The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-16 00:00:00

I'ATESMAN.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
SIVITIKIRLAND OCT. 21.—A traveller, arrived
from Toulon at Lausanne, 'wires us that he saw
the French fleet sail from tharport. It consists
of 17 sail of the line, of different rates, and many
transports.
PA its, Nov. 4.—The Duke of Abrantes ar-
rived at Frankfort on the 171 h, where be mei re-
ceived with the honours due to his rank. After a
stay of an hour and a half, during which he vi.
sited the Commandant Baron Xweyer, and re-
ceived the compliments of the Staff and Field Offi-
cers, he continued his journey to Mentz.
M. Arrago has been elected successor to the ce-
lebrated !Amide, in the Section of Astronomy,
of the First Class of the French Institute. M.
Arrago, who had, with M. Blot, been appointed
to measure a degree of the Meridian in Spain, has
encountered varlets+ dangers. He was at one time
a prisoner with the insurgents, soon after fell into
the hands of the Algerines, and, lastly, was cap.
tared by the English. From the latter he effected
his escape only by a feat of singular coura4e and
cohtlect on the part of the Algerine Captain, with
whom he was when captured.
M. Dubois Thainville, Consul General of
France at Algiers, arrived here a few days since,
having, during a period of line years, maintained
with hoissnir the character and dignity of a French.
man, not ..vithataniliog the singular policy of the
Barbary stales, and the intrigues of the English.
He effected the release of the French, Genoese,
and Italian prisoners without ransom, and wit-
missed three bloody revolutions, which placed
Marto sew Devi upon the all-tattering throne of

Letters from AID candria of the 28th ill. men-
'ion, that the Counsellor of State, Dauchy, whoa•
his M ijesty has nom stated Intendant-General of
the Illyrian Provinces, had proceeded to his desti-
nation. M. Kooseer succeeds him as Intendant
of the Departments on the other side of the Alps.
M. Bourguing, the French Minister at Drtsden,
is expected to precede, by some days, his Ma-
jesty the King of Saxony, in his journey to (his
capital. His Majesty will, it is supposed, pass
through Frankfort on the oth instant.
'Marshal Ney, and his Excellency the Minister
of Finance, left town yesterday for Fontainbleau.
According to an article from Buda, of the 12th
ult. her Imperial Highness Maria Anna, lab Ab-
bess of the Royal Nunnery at Prague, sister to
the Emperor Francis, has paid the debt of nature.
She was born on the 21st of April, 1770. After
passing,several years at Rump, she lately returned
to Hungary, where she departed this life at Neu-
dorf, near Temiswar.
The brigade of General Menerd, consisting et'
3000 men, was expected at Frankfurt on the 30th,
or the day following.
Letters of the 25th ult. from Lintz, state, that
the corps of Marshal Macdonald was then in Sti-
ria, but wits soon to begin its march fur Clageu.
furth. This corps will, it is thought, penetrate
into the Tyrol by the Pusterthal, should the in.
habitants of that p•ovince, which is very improba.
ble, continue to resist the Bavarian troops.
NUttRKSERG, Oc•r. 22.---According to advice.
from Munich, two French and two Bavarian
Generals have proceeded with the Prince of Lich-
terstein to the frontiers of the TyrA, to inform
the Tyroltse Committee, who have been invited
to meet them there, that their country will never
mem eawassaradoe the 4/mission of Assists but will
remain subject to the Crown of Bavaria, and to ex.
bort them to be submissive and obedient to their
lawful Sovereign. A person at Saltzburgh has
laid a bet of 100 Napoleons d'or, that the Ty.
rolese will be completely subdued before the end
of the month.

FIANC&PORT, OCT. 31.--The Marshal Duke
of Dintztc arrived here ow the :Wilt.

