The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-02-07 00:00:00

1 1 11 . gr. had applied fur it hail n►nst erroneously assumed that ill Habra' Co►pus was in no rune reftt4rd. 1k had looked into some authorities upon this Lra•l. ani! hr had found two cases in which this writ hail I , ren n•fared. hrrau•r :he Court saw. at the utnmrut %doen they were applied for, that it would be ahsulutrly net raaart• to remand the prisoner. Ile perfMNt• irrrf . 1 wu•lu ti e tither Judges, in ►hinking that this t 'our( had nu vo4n;zatice over the !louse of Com•nons. Mr. Holshomie.—Am I to uadervand that the Court gill not hear use further Chief Justice Assu•rr.—l'ertainly. Sir. NDRP.I .11L. Pacastl.a, Fts. 2.—We bare joist urn an aceonnt from Cadiz, dated the ISth. The tollowing is the most remarkable passage:— " The Ininrreetion is near end. The Major ':eneral of the army has shown the erea..At iniliena ion against the mutineers. The tr"oos hare begun he blockade of the Isle of Len•i, mot the relols will soon have no resource but to surrender. Every thing is p-rfectly tranquil at Cons, anti bitsiness has remitted its usual course." An arcount of the 16th states, that a part of the gar rison of lirrnada had arrived at Cali:, and that other r inf•rreotrnts were expected from the interior; the una rm°, of the fleet belonging to the expedition do duty o , rther with the land forces and the eiti. ! viand oft:adix, sioch, in these critical rirromstances, b•ts behaved in h.• toast 'temp ary wanner. DUTCH AND HAMDCIIGH MAILS. BIRLIN. JAY. 22.—The important Ortionnanee re specting the public debt of the l'rtoaan Itlonarchy, pub lished to our newspapers this day., has produced an ex remely favourable eilect on the I..hatege, as well as on :he public in general. Mr. I►trtaaarat:n, JAN. 112.—At the same time with he new 'Lard, a !sew regulation of the Customs has also been pnblii.Leat. It is very long. All former Or lonnances on the saliva are revoked, so far as they are tut confirined by the present decree. This imperial de- Irce states, that from the time that the hintflout of Po said was united with the Russian empire, his Majesty's are has been constewly direetral to fottnal the provenly •I ti la States, as far as trade anal manufactures ate con ernsel, on the most complete reciprocity of advantages ietueen the subjects of both; treaties had, therefore, wen concluded with Austria anal Prussia, Ste. The ge 'eral principles for the operation of this traffic iu the tussian Custoul-houses, are the following:— " let. The effects of this Tariff extend t o a ll sea and anal Custoui-houses mud carriers in It übsia and Poland, xcept those along the Asiatic frontier, tor which there ,re sepacate "2d. The Tariff heroines in force on the ls; January, .v4O. " 34. Foreign merchandise imported into Russia in 519, and for whirl' the doter! liar,. nut been paid by he tat January. 1,20, are to pay them according to the :ariff of 1316. " 4th. It is detertn;neil in the first part of the Ordon motet on the Customs, what goods me al:nit eil to he tiported by this T.iritf, and by what lustoupliouses and arrierk sth. For all articles of importation' and exportation • olouhle doily is too be paid—lst. Upon the weight, he measure, anti the bee of the goods;—and td. to the value, according to the principles especially laid town in the tariff. The duty is fixed io the Russian •ilrer, het in the Custom-liaises in the Russian empire - to be paid in notes of the bank of the empire, at the sed rate of exchange, which will be published at the sonelosion of every year for the calculation of the duties • 'or the year followisig ; with the vsreption of linen, roolien, and leather manufactures of Prussian origin, or which, when they are proved to be such, the duty nay be paid al the :awl frontiers of Russia in Itussian •ilver coin. In the Itus.ian Custouidiouses, or the king- Inno of Poland, the merchants have the option of pay ool the duty on all goods either in Ittassi•oi silver coin, or in bank -notes, according to the rate of exchange .chen published for each year, ur in Polish currency. 