The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-02-12 00:00:00

lirctilcol, it woulsEarfear :lout further restrictive art I‘llr.l l ogainA ns arein contemplation. the mature ot erli;c4 lie tint% Not m ention: hut the ultirct of these noi.t tloui.gleas be to follow ur the', rinciple of regalia , lio n on %kith th.ri country nnifortoly on 4 consistently [ _ Our Vr•t imi.3 eyeros, to which Government rigidly tollorre% nitro have Iret'll Aliollla . ll SI tb .1 Wien to force our colonies to draw their otopei!tes front Lastada, Nova Sco tia, or Great Britain ; and partly. orrha s s. also to pre veto the America. Government . fro it bemusing toy in timately aciptaioted with oar ssekk points of attack in that wiener; where, sooner or later, there will in all rob:ldo). be a straggle will. tarot for retaining one dominion. fu whatever light, however, the police s considerea, it seems altogether indefensible. Dar niggardly restrietioits, instead of retarding, will, in all probability, by increasing the cupidity of the iteptibli• cans, hasten the c • • against which Vre are atiaisies to provide; anti, In the mean time, fatal experiente is daily convincing ns, that the selfish policy we pursue is its own punishment; and that, whilst we think to level a blow at the pi osperity of our neighbours, we are o nly wounding onerelves. What can hr suture preposterous than an ordireanee. whicb, without putting a penny into the public imagery, increeees to our coloeists in a Nur fold ratio, the chief necessaries of life, and thus, by nn aroldable conseqoence, not only diminishes their profits, but enbences the price of their productions to every subject of the e vvvvv ire ? The American policy is in many respects the reverse of ours, founded as it is on the principle of freedom of rade; and this naturally leads to the question, how far such policy secceerls in actual pros-tire. A s the ships of the ('sited States have the commerce of the world open to thent, the enterprise of their seamen is un bounded. Wherever private interest, a !till] is acute and intelligent, can flatter itself with the prospect of being gratified, there the Federalkt .. Is may be found, tempting rvery danger, and overc • g every obstacle. Then- is hot a mart in the world where they have not given proofs of their boldness in navigation, of the logennity and vigour in their commercial under takings, and Wf the spirit, the skill, and the perseve rence with which they prosecute their schemes of gain. At this moment they are carrying on a considerable trek is the Pacific (keen, from which our India charter secludes our merchantmen. Vessels, of MI or 160 tons burden, sail from New York, Baltimore, and other Atlantic ports. round Cape Horn, prepared equally fur entering the ports of the Spanish Hoyalists. or of their opponents in arms, the Patriots. Nothing restrains these adventurers where profitable MSc is to be made. They have, at the same time, established a settlement on Co lombo river, on the uorth-west coast of their own Ame rica, where they tarry on a profitable trade with the tuitions for tars, whirl. they convey across the Pacific to China. From the Chinese again thee receive in return rich cargoes of the previous plant of that country, the ii-e of which is too universal to admit of any hesitatiOn in seeking for a market. The inhabitant. of Britain naturally asks why he II precluded by acts of his own Government from similar advantages. I n sagacity in talent, and in enterprise, he is not naturally inferior to his brothers on the other side of the Atlantic ; in capital. in hooonrahle principle, and in ata i nired accomplishments, he is much their superior. Leave him to his own unfettered exertions, and he will outer at ours in . () as equal eoutpetition with his commer cial rivals, if he does not, as is most probable, excel ahem in those very qmilities, in which the ruinous poli o), of Eigland 14. ti %pieta them to boast of their supe riority. mercantile genius of our native country lies hitherto sustained as, in spite of the atemril and un generous policy of our forefathers, whieh imposed on commerce a yoke, that their more enli : diteriell children have not yet hail strength and resolitt"iin to cast from their shoulders. lint, as.uredly, it is now high time to assume a more nianlv attitude. We are required to do so, not only by the illumination and liberality of the age in which we lire. but by a principle of self-preserra lion. The Americans hate orgun 3 rare in which they threaten