The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-10-30 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTL • _ We have ben favoured with a Letter from Cliftie, sigure W. T. nit (he srlsiert of a GEN cItAL ACT OF GRACZ, at the present period, which shall appear the first opportunity. la V Malt; ‘7 , R. 1)11 the Management of Baskrapls' A Tgod ins R. ort the Burial of the Dead te lb* Teeple Choi rh—stid the letter signrd I. r advansg the abbeys to contribute to the Espeates of the War,sball all haves place 'non. PLoan has bees mislaid. or wield have alreitdy arimeedit an his future colurmit.leai ions will be aceeptable. • Arrived. •.i st. ie. Kee. 0 . 1 • ihiblie I g . Cadiz 0 dot steborigh C ()V lITOCK II nits DAY AT ON It O'CLOCK. S Net Coot. ad. 65iii 13 per Cosi, Coos. 66401 • • Omniurn 51 THE STATESMAN. LONDON : -•-••■••-- 1111EThAlr, OCTOBER 30i IVO. , We're assured, that Government have sot re.. Drivel any dispatches from my Lord W I MMINGTON . this day, A.auttenborgh Matt arrived this morning, The following are the only articles Qf intelligence brought by.this conveyance. The most important la that which concerns Russia ; which, if true, strongly indicates the' precarious state of affair; bet ecn Russia and France. Ilet,siateemecn, Qet , 16.—Ths Cuelry Pelves is expect:: Isere the day after tomorrow ; preparations baying beefs 'taking here for some days, for the seenmatodatiun pf hietattlf and suits; among the latter are said to be.twit or three Freueb Generals. ST. paTiossußset. oe7.l.—Jt is conthlently ntoerted, t hat lost rem mashers been tent out to K•AttrisXY, to renew 4 he prniseatlit made some time ago to the Q&A NO SpIIGN JOB ; and that foJI powers bare brew given to concede the, voint on which the last heyociatlan broke shout,' it be seta :try. Someiastaijoas which were under on/iv; for the array in Turkey have received counter-orders, and will odtw proceed Cu Coarlaud and the Pubsb Proeisces. " A remote kaoreached as from IllerUn, that Marshal . Bill 9 Telt %. I 10 be watt it log of Poland, " Soncaauaa. Oct. 17 0 —Traselkis wore as that GRSTA.-i yes Apos.raps, Count Ontiorp),. has arrived At St. Peters burzlr, wilrfe he has beta well received. " Onessio. B.—rYestorday.being his Hord' MijoitV 4 s birth-flay, a numerous depaiailao of the Slates, headed by ihe ' Lord High Marshal) waited on his Majesty to Otte 'keit WO and bumble congrafintathats no the happy SYRIA ) acid were Witt araciously received. " CorltaisaoSll. OCT. b.—By a Wreak" letter 'of the.. Royal Cluteccey, wince has heal given, that us the lately,eleet- . ed CAqww PRINCE of SarEENSI Wends soon to proceed ,hi ther, by the way of Sleswig add Holstein, it is his MaJeirees' will that be siiall be every where received with the :lowa's due to the CRoTell PR inct.—For the rest, his A; ILSTY has order, el Guam Mo cur, l.ord Chamberlain and Baron QuaLat,;•Adz ,jutaus of !Ash**, to attend the PRINCE on. Ins Inuiltey °mail ) Palluid, to Canter, where Baron Lwow o us,,A4ps sant-General, I. to receive his Royal Highness, and tO eonduct him Acruss tie Beit,"-•-(Btockholni Ga;ate, Qd.15.) .~ Last night we received a series of the Menkstr .to the 2.lth instant. They coutain an article, rat: porting to be news from the French Arisios spain, to which wo refer our Readers=-for it is too blerd.4 task to develope military transactions, when the two parties aro mutually, and .perhaps with equality of powers, endeavouring to exaggerate leAch . other's lossrs,-.=l'hero is a communication from General Ditoucx, commanding the 9th corps pt . the French Arai) in,, Spain, tesp,Tting the bat. the (.4 . &Iwo, but that is scarcely worth detailing. A paragraph, however, in the Montleur, and pro get:4lllg from the Monifenr, is deserving of noire. 