The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-03 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

66 Roue, JULY 10.—The Jow•Kal of Ms Ca-
pitol contains a variety of Decrees of the new
Government. One of these abolishes the Tribu-
nal of the Inquisition, and all the establishments

attached to it. The archives and papers belonging
to these several jurisdictions are put under )cal)
and consigned to the depdi of ►ha archives) an
inventory of them being made.

" By soother Decree, a great amber of cape.
dal Tribunals are also abolished, as well as every
teenpor4l jurisdiction hitherto possessed by the
Clergy, secular and regular. All clerical privi.
luges are'unnulled.
" The right of asylum exists me loager ; in con.
sequence, the authors or accomplices of crimes
will no longer be sheltered from the vengeance of
the law.

" A oar establishment is niade of Jestires of
the Peace, &c. all of whom are nomiuted by the
Emperor.

1- By a third Decree, a Committee is appointed
t .r the preservation of all the ancient and modern
monuments of Rome, and the Roman States. This
Coalmines is particularly charged to take precast.
twits fur preserving the cupola of St. Peter from
lightning ; and the paintings of Raphael, which are
on the loggi of the Vatican, from injuries arising
tram the air. This Committee consists of Mar.
tortlli, Director of the Imperial Archives ; Ma.
Director of the Library of the Vatican ; Ca.
nova and Cam uccini."

Tne above article is extracted from a French
Journal, of which several were received do ,n to
the 25th of July. VVnether these Papers are a
continuation of the allegml ingenious forgery
of the Armistice, we do nut pretend to decide—
perhaps those Quidnunc:, who can see a plot in
every thing—who can believe every thing—swat.
low every thing, however gross—train the masba-
cre of 25,000 armed Frenchmen in the streets of
Madrid by the bairn of the iohabitauts—down
to the British inventions of " Official Accounts
from, Germany"—and the alleged French for.
genes of the .4rinistke, may, perhaps, think
that to forge an account of the execution of the
conditions of that armistice, is perfectly natural.
Certain, however, it is, that these Papers contain
accounts of offers of submission by the inhabit.
ants of the Tyrol, sod of the occupation of Pres.
burg, in Hungary, by the French troops. It is
also stated, as a report, that Preliminaries of
Peace have already been signed between France
and Austria; bat this, although probable, we
imagine to be preesatere.
The return of JO&IPH to Madrid is' also an.
nonoced—his presence with his army being no
longer necessary. In a private letter that
bas been received, the fears of the people of
England, for the ultimate triumph of the'Spa.
niards against their invaders, are ridiculed aw

66 1191fianiSe." We are, however, so 6 woman-
ish" as to bare lost all confidence in the exertions

of the Spaniards, ashen we bee a wholwaraty so
41 wousaaish" as that of the gallant...deserted.--
mortilieJ---Gettcral BLASE...." take to their
heels."

'rat the NAPOLEON Dynasty in the Peninsula
will be finally establislivi...4ll4l that too at no
remote period---is, we think, a certain and in-
evitable consequence of the termination of hostili-
ties between France and Austria.

Or the operations of the Expedition, no
certain information has yet arrived.—Reports of
a contradictory nature have been received by a
Dutch sebuyt, and a vessel from the Ems.—lt is
now confidently asserted, by many who pretend to
be in the secret, that if it should be ansmcoess.
ful in the first object, its ulterior destination,
(to use a favourite cant sord,) is the Baltic.—
But be its destination wbers it may, the bra.
very said energies of our sailors and soldiers
will be exerted in vain.--The crisis, we are con.
.vincial, is absolutely passed, in which this Power
of England could have been applied with any
prospect of arresting the progress of Nato.
LioW—Uad the Armies in Spain—in Sicily
I—and with the Expedition—been concentrated
io the North of Germany while the Army of
Austria was entire—the real sentiments of the
inhabitants of that part of Europe had been
certainly ascertained ; and were they such as to
us they are represented to be, there might have
been a chance of success—NA po cot might have
been compelled to return to France through Italy
—and the Rhine had possibly been the boundary
of bis dominions—To as, the hope of success from
any Expedition, now seems to be absolutely
delusiue. Oar Navy and Army can achieve
what perhaps no equal number of human beings
in existent.e chi. achieve ; but they cannot elect
impossibilities—and of this, those who now think
they can, will finally be convinced.

Ws yesterday presented to the public a full
and faithful report of what passed on Tuesday is
the court of Cosmos Council down to the speech
of Mr. Alderman Ammo ; and this day, will
be found, five remainder of the proceedings.—
When It is consWered, what has been the state of
" viptelage" for years, of this Guile, the civic

infinence, and the wealth of many of its Mem.
ben,—the connection of that wealth with the Ad.
ministrations of the Country for the time being,
and the reviving influence, with the Nation, of
the opinions of the Court of Common Council,
the Resolutions of Tuesday may be considered as
the expression of the sentiments and opinions of
the People of England--agroni usigierity of whom
are, beyond all doubt, convinced of the merit of
Colonel WARDLE, and of the REAL value of the
important SERVICES HE HAS RENDERED
TO HIS COUNTRY.