to prevail. They run with all the advantage on their side of vigorous youth and hour:int hupr, mon. cumbered and free. They are roll of life and ardour. Dar after day they gain strength. experience, and skill. They are urged forward by a riralship, in which envy and hostility unite with more generous mo tives. It f sot now with us as in former times, when we had to contend only with the leaden despotism of Spain, which shed its paralyzing influence over the finest regions of the earth :—or the absurd vanity of rrance, which, despising us as a nation of shopkeepers, left to us the unenvied sovereignty of the seas; or the phleg matic temperament of Maio& which sought for gain, with all the wreeiliness, indeed, but also with all the dull and cantiona routine of a miserly retailer ;—or the po verty and ignorance of the Baltic nations, which con demned them, amongst their commercial neighbours, to hopeless insignificance. Independent America is the most formidable rival wi!h whirl llreat Britain ever yet had to cont And; and unless we feel the dangers of our situation, and with wisdom and prudence seconnoodate nor policy to the exigency of the times, we are ottilone. Hut our resoitrees are immense, and nor counsellors wise. It would be worse tlia^. folly to despair of the fortunes of a :ration : which, in arts and anus, in intelligence and in vigour, in philanthropy. and'isigh Christian feeling, stands, in the old world, unrivalled and alone, and still assumes a proud pre-eminence riser the new. We have but to throw oldie trammels and fetters with which we hare voluntarily bound ourselves: to give free play to our native energies ;• and to use with real and discretion, the powers of unbroken manhood with which we are en `towed. -Wia.have. long outstripped all our compeers, but we have not yet ricelted the goal Circionstances ate changed and changingt we must change with theme— A new and powerful rival demands renewed efforts, and an altered course. Pee ert et ab bowie datrri.---Our *nuns oust lead the way, and we will Dot be slack to PRI VATHIMING. The following subject, so interesting to millions ' the peaceable subjects of maritime States. calls 4tif _ up the attention of the GitOTICSEX, the PUFFLM -1)0117111, and the Vnrri.t.a of the present day ; and iltas ppy Will it be for mankind, and the cause of hu nity, if the Publicists of Europe and America fan bring about so benelleal a change in the code Vf military *arfare:— ' Mr. Lowniles, from the Committee on Foreign Reis lions, to whom had been referred two memorials from 'certain citisens of Ohio, praying the suppression of pri valet:log, as a means of national warfare, submitted the following Iteport : The t'ommittee of Foreign Relations, to whom bare teen referred two memorials from citizens of the State illf Ohio, relating to the practice of prirateering, beg "leave respectfully to report — That the language of the meniotalists Is inch silo leave the extent in which they deem it reasonable to.es ' oect a mitigation In the laws of maritime warfare. its 111 line d 0,114. They ate considered by the Cominirtrisis recommending anrh a cheese in these laws as shall ex empt the property of lathividials from capture. either Jay pablic or private shipe.of year, at least when it dam tot consist of contraband article., ami is not dectinetrto a #lorbasted port. The gereral,henevolence which is es premed, as well as the opinion of ftr. Franklin. Wild AMERICAN PAPERS. trvirrnta rxriAcrs.) [PROM TUX QLI.tC PIPILOR TO Tilt grit JAN. Notwithstanding the pacific policy avowed in the Prel sidenes Message, it is plain that every preparation is making to put the sea-coast in a state of defence; and Mn Munroe says, that after this shall he completed, the at trillion of the engineers will he turned to the northern and north-western fa ontiers. The justice of the remark, that, to avoid war, yon should let your enemies see that' you are prepared to meet it, is obvious ; and we should hr well pleased to see a corresponding activity in strengthening our frontier on the part of our Govern ment. Canada is the weaker country, and her safety more Imperiously requires provident attention to the state of her defence, otherwise her very Weak: ness way one day encourage some American *dying, toter to phi another Texas expedition against her iv time of profound peace. these observations are ttsl made in a desponding. mood; on the enemy, we Arndt confide in the power and disposition of the British 06- vernment, to protect her