The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-11-23 00:00:00

-.~,~,. IF —•.7r.•-•-+umm:gpogriT4o t. I - 7. ...... •~ The King of Prussia is not yet yet arrived. Tha horses which were pieced at the post station at Cor. ,o- berg hate been connterman,led and sent back.— We are ignorant when his Majesty will arrive. The arrest of several persons, mostly foreigners, is still the a u ti..er of ever, conversation, and singularly elates the public attention. if we were to repeat MI the report - a that circulate on this subject, horror and indignation would be elicited in the highestde• • grev.• 'Dr whale is an obscure, that it would be im. . prudent to hazard a conjecture on so delicate a sub ject. which will probably be sosen cleared op. FUMIKTOKT, Nov. 14.-437accoints received frees Aix-laXtrapplie, the Emperor Alexander will arrive 'here on the 24th of this month, end probably the conferences of the Ministers will then be terminated. AIX. L4-CILAPkILLE, Nov. 17.—0 n the 14th, be 'tweet, four arid five P.M. all the Monarchs met at & Ytiore Hardenberg's, probably to sign the Acts of the Cong•ess. The day before yesterday there was a grand We're% dinner, at the Palace of the Emperor of Austria, who left Aix-la-Chapelle this morning, .te itaur nto his own dominions. All the absurd re ports of exchange' of territory and removal of fron tiers announced by one Joureal, apd eagerly copied by others, are *boil ; destitute of foundation, though some haw. , I , VPit given the date when those pretended arrargemonta were signed. liasincitGa, Nov. 14.—Our Papers contain the f Commerce between Denmark and Prussia, in 30 Articles, concluded Jane 17, 1818. Nov. 16.—A letter from Algiers of 14111 October, statt.s, that the Porte has notified to the Dey by a • Fit man, that the Sultan, according to the stipulations of the Treaties already esisting with Austria and Russia, has engaged also to indemnify the Prussian subjects for all loss or (Janine caused them by the Barbary . Pirotea, and therefore commands the Alge . tine ships to refrain from ell acts of violence towards the Prw,-rair flag. The Dey-.has promised to comply vigi l 0,14 or dei. We etpcct the navigation of the Elbeso oe sou Stopped by rho ;ce and the lowness of the water, arising from the continued prevalence of the elst wind. . The College of Health of Copenhagen for's g iven notice, that the epidemic in tha island of Feline is abating; 73 . periwig; had been attacked, of whom 21 ate dead, 44 still 4ck, and 8 recovered. Eithange on London.—Nov.l3, 32. 5., . 32. 0...—N0v. 17, 32.2., 32. G. ALT-Ld-GII4IPF: LLE, Nor. 19. . , . ; . The formal deliberations, if not the business of Congress, are brought to a close, and probably I Wall not have in opportunity of writing to you . snore than once again from this place. By all that 'can be lea rot, without an actual insoectioa of the protoc,ols of its numerous conferences, many sub jects have been incidentally touched upon, but few, or probably none but one, finally decided. It is, the r efoge,smore remarkable for what it has not done . than what it has done—for its deliberations C.,tin for jarigments. This conduct was probably as much • • ..-dictated by the present position of Europe ea by the • . leellnation or political views of the Allied Powers. ....Whist Meeting had not the general peace to settle, . like that which re-established the Throne of the . _llourbotts, sod pat a stop to. the desolations of war, after the first capture of Paris; it had not to vecon street the political system of Europe, like the Con , tress of Vienna ; it seems to have guided its course by . the Treaty which contained its obligation to assemble, the 6th Article of which is, that " to assure and to faci • litate the execution of the Treaty (of Quadruple Al . fiance), and to consolidate the friendly relations *which now unite the four Sovereigns for the happi , tress of the world, the High Contracting Parties have agreed to renew at fixed epochs, either under the im mediate auspices of the Sovereigns, or by their re spective Ministers, meetings consecrated to the great common interests, and to the examination of measures • which, in each of the epochs, shall be judged the most salutary for the repose and prosperity of nations, and for the maintenance of the peace of Europe." By a eubsrquent agreement, the first of these epochs was • fixed tor the autumn of 1818. This Congress, . though it has done little, will occuppy au important place in history, on many accounts. The Nlittisters will be occupied for the remainder of this week, in signing papers, and in arranging se , . vocal piece of business which were not brought for mally before Congress. Count Capo d'lstris, on his , way to Italy, passes by Munich, to communicate to the Court of Bavaria the resolution of Congress re . ;larding the differences between that state end Baden. I„ Ile will afterwards meet the Emperor at Vienna. ' -.