The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-31 00:00:00

LONDON:
WEDNESDAY 'YINING, OCTODER 31. 1821.

STOCK EXCH./Milt TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The market is not so good as yesterday, and the
fluctuations are rather at a stand this morning. Con-
sols are 771 for the Account. Yesterday there were
large purchases made by some eminent brokers.

Extract of a letter from Boston, dated 25th Sept.—
Owing to the piracies and robberies committed on our
shipping, the steam ship Hobert Fulton, is preparing
an armament, to consist of four 9, and two 6 pundera,
with 24 muskets, for the protection of property belong-
ing to her passengers, and against the piratical villains
that are infesting the neighbourhood of Cuba. This
armament, together with the great advantage which
this vessel possesses of throwing boiling water, must
afford a pro:ectiun adequate to an attack from any
of the picaroons lurking in those seas. Her engine
is one of the most powerful, and is capable of throwing
double the quantity of water (Wiling hot) %Lich an
ordinary tire engine, now in ow in.the city, ean. It is
certain she can discharge from her boiler 10 begs-`
heads of 120 gallons each in a minute, and throws it
nearly to the distance of point blank musket range.—
Wise knows bet this method may yet be resorted to as
a national defence, and as a new weapon to carry the

war into an enemy's camp?
Tits Fen Tnatte.—lt is stated in the Buffalo paper
that two schooners had arrived there frotn Detroit,
during the preceding week, with 600 packs of Far,
value about 90,000 dollars.
The disposition evinced by the French Government
to increase their navy, or rather to man and fit out
their fine ships of war, looks very like a determination
to reclaim the ancient character of the French Marine.
—Having no employment for their land forces, sailors
can be had in abundance, and a litttle practice, joined
to a more rigid discipline, may place thtir navy upon
a very respectable footing. Bravery they never wanted ;
and they owe their defeats at sea to the superior tactics
and management of their opponents.--(.4snericanpaper.)
By accounts received from Lisbon to the 21st inst.
we learn that in the sitting of the Cortes of the 9th. a
letter from the Prince was read, dated Rio JaneinPsi
July 17th, and sent to ,the Congress by the King's
orders, in which he states that the Province of Rio
Janeiro is in a perfect state of tranquillity, notwith-
standing the deficiency of the Revenue to cover the
expenses. He concludes by assuring his august fathet
that he will do every thing for the welfare and glory
of the nation, and requests him to lay his letter be-
fore the Cortes. The correspondence between the
British Charge d'Affaires and- the Minister of tie
Foreign Department relating to the rise of dpties: on
woollens, had been laid before the Cortes, and referred.
to a Committee. in order to examine the existing
Treaties. A Decree of the Cortes. urging the Prince
Regent to travel in some of the enlightened parts of
'Europe. had been issued, and the King transmitted to
to the Cortes his acknowledgments for the mea-
sure, which his Majesty considers to be likely
to produce great advantage from the practical
knowledge of the effects of a constitutional sys.
tem, which his Royal Highness cannot fail to
rtc-
quire. His Royal Highness is to be accompanied by
.persons of enlightened minds, and attached to the
constitutional system, whom the King will be pleased
to appoint. to the project mentioned In a preceding
sitting by M. Ribeira Tenet. to encourage interval
commerce, by laying heavy duties on •some forolgi
goods, and wholly prohibiting other. Some alteration.
bad boos wade, bet the principles were adopted.
and it was resolved that a new tariff should be pub-
lished, see be in force in three months. For some
dais past the prisons of the 11418441 r have been
throws opeate the the pablic at-Evora snit Li ahem ; the of-