The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-05 00:00:00

THE STATV,SMA,

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divisions to join and repair in waggons to Antwerp
with the utmost speed.
" I have charged the General of Artillery,
Saint Laurient, whose health is perfectly restored,
and who happens to be iu Park unemployed, to
hasten to Antwerp, thence to the Scheldt and the
hleof Cadsand, and to direct the service of :sr-
, finery, and aslertain the state of the batteries.
Ile is also charged to inspect the artillery of the
coast of Boulogne, in the district of the 10th mi-
litary division, mid to give all necessary orders
that the service may he duly performed in all its
different branches. Independently of the forces
employed between the Somme and the Scheldt,
every thing is arranged in the district of the
military division, agrecahly to the orders which I
gave before, and which -I have lately renewed, to
embody, at a moment's notice, (X )0 choice Na.
tionat Guards, to ho taken from the Itgion in
the neighbourhood of the coast, and to be marched
to the four principal points of the coast, such as
Havre, Fecamp, Dieppe, and St. Valery, exclu-
sively of a strong reserve, destined to march to
the point of attack particularly threatened by the
enemy.
" I have also given all necessary orders fbr the
defence of the coast, from llavre to Bayonne.
is I shall have the honour to report to his Ma.
jest), the result of the measures adopted to re.
pulse the attack on the side of the Scheldt, as soon
as the Generals shall set out, on their reports.
" COUNT ItUNNEIWItC."

CADIZ, AuGusr 13.
—..m...

It is barely possible to imagine a more re.
markable moment than that which hailed the
appearance of his Excellency the Marquis WE:L-
UMLEY in this country ; and, as if purposing
to enrol his arrival among the memorabilia
of Spain, Providence seems to have fixed the hour,
when overflowing with admiration and gratitude
towards his brother, far the signal services Spain
and her cause bad derived from British courage
and British gallantry, under Sir Awl-It:Ws cow.
mend, on the 28th of July. The day, ushered in
by the ringing of bells and the discharge of can-
non, was closed with a most brilliant and general
illumination, and every other demonstration of
joy the inhabitants of Cadiz could display.
To et, querate the honours paid to the Marquis,
would exceed the limits of a letter : his reception
was distinguished by marks of enthusiastic love
and veneratioa for the Sovereign and Nation he is
crime to represent, that assuredly never have been
surpassed, if ever equalled, on any occasion ; and
which must have been to his Excellency, indivi-
dually, a source of proud and gratifying smsation.
Au immense concourse of persons, wi•hout dis-
tinction of rank, had assembled to meet the
Marquis on his landing, and many were paying
him the rather unusual compliment, in this coiei-
try, of drawing the carriage, the doors of a hick
were open, the box and eery part occupied
promiscuously by thirse eager to greet his ar.
rival. His Excellency selected one out of the
number, and gave him a purse well stocked with
gold, to distribute among his fellew-citizens ; hut
the honest Spaniard, named JUSTO Lossre, by
trade a shoe-maker, instantly returned the parse,
with Its contents, to the Marquis; anti in the
name, and amidst the acclamations of the sur-
rounding multitude, coupled their thanks fur his
Intended princely gift, with the assurance, as an
apology for declining it, that the proofs of respect,
esteem and gratitude, he was then witnessing,
were the genuine and universal sentiment of the
whole Spanish nation, who found the only re.
ward they could most value in the opportunity of
tin manifesting their fe,dings. _ _

The British subjects here, merchants and others,
were of course not behind.hand in the attention
due to the Representative of their beloved Sove-
reign: through our worthy and respected Consul,
JAMES Durr, Esq. they begged permission to wait
on his Excellency in a body, by whom they were
recei►ed with affability and ul hanky, at once ho-
nourable to him, and flattering to them.
On M inday, the 7th inst. the day fixed upon
by the Marquis, the entertainment prepared for his
Excellency was honoured by his presence, that of
his suite, the heads of the Government, Army,
Nary, and other departments, the British Admi-
ral, and other Officers of distinction, the Sicilian
Ambassador, the Pope's Nuncio, several of the
first Grandees, and other Spanish Noblemen, the
principal British Merchants, and others connected
In the trade of both countries, &c. &e.
The dinner on the occasion was in the most ca.
pacious room Cadiz could afford, at the Land.
gate, or Puerta du Tierra ; and the whole was
conducted in a manner that reflects the highest
credit on the Managers, at the head of wham
were JAMES GOHDON, ESC!. President, and Ms-
CAN SIIAW, Esq. Vice President.
Two regimental bands, Spanish and English,
struck up favourite airs to welcome the company
as they alighted from their carriages.
At half-past three tho table was served, and be.
tween the removal of the first and the introduction
of the second course, the President gave as a toast,
which was drank with three times three :
" His Excellency the Mart Noble the Marquis litatt.aa-
LEY ; and !nay the auspicious woment of his arri►al pro►e
the presage of continued succe,ses•, mid of perpetual tunny
and union between the two countries."

