The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-14 00:00:00

46 THE CRY OF FRANCE."

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An aticle dated Frankfort, April 8, contained in
Dutch ppers received this morning, announces that a
third Tartar has brought fresh accounts to Belgrade re-
specting the fire in Constantinople, and letters from
Adriawmle had likewise given some particulars of it. in
the last it is positively st ted, that the arsenal and the
common foundry were greatly injured, but that the
suburb d Pera was spared. According to the statement
brought iy the Tartar, the Palace of the British Ambas-
sador sal suffered very much, and that the Turkish
Governnent back banished the Grand Vizier.by way of
satisfattion to the Ambassador; from which it was pre-
sumedthat the Janissaries ha I been concerned in the
occurrnce.

Thenly political intelligence in these papers is that
the Paha of Adrianople has received orders to march to
Salonihi with all the troop in his Government, amount•
log to 9,000 men, in order to join the Seraekier Mel►-
med Pcba, against the Greeks ; and that the Greeks are
now trated very amicably in the lonian ',lands. Nego-
elation are even said to be on foot betae-n the Lord
High lommissioner and the "Senate of the Mores.
Therienna Gazette contains an extract of a private

letter, rom Mr. Berry, agent to the Swedish fictory at
Canton giving an account of the dreadful fire at that
place, o the 2nd of November last. The number of
Chinestbuildings stated to he destroyed is 12,000. The
privatelkellings of the Swedish and North American
agents re, it appears, the only European factories that
escapedhe flames,

STOC EXCHANGE, HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK...-.I
No retort can be assigned for the sadden rise in the
Funds a Saturday. The Exp which have arrived
this molting from Paris state the Renter to have left off
on Satuday at 85f. 40c. Consols opened this morning
at 771 i.
FORM'? MANElT.—Spanish Bonds opened at 303111/
with littt doing.
ChM. o—Colombian. 614—Neapolitan, 724—Prussian,
01(1,621-Russian, 76-11aelsh, nothing done—New Spa-
nish, 3141.

Yesterag, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was
held at thiForeign Office, which was attended by
The Lod Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl
of Harrotby, the Earl of Westmorland, Mr. Secretary
Canning:he Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of
W-llingtn, Viscount Melville, Mr. Wynn, Viscount
Sidmout; Lord Maryborongh, Mr. Huskisson,&e.&c.
The Chinet continued in deliberation till p ist fire
o'clock.—Tbe Attorney and Solieitor-tieneral, also the
AttorneyOeneral for jr land, were in attendance during
the sittirr of the Cabinet.
Mr. Riley, a King's Messenger, arrived last night at
the offictof the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
with denatches from Sir Charles Stuart, at Paris, and
from ieott, Esq. the British Consul at aurae tux, the
fat er °Wednesday last.
Mr. Oarles O'Gorman went off on Saturday morning,
at six o'lock, with despatches for Madrid, in a chaise
and font His directions were to proceed to that city
with allponsible expedition.
Mr. trier, of the Foreign Office, arrived in town on
Saturdw, the sth inst., on his return from Spain, by the
way of Lisbon. It was this gentleman who came from
bladrid.itid not Mr. Villiers, as erroneously stated in
our papr of Saturday. Mr. Villiers brought despatches
from St Petersburg, where he was attached to the Em-
bassy of Sir C. flagot.
Lettes from Rome state that Cardinal Gon4alvi is so
ill that his recovery is despaired of by the Physicians.
Carding Spina, who was deputed to the Congress of
Verona,in the quality-of Plenipotentiary of the Pope, is
alreadyteleeted to succeed him as Secretary of State for
Foreigr Affairs.
A snail squadron is immediately to be employed on the
north east of Spain ; the ships and vessels of which it is
to be composed are assembling at Plymouth. The Parthiox
and Tittetsfo will proceed thither from this port In the
course if a few days.—( Hampshire Chromie.e.)
Another Naval Promotion will, it is said. take place on
the Mt inst. in honour of the celebration of his Majesty's
birth-dq.—(lbid.)
Daytime papers which have arrived to the 6th instant,
assert fiat Colonel O'Donnell will retire without attempt-
ing atryiesistance with the 800 men that he has in Iron,
and them himself into St. Sebastian, where' there are al-
ready 2100 men. A courier who arrived at Bayonne on 1
the 4th mys, that preparations are made to blow up the
bridgeson all the Rivers as far as Madrid, and even far-
ther, aid that the inhabitants are disposed to make every
sacrificein order to detain, to starve, and to destroy in
detail tle invading army. A traveller just returned here
from a tate along the coast of Spain says, that in all the
ports thee are privateers provided with letters of marque,
which vill have permission to put to sea as soon as news
is received of the actual invasion of the territory.
A Hanburg paper of the filth instant, received yester-
day, coreains an article from Washington, dated Febru-
ary 25, which states, " that the British Authassaicor had
waited oi the Secretary of State, and read to him a let-
ter from ilr. Canning, n which the latter formally dig-
' claims ali intentions on the part of lireat ;lritain to oc-
cupy Cubs, and adds, that it would not be hononrable to
take advantage of the present weakness of the Spuds's
Goverommt for such a purpose. The Ambassador," (it
is added)" had formal orders from his lloverntuent to
make thiscotnniunication."
The mil, by which the above was received, brought the
following-article from St. Petersburg.a dated March 20:
There is t report that the Emperor will soon go to Mos-
cow, and thence to Choezina, in bloldavia, and to the
frontiers of Bessarabia, to inspect the second army: It
wholeis also sail that the of the Imperial Family will
reside doing the next summer at Moscow t and that the
marriage of his Imperial Highness the Wand Duke MI:
ehael will,take place there.
DiSP.tICII.-111eSal.cia, Wilson, arrived at Gravesend
the sth instant, from Jamaica, and, after discharging
be: tsvgo in the West India Dock, sailed from liraves-
end yesterday, on her return to Jamaica.

