The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-28 00:00:00

TWI STATESMAN.

ON the subject of the relative situations of Aus.
tria and France, we have no correct information.
In some of the foreign journals the re.eommencc.
mcnt of 11 .ctilites is asserted; but in Holland
peace is confideotly anticipated, and at Baur-
demur, such was the confidence of public opinion
in that respect, that the French Performer Talma
quitted that i•lace precipitately to be present at
the return of NAPOLEON to Paris, where he was
expected on his birth-day—That be has 'not
yet returned, the silence of the usual demonstra.
lions on the French coast renders probable ;
but that there will be peace between France
and Austria, every consideration induces us to
expect. As to the foolish assertion, that the
Armistice was equally necessary to both the
armies, a perusal of the affecting address from the
Austrian Commander at 13rixen to the Tyrolese
and Voralburghers, is of itself sufficient to show
the imminently dangerous condition in which Ans.
tria must h ive believed herself, to have induced
her so entirely to have abandoned the Tyrol ; and
as to the Tyrolese continuing to resist after they are
thus abandoned, it requires no greet foresight to
predict their submission at no very remote period.

Tnt Guttenburgh Mail brings us the new Con-
stitution—in uhich we find one imitation of that
of Great Britain—the prohibition Of the Prince
Royal from contracting marriage without the
consent of the Government. The patriotism and
even personal hatred of the Danes against this
country..-have at last succumbed beneath their
cupidity. The temptation of establishing a gene-
ral commercial depot in Denmark, while cumwerce
is superseded in other parts of Europe, is irrexis-
tible...and accordingly, bending to Pr.rres, these
tons of Commerce arc about to pocket the con-
flagraiiun of their capital.

Tnr. Lords of the Admiralty have exprened, in
a letter to the Committee at LLOYD'S, their deep
concern " that so many captures have recently
14 happened in the neighbourhood of Beachy
" Bead, occasioned principally Au the cruisers
" having been citizen by the lute strong westerly
"6 gales to take ~later under Dungeness, and
cc from the Captain of the Syrian having imprit-
" dently suffered the convoy from Oporto to pass
" up Clsinttel without protection, for which their
" Lordships have conveyed to I►ita their high
" displeasure. A frigate, three sloops, and a
" cutter, are now cruising in the_vicinity of
" peachy Head for the protection of the trade."
—What d pity it is, that while our ships are com-
pelled to " take shelter under Mingssess," the
enemy's privateers come out, in shoals, during
these " Atroitg westerly gales," and carry of our
vesbels by half dozens at a time ! ! Will the country
he saliblitil with this pedtry, frioolous, absurd
racuse? Aru not our ships of war, ivell found as
they are, more capable of keeping the sea, than
•hr cock-boats of crazy privateers that in-
sult our coasts with impunity ? This is vigour
with a vengeance!

What has not Colonel WAIDLF to answer fur,
in accusing our vigilant, active, energetic Minis-
ters of wasteful, wanton, expenditure of the public
mono• IA For what ate we ground to the very
dust lay taxation ? Where is the protection for
which we pay so heavily ? In the name of Heaven
for what Op our merchants pay convoy dilly
The .scrutinhing Colonel WA EDLE will yet drag
forth from their hiding-places fart, which the
ellognenc.c .if even (he eloquent 11r. ilusctssom
will be unable to eau over.

,1u Expedition against Gaadaluupe is said to be
in contempt:lomi.

Bouvet, Z and 3000 wounded Austrians, who
remained hi a field of r)e, after the hailk of
the 01h silt. ase said to hare been burnt to
death, in consequence of the rye ac(identaily tak.
log tire. We conceive this to be a gross exaggc.
ration.

.111 thr Auitrian district*, where the fate Mulles
took (dare, '27 14rge tillages remain deierted.;—
Seventtwo of them are wholly ravaged, sad the
remainder partially so. Many of the inhabitants
hive taken tip (liter abode io the womb, forests,
Ste.

The KinT of PRIAM.% Ilia lately paid six mil.
limes of frAnks mory of the arrears of the coutri.
bii/ionc claimed by France.
Tba contrilnations foie(' on the Austrian pro.
Tiore. ly Mt%APAttTC, amount to the enormous
cum of 196,41),000
Lieutenaiit.Colunel M Kf N voK. of the Cold.
stream Regiment of Goren:, hail hi., horse shot
under hjou at the glorious battle of Talavera, but
himself escaped unhurt._ • _ _ _

• The garri.uo of /quailing arrived on Saturday in
the Duns sorerai Men of war.

The small expedition intruded tfi reinforce Sir
Kill, it is said, go to Cadiz; and be.
side,: Artillery, the following go out :-.441 brigade
of Fnut Guards, two brigades of light cavalry,
(lilts of heavy cavalry; to consist of one regiment
of Life Guards, the regiment of Horse Guards
(blue), the Scotch Greys, and the Inniskilling
Dragoons.

Some transports, with woundPd officers and
men of our army, and several transports with
French prisoners, arc arrived at Portsmouth from
Portugal, after 4 very short passage,

Lord Witxtaiskiloiltocs is pronsolod to the
rank of Lieutenant... General of the irony serving

8477 LE OF TAL4VER4.

garIAAOT Or A LITTER 710 K AN OTVICIR Or
CATALIIT, DATED
Talavera de la Reyna, July !I.
am as well, thank Goo, ages,' be expected, after two
days of bard fighting. We arrived herr on the ?id instant.
The Spaniards were first engaged with the enemy, and
law& like men ! bat the Preach were so numerous, that the
Spaniards were cnmpelled to retreat. when the British mi-
-1 minced, and maintained their position. For two days the
French made their attack, and west repulsed sills the less
of some thousands. They lay like so many sheep in the fields
and woods; they afterwards attacked war right. and were
again repulsed ; and then tried our centre. where they foatid
a very warm reeittiose. I cannot ascertain the numbers nt
iolled on either side. but I believe we lust five thin.
'and t sad the French about eleven thousand.—Our
regiment bad only II men and SU horses missing. The
;oth and 9d regiments of Guards suffered severely. scarcely
an Officer left. The T4cl Light Dragoons fast three squarer,*
in one charge; the German Legion a great number is the
-sine charge.

