The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-03-20 00:00:00

1~ subject at times to tits ie Repart of the Repola. •morrow . ics Bill was reed the re titled oi: Friday. Repeal Bill wee brntigitt red tn, the Blil MY ur , marrow: o'clock. A I Si tr. - PERS. • . DRUDAT, !WARM IC writ tspoo his ltsjeky s hie speech On the nisei.% present the: said answer. • re sentiments which your oss the opening of tb leeiaaiure, could nos he representatives - of this dings of loriand Antes non of your Maiesty, but ecirrity which is neressatff save the country, and fat' risible minuet, the throes' • you. but which the lore Cot yen. r which the sittings of this re extraordinary, and ?te am I, a vast field to the pit o( the Spanish people, they Tee to the magnitude of wortbily to your Majesty's °rims footsteps of a Prince, resentatives of his people,. pistice, independence, the decorum and (1101 of the ie care. This intimate and Iva the great problem which arid a Monarch worthy of g the caprice and the arra will have the singular glor ijeets. defended the rights of sod the it:stridence of sy 0101104 •to rade welFit not .rrp'stetl. ta 11.14salltutsot EtWore, 'arid ii,siatlng ray' "snisl.-M. he condition of Asia! ovincid of the injustice and actentionr, t•as_given a suit he Continental Powers of em by your firm resolution, rn •possesses too much eon nee, to submit either to ea. alsb passers.... rigour, that it ot permit then' to be attacked ye nothing to add to the ,jest teaching the conduct of the winced with your Majesty re aga:nst reason to refute er t it ill tart:owe the Coh eirs to apologize fur our just oerisy, we need say ro.hing o'r Majesty, that if the best 9 Most Christian Monarch be d tuustancy of your Cortes, he wisdom and profound ju,le sill rave to the wh-le world • Majesty placed your hopes in deviating from the path of tl e e to' our Majesty and to then.- how, as they hitherto have rev worthy of the heroic nation •rn itideiiinies. ever will forget the profound ob ale by your Majesty, and which repeating. • No—' Reason and courage than the grntus ot rf he nation which cepitulate witts ilb is so notorious, is already be law which is endeavonred to nos, is the extreme of ignominy.' nor, form the ru'e by which the :orduct and, like your Majest.•:. d magnanimous char acter of 'a its honour, so incapable of coas t or infamy,se jealous of its rights y aud the great actions which have , they do r.ot clout.t, that as it sin - notating and to many sacrifices, the against the formidable legiontt, d the mi:itary genius if the Ant:- humbled all the rest of Europe, ke manner &fend, with the tan e t, the dignity of your Majesty and !pendent e. the rights, add the glory armed so many prodigies when de- F's aid and cooperation, of what when ultimately united with its by the Constitution of 1812, onst dispose') tdcontribute every effort I the fulfilment of which you Sac.: sll yon-`prosperity ? er Majesty. your security, and that are above all things ineisprusslite The Cortes have in anticip triton removing to the point which your verutucnt may consider most tit, and it your MAjesty, convinced of the sure, will carry it into effect wi , ll e impottanre of such a resolution heard with the greatest satisfaction has communicated to them on the h Which your liovernmest has ext.. of the Cortes. for organising aril ; and they trust, With your Ma rot services and victories whirls the ins over the factious, ore, without s of more it:tiortaqt telumplis over of the Provinces, the deception from persons have by dear-honght ear. and the conviction of all, that tiro af.chor whereby the vessel of the Comae threatening tempest, leave vo aof the c ertainty. of triumph ; slut, hey sae of opinion, that neither the me will be sapable of attests" the nalion, which is not aclcubtovit a to voice, urtes congratulate your Majesty on hich the different branches of the au present with regard to the fumy ; with your Majesty, they will uncea vil for the naionaldefenre as in the c system on which depend at once be glory, and the prosperity Of the soos after returned, an 1 Senor Sales. .1, " The deputation 01 the tortes has of the King the auswer to his 51ajec was read on the opening of the second astute of the fortes; and his Maj,tty • sith his accustom ed goodness. The ;mown to the King thy revet of te jetty's Ind', poetion, a!lit thee.t hts " ,valrscencei' The President said—The Cortes are informed of, and satisfied with, the sinner in which the Deputation has