The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-21 00:00:00

MARGATE, JULY 19.

The gaieeies of the season are now commencing
here; the Expialition has attracted a considerable
number of visitors, and our arrivals are daily in-
creasing. The Royal Waggon Train, and some of
the Staff horses were yesterday embarked at Rams-
gate, and it is expected the whole of the troops (yet
remaiuing on shore) will be on board this after-
noon. Every horse and chaise is Margate have
been in a state of constant reqnisition for some days
past by parties to different parts of the Coast, to
view the preparations for this formidable arma-
ment. An express has just arrived from London
to the transports now in the Roads, which is,
most probably, relative to their sailing. There are
about 70 sail from Woolwich, Sheerness, &c. &e.
with stores, ammunition, and artillery. Another
division, with some ships of the line, and gnu-
boats, is hourly expected. On Monday evening
we had a signal flying on St. Peter's Too er for a
French privateer in the Channel ; I hair not yet
heard if any of osr cruisers have picked her up ;
her object was, most likely, to reconnoitre us du-
ring the embargo ; it would have been useless to
expect to make any prizes, none but the Margate
and Ramsgate packets being permitted to sail. The
want of fish is severely felt here in consequenee.
The boatmen have beeu solicited to attend the FA-
pedition in their own vessels, which they have re-
fused, as they were uninformed both of their desti.
nation and of the letigth of time they might be ab.
sent. We have but few soldiers here, only some of
the 91st Ilighlanderr remaining in the Bari irks.
The Theatre opens on Monday nest, which will add
to our present amusements. Donkeys are ouch
in request this season. The principal stables for
these animals are in Donkey's Mews, We.. 1,1-
square, where R. Bennett, Donkey Ilacktic).
man, accommodates grown Ladies or Gentlemen,
and young children, with ponies, mules, and don-
keys, to any part, by the hour, d ty, or mile,
with careful guides, if required. Bob Bennett
assures his fib:oda that his Junkies far exceed most
others in bone, blue], agility and expedition.
FOUR O'CLOCK, r. w.—The transports are now
all under weigh for the Dowus.

By a decree issued by General DOIMINIE, Go.
vernor of Barcelona, on the '29th of May last, all
personsare prohibited from appearing in the streets
with a stick, or carrying with them knives prohi.
bited by the laws, on pain of being taken before a
military commission, and trotted as an assassin.
Every mail who wears a chak or great cost shall
be registered by the agents of the police and the
soldiers, in case of popular commotion, every
house in which a Frenchman, a klagistrate, &c.
shall be killed, or from which a shot shall take
place, or stones shall be thrown, shall be delivered
over to pillage ; as also every house in *hid' a
seditious meeting shall be held : and if siich houses
arc inhabited by their proprietors, thy shall be
destroyed.
By another decree, reciting that the churches
and convents of Barcelona were points of re-union
fur conspirators, &e. all churches and convents
are to be shut at six in the evening, and not open-
ed before half past 5 in the morning. Every rer.on
found in a church or convent within the pruhibited
hours, shall be taken before a military commission
as a conspirator. A person shall be secretly ap.
pointed to watch over the execution of this arti-
cle. The expence to be defrayed by the churches
and convents; and the Vicars, fee. to he answer-
able fur whatever takes place in their churches,
&c.
A Spanish paper of the Bth ult. from which the
above has been extracted, adds, " The
results of these iniquitous decrees shall be pub.
tithed when we receive precise intelligence con.
cerning what took place in Barcelouw on the 3d
inst.

The new jetty, at Yarmouth, is found to he too
short to admit of the near approach of boats at
low water. In conbequence of this, an order
has been given by the Admiralty-Board to carry it
out one-fourth of its original length further into
the sea. At the termination, two lateral branche►
are to he added in the form of aT, so that there
will, at all yriuds of the tide, be a safe and cum.
modious '

,
iTION a. PLARI.—We are requested to
• roct an error in our report of this cause, which
• was erroneously intituled Peirce r. Watson. The
application of the Defendant Pears to dissolve the
injunction that had been obtained by Mr, Watiost
w a dismissed wish sorts.