The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-31 00:00:00

FROPOSITI TENAX.

LONDON:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31.
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W E have at length arrived precisely at that point
of failure and disaster which has long been fare-
seen by such as chose to erase their under-
standings. Our Expeditij t the Scheldt returns
to England—unsucceslul. Our gallant army in
the Peninsula indiguantly retires before superior
uumbers—and Ischia and Procida, in the Bay of
Naples, are evacuated by Sir Jour SWART.
Thus have failed all our Expeditions—and the
efforts, we blush to use the term, of England
have had no more influence on the contest in Ger.
many, than the Protest and excommunication of
the el-dermal Pope, now reduced to his pastoral and
pristine simplicity of character, a mere Bishop!!!
Of those who weakly avert their eyes from that
on which they dread to look—.who prefer the fa.
brications—the fallacies—the delusions...the con.
tradictions—and the absurdities of the Nabob's
Morning Post—The Timm.—.The Courier...-
and the whole tribe of hirelings, we implore their
attention to the real state to which England is at
last reduced. Observations, applicable to the af.
fairs of common life, are nut less so to those of
nations, and we all know, that when an iadivi.
dual refuses to examine his real situation, des.
truction invariably follows. England, in extent
of surface, and in population inferior, but in
point of actual power, possessing, as she dual
the Ocean—certainly euperfor to even the colos-
sal power of France—after having goaded that
kingdom to war, has absolutely failed la every
effort to restrain her power—and it is ne
longer possible to doubt that Naeottos now
reigns paramount over the entire Continent
of Europe. Peace with Austria can no longer be
doubtful. In the prospect of this event we cer.
tainly feel satisfaction, from our 6r :n conviction
that the reuewal of hostilities would have led, and
that most speedily, to the absolute extinction of
the Austrian Monarchy. Whatever may be the
delusive expectations of the impossibility of re-
straining commerce, the crisis is approaching with
accelerated velocity in which the Continent of Eu-
rope, as to our commerce, will be hermetically
sealed. Then, and not till then, will the people of
England be taught, that a too widely extended
commerce cannot eoufer permanent power on
any nation. The contest in which England is
now struggling, is specifically a war for commerce.
Do we approach the object for which we drew the
sword ? Is that object, in the belief of any man of
ordinary understanding, now attainsble by the
further efforts of England ? We have persevered
until NAPOLEON has surrounded himself, as Mr.
' Sinai na s most truly observed, with thrones...-
Ho has Monarchs for his centinels.—They are
fixed, immoveably fixed; and Louts on the Scheldt,
JOACHIM in Naples, and Jon'', in Spain, will,
in spite of all our efforts, reign %here N
!OLSON has placed them. England must at last
return to that peace which she wantonly broke
—and there can be no passible consequences
resulting from peace, which may not he antici.
pated by a continuance of war. NAPOLEON
will acquire ships, commerce, and colonies ;
land suppose he does, is not the world wide enough
for us all ? Is it possible that an Island in the
Western part of Europe shall be able per-
manently to maintain that monopoly, against
which not only France, but also all Europe
is contending? Vain hope! Because we have
spent some hundred millions in war, nothing
will do but that those whom we cannot subdue,
shall contribute to pay their shares of our expen-
diture. That In fact is the true state of the case.
4, We owe 700 millions ; how can we pay the into.
" rut without trade, and how can wo have trade
" if we make Peace." To this we would simply
ask, what trade will you have in twelve months
if the war is not terminated ? Where are ,
we to fight next ? Suppose the Isles of France
and Bourbon in the East—and Guadalnupc in thel
West Indies, to be in our possession...that even all
intercourse bet wan Asia, America, and A frica shall I
be interdicted to the Coutinent of Europe. Will that
interdiction diminish the power of NAPOLEON and
his tributary Emperors and Kings ? The hope is
vain. England bas always been formidable—and
is now more capable of defending herself against
any effort that may be made by NA roue° e, than the
was in the reign of ELISANETII.—Tho power
and military reputation of Spain at that period,
bore a strong resemblance to that of France at
this moment. Nothing so certainly tends to con.
esilidate, invigorate, and extend the power of
Krause as war, and nothing would so certainly

dispose her people to a peesseeot peace, as ship!,
colonies, and commerce.

