The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-26 00:00:00

LONDON:

YRIBI Y, OCTOBER 2G, 181 C).

KING% Pleoc LA Nt WON—Hold:4g at the Public Offices.

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We have this day received German Papers, down
to the 9th inst. Immediately below we have given
thoir principal contents.

HIMBIJR6I4, SEPT. ..18.—'F:ie Directors of the Imperial
French Post-Office, at liamburgh, have made known, that in
virtue of orders which they have received, and by the consent
of the Senate of this loan, there mill be established at Mize-
butte' a post-nae, to open on the Ist of October. In conse-
quence, letters will be received at the post-offices in Ham-
burgh, for Ritzebuttel, Bucathbude, Ilortiebintrg, Stade, ItAt-
buk, Neuhaus, and Oeterndorl. They will be dispatched at
ten o'clock at night on Wednesdays, and tan on Saturdays, and
arrive at Ritzbuttcl on Thursdays and Sundays. The post a ill
leave Ritzebuttel on Tuesdays and Friar, and arrive on
Wednesdays and Saturdays at flainhurgh.—(Abeille du turd,
Oct. 5.)
CATRACT OF A LETtellt FROM PERTIO• A SEI.T. 16.

" The crrps of the army which General SU.:IICT com-
mands, and that which is is Cat .lonia, have formed a junction,
and Marshal MACDO A LD, nuke of Tarent, has taken tire
command in chief; his head-quarters are at Lerida."
PO ItT4l- I? ERR A to, Si; rr. 1.).—T::.• crew of the brig Adonli.,
ha% e greatly distinguished themselves under the fort of this
e.
Yeeterday five launches of the English ship the Calm, as
well as the large boat armed wit► a :32-pounder, attacked the
Adonis, which was stationed under Cape Suitt Andre. The
brig perceiving the movement of the enemy manoeuvred to
avoid him, hat the wind having suddeuly failed, a bloody Co-
' gagement took place. The firing of grape and musket shot was
very brisk. That lauueli which was neatest to the brig was
terribly mauled, and lost nearly the whole of its crew ; two
others experienced nearly the same fate. The loss of the enemy,
whose force amounted to stk, is estimated at from 101 to 150
men; there were but four people w ounded,—(..lbr ills
do
I Yard. Oct. O.)

The following Letter will be found interesting :
" CAPE OF GOAD HOPE, Ann. 27 1810.
"By a ship from the of Bourbon we have been made
acquainted with the surrender of that Island tu the British, on
the Bth July last, and it is determined to follow np the success
by tin attempt to reduce the Isle of France; for w hints pur-
pose troops front this place and India will assemble at Boar-I
bon in the beginning of the month of °ober. • I
" adinisal Baum; proceeds immediately to the Mauritius.
to jolts the blockading squadron; he goes in the Nisus frigate,'
which hasjust arrived here from England. She will convoy
the detruhinents from this colony, and he in the midst of the
service about to be undertaken. It is supposed there will be a
number of brAten heads, from the knOwn strength of the ene-
my's numerous fortifications ; and it is also said that the uival
OM our ships will hAve to contend with, will, if not superior,
be nearly equal its strength to our own. The attack, however,
is to be wade with 11,00:1 troops, besides sailors and marines,
and the moat laugulne expect:o4las of success are here cuter-
lathed.
" The Sirius, commanded by Captain Pyre, was actively
omployed in the operations ag tins Fort Bourbon, and captured
a valuable vest•el tiff Port Louis, on the ‘l.3d July, which is
hourly expected to arrive at this place, under the care of an
able young Officer, only eighteen years of age. of the name
of KlRtillr, who was made prisouer when the Laurel was
captured by time Cannoniere, and after an imprisonment of se-
venteen months, obtained his liberty, and on his return to the
Cape, immediately embarked on hoard the Sirius.
" The Admiral has intimated his determination to sail in a
few days; it is understood that he will be afloat by time Ist or
id day of September."
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The following account of the distribution of the
French naval force in India, up to the 13th of
June, was yesterday received from the Nlauritiui :
The Harriet cartel left Port Napoleon with 150
prisoners of war for India.
Tweitty.two prizes were then lying in thc har-
bour. Two brigs loading for France.
The-11/herr heaving down to be loaded fur France.
The Charlton (a captured Indiaman) preparing
for a guard-ship.
Tire Venus arid La Manche, of 44 guns each ; a
grab brig, of 16 guns ; and L'Entreprenante, of
16 guns (16 pounders), ready for sea on cruises.
L'..4strio, of 51 guns, ready to slip out from
Black River.
'Cud Engine private shti), 30 guns and 130 men,
to sail for France in August.
La 13ellone.and La 211isterve frigates, and Victor
sloop, sailed on the 14th March ; since which
three privateers sailed on cruises.