Generrl [Lolled, who comma; ds a division of
the Bth corps, is still here.
The Prussian Colonel Krusemarck passed
through this place, on the seth, with dispatches
for Piris.
COYINHAOIN, Oct. 24.---Various letters have
been addre.sed to the Norwegian Government,
containing further particulars respecting the preda-
tory operations of some English men of war on the
Finmark coasts, in the months of Jima sad July

Ist.
The Snake cutter brig, of 18 guns, appeared off
ihaveg, on the 4th of July, and under a heavy
eanuonade, lauded two boats filled with armed
men, who immediately entered the place, hoisted
the English flag, burst open the church doors,
broke the puor.box in pieces, carried off the me.
ncy in it, and committed various other enormities.
They remained on shore until the 19th, when
they returned on board the brig, which had in
the mean time put to sea, but returned on
the 17th with the brig Fang, of 14 guns, Captain
Stigler. Both brigs, having provided themselves
With a supply of wood and water, sailed again oit
the 21st July. On the 22d, they stood in to.
wards the village of Hativrnerfert, and landed a
detachment ; who, after an action of an hour and
a half with the garrison, consisting of 28 suldiek
and 50 inhabitants of the coast, destroyed this
batteries, which were mounted with four 6-pours.
dens, and re-embarked on the 30th July. On
the 4th, they captured three Norway boats offl
naives.
The Naval Lieut. Holstein has carried into
Keil a prise, which he cut off from the enemy's
convoy.
Manua, OCT. 15.—Posterity, on perusing the
history of our present troubles, will hardly cre-
dit the atrocities which the Spanish nation, in other
respects so brave and generous, have been led to
perpetrate. A character of cruelty has been im-
pressed on the present internal war, of which we
find no enasple in the history of civilized nations,
and but few instances in that of barbarous coun-
tries. It 'sakes one shudder to hear of the atro-
cities, which armed parties commit upon those
unfortunate French soldiers, or travellers whom
they fall in with, in a 'tate completely clefenoeipoi,
and whom they put to death, without
amidst every description of torture. Such ff:l4
of warfare is reprobated by religion, humanityp,
and the law of nations.

But it is not enough to tulerate such *normal' s;
they are even stamped with the names of heroism
and patriotism. Thus, in the Seville Gaulle-of
the 17th ult. one Xavier de Mesta is praised for
having, with a band of self-called patriots, infest.
ed the roads between Pampeluna and Saragossa,
and basely ill treated and butchered suck scrag.
Ming Frenchmen as fell in his way. In the paper
just mentioned, this man is denominated brave,
though he has ttever had spirit enough to serve in
the Spanish army, or to meet in the field a French
corps, consider& ly inferior in numbers to his fol.
lowers. In order to merit that title, the wretch
bouts that he has, with his own hand, assassinated
a number of Frenchmku; and, among others, that
he shot a General of Disision in his carnage.
A Decree has been published here, in which his
Majesty says, that he has learnt with regret, that
in consequence of existing abuses with regard to
the collection of tythes, the parochial clergy •f
his kingdom are actually destitute of the necessa.
rics of life ; and being anxious to put an end to
such a state of things, by a permanent provision
fur the subsistence of a class of subjects not less
useful and respectable than that of the higher
clergy, he has fixed the minimum of the stipends
of the parochial priests at 400 ducats a-year.

OXFORD, Nor. 10.
This morning the Rev. Charles Henry Hall,
D. D. was installed Dean of the Cathedral Churck
of Christ, iu this University. This ceremony took
place at 10 o'clock, and was remarkable, from
the number of distinguished persons who attended
it, in compliment to the new Dean, who is uoi.
venially beloved, anal highlp.reipected as a pro.
found scholar and accomplished Gentleman.
Bail it not been for the circumstance of Lord
Grenville being now a candidate for tn: Chancel.
lurship, that Nobleman, who is the distinguisited
ornament of this College, intended to have beets
present at this installatiuo.
The service was performed by the Rev. S. Stake
ton, Precentor of the Cathedral, an office which
he has -filled with great respectability for many
years.
The oaths of fealty and allegiance were admi-
nistered to the Dean by the Rev. Dr. Batten, the
senior Canon, in a most dignified manner ; after
which Mr. Robert Morrell, the n irthy Registrar,
real aloud, in an audible voice, the King's Let.
tens Patent, recommending Dr. Hall's election.
The Marquis of Worcester, Lord Sidney Op.
borne, Lord Apsley, the Hon. Messrs. Camps..
Lister, Douglas, Bathurst, &c. ; Canons li ...14y, •
Jackson, Dowdeswell, and Smith ; the Revere 1.1
Messrs. Coyne, Atterbury, Conybeare, and 'rai ~
ley, senior Masters; and lifty.oue under.graiturte
Students were present.
Mr. James Cross, in the absence of Dr. Crotch,
presided at the organ, with his usual execution
and taste.

