The Statesman.
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PARIS, Fan. 6.—We ltard'from Seville, under ~ e "wing Dedel isik beim published Itt.
date of the 30th of December, that the Guerillas daily ; 11("145-=
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become more weak and more timid. The company '-. „ 6 7"*".."64E'l'inint erif" c', ac. .
Consitientigt tbe endowments attached to the Bishoprics
of Guides, from Xereal,has defeate.d Saidivia's party. of the late See of Rome areolwoot, and his Majesly being dis-
The company of file
.rr,is Morena his returned , with a r :Ant
ourto essarterfaevitit towardsa the elcainritiszofafte:tea
having
hero consulted,
considerable number of horses taken from the cue-"
iny: A party of .400 inflistrY end 100 horse; under iwe 1)& Police,
laced anoudrdo°dllecree as follows :
of
"Art. I. The property composing the endowments of Bishop-
rics of
irthre voisturtor of R.oote are declared to be part of the
the orders of Don 13neAto.filli., coming from Jug the -
qatita; attacked the town of Arhauren, where he was i "H. The claimants to the same slihll enjoy them during life,
repulsed with considerable-loss,
_bye weak detach- : iiiti
itrammitting a statement thereof, with their titles, to our Pre.
meat of, the 12th dragoons, commanded by Captain 1 feet.
111. The said parties mat betomelacoinmutable proprie-
Genet. tors, on paying one-eighth of the value.
" IV. Our Prefect shall regulate the estimate of the Bth value,
and a_ppoint time of payment.
". V. We make a rift to the Church of St. Peter of our good
City of Rome, of hail the produce of the above, and the remain-
der to the Hospitals.
(Signed) " NAPOLEON.
(Countersigned) " Count DARU."

FRENCH PAPERS.