6th. Though by tiiistariff a double duty is imposed, tamely, an import and a consoimption duty, they shall both be paid at once on the clearance of goods. " 7th. The deduction fixed on the tare is tilted by par inler tables of imports, for all liqniol goods; hut if dry roods only, fur Prussian linen, woollen and leather rives; far the other dry import articles no tare is fixed, sat it will be estimated according to special tables drawn ip for the Cost -houses. Every inerchaut who will not agree to the •lecluction per cent. fur the tare by these • ables, has a right to require that the goods be weighed Iv themselves. For all exports front Cassia, without xerption, a certain &daimon' fur tare is fixed." STioceriot.st. Jest. la.—The expectations irf a mild :inter have non horn e bare seld had a amre severe and derahle rold, and never perhaps a rester quantity of snow. In Nofillanol the roll was •xtreme. Letter front Calix say, that on the 3lst of )*member Iteatiaur's thermometer stood at 45 below the reefing point. On arrogant of the high rate of exchange, his Majesty .as leaned an ordunnance respecting the necessity of ronomy, and of limiting the eonsoimption of foreign articles of luxury ; and retreats his subjects to row ribute, or this means, to kursive the tourer of exchange, fur hick purpose his Majesty has himself made great sacri ices. His Majesty signifies further, his intention of nun issuiug an ordunnance against sninggling and rands on the Custom., which has been deferred only he -.ruse his lajesty had hoped it would not he necessary. COPEN•AGEN, JA,f.n.—The Roan is again open, a osionsv hewing art in no Weetwendayt but is. rise night be wren Wednesday and Thnroulay, after a violent storm of bander and lightning, the thaw ceased, and the cold, which we have bad for ten weeks, returned. In the ;rest Belt we now see lofty icebergs. Souse persons liink these icebergs have been rent asunder from the ice at the Pole; others, that they have been formed by an aecuisanlation of the ire in the felt it,self. Riot, JAN. -On the 18th 're expect a very solemn end interesting ceremony. The new CO:lPtitillion o f the peasants, confirmed hy his Majesty the Emperor, con :rising their tonosecipa:ion from vassalage, will be pro d:limed on that day. HAusuiter, JAN. '29.—The mild weather continues, but the Elbe is still covered with ice. AUNT/ROAM, FRR.2.-Our papers are titiltappily lillrrl se:th the most afflicting account• of the oliparrlleled damage done M the staileti tweaking lip of the ice, sod the or •rfloitinif of our riverg. The water, bus ever, be -gins to subside. PARIS PAPERS. • • The Chamber of Depeties had a public sitting on Wednesday, at u hills M. de Larroit:-3liiisivillr rerorted from the Committer on the projo respecting the 11.1 In of national propertv. The Report proposes a variety of 'amendments, and indeed a new modellittguf the projet but still, however, retaining the chief object of en. rite for the possessors of uatiuttal property against hulls toe claims of the liovernsaOht and those of the original c roprietors. The Report was ordered to he printed, and the iliscusc7os to he opettvil ty. .1 petition from rtatn individuals n in , rontrilnift.! ti. .1 loan of 'eta ee wen el tussia I rnal C trept ore eeF "2n • •*420. • , aa 3 d 519, he Ist 6 a o'ariff "4tl tenet uporti eerier he use in the • mitre i .ilrer, - to be seol n sonclio thi rooller or whi nay be •iltrer c Inns of lag the or in .rlien "6111 mutely both be " Ttl ;ruler roods rem; Ittt it ip for not a*r • 41olee. I ty then xrepti STior. :intre .sore •1 -rester •Itt fettle Jereteih reefing On as .e• lee colonist; articlesi oy this a hich p ices. t nun reo , ls ..lose hi • l.ot•E: b. wren 11 linnder which w ;rest H. !oink tl ice at th an awn Rios, ind irate . ;ocasante ?rising claimed Han■ lint the Atom ve:tle tho damage the ()Iv'r gins to I ' The ( Wettnr* front the national Nmendin ). hut still , rity fair s toe claim - e •rnpfieM the slivt 01 etain • THE STATI zwww 14,1001,1,01/0 francs to the King of Saxony In 1911, seenrod upon the revenues of the lirand Duchy of lVarsaw, then ;11 his possession, prayir g for some security for the repay ment of their capital, wss ordered to he referred to the Minister fur Foreign AlTuirs. At the conclusion of the !Milk sitting. the Chrmlier resolved itself into a secret Co 1111 l titter, in which .t. de Laggyette submitted a pro position for praying his Majesty to direct his Ministers io propfor a projet for the definitive organization of the Nafional Guards of France. M. Manuel also brought forward a proposition, pr.t‘ing that a projet might lie preartiteit tilt a new organizwitin of Juries. The con si fruition of both these impositions was postponed for a week. It does not appear very clearly when the pro. jet %a+ to be presented fur the modification of the Flee tiun Law. RAVI/NNE, J%%. 