ills Excellency, in a concise, but most
able speech, took occasion to address the meet-
ing; and concluded by expressing, in a tune of
energy and confidence,. in which every one pre.
sent sympathised, his firm belief and hope, that a
perseverance in the enthusiastic spirit of attach-
ment to their country's cause, which he had re.
marked since his arrival, would afford him the
gratification, before be left Spain, of seeing the
liberty of the country firmly established on the
basis of their ancient iuslittations, improved and
perfected by the experience of modorn wisdom.
When the desert was placed, independently of
the plateaux, ornaments, and other devices suited
to the day, the table presented a very pleasing,',
though perhaps novel sight, to the British eye,
the cloth being decorated with graceful festoons,
formed by variegated coloured leaves of different '
odoriferous flowers, terminating at each end with
the Spanish motto :
“ View Fernando Septinro y Jotta Tercets." (1)

After dinner, the following toasts were given
in succession, in both languages, accompanied
with appropriate populariSpantsh,or English airs,
marches, Sc.
" FERDINAND the Seventh"—with three time. three.
" the Third"—with (line, three.
The following were drank with three only :
" The Emperor of A u vrn t.t, ILA our other
" am may the heroic etfortv of her brave and loyal
People terminate in the complete resturation of her lailepen-
deuce, Liberty, and '
" His Excellency General Duo liatic.oato DE LA
Cuesva."

" Ills Excl.llyncv (:ear.ral Sir ARTHUR W rt./X.11.1:Y."
" The Arcltsim: CaURI.I:9 of Austria, aid success to the
Austrian arm-." _ _

" The Spanish Armies. and their gallant Commairier.."
" The British Army, and their gallant Connumders."
" The BrittA Navy.- '
" The Spanish Navy."—tiiven by the Marquis before sit-
ting dew,.
" His flolitwss the Pore, and may be he delivered from
his actital state of bondage, us the Children of Israel Were
from the land of Egypt.
" The Suprenie Central Junta of Spain, and may the
mean employed by them to place the canuory in its present
proud situation, never fail them until tlwv have accomplished
the great end to which they have pledgee{ thewselves.'
" The Immortal Defenders of Saragossa :/lltt Gerona."
" The Heroes of Itayien."
" The loyal Inhabitant, of the Spanish Culonie,, and pros-
perity to their Coot nerve wid Estaldishnwats."
" The City of Cadir., the prosperity of its C unimerce,
and happiness of its worthy Inhabitants."

At about eight in the evening the dinner party
withdrew, to prepirre fur the ball that was to fol.
low at the Theatre ; and at which not only the nu-
bility, gentry, merchants, with. their ladies resi.
dent in Cadiz, bat time of Puerto Saints Maria,
Isla, Xcrcz, and every other place within reach of
the very short notice that could be given, were in-
vited. The Theatre was most brilliantly illumi-
nated, and so contrived, that the stage and pit
forming a most spacious saloon for the amateurs of
dancing, left the first and second range of bons
for spectators who chose to appear in full dress.
The third and upper boxes were for the accommo-
dation of thole who came in the usual costume of
the country ; and the remaining parts of the house
were appropriated for the other inhabitants,
among whom tickets of admiisiun had also been
distributed.

At the end of the saloon over the stage a trans.
parency was placed, with the device

" Vivan CUriTA v Wri.t.usLEv, v los bizarros Defeo-
sores de la Patri.t. del dia .2S de Julio." (I)

. At the end opposite, and between the portraits
of the Kings of GREAT BRIT %I v and SPAIN, which
were surmounted by the Royal Standards of both
Nations, another transparency had the following
inscription : (3)

FRIt .4 A IMO et mac enado,
N iNima de tr.ticom
TM pueblo lot de veugatte,
(.om Cry
E11:11.01, 1:41:111i4 toia.
Se tnlA ha de eumplir;
Pia y au Rey,
De %enter o murk.

