The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-03 00:00:00

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rafts, APatr. t5.-srsThe Senate held' its sitting
entraordiaary yesteedayi under the presidency -of
the Arch Chancellor.,..A. Senatas Consultant was
adopted relatiaaloitusticurporation of a part of
Hollawsliwitli:4,lsorseech empire. .
Maishidliasseua,Duke of 11404 and Prince
of £sling, is going,. it is said,. to take the chief
cominassd.d.the Army of •Portegal, consisting of
the coros,of the peke of Elchingen, the Duke of
A brantiss,....aud Genera.% 11.04nier.-
The 111inister of Marine set off yesterday . for
Antwerp... It. appears certain that their Majes.
tics intend to visit that. .city, and that they will
cnotmence their journey from .Compeigne on Fri.
day morning. They vi .be accompanied by their
Excdtencies the Duke of Bassets°, Secretary of
State, Count Montativet, Minister of the Interior;
and th.! Doke of Cad Orr,, Minister fur Foreign
Affairs. They will return to Paris on or before
the 15th of May.
Their Imperial Highnesses the Viceroy and
Vice-queen of Italy have been, these several days
past, in Paris.
According to the latest advises from Spain, Ge-
neral Sebastiatii was at Malaga-on the Ist inst. to-
gether with his head quarters. The greatest trail.
prevailed there.
Letters from Ancona state, that a great number
of French Officers of distinction had passed
throo4ll that place, who were proceeding with .all
expedition, for Naples.
The American corvette the Jobs Adams sailed
from Havre on the 21st.
The 6000 marriages of soldiers ordered to take
place here in commemoration of that of his
jesty the Emperor and King, were celebeated yes.
terday in the various parish churches and chapels.
Aram 20.—Her Imperial Highness the Prin.
cess Borghese has returned from Compeigne.ta
Paris. ,
Their Majesties the. King and Queen of West.
phalia are making preparations for their cairn to
their states. . . • .
His Royal flightless 401Tereditary Grand Duke
of Baden passed through Strasburgh oa.tho 20th,
ou his way to Paris. .
Their Imperial Majesties, on their Ways to An.
twerp, will take a view_ of thi Canal..of St. Qviens
tin. The Doke of ltovigo left Ctustoeigninnilip
!2`2(1, for Antwerp, to make prepatatienal, in etan
tort with the Prefect, for their isicenithadatiOn.
The most splendid fetes. are to take place,
'in it
style suited to the maritime Situetion of thncity,
and the object of the Entoress's"visit. -
An article from. Baps. ine.of the folls
it itaut,
says:—" The Madrid Gdzatc of the 13th oon.
bins advises from Grenetla; dated .the• 28th' of
March. The greatest tranquillity now prevails
in that kingdom, which was so recently a prey fa
disturbances, and torn by, different faction*. The'
inhabitants, undeceived, think only of-henceforth
living peaceably under the paternal goveransont of
the King. His Catholic Majesty still reniained
Grenada -on the 24!h ofs March,: where 'he issued
a decree, abolishing, in Confirmity to the Con.
stitutiun, the exclusive privileges and personal
rights established by the. ancient Kings'.of Spain."
The marriage of the Princess of Leven, niece to
the Grand Duke of Frankfurt, with M. Timelier
de la Paget* created a Duke by the Emperor, is
shortly expected to take place, according to the
Frankfort journals. It was further rumoured,
that M. Tischer had been actually appointed Go!
enter of Frankfort.
M. Dubois Thainville, French Charge d'Af-
faires at Algiers, has arrived at Marseilles in an
Ismerican flag of truce, which left Algiers on the
Ist instant. .
The importation of German leather into e
States pf the Church is prohibited ; and aniithat
of France and Italy will for the future be admit.
ted.
A splendid monument of marble is to be erect-
ed on the spot where the EMpress•took leave of
her Austrian escort, and was consigned to the
hands of Frenchmen. An inscription, in letters of
gold, will transmit to posterity th) epoch of that
memorable event.
An article from 'Allele mentions that the Dutch
merchants are making great purchases of cotton
there, in consequeuce of a rumour that it will be
subjected to an impost in Holland after the Ist of
nest, month.
Gen. Grenier left Bologna on the 13th.inst. to
take a command in the army of Naples. •
• An artiste from Munkeh of the Mb says, that
- Gen. II • nay d'Hilliers had been recalled frJm
his commend in the Tyrol, ,having received another
destination of great importance. It was supposed
that he wasgoing to.Napies.