perfeemed its ditty. The Preaident stated tint the Selma An In been re- quested by the Goverment to direct the comssitage ape, pedaled to carry into effect the removal of the Cdeteetei Seville, to state the number of curtain:as which wuald.be: Waited for the member( and their dependent.. i•Hei lab serinithat the Deputies Must be aware that is wettl4 bit impoeilide fee the Committery from ignorance ttf die, wants of each Deputy, to make a proper memos, ibis subject. It wouhrtherefore be proper for each &pet? testate what he coneideied necessary for himself: ••h:,. • • SITTING ew TIIGINIDAT, SCORCH 6. ,i • *communication from the Secretary of Stale foreetteet end Justice, informed the Cortes that his Majesty; gene Mill , notifieed, that he suffered lets pain,. though the' lift• heel wan mneh,swelled ; and that-bet Majesty that/tees cons ioned euirjmit.te spasms. , 1. 5' • TheTiesideatatatedetbarthe order of the day was the 'mond Peet •of the .pespieddeirof Senor Serra, relative to the bledrial Mi4nLs r Menem to accompany the Go *grim:out to Seville. . _The report the Comillteee to which the proposition. Brett been referred, was reach , 'it recommended that the , individuals who volunteered,. and who were to be orga nized in battafions or scetairoits, should, during their journey, and for one- Month after. .have the fall pay of roldises,aud the corresponding , rations sad quartering I. but that those who might prefer it should have five reels elailjefor. the isfentre.. ss Hemet pay and rations, and iv yen retie for the cavalry.: leaks) recommended, with re gaedaa students, database wise are attending courses in snynniyersity may presents their studies at Seville. Several advantages were proposed to be given to such of the militia as shoeld volunteer tonerve in the army dur ing the war, lie. • A ellicessien arose on this report, and after several De- Eatkelted spoken, the debate was adjourned. . • striated 'eV Ititerr, mance 7. A conimunicatiOo from the Secretary of State for Grace and J uetice, stated that his Majesty was still confined with the gout in the great toe of the left foot; and that her Majesty is somewhat relieved. • The debate on the report relative to the Madrid Militia turned on the rewards and advaetages to be riven to the volunteers, respectiverbich • considerable difference of opinion was erpresiel; but the three first articles, with some amendments, Sere aimed' to. SITTING 01r141111KGIT, 'MARCO 8. Several petitions Fere. presented. from persons who wished tojoinihe relunteen militia in accompanying the Governmert to Seville. Among them was cone from Don Rawl Cabeles, formerly sercelarised mink. MADRID, MASCO 9. --Tim officers of the first reginvnt . of marine infantry have addressed an energetic represen tation to the Government, 'caviar their ardent desire to allowed to assist in carrying into effect the decree for repativling. MI Majesty's person and Government to a . place of security. Ills Majesty, wishing by all mans to tnsnifest to Eu rope the ideas and sentiments. ,which animate Wm. has resolved that the regiment Sikh Isis hitherto been call , el the. Imperial Ale.randeroiltlll in future be named tit.e.R*Kimeid of the thika. The brave men who com - Ogee this regiiitent, and who have shown CO decided an enricher ut. to the cause of liberty. will with pleasure re linquish a title of -which they might at another time have been proud, but the retaining which now would be a real po'iOcal inconsistency.—( venal .) On the 28th ult., at seven in the Morning, Colonel Asturias 3lancha, with another officer, proceeded to Alrquinenta to treat with Aden Tnteillo for the sur real ter of that fortress. The garrison sent out three of their officers to oar camp as hostages.. The fall of the Seo dliegel, and other defeats of the Army of the Faith are said to have determined the gneirisin to treat of a surrender.— (Espectador.) Several d-vpatches from Abisbal detail the complete destruction of the insurgent barit6 that bad approached Madrid. It appears that several of the leaders are negociating for the amnesty. The Political Chief of timidalasara sends a despatch, dated the 7th, in which he states that the Constitutional. troops under Don J. Domingo's had, at Trillo, feijee in with a band of faction., 500 in number. commanded by Sessions himself, which he defeated, and took a great part pri soner.. Itessieres escaped with only 3D men. A lever from Lisbon, dated the Ist instant, states, that an int tic ne had been undertaken there which appeared to be suleiently stronr to subvert the Ministry. The Secretary of State fur Foreign Affeits obtained an hon ourable preference in this pl an of proscription, which was suppor•ed by some Hood patriots, who had fallen in. to the snares of the Holy Alliance. A list for • new klinittry war brought to the King, but be firmly reject ed it. The change of the Alinis:ry was intended to be the first art in the counter-revolutionary drama. 