The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-01 00:00:00

THE STATES MAN.

Igth, when
, a4tackad the
bisoiags. The
armies, after
cormer po.
the defeuce
arrival of
proceeded
canals bf the
• the mean

committed de-
li! _ Zuyder Zee. ,
General Brune was aldi jorerior to his lintego.
nisi, and therefore, hit ~bis security, intersected all
the roads and passtele)setoeen Alkmaar and Me-
sleithlick,, and he extended the great irsti4latioa of
the Ilus ger- Waard.
On the 2d of October, the Duke of York wish.
leg to-take advantage of his superiority in rum.
bets, renewed his general attack, when Egmont
and Bergen were evaewited by the french doting
the night, after a sanguinary engagement, end the
centre of the enemy, at Lang-dyke mid
was carriAl with: tbe va.ite .success.. Afbfr this
battle the headd-quarters of the French wire re-
move.' to Besecwick, within about nine English
miles front Haarlem, and the Brutish army entered
Alkmaar. •.
Thew prosperous appearances were soon ob.
,scured, oid the few facts we have occasion to add
is complete. our narrative, we State with reluc.
twice. Four days after the general attack to
which oe last adverted, his Royal Highness en-
countered the whole line of the enemy, iglto bad
taken up a must advantageous posiieue, am) in the
sequel of the day the Higlish were driven.beyead
Bact-unn, but Out without greet loss to both ar.
mica.—During all this series of conflicts thi Bri-
tish had not been able to advance more than 20
miles from the point of disembarkation. Did-
collies now accumulating, the Doke of York sum.
termed a Council of lYar, in which it was deter.
nined that our forces should fall back on the
which was no sooner effected then the
French returned to their former position at Alk.
,maar, their right at Hoorn, tooter Genqral
Daen lets. On the 13th of October the French
and Dutch army again advanced to the Zyp, the
left being at Felten, the right at IVinkel, and the
coutre.at Wainienhuy sett.
The Mike of York, thus driven leo the extre-
mity of the Peninsula, and finding his force re..
duced by sickness and slaughter, incompetent even
to siistaiu this position, proposed to the French.
General Neat his troops should be allowed to re-
embai k unmolested. The iiegociation terminated iu
the arrangement concluded at Alkmaar, an the
18th Oct. ishich was 1 Aloweil by the retreat of
tile flotilla of Atimirailditchell from the Zoyiler.
Zee, and the islanii tud port of ,lie ',vintner.
Toe basis of the negociativa was-1. The suspen-
sion of hostilities, and of all works wh..ther for
attack or defence.-2. The re.embirkation of
the Allied Army.-3. Tim re-establishment of
the works of the Helder.-4. The preservaitiiii
of those consitucted 6,) the English and Russian
Army.-5. The restitution of WOO Fresch and
Batavian prisoners, among whets wad to be in.
eluded Admiral Dt3 Winter.

Thus finished the Expedition in rtog, and we
earnestly wish that the present may have a happier
termina►ion ; but it is only by attending to ►he
fitli-
culties we hare to encounter, and pru►utiug ag,•inst
them, that a prosperous result can be expected.

Yestorday morning, Mary Moore, an elderly
woman, decently attired, endeavoured to intrude
herself into the Palace. On being questioned re.
specting her business, it evidently appeared--she
was deranged in her mind. She said she came ti.
advise with the King uti the necessity of makin4
peace ; that„she had mane things to communicate,
and among the rest that she had brought her pep.
per-box with her (which she produced), and it
brine quite empty, she hoped his blaje-ty would
fill it. Several of the attendants present recnl.
lected having teen her there before ; but, as she
became very noisy and troublesome, and couldA
not be prevailed upon to depart quietly, she was
at length given in charge to Sayers, the 13.itv.
street Officer, who forthwith carried her before
the Sitting Magistrate, and he being convinced
of her insanity, ordered proper care to he taken
of her, until the business could be further in.
.vestigated.
neighbourhood of Covent-Gerden•
was thrown into Consternation at 12 o'clock on
Sunday night by a tire, which broke out at the
house of Mr. Sprague, a broker, in Lower Bed.
ford-street. The bugle of the corps of the Co-
vent-garden sharp-shooters alarmed the neighbour-
hood, and the parish engine from the church was •
speedily at the fire. At this time the frdht kitchen
only was on fire, and the &item issued through
the area grating with fury. The little wish en.'
gine was supplied with water by the industry of
the neighbours, and it above subdued the infancy
of the flames, which otherwise must have been at-
tended with alarming consequences. The British
and Phcenie engines soon after arrived, and had
the exertions of the firemen been instantaneously
required, it would have been impossible for them
to act ' • for through remissness not a plug teas
drawn for full at% hour, and the paiiih engine
alone, supplies by buckets of water,. saved the
house and neighbourhood. The people belonging
to the house were from home when the accideht
happened, and no one was left iii case bet amen:,
girl. The kitchens were completely destroyed,
and some damage was sustained at the back of the
house.
On Sunday night, two hackney coachmen pas,
sing along the lower side of Leie.ester-square,
ran a race with their coaches, to the tenor of
the public, and their passengers, and after over-
turning a chaise at the end of Oiendon.streeh,
one of the vehicles was run with such fury against
post, that one of the pannels was broken in,
and the coach was overturned. A Mrs. Smith and
a youth, passengers, were conveyed senseless to
the hospital, and the coachman had his arm broke.
The other coach was stopped in the nsy.usar-
ket, and the coachman, who was inebriated, was
secured. •

