The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-23 00:00:00

SPlit. TACLE.

On lietardw , time dab of hem. 1609.
N TULLE AND CHAR4TY IN FIGHT,
sop Playikell Acts,
And after the Awe
TILE MAILKET LOVERS,
A Stage Plby floe Act.
The Play will begin eanetfy at 6 o'clock.
Prices of the Places:
First Rare; td: lit LI:
keron I 14.akir 2: Gallery i :
P 1 :tea uta) be taken from 10 to 12 im'Cleeke awl Owe 3 to 4
o'Clock.

By a letter from Seville, dated the 7th Inst. it
appear, that Lord What.turrom had passed from
Elias I. estlijos, and was advancing upon Me.
ride, which had so long been the ground of en.
ramperneet at the French under Marshal VICTOR.
Thisfiejebourflood, although possessing some mi-
titer* ad/swages, is one of the most unhealthy
situations in Spain. The enemy suffered severely
from the moist and stagnant atmosphere of this
marshy territory.
Baron Haiteassuo, the celebrated Minister of
the King of PRORSIA, whom we annoenced as
having b..en restored to the confidence of his So.
• •reign, has retired from the arduous function
which he had accepted. A letter received in town
from Konigsberg, which we have seen, gives an ac.
went of the ficolli of this Statesman.
The Supreme Central Junta have promoted the
following British Officers, for their conduct at the
battle of Talavera, viz.
Lord MaCDorr, and
Coto,ei Roca's, To be Brigadier-Generale.
Besides ohich they are expected to be iiisested
with the ancient and distinguished Order of Saint
Jago.
Oa Saturday last the Right Honourable Mr.
CURRAN, MASTER of the Rom.' and Mr. AT-
&MON, of Ireland, arrived at birenock from
I. Mon Castle, on their way to Loch Lomond
and Edinburgh.
Mr. Cu:times Ews was on Wednesday ho-
noured by a visit from the Quecx, the Duchess
of Ycate, and the Princesses Atieurra, ELIZA-
BETH, and SOPHIA, at his seat at Claremont, in
Surrey, where they partook of a superb enter.
tainm.nt. The only company invited besides the
Royal Family were lbs Carl anJ Countess of
LIVERPOOL The Royal Party, after viewing
the grounds, went away at four o'clock to Oat.
!ands.

The Marquis of If u' who. we are con-
cerned to state, is much indisposrd, set out on
Tharbday for Scotland, accompanied by his family
physician.
On Tuesday last A8RA11434 Mi.Lo, Esq. was
elected Sah.G.,vernor of the London itrnyrance
Corporatism, in the room of 11...mut HAPIILZT,
EST elected Governor.
On Tuesday, u Mr. GAUROW was going to
Ramsgate, to join a sailing party, accompanied
only by a Gentleman, the carriage was overturned,
but without any serious injury happening.

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No Fr.uch frigate ieltitiver his'i4rived at Rio
de Janeiro, as reported list week in the papers :
it Wes a cartel, with Purtugeesc rigours heel the
bile of France.
It is with pleasure we have it in our power
again to eotic.e an additional proof of the mein-
elk} good conduct, and, if it could be jnilged
necessary, of the essential services, of that ilia.
tituablit corns, the Royal Mariucs. Au extract
fruit) Lieut.-General Sir ET ItE Coozr's Orders,
dated Head-quarters, Alidklleburgh, August
1808:
" The service of the Battalion of Royal MorinN. under
the commas, of Cant. !JARS:EL, btin no longer regnimi
on shore. Liew.-Geta. Sir EYRE Court annul allow that
Carpet* be removed from Walchereoi without bearing MM.
anoul, in politic orders, to the soldier-like nod praise-worthy
conduct it has uniformly maintained, during its stay in the 1,
Island. and of whirl) (tae fissossrabk report has been
made ta me. Is) Lieut.-Col. Fans, cummandiug at Vete."
The ship of the line, building at Fleshing, is
begun to.be taken to pieces, fur the purpose of '
sending to England, and the other two ships are
to be completed, so that they may be launched there.
There was a repurt in circulation at Plymouth
on Ws:slow/Way, but how it came is not yet
known, that letters from an officer of the 31th
regiment, dated Tile, on the frontiers, the With
of August, state, that General Ca urußo's
brigade was ordered to halt ; that the country is
wretched, but nu emit of cattle, which our troops
ferret out, though the Portuguese endeavour to
'secrete them ; but by a stray bullock they ge.
tterelly bud out the herd. The first battalion of
the 1I th Regiment ha,l joined them iu perfect
health from Madeira. All the heat)! baggage 'of
General CRAUICIRD'S brigade was shipped on
the Tagus, and sent on for Lisbon. The officers
and men are but slightly equipped. This little
army is hutted in a valley, in a wood of olives.
and a park---a very pleasant situation. Nu
brandy or liquor to be gut fer money ; and the
wine of the country is described to be eiecrablc.
The only thing the Portuguese pay attention to is
the decoration
.of their churches, which in most
instances are very splendid, but all else is nothing
but rags and filthiness in the extreme. An officer
of the 58th, and two privates, were unfortunately
drowned, on the 25th of August, %%bile bAllsitig
in the Tagus, by the rapidity of the current.
Information having been received last week at
Playden, that some French Officers, on parole at
%Vantage, had broken their parole, and were sits-
peeled to Ira iu the vicinity of Rye, a hue-and-
cry was made after them ; and two Fiench Gen-
tlemen, bearing the rank of Captains,were taken,
about ten at night, at a bridge nett. Cliff's-End,
by a party of the East Kent Militia, and lodged
in the the guard-room of Playden Barracks.