25.—Aceonlinz to the news received this flay from Spain, the saintlier of the Insurgents amounted b,OllO men. They hail taken pu ion of the arsenal of La Caracas and the man of war San .lulian in she bay, o hurls has afforded them some artillery. They were marebing on Seville. General Frevre having left na Isth, in order to advance un Srville, the Insur gents, as was just stated, were directing their march on the same :10111t. 011 th.. `zOtli news respecting the meet ing of the two armies ought to have been received at Madrid. As the Spanish Government have published nothing, for the truth we must wait further arrivals. According to letters fruits of the 24th of Janu ary, the Spanish Goverimoint Lure: that the lnsiirgents, to the amount of between two and 3,1100, bail threatened S. ilk sin the side of 't rem Their pri , eipal farce was about 4,000. General Frerre was still at Seville on the The liuke de Vicenza has again been eXamined be fore the Judge d'lnstruftion. CANA. J AN. 10.—f). :%11011141 Rodriquez able‘, Bri gadier of the army, is 4 inventor of the city. Orders of the Day, and severe edicts, are posted up at the corners of every street. The greatest vigilance is ole‘erved—a provisional regiment has been formed. All retired ME errs are called on for their services. A Military U - minion is to try the factious, who shall dare to disturb the publir tranquillity by their sperrhes or writings. All meetings composed of six or more persons are for bidden. 1 ler Cgaititetionxel contains the following article; it is dated Cadiz, .lan. II :—We do nut know the num ber, vim-, with any accuracy, the designs of a multitude of troop., of all arms, who demand entrance into over walk. The Governor has placed I self at the head of the civil and military. The city is in a state of siege, or, rather, the siege is reaily commenced. It iireipt we are mistrusted, and ordered not to quit our houses. The theatre is opened merely for form. It has heeu officially announced that lieneral Cruz was at l'trers, waiting for two infantry battalions of thiadalaxara and Catalonia. retninandeil by °coeval blichelena, and that the former hail already under his orders a division of men, and heNides expected the arrival of lieurral Perm, who was bringing two squadrons of ca 'airy ' • and that General Frevre nits at Esija with the Royal rtrabineers, and would not delay coining to our del:vermin*. The time is long. Thr Insurgents do not move. They are established in it Isla, and tinder sour own eyes iircustr the magazines prepared at a (reit espouse on various points of the h.iy. They are numerons. as fir as we are able to judge from the extent al conntry they ocenpy, and the apparent Mao with which they wait for the ruwilu of General Preirit. It is said they have experienced ant .e desert' , lint net a man his come over an this side. Our militia do duty with a battalion of the regiment of Soria, almost the only regulars we have. .k provisional regiment has been formed out of the marines and sailors of the fleet. The liiivernor is very active; lie is every where, and consults nobody. Military power is absivlnte : indeed that ought to he the rase, fur if it was necessary to listen to the inhabitants, you must hr aware that a city. purely commercial, and aernstomed to enjoy all the comforts of life, would repine at privations arising eat of a siege and distrust. Facvcit Futna.—Five per Cents.. 73 fr. 5 c.; Bash Actiuus, 1433 fr. 7.s r. PRINCE REGENT AND MR. PERCEP 4E. Every thing which bears reference to an import- Ent event, which excited the astonishment of all when it occurred, will no doubt be read with con siderable interest at the present moment. The following letters passed between his present Ma jesty and Mr. Pereeval, when the former announced his intention of retaining those Ministers who had imposed the restrictions at his Regency:— Carlton-Mouse, Feb. 1. 