The 43d made a meet priest charge, and brought in a
a hole column prisoners. and kilted best part of another. sod
took Eve pieces of mission. It seems from what we can leans
from the prisorint. that y esterday was to be their great trial of
strength. and if it did out tacceed they were to give it tip.
The Penchant? fought so hard in their lines before. 77:sir
Ciaialry were teen driving their Infantry Wore them Mat at-
tempted to girt arty.
" It wars shocking sight to me the wounded lie in the
fields, therms and the stubble being so dry. the shells set
them on tire. and burnt muobers of the poor triton s alive.

The brigade of Guards charged the attack ing relent's* of the
French most gallantly, bat were rcthrr repulsed. MTV
were afterwards covered by the first battalion of the 48th,
who made their charge good, which caused a great slanghter
amongst them. It was most highly creditable to that corps ;
the behaved uncommonly well. We have Its.t one Ge-
neral (WiCitevr). be was killed by a cannon shot. We
have a great munher of officers killed and wounded. The
enemy began their retreat this morning, suid sent in a flag of
truce, het it was sot accepted. 1$ e had a reinforcement
folioed yesterday, I cannot say how many corobts of In-
fantry, and some fight connon,which we were is grrat want of.
The French have very good guessers, and assist excellent
rifle-men. We hare been eery hasty off these four East days
for provident t I don't expect we shall be mach better at
present, till set get So Marti. The French destroy ever)
thing before diem. I have 110 i heard ails thing of General
ITGRisFORD% arm:, s he has been of no service to us, that 1
can bear of. —1 is nob! bay mere, bat we have just received
orders to turn out."

Mrs. and Miss liAargan haring heard that Co.
lone) HAWKER. Was severciy wounded in the
battle of Tahevera, at the head of his regiment,
the 11th Dragoons, immediately set out from
Lisbon to attend him ; but it is feared that they
are among the prisoners taken by Marshal SOUL?
at Placentia.

Among the prisoners taken at Plaeencia was
Surgeon MEADE, who was attending the sick at
shat place, when it was unexpectedly entered by
the French.

Letters of the date of the 17th lust from Boor.
&aux, have reached tows. One of these repeats
the rumour which has been so industriously circa.
[atm! in France, and every part of the Continent,
n.tmely, that N tp,OLIDt4 would arrive at Paris on
the anniversary of his birth, the 15th. So roof
dently was this expected, that Tat.o !!....• player,
who was announced to perform one of his prinei.
pal characters on the I‘2th, suddenly left .Bour-
fleaux for Paris, in the eirpeetatlun ut being called
upon to 1.14 y before the Emperor. liosatistyt's
stay in the capital was not expected to List more
than four or five days. It was understood that he
would immediately proceed to assume the command
of the French army in Spain. The Prefect of
13.furtleaux had issued his orders to the Guard of
Honour formed in that city, to bold itself in Im.
mediate readiness to receive and escort the Ftnpe.
rur. It will easily Cr conceived that ill these at.
rangemosts were formed upon the prcsumptifis
that Austria must accept any terms that were offer.
ed her, and that the possibility of an attack un
Antwerp was not then cutoteniptited.

I ITRACT OT A LIITTM /KUM A GritTLIMAX
130 STUN, TU A MUMMA/4T IN Tilt DATED

24TH JULY :---

" We aru under khot alarm at the eondnct of
your Government, who, ue understand, are at.
tempting to set aside a contract made by Mr. E.
must will' ours. lam sorry to find the lititish
Gorernment conducting themi.lrer in such a
manner as must eventually lens them reithout
one iendly Power on the Globe, and must
force those nations to become their enemies who
sincerely with to be on the most amicable terms
with thisn."

By the new Swedish Constitution, tibias has
lately been made public at Stockholm, in five
sheets quarto, the King is to be ar4istell by a
Council of State, consistin? of nine Member•, by
whose adsice he ...dices peaer or war, and Iran.
'gets all important affairs. All public Wheys must
be filled by nativ.s. The King has the •storelee
bon►mand of the land and naval forces. The R..) al
ago of maturity takes ;dace at tteetity. Should
Ike male brim. k of the 'loyal Family become es.
tines, the Council governs until the States of the
Kingdom are eusivuked. No l•rinee.ltuyal can
worry without the consent of the Sturm
A Gentleman who arrived in town in the after.
noon of Saturday from Bremen, stated it as a re.
port, generally believed, on the shores of the'
Elbe and the Weser, that the Armistice between
the French and Austrians had been terminated,
and that an engagement was daily and even hourly
expected. The aec runts received by the same op- '
portunity, represent the Austrian *my as having
Leen augmented with a degree of rapidity ballet to
uuknoeeu, and that at no time, since the corn.
o►encement of the ear, it had been in so formida.
ble a state as it is at present. It is almost unne.
ccssary to observe, that such a statement must be
a gross exaggeration.
Thursday s jonrneyasaft painter and his wife
having returned (rota Peckham Fair to their 10.1 g.
dugs in Peeriess.row, City.road, could nut make
the people of the house hear; and he procured a
ladder to get in at the topswiodow, abort liking
bold of a stone on the parapet-wall, it unfortu-
nately gave way ; he fell on the pavement, and
fractured his skull in so shocking.* manner that he
died &hilt (skip: to the hospital.