'lke . Conde do Ansarante has since raised the standard of re ; hut the troops under General Revs are full of aeal for the constitution, and the affair will soon be put down. The Scrviles, who have for these three years past been threatening us is ith the French and Russians, have and• denly chsnged their tactics, and now speak of nothing else but peace. As this report is very agreeable, many inconsidere'e persons pick it up and repeat it with co•uplacency, without adverting that its propagators never wished (or war more then they now do, and also that they never store than now wished. to lull us into a false security, because they never before saw us so active. MAI 1.8. ARR. DUI. ARR. 'sus. • I .... Dul.lin 0 0.... Holland 0 2.... IV %tortoni.. .. .1) I • • .. umbra. 4- I I I ....0 Sr J r rsey • —.O 0..... roace...., . . 0 0.... Lisbon 0 0.. • spders ..... —0 O. ... Gottruburg.." i 0.. 1 ., , alto ...0 MICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONB O'CLOCK. Hank Stack. 3 per Ct. Red Ditto Bonds 4ls. 404 —s.pm. 3 p.Ct.Cons. .. 74K South Sua Stock ai per Ct. J. per Cents ....... ..... . 114.11i11.2d. ) 5 . is os _s pm New Fours 8 per Ct. - 1797. '. ' --MO& 1 lIS 911 pm. Long Ann. SCHIII lIS fle pm Imp. 3 per Ct.. . .. ... ... I Con.for Sestt 7 4 iiiiii Irish 5 per Cent 5.......... .. I LotteryTlekets 4. s. the sztatcontan. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1823. PARLIAMENTARY COMMENTARY. la our Commentary of yesterday, we omitted to ob serve. th tt Lord Althorp had revived his notice of a mo tion fur the repoal of the foreign enlistment bill. His Lordship may save himself the trouble of making that znotion. The fond-holders will be against it; "national faith" will be opposrd to it ; "national heaoer" will not endure it ; "public credit" will none on't. To repeal that lii!, is to make war on France: France is the " Owen tilenfloser" of the day ; and we, like Hotspur, " dare as *ell face the eternal devil" as Owen Glen dower. We have taken our p!ace under France, as Eno naparte said we should ; and the French people are now getting ample revenge of the bank note nation, who lioasted,in Alay, 1815, that all Europe, and one half of France were united against the other half of France, who tuarclieft to Paris as the ally of the King of France; who then took away the pictures and statues from that King, and who, in the most unqualified manner, boasted of bar- StAtESMAN. big' conquered Puatiee. • Were we Fronehmett, We/Mow ', tinow we should rejoice at -the present moment ; and we ow well that the Preach people rejoice accordingly. lest night there took place in the Loacia.a little•con lepisation . between lord .Lansdowne end Lord Liverpool. The latter said that the hopes of an amicable adjustment rem France aid Spain were abated, bat were not at and, as it appeared to bare ben uedent,ioa from 5 1. at had palmed eliewhere. We understood very well reastsaid eliewhoPe. It was toile esloogli for ttef t tibia • the Ftentlli - woehl Invade Spain, ordeal the ' :liftild as theNexpOlitant had dune before': tfiiit , clines 'obi:nigh . fire an.:.2-lang's libral. nl - till: chancellor was asked, whether the King had a 'rtifi „tit Illey thinlibtify;-:—The Lord Chanmillise Ale it ? Id take till Filday s to answer the %needed; bat Lord' . Liverpool immediately paid that the hiriebad the:eight. Vai . piey expressed his surprisi , at this misunderstand ing aisongst Rho Ministers. The Lor4Nitaagellot de- - Idea that there was aoy misunderstaoding amongst tire. Ministers. Lord Grey said that he was read to belle ye them to be the most united, compact and consistent body of men that ever existed; nay, he was ready to believe, l that there never 'had been any difference between the Lord Chancellor and Mr. Canning. The Chancellor remarked that he had no doibt that the Nobte Earl would be very glad if there were a misunderstaed• in; amongst them ; but that he could enure him that be would have no opportunity of rejoicing on that aceount.