• SOUTH AMERICA. tirtratts from the Buenos "lyres Gazette of 2d • September :-- 44 After a lapse of throe years, during which time Spain has kept the whole of Europe waiting to cee - the vaunted expedition go forth which was to subju gate .these provinces, she has at length sent out a "force or '2OOO men, under the eommand of a Lieut.- : Colonel, with only one vessel of war to •proteet the - transports ; an expedition, in short, composed of dis • affected men, , as may be inferred from the singular occurrence which has happened to the ship Trinidad, • at present in our ports, having on board 200 men, besides crew and officers. Serjeants Remigin, Mar tinez, Francisco Moreno, and Francisco Quintana, together with Corporal Jose Velasco, previous to their leaving Ca.diz, formed a resolution to mutiny and steer for one of our ports. During the voyage, they continued communicating their project with the greatest care and secrecy to their companion'', in . whom they found the most favourable disposition,- - , five degrees N. they separated from the convoy, --end having pissed the line without meeting any vessel belonging to the espedition, they moiled to strike their premeditated blow on `2sth July. They met with obstinate resistancein Captains Miranda and Ferrite, and lit Adjutant Francisco Baillerar, En signs Apulia; Burgos, and Sanchez Temblegoe, one -Serjeant acrd oat Corporal, the three latter having formed the desperate resolution of blowing op the powder magazine. The mutineers made away with the whole of them as their only means of security.— They immediately. orderer' the Captain of the vessel fo ..teer for Buenos Ares, and arrived, without any torther occurrence, atluiport of Ensettads de Bar- r}~ l~ :~ •rilE STAISSMAIC awns. on 26tb August. • Our Supreme Government has opened its arms to receive men who, irritated by the wrongs and injustice of their King, have net only refused to be accomplices of his tyranny, but even to retain the bonds of allegiance and loyalty, which they have considered as broken by the manifest vieal Winn of all the duties which unite the Monarch to his subjects. We believe that, very soon, the Spanish nation, cn masse, will teach their deceived King that the project of again subjecting the Empire of these I regions is as unjust as it is ruinous to the Mother Country, already so debilitated by, continued *are and ill-administration. " We have before .us a letter written from Lima bye Royalist, and addressed to his Correspondent in the Peninsula, and in which he makes use of these words These Americans are in a slate o f the. greetest ruin and disaster, owing to endless wars in which we have been involved for so many yearr, out its being possible to pot dawn the insurrections in the provinces, notwithstanding the troops arrived from Spain, for when they are put down on oneaide, they hreak oat on another. In this pursuit number less Spaniards have been destroyed ; hence, there fore, these countries will never again be happy as they Were, notwithstanding they were oven rendered tranquil ; wherefore those youths who thought of. making their fortunes in these remote regions, ought only to thiok of forming establishments among their own countrymen in the land which gave them birth.' " Those ere the sentiments of a Royelist, and cer tainly nothing but the most sincere conviction could inspire him with such language. Thos speaks Alloy alio, writing in Lime, a point liiiherte distaht Irons .the theatre of war, and where,for this reason, it ii not fear that communicates such melancholy ideas into the Alsconsolate Spaniard. How, therefore, can it sp. pear strange that Spaniards, even of the lowest class, to whom such information can no !oiler be kept secret, and who must be aware of the imposing atti tude of.our Governments, and of their repeated vic tories over the most famed of their European troops, should refuge being the accomplices, and at the same time the victims of the fury of a senseless Monarch. What greater proof can the na tions of Europe have of the impotence of,SPain in the present struggle, than the desertion of a. transport which had to face so many dangers ? The Officers who are in her relate a remarkable fact respecting the dist-Intent which prevails among the expeditionary troop , . Count Abisbal, in Cadiz, harangued she et pedilion before its embarkment, and stating that he hoped C'ey would come satisfied to avenge the oat. rages done to the best of Kings, two grenadiers ad vanced from the line, and answered in a firm tone, that they did not go