The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-09-19 00:00:00

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the 2il corps, and the three divhtions of the corps of
tho Poke of A brentes, have nut yet fired a musket.
The Duke of A !mantes is at Lesdesina ; General.
itegniert commanding the 2d corps, is at Zrza
Mayor. TeOsulthers are in good health, the army
is well provisioned, and burning with desire .to
teach the English that which we have already
taught the division- of Cratifurd. The Emperor
may rely to the bravery and dispositions of the
army, as Will ea Un• my zeal and respectful devo-
tion. . have the ho))))ur, Gtr.
• . Plinett) " hIk:SF.NA, Martha!,
" Port Caseratiaor Prince of E.sling, Commander in
Leg. 11, let)." Chief of the Army of Pbrtugal.

COOT OF SUMMONS TO TILE FNGLISII SIOVERN-011

OF ALBILIDA.

" Camp beforeAlmeida, Aug. 21, 1810.
• "M. G.writstwoa,—The town of Almeida is in
flames; all my besieging artillery is battering it, and
the English ariny cannot come to your relief. Sur.
mfti, then, to the generosity of the armies of his
Majesty the Emperor and King; I offer you ho.
nourable terms. To induce you to accept then,
consider what took place at Ciudad Rodrigo, the
deplorable state in which that town now is, and
the misfortunes which are reserved for Almeida, if
you prolong a useless defence.
" Receive, M. Governor, the assurances of my
high consideration.
(Signed) • " MASSENA."

Capitulation granted in the Game of his Majesty the Emperor
of the Freacit and King of Italy, Protector of the Confede-
ration of the. Rhine, &c. by the Marshal, Prince of
EssLiNg...Conmutoder in Chief of the Army of P rotgal, to
M. the English General Cu;, Governor of Almeida, for the
surrender of that place to the troops of his Majesty.

ART. I. The garrison shall be prisoners of war, with the
honours of war ; that is to say, they sh•tll march out with their
arms, which they shall deposit on the glaci of the place. The
oilitiashall returu to their homes, atter havii g deposited their
anus ; the garrison are not to serve during the pretest war
spinet France or her allies.
11. Tllst Officers of ever• descripiion, and the soldiers, shall
►etain, the fur,aer their swords, and the latter their baggage
ugly.

111. The 'alt.-LW:tants shall enjoy their property, and shall not
be distierbed fur their opinio's.

IV. The sailiuiry stores and artillery shall remain at the
disposal of the French army, and shall be given up to the Com-
laaniant of artillery.