-*Thus, then, we are all pretty well again ; and, our readers may be assured, that those men will have no misunderstanding amongst them, and that they or others appointed by them; that, in short, the same set of people will carry on this system instil the buereet of the National Debt be reduced. That is the bond of union; they were ntade for the debt, aid the debt fur them. 'The gentlemen opposite support the debt, too 1 the Scotch Lawyers lend their aid in another *ay when occasion re quires it ; and not even the end of one of the emits of the • whlga, long and sharp as those ROB'S are, keen as the" are, will Aver get into even the, anti-chambers pf While*, Hall, as long as that Debt can be carried on ; and, rather than not carry it on, we are quite satisfied that the Jew. and Jobbers would see the French in possession of Were-. soy and Jersey. They, indeed, would seem in possession of England itself, but before that were accomplished, the vulgar herd might interfere. in the ilittuilioiCossasows the Army extraordinaries and other sums to an enormous amount were voted, without Mr. flume being able to get off ono single six• pence. Fifty thousand pounds was voted for secret service money. Sixteen thousand pound to European emigrants; and all went off without a farthing,of deduc tioe. Indeeti,:there appears to be no opposing* to any grants of money whatever. This we like well .eriostili:' Little paltry reductions could only do harm. It is be.t to let Mr. Canning's goad Parliament go on. It Will bring things to that termination which alone can afford any relief to the country.—The Slave Trade. In the midst of all the h aaaaa sing,all the poverty and misery, all the granite, assembled in gravel-pits and by the aa) side with bits of old sacks tied about their shoulders and *bpi of straw twisted round their legs; amidst all this horrible misery feigning in England, comes Mr. Wilber fort!' with a sighing petition from the " Society of Feetids commonly called Quakers," and, in the name of justice and humanity, prays for an abolition of the Black Slave Trade. Mr. Wilberforce acted his part upon this occasion in his usual way ; and what way that is one readers know very well. We wish, however, that this gentleman would turn his attention a little to the poor, shivering, half-starved agricultural labourers of - England. He seems to overlook them quite: •He seems to forget that their victuals and clothes are taken away to be given to the fund-holders. But, thus must the system go on. It will have its course ; and, let it have its course. Every thing says that a mighty crash must come; and, to produce that crash, the Quakers have done as much as any other descrip:ion of persons that we know of. They have constantly np- ' held, as far as they have been able, all those who have brswght the nation to its present state. —Mr. Weston' 'eta Lord Folkestone's motions. In consequence of a request made by Mr. Bennet, Lord Folkestone postponed his motion from! the 23d of April to the 14th of May, and the motion of Mr. Weston's was postponed from the 10th to the 23rd of April.—The money will all have been voted away before these motions will be made; but before either 'of them will come on, the country will - know something, at least, of what it has to expect, as to peace or war. There will be discussion; and that is what is very much wanted upon these subjects. The both ering press has been going on with them long enough. It is high time that we heard a little of what men will stand up in their places in Parliament anti say upon the sohje.ct. The corn-hninbug still have been blown'to air before the 14th of May, and the landlords will are a little more of the pit into which they are finally to tena ble. ,to whisk each is limited 1s IQ teatimes, about an En. glish Penny. In conseqeence of a lever 115,i0.1 ap pared in one of tine Jourvais, ascribed to the sob offi cers and chasseurs of a battalion of the National Guard of that city, the Colonel list thought It right to remind them that the Royal Ordonnance of July 17, 1816, forbids the dittbrent corps of the Na tional Guard to correspond with one another upon any pretext whatever. A letter in :tbese papers front Ba yonne, dated March 6, Hates that It sppesrs that the COnstitutionalists are de•ermined not to oppose any sistance to the advance of the army to the. Ebro. 'for rijos, with his troops, it adds, . has quitted Nature, directing his march towards Madrid. as we learn Ly te ports from that provider. A Hoimbarg Mail has arrived this • Morning, from. • which weextract the following : PITIRSOORG, MARCH 1.