As an attempt to du justice to the splendor of
the scene, to the assemblage of rank, fashion,
beau.), and elegance, that graced lbe Theatre, I,
out of all question, some faint idea may still
be formed, float the fact of between three and
four thousand pct sons having st:ended ; and that,
until seven o'clock on the morning of the Tues.
day, the merry dance was kept alive with that vi-
vacity so peculiar to the Spanish fair : at this hour
the house was cleared and all had retired, highly
pleased, and in perfect good humour with each
other.

04.6. 1.., rERDI,II D the Seventit, old LITURGIC
tbe bird."
N. B. The ripviiite end n •is reversed, and 6count:l he
Third placed lira ia the motto.
(4)" Long live Cur t and W I.l.e.if.EY, and the valiant
Derianicrs of the Country, on the 'ietti July."
0) Fr ROO:AND, most laiiived,
Hy a treacherous foe betrayed,
Ths. People shall avenge thY riuse,
With tirtnne.s undismayed.
Lath Spaniard's heart and 'band shall join,
And shout the N -Ilion'. cry,
For their faith and their king,
runquer nr to die.

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THE STATESMAN.

raorostri ?VIA'.

LONDON:
TUESDAY, IMPTEMAIIII 5.
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AT no period hf the contest between France
and Austria have the people of Eligland been so
imperfectly informed of (he real state of affairs
in Germany, as at tho present juncture.—The
Armistice of Zisaitri was signed on the 12th of
July, and intelligence of that event reached
London oe the 26th of the same month.—
When the consternalinn nit!' which that news
filled the Metropolis hail, in some degree
subsided, the Loudon Newspapers almost one
race set to work to r,..ritiade the people or
England that Austria had h..en tricked into
the Armistice ; and that the re.cointnencetnent of -
hostilities WAS inevitable. The hirelings even
went so far as to induce au expectation that Ans.
trig would out wait fur the expiration of the
term prescribed fur the cessation of
Then came the manufactured account ref the bat-
tle of Wagram, shewing how (el ri4ly the Freorli
were Mauled—an:l lastly, as the peroration of the
argument, the extraordinary infatusiion of the de.
luded Archduke CHA 111.1 up•)n huge head the
whole blame of the diststious i•!tite of the con_
toil vies laid without i:i..rey. Al; hope nu; then
fixed on Pante Join of I.lcitiv. 'lli' in.
numerable absurdities on this sobj.'et in The Pod,
and more especially in The Courier,.are fr,•sh in
the recollection of every uric-- the profound di—

covery of The CO atrial that there were two des_
criptious of courage--uue of the
.fichl, ai.d the
other of the cabinet—in which latter the poor
Aitennotia is gravely alleged to be extremely
deficient--was highly instructive. However, it
turned out at last that the Ancirocirr, iustead or
being pacifically infatuated, had voluntarily re-
tired fruit the Austrian army frum a very ditfereni
species of infatuation—and it %%mild have been
but common justice in The Po4t and Courier to
have resumed that fulsome strain of panegyric
with which they were wont to plaister the Ancu-
I DUKE, before the discovers of his difieierscy hi
the courage of tile Cabinet.

The signature of Preliminaries between France
and Austria has been reported in Foreign Journals
and rtirate Letters reiteratedlj ; and we are now
again called upon to give credit to that event, ou
the authority of a private letter from Holland, of
so recent a date as the Ist instant. The date of
the peace, thus announced, is not mentioned ; but
various particulars are ;fated, for which we should
imagine there can be little foundation..—The sub-
stance of the reports on the Continent respecting
the terms is—that FR A !qui, abatithoing the title
of Emperor, assumes that of King of Bonr.
MIA and Hes:catty—and that he also abandons
Austria, of which Narot.rost assumes the title of
Archduke. Other repoc:3 state, that the ei.dc.
cant Emperor is to retain his ancient title of King
of BOHEMIA only—relinquishing Hungary—aud
accepting a portion of Turkey. We apprehend
that all these aceuunts originate in cottjectur c only.
The extinction of the title of Emperor seems ut.
terly improbable—for it is difficult to cult-
ceive a unto, so framed as must be that of
FitaNcts to endure existence under a stale of
degradation so absolute. That the negociations
for peace have been so long protracted, has cer.
tainly excited our surprise—and we are persuaded
that on this subject no correct infurniation is be.
fore the public. In no former negotiation of
NAPOLEON is the field, has there been any such
delay. If the affairs of Austria were so desperate,
45 to have filially compelled her to the abject sub..
mission »Ilia is now stated, it might be thought
that no longer time would hare been necessary to
settle the basis of negotiation than was occupied
in framing the peace that succeeded the Battle of
Austerlitz;—and if, on the other hand, iheDictate
of NeruLLox has bceu resisted by the Emperor
FHA:refs—it might reasonably be inferred, that
he was not rcducad to the necessity of finally sub-
mitting to the A bdication of his title of Em..
pour, and the surrender in perpetuity of his
capital.-..and hereditary dominious. The re.
signation of the Archduke CHARLES—the removal
of the negotiation from Znaim to Vienna,
from Vienna to Raab, and from thence to Allen.
burg, together with the prolongation of the Ar-
mistice, are circumstances, the grounds of o hick
are so unknown,'that it is not possible to place
any confidence in the reports that have now reach.
ell us—it is therefore certainly premature to form
any opinion on a subject respecting which we ars
hitherto in profound ignorance.

