The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-17 00:00:00

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- FRENCH PAPERS.
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r4nrs, Nov. s.—lt isrepo ried that hii Majettt.
/ill shortly make an excursion to Cherburgh.:
[Front the Moniteur of November 4')
" Tadao Raorli; Oct. 22, lA
6( SIR,—We have read in Nos. 2131 and 'lBB of
the Alouiteur, under the London head, extracts
(rum the English papers, containing tho very Mac.
curate letter .of Captain Blackwood, which has ex.
cited the indignation of the whole. They will all
affirm that wily one ship of the line, the Ajax, and
the Amelia frigate; were utile to St t within gun-
shot of the enemy's three vessels, on account of the
tuba failure of the wind at first, and its changing
so muck aftemards, that the enemy were to wind.
ward, and of course had it in their power to begin
the attack • but so far were they from wishing a re.
Inewal of the combat, and bearing down for that
purpose ou the Amelia and Ajax, that they made
all sail.
" The bravery of the sailors belonging to this
squadron is not at all inferior to that of the Eng.
lish • and the time perhaps will come, when Capt.
Blackwood will have occasion to give a different
r 4 of courage from that which he has boasted.'
t isnot true that the fiag.ship, of 130 guns, fired a
bieetlaide upon alit Captain, or the other vessels ;
if it bad, they would have felt it. It requires the
English propensity to boasting to suppose that the
fire of three ships of that nation could silence the
fire,of six of ours, and oblige them to make off. '
Thorp is nut one of our Captains wbo does
not wish to be laid aloug.side Captain Blackwood
for an boor, for the purpose of teaching him to
hold his tongue, or tell truth. He has already had
proofs of the superiority of our artillery over that
of the English, since he has acknowledged that be
had a Lieutenant and seven men killed, and 13
wounded, and that on board the two ships of his
Majesty's squadron which were cannonaded by*the
.three English ships of the line, the frigate, and
sloop, under the command of Captain Blackwood,
there was not one person hurt.

" AN OFFICER OF THE MEDITER-
RANEAN SQUADRON."

On tha 29th of last month all the men of war and
vessels in Brest displayed their colours in honour. of
the victory obtained at Coimbra by the French
army of Portugal.
BAMBERG, OCT. 28.—A1l the Colonial produce
in our warehouses was seized yesterday.
FONTAINIVLAI), Nov. 5.--Yesterday, Sunday,
his Imperial Highness Prince Louis Charles Napo.
leon, and the children of his Serene Ilighnese the
Prince of Neufchatel.; of their Excellencies the
Dukes of Montebello, Bassano, Cadore; Count de
Comae; Dukes of Treviso, Belluno, and Abrantes ;
and Count Dejeah; of M. M. Counts Beauliarnais,
Rumen, Ddru, Ducbatel, Caffarelli, Lauristoo,
Lemarrois, Defratices Tritenne, La Grange, and
Gros; Barons Curial, Colberts Gobert, and Count
Becker, were held at thelitiptismal Nut by their
Majesties the EMporor and Empress, in the chapel
of the Palace of Fontainbleaus and baptized by his
Eminence Cardinal Pesch, ,Grand Almoner.
Diming Divine Service, M. M. Camuss appointed
to the bishoprick of Aix.la.Cbapelic age. to
that of Noway; add Rlturo-a; Orleans,
took the oaths before his Majesty. •
It is believed that the Court will slot quit Fon.
lainblcan till the 20th or 29th of thill month.
A Decree, issued at Fontainbleau the ist instant,
exempts from Cestom.house duties, all colonial pro.
duce brought from the Isle of France, Batavia, and
the other colonies in the East and West Wits be.
longing to France, if they ire directly imported in
French or Dutch vessels.
Colonial produce imported front the same places
is American vessels are only to pay a (earth of
:the dulled established by the Decree of the sth of
August
[The Dectee is to have a setrospeCtive effect, and
to be in force froth the sth of August, NM]
OSA NIFORT, No*. 2.—The measures adopted
here respecting British merehautlize and colonial
produce stre also put id force in the kingdom of
Bavaria, They commenced at Ratisbon oh the
night of the 26th ult. Alt the warehouses and shops
in that city, dealing in ouch articles, Wert) Occupied
by soldiers and shut. -
Lettste, 25.—1 t id repotted that d thse.
dish Edict will shortly appear, which will riot only
adopt the same measures respecting colonial pro.
dace that the other Powers attached to the conti.
neutal system have; bolt Will also contain some very
tigotous *filtrations relating to British merchandise.
Such articles are to be put Oitt of elretdatido
every part Of