—.41is Imperial Highness tette Grand Duke Constantine arrived hereon the night of rrh. 26, front Wareaw. 'the course of Exchange hasbeen falling for some time !past,. Nit we hope it will soon improve. The • gold bars proceeding from Rothschild's loan have arrived louland. 'frado continues very dull. rErocknomo. NOV. 4,—The official report of the Ceat ost.sionert of the revision of the National Debt is now published, from which it appears that on the let of Jan. 1423, the amount of the Debt was 9,491,608 Rix Dollars Banco. Deduct 3,628,146 Rix Dollars for claims and outstanding debts; remain 6,163,4 e. Three Houses at Hamburg, have brought from Do vertuucut all . the copper that it kid to sell. ST4L EicnlSiser, Twins' o'CLocc—l n consequence 4:of,Liord LiverpisOl's Speech last night, stating that the Negoeistion was not entirely broken off. Consols im proved Ibis morning. They opened at 74fil, at which price they remain steady, although it is asserted that an express has arrived. from Paris, and the price of the French funds ions yet kept a secret. By private Accounts from Madrid of the 9th inst., we are tafernsed that the Ministers have azainat the wishes of the Corte*, laid' violent' bands on the Ceteea de Public° Credit*, (n 'kind of Sinking Fund) and there was no thing' left in the Treasary. This occurrence has cause I a considerable insulation et Madrid. Fears are also enter tained, that should the King inv. Madrid for Sevi le, be mill be rescued by his paitizatsi. • There is still i prevailing opinion with the public that before the French Cross the Ebro. A negociatieu will take place between the parties. A good deal of business was doing in the early part of the morning. Foie:tart Fusos..—fipsmish bonds are on the rise this morning; they opessed.st 231 if Halm-PAST Twsure.—Consols are just done at 741 Yesterday* courier arrived from Madrid, bringiog . pa pers and lours from that capital to the 10th instant. The papers of the 9th contain the proceedings of the Cortes to the previous day, end despatches from the Generals in pur seit'of Brosieres upon the 7th. The soarer to the speech from the Throne, adopted in the sitting of the sth, will be read with es much interest as the speech itself; and the sc coun's from his officers, especially that from Gaudalaxara of the 7th, cannot .fail to be cheering to all the friends of Spa nish independenee. The triclinia chief, Bessierea, it would appear, has been entirelymverthrown, and his bands dis persed. A private letter. from Madrid states that Coma d' Ahisbal was about to enter that city it the head of 2,300 men, and that with thie force he was to accompany the King to Sevi le. It is stated as a certain fact in private letters, 'that Mequlneoza has been taken. We were prepared for that event by what is toyed in the joornais. Baliasteros had arrived at Saragossa, and was every where on his way, and in the capital of Arregon, received with the greatest euthu slam. Nothing could exceed the determination of the Spa niards of all classes at Madrid and in the provinces, to sup port their constitution. and defend their country against foreign invasion. , The King, Court, and Cortes were to de part trout Madrid between the 1%4 and 15th. The King of Spain's gout, it appears, moves ad libitum from the toe to the heel, and back again. The affair of Portugal would ap pear by the Madrid papers to have been of little consequer.ce. THE EXECUTION or xwiraLLE AND ►ITZGIBBON ►oR TUE MURDER OE ERZ LATR WOE 001tiO. (An P.rtraortlinary Scene.) Ltmenice, MARCH 13.—Iletween one and two o'clock yesterday, these men were conducted from the cell in which they had been confined since their conviction, to the place of execution at the new county gaol. Neville was first led oat by two Roman Catholic Clergymen; he was dressed in a flannel jacket and trowsers. Fitzgibbon appeared in some few Minutes after, and was also attended by two Divines of the same religioir; he wore a large grey , frize coat. Ne vile carried a bead, and seemed to be absorbed in devotion.. Fitigibbon repeated the prayers which were read by the Rev. Oentlemen who accompanied him, and had rather a smiling aspect whilst proceeding through the yards, Re. of the prison. Having ascended the summit of the buildieg where the gallows stands, the convicts kuelt and spent some minutes in prayer. Neville we: calm and contrite; he at tentively listen** to his