AGAIN do Ministers give "note of prepare.
lion."—That the Eritisir army shall strike a
blow, is their absolute determinaitun—but when
ur whc•re, is not yet announced. Public rumour
assigns S:iaiti as the point of " ulterior" opera_
tion.—lf to protect the retiring army of the Vis-
count of TALAVERA be the project, it may be
hoped that no 1..1h.: will again be wasted--
for delay, at all U411.'6 dangerous, may, in the pre-
sent exigency, be peculiarly hazardous. Ou the
active efforts of the truly formidable force which
the late Commander in Chief of the Expedition
had under his direction, it may be worthy of re-
mark, that the horses of the cavalry and artillery
that were embarked at It antsgate in the month of
July, were disembarked at that place in the month
of September, after remaining in the vessels 48
drys. They went out with the Expedition, they
remained the whole time in the we:sets with the
Expedition, they came back with the Expedition,
and they are going out on anotli,T Expedition.
Orders have already beca dispatched to our na-
val arsenals to make the necessary preparations,
and the Resolution, Ithistriams, Alfred, Revenge,
Hero, Orion, Monarch, .Achille, and lit/lona,
which arc returned to Pertsmtrith, have been di.
rccted to take in provisions for flee monthy.—
From the length of time for which these vessels are
thus provided, it might be inferred that the object
of the Expedition is more distant than Spain.
Dispatches were yesterday received front Cadiz,
which produced some bustle amongst
Ind possibly the Alarquis Wert.t.st.cy may have
suggested lonic new pl In for a freilt
,11. Worm The confidence of the people of
Cadiz appears so totally iticonsistiuit with
wii it we know of the situations of tie French
,u lilies, that it will not be surprising if even the
penctratin4 and bagarious Marquis should be de.
Wetland deceived by the ignorance and misrepre.
sentations of the people of Cacti:, who arc talk.
ing of the surrender of Sour.r, whose advance
threatened to cut off the retreat of the Briti,h

• army. The last dispatches from DeiMose were
dated on the Bth of Angust.—Mluisters talk
of having the Expedition ready in a week—
that brings us to the 121 k of Sept.—allowing only
14 days to reach atia disetnhark in Spain, we ar-
Tire at the !GM of September, 49 days after the
position at Deleitose was taken—the Expedition
has then to march to join the British army.—
What will the French armies hare been doing in
this imp•rlant interval Handsomely waiting
the arrival at our Expedition ? We fear not.—
From the Expedition now meditated we anticipate
no greateradvantage or success than from the last,
whether it be destined to act against any point on
the coasts of France or Holland, or against the
French in Spain, or against the Neapolitan king.
dote of King JOACHIM—from our army in
"which neighbourhood, under Sir JOll NI STUART,
intelligence has at last been received. The dis-
patches have not yet been made public, but arc
saidtocontain accounts of the capture of Lchia and
Precida, the reacnalion of which by the English
as announced a few days ago in the foreign papers.
Until the date. of Sir JOH NI STUARTI3 dispatches is
inuw It, no conclusion can be drawn on this sub.
jest—but the probability is, that the intelligence
in the Forei4n Journals is of later date than the
diipatelles of Sir J. STu.t wr. The passage down
• the Mediterranean is frequently tedious ; and iti.
telligence fruit Naples by land would be in Paris
long before the Princess Mary Packet, by which
the dispatches were brought, cauld make her pas-
sage to England. A large quantity of cannuu,
ammunition, and fifteen hundred prisoners, are re.
ported to have been taken there ; and the pri.
setters were sent to Malta. A flotilla of up.
wards of forty gun-boats was also destroyed
by our ships ; and Scylla, being precipitately
evacuated by the enemy, nas taken posse,sion of
by our troops. The fortifications on that island
had been destroyed before the enemy quitted it.-
IVo, however, rcpea!, that the date of these dis-
pa ches is necessary to enable ns to form an opi-
nion of the truth of the aY,crtion in the Foreign
Journals, of our troops having subsequenly era-
coated Ischia and I'rucula.