loyal Canadians, and cherish their commerce in spite of the efforts of American am bition, It is notified in the Upper Comae Gazette of the 19th instant, that in the months of May and June neat, about :NOM acres of land o ill be sold, by public auction, at the Court /louse, in the tows of York, under the au thority of a Provincial Act of Parliament, vesting in Comulksioners the estates of certain traitors, ansValso of persons declared aliens, applying the proceeds thereof towards compensating the losses which hie Ma jecty's sobjerts base sustained in consequence of the late sear, and for ateertaining and ratifying the heel &In% and claims thereupon. VITO trT OF .5 LETTER IRON INONTICO SAY, DEC. 1. A small armed schooner, the Captain of which was a Member of the Green Cross, conferred on him by llNiregor, introduced herself into the harbour. What her ulterior mission is here is not ascertained. From the daily introduction of such armed vessels, and the Ire spent communieations with them from the 'shore, trade is injured con-iderably, in defiance of the rigilafee of nor Revenuetlificers; these desperadoes will ansaggie, baring no other means to dispose of their cargoes% me one valuable laden vessels, conveying the naseafLetures which gives employ to the distressed utilities of the I: nitestliingdouss, to s market, are seltjeet ta teefeeme nious visits, and, under some pretest, are pleellered. As our Legislature are new in Session, we Hopei repre sentation to his Majesty's Goveriment will )se midi, to aegnosut the naval forte on this datienihr, sinless protection is granted es, also triele ; ketWeetill% the north side of this Wind willite PSNXIITLVANIA filanes.J-From a repheis laid before the Legislatnre of Penasylcsoia, by the Anditoritlene- • ral. the following appears to bedsit speeireapital of the undermentioned incorporates] Banks of that Common wealth, ea the first of November last:— Dos. en. Bank of Northern Liberties • .sc.fll,llllo Bank of Ihsleware county • - • e x . 15,149 Bank of liermantown Commercial Bank of Penn - 711 71I' Mechanics Hank of city and come" - 17.50 • 91' Farmers Bank of Bucks county - ,11011 7 V i Schuylkill Bank ' MOO 11P Farmers Bank of Lancaster - ti 8,04 211 Farmers Bank of Beading . -* SAT Al Bank of lontgousery county. - •• 14,766 , I Extract of a letter from Washinfioa, December "There is finite a calm in Conttress.ban, , Th e prefer , House appears determined tolsold fast tinkpohile w ee .: scrims, even to parsitolny, in fear. They wateh the money expenders with eagle eye, 'even th e gree t flouse.• There aeons also to be a 014104446 p hs levitate Roropean Powers in retrenchments, pareleotarty ist gk e army. Hen..ll'll.4on Certilaly . restrion. Bevis 'iris expected will follow. Ripley has leelgdiskeadlyp ether brigadiers will follow suit. This, ;it is Aid, win lead to the abolition of the enntmon. genteel et k, and reataion of as army tai filaUflka..ollotrN NIVINIIMI , is referred to by the memorialists, seem to prove that it) mots of the great interests of abe nation are dail y : s their wish th a t th e property which ""e"el na pug - , taking place, I learn, in the Committees. There must p 0 ,e of war should be as safe upon the sea as upon the I has ham on an issue of treasury notes. The payment of lan'—not that it should he secnred from private cruisers,' which, he left exposed to public shipswhich,in the acetic, •duties in cu b ,. ! or short bonds, and a heavyim ton sales 1 of some European powers are touch more numerous jat auction, are advocated by respectable men of oil par-i than the others, and whose pursuit of plunder is often •.th. s . B u t th e 'pile a% active and unspairing. It cannot, indeed, be . project to destroy the drawback s y stem' is nnitersaliv condemned as the offspring of ignorance. presumed, that the memorialists should wish a clasp on maritime law, whit+ would produce very little dims- THE YELLOW STONE REPEPITION. — This enter p rise notion in the dangers of our commerce in a conflict with received the full approbation of the public, when the I any considerable naval power, while it would wrest froas.l.pl our hands what we have hitherto considered as our of ots was first developed, and the expediti on has been ; followed along its progressive stages with much interest. i our principle means of a nnoyance. It is the security cot fair and harmless commerce from all attack, which the; We are glad to find that this favourable opi nion Is not memorialist% most desire. It is the introduction