The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-01 00:00:00

-T Hlt STATHSIN AN.

turn. The manoeuvres are to nontisuo dices
~lts.

Beams, Arne. 12.—Four maps have lately
beets publi%hed at Munich, the object of which is
to sbew what tbe extent of Bavisrir has been at
former periods. In the 10th century it included
all Angina, Bohemia, Moravia, and a part of
Ifungary.
Ou the lath of August the cupola of St.
Pelee* and the Vatican are to be illuminated in
honour of the birth-day of the Emperor Napo-
leon, and the pledges in the great pawn-honk:aro
to be redeeined at the expeuee of the public Tree.
Bury. In all the late Awe! States, the Principals
and Administrators of the Convents, and other
clerical puns:salmis, are made responsible fur
every thing in their houses, or under their eon-
truul. _ _ _

Pit the 18th of July, a prisoner was conveyed
through Frankfort, who, from the respect, with
which he was trvated, must be a person at dis-
tinction. There were two geus d'armes in the
latriage.
On the 18th of hat month, the pope was still at
Genoa.

cater., Avc. Estafette is just ar.
rived from Berlin, with accounts, that hUstilities
arr to commence with Austria and France on this
13:13 inst. and it is said we are to take a part in
the war. The Emperor Alexander is enraged at
tl.e Poles taking possession of Gallicia in Napo-
leun's mime, and this is in some degree confirmed
by an Estafette just come in from St. Pctcrsburgh,
ordering relays of atl horses to be ready at all the
post stations fur a great Personage, said to be
Caulincuurt, the French Ambassador at St. Peters-
burgh.

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THE STATESMAN.

PIIUrWITI TENAX.

LONDON :
PIIMAY, 6: r I MIMI 1.

Fr is perfectly Chin', that if Englaud must have
war, it is her policy to seize every isssalar point
within her grasp.— And why, in a warfare„, such
as that shies we are now waging for commerce,
I Site enemy should have been suffered to retain
.. • mato) itilltUrt•illie voi.;tiotie, from whence.our
trade has fur seventeen years been incessaotly an-
noyed, appears totally iucomprehensible.—We
should like to bcC a correct statement of the
amount of Pritss carried into the Isks of
France and Bourbon, Martinique, Guade-
loupe, and Cuba,. from the. commencement of
the war with Franco ; the amount would perhaps
exceed the eleven millions, which is understood to
be the cost of our Expedition. It seems that at
last it has been fortuitously discovered, by the
merest, and certainly most int; robable accident,
•1 the &scram) of the entire Danish garrison,• that
the little island of Ertholme contains " a must
" capacious harbour, which will afford a safe re.
" Image to our ships in the Baltic." Truly it
seems marvellous, if such be the case, that a coo.
pie of hundred Danish soldiers should have been
suffered to retain possession of an insular point of
such importance. Tu the securing of these points,
our efforts must hereafter be cutifined, if war we
must have—for, formidable as certainly might
have been the military exertion of England un the
Cuntimient of Europe, we must be now blind not
,o see that we It :me nut amongst onr vigorous
Minister —se presiding genius capable of ar.
ranging or directing any military enterprize, un
a scale of magnitude. Indeed were the genius of
the great CHATHAM presiding over our Councils,
it will not he supposed pos.dde that any pfais,
however well digested, could he carried into exe-
cution with effect by the son of that really vigo.
rous Statesman.—Of thi4, the Expedition to the
Scheldt—the single 'menace in w bids the military
talents of Lord (711,svii.sst have been put to
the t.lit—affurds irrefragable prooff—Althumigh
it certainly is not possible for the public
to koala the inuti..es, or reasons, which influence
the conduct of a Commander, the opinions of the
British public, and the British army, on what
they hear amid see, ;rill he publicly expvssed.
From time Army and the Navy we have variety
of consmunicationr, which it is nut possible, for
obvious reasons, to lay before the public.—
But it appears not a little extraordinary, that
those who are on the spot should require
from us at home the sulutiuu of an itifistite
varim•ty of (pest kills, doubts, and difficulties,
Which seem greatly to perplex our Navy and
Army. They Scent particularly inquisitive to
leans the motives of uer 111ipisters fur
.the ap.
pointmetst of the Fart of CRATRAII— whose
Woofs fir war were unknown—and whose
itelloenew in 13arlilnment was not feared. It will
be rensembeeed, that same time before the Ewe-
&ion sailed, reinfercemouts were suddpnly re.
%aired top our fleet, on tbe coast of France, ben
wititiof (ho )Each &et,
.which was Wiest* to
he of% the ege-W a f. Vickie& pusb out of port.—

