The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-23 00:00:00

NAI'AL INTELLIGENCE.

PoitTsitownt. Atmore 'lL—Arrived the Syriac, Captain
Davies, from the Mal of Spain.

• Sidled the Dexterous, Lieutenate Tomlinson, with a convoy
rev the Downs.
A e no irr 12.—A rrlved La Loire friEste,Captaln Schomberg,
free the Western Islands she left the Envy India convoy all
well seventeen days iince. Arrived the Derwent sloop. Cap;
tails Parker, (rum the coast of Spain.

The Writ India convoy I. still at Spithead. •
Came into harbour two of the Rthsiao shifilki‘nr(lockt ed
at the Tagus.

rLystßaTa, AlusT,2l.—Arrh7el4hAsetboiwpr he. of
c'optalb irk
, in 14'da-ys, front Cliportn, 'eft k
r efinvoi of his MaJest's brirTyrean, of 18 tions,:sra
a tleet consisting of 93 isial.twhieh *eat np Channel this
tpi,rning; left lying et Oportri, sit English vessels. Thal
City was Warninated for three eights, in cotrequetwe of the
victory g:;ined by hit Arthur Wellesley over the Emelt it
Talavera de ht Reyna. The Friends transport had arrived
at Oporto, with 50U0 stand of arm., with which mi espial
number of Portaguese troops were armed, and had marched
to the frontiers t from sir to eight thousand troops still fe•
rained al Oporto, not be* able to Lake the field for want
of arms. The Fancy, Itedfraln, fawn Guernsey, with tides
and cows.

Drat, AuG. V.—Yesterday it blew very hard from the
IL W. bet haw* not beard of nay daasage sustained by the
sidpplag hi t►e Downs. The outward-hoood remain here
waiting a fair wind to proceed.
Is the Downs his Ilajesty's ships Lively, Viee-Admiral
Campbell; Acosta, Dolphin, Contaar, Theseus, (likens,
Diana, Argo, and Epervier gun-brig. The Agri is ordered
to Portsmouth, and is expected to sail this &PAD& The
Armee and Dolphin have the signals tying far Lowey to the
West tvard.

DECREE OF JOSEPIE
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/011$1111 BONA P 411 TE pltbi4 100.11i11161111 la
Madrid the following Decree
6. All the inhabitants of the awash:or of grans
who have soot *maw the leaorsealk, lb sejiply as
aunty melt to the ray of his hialealy as they have iota is the
hostile army ;or pay late the itayarrieidtAty lora me:
ney is proportiou to the property of each. Time cvair *sit
are to be thus clawed :
" Those who have a revilliira 5000 deems, 1114 toy
12.000 reels for each pros they ought to fltridili ; those
who passes lOU, davits. WOO reels s. awl these shoe Woos
does not exceed 1000 astral', SUN mile.
" Those Y hose income Is kis than 1000 ducats etiall tie ar-
rested and cried into Fraare, Sinn their sea sitallsariadee.
themselves up is the legal authority. Mee broiler* aid
goardi.ia are comprised In the pro, isitios of thk decree. whke
is net applicable so 'owner brdilers.
V