of a lifiely to be changed, and thatlbe expectation of its re sy-tetto which shall confine the immediate injuries of sults will be realized. Expences are now a consideration war to those whose sex, age, and occupation, do not! with every unfit then, for the struggle. If these are the wishes of ' , • one, and if it appeared that this w ould cost the memorialists the Committee express their concur- oecottna rm, a . s e ach individual has to pay his propor . . ac renee in them, without hesitation. • tionate share o f tnose made by the government, some '0 he Committee think that it will be right in the ges might begin to donbt its utility, especially if they were verement of the railed States to renew its attempt to I obtain the mitigation of a barbarous code, to derive no immediate benefit. But accord in g to the they shall nee a probability of its success . They do 1 • whenever I report of the committee on military a ff airs, lately made not doubt that it will do so. Its first efforts at negocii- to the douse of Representatives, there will be an until tion were characterized by an anxiety to limit the evils saving of considerable amount in employing the army in of war ; and, if it seemed to have desisted from the ii lib- this service: . . secution of this design, the Committee believe !sat alt's Timespedition has two grand objects. By planting circumstance must he attrihnted not toes change in thr pa- • liry of the United States, hut to the perseverance in the ' he ft y ” •of l'ire strait, bode troops in the neighbourhood of power former policy of other nations. Pre Wien tribes of the north-west now the most power - The Conu.sittee are not unaware that the " Milted .44 and tie only ones to be dreaded, they will be less is. States are better situated than any other nation to photit (dined to hostilities, and in the event of an Indian war, by 'orienteering;" but they are far from opposing this these t troops will be readily enabled to keep them in calculation to a regnlation which, if the powers of .tbe world would adopt it, they too should consider is o it I cheek, by directing their detachments to sly point where happy improvement in the of nations." ! troops may be needed ; and under their protection the It is an improvement, however, which cannot be made ! fur-trade, which the Hudson's Bar and North-West Com withont the consent of other States. The Committee I pan i es we re ' in a fair r•ay to monopolize, may he eaten will not flatter the mentorialkts by expressing the opi- L . • that anch consent will prohafily be given; but, as r steely driven by our own traders. It seems that due care it can hr obtained only, if at all, through the Executive I has been taken to prevent infringements upon the rights tinvernment, to whose discretion the conduct of nego- i of the natives, which are very apt to breed hostilities, ciations has been properly confided by the Constitu- I and the commanding officers have been instructed to use lion— Resolved, That the Committee of Foreign Relation,. every means to condi:ate the Indians, and give them a be discharged from the further consideration of the tut favourable idea of the character of our white men.— tnorials relating to the practice of privateering, and tha t ' This course is certainly demanded both in policy and they he referred to the Secretary of State. 1 justice, and we hold it to be an opinion well founded, 'flue Report was read, and the Resolution agreed to. I that the natives will not, from their mere love of war, be the aggressors in any. We take it to be a popular error, that the savage delight Indiana are supposed to have in war is the stimulus which leads them to resort to its on the other hand, if their dispositions be fierce when excited, we believe that their hatred of the whites, and their hostilities upon them, may belt-aced to actual, or, in fewer instances, imaginary wrongs. ROSTON, JAN. 13.—The effects of the late gales on Bird Island, in Buzzard's Ray, on which there has been a light-house lately erected by order of government, were very severe. A letter from the keeper of the light to the collector of this port, states, that every thing moveable was swept front the island. During the night of the 30th ult. such was the severity of the wind and the height of the tide, that the island was for lomat hours completely tinder water. The keeper was obliged to remove with his family to the light-house for safety. The island, he says, no longer retains its former appear ance, being mostly covered with stones and gravel, in some places two or three feet deep, in other places the ground is torn up to a great depth. DUE. iliablin I Wat►rford 0 Otieresey sod Jersey 0 0 °fleabag* I 0 illamburgit . ILS. ARR. .v t. • Holland O Flander4 I France 0 O Lisbon 0 MILK 0 PRICK OF STOCKS THIS Beak Stock I per Ceet. Red. aoli X per Cent. Coss. 080 Ii per Cent. 4 pee Centro. 