'Stances that Dnocm, with the troops under his comet :yrt ( which, it is to be remembered, is an satire corps of the Frettel.), is prriceeding to Almeida, to keep open Mg..xea'a communications in the roer— io Isc!, to co_nporatn with Ala.Rstaix in any man. Int may iinVO OreaSklll for. it has been :Miss. rered in sae Paniic Offices, that Lord Wet4aNa• ruff's pretext plan is—tn engice all the French troops ht• can, out of Spain to fall upon bin. • self, confident that he can hold NiatisPlA iu cheek till Spain is drained of .French troops.;-, then his lordship is to whip away to Spain, by. sea, mid e4orries all Spain, before RassamA, 'lnd • Dauvrr, and the other deluded french Grnerab can arrive there by Lrnti. This is a notable schinte, bnt there urn some very obvious objections to it sad, in the attempt to execute it, m, Lord gJNGToN may be ensnared to stay too long in Pise.! tygal. It is plain, to eseepta this plan t his &grit:. ship must not defer Iµs retreat too lbas, ,:; Some a dvices ham been recoltedly men who have arrived from Bilbos, or the French force in the pruritic' of whit:COW town is the capital. On or about the 14th . lest, the eiteai y had, in different stations in Eilsoi4, from 17,010 to 110,000 men, which were capable of be. in 4 assembled.et any nue point io 14 hours. It was in con•equeuce of intelligence hawing been obtained of the progress of the intended enterprise from Co. that this twee had been collected to pro. ♦idc against the attack. from that querter. The in habitants of thu territory were said to be in the b st disposition for revisit against the invaders, end that if muskets were provided, a great rredsbew of •ulunteeys wotil.l he ready to co.operate with it'e Etortlition. IVe have some serious eppreheneion of the effects of the late tempestuous weather in the Ray. — ••••%liie.. s: t Thera hare been some , very serious disturbances at Falmouth. The men on board most of the Packets In the harbour mutinied, it it said, in consequent'a of the serterity of the Custntn,honse officers, who per. listed in searching every sailor's chest, many of w w il k wore burst open baurt: their owners had bad r • . • ,- • time to bring the tier. Tbeacernew handled the tringliry, snit proceeded to other sets of tuneelt and wilileisues which caned for the interpcpitioo alba civil,.:ind . ifte.riezds ora-: wilit'ary' porter. '!`6e Riot •A ct .war . read, ,iihifst the Coinirli Miners ap. Aoached Falinouth -in. large nittnOers, and affairs berm AO' wear i threatening aspect, when soma of tire ringleaders were secured. Two of them were, instantly sent to London,' where they arrived yes• terday, sad were safely lodged in the Compter. . An application has been made to the Post.mas. tors General, sad every circumstance respecting the 'kola affair Is on the ere of - undergoing a strict ex amination. Two •packets have been detained in consequence. • The Toreashend packet is arrived at Falmouth, from Jamaica, with letters and papers to the fith lasto T .An attempt was made to set fire to the city of Elegston, on the night of the 4th. The particulars will he found in anotker part of our Paper.—This ii not the Only attempt of the lame kind lately made in Klngstofi I but (Ito incendiaries are cot yet die. eovered.--.Cept. Joke Cos r, of shot - Staiftsare, fell from her stern.gallery, and was drowned. — These papers do not contain any thing else of mo. 'ment. Different accounts have been ellen of the poti. dons of the hostile armies, aud-on the authority 'of some of the latest letters from Lisbon they have hcso thug described :—The left of the Allies at Ma- OA, and the right to the East Ward of Villa-francade Xtra, and so close to the Tagni as to afford the gun-boats on the river an opportunity of powerfully ed.:operating in the defence of that part of the line: .The enemy's right is supposed to be at Lourinha, and his left at Villa Nova, forming.also a line from the coast to the Tagus, the extremity of . which cot 'that river is only at the distance of 10 or le miles 'front the right of the Allies. If this statement of, 'le positions be . acitarite, 'the kft of our army is ..much nearer to Lisbott - lhan the former, ar;ouats gave • As ream) to suppose., • .t,. • !....