Two Gottenburgh Mails arrived last night., The
arrival of the late King of SWEDEX at tlia Russia"
Capital, is mentioned; but, if we are to believe an
article from Riga, dated the 6th instant, his stay
was very short, it being stated that he had arrived
at Riga, on his return from Petersburgli, end that
he had sent into Sweden an Address to the Diet, ,
upbraiding them in strung terms fur their choice of
BERNADOTTE, as Crown Prinee, and consigning
them fur their conduct to mei ited obloquy and con.
tempt.
The arrangement which we stated some time ago
to have been made between the French and Danish
Governments, relative to the pimp) of 30,000
French troops through Zealand to Sweden, is men.
dotted in the Papers brought by the Mails ; name-
ly, that 3000 should first pass. and then another
3000, and so on in succession, uutil the whole

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0,000 shill hare arrived sir their place of [Marina.
tion, so that Ludy 39W shall be it one time. in
Zealand.
lii.ns.inorrt was expected at Dorstoh the latter
end of September, on his way to Stockholm, to
which Capital the Swedish Mustard' was about to
return from Orebro, in the early part of the present
month.

A Gentleman who left Paris about • week since,
and nho had au fleiputtunity of seeing tht: FRENCII
EMPRLSS, illfUrMi us, that she is obviously in a
very advanced state of pregnancy, and on that ac-
count had begun to confine herself Wore he left
that city.

Letters from Stettin, to the 4th, mention a strong
sensation having been produced there by the reptirt
that the King of Pitusst had sought the isrotec.
tion of ALexANoEu against the encroachments of
France..

Our Dner letter of this dad• has the following
passage:—

A persun has been apprehended and committed
to gaol, under a strong suspicion of being It.
Armitage, for whom a reward of 100 guineas has
been utlerctl.

We believe that Goverrtarent have not received
any dispatches this day from Lord WELLINGTON.
oOly is the anxiety of the country very great,.
respecting the British troops in Portugal, but we
are assured that Government du not feel quite so
easy on this point as they did some rime since. They
b to perceive, that Lord Wv.wstoTors has
other dangers and difficulties to contend with, be.
snit, his lighting the enemy with inferior numbers. •
They are nut quite so sere as they were, that MU.
SENA wants provisions, or will 'want provisions ;
and then they feel that MAeSENA, having fund to give
his men, may drive the British to the utmost distress,
without fighting a single battle. Suppose he adopt.
1 the plan of lying where he is, only harassing our
posts, and keeping our troops for ever on the alert,
during the whole winter? What is to hinder him
from Idoing this, if he have food, or CMn get iti?
Nothing but my Lord 'VELI.I.NGTON'S re i:nlvath.
ing, in presence of an enemy superior in number,
or marching out of his lines, and beating and Xis.
persitig that enemy. If Lord ‘VELlstrozotit will
follow up his system, and will not meagiark,
MASSIINA may nearly destroy his army St in.'
Out any general engaganent. His Lordship
has placed himself in such a situation, that he
cannot escape this fate. MAssENA can harass
him at pleasure (upon his Lordship's system), and
with comparative ease. The English must be on
the alert, not knowing when, or where, the
enemy will attack. And is it not possible, that
they may want food ? Almost half the population
of the South of Portugal is in Lisbon, that is to
say, within the position my Lord WswmoTo.,i has
chosen.• Can ho be sure, that for the whole winter
we can feed this city, and its new inhabitants, and
our army, and the Portuguese army ? There can
be no certainty of that ! And our troops are now
exposed to perils, beyond the extremity of defeat !
`As to the-deluded people who have fled into Lisbon,
we tremble at the hazard they run of death by
famine; but if they escape that, what shall screen
than from French cruelty, if Niiissmi should enter
Lisbon ? You paint the French as cruel ! They
are so ! Then, why expose your Allies, your
friends, to their savage anger and revenge ? But
that you have done, and perhaps cannot now protect
them from any part of the extremity of their
wrath