We bare received the following letter from (be
Island of Walcberen, containing some interesting
information relative to the state of (quitting, 84.
" Ter Veer, Auguit 1/.
"I have Wafted here frays use batteries b-fore Flusblag,
where I itatt bees from the etiminencenwoit of the bombard
meat, at half past ten o'clock, p.m. an holiday. The toad
capitulated *boat four o'clock tot Tuesday, and the tgarrisoll
consisted .‘f nears v luUa mem The totta he. bees mint dread-
fully mauled. The tresnrr.dnus fire of eight or mine Alps rte
the liar on one side, and the laud batteries noi oilort, rem*
reduced many of the houses to ruins. The Stash Humor, the
Old Chun It, the Exchange, sad a great part of the quay.
are levelled to the ground. rhe town W 3. on eredurimg two
nights is several places, and would have beets Hassled to
ashes, had we not, -to pity. to the a retched ietialgtwolk www-
times mil:ended the dreadful uAi kof destruction. The
Hum made some despt rate sorties during the siege, bid they
were. always driven bnel with great lass by air t
Their artillery, it mart, however, be toofemint, was resariM
ably well ,rrved, and mast of their !lbw entered our umbra-
rare% . Captain NI oa no land five mesa kilted at nisegan, but
fortunately out tor., upon the whole, has bees comparelively
*riding.
" I utider.itand that Sir flows Poises,/ has remised in.
rorrn*tinn, that the French Hest, *bleb Ina sappmed to hale
au-tided the Seheldt as high es AM is dal ea this side
of Fort Lill°. We expect to be OM y but
Antwerp. We shall be enaveyett by the Inouresis_ tip ow
of the branches of the Scheldt, /lad it is said that a 6srd 'km
been discovered al the extremity of !loans Iles el.usti, where,
at 1,,w water. 30 or 6U men can cross abreast.
" The whale of the Island of Wilt:berm is a garden. ft
is finely cultivated. blasts ar; the French Governor of
noshing, tried to counteract our operanntsi bye* inundation.
but this scheme had little effect, and scarce ad) liOury has
been done by the attempt.
" It is the opinion of the best informed me* here that this
Plead can he mai.stained itgaiust any force the Fresh may
employ to retake it. We have placed the saes of east in si-
tuathsin where the oldest men la the Island Yenned there was
scarce water enough for a brig. In fart, the whole fleet bass
been navigated through the narrow ebaameb that seoarate
the 1.1.1m6 of ZealatA in a manner which astonishes the mo-t
expert Dumb Pilots. The trawsports are stowed herein tie,'
as crowded as inerchaidaseu its the River Thames."

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The following extract of a letter from an officer
belonging to the division of the Espedilion end, r
the Marquis of ilorrt.EY, servo' to thfow souse
light upon the intended part star object of that
corps, and to explain, in some moasare, the-caase
why that object was not carried iota elect: "..
" acrabker (a swill village la tl .atb Bevelaail), Am.'"
s•Our division a lie Sleet sailed unlike V* Jai,. sod ;a.-
cleared olf &tend ihr next morobar. We were to it..kr
Landed on Coda's's!, and the troops were Is perfect rendine...;
but the landing was slot attentpted. I ass told the cause nas
lie want of a salcient number sof lbst.bttosned boat.. 1$ r
ley of eadasid, fur eight or Ica dar, and were then lordried
round to %with Iletelawi, *here me landed .ae the 9th inst.
the isload having bees previoudy occupied without mu.:h i.p-
position, by Sir Jaw's Ilora's divbion. rim. tirm4 at
Vbishing having ceased, I suppose wt. 'hall imosidiatelk ps .-
Wed to attack Lillo sad Antwerp. A ,ordable pas.oAr has
beta diaerriered on the ann of the Scheldt tk bids .rvaritse.
'Ma Woad from !loll:cot i the passage is &feuded by SW./
dlail• The enemy are %aid to have 10.000 ones as Lille, mad
it,kooo at Antwerp. It a.supposled Mete are 1:341) see us
Cal-and."
1 CATA I. %NI is to perform the characters at Co.
vcatt.Garden Theatre formerly assumed by Stu
. TIN!, and some new ones are to be pnrrosvly
written for her. It is said that she wilt also be
bronght forward in the Oratorios, in order to
cover, if possible, the enursaubs.capence attim.s:).;
her engagement: . .
Some few days since, Is the Bishop or East, it
was stooping to inspect the heels of one of 1. 4
saddle horses, and giving directions to his growl.,
he received-a Liek on the temple, but happ.i: ) gili.-
ont any serious consequent-ca, as his Lordhitit, %as
but barely within reach of the animal.
The chief inhahltaufs of :delta have f0r0,.(1 a
Coaunittec in aid of the Spanish Patriots, at :I
very soon after its institutions the sulaseriptu, ,
amousitt.4 to 13,3911 Spanish dollars.
Married, yesterdsy, by special licence, at 17:...
To.sot's, in ‘Vimpitle.street, Cit 1' Cfligial.44llla c,
110 key. Dr, GcaaA.lD AisOmewrs, the Itiv.t
onside Lord Lioftsnoitool to Miss TA La, r.
of Inioodtsions id Nottutit.
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