The intelligence received from Lord Wittrirc.
von contains no information of which we were
not before possessed. Ire was at Deleitera on the
Bth. It is the opinion of well-informed persons,
that If he has the geod fortune to conduct the
British army to a point of embarkation,
Went: will be more conspicuously displayed
than in any former action of his life.
Ten SPANIARDS ARE ROOTEDLY AVERSE TO rllr
PRESIIKCE OF A BRIT/SU AP.MY IN SPAIN. ThIS
is an important fact, of which wo hare not
the smallest doubt. The Spaniards arc jealous
of our presence in Spain...and the appointment
of Lord WELLING-run, as Generalissimo—has
finally ruined the cause.....the Spaniards arc no
longer unanimous—they are a divided people.

Ix is at length discovered that the Expedition
was undertaken on erroneous information.--tio Ur
from the Dutch receiving us with open arms, as the
City Ncgociant, who furnished Ministers with
that futile intelligence led them to believe, the
Dutch huts us with the spirit of an envious rival ;
our commerce has risen on the ruins of that of
Holland, once pre.etniiient. We have destroyed thtir
navy, captured their colonies, ruined their trade...
and expect to be received with open arms ! ! !...
We boasted of what could be effected by corn.
merce—Franco saw it—all Europe saw it—and
the Continent of Europe determined to have m 3.
nufactures and commerce. There is room enough
for all. We Lave capital, experience, ingenuity,
and industry, and may have happiness and com.
fort by peace—inevitable, certain misery by war.
The German Papers coutain no positive infor-
mation of peace—but that event is pat beyond all
doubt. The French troops inundate, and will now
ultimately suldtsgate•Spaia.—Turkey is doomed to
fall, and a conjoint effort of France and
Russia is certainly meditating against India.—That
the destruction of our monopoly in Asia is the
interest of all Europe, we think no one will be
found sufficiently hardy to deny.
To the list of European Monarchs is to bo
added ALEXANDER BERTNIER, who, from Prince
of Ncerca.txxt., it appears, is destined by NAPO.
J.gaN to reign over the countrymen of WILLIAM
TELL ! and the once free Republicans of Holland
and of Switzerland, may now exclaim...

Tetnpora mutilator et not costumer in
England herself now stands upon a precipice,
more imminently dangerous than any to the brink
of which she has ever yet been driven by her M.
nister, or by her passions—and nothing but the
voice of tho people—log(lly, irresi3tibly ex.
pressed, can save her!
In thus avowing uur sentiments on thereat state
of Engla.l,l, we have abstained from learning Mi-
nisters. The change of Ministers we deem ;utterly
unimportant. The present are, perhaps, as good
as those who might succeed them under Mc pre.
seat system—for it is by a total change of system
and public sentiment that Enitlas4 can alone bo
saved.

It wag reported in the City yesterday, That C.
moment had acceded to a proposition front
Prance and Austria, to lend an Ambassador to a,
Congress, to be held fur the purpose of :legalist-
ing a general peace. Lord Sr. Her.rm's was said
to be actually nominated for this purpose. The
report excited a considerable sensation in the City,
and perhaps had its origin in some Stock-jobbing
speculation.
A most improbable rumour is current on the
Continent, that the Archduke CHARLES was to
be engaged on a mission to ALEXANDER, to ap-
prise that Potentate of the danger of his situation,
from his subservience to BONAPARTE) and of the
necessity of his joining in the common cause of
Germany, to resist the encroachments of NAro.
LEON, who was endeavouring to extend his empire
from the White Sea to the Easteru Shores of the
Mediterranean.

Letters from Spain of a late date, Mention that
Dun Tnostas MoULA, who delivered Madrid up to
the French, ■as killed in the battle at Talavera de
la Re•yna.
The Monarch, Resolution, Ajax, Hero, and
Revenge, of 74 guns each, arrived on Tuesday
at Portsmogih, with about three thou'and pri-
soners on board, being part of the garrison of
Flushing. They are to be confined on board
ships now preparing fur their reception at Ports-
mouth.

Yesterday morning Sir SIDNEY SMITH had a
long conference with Lord MULGaATE, at his mi..
dence at the Admiralty.
On Thursday the remains of Lord 11. STI:4 RT,
who died lately at Waiderskare-house, were con.
veyed through Canterbury with great funeral
pomp, fur interment at Cardiff Castle, in Gia.
morganshire. . . .

