The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-08-26 00:00:00

But we shan
.taseoceasionh sad
much on this topic, ere many more
on our head.

Since making the observation, that
hid been entertained in the Cabinet

'whole of the disposable force out of the kingdom,
with the view oPmakink ont grand'effort t 6 raise our
army in Spain to a superiority in number over that
of the enemy, we have been informed that a meeting,
professedly o►► this subject, has been held at the
Office of the Commander in Chief, when, after much
discussion, it was resolved, that however desirable
[it might be to aid the General now at the head
of our troops, in his glorious career, by send-
ing him the twenty thousand or more men pro-
posed ; yet the opinion of the inexpodieitcy of such
a departure from the usual course of reinforcing
troops en foreign service, prevailed ; and we have
reason to suspect, that an observation was made, that
the jealousy, rather than the gratitude, of the Spa-
niards themselves might .be occasioned by so uncom-
mon a measure. Such counteracting and clogging
circumstances must ever attend the conduct of a war
not well defined in its object, and of a system adopt-
ed by Ministers who are but half politicians. Our
Ministers ought to have foreseen so probable a di-
lemma.

We have given in this day's STATLIMAN instrliou
to a long but most interesting article upon the Water"
of a case or,llNdrephobia, tbd most afflicting etelht.
tempers to which mankind is liable. The successful
treatment of a disease which has generally been con.
sidered, and with great reason, the opprobrium me.
dicorum, cannot be a topic of indifference to the least
learned of our Readers ; and will necessarily excite
reflections in' the minds of the other classes of our
favourers, which may be turned to a beneficial per.
pose whenever the like calamity may fall under their
view.

Yesterday evening, about four o'clock, the Ad-
miralty telegraph corresponding with Yarmouth,'
commenced working, hut, from the lateness of the.
hour, the intelligence could not be fully made out►`
It is not improbable, an arrival from the North may
hive taken place.
Sir ALEx. CeefllttNE had yesterday a long inter:
view with the Lords of the Admiralty; on his return•
from the West Indies.
Au additional number of Officers lend seamed ern
to proceed in the /fetus to Halifax, 'to be employed
on the lakes of Canada.

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Captain Mamas, of the Pelican sloop of war, Is
promoted to the rank of Commander, for his gal-
lantry in the tapture of the Argus.
Captain htaltsaLt. is appointed to command •the
Pelican. •

_ IMAM OtITIkA 1)(1. stip;
Foremau, from 'Malta, lest from the irest.--.
aeons-Pr ens and' dggy oAd Mary have arriv.
ed from rford.—Sailed his Majesty's ships
Ethelian, dyruion; Strift, and Hyena,
.with the
outward-tin nd for Newfoundland, Quebec, and
Halifax ; and the Cadmus and Purl/ties on a cruise.
Fetwomt, A on. 23.-:--Arrived the Roe, Berry,
from Liverpool, bound for Madeira.—The Mergiana
'packet,.with a Mail for the Windward Islands, is
;gone into the Itonds.—About a dozen sail are as.
sembled here waiting to join the Mediterranean con-
voy.
GUATESENDI Ana. 25..—Arrived the Hope, Gal-
loway, and the Neptune, Robinson, from Greenland;
and the Fame, Gregory, from the Scieth Sins, a
;'- • •
LzoTn's, Amore 26.—The Lords Commissioners
Of the Admiralty have been pleased to inform the
Committee, that they have given directions to their
Proctor, to institute, prosecutions against Mr. F.
Randall, Master of the schooner Caroline; and
Mr. S. Baotou*, Master. at the schooner Industry,
from Martinique ; for having deserted the convoy,
which sailed from St. Thomas's, 3d 'ultimo; under
charge of Captain Dashwood, of his Majesty's ship
Cressy.
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'Yesterday being to 25th of August, the anneal,
lay fer the' changing quarters of the brigade of
Guards mapped in.Londen, the first regitherit wet
removed from'town quarters into Portman Barracks.;
the Second, or Coldstream Regiment from the Bar-
racks at Knightsbridge in town quarters, and the
third regiment from Portman Barracks to Knights-
bridge Barracks.

Two more troops from each of the Hussar Regi.
ments are ordered to be held in readiness for foreign
service.
The following British regiments of infantry are
now at Strilsund or in its neighbourhood :—the 54th
•Regiment, 4th battalion Royal Scots, 2d battalion
25th Regiment, 2d battalion 73d ditto, 2d battalion
91st ditto.

The Pembroke, 74, is under orders to proceed to
the Alediterryneen.

