The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-06-30 00:00:00

THE LAN.

an expedition be carried into effect. But it seems
that, notwithstanding the loss Of• many thousand
troops in Spain, and the sub.cquent expeditions
of Sir A. WELLESLEY and Gen. Bests-Arnim to
Portugal, as well as the 'force employed in the
retbiction of Martinique, we can yet spare 10,000
!nen. What impossibility ►lid then exist of send-
ing, in the summer of 1808, 80,000 men in the
first instance to Spain, instead of attempting to op.
po.e the French armies in the midst of winter, with
26,0(X) men,..-the utmost amount of the concen-
trated forces of Sir J. Moone and Sir D. BAIRD,
at Sahaguu ?-I...rett now, the addition of 40,000
men to our force in the Peninsula would be more
decisive in its effect than it could be at any other
point— but not in Portugal...the old obstinate
error, Portugal...-Ilad 80,000 m►en been sent
to Biscay, or Catalonia, instead of Portugal,
in the sau►mer of 1808, the French armies
in the Peninsula would have been deprived
of succours from France. Itad the same
force, and to the same points, been sent in 1809,
NAPOLEON in Germany would have been de-
prived of succours. As it is, his armies can, iu
case of urgent necessity, retire from► Spain at
pleasure, which, if he succeeds is Germany, he
will reconquer at pleasure.

TUE 19th Bulletin is reported to have been
received by Government.

Private letters from Holland state, that the
Conscription has met with great resistance. In
several of the provinces the conscripts have as.
sembled, and positively refused to march. Threats
have been used against them, but as I.lcsA r.t RTE
has drained the country of regular troops, it is
doubted a hethcr the Dutch Government has the
means of forcing them to join the armies in Ger-
many. The same letters state, that several Eng-
lish and American ships hare lately been con-
demned at Riga.
The letters from Sweden speak with much con.
lidence of the continuance of the trade between
this Country and Sweden, unobstructed by the in.
(Notice of the Russian Emperor.--It is difficult to
reconcile this expectation with the bitter spit it of
hostility that is breathed in the Rits,i:tti Ukase,
and in the whole tenor of the proceedings of tie
Court of Petersburg against British commerce.

The Plorer sloop of war, arrived at Plymouth
nn Monday, spoke during her cruize with seve-
ral vessels from French ports, the Captains
of which stated, that almost all the French
privateers had been laid up, and their crens
marched off to join the armies.
LICPP.ACT OF A LETTER PROM RIO JASEIRO,
APRIL A.

" All trade to the river Plate, hitherto unlaw.
ful, i. still interdicted, and it is supposed that the
Governors of Ruetins Ayres and Monte Video arc
waiting orders on the subject from the existing
government in Spain ; in the mean time, by licen-
ces granted by the Viceroy Lisiii:ns, and by smug.
glint;, a vast quantity of goods are introduced.
" As soon as the Embargo is taken oil' in Ame.
rka, I expect that ue shall have a great many yes.
sets here from that country, and I make no doubt
but that, among other articles, they will supply
us with flour of better quality, and cheaper, than
it comes from Rio Grande.

"The valuation of certain descriptions of goods
underwent sore alteration since the arrival of the
Consul Gene►al, who called in certain persons sup.
posed to be ‘$ el I informed on the value of goods,
but a great deal *aS, I suppose, unavoidably kft
undone, which it is hoped will be accomplished,
and every thing ratified by a treaty of commerce,
said to be in great forwardness between this Court
and Great Britain. The business of the custom.
house is by no means more tedious than it was at
I.isb,m, and in this respect t have out the least
complaint to make.
" The Exchange was at 73 to 73."

On Saturday next the dispatches will he closed
for the following ships, which will immediately
afterwards sail for hulks :
choriton, Captain Wood, mil 11. indliam, Captain Stewart
—Made-in:l and Wiwi.
N ortlsan pto i, Captain Sander 4, and Union, Captain Call-
lard—Madeira nuil Bombast.
sir 11 illiam Palteney, eaptain Chr6tiopher, Lady Lush-
ingtun, Captain Nicholls, William Pitt, Captain Crowder,
Sarah Christiana, Captain Alackeson—Bengat direct.