We have had sent to us a copy of a pamphlet, just pub.
listed by R. Gattermaw, called " The cry of France
" against the Spanish war and the tyranny of the Boar.
" bons." The author (whose name is not given) pro-
fesses to be a Frenchman, and he clearly is a foreigner;
for, in making a comparison between this Government
and that of France, what would our readers imagine him
to complain of in the Bourbon-Government? iVhy, this;
that every religious sect is obliged to pay toe/Ards the
support of the,-parish-priests, and that these priests are
all Catholics! This author did not know, apparently,
how the people of Ireland are treated in this respect!
He did not know how we, here, in England, are hu-
mmed by priests, coming for milk, eggs, and suck-
log pigs, lambs, and calves. In short, he did not
know what he was writing about. This " cry of
" France" is written, we are pretty sure, by a Spa-
niard. Very well in the way of warfare; but, a little
MO barefaced to represent the French people as oppressed
by a church establishment, and to hold up us poor bar-
tassed creatures as free from such oppression. There',
are no Tithes in France; no Church Lands; no Gleher;
no Colleges and Fellowships; in short, the French are
a free people, compared with us. This Spaniard would
do well to write " a cry" for as. We stand a great
deal more in need of it than the French.

Paris papers to the 12th instant, have arrived singe our
last, but they add little to the intelligence we had pre-
viously received respecting the Army of Invasion. A
letter in these papers front Bayonne, says that an extra-

