The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-01-13 00:00:00

FOREIGN INT ELIA GEN CE. Paris papers of Saturday lave arrived, hut their contents are barren of ioteresr. The Comstitationnel of that day gives, from the Restaurador of Dec. 29, two decrees of Ferdinand VII., the first permitting the free exportation from Snit! of wine. brandy. vinegar, lignova, drted4roito. , an d hemp t the second permitting the free exportation of all ports o f groin, and settling the duty at whirls Sour way be isnporied after May 1. at 65 reals vellon for every' barrel of 194 pounds. For other grain the duty is to be 26 reals for every quintsl if imported in foreign vessels, and 8 reels if imported in Spanish vessels. By this latter De. erre also several dudes are laid on cattle and sheep when imported, and the importation of horses and mares, not in. clnding perfect horses, is prohibited. The fullowiog is extracted from the Animal ties Deloats : MADRID, DEC. 31.—The Marquess of DM If* is still un well. N. tleredis hes his portefemille ad interim. D. Victor Sava is still at Madrid, and not gone to Toledo, as has been reported." ' :PROM THE COURIER ITRANCAI3.3 " PARIS, J /qr. IO.—M. Koechlin was yesterday , taken from the prison of Sainte Pelagie to the Palace of Justice, where he was interrogated by M. Pelletier, Juye d'lnsfruction, relative to the letter which the four Deputies of the Upper Rhine ad dressed to their Constituents after the expulsion of M. Manuel. Messrs. Argenson and George Lafayette, who :signed this let ter, as well as Mr. Koechlin, were also Interrogated yester ' day. M. !tiptoe, the fourth person who signed it, is not at present at Paris." FRI:NCII FUNDS, PARIS, J AN. 10.—Five per Cents, open ed at 9-1.5.; closed at 94. 5. t . Loan of 1623, 5a ; Bank Stock, 1,G30; Neapolitan 5 per Cent. 791; Spanish Reotes, 23. Exchange ou Loudon, one mouth, 25. 45.; three months, 25. 35. • Extract of a .private letter from Madrid, Dec. 30 :—Our absolute Royalists have been somewhat quieter for several days pail, and the Liberals are allowed a little repose. The • gentlemen of the Faith have relaxed their animosity against the Coustitutionalists, and now complainly loudly of the Ring, who, they say, has not rewarded them as they . deserved. These complaints pretty plainly show, that the men who pretend.to be the purest Royalists, are not pull• tribal) , devoted to the King. The French, too, have also to twain a considerable share of this Royalist hostility.— Daring the Christmas holidays a barbarous doggrel song was sung through tire public streets, which had for its chorus— ': Let Blacks and Whites! join heart and band, " To drive all Frenchmen hour the land," The Government has definitively ordered all the bishops arid archbishops who had repaired to Madrid to return to their dioceses. The finance department has undergone a great purifies' tion. About IS of the principal clerks have been dismissed sv it hen t any pay or allowance whatever. i tar official Ga;:ate announces that all the officers who served voluntarily in the national militia are dismissed. — 'l'6 is measure is lunch too rigorous, for under the constltti• tioaal system a great number of these oaken were obliged to serve, under pain of being marked out as enemies of the .existing Government. Lieut. General Grimarest, late Inspector General of 51ilitia, is appointed Capt. General of Arragon. lie is succeeded in the former office by the Count tie San Roman. General Silveira, who is here in the character of Charge d'Affaires from Portugal, maintains the greatest secretly ri epecting the events %%hien have lately taken place at Lithe n. Nevertheless, it is currently reported, that there .s been a seditious ttttt vesuent in that city, tho.rgh nothing positive is stated as to its consequences. It is this moment reported, that General Bourmont, commander in chief of the French army, has applied to his Govergment for an additional num ber.of troops. This step is nut at all surprising, tar the Spanish Government do nut tranquillize the public mind by stopping the pers.. cuticula and repressing the false zeal art the pretended defenders of the altar and the throne. Spain must soon become the theatre of the most dreadful transaetions. It is remarked that few days, pass in which some French soldiers are not assassieated ; and the dispersion °lith e army encourages the daring atrocity of a people who, because they are Petered, believe themselves capable of accomplishing any thing. Travellers who arrive at Madrid state that the roads are s..arcely practicable; there is every moment danger of being stopped and rohlie,l. The couriers cannot advance a sep without an escort. It seems that nothing short of a miracle Call now Save " The assn o; the Filth style themselves Blaneos (Whites), and the Constitutiznal•sts they erli Negros (131i‘cits.) Dutch need Hamburg Jonrnek, te.e firmer to the 11th and the latter to the 7th instant, have arrived. The follow. ing are extracts: s T eeeriar.st, Dee. 30.