contented. They were asked why ? antihaving answered that because for eight months they had received no pay, they were ordered instantly to be shot. Their blood, spilled, proves, in spite of the ferocious O'Donnell and his worthy Master,Ahat the discontent of the army has arisen to its highest pitch, end that dread alone can prevent the disgust and oppression under which the Spanish People labour from being universally manifested. — America will he the as/ tom of unfortunatii t rossinsu• tars; and the freemen on beard the ship TriOislad have shown the way to their countrymen, by which they are to eioespe from ignominy and degradation." l'lt ICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONR O'CLOCK. Benk Stork 5 per Cent. Navy 10111 9 per Cent. Red. 77. • India K0n414 83 88 p 3 per Cent.Consob77i 78 LongSt 1-16 f:i per Cent. _Kernegiter Bilh 19 21 p Lonsolsfor Ace. 77i 78 Onsnitun 4 per Cent. 95i THE ST.ATES3L4N. LONDON: MONDAY, NOVEMBER %3 ) 1818. By the fast sailing American ship Tontine, Captain Tusecty, arrived at Cowes, we have received Phila delphia Papers to the 24th ult., the following are ex tracts : _ [FROM TILE NATIONAL ADVOCATE.) COMMODORE PERRY AND CAPTAIN HEATH. The unfortunate dispute between these two Gen tlemeo has been the subject of various comments, end has excited consitierable interest throughout theUnioo. Commodore Perry conceiving that an atonement wan necessary, fur having, in a moment of forgetfulness, raised his band to an officer holding a commission on. der the CI overnment, afforded Captain Heath the as tisfaction he required. Tile meeting took place yesterday, en the Jersey shore, sshcn Commodore Perry received the fire of Captain Heath, without injury—wesersing bis fire,. and refusing at the same time to exercise saki right; and Captain Heath, satisfied at this gallant and mag i naiiimous atonement, the per ties separated—and thee honourably terminated this unpleitatit difference, which, we trust, will hereafter be buried in oblivion. The intelligence from South America is. still of interest, and shows that the cause of the lode pendeuto is perielog a successful course: The in (lmolai, from Buenos Ayres, brought by the Mars, i 4 tory Important. Letters from en Officer of rank In the Barons Ayr., Army stationed in Tucuman, communicate the fact, that their light troops bad in tercepted the correspondence of the Royalist Army, from which it appears, that the Spanish Commander had received orders to evaevate Upper Peru and re treat towards the coast, for the purpose of protecting it against the menaced invasion of the Independents from Chili. It will be a most arduous task to march an army through en enemy's country, on a retreat of some thousand miles; even if it should reach Potosi . without great losses, it has then to pass the Andes and to proceed to Arica, which it will probably find occupied or blockaded by 'the •Indepentients. A march through Cuzco to Lima seems out of the vet- (ion. The few French OPicers with the Park ' Army in Tucuman were tee the to their duty, bat great complaints. are made Mei cf French. men into Buenos Ayres ; they are stated to be far the greater part people without character or educf tion, or adherents of NAPOLEON, who have preserved their old ideas, and expect to lord it in a country where they appear as refogees. They were jea lously' watched by the Government. The French traders were equally troublesome; they made com mon cause with the North Americans, to raise a cry against British monopoly and influence. In Chili the most active preparations were carried on to prepare the naval part of the expedition against Lima, which would have an overwhelming superiority. Three hundred European seamen had been collected at Buenos Ayres to be forwarded to Chili, and be sides the two brigs of war, the Galveoino and the Maypo, a large storeship, laden with heavy ordnance and mortars, had sailed for Valparaiso. The Based' of Santa Fe had been evacuated by the partizans of lARTIGAS, a proof that their Chief found himself in great Weight.. Nothing is said of the Portuguese, except that the privateers under ARTICIAS'S flag had made upwards of twenty captures on the coast of Brazil, notwithstanding the existence of a Portu- guese squadron in the month of theitiver Plata. The prints adsices from Aix-la-Chapelle an nounce, that the great political Assembly which has been intriguing there in the dark, and bartering hu man beings according to their custom, had began to dissolve itself. The Emperor of AUSTRIA left Con gress last 'Tuesday morning. The Emperor A LEX.. ANDER on the preceding day. The Duke of W EL• LANGTON took his departure in the morning of the 17th, after dining with the Russian Monarch, on oc casion of his appointment