Spiritual comforters, and evinced all the plaeldity.of a resigned penitent. Although Fitz gibbon engaged in prayer, • yet he assumed somewhat of the mock-heroic; and notwithstanding that his manner was more careless than Neville's, still he wanted the stea dy and moral courage with which the latter seemed to be sustained. Neville went upon the pia' f irm first, and stepping up the ladder took long strides ; Fitzgibbon in stant,' followed. Upan presenting themselves to the vast eon muse of people who had assembled without the prison beneath, Fitzgibbon addressed them thus—" Welt, boys, men and women as you ore below there, God bless you all—take warning by our fate; you have seen the in nocent is well as the gui!ty sutler, therefore take care and avoid bad company who may seduce you to break the laws-1 forgive you all." Neville spoke similarly. After he had ceased, Sheriff Cuthbert made some obser vations to one of the Clergym. n who was attending him; upon which Fitzgibbon, who was at the other end of the platform, interposed, and asked Mr. C. " what do you wish to know, ; Sir ?"—Mr. C. then, in a solemn and pathetic tone of voice, replied—" I wish to ask you, Fitzgibbon, now you are about to die, if you are guilty of the crime for whirls you are going ,o,suffer ?' To which Fitzgibbon quickly and fluently answered, "If you'll call to .me• about this time tee morrow, tell you." The levity with which this was uttered caused a thrill of horror to. pierce the breast of every body present; and produced a mingled sensation of' dismay and disgust at such obduracy of nature 'and au Is city of demeanour.—Fitzgibbon again addressed the peo ple in the same phrase in which lie had before spoken ; and the Reverend Mr. O'Regan having desired him to tell the , people to give up whatever fire arms they possessed, he refus'd to do so. • The platform having been removed, both the criminals dropt Neville died in a very short time ; but his unhappy and ill fated companion in shame, suffered the most afflictive agony fur a considerable time, owing to the awkward manner in which the rope was adjusted. These met' had eeither slept nor eaten fur the last two days and two nights, with the exception of having taken a few spoons full of gruel—all that time was occupied in prayer or penance ; they, however, appeared quite strong and not in the least degree exhausted. It would have been a great satisfaction to the public mind, as well as to the laws and justice of the country, if these men had made a public deearation of the parts they had acted in the atrocious murder for which they suffered. The language and conduct of Fitzgibbon left neither - pity far his fat nor doubt of his criminality. We are informed that on Thursday night, N,e v ing, , acknowledged to a friend of his from Rathkeale4ho vi sited the unfortunate wretch in his cell, that:; O way guilty of the murder of Major tioing.—(Ligigride Chronicle.) THE FUNDS. These vile things took a rise yesterday in consequence of what passed in the. House of Commons the night be fore; thus making good the saying of the old Lord Chat ham, that the spirits of the mack-worm always rose in the exact proportion of the fall of the national honour.— The Morning Chronicle says, that the greatest dealer in foreign securities said yesterday that he would recom mend to his friends who were deeply involved in Spanish bonds, to sell them in future by the square-ntessure, and that he would furnish them with a rule, whereby to as certain their value! We told the public this, long ago, while the Chronicle was crying up the Spanish bonds. CORN HUMBUO. We have an article written yesterday on this subject ; but we have to add, that the Chronicle of to-day says, " the demand for every article is improved since Mon day, and the prices of that day are consequently fells ►na:nlaincd." This is a direct falsehood. The Wheat market was actually lover by more than a shilling a quarter ; and the Chronicle is now playing the some traine t. ith reg rd to Wheat, that it was for mouths play ►ng with regard to the Spanish bonds. The Quakers, however, will probably be the chief sufferers, and, there fore, it is a matter of less consequence. MR. DENMAN. We yesterday spoke of Mr. Denman's inconsistency in having declared himself against war fur the Spaniards, when, on the 7th of March, lie had so drcidedly declared himself in favour of snch war. We have just learnt that we were misled by the report of the Morning Chronicle, which report