The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-02-04 00:00:00

Y •' ~.iV..i'S~. - _ AMRRJCA. The followin: is an ncegunt of the progress and consequences of the internal navigation of Ame.. l riot, so interesting to the geographer and states-I man of that Republic : " The middle section of the Wegteru Canal, including a lateral can,' to Salina, and rouipt4ing a distance of more than ninety-six wiles ' lus been completed. On' thet3croTiVtober last, IteCOtiainissloners navigated it from Utica to Rowe, sod found their must sanguine ex- 1 ecteitions redized in the celerity, economy, and excel knce of the execution ; and on the 34th November, the Champlain Canal was also, in a navigable state. In less ' than two years and fire months 120 miles of artificial navigation have been finished ; and thus the physical, as stiff a 1 finakeldi practicability qf waitiag the waters oi l the Western and Norther* Lakes with the Atlantic. fteeaa,has been established bsyiad the reach of doubt *r earl!. • • • • • • • " Under a full persuasion that the honour and pros- perity of the State imperiously demanded the completion of the whole of this great wear, atsd that if we are just to ourselves and to posterity, it will be effected in five years. I am happy to assure you that the decided and prudent measures of the Canal Commissioners in October last, are its full arcordauce with these impressions. At that Meeting they directed that portion of the Western Sec tion which extends from the Seneca river to Rochester 1 on the Uenesse river, and that portion of the Eastern ~ Section which commences at the eastern termination of ' the Middle Section, and reaches to the east side of the i Little Falls, to be markeduut as part of the Ureat Wes-1 tern Canal, and to be contracted for as such; and con siderable progress has been already made in these Im portant operations. " The whole length of the Western Section is about one hundred and sixty-three miles, and of the Eastern about ninety-seven; and notwithstanding the disparity of the distance, it is estimated that the expellee of each will be about the same, making, in the aggregate, four :millions of dollars. 'I he completion of the Middle Sec:. tiou has already opened markets for a fertile and exten sive region. 'the expense of carrying a barrel of flour hy land to Albany from the country about the Cayuga ' Lake, was more than twice as much as the exportation of one from New York to Liverpool ; and the difference between the former and the present cost of conveyance will not only remunerate the manufacturer, hut afford .in inrreased compensation to the agriculturalists, inde pendently of the rise of the commodity in value, front its being fornislwri with a good market. " It is believed that our Atlantic country will soon he supplied with salt front the west, damper than from .broad, and the revenue from the salt-works, appro ,.riated to the construction of the canal, already exceeds Ws most favourable estimates, and 'hews conclusively , .ie importance of this communication to the acrommo• istion of a vast country. In the progress of the canal, x)psutu of the best quality has been discovered ; anti it . ascertained that this region contains a sufficient tiantiti of this invaluable mineral for the supply of the 1 bole United States. Ifevetofore, the principal itigre tient' of hydraulic owner were procured at a great ex sense from abroad for the construction of locks ; but a ' species of linieMosie has been fonnd, dispersed over the aholtreowntec. admirably adapted for water cement, and entirely superseding the necessity of a foreign supply. Stone for the construction of leeks, culverts. bridges, and aqueducts, is also found in abundance: and it is confidently believed, as well from the geological character of this rm giou as from.iarions other indtcations, that coal will be iiimeoevisil nesply sufficient for domestic uses and menu facturiog establidwaents. The animation which this eovii, In its present unfinished state, has given to our uteri**, trade, cannot be •duly appreciated without the iiiyantagesdf personal observation ; nor can all its bless •ngs be realised or displayed, until years of experience have passed away. " It is a ,abject of high felicitatiod to observe the •nergies of our sister States directed in a similar way o the pr. motion of the general prosperity. The Ca rolinas end Virginia