The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-09-20 00:00:00

r~ FRENCH PAPERS. (runs fIIZ PILOTS or THURSDAY.) „fIIOTEST.OF THS RCOSIICY OF SPAIN AGAINST TIM TION Or TIM Malill OF APIDVJAII. lie nut sxcam.rdect tut ours or snout. " TO* ihusi.xarnce—The Regency of the kingdom has foric'o6o), informed, that last night three Frisch M s e el f i tr; themselves at the city prison, with and-.that they haw est at liberty C'entl- detained, under the authority of the Imre. •I tho • lins learfikorith surprise an etrot which ittntlit the sovereignty isfikii King, in whose name if ewrerea, and not being able toirilere this tocroachinent span itle dignity. It protests, in Wellies of Europe, whose L uta seaman* lasplores, against the' violence' of this act. " Opal, of Ibis eeding, the Regency of the kischre Irma velesitelad if it had had the power to ahaelten the reins of Government; but reflecting on the situation of the , Sovereign, the necessity of preserving onion between the two nations, sad of maintaining public order in the interior, it felt the duty of continuing its lune tionsin spite of the outrage offered to the authority with "which it is invested. •• Ile Regency of the Kingdom orders me to address this Protest to your Excellency in reply tu the official communi• cation which it has received. II I have the honour to be, &c. u At t. IS, 1823." EX fRACT PROM Tin EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE OP MADRID OE SEM 12. The Etoik, ander this title, gives a letter from Lieuten. Ant General Don Juan Caro. the Royalist Chief, giving an account of the operations of the French and Royalists .against Malaga. Riego left the place with his •troops by land, and seat off 13 vessels by sea with effects. Of these, ter were taken by the French squadron, with some of the Sil,i;f plate. Riego carried off the gold with him. On the 4th the few troops left in Malaga sarrendered. Riego went off in the direction. of Velez Malaga with the main body of .his forces. It does not, therefore, appear bow Riego could have arrived in Cattle, as has been stated in several of the Spanish papers, as Velez Malaga is to the east of Malaga, immediately in the opposite direction to that of Cadia; and Caro writes on the 6th, that his(Riego's) troops are pursued in that direction. P(RI S , September 17.—FRCNCH FUNDS.—Five per cent. opened at 91 f. closed at 91 f.—Bank Actions, 1595f.—Nea politan 5 per cent. 771.—Exchange on London, one months 25f. 00c. three ditto, 25f. 611 k. LORD COCHRANE AND THE BRAZILIANS. The following following information was yesterday afternoon an nounced at Lloyd's, and excited considerable interest. It is extracted from a letter fram the Master of the Caesarea. dated Terre de Avello, near Bahia, 20th July : " The old Portuguese troops left Bahia on the 4th in stant, and Lord Cochrane, who bas the command of the Brazilian squadron, has already taken thirty two of the Portuguese sqoadron—among them are two frigates—and sunk the line of battle ships." The place from which this intelligence iodated, is a small pert, some miles distant from Bahia. It is fair to notice that the letter is dated in July, and that accounts have been received from Bahia of the Lib of August, which say nothing about the capture of the ships of war, but only state that they were closely pursued. The intelligence however may he correct, though it was not known at Bahia, and it is certainly confirmed by the son-arrival of those vessels at Lisbon, when the last accounts camefrom that city. In corroboration of the intelligence, it is proper to add the following : Extract of a letter rectived in this town from an Officer in the Navy, dated Bahia, 3d Aug. le23:—" On our way from Rio bare we fell in with Lord Cochrane's squadron, the Don Pedro, 80 guns, Maria de Gloria frigate, and ten smaller vessels, principally manned with British seamen. Upon our anchoring here, we found the Portuguese had embarked to a man ; and expected, from their force and number (tbe whole consistiug of ninety sail, including mer chant ships, and about five thousand troops), that they might bid defiance to Lord Cochrane's squadron; but to which they were deceived, as his Lordship had already taken and sent in 30 vessels and about 1200 troops, and was de termined to follow the remainder to the mouth of the Ta gua,shoold he not previously capture the lineof battle ships and frigates. On the squadron leaving Bahia, the Impe rial flag wu immediately hoisted, under hearty ebeers ; all the funs being disabled, prevented their firing %salute — this, however, took place two days after; and our own respectable British force, viz. Creole, Doris, Briton, and Teeter frigates, also saluted the new flag, which gave the greatest satisfaction to the Brazilians.