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THE STATESMAN.

the present Government, and that the country is bare
of troops. The defensive preparations, however, of the
Allies, indicative of strong apprehensions of attack,
will not allow us to give much credit to these stories.
A Proclamation in these Papers, by Gen. L Poyec,
the French Governor of Lisle, to the inhabitants of
that city, shows the spirit with which that important
place Mill to defended. IL. observes, that they will
bslhe first called upon to give proofs of patriotism
in cooperation with the defenders of the national
indrpendence, and calls upon them to rally round
the standards of the Emperor, to repel the attempt
aboot to he made upon their liberties. Lisle is
strongly garrisoned.

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The military government of Geneva, and the rest
of the Swiss Cantons, are taking the necessary
meatores to secure the safety and neutrality of
the errantry. Troops nre assembling at the vulnerable
1 points, and naval armaments are establishing on the
Lakes.

It is believed at Vienna, that 44 the Austrian
trooPs mint have entered Naples on the 9th ;" and it
is stated, that in the late battles the Austrian troops
made aliout 2000 prisoners and took several pieces
of cannon, besides all the &id equipage of the King
of N..trtt:4.
lilsoadded, by certain accounts from Sicily, the
iirini44 King FERDINAND is collecting near Mehum.
Thefrpesd-quarters were to he removed, on the Ist of
May,. to Messina, whither the King intended to
go in person. There was a constant correspondence,
say they, between Sicily and Calabria ; and no doubt
is entertained but this province, which has always
remained faithful to. FERDINAND, will declare in
his favour as soon as his troops land there.

fly Brussels Papers to the 2lth, which arrived last I •
night, we have it stated, that Avesnes is become the
head-quarters of the French Army of the North. 1
The Allies, will, doubtles, attempt to penetrate
in adircction similar to that which they took in their
roads* Park last year, and this, the most vulnerable
pn./of the French front:er, k fortifying in the best
possible manlier. The peasantry have also received
orders to carry ()If their provisions in case of inva-
sion, and arm them-elves with their instruments of
h usbwsd ry.
The Brobsel, Papers also contain the following
article : .
.. Tint Kiug of Dann* le is expected. at Alinna on the 214
of this month. Th.. Monarch has engaged to furniAt 15,0..0
men in the sacred contest which i, going to commence. These
troops min be harem-d lately mobs' ked at Copenhagen nod Elsi-
u.•nr. In pr.c.ed t, their destination."
Kernel of eletter from Geneva, flay 1?:—" All is motion in
nedsnout and the other States of the King of SARDINIA ; the
A neirial army, comminded by General BVIINA, consking of
40.000 chosen men and -20,000 Piedmontese, has marched towards
the mountaius of. Dauphiny, where it has taker' positions
upon the extreme frontiers. At Turin a passage of troci:i
svasexpeeted to commence on the Bth. and last to the 15th inst.;
these troops form a corps of 30.000 men. Da the other hand con-
Shieribt-; teTitfOriehients have ai-ifved"at Nice, and a large dtvi.
sion has taken a position between that town and Monaco.—
Fvents of the highest .importance may shortly be expected to
take ikiAce in the South of France."

The subject of the Subsidies to our Allies was dis-
cusqql last night in the House of Commons, and 111i-
sti.tets bad their customary majority in the division.
The vote, as we have before shited, was live millions.
This sum is to be shared equally by Austria, Russia,
and Prussia. This, however, will be but a drop iu
the hucket compared to what will yet be required.—
If the great Powers cannot move sr mite without
money, the smaller States can still less do without
it. Lord CASTLEREAGII asked with great triumph,

