alluding to a '1../biota. We think very hiAhl vof the Gentle' Inaa to in the Postscript, and will attend to the hint rrip , ctitit Coe Nicildwata tlentry. 1 ed. tli.ilc. Due. pnblin 2 . 0 i.hon 2 1 THE STATESMAN. LONDON: YRIBI Y, OCTOBER 2G, 181 C). KING% Pleoc LA Nt WON—Hold:4g at the Public Offices. -j kJ 1. We have this day received German Papers, down to the 9th inst. Immediately below we have given thoir principal contents. HIMBIJR6I4, SEPT. ..18.—'F:ie Directors of the Imperial French Post-Office, at liamburgh, have made known, that in virtue of orders which they have received, and by the consent of the Senate of this loan, there mill be established at Mize butte' a post-nae, to open on the Ist of October. In conse quence, letters will be received at the post-offices in Ham burgh, for Ritzebuttel, Bucathbude, Ilortiebintrg, Stade, ItAt buk, Neuhaus, and Oeterndorl. They will be dispatched at ten o'clock at night on Wednesdays, and tan on Saturdays, and arrive at Ritzbuttcl on Thursdays and Sundays. The post a ill leave Ritzebuttel on Tuesdays and Friar, and arrive on Wednesdays and Saturdays at flainhurgh.—(Abeille du turd, Oct. 5.) CATRACT OF A LETtellt FROM PERTIO• A SEI.T. 16. " The crrps of the army which General SU.:IICT com mands, and that which is is Cat .lonia, have formed a junction, and Marshal MACDO A LD, nuke of Tarent, has taken tire command in chief; his head-quarters are at Lerida." PO ItT4l- I ? ERR A to, Si; rr. 1.). —T::.• crew of the brig Adonli., ha% e greatly distinguished themselves under the fort of this e. Yeeterday five launches of the English ship the Calm, as well as the large boat armed wit► a :32-pounder, attacked the Adonis, which was stationed under Cape Suitt Andre. The brig perceiving the movement of the enemy manoeuvred to avoid him, hat the wind having suddeuly failed, a bloody Co ' gagement took place. The firing of grape and musket shot was very brisk. That lauueli which was neatest to the brig was terribly mauled, and lost nearly the whole of its crew ; two others experienced nearly the same fate. The loss of the enemy, whose force amounted to stk, is estimated at from 101 to 150 men; there were but four people w ounded,—(..lbr ills do I Yard. Oct. O.) The following Letter will be found interesting : " CAPE OF GOAD HOPE, Ann. 27 1810. "By a ship from the of Bourbon we have been made acquainted with the surrender of that Island tu the British, on the B th July last, and it is determined to fol l o w n p the success by ti n attempt to reduce the Isle of France; for w hints pur pose troops front this place and India will assemble at Boar- I bon in the beginning of the month of °ober. • I " adinisal Baum; proceeds immediately to the Mauritius. to jolts the blockading squadron; he goes in the Nisus frigate,' which hasjust arrived here from England. She will convoy the detruhinents from this colony, and he in the midst of the service about to be undertaken. It is supposed there will be a number of brAten heads, from the knOwn strength of the ene my's numerous fortifications ; and it is also said that the uival OM our ships will hAve to contend with, will, if not superior, be nearly equal its strength to our own. The attack, however, is to be wade with 11,00:1 troops, besides sailors and marines, and the moat laugulne expect:o4las of success are here cuter lathed. " The Sirius, commanded by Captain Pyre, was actively omployed in the operations ag tins Fort Bourbon, and captured a valuable vest•el tiff Port Louis, on the ‘l.3d July, which is hourly expected to arrive at this place, under the care of an able young Officer, only eighteen years of age. of the name of KlRtillr, who was made prisouer when the Laurel was captured by time Cannoniere, and after an imprisonment of se venteen months, obtained his liberty, and on his return to the Cape, immediately embarked on hoard the Sirius. " The Admiral has intimated his determination to sail in a few days; it is understood that he will be afloat by time Ist or id day of September." _ . The following account of the distribution of the French naval force in India, up to the 13th of June, was yesterday received from the Nlauritiui : The Harriet cartel left Port Napoleon with 150 prisoners of war for India. Tweitty.two prizes were then lying in thc har bour. Two brigs loading for France. The-11/herr heaving down to be loaded fur France. The Charlton (a captured Indiaman) preparing for a guard-ship. Tire Venus arid La Manche, of 44 guns each ; a grab brig, of 16 guns ; and L'Entreprenante, of 16 guns (16 pounders), ready for sea on cruises. L'..4strio, of 51 guns, ready to slip out from Black River. 