Tas termination and result of the Trial of Lord
GAMBIER was inserted yesterday by mistake. It
Is not certain that the trial will be terminated till
tomorrow.

Yesterday his MAJCITY held a Privy Council,
and gave audience to the Cabinet Ministers pre.
sent, when Mr. RYDER, the Judge Advocate,
laid before his Maserry the proceedings of sere.
ral Courts-Martial ; and the RECOADIR reported
the number of convicts under sentence of death at
the last Sessions. His MaJerri appeared in good
health and spirits, and, about half put five
o'clock, left town for Windsor.
General Twist; had the honour of being pre.
seated to his MA/OTT yesterday, on his appoint.
meet of Colosel.Comenandant to the Royal Engi.
seers.

A Patent is preparing fur creating Mr. Cocaa.
an, of Piccadilly, a Baronet.
A victualler arrived at Yarmouth on Tuesday,
from the Dutch coast, which she left on Saturday
evening ; reports, that the firstand second divisions
of the fleet were off Flushing, and preparations
were making for disembarking the troops ; that
Admiral GARDNCR was about three miles to lee-
ward, with eight pail of the line.
An Expedition is now Siting out at Cork, but
its extent is not known. Sixty transports, recently
arrived from Lisbon, will be employed in it.
By letters from St. Helena, by the itocina, dat-
ed the 24th of May last, advice has bei it received
that the ships Lady Castlereagh,HAuturoN, and
Csiffstells,‘V LLEANK, were expected to proceed
on their voyage in the course of a week,
almost tile:Wed their cargoes consigned (or that
island.

LOUIS BONAPARTE, King of Holland has had
recourse to the extraordinary expedient of taking
the children, educated at the public espence, or
on charitable foundations, for the use of the army.
The children themselves, and particularly such of
them as arc grown up, are very hiistile to the
measure. They have absconded and deserted in
great numbers, and the people have rescued and
secreted them. The Laudroust (ur High Sheriff)
of Maasiand has published an Address to the
Burghers of Rotterdam on this occasion, knite
ing obedience, and announcing his determination,'
as well as that of the Government, to enforce the
Decree for devoting these children to the military
profession.

By a vessel from Embdesy there are reports,
that in Aldenberg and Minute, the people are,
ripe fur insurrection, if our armament-preesei
thither, so u to afford a rallying point to the in.
habitants.
The Master of a Dutch schuyt reports that
he saw the Expedition, consisting of sew= or
eight hundred sail, late on Saturday, struggling
with a strong westerly wind, and that teen was at
that time so heavy a surf on the beach that no
landing could be effected.
The Proprietors of the Winter Theatres west
yesterday to the Loan CHAMBERLAIN'S OISCe,
and entered their protest against the claims of
Messrs. Gasett.t.a and ELLurros, for a licence
to play dramatic pieces in the ensuing season' at
the Opera House. The officers preseet stated,
that they were not apprised of any such intention
on the part of the Earl of atarnourn, who is
now in Derbyshire.
Many serious, and some fatal accidents, were
caused by lightning, last week, in Selliollt.

•••111d.•

We have the pleasures of laying before the pub.
he et account of a brilliant achievement against
the /Lassie° flotilla in the Baltic.

About the beginning of last month the Russian
CAIN in the Bal►ic took up a position ueder a
point called Pencula. Each wing of their tio.
tills was Ranked by a rock. In this position they
seemed to defy our power. Such a defiance could
not of course be brooked by British seamen, and
it was resolved to man our boats and send them in,
to teach the Russians more respect. The boats of
the Bellerophon, implacable, Melpomene, and
Prometheus, were accordingly manned, and on
the night of the 7th ult. proceeded wader the Co..
mind of Lieut. lltivsky to attack the enemy in
their strong position.

Observing oar approach, the • Russians poured
a heavy fire from their flotilla and from the two
rocks. Our gallant OMII3 try men, howeter, ad.
vanced with their characteristic steadiness, disre-
garding the fire of the enemy, and not returning
a shot until the boats were doge to the flotilla •
they then opened upon them, gallantly boarded
the enemy sword in baud, and drove all before
them.

The flotilla consisted of eight gen.boats, each
asoenting a 32 and 44-poeader, and 48 mets. Siz
were brought out and one was sunk. There were
besides twelve vessels under the protection of the
Swills, laden with powder and provisions for the
RUNSille army ; these were an dm) sad * large
ship was burnt.
We lament to say, that Ueeteeliat Newkey, as
premising an officer as any in ear service, was
killed by a grape-abet after he had taken one
thy gun-boats. Lieutenant Sterhog, el the Pro,
rnetiseus, was to leverely wounded, that he died
%wort after. Mr. Mountettry, a Midshiptsen,
was killed. We had its all 17 killed, and 3?
wounded',
The toes of the Russians was usech greeter :
they had 13 killed, a great number were drowsed,
and weft seek pritoerrs„ of whoa SI were
wouuded,