The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-31 00:00:00

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I itt • Lam,`` std I'S on the left side, called
vat " Tuesday ;° whiih day was at length find
upon. The Ch4Mber then resolved itself into a
Secret Committee upon yl. DtructLyr's Project,
aelative to Petitions, and some other vubjecta.
The apparently interminable 'affair of M. CAM/EL
and M. DE SENMEVILLE was again heard before the
Tribunal of Correctional Police, and once more post.
ported till Wednesday. According to letters of the
15th inst. from Madrid, the greatest tratiqpillity
continued to prevail in that capital. The new Con.
stitution of ll4norer, has been submitted to the con.
aideration of the States of that kin•dom.—The Five
per Cents. left. argon Saturday at 63 f.

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The late changes in the French Cabinet (though ex-
traordinary io the opinion of many, yet not unlookrd
for by the•ohservant politician) show us the encno.
raging prospective of the future establishment of the

rights of man, that the human intellect is surprisingly
advancing in its progress, and assures us that reason
will, ere long, bear aloft the fasces of the moral
world. What benevolent mind can contemplate the
cheering contents of Mr. RODNEY'S Report to the
Congress of America, of the great amelioration in the
condition of the South Americans, without feiling the

greatest visitation at his heart ? It happily reminds
us of one of the strophes in the beautiful Ode of a
British Poet now no more,in which tufprophetically
say s'—
" The Angel Freedom from eelebtial wing

O'er every clime new hi FS Bing,
Ditnolve the mental frog! that reigns
On silent Lapland's dark damailis,
Cheer the black native of the burning zone,
And bid to all the flights of all be known."

According to the latest advises in the American
Vapers from the Brazils, great fears ware entertained
of an insurrection in the northern districts of that
kingdom; in consequence, new levies had been or.
tiered by the Government. Letters had been re.
ceived from Buenos Ayres, which speak of the de.

lection of a fresh conspiracy to seize the person of
the Director (PuzlittaznoN),!and to produce a change
irs the Government. The Governor of St. Minim-
!omen's had detained, for the benefit of the owners,
a Portuguese vessel sent in by one of the eruizers
under the flag of AwrinAs.

' Our Readers will observe by the Report which
we give in another page, that a Meeting was held
yesterday at the City of London Tavern, to delihe-
, rate on the course to be pursued by the London Fire
Insurers at the Norwich Fir• and Life In-
surance Office. The formation of a new Society
was announced for the Metropolis. The discussion

terminated in the appointment of a Provi4ional Com-
mittee, to consider st hether it would be eligible to es-
tablish a new Society founded on the basis of the Nor-
wich Institution.

lkb Royal Highness the Duke Of YORK arrived
titetnithrjr - o. • *bit to the
Patina' REGENT.
The D.fke of WELLINGTON is expected to join the
Roy it culle at the Pavilion to-morrow.
The Duke of WELLINGTON has commenced his du-
tics at the Ordnance-Office.

The Sophia sloop of war, Captain Sir 'WILLIAM
'WtsESSAN, is ordered to proceed without delay to
• St. li.i.na; with dispatches for Sir HUDSON Cowl:.
As tr a destination of this vessel was fixed for Ja-
maica, it is said the dispatches must be of peat im-
portance to render any deviation necessary.
Letters from Rio Janeiro to Ith October ere in
town, but they contain no other than commercial iu.
formation. Trade was eatremoly iiit there.
The letters from Jamaica, by the Larne, are to the
15th of November from Kingston. The Legislature
was opened on the 24th of October, with a speech
•from the Governor. The island in general was
sickly. it had been in Inuit: places inundated by
heavy rains, which had fellers for many (lays. The
communication with the interior from Kingston had
been so!, ended, and in cot scc'.sence the packet,'

`►hich was to have sailed on the 16th of November,
evr.s postponed until the 2SI, when it was supposed
that the communication would he again opened. 4
letter of the latest date from Kingston mentions, that
'on the St. Andrew's mountains. the rain hat, fallen
In the greatest quantities, and that the People there
tiled suffered mnre tin* in any other situation. The
Sybil frigate was to sail from Kingston on the 20th
of November.for Vera Cies, and was to take specie
on board.

Private letters from Calcutta, to the 2.9!h of July,
tave bees] received in the City, and by them 'relearn
that several ships had been taken up there (or the
purpose of forwarding reinforcements to Ceylon.—
.Although th 6 military there was getting the better of
the valises frill furthersupplies were considered Lie-
Cease rt.
Yesterday a ballot was held at the East India-
louse, for the election of a Director, in the room of
Jour/ luiesosiv, Esq. deceased. At sit o'clock the
glasses were closed, and delivered to the scrutineers,
who reported the election to have fallen on 'WILLIAM
TAYLOR MONEY, Esq. The numbers were, for
Mr. MONEY 627; Mr. PREICOT 554; and Mr. RA.
TEN•HAW 524.

The under.mentioned ships are arrived in Bengal,
via. the Dunira, on the 13th of July ; the Castle
Huntley, on the 14th ; and the Marchioness of Ely,
on the 97th ditto.

The LORD CHANCELLOR is rather thinned by his
late severe indisposition, and has not yet recovered
from his lameness. He has declared his intention to
tit in the Court of Chancery on Friday, the Bth of
Jan., to hear Bankrupt Petitions. Sir JOHN LEACH,
the Vice• Chancellor, sill not sit till Saturday, the
16th of Jan. that being the first Seal before Mary
Term.

The mate►ials left by the late Sir S. RostILLY, fer
his intended work on the Criminal Law, embrace the
subject in every point of view. The Papers are very
voluminous, and ate now arranging under the friendly
inspectiuu of Mr. BUOUGUAN aid Mr. W.UISUAW.