lIIS MAJESTY'S ACCESRlON.—Yesterday his MA.
JE,TY entered into the fifty-first year of his seign.
The day was, as usual, tishercd in with ringing of
bells, and at noon the Park guns were fired ; but
all the projected plans of celebrating the day as a.
Jubilee were precluded by a tender and. delicate eon.
sideration excited by the melancholy state of the
atuiable Princess Au ELIA, whose agonizing suffer.
ings were every moment expected to exi;ericince a
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termination.
Tho Island of Bourbon is about 40 miles in
length, and 30 in breadth ; it lies 90 miles
,to
West of the Isle of Fiance, and S:J East of Mada.
gascar. The soil is in general sandy, but in these
parts that admit of cultivation it is uncommonly fur.

tile.
Captain Fr.tsteEns, who has been so long de-
tained and so cruelly treated in the Island of Hour.
bon, came home in this Olympia, the svestel that
brought the dispatches.
New Sou Tit WALes.—The new Governor of
this colony, Lieut./ `r M‘QoAttitts, Esq. arrived
there on board the Drainer/4g naval storeship, on
tl►c 30th of December last, and on landing the nett
day, was received with the usual honours. Soon
afterwards the troop; formed a square, In the cen.
tre of which the Governor took his station with
his suite, and was received by a general salute.
His Majesty's commission was then read, and his
Excellency delivered a speech, expressive of his
firm intention to exercise the authority with which
he wag investd, with strictjustice and
and of his hopes that the dissentious atil jealousies
which had unfortunately existed in the Colony for
some time previous would be now terminated f►r
ever. A proclamation was snhrt•quently issued by
the Governor en the 21th of February, noticing
the profligaw habits and dissolute manners of some
of the Colonists, and declaring his determination
to encourage lawful marriage by every possible
means, and t.► punish thaw persons who kept open
licentious and disorderly bosses.

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271 E .i7IIEY,

COVENT-GAMPENs
Ytstet:lay evening the Play of The Mount.inueeri
was performed at this Theatre.—Nlr. Kl.Ml3l.Ere.
presented the character of Octavian,uud a• it is
well known that lie was the original represcuisvivel
of this part, from whom nearly all its graces :end
points have been ropiebl, it will not ma:prize.
our Readers to understand, that he was very
superior to his eopyists in his delineatiou of
lovw.stecken Sl:aniard. There iicre some
scenes in which he towered &hove all com;nlia.
lion, and evinced the possession of a fecliAg
that we are not frequeuily accustomed to behold...—.
Mrs. If. Joussvotte male as good a Meant hc as
any that we can recolket, Stith the exception of
Miss SMITH. The Musical After-piece of The Es.
cype s ; or, The Water Carrier, stircectliscl to this
Drama, in which Mr. I sCLEDON, as Gaunt Armand,
ialroduced the favourite ballad of The Thoe•il,
which he sang with eir;)rc•siou, and in due melody.
Between the Play and Farce, '' God save the
King" vr2s sang by the %hole of the performers)
in which they were joined by the audience.

LYCEUM.