1 4 711 3 per Ct. Neve 1041 103 Lee( Sen. 11) 3-11) lop. 3 pee Coot. Attn. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Roads lac lbs. pia. Old Annuities Es. Bills. frt. Is. fs. pat. Ditto Coat. 7s. db. Omahas Von. for Ac.OEiief Lott. Tickets 123 ftt. etc ettatesSmatt. LONDON: SATURDAY, PERRUARY 12, 1820. We hare this morning received Paris Papers of Wed needs). last. According to the latest accounts from Spain, it appears probable that Cadiz has not yielded to the insurgent forces. A letter from Bayonne, dated the lit inst. says . 4-04 We learn from Cadiz, that the greatest tranquillity peeving in that city: This by no means agrees with the accounts of the precautions adopted by the Spanish 0o- verement to suppress the revolntionar:: proceedings in An dalusia. We have seen a Proclamation siguod by the Chief of the Constitutional army, viz. Manuel de Los Areas, declaring that the army, in demanding a Constitution, *Au enrelsed a • right guaranteed by Ferdinand in 1814 ; that the Royal ramify. new reigning, would never sae tad.e recognised; and that it , ought to be proud of being placed at the head of a people se heroic, and I ready to make the greatest sacrifices to preserve its in- I dependence, Ike. We are surprised that so many coot- I , tlistionlaorld tow arrive in Paris. They must sorely pass Ala nin disguise ; for neither sub-prefect, , . tee the eolowtandaat, to whom they ought to sh•w their . • rearms, bas seen one daring the last 13 days." The Ceistilortionet observes, that a courier extraor- onsasey. . bad arrived in Paris, bringing letters from , Madrid of a date as recent as the illtli ult. By these it: 1 appears that General Preyre had determined to march 1 agalase the issurgente, and that he intended to pat his tessnOils emotion for that purpose on the tetb ult. The vaegnard, under the orders of General Ferree, had al- weedy mewed their pigeon' to the port de St. Merit, mei I the Insurgents wets concentrated In the Isle ie keent. The dissensions among the Chiefs . of the latter are said to e.acreasedally, and the numbers of their soldiers ell• minish. Thesecirettinetaisees have inspired the Utah , ' I mu' with a degree of toaralence which leads them Wean ihtle sheistatitrtietiod fig nearly quelled. • . ~ J %nig* inteticelars ate contained in this iathei ... - .. ,.. :-... .. • Itree k IPa I Seville on TILE STATFISMAN... Alta. - '‘AP,P) the Apt s . of dattsiAT: . to tial_tlO!‘glitiet Hd iket7thist rort animated with the best spirit, and he hoped t o mho the rebels without the shedding: of blood. Th r d ivw tent is general among thilatter. The soldiers app s disposed to profit of the amnesty which hid been (I. fered them in the name of the King. We are bo w momentary expectation of re.•ei% :o f : news of the tot, suppression of the sedition. The greatest fidelits p t , sails amongst the citizens, as also amongst the ga Tr i ip of Cadiz. A great number of, the • Irsurgents d ewy!. and collie to itnplere and reeeive the King's po r d, There is no disqttietude manifested in any oth er " no Spain. 'On the 23th of January. a Co'onel, called St. Ja ft , known at Cadiz for having firmed in the popular ea k . motion which took place in that town in Wei, and tlr melancholy result of which was the massacre of Graft Solano, attempted to excite a new commotion in fan* of the revolters. Followed by some factious indiridsly he ran through'the streets, crying " long Ike the C., 'dilution! bat the people and the soldier. of the ran} son were so indignant that they executed justice on the* on the spot, before the Authorities could lay hold a them. .The Chamber of Deputies assembled on Mender MM. Tuesday. The law respecting the .ale of nation4l e s . mains was disruSsed both days. Severn articles e t , adopted, and the Chandier adjourned till Wednesday when the question was expected to be concluded. • The project for altering the Law of Election hsss• yet been sumbitted to the Chamber. !NUNCIO FUNDS, TUIESDAY.—Five per Cents., 7P, 75 c. ; Bank Actions, 1433 fr. 75 c. SPaix.