'Cud Engine private shti), 30 guns and 130 men, to sail for France in August. La 13ellone.and La 211isterve frigates, and Victor sloop, sailed on the 14th March ; since which three privateers saile d on cruises. Two Gottenburgh Mails arrived last night., The arrival of the late King of SWEDEX at tlia Russia" Capital, is mentioned; but, if we are to believe an article from Riga, dated the 6th instant, his stay was very short, it being stated that he had arrived at Riga, on his return from Petersburgli, end that he had sent into Sweden an Address to the Diet, , upbraiding them in strung terms fur their choice of BERNADOTTE, as Crown Prinee, and consigning them fur their conduct to mei ited obloquy and con. tempt. The arrangement which we stated some time ago to have been made between the French and Danish Governments, relative to the pimp) of 30,000 French troops through Zealand to Sweden, is men. dotted in the Papers brought by the Mails ; name ly, that 3000 should first pass. and then another 3000, and so on in succession, uutil the whole i _ 0,000 shill hare arrived sir their place of [Marina. tion, so that Ludy 39W shall be it one time. in Zealand. lii.ns.inorrt was expected at Dorstoh the latter end of September, on his way to Stockholm, to which Capital the Swedish Mustard' was about to return from Orebro, in the early part of the present month. A Gentleman who left Paris about • week since, and nho had au fleiputtunity of seeing tht: FRENCII EMPRLSS, illfUrMi us, that she is obviously in a very advanced state of pregnancy, and on that ac count had begun to confine herself Wore he left that city. Letters from Stettin, to the 4th, mention a strong sensation having been produced there by the reptirt that the King of Pitusst had sought the isrotec. tion of ALexANoEu against the encroachments of France.. Our Dner letter of this dad• has the following passage:— A persun has been apprehended and committed to gaol, under a strong suspicion of being It. Armitage, for whom a reward of 100 guineas has been utlerctl. We believe that Goverrtarent have not received any dispatches this day from Lord WELLINGTON. oOly is the anxiety of the country very great,. respecting the British troops in Portugal, but we are assured that Government du not feel quite so easy on this point as they did some rime since. They b to perceive, that Lord Wv.wstoTors has other dangers and difficulties to contend with, be. snit , his lighting the enemy with inferior numbers. • They are nut quite so sere as they were, that MU. SENA wants provisions, or will 'want provisions ; and then they feel that MAeSENA, having fund to give his men, may drive the British to the utmost distress, without fighting a single battle. Suppose he adopt . 1 the plan of lying where he is, only harassing our posts, and keeping our troops for ever on the alert, during the whole winter? What is to hinder him from Idoing this, if he have food, or CMn get iti? Nothing but my Lord 'VELI.I.NGTON'S re i:nlvath. ing, in presence of an enemy superior in number, or marching out of his lines, and beating and Xis. persitig that enemy. If Lord ‘VELlstrozotit will follow up his system, and will not meagiark, MASSIINA may nearly destroy his army St in.' Out any general engaganent. His Lordship has placed himself in such a situation, that he cannot escape this fate. MAssENA can harass him at pleasure (upon his Lordship's system), and with comparative ease. The English must be on the alert, not knowing when, or where, the enemy will attack. And is it not possible, that they may want food ? Almost half the population of the South of Portugal is in Lisbon, that is to say, within the position my Lord WswmoTo.,i has chosen.