The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-02 00:00:00

FIIgNCII P,PERS. . :

PARMA, MAY %B.—ln tho Paris newspapers
was lately inserted a note from Placentia, respect.
.Rg the very interesting phenomenon which KU
observed: in. the department of the Taro. • This
note contains some errors, and b (Jibe of the most
interesting particulate of - the ph .tionienon have
been omitted. The following are the most exact
details respeCting it :
The ground being covered with White snow, the
atmosphere very unsettled, and the clouds drawn
by a furious whirlwind, on the 16th of January,
between right and nine o'clock in the morning, red
-now fill on our hills and mountains in a very cult-
siderable extent, and particularly between the En.
za anti Paro torrents. During the fall of this
snow the air appeared red. In half an hour of_
tees arils, w hite snow began to fall, and this was
followed by a shower of insects, which were ex.
tieniely brisk and lively. The inhabitants of this
part of the Appenitie were a good deal frightened
at the phenomenon.

The depth of the coloured snow was different.
In certriu places it *as half a line) and in athirst
it excevdett six hoes.

A quantity of this snow and of these insects,
whicts were gariered in different spots, has been
I se u t
in Parma in its solid stale, with the necessary
pr. caution.. The colour was real orange, more
or less dark, according to Abe thickness of the
111111 W. 011 its being th.solved, even very slowly,
it left nothing at. thu button) ; but it lust its cu.
! lour, and wh n melted, It prevented a shglit shade,
1 which could nut be-observed without comparing it
to pure water.

I he insects belong to five well-known species,
which are very distinctly to be obse►ved, and very

ait•TE, Just 9.,..--The 16 gun boats which
were 4i Porto-KC, and %. hick were ceded in the
late treaty of Vienna to France by Austria, ore
completely fi!ted out. France •rill Nerefore sow►
have in-the Adriatic S.•i a, navy capable of pro-
tectin; our commerce.

The Turkish vessel Sesespiridiess, Capt. Mu.
true tnopolo, has been declared s legal prize. at
Fiume, • bt.eanse the English had on the Oth virited
her in sight of the port. Hee cargo consists of
raisios, tobacco, and cotton. The Enterprize
galley, Of 20 4nas and 110 WS, has received or.
tiers to put to see. .
Rucrus, Jugs 14.—A balloon of gitat dimen.
ai.ois fell yesteaday morning atate country seat at
Cnaini,igily, a league trona our city ;It •had in it
Gartierin, the aer-oaer, who was very well re.
wised by the proprietors of. the house. After
partaking of a antkpluous repast, which was that
day to be given, M. Garti,trito wished to satisfy
the curi•isity of several ladies who were among the
number of the guests. He several times raised
thin in his balloon to the height of 50 feet.—
Altor Ibis gallantry, which greatly amused the
spectators, the intrepid aeronaut took leave of
the (outwits), and continued his aerial voyage.
lie was in expectation, if be did not meet con-
trary winds,.tio arrive safely at Liege.
AUGsIII/SGII, Juan [v.—The Bavarian troops
.4s4l4lltit Atsvollltost eria•Tpul eveltsring
be red.iertl to the peace estatiliskluent, and two
regitneuts.
'rassm, Jens 11.—Yesterday M. Sineneini,
Coups Itor of State of the of Italy,
tinik, *ills the greatest solemaity, posseaden, $n
th name of his Majosty King of Italy, of the
!Wien Tyrol, winch was ceded by the King of
Bars ,14, and which, in swim 14 the decree of the
.28th play, takes the name of the depattment of
the Upper Adige.
The Arms of the kingdom of Italy were imme.
tliately affixed to all the public 'buildings, ill the
midst:* the ringing of bells and noise of the ar.
ti4cry. A general 'Humiliation, and acclamations
spewed how much the inhabitants of
the Tyrol appreciate their happiness in belonging
to a government *hose nisiloni secures tiseir inter.
sal prosperity, and whose force secures them
soinst any external attack.
.Etais; Jomr. 25.—The translation of a' letter
isriiten.iiy a Turkish Chief to one of his friends,
who holds a Coatniatid its Bosnia, has made its ap.
pretence in the German Papers. It is of the fol.
Juning tenor :--

66 ROUST %NDECH TO HIS FRIEND, THE COMMANDER
OF THE FORTitESN OE CZETTIN.

t 4 Mars:ial Manumit attacked and beat me.
His army is as numerous as the leaves in' the fo.
rest ; his infantry and cavalry 'are covered with
armour. The French appcar as if they were
joined together, and nothing is to be seen but
iron. Their cavalry is invincible, and their foot
run swifter than our horses ; in fine, the balls of
the Musselmen do them no injury, while theirs,
on the contrary, kill a great number of our men.
All my property is destroyed., Y.0u.410 not know
the Fiend,. They are terrible in battle. I ad.
ise yon, if you would avoid the' greatest
fortune, to restore to them their territory." •

ACCOUNT or Tits EVENT WHICH TOOT PLACT IN
THE TAY Of CADIZ, ON THE 15th OT M.AY, 1810;
AT NIGHT, AND ON TUC DAY FoLLtrWINIOI
IING THE 16th.
The wind had been freshening for several days
front the south-west. Oil the 14th and 15th it
blew a gale, and hopes were began to be conceived
that the French prisoners N Ito rere on board the
hulks might carry into execution the project
which they had already tried in vain, viz. to cut
the cables, and allow themselves to drift on the
coast. They were favoured by several circuit'.
stances: a strong wind from tho south.west,
which, however, reached them only by gusts, a
high sea, the ne,tance of the 14;nglish and Span'sh
scsatlrtms, witicia had been obliged to keep closer
to Cadiz, to be minder shelter from the fire of our
batteries ; the capture of Matagorda; and, in
file, the p*roteetiun which the prisoners might ex.
poet (ruin the batteries on the coast, and partial.
lA, fret" that of Troeadero.

