The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-27 00:00:00

TAX STATESMAN.

gees, situated to the north of Gerona, with a suf-
&lent number of troops, ea Inch of the Soma.
teams as be could tolkci on the road; to dblodge
the enemy from that position, where they bad only
a small body of infantar, mid to protect the lionvoys
of provisions which wrest° be introdeced in that
quarter. These ordersphe punctually executed.
then repaired to the heamitage of Pedro, 2 leagues
distant from San Ilari,w4tA the troops of reserve, to
be ready to proceed wherewer assistance might be
ecessary. From this point I detached the Col. of
Ultottie, D. Enrique O'Donnell, with 1200 in-
fantry, and some cavalry, to attack the enemy's
troops that were in Brunolas, with the design of
making the French General think that the con.
toy was to proceed iu that direction. Notwith-
shnding the excellent position of Brunulas, and
Ms local strength being increased by entrench.
moots, O'Donell and his troops attacked it with
such gallantry, that they gained the summit of
the mountain, and planted the Spanish co.
fours in the entrenchments. The French kept
up a forreitieble fire; but our troops received
it with the coolest intrepidity, and without
stopping to return it, climbed to the highest
Apt. In the mean time, the enemy received
a reinforcement, in consequence of an impression
that this was the point which required to he more
particularly guarded. O'Donnell, to prevent be-
ing turned, descended to the plain, where be
voted.' Arm stand. A body of our troops, under
the command of Gen. Loygurri, soon after ar.
shed at the position occupied by O'Donnell. Our
troops could have in an instant driven the enemy
from Ma position, bad it not been judged more
adviscable to make various evolutions, with the
view of magnifying our numbers, and inducing
the French General, upon receiving such infor-
mation to reinforce that point with the corps
which infor-
mation,
had on the Ter, for it was by that read
I ietendtll to introduce the convoy. Those divi.
slops wore, during the whole evening, in front of
Beeman, which the enemy precipitately evacu.
abut in the night.

44 Colonel D. Francisco Rohira, who was to
the left of ihz Ter, and also Lieut.-Colonel D.
Jean Clary., attacked, by my orders, the ene-
ray's ttoaps who were in front of them, and op-
portnre y attracted their attention to that quarter.
46 In the meanwhile 4000 infantry, anti 500
eava ry, order the command of General G.lrcia
Con et escorted a numerous convoy, consisting
of f. out 1500 to 2000 moles, and, proceeding
from Am :r, passed the Ter, directing their march
for b • fo tress alonA the ri4ht hank of that river.
They detested the enemy who were opposed to them,
Urania:were' of their camps, awl effected their en.
!mice Is t Gcrona. The French immediately abaft-
done! all their remote posts, and contracted their
linepto prevent the return of the mules, drivers, and
horses, that bad got in. It then became necessary
to change our positions, and to make various
movements to protect their departure. They re-
mained in the place a day and two nights, and
subsequently effectual their return with such good
fortune, that we ditto not lose a single individual,
sot, perhaps, did so mach as a single mule ur
horse fall into the hands of the enemy.
" TheGovernur of Gerona was It.rt with a gar-
rison of 1000 men. The moment I rerrivu the
detailed report of Garcia Conic, I shall transmit
it to your Excellency. In The mean time, I send
you extracts from those of O'Donell, Itubira,
Clans, and Llanden.
64 May God, &c.
(gamed) " JOAQUIM BLAKE.
1fa.14-quartets at Glot, Sept. 13, 1110 g."
Addressed to Dols Atuoinio Coml.

SEVILLE, SSP?. 30.

EXTRACT or A ERI I ATE LETTER.

"The French forces in this country arc, at
present, considerably less than half the titimbur of
oar troops. Such dispositions arc adopted, that
141adrid is expected to be free before the expira.
lion of a fortnight. The army of La Mancha,
under the command of Seignior &tide, iw now very
tvvivrctable. Them is an army of otriAration in
Estreniadura, and another of operation la Castile,
toasistiag of upwards of 30,000 men.

In addition to these Papers, we have also re.
eeiaed a Monileur to thu 19th, and the Journal
4IN Commerce to the 20th instant—in the margin
of the latter of which is the following short sup-
plementary note 3.--
" Ce 90 October, 9 hearts do inutio„ le moose fait en-
snare, et tout atinooce use stets la routiroution de la tomivelle
lo Pals, slatteele 14."
" This 20th of October, at nine o'clock in the
morning, we hear the firing of the cannon, and
every thing announces that it is a conlirmation of
he Mtn df Peace, signed on the 14th."
The same Paper contains an account of the
Treaty having hecn signed on the lith, at nine in
Ike morning. The Moniteur of the 90th affords
no information of any kind tin the subject. The
Vienna article of the 13th is extracted from that
raper.
pAst is, Oct. wag known yesterday
that !trace was signed with Austria, on the 14th
iu.t. at nine in the morning.
It is said that Marshal .Vey is to be employed
in the army in Germany.
The gerripoit of Senegal, forming a part of the
46th regiment elf the line, arrived at V.IIIIICII on the
lt.:th inst. is here k will remain for some time, to
reenter front the °Gets of a long passage. It
was conveyed to France in English transports.
Vesuvius, according to the latest accounts from
Naples, still continued to unit demos, notwith.
staqing the incessant rains which had resent!,
fallen in that quarter. The violence of the crup.
tion had abated ; but the volcano still dischargt•d
a small stream of burninxtuatter, in a direction
nearly► opposite to that ofitornyt•r eruptions of lava.
OCT. IN--Iris dlajestyn4be Emperor was' still
at Schomibrotin on the 11th inst. The adviees