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The late Cept. DUBORDIEU, of the Royal A:VW
lery, who fell by the explosion of a shell its the
breeching batteries et St. Sebastian, atthodev
young Officer, was highly esteemed for his profel
sional talents and gAllantry. Ile had distinguished
himself daring a series of ten years' service in the
%Vest Indies, particularly at the recapture of Marti.
nique, and had just arrived in Spain, to take part in
the battle of Vittoria, and the siege of St. Sebastian.
He was son of the Rev. JOHN Dueottofeti, of the
north of Ireland ; another of whose sons, Capt.
DUBORDIEUA of the sth Regiment, lost his left arm
in leading the grenadiers into the breach at the storm-
ing of Ciudad Rodrigo.
The detachments of the Ist battalion of the 6th,
7th, and 82d regiments, now sewing with the 24
battalions in Jersey and Alderney, are ordered to
, Portsmouth to embark for the Peninsula.
The detachments of the Ist battalions of the 32d
40th, and 61st regiments, now in Ireland, are to be
conveyed immediately to Passage.
The 70th regiment is expected in Cork in the
coarse of this week, for embarkation for Spain.
o The Wheat harvest is almost finished in the Isle of
; Thanet ; finer corn, and more abundance, have been
seldom known. Barley is almost all cut, and a few
I days will house it. The hops in Kent have a most i
favourable appearance.
IThe Regency of Spain have lately carried into ex-
, ecutiou the unanimous vote of the Congress, which
ordered a Brant of land to be conferred on the Mar-
quis of WELLmeroe, as a solid and enduring mo.
nument of the gratitude of their nation, -for the
transcendent services he has rendered it. Three
royal estates have accordingly been submitted to the
' British Field-Marshal for his choice, and with that
disinterestedness and taste which are known.to tern.
per the splendour, of his military fameL.he gave' the
"preference to that which wag-lowest in actual valfre,
but which came recommended to his fancy by Me
beauty of its situation and the amenities of its see-
nery. It is the royal estate, called the Sifter) di
Roma, situated on the river Xenil, in the kingdom
of Grande. Its annual produce is estimated at 30,000
dollars.

NEcEssmuts AND SUPERVLUITIES.—A dramatic
piece, under this title, has been performed at the
Theatre de Vaudeville, in Paris, with success. The
object of the drama is to show that the mind con.
Mandy rises in its desires, from what is necessary to
what is superfluous. The Caliph, Aroun.al-Raschid,'
is attacked by robbers, and saved by Harlequin.'
In recompence, he says, he will give him whatever
he wants; Harlequin first asks for food--then that
his miserable but shall be furnished—then that it
shall be turned into a fine house--then he wishes for
a beautiful wife—.then for a palace, a park, gardens,
baths, &c. He then desires that an humble cottage,
which interrupts his view, may be demolished; but
here the Caliph refuses to gratify his insatiate de-
mend, and the piece concludes with• the moral, that
our desires are without bounds.
It appears that the Wyndham transport, at. Port-
smouth, under orders for New South Wales, was so
full and crowded, that after an examination of the
danger of disease by the Inspector of Hospitals, a
detaclintelit of the 48th Regiment, on board, was
• obliged to be disembarked without delay.

ran EDITOR or rtes
sta,—lt not infrequently happens that the glare
'a
-splendid style, and an impesihg mode of argil.
prevail over common sense and honest inten.
to the great detriment of the public and of in.
dividuals ; and, in my opinien,tids is no where more
.evident than in the wri ings of Venn. Without the
forcible compression ofJ u ants lie pinsesses a consider.
able power of language, suihcient to dazzle the minds
.of the public, and to draw after hiirstpapx partizans,
whether right or wrong. For my. own part I have
Aft agreed with him, and often differed from him.;
but on no part of his writings more than on the
l'policy of invading France, supposing it to be in
our power ; for I am, in my own mind, so fully
convinced that the French people submit to BONA.
rart7c only from the most rigid necessity ; that bait
proper means been used to giie I,hem liberty, they
would gladly hate co-operated in ridding themselves
I,of so detestable a tyranny ; and if our Ministers are
convinced of this, they are culpable to no smut ex.
tea for- not availing themselves of such a disposi.
/Hon; it they are convinced to the contrary, they
!.netitt tt,the nation and to all Europe to declare it;
tat-any 'site, it is their duty to ascertain how the
V.French people are disposed towards BONAPARTE,
for' on tint depends the policy of attempting au in-
vasion of France.
rit4earsoning of VETUS, however specious, dots
„notsappb, distinctly to the present state of thing,.
FrinCe is not now what she ever was at any former
I.pelitid,-:either under the house of VALOIS, or of
13ditectw. 'the writer, in his last letter, August
1
114 yiumphantly asks, at what age of the full grown

lATESM4N.