—The intelligence concerning the militate volt at Cadiz is enveloped in great obscurity. One mamstanee our readers must bear in mi nd, when readt any thing relating to it, either us to its ori;. T in orn test. The whole is from 6tte ride cridp, atal tie the Governmental side. It is presumed. and with nn son too, that his Excellency eh.. Spanish Atuha ll , l 4, in London has in his possession some Addresses or ho elongations, issued by the heads of the Insuri,tents, nit people of Cadiz ; and it is believed that they lento great impression upon them. Our Ministry, too, me doubt, possessed of similar documents; for we believe h two of the Councils which have been called within it few days, have related almost exclusively to this olf Some go so far u to say that, upon the subject of sistance demanded by the Cabinet of his Must CAM LIC DIAJIISTY from the British 001lerlinieUt, that sear have been issued by the Admiralty for three trims with their complement of marines on board, to nil is mediately for the coast of Spain, but whether to th Mediterranean or Biscayan coast is only a runierint _ . . The CaNstiertiostnel says, point blank, that Cadiz hek out nu the filth ult., which would base fallen if thrtic graph had not apprised the 3filitary ConunasJzt et what was going on in the Isla. This (obsiisi the above Journal, which shades offs little fr om imp ' s strong colouring) is the elerssith:.ttcutpt of the savielni. bat which has lasted a much longer time thas ssyst the former. It futther tobarrees, Ili st " a s li gitkoal)i might throw the Ooveransebt of Madrid into a sup • i deal position." We hare received a few Canada Papers to the' alt. They contain a Report of the Committee Society formed i■ Montreal fur the relief of distm emigrants from (treat Britain. It appears that is month no less than 124 families, consisting of Op sons, had been relieved, and found with victuals, bet ing, ice. Many of these persons were very sickly. 1 Committee state, however, that for want of s said fund they have been able only partially to supply wants of these distressed perms. Thirty thou acres of land, belonging to traitor., and persons tee aliens, will be sold in the ensuing summer, at Y 1 Vpper Canada, and the atnnnnt appropriated to 0 who have suffered during the last war. The present Parliament must of necessity ty hoe be dissolved, and no dissolution could ever hare it more reasonably wished for by an injured nation. 1" Representatives of the people have treated their t, stituents as despotic masters would treat deprodato vants. When petitioned by the aggrieved for rein the petitioners have not only been insulted by Woo ing the same conduct pursued by those who have li complained of, but the petitions or remonstrantok been treated with marked contempt. Such has been the condition of the people *IGO Britain, and such is the state of the country at pda that unless something he dolt, in the way of jettial the approaching change, which is so earnestly Ina to, the little liberty which is left among us will WWI ever! Honour and virtue seem no longer to MP' the great Council of the nation. Those violins id human breast appear to have lost (noir stineldaa j balance against the prerogative of the Crtnra Jai* . and a grovelling seltisbueu has taken the pleedsW spirit, which at times has manifested itself, to tie e ll i renown of the country, and the comfort and hope If' daises. The popular part of the Parliament 40 01 _ 1 . 1 base become a profligate faction, on whirl' li° 4 , skilled arts of a Minister, aided by the immeestl which go through his hands every year, erlo ° urinate at once forbidding and irresistible. Mls °l we have witnessed of late, we must despair of oil diate elect by the well-tried courage of a 1 011411.1 patriots. The Minister's bounty in shoring*. of the country, lute ao strong an effect is him new recruits whenever wanted; that d i it more "remains to be exacted from the rat"' 11141'0Am,, ern any end to his drstrastifty be ' booked for? In the great mart 4 AI" w 1 . hive our national interests been harifibli sta i d isai• of ditingisid .trakorg, coder lb* mow flt Itoresentatives I sad how we *Oro AS*: list thringb mile great 0 11611114 P k. is 10aail lion. Look new at Ibis earl, K " r 11111111 .1. 1111 11 1 6 4 a ifisislathan, sad see whet a dir. a Mid MN Perisseene a fro 010. 1 , .. ) !I/ of r - lai [l5O . By at tl iris F.' A I t r &if • io Op -- ilillb alb era it loil it 14.4 4100 tr qI rear K 4 The Ipl ruNIU asp! We linisi Th '' l AI t o t Ki .1 xi as us Ext 810 • this F I TS this Al eh mI K 7.1 ill 2 1 t ii - j , s. , _. Orres 4 11 eaVe :b