have adopted wise and vigorous iteasares for the advancement of inland COMIIIOIIjO4. •ion ; and some of the western States have been equally leaded and public-spirited. An union of the waters of the Illinois river and Lake Michigan, anti a coonectioh between fake Erie and the Ohio, in the direction of Sandusky and Scioto rivers. are seriously contem plated. While measures so honourable to our si•- ser States must always command our best wishes, . mil secure our highmt approbation, let us be deeply impressed with the importance of attending to improve ments of a similar character. Communications between the waters of Lake Ontario and the Western Canal : be tween the River St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain ; and between the Sesquehannah River and Seneca lake, will. accommodate important and respectable portions of , our *puiation, deserving, as well front their enterprising industry as public spirited character, every attention from the Uovernment. The improvements of the Oswego River; the establishment of a harbour at Buffalo; and the draining of the Cayuga Marshes, Imre received that consideration which was due to subjects so worthy of the favourable attention of the Canal Coinniiesioners ; and the remits of their measures will be communicated to you as loon as possible." The above flrittering account of the advances to wards perfectioninz the commerce of North Ame 'riot, n.ade part of the speech of his Excellency De 'Witt Clinton on opening the Session of the State !Legislature, at Albany, the 4th ult. Governor Clinton perceives defects in the Constitution of the State, and therefore recommend; e reform in the - Council. He acts in a manner diametritally oppo ' site to our Statesmen, and in conformity to an old, vulgar, but excellent maxim, viz. that " a stitch in , lime saves nine." Governor Clinton is of the opi r f pion of the Marquis of Beeearia, that a mild system of criminal jurisprudence is the best preventive of crimes. " We have (lie says) the satisfaction of knowing, that oar mild system, with all its imperfections, is better adapted to promote the ends of criminal justice, than the sanguinary code which formerly disgreced our I Country. In no country in the world are there fewer 'tubbenes, armies and murders. than in this: and our .observation has shown, that while it is impossible to extirpate crimes. it is possible to diminish their number, end to mitigate their fetocity." argaritta, that the Independent frigate Victory, of 32 guns, Brine's Aag ship, sunk at Panapata, while i. the .►ct of heaving down, and carried along with her a brig of war into such a depth of water, that it is thought they cannot be hove up again. Dec. s.—The Governor-lleurral of Cararcas has this morning arrived here from Li tiurra in an open boat. cronot conjecture the cause of fiis arrival. J ssi sica, (Port Royal), Nov. 13.—The Rover touched at Tnrk's Island on Tuesday, at which piare Captain Harvey learnt, tbat the brig Navigator, Shea, from Hali fax to this port, with a cargo of fish, had been lost about 14 slays previous on Bottletreek, ((hand Caicos.) Part of the cargo was saved and taken to that island, where Captain Shea was at the time the Rover sailed. Capt. Har vey was also informed that a brig, "opposed to be the Aurora, from Bermuda to St. Vincent', with a cargo of lumber, had been upset, as part of the stern of a vessel. with a letter A. had drifted on shore at the north-east point of the brand Caicos.—The brig Susan, Terre, of this port, was lost about six weeks ago, in Mumfingo Bey, near Porto Bello. It is said, that her stores were plundered by the Spaniards. while her crew were distributed on the different keri in that hay ; three of them arrived in the Bearer ; they state, that the Susan being leaky, was hove tlown, when the Spaniards at tacked her, and •tbe crew deemed it necessary to sink her. Captain Terry had previously gone to Porto Bella, to procure some pitch. and other articles to repair his vessel, where he was detained, and two schooners sent to hiring the brig in; and on their attacking her, she was accordingly destroyed.—The schooner Toting Bril liant, Crissou, which sailed from Nassau, N. P., for Atiatto-hay, on the 4th ult. unfortunately went on a bank, oil Stocking Island, ten days after; crew saved, and the vessel, it is expected, will be got off.