The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-01-09 00:00:00

STATESMAN.

Hope, "1e quell the military disturbances" in
India. Lord Mt wrohad left Bengal, for Madras,
to try what could be effected by his prisence !
Ministers, however, affect to be at ease; and it
is industriously circulated, that no extraordinary
force ii to be sent to India—only the usual re.
cruits, and an, additional regiment or two to relieve
others that are coming home. It is perfectly ri..
'cliCelooll to entertain a hope of hoodwinking the
public; it were more prudent, and mord politic,
to itate the facts, and firmly look the danger in
the face, Concealment will but magnify the dun.
ger in public opinion.

A TEA NSPORT, from Lisbon, is arrived at
Portsmouth, by which we learn, that the inha.
bitants arc under an alarm of a speedy visit from
the French. The retreat of Lord WELLINGTON,
we consider, to be in consequence of the nume-
rous reinforcements that arc now, with certainty,
known to have entered Spain. No less than
150,000 men, it is said, are tinder orders, and
matching for the Peninsula. The timely retreat
of Lord WELLINGTON, we therefore view as a
measure of prudence.

To the distracted Junta, the assemblage of the
Cortes is.about to furnish us with another speci-
men of the ♦igour of Spanish councils ; but from
the present situation of Spain, after two years of
resistance and preparation, we think that those
who can longer cherish a hope of success, aro
really deserving of pity.
It will be seen that Seville is no longer consi-
dered as a place of safety. Thu next meeting is
to be held in the immediate vicinity of Cadiz.

111EsstscEtts continuo to pass and repass be.
tween London and Paris. Rulour, on the sub-
ject of the terms of Peace, is already very pro.
lific. Tho restoration of the Royal Family of
Portugal, and the indepcndeaco of Spanish Amc.
rice, are asserted to be points on which NAPO-
LEON will concede. But what is to be done with
Spain, to whose cause we hare firmly bound our.
selves by Treaty?
That a Negociation exists, there can be no
desist—that it will terminate in Peace, we hue '
se hope.

CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. —The Catholics of the
county of Clare held a Meeting on Thursday last,
when they appointed a permanent Committee to
petition annually, should not their final emancipa.
lion be obtained next Session. The Earl CONTI:O-
-MAN is to present their Petition to the Lords,
and Sir • EDWARD O'BRIEN to the House of
ominous. The charge of having their Petitions
forwarded, has been entrusted :to Counsellor
O'Goestax, who is also appointed the Se.
cretary -to communicate with the General
Committee of the Catholics of Ireland— thus
maintaining that spirit of union that now seems to
pervade the Catholic Body, and may be justly
reckoned as 'their certain prospect of success. In
Waterfurd, Sir JOHN NEWPORT is so unitersally
looked up to by the Catholics, that he will dis.
chargo his duty to his contituents with all that
petriotism for which he has ever been distin.
gitiehed. Mr. PARNELL is equally revered in the
Queen's County, se that he will to a moral
certiitity be the object of the choice of the
Catholics of the Qween's Couuty. The real
friends of Ireland must always rejoice in hay-
big the great majority of the people resort to
that constitutional mode of Petition for re-
dress of grievances, that. even by Mr. PITT
have been deemed intolerable.—Does not such
conduct prove them worthy of the freedom
they seek? why not, therefore, enable those
that already maintain the glory of the Empire in
the army mud navy) to receive the reward due to
the best supporters of the Constitution 2—Dublin
Evening Poet. •
The slumber of troop,' to be sent to India will
not exceed 3000. Of these more than two-thirds
are ordinary recruits, who have been collecting in
the Isle of Wight. The remainder of this force
will consist of one regiment of the line, %; hich is
to he taken on from the Cape.
Great numbers of French troops are gliding al-
most imperceptibly into the country of Holland.
Instead of pouring.into it by divisions or brigades,
which might excite universal alarm, they.ece.atual.
40, is by trattifton, or regiments at most. So
considerable, however, is the number which has
gained admittance in this way, that it is calculated
there will be before the middle of this month a
French army of .fifty thousand men assembled in I
flo'l ind.
It is said in a private letter from Vienna, that
a celebrated French Marshal gave in company 1
the following opinion on the late campaign
" The Austrian army fought better in it than
any other; but it could not fail of being beaten,
bccause its Chiefs left good positions, and defended
bad ones with obstinacy."
At a great hunt, which took place lately at
Schorodorf, in Swabia, 94 stags, 210 roebucks,
148 wild boars, 2G foxes, and 14 hares were
killed.
In a country Paper, the marriage of a gentle.
man of 7Q to a lady of 19, is mentioned with the
addition, that she is endowed with every qualifi-
cation to make the married state happy.
Captain Benzsroap is appointed to the Poic.
Piers ; Captain T. GRAVES, to the Mulct, vice
J.tavitas deceased ; Captain A. Goanos, to the
Ratter Captains KITTOE, RAITT, & JANES,
Bata., and S.uptier, are promoted to Post
Captains.
The Master and Wardens of the Bakers' Com-
pany Ms slay waited on the Lord Mayor to settle
the assize elf Bread, when his Lordship, after in-
specting theMealwtibhers' returns, ordered it to
Continue at present priCest

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The feeble and ineffectual malice with which the
friends of Corruption pursue Colonel Wardle, is
About to burst forth in the shape of an " Ap-
peal" from that fair and unsullied mirror of can-
dour, impartiality, and truth, Mary Ann e C lar ke,
as we learn from the following extraordinary an-
nunciation, which appears in The M.rnisg He-
rald of this day :