A tenor front Plosays, that a broad and hind.
some road is forthwith to be opened across the Py-
renees, to "estdblistt 6 c'emnsanication between the
department of the Lower Pyrenees and Navarre.
Oiders.haveteen received at- Orleans to pro.
pare-accommodations and rations for a diaitlims of
light cavalry and' three divisions of infantry. •
AGRAM) MARCH 23.4—The following is said to
be the occasion of the hoktilities that have taken
place on the frontiers of Croatia. Pursuant to
ancient treaties, the Porte, ought to -have ceded to
Austria some fortresses, castles,- and districts
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the frontiers of Croatia ; but this stipulation had
not been carried into execution. This part of
Croatia having been ceded to-France by the Treaty
of Vienna, the French Government enfoceed :its
rights to the places in
.question, and 'demanded 'the
cession of them onthrpa,rt of the Porte.
The French end allied troops stationed. at Cux-
haven, and the moelli‘a haft been'ret-'
inforeed. • .
VIENNA, APRIL 12..7".4.general regulation
is
talkeil.Of, in consequence .of. vslah soffee,*ill be
entirely prohibited in the Austrian States. it.
can only be imported, in that ease,-
,by spcciallli-
cencos, in the same manner as other.commoditim
brought from foreign countries. „As to sugar, Ito
new regulation has been adopted, because that
article is indispensably imposery in pharmacyt
V‘NICE,' 40.77-rreparations arc soak.
ing to our grand marine arsenal 'for the construc-
tion of a certain number of ships of the lino and
frigates. An immense quantity of ship timber has

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arrived here lately .-by. seas front Dalmatia,..and-
more Cargoes arerxpected,..the'English having to-
tally withdrawn from this pert of the Adriatic.
The Russian brigs and cutters here, that were
lately ceded to France, are fitting out with the at-
most activity. •
NAPLFS, 114-•••• A deem has just beett:
issued by his Mijesey,onlering that svgat, coffee,
cocoa, and other articles, supposed to be English
merchandize, and being prize goods, in future be.
entered for home consumption in his dominions,
on paying a duty of 40 per cent. ad valorem.
• Cotton cloth and muslins arc excepted from this
regulation, unless proved to be of French or Ita-
lian manufacture.
TIEIthIA.NSTADT, ALsncu 26.—1 t is asserted,
.that Mr. Adair, the gnglish Ambassador to the
, Sublime Porte, applied for permission to attend
all the political deliberations of the Divan; but
thattlic Grand Seigyior garc him a positive re-
'cal.

fusel.
in the various skirmishes the Turks have had
with the combined Russian and Servian army,
they gain patter to the few Russian soldiers who
fell into their hands, hut had no mercy on the
Servians. They regard the latter as their former
subjects, and consequently treat them as rebels.
Tney impale or behead them, accompanying this
barbarous operation with the most flitter irony.
MI that has been heretofore related of the milita.
ry ferocity of thegurks is nothing in comparison
to the,raanur In which they treated.a detachment
of the scrviaas which they had cut off from their
main body.- Those of the Servians who chance
to be made prisoners, seem astonished that they
are suffered to live, and much more that any at.
-ode should be paid to their wounds.

tention._ _
The military organization of the Ottoman army
seems to be as bad as ever. It was rumoured that
the Grand Seignior intended to take the command
of his grand army in person ; but, a few days
Slime, he had not yet set of from Constantinople.
ge',4tas but a' poor opinion of his troops, and
seems little inclined to expose his person to the
hazard of a battle. The army is almost totally
destitute of field artillery, ball, and a number of
the most necessary articles.
Letters from Malta state, that a numbetnlFt4
'fish Officers bad gone to Constantinople to obtain
the Grand Seiga,inespertnission to serve with the
Turkish troops.. r .
Itaxorca..,,AVast. 12.—The Gazette-. of tail

city has appeared this day, for the first time, With
the arms of Westphalia.
The extraordinary war contribution has been
continued for the months of April, May, and June.
There are still in the Hanoverian territory six
regiments of French cavalry.
As the act of cession to the Crown of Westplia.
lia of this country, reserves'eely at the disposal of
France a tract coutai.ning a population of 15,000
souls, and as the duchy of Lauenburgli contains
40,000, it is alleged that a part of the revenues
proportioned to this dilfereuce will be paid into the
Treasury at Cassel.
Beitx.ts, APRIL 10.—The relations betweeo
our Court and that of the Thuillcries are still of
the most amicable complexion. Time, it is said,
has been granted for discharging the arrears of the
contributions ' but our Court is taking measures
for their immediate payment.