1811. The Prinre of Wales considers the moment to be ar rived which calls for his decision with respect to the per sons to be employed by loisto in toe islmiiiistrati )))) of - the Executive In:yen:moot of the coeintry, according to the powers sti , ed in hiss by the 1341 passed by the two Houses of Parliament, and now ps the point of reeeiv int; the sanction of dor Great Sea. l'he Prince feels it ineuusbe f ut upon him, at this pre cise julieNire, to commonly t-0 Mr. Peri-evil his intim ti not to remove from t etc stations those whom he finds there as his Majeste $ of servants. At the %MDr t'ione the Prince utsitialt to the troth and sincerity of character, which be snails will appear in every action of lots life, in whatever situation plowed, esoolecitly to declare, that the irresistible impulse of filial dety and affeetion to his beloved and *filleted fathom, leals him to dread that any us of the Regent might, in the smallest degree have the effect of interfering with the progress of his Sovereign's recovery. Thie conclusion *Lona dictates the decision now communicated to Mr. Per eeral. _ _ . Having thus performed an act of indispensible duty, from a jest sense of what is doe to his own consistency and honour, •he Prince has only to add, that among the many blessings to he derived from his 31ajesty's restora tion to health, and to tbepersonal exercise of his Royal functions, it will not, in the Prince's estimation, he the least, that Mat most fot Innate event will at once rescue him from a situation of unexampled combo melt, and put an end to a state of affairs ill calculated, he fears, to sustain the interest of the United Kingdom, in this awful and perilous crisis, and most difficult to he re conciled to the genuine principles of the British Con stitution. Devising-area, Feb. 8. 1811. Mr. Perceral presents his hnmhle duty to your Royal Highness, and has the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt of yotor Royal Highness's letter of last night, which rescued him this morning. Mr. Perreval feels it his ditty to express his humble thanks to your Royal Highness for the frankeesi with which your flu al Highness has condescended explirity to communicate the motives which have induced your Royal Highness honourto lds I olleagnes and him with your commands for the continuance of their services, in the stations en trusted to them by , the King. And Mr. Perreval begs leave .to assure your Royal Flightless, that iu the ex pression of yoor Royal llignetts's sentiments of filial and loyal attachment to the King, and of anxiety for the sp.-edy restoration of his Alsirsty's health, Mr.. Perceval Can see . no th; a2 . hot additional motives for their moat SI/IN:loll, exertions to Live aslithrtitill t o y our R ov j IH ig h liegi ' s views for the s rarity and happiness of the ewintry. - -- T - ; - - . Mr. Perceval has never failed to regret the impression of your Royal Highness with regard to the provisions of the Regency Bill, which lots Majesty's w e tvants felt it to be their duty to ter( 111111 l end in Parliament. But he tenures to submit to pot Royal Hilytmess, that what ever difficulties the present awful crisis of the country and the world may create in the tamioistration of the Executive thiverument, your Royal Highness will not fiod them in any degree increased by the temporary suspension of the exercise of those branches of the Royal Prerogatives which have been introduced by Parliament, in conformity to what ass intended on a firmer similar occasion; and that whatever Ministers your Royal High ness might think proper to employ, would find in that full support and countenance, which, as long as they were honoured with your Royal Highness's commands , they would feel confident they would continue to enjoy, ample, and sufficient means to enable your Royal High ness effectually maintain the great and important in terestof the Cnited Kingdom. :lod Mr. Peeressl hum bly trusts, that whatever doubts your Royal Highness may entertain with respect to the constitutional pro priety of the nteasnres which have been adopted, your Royal Highness will feel assured that they could not have been recommended by his Majesty's servants. nor sanctioned by Parliament, Ent upon the sincere (though possibly erroneous) conviction, that they, in no degree, trenched upon the true principles and spirit of the l'on stitution. Mr. Perceval feels it his duty to add, that he holds himself in readiness at any moment to wait upon your Royal Highness, and to receive any commands with which your Royal Highness may be graciously plowed to honour him. M A DI E. AR R. • Dublin . • • Waterford I Guernsey I 0 Gottenburt I Ilsonbargh AIIII. 2 Holland I Flanders IFrance . ..... 1.1 Lisbon 0 Malta leney .. 