The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-08-16 00:00:00

, ,C • ..- eon. It was v►ry strange that the husband, a young man, more powerful than the accused, should, after taking thy, rarty in adultery, and not only so, hut finding the prisoner s'ter having committed the most deadly crime of rape—it WWI very strange, he said, that the charge of attempted rape was only preferred, and that not till nest day. It was also strange that if Mrs. Poulton did call oat and scream, stone of the inhabitants should have beard,ber. The es• sence of this charge was violence, and the jury would say, if they were satisfied that the prisoner did by force and violence. and against the will of Mrs. Poulton, commit the offence laid in the indictment. Verdict—Not Guilty. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The Paris papers of Wednesday contain nothing new re specting Ballasteros, or Cadiz. The Journal des Debate gives the following extract from the Madrid Gazette of the 7th :—" Lieutenant Gene ral Boar& writes that the French troops before Corunna are only waiting for heavy artillery to commence the bom bardment. They are in position before the town. Hitherto the garrison has made no sortie. A French frigate and se veral other vessels of war cruise off Corunna, and blockade it by sea." The same paper contains the following letter respecting a reported insurrection at Barbadoes:— " Port Royal (Martinique), June 27, 1823. ss Advises which appeared to be certain having been re ceived in this Colony that an insurrection had broken out at Barhadoes, Count Donzelot. our Governor, and Rear-Ad. miral bleynard de !Purge, Commander on the station, immediately dispatched the ffrigate Thetis. commanded by Baron de Bougainville, to that island. That frigate re. turned yesterday. Fortunately the reports which had been circulated were totally unfounded; but Lieut.-General Ward, Commander in Chief of the troops of his Britannic Majesty in the English Leeward and Windward Islands, and Gower nor of Barbados., was not the less sensible of the step taken by General Donzel.lt, and Admiral De la Farge." The Vienna Gazette of the 2d announces that Baron Francis Binder de Kriegelstein, Austrian Plenipotentiary at the Court of Sardiuia, is appointed Minister to Portugal on "an extraordicary minion." '('Ha HESSIAN PLOT.—FRANNFONT, AUGUST 3.—Ac. counts from Cassel say, that the Elector of Hesse,on his re mora to his capital, ordered 111. Van Manger, Director-gene ral of the Police, to use all diligence to discover the au, thors of a conspiracy supposed to be formed against this Prince. The only proofs of such an infernal plot seem to he hitherto some anonymous letters which were written to him when Le was at Numdorff with the Countess of RA chenbach, by whom he has five children. These letters are fall of the most dreadful menace., and predict to the Prince and the Countess, that they will not live long if they do not change their conduct. CASSZL, JULY 31.—The plot against the Elector seems to be contained in anonymous threats in a le ter sent from Cassel to Numdorff. it is even affirmed that the writer is discovered to be a subaltern officer E. ; though it cannot be discovered what would be hi. motive. dIFRSNCH FUNDS. August 13.- Five per Cents., 93.35. ; Bank Stock, 1592. 50; Neapolitan Five per Cents. 771. Exchange on London, one month, 25. 75. ; three ditto, 25.55, BRAZIL. A Brazil mail arrived yesterday, bringing 'esters from Bahia of the 23d ofJone, at which time there was every prospect of an immediate abandonment of the place by the Portuguese troops. Lima, the Brazilian General before Bahia, bad issued a proclamation, assuring protection to the inhabitants in the event of the departure of the Portu guese ; in consequence of which, a deputation of the prin cipal citizens bad waited en him to form arrangements for the effectual security of persons and property on this occa sion. This conference had been permitted by Madeira, the Portuguese Genets), who bad issued passports to ena ble them to pus the lines, bat who declared at the more time, that neither be nor his troys would enter into soy convention with the Brazilians: tue inhabitants of Bahia must make the best Ur Ma they were able for their own safety. The 25th had hoes Axed on as the period for the embarkation of the Portuguese troops, though it- was 'ex pected that all the arrangements would not be completed so early: the greater part of the stock