The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-04 00:00:00

cedes part of those provinces, which she
between the Pruth and the Tyres ; that
are collecting in great force along the Dal
that hostilities are expected to begin soon.
In the midst of all this show of approal
cord, France is trarquil and prosperous. '
are improving. Au official account of
tions of the Hank of France states the
the first six months of last year to be abe
lions of francs, and of the subsequent
1851 millions

•
The following entertaining little artici
in thel'intes of yesterday, and, was col
cvening by the Courier, and also by the
of Morning Papers tb.day. Poor Jonx I
he is humbugged. The good people of El
enjoy thiejoke much ! and will laugh boa,
trick, which, they are totdt ire? player
" Yankee," or " JoN4rirds," as is the
cant, phrase to designate those btave Am
men who, with a fleet of seven sail 0)
hare carried on a successful war, even
Channel, against our whole prodigious na,
upwards of twelve hundred men of war of
who have, on all occasions, maintained t
of their 66 bit of striped bunting" (accordi
CANNING'S happy designation of their
have shook the very Trident of England,
as they have shown to Europe that the Br
fis nol invincible,. as it has been ever the
England that it should• be considered.
however, has most soccessfolly hoaxed
and its copyists, in obtaining the grave
the following article :-
1 "In support of our belief of a second American s
being at sea, we give the Following curious extract of a
from one of the Lieutenants of his Majesty'sship Leander.
Fayal, Jan. 14. :
" In search of the American squadron, we saw .
!heather day, which the Captain ordered us to dn,
ander moderate sail, so as not to dune any pardrvlar
suspecting, from circumstances, the was a '
turgid, and being desirous, if she should prove so; r
of the Americairpriae-wiatner, and ty. imposing
him as an American frigate, obtaining infbroiation
wise we might nor get. Nothing could bars happened ,
This brig proYed the John, of Liverpool, lately captured
I Perry privateer and the American prise master, .
ed Yankee, hoisted out his boat, and without any
came on beard the Leander. The moment he got •
he congratulated 'the officers on the squadroo
and in * situation where they would, as be expressed
tornado, share of mischief to die damned English
play the devil's game with their rag of a flag.
served, that he knew this skip the moment be Mar
black painted masts and sides, and the cut of her
the President, mhe was in New York jest before
after these observations, in which the Yankee evens,*
very well informed, he walked tip to Sir George Collier, and
the extreme amusement of us all, making his bow, addrened
him as the American Commodore Decatur, reminding hi..
the same time, of having once seen him at New '"
Thiante agreed to all this when Ma Yankee
John's papers, to show what the was, and comp',
crew, which he said were such a set of vile motion°,
that his life was in his hand every night, and reqi.
fore, some of them might be changed for so many
posed President's crew, and that one in particular in
second flogging. All this Sir George• promised
grivity should be done, and- ordered the First
to have as ;natty men toady in exchange fur t
plained of. The.Captiiin then asked Jonathon into
and retiring for a moment for a chart, returned
which the Leander's track was marked, over which
" President, from New York, on a cruize." and
finger upon these words, as if by accident, they
caught the eye of the Yankee, who exclaimed, that
the President the moment he saw her, and Nick ' -
not deceive him. He was then asked by Sir George,
to the Acasta, if be knew her; his reply was, that s'
Macedonia ; and when asked what the Newcastle
he did not know her; on which Sir George told L
the Constitutios; he replied, be recollected she
not painted as Me used to be. He then marked
cruising ground, and said be had spoken the Whig
who told him he would probably soon fall in with
Decatur's squadron, which rejoiced his heart, as
s'iould then get rid of some of his mutinous crew.
no more to tell, Sir George recommended his retTraing
John, and in great form returned him the ship's paper';•
him a good voyage,and desiring he would not forget to is
known he left Commodore Decatur and his squadroaserell.
nation took his leave with great apparent sarkftesion.
when about to quit the Leander, our First Lieutenant,
gall, stopped him, asd apprised him of his real
a long time he considered this ajoke, but castiar
the English Captain's uniform, in which Sir George
then appeared, lie became almost frantic with di.sapp,"

Now there is not a waterman upon the Rh
who does not know, that whatever may be
Lion externally, no man can put his foot .
British man of war, even of the smallest cli
out at once knowing that she is such ; but i
that " Jo2l/4-4215.4iv" went down Into Sii
Cowries cabin, and believed the Leaser
President, up to the last moment. Now
.on board every ship of war in the whol
Navy, has the name of the ship distinctly
large charactirs on the carriage, and the
the Marines, of which corps a certain numi
ways on duty, would have stared 64 Joy.s
the face on his first entering the gangwa
very " Joic4TH4N," be it remembered, wr
rican Captain, " a high blooded Yankee,"
of course, have had some knowledge of di
say nothing of the crowd of Officers of
Lieutenants, Midshipmen, Masten'-Metes.
who abound on the decks of a ship
the class of the Leander; and who
have been 46 disguiscd,l because, in gel
.less they appeared 44t0 pads natural&
• have no other clothes 'than their unif
GxortaK COLLIER. too, it appears, is •
duced " in disguise," and then, all at OW
comes in his full uniform, rivalling the ha)
ertions of our beet Comedians, in the
farce of The Three and the Deuce !—Ant
are readers found to swallow all this !--So
is the present state of the London Press,
troth-telling Journal has no chance. The
" paid for paragraphing," on any subjv
fiance of truth or decency, has got to 501
that no competition can exist, where the hi
of truth and justice has only its exn me

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be policy of ,
• Some wag,
d the Time.r
insertion of
rican sgeldrot
aer of a lever,
Leander, dated
SW
a large brig
draw to, hit
Stylar aabiety.
WA vessel rap.
of getting hull
Ibis ship, up*
on which other
pened hettet.f
7aptored b‘ Ibe
r, a high:him&
any haiku*
of upon deck,
being at Pa,
premed it, do a
aarprwtr,asd
If, thew oh.
r her, by het
✓ au*, to be
re site sided;
refused to be
Collier, and to
sows addrated
bulb% big), at
!w York. 81
presented tlb
iplaised of Ws
inner merino,
quested, there-
/my of the sap
solglit have a
rd pet
nit Liettleoart
sr thole eon•
into ilk 'cable,
:d with ore is
11 was ;written
id placing hit
y immediately
that he knew
himself could
me, pointing
at abe was the
was, be said
him she was
e was, slough
d the Perry's
hig privateer,
h Commodore
as be knew hr
After he had
4Tralag to the
apers; wishing
get to kt it be
rownsell. Ja-
itislikihni. bet
mast, M•lboo-
situation : the
r an ni upon
WWI Collier
appeladinent''
•
irer rhames
e the decep-
on board a
class, with-
t it appears,
air Groaor
ferto be tbe
w every gun
'tole British
r Cut net hi
uniform et
tuber are al.
AT'll N"
way (zchiels
vas an Ame•
" and must,
hipping), to •
au bolts—
es, &C. &c.
of war o;
could not
u c-
rib ur," the►
i forms I St
• firSt pen
pce, out La •
happiest OF-
e laughable
id yet they-
;o degraded
that a fair,
le system of
jest, in eg.
orb a •pitch,
lottest cause
'era to su,,-