V. Tim magazines, chests, &e. shall be given up to French
Commissaries appoioted fur that effect.
VI. The pla.is and memorials of the fortress shall be given
up to the Commandant of Engineers of the French army.
VII. The sick of the English and Portuguese army shall• be
taken care of and maintained at the expellee of the French
army, and un their recovery shall follow the destination of the
garrison.
(Signed) M ASSEN A, Prince of Essling, &c.
" WILLIAM COX, Governor of Almeida."
" Camp before Almeida, Aug. 47,"
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List of Stores found In lA. Fol4ren of dilateidav-20 bushels
of flour, 300,000 rations of biscuits, 600 funegas of corn, 700
of rye, 20J0 of Turkey corn, 500 quintals of rice, 400 arrobas
Of salt provisions, 12 quintals of salt provisions In barrels, 31
tuns of wine, at 700 bottles each, 2Pipes of brandy, about 700
bottles, 20 pipes of vinegar, 50 &negro of beaus, 2000 fanegas
of barley, *A fauegas of bran, 3000 quintals of straw,. 5000
quintals of wood, and about 4000 coverlias.
VIENNA) Aua. S2.—The 3d battalions of infantry
are to be reduced, and the companies which remits
are slot to consist of more than 100 men. The Aus.
trian peace establishment of infantry will then• eon.
slat of 108 battalions, amounting in the whole to
nearly 60,000; which, with the cavalry,
and other corps, will make a total of 90,000 men,
in tims.of posse. Little alteration has been made
in the artillery and cavalry ; sod the labours at the
fortresses arc continued.
Scuarruapstra, Apo. 22....Th0 Canton of
Berne has published a new law respecting the cen.
sorship. of books, which has occasioned a great
sensation in Switzerland. 'lie,different branches of
printing and beukselling are only to he carried on
by licensed persons, whose licences are to be alm-
eenewed. No writing, hook, or periodical
,work, If to be soldl without the authority of the
eonotnission of Censorship; and tio 'works are to be
printed in the Canton waielrliire not bean first ap-
proved of by the same aithority. '
VILNNA,..AILIG.'I7.•••The SOW tnill, which have
been announced fur some tern!) Will shortly he ea-
Aeteth all classes of society, with the exception
of the iudigent, will. be subjected 'to 'them.; and.
they will not only-extend to. veal propirtfi but to
professional incomes.
Our finances will receive ga,nsiderable benefit
from the suppression of the 3d battalions of our
German regiments. They will be disbanded, and
replaced by the Land wehr, who, in time of peace,
are to serve without pay, and only to by exercised
on Sundays and holidays.
SCALA, 'Ave. 25.—Our flotilla has this day
supported *combat which does it the greatest ho.
near. Slecethe 15th, the greater part of the boats
whiek'sieriiin the anchorage of Scala, had repaired
to Ake left of the Punta del Pens.' This movement
detesadaed the enemy to reinforce his line in tho
iutcrior 'of the Strait with frtgatet.'s. corvette,
and a brig, which had been before anchored to the
N. W. of the light-house of Messina. For three
days ibaction prevailed on both sides. At life Neer
of use this morning, 'his Majesty ordered TO armed
boats to advance for the purpose of firing chain.
shot into the enemy's camp, on the opposite shore.
They approached so near that the firing commenced,•
which caused an alarm; more than 200 " cannon.
shots were fired without effect, and the boats re.'
gained their anchorage without having sustained any
loss.
This morning the enemy, wishing to act on. the
offensive in his turn, sent towards the Punta del
Pieta 130 gun-boats, a frigate, a corvette, and a
hag; we were prepared for the combat, and the
King gave orders to let them advance within cannon.
shut, which left our line exposed to all the enemy's,
lire for two hours, without a shot being returned.
Ills Majesty then perceiviug that the enemy's vessels
were driven along by the ee.rrent, ordered the (Hsi,
sauna Bourgourg And of Cosa; to put out and at-
tack them, while the division &semi was ordered
to make fever to the camp of the enemy, which was
deprived of its line of gunboats. At the first bullet
which fell io the camp, all the soldiers threw
themselves into their trenches, and our troops were
already under arms, prepared for embarkation,
when the enemy perceiving the'muvemcnt, plied all

their oars and sails to gain their line of defence,
and to oppose the threatened debarkation which
, would certainly have been effected, if the current
had been stronger. After this,
_the , firing recom.
'menced with .11 tkr vivacity; and 13 of'unr''gun.
boats, .protected .by a single hittery of 3 caution;
supported the whole effect of -the broadsides of the
frigate, corvette, and brig. This last vessel was
struck with more than 10 balls,. and then abaft.
doped the co;nbat. A boat, with the English
Commandant on board, was pierced by a ball,
and sunk before our ryes in the middle of the
channel. Three or four of the enemy's gun.
lboats were also swamped, and more were got
off by towing. The enemy have suffered consider.
.ably ; for during an hour, our divisOns raked their
line in all directions ; almost all our gun-boats
were struck, but- one only was swamped, which
however will he fit for sea to-morrow. We had
about ten men killed or wounded. This glorious
.
combat lasted six hours, during 'which more than
4006 shots were fired on both sides. The whole
ar.oy, spectators of it, have done justice to the ma.
rine; and such was the entbusi'tsm which the
marines and soldiers reciprocally communicated,
that when his Maksty passed along the line, on all
sides were huird a thousand cries, 46 Fur Sicily
for !"
EissmAcu, SEPT. 3.---The day Wore yesterday
a calamitous event tuck place here. About nine' in
the eveuiiii4, a convoy of ammunition was passing
through our town. The three first waggons, wh.in
were mostly laden with cartridges fur cannon, took
fire ; the explosi,.in was terrible ; the adjoining
housed were blown into the air with &dreadful crash.
The ire caught both, sides of the street called the
Munnengasse, which was wholly destroyed. Thirty.
eight persons have perished. Fortunately the rest
of the convoy was moved back in time to prevent the
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spreading of the explosion.