Now the ',menage happened to have all her
guns, and no troops on board--she was free from
every ineambrance but that of certain ponderous
baggage, from which, however, she mould have
been speedily freed, and might have sailed hi a
few hours. Bet the removal of this same baggage
was deemed of more importance than that of dis-
embarking all the troops, and theiraccompanylog
stores, from a flagship, so th4t, what by derange.
meats and arrangements, this reinforcement was
considerably delayed ; a trifle indeed compared
with the re-landing of this baggage, and II sepa-
ration from the then right hand of .the Expedi-
tion, Sir Hoot Parnell. Even Nelson himself,
on whose presence as a Commander, the fate of
England might have depended, could not have
been mare peremptory I lint of this, more, much
more, hereafter. We some time ago took the
liberty of suggesting the possibility of proceeding
against Antwerp in the first instance—that is crow
believed not only to have been practicable, but
the only line of conduct from which success could
be reasonably anticipated. Ships it seems can pus
either on the side of Cadsand or of Flushing; and
the passage of our frigates, comparatively with-
out loss, shews that the blow against Antwerp
might. and ought to have been struck weeks ago.
The real state of the case seem's to be simply this—
A mighty armament, and 50,900 British troops,
are sent to effect the destruction of the French
Fleet in the Scheldt.—about one-third, at the most,
of the army, is employed in the reduction of
Walcheren—very well, admitting, fur the sake of
argument, this to have been necessary, where was
the propriety of the remainder of this formidable
force looking deliberately on, while the ope.
rations in IValcheren were in progress—how-
ever, at last, Flushing surrenders. 11 hat, in
the name of Heaven, say the British, is our
Commander now about et bliddlchurgh, as
Flushing, the grand impediment, is removed ?
To this question we apprehend the navy, the ar.
my, and the Wilk, are unable to offer any satis-
factory solution. All that we have heard of the
British Commander in Chief is certainly favour.
able, so far as regards the dignified support of that
reputation for wealth, splendour, and luxury,
which certainly precedes the English wherever
they go; and we have nut the least doubt that
there have been as many comforts, and as much
good living enjoyed at bliddlebergh, as in any
hall, of any one, of all the rich City Companies.
The want a port wine for the numerous sick
in our hospitals is the islands at the mouth of the
Scheldt, we lament to find reported in the letters
from thence—but the public may rest assured,
that no such privations have been felt at head.
quarters. Indeed the state of warfare has been
such as to preclude nu enjoyment either of bed or
board. Our Commander has been harassed by no
nocturnal passages of rivers in darkness and In
tempest, like that of the Danube by NAPOLEON. 11
Every thing has been conducted coolly and deli.
berately, and it is hoped that the Commander
in Chief has once more set foot on his native
shore in perfect safety. In plain English, it is
reported, the Earl of CUATUAN is arrived. We
have nut had an opportunity of ascertaining
the truth of this report, but it is prevalent. If,
however, the Earl should not have astpally at.
rived, the report can only be considered as ;ire•
mature, for the primary object of the Etpedition
having completely failed, his presence et the mouth
of the Scheldt can be no longer necessary. For
what was this Expedition undertaken? for the de.
struction of the French deet...for the possession
of Walcheren...or for both ? If for the nrst, the
oliject could only be accomplished by a coup.
de-main—if for the second, the force ac.
tually Iziided in Walcheren, and one-fourth of
the ship, was • amply sufficient—if for boat
that part of the Expedition not employed at
Welcher= should have proceeded against
Antwerp—those operations might have been si.
multancous ; hut it non, turns out that Cadsand,
not Beselaml, was the point that ought to ban
been attacked ;...unluckily,. as usual there wes
an omission of preparation—we had not boats
tii•flieirnt for a disembarkation on Cadsaitd.—
Thus eleven milli ns will hare becu paid for the
possession of au Mind, the retention of which, is
defiance of the efforts of the French, is not yet
with certainty ascertained —and *hero our troops
must be furnished with water from Englind—as
the endemic disorder which has appeared amongst
them, is attributed by the medical men to the
badness of the water in the low lalailds, at the
mouth of the Scheldt.

Tits intelligence contained in the foreign Jour.
nnls k of inferior interest. We attach not the
slightest credit to the waclikc i4fereaces that are
draws in Ger Morning Papers. As la the re.
views of Pnistsia% end' the jealonsr of Asit4a,n.
n. at the display o( the French arms in Puland,
we thirk dmi beih thole Niters mu* see that
their assistance mama% too late. 11re certoinly have
Cu expectation of the reseaptiop of hostilities in
Germany—but if, eentearx to. aid ratiennl expecte. '
(ion% FRANCIS dioakid, veils sore se4 4c his Empire
as • rae1"...t1.•••01.6..1...../ ea. _

may be anticipated. Poland naturaNy detesst
those partitioning Powers, who pa rccliedunt her
fair Territory--anill her attachment to France is
not inferior to her hatred of Prussia, Germany,
and Russia.

When Ministers condescend to 44 let the cal out
of the bog," we shalt know something of the real
state of the CM, with respect to the leader can_
tiun which the Spaniards hate expressed for the
British army, in taking cue that they shall not be
exposed to the whole brunt of the French attacks.

The people of England hero come really to ;
pleasant state of mental degradation, to swallow
this contetuptiOle stuff.—Why do not Ministers
speak out at once, and let us know the full ex.
tent of the calamity
Intelligenat from Spain may he hourly expected ,
and we can as'ure our Readers that the anxiety
with which it is expected is most intense.