-1 he Sluie.i Gazette of the 2711 i, 29th and 29th rontaitm, at full length, all the speeches which the s:.eakers of the Estates of the kingdom severally tried in their farewell aturienci-s, to the King, the Quern, the Crown Prince, the Crown Princes., arid the Prinzess Sophia Alberti re, also that of Count Magnus Bribe, as the s^iiior Parrot, un returning the Land Marshal's Staff to his Majesty, .4i:ether with the gracious seers, making altohether speedos. Ilaatuunti, JAN. G.—The nv parts of the world that at' 1531 ; among them were From the E tat I mites . 9 the 31:est Indies . 77 -San.6 America . Cal North America . 56 Spain and the Me .l iterranean . . 79 Portugal . . .35 Sailed, 1.'250, exelnsi BKRI.TN, 30.—Couriei to and from Paris,-St. Peters] limber of s Lipts from various ived hare the In‘t yedr were Fro►u Franco England Rossi& Os B•.hic 89 Sweden & Nor►ray 47 Denmark. Jutland 34 liremen, East Fria: &c. 393 ♦e of small.•r vessel.. irs continue to pass frequently ;berg, and Vienna. • ( . 031 CT.-0 05 PORT• OBSERVATORY, J tx. 10 —4%111 unexpected ci,itor is conspicuous towanis the Ent on bright morning•, from fire till half past six o'clock ; and it% 'cootie's is rtiroff nide, or contrary to the order of the 24d:tied Signs. it hrs mowed out of the constellation Ser. I:csitalins, and is advancing rapidly along the hack of Tier• sirs, towards the contortion in the body of the Dragon. Its mean motion throne 10, er under the Fixed Stare, during Vie last foitrlight was, I tier,. 40 min. per day. This alto• nishing velocity, however, is not uniform, but increases as the Comet recedes from the Sun. Its preset,' right ascen• ►.ion is ?.45 deg. tad its declination 26 deg 30 win. North. 'the tail last Sund ty wonting, which was remarkably clear, was nearly tire degrees long, and taper at the end. Its nucleus is still ill defined, and no larger than a Star of the third rnagnitode ; but the coma around it is close livid very thick, and the coruscations unbroken. The Comet's dia• tante from the Sun is about 65 degrees, and its motion being from that luminary, it will be seen to have a lung range in the Heavens ; and, therefore, be interest• log to Close who are engaged in the science of Astro n an 7. Some labourers employed in digging clay, in a field, Dear the Free School, in this town, one di!, last week, discover ed, a few feet below the surface, several urns of unbelted earth, some Of which contained ashes ; and one of them, the bones of a cock. Hones of swine and other animals, were found pear diem.—(Lewes Journal.) A few days sine'', a large portion of the plastic clay for mation, at Castle bill. Newhaven, suddenly fell down.— The mass consi'tted chiefly of the olive green sand ; the bed of alumin was Lot affected by 'the hall. A sheep which was-1 feeding on't he summit of the cliff when it gave way was pfkipitatell str ill the rubbish to the beach below, without receiving tte slightest injurt, although the distave was computed at 130 fdit.-'-;-' s ttid) ' r~ ~~ :~ STATESOI4IST MAILS. /All. SCR. • I ARR. . - DUB. I....thdalin U o....tfolland a 3 ...4Vsterford.....2 0. ....111mbra 4 • 0.....114Wer5ey....0 1 I....Franee I....TAabon, ..... .. 0 0 ...Flanders ...0 o....Ciatenbarg.....l 0....bia1m .O * - ' 9S 5:0 P4ICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE OCLOCK. Rank Stook. 3 per Ct.Refl 9846 Ditto Bonds... • . —83..87 S p.Ct.Cons B7llll Ex.11111.33‘ i bs b 6 oa i. pm, 3l per Cent 4 per Cents New Fours ' 1031 1116 Small . 38 66 693 pm Long Ann 22 } Lottery Tickets. • ... 19 /. 