Nionirchy of France was any invasion of that coun-
try successful ? To this it is easy to answer, that
during the antient Monarchy the French were at-
tached to their Sovereigns, both from time and affec-
tion; they were not usurpers, they w.-re not tyrants,
They *were not upstarts; they derived their rialit to
govern from a long race of ancestors, distinguished

- The superiority of the cavalry of the German Le- , -
for their prowess or their virtues; and all at-
gion with respect to the care and attention paid to tempts to shake such a Monarchy, so rooted in
-their horses on service, has, we hear, been repre-
-1 the affections of the peoi,le, deserved no milder
'tented in orders as an example to Light Dragoons.
name than wickedness' or full But is the same
' Adtlitional Scene Rooms and Carpenters' Work-
'shops, &c. to Drury-Lane Theatre, are now erect- I now ?—Do the French feel any attachment to the
Ing on the space which has hitherto been walled in, I person of BONAPARTE—or have they been the bet-
'forming the corner of Little Russel-street and Drury- , to• by his victories ?—Certainly not. These vireo.
-fAne. The above necessary buildings will of course Itries have caused them all that They now suffer,
'extend over the large cast iron tunnel, which sup- I •
plies the House with water. whether of personal or public calamity, because they
I
An alteration in the projected plan for the new are the fruit of unprovoked aggression, and of un-
streets from Carlton House to Portland.place, has, Fprincipled ambition. When FRANCIS I. contended
his said, been recommended by the Comptroller' of !with CuAaLEs. V. it was easy for either of these So-
the Board of Works, which will include the whole '
1 verei•ms to make their people believe that his oppo-
' In one straight line (without any angles, as was at
anent, was the aggressor; but BONAPARTE has no
'Aro intended). It is thought that the house of Lord ,
l'this improvement. ostcos, in Cavendish square, will_ be sacrific,od to enemies on .the Continent to whom he can say—
,
- 164 You, wish to cooq,set France, and divide it
-' . .
PEntsvntsNism.7-Yesteratty.,moining, a man 0 I autopg yourselres. ...--.--.YEZUS asks, where is now
the name of Draper, forty yearn of .age, undertook, 1 'hi interest' of the Itimnissies ?__lt ha in the.
for a wager of 101: tor on. fotitl rons London-bridgo t I.4es or, the ye_ _
ople, aid in their interests; they
to South End, and back again, in. two hours and 1..' th* !anew were that illustrious family restored to
ten minutes, the whole distance being eighteen milees.
He started at five o'clock, stopped to ,
halt at New : their. dominions, there would not be a tear shed, not
Cress Turnpike, proceeded on his journey, and 1 a life lost in France. They have the word of a King
reached South End in exactly one hour,. and after that there would be a general amnesty for all politi-
stopping a few minutes .to refresh, set of ,on his re- cal offences ; and they know, that if
.ever there was
Iturn, and arrived at the stetting post at four minutes tyranny in France undor the Bounaoss, it was in
rafter seven, winning_ by sin !ninnies._
_Odds were
; ,
the nature of the Government slid not in those who
' against him at starting four to tree. A good deal ; . , •
d it. They know that no Monarchy in
i .
of money was won and Lost upon the occasion. administere
The Argils American sloop of war, Jitely taken lEuroite was more mild than that of France under the
lby the Pelican, sailed from New York on the 18th
iBOURBONS; and. now that the vices of the Government
'of June, for Orient, where she landed an Mimi- are reformed, they know that even were they dis-
I can Ambassador ; and made the following captures S
osed p, they
Itween the Shannon and the Liffey, and near Lundy, could never render them unhappy.—
off the Land's End, on the coast of Ireland, be-
If Bourbonism has not been the fashion, it is befrom the 20th of July to the 13th of August, viz.— cause under every successive modification of tyranayi
Mariner, GILBERT, from St. Croix to Bristol, burnt; from ROBESPIERRE to BONAPARTE, their tyrants
have always dreaded and compressed the expression
Betsy, MERRYWEATISER, from St. Vincent's to Bris-
ol the public feeling ; but were the votes of every
jot, since retaken ; Gordelia, AVERY, from St. Mar-
' tin's to Bristol, given up to the prisoners, after de- man in France impartially taken, I believe that even