—The Jane, Brown, from this island, for tilasgow, got on shore about a mile to the westward of Nally-head; the cargo Is expected to be saved, but the vessel will be lost.—The Libertatlor, and a Spani.4h brigantine, her prize, were taken possession of on !Wortley morning last, by the. Wasp. without any resistance being made. The privateer is in a very crippled state, her main-mast being shot through, and her fore-mast much hurt, in attacking Muasinello de Cuba. JAM.RIC.I PIPLIME CURACOA, NOT. I9.—The situation of this countrs is Ilv so means so desperate as you suppose.. It is trite, Ifolirar has done great mischief in the kingdom of kants Fe, and may do still more; Flowerer, from credit ihle accounts, his situation becomes more critical. The Inhabitants, who had at first joined him, begin to s ee their error, in consequence of ,whicb he h suffered rrest desertions. De la Tone writes, fru nipetnna, they are deserting by hundreds, Aid jobs eg' i division. tioerrcro has taken an English eolebel, a in, it o f ptt, lent in Valencia. He was to take the computed nfilit , foreign troops at Margarine, and to make enotber sit tack on eumene. 1 Outerd,—Acrorleis •hod teethed St:IMMO% tour INSURRECTION IN SPAI.V. [VRO]S VIE PLAND[RS MAIL.] CADIZ, JAN. 15.—The following are the details of the insurrection which has happened in the camp near the city:—Six thousand men were ordered to embark to join Murillo ; and the regiments intended fee this expe dition were ordered to proceed to Cadiz to embark. Many of the officers, averse to this voyage, resolved not to obey, and to prevail on the soldiers to second their project; they suceeetlrd but too well, and Colonel Quiroga got hissi-lf named General. His first step was to proceed to Areos, some leagues from Cadiz,where the head-quarters were, and there the rebels arrested General Fouroas,,and others: as it was a surprise, it was impossible tp resist such a body. Thence they went to Xeres, anti published tbe Constitu tion of the Coutes, and estahgsbed there, and in the other unarmed towns, constitutional authorities. They wanted to levy a large contribution; but they had not time. As soon as they withdrew the Royal Harm s/tsetse resumed its functions. 41(herevez they-pasood./the people took no part in the rebellion, and not . a sl*%le individual joined them. As their march was lipid, they soon reached the bridge of Zuazo, leading to the Isle of Leon,where they were allowed to pass, on sly ing they were regiments going to embark at Cadiz. They seized os all the forts, and arrested the CaptaineHenerel, Cisneros, Minister of the Marine, who, however, escaped, and got on hoard the fleet, where he made the men renew the oath of allegiance to the King, which they did with the greatest enthusiasm. The rebels proceeded towards Cadiz, hut information having been received there, a body of troops was sent to take possession of a battery of cannon, three-quarters of a league from Culls, .. which was erected during the siege, and completely commands the narrow road leading to the eity ; when dies• arrived there, they were received with a discharge • of grape shot from the battery, by which a great many were killed. They are now surrounded in the Isle of Leon, where the faithful troops under general Freyre blockade them on all sides, so that escape is impossible. They are klreasly reduced to 2tNlO men by desertion.— When Cadiz shut its gates, for fear of a surprise, the Bishop Cinfnegos, with all his Clergy, proceeded through the streets with the crucifix in his Land, ex horting the people to he faithful to their religion and their Sovereign. This concoct inspired the citizens with the most generous entliniasto. The School of Artillery, consisting of 1,000, with their officers at their head, joined the rebels, without the exception of a single one. This corps has Ising been known as liberal.. Nu regiment of cavalry not even a single horseman has joined them. Altogether, with the artillery, they are not above 2,000 men. P. S. The repels have just att.mipted, not a sally, but an escape; 300 have been killed, and 400 Made prisoners. Theofficers will recriee their merited punish- Went. [FROM THE rarycu PAPEns.] The Guerre de France of Monday contains the fol lowing article respecting the affairs of Spain :- 4. We have received the Madrid Gazette of the 20th Jaonary. It is silent as usual respeeting for event/ in Andalusia, but, as we have