The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-29 00:00:00

float. Aso. U.—Arrived Mao the Eastward this day Min
Majesty's sitipp Bellow; Ifluatriovs, Acesa.*, Oriadal Afftd,
an Namur, with prisoners from the hie of Wall-hem. His
Malczt%'s rhip Late ivl4M fbr the !tole tidy tatwoinr.
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tiluoport. bawd to Corium Soiled the N °spared schemer,
with dispatches for Lisboa.

Poirimourn, Attn. 48.—Arrived the Yam, Crabtree,
frame Lando% Nona! to Me Brazils.
bailed the Luire frigate, no a cruise.
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SI/ r.out TSf, A yr,. the Acute esa•brig, with
a fleet fur

At eleven o'clock yesterday morning, their
Royal Highnesses the Prince:4es A141[1.14 and
MARV took their leave of his MAJESTY. Thuy
afterwards, accompanied by Lady G. MURRAY,
and their usual attendants, sct off fur Wry.
mouth, in his M AJcsTY's *trowelling coach, drawn
by six black Hanoverian horses, witle Hants.
veriest coachman and footman. They arc net
expected to arrive at %Vernon th before Thursday.
The Royal Sovereign and Rayed Charlotte
yachts left Deptford on Friday aflefflooo, to tiro-
teed to IVeynionth.
The Narcissus frigate, lion. Captain Axonal
is to attend the Princesses at IVeyniouth.

A Gentleman arrived from Heligoland, after a
tedious passage of nine days, states, that Lieut.
Ifirrettissom is still at that place with his division
of transports. That- meritorious officer has been
indefatigable in his exertions to embark the troops
of the Duke of BRUNSWICK.

Dr. Amnzosom, of the Botanical Gardens, at
Vincent's, has transmitted to this country st►e.
cimens of the bark of live different kinds of trees,
which ho conceives may become substitutes fur
oak harks in tanning. They are ull common on
that island, and if found to possess the astringent
or tanning quality, may bo procured at a very low
price.
Saturday the 13th Dragoons were reviewed at
Wimbledon Common by the Prince of WALLII
and the Duke of YORK, attended by the Duke of
Baumswtcm and several General Officer'. Wlt
are sorry to add, that during an eitresnely -rapid
charge, two of the men fell, one of whom wa•
run over by four horses, before their career could
be stopped. lie was at lengti► taken up most se-
verely hurt.
The magazines found in Flushing are very Fon;
siderable ; in ono store. alone there were found
12,000 sacks of flour, all public property.
Earl ST. Vtracc.syr wu sworn in at Cullom
Musson ,4.►turday last, as a Member of the Coml.
cii of the Nulty of Cornwall.

DOMAINS Or liatrovae.—Thc domains of
Hanover, to the amount of two millions of !Wm
yearly, have been distributed by Bonaparte
among his Generals and Ministers.—The follow.
ing have the largest grants :—Berihier, Berna-
dotte, Mortice, Daruc, Ney, Augereau, Mia-
smas, Caulaincourt, Devout, Soult, Lefebvre,
Lebrun, Beasktes, /whet, Victor, Funchal,
Champagny, Deere', and (,retet.
Directions have been received at Chatham fur
the immediate equipment of all the men of war et
ordinary in the river Medway, to be prepared fur
thb reception of the prisoners of war take's at
Flushing, and the other pieties in the Scheldt.
The Nimrod cutter, recently arrived at Ply.
mouth, from off Rochefort, was hailed as she
passed L'Orient by the lifedetra, closely block-
adjug that Port, in which were two French fri-
gates, and a large brig of 22 guns, 32-pounders,
all completely ready for sea, and expected to push
out every day.
The audience at the Lyceum, last night, were;
dieterbed by a man in the second tier of boles,
apparently in a slate of intoxication, who at One
time hail nearly (Men intothe pit. lie was saved
by the activity of some gentlemen near him, and
was at last with difficulty got out of the House.
A very fine vessel upset on Friday week in one
of the Liverpool Dock Basins, with a cargo of
sugar and coffee, of upwards of 50,0001. value,
the property of a house in Lancaster. The (In-
dere titers, it is said, will not be accountable fur
this serious loss, as it is onderstood the vessel was
brought out of the river In opposition to the pi.
lot's opinion.
The Emperor Charles V. erected Flushing into
a Marquisate in the year 1551, which the Prince
of Orange purchased, together with the Marque.
sate of Ter Vcr, for 116,000 florins. The Stadt-
house, built according to the mot1:1 of that at
Amsterdam, is a superb building. and well de.
serves the attention of travellers.' The inhabitants
of Sluys pillaged this town in 1195. The States
General seized it oh the 27th of April', 1573, by
means of seven-boats filled with soldiers, sent by
the Prince of Orange from the Brill. When they
landed, they hanged the Spanisb Commander,
Francis Paciotti, one of the greatest engineers of
his time, and the Mend of the Duke of Alva.
They pillaged the churches and cloisters, and
made themselves dreaded both by cea and land,
taking likewise the teener Vere, and defeating *
fleet of Spanish ships, commanded by the Duke
of f Medina Celi, the Duke of Alva; and the
Prince of Panne todearunring to retake it, but
in vain. On the 29th of January, 1674, the
Flashiugers took several Spanish yea" which
were sent from Antwerp to the succour of Middle.
burgh, then besieged by the Confederates. The
States Pledged this, wills some other towns, to
Queen Elisabeth', as a security for her assistance,
and surrendered it to the Earl of Leicester, who
was made Governer, the 29th of October, 1585,
teed arrived the same year with 6800 soldiers, and,
above 1100 Gentlemen. In the year 1610 it was
restored, n ith the other tome to the States, by
the negociation of John Olden Baroetek, Am-
bassedor to James I.
The Master aid Warden! of the Bakers' Com-
pany this day waited on the Lord Mayor to Settle
the wise of Bread, when his Lordship, after In.
spectieethe Mealweighers' retnros, ordered It to
coatinue at the present prices