19i Imp. 3 per Ct Con. for Aect 891; •sonsidered, and openly avowed by all the Cabi net of Europe, to be little better than an Engli.la Colony. Yet even at Lisbon. one power bas become inferior to that of Russia or of france; and in spite of ancient associations, in spite of the treasure we have spentoand the blood we have shed, in spite of the commercial monopoly existing between Portugal and England, our power has yiel led to that of our more crafty and prudent rivals. The meant are obvious by which. Great Britain has thus lost the power which she once possessed, aid which the most extraordinary and unexpeeted success of her arms had enabled bee to increase beyond all precedent. The situation of European affairs after the Battle of Waterloo, obliged this country to support either the designs of absolute despotism, or to espouse th3se princi ples of freedom and of popular rights, which were in unison with her own institutions, • and congenial to the spirit of the age. But our Ministers had not virtue and wisdom enough to pursue this litter coarse, nor, whatever were their wisher, had they the courage to stem the opinion of the country, which they must have set at naught, had they pursued the course of defendinz despotism. Oar Ministetr, therefore, adopted a middle policy, and by which they have ruined the interests of the country, eithout acquiring the esteem, the confidence, or the attachment of any party. Whilst our negative policy has lost us all oir former Influence, and has rendered the English name a by.word of reproach, with the enlightened and liberal parties throughout Europe, we hlve beemite the objects of suspicion, or of hatred, to those despotic Governments, that owe their existence to our efforts, and for whose interests • and designs we have sacri ficed our wealth and our character. Captain Spenre, of the ship William, who arrived at Deronport (Plymouth Dock) on the sth inst. having left Brest tin the 3d, 'shirtier he `sailed in October lasc . with masts, &c. for the Dory Yard, stars, that during his stay there. " fourteen foreign vessels (Russian, Prussian, Swedish, &.7.) delivered their cargoes of hemp, masts. o mid 'plank, with every denconimition of naval corei, into the arsenal. The artisans of the do^lt card were employed every Sundsy in addition to 'their regular working days. bight sail of the line, live large heavy frig-ems (mounting C guns each) and fatty smaller ; Soar brigs and five sloops, formed the sqnadron filing out. Of tires . four SO gun ships had their masts/in ; the, other four were uncoveied, caulking, and getting in their chain plates and dead eyes. The frigates were (pike ready for ass. and in Brest Water, exercising their men in striking yards and topmasts. The brigs and sloops were also ready for sta." Colonel San Miguel. late Secretary of State under the Const!togior a! Government of Spain, who teas thiva prisoner by the French in Catah nia, ant chigoe(' by Ferdinand, Is stated to have passed through Bayonne an Oct tio,ittnieton effort. t9c krAncr. It is certainly to the honour of the Frencti Gov , inguent, :that this .brave sunn has not hero given op to be butchered, as wil:lintasi; by the ratellites of despotism at Madrid. We are sorry to state that tLet banking house of M rs y n t. Pierre, Williams, and Co. of Merthyr Tydfil, has ins. petalg d payment.—(Cumbrian.) _ . . We understand an invitation has been fOrwarded to Samuel Well*, Esq. to become a candidate fur the Borough of Eye. upon the vacancy occasioned by the elevation to the Bench of the Lite attorney General.—(ilitoliegdon Gazette) CAMillit 06E, JAN. 10.—We have authority to state that a Rci l oilition for a Country NleetinLf is in the cou•se of signature, to consider the proper measures to be pursued. in order to return to Parliament, at the neat general election, two Members for the County, free of expellee, following the noble example and patriotic spirit lately reined by the freeholders, of the County of Lincoln.— (llentingdon Gicrette.) The Dublin merchants, at whose instance the Inion ditties between the two countries were originally laid on. hare now petitioned the Treasury that the is lode may he r rpr al ell, and that the intercourse may be placed upon the footing of a coasting trade. • I NCRNASE of TlAPE.