—(Plymoath Jour. ad) THE ARMY. It is enderstood that the great object of the improved Rules and Regulations for the Army, is to establish one neurons( sutra of Field Rsercise and Movraleot, which is to be rigi Hy conformed to, and practised by, every Re giment in his Majesty's service. In order to attain this most important purpose, the im pros ed system will illustrate how necessary it is to reconcile celerity with order ; to prevent burry, which must always produce confusion, lessor time. unsteadiness, irresolution, and inattention to command ; to insure precision and cor rectness, by which alone great bodies of troops will be able to arrive at their object in good order, and in the shortest spate of time ; to inculcate and enforce the necessity of niilitary depeedence, and of mutsal support in action, which ere the great ends of discipline, in sieving the execution, sad to abridge the variety of movements, as much as pos sible. by *delving such only as are necessary for combining exertions in corps. , and that can be required or applied in service; to ascertain to all ranks the part each will have to act in every change of situation 'that can happen, so that amplanstioe may not retard at the moment when execution %%Geld take place; and to enable the Commander of any llody of troops to retain, them, at every instant, in his nianagement, so as to be capable of restraining the bad elects of such ideas of indomendeet and individual exertion, as are visionary and hurtful, and of directing them to their tree and proper objects. those of order, of combined effort, and of melded obedience. by the Gaited force of all which, a nell-diaolplieed esinny eau only be defeated.—(Courier.) PSITIONAIf. Sept.lo.—(Extract of a private letter.) — Oar troops continued on the 6th in possession of the same placeis Catalonia ; the Plain of Tarracoba, Altafella and s is and In the environs of Barcelona, Saint Andre, Oracle, Bartle, and the places adjacent. On the 27th a Royalist of the Faith wns banged at Barcelona, on the signal tower. He hid aeproaibed the ramparts, and at tempted to hold conversation with some of the Constitu tional soldiers, but wits takes and condemned to death, as being , convicted of (eNsboodage) an attempt to decoy. The blockade of Mea, Hostalriels, and Figueras are In the same skate; but it seems that in the vicinity of these places the garrisons observe to attack only those of the Faith, and that this Coustitudoeal soldiers only fire on the French when obliged to do so. It would be much easier for Fresco S. subdue Spain on her own account, than to sub ject It to those men of the Faith, The Constitutional pert, wish nut to bear the inquisition or A beolute Power spokes Of: whilst they of the Faith do every thing in their pewee te mpg* the Regency at Madrid to establish the Moly ?ribose! piths Inquisition la all its primitive force wed power, is order that it may become the firm supporter • of siwiets mitt. . THE STA' MAIM MIL *us.. Ala. ~T . . -i, ;. I .... bnalb . A i . f' '' '"”Z* 0 ' • • 7 .. .• , ' 1.... Waterford... 4.0 c l / 4 S . -- ; , ...,..„ - 1 .... G It Jerry... • 4 ' •-t • • Tel * I .... ;...3 -• - • :::::r bil cittenberi -i•• • 6'l :. • , t i .: 1 :lla- 77 1 .7!' !' " "17A r PRICE OF DAT AT ODD OVIACE. Hank 5t00k.... 0 . ....... •• .. India Stook. I per Ct. Red . Ditto Beads 61 $l6 pet. 3p. Ct. C0n5.........831 831 i Xx.lllll.2ds ? 36 36 .....$ pa. 31 per Cent. ..• ' /000 L ‘ 6 per Coats —6001.... 36 36 . • pm. New Fours --Fineell.. 311 18 ....II pm. Long Ann. Lottery Tickets...—. US. 14e. lop. I per Ct ('on. for Aeot Cite Sbtateontan. SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 20, 1823. STOCK EXCHANGS, 12 o'CLoca..—Consols opened this morning at 834 to I, but soon after they were sellers at 834, with little doing. Up to this hour we do not bear positively of any Express having arrived from Paris, al though a report prevailed thatthe French Rentes had come 91-30. Another report also prevails, that the Duke of Angoulense has allowed that the terms proposed by the Cortes were admissible, with a few exceptions; and it was expected that the affairs of Spain would soon he amicably terminated. FOREIGN FUNDS.—Colembiaa Bonds have experienced a depression this morning, owing to the intelligence of two French frigates appearing on that coast, which are sup posed to be hostile to that Government. Spanish Bonds opened at 3d, but soon declined to 354.—ColumbiaaBonds. 54—Russia, s4.