The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-07 00:00:00

merely to gratify the predominant taste of 'the
public. To the national vanity, and the national
avarice, their appeals have the usual success of
flattery. They lind the nation willing to be
flattered, and they flatter them. Sonic of them
insidiously ellict an enmity towards corrup-
tion, at the very nefitient that they lend
themselves to the authors, supporters, and
abettors of the principle of corruptiou
'itself. At one time the affairs of France
were desperate, and NapoLeoe, run mad, was
compelled by his Generals to abandon the contest
on the Danube. Ile crossed the Danube,
fought, and conquered at Wagram. The
Armistice of %maim followed. Then it was dis-
covered that at I this was the filth of the Archduke
CHARLES, and the Emrenoie determined to fight
it out. SCIIILL and the Duke of [laymen-Ice
were eplienieral—they however had their day.
Tile insurrection in the N ,rth of Germany bad
its day too, and that is past.
• To duubt the destruction id the French in Spain,
after Sir Aeenete Weet.cst.ey made his appear.
once, was absolute heresy. Holland waited but
for the presence of our Expedition-mind the des-
a!fection in the Neapolitan territory rendered our
forces certain in that quarter. Such are the
delusions with which the venal Pi ess has almost
eloaked the People of England. 'Dine has at last
turn uff the veil of delusion ; mid the naked truth,
in all its terrors, sta:als before the view of the in.
fatuated People of England. The sum and sub-
stance of our situation may be very concisely
Stated
Our victorious army in Portugal is not only
starving, but certainly in danger ;—the Eapedi.
lion to Holland has totally feilal—and Welch,.
ren is believed to be untenable ;—our army in
Sicily has elected no more real services than
if it had been at the Antipodes ;—lschia
and Procida are doubtless evacuated ;—we have
qaarrelled with, and are hated by America ;..-
Fs ance reigns paramount abroad,ancicorruption
reigns paramount at home ;..-the Ministry are in
a rapid state of decomposition—some of the part.
ners are about to retire. On this subject reports
are numerous and contradictory the war.
like CASALAREAGH, retirement is pretty generally
assigned..-AA Mr. CANNING, who dierited a bet.
ter fortune than to have been involved in such I
concern, is said to be disgusted. He that as it
shay, the whole nation is beginning to be disgusted
with those ascasures which have brought us to
to the very verge and brink of destruction.
Even the gloomy, thoughtful NAPOLEON) who
seldom smiles, must grin at theinfatuatiun, and pm.
erile efforts of England, which, with the most mighty
lanwer on this Globe—has suffered him to conquer
the Continent of Europe. Those who laugh at
our predictions that he will totally annihilate the
commercial in:crcourse with the Continent of
Europe—anal disturb oar reign in tbe East
way, pet leaps, hereafter expeces the fuolish
es tinder of ignorant incredulity, with " who
would have thought it ?"—Nut only men, but ma.
cures, must be changed—and with those measures
must alio be changed that disposition which the
veuple of England have derived from the fatal
commercial monopoly of the visionary i'LTT.
For FaiLtland the only means of SALVATION
are PEACE and ILEFOR.M.

Am article from New-York; dated July 30,

says :
" By the British schooner James, in 14 days
from Purt-aii.Pritice, we learn that CURISTOPUN
and Purtesa's fleet have recently had a severe en.
gagement,in which the latter gained a signal victory ;
and that their armies had met near the Cape, about
the same time, and that Cunisroeuc had de.
feated Pcriors with very great slaughter."

Sunday and Monday several troops of the
Rd-Light C.Lralry of the German Legion, which
had been disembarked at Ramsgate, arrived in
Canterbury, where they at present remain. A
detachment also of the .2d, or Queen's Bays,
marched on Monday ; and the remainder of the
r-onieot, with the 3d King's Own Dragoons,
were expected yesterday, to occupy their former
crafters.
A rosel arrived at Plymouth, from Martinique,
has brought a report of Guadaloupe listing sur.
rendered to a British force; which had appeared
off that island.
A vessel is arrived from Bilboa, with skins and
wool, atter a short passage of five days. We
understand no molestation was given during her
loading, or navigation down the river to Portu.
galete ; and that thres more ships, with cargoes
from thc same place, arc hourly expected. The
information she has brought is, that there aie
no French garrisons in the extensive range of
coast from Santander to St. Sebastian, the whole
of the troops in that direction having proceeded
by Oriluna, Burgos, and Segovia, towards Ma.
drill and Santa Olalla, to reinforce thc army of
Viva on.
During the bombardment of Flushing, and after
the communication with Cadsaml was cut off.
means were found to convey a letter from the gar-
rison in the latter place. It was enclosed in a
shell, which, without being filled with inliammahle
materials, was discharged from a mortar plintett
on one of the sea batteries. The sb.II was taken
up in Cadsand, and emptied of its contents, which
were forwarded to Paris.