The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-08 00:00:00

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POttnitigrra OCT.".
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We have l'sbeehlla several • lettilrs froth our fleet
off Toeless to ilhe 19th. of Aegaii. Tlte Toulon
fleet wire reeinmoitisdllie day 'beftire by the Phi.
lomel, Captain' Gulori;land were found to consist
of five sail of the line, full of troops, eight fri.
gates, and two 'store-ships, in the outer-toads ;
and one threC.decker and a corvette, in the inner
roads.. There seems a strong desire in the Freed%
fleet to put to sea (for some object), but their fears
prevent them.' On the 12 of August, nine pail of
the line and four frigates came out ; buf,'on the
Alceste making the signal to Sir Charles Cotton,
they bore up and got in again. The nest dayl.two
sail of the line came out, ands on being chased by
the Colossus and Akeste, they ran into the hat.
hour. Sir Charles Cotton has 15 sail of the line un.
der his command, as follows :4—
San Josef (gag ship); Capt. Neve ; Ville de Paris, Tho-
mas; Centaur, keurifsamirei Sir S. Hood, Capt. Welder;
Tigre, Ilnllowell ; York, Barton; Sultan, West; Repulse,
Halliday ; CnlewiA, Alezunder ; Invincible; Adam • Bod-
hay. Cunning; Ajat, li/tway ; Conqueror, Fellows;
Blackwood ; Leviathan, Harvey.
At Palermo, for the protectkon of Sicily, are—
Canopus. Rear-Admiral Mania, Capt. Inglis; Magnificent,
W6llpite,
Eyre; Victorious, Talbot; Montague, Mowbray ; Warrior,
Spranger; Fame, Hornby. acting; Cumberlani, Wodehouse.
At Messiva, betiliorse, J. Stewart.'.
The P4lontel has sent a Danish ship,of 360 tons,
into hliuorca, which she captured on the 30th July,
between Marseilles and Touluttuatter; ebaat, of
five hours, -;
'• 4741004 Freemantle Cadiz oti thel7(l
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'ldt. and most to sail the nett day to join the fleet off.
Toulon. , have received .the-kllowing
nication, dated •
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A Catirt-Ntartial has been beld oOtielit. Noes, of the
Hardy gun-hrig, on charges of tyranny, oltlirei3lool and co-
beta silica of stores. He was sentenced to he atalcted. of
sit months pay, put at the bottom of the list of Peutenasts,
and dismissed the command of the Hardy. Lieatenaut
Somerville, of the Circe, has bees tried for negle-t of duty,
&c. and hooourably acquitted. The Circe arrived only a
few days since, from the Havannah ; she did not get ally mo-
ney. Admiral Rowley havinseut it to Spain one of has
cruisers. The tinpiacibte,'it, Captain Cockburn, sailed un
the tith, with the Priace of Asturias and St.. Ainki Spanish
line-of•tiat tie ships, for the ILavannah. The Implacable es ro
returu with money. Sir Richard Keats has shined his flag to
the Milford, which, with the Rodney, Achille, Atlas, Druid,
and Dotterell, are lying here. Every thing relating to this
place remains the same as before, the French only mting on
the defiasive. They have not more than 10.000 men it; that
neighbourhood. The 9lth Regiment is gone to Portugal to re-
inforce Lord Wellington. The Achille has been very sickly
with a typhus fever ; bat she has only lost Mr. Luckey, Mid-
shipman, and two meu by it. The Salcette is arrived Isere with
Mr. Adair, from Coastautiole, on his way to England."
The loss of the Lively frigate was occasioned, we
understands by the officer of the watch neglecting
:Capt. Mc Husky's orders: he gut the ship into
danger and then tried to eziticate her by his own
skill; and eventually she went upon the rocks called
St. Pauls. The officers, crews and the money she
had on board, were all saved.
The Tonnant I, ft in. the Tagus, the Barjtertr,
Cesar, Impetueuv, Kent, Zealous, Manilla, Mace,
:rippian, Melpomene, and St. Fiorenzo.
; The A/ Wine, Capt.. Fabian, is appointed to take
a convoy to the Brazils; and the Martini Captain
Evans, a convoy to Halifax.
The French Officers who arrived here from 'Spain,
erOtk in *very deplorable condition. None of the
subordinate Class of Officers possessed money enough.
:to Carr* 'alit 'to the places assigned fur their pee
tole; bit upon a representation made by Captain
Wpodrilf, the Agent, to the Commissioners for
Ititionen of War, they were allowed fourteen days
ellbsistence money. There were 467 landed—from'
the rank of General to Ensign. They have pro.
eeetled ots their parole to Northampton, Crediton,
Chesterfields Morton Eton, Andovers and Walt.
ham.
By a letter from Cowes we learn, that the very
envious affray which, took place at Parkhurst bar.
racks, between the corps of the Duke of Bruns-
wick Oels, andsome of the East India Company's
Itroops, originated in the-latter mocking the singing
Of the Foreigners: Five hundred shot are supposed
to have been fired in the affair : one man was killed
, and 8 wounded. Many Officers, io attempting to
quell the riots received severe injury. General
Taylar,•commanding there, received a bayonet
through his cost. There were 500 British troops,
and 2500 foreigners, in the jarracks, who, after
much retristauce, were disarmed. His Royal Highs
nese the Duke of Gloucester lift Cowes ou Fridal
tau fur 13agabot Park. '
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The holidays in' the Stamp-Office department are, ,
after Wednesday next, to be reaeced from abridtfiQ
to 10 only in the year, - •
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A, Bavarian engineer has,:diseovered eidtitest 07:
constructing "Wiiiidenarldkei, which, in poide,:;tit ,
strength and' a.duratien.of kite.
ral.centuvies:' They are likewise remarkable-fig the;
elegance of their forrn, and. the width. of • their
arches. One has been thtoia over the Myer
5 leagues, eisimslatifig of atingle arch, QQ feet veldt.
Another hails's...wade fork large city, 288 feet
wide. The szchist,Wip be so constructed, as to ad-
mit of ships of *war 'merchant ,tressed* passing
damsel them, an aperture ben made its the cen-
' tre, which can, be opened'ilfid ',but at. pleasure.
The bridges may, if oseesstri to 'stop the progress
of its owl, be takes to pieces in two days • the
aflistalients without cutting the smallest piece cities.
'bee.
An apple-tree In the garden at Horusey Wood
House, groin which a fine crop _of fruit was p.
dieted last week, immediately afterwards budded,
and is now in full blossom, presenting a most beau.
•tiful'object of curiosity with the observer of nature.
A French Chemist has recently discovered, that
from the starch of potatoes quite fresh, and washed
but onces a fine size, by mixture with chalk, might
Wvatic. This stucco plesterers of this country
hkva hatatited by the'discovery, and they find, that
this kind of size is particularly useful for ceilings
r and for white-washing, being more durable in tena-
city ind whiteness, and not petrifying like animal
size, or exhaling any unwholesome odour.
Butter cured with one half *since of common ,
salt, one fourth ounce of seltpetre, and one fourth
ounce of moist sugar, pounded together, and used
In the proportion df one ounce to the posed of but-
ter, will, on trial, be found to keep any length of
time, and have a much hoer flavour thku when
saltedl in the usual manner.