The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-25 00:00:00

NAVA& INTAGEtWENCE.

PORTivo"-n, Dec. 91.--AI-rived from the tv the
Sheerwate i) i);, from the East ward ; and the Weazlc weevil(
froin Falmouth.

PLY movrg, Occ. —Arrived the Cream %rig of wlr.
from Falmouth ; the Aeti - •, Hasse, fruit Smaesea; wt 4 the
Golden Grove, Michell, fame Newport.

Sailed the Thai. sleep, for the Wen ladies; the Brick.
aa a cruise to the Wr,tward,

Hls hdlYesty's sloop •f war, Seat!await, postal e, Cluorwi
an Thursday Right last, haviqg left Itsisou with deo .te,
convoy, cianistiag of 26 sail, frao whose she parted on 1.,:
12th itutant, la a heavy gair of wins',

YARNIOVTIFI, Dec. Ill.—The Stately, of 74 ;use, from :he
Dal;ic, b.ive in sight yesterday; limns iissied front
her, and has icier for Leyden.
Do Yea, LS cc. 2.4.4 be Secretary to the American Mini' •
ter (Mr. Powell) arrived Isere thin afteraorn, rind tt ith Mr.
Mare, tbeAestelap Ilswenger, embarked oo b0:1r,1 t 1.1.
zahetk cotter, mad Mired irneiediritely fur Prince.
The Aurora, Walker t aad the licorietks, eatterson, µ,th
several ether vessels frlisilastbec, pawed by besotn.ilay, fur
London. • •J 40:
ak very large fleet of mantel* sad toasting Teasels are p
singby from the Dipsyin.•
the Road., the Ober's°, Rolla, Rinaldo, %Ai BMIel,
%loops of war.
•
A. fee nights since, a pielpei Illopefaallt 4 the
Royal Naty, -Who: said his *amp: orna,,W4ight,
walked •into the George inn, at Sittiegbourne,
' and ordered dinner ; when be had dined, he in..
quired if flirt° %%as any cotipany in the. house ;,
and being inturmed there was a single gentleman
(Captain Sanderson), be desired the waiter would
go sod request.the favour of his company to take
a glass of wine with him. The ii,vitation was ac-
cepted, and in a short time Captain S. became in-
obriated, anti want to bud, under the immediate
care of Isis new acquaintance, Mr. Wright, who
contrived to pick his pocket of a ten pound and
three one pound bank of England notes. Capt.
S. did not miss his mousy until the morning, * hen,
to his surprise, he found his companion had de-
camped with his booty, leaving his bill unpaid at
the Init. The teu-pouuti note was exchanged at
hlessrs. indth and Soil's, before he left the place.
Ott ry possible search h4l been made to discost;
hunt but hi(hert9 without chic*

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To the IgUITOk eir DIIG

SI —ln my letter to the liirectnts of the Hank,
I forbore to detail the circumstances whitht at tee
close of the present year, have occasioned the to.
tal disappearance or gold from circulation ; the
:hours! effect of the substitution_ of a cieculathig
medium of paper in the place of the precious inv.
Ws, must always be kept in mind. The !tibia.
dies to Austria and Sicily, lad the export of gold
and silver, with our different Expeditions to S'.iin
and Walcheren, must have contributed to our
present situation. The Mad adopted by the
French Government of impeding the entry of ear
produce into foreign countries, ftitangh it has net
yet been corni.Ltelq successful, has certainly
produced very considerable effects. But there"'
another circumstance not geherally oblervedi
which seems to me to have occasioned, more than
any other, our present distress-... 1 mean the
perseverance in the unnecessary dispute witH
.A merle*, the conscpent stiipension of one
trade with that country, of the recourse
which has been had to Treasury Licences, &c. arc.
to supply the chasm in our commerce ariiing fro*
this suspension. if our usual intercourie with
America had existed, many of those articles which,
in the present year, have been purchased, from the
Baltic, would have been sent to us from America,
and paid fur in British manufactures : and rho
hatance of trade tine from Anitaiee to ihiseesitoi
try, would have been applied to pay fur a very
large proportion of the articles which we might
have received from the 13altic. But in C0113C..
ileac° of the suspension of our intercourse with
America, we have been obliged to take an mi-
nimal quantity of goods from the Baltic ; this has
increased the price of these articles in the coml.
tries which supply us: and as they could neither be
paid for by our own peoduce, nor by a balance dote
from America to this country, they have necessa.
ril y been paid for with gold and silver. The same j
reasoning is applicable to our intertutfrse with
France. We have purchased wine, brandy, corn,
Arc. &c. from France : the cunt might have been
lead from America, anal paid for with our
factures ; Odle almost every article which we
liairsi had from France, has been paid fur
With the precious metals: The means which
have been retorted to for carrying on this cum.
mere% I mean Treasury Licenses, while they
were destructive of the dignified character of an
toglish merchant; hate contributed to increase
tae export er money. A Treasury License, IA
Malaita papers, subornaiion of perjury, and
partnership with smugglers, are thu means by
which the British merchant is invited to carry on
his commerce. There was a time when a British
merchant would have spurned at such a proposal.
Nay, even at this day, I am assured that many of
our old established commercial houses have refused
to carry on trade upon these terms, and have re.
linquished business. The man of sentiment must
revolt at subornation of perjury and false papers; ,
It a man of fortune, lie will hesitate to connect
himself with smugglers : and, if he has ever been
aceestomed to think of his own character with
consciouS d pity, lie will spurn at the idea
of being controuled in his commerce by a
Treasury License. 'Who are the men who have
carried ua trade under these Licenses ? For the
most part, they have been speculators, adventu.
refs, men without capital ; unaccustomed to the
purchase of goods in those countries from whence
they hate brought them, they have paid an unu.
sual price : and unaccustomed to dispose of them in
this country, they have, iii many cases, bad the
goods left on theSc hands, ur have found them.
Owes obliged to sell them at a loss. From all
these circumstances, the rate of exchange has been
turned against this country. I believe, at pre.
Sent, the course of exchange is full 20 per cent.
against us. Ili this situation, the Merchant cats.
mot suffer himself to be drawn upon, he must
pay his debt St ith gold or silver. If it is said,
" We will prevent the export of gold by conks.
cation," my answer is, that although you may
now aaci then seize a parcel of gold in the act of
being exported, y•u wiil never prevent its ex-
pectation ; the attempt itself is both dishonest
and unwise. Why's the individual is in debt, does
not prudence, as well as honesty, dictate to him
to nay his debts as sosu as he is able ? A nation
is but-a collection of individuals: the measure
hich is beneficial to the individual, must be be.
precis! to the nation.