of previsions, how ever, bad been placed on board the transports. Madeira's chief apprehension seems to leave been how to elude, when on the voyage to Portugal, our enterprising eosontryman, Lord Cochrane, who was at sea with part of the sleadeon equipped at Rio, and who had determined, if possible, at whatever risk, to make finite of the whip' of war. A re port was current, that be bad• been applied to to permit an unmolested passage, bat which he was only willing to allow as regarded the trauports. Those his Lordship would 'of fer to pass, bet his fleet had 'been equipped for the purpose of capturing the ships of war, and they must depend on their own exertions for safety. Lord Cochrane had ant been heard of fora few day pre vious to the sailing of She packet. Me made, about the 14th, adoring atteniptto cut the principal Porteguese ship from the harbour of Bahis, in the face of the whole sips &on, and within gun-shot the batteries, but was pre vented by a sudden change of wind. Much inquietude ex isted among the inhabitants ,of Bahia, respecting the ap proaching entry of the Brazilian troops. Sir Thomas Hardy was at Bahia for the protection of the English in- Tuesday last being appointed for laying the first stone of the new Quadrangle at Trinity College, Cambcidge, the ' ceremony took place, attended by all those circumstances of pomp and splendour which belong to so interesting an occasion. His Majesty having nominated the Speaker of the Hesse of Commons for this purpose the arrival of . the Right Honourable Gentleman at Trinity Lodge; on Mon day evening, was announced by a merry peal from Nary'. Tower, and early on the morning of the appointed day, the = town presented an appeareace of &sly gaiety. and thousands of well-dressed persons, from every . direction, robed towards the of the College, anxious to wit- ' mess the pleasing spectacle The Master and fellows gave a sumptuous dinner on the occasion. in the College Hall, to about 150 Gentlemen, among whom we noticed the follow ing distinguished personage. ;—The Vice-Chancellor, the Speaker, the Earl of Harderteire, Lord John Townsend, %recount Palmerston, and W. J. Henkel, Esq. Members of the University; the blasters of Emmanuel, Catharine Hall, Sidney, Clare Hall, Jesus, and Corpus Christi Colleg es; Lord Hervey, the Right Hen. HenryGoulburn , Sir ohn Malcolm, Sir St. Vincent Cotton, But., Sir Charles Wet son. Bart., the Dean of Peterborough, Archdeacon Blom- BOW, Rev. Sub.Deaa Bayley, Mr. Prebendary King, Ire. like. In the evening several of the Ladies and Gentlemen who bad witnessed the ceremonial of the day were'ester. tamed by a party of the Fellows, is two of the large apart ments in Neville s Court, with a concert and supper. The choir dined together , in the Combleation-room, the founda tion servants were in like meaner entertained in one of the lecture rooms, and a plentiful and substantial dinner was provided for the workmen on the lawn near the site et *a intended buildingg. Adremist of Glasgow has discovered* simple and MOO ellbeedoes method of rendering woollen, silk, or onsbosol cloth oimpletely water-proof. The mode adopted * dissolve caostaire in mineral oil, which is procured in abeadance at the gas work, by • brush to Wive or az of this mixture on one side of the cloth or silk. on ' cloth is laid, and the whole passed rollers. The adhesion ie mosiesee is easier *tear the oloth.ess to the match,. . idnaMMOIMEI rooftop of this eaters of 'Mob another piece of el through between two roll iipieta ; so math so, that it separate either piece from ihhor THE ST MAILS. I -------- .. •RR. DIM ARIL DUR. I.... Dublin 0 0....H011and 0 2....Waterford.: ... I o....Hanibro 0 0....11 &Jersey..• .0 I....Franee 0 ' 1....L15b0n 0 0 ...Flanders ..... ..0 o....Gottanburg I 0. •. Akita A PRICE OF STOCKS TR 18 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Ct. Red B3ei I Ditto Bonds 87:80 pm. 3p. Ct. Cons 921 SI WI Es.lllll.2di 283028 e pls. 31 per Cent... 96li 1000/. 4 per Cents... New Fours... 101111; I Small.. —3l 34. pia. Long Ann. -18 Lottery Tickets...... 141. 