The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-19 00:00:00

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what which savours strongly of that levity *lnch we
so justly reprobate in the French, cannot be denied.
The nation.il character of the people of England
is underpin au important change.—What would
N.team:on have sail to the arrival of a present of
"materials for a feast," on the dark and tentpes-
lavas night in which he passed the Dittube? Per-
haps at the moment that the storm of Flushing
commences, the arrival of the inentenie turtle
is announced to the Commander its Chief. Upon
this appropriate present, as it is tented, the hack-
stied 'muster of the Luminous Allorning• Post
makes this ingenious and very witty remark :---
that after the feast-e-Lord CHATHAM might
" throw the shell amongst the essemy."---
Pusterity aill naturally examine with peculiar
interest the documents on which must be founded
the history of this important sera of the world.
—Will posterity believe, that while the armies
of France are commanded by a man who limits
the pet iutl devoted to refreshment to 15 minutes,
and who rises regularly at three in the morning,
those of England are committed to the direction
of a man alto feasts on turtle, and the habits of
a hose life have been to retire to a bed of down,
About the same hour that the other is rising to
pursue the active duties of a warrior.—England
had once the reputation of a thinking nation.—
We greatly fear that will not be the opiisiou of
pulltrity.

THEW. is a conjecture afloat, that Ministers
hire, fur sonic dais, been in pusscssiun of certain
French Bulletins.

--.... ,
Marshal SAIr., on hearing that a number of the
tfill
1, isle Brigade who.h id been made prisoners by "
British army inGerifiany w ere threatened wielOettlit
wrote a most polite note to our General;statisigthes,
he hopol, in the erentof that threat being . carried
into excmil ivll—the suspension of Lora tiGoNlita,
who happened to be a prisoner iu the French
camp, would be deemed an equivalent. N AVOLION
could be at no loss to find equivalents at Ver-
dun, were Ministers weak enough to act upon
the sanguinary doctrine of their hireling Prints, in
the case of the Irish in Flubbing. The public
in.iy, however, be assured that nu such measures
are in contemplation. '

Sir A ttTint& WELLESLEY is immediately, to be
elevated to the *Peerage!!! Generals SLIM-
NROO::EI HILL, A LeXANDER CAMPBELL, anti CA.
MOWN, will be made Baronets.
The Portuguese legion, miler the command of
Sir ROBERT WILSON, as was mentioned in Sir A.
Wzi.t.Est.eat's last dispatches, were stationed at
liscalona daring the battle of Talavera. Esca-
Irma is situated tit% the right wing, considerably in
she rear of the Fron' army, and only 15 leagues
from Madrid. The march of the legion from
Placentia to I:sraluna was contlacied at the rate
of SO litiglish miles a day. It had been previously
settled by Sir AUTHOR, that if the French fought,
Sir R. WILSON was to attack their dank and rear :
that if they retreated, his legion was to form the
advanced guard of the British army. The latter
part of the plan will probably even ouw be car-
ried into execution.
The shipSitstotort is arrived from Buenos Ayres.
which place she left un the Ist of June. The
Captain states, that every thing was tranquil at
his departure. Marcus was still Governor, the
new Viceroy nut twill as yet arrived. 'nos Go-
vernor of Monte Vile's, Signor o, has aanici bly
sadisd the dispute hli,had with Li N FAS. karma .
number of English 4esitels had arrived, and trade'
was very brisk. l•
A cartel is arrived at Dartmouth from Morlaix,
with some women and children, who bad been fur
some firma detained iii France.
Thu Richmond aim-brig has arrived at Yar.
mouth from Heligoland, with 160 men, being part
of the troops of the Hake of Buonswica OELS.
A turtle of great weight was taken out to Lord
CIIATIIAM, by a vessel which recently sailed for
the island of Walcheren, stated to be• a present
from Mr. ABRAIIAK GOLDSMID to that Noble-
man !!!
Orders were received at Plymouth on Tuesday
to prepare fur the reception of WOO side and
woutatsl men, daily expected from Sir ARTHUR
WEr.i.natev's army.
A report has been many days In circulation here,
that Admiral YouNci is to have command of the
Channel fket, and that Lord Gamin se will be ap.
pointed to the command in this port. What de.
gree of truth may be attached to the rumour we
know nut.—(Plymouth Chronicle.)
Brigailkx-Getseral Brtowstr, whit was wounded
'at Walcheren, is a native of Dublin, and some i
time ugo obtained the freedom of Belfast, for• his,
gallant conduct in storming the iiisportaot fortmor!
of Monte Video, in Sliuth America. He is Co-
hood of the 40th regiinaut of foot, soul has beers
employed in actual optics: fur upwards of
years. •
The following paragraph is an extract of a lei-
ter front Plymouth
6 4 Accounts from Falmouth state the arrival
there from Spain of a cutter, with an Officer,
Vie bearer of dispatches, said to be posterior in
date to Sir A. OVEr.i.t“.t.v's victory, and to con.
taio accounts of his having marched to i.frlrlds
We hope this will prove true."
On inquiry we mild not bad that the Intern,
genet entitled to had becn receieed b, Govern.-
:nent.
A grand 'pigeon mitch at 21 birds, fur 100 god.
'seas, took place yesterdry 'at Wimbledon Cons.
,nson, beta een Messrs. Carter and Hodkius,.
,tour shots. The former killed to birds, and wee
Ike match—his antarni.thasifts adssed his fourth
toad eighteenth birds.