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY.

Monday, July 31.
HAY-MARKET THEATRE.

MORRIS V. COL AN.
This cause came on upon the motion of Sir
icsauct. RomitCy, on behalf of the Plaintiff.
The cause stood.adjourned from the last seal, for
the purpose of procuring further evidence, by
fresh affidavits, to ground the application for
Manager of the Theatre in the room of Mr. Cul.
man, the present Manager, and part owner of the
concerns, who, front his disability, by being a
prisoner within the P-ulcs of the King's Bench
Prison, is charged with incapability to manage the
business on that ground, there being certain du-
ties to be pe►formed in a house adjoining at the
back of the theatre, which a Ruler of the prison
cannot perform.
The charge now adduced in addition, was the
with-holding from' performance a certaiu farou.
rite piece, which attracted full houses, and by
such with-frolding reducing the receipts from
1951. to 1131. in The course •.1 a few nights. A
freah affidavit was produced to this effect, with an
offer of compliance with the•Chaneellor's former
direstions for a euttseut of both parties to go be-
fore the M.,ster, and agrees to the terms of a deed
which could be acted neon, to continue the business,
with • divetion to take into consideration, in the
intended articles of agreement, the circtimstance
of Mr. Morris, the Plaintiff, hart tg t►urchased a
part, share, or moiety of Mr. Calumet' eitte.
rest in the Theatre, as to apportion the tut ►ntomn
of his influence in future in the regulation of the
business. ~

Air. HART, f.r the Defendant, arved in sup.
port of bis competency an I talents .e conduct-
ing the Institution,. and the success or his labours
therein. 'There nas strung assertion against as-
sertion between th.• Unmet' Counsel, but some
diffcreuce of oflinion as t.) the terms of the pro-
posed deed ; but both consented to articles of
agreement of some kind, as inJispensibly requisite
fur continuing t')a performance.
The LORD CH VCCLI.LOR 0! icrveti, that, much as
the subject bad been discussed, he felt great diffi-
culty in the duty inspuse‘l on him to settle the
terms of Articles for perpetual performance of the
businessuf the Haymarket 'l' heat re; but he should
hie it in the best way in his power un Wednesday
next, on seeing the draft of a deed to that effect,
prepared by a Mr. Hall and a Mr. Bell, to whom
the atljostment of such deed had been lately re-
ferred by the mutual consent of both parties, as
persons the most competent for the adkistment of
the art cies of copartnership.—Adjuurnod for
Weduesday next.

ILLEGkIL MARRIAGE.
IttVTO:l V. CULlfilt AND GREW.

This 'rasa mutton for a receiver of the assets
of a Mr. Culver, the Testator in this calm, who
had left* considerate fortun►', real and perwnal,
by his will. The will was duly proved by this wi.
daw of the Testator's nephew sod her infant son,
she being:pregnant at the time of her husband'*
,leafts of the ielant heir, who of common right
was to Inherit the real and in common with his
mother the personal.estate of his father, who had
died oiler the age of 20 years, but before he at.
tainoil the age of 21, leaving the wife enscinf.
The marriage was tnt solemnised by banns,
the consent of the Defendant Crew, the egezetor,
was had. The f.►ther dying before the age of 21,
could not confirm it nor make the executor 'guar.
dian.—Motion granted.