• Can ho be sure, that for the whole winter we can feed this city, and its new i n h a bit an ts, an d our army, and the Portuguese army ? There can be no certainty of that ! And our troops are now exposed to perils, beyond the extremity of defeat ! `As to the-deluded people who have fled into Lisbon, we tremble at the hazard they run of death by famine; but if they escape that, what shall screen than from French cruelty, if Niiissmi should enter Lisbon ? You paint the French as cruel ! They are so ! Then, why expose your Allies, your friends, to their savage anger and revenge ? But that you have done, and perhaps cannot now protect them from any part of the extremity of their wrath lIIS MAJESTY'S ACCESRlON.—Yesterday his MA. JE,TY entered into the fifty-first year of his seign. The day was, as usual, tishercd in with ringing of bells, and at noon the Park guns were fired ; but all the projected plans of celebrating the day as a. Jubilee were precluded by a tender and . delicate eon. sideration excited by the melancholy state of the atuiable Princess Au ELIA, w ho s e agonizing suffer. ings were every moment expected to exi;eric i nce a • termination. Tho Island of Bourbon is about 40 miles in length, and 30 in breadth ; it lies 90 miles ,to West of the Isle of Fiance, and S:J East of Mada. gascar. The soil is in general sandy, but in these parts that admit of cultivation it is uncommonly fur. tile. Captain Fr.tsteEns, who has been so long de tained and so cruelly treated in the Island of Hour. bon, came home in this Olympia, the s vestel that b r ought the dispatches. New Sou Tit WALes.—The new Governor of this colony, Lieut./ `r M‘QoAttitts, Esq. arrived there on board the Drainer/4g naval storeship, on tl►c 30th of December last, and on landing the nett day, was received with the usual honours. Soon afterwards the troop; formed a square, In the cen. tre of which the Governor took his station with his suite, and was received by a general salute. His Majesty's commission was then read, and his Excellency delivered a speech, expressive of his firm intention to exercise the authority with which he wag investd, with strictjustice and and of his hopes that the dissentious atil jealousies which had unfortunately existed in the Colony for some time previous would be now terminated f►r ever. A proclamation was snhrt•quently issued by the Governor en the 21th of February, noticing the profligaw habits and dissolute manners of some of the Colonists, and declaring his determination to encourage lawful marriage by every possible means, and t.► punish thaw persons who kept open licentious and disorderly bosses. !Met ~~. .a~ r , ~~_~-, 271 E .i7IIEY, COVENT-GAMPENs Ytstet:lay evening the Play of The Mount.inueeri was performed at this Theatre.—Nlr. Kl.Ml3l.Ere. presented the character of Octavian,uud a• it is well known that lie was the original represcuisvivel of this part, from whom nearly all its graces :end points have been ropiebl, it will not ma:prize. our Readers to understand, that he was very superior to his eopyists in his delineatiou of lovw.stecken Sl:aniard. There iicre some scenes in which he towered &hove all com;nlia. lion, and evinced the possession of a fecliAg that we are not frequeuily accustomed to behold...—. Mrs. If. Joussvotte male as good a Meant hc as any that we can recolket, Stith the exception of Miss SMITH. The Musical A fter-piece of The Es. cype s ; or, The Water Carrier, stircectliscl to this Drama, in which Mr. I sCLEDON, as Gaunt Armand, ialroduced the favourite ballad of The Thoe•il, which he sang with eir;)rc•siou, and in due melody. Between the Play and Farce, '' God save the King" vr2s sang by the %hole of the performers ) in which they were joined by the audience. LYCEUM. This Theatre was well aticts:leci latt ni , 4llt. The, Comedy of the Matt Indian was performed, itt which Aliss DuNc‘tr acquitted herself witii ease, in the, interesting character of Miss itu.v r ors.—'Pita abior 0 4 Elahert N of Jon NstO N C iS SO VICCIIrIit and so well known, as not to need comment. iir intruo ductal the song of " The Sprig of Shillulah" in his brat manner, w hicis was received with its fittite jpplause. —A little circumstance, connected with this, eon. vsilsed the house with laughter. After the sy ma phony was finished, Mr. Joutsarosis continued silent. The musicians looked at hint, and AIN JottarstoNE continued dumb. The oschestra played the symphony again . ; but when it was again finishee, Mr. JOHNSTes t remained fur a minute siteot, a , d then stepped forward, and said, with the grratet simplicity—" Ladies and Gentlemen, 1 I:eg tea thousand pardons—b:it I have sung the song 54 often that I have really forgotten it !"