The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-17 00:00:00

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Than frigate, 2 corvettes, and 2 brigs, having a battik.
lion of the 3d Italian regime& of the line on board,
ceinnianded by Cul. Geri Ald-de-Casep
of the Viceroy. The dispatch. represents this force
as having completely au-prized thu Island of Lissa,
la the Adriatic, uncial, our protection. The Mein?,
squadron sailed inte:, She port under English co.
fours ; and so Aseeleemsuspected, that an English
privateer entered the port in company with the
squadron. The enemy's troops landed, and fur.'
prized the garrison. which they took prisoners. The
result of this expedition Is stated in the dispateh to
be, 81 vessels burnt, 43-of which were laden ;10
privateers captured, with 100 pieces of cannon,
and a large quantity of arms, of every kind; TO
vessels, belonging to subjects of the kingdom of
Italy, and 14 Illyrian and Neapulitee vessels, and
126 prisoners recaptured,- 4e Ancona.'
The English squadron is *led to havee been out of:
sight. It is said to cot dot of three frigates, one
corvette, and two brigs. We refrain, at relesltt,
from comment on this extraordinary event. Go.
vernment may, perhaps,: !give us their aeittiliel
of the matter ; for surely this cannot be. entirely is
I I fabrication

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It is steed, by a Gentleman who read/804mM/
from Cadiz, that the epidemic disease mp roe' yet
ceased. On the 25th forty.five persona .100trietg
and the average death's were from sixteen hi twenty.
per day. It is hoped, , however, that the approach
of winter will lessen or pot an endt to its ravages,
The oommunication bettieers Cadiz and the Isla was
prevented, as a necessary precaution ender these
circumstance. In the same letter it is added, that
the Dabs of .1111.4NTA.DO was canvassing for the
Regency.
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Letters were received yesterday from Dunkirk
ts•the 13th, and front Ostend to the 12th instant,
with some French Papers, containing little news of
interest. BONAIPARTE was expected to arrive at
Duukirk on the 6th; but the object of his journey
lis not alluded to in the letters. The exportation of
corn had been prohibited throughout France.

A Decrees dated Fontainhlcan, the Ist instant,
ctempts from Custom-House duties all Colonial
produce from the Isle of France, Batavia, and the
other French and Dutch Colonies in the East and
West lndies, when imported direct in French or
Dutch vessels.

NavotdtoN's system is commenced in the King.
dom of Bavaria. At Ratisbon, on the night of the
Vith ult. all the warehouses and shops, dealing in
Colonial produces were occupied by soldiers, and
shot op ! !

Dispatches from Lord W:ELLIIIGTOW, dated the
3d instant, were received yesterday. They refer
to dispatches of the Ist, which have not yet arrived.
No general action had taken pi -es. A. strong de.
tachtnent of cavalry, under General Corms, had
penetrated into the enemy's rear, and acting with
the garrison of Peniche, is harassing MASSENA'S right
right wing. Another detachment of horse, under Gen.
FAnz, had crossed the Tagus, to prevent the enemy
from foraging in the country south of that OW.
NIASSENA made movements, as if he would uffer bat-
tle, on the Ist and 2tl iost., but afterwards declined
it, on each day. A private letter from an Officer,
states, that he had that morning come from Sobral,
and announced, in the most positive terms, that
the ninth corps of the French army, whichis un-
derstood to be that commanded by DROUET, con.
'listing of 16,000, had arrived and joined MAS-
UNA. We do net know, how far this is ac-
.eurate; but there can be no question that every
l'effect to reinforce MASSENA will be made. At
Cadiz it was supposed SOULT, and VICTOR would
raise the siege of Cadiz, in order, if possible, to
succour the army of MASIVIA. In short, if the
French follow their usual policy, which has render.
ed them so formidable, they will push every man
they can into Portugal. To them Portugal, and*
defeat of the English, Is a most important ob.
ject, although to England Portugal is not worth
she eximaco of merely garrisoning it.
letter from tlaben of the 3d, gives the 1.11. w.
ing as the bead-granters of the •respective Oaken
having principal eotnnsands :--Ilead-quarters (Lord
WPAtribroa's) at Pero-negro ; Marsh! BUSS.
lIRO'S, near Subrol ; General I'm's,. at A than-
dra ; General Ptcrotes, at Torres Vettras ; Gen.
*Um's, at Rebaldeira ; Baron Ens's, at Le-
rma ; and others at Matra, Peniche, Ike.