" eilY a Subsidy of five millions he an induce-
ment to the Allies to engage in the war F.." Five
million., in his Lordship's contemptuous ideas of
economy, are a mere bagatelle. Yet, trifling as it
may be, we tee that the high and magnanimous De-
livetem neither can nor will move without it. We
see also, that there are exertions necessary and to be
multi on the part of this country, which but ill ac-
cord with the boasted strength and disposition of our
Allies. Great Britain is also to furnish 150,000
men, or an equivalent in money for so many as may
he deficient in that number. It is well known
that we cannot scud this number of British troops
to the Continent—the Powers, therefore, who
live by letting out their subjects to slaughter for
hire, may have a chance to receive a little more of
our cosh. What dependence is to he placed on these
mercenaries ht the hour of need, it is not for Into say.
Flow long these Treaties may remain unbroken after
the money is paid, or with what vigour the bargain
may be executed, we will still less venture to antici-
pate. We have the high authorities of Lord CASTLE.
REAGIT and Lotus XVI 11. that the Contracting Powers
will stick tb their bond as resolutely as Shylack, and
like Slulock, perhaps—but we will not anticipate
disappointment to such a high enterprize,—for Lord
CASTLEREAGH tells us, with alt VANSITTA RT'S exact-
ness, when VANsavartv has a budget of taxes to
submit, the one glorying to give it oat, and the
other " blushing to 'give it in," that " one mil-
lion and eleven thousand men" are to take the field
against " one man," therefore the contest can-
not either be long or doubtful. We certainly do
not wish it to be long, and we shall be obliged to his
Lordship and the one million and eleven thousand men
to make it as short as possible; hut, as to its issue, with
all the arguments and appliances to boot, which we see
Used to convince us—we are really yet a little
doubtful. If the French army amounts to 600,000
men, as it is actually stated to de, and the French
nation have called back NAPOLEON for the purpose of
establishing their independence) and will heartily

unite against the league which threatens the invasio►l
of their territory, and the subversion of their rigl.ts
and liberties, well may We doubt, or rather banish
all doubts whatever from our minds, as to the
Issue of the conflict. "To the righteous" we wish
success, like the poor old woman, and f.'rsently de-
sire always to behold the strength nod honour of
our Country marshalled in the ranks, and victorious
in the cause of the righteous. But th:. cause, we fear,
is not an over hallooed one.

Three frigates and several stelller i4eselt of war,
under Rear-Admiral Mynas', set sail from Ply.
mouth on Wednesday last, and took e direction
westward. It is supposed that this force is to act In
conjunction with another of still greater strength, in
order to elect the reduction of the islands of Mar.
tiniqne and Guadeloupe, should those settlements
not preserve their allegiance to the House of Bove.
nos. If captured, it is enderfirted that they are not
to be alienated to any other rower,' bet are to
held in trust for Lovis
The • lion. Mr. FitEDERI'4Ii 'LAMBE trill altrrtrlp
leave town to residA, as Minister, at Mittliit. le. the
room of Mr. Hose, jun. who is appointed Alabama.
dor to the Court of Berlin.
The produce of the duties on Pamela/4g, for she
last ten years, is 56601. 13s. Bd. et,. 'Pon an ave•
rage, about 56G1. a-year.
Twelve hundred men, 011f.pfssInfleril tit Chelcea,
hospital, resident within e 5 miles of London, have
been found, on examinetion, fit for service, and ere
to be re-equipped accordingly.
MR. KENIBLE.-.-We state wifh-tinttlo concern, that
the report of of yesterday respecting Mr. KE.IIIII.E is
not favourable, though hipptly•there is lIQ return of
alarming symptoms. A very severe Cough, uald want
of rest, keep him in a state of extreme debility.
It seems that a report which prevailed some time
ago, that the Empress MAAtt LoctsA hod dismisserl
all her French attendants, was totally destitute of
truth. One hundred persons of that 'talon are still
in her service; and it must be confessed this is no
• mean establishment. •
It will no doubt he-pleasing to the lovers of Terp-
sichore to learn, that a NV•lltz Ball wilt be given at
the Crown and .Anchr r Tavern on the 30th instant.
The superior excellence of crushed hones as a nsa.
nure, is now fully proved by experience. They aro
a most invaluable article to thosafarmerl, whose dis.
tance from large toiens precludes them frootLob•
taining a sufficiency of manure, when the supply prom
their own form is inadequate to their
Such are their surprising fertilising quelltiee, that a
cart and two horses can, in one day, sunlit for., and
carry home, at a distance of fifteen miles, itiaantitz
sufficient for one acre. Even this small citesetlt7 has
been found to render an acre more fertile than onsi
manured in the common manner; end they also post
sess the valuable cr:ality of retaining their Opciflkkei
powers for seterai succeeding crops. •
A letter from Cork, dated. May 18, sayatrose
terday a woman was brought froth y) and
in the County Gaol, cherged with having
murdered her husband, with the assistance of a pion
with whom she had lately essociated.atni cohebited."
The attractions of the Grand Sclere It Net
Golden Lotler'y are alittadYliecoiiie.appi46l. INtlf
merous applications are daily making for ptitlealit
numbers—.indeed so vent austutous are they, that
almost one fourth of the Lottery may be odtklo by
already bespoke ; persons, therefore, who .tnifk.
inclined to sue the fickle Goddess, ,by the Porch.,
of any particular number, should loSe sto time,. as •
!few days will probably else pot It out et their power
to do so, by giving possession of thairfoiisthao to
- •
some more early applicant.
There is now confined in Newgateta oisti,oaaied
Hobert 7'agler, who is so impenetrably Gettli,itt he
I cannot hear the report of a pistol. lie was tarittitted
in the February Sessions for stealing a feather-bed,
&c. in a dwelling-house, but as he could nekherar he
could not plead. He speaks, but cannot *WC; nor
'does he understand writing, and it cannot 4e *Ka•
tained flout whence he came. •"