Oil the Ibis', iu the evening, the Marshal Duke
of aelinno had cent for Captain Chive', of the
Marines, in the Impel ial Guards, and who, in the
first gale of the 6th of March last, had given proofs
of intrepidity and zeal, in order to learn fr,,m
kiai, %hither with a guud vessel, and a picked

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ere:* ho could not, dog the night, cut the ea.
bles of the hulks employed in the road as prisons
or hospitals, en' which had French prisoners on
board.. hire °rivel was. then on the coast for the
service of the army, and dial not return till night.
The manner in which: the hulks weft aitchoreit
was not every where fareqrable for their getting
-towards the coast when the cables should be cut.
Those which were at anchor in, the channel which
separatei the little from the great bay, .were only
300 fathoms from our batteries, and Were guarded
by only a few gun-boats. Those at anchor to the
North of the channel were nearer the squadron,
and covered by some. English and Spanish ships :
a: to the latter, fears were entertained, that if they
Were allowed toddle, they might ruts on one of thou
ships, or be sunk by their fire. The Castile hulk
was in this case; and she is, notwithstanding, the
one which, on the 15th, at three o'clock in the
morning, had riot aground 400 fathoms from the
share to the North-west of the fort of Mats.
gorda.
The officers on board this hulk had, by a spon.
taneous na,iveuxesit, come to• a resolutiun to at.
tempt their escape. The conduct of this,expedi.
lion was entrusted to the naval officers on board,
and they justified the confidence which was placed in
them. Some preparations were made on the 13th, in
the afternoon ; only, however, as far as prudence
allowed, not to be aliscovered by the guards. At
right o'clock in the evening the wind was still
from S. W. but it had considerably fallen ; it was,
however, time to cut the cables in order to take
advantage of the tide. Some hesitation took place
respecting the conduct to be adopted, when, un.
der the orders of some young Sub-Lieutenants,
two cuirassiers cat the cables, with hatchets.-.-
Every one then lent a hand. Thu natal officers
directed the steering of the hulk. The officers
of the army overpowered the guards whom, they
put in the hold, and kept guard on the deck,
with the muskets of the vanquished, and with
thyse arms, together with balls and. pieces of iron,
which they threw at the enemy's boats, which
were approaching, they succeeded in keeling them
oir, after having broken several of the assailants,
lees and arms. During this time the vessel was
still driving, sometims in a contrary course, when
the weather became more calm ; but the sails,.
which hail been skilfully prepared with hammocks
and blankets, enabled her to stein the current, and
she at last run agrouni.
When the hulk was• descried aground by the
troops at the Trocadero, they inimixhately pre-
pared to give their assistance. The Marshal got
notice of this event at four o'clock in the morn-
ing. His Excellency took the necessary measures
for sending speedy succours to these unfortunate
prisoners. • Their situation was critical ; they
were receiving, within a quarter of a reach of
cannon-shot, the fire from Pentair', that of. all
the batteries on the cow between that fort and
Cadiz, and also that of about twenty gunboats,
and as many bomb-ketches. On aczount,of the
high sea, no boat 'ei.uld • sail from the Rio-Gua.
delete or San.Pvdro ; but by th, attention of the
Chief of the General Staff and of Admiral Salcedo,
several were brought on carols, at full gallop, to.
.the'-Trucaltoed,' Mid" lent • ' The landing had
already blon, nuclei tie direction of Generals
Rialsen, and d'Aboville. At eight o'clock
in the morning four hundred men from the hulk
were already landed, and at ntton the vessel was
cleared. •

The operation lasted seven hours; it was carried
on molar a very heavy- fire of artillery. It was a
very affecting sight, and it is difficult to , describe
the 'Meer sliewn by all the General Officers, sub.
Atern Officers, lightermen, sailors, cannuniers,
and infantry, in saving these prisoners, some
swimming, others up to the shoulders in water and
stied, and some in boats; in shod, every one was
iger to be of some assistance. During eight hours,
two thousand individuals, both Officers and pri.
rates, belonging to the first corps, kept in the
water, and were exposed to the fire of a hundred
and fifty pieces of cannon, to.save their country.
Men.
The batteries of point St. Louis, those of the
Rangers, and of the Road,. were fired with the
usual skill; they succeeded in several times
lencing the fire of Puntales. Three shells fell in
the middle A' that fort.

General Abu'slle, of the artillery, having re.
marked that the eifem)'s gun-boats and bomb-
ketches avoided the fire of the batteries by taking
asstition behind the Wilk, which was aground,
ordered severtl 'pieces ,of catinun 'to be placed on
the strand, . which were
.served by the flying ar-
tillerymen, and soon .cattiod .the enemy to stand
out to sea.
M. Marmont, Chief* of Battalion, belonging
to the Staff, and Captain ida(ion., werii KlllOOO
board the hulk. Ales.as. LeTisautsi
.casatatn. in
the fftli, and asetlicz, laieutonaot itttbs4llii Iwft•re
drowned.. Four or hie °there, .W.oolues
have not yet reached us, . wake lltltio .driftwoid.
The enemy had succeeded, with (watt
howitzer 'hells, to set tire to Oa kujk; Ad it. ,as
three times extinguished by Mate who ettinainitrrtif.
board. .After it was completely.cleared_a bomb.
shell fall on the deck, and it *as sillin.aong.nme.
By the arrival of the Custile.ihulk, 000 QibeOr'i
and 900 privates have recotered.their liberty:
Headitutrters at Puerto de Santa Math, May HI, VW.
General; Baron iif the Empire, Caierof the Star
of. the Ist Corp,*
8 BM ELLE.