14e. Imp. 3 per Ct Con. for Acct.....82e 83/ 823 vte Abtattoman. AT SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST 16, 1823. Th. following note was issued from the Morning Herald Office, this morning at ten o'clock : EXPRESS FROM PARIS. A Private Letter has been received, of the 14th, in the e►ening, stating that an Express had arrived at the Spanish Ambassador's,with an account of the release of the King of Spain; and it was expected, on the next morning, that the cannon of Paris would announce the above event. —French Rentes, 93f 60c—Spanish Bonds, 44f. Saturday, August 16. The Moaiteur of Thursday, we find, in its soa official part, states, that a Telegraphic Despatch had been received at Paris, from Bayonne, announcing that Ferdinand had been surrendered to the French army, and that the Cortes had embarked, and sailed unmolested through the French blockading squadron,for England or some other asylum.— This intelligence,it is acknowledged, is not of but the writer of the article professes to believe that it is true. We bare revived this morning, by express, Paris papers of Thursday, of which the following are extracts : (nom THE Gazette de France.) Letters from Carolina of the 6th Aug. state, that Ballea taros has written to the principal members of the Cortes at Cadiz, and that be is answerable that beton 15 days the King will be set at liberty. Madrid enjoys the greatest tranquillity. M♦DRID, Aug. S.—The Regency Las received informs, tion from Cadiz of the 3d, that the royal family were in good health. We find in the Eloile the f Mowing article : Article I. General Ballasteros and the second army under I bis orders acknowledges the Regency of Spain established at Madrid, during the absence of the King. 11. The said General orders the other Generals and Govereors of places in his destrict, and tinder his Govern. runt, also to acknowledge the Regency. 111. The troops under his orders shall be cantoned in places appointed, by General Molitor. IV. The Generals, Chiefs, and Officers, shall keep their Grader. V. No iadividual of themid country shall be molested for his opinion anterior to the Convention. VI. The whoossrAloa to 4WD shall be paid by the Spanish Treasury. - • ~ • VII. Individuals belonging to the Militia, serving in the army, and who wish to retire to their homes, may depart and will find protection. In consequence of this. Convention, hostilities will imme. &Wigwam. Done at Grenada, August 4.' The Spanish funds got up again to-day, this rise is curl b ated to the intervention of England in the affairs of Spain mod negotiations on foot with the Cortes. /he Journal de Toulouse contains the following ar. 1 • The Casette of Madrid of the 2nd mention nothing about the soorament of our troops, nor of the Prince Genii ralissimo, but speaks a great deal of negotiations, but on what grounds we are ignorant; and a number of perscma i . think that the result is so near that the Head-quarters will nos be at Madrid. :4 Tbs . Liston Ga.veftos which we have this morning se ethed to the 90th att., confirm the intelligence. which bad previously reached us, of the disorders which prevail in Per togal. From ao article in the Gazette of the 20th July. there appears a disposition to ascribe them to an " exaggerated. seal for Royalty ;" bat this can scarcely be the cause; for in'thaimme article it is intimated, that " not only Agonies: l .aseassirei May be used against the authors of the disorderi4 bola lamb greater evil, foreign assistance may be called in•fei I *Was* dOmeitic discord, since the aSaace of the Moncire4, of Europe is resolved, withjast ratio* and wise policy, not to alkw in the states of Europeany gems of public disturs awes to their legitimate Governments." The hoaoira bii Portvgnewe are expressly asked, " whether they will give reason to the Allied Sovereigns to pretend that tranquillity cannot' be completely restored without the aid of their troops This question is "coming to the point," and speaks volumes as to the real nature and source of the dig'. orders that are dreaded. It would be marvellous, indeed. if the troops of the Holy Alliance were to be called in to restrain " a seal Anoltardry !" The following are some extracts from the papers ire bats received OPORTO, July 18.