The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-06 00:00:00

Colonel PAvILLE, late Commander of the French
gees d'armes iu Portugal, an& four of his suite,
have been brought to this country, prisoners in the
Falls. l iris Officer, as we have already . stated,
had been appointed by BONAPARTE Governor of
Almeida ; but was prevented from entering on that
office, in.consequenee of having beep mode Pri-
soner by our troops.

Ratuburgh Papers to the 25th ult. have been re-
ceived, but they contain uo intelligence of impor-
tance.
A print° letter from Riga, dated the 611'
says, that M. KcatecwitAuscrr, who condemned the
Tenerife ships, has been dismissed from his office.
This is considered a proof of the Emperor ALEN-
ANDER'S determination to break with BoNArArtrc.
There is another report, however, which, if trnel,
would be more decisive of that intention, namely,
'that Count Sletitcaw, 'who since the peace with
France has been in 'disgrace, is again received into
,favour.

This day arrived lc ter from A nholt, from which
we have made some extracts. 'An article, dated
Munich, says, that the Chevalier Messy, who.
had just arrived from Petersburgh,•repoits a speech
made to him by the Emperor 'ALEXANDER,
on taking his leave for his departure (rem the
Russian Court. The Emperor ALEXANDER
cautions the Chevalier from believing the re-
ports he would hear on his road, respecting a
rupture b.twecn Russia and France ; he (ALEX.
ANDER) loves NAPOLEON, and the FRENCH EM.
PEROR loves him ; and both Russia and Franco are
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shielded from all vicissitudes. A LCXA N DER may have
made this speech, fur he is simple enough for theft
or any thing else. But if he did make the speech
and believes what he said, lie is cruelly deceived, and
will the sooner for that meet his ruin. NAPOLEON
-loves him ! Why, whom did NAPOLEON ever love ?
Has he ever loved, or respected, or in any man.
ner felt for his ozen people ?—the people who
have placed him on his supereminent elevation ?
He never loves, and never forgives. —No humane
feeling ever enters his heart, nor and roan passion,
but what is selfish ! Ho has noi, • sill not for.
give the attempt made by ALEXAN <t to check his
power. lie has laid snares aroma( ;tie stupi.l Au.
tocrat—soarcs he cannot escape wi beet resources
which he has not, combined with a wisdom and
foresight which he never knew ! Russia is not
shielded from vicissitudes ;nur do s e ILlieve France
is! Russia must pay for her GRIMES, ds well as
Austria and Prussia. The thun .r. bolt has been
stayed; but is not, but by TV iIESP REPENT.% NCE,

to be diverted from its ALMIGHTY AUTHOR'S
aim ! Poland cries aloud to Marts fur yen.
geance, for the steeping of its fields in blood!
Austria has, in pall, paid the penalty of her
wrongs to Poland ; and Prussia almost wholly
paid it. And rsky is Russia to escape ? or, how
shall she escape, except through the only path that
sinful humanity can escape by ? Let Ar-xxs Kota
turn aside from his selfishness, and his dreams of
new grandeur, or he will not be shielded from vicis.
situdes, but must and mill pass through the bitterest
of them—to his ruin! • Whatever are the RUSSIAN
EMPEROR'S thoughts) his.capital does begin to have
its terrors. The report of the surrender of Raids-
chuck diffused joy through Petersburgh,. not be-
cause of dreams of Russian conquests ; hut because
it was hoped that the event would bring Kastitg.
SKY'S licgociatiou with the Porte for PEACE, to a
favourable issue.—An article, too, dated Stock.'
holm, states, that letters from. P,!ersl);:rgh say,
a rumour prevails there Lhat a Treaty, offensive
and defensive, ii made betamen Russia and the
Porte. This is premature, no doubt ; but it is no
improbable event. The accounts vary greatly
as to the successful side in the war carrying on
against Turkey. Both claim victories in the same
breath. It would be well, if G. ncrals, at least,
would give over the vulgar practice of lying.

We believe there is no arrival this day from Pur-
ugal. •

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• The French General Ditourr, commanding the
9th corps of the army of Spain,
sis son of the iden-
tical Postnias.+ r of Varcnnes, and assikted hit fa.,
then in so -dexterously kinpctling the escape of the
unfortunate Louis XVI. 'by tActturning a carriage
on the bridge of that town.
Capt. Oss.cs, of the ship Phenix, arrived at Si-,
main, reports, that when in the latitude of Lis-
bon (about the 86th or 27th of'July) he passed a
French 74, within trail, under a press of sail. Cap-
tain OsrLL was so near her, that he says tic could
discern her name on the stein. . .
On Monday night there was a fail of snow on
the Yorkshire High Welds, two inches deep, over
th. whole of the country, which, considering that
the leaves were yet green, and that sonic fields of
corn were yet to be got in, presented a very singu-
lar appearance of summer and winter in the same

moment.
An extraordinary instance of cruelty occurred
at Compton Bassett last week :—Two farmers of
that Oral, had a quarrel about a couple of geese
bought by one of the wife of the other, for
the purpose of fatting. The husbatid of the
st Iler meeting the buyer a few days after,
said he should not have the geese at the price
agreed for ; the buyer said be m mild have) his bar-
gain; on which the other swore if he insisted on
having them he would pick every feather oat of
them, which was literally done, and in that agoni.
;ing,state they were sent to the purchaser, and were
seen by many perscus who 4re ready to atte4t the
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