The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-15 00:00:00

FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS.

PARIS, JULT 2.... An extraordinary Courier
has announced to the King of Bavaria, that im-
mediately after the capture of Raab, the fortress
of Camara vas initsted, and it was &haat to be
bombarded.

SAINT ANDER, JUNE 14....0n the 10th inst.
Geovral Noviut, Governor of this place, heard
that the insurgents had taken possession of all the
posts in the neighbourhood of this town, being
under the command of General Ballasterus, the
Duke of Villanova and Marquetito, and their
force consisting of from 10 to 12,000 men. The
General, on this, did not betitate to advance
against the enemy ; though he had not above
1200 melt at his command. The castle nod town
were, by his care, soon placed in a formidable
state of defence. At two o'clock of the after.
noon, the French advanced guard attacked that of
the enemy, and a sharp engagement took place.
The enemy availed himself of his advantageous
position, defending himself vigorously ; but the
French General striking up the stornumarch, the
insurgents were overthrown on all sides, took
flight, leaving behind them their arms, ammuni.
lion, one piece of cannon, and a number of
dead. They collected again on the bridge of
Arcr, whence they wcre again driven by the bay-
onet.

General Noviot arrived at length at Cartes, a
little town four leagues from St. Ander, and pre-
'wed to pupae his incredible advantage., though
he had not a twelfth of the numbers of the ene-
my, when an Aitle.de-camp arrived from Gcn

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Bonnet, *hick occasioned him to repair to Torre
la Vega, where the General was waiting for him at
the head of four battalions:
On the evening of the Iltb, St. Andcr wu
surrounded on all sides by trench troops.

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THE STATESMAN.

FROPOSITT TENAI.

LONDON:
SATURDAY, JULY 15.
Sr. (Cr It n 1 pc .—Holiday at the Exchepeeramel Excise Oflees.

I a Dutch Paper of the Bth inst. it is an.
n.nn►ccd from Paris, under the date of the sd,
that the King of BAVARIA has received intelli.
gence by an extraordinary Courier, that, immedi.
atelv after the surrender of Raab, the Army of
Italy had invested Comorn, which was about to
be bombarded. The strength of that fortress is
such, that under any circumstances it is capable
of making a long protracted resistance...and con.
eidering the hostile armies on each side of the Da-
nube to be in a state of mutual vigilant watchful.
miss, there is no reason to believe that much time
or expenditure of lives will be wasted in a serious
attempt on Comorn. There is not time to under.
take the regular siege of the place. But the con.
sequence which is given to this important comma.
stication in Paris, clearly chews the absence of all
other intelligence, and that it is at length found
necessary in Paris, 1111 it has formerly so often'
been in London, to keep up the spirits of the
people by diverting their attention from the imme.
diate scene of disaster, to some remote point un.
connected with that on which it is evidently un.
pleasant to dwell. The affair at Santander is very
pompously detailed in the same Paris paper ; but
not a word do we hear of the subsequent action
at the bridge of Santa Payo, or of the evacuation
of Coruuna and Ferrol. In truth, whatever may
be the final result of the contest In Germany, the
Parisians must, at the present moment, feel imps.
tient under the long inactivity of Niro:m.2o' ; for,
notwithstanding the increase of twelve inches
iu the waters of the Danube, it will not
be denied, that the month of June, from
the length of the day—and the sonuditess of
the public roads—is at least one of the most va.
hi:lbl° in the Calendar for military operations.—
The political appetite of the metropolis of the
Great Nation has too long been gratified with the
delicacies of triaasph to relish—even after a whole
month's fast—the vapid and unsubstantial morsel of
the promised bomhardmen t of a fortress in Hungary.
...A correct account of the state of public opinion
in Paris would be most gratifying at the present
moment; and it is not a little surprizing, that from
so many sources as are now opened by almost
daily arrivals from Holland, wo should be without
information on this subject. Within the last ten
days, several persons have arrived from different
parts of the Continent (but all by the way of
Holland), from whom some curious and impor.
tint facts arc learnt. In one point all the ac.
counts that we have heard concur, viz. the total
alteration of the manners of the French Douaniers
(Custom-house Officers), and, in fact, of all the
French constituted authorities throughout Hol.
land, Flanders, and the Ilanse Towns. The ar.
rogance with which they have hitherto treated the
iihabitants, has given way to a civility marked
with symptoms of dejection so evident, as to render
it apparent that a sentiment of apprehension for
the success of NAPOLEON certainly exists in
France, from whence it has been communicated
to the persons to whom we allude.