puts the name of Mr. Denman inst atl of the name of •Mr. Dennison. We thought the thing monstrous; but could hardly believe that such an error had been committed by the Reporter. If the reader will look at the Morning Chronicle of yesterday, he will see that the mis-statement did not belong to us. We have generally somebody in the House to hear ; but upon this occasion we had not. Paris papers of Monday have come to hand, bet they contain no fresh accounts of military operations, except the progress of the Duke of Angouleme may be reckon ed of that class. His Royal Highness, it appeared, ar rived at Orleans, on Saturday evening, and set off next morning atter mass. The garrison and National Guard were called oat to receive him, but nut a word is said about his popular reception. A subscription had been set on foot at Rouen, with a view to present an acknow ledgement to M. Manuel, and, though the list of sub scribers will be published, and no anonymous subscrip tions received, the number, by the first evening, amonnt ed to nearly 600. This subscription is evidently in imitation of certain English subscriptions. The sum CORN HUMBUO. This humbug. though it do.s not thrive so ouch as humbugs in general, has nevertheless bies doing pretty well. That profeand statesman, Lunt john Russell. Paid, the other day at klasitingdon. *at Cos countsy appeared to he improving.. Thettoan be so doubt that he alluded to the thew visurlit the price of corn, to which . ; indeed, he Wm!, in ilFprobability, not haiitig . beien well booted at th at IS, ting. TO aasintUald;khe circumstance! el the late war .witts AN, of *ay oilier war that cosy tithe place, you mast first show that another Would pre; duce another Bank littsteletion 'Act. 130, wears at pre. sent In a state; With' 401 . 8 to tlil thinds of these, the raise and who deal inverts; that sot:will: roioaieg at do*. ante. It• is not, and cutlet l*this• habit of !itch pee ( • . sons, to look much into the history Of the pfices of corn, or to dive' very deeple'into, the cause,Of hlgh or of los price. All the active - fat:inert tad corn defiers Of the pre sent day know that corn was high in price during war; that when peace came, the price fed. end that hires been generally upon the fall ever since. This being the case. only let them believe that there will, be war shortly. and they will act upon the firm belief. that theie will shortly be high prices.—lf they believe this, t h at be- • lief will cause the prices to rise. Else hoe happened it that *beat almost floubled its price open the prospect of wet weather at the beginning of last harvest?, As solos as the prospect of hne wrather returned, the prices in stantly fell back to what they were before. If the wheat now in the ground, were perceived to be very much eaten by the wonu, it would cause the price of wheat to rise.— Yet, in all these cases, the currency continues the same, and the quantity of wheat the same. The alterative la i the price s -,ccasioned merely by the opinions of those who possess it or deal in it. The recent rise in the prise of corn was oning to an opinion that there n (laid be war betweeb this country and France. No matter whether there be war or not at l'Ast, this was the cause of the rife.— About twelve days ago this opinion began to change. It began to be believed that there would be no war be tween this country and France; and the moment this change of opinion beg an to take place. that moment the corn ceased to rise in price.—Last week it .recoiled; and the fall upon the quarter of wheat was, at Newhall* 6s. at Guildford, se. at Uxbridge, ss. at Reading, Ss. at Norwich, 2s. at Hertford, 3s. at Geeing. 6s. At Mark Lane, the fall was 4s. and, yesterday. it was from le. to 2s. lower.—The average for England, in the last Gazette, was only 41s. In the nett Gazette it will be about 455; because it will refer to the prices of a week or two back, it taking a number of days to get there. turas collected. It appears, therefore, that there hai not been an average rise of more than about 9d. a bushel; and, in some places, at Devises, for Instance, and New bury. that rise bad completely sunk away on last. Thor• day. Yet has there teen as great a noise made by the humbug.stock-jobbing London press about this rise, is if the price had risen sufficiently high to make farsuieg profitable, and as if every thing promised a contincation of dive prices. There has been so much exultatioo on the part of this stupid press; as much exultation over Mr. Cobhett as if all things had come completely about, and as if the farmers were become the most prosp-rota and happy chin of men that ever were beard of in the world.