According to the last accounts from Breslau,
there have been frequent disturbances in the rie.
atre there. They were occasioned by young Offi.
cers who, perhaps conceiving themselves to be
living in the year 1806, thought that they might
indulge in rioting with impunity. They have been
put under arrest, and will be severely punished.
There has been apprehended here a M. P. As..
cher, a literary Jew, and author of some well.
known productions, who has taken the liberty of
writing some severe strictures against the Superior
Authorities of the State.
Their Majesties set off this morning for Pots-
dam, to remain there during the reviews, which
will continue six weeks. Their Majesties will
not proceed to Silesia until the reviews are com.
pletely over. They .will pass the summer alter..
nattily at Charlottenburgb and Perez.
lIAMBIAGiI, APRIL 17.--.OUr city has been
compelled to abandon the idea of giving an enter-
tainment during the three Easter holidays, be,.
cause, upon M. Rainville*s plan, it would have
cost at least 100,000 marks, a sum considered ex-
orbitant ender existing circumstances. What the
festivities will be that are to take place in honour
of the marriage of his Majesty the Emperor of
France, is not yet known. It is rumoured, that
all the French troops now in Holland, are to be
marched here to attend the solemnity. -
We learn that orders have been received at Got.
tenburgh from Stockholm, to erect batteries
along the cotist, and particularly to put that port
in the best state of defesice. Similar orders have
been seat to Carlscrona. It is alledged that the
English, *who mere hourly expected at Gotten.
biirgh and in the Baltic, have received instructions
io obtain pneaseian of one .or other of the above
ports, and also of the' Swedish fleet. They are
Nether expected to make an attempt to occupy
one Of the larger Danish Wands; as s naval sta-
. don for, the. protection of their trade to the Baltic.
Information his beeu receitedletbat notwithstand-
' tog the rigid proicriPtion of
,commerce along the
-coast of lkat sea; 'the. English still flatter them.
selves that they shall be Ole to carry on some de-
gree of traffic,„ and that a great 'number of mer.
chantrnitiwre actually. equipping for that desti-
-SUOMI. •
The most rigid regulations are enforced at the
gates of this city, to prevent the clandestine im-
portation of colonial merchandise (rein Altona.
A. part of the French troops destined, accord.
ing to the late treaty, to in Holland, will
occupy the coasts of the department of East
Friczeland and the mouth Of the Ems. The
French cordon will thence extend along the coast
of the, former circle of Westphalia, as 'far as the
mouth of the,Weser., Ait these triopS will he
under the comifiend of Marshal Quditiot, the
'Duke of Reggio. t•
ROTTERPAA) A,PIUL 28.—From Hiortine, un-
der date of the llth inst. we leirri, ihat four 1:lan.
ish gun-boats, under the cominatild of Lieutenant
Schibstecr, bad captured the Eue,lish. gun-boat
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itatinat;dist slitholt, andirbielatii already tab_
siihOressels. From 'the polic we are farther in:
forttufB; that stoutish brig of war hid varriedinto.
Norwitytivo 'English vessels, laden with spits aud•
wheat. C..4'
•On the 19th, there *as semi fighting tit .4
Inslar:Rig, between an English frigate and some its
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fader vessels on the one side, and* detachment d!
the 9th Dutch regiment on the other, in . cone'
quence of the enemy's attempting to bring off the.
Cuckoo, which went on shore there. On this oc-
elision, Lieut. Boma, and a grenadier of the 9th
regiment, were wounded. The Lieutenant died
et' his wound a few hours after. The ship was set
rots fire.
The Dutch privateer the Snell Jager, captured.
on the 21st, and has brought into the Vlie, the
Vrow Anna, 3. H. Lange, Master, from Moga.
lure for Groningen. The brow - Margaretha,
from Eahrsunil, fur Harlingen, has been cap-
tured by tie same privateer, and carried into Ters-
chelling.
The French privateer St. J. Baptiste, carried
into the Vlie, on the 21st, the Vrow Catharine,
I. A. • Biship, Master, from London for Gronin-
gen, in ballast. She was captured six miles S.W.
of Terschelling.