before said, this silence is no proof of the non-existence of disturbances ; it would, on the contrary, tend to augment disquietude, if the proba bilities were not in favour of the approaching termina tion of the insurrection." Letters from Madrid, 'stetted yerttlbry; esit t litthrut the revolters of Andalusia. They all, however, igretas to the desertion experienced by the insergents, and That the latter are not supported by the inhabitants. this will not astonish those who are acquainted with the Spanish character, and who well know that the sot her will not persevere in his rebellion. Hitherto it appears, that the revolt has made no further progress than what is already known. The letters alluded to say not a word respecting Cadiz, which remained faithful to the King. The malcontents have coin stilted great disorders at Ca raceas, whirls is the naval arsenal attached to the town of San Fernando in the lila de Leon. _ Letters from Seville of the 15th, state, that General' Freyre was to set out from that city the next dap, to form a junction with General O'Donnell, %rho was ex- peeled at Alcala with 3,000 infantry, and three squa drons of cavalry, for the purpose of attacking the rebels. The desertion amongst the latter was very great. The regiment of America, that of Principe, and another, bad lalreadv rejoined General OVrinivell. The letters from Seville, like those from Madrid, state that the people took no pars in the insnrrection. The fitment O'Don nell mentioned In these letters is the same who commands (lie camp of Saint Koch before tiihraltar. He must nut be confounded with his brother, the Count Abisbal. Letters from Utillit of the 11th received at Paris Attie,' that the Ituyaktroops who defended that city were oath* COrtadura, that in Cadiz nothing was known of what was passing without, and that the troops at Rota had faken Ito part in the rArellion ; the latest letters are of the The Journal de PIP* tar letters fres Madrid, daed the !Orli Jaanary, state, that the iamilient. still Grin ***Ala Isis* loon and San reties* ao tbat . Fry/re. who has arrived at Ecija, was preparing to march I agetest them. Another letter from Madrid, of the 17th, quoted in the Memorial Bearenais, says, " The nal-contents, who have been disturbing Andalusia, are deserting by hun-; dreds. They are now reduced to shoat 3,000 men, who have fortifira themselves in the Isla de Leon. Nu town, either small or great, has taken part with them, notwith standing they }lave sworn to the Constitution." The Journal dee Debate has the following announce- merit : " Our Bayonne correspondent, under date of 25th January, has sent es the following extracts of two let ters. addressed to a commercial house of that city:— ms, JAN. 11.—We are here in the most perfect tranquillity. the Royal Navy is mistress of the land and the sea, and is well disposed to repel every attempt that may he made against us. " MADRID, JAN. 20.—We have letters from Cadis of the 13th. That city remains faithful . • the Navy and the Bay follow this example; the people do not support the revolters; and the public tranquillity has not been dis- Waled in any other point of the Peninsula. .0 The accounts from Seville, of the 14th, are also satis - factory. Desertion increased everyday among the rebels. They came in troops to range themselves under the Royal &Purrs. w 4 ' General Prevre neglects nuthino, to fire the soldiers Ipd astray time and means to implore their pardon." This day was published. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, N. XXXIV. for Jimmy, 1840. CONTENTS. I. On the Progressive Change of Poetical Style-9. Pub lic Buildings of Edinburgh-3. Oa the Analogy between the growth of Individual and National Genius-4. Emma, a Tale-4. The vision—ll. Reflections on a Drumal weenie 7. Notices. of the Acted I)rama in London. No. VIII—S. tt Leer from the Etrick Shepherd, enclosing a Fragment of the Mad Ranker-9. Annals of Peterhead. by P. Buchan -10. Hors ()entwining. No. M. The Twenty-ninth of Feb ruary.. a Dramatic Sketch, by Adolphus Muliner-11. Analy tical Essnys on the old English Dramatists. No. VIII. lite Whets of Edmonton ; Ford, Dekker. and Rowley— IQ. Se eontala ; or. the Fatal Ring-13. Upon the Relation of Music to the Drama. Letter 1.