—French Scrip, 2ii. Advices front Bayonne to the 13th instant, have reached as this morning, from which we extract the following : RATONNI4 September 12.—We have received, by the army Courier, the following information, from Madrid of the 4th instant. " From the public and private conversations of the partisans of the Regency, it may be inferred that they are incensed that the Cabinet of Ht. James's has not thought fit to recognise their Government, and lint they are not now so apprehensive as they were a month ago of the English infittence in the pre sent contest. One of the members of the Regency (M. Cal deron) gave his opinion on this subject very explicitly, in a privy council held a few days since in the Royal Palace. Let thsEnglish,' said he, 'govern their island, and not meddle with our affairs. By what right does that nation, which is neither liberal nor aristocratical, think to make itself a mediator, and bring about an accommodation with a faction which we have vanquished without its assistance? It is to our efforts and to the sacrifices of France, that we shall owe the approaching triumph of our cause, end it will therefore be for ns to reap the fruits and induce the monarch, when he is at liberty, to in demnify France. What, then, does England seek ? to stop our triumphant march ? to replange us into ao anarchy by a false arrangement? No mediation—no compromise with those wretches. Such ought to be the principal point which should be the basis of our despatch to the French Friona.' It is affirmed that this despatch was thus forwarded to the Duke on the 2.ith or 28th of last month, that is as soon as news was received of the taking of Corinna. The moderate French who in general do tilt participate in the confidence of the Regency, with respect to the success, if mot of the war, of the pacification of the country, would not be averse to the intervention of England, but the Ultras who daily become more numerous in the army, exalted by the advantages hitherto gained, and especially by the taking of the Trocadero, openly blame that Power for de - siring to interfere in their quarrel with the Constitu tionalists. They boast that they can subdue and sur mount every thing. Even Gibraltar Hull would not be a morsel too hard of digestion for thew. The opinion of the Liberals towards England produces the same results, though the causes are different. The more violent bitterly complain of the indifference of the Cabinet of St. James's in this war, the success of which, if we believed them, would even now depend on the least assistance director indirect from the English. They do not perceive that they have perhaps been themselves the cause of this policy of Great Britain, by their pride and miscon duct toward, it. The moderate Constitutionalists though they do justice to the Eoglish nation fur the little aid it b&S sent, are however dissatisfied with the Government. The neutral and peaceable part of the nation, going on the false principle that "the English Cabinet assisted Spain i u the last war against Napoleon, only for its own interest, now say, that the English are inactive, because they have nothing to gain on this occasion ; yet, if the French should drove conquerors in Spain, which may be expected from the great resources they can command, this country will be very much under the influence of France, while that of Great Britain will be diminished here, and is the sequel, perhaps, in Portugal: for, this is the tendency of the policy of the North. . - 1 In the general Improvement of Internal commerce in Spain, n consequence of the large sums spent by the French, the English are nearly excluded from it the advantages of it es pecially since the invasion of GalleM, by the exclusive protec tion given to French goods, which now have the advantage in the provinces on the Ebro, the Asturias, Arragon, and even the Southern provinces where the blockade is a great hinder. anee to the importation of English goods which will be mil l more restricted when the orders of the Regency for tbe organi sation of the Custom houses on the frontiers of Portugal, shall be put into execution. Mean time the English merchant men sail about our seas without knowing where to land. Remo bound to Galicia have been obliged to proeeed to Gibraltar, not having been able to enter any Spanish port on the ocean in the Mediterranean." September 13.—We have nothing sew from oar hoofers, uleas it be tie disorder at Passages, which is talked of, but N. - that *tit a:gigantic dit ita veip o s onth iuitn sts y mirk bold eat 10/woks§ dos d to ages. • of'-. 