VEIANIVS.

Tnc Duke of NORFOLK has returned to Workri
sop, front his northern tuur, where he intends
passing the Christmas.
A new-born male child, covered only with 0
bit of rug, was, on Saturday se'nnight, found dead
re a park,' little to the northward of queen-strait,
Edinborgh.
Mr. Halsted, of Havant, Hampshire, while
!.,..,king for a hare on Stoke common (lately in..
6tesest), on Monday, found the hinder legs or
his Iserse to descend sudilenly—alarmed, be throne
himself off thesaddle, when his horse disappeared,'
haviagyallen through the covering of an old welts
40 feet is depth, improperly secured. A persoo
descended the well by a ladder, soon after, and
found the poor animal with his legs broken, upon
which Mr. H. ordered his throat to be cat, and
the well to be filled up over him.
& Gentleman has lately"pahlishad in • Medical
Journal some ohgervations which demonstrate the
estraordinary effects of carrots In the cure of sores
and ulcers, by correcting their morbid disposition.
The method of preparing the roots is es follows:
The carrots, having been previously cleaned, by
scraping and washing, are cut into thin traneerse
slices and boiled till quite tender ; after which they
are taken oat of the water, and beaten in a mortar,
to the consistence of a soft pulp. This may either
be applied in portions with the hand, and kept
on with a cloth or roller, orit may be spread upon
a cloth, and Nil on like a common poultice. k
is best whets fresh prepared, and should be chang-
ed twice a-day. This simple application corrects
the rater of ill-conditioned sores, reduces them
to a perfect healthy, or godd.cnnclitioned state,
and thickens and disdaishes the discharge.

