The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-30 00:00:00

THY STATESMAN.

We received the following important letter from

Paris yesterday morning
Pints, MAY N.—The fate of Turkey is..we believe,
decided. It is understood that a Tiraty has been in contem-
plation smile time, and is now about to he executed. be-
t wcen the Courts of Paris, V ienua, and Petersburgh. for the
expulsion Of this Mahoinetan intruder from among the Chris-
tian nations of Europe. The Couriers that pass and repass
continue very frequent, and almost daily.
" You have received most probably before this time the
Decree published here on the 'Sill. It is not an unexpected
blow, and it will be a very serious one. considering the ion-
meme quantity of American property its this country. As to
a mitigation of its severity, you know it is cot to be ex-
: pected. •
" The buz respecting a peace between England and France
has, like other unfounded rumours, died :may, and we no
more expect it now than we did before it was mentioned."
Letters from the Flemish Departments of France
state, that a courier. was dispatched from Antwerp
by the Escrenoa in person to the Emperor of
Russia, with an important communication, sup,
posed to relate to their mutual designs for the sub.
version of the Ottoman Empire. • From Antwerp
we are informed, that by an Imperial Decree, pub-
lished there, all colonial produce in the towns of
Breda, Bergen-op-Zoom, Herzogbusch, and others,
ceded to the French, is to be sequestrated and sold
immediately. The Director of the D-nianiers of
that city addressed a circular letter for this par.
pose to the Agents under his orders.
We ace happy to learn that a Treaty of:Com-
merce has been arranged with the Ministers of
the PRINCE REGENT at Rio Janeiro. The'stipu.
lations were brought over by Mr. llree, who
left that capital on the 14th of February. The
engagement not being yet ratithel, we cannot state
the particulars, but this much we may be allowed
to say, from the most satisfactory authority, that
this adjustment is likely to be of great utility to
both parties.
A Lieutenant arrived yesterday morning with
dispatches from Sir .411E4 SAUMAREZ. the Com.
wander of the British fleet in the Baltic. •
It surely is quite proper, in point of consistency,
that if the privileges of the House of Cie emons
arc to have the King's ATTORNEY-G ENERAL as
their Advocate, they should have the Treasury So.
licitor as their Attorney.
Sir F. Burinerr, it is said, may sign judgment
against the SPEAKER arid SERJEANT, because no
appearance has been made to the actions by a corn-
, petcnt person.
Fentneeten's.Court is pretty well kept. He
begins the day iiith hearing mass; he then break-
fasts, their hears mass again ; then rides our, and
lecterns to dinner ; there is sometimes a third mass.
I There arc sometimes concerts. Billiards, and other
similar games, serve to fill up the vacancies of a life,
which ho complains is very tiresome, and by no
means suitable to him. CHARLES IV. has recce.
vered perfectly from his late indisposition. Ile
amuses himself in the vicinity of Marseilles with
his former favourite pursuits of fishing, shooting,
&c. His Queen MARIA LOVISA ; his daughter,
the late Queen of Eraunta, her son, and the
Prince of Peace, lire with him. The pensions
guaranteed to them by the Treaty of Bayonne,
are very irregularly paid ; and they tulles much
inconvenience in consequence.
It is rumoured at Paris, that FERDINAND VII.
had some time since attempted to escape front his
confinement at 'Valencia, butt falling in with some
of the numerous parties of soldiers quartered in
the country around his chateau', he exce=ed his
unsuccessful enterprise, by saying it was merely a
prolongation of his ride.
Admiral Sir E. PELLEW, Bart. is stated to be
going out to takelhe command in dr Mediterranean.
Vice-Admiral IVst. Yousc, Commander in
Chief at Plymouth, will, it is said, be appointed
to the Channel Fleet, vice GAMBIER. Certain it
is, that the worthy Admiral is on the'eve of retie.
ing from the chief command at Plymouth, in which
he will be succeeded either by Admiral BICKERTON
or Lord RADSTOCK.
The Triumph's boats, after the late hurrkane
at Cadiz, picked up near 700 boxes of quicksilver,
which, for the purpose of being taken care of,
'were stowed in the different store-rooms and the
hold ; but the heat having caused the boxes to
crack, several tons of the subtile fluid ran through
the ship, and completely salivated the peciple ;
upwards of SW of them were shifted into trans.
ports ; several of them have lost all their teeth,
one man his tongue ; -and many others-are affected
in so serious a manner, that it is feared they can.
not recover. The provisions also partook of the
pernicioris influence of the quicksilver ; and the
Triumph is ordered to Gibraltar, to be cleared
immediately.
Young BETTY, the boy actor, that so long-con.
/inked the metropolis with his theatrical clecep.
floes, has declined taking orders, as he first in.
tended, and purchased a pair of colours in a
marching regiment. Ile took no degree at Cam.
bridge, where, indeed, he discovered neither ta-
lent or disposition on which to found a hope that
Ile might become a scholar.
The pieces of ordnance, to the number of 61,
have been removed from the Tower Wharf to
Woolwich, and are to be replaced by flew ones.
Yesterday the guns were fired from the ram-
parts of the Tower, in commemoration of the Re-
storation of King Charles the Second.
It is the undoubted privilege of every English-
man to do what he likes with his money; and what
better can be clone that, endeavour to gain bide.
pendence by adventuring in ss hat the lures of the
land sanction ? as all may be so easily interested,
alt are respectfully requested to apply to CARTER'S
8, Charing-Cross; fur lucky dangers.
N. B. .6,000 may be gained by one Six-
teenth. •