After the ceremony., the Noblemen, and other
Members of the College, were entertained at the
Deanery with a sumptuous collation.
Nov. 11.—Thursday last the futlowing Gentle.
men were admitted to degrees:—
Masters of Arts :-..lice, R. Simpson, of Meg.
dalen-hall ; Rev. E. Jones, of Jesus; Rev. R.
R. Wright, and Rev. F. H. Papendick, of Tri.
nity-college.
Bachelor of Music :...Mr. Jay, of Magdalen.
hall.

The• King has beet► phased to greet to the Revs
Wm. Henley, D. D. the office of Regius Professor
of Divinity in this University, together with the
dignity of a Canon of the Cathedral Church of
Christ in the said University.
The Rev. John Leinpriere, D. D. formerly of
Penibrukc.cellege, in this University, is licensed
by the Lord Bishop of Exeter, to the Free Gram.
mar School of that City.

CAMBRIDGE, h'or. 13.

The Rev. John Ellis, M. A. one of the senior
Fellows of King's College, is presented by the
Provost and F ellows of that Society, to the Vicer
rage of Waves Wotton, in Warwickshire, aacant
by the death of the Rev. M. T. Becher.
Os Friday last ease on in the Senate House, the
election of a Public Orator (the Rev. R. Tatham,
M. A. Junior Proctor and Fellow of St. John's.
college, and the Rev. R. Walpole, M. A. of Tri.
nity-cullage, having been the preceding day nomi-
nated by the Breads of Colleges) whets the numbers
were, fur Mr. Tatham 153, and fur Mr. Walpole
134. The Senior Proctor of course declared the
former duly elected.
On Saturday also came oe in the Senate House,
the election of a University Printer, the seine b%-
ing vacant by the resignation of Mr. Richard
Watts, when the numbers were, fur Mr. John
Smith 122, and for Mr. Henry Bryer lb (they
having been nominated the preceding day by the
Heads of Colleges); of course the former was de.
dared duly elected.
At a Congregation held this day, the office of
Usiversity Registrar was declared vacant by the
death of the Res. George Borlase, B. O. etre the
Vice-Chancellor appointed Tuesday, the 11,1 inst.
fur the nomination of tee Gentlemen from among
the several candidates, and fixed the following day
(Wednesday) for the election.
The Rev. R. J. Geld trt, B. A. of Catherine_
hall, Is elected a Skirnc Feilow of that Society.
Mr. Mitchell, A. B. of Pembroke-hall, is
elected a Fellow of Sidney College.
The Seatonian Prize is this leer adjudged to
George Prynse, Eaq. M. A. bellow of Trinity
College, for his poem---The Conquest of Canaan.

Letters from klansburgh complain, that the Bri.
tish ship of war, appointed to the elation at the
' mouth of the Elbe, is not always in the way; es
soon as it disappears, the Denials gunboats take
advantage of its absence, and capture many of the
vessels laden with British property, in the short
ran between Cuxhaven awl Heligoland.
The Arroursey.Ganzuxt. of Ireland ie, it is
said, speedily to be elevated to the chief seat in
the Court of King's Bench, in the room of the
present LORD CUM JVIITICL) who is expected is
i resign.

~~

Pi