-Thn thus?, as we hare taid, was instantly entivu:sLd with peals of laughter. At the conclusion of the Play, the whole of the Company appeared on the Stage, and snug 1 6 God Save the King," its which they were accompanied by the audience, who enthusiastically joined in not loyal nilittem, Kith all those demonstrations of re. spect which the occasion called for. In theTarte of the Three and the Deuce,Wtte xcg personated ae.. Three Singles w ith.tolerable sue. c.c.s; and MATTnaws afforded much amtrsemeot in Humphrey Grizzle, Which was increased by his introduction of the song of The Mail Coach. JUBILEE NIGHT. fn contlequettee, it is said, of an intlnidtion a very high quarter, the intended rejoi c i ng , o f yesterday were entirely act aside, and the roam sndtnoration of the day was much less than usually attended to, particularly in case of illainina. libns. There are people i however, who seem to. tally lost to every tense of propriety and decency, as was forcibly, indeed fatally, experienced in Ca_ tharine.street, Strand, where, by the txhibition of some drzcbings under the name of transparencies, and the display of a vast titimper of lamps and lights, a crowd, or rather a hired mob, was collected, of the cioq despicable misereatils that over disgraced any city or town in the kingdom. About fire o'clock in the eVetting the riotiv of these Aire commence) by the firing of pistols and blunderbusses, Ind throwing squibs,' (trackers, &.•,!. without a moment's intermission until midnight. Not a carriage could 11393 without being attacked, and filled with implements of danger and destruc. tion : many ladies were severely injured, and in some cases their very clothes were set on fire. Aleans were found, by knocking at the doors of houses, to throw these mischievous articles into the passages, and even to fire blunderbusses in the face of those who unluckily opened the dour. No one could enter !di own premises Without being subject to these degrading insults ; nor conld a window be op.osed with safety ; and some were.broken by the explosion of the crackers. All this too l which might have been prevented, under the very nose a the Pomo:, fur Whose pr,tection the Public pay sixteen thousand pounds a year! We have one suggestion to add—do the or/fee/int persons who promote these disturbances, and disk tribute money to the mob to aid their folly, ever refl. et on the dreadful consturtences that uti : ;lit re. ;alt from a single spark of fire lodging on the tops of houses loidel with light and dry timber ? In a moment the street tnight be in a conflagration, the event of which it would be horrid to conceitC! A Paper, printed at Rouen, and dated the 14th instant, arrived yesterday. It contains a Paris ar. dole of the 13(11, but it is of no importance. There is no account of the battle of Buzaco. There is a paragraph, from which it should seem as if 80. NAPARTE; and his wife were going a journey of some length ; yet another paragraph would induce us to believe that the Emperor of AUSTRIA, or Prince Cuanr.es, was coming to Paris, for the ex. pected arrival of a foreign Prince is mentioned ; and it is added, that " every body is rejoiced at tho happiness the Empress is about to receive in a few days." The Rouyn Paper, we have received, con. tains extracts from the English Papers relative to the plot discovered at Lisbon. ..COUN-ESCHANCIE, OCT. 26.—To.day there are several fresh arrivals of Wheat coastwise. Fine irs demand, arid somewhat dearer. Barley In toler able supply, and maintains its price. Malt wad Beans, of each description, icinsiii nearly at our last quotation. White Peas are again higher. There arc some fresh arrivals of Oats, and sales 11.!reof quoted at little variatione—Flour at latt prices. The Theatre at North Shields will open fur the season on Monday neat; and among other en. gagements, we hear of M andt (ouYo rk ; r M r s. i G 1 , E I‘c , from s the Haymarket; Mr. lviAN Con, Lousy, and Haowx, from Lincoln; Mr. 116:SSETT I from Bath; wild Miss CAIIPIOX ) from, B fait ~_ f _ - ~~~ ~r~~ i....-a