—Scotland, it seems. has hail con siderably imre than its share in time improvement of trade la.t year. The increase of the customs for the Empire was one tenth ; the increase in Liverpool about one eia ; the inert:Ai of the Clyde, the great outlet of North Britain, no less than one fourth. Tlie commercial part of the public have Mt consider able regret ,in the sudden death of Joseph Marryatt, Esq. the member for Sandwich, and Chairman of the Committee of Lloyd'e. This gentleman was agent for the Island of Grenade, and had distinguished himself on all ()orations connected with the interests of the Colonies. His public speaking was clear and precise, evincing an accurate concept on of his subject, and a business-like manner of treating it. Mr. Marry.tt had come to,town yesterday in his gig in perfect health. and soddenly fell (rola his desk at his bankiog house, in Mansion House Street, and expir ed in a few minutes. His age appears to have been about six.y six. This morning was the coldest we have had this winter. By our night thermometer, we found that the mercury had* been so low as 24 degrees. At one o'clock to day another thermometer :re the St, and.in a northern exposure, was 32. if the frost continue as sharp till to-morrow evening, • the confectioners will be able to begin to replenish 'neje ice. houses, which had become reduced in stock. The a tm o s. pbere, however appears, from the hoar frost that haslfallen, to he very humid. - Tue &ITS Cu i tem DIBDIN.—On Saturday evening a meeting was held at the Freemason's Tavern, to make ar rangements for the public dinner and festival, which was numerously attended by subscribers and friends. At 8 o'clock Dr. Kitchiner was unanimously called to the chair; and, after • number of letters were read from several distinguished characters, regretting their absence on the occasion, the business was proceeded with. The public dinner was eventually fixed (Jr March, and Admiral Sir Joseph Yorke is to be requested to preside on the occasion. The Lord Chamberlain, it is said, has issued his veto against the performance of French plays in any public building of the metropolis. It is reported also that his Lordebip has issued new regulations respecting the minor theattes,in consequence of the application of the proprietors of the two patent theatres. HaantaLe Zvi:rm.—A Paris paper of Friday last, re• lates the following shocking occurrence:— " A horrible event took place this morning, between seven and eight o'clock. M. Laurent Bernard, banker rue Cadet, No. 14, and his mother * have been found both shot to death, and bathed in blood. Two pistols were discharged, one in the hand of the son, the traces of the priming were on his fingers, in tine, the circumstances related in the report of the Doctor. Louyer Nillermay, seem to prove that this doable crime had been committed by Laurent Bernard himself. 1t is and that he had ruined himself by stock jobbing. This 'catastrophe passed in the chamber of the son." The Lion. Miss For, the only d.inglitei of Lord and Lady Holland, is ,etionsly ill at lion:Jr d I. I r 1 EETI NI; Ft)it I' ll= DES El T SI'ANIARDS. _ . fit tsoow, JAN. S.—A numerous atid resp-etaitlc of the inhabitants of Claagow was Ve;.l iu ON Tow n il ia yesterday, for plirpose of considering the mois . prop er easnres for the relief of the Spanish refo ge p a n tlti, country Professor 3 tnotere was called to the chair by acclamation. The Professor returti'd thanks for 6. banner they had done hies ; and said there was no one in all this respectahle 'meeting but would have filled the c h a i r to better purpose than himself. They were convened thee.' for the purpose of considering the best means of assistance to those individnals who had been driven frr their homes by en invading army. It wall I he unneresstr; fur hint to enter into the particulars of the late contest Spain, as they were already well known. The indiciila it: for whose relief they were at present met, were not object, of common charity—they were men of the highest rank, character, and talents in their native land —w.io wer e driven from their country solely for the r &stance they hail offered to foreign agzression, seperstition, and spotisin.—(cheers.)—Their object was not to give p er . manent relief to the sufferers, but only such immediate a i I as they required, and to give them time is look about them. Whatever were the political feelings of any person, this was a measure in which all 'mild join, as it Was one an which the pare feelings of humanity were alone concern ed, and was quite unconnected with any political creed. It was one which his Majesty's ministers would approve et, and which enr gracious Sovereign world also link ti t ia n with approbation.—(Lond cheers.)