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THE

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FO REIGN INTE LIGgNC E.
atm A, Note. si.-i-F unn the Adel teflon
*hien hie been published here of thel battled Wa.
grdIII, du the sth mid Gth df July, it evidently
appears that the loss of the Utile *at owing to
the Archduke John not haring coat: up at the
time appointed.
In detailing the preparatory tiispnsitions* it
says :—" As the left wing was exposed to the
danger of being taken in dank, the Archduke
John, who was with his corps at Presbargh, re-
ceived circlets to march immediately to the support
of the main army, and to cu-operate, according
to circumstances, with the left wing. The courier
charged with these orders left head-quarters in the
evening err the 4th, and reached Pre burgh at 13 in
the morning of the sth; and It did mottle= probable
that any impediment should occur to prevent the
arrival and co-operation of this corps on the day
of battle, which was fixed for the 6th in the
liaorning.',
in the sequel, deltcribing the operations on the-
, fills, it says :—" This was the decistve moment
(viz. that of Prince Rosenberg's attack) ; and
the arrival of the so auxiously-expected troops
ender the Archduke John at any later, period
could have been of no• use. They appeared at'
fire o'clock in the afternoon in the environs of
Upper Siebenbrutin, took some prisoners in the
rear of the uneasy., and retreated, assobeereed,•
In the evening, across the March. is the whole
of our position behind the Russ was now enfi-
laded by the enemy's artillery, and the enemy
were making incessant attacks in the direction of
Bochstes to tarn our left wing, the Archduke Ge-
neralissimo thought it necessary, about one in
the day, to give orders for the retreat of the 4th
corps."
The folloWing are some of the concluding pas.
sages :—" This is a plain narrative of a battle,
which, in conj action with that of Aspern,will con.'
stitute an epurh in the annals of the world. immense,
•preparations, naparalleled exertions, great results,
raise them to the rank of the must remarkable
events of the age."—" On both sides, the contest
involved every thing that is dear to individuals,
all that is looked upon as sacred by whole natiuns,
all that could most powerfully agitate the pas-
sions."—'" A great interest required great sacri.
Ices. They were made with an alacrity seldom
witnessed; and when the fortune of war finally
decided in favour of our enemy, they snatched
from us, it Is true, the palm of victory, but
crowns of eared* laurel will ever decorate the
brows of the bete."—Nlecb -has been said re.
'peeling this battle, and much has been said that.
is entirely libelous; but 300,000 witnesses will
transmit the stamp of truth to posterity, long at.
,ter the vile colouring of deception shall have faded
away. •
" Tl'e loss on both sides was in proportion Id
the heroic achievements of thii destructive day,
and was apparently commensurate with the emir:
tions of the respective armies.
" On the side of the Austrians fell, Lieut.
Field-Marshals Nordmann,. D'Aspre, and Bu-
kauowich, and eyesore' Peter Bectry.• The
Archduke Generalissimo, Lieut. Field-Marshals
ltouvroy and Nostitz, and Generals the Pupate of
Hesse - Homburg, Mayer, Bacquant, Mutzen,
Charles Grutterheim, Ileniteberg, hlerville, and
Rothkirch were wounded."—" We took 7000 pri-
soners, 12 eagles and standards, and 11 pieces of
cannon ; on the other hand, nine dismouutid
guns and one standard fell into the hands of the
enemy. It is amutsgst the must reniarkatile events
of the war, that in this battle the victor lust more
troops than the vanquished.
" Of the superior officers of the enemy, Gene-
ral Lissalle soil Adjutant- Commandant Davit
were left on the field of battle ; and Marshal Iles-
sieres, Generals Guilin, Gauthier, Vatidaminc,
Bignulles, ‘Vreile, Le Cocq, Z(ttwilz, Serra",
Grenier,Sultue, DeFrance, Colbert, Frere,Brous-
Beaupre ; Colonels, Prince Aldubrandini,
St. Croix, and many more whose name' arc un-
knuen, were wounded."
Asts•reanam, Dec. 14.-11 v the accounts re.
mired by the last post from Paris, the King of
Holland sontineed in the best state of health. Ile
had been waited upon by all the Grand Dignitaries
of the Empire, the Ministers, and Deputations
from the Senate, Council of State, and the other
Public Bodies.--The Monileur contains a &Wel
' Report to his Majesty the Emperor, respecting
the damn and circumstances of the surrender of
Fort Demi', in Martiuiquc. It speaks of the
surrender in terms very unfavourable to the Cont.
mander.—His Imperial Majesty has settled upon
General Lechi a pension of 10,000 frailest ear.
The King of Saxony was expected to leave Paris
at the cud of last week.
Died, at Parrs, on the With ult. Count De
hChampinol (M. Crete°, late Minister of the In.
terior. •
Out the Ist instant, arrived at the Helder the
French privateer L'Enverser, of Ostend, with
her prize the twos Alas, Hugh Janson, Master,
captured on her voyage front Delfziel to Bilboa,
eitth a cargo of wheat and oats. The prize struck
on the bar, and was sum after run ashore with six
feet water in the hold.
SARAGOSSA, Nov. 12.—General Sachet has this
day notified to the army under his command, in
daily orders, that his Majesty the Jjireur is
highly satisfied with their conduct, and has pro.
tooted Ilse Oiler of Battalion, Lay perolliere, to
the rank of Colonel, for his services at the siege
of Saragesse, end since, in the valleys and moult-
' tains of tipper Arragon. The Order of the Day
' then proceeds as
At the time his Majesty acceded to the solicits.
tion of the General in Chief, in favour of Colo
net Layperolliere, the brave Colonel was giving
proofs of the propriety of the rilinest, by defeat.
ing the Catalonian insurgents at the entrance of
the Talley of Benasques. The inhabitants of that
town are entitled to the gratitude of the General
in Chief, fur their attention to the sick, and also
fur their brave and generous conduct in repelling
by force some banditti of the environs, who,
threatened to massacre those poor fellows in their
beds. Oa the 2 Itli of October, the grenadiers of
she .121st rogliment touched from Flunk to several