'A` - 1 1 / : 1111161611 1 1 X;fileeri followine hstelllgtttole ing muse ttltlti>id= r t • ODISSA. AMINIST 41-#:;111,11a li o n from Constantinople, dot tke moderate party in the Divan. whir& during the negotiations with Lord Strangford always ad. vised concession, has again acquired soma infinenee,by the circumstance that Sadik Medi, (the domed Kiaja Bey) has been again taken into favour by the Sultan; and appoint ed Intendant of Artillery. The diplomatic body are not I little rejoiced at it ; end it appears that Lord Strangford has had great influence on Obis occasion. It was chiefly by his Lordship's powerful intervention that peace was con cluded with Persia at &serum, on the 16th of July. • MA RS 11.1111, August 49.—We have here letters frost Cork of the beginning of this month. The Turks have celebrated in their fortresses a victory which their army, they say, has gained over the Greeks. However, they give no particulars, not even the time or place. Other accounts say, that the Turks bad at first some advantage, but were afterwards defeated by the Greeks. No positive information had been received at Cede. There has been no naval action between the Captain Packs and the Greek fleet.— The latter, up to the end of Jely, bad not entered the lonian Sea, bet is said to be stationed near Cingo, to ob- I serve the enemy. It does not find itself strong enough to undertake any thing, being particularly in want of large ships. It will therefore not be able to hinder the Turkish Admiral from returning to the Archipelago when he thinks fit. land the, FRANKFORT, SSP?. 10.—The Bavarian frostier town of 111!,'svas nearly destroyed by fire, oa the 4th. It brake out at nine in the morning, and the wind being very high, all the houses in the principal streets, and is many others. The Church, the Town Hall, &c. were consumed before mid night. The number of houses stated to be consumed is 400. The little town of Nenbrunn, four leagues from Wertzbiwg, was visited by a similar calamity the morning before. Above 100 buildings, with the harvest that was just housed, and;, considerable quantity of cattle were de stroyed. The unfortunate inhabitants are sheltered in the Church, the School, the Parsonage, and the few buildings that have escaped the dames. The Royalist faction of Spain bas expressed itself loudly against the interference of the French authorities, to pre vent the general persecution of the' Liberals; and if the Army of the Faith was not . utterly contemptible io point of numbers, and influence, the parties would have been likely enough to come to blows. if the documents were cot be fore us, we should have some difficulty in believing that there could exist a race of such incorrigible blockheads as these Spanish Royalists. Slavery, it would seem, is their only wish. They delight in their chains,and fee: an incom prehensible pleasure in servility. There is something so very despicable about their ideas, and conduct, that they deserve the fate they solicit, and ought to be trodden under foot, since they offer themselves to such indignity. The silly wretches disclaim innovation; yet they add they will " never refuse " to agree to any innovation which the King, their Lord. " might think proper to make, as emanating from himself, " in the different branches of administration and justice, " according as he may be advised, by those respectable " subjects and bodies so distinguished for their loyalty " with whom he may deliberate," &c. They see well enough that a king must be a puppet in the hands of others: and while they talk of measures emanating from himself, they show that nothing.' ought to emsnate from such a source. To be of any value, a King should not need the assistance of a Council. If he acts by the advice of others, those who o give the advice are the real agents. Councils are necessary to Kings, but Kings are not neces sary to Councils. This remark alone is stifficient to destroy all the argenseots in favour of absolute hereditary autho rity. It cannot be exercised. Nature disowns it, and bars its preteasious by an impossibility of their execution. The greatest tyrants have always been the slaves of their minions. The Imam among the Spanish Royalists only want the King in their hands, in order that they may make use of the authority which they would pretend to restore to him. They know well enough that be has not the ordinary talent of a hums being. They know that he is vindictive and imbecile—that he is totally unfitted for government — and they do sot mean that he should govern, but that they should govern in his name. The French do not appear to have made up their minds as to what course it will be advisable to pursue in Spain.