The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-25 00:00:00

THE STATESIWAN.

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spoliation, morale may <eat be well founded.—
,They an likely enough to enter into the daring,
Awhile* Miti embitious AIWII of •Bowertais, and
.tfiliatttlititiv kid tehmialleig peliey of thezCeurt of
e tiC:.:.ol4ll tits Etepersor Pelaretsis, the foreign
rh
' An I"eiincied is reridered ife4usbable from the sad.
dent
• frarture of llistereska4ritra. Funtainbleau,
who .was to be absent oull.A.fetit 7 days,. A Paso!,
of his lonsequencewould kardiz have been delatktd.
to do the usual. honotitli to r 4 one or less Uigelity
than gowned head. •: • .. , : • , .

The.* Etoatd. of Trade jesterday desisted from
wa,uting Licences to and from French ports, and
Ohm to and from all blockaded ports within .tbe
Ow* designated in the Orders of Council.: •
':lit is impossible to express, adequately, the sur..'
Oite which men have, when tixei.:see .Ministers •
&Angara which arc injurious to themselves; that
itsjorions to the stabilitN of their power, while
tPlaa;tory acts are ruinous to the very best interests
title country. The Commerce of England has
of late met with shocks which it can scarcely
be 'raid to survive. If Ministers could give
one life and health to Commerce they would
Win many hearts, and really might' stand up
.vrith:lituch confidence under all their surprizing
1)1\00s. lint to give commerce almost a finishing
Ibletit and to do that without any species of neces.
1414yeM Ow way to lose the friends they have, and
'to•raake every mercantile man their eager and cla.
:morass enemy. We do not expect Miuisters to do
anything
.ou a comprehensive,scheme for the coon.
try; but we are astonished that they can find out
no, means to do; little good for their own sakes, and
that they will entletheessiTvei, as well as the coun.
try. We suppose all this is the result of that infa-
tuation which Providence has decreed shall be the
fore.runner of the perdition of the wicked! This
!self-murdering act of Ministers cannot otherwise
be accounted fur.

We aro extremely concerned to hear of the com.
motion among the French prisobers at Bristol. It
is true, it scarcely can be wondered at. Disap.
pointed hope maddens the mind. Yet, it would be'
well if these prisoners would not indulge in resent.
ment against those who have not deserved
Nothing can be more certain, than that o'er
Government have not been to blame in the failure
of the negociatiOn for a general Exchange of
Prisoners. Asr.we have. before had occasion
'to say, they offered sacrifices unheard of before
among G.tivernments. They were sincere in their
negociatioa, and it was the Tyrant only. that was
not sincere, and that never meant to ease one throb.
bing prisoner's heart. We have not to blame our Go.
vernment in this transaction, bitt this circumstance of
the commotion among the French prisoners at Bris-
tol reminds es of an idea that has long been itn-
pressed on our apprehension. If the enemy should
ever touch this shore (and who dare say he canna?)
the multitude we have of French prisonersmay be
among thegreatest of. our dangers in that insitiesit.
On this consideration, as well as on grounda nf:hts-.
manity, we wish Government had accuLd outi 'to
the outrageous demands of the Tyrant.

A report was in circulation yesterday that Mao.
said had retreated. Thu intelligence was saist.to
hive bean received by the telegraph. It is truothet
the telegraph which communicates with Portsmouth
was at work great part of the day, but it was for
the purpose of transmitting information thither.
A letter from a Gentleman who holds a situation
of high trust at Cadiz, speaks with rapturous con.
lideuce of the effects which may be expected to re-
sult from the deliberations and decrees of the Curter.
One happy consequence has already resulted—the
people are now confident of success; and men of
information view their proceedings as calculated to
lay a stable foundation rut the restoration of their
national independence on the subversion of NAPO.
LEON'S usurped power..
A letter from an English merchant at Mogadore,
'dated St h September last, contains the following pa-
ragraph respecting 1110Ne0 PAEIPE, 60 African
Traveller:'—"' I imagine the intelligence of Mr.
Nue being alive and prosecuting his travels in
. January last, is wholly without any foundation in
both. I have been at a good deal of pains to ascer.
Ws the fate of him and his party, and have nu doubt
Abet arc no more." . •.. •
It is a attikiug proof of the high and favourable
'opinion entertained of the gallant and accomplished
Lord WELLINGTON, by all religious and political
descriptions of his cruatrymen—that the Earl of
EINGAL, a leading Catholic Peer, should, in the
''.l.e.esint-tsiceting of the Freeholders of the county of
galit, prop.ise a congratulatory address to the
ibis Viscount, which was voted by acclamation.
.4114TIIUR ViSCOOtit WELLINGTON was bum May 1,
.0094 at Mogan Castle, in the County of Meath.
, —lt Is remai kable that his Lordship was bunt the
same . year as BONAPARTE, who is three mouths
younger. . .
The last mention made in the foreign Journals ce--
liti'Ve to the repudiated Empress Jossipur NE, stated,
that she was travelling incog. in Switzerland, while
her rival, the young Empress, was enjoying the flat.
tery and receiving•the incense of th•ise who pretend.
ed, formerly, to be the devoted friends of the Impe-
rial Fugitive. Her hUII63II(I,NA 'OLEO N, hits spies to
Watch ell her movements, and she boil& her Ghee!),
oo so slender a tenure, that if lib e hail an opportu.
silty to emigrate, it would be well in her to follow
the temple of her brother.in.law Loma, and
seek an asylum in sm.: country where she mild be
safe (rout the fangs or the conspiracy of her despot.
Never was the mutability of human affairs more
strongly or keenly exemplified tban in the cue of
this celebrated Lady.