It is said, that the person who was recently
stated to have arrived in London from the Aus-
trian army, is an Italian, of the name of Mon s N
and was, during the late war, occasionally cm.
ployed by the British Government on special or.
casiuns, as a messenger. Ile passed through
Vienna, but encountered great difileulLies in ef-
fecting his journey ; but how, or where, he
crossed the Danube we have not heard. Ile re.l
presents tho loss of the French in the battle of
Essling—at which he asserts that he was present'
—to have ezeeedtsd 50,000 weft. The whole of
,this account will necessarily be received nut only
with caution, but with great allo::ancef.
Wednesday Nlr.SerjeantSitten ER n narrowly es.
capcd sustaining some severe injury, by the break.
ing down of his carriage, in his way to the Court
of Cammott Pleas. The carriage was completely
separated fru:u the fure.wheels by the violence of
the shuck, and the horses ran of at full speed.
The coachman was flung violently against the
pavement, Ilia escaped with some slight bruises un
his head. The Learned Serjeaut fortunately re.
mired no hurt.

A duel nits fonglit on Tuesday morninz, in
I,lington fields, bet wixt a Mr.SIIENTOm and Lieut..
H tun v, of the Marines, in consequence of some
divide at a ball, In Mortimer..street, Cavendish. !
square, on thu preceding evening. Mr, Slientun
received the ball of his antagonist in the thigh, •
and it was extr.icted yesterday, but he ,lies in a
dangerons stalc at his apartments in Nottingham.
buildings. The parties were relatives by marriage,
and they owe uu the most iutimatu terms of
friend hip until this affair.

THE MARKETS.

CORN-EXCHANGE—Jcsr

The remaining supplies of Wheat today are
somewhat considerable, with fresh arrivals ; in
this trade sales arc very dull, and vary but little
in price. Barley rather lower, excepting fine.
Malt likewise. White Peas keep their price.
Beans of the two kinds are cheaper. There arc
considerable supplies of Oats, with some further
arrivals from Holland ; saki thereof are at little
fluctuation ; some few select samples exceed the
quotation. Flour at late prices.

CURRENT
Wheat, - • - - - sde. 72s *l-.
Fine shim
Rye,
Barley,
11.
W. Peaa(Boiler;) 10J.. 11'2,
(;res Pefv.,

Beam :Trfs. 395. I
SNIITII 1.1.
To %ink the Offal,
Bret_ OJ. tit 6.. 0,1. I

Molten WI to ti:.
% ca 1....61.
l .61. (1.1. to it..

:
Tick Beam, - - - -
(I.ii,,
Yol.trid ditto, -- -
Piartue ditto - - Ott.
Rape Seed. - - - AL H
Fitz• Flour - - -
Seconds

,U—.lv!tc 31).
per Awl,: of Slh.
Ileaul of Cattle tbii dny :
Beasts ....
Sheep aud I.aui by

York ....:s. U.I. top
to Is. td.

Carts ..
Ptgi

.liJ

HAY-MARKET.

flay 3l. ud. to 61. O. 01.
SaCaw
Clover

SOUTH A IL, J UN r 9g.
Beasts, 1.2 u I stocep, .lio I 84.

SPOATING.—Captain IZancr..►v was yesterday
pursuing his extraordinary undertaking with the
most confident hopes of success. The reports
which have been recently circulated of his la-
bouring under unexpected disadvantages, such as
tenderness of feet and incapability of sleeping, arc
unfounded. Ile is certainly very notch reduced in
flesh, but his strength is undiminished, and he is
perfectly seasoned. The odds are considerably in
his favour.

A foot.race was ran yesterday at New-crocs,
betwixt Captain AG A tt, the celebrated mile_
runner, and a Mr. SwAt.t.ow, who came up
from the neighbourhood of Doncaster fur the
match, which was for 100 guineas a side. The
distance was one mile, and bettin4 was in favo,ir
of the countryman. At stsrling, Mr. Su AL-
LOW took the lead, at the rate of 12 miles ea
hour, closely followed by his adversary, until
they had gone half a mile, when the spirit of
the race commenced, by each making play.—
The Captain won the match by about tour yards,
and the mile was performed in nine seconds above
five minutes.

