The Statesman.
London, England, 1811-10-22 00:00:00

c—t.sful in their endeavours to be free, eNers over
vi6t miming audiutriguing tyrant".
Lord Wat..BwrlNce. arrived at Plymouth
turday, on his return to %oily. His Lordship

be accompanied by Crone's.' M,S.crARLAN& sod
AnAms.

Captain G. Cocanuax la to hoist A broadpenda,
in the Grampus, oh 50 guns, at Portsmouth, for
America. the Gnnmissioners for mediating between
Spain and her American colonies (of which Captain
COCILBUYN is a member) go out in the-Grampus.
Admiral.ANADAet, with his family and suite,
b irked on Saturday afternoon on board the SwOr
74, Captain Tturt.E.lfAnny, at St. Helen's,
return to Cad4t The Stziftswrc waits for a fair
She will proceed from Cadiz, to join the fleet
Toulon. •
-41Anr-Admi:4llgorray. has been most actively
p!oyed in ciu4ng a survey to be taken of the r
'Yarmouth ti.oadtioncl by great exertions has

yored that the bar, which the Hearts,, Capt,
Hononrahle Lbrd George Stuart, crossed lit Ft
ary last, S. W. of Yarmouth Church, is a fair
snge for vessels into those Roads.
The Crane frigate, from Malta, sailed
Gibraltar the 7th instant, for England, with
ivy; the Ffrniting, -- —, has arrived in the Creek,
f. om Gibraltar, she sailed the 6th instant, so that
the Cone and her convoy may be hourly expected.
Sir Guoaot Paxvolvt, who has succeeded Sir
James 'QUI@ in the Military command in Canada,
has, for the present, made Halifax his head-quarters.
A Gentleman arrived from France, in the last
cartel from Morlaix, states, that Mr. Jou. BauLow,
tile new American bilaister, haelbeen received with
particular distinction, and had exhibited his cre,
dentials to the Duke of 11.114ANa, who remained
in Paris for the perpose of oomplimenting the new
Minister.
ft is now said tat Mr. THORNTON is gone to the
Baltic, chiefly on his own private affairs ; sor that, if
his journey has any thing In it of a public nature, it
merely relates to the enormous losses which the Un-
derwriters at Lloyd's have lately sustained in that
quarter.
The immense quantities of confiscated merphandise
which I.ave been for some time past accumulating at
the custom-house' of Embden, were to be publicly
sod on the 14th instant. The buyers were expected'
to be :cry numerous., The Tattle of the whole is
estimatxd at little short of a million sterling. Airiong
the gOcti.s ate' QOO Cwt of sugar of all kinds •
44,000 ow* 1.444,,,,410.00117 1"4411° 1"4
slices • and 16,0(.015%0es of cotton and linen.
The lettersYrons St. Petersbnfgh of the gist of
September, states that produce was looking down,
d the Exchange at 14, from which people inferred
that a rupture with France was not far distant.
As a further proof of the reyoeation of the Ber-
lin and Milan, Decrees, it is stated that the ship
Dryad, Capt. CLARRE, ant Joseph Bickerton, Copt.
Hpt.nneva, of New York, froth belonging to %lo-
sers' BARKER, Merchant, of that city, and bound
from Liverpool to the Havaneah, with cargoes com-
posed of British merchandise had been boarded by
French privateers, and released without the smallest
molestation, after haying been inspected for a few
hours.
The guns and principal stores have been saved out
of the Poinfinie frigate. She had 65,000 dollars ,eu
board, which were also saved, except about 4000,
which were taken out of a best by some of the crew,
whkr also stove in the spirit casks soon after the ship
struck, and draLk themselves into an extreme state of
intoxication.
Our effective militiry force in Sicily is 19,000, cad
is Malta 5000 men: the population of the former
amounts to about 156,000.
Letters rioeived by the Brazils Mail of the 28th of
'August, contain nothing important, They had re-
e,,i;eti nothing lately from the River Platt; and, of
course, our information from thence direct, published
in our Paper of Saturday last, is the latest from that
quarter.
The contents of the-letters saved from the wreck of
the Pomona frigate did not transpire till yesterday.
The last dotes fram,Melta by this conveyance are to
the 17th ult. -.at.which period, it was generally be!
hued, that iord W. Binmecit's unexpected depe.rm.
tune for England was to concert measures fps the
mediate occhiliSlOn of the 4slend of Sicily by ths Bri-
tish troops. ,
The Stark. sloop of war, which wired at Ply-
Mouth pn Saturday last, fell is with an Arnerielin
vessel, off Scilly, and took out of. hey an English
Gentleman of rank, and two Frenchmen. He had
been detained as a prisoner ever since the mem-
mencement of hostilities,and made his escape through
tin medium of the two Frenchmen who came over
•iith him; they assisted him to get on beard tip
American vessel, where, in order to avoid detection,
ia case of a search, he was put into an empty cask,
in the hold. The Frenchmen who cary. °ter with
him, had obtained Fassports, under pretence of going
to America. These people are stated to harp brought
over some important information.
The Channel r.ee,, about to be formed under
Admiral Sir C. Co mos,. and which it was geyerally
believed would rendezvous in Caissand Bay, is no*
frown will rendezvous at Spithead. This alteration
is supposed to be in consequence of the vast prep),
rations making by the enemy opposite the eastern
shores of our kingdom.
Berao.—To-da.y the Lord Mayor and Aldermen,
after inspecting the Retains ordered it to continue
at present prices.
BIRTIL—On the 21st inst. at Tptteridge, Mrs.
Charles Ruddach of a daughter.