AT tenth we has tidings of RaxANA
end BALLA 'Tout oil by • a vessel front Coriiiina
in eleven days. The army in the North of
Si:ain meditates a coup.ik-main on Madrid,
in the absence of the French a rnics—and
the Commander in Chief of the Spanish arini.s
in Spain expects from this manceuvre to et}•;ct
a ileCoise insertion in tivuor of the combined
British and Spanish ar►nies. Other communi-
cations Iw; been received from various parts of
Spain, which, as usual, contain citras.tgant and
so ntradi cto ry report'.

The letters from Alicant since the defeat of the
troops under General (haat by Stream, are
not nclrly so sanguine as they have been. The
merchants hi that quarter decline coneinercial in..
iercourse with this country, until they shall no
linger he liable to the political ticissitudet to
mhich they are now exposed. The letters from
Seville and Cadiz. are dictated by a very different
The security the authors of teem derive
from their natural and artificial sources of defence,
arms to hare imparted a degree of coofulence,
which in more vulnerable situations is not acknuw.
The following will sulkiently illustrate
what we hare now stated : _

" Codis, Aug. TI.
" The Varcitis and spite lin led from the Donegal ihs the
Lt A ogua. The follow Ing.tLiv the British subjects and tiler-
eitassis of Cadis waited on tits I:: seelkocv. nail ins the Bib gave
thi aa. splendid dinner at the Puerta de Tigre. and a h.. 11 is
the evening at the Theatre, which coutioucil till Ta•s•fay
atur:tiog.
" The battle of Tahvera ant a sanguinary one indeed t
vier hero .s have done their country credit. and the Slat mares
have also dour their duty. The fate of the Peninsula i% in a
great measure 46.1eJ. France mu.,t withdraw, null in the
trise.it of her dercated eolo-tow, she will surer the just pe-
rally of her perfidy and temerity.
" The Panda arrived tra titt ith. and several other yes rls
from the c dollies; nor trinn't he it avanash, en rcgi .Ite, with
about tie ge'lliora of limns; about tsd galleons 1.1 All are ex-
pected. 7'he Paula brought six mantas., above one taillioa
of which is I.r account ut Government.
" Vacimt. reports are abroad' of SOVT.T nit% the wreck
of has army, without artil:-ry • having reached the Puerte de
Minaraz nod surrendered ; but t:icre *soothing certain. The
• rquts left this nu the !tan f..r Seville, under a grand salute
from the Muralist. Every bn.ly has a good opinion of itim,
and anticipate treat things if he i • itationary.
" Pay no a tteotion to th- -reports died gloomy slur you
still have in abated:owe per the packet. Etery thing is ping
on as a ell as ran be elpre.ed :n a contest with such et peri-
euerd for%, and t. ith an enc my who had so much at stake.
Intrigues were on fool. and report sas,s Fta:Rr: wes =Ode a
find af; hut the Ilarqtas basset to %seri. the rigot way."
Seale of the letters from Spain, not %written iti•
those who enamel every prospect of life, frankly
Assert, that the present is the crisis in which her
fate will be determined, and that a single victory
or defeat stay decide whether their indepcwlence
may be lett, retl, or Joseen established uu the C.
tholic Thrum.. •

It appears by the Gazette of last Saturday, that
Sir DAVID Duxhas,. the Commander-in-Chief, has
bestowed the Colimaley of the 95th Regiment'
(consisting of three battalions) upon himself, al.
though he is Colonel of the Scotch Greys) ono of
Or: most lucrative regiments in the service. There
15 something which peculiarly calls for explanation
in this appointment. Unless Sir DAVID resign his
f•olding the office of Governor of Chelsea Hospi-
tal, while at the same time he is Commander-in-
Chief, and Colonel of two regiments, is a circum-
stance which ecrtaiiilsi requires some animadver-
sion; Intl if some explanation of this extraordinary
military monopoly is nut given, we shall eon-
(vile it to be o'er duty stivetli!t• to cail the atten-
tion of the public to this appaient abuse of military
patronage.

The blaster and Wardens of the IZ.tkers' Com-
pany this day waited on the Lord iyor to %et
the assize of Bread ; when hi• I.,,rdsliip, after in-
specting the blealwvighere Mattis, oidered it to
moans at its present prim.