This Theatre was well aticts:leci latt ni,4llt. The,
Comedy of the Matt Indian was performed, itt
which Aliss DuNc‘tr acquitted herself witii ease, in
the, interesting character of Miss itu.vrors.—'Pita
abior 04 ElahertN of Jon NstO N C iS SO VICCIIrIit and
so well known, as not to need comment. iir intruo
ductal the song of " The Sprig of Shillulah" in his
brat manner, w hicis was received with its fittite jpplause.
—A little circumstance, connected with this, eon.
vsilsed the house with laughter. After the sy ma
phony was finished, Mr. Joutsarosis continued
silent. The musicians looked at hint, and AIN
JottarstoNE continued dumb. The oschestra played
the symphony again.; but when it was again finishee,
Mr. JOHNSTes t remained fur a minute siteot, a, d
then stepped forward, and said, with the grratet
simplicity—" Ladies and Gentlemen, 1 I:eg tea
thousand pardons—b:it I have sung the song 54
often that I have really forgotten it !"-Thn
thus?, as we hare taid, was instantly entivu:sLd
with peals of laughter.
At the conclusion of the Play, the whole of the
Company appeared on the Stage, and snug 16 God
Save the King," its which they were accompanied
by the audience, who enthusiastically joined in not
loyal nilittem, Kith all those demonstrations of re.
spect which the occasion called for.
In theTarte of the Three and the Deuce,Wttexcg
personated ae.. Three Singles with.tolerable sue.
c.c.s; and MATTnaws afforded much amtrsemeot
in Humphrey Grizzle, Which was increased by his
introduction of the song of The Mail Coach.

JUBILEE NIGHT.

fn contlequettee, it is said, of an intlnidtion
a very high quarter, the intended rejoicing, of
yesterday were entirely act aside, and the roam
sndtnoration of the day was much less than usually
attended to, particularly in case of illainina.
libns. There are peoplei however, who seem to.
tally lost to every tense of propriety and decency,
as was forcibly, indeed fatally, experienced in Ca_
tharine.street, Strand, where, by the txhibition of
some drzcbings under the name of transparencies,
and the display of a vast titimper of lamps and lights,
a crowd, or rather a hired mob, was collected, of
the cioq despicable misereatils that over disgraced
any city or town in the kingdom.
About fire o'clock in the eVetting the riotiv of
these Aire commence) by the firing of pistols
and blunderbusses, Ind throwing squibs,' (trackers,
&.•,!. without a moment's intermission until midnight.
Not a carriage could 11393 without being attacked,
and filled with implements of danger and destruc.
tion : many ladies were severely injured, and in some
cases their very clothes were set on fire. Aleans
were found, by knocking at the doors of houses, to
throw these mischievous articles into the passages,
and even to fire blunderbusses in the face of those
who unluckily opened the dour. No one could
enter !di own premises Without being subject to
these degrading insults ; nor conld a window be
op.osed with safety ; and some were.broken by the
explosion of the crackers. All this tool which
might have been prevented, under the very nose a
the Pomo:, fur Whose pr,tection the Public pay
sixteen thousand pounds a year!
We have one suggestion to add—do the or/fee/int
persons who promote these disturbances, and disk
tribute money to the mob to aid their folly, ever
refl. et on the dreadful consturtences that uti:;lit re.
;alt from a single spark of fire lodging on the tops
of houses loidel with light and dry timber ? In a
moment the street tnight be in a conflagration, the
event of which it would be horrid to conceitC!

A Paper, printed at Rouen, and dated the 14th
instant, arrived yesterday. It contains a Paris ar.
dole of the 13(11, but it is of no importance. There
is no account of the battle of Buzaco. There is
a paragraph, from which it should seem as if 80.
NAPARTE; and his wife were going a journey of
some length ; yet another paragraph would induce
us to believe that the Emperor of AUSTRIA, or
Prince Cuanr.es, was coming to Paris, for the ex.
pected arrival of a foreign Prince is mentioned ;
and it is added, that " every body is rejoiced at tho
happiness the Empress is about to receive in a few
days." The Rouyn Paper, we have received, con.
tains extracts from the English Papers relative to
the plot discovered at Lisbon.

..COUN-ESCHANCIE, OCT. 26.—To.day there are
several fresh arrivals of Wheat coastwise. Fine irs
demand, arid somewhat dearer. Barley In toler-
able supply, and maintains its price. Malt wad
Beans, of each description, icinsiii nearly at our
last quotation. White Peas are again higher.
There arc some fresh arrivals of Oats, and sales
11.!reof quoted at little variatione—Flour at latt
prices.
The Theatre at North Shields will open fur
the season on Monday neat; and among other en.
gagements, we hear of M andt (ouYork;
r Mrs.i G 1, E
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, from
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the Haymarket; Mr. lviAN
Con, Lousy, and Haowx, from Lincoln; Mr.
116:SSETTI from Bath; wild Miss CAIIPIOX) from,
B fait

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