0 PRICE OF STOCKS TIII, Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 0861 3 per Cost. Cons. 11811 SI per Cent. 4 per Cents. 8711 6 per Ct. Noisy NNW Long Ann. 18 Imp. 3 per Cent Ann. Wit. D‘N AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bonds IN. pm. Oid Annuities Ex. Hills, Yd. 3s. 4s. pm. Ditto Com. thulium par Con. for Ac. OSA Lott. Tickets t 23 2s. TO COM ;PONDRNTS. In aetnowledging the receipt of the Letter. signed J. S. we beg /care to intimate to the writer, that by inserting it we should &abject our:tires to the payment of Stamp Duty as an Advertisement. The article. entitled " Annider de la .11eisfee." 4'e. en closed hi ►he letter of M. tiardelon, roe Montoryneil, Paris, is an Adrertisement, and cannot 6e inserted until paid for, or some reference 'fernier that purpose. Etc ttatc6matt. LONDON: MONDAE, FEBRUARY 7, MIX The Willing Maid has armed from Cadiz with advice' several days later than those received by the way of France. It does not appear that the Insurgent forces had possession of that place up to the time of the sailing of this vessel ; but they continued in considerable force at San Fernando on the Isle de Leon. Accounts from Port St. Mary affirm, that the people at that place were in ge neral favourable to the revolt, and would declare in favour of the Constitution of the Cortes when a good opportunity occurred. We received a Charleston paper this morning of the Ist Jan., *an which we extract the following military movements :—We have seen a letter (says the Editor of the Saraannh Nerd,lican) fmm an officer in command at Tradus Hill, near St. Mary's, which states, that orders have been received from head-quarters for all the United States' troops in that quarter to proceed forthwith to Fort Scott. This movement, we presume, is intended to be in readiness to occupy Pensacola u soon as Congress give the word. There are, we imderstand, be tween seven and sot) men at Tradus Hill. The following are extracts from the last Jamaica Courant* :- " The crew of the Insurgent privateer Libertador were brought before the Sitting Magistrates; they con sisted of a motley poop of Whites, Indians, Mulattoes, Samboes, and Blacks, they were all separately interro gated regarding their places of nativity, and for what period they had served on hoard the said ship; five Whites, who stated they were subjects of the United States; two Frenchmen, born in Europe; and one Prussian were discharged;—the remainder of the crew it was deemed improper to discharge: they were com mitted to gaol, until the pleasure of his Urnre the Governor was known. Afterwards, Walter Dawes, Chitty, and John Graham, the former captain, were brought isorward on Warrant issued by the Attorney- General. Mr. Chitty stated, that the white seamen, who had just been discharged, were essential witnesses in his behalf: he was told, on his producing the neces sary affidavits, that proper steps would be taken to detain them to give evidence on his behalf. PIRATICAL DEPREDATIONS. New ORLEANS, Dec. 4.—Por some time past the Mayor and City Council have been kept in continual alarm by letters without signatures, which disclosed the appalling intelligence that the city is to be burned, and the prison forceil,in order to liberate the persons confined there on a charge of piracy. We are far from wishing to insinuate that his intelligence was false. We impute no groundless fears to the Mayor or Council, under the circumstances they found themselves; and it was proper they shush! provide against the danger with which they believed the city was threatened. On Spanish affairs we know not what intelli gence may arrive in the course of the day, but at present there is no new light can be thrown on the obscure subject of the expeditionary insurrection. t.) it last Paris papers add not a single fact thereon. 