—Many incorrigible individuals abuse the mildoessof the present Government of the King our Sovereign; some by ..outinaingin evil associations, others' by speaking imprudently, end then making themselves very reprehensible in public opinion, and by this making it necessary tosocelerste measures of precaution. With these the people should be satisfied, since others of the same kimr are going to be pet is form in the provinces, and the peo ple ought therefore to await the result of them, and not run into musses which nem were laudable, or allowed them. These measures are conimithed to the Authorities coned: fated by the orders of their King, and their caseation be. .MAN. longs . to • &inn alone. We recommiid to all in general peace an sk liattisony, greatly confiding in what we say , which‘is oily directed to their tranquillity. The persons re moved front this City up to this day by the Department of Jus tice, are the following :—(Then follows a list of 11 persons. viz. fißaebelors in Medicine, 1 Land-owner, 1 Printer, and Merchants.) - All signed au engagement not to controvert in any manner the legitimacy of the Government of the King our Sovereign ; not to form or frequent any secret society ; to regulate their future conduct in such a manner as not to give the slightest ground for suspicion ; to repair to the places of abode assigned them, and to remain there till His Majesty shall determine as be sees good. Limon, JULY 95.—His Majesty has reinstated General Stockier, in the post of Capt. General and Governor of the Azores, and appointed General D. Moncel de Portugal, Go vernor of Madeira. LISBON.JuLit 27.—His Majesty has been pleased to replace the Council of State on the footing on which it was, before the law of Sept. 25.1521. The Count Rio Mayor, end another gentleman have embark ed on board the Voader corvette of war, to proceed to the Bra. zits, for the purpose of endeavouring to make a satisfactory arrangement with that Country. STOCK Excnswait, 12 O'CLOCK.—Consols opened at In went op to 831, and are now 821. In consequence of the Express from Paris, this morning, with a report of the King of Spain being set at liberty, Spanish Bonds got up to 371 and are now 371. A great deal of business was done this morning In the Fo reign Fonds. French Funds, 93.70.—Russia, 86.—Colombia, i6i.—Spa• nish at Paris, 41. At length we have received a French paragraph, from Madrid, dated August 7, which condescends to give some intelligence respecting Cornona; and instead of corrobo- rating the statement of the English Ultras, that the inhabit ants could not appear in the streets without being exposed to the mischief of the French artillery ; instead of an nouncing thud it is about to be taken, we are at last honestly told, that the French troops " wait only for the heavy ar• " sillery, in order to commence the bombatdment." So much for the New Times, which told us a fortnight ego, that Oen. Boruck " had planted his artillery upon the 0 heights, which command the city, and within point blank " shot of the town." There are two things consoling in the real facts. If the French are now waiting for heavy artillery, it was plain there was some at Ferrol, which would ' answer their purpose: and, besides, the French are still waiting for heavy artillery to bombard Pampeluns, Bane. lons, St. Sebastian, and other places, which they say have beta invested these three months. How long they may wait, before they are supplied at Corunna, is uncertain ; but they have no hope of its surrender, until it is regelarly invested; and it may then make a respectable defence. The blockade by sea is a farce. Nothing more than an occa sional cruiser is off the port ;sad ships with provisions enter almost at pleasure. The force before it is not sufficiently numerous to form iregelar siege; and, besides 'nisi aitil. Ivy, they will want artillemmen, sappers, miners, and the species of force peculiar to speb undertakings, of all which they are destitute,—the comps which advanced upon Co roma being composed of the lightest regiments, in the hope that it would be carried by surmise. The ' disappointment of our Ultras, in the palest defence of Co runns, had turned their attention again towardsaegotiation ; all thoughts of which their throw aside when they hoped Coronas would fall as easily as Ferrol, and Cadiz as easily as Commas. The New ?Uwe of this morning, as a liii* !,Wade tO a treetharous goose, says, "the ides of a speedy. * submission of the Revolutionists !n Cadis seems to be. f come daily more prevalent.!" On the contrary, It is Idly hieeMlog leas so. The French make no advisees. Gas • • , has sot experienced the slightest attack, nor be en sebjected to the least privation. It - is well garrisoned, and amply provisioned :—and will, at any.rate, wait for' a summons before it surrenders: -11hlt should iodate the Coils. to ne gotiate now ? The slavish scribe alluded to, thieks their owe personal feelings will induce them to forego their homer, and abandon the public trust confided in theist. ' He