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All the Spanish ships at Ferrol are said to be
ready fur ika, and under sailing orders. The
British squadron there consists of the following
ships, viz. Baljleur, T'onnant, Defiance, Tri-
umph, and Zealous, of the line, and Indcfatiga.
Ole frigate.
An article has appeared in some orthe pstpers,
stating that Sir Ww. Gums has left this country
with three companies of Guards for Portugal....
We have to say that it is Col. Jottit GUlblt, of the
Goer*, brother to Sir WILLIAM, who it . (;sp.
lain in the Gitoonoterahire Loral Militia.; •• •
A letter from Centime, dated the 14th instant,
status, Art they were in no dread of the French,
as the province eras perfectly covered by the
army, whit* would be augmented to more than
one-third of Its actual force, had they possessed
arms for the army of reserve, which has bt.vn train-
ing for some time past.
Ilk Once the Lord Archbishop of CANTNR-
BURT passed through Canterbury, with a part of
his fatuity, on Monday, on a visit to his son-iu-
law, the Honourable and Rev. lluon Penct,l
at Bishopsbourn. flis•Crace inteuds to hull an i
ordination at the Cathedral there on Sunday 'psi.
The states of Lord NeLso:s is finished at Bit-
mingham, and will be erected in the market-place,
on or before the ensiling 21st of October (the un.
niversary of the glorious victory of Trafalgar),
and will be splendidly illumieated the 25th of the
same month.

Thursday the Lonu MAYOR, according to an.
nual custom, went in state to Christ's Hospital,
attended by the Sheriffs and other City Otlicers,
when, after hearing a sermon preached in Coast.
Church, they were attended to the grand hall in
the ILispital by the Governors, where they heard
the orations delivered by the two oldest scholars,
the one in Lstin by Mr. J. AbAss, and the other
in English by Mr. T. MAL ; after which they re.
Caved the custeniary donations from the Lord
Mayor, Slieritfs, and most of the common which
appeared numerous and respectable.
Miss SIMITII, it is understood, is •engated as
one of the Drury-lane Company, for a limited
nainhor of nights, at the Lyceum, previous to
her going to the Bath Theatre, at which she is
to perform for four weeks, before bar retina to
Ireland.
The chary against Mr. Barrett, of Abelsneeh.
lases having eaciti.d more than ordinary ,
we insert the substauce of a haud.bill,
Worthing at rho time, and made out fro
seription Miss Latham gave, at the time o rape.
The bill eters a reward of one hundred guineas
for the apprehension of the offender, who is re.
presented as a man of genteel appearance, about
40 years of age, of ruddy complexion, tall, and
well made, with black hair and whiskers. lie
wore a slouched hat, black coat and waistcoat,
leather small clothes, and boots ; and he was sup.
posed to have lived at or near Worthing. Dated
June 20, 1800.
This haud.bill is far from a description of Mr.
Barrett, although from the information Craig the
Officer received at Worthing, he was led to sup.
pose ho was right in his object, and it was on this
ground alone that he took Mr. Barrett iu the
City, having obtained his address at Worthing,
where he is very well known. It will be recol-
lected, that in the Lady's testimony she declared
having seen the man who ravished her on the
inoruing of the 10th and 11th, previous to the
12th. It is on thecontrary proved by Mr. Back.
house and many others, th Mr. Barrett was in
London, on the 10th and 11th, as well at on the
12th.