—The learned Prof s.or sat doon by declaring that lie would no longer detain them, lint would refer them to the iesoliitions which a gentlein an near him wool_! r-ad. S. PARKCIttIi it was hardly necessary for bum to he makinz the 11411,1 hackneyed apology far coming forward on this iiecasion, as it was a case of pore unmixed ch wily, and he was .a re that a city so remarkable for its benevolence soul I not he sensible to the wants of those drier,' frain their native country. lie then read the resolutions, which wety seconded by Mr. Diceraits•rover of Coghill, an I carried on. animously ; atter which, on the motion of Mr. GRAHAM.: of Whitebill, the tlia . nks of the meeting were given to thy 'Chairman and the snover of the resolutions, and a sobsetip. tion patter was handed about, and the meeting separated.— ; (6/aagoto Chron.) • . . M YSTERIOUS CI MAIMS VANCE. (riio3l 1u UMW:IL MERCL'ILT.) This city has been kept in a state of:painful excitement "Iniitig the past week, by the su Men and mysteriti Is ditap• pt.:viatica of a respectable profession's' &froth-man, 1.4 which nothing that his yet transpired has been (wattle of acrnnnting. Apprehensions of the most awful' and distressing nature were 'entertained by hit family and friends, and large reward.' have been offered for di4eorety of the body stead or allee. It appears that he dined on 1 - . Saturday et . l nug b t with a friend in Park Street, wham he 1 , left about one o'clo.'k on roinday itinpling .0 it urn limn-. ttlitii•inr, with her hundred tongue., hit presented him in yarns..-. places during the ne't hour ; lint nothin; 're he. lime has )et been discovered on whit-lt any reliance call 'hr placed. On Sunday his hat was discovered is the float, oleic's excited tne most painful anxiety lest his ' bedv might also be there; but idtlion Jo the water was exhausted, there Wag not the . . slight-st trace of the c orpse. It has been said, but we cannot v such •Itir - .Hie, anthenticity of the report, that two in,li. vide ils called on the mother sif Nlr. P. and fold lire she need be tinder no atisiere . fur her sots: l'hesintentarity of such a commit nicstion Ging made without le-ailing to some flirter disclosure renders the story highly iiiiiiriptidiar. A man railed at the repidence of Mr. Le .n. banker,—in- Be!ld Vue, on Wednesday lasi, anti demandiel w hat r,.compcme would he given for the discovery of Mr. P. Ale. Lean was front home, but his family instantly' sent for hint ; before he arrived, however, the man became impatient ant tio. parted. It is singular that assistance was nut i ttttt iediately obluiited to detain this man ; 'for it unlit be silent that any one who is in po • of information and does not disclose it, is accessary to.the absence, whatever may la. the cause of it. Mc. Lean has publiehed a hand bill calling on this individual to repeat his visit ; but we trust a lesson will have been taught by the tecent dreadful everts in Hertfordshire, which will prevent hopes being excited in individuals that way interfere with the even course di justice. ... . 1.).-lieacy has hitherto prevented th e me ntion o f this gentleman's name; and whilst there was a hope of his returning to his friends, we will not question the propriety of pitch a course. But when we consider the dresof,l eve of anxiety and snepense in which the none ions dicta, t friends of the many respectable professional gentleman wha reside in this city must Itave‘be , -n pla,•ed by the alarming intelligence conveyed throngs the column* of our conteno poraries, we feel confident that every candid and reflectitie person will agree with us, that there can be no necessity for further roncedinneta ; and that an imp-reive duty claims the disclosure of a name con' e -tell is i:ls facts whicn most have been the means of harrowing the feeliees and spreading alarm and dis:nay, wherever the units plainest intelligence may have reeched. The gentleni in who is now missing is Mr. Pierce, Suits itor, of this ci'y, and partner in the highly respectable licus of Palmer and Pierce. • . Al DAY Mealtrva,2 o'clock. —We he tri lete last night that a sine ' had been sent to Mr. Palmer, which might lead to the discovery of Mr. Pierce ; hut on making furtitt r inquiry, no stied information had been received. It is DOW wore thania week since this Gentleman was missed by his friends; and apprehensions may be felt lest, should i.e haVe met with foul play,. the,dcley in finding the holy, .wry be the means of defeating Justice. We trust th,t every I xcrt ion will be need to trace the cause of the sudden and mystetions absence of this Gentlemen ; for if there has I'l.ll a clime committed, and the perpetrators are suff-red to escape with impunity. God know• where the evil may stop; or whoseturn it may he next to stiffer. — The welfare of society demands that the investigation he pursued without a InJusent's