LOSS (F THE MANILLA.
LETTERS FROM ADMIRAL DE WINTER TO THE MINISTER

OF TIM MARINE AND coLcNtrs.
Texel; Jay. M.
" MoNsetuNETnt,—l have the honour of reporting
to your Excellency, that, on the 28th inst. at nine in
the evening, we, from time to time, heard reports of . CIIANGE OF MINISTERS.
cannon, accompanied by rockets. These signals of ---....-
distress determined the Commanding Officer to send Erreft this day's M-
ount° CuROISICLE.)
immediately fishing-bonts, and boats belonging to the , The Courier of Saturday, in a Second Edition of
squadron; to tender assistance.;. but the violence of • • dila Paper, contains a statement which we think it
fhe seainpon the bank, occasioned by a strong gale proper to lay verbatim before the public :
'Wm the E.S.E. forced theme to return at three In Hie 7 ~ COURIER Otirms. Three o'Clork.
thinnittg. As day brok
Yank,
vessel; 9' Vahave heard that there certainly was a. letter
ilea,
upon the NIS ' ' 'ved continuing to make 'Met by„tba it Palace sothrt to the Deke of Yens,
signals of distress.A the fishing-boats, and boats,r.whilela, it is also said, the latter thought it rightto
belonging to the squadron, set out at day-light, ant communicate to Lords GaratvlLLE and GREY ;as
as the weather has btktinle more favourable, it is while It expressed satisfaction at the conduct of his
hoped the crew will besaved. Half an hour after I present Ministers, it holds out a wish that a Union
day-break, the vessel lost her mast. As the time is of the great Parties of the State could be effected on
favourable for goilfg out of the road, the succours liberal and honourable principles. But we Lave not
will no doubt arrive in time. It is supposed this .beatd this in any precise way ; nor can we very well ,
vessel is a frigate, undoubtedly the one which all this. coneelve heir the contents of such a letter could
month has appeared, with one or two brigs, off this already get abroad. But if what we have heard of
coast. The departure of the courier prevents me the contents of this letter be corfect, there is at least
giving more ample details. I shall have the honour one leading point in it 'that will give most general
of transmitting them to your Excellency as soon as I satifaction—that is, the confidence which his itor.u.
receive them." Ilicaleess continues to place in those who have hi-
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raom THE SAME TO THE SAMV., DATE, JAN. 31. thee° conducted the Governmout of the Country at
" The fishing-boats, and those belonging to the home, and the great contest-in which we are engaged
squadron, which set out at day-break of the 29th in.. :abroad, with such energy and success. But ice re-
staat, to the assistance of the vessel shipwrecked' peat lt, our information on this subject, though lies-
upon the Haak, of which I made mention in my dis- sibly very correct; does not come in such a shape as
patch of yesterday, approached her. But at a ca- to warrant us in desiring our readers to place implicit
ble's distance the sea was so strong, and the sands. relianee upon it. Lords Gleevira.r. and GREY, it
collected to such a degree, that the boats struck vie- Is (unifier reported, signified their intention of mak-
lently upon them, and immediately the row-boats be- ing as immediate and written reply to the Duke of
came useless ; nevertheless the chief pilot, Mul- Yong's communication to them.
heer, risked the sacrificing of his life to save some " Four u'Clock.
men, and ventured en the shallows and sunken rocks, 4' It is jutt reported, that the answer from Lords
whilst the English having made a raft by tying empty ,Qaterwrwt and Gaze was delivered about two
barrels together, let it down. This bold measurei hop*" ego, and that it is unfavourable to any union
placed Duynheer in a situation to receive 35 mien, •of 'Allies." •
all sailors, and bwo pilots. This pilot's boat was !
.Cf the precise matter which forms the subject of
already half filled with water, and it was with di t- 1 the foregoing statement, we profess to have no more
culty she withdrew.from io critical a situation. One ! knostledge than the Courier. Nlre believe, indeed, that
of the enemy's sailors expired in the boat, and two I the communication made by the PRINCE REGENT's
are dangerously wounded, This position hindering authority to Lords GREY and GREY/U.I.E, in the
them acting on either side; our boats retired. Six + form already mentioned by us, viz. a letter from his
boats are anchored within the Hatik, to take.advan- 1 Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, related to a
tale of the least change in the weather. The brig ministerial
- was $t anchor all day, but returned in arrangement. We also believe that the
Fcrreter
proposal made to those Noblemen has not been ac-
the evening. All the boatawith decks which are in cepted ; but we are still uninformed both as to the
the 'level are in readiness. On the 31st, in the morn-
ing, It blowing- -from the southward very fresh, the exact nature of the proposal, and the terms in which
it was declined. On a subject of so much import-
' frigate again began to fire, and the fishing-boats, &c. me,
have returned to renew their efforts.—This vesselhowever, the public cannot remain for many
days
proves to be the Manilla frigate, of 42 guns, and %50- in the dark. In the mean while the statements
in the Courier furnish us with ample materials for
men, commanded by Captain Joyen ; she struck
upowthe Haak at seven at night, of the 28th of Jo- observation, . which, in justice to all the parties
named in dame, we shall proceed to offer to our
unary, when the Captithr endeavoured to have an Readers. • ---k.c.
anehoArried out, bat did not succeed, and lost in If it,be true, as the Courier says in the first of
anent it ever. boats and 38 men. Front the
these paragraphs, that the communication made to
morni& of the 20th the French flag had been
Lords GRENVILLE and 'GREY, " while it expressed