IN a New York Papt•r of the 28th of July, the
'ammeter of the City of St. Domingo to the
fish, is anuoisocell on the authority of the Port.
eu.Prixce Ginette, of the lst of that month.

Stocks were very brisk towards the close of the
market yesterday, owing to a report which had
obtzittou circulation, that Lord W. BESTIRCK
was on the eve of departing for the Contineut, ia
the quality of Plenipoteutiary to ; Congress, to
be lucid fur the adjutants:at of a general peace.
We however have reason to fear that his Lord.
ship's mission is of a nature widely different.
The Dorset, Serves, arrived at plymnoth,
sailed from Webec Jolly 10, iu cowpony with 43
sail, under convoy of his MAJliTyis ship Ca.
quette ; off the [links of Newfoundland poted
.treet the whole fleet, in hazy weather, except
Blur sail sail, which Inc left on the 28th ult. ett
the Lizard.

The Experiment, Bat Ago, from Montserrat to
London, was spoke thin tltil ult. leaky, and only
biz ha.ids on board.

At a dinner given by ViscoUnt WeiArmerox to
General JusoT, after tire battle of Viiiirira, the
French Goner*, onnilidly confessed that he had
passed through the En4lish camp on the Jay before
the battle, with hia Aia/..de,Vasap, in the disguise
of two, olly Priers.

SnarlsLe, Apo. 291--On Wednesilay evenings
Sums. Warren%An, eq. M. P. accompanied by
his family, arrived at the Tontine Intl, ip this Oar'.
Thu bells were rung on the occasion ; nod, oil*
Thursday Mr. W. and his lady visited some or
our principal manufactorim. On his Isaias% the
Sewn in the afternoon, a number of persons were
assembled, who expressed a wish of %king the
horses (rum the carriage, but desisted enure their
purpose at the earnest eotrestise of 3184 Wan.
BREAD.

The Earl of CRATIOASS is not re*ark.bk for
rising at early hours, though be is usually in be 4
before ten eclock ; only hit intimates kogir wtts
Hier he prays! hut the whole army is persuaded
that his I.orelship does not essich• Gist. sir DA,
yin Duna ts, the present Voiernander ia Chief,
called on the Earl, on military business, about
f•ur o*cluek in the afternoon, and, learning that
le was still nader the soft &minion of Morrheas,
left the following note, singular both for point,
and its !actinism :—" Genend D. Dosoasis coin.
plieteatS to the Into Earl of eiIASHAM-4 p. so.:"
-.(nne Mercury.)
The near approach of the opining of the The,
strew fur the winter season is now makings won.
durfill altcrstiun in those of the country. low,
Queens, and Princes, who have reigned with Mut
lin their provincial dramatic kingdom., are noir
hourly arriving hi state upon ths roofs and boxes
of the stages, to deliver matlages, and strut on as
dummies in town, till summer returns.
Every !um of Covent.gar4en Theatre his keen
tried by weights, equal to that of the most ecowd.
ed audiences it will contain, and the experiment
fully justified the previously decided opinion of
the hest prufasiunal judges of lb eittnordinarp
Stability,

On Monday evening a young woman, el goofed
appearance and respectable connections, wits *bout
to precipitate herself from the steps near West.
Mester Bridge, into the water; a Gentleman,
who nas passing by at the instant, fortunately
prevented it ; and having a slight kmowledlo of
her, was enabled to restore her to her friend..
The recent loss of an afrectionate husband, who
was an tracer in the army, and fell in the late glo.
rious conflict at Talavera, impelled her to this
rash attempt,

On Thursday se'nnight, a melancholy accident
uctsarmil between Walton ferry and !Antiguan,-
' fort. A soldier belonging to the ‘Vestmorland
militia had been with 4011111 friends to take refresh,
meat at the ferrphouse, after which he was attune
to return home. On his way to the garrison,
there were three small creeks to pass, the Grit of
which his friends put bim aeries; the others hid
hard way over them, which he said he knew ; oa
that they returned, and he pursued his war to the
second creek, and endeavoured to pass on the hard
way, but missed it, and gut into the mod ; the.
tide was !lowing, and he could not extricate him.
self ; in this iivi!ul 'intimacy he remained tiM the
tide flowed over his, and he was drowned; ho
was found, neat morning, standing upright, and in the med. The persons at the ferry.m ee
heard a yoiee calling outs bat *eight it same from
the soldiers at the garrison.

A sca esabanktiteut was last year raised by
James Stockilale and Richard Towers, Darr.
upon Cartons( Sands, is the county of Lancaster,
three miles In lengths tea feet hip, and 73 fset
base, by which they have inclosed 000 UM of
marsh from the sea, 100 acres of which they have
sues ;his yea t with oats, and which art a remark-
ably fine crop. That part which is paatared,
since the tide ia taken it it, feeds mode beyond
all expectation,. tt is ts be hoped tbeat *ma the
are possessed of similar growth $1 fellow die