relaxation t7ll the body, &old or alive, be found. I xsomotrx or Orrtce —A moat eingnlar stretch dime thotitY was displa)e , l in a Scottish hordet town upon New Year's day, whirls i. v ry likely t4l furnish employment for some gentlemen of the law. Mr. John Itayson, of Action. by, near this city, accompanied by Mr. Andrew Betides. a respectable tradesman of Brampton, µant on a visit to L , and being entire strangers, they unfortunately excited the suspicions of certain over cautions inhabitants of that town, who conceiving them to be body snatchers, had theta taken into custody, without any warrant whatever, by an officious high constable and his worthy aiststants. After conveying them to the residencies of various Magistrates, who all happened to he engaged in convivial parties, the ill fated and maltreated prisoners were confined in a pubis house (and in their wet clothes) for five hours, without be ing permitted to have any refreshment ! At length a Magist ate found his way to the house ' when the abused strangers underwent an examination, and these meritorious conservators of the peace, with much reluctance, discharg ed them ; with an intimation that if they did not depart out of the grade town of Le before seven o'c lock next morn' ing, the3r would be again apprehended ! ! ! !—(Carlisk Journal. Dr. Mitchell, of Carbonsie, in riding from Panlathie, on Monday night, was pitekeil upon his head, in cotoequenre of his hors,- coming dos'', and killed on the spot. The horse, tll/, W4ll f4.113d •r‘,• rely burl, war the p!,ike Whet. itts•tr: ! * dl, --(i);:ndcr end whilst there was a hope of his ads, we will not question the propriety ut when we consider the dermal stain rose in which the mini ions diszat t .espectahle professional gent letnau who ust havelhesn pla.yd by the alarming throng a thes:011111100 of our contra, fident that every candid and rellectitig ith us, that there ran he no necessity mut ; and that an imperative duty of a name eon , e •!eil iils facts aloe% e mewls of harrowing the ferlii.i:d m and dismay, wherever the urea. ntsy have reached. The gentlem in is Mr. Pierce, Solt, itor, of this cry, ighly respectable firm of Palmer awl . • • o'clock. —We he tril late last night m seta to Mr. Palmer, which might r of Mr. Pierce ; hut on making furtiii r formation had been received. It is k since this Gentleman was missed by Teliensions may be felt lest, should Le play,. the.delay in finding the holy, of defeating Justice. iVe trust OA he used to trace the cause of the sudden rote of this Gentleman ; for if there rommitted, and the perpe•rators are ith impunity. God know , where the hose turn it may he next to suffer.— •ty demands that the invesliemiun he ausent's relaxation ell the body, dad me —A moat singular stretch dam in a Scottish hordet town upon Nee v ry likely to furnish employment for he law. Mr. John Itayson, of Aglioe- icompanied by Mr. Andrew Geddes. in of Brampton, aunt on a visit to L. 'tigers, they unfortunately excited the t over cautions inhabitants of that g them to be body snatchers, had theta wiihottt any warrant whatever, by so able and his worthy aierstants. After he residencies of various Magistrates, be engaged in convivial parties, the teal prisoners were confined in a public wet clothes) for five hours, without he- ave any refreshment ! At length a s way to the house ' when the abused an examination. and these meritorious aace, with much reluctance, discharge t: timation that if they did not depart of L. before seven o'clock next wen' aZwits apprehended'. ! !—(earlisk whonsie, in riding from Panlathie, on iitekmi upon his head, in consequent . ' loan, and killed on the spot. Tbe 'cv. rely hurt. near the Flake when ...14icertifer.) "<meitowes"eefieammierwl ittatecintan. TUESDAY EVEMNO, JANUARY 13, 4324. STOCK EXCHANGE, 1.2 &CLACK.—Contots opened this morning at 89II; and afterwards drooped to 89 I ; with very little doing. The war-like article inserted in an Evening Psp.r, la't night,has not had iny effect on the Funds ; as well informed persons do not attach any credit to it. We do not hear of any Express having arrived from Paris this morning. Foams FUNDS...—.SptHiSi Bonds opened at 24/ to I ; and got up to , with little business doing, except in the above Bends, and in the Austrian Scrip. Ohl Spanish, 21* to I.—New Austrian, 55 .—Russian , S 9/ to I.— Poysit, 4—Mexican Mine Shares, 19 to 11 preen.