- 11P—'• is stated in a Ministerial Paper, that the case otLver'ul has been submitted to. the Proiinlanitrii and the question pot; whether, from the cirCtupitinces undcr which be tall into our power, we haves right to eonStittila him a prisoner of war. The Limps* havedecided in the Oran tics,' and Ootainntent have determined to act ac. * ccirdi'ailli: A 'ship of wit has in consequence beim seal etitto_Malis . tb take on .bnird, and to csatay Mai o his fintily, and eif:vis to this mounts,. Tux Kiwi:l.—lli ___s MAJESTY'S indisposition, we are extremly happy to leaf% is stated to, be only te cold. His hitscatt complained a little on Friday, anti on Saturday went into the warm bath, by the I:lvice of the Physicians who attend the "'risked. AxELIA. - Dr. HiIIERDESS arrived.at Windsor OR. Saturday to attendisis MAJErtyi'and remained with him, and •yesterdhy Sir •Faawets Miaactis U. rived for the same purpose at 'Windsor, and re. mained there. • - His M AT %wit', since be complained of a cold, has removed from his own apartments in Windsor Cat. tle to the Qoss.N's, which overlook the Terrace, and has nit been out or the Castle since Friday. His carriage has &lid daily for him at three ' o'clock (as usual) to visit the Princess AISELIA, at Augusta Lodge, but his MAJESTY has declined vi. siting her Royal Highness. The report of her Royal Highness the Prineess AMELIA yeetesday was, tbpt she. had had a tole. rably good eight, hissing slept two hours, 'and had I, la keit Solna Wrestle:seat. The Prince of WALES rode oat on horsebick pate:day for the fiat time sihce he' has been as Windsor, daring the indisposition of bieSister. The puke of KEIT left Windiel yeltekday tor - Cartlebar.Hill. , " • ifhe Loan Citisicei.tott and Mr. PERCIVAL at. leaded hie MAJESTY *eteidey, about 12 o'clock, upon o f f i cial !Airlock,. ,;.•;: :: .1110 Dot is Evening Post of , Saturday last, re. v. 4 - • caill4siorning, states, that a letter from .Colo. t eel Pqmtr . anair mentions, " that the force. of Mas. lien 4 llt t et least. 11)0,000 men." It doer not allude Eo thpiestot Orbread or utbcr provisions, as .reported. Win s Ri!blin Paper of the 26th, an ar. . _ll5llO truna.libeliped.qttar tare of our army, dated on the , tettOnto MOW,. than the last dispatches, rw go, were dated the 14th; The article meadows, that the battle was oxpected to take placo oa the. Ilith or 910th. • . • 4 ' bonLitr,Orr. 26.—We have it in our power to eatritel. se important fact from intelligence, which we give with the fullest confidence of its authenti. •eity, and which is dated at the head.qnarters of thel ,Allied Army in-Portugal, on the 16th instant, the ,latest date from that country. On the day just stated, it was understood in Lord WELLINOTon'S 'army, from unquestionable circumstances, . that M A ssENA woOld not dela y his grand attack mores than . three or four drys. The Allies expected it with feelings that strongly anticipated victory, and therefore wished for it. . The weather was then Ins. usually inclement, so as to prevent . the possibili. ty of embarkation, if that measure had been- niedi., tated,• which, however, there did not exist the slightest idea of."— Correspondent. RIerAL or VII Ijsloll.--The Requisition IsS the High Sheriff of the County of Dublin, IS filling op. It will he presented in a few days. Every day proves the necessity of the ,nreasurs and there earn be no doubt, that Ireland will never know trauiiility ur content, while oar an d G e nesi sojourn in smother country. We shall, of course, be ;stung the foremost to announce the proceedings of the County Dulthe Meetiey. , (Frefpnan's Jomnial), I. . _ . ; fift: STATESMAN: .4 1 , NArilliL *lra LIGE NC E. Dist., 111..C,arae down from the River Alss Elizabeth, Hattioa, for Madeira and Bengal Dackerfield, Carsatic, for Surinam ;' Sussex; Bay. ley, for St. 