We him tecelted the following f4ettere by
post :

46 FALMOUTH, Nov. If,
46 Arrived (in the middle of hilt night) the Mdb
sitgbaas packet, Captain r•OBERTS, Hit h Maiih
itc. (rota Lisbon. Soiled from thence on the 4th
instant; at which time nothing new bad arrived
Irons the Army ; both parties retained their posl.,
lions. The rainy season had commenced with great
*verity. It appears to be the opinion amongst the
military, that 11AntmA and his Army are in a
most perilous situation. Several attempts had been
made by the enemy to pass a force over to the
South side of the Tagus, but they had invariably
been frustrated by oar gnu-boats, &c. The posi,
tioas uccuphui by fold Walf•LINIZTOIII Army are
Cdilslllo94 ellirregnable

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torte. Our troops were plentifully supplied with
every necessary, whilst the resources of the enemy
axe daily decreasing. The Walsinghant left the
Marlborough Packet in the Tagus. Accounts by
the Walsinesiin packet Positively state, that every
article that could be useful to the enemy at Fi.
gueira and Thomar were brought away or destroyed
previous to our troops evacuating those places..
The day before the packet left Lisboa a large body
of cavalry entered that city, and were Immediately
transporNtd to the South side of the Tagus, to co.,
operate in cutting off the retceat of the enemy
into Spain by that route. At Lisboa dm greatest
surpriza is expressed, how MASSLNA had been able
to procure provisions fur his Army in a couitter so
ratterly destitute of resources, as that whicivis
eN
'copied by his' troops. ALUMNA is supposed :te
have acted from very bad information, mid to
htZile
completaly.get hid Army into a trap."
" 11/2,ll4lloVl**ity• 15.
ee Trip Mary lap; allot London,
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bound to Malta,: Roseavlasikvaioer, with
11 very valuable esrgt oft:lllol#lol4Agistin of
wines, sugar, coffee,. films, silk goods, and rad.
out other merchandike, sprang a leak yesterday
ierring to the Westward of the third, and en.
rtfaiured roost into Falmouth, bet missed it, and
!may (or Oh port; but siring to the violence
1101, day's gale, and shift of wind, she became
and about 10 o'clock Int night came to
,intebor,-frtasi which eke soon after parted and went
eblikere in Whitsand Bay, about a mile •to the
West of theitam Head. The tide partly leaving
her, one of the crew swam on shore with a line, by
which as hawser was got on shore and fastened to
the rocks, and by that means the master and crow,
consisting of 20 persons, together with 4 passen-
ger*, being all on board, were saved, except the
second mate, who was drowned in as attempt to get
on shore in the boat. As the tide flawed, the sea
made a complete breich over her ; and about four
o'clock she went entirely to pieces, and the cargo'
floated in various directions ; but a very small part
has since washed on shore, consisting of bale goods,
which will bo saved. This ship is said to have been
of 400 tons burthen, and tier cargo valued at nearly
£lOO,OOO, which was nearly all lost."

The King of SWEDIR left Yarmouth in the after.
noun of Wednesday, accompanied by Captain
MAINWARINGs of the Tartarus, and seemed highly
gratified with his reception.
The Castilian, reported to have been lust off the
coast of France, it, safe at Deal.
Yesterday • Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Captain W. BAY NEs WAS
sworn into the command of .the Marchioness of
Exeter, consigned to St. Helena and Bengal.
Yesterday the Dukc of NORFOLK gave a grand
dinner to a large party of Noblemen and Gentle.
men, at his !muse in St. James's-square.
Yesterday Lord and Lady HOLLAND entertained
the Earl and Countess of JESSE'S', and a large party,
with a grand dinner at Holland House.
Viscount Mecuouftwe entertained a select party
at dinner yesterday, at his apartments in Whitehall.
Earl Cowen:, Lord KINSIAIRA, and several other
persons of distinction, were present.
Tice same day, Mr. PONSONRY entertained a large
party of the Opposition Members with a grand din-
ner, at Ma house in Arlington-street.
A Gretifinknan has arrived who left Havre de Grace
on Friday last. Ile says, that no news had reached
that port of the least importance from Paris, and
nothing whatever regarding Spain and Portugal.
He farther informs us, that public orders had been
given at the Custom-house of the harbour, to admit
all American ships with their cargoes, coming di-
rect from the Republic, and that all such ships
bringing goods frpm the French colonies, are to be
admitted to land such merehandize at one quarter
part of the duty required by the lute regulations.
Boaara art's' legal Assassinations had hitherto
been confided to the conscious shades of night ; but
he is either growing bolder from the habit of des.
potism, and the experience of servility, or he
deems it necessary now and then to impress afresh
his volatile aubjecas with that sentiment of terror
by which his power is suppported. Three women,
wears, assured, were lately shot at noun day, in
the Plaine de Grenelk, as spies from England.
They were tried, or rather condemned, by a mi.
litaty commission! With their names, rank, and
quality, we are unacquainted ; but we have the
fact from two eyewitnesses to the execution.
The Agent, Inspector, and all the establishment
at ralnioiailt, with the Innesstion of the Principal
Clerk., (who remains to forward the Mails to the
new station) arrived at Plymouth en Wedueeday,
and have established the Packet-Office at Plymouth-
Dock. •
The Irish Agricultural Societies are astonished to
find Mr. CHARLES COLLINS got 1000 guineas—for
a buff !