hoistec4pt.the Ettelsh pulled 'down ; during all " sATISPACTION at the conduct of Ministers, holds
that day thtteennestri ships were seen from Calends
•Oog. The thirty-fear prisoners are marched (as Am- cc out a wish theta union of the great Parties in the
" state could be effected on liberal and honourable
sterdam." . • " principles"—we are confident that the statement
FROM THE SAME TO THE SAIIE, DATED VEIL 1. in the latter paragraph, namely, that the answer of
64 I have the honour of concluding my report of those Noblemen was " unfavourable to any union of
the shipwreck of the enemy's frigate Manila. The " parties," must be wtterly and completely -false. To •
departure of the boats for the frigate on the 30th ult. reject union, when union is called for by the public
with which I terminated my report of yesterday, , difficulties, and when it can be effected between the
has been attended with the most complete success.— I great Pieties of the Stafe without the sacrifice of prin- •
They succeeded in saving all the people on board + ciple, would be no less contrary to the maxims, and to
the frigate, amounting to between 170 and 180 men ;Ithe whole tenor.of the political lives of these Noblei
they are on board the squadron. I shall order them I Persons, than to their duty as public men. They
to proceed directly to Amsterdam, and will have the I cannot, we will boldly say, they have not been sway-
honour
of transmitting your Excellency a list of them led by. any pitiful jealousies, or any low, mean, and '
as early as possible. Three of the'five boats belong- l paltry considerations. They would, no doubt, cheer-
ing to this frigate, which were supposed to have been I fully sacrifice many private feelings and personal ob- I
lost in carrying out an anchor, have .arrived upon' jects to the great purpose of securing to the Pitect i
Texel Island' with some men. A small part only of REGENT and the Country a Government willing and
the prisoners' clothes has been saved, it' being with . capable of effecting those salutary measures, which
considerable difficulty that the crew were taken off. I they have uniformly represented as essential to the
The frigate has not be burned, because the water ; safety, tranquillity, and prosperity' of the Empire.--
had risen as high as the port-holes, and the waves • We speak thus confidentlYo'beebuse wt; reenHectlheir
frequently covered her. Nevertheless, as no power cprrespondence with Mr. PERCLVAL,ht tfit)2. The re- ,
whatever can get this vessel off, and as,,in all profits- . jeeCion of the overture then made aroset)Om no persdnal ;
bility, she will to-morrow- he entirely destrOyed by , objection to him who make it.. It wet; the necassary-i
nothing Aft
the sea, there is nothing M.ret. el thin &wombat. 1 Milt of a' convldlim entertained by then' in con - i
She Captain's name was mis-stated by the first pri- Non with every thinking man, that a wide difference
Viers, he is called G. p'Seymour.—l beg to place ;of on on many of the most important point's ofl
wader the observation o - year Excellency, the exem- ' m' fOreign and domestic policy subsisted between !
plary conduct of the Lieutenant de Vaisseau Verveer I them' and Mr. PERCEvAL, and above all, that the re- i
(Jacob); he commanded Pilot Duynheer's boat, ! pegnanci felt by that Gentleman to a system of con- I
,which executed the bold manoeuvre I stated' yeater- ' clfiation' to his Maaesry's Roman Catholic subjects,
day to your Excellency. All, the prisoners over- • formed an insuperable bar to their co-operatiou with
whelm him with their gratitude, and declare that he him in office. Such a junction, indeed, would be
attempted an almost impossibility, with the greatest r. weakness and not strength. It would be a transfer
risk of perishing himself, to save 35 men, which he of contention from the Houses of Parliament to the
actually- accomplished." closet of their Sovereign. It would render the Ca-1
VIENNA, JAY. 28.—Letters from Bucharest say,' binet of the country a depository of dissension and,
that a bloody war has been Commenced. The Ser. ; discoed, not a concentration of talent and characteel
vians have beets three times defeated by the Turks. ; directed to the service of the Empire. .To such an
It is rumoured
,that several thousand men in the' unprincipled bargain for power, men of honour and
Island of hail in the Danube,
r have surrendered' integrity never could be parties. In such a conspi-
themselves prisoners of war, being no longer able to ! racy, rather than combination of men, the public
maintain their position in consequence of the rising of I would indeed lament to see such parsons as Lord
the river beyond its usual height.
Recieto, JAN. 14.—Accounts received here from ; Goarivrtxt and Lord GREY. If a proposal of that
Sicile.state, that the barbarity of the British to '
persons arrested on suspicion of being spies, is un- r
I nature has been made which seems incredible, such
some 1 a proposal must have been rejected. •
precedented. From ten to 'twenty
the Sici- 'speeds
cuted by.order of Lord William Bentinck,
have bean
exe.
kideed, if we were convinced that such an event
liken place, we should consider Mr. PLRCEYAL'S
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epnlinent'fbviThursday night, as affording a very curious
-hole transaction.

Alan ..overninent having no voice ; and about fifty
individuals of the -highest honour and respectability
have been banished from their homes and friends,
MI persons journeying in this department, ire order-
ed in future to exhibit their passports at every Oa-
don, on pain of imprisonment, teeny hp".

the ilk Did he know
Mat a proposal had been made, which no man of
honour Or consistency could accept ? Did he triumph
in the insincerity of an offer, of which he had' been
himself the adviser ? At any rate, if he was at that
moment aware of any such communication, his air
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