-14. A Lay of Fairy Land iEros , a volume of Poems, by John Wilson, now in the )—I4. Verses on the Church of Krisuvik, in Iceland— IS. Sir Thomas Aron n—l 7. Living Toads found in stones 'reproductions of the former World, by the Rector of Pubs disrlti. Elements of a Plan for the Liquidation of the Na dedal Debt. &e. by Richard Ileathfield-19. The Warder. No. IV-90. Notices to Correspondents-41. Sonnet, by the Etrick Shepherd-49. Literary and Scleetille Intelligence— Mt. Works preparing for Publication-94. Monthly List of :Sew Publications—O. Monthly Register. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Duties, Strand. London ; and Wittiest Blackwood, No. 17, Prince's-stroet, Edinburgh. MAI OCR. •RR. I Dublin 0 • Holland I 4 Waterford O Guernsey and Jersey I • France 0 1.1 Oottessburgh ✓ Hamburgh I I 0 Malta PRICE OF STOCKS THIN DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Reek Stock 12111 India Stock 2021 2 per Cast. Red. No Ditto Bonds 13s. 10e. p.. I perCenr. Comm. 01 04 Old Annuities 21 per Cent. 7711 in. Rills. 2d. Is. 4s. p.. 4 per Carts. SBl R7l Ditto Con. b per Ct. Nat y 1096 Orniurn }eds. Long Ann. IS 1-10 Con. for Ae. 2141 Imp. 1 per Cent. Ann. 671 uit. Tidketa IA Qs. TO C'OIItRISPONDICIVTS. A Scottish Nobleman had three children, one non aid tie* daughters—the one daughter drier than the sou—eke other lowurer—the now married sad died, Wrist, one child, which died also. Would the title IN that ease devotee epos the elder daughter with the estates of that title? rbe btattOman. LONDON: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1820. INDISPOSITION OP HIS MAJESTY. The following Bulletin was issued last night:— Carlton-Palace, Feb. 3, 1890. belt--past 9. p.m. The lilag is, In ell respects. touch better. (Signed) If.lt•Lroao, W. KahanTots, M. J. Mamas.. This morning the numerous inquirers after his NIAJESTY * B health were much gratified by the following pleasing intelligence:— Carlton-Palace. Feb. •, IMO. 19 o'clock. The King slept only at short intervals is the early part of the night. bet had three honrs of uninterrupted sleep this morning.—His Majesty's disorder is proceeding is its usual cunrse, in a favourable manner. (Signed) 11. Iliagone. W. Ks ICUTON, 111.J.Tteassv. We received Jamaica emeralds this morning to the 26th December. - - 2 t ice — to his Grace the Governor, acquainting him that the business of the Session was (*winded, when he commanded the attendance of the whole House, and gave assent to nineteen Bills. " Me. SerAita and Gottingen of tAe AueaUy. I feel it .1 great.interest in the peace and happiness of this island, that I have witnessed, with infinite satis faction, the harmony with which the interest of this Ses sion has been concluded ; to promote that harmony will i ever be the constant object of my administration. " I do now, in his Majesty's name, prorogue the Ge neral Assembly until Tuesday next, the 18th. " The amount of public debt of this island to be provided for in the ensuing year is, 378,184/. Is. 9d.; and the estimate of Ways and Means amounts to 392,7051. 16s. ICkl.: to be raised by Poll Tax,fis. 3d.: osi Stock, Is. 3d.; on Rent, Is. Sad.; and on Wheels, 205.; the receipts in cash for the last year, 351,2741. Bs. to meet the debts of the former year, 374,0261. 181. Sid." It is particularly stated, that Lord Cochrane Las in structions to search all British as well as American veal sets, either of war or merchantmen, for the purpose of discovering and seizing Spanish property. It is added, that his Lordship intends executing his orders with great rigidness' bawds the Americans. ;• : We learn that the inhabitants of Panama sec very tuitions to encoorage the trade with the islnnd, and openly express their surprise that some protection is not them. ,They say, that if Government will Pot •RR. spare a vessel of war, the merchants conuect et T7 thi Lima trade might easily fit out an armed venal 1 , 1 ceed round Cape Horn, and transport their spy ` one port to another until it retched Panama, o r o wl men might be sent to the latter port to equip a au* the pnrpoqe._ Accounts from s respectable source at Paeans that much agitation prevailed at that plate fee thZ of Lima, and should the city fall into the litaigo enemy little doubt was entertained that the i oN would be riven over to the British for its proteei st General San' Martin, of the Independent se e ,w ` landed at Poems. aboot one hundred leave s " a Lima, with a force of between nine and ten NEI mien : it was supposed he would march against tho where they were featly to oppose him with 2,301 peans, and 13,500 militia, all line uien, and TO voted to the cause of their Sovereign. A letter from Savannah, of the 30th of Ne ff mentions that, of 102 Irishmen who arrived the m vessel the last of September, nut nue now surrisa total panther of deaths in that city during them e% September, was computed at 400.