9 trattligkyoutie, circumstances are that has been berm Iced, 41 is etliret;e7; etailed which contradict I advanced through the jc of the metropolis. They say that the occupy the whole of the Isle de Leon sod forts of the bays ; that they are numerous, b ut main stationary, consuming the provisions I R different magazines. General Fazzaz is said to have quitted Seville as yet, which, if trae, l4 imply one of two things, or both, viz. that Insurgents are more formidable than they I, been represented, or that he has not s, confidence in the troops at whose head he is It is reported in the last-mentioned paper s , the Insurgent troops have drawn tip a remise to the King, wherein they justify their insni It is a little extraordinary, that four of the papers of Thursday last do not, as if by effect to add a circumstance to the former vsa extraordinary intelligence from Spain. loi, they waited, they say, till the arrival or courier from Madrid, on the next day, for i ther intelligence. The Bayonne account the number of the disaffected in arms at sti and informs that they had taken poetessita two ships, viz. the Julian, as well as the Ceres and that being a man of war, they had themselves of some of its cannon, to march lip, ' Seville., first having drawn Inrr,ely from the I 'mines. We will, however, not fill our Wu with conjectures. A very short time must last whole open to the world, notwithstanding measures taken by the Court of Madrid to keel secret. On one of the very days (viz. the 18th January) that all this was transacting, in the commercial city, of the once richest kingdom Mt world, in opposition to a cruel despotism, Consti tot iou was proclaimed in the chief comiseft city of the most extensive empire in the (Riga), liberating the peasants from sen they arc therefore no longer to be denom serf*. So that Reason and Justice hate theirs Bootee somewhere at least, and may in prow time cixit all the social institutions of men. Au rate it is Bond to hope so much. It has appeared, to this time, to be the lot of mattkitid not to he allowed the et of liberty. Princes, in every part of Europe, aspiring to despotism ; and were it not For the' br ts m: king at this moment in Old and Ne Spain, we have no doubt but the people ail over Europe would sink again very fast into serilatal Under such circumstances, it is impossible Is mg bow long they might remaia in that amide since we are well assur d that the majontyath EMPICRORS, KINGS, and PRINCES, who ire tos aiming at despotic rule, regret that so much know. ledge has been diffused among their people, sd would undoubtedly check the present benevoled spirit for educating their children. It is awe point with many Tories in England, whether good or most mischief has been done by distribaS ing Bibles ; since, say these selfish beings, thxt who have Bibles given them to read will be& posed to read other books —we, for ourselves, hop as much. The history of despotism is replete with mon events. On the one side we survey the designs of some ambitious Prince (like PHILIP 11. i Spain) to bring his subjects to the most degnt• rag condition. by the obsequious disposition ssl villainous cruelties of their Ministers or Comb (like the Doke of ALTO ; on the other side, re behold the vain efforts of an unfortunate multitsfe to shake off their opprr.uion (as was the case with the unhappy Polenders), and their chainrim wounded or subdued, and then confined to a is imprisonment, or perhaps compelled to expattill themselves for life (as was the unhaEly lot of tie brave kosclusxl). A congest for the social right of man has been maintained at all times in sam part of the world, and scenes at once horrible we magnificent have been exhibited, wherein alr' uately appear peace, plenty, pomp, misery, lA. fe., banishments, contests, and carnage. 1110.: DINAND VII. of Spain could have dispatched thus or four such Generals as the famous Duke of ALI to his colonies on the other side of the Adapt we should have seen the same dismal tragea acted there as were exhibited in the Countries wider PHILIP. Mona Lo is but an ALVA ; and therefore being also not rein' forced from Europe as he had roman to expect, in trust he will very soon give up the hopelos cofri test, and leave the brave South Americans to ds enjoyment of what they so much merit. This till are likely to effect in the last degree in a dialog way from that of their neighbotus, the North Aaw ricans. The Spanish King is not, perhaps, di' posed (after the manner of his brother King, tht late GLORGIE ill.) to treat with his rcbele. He mew to have totally forgotten from what hands Prase have derived the trust reposed in them.; but ill of himself and his power, he has given such 04° to his Generals to destroy their prisoners, as indite us to hope and trust they will not be obeyed: ail that hi Generals will say on the ocea;ion wbat of is the French army said, upon the Deaver ( the Nz.tiottal Convention not to hire grarter t 0,411 ,ill