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Pants, SEPT. 13. An Imperial DlPOren, dated
from the Palace of S. Cloud) Sept. 12, contains
the following regulations:--
" Art. 1. The proprietors or consignees of colonial produce
w hit h has been subjected hi Holland to a duty of 40 or 50 per
cent. od valorem, according to the period of its declaration,
must, bifore the Ist of October, pay these duties, either in
money or in b.inds, ct ith soffit lent security.
" 2. The said produce, on o hick the duties shall not have
been made good by the time fixed in the preceding atticle,shall
he co &seated.
" S. Those o hmhave this produce in their warehouses by
consignnicut only, shall, by the cleft of the confiscation, bi
freed from all iespousibility to the proprietors.
" 4. The colonial produce pointed out in the tarif annexed
to our De, ree of the Est of July, 181 U, which, in execution of
the 10th article of the said Det:ree, have not been declared be-
fore the lst of September, are confiscated.
" 5. T e Officers of the Customs shall, without delav,_make
the occes,ary searched nod visits ter discovet Mg the said mer-
chandise, The). shall.have u fifth of shat is produced by the
sale of what they shalt discover and Seize.
" 6. Every imli vidual oho,sba 1 make known fp the Officers
of the Customs the places where tar goods are concealed that
have been withdrawn fr‘.m declaration. Atilt recover a fifth
their produce on sale. to this case the Officers :ball here only
a tenth.
" 7. All civil and nsiltlary authorities are required to lend
their aid to the Officers of the Codtonts.
" 8. Otte Directors General of Coatin4's's/01 give the cores.
sary orders that the searchesoind visits„be made with exactness,
'aud that the merch•indize discovered, as well as that contist at-
0, in default of payment of the duties, be conveyed to An.
twerp*, to be there sold,
Our Minister of Finance is charged with the execution
of the preseot Decree, kSigned) " NAPOLEON,"
Another Imperial Decree of the samedate, in re.,
gulatiun of the currency of France, orders, that
from .the date of thd Decree, the gold coin of 41
livres rums/kit !shall be valued at 47 francs
rents; the gold coin of 24 livres Tournois at 23 f.
55 c. ; the silver coin of 6 Hues Tonrnois at 15
francs 6t) cents.; and the safer coin of 3 litres Tour.
nuis at 2 francs 75 cents.
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Mr. LANC tiITER is travelling through the coon.
try, pointing out every where the utility of his plan
of education. • lie gave a lecture lately at Ports.
mouth on this subject, in consequence of which, it
was immediately resolved to establiih a school there
on his plan, and IGO guineas were subscribed for
that purp.)se. The good done by this individual is
; •his activity, benevolence, and Wein.
Bence, must fill the advocates of ignorance with
despair.. .

Mutpancucity A cct orriT.—Testertlayafterneon,
about six o'clock, a fine boy, eleven years of uge,
named George Whitfield, fell from a float of titnbur
moyred near the Qid Barge House into the Thames,
The body remained under water near three quarters
dart hour, whea• it was taken up, and conveyed
to the Bear anditagited Slag public-house, Upper
Ground-street. Mr. Brown, Surgeon, of Black.
friars.ruad, immediately attended, and employed
the means recommended by the Royal Humane
S..eiety fur upwards of an hour, with the must un-
remitting ex, rtions, but unfortunately without the
desired eklect. The
,greatest praise is due. to the
landlord of the Bear and Ragged Stair fur his
humane conduct on the occasion.

The rot:owing shocking accident happened . In.
Bristol Fair. on Tuesday stennight. A nursery.'
maid, with a young child belonging to a family in
Vark.street, ventured into one of chase mdst dan.,
• 1. start:led• be.
serous re c es. elhibited, called an
up-and-down.' From. the raakilty. ie the laQttoll,
the survitot and child acre both pretitiitated from
the buz,-the infant killed upon the spot, end the
aursery.maiii taken to the infirniary, in a must
dreadful state, with lirtlehopes of, recovery.
Walley night, Oast ten o'clock, a hackney.
coach, heavili Waded' inside and out, started from
. Fidmenton }air, and bail nut gout far before it
' broke down, by which one young woman hail an .
arm broken, and several other outside passengers
were 'creamily hurt. it appeared, on examining ihe
leathers of the coach, that they had heen previously
cut nearly ;sunder by some evil.thiudcd persons,
who have not been discovered.
A ,shorking accident happened. yesterday morn.
ing at Bell's Buildings, Cli,isva goad. 'A one boy,
four years old, and the only child of Mr. Boswell',
was playing in the wiptlow..weat of the first floor,
when be fell out at the window, and ayas. killed on
the spot. A female-urgent, of the name of Wil.
Hams, in .attempting to stop the fall of the child,
full out also, and is not expected to survive.; The
•clitlit fell on the corner of the payment) and wits
:literally dashed in pieces. .

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