--(Pren• eg o paper, Pee. :141 ) Privateers, it seems, go on ix itnmingly at the of Bahitriere, in defiance of all the laws ; one pi n whirl' sailed from tbat port with about 110 a w e, turned with less than a dozen; there are ne w shipping crews, and tire have lately sailed. Extract of a letter from Angostura, dy e d 13th or Nov. 1819: " Since writing you last in October, we harem dispatches from Oen. Bolivar, doted at Santa Fro the middle of September, at which time the wbe province of New Granada was in peaceable tumu l i the Patriots, and Oen. Bolivar was ready to ro Venezuela, and is, ere this, on his march to mi forces with the aruay of Venezuela, and 'pausal Gen. Morino, &c. 1. General Arisalendi, Vice President of Von left Angostura on the sth inst., for filaturia, is his efforts to those of General Marino in the wee dispositions for the movement of the army fees I place, to join in the contemplated attack ow Co m and will move immediately with 6000 endive principally English and Irish. Gee. Part will field with 4000 cavalry, &c. The whole lathe unaer (lee. La Torre, have been destroyed by . Soublette. The port of Santa Fe, on the been abandoned by the .Royal division, tioned there. General &liter has organised, sional government in Skate •Fe, and left Ander in charge of the government till the from New Grenada can tike their seats in the Congress, and adopt tho necessary masons permanent establish's:rat of a Governor there, k, prospects were net* tisore favourable le thisY than at pres4ut " It seldom happens that a whole irationii cerned for an injured subject; yet tint case with Mr. WILKES, and It prod • 'Abets in the cause of liberty. Some til l Ministry have carried their efTlentery le upbraid individuals by name on accent d contributing, through a subscription, to Sett ing the pekeeitsted • inclividual to ease or unde his eirsinaiatan i pes. It is, however, priori noble, and presierous to support the weak, whe been hardly dealt with by the iron hard rip We insist upon it, that a spirited examlgeolill be set by establishing a fund for prosecute' the public elpence, the Minister, whenever) jures any unsupported subject. In order ell tain liberty, the people ought to espoese, ri Administration, the cause even of the meanie vidual, when oppressed. While the mewl the community separate their interest, the( tution has no strength, and slavery liked: progressively approaches. On the &bows it is that, if the injured parties make any MI tion about the violence offered them, thrall officio prosecution by the ATTORNEY-GU awed by power, and feeling too feeble tel with a vindictive Ministry, or unable to 111 expenses of a law-snit (in which 414 serer obtained, whatever wrong may flee endured), they are obliged to suffer the ieja submit to oppression. Tito the treaties fa t not being determined, the outrages of the/ administer the Government pass unrepttelill instead of appearing firmly in support of thin stiffer in the public cause, the others hie* them, and the unfortunate fall victims deg their ill fate. If the Law Officers of the AM determined upon the ruin of any one peg/ has called up their vengeance, they 'Wog succeed, unless they have to do with as 1 contest with them, which is rarely the cam. let slip no opportunity to weary their si victim by formality, adjournment, and es} and, after all, if they are conscious that the/ party will be likely, under an imperil! have a verdict in his favour, they WOW upon perplexing him, by cavilling with ig obliging him to follow the prosecutor flat maze or sig-snag course, in order, if poi prnvent the matter being finally decided the accused party is a person of cowl. and cannot be overcome through law by NI jostlee being on his side, as, in our opiewei Celia with Mr. HORHOVSE, some pro** lasi members of a corrupt Government . 10 it - rawly suspected of making secret at his life. If the axe, the halter, and e'vee prove ineflbctual, how many resource. elk! to wicked men in power? and *hese OP DVIt. ! !i~ I ~, s - J ~;_ k w