The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-16 00:00:00

I'WS 'ST AT MAN

MAJOR AItRITRO.NA arrived in town on Sater.
day, with dispatches from the Commendable.
Chief at Cadiz. He came home in the Delight,
Lord BALM/Nit, which arrived at Parttime:mit on
Friday night, from that, city, after a passage of
13 days. At the time of the departure of the
Delight, every thing was quiet at Cadiz. The
Temerairc, Tennant, Achille, Ea: Zealous,
'Atlas, and Ellakci, were lying in the Bay. It ap-
pears from the accounts brought by this conveyance,
that a little before day-light on the 15th last, an
attack, as made by a strong French force on the
advanced battery of the Spanish and English
troops ; and, after an obstinate resistance, it
was taken. It remained in possession of the enc.
my only about two hours, when it was gallantly
retaken. This affair cost the lives of several on
both sides. With this exception, the French had
remained inactive. They have thrown up a great
number of batteries, and have estehlished them.
tithes in Fort Louis. A French spy was arrest.
ed at Cadiz on the ?3t}: ho was instantly blind.
folded, pinioned, and safely lodged in the Castle
of St. Sebastian, where he was eapccte4 soon tot
suffer death.
Cadiz is abundantly supplied with provisions,
and the communication is open with almost every
part of the country. Frequently 100 boats ere
seen coming in at once, with provisions from dif.
ferent parts of the coast. The Codes are post.
tively to assemble in August. The greater part
of the Members were already at Cadiz, and they
continued to coMe in daily, from different parts of
the country.

Another set of New York Papers td the 15th
ult. has been received. They bring an account of
the arrival at Baltintore of some Deputies from
the Caraccas, with the view of forming commercial
arrangements, and procuring from the Govern.
went of the United States au acknowledgement of
the independence of that part of Spanisli America
which has first determined to dissolve the political
connection between the Colonies and the Mother
Country. These Papers contain a report of the
recal of Mr. Pfecemay from this country: The
arrival of the John Adams is not mentioned.

LErrEsts hare reached us from Itavannah, to
the recent date of the 3d of June. The settlement
was still faithful to the parent State. The import
duties there had been thus arranged :—On articles
of luxury, 34 per cent.; on those of necessity,
15 per cent. ; on flour, the old duty of 31 dul.
tars; lumber, free; Spanish goods in Spanish
vessels, free.

,THE SECRET SECRET scrc►ce which Sir RICHARD STHA•
CHAN is going upon, has been explicitly stated, in
some of the Papers, to be the Mauritius. Sir RI-
CHARD, we believe, will take very few ships with
him from this country. Frigates and stoops will
be principally employed, and they will proceed to
the Cape of Good Hope as fast as they can be got
ready. The elfricaine and Nisus have lately sailed ;
the ilamadryad, Phcebe, Racehorse, and Acta)",
will proceed shortly. The 7th and Bth Regiments,
which are at Halifax, and three of the Regitneeiti
at the Cape, are the troops to be employed.

The Gazette of Saturday contains dispatches
from Adthiral DRUTi,Y) detailing the particularsof
the advantages gained over the pirates in the Per-71
sian Gulph, by Captain WAtmwascuz, of the
CIIIVVONNE frigate, aided by a detachment of
troops under Lieutenant Colonel SMITU.

THE Morning Post of this day, has the follow.
ing article :--. •
" We take this opportunity to contradict the paragraph
which appeared in this. and all the other papers, statsug that
the Captains of the Corps to *bleb Major DODD Wimp,
had met and :ignetl a requisition to the Siaster.Gerseral of the
Ordnance to di:peiue with the services of that Officer s—We
understand that no such meeting took place. Weals° feel that
it is but justice to notice another paruarsqth which appeared
on the 21th ult. and conveyed an idea, that the letter mention-
ed on the trial of WRIGHT and others, proved under Major
l)oou's hand, that lie had betrayed tie confidence of his
Royal MiKhness the Duke of Kent. We lenruthat no such
letter had been written, much less given in evidence."
We pointed out, at the time, the injustice done
to Major. Dunn, as well as the folly of the pre.
sumption against the Officers of the Artillery;
and we soon had information that the paragraph
alluded to was erroneous. We are glad that The'
Morning Postbag discovered its error, and has
manliness enough to acknowledge it.
As to the several insinuations and assertions re:
specting Major pone, arising out of the Ur.
HOLSTESEILIS trials, they have been of the most
unfounded kind ; and se are happy to see a little
justice is at length to be done in this much mis.
represented case.

•WE arc reluctantly compelled to postpone our
observations on that interesting document, Site
Annual Epistle of the Socztr of FAIENDI,
toollofre W.

The Semiramis frigate has arrived at Plymouth,
froo4l4abon, which place she left on the ist inst.
Sive has brought over Goers, Palmy, C 010.1161
MASTRRS and BeLsors, the Rex Captain Qum,'
and Captain BROWN, of the 40th regiment.
It is rumoured that Sir DAVID DUIIDAS is about
to iesign the Office of Commander in Chiefs and
that his successor will be one ff the Royal NW.
tary Dukes.