—ln all human probability another week or tam will have de stroyed all the hopes of war which the pious Quakers lace been entertaining and inculcating ; or, rather, incalcaling for thn sake of getting rid of the enormous stock of corn r which they are well known to have ou band. The Qea kers at Liverpool and in the north as well as in Loa on, have been spechlating deeply in corn for a long time ; and, they have catered at_ this glimpse of war with as much eagerness as a thief catches at an opportunity of escaping from a constable.e— The stock-jobbing press, who dread boiling is email a. some measure to adjust contracts or to alter the currency ; that admirable set of foal-rogues who conduct this press have been using all their efforts to cause it to be believed that corn would rise in price, and keep steadily op, so as to take from the landlords and taimers all excuse for demanding an adjustment of con traits. Though, therefore, the prices have actually Leone down again already, to very nearly what they were before the rise, these stozk-johhing vagabonds never say a word about the fall; wd really seem to think, that, as long as they do not announce the fall, the farmers will not perceive it. Theiandlords, too, are most anxious to encourage the notion , that things are coining about. They know that they must lo•e their estates; that they must boldly assault the. fund-holders • or that they must .get high prices for the farmers. T he last is what, they dearly . love. It is easy enough to guess that they do not wiell to lose their estates. It is easy enough to sea reasons f.r their wishing to avoid an open war with the fundliolders. High prices would eats them from both. High prices is what they watt,. therefore; and they, according to their several capacitiv, have endeavoured to encourage a belief that things were coming about. They know very well what an Infamous thing the London press is ; but their interest leads then to wish succe,s to its deceptions ; and, therefore, as far as they have been able, they have, in this case, given it their assistance. So that the humbug has thriven to decent extent ; an I it will, perhaps. add 'owe few thou sands to the number of farmers al ready ruined. This, however, is the only effect that the thing will finally have. It will not retard the ruin of landlord or farmer one single hour. SHIPPING INTaLIGENCE. DIAL. Mitten 19.—Put back this moreiag, the Sh►ke spear, Robinson, for the South Seas, with loss of an anchor and cable; arrived and remain the Earl Clancarty, Howie, from flotterdatu ; Lusitania,. Gibbons, from Oporto; au Hopewell, Coulson, from Honduras; sailed this morning. the whole of the outward hound, except the Madras, Clark. for Madras and Henget ; Trial, Harvey, for Jamaica; sad Niger, Walker, far Gyeasde.—Wind n1(11013117, Martco 18.—Arrived the Cognac, Barton, 5 weeks from Charente,with brandy ; passel a vessel bottistr less on Sunday night near Scilly, supposed a brig or schooner apparently of about 60 or 70 feet keel, but could not sow tale what she was; Resolution, Peterson. 2t days from Long Sound; and Harriet, Cummings. 0 clays from Lis bon. The Two Brothers arrived two days since from the Western Islands, picked up neer the Lisard. a pipe of palls oil, rased the hung. WAY-259' whiCh has been landed at the Custom-house.—Wind W. PORTSHOWTH, MARCH, 19.—Elliled the General Palmer. Truestt, for Madras.—Wind N. 3lsace 19.—Arilse4 the Princess Charlotte packet from Cuxhaven.—Wintl N. On Saturday a courier arrived at the Foreign Office from Paris. The Duke of Bedfuri, we are sorry to bear, is again indisposed, and stated to be very iIL His Grace bad a re stless night on Tuesiay. • According to the auvouots in Oporto Orr', whirls have been received to the 2d instant. the Insurrection commenced by the Conde de Asnararda livery iosigoid cont. No disaffection appears to prevail ,in any part of the province of 'l'ras es Moines, except .at Vilts Heat, Chaves,aud Pezo da Regoa. A letter frhon Braganza, dated the 25th ultimo, says—" The troops statione t there would nut accede to the suggestions of the emissa ries of the Conde de Amarants. They have intrrerred lrs ro:respon tence, which included a procktmatins." file provinces of Minho ant Beira are uulesat .oli to be per fectly tranquil. 1 ~. I !,