Among the ply's, stg;ested by the Surveyor.
General in his fourth report, May be reckutied
that proposed for the Opera House, including the
opening or continuation of Charles-street to the
Ilityinarket at one cod, and the widening of Pall_
Mall at the other. To geese; may he added the
North side of Cockspur.strmt, if it shall be
nisiencd, to form a beginning of the proposed
avenue from Charing.cross to Marybr►ne_parh, in
which a►n opening should be left opposite to the
l►esntifnl front of St. Martin's Chinch.

Sunday sc'nnight, the skins of four foxes were
exhibited on the principal door of Grovstoke
Church, in Cumberland ; the premium fur the
destruction of these voracious animals, is three
shillings and fourpence each. This is a very evi-
dent custom, but observed (we believe) in few
places at this time. A stuffed animal of this spe-
cies is to be seen in that parish, which measures,
from the nose to the end of the tail, four feet
and a half, and (at the broadest part) 19 inches in
girth.

On the 17th instant, a melancholy accident
happened at March of Lawton, in the neighbour-
hood of Arbroath: A young man, a black-
smith, took up a sword, which lay in the shop,
and putting himself in the attitude of fencing, said
to some boys that he would shcw theta how he
would kill the French ; when, by some unfortu-
nate matireuvre, the point of the sword ran into
the head of a fine boy of 14 years of age, and
killed him on the spot.
Last rii;ht, about half-past eleven o'clock, a fire
broke out at a carpenter', shop in Mercer-street,
Long-acre, which entirely consumed the same.
Yesterday morning Captain WI 1.1.0uc it v, in
the New Prison, Southwark, undertook. for a
trilling wager, to run 400 times round an allotted
space (measuring 65 yards), in two hours, which
he performed within eleven mittatus of the time,
being upwards of fourteen miles and three quarters
in an hour and forty-nine minute!.
Yesterday, as Lord PALMETISTON: and his three
sisters were passing by the Horse Guards in air
open landau, the asletree broke, and the carriage
was instantly overturned, but fortunately without
any pcstan receiving injury..
Lieutenant Jone P WWI, of the .4:11 regiment
of foot, has been sentenced to be cashiered by a
Court Martial, held at Hilsea Barracks. he
Defendant was found guilty of all the following
charges :

10. In atArming hinatelf, witbnat leave, from the lartlet
tram:poet. nn bisard of which ship be V4.L. ordcted n ith a de•
IMEttnient of the 4:td regiment.
2.1. it, endeavouring to camper with and perutade Corporal
11illtatti %on, of the Durham who woe sern-ftsen
litlica 1.1.11T2C1f to Port-mouth, by ordei Or the. Cournnund-
ant, 'nails An official letter to hun to return to his yips ter. ut
II ' to mite back the letter, and 'ay that lie had not :ceta
him, ntid could not find him

IL la quitting Ilibea Barracks, for the purprese.of
kation, when in debt to a poor sriduw• %suntan that lets lodg-
ings, 11,35. d. and to other.,

Swimuctssr--It was stated a few days since,
that a genteel chiefly woman, in black, aceonspa.
nied by a young woman, as her daughter. Had
committed a multiplicity of frauds in the mit 0.
ports lately, by gutting goods, and pa) log useless
ehecques and fictitious nutes. A stop was put to
the Ladies' career on Saturday last, on emir retreat
front Bath and Clifton for Cheltenham. .1 chef:clot-
hed been given to a Mr. Carman, for none) dot_
terously obtained : but in a few hums after, some
clamorous creditors raised a hue and cry against
the parties, and the swindlers left the town of Bath
in their own carriage, and bust horses ; but pi..
Lice overtook (hem at Ham Camino's, and the)
have been committed. The eiderli woman ass an
old stager in the-lobbies of the fiseatres, where
the Asured about two :ears ago.