The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-13 00:00:00

CIIEV,ILIBIt D'4ItANIO.

The noble conduct of the Chevalier Da AILANJO,
Whel jlO VlGltually exerted himself to prevent the
Prince Regent of PORTUGAL -from falling a vie.
tins to the Tyrant of Europe, as was the fate of
the unfortunate Royal Family of Spain, becomes
d oily more conspicodos. It is well known in Por.
tug 11, that this Minister conducted himself during
that trying period, with the greatest Armness, and
on principles of the strictest.homour, in opposition
to the solicitations of the Agents of France and
Spain, who incessantly urged the imprisonment of
am English and the confiscations of their property.
The order which changed this determination, WAS,
at last, extorted by Mr. DS LIMA but happily
not till the moment was passed when it could oc-
casion any material prejudice to the British soh_
leas. It had became absolutely necessary for the
Prince Regent to dissemble, in ostler to defeat
the perfidy of certain suspicious characters, near
his person, and to conceal his intended retirement
to Brazil. The Chevalier DS ARAICIO, nutwith.
standing kis being no longer employed in the Ad.
ministration, still continues to enjoy the esteem of
his Sovenatuit, and the highest consideration of
the Court -of Rio de 4anuiro, of which his ta-
lents, se well known and universally acknow-
ledged throughout Europe, render him so ecni-
mintly deserving.

A General Court-Nlartial has been held at St.
Acme's Barracks, Barbadoes, on Stall' Surgeon
j trues Cre :kr upon the under-mentioned charges,
v iz.••.

Ist. For conduct subversive of good order nad military,
discipline, in running to obey an order, to stombler and bold
himself in arrest, delivered in him by, p.ithecary (;eoro
Prior 'fiesse, , 041 the morning of the 21st A sigrbt. 1;438, from
Deputy liipretor JaJlie! Matilebury, the heal of the Medi-
cal I)epurtment,
hi. For breaking his arrest, after being ordered into it by
Deputy lispector Jamtv Nfuttleburyt and deserting fr f the
iarres:m of St. Ana's and ant returning to his quarters until
the 3Jth of August In:st.
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Upon which charges the Court found the pri.
soncr guilty, sentenced hin► to be c.►.hiered, which
senteuce•his Majesty has been pleased to approve
and confirm. The Co►amauder in Chief has there.
fore directed that the foregoing charges, together
with the sentence of the Court, shall, be read at
the head of every regiment, and entered in the or.
derly books of every corps.
A grcat aoncoursc of spectators attended last
evening at the Serpentine River, where they were
amused by a gentleman in a boat. It was only
large enough to contain him. It was so shallow,
that the edge was almost close to the surface of
the water, .and he Worked it with short paddles.--
There was a set of bells in it, which played as it
moved. The receivitig.boats attended, iu case of
an accident. •

On Tuesday evening a desperate battle was
(might iu Duck-in-pond field, Whitechapel-road,
between two journeymen butchers, of Leadonhall.
market. The contest lasted an hour and forty
snitiuts bard fighting, when they were both so
dreadfully bruised as not to he able to stand or
see. They were conveyed home by their (fiends
in coaches. One of them is not expected to Sur-
vive.
Suictots.—A gentleman of the name of Foften,
ana a man of considerable property, put an end to
his existence in the Parkiyesterday morning, by
discharging a pistol at his head. The suicide was
seen committed by a couple of porters to, a china.
man in Oxford-street ; but on going to the enrol._
innate man, there were no signs of life. The de.
ceased was nearly years of age, and laboured
under a ,tweedy which deranged his intellects at
limes. lis lodged in Duke-street, Oxfurd-street.
—On "ruesday night. Mr. Holloway, parish clerk
of St. Lawrence Church, in a fit of mental de-
rangement, which had her a considerable time
preyed on his spirits, put an end to his existence
by suspending himself from one of the balustrades
of the church-gallery railing, and was funnel life_
• less yesterday morning by the Seatoness on her
coming to sweep the pews. A Coroner's Jury
was held on the budj yesterday evening, and re.
turned a verdict of Lunetc..y.