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NJ:VAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 24.--lisrivcd the Olympia
cutter, from the Cape of Good lope,
patches of the capture of the island of• Bourbon ;
•and the French brig Atalanta, &dais with Fast la.
dia produce, captured by the Olympia. She is a
very vatoable prize. Very little loss was sustained
"bribe British ferear.:-.-
Sailed the Can frbitill‘ Uckn's, to resume
heustation off Cherbourg. •
Arrlied the libido:tato and Dromedary store.
ships, from New South Vikaimis Ms; 'fr4iti the Bra.

zile. _
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WOir wit of harbour thOeiß A
rifiht '( lied
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PLTICOtiTIT, OCT. R3.—Arrited tho'btoilhim
berlaftd. of 74 guns, from the Westward.Ohe Rhin
frigate, Captain Malcolm, from a,,aoliessful cruize
to the West of Scilly, having captced three French
privateers, and three re.eaptureftVAlso arrived the
Mullet ;ctsopncr, from , the IVisittitti: .
Went up harbour to refit tie :Niemen frigitcp
Sir Michael Seymour, Conmandeiri.
sailed the Hawke brig, on *critiZe.• •" to iskt.;
Went up harbour the Untli brig of war..ll
The Plover has a signal toes*, ettnvoy .40 the
r. i J..
Downy.

The private letters from the British army in Por..
tugal, go even much farther than the accents given
by Lord WELLINGTON of the battle of Bosom
With the same number of men, the French never
lost so many officers'in any of the wars in Germany,
as they did at that sanguinary conflict, though up.
posed in general by young and. ittesperieitsd tree*
who never before were in action. • •
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The Equinoctial gales, we fcar, will, beattentla
with much damage to our shipping. It bteir a Ire)
mendous gale on Sunday and Monday (root 'the,'
Southwest; and part of oursqnadron cruizing off;
the coast of France was obliged to return to Caw. !
sand Bay, for shelter. Several vessels have also
been blown off their stations Into the Downs.
It is material for the public to know that the
equinoctial rains in Portugal do not last more than
a. fortnight—and that they are generally followed
by a month of fine weather ; so that if the mighty
battle which is impending should not terminate ill a
toll defeat °vile one side or the other', the armies
*ay keep the field through the whole month of No-
vember.

Yesterday a.Court of Directors was held at the
ESA Will House, when Captain J. FITEPATiticIE
was sworn into the,sommand 'of the ship Henry
.4ddinztost,'destincit to &Smiley mid China.
While Feirl Si. l'inever was at Lisboa on the
mission width ha executed with so much ability,
he had theoTages sounded, and demonstrated to
the Court that it might be made to contribute es..
seetially to the protection of the city, by station.'
ing gint-vesscis as high up as it was navigable; and
he gave them the survey and the soundings made
by the able Officer whom he employed on the oc.
vision.
We have much pleasiire in announcing the arri.
- sal sof Captain FLINDEItS, of the Royal Navy, from
. the Cape of Goud Rope.
'..'Thi; of eapatlim of Moldavia and Wallachia by
the Russians, is a source of great jealousy to Ails.
tria.—The Vienna journalists, when describing the',
successes of the Turks, denominated them glorious
victories. The Cabinet of Vi,Aitta would not per-
mit such an epithet to be used if it was not aware
that the Cabinet of the Thuilieries was indisposed
farads that of St. Petersburgh. There are so
Many jetting interests on the Continent, that it is
liablelo perpetual warfare. Should Massesre fur-
Innately be defeated by
.Lord WELLINGTON, Russia
Witt soon break with France in consequence of the
userpations of Bo srapa itTe hr the North, which are
It-yelled at the very independence of the Russian
Empire.
On Tuesday night Mr. LA NCASTER lectured at
Carlisle, where a school had been previously estab.
fished on Dr. Beee's plan ; but, after a trial of Ic2
months, had completely disappointed' the public
expectatiou. The expectations which, had been
raised in favour of Mr. LANCASTER'S plitt, were
verified on his arrival, for, upon the Committee
Waiting upon hitii for an elucidation of his plan,
they unanimously agreed to adopt the system cede-
sirely, and before the Lecturer began, they elected
a Master on his recommendation to conduct the
i school on the Royal British System of Education.
The Lecture in the evening was attended With ail the
wealth and beauty of Carlisle, and went off with
repeated aeclaniatious. Mr. DRURY attended with
I'2 of his boys (ruin Newcastle, which produced a
wonderful effect in favour of the plan.
Er.opear r; Is T. —A young lady of eighteen, who re.
sided with her parents in King's Road, Chelsea,
was missing on Sunday night last, and her absence
caused the greatest anxiety and uneasiness. She,
however, was discovered on Tuesday, at Fulham,
under the protection of a gallant of fifry.tive, an
Officer on half pay. The gallant was unknown to
the friends of the lady, hut it appears she had been
in company with him at Brighton, which place she
left about three weeks ago.
. As Mr. and Mrs. Home Sumner anti family
were travelling in North Wales yesterday se'n.
night, between Barmouth and Tre Matlock, one
of the wheel-horses in their carriage refused the
collar, in the deepest part of the passage of Trarth
Mawr (an mstuary, fordable at low water), and
the effort of the leader.* to advance unfortunately
broke the pnle short off, and rendered impossi.
We to extricate • fhe carriage, which had sunk
considersbly ite the sand. Mr. 11. S. and a friend
who was with them, carried the ladies safe to the
shore, .and left the servants to bring away whatever
things they could save. The tide soon covered the
carriage and overturned- it, though it did not move
it (ruin the spot, where it was found the twat morn-
ing, and extricated without damage, except a
thorough soaking. t