— At the period of issuing the famous A ndujar decree, it is evident they thought it necessary to lean to the moderate side. This, however, dienot conciliate the moderate party ; and it exasperated to madness the furious partizans of des. podia). It was probably a mere feint on the part of the I Duke d'Angoulease, to induce the Codes to treat ; Wing that they could not be over-reached by any affec tation of a regard for liberal principl , a, it has been aban doned, and the muzzle applied to the Royalist fActiou, has been partly removed. The French accounts represent Cadiz as the scene of such disturbances, that it is really wonderful that the be siegers do not enter the gates. Erery body within the walls,they say,are in their favour. The people are crying oat for an absolute King; and the soldiers refuse to fire upon them, at the command of their officers. Whole companies of artillery spike their guns, and go over to the French; and yet the besiegers remain outside the walls'. This is " passiog strange;" but the French journalists are accus tuned to psalm these demands upon our credulity. ►t would be very satisfactory to Mambos, the French manag t to become so well acquainted with what passes in a plats with which they have no communication. '. -f .Yr~sK~ ~• It is said that the Governor of Gediz dyer entertaieed say seriood disposition to ow/estate, bat that be bad Gen ei se li a z of tense to the Preach howl quarters, and alloweg **Dike 4s Quiche an interview with the King, solely win a view of gaining time, partly to render more complastle defences of the city, but priactpally that be must remove to a distant part of Wit a large magasine of gunpowde r , which, since the French had taken the 'Prodder., was ex . posed to the shot fired from its batteries; such was the account radioed is Paris on Tuesday. PIIILADILPHIA. August 2l.—We bare received the ed rums paper. HI Colombiane,as late a., July 30, inclusive.—. The paper of July 30 mentions, that oo the Sunday p re . ceding. appeared o ff La Ouayra. the two Preach Gi ga t e , Thetis end Constantia, of 4$ gams and 300 men each; the former commanded by the Heron de Harteyille, and the latter by the Conde St. Simon. After hiving communicated with the shore. they proceeded to leeward, (or the avowed object of capturing the Spanish squadron commanded by Commodore La Horde. The ealy European news which they furnished was that the French has established a Ite• gene)? and Ministry in Madrid. - A Philadelphia paper of the 22d ult. says—" Edward Short alias M Girr, lately arrested in Philadelphia on a charge of murder alleged to have been committed in Ire land upwards of two years ago. has bete discharged by Chief Justice Tilghman, on the ground. Ist. that the evi. l deuce was insufficient to warrant his detention, bad the alleged crime bees committed in this country; a n d 2d, that supposing the evidence to have been &efficient, hi. arrest was " illegal," and he could not have been deta.tied in prison for subsequent delivery to the Brit4h Gorrie. meut.' The Dubtin &coin' Post contains a long Report of aa I investigation of four days,hy the Magistrates orders district, into the circurnstancesconuected with the affray at Slob berms, in which au attempt to levy tithes by the aid of th e police. led to the loss of several lives. Mr. Blacker, on the part of the Magistrates, declared at the close of the inv.. tigation, that Mr. Morritt. the clergyman, hal acted is c onformity to the laws, but that the system he pnrsaed rendered him obnoxious to the people,wboconcrieet them selves oppressed and harassed ; though he observed " that be had seen no evidence of oppression which should war• rant the oppositionMr.Morritt experienced in the country." I n consequence of thedirections given by the Right Hoc the Lord Mayor, as Conservator of the River Thames, and waters of Medway. Mr. Nelson, deputy water-bailig of th e City of London, In the absence of that most resputible officer, occasioned by indisposition, proceeded. accompani,d by the City Solicitor. Mr. James Mountague, and other officers, with proper assistants, to 'remove the obstruction which for a considerable time past had prevented the jam: tion of the two rivers in and through Yantlet Creek ; he the arrangements that were made, the obstruction to the free passage of the waters which had so lung existed betweeo Stoke and Grain, was completely removed in the space of 24 hours, whereby the tides from the respective rivers were enabled to meet on Thursday last at 35 minutes before li, sod a peter-boat which had entered at the Yantlet end of the creek, went through the opening, with nine persons oe board, precisely at half-past 11 o'clock : she was followed by the water-bailiff's