Curd Fot.surosa is on a visit to his friends in
the county of Norfolk.
The following letter has been received by a
House at Liverpool, from Sicily
:-
" 6 MESSINA, JULY 17.—With respect to poli.
tical events in this quarter, von have, no douht,
heard of the taking of the two islands of Ise hia
and Proeida by our forces under Sir J. Ste RT.
As yet there is no prospect of his making a des-
cent upon Naples or the coast. The lower part of
Calabria, which has been open a short time, is
again shut against the English. All must depend
upon the success of Austria, from e heucc w e
have no late *moats."

FRENCII ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE
OF TALA!•GRd.

FROM THE FRENCH AND GERMAN PAPERS.

PAnts, A ma. 10.---His Excellency the Count
of Hunabourg, Minister at War, has received dis-
patches from his Excellency Marshal Jourdan,
3lajor.General in the French army in Spain, dated
30th July. They confirm the accounts of the suc—
cess obtained over the Anglo-Portuguese ar-
my, in conjunction with the Spanish incur.
gents, commanded by Cuesta, in the battle of the
of July. On the 27th, the King of Spain
inclined the French army upon Alberche, after
having driven the English advanced guard from
Cazalega. He afterwards obliged it to abandon a
second position, taken in the woods, situate be..
tncen 'falavera and that river. This advanced
guard defended itself vigorously, but was defeated
by the first corps, commanded by his Excellency
the Marshal Duke of Belluno. An elevated plain,
by which the left of the British army was sup..
piled, and in which it appeared to intend to for-
tify itscif, was carried in a most brilliant manner
by a part of the first corps, but night coming on,'
it could not take a position there.

On the 26th, after various success on both sides,
the enemy's army was not only driven from the
raised plain it occupied on its left, but was be-
anies forced to abandon 'Talavera de is Reyna,
and its whale line, after the most vigorous and
obstinate conflict. The Imperial Army remained
all night on the field of battle. The Portuguese
emits had advanced under the command of Gen.
Wilson to Vara! Carnero, but retired after the
'26111 •f July.
The loss of the enemy has been very considers.
life. All our regiments were engaged, excepting
the reserve. The nature of the ground would not
permit the cavalry to act. ‘Vc expect further
particulars of this important victory.—( From the
Moniteur).

NArr.r', JULY 2G.—The English have unex.
pectedly received orders to immediately evacuate
the islands of Ischia and Procida. Yesterday
evening they blew up the small forts, and threw
the batteries into the sea. The troops and the
sick have all re-embarked. The Sicilian Prince
Leopold, who was on board their fleet, must have
arrived at blulazzo, with the Dillies of Ascoli and
Canoe, Neapolitan emigrants. Two English re-
giments have gone for Malta.
Jour 27.—The English finished yesterday era.
cuating the islands of Ischia and Prorida. Depts.
tations from the inhabitants of those islands ha►e
arrived here to bring advice of tlkir departure,
and that the national fl rA has been again hoisted
cat the forts. The different Authorities Lye re.
ceivcd orders to reenter on their functions.—
(.45eille du Nord, Jug. 15.)
VIENNA, Aura. 2.—The Prince of Lichtensteiu
Gas been recalled frum his estates, with the late
Ambassador at Paris and Secretary of State Hoppe,
to cluclutlu peace at Raab, with the Duke of

Friuli, the Marshal of the Palace Duroc, and
the Minister of State, Count Champapy.

Several silversmiths here hare receirtd orders to
prepare some rich scrrices of plate, to be used at
the Congress of Raab. This Congress is nut ex-
pected to last lung....(Correspondent, August
15).

We read in several of the public journals that a
report is circulAted in Vieuns, of a projected snot.-
riage betaTcu the Prince Royal of Bavaria and
the Archduchess Maria Louisa, the daughter of
the Emperor of Austria.—(4bcille du Nord,
Aug. lh.)

Luursuonns, Aro. 7.—A Courier from the
headquarters of the hereditary Prince of Lindau
has brought intelligence, that on the 6th his Royal
Highness occupied RN-gene, the insurgents, on
hearing of his approach, having abandoned that
town at three in the morning, and retired precipi-
tately on Feldkirch. The Wirtemburghers expe-
rienced no resistance, sod disarmed the inhabitants.
The Austrian troops in the Voralberg are re.
tiring, in consequence of the suspension of arms,
by Mcwmingen and Angsborg.