On Sunday morning last, at an early hour, four
thieves entered the warehouse of slr. Miller, in
Basing-lane, by means of false keys, and . had the
audacity to remain there fur several hours sorting
out the choicest bale goods. Having provided a
cart for the purpose of carrying the goods .off,
they proceeded to throw the bales into the vehi-
cle, and that with so much violence, that they
awoke the servant of a Gentleman on the opposite
side of the way, who, it being an unusual eireum.
stance for a cart to be employed on a Sunday
morning at so early an hour, took the liberty of
watching from his window the proceedi►►gs which
were carrying on. Having observed.the villains
fasten the warehouse door, and drive off with their
booty, he followed them at a distance, until he
bane to the entrance of the Old Bailey, when he
heard one of them say, " All is well, the gates
arc open,” muning the gates of the Inn, where
it was supposed they idtended to deliver the goods
to a waggo►►, which was setting off about that
time to Worcester, whither, it is supposed, they
would have followed and divides) the spoil ; but
the man who acted as carman observing the watch.
• ful eye Of the servant, passed on_tuwards Smith.
Lid. When the cart was come opposite to the
New Drop, all the men, probably 'meeting they
were detected, except the driver, turned off to the
right, down a lane towards Fleet.market; their
pursuer then seized the horse by the heed, and
told the driver he suspected the goods in the cart
were stolen from one of the neighbours, and he
would nut suffer him to proceed any farther with
them. The man resisted for the moment, and one
of the thieves who bad just before fled, came to
his aid, and attempted to pass himself off as a
patrole of the night; but failing in this artifice,
he actually challenged the faithful servant to fight
him fur disputing his otficership. At this moment
other people were collected together, sod the pre-
tended patrole and the carman went of smiler pre-
tence of fetching a proper officer. Oftniarsethey
never ret►trned, and the servant drove back the
goods to the *entrust of Mr. Milk,.

A 111111.1 LA wire,

WAUSAU, MAT 1. .

The transports, with a detschmerit of the 74
West India Regiment on board, and which put als
sea on Saturday, fur Jamaica, have since returned,
in consequence of adverse winds, as hae•also his
Majesty's ship Sandwich. Their ultimate deatina.
tion was supposed to be the Bay of Honduras.
MAT 21.—We are informed that CoI.BROWNE,
front St. Vincents, the late Superintendent General
of the Indian nation, has presented a Memorial
stating, that a quantity of Aloe, Iletnp,Pitch, Tar,
and Turpentine may be manufactured in the Ba-
hama Islands, equal to the consumption of all the
navy and merchan!men of the kingdom of Great
Britain. This is a matter of so important a na-
ture as it respects our naval interest, that we hope
every encouragemeut will be given to the Bahama
Planters to furnish those articles, under the uncer-
tainty of supply front the Baltic and the United
States.

'rhe duties at the Harannah are as follow (al-
though the arrangement is quite contluded, it is
not yet publicly notified by the Cabildo): flour in
American vessels, 10 dollars; in Spanish 6 dol-
lars; rice, hemp, hug's lard, and the various kinds
of pulse and vegetables, in American vessels, 50
per cent. and in Spanish 30 per cent. All kinds
of linen and silk goods, 22 per cent. and munici.
pal duties, instead of 36 per cent. ; cotton and
woollen goods, 15 per cent. and municipal duties,
instead of 36 per cent. Deposites of all kinds.of
produce of the United States are liable only to 1
per cent. and the municipal duty."

A letter from Buenos Ayres, after giving an ac-
count of the manner iu which Liniers, at the be-
ginning of last January, overthrew the power of
the Cabildo, and transported its members to Pate.
gunia, states, although formerly beloved, he is
now abhorred by the good Spaniards and respect.
able men of that town. lie is reproached with
keeping a mistress born at Cayenne, and grand.
daughter to a Portuguese mulatto, and suffering
her to dispose of promotions to those who choose
to purchase them ; to spend the money con.
tained in the public chest, to allow English vessels
laden with contraband goods to be admitted *Rhin
the harbour, fur the purpose of private emolument.
Liniers is also accused with having imposed taxes
on the people in order to pay the ruffians who
support his power, and to bare withheld from the
patriots in Spain the contributions which had bees
raised to be sent to their assistance. As this letter
was written about the middle of January last, it is
probable, that Liniers, finding the stream of pupu.
lar discontent too strong to be successfully resisted
by a comae ned opposition,adopted a different lined
conduct, and issued the proclamation, dated March
13th, which we gave in a former Paper, in order
to regain the popularity he had lust. By declaring
himself against the French, be would conciliate
the good opinion of all classes, and at the same
time lie might secure the protection of France by
representing that act as a measure of policy, in.
tended to deceive the people, enable him to watch
secretly and unsuspected over the interests of King
Joseph, and ultimately to assert and establish his
authority over all the South American dominions.