'Kitts ; Joseph and Mare, Mitchell, for New Providence; Leander, Main ) for 116 n. idsnat And the rams, Courtney, for Cadiz. • •Powitassoteriz e Ott, 119. -.Sailed h 4 Majeslyl Flume, on a amass; Bedford, for the Downs; Dotiigel, Revered*, t#ti Theashitt, for off Cher_ burgh i spd the Josephine has are* at Spithead for Yseatouth. FA LKOVIN Oct : glt—Tbp Queen Charlotte packet, ment ioned yesil>ttM7 tibrettgost her main. mast itt Mamma Bay, Os arriva l with other da -1 'sages. SPORTING I=LLIGIINCS. NEWMARKST TIMMS OCTOBBB; DR, 11011°H. TON MUTING, lIIQ. MONDAY S 04:1011111t IS. Ld Foley's Spaniard, 911. belts Major Wilson ' s Juniper. Bst. 101 b. Across the ?rat, 21100.••/ to 4 apt Ilisinlard. Ilarelpetakm of £o9p. oath. T. N. N. Mr. Yansittart's Burleigh,ist. lolb. • • • 1 Gen. Groaseara's g. aMealia (IMAM, by .I.lpat *oder, 741.1 1 1 6 . 2 Id Jersey's Ninholos, dot. lib. • • - • 3 Mr. Pa)ne's Black Dimmed. ht. LBO. Mr. Howarth's Martalan, SIG £lib. • • pd b to 4 apt Burleigh; 2to I apt Nicholas $ 4101egit Black . V monad. Mr. Payee'. Diiaity, Sat. beat Mr. Goddard** Cambric, Bst. 31b. Two-yr otal Unurse, 90g5...-3 011 on Dimity. Id G. H. Cavendish's &cleans% Om: 71b. beat Mr. Shake , spear's Sprite, iist. sib. ft. M. =gs.-3 to lon Ectle.ton. Mr. Yanstwart's Treasurer, 6K. beat D.. of Elrafto a 's 1V hate-• bone, 80. ills. D. 1. 211,Jp.-2 to I apt Treasurer. Mr. Williams's br. c. by Cheshire Gheese, 4 yrs old, list. 91b agst Major Wheatley's Bari, S yrs uld, list. D. I. luOgs. h. ft Off by consent. Lady Bbeilefe reltalien, eSt. TPC. from Mr. Haworth's Ju• haze Jack, bst. Bib. Two•yr old Course, bOgs. The Pinta, alias Davit Scott, from Malta, for England, foundered at sea. The Spanish ship Atalanta,, from Africa, was taken the end of June on the coast of . 4eserica, by the Mane, French privateer. Marquii W:Ls.est.eir his . beeri at Ramsgate for this fortnight part: A hiessedger arrived at eight o'clock yesterday morning front his Lordship, with a bp: for Mr. PancavaL, which was immediately . forwarded to him at his seat at Eel*. ' Some persons attempted on Thursday last to pro:, veil upou the Irish metropolls.to celebrate another 11 :Jubilee, but they failed. there was consequently no affected display of loyalty them *or any loyal, .breaking of windows. As the Church is about to tetwen thanks to' Heaven for the abandant harvest frith which the Country has been Messed, it would sot be amiss if r the Government would at the same time exert itself, in putting down monopoly, which as yet has de.' ;mired the people from reaping say advantage froin It. it Was yspterday reported, that two houses at Liverpool hall stopped payment. The person who mak durnviiitted to Dower gaol, supposed to be It Allaltrtaos, has been released, proof haviite 'boat Naomi shot be was not the person: , • • . ,We regret to mention, that on - then 4th May last, 'cliptiltajbitifiCONS, of the Satiftsure, of 74gtins, :reN overheard - fiats bL quarter-gallery window" ind was drowned. • The Wives of the British Officers under Lord. .Wictinarreiv are lodged in Convents, .there to await tItS result of the drettlfal conflict of TAMS Vedras; ' Lieutenant W. Boxr.ev, of the Vanguard, •_ lately drowned in the Baltic. Having been to pr.* cure water for the ship, a gale of wind came opt, which - the boat not being able to encounter, he roti fer a inerchant's.vessel fur safety. He could not he' 'persuaded to leave the boat till be had, seen all Mal men site on board the ship, when in attempting to get himself on board; he fell between the two res. sels, sad instantly sunk to die no more. On •the same day, a boat, with seven men end. a midship-. ' , man, belonging to the same ship, was upset, and ' all perished. The following is an txtract.if a Lotter from the I:histaiii of the Intern transport, in the To- O N Oit.ll,,and received by Wayif:Tortsmouth : 1"- I have just returned on board from Lisbon, where I have been these 10 days. ,To give yeti a picture of 'Lieber, in