'Maar)? costlier; just arrived, natant tha the Coestitn- ' SHIPPilki INTELLIBI24CB. • i • ' ' '
&millets ate determined to fall back on the right and . —.....,...._
left of As Ebro; and this to leave the French army at Demi, As an. down Mire t Hier tail :TM'
and sailed, the giamersetshire, Parent, forh4 J M !
fall liberty to enter; and even to proceed to Madrid. Sc- ron, Btrechea, for Prinoe Edward's Island; Prii4aOrrti,
bastlan and Fampthins seemed disposed to resist: 1,500 's, N. 8.; Resolution. Eatdb-, lei. 0k-
men have reinforced them. The giotidiouse asserts forbra Igter ; Laittiarttane.,
iterrodvicien,it,foriLuietbreeet;eTzssw:. -
Lemma, for Ilt:-John
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that two Frinch frigates are off the mouth .of the (Nadal- betb, Brddey. for Miramichi ; Margery, Ball, for Quebec':
quiver; also that the French fleet which leftsßrest have in today
itilgroAfftraomateht, for Jaadmics.---Divt, 1.2, Wlad
been descried from Cadiz on its way to join the Sardinian Kuiebt, and Ocean, Csrame, river
p rl7roa mthliet Pro.spechrti,strPheree.k i
squadron*, Gibraltar. This journal adds, that if the Nautilus, till*: and Briton, Roach,"for wdebec; Hotraiev.
Revoloticnists.stteuipt to convey the King froth the Con- ll.:4rgisfri'iirrgwruzar:LENrllotanorue,i‘foSrtecvrta, grotiPia iori Ei d-
Besot, they will be forced to embark hi: Majesty on Fish, .Bile's, for Cadit ; •(omer, Pritchard, foi ;Veal:Tß;
board a Lip in the Goadalquiver, and from Seville to Friends, Rennie, for St. Vincent's ; Robert sod . Anti;
Stranghaa, for Montreal; and Polly, Pratt, for Pictoti ?
the see, town that river, it is only six leagues ; the Arrived and sailed for the river, the Blucher, Thomson,
French frgates, consequently, will easily take poSseseion from Jamaiba.—Wind E.N.E.
Paaysmouto, APRIL 13.—Balled the Harriet and Re 2.
of the Khg's person. Letters from Germany state, that
gard, for London, and the Underwood, for Ezroclutb.—
Prince &gene Beanbarnois has bad two apoplectic Wind E.
attacks' on the same day. Madame, the. Duchess de FALMOUTH, Aram 11.—Salted the Duke of Kent packet;
Sr. Lent„Bortensia de Beaalarnois) set off with all (r.lst)a efto;.o r Lisbon.-12, iesesboalinrl2iraEncTstreeSlaiiniged the
Ditto, p ufkoer o ITrk
Teed, to see her brother. The Duchess d'A ngoolerne There isnot a packet in port at 'present, a circumstanceAmerica;
ae-
arrived a•Bortleaux on the 6th instant. precedented for the last 30 years.—Wind E.
The Mary, Watts, from Sicily, witch was driven on state
aear Belfast, has been sold.
The Suspicions, Wi:ls, of Dartmouth, was wrecked emit;
lfracombe, the 9th !nsr.

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Letters Were received on Saturday fiom Alicant, .V
ing date the 2211 uhisio. By these we learned, that for
some days vier. to that date, several ships of of the line
and frigates bad been discerned off that port as if, waif:
ing forordel.s. Accounts from Deida, in the saute pro:-
since, also state that vessels of war had been cruising id
that neighbourhood on the 20th of March, which were
believed to be part of a French squadron.
We have the satisfaction to find that we rather under-rated
than over-rated the number of signatures to the Yorkshire
petition for parliamentary reform, and that now the numberi
are made up, it appears that 17,000 freeholder; have signel
this important d •cumeut. T.%e success of this measure,
every stage of its progress hitherto must be a source °Gast.
ing gratification to all those by wh.:m it was actively pro.;
motel. To Mr. Fawkes, our worthy High Sheriff, the me-
rit of having awakened not rely his native country, but
through it all England, to the importance of this vital goes-
lion, at a time when we had sunk Into a state of poltical
lethargy, is pre-eminently doe, and we hope most ferveutly;
both for his own rate and for the sake of his country, tint
he will live to see the consummation of his invaluable I -
lours in a full and effectual reform of the Commons' House
of Parliament.—(Leeds Mercury.)
Government, it is understood, has at length, in com-
pliance with the wish of the merchants, made some r.r.z
rangements for maintaining a regular communication
with Spain by sea, now that the passage through France
is interrupted. The Lisbon packers are to leave tenors
at Vigo, anti call on tilt it return for those which may
in readiness for transmission to England. In tie out.
ward voyage, this plan, it is acknowledged, may answer;
hut it has not occurred to the projectors bow much time
mnst constantly be lost in beating up the coast to Vigo
on the return.
A letter from Calcutta, date I December 27, states that
the Glasgow, 56, Captain Doyle, sailed thence on the 234;
with the Marquess of Hastings and suite, for Gibraltar
and England. The Noble Marquess would be guided,
by letters which he would receive at Gibraltar, whether
to proceed to England or land at some port in the Medi-
terranean. Report says, that his Lordship is to succeed
Sir T. Maitland.

Acconnts from Puerto Cabello to the 16th of Febrnarr,
mention that the Colombian squadron was still blockad-
ing that port, under the command of Commodore Daniels,
but that it was in a great measure merely a nominal
blockade, as vessels hod been allowed to enter and depart
by that officer without esperleocing any molestation from
the vessels under his command. A dispute bad broken
out between the Commanders of the. Sea and Land
Forces, which had terminated in a duel, in which both
were wounded.
BOROUGH PATRONAGE.—Report says that the Patransgo
of the Borough of Camelford lies been again transferred.
The Earl of Darlington, it is understood, lies sold the pro-
p•rty he possessed in that place to the Marquis of Hertford.
—( West Briton.)