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Yesterday moaning his MAJESTY, Princesses
AUGUSTA Mid SOMA, accompanied by Lady Cot,
Ireaa,_ the Marchioness of BATU acrd daughter, ,
Us's. DAtaxn, General GARTH, and Colonel Dast.!i
nonagon rode to St. George's sot
beard a Sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Coot.:
sox, from St. Matthew, chap. 6. ver. 31. The
Royal Party afterwards returned to the palace.
The Duke of AND has experienced
considerable inconvenience, as well as pain, from
the late attack, having been deprived of the use
of his hands till last Thtirsday, when'he was able
to feed himself. His Royal Highness's apartments
in St. James's Palace, are to have material altera-
tions made in them, previous to his return into
them.
The Duke of Sussex, and others of the Royal
Family, are expected to view the launch of the
Itoal Charlotte, tomorrow, at Deptford. •
Among the presents sent by the Queen, to the
King of Persia, is a large collection of modern
upholstery and cabinet goods.
JCPTEgy, the seaman, was on the 6th ult. at
Wanham, State of New England. The public
cariosity, had been so strongly excited with re.,
spent to him, that he was visited by vast numbers,
and found so ample a provision in their gene-
iosity, as to be relieved from the necessty of ht.
bearing for his subsistence.
It is a singular fact, theta!l the thirty messen-
gers belonging to the three Secretaries of State's
Offices, and who *ere chiefly employed in convey,
ing dispatches to Foreign Courts, are at this mo.
went at home. •
LOUIS BONAPARTE, it is said, intends to re.
linquish all regal state, and live in respectable re:
tirement, like his Brother LIMIER. The people
of Holland regret his departure.
The Gault* of Saturday has announced the
failure of two Country Banks.
The Commercial Treaty with the PRICE ReceNT
of Portugal, though finally concluded, has not yet
been pat/fished.
Quebec Papers to the 30th of May inclusive,
communicate a great variety of proclamations, ad.
dresses, &o. on the subject of the tate insurrection,
and mention the dismissal of different Civil and
Military Officers by Sir JAIME, CRAIG.

Atary by
The King of WESTPHALIA has issued a decree
fur oroodzing 8000 conscripts recently raised of
theie 3000 are under eighteen years of age, 2000
under sixteen; and 3000 between ten and fourteen
years.
The Spanish Naval Commander at CadiS has
sent to Admiral Peens a latter of thanksidr the
services rendered by British Officers end sailors
employed en board the Spanish menof war in that
harbour.
In the course of last week more than 30 Ame-
rican vessels entered the port of Liverpool, laden
with cotton, flour, and-all the various staple arti.
cles (4 the United States.
The -widow of the celebrated Harm lives still
with her family in the valley of Passeyer- She
keeps a public.house. Her eldest son has entered
the aivarian novice.
Lord COCURANE, accompanied by his brother,
sailed-from Plymouth on Wednesday, in his plea-
sure.vessel, for Spain and Purtngal.
The French Emperor has annexed. the knitter/
in Spain, north of the Ebro,. not to Franctit, bet
to the Emperor'irpersonal property; in short, ni
an Imperial Demesne!
A French privateer has been cruising in the,
Channel between Jersey, Guernsey, and the Dors;
setehire Coast, and on Thursday last made a feint
attack on the Chesterfield packet Iron the latter
Island, but on receiving a broadside' Porn the
pAcket she sheered off.
Diring the fast year, 180 ships Arrlleil Ni the
ports of the White Sea belonging to the Rntaliene,
and in the same space 211 vessels cleateirouf from
thence.
THE ARIST.--Tho appointer}
investigate the conduct of Captain Pates, Adju.
tent of the 4th Warwickshire Regiment of Local
Militia, re-assembled last week at Coventry to re.
vise its proceedings, and to make further progresk
in the examination thereon. Thu Court have*,
gone through the whole of the evidince on thn
part of the prosecution, Captain PRICE was then
called on for his defence (which excited uncom-
mon attention), and having handed it over to the
Judge Advocate, it was then read with peculiar
energy, after which the Court finally closed. The
sentence of the Court is not yet made known.
CROMPTON v. Burro N..--In the Court of Coot.
mon Picas, on Saturday, the Plaintiff sought to
recover 171. out of -241. which the Defendant had
received, for being twelve days employed by the
Plaintiff on Mr. Cnoterxotei Petition to set aside
the Nutiingham Electron In 1807:..-Plaintiff nun.
suited.
A shipwright at Copenhagen, of the name of
Wilder, recently bequeathed to the Kiug of Den.
mark a fortune of 500,000 rix dollars, the fruits
of a long life of industry.
It is reported in Paris that the French Estee.
ROR is treating with the deposed King of SWEDan
to reinstate him, and to assist him in attacking
Russia, as GUSTAVUS mast naturally be incensed
against ALEX/Ann.

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A forgery to the amount of 30001. has It is
said, been recently discovered upon the Bent*
Bank. The person who issued the notes was
traced to Lanarkshire, in Scotland; but there the
clue was lost, and he is supposed to have gained'
the sca.coast, and embarked for America. -
At one of BONAPARTE'. levees,wheill the Queen
of lieLLArvo entered the apartment fats goest itsc
pregnancy, a French General who was premiere:lr.'
claimed to Foucita (King Loon having been presentee.'
sent from earls, and his Queen there nine meatbeN
6t Est it possible P' FOUR= TOpliNll446
tout est possible pour k Grand .Napanws."
An Irish soldier letely arrived frosn'Sisaini be.
ini asked if he met with much hospitality? replied,
a great deal toe much.. 4 was in the hospital
nearly all the time I was there.
J. llart sod p. King, convicted of mutiny and
desertion from the Dejiasce, have bad their son,
tence of death completed to transportation for
life. T. Baytum, who was antler a, like cowrie-
(poi has received a free pardon.