FRENCH AND DU l'Cll PdPE RS.

PRIVATE--..agieN....-
COR It Ei PON DENCE.

BANIE3 OF Tits ELIE, JULY 4.—For these two
last days the rumour of the Signing of l'cace be-
tween Austria and France, has been general, and
is re-echoed in all the public prints of France and
Germany, though without any official sanction.
Many people are still very dubious in this respect,
on account of the very hard conditions which the
FrTch and other Continental Journals represent
to awe been olrered to Austria, particularly the
great additional sacrifice of territory, and the im.
m6nse War contribution of two millions of francs,
which, unless paid, the French armies arc to occupy
those parts of the Austriawterritory, which they
will permit her Sovereign to retain. It is also very
mysterious, that neither the Austrian official army
account, nor any of the Prague Gazelles, pub.
fished by immediate Imperial Austrian authority,
II should make the least mention of the Armistice, or
publish it as an official document, down to the
20th ; that has nut been the case. On the con.
trary, strict orders were given in Upper Austrian
Silesia, not to speak of any political subject rel.'.
Itive to the war, or to the Imperial armies.

The following document was out allowed to bv
printed in the liamburgh and German Papers,
under French controul

NOTE 13 THE EMPEROHIPEA3CI3.3 OWN H UCH VT RIT1:1G,
TOCOU3T LIR.VISILY,GuYERVOR OF 11011 (4'l•.
" Camp at Upper Hollabrunn, July I.
" The Aststrian right wing has defeated the left of the ene-
my, and taken 10 pieces of cannon, 11 eaghnk, and many
priconen. On the other hand our left a lag has been turned
, by for eanay's right, and eon....quently repulsed, t hi It may
karst the frontiers of Moravia ti he threatened by an hostile
vasi In, however trifling or of short durat.,its, sine,. our
s .
army is still able to Eice the etierns. Our Las i. mush outer
Iconsiderable them it was at Aspern, but that of the cusany far
ester ',4 OHM.

1' FRANCIS."

0.1 the 11th inst. 300 Danish troops passed the
Elbe near Gluckstadt, to march into honorer, to
co-operate with the Westphalians and Dutch.
They say that at least 6000 men more are to fol-
low. Serious troubles are said to hate broken out

in llollansi. The people are mirth dissatisfied.
The King is gone to Aix.ld-Chapelle.
The great Expedition from England seems to be
the great terror of the French ; and it is holm!
that a great blow will be struck either in Holland
or Mminark. The new King of So cleft, by pro.
posing to make the Duke of Augnstinhorg his
successor, intends, hone fide, to unite So eden,
Denmark, and Norway.

Some English have landed at Bremerl •he and
Cuxhaven, and carried ott the French marines,
ciiitom soldiers, artilleryman, and several pieces
of artillery.

MORAVtA, Jt t.7r 22.—The Austrians will take
possession, at least provisionally, and till the con-
elusion of peace, of the town of Cracow, in virtne
of the Sixth Article of the Armistice, which states
that each army shall preserve the line in Poland
which they may occupy upoti the day of the sig.
nature of the Suspension of Arms, which was the
1211 s of this month. !Ye know that the Austrians
had nut evacuted that town on the 1 Ith.

An Itl JULY 1-1.---We positively know that
Gener.il Ballasteres is at 'amnia with the remnant
of his army, which he has been able to assemble ;
but Geurral Bonnet, who has received a reinforce-
ment of three battalions, occupies the position
of St. Vincent de la Barquera, and other points
along the Asturias, so as to secure that part frum
all attempts at invasion. Other French battalions
are employed to pursue and chace into the moun-
tains the fugitives of the corps which M ingot:sell°
commanded, and the irregular troops which be
had enrolled ; at their head arc the Vicar Tapia,
known by his exctlses in the provinces of Valla-
dolid and Palencia ; a Dominican of the Asturias,
clothed in the uniform of a Captain ; and an
Abbe of the diocese, appointed Lient.-Culunel.

Sundry intercepted letters make known the
consternation and terror of the enemy's chiefs
since the day of the I lth. We know by others,
anterior to that epoch, to what an height the I,!_
rucity of these brigands had been exerted. One
of them is an act, dated the lOili inst. to the Al-
cades, by the Junta of Cutlestn, and cuntiiiiing the
abominable order of the NlJrgois ItuulX,%, to
hQfn the villages which have opposed no resi,tanee
ttOtae entrance of the French troops.
fiVe must confess that the example of e is
set encouraging to, them he hid advaticAl front
the side of Saragossa towatils Gen. glidiet, who,
igainst his 22,000 men, sent but from b to 7000
at most. Blake, after losing two battles, and
abandoning two thirds of his artillery, finds
himself still closely pursued by gent-nil Suchet,
—lO would find no *sylum, but in the mountains
an the side of Alglina and Arrogant from whence
the will have great difficulty in regaining Valencia ;
and if lie should accomplish it, he will probably he
obliged to abolition the remainder of his fiiiliery.
Ju Catalonia, tile siege of Gerona is advancing :
many of the forts are iu OUr power. According
to Abe Ipt coovier, * eippitulation nag altinAlt; of.
I —( dbolle 0 Dort', Awsud 1.)