fro. Violas of that date contain teething autial
• respecting the ronchnion of peace, bet prepare.
time easiieseil to be need. for the I.:apnoea do.
portiere. The ellvenee of the Imperial goatd ala
afteady oa its starch.

On Saturday, Celine Matteivet; thi es
Minister of the Interior, took the oath of once
in the presence of the Prince Arch-Chancellor, and
immediately after entered upon the eureiss of his
functions.
Marshal the Duke of Ragusa is, it is re.
ported, to take the command of a body of troops
in Spain. _ _

The supplementary !cry ordered by the Se-
flatus Consultism, of the sth inst. is carrying into
erect, simultaneously, and with the greatest acti-
vity, in all the departments. Those of the fire
cusses therein specified, who may have married
previous to the publication of the Decree, arc,
by the 4th article, exempted from the ballot ; and
by the sth article, persons having stood thu
chance of the ballot for the preceding cuntin.
gents, and for the present contingent of thirty-
six thunsand, without bting drawn, shall be free
from &I future calk,

We arc assured that improvements, upon a
very extensive scale, are about to be executed in
the port of Antwerp, which will bu enlarged so as
to contain a numerous fleet of ships of the line.
It is also said, that additions are to be male to
the fortifications of Ostend. Sblikens will be put
in a state of defence, and the fine sluices in that
village will be secured against the dangers of a
coup.de.maise.
The English, in their expedition to the
seheldt, have lost several vessels of different rates.
The following is a return of their known losses:
A pinnace sunk in attempting to interrupt
the commtnication between Flushing and the
Isle of Calsand. 2. Three pinnaces sunk on the
second of August, by the fire of the batteries
of the Isle of Waleheren. 3. A corvette, cup-
per.bottometil wrecked on the 341 of September,
on the bank of Oost.Callot. 4. Several bomb.
vessels, lost under the batteries of Flushing, in the
attack upon that place. 5. Two ships of the
line abandoned by the enemy ; one of which, a
74, was lost of Zuricsee. 6. A cutter wrecked
on the 20th September, off Flushing. This state.
ment does not include several of the enemy's ves-
sels that have been dismastefl, or disabled, or
more or less damaged, in the narrows of the
Scheldt, on the attack upon Flushing.
According to a letter from Leghorn of the 7th
inst. prise goods, being part of the cargoes of res.
sets carried into Corsica by French privateers, are
declared admissible into Leghorn, and the other
ports of the Mediterranean mentioned in the 13th
Article of the Decree of the 241115/tine, 1808,
with the exception of muslins, comet, cloths,
stuffs, hosiery, and millinery, prohibited by the
lit Article of the said Decree.

VIENNA. OCT. 3.—The weather has suddenly
changed. The thermometer, which was at 16,
has fallen to 4, in the 11.1v.time, and it freezes al.
must every night. The sun is seldom seen : how-
ever, it shone yesterday, at the moment of the
parade, which took place as usual, in the court
of the palace of Schou:brows, and attracted a
great crowd.

PRICK OF s rOCKS 1111 ti 14AY AT ON I.:O'CLOCK.
J per Cenl. Com,. 69i Look Ami... 184 9-16
Reduced Oft I thomlum 141 prem.
4 per l'ent....Klii I India R00d5....'26..
OJ4 3 per Cent....l 1 F.‘els. Bilks 9r. I. prem.
Coma, for Nut. (Ali

THE STATESMAN.

pitohnmiTi IrN I.

LONDON:
vanity, OCTOBER 27.