its present state, is quite ont.of my power; but never did I witness s 6 striking a contrast in so, short a time.' All is now dismay, distress,. sod spair, particularly among the mercantile body,. Olio , have been told by the Medial and commissary, that they mina shift for, theinselvel,' Mad secure their:pee:. perty in the best way, they ash.. .and. the, other masters of the gransports liere.;:Obrio the final instructionil4o 'Admiral Ilitlil4lf..ll l l' to our proceedings: 1i *Atte of in. erabaskillen taking place;. and we Iniii'positive orders' not to admit oily. pilskti person, or proparty of gpy, , dt.. strip aim 'Whatsife,r, unconntited.er,itb kestramhav gage, on bisaid.our vessels, On any pretence wtit; !Msever, nrilethe poor Meschanteteiliffsae,. in the' - event of .our army evacuating . the place, heaven , only know...for it is *pretty certain that we have not more than a sufficient tonnage to bring off the • combined troops, ems allowing for the number that must , fall it, the approaching general battle, of which we-every hone expect an account. Never did I behold-so frightful a picture of the mist.. ries of war as Lisbon now presents s. this fine city is, in fact, one 'universal scene of misery, con. /weskit, and distress. The near approach of I,urar. ivy to the city, the ,destruction of the villages inks route, and the . gentral laying waste of the country, Ikea driven nearly 40,000 peasantry, as a last asy ism from the ravages of the enemy, to seek refuge within,the city, which is crowded to exciin, In every corner yon may behold groups of halt-naked' and half.famished men, women, and children — alt of Mein indebted for their daily food to the British Commissariat,. and lew of them knowing where to fly for shelter. Thar deplorable condition is beyond description ; and, accustomed as t have been to meet human misery in various shapes, the situation of the unhappy Portuguese peasantry surpasses any scene of distress shut has hitherto pained my eye, or drugn forth the incolontary sigh of cornpastion.'l. , #4l, • ° "*.i • JEFFERY; Tile '0,77 . , TO THE EDITOR OF T 1 iliketSl4.l4' wo SlR,—Jeternir, the seaman, illssad thratio ' . Plymouth tbo day befor e iesterdat. ta gi p— cosap,„, with the Attorney of Captltin Lust, 01 - ., oseb on his behalf, from whom the following paw,. 1' . 4 1 art were procured :—That JEFFERY was di tc h argt4 from the navy upon condition that be should as remain in London, nor make himself known thp e, se as to excite any popular effervescence in h o favour ; but that he should itnmediately retire t , his mother, at Polperro, whith er this Gentlema, was kind enough to give him escort, I presume hp of expenee. Ha was even humane enough to l eett "he poor feltow at a contenient distance, whil e hi went to break the joyful' tidings to his m ot h er or her son's being alive ; and he says, that the me e t. ing between thism beggars all description; h ets eater* sbewed itself in its gamine garb, and, in ti, ilar.rator's own language, exceeded all h e co* bate believed to be possible. isttear was on the rock eight days lad 1 half. --. After the first tweuty.four beers his 11 1 ' 04 was Intolerable, and drioking salt -water t o o il it, made it worse. After a short time* considerebi, quantity of rain fell, some of which he enema* toned in the iuterstiees of the rock, in one Maternity; the aperture to which was so small, that he could sot get at it ; but that at length he found the Wilt eta bird with which he effected his purpose- 4 * he had nothing to eat while he was upon the roeh t, but a piece of the bark of a tree, which had woht i t ashore, which ho devoured most ravenously- 3 4 that when the American boat came fur him th e , serf was so heavy en,the shore, that it could not approach the rocks.