Carried into Dunkirk, by the Ohservateur
French privateer, an Ainericais vessel, laden with
cotton; tobacco, &c. ; and by the Vigilant French
privateer two brigs from England for Sweden, with
salt,
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The ship Favourite, Captain FREEMAN, from
Sierra Leone, bound to Loudon, which arrived
last week in the Channel, is laden With a valuable
cargo of ivory, gum, canewood, &c. She sailed
Word Sierra Leone six weeks since, and brings no
particular news. Mr. DOUGLAS, charged with
dispatches for Governmeet, came passenger in her.
Ile brought home two enormous snakes ; they
are so gentle and harmless that a child may handle
them without the" least danger ; they are. daily fed
with rite ; one of them is about seven feet in
length, and the thickness of a utait's kg, the
other not enite so large.
Last Sunday night Hampton House, the scat of
Vice-Adniiial 'Sir E. Pellew, Bart. was broken
open, an robbed of about 3001.'1 worth of plate,
among-whicb, there was an elegant silver salver,
value 100 guineas, Presented to him by the Pa.
triotic Fund at Lloyd's, in compliment to his ta.
king La Cleopatre, in the year 1794. The-thieves
left the erhpty plate-chest in the garden, and all
the articles that were plated on the grass plot.
Sir E. Pellew has offered 100 guineas reward.
Last week, at liblyhead, as one of the Express
boats- was preparing for sea, in weighing the an-
chor, the handspike broke, by which a seaman
who was using it was struck in the temple, and
knocked overboard. lie was instantly taken up,
but his life was gone.
OnThursday last, Robert Dykes was drowned
in the river Dee, below Abergeldie, in attempting
to bring from Ballochbuie a raft of timber down
the river, in company with one Shaw,. a • floater
from the river Spey. The raft was broken upon
the rocks in the river, and carded down in single
trees by the stream. Shaw was saved with great
difficulty. The body of the unfortunate Dykes
was afterwards fourid nearly four miles below the
place where the fatil accident happened, earl was
decently interred in the church-yard of Glen.
muick.
It having been stated in several of the Papers of
the 26th ult. that Joseph, the porter at the Sara.
een's-head Inn, was concerned in stealing some
goods, it is but justice to that person to say, that
the statement is utterly void of foundation.
On Tuesday, as a man belonging to Justice
Hall, in the 'Old Bailey, was passing through the
Temple, he observed a woman whom he knew to'
be shad character, With a child about three of
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four years of age.. She appeared to be enticing 1
the child away with her, which induced him to„
watch her.. He heard her promisethe child a drum
and a fiddle ; she took it into a pastry.cook's
shop in the Strand, and gave it a tart. He fol.
lowed her till she went into Johnson's a.la.mode-
beef.shop, in Clare.court, and then went and gave
informition at the Poblic.office, How-street. Mr.
Nimes, the sitting Magistrate, sent Rivett, the
officer, who brought the woman and child before
the Magistrate. The child was too young to give
an account of itself. From the tale of the wo-
' man, and inquiries made by the officers, it was as-
certained that the child was at nurse with a wo.
man who is a laundress in the Temple, and who,
while she was 'alt aling to her chambers, had in.
trusted the child to a woman, who had left it in
care of the prisoner. The laundress who had the
child under' her care, was in very great distress
when she was traced out. The prisoner was dis.
Charged.
Some ancient Roman silver medals were, a few
days since, found in the peat earth cast out of the
bottom of a deep moss ditch, at Crosswood.hill, the
. property of Annan* Sorsicel Esq. W. g. in the
parish of West Calder, and county of Edinburgh.
They arc in great preservation. It is probable, as
there was a Roman camp in the neighbourhood,
that these coins had belonged to some one of the
Roman officers stationed there, perhaps in the time
of the Emperor MARCUS. Anituaus ANTONINUS,
as one of the medals bears his narne,"and others have
the names of the Empress PAUSTINA, his wife, and
of his predecessors DOUITI AN, TRAJAN,II.% D RI AN,
and Pius. From the circumstances in which these
coins were found, it is probable they weredrupt on
the surface of the ground, upwards of 1600 years
ago. That the ground was then covered with a
growing wood is obvious, from the branches of
birch trees (that have• still their form and bark
entire) in which the coins were enveloped. Even
the peat bog into which this wood is now convorted
(the Romans, sihile in possession 9f this country,
having commonly burnt down, or otherwise de-
stroyed the woods) still bears the general name of
Counshaw, f. 'e. the Iller6' Wood. The medals.
were lying. five feet beneath the present malice,
rind aka solid peatwarth funned above the remains
Of theivrood, and composed of half-decayed spar.
,gum, iind other moss plants, and must have taken
all the above-mentionO• number of years to in-
crease five fect.in thickness.