A Naval Officer, who has been long confined at
Verdun, arrived in town at the latter end of last
week, having come over in a Pappenburgh vessel,
from a principal port in Holland, in company
with several other Englishmen. He had very fit.
tle difficulty in passing through France...but
when he arrived in Holland, he found the conver-
sation on political subjects so unrestrained, and the
opinions respecting the French so free, that he did
not think it necessary longer to conceal his true
situation--upon which he was received into the
house of an eminent merchant at the port from
e hence he embarked, and not only entertained
with the warmest hospitality, but actually fur-
nished with money, which, on his arrival iu Lon.
don, he was requested to re-pay to the merchant's
correspondent in the city. The vessel in which
ha embarked laid off the harbour, at a point pre-
viously concerted between the Captain and the
passengers...who waded through the mud to
the ship's boat, and they came out in the
night without the least molestation. From
this statemeut, the authenticity of which may
be implicitly relied on, it cannot be doubted
that the public sentiment on the Coutinetit is not
eely decitled'y hostile at the prrzent moment tit

the dootinatie* qf Prince, b■
expressed. That the successful _
gigantic plans of NAisoLana,
congenial with the feelings of commercial men,
who prefer the immediate result of their own Indus.
try to the remote and uncertain harvest of ambition,
can surely have been doubted by no one. It is not
therefore in ascertaining the existence of this truism,
that we deem the intelligence thus communicated

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important ;._.hut from the publicity which the
people of the Continent now-•enture to give to
their opinions...which proves that the general sen.
timent there is, that the affairs of France are not
prosperous in Germany.... The cautious inhabit.
ants of Holland would not incur the heavy risk of
Gallic •engeance...had thry not strong grounds
for the belief that the paramount influence of
France is so powerfully checked—as to afford to
the people of else Continent a rational hope of
emancipation from French tyranny.

As usual in the absence of intelligence, we are
amused by a curious variety of Reports—amongst
which the most prominent is, th.it of late events
Rating affected the understanding of Navovzom
...whose mum to Frange has been insisted on by
his leading Generals--1 his most curious of all the
curious Reports that have been yet circulated, is
reported on the authority of a person from Hol-
land, where it was current on Monday last. We
should be gratified by knowing whether the
cuirass of Narot.Eom, has been converted into a
strait waistcoat by his leading Generals—for, un-
less his mild, compliant temper has, with his Intel.
lest, undergone a most remarkable alteration,• it
will be conjectured, at least by some, that nothing
abort of a strait waistcoat could compel his submis-
-deo to the commands even of his most leading Gene-
rale. We mustilaseacasad for our inability to swal-
low this dose, and cannot retrain from expressing our
very anxious wish that the collective intellect of
our vigorous and sapient Ministers were but
bait as clear as that of the insane BON APA RTE.

Peace—a
Northern

Of Negotiation-•,an
battle on the Danube—l
Confederacy against France—and the destination
of the Grand Expedition—the reports are as nu-
merous as they are absurd and improbable. On
the subject of the departure of the Expedition,
It is said that mrty-to.morrow morning the Earl
of CUATIAM and a numerous train of Officers will
lens town for R,anugate, where we learn with sin.
erre pleasure that a sumptuous dinner is ordered
to be ready on their arrival. We trust that due
precautions have been used i(0 make adequate ar-
movements fur the comfort of his Lordship sad
site in this respect for the whole campaign.

Wit some days ago presented to the public a
modest letter from the noted Mr. Stoics, calling
upon us to came the author of a letter addressed
" To the People of the United Kingdom," sub-
scribed with the name and address of Colonel
WARDLX. To that modest insinuation we returned
an answer, which we apprehend our Readers
bad no difficulty iu understanding to be an intima-
tion that Toe STATISM Am bad not been guilty of
a forgery..-bet that the letter really and ipso
facto was the letter of Col. WARDLE. We, at
the same time, initialed a letter from Col. WARDLE,
avowing himself to be the author. Whether to the
density or wilful perversion of the understanding
of the ingenious Mr. Srotcs, it is imputable, we
know not—but surely if the respectable client
of that worthy and tender-hearted Gentleman,
had resolved to attack TIME STATESMAN with a
copy of a Latitat, it was unnecessary to inquire
who was the author of the Letter to the People
of the United Kingdom. In plain English we
beg to inform " the People of the United King-
doms," that for the publication of the Letter ad.
dressed to them by Col.WaanLa, the Upholsterer
of Mrs. CLARICE has this day commenced an ac.
tioa at law against Tog STATESIMAN, for which we
return him our unfeigned thanks--as it will af.
ford us an opportunity, of which we never could
by any other woes have availed ourselves, of
unfolding a tale, which will not less astonish the
People of the United Kingdom—than Mrs. Clarke
--he( Uplsolsterer...his Brother—Witness—.
Partner---tho ingenious, disinterested Mr. Stokes
—CUM MUMS ALUS of this good People of the
United Kingdom.