—and that he was obliged, es ‘ hausted as he was, to throw himself off the rock into the water, whence they took him into the boat. ~ .. His Condeptit 'aye, he has not the smallest r e ,; sentment agalatetiuts, and that he is the molt inoffeksive of human beings—not to his mother.. Like the Howes robbed of her whelp; she is Jolla. etabie..=perbeps the means .of softening it have* barns applied, is this Gentleman !ap t LAgg 4 i'llpiai lows time on • the Continent, and' as 'he la nve with any legal preceu„ all the epenalty been d he C i a e t f t v i e' ette . twi, belhakipt eutievrry, teat the expenee not i•ii0.1 0 ' . ..." . 1 _ .":,e.;. d It is farther stated,. treatalltbiaald Lest else eematensiesd - Kai Littiti!l . ..,p4te, his bro. tbar r - ias . fiftllr IMISW010111911& , the 'Oa of as aeries , Ilia poor fellow swell,. IS* )44 014 ti MI truAr.. lids& Si fat thM II 04 but more yet resales is , is 4106., — Wilititi u - ii•ircnot be usdel to tilos age 'ler 111111 WIIIIIISt in disenielag at runt, i ' I NC ale* eitrallily all,tbano facts beim; tatidetit Meat Pt , CalPilbit• eclat 10141110 61 _, • '' . Mt OlUEll,lit. ekb October, 1141. . . . . y * t *e re sor re taws. the weber It mistakes as to Ste paw 4 Am Extract of a letter from itiii . tront..- 81 In tit charge against, the enemy near Frakeidas, whin a piquet of the Royal Dragoons so grestly ditties knithed thomelvet, it was Captain Hash en t, o hick Ma jor.reeneral Sum' put himself at no head of, and charged the advanced guard el dr enemy, consieting of. cavalry and riflemen tome 200. They. killed eight, and 'took a coeuidersit number of 'prisoners. The Royal Dragoons hid Only two men killed. This little affair is muck spoken if by the army at large. A melancholy accident happened on Wetland'? .te'enight, on board the brig Dart, of New Orients lying at the Dock, Belfast. The Captain, previ. out to sailing, having given orders to stove them. eel with charcoal, for the purpose of destroying the rats, directed that none of the seamen should at. tempt to sleep in the forecastle that night, as solo. • cation would certainly be the consequence. Sole 9renada, a seaman, daregarding, however, the ,g A dvice giren, went down .to his birth unperceived; and next morning, when the mate was must erie g ..his hands, search was made for Gr• 11941, 'whet, tens found lifeless in his hammock. This following are the particulars of the melts. t holy ettent which 'ere stated in our paper of juror. 'day to heilvocourred at Sdinburgb last w eek —On Wanes:lie,' Mori*, about oue o'clock, S. Esq: whis-lieedut'Mre. 11. B.'s, in a paroxysm of mental Aerangenrent _rushed Out into the strict with rase of. loaded pistols. Mrs. B.'s soa p who had re. tired td bed, being infoimed of -Me. 11..eigolog With the pistols, put - on hit clothes ltametilsieqt stud 'ran after him, with the intention Celak i Pg them from him, and to induce him to return home , Upon his overtaking him, at the corner of South. bridge, Mr. IL fired one of the pistols et Mr. 11. and killed him on the spot. The watchmen isole. diately appeared, and found him leaning over the body of his deceseed friend ; and before the watch• men could take hold of him, he discharged the other pistol through his own head. The hudk were instantly coneeyed to the Infirmary, and me. dical aid was had recourse to, bet to no Purpose' both being killed upon the spot. The deceased wee ever affectionate to each other as two br others ; and no quarrel of any kind ever subsisted between then* The Court of Inquiry which assembled in Grekt George.street, Westminster, on the 10th of Septa' leer, to consider of the charges brought by Dept , lieMpe, against Capt. Omeara, of the Ist Kll; Tower ll:toilets A•lilttia, and which was contiou t : by adjournments to the r4l or September) caw the following deteeminedun ,• " The Court having considered the etidencej: Support of the charges, and that broug ht forwa7 4 the defenc., of the wccused, do consider the whoi I sue three (barges as tritolous, 0 4 "'"" I ailuas." _ ,; . i~ ' •~ ... 1 - •3lwr ice Rot 0 9 rolk Ihca IVeoi ( mot 11 ^ C 3 l" Pal be I: .iir