to the rank of Field.Mar shel in the service of his Imperial Majesty—an ho• nodr which has likewise been conferred upon his Grace in the army of the King of PRussiA. His Grace proceeds shortly, it is said, to Paris, where the Duc de Ricum.tur is -lookett for abollt the 25th inst. Besides the evacuation of the French territory with its collateral pe'coniary arrangements, and the re- sisal or continuation of the Quadruple Alliance, it is observed, that the Congress has not formally or definisitely settled any other political question. — Though a wide field was opened to them for the amelioration of mankind, they have deemed this ob. ject wholly unworthy of their labour. The unde cided affairs of "Germany are handed over to minor Tribunals ; and the People, who have been so long and so joetly desirous of obtaining the fulfilment of their Sovereigns' promises of Representative Constar:- lions . , will have good reason to congratulate Them selves if they are left where they were. Lord CAS CLICREACII does net even apnear to have - obtained from the Congress of Ais.la.Chapelle, a confirmation of the principles of humanity in favour of the Abolition of the Slave Trade, which the hypocritical Conclave have been so loudly professing. The affairs of West phalia are to be discussed at Frankfort by four Com missioners: Baron liumnotnT, for Prussia ; for Austria, Baron Wsssetrimuc, one of those Ministers who signed the Act of Congress at Vienna ; Court AssTerrirs, on the part of Russiai sod on that of England, Lord CLANCAKTY. Paris Papers to the tlst have been received. The opening of the two Chambers has been postponed, by a Royal Ordinance, to the 10th of next month. Tuesday being the birth-day of Louts XVIII. when he entered his 64th year, his .Majesty held a grand Levee, at which TALLETRAND officiated as Grand Chamberlain. A family dinner was given in the evening at the Thoilleries, at which were present Ilse French Princes, and the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, previous to his departure for Brussels. The Duke of RICIIELIEO was expected to return to Paris on the 1 25th inst. about which time. it is said, the Duke of WELLINGTON will revisit that city. He will be follow ed by M. Pozzo DI Bosco before the end of the month. Vessels are fitting out at Itochefort, to convey Go• vernment stores to the Isle of Bourbon, Pondicherry, and the West Indies; end Capt. PIIILIBERT, of the French Navy, was about to sail from the same port for Chine. The'recent capture of the Castilla and Preciosa by the Insurgent privateers is said to have produced a general consternation at all the Spanish sea-ports. Their cargoes in specie and merchandize are estimated et 13,250,000 f. The Spanish Go vernment is mach censured for not having sent out some frigates to meet them on their •oyage from Li ma. The Castilla is stated to have been carried by boarding, after a desperate conflict, in which a pert of her crew were massacred.—The French Five per Cents. left of on Wednesday at 691. 60c. Hamburgh, Dutch, and Flanders Mails have also arrived. The exchange on London at Ilamburgh was, on the 17th at 32-6. The intelligence , from Brus. sits reaches to the 21st, sod from Aix•la.Chapefe to the 18th. It Bat destitute •f interest.) The accounts from the latter place, mention the signing of the Convention on the 12th in. stant, for postponing the periods for the payment of the contributions by France, from nine to eighteen months ; and also, that a Special Convention had been concluded with Prussia, by which that Power is to obtain payment previous to the others. The Em peror of Ross!.* and the King of Pnussrr► were ex pected to return to Aix-la-Chapelle from Brasiers on Saturday last. ;.~..~.~.-c am . -,, y ~~ _ „„ , r .. exploring veachitig have hinted how it was to be determined when the ships had retched that point of the earth's surface, nor the method that had Nen employed to ascertain the latitude and longitude of these ships in that.part of the globe. It is well known to astronomers that the same 'methods' of de termiaing the latitude and tongitode of a ship within the• Polar Circles, cancel be employed as loony other pima the World (at least at that time of the yvai), rwheo vessels bare any chance of reaching high lati. tildes. f, The only celestial body thit .could be of any are in determining the latitude whin vessels cnuld remain in the Arctic sees, is fltesuo ;'for as he does not go below the horizon fur some months at high latitodes, it is impossible that either a star or a pluming 0. seen either wills the naked eye, or with AN, i s o rid ment that can be employ.ed no board of Alp fogy useful purpose; and as the man most oftes . lie M. scored by clouds in this pert of the world, the