~tytitittuiir• •
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

•s 1
DOVER, MAY 26.7-Paised by here di&
Kenrick, from Dourdestuz, bound to 11414.
Gerhard Drawe, a French Officer of rank, searle.bis
escape, in this vessel and landed here—intended for
Ostend to join the King. One hundred and fifty
Officers of this description have gone from this place
to 0-tend within the last ten days.
DIAL, MAY 26.--Sailed the Robert and Com-
merce trasports, under convoy of the Bermuda sloop
of war, for Plymouth; and l'ortarus sloop of war,
for the Scheldt.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 26.—Arrived L' Amiable,
Fiore, from llontleor.—.Sailed yesterday the John
and Henry transports, for Antwerp.—Several ships
got under weigh this afternoon for the westward,
but have brought up again, sled will sail at day-
light in the morning.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 25.—Came in the Dover fri•
gate and Norfolk transport, with the 91st ltogiment
from America, last from the Ilavanuah, in three
weeks, and sailed again to the Downs; the R.wql
Oak and Seahorse frigates sailed the same time, and
parted in a fog soon after.--Sailed his Majesty's ships
York, Vengeur, Nymphen, Glasgow, and Hyperion,
on a cruise.
TORBAY, MAY 2.6.—.Artived his Majesty's ship
Hindostan, from Portsmouth; .lso the Orlando fri-
gate, from America, bound to Portsmouth.—sailed
his Majesty's ship Destrows for Ply mouth.

LORD 11-E-Rg- SFOILS SWORD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE lITAt!".SMAN.

SIR,---in consequence of the reissafki that appeared in ion*
of the Newspaprr.t relative to a Sword having been ev.l3 at onf
house, that had been presented by the tiev of London to this
distinguished ("dicer : and a parasraph having since appeared,
',alias that the one sold by ua wet: nut the identical enie, we have
thought it due to the ch:;r:icter of Lord Ileresford to came en•
quiry tit be mode at the Chamberlain's Office. where •e %erre
informed the Sword in nee. • was made far him hut the
workmanship tech:" dizappTved of, it %vas returned to UN
maker, and in June last a more snititile one was presented to
him. We pereundat Da raelveta yarn ill participate with tea i
the great sat isfaetton we feel it: glsing to tI ie explaser
don, removing (as it doe: so completeiyt any ntJavon nide iee
pressiuu the publ:e may have einertaiovel nn the subject.
ss e are. your very obedient Sor. ants.
Covent-gardcu. Jlay 2b. it J. tv d IL. fIO3ISS,