—Colombiac, The private news in the Courier indicative of war, may have ceased to be ominous, and the predictions and obser Cations of that Journal may have lost their importance since the Journal itself has lost so.mach of the confidence of the Treasury ; but. unless we suppose that the Courier is suddenly determined to be indifferent to,or to run counter to, the views of Government, we cannot imagine that that paper would so frequently and earnestly sound the alarm of war, unless the apprehensions of Government were real, or unless there was a design, that the country should believe them real In ttve months, says the Courier, fourteen vessels discharged their cargoes of naval stores at Brest, the men in the Dack yard were working rates. and on Sundays; S 'sail of the line, and 5 frigates of 68 gUns each, with 4 smaller frigates, sloops, Ste., were getting ready for see," &e. &c All this we conceive to be greatly exaggerated, (mho ever heard of 6S gun frigates, or what nation pos• ceases even 5 of the new CO gun frigates?); hut these prepa• rations, if true, would prove nothing more than the natural anxiety of France to re establish her almast• annihilated marine. But the French have sent out a considerable mill, tary force to the West Indies; and this fact, coupled with the acrisity in Brest, is certainly of no very pacific aspect. It may be remembered that after the peace of Amiens, one source of uneasiness in our Government, a nd fa great subject of complaint against, Napoleon, was Iris sending a mili!ary force to the Wert Indies. But Napo' leon pledged his viers to he pacific, and although subse i quent events proved his sincerity, yet his expedition was one means of hurrying us into a war. The French King now gives us a similar assurance of pacific intentions ; but the Courier has discovered that the word of a pions Legitimate Sovereign may be as false as that of a usurper; for, sal the Courier, oh, mortifying reminiscence! assurances of pacific intentions and wishes on the part of France, were made up to the very moment of the Duke d'Angoolerne's invading spain with an army of 100,00:1 men. We ssi,ll the Courier had informed as, whether our ministry had really been imposed upon by this royal delusion—yr dots etc Courier remember, that in the last speech from the British Throne, the country was assured of tranquility in Greece, when, within a few days, the papers announced a massacre of 10,000 Greeks on the plains of Marathon, and the war has been raging in that country from the hour of his lojesty's specclil Then is a situatioa which the most ignorant can com p:thews', and the most lethargic can feel. with as much &cannon and sensibility as the most learned and sensitive of brings. We mean the situation of dissipated means, without having attained the object for which such means have been exhausted. The principle and feeling of this dilemma apply to nations as strongly as to individuals, and we lament to say that the situation we have been'ae• scribing, is precisely that into which our riders have brought our country. We have exhausted about two thou• sand millions of money. and we have copiously shed the bh.od of the country in a war of twenty years, in order to attain an ascendency in the affairs of Europe ; but so far frouthaving in any one respect achieved that design, we have even lost the influence in those Foreign Courts, where once our star so proudly maintained the ascendant. From the peace of Utrecht our influence bad been paramount; at the Courts of Vienna and Berlin, it was destroyed by the Emperor Napoleon, but having overcome his opposi tion by such a vast sacrifice, we have now the mortification of seeing our interests at those Courts succumb to the influ. ence of the Autocrat of Russia. Having placed the Boor. bons on the Throne. we anticipated our reward in a paramount influence at the Court of the Tuilleries, but even here the views of Russia are triumphant, and our Ambas sador is only a secondary object in the circle of diplomacy. But our fate has been most remarkable In Spain and Portugal. Our victories in Spain threw the affairs of that country tinder our complete control, and yet in less than nine years, our diplomacy at Madrid has been over reached and overthrown by Russia, a power which from its geographical and commercial separation from the penim sula was, of all others, the least likely to thwart our view.s. .or to over witch's our exertions. But from the r-ign of Queen Ann and the signing of Mr. Me orten's treaty, so undisputed bad been our kfueuce in P:rtitgal, ibat that country *as