Tut silence preserved by NAIPOLLOR OR the
!subject of the Peace, is highly asisteriass it but
we are without a doubt, that some object is con!.
ended with the mystery—which, when published,
01/1"90.4 thottiwl4ol4 inetetaity esteno tit

every event in opposition to their wishes. The
Foreign Papers contain intelligence from which
Peace mast be inferred—but, hitherto, no formai
communication of that mat is to be found-an the
Amateur. A private letter was received in town
this day, from Holland, of so late a date as the
gist—in which there is no confirmation of the re-
port of peace. The longer this mysterious silence is
preserved, the greater will, necessarily, be our
apprehension of the importance of the cause in
which it hat originated. As to Austria renewing
the scar, we deem it worthy to be ranked with the
project of " a march to Pad)."
For unto days a rumour has been in circula.
tion, of something like an intercourse of negocia-
lion between London and Paris. That our Mi.
sisters should have the wisdom to think of PEACE
would, to us, be a great marvel. Dvspicable,
however, as we deem the political talents of the
Ministry, let them but cuter upon a Negociation
fur Pace with sincerity—let them, ingenuously,
seek to give I'eacu to the afflicted, suffering Pro-
t plc of England and of Europe, and they
shall bare our sincere applause.—flut
we fear, are not less enviruned with
(Mortrs, than is the country. 11 ill they
dare to fly in the faces of the hospitable IVar Fac-
tion of Merchant Taylors' Hall ? IVe don't re-
I collect to have heard a syllable on the subject of
IPeace at that "jubilant feast."
It will be recollected, that amongst the moi-
-1
toes with which the Civic Illuminati were
amused, both Latin and Ercnch were pressed
into the service. Of the Latin one was as fol.
lows :

" Rege anathema PIC XI omnibus see est."

The general sense of which in English is,

" Whilst the Kin is safe, sill lire its perfect luiratirts."

What pity it is that the ingenious selector did
not furnish the Illuminati A id the Public with the
wkole passage—the people had then been enabled
to comprehend the sneer, intended for the prince.
ly Personage who, in the course of nature, !nay
be expected to succeed his [loyal Father. AS,
however, the sentiment must of necessity be un-
known to our Readers, we deem it our duty to
explain it.

The passage is selected from the 4th Book of
VIRGIL'S Georgics, where the government of the
Bces is so beautifully described. The passage
runs thus :
" Rege incobanei —woes omnibus erne ret
" .Isuisso were firleas—emstructique
" Diri macre iwie—et crates solltect. tavarults."

" Whilst the K Imo is safe, all live in perfect harmony—
" but when he is dead the union is dis-olved —and then• them-
" selves tear to piee..l the fabric Ili their boney—and demo-
" Ilsh the contexture of their Combs."

What would this insidious selector, this organ
of thu Illuminati, insinuate ?
Having thus explained the rehole passage to the
People of England, we leave them to conjecture
what must be the feelings of his Royal Highness
the Prince of %VALES, the lauful Successor und
liar Apparent to the Throne 41 this Realm.
Are these the " Lives and Fortune" Men who
profess to support hereditary Monarchy IT!

COVENT-G4RDEN THEATRE.

" PARADISE REGA110:D"1

Such, with the hired Paper of the' Proprietors,
called The Press (and thus will say its simple
echo, The Globe of this evening).— 'vu the even.
lug of the 2Gth of October, at Covent Garden.
Of this " Paradise regained" our description
will not be long. In the Dress Boxes of this
Paradise were seated, or scattered rather,
divers females...who certainly were dressed, inas.
much as they were not wit/tow clothes; but the
dresses were, for the greater part, those cf persons
in the last rank of the middle class of society, obvi.
ously collected to make so appearance on what
would otherwise have been empty benches. We by
no means wish to be understood as saving, that no
persons of a superior degree were present ; for
we had the very high satisfaction of seeing Mr.
CUUKAY, the Master of the Rolls of the :a iiter
kingdom, apparently in good health and spirits,
in a side Box. Mr. GURNEY, one of the re-
tained Counsel of the Proprietors, scrutinized
the audience with a silent but severe cross exami-
nation, fr the inquisitorial head.quie ten of the
Managers' for, on the left—but net considering
hint as a disinterested spectator, we cannot fur
that reason include him, as we otherwise should
do, amongst the audience.

The sitiTation of the Ladies in the Dress Buxec
appeared to be it ksome and constraintxl; some of
them, indeed, manifested a degree of restlessness
so conspicuous, that they might have been silt.
weird to be seated on the gilded spikes in front
of the Boxes, rather than on the seats of that
region of "fusitionabk resort."
The system of stsdfing the house with females
was extended, last night, to the Pit—where about
two-thirds of the audience, at the rising of the
curtain, were composed of a motley collection of
Ladies—among whom there scented to be many
whose descent from the One Shilling Gallery to
the Arena of Criticism, the Pit, appeared to have
excited in themselves no inconsiderable degree of
surprize.—Seriously—the company was packed—
end as the difficulty of finding recruits begins to be
considerable—a diminished respectability of ap-
pear:use° is positively visible. Qf the Two
Shillings Gallery about seven rows were filled,
bat dm One Shillini Pigeon Holes wet, deserted.
Lqugk when sine Gan was the gy-,-that per.
mission we have freer used even from the first
nlgbt9t OPOttitti the rintltte) aa4 lc have con.