stroying the cargo ; Baltic, ITa_AncasTr,E, from Barba. 1 VETSIS himself knows there would be ten to one for
__
1 does to Dublin, burnt; Susannah; Po nem, from Ma. I the restoration of the Bounnons, on the terms
1 deira to London, given upafter destroy ing part of the , promised in the. late Address of Loos XVIII. ; and
cargo-; Matilda, from Pernambuco to London, since ' surely there is no similarity between invading France
retaken; Salamanca, from Oporto to Newfound- i•to divide it, and that of attempting to free it from
found, burnt ; Defiance, from Glhsgow for New- tyranny:: 'Two things so different ought not to .be
foundland, burnt; Forney, M'Dosisicr.r.,, from Li- confounded. It is solely to be attributed to the
merick to Plymouth, burnt ;* Lady Frances. BLAIN Government of this country, that the other So-
from Limerick to Liverpool, burnt ; Belford, Do. vereigns of Europe seem now to have basely ahan-
statosoo, from Dublin to London (with 16/509 done(' the unfortunate Bouaaows, and sanctioned the
pieces of linen on board), burnt ; Ann, RICIIARDS, usurpation of the Tyrant ; for bad we boldly avow-
from Barmouth to London, burnt ; John and Sally, ed to all,the world our intention of supporting their
and Dina, and Betty, from .Caine: 4e Ilfracombe, "Claims, both the people of France, and'the rest of the
both burnt ; John and Thomas, from Poole to. Li- 1 Continent, would have given us their support, and
, verpool, burnt; Elianora, from Poole to Liver- I the war would have had a distinct legitimate ob-
pool, given up; Whitby, Brous, from Gibraltar tol;ect ; but now that they see them forsaken by
I 4rhe nation which has so long resisted the power
Portsmouth, burnt; Barbadocs (transpor ), from,
Cork to St. Andero, -burnt; Alliance (transport), of BONAPA BM, like the rest of the world, they will
, from Cork to St. Andero, burnt; sloop Fame, in time
1 and unless
given up.forget those who are forsaken by their friends;
at the demise of the Tyrant his. seems-
On Monday last, the belly of a male child, ap. sore should be weak indeed, they will quietly sub-
parently about five months old, was found at the mit to the new dynasty, and the BOURBONS be for-
-1 bottom of a lead-mine shaft, on Halkin Mountain, gotten in the BONAPARTES. As a contrast to the
Cheshire. A woman was seen near the spot on the letter of VETUS, an admirable article is selected
preceding Saturday, and suspicion falling upon her, I from a Russian Paper, in the Times of the 18th, in
she was traced to Chester, where she was appre- which Paper the nature of BON APA RTI'S power is
characterised in terms most just, forcible, and ap-
headed, and on her examination confessed That she
had murdered it ! and at the instant of plunging it propriate. I feel myself unequal to express my ideas
into the pit, she.stated that the little innocent smiled on this interesting subject ; but, perhaps*, with your
in her face. She was conveyed to Mold, preparatory I indulgence may again attempt it.--I remain, &c.
to her commitment to the county gaol. Hartlottl, near Murpetlt, Aug. 21, 1813. W. B.
Sunday about two o'clock, as Mr. Cook was re-
turning to his house near Hampstead, in a one-horse
chaise, the animal took fright near the Bull and
Bush, and.ran furiously along the road, by which
the vehicle was upset, and' unfortunately Mr. C. had
his leg broken.
At Union Hall, yesterday, Edward Early, a
baker, residing at Peckham, overseer of the poor,
was fined 91. 10s. for exposing to sale 27 quartern
loaves and 21 half quarterns, deficient in weight 72
ounces. The bread was forfeited, and sent to the
Refuge for the Destitute.

Although we we differ in opinion with the respect-
able writer of the above letter, and especially es to
the prppoition of sutfinges among the French for tho
restoration of the House of BOURBON, yet are we
desirous, by an immediate admission of the favour,
of testifying our esteem ,for a Gentleman who his
so
much and so long distinguished himself in the repub-
lic of letters, and in defence of the liberties of his
country. We treat, therefore, • disunion of mai!
ment with regard, when we jtuow it arbell. fogs 4
consciousness of rectitude. , •

'i'll E grAI'ESMAN.
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occasions, to .ray NAVAL INTE LIG ENG To
hairs are whitened
DEAL, AUG.ls...—Came down from the River the sig
Lord Melville, for Portsmouth ; and the SketchleyI of ail
that proposition for•Barhailoes, and remain.
t
let of sending the s);, aram
-otprsAtro. T.s.,Arrived the aldp.dlorit men,
ib