skiff and four-oared boat, belonging to Capt. Brown, the master attendant of Woolwich Dea -1 yud ; and yesterday the officers were employed in making I the free communication so essential to the interests of the public between the Thames sad Medway, whereby the circuitous and frequently dangerous course round the Now, for small graft, will be avoided. and many valuable fires saved to their families and friends, as well as a great fa cility for the better supply of fish to the London markets. BANK report of the meeting of Bank Proprietors on Thursday, we were incorrect in stating that a ballot had been granted on the demand of Mr. Gander. for the 11th inst. That gentleman made a motion to IQ effect ; but was neither prepared with the written notice required by the Bank charter, nor with a sufficient number of Proprietors to support it by their signatures. Eight names, besides that of the mover. are necessary. Mr. One dry's motion was consequently abandoned for the present. By accounts received yesterday front the Havannab we regret to learn that considerable sickness prevailed anionga the crews of his Majesty's vessels on that station. Hit Majesty's brig Bustard, after having been nine or ten days there, was obliged to go to Thompson's Island for the benefit of a change of air, she having, out of her crew of fki men, fifty-three upon the sick list, 29 of whom w ere, confined to their births. On the 31st July the boatswain, gunner, carpenter, and master's mate were buried. She had lust seven officers and m nin all. The Captain, Ser gron, and Purser were the only officers on duty. His Ma jesty's ships Eden and Toe had tailed for Vera Cruz, the former having on board a quantity of specie and cochi neal. Accounts had been received from Vera Cruz, which stated that the yellow fever had made its appearance at that place, and had proved fatal to 'natty of the natives as well as strangers. Toe Castle of Ulloa was still in pos session of the Spaniards, and completely commanded the Town and Harbour. Dn'ies are exacted and pilots fur nished by the Castle. A perfect understanding, however, seemed to exist between the Commander of the Castle anal Eulogia, the Governor of Vera Crus. A communication was kept up between the two places. The Alexicass have not a single vessel of war in or cruising off the her boor. IMICHAELMA% I/Av.—The swearing in of the new Sheriffs, according to the City Charter, must take place on the Mit of September ' - this year it falls on the Sunday , but the ceremony sill be performed notwithstanding; consequently on Snoday se'nnight the procession will proceed from Stationers Hall (the Company the senior Sheriff, Mr. Whittaker,bdongs to,) at one o'clock, to Guildhall, when the Lord Mayor and all the City Off pert! are to assemble; the fermality of swearing in tat :Sheriffs and the Littered Officers will take place :soak two o'clock; the prisoners in the City gaols will be made over to the new sheriffs, and the Company will then retire. Six years ago Sir Gres Alderson and Sir Frances Desanges were sworn, in oa Sunday, and Guildhall was crowded to excess With el& gently dressed ladies. Mr. Sheriff Laurie has appoisted the Rev.—Barrett, of Beauchamp, Essex, his Chaplain, and Daniel Richardson, Esq. of Walbrook, big Under She riff ; Mr. Sheriff W hittaker has appointed his father, the Rev.—Whittaker. of Maidstone (we believe) his. Chaplain, and Benjamin Hopkins, El. of Red Lion Street, flol born, his Under Sheriff. On Monday (Michaelmas Day) a Common Hall will be held fur the election of Lord Mayor, when it is expected that Mr. Alderman Width man will receive the civic chain without opposition. At present Guildhall is filled with tables, benches, platforms, &c. used upon public occasions, and many persons imagias some extra grand dinner is preparing; but we understand it is the custom to examine the woodwork every sews years, and replace such as is ,decayed: this inspection is now taking place. On Monday next (Sunday being St. Mathew's day) as cording to annual sustain, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Governors of the several Royal Hospitah will attend Divine Service at Christ's Church. Atter a Sermon by the Bev. Wm. Granger Cantles., M A. the, will repair to the Great Hall, in Christ's Hospital, wlo'sn two Orations will be ; in Latin, by Attlitit lie; in English, by Charles Cotton, the two senior scholars of the Grammar School. i*R , the 2 Thi *silt rtes• with h again report trvth drive Brier and b Tie Vireo &Ad logs. dclica spaei( those Gale the 1 enter CO]m xepli awl ham wrap the] way PUS lot. •T! I Lim imol faith tee _ Jim maul thin 1 9 r the .., -