latitude csn only be ascertained' hf riiiam ship has snide since the last, observation., or, as it is i ertne k by dead recLoning, whicfi every oiie knows is often - -- ••••111111111R - .....w r ` ) l'i t ' tl : 4 # r 4 .., ...........;...... - ' ' -'" . mo t Note of all the accoonts we hate had of (beim,: bit Espeditipn 4 the Artrit regithas,jor AheAtifple a l Lic h. exploring that part of the world, and, if possible, of , f ar •reachiqg the Pole, hare hinted how it was to It. •er' erroneous. • This clecircumstance may, perhaps, account fir the details given by the Masters of several ships of having reached so high latitudes, especially as the ships which formed the late Expedition could not reach a higher latitude than 78. or 79.; and we aixy presume that as grist accuracy, in this particular, would he obtained as on any former occasion. It would, however, be desirable to know whether the highest latitude these vessels reached was determined by observation, or by dead reckoning. It would also afford sathfaction to the scientific part of the world, slid might be useful to many seamen to know how the longitude of these ships was determined in these high latitudes. Because, as already observed, "the stars end planets could not be visible when 'the'', vessels v.ere in the Arctic Seas, and of count, the method of determining the longitude by lunar ob. servations could not be had recourse to, except when the sun and moon were visible together, which could not often be the case, in the time these vessels were within the Arctic Circle. It is also well kilown that the methods of determin. ing the longitude from the course and distance ran, either by middle latitude, or NICOLA/OW/ sailing, are very far from being correct in high latitudes. As, therefore, none of the paragraphs which have appeared respecting the Northern Expedition hare mentioned how it was tit. be known when the ships had reached the Pole, and as this information may be gratifying to many who are but little acquainted with astronomy, we shall point out some of the Methods of determining this remarkable point. The simplest method of accomplishiqg this would be to determine the point on the each to -which the Pole Star, or Celestial Pole, was vertical, which would he the pole of the earth ; but es already re. marked, this could not be accurately done at sea; it the ships were at this point when the son was above its horizon, as the eters could not be visible. The Pole, might also be easily determined by observing the altitude •f a planet or fitted star, whose decline. tiovi was known, if that point was land. (The stars may be observed in the day time by means of a transit instrument; but it cannot be employed ebb success at sea.) The same cause would prevent any Of these bodies from being employed for this purpose that would prevent the Pole Star from be ing employed. Therefor!, the oixly celestial ob ject that could be employed with success to determine this point if it were SEA, is the sun; and by this object it would not be difficult to deter mine when the observer was at the Pole. For as soon as he had reached that remarkable point the sltitede of the sun would just be equal to its DECLINATION, et that time, allowing for refraction, &c. and as them moves parallel to the lloriloo of that point, the ob. serration might be made at any hour. We have the fullest confidence both in the skill and intrepidity of the officersemployed in the late Expedi. Lion ; but must say, we do not place much reliance either in the skill of integrity of many Captains of Greenlandmen, who would make us believe they' have reached as high latitudes as 83, 84, and even 8b degrees! We have the pleasure to announce from the Coun try Papers received this morning, that the differences between the Barnsley Weavers and the Manufac turers have been adjusted, and that the men have all returned to their work, and their Masters (one only excepted) have reinstated their workmen in tletir employment. As generally happens in these CMS, jniith parties have conceded something; the Masters •have agreed to adhere to the regular standard lengths '—and the men to accept the advance proposed by the Masters some weeks after the turn-out, which is in the . proportion of about 2s. in the pound on inferior goods, end from 6d. to Is. in the pouud on those et the superior qualities. • • • The American ship Anne, Capt. CrtocKErr. beg arrived at. Liverpool, in '24 days, from New York. Letters and Papers will be delivered to-morrow. Saterday's Gazelle announces that Sir CIIARL? AnnoT, as Chief Justice of the Court of but:" Bench, and Sir 13,011 EST DALLAS, as Chief Justice tif the Court of Common Pies., were both Sworn, " Thursday, of his Majesty's Privy Council.