says, At they base the King in their hands---their own wives, childree, friends, and property, " are in the 4 hands of the Royalists ; so that it is hardly probable that " eithei side will proceed to extremities against the other." Hebei slavish devotees to their own Interest as this writer . • -t, the Cortes, th ey would jiver haie retreated to or even to Seville. Thor weed leave side their iiiiiis at Madrid, and bartered uerlietasting fame, for shame '''s, less life." They would not have dared the vengeance of the enemies whom they still bold at defiance. They would have bent the knee to the modern Baal, the bottle of Roar ;bon; sod have been the villainous agents of their cooatrie degradation. Bat they were men of another stampenini' 'who hlt they had something of even more importatur 4 , Irtssted to their keeping, than the momeetary happiness of their wives, their children, and their friends; or the security krf their property:—and they have sacrificed altpersonal con _ rations to their public duty. Their property. may be ' ted. This is a contingency on which they could hint but calculate. Their relatives would feel distressed at the daagers they must inevitably encounter. This also is s NANO! on which they most have calculated. None of th4ligisiderations, therefore, can now influence their ,essiditat. ,They are superseded by a higher duty. What this scribe means by " proceeding to eitsomilles we know "not." Certain it is, that the Spanish Ultras hiss proceeded to all the extremities they could—to the declaration of the penalty of death against the members of the Cortes, during the short period when it was hoped the French arms-would be speedily triumphant. The same feeling remainsamonpt the Royalists. They would immolate every member of the Conies, if they bad it in their power; and if Ferdi sand be restored to any degree of authority, the threats of tbe Royalists will be realised, unless the Cortes abandon "their country, and seek an asylum in the generosity if Miter nations. There must be a much more powerful resew for submission than exists at present, before the Cortes will thus iesolveupoo expatriation to preserve a mere existence. The Courier Francois admits that, " io spite " of valour, crowned by success, our army fees Catalonia, al•a -_ "NW • +;► ? t " Galicia, 'and kadusia still in arms. The principal " fortresses of Spain yet keep up the colours of the Cones 41 and the Constitution, born and resuscitated at Cadic, still " sees around it numbers of defenders." In this state of things the French journal recommends a treaty between " two people on the same field of battle, and both honoured by success, but both yet fearing reverses." This is some. what different from the result which the King of France anticipated when he promised t. " confine the circle, and " limit the duration of the war." The circle is enlarged, the duration is extended; and, instead of the conquest of an enemy pretended to be despised, lie is willing to negociate with an equal who cannot be conquered! This is an ad. vantageous alteration to be produced in three or four months; but it is nothing to what will happen to improve the situation of Spain, after the war has continued a few months longer. The resources of Spain naturally incrrase and those of the French as naturally are exhausted. The Spaniards get tired of them. A foreign army is never long a welcome guest to any people. The principles of truth and reason develop themselves rapidly in such contests; and the Spanish Constitution will make fresh adherents every day among the young, and those who have been in. different. The Royalist mania will decrease every day; and when. by the heat of the weather, the fatigue of duty, and the ordinary casualties of war, another hun dred thousand French may be necessary for the occupation ' of a few unprofitable portions of Spain, the French Minis try may discover that the cost is more than the nine of the purchase—or the French army may think it better to dis. patch fools at home, than ran the chance of being dis patched themselves in the unwarrantable aggression upon the independence of a heighbeuring State. The King of Prussia has at last set about the partial performance of his promise, of giving a Coastitotion to some portion of his subjects. (X course, it is any thing but a Coastirution, as despotism and &free Cos:Mario* cannot exist together; and in Prussia the despotism is the great object of the Royal