Extract of a letter from Rio Janeiro, April 8,
1809.—" Sir, Not doubting but it will be agree-
able to some of your connections to know how
the prices of articles, usually exported from hencer
have sold of late, I take this opportunity to in.i
form to you, that even sugars sell pretty readily
at 1 100 per aerobe, and coffee at 1240 per sr-
robs, in consequence of a brisk demand from
England.
I " The articles which I think will be consumed
in large quantities are bays, colours—blue, red
Irose, and flesh, Swedish iron and steel, common
hats, square and round sheets of copper for bra-
; ziers' use, cheese and butter, cloths, particularly
low blue ones, at about 4.. per yard, coatings—a
olives and browns, kerseymeres mostly low prised;
cotton goods of all kinds, but particularly 'nudity
in all the varieties of the article; laces, veils, •
shawls, prints, skirtings, and quilting' for waist-
coats ; tnen'ti plain white cotton stockings, with
embroidered and plain clocks, and all lace clicks
for women ; hardware, nails of all kinds, and ge-
nerally every thing that used to be exported to
Lisbon ; German window • glass, and German
linens, such as Platillas, Ilretanas, !Juana, Olen-.
&c. The prices of codfish, oil, and butter,
vary here, as in all Catholic countries,- extremely;
the former article would now fetch 10,000 realsi
per quintal at least ; oil is getting up towards
20,000 reals per pipe; butter, however, which
some months ago sold at 1600 real, per pound, is
now at 200 real:, and an abundance in the
market."

Melling Hall, near Norwich, was on Sunday
last discovered to be on fire. A beam, six inches
thick, was burnt through, and the chimney in s
blaze. By the Exerdhns of some labourers, the
brick nail above the fire was broken through, and
the flames extinguished.
On Wednesday sennight, a remarkably fine
sturgeon was might in the Ribble, about a mile
from Preston. It weighed 20-llbs. and measured
upwards of eight feet long, and was sold in the
market at is. a pound.
THREATENED INVASION.—At no period of our
history, has the efficient strength of our bravo sol-
diers and sailors become of more importance
than at this eventful crisis. The wars of Venus,
as Sell as Mars, hue not unfregeently obstructed
their exertions on the ocean, and in the " tested
fteld."—lt may, therefore, be deemed a national
good, that a salmi is now discovered, which is
an absolute preventire of Venereal Infection,
and is likely, in time, to extenaissato It from the
face of the eartk.—The ARCA New, nr MEDICATED
SOAP, according to the opinion of the most re.
speetable of the Faculty, will be found a per.
'feet SA FEGU ARD in every climate, and is sold, with
full directions, in boxes, at 41. met, (wholesale
and retail),, at the Medicine Office, No. 8, lied.
font. court, Covent-garden. Any Gentleman re-
siding in the cpuutry, inclosing in a letter a one
pound note, may have five
.hexes conveyed in a
small package (by coach or Other:fife) to any part
of the Vatted Kingdom.

,1,11 /SIN II

CITY BUSINEBB:

Yesterday the Lord Mayor held a Court of
Common Council in the Chamber of the Guild.
hall, for the dispatch 'of business previous to the
recess.

After sealing some limes, upwards of forty pe-
ntium were presented for the renewal of lessee at
Billingsgate and St. George's-fields, which were
referred to the Committees to examine and re-
port.
A Petition was presented from the Inhabitants
of the Ward of Farringdon Without, to remove
Fleet-Market from its present situation, and to
purchase a spot of ground on the west side of the
Market (upon which several ruinous premises
now stand), for the said Market.
A notice of a motion was given to rescind the
proceedings of the Court fur thanking G. L.
Wardle, .Esq. and presenting him with the free-
dom of the City its a box of one hundred guineas
value, on account of the circumstances which
have since transpired upon a late trial.
A notice was also given, to increase the Allow-
ance to the Members on the Committee of Bridge_
house Estates.