The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-01 00:00:00

• PORTS.VOWW, Sapr. 30.

Intelligence Wass teerived here yesterday of the
sailing!of tier French'liratlion from Clrerbottrgh.
The'cogaeye, Capt. Forbes, however, arrived this
afternoon, which left the French squadron in that
port • last night. Sir Roger Curtis,'en redwing the
information, sent the I ler° and Mars to look after
them,
,which ships returned this afternoon. •
. When the Zenobia, Captain Zsl4Kenzie, left
Cadiz on ,the Ist instant, the 'lmplacable (Sir R.
liteits), llosincy, Achille, and Atlas, were lying
there; and the' .1/ilforrf
Fos 'going into the Itsy„
'from Spithead. The St. Anna, and three nth%
hranish line.of-battle ships, were to sail the nexT
slay for Minorca. Pike ships arc the last of the
4pattish fleet. Our • bomb.sessels were constantly
throwing iihells into llatagorila, and annoying the
enemy, whose operations in the siege of Cadiz are
'marked witheextreme supineness. They were cer-
tainly in want of, previsions, and, report said, of
powder and, shot too. The Zenobta brought. to
Eogland, front the American Nary Agent at •
Cadiz, 67 chest) of bars of silver, 'valued at
40,0001. consigned to Merchants in London, in
paymetit of provisions, which the Americans had
supplied to the Spanish Government.
The Hydra, Capt. llnndy, has brought 1200
French prisoners, under convoy, from Gibraltar;
nine hundred of them were part of Dupont's army ;
90 of tlitim are officers; amongst whom are Generals
Datuus, Prire, and Eselemense, and Col. Grange..
14he two latter were A ides.de,cautp to Murat. There
nee tw.o'captaini of line of battle ships, four Cap- I
taint; of frigates, and six Field Officers. They have
bleu all lauded at Gosport.
Tile Ganymede arrived on Monday with a con-
/oy frem the Mediterranean. She sailed from Mes-
sine the 14th July ; left there his Majesty's' ships
Warrior., Victorious,Carsoput,Cansberlana, Suc-
cess, Zernsagant, IVeazle, Swallow, Bustard, and
Ilsilgjon, anchored in a line of defence from Mee.
Cie to four miles round the Faro. The enemy had
33,006 troops encamped on the Caiabrian shore,
therateuieg. a daily attack, and 300 armed boats
ready for transporting the troops over. We have
15.000 English trots" with 4000 Sicilian regulars,
Reid 50 gun-bouts, English and Sicilian. The cowl-
try about, and great part of the inhabitants of Pa-
lermo, are rePiesented to he in the French interest,
but it is impossible, during the stay of our ships in
the Straits of Messinal for the enemy ever to gain it
, „
.landing in• Sicily. .
We have slated that orders had gone out to un,
dertitke the reduction of the Lle'of France. The
arriVal of the Sarah Christiana and Pitt, (ruin
Madras, confirms this intelligence ; an'tt that the
troops flailed frt'on Madras the Bth of May, for the
Out of rendezvous. We. received the following
letter Lithe Pitt, from our Correspondent:— '
6 At:Limas, MAY 6, 1210.
" The Pitt goes to England diieet, to a. packet.' Yon
will peiteive we have taken Amboynn, and I hope our pre-
sent Expedition against Burbea, rind ultimately,' the Mauri-
tius (for which a second Ex dition will be immedi aely
prepared), will be equally nice ful. The troops at present
gulag from• hence consist of the II and 6610 Regiments, Bank
.
companies of his Majesty's 12th sand fifth 'Regiments. 440.
4itatealaux4lplauel Consists% -Itoth7 and 6th lintive Infantry,
and a portion of Artillery. 'they are to take possession of the
' Isle.of Bourbon, preparatory to a combined attack, with a
Boren (rpm & Cape, on the Isle of France. The entire force
going aiaiesilhe Matirititils 5,1110 from /Win, and 000 from
the Cape. Mr: Farquhar goes with the Eipeditionitd he )o-
vernor of the anticipated new cantata: 'Bissau the Eipedition
againelthe Mauritius, another Is ea feet to reduce Jiya and
BaITAVIA, end, in short, every plate whereas teem?* flu
nor fits. The Navy will nil make their Cesium, kir all the
Mich possessions are rich in.ncequialated- treasures of every
kind. Admiral Drury's share, for Alpboyasalose, is estimated
al 00,000 C,
The Audacious, 74, Capt. D. Campbell, Iliello,
and Vestal, sailed on Monday from the Rowel, with.
the 92i1 Regiment for Lishon, ' ' •
' Ftiit Cumberland; it is Wit,' is to be appropriated
for a foreign de
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EXPLOSION:

AYszTaßeact,SEre:•ll.—The following arc the
details 'iltithe SAfoitanate catasttophd Whicti hap.
pened at 'Eisnael% '•
About half past eight o'clock, on the evening of
the" Ist 'September, a French" wagon drawn by
nine horses,- aidloailed with feurteete easel of pow.
Iler,pirtridges, and grenades, iiriveil'at the gates of
this.city,and vial:red it ; in spite of the difficulties
which arose, the wagged. cotrtinited their route, al.
though it Was remarked thatone of them smoked;—
it •hardly arrived at the learket.place, opposite one
of the ittni, when it cangbt fire with so great an ex-
plosion, that it was he at Erfurt,' twelVeleagues
distant. In a moment neighbouring hon./lei' were
titi fire revery person %rho Wks near them was Shat-
tered to .pleces. The- limbs Of seven cannonniers,
who eleorted the waggon, *nd of the horses, Were
scattered in tha .tree s. Two young monied people
whoiwere lilting it the trout of their house, ~were
crushed to piece's by an e.iturnious free-stone, which
the exPtution hinted tilmit them. M. Counsellor
Dort hAs been burnt, add Sevei persons have been
found died in his house, • Captain Schenk' occupied
the Secend floor of this house; he Wes, at the time,
in hlfrroom, with his Wife, children, and a very in:
tereiling • person, daughter of Eichel, Minister of
'Finance: when the Captain perceived the conflagra.
don, he precipitateo hitnielf into ifie.st reef, and was
saved. Ills family and Mies 3uphia Eithel Tel/ vie_
tints to Ilse flames.—ln another hoW;ei Seller, ad
Ail44catet married about three weeks, • was sitting.
at thd side of his young'wife, on a Coueh near the
windows which looked into*the street, the' explosion
struck the wall and the top of ttic Mouse, and, by a
:miraculous phenomenon, the couch' fell flout then
lecottd•tritor into*thsi• street, and the married couple
were, quite free front danger, but all the Others pe.:
risked in the -dimes. The number of persons killed
are already knowit to amount to mitre than fifty.
It is presumed there arc more thaw eighty persons
mortally wounded, or very much maraca. Some
people have also been .killed in endeavouring to ex.
tinguisit the flames.

On Wednesday the Royal !dint commenced for
the first lintethis season, by order of the Marquis'
Cottawat.wo, his Majesty's Masth of the stag
bounds. The almond hula wok ',taco un Saturday.