care; and the •' Constita• ties," as it is to be called, will only be a fence to the ty• many. The idea of Kings giving Constitutions to the people, is something like that of schoolmasters establishing codes of laws to regulate the conduct of their scholars. They do not mean to be bound by them themselves; bat, on the contrary, claim a dispensation whenever they think proper. So lamp are ready enough to agree to laws which bind their subjects ; but to be bound by them h intolerable. We do not see how the" monarchical priaeiple," as it is called epos the Continent, can be retained in a rasa conaTtvc• lux. The things are opposites in their very mature. The " Mio Brollies' principle" assumes an authority capriole to that of the people. A free constaantion can only be founded on the sovereign authority of the people: To at tempt to blend the two. is to attempt as impossibility; ex 'apt the person inTestel with the monarchical sole were the wisest and best in existence. This hope, the a menar eldest principle" of hereditary descent utterly destroys; sod theMomarch may be one of tie most abandoned wretch. es le his dominions. How blench a being to accommodate himself to a free constitution? He has the means in Lis hands of corrupting aU the &genteel' authority. The " mo narchical principle" proclaims him inviolable—says, that he can do no wrong—and that be shalt be exempt not only from, punishment, but from being called to any account. How the rights .f the people are to be secured against a fool, or a madman. upon the "monarchical principle," we hare }et to learn: and perhaps at the next Congress. we shall haw a solution of the problem. if Kings have the power of granting constitutions, they mast be a superior seder of beings. Bat the " monarchical principle" may produce Kings of the lowest standard of intellect; and it may happen "t i n . 100 l may set to work to frame a Conetitatioe. whiels Aemerytdeses Sited to the wants of hie people! Is such a ease, what should the people do? Should they ac eept the trash proposed to them by a royal ideot ! or should they wait until Providence should call him to the 4smio of his ancestors, and place a wiser upon the throde!. This might not happen for generations. The " nmearehical principle" gives no se mirky that a man of ordinary ability shall occupy a tarns for many ages. A succession of madmen and fooirmight follow in undisturbed succession; and the rights awl het pioess of the people are to lie is abeyance, until thole Kluge are able or willing to call them lets existence. , It Is Una nate for those who maintaia slob doctrines, that 'there are blockheads who will lead themselves to their appear— otherwise the far famed “ monarchical viseiple" wadi find an early tomb, and the rights of men succeed to the pststunption of Princes. BATONIeII received last night " Banes , Papers," as they are called at the Poet Offine,eltboisgh is a fact, of which the public have bean hithorift ow* prised, that there are no Papers or Joarmis of any sod printed or published at Bayonne. They are, as usoal,fdled with the most glaiing fabneations,aush as that Bailastems and Zayas re-onited their forces, and compelled General Bourdesoulle to rititie the blockade of edit; that General Bourck was killed before Corn ens, and that General Br ber has been otortallY wounded at Ferrol ! We are not a loss to conjecture from whence these tales emanate; buttes have bad occasion to observe, that since the French enter• ed Spain, the " Bayonne Papers" bare been dealing 0 uniformly in falsehood, that they have scarcely in one sr stance given a tree report to the pabhio. It has been sot Bested to us that these Bayous' Papers" me mansfar tared at Paris, for Stock Bachange purposes. That they are istenied to affect the *lode, there can be ao dad*, wherever they come from. But they are generally got ap in such a gross and bungling manner. that they can dr ceive only the most credulous of mankind. No one ttnT accuse us of following the progress of French armiesia Spain who wishes for their success ; but we hold it a dal to pursue the truth in all case., and to expose to public contempt such audacious and persevering attempts at ist^ position as some anknown person or permits have bees making for these last six months, through the medium of " Bayonne Papers." . We hope that, foe the future, the -public will look open he as not deserviog dike ing possible degree of credit.—.(Morniag Heralet) .t T ~~~.