The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-24 00:00:00

1101:gt: OF REPRESIgNTATIVES. Drr. R.

On lion of Taylor, of New York, tl.e Route
resolved itselfinto t' t tee of the whole, on the state
of the Union ; Mr. awn, of Virgini:‘, Witt/called to the
chair. Retaliation% to the following effect were agreed to :
That so mach of the President's Message as relates to
tarrying into effect the late Treaty hetween the United
Stases anJ Spain, the condition of dm Independent
Governments of South America, the admission into
our Ports of foreign vessels of war, and all other
subjects of Foreign Atfrirs, he referred to a Select Com-
mittee. That so much of the Message as relates to
military• objects; to our navy, and the protection of com-
merce ; to aaanuf.,ctttr►s, and to our commercial inter-
course with British Colonial ports ; to the suppression
of slave trade; to the revenue, be referred to tkelt espor
ciel Committee.

We have rectived Paris Papers of Wednesday
and Thursday. By a Bulletin it appears that the
Chamber of Peers had a dobato on Tuesday, upon

,
the Petitions against any alteration in the Election Ina so long Britain ern
brought 1 If Horace were again elite, he wink'
Law.—The discustions wet* more temperate, and
the result certainly more decisive, than in the say, to this nios, this important question, •'kis lobar,
Chamber of Deputies on the same subject. After Aoe opus." We will, however, suggest the beat as
.
Owei.to -it in our pewee according to the pelmet
some opposition from MM. Lonjuinitis, Daru,
and .
Segur, the order of the day was carried by a ma- ',state tthings. and Abe present state of publis
jority of 48 to 109. mind, England ; and also, which is net s
tial consideration at this, period of time, esiii&
The Chamber of Deputies assembled on Wednes- ......
to
tits
present
way
of
ieting
of
the
most
day : nothing of interest occurred in their debates. "e ,
CoOrts of Europe, and of the manifestation cif their
The Qwetidietine says, that Al. de Coles Is about
subjects' way of thinking upon such measures: WI
to retire from the Ministry, and becolue either ,
are sometimes at a tom to determine whether Ear.
Ambassador in London or the King's First Gentle- !laid
er France
11 be most likely to held the
man.
; FRENett Fl:hDll.—Five per COMS., 721 r. 30 c.---
key by which all the political instrument of
Europe lo be• tuned and regulated. The
. i.
Bank Actions, 'Ai.; fr.
11,0 .
0t Fromm, we often imagine, wilt, in its
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STOCK ENCRAXOk, osK o'crocK. ewe eittils. atm day call 'set, intelligibly, to the
The public seetn still to held to their opinioe as I Miniatee's 41:the &tropism Powers, wbiebi: probe-
;to the probability of a Funding of Exchequer Bills,lbly, may not play io the same tone, or hum-

niously draw the strings together " qjvilez ro;
Ades Sfekaitures." But whether the leader er
the bind at St. Janice's, or at the Tbuilleries,
sound the prfeA *Wel when the great crash °tie:
struments is to be let off. our advice, for the pre.
sent, ought ikti tb be affected by any anticipadee.
however jest in its nature. It is this:—men
the House of Commons has betrayed the trust re.
posed in it by the people, it is weiest t pet
that body to rescind its own act—and next, sou
oidering the Wed of councilor' which has been so
artfully and unhappily woven between the Proxek
Itt.oracr and iht ilin;slers of the Crown and ale
sort of infloence exercised by them, united oath
proceeding recommended in genend to Parharnebt,
it will be of no use to petition the THRONE. Th.
people ought then, without delay, to do thentothei
justice, by frustrating the edicts of their treader,
ous stewards. All wise men, all spirited
true patriots, ought at once to take up the pee
against Parliament itself, and ail the presses is the
kingdom work for that good porpoise, Astortirbar
at the multitude of refractorieo, the corrupt Sew*
would decline to take cognizance of the infraction,
and be forced to see in silence their unjust and on.
constitutional decrees violated. Made oeusible
their fault by so spirited an opposition, they mom
recal their obnoxious Bills, and leave EIREITT
where it ought to be, triumphant.

This is the anniversary of the birth-dal or
Charles lames Pox, whose services to the couonv
will be commensotated by all those who respect taie
principles upon 'which the illustrious Home of
Brunswick was placed on the throne of these kiss..
doms. Every considerate person, who recollects
the seasonable advice that this excellent Patriot
and Statesman gave against the system by whin
this country has been brought to the present ex-
tremity of distress, must deplore the fatality of the
Councils that would not listen to the voice rif
reason. What would be the situation of Great
Britain this day, if the arguments of Mr. 141
against interfering in the concerns of France had
been acted upon f Free from debt, and cows-
quently from taxation, our skill. the capital, ad
machinery would have placed our manafbetares by
yond the power of competition, and till the markets
of the world would have contributed to the ops-
knee and comfort of the Britis:, people. This tai
is now universally felt by the friends of free*,
and the memory of the exalted person will there,*
be celebrated with grniitude in every enlightened
district of the kingdom.
The Emperor of RUSSIA, it seen*, has distin-
guished and illustrated his birth-day, by repeal*
all the war taxes imposed in 1812, whets thee.
traordinary effort was called up against the over-
bearing power of BONAPARTII. Hall Primp. teem
to signalive the anniversary of their hid (if t 7,
same gracious mariner, the people might cry as
" May the King live for ever."
According to the French Papers, all the pee
cautionary measnres adopted by the Spanish Go-
vernment, to prevent a rising among the
have proved ineffectual : a serious revolt hes apt,
taken place, and the Spanish troops show a finadeter-
mination not to embark for South America. They
surprised the General in Chief, Count CaWeena,
and carried him prisoner amongst the mountain dt
Ronda. They seised all his papers, and caused lb
correspondence with the Court to be immedi.t
printed, and circulated in every direction.
also took possession of all the forts at Cadik
with the exception.of the 'frocadero, which they.
strictly blotkeded. It is added, that the Cbtistitet
lion of the Cortes had already been proclaimed a,
Cadix. Lieutenant-Gesieral Freyre bud hastily se
sembled souse troops in Andalusia to resist the It
surgents. The most alarniing reports uzere Oro-
lated at Madrid. It was said, that ten thoossat:
Insurgents were on their march to that capital.'
If affairs. have really extended us far as these se-
corints state, there is little chance of Ferdinanfre
throne surviving the shock.
English and other tbreigners midi% II
Versailles have deposited 15u0 francs its the BMW
or Charity, fur the benefit of the iudiheat Mist
town.

The Gazette of Satnohty ootilles the ttpp«~6
meat of Viscount-Melville, Sir W.. 1. Hope, Sir U. MP
render, Dart., Sir J. fhlmrti, Cornball, Sit
11. nudism. Ktir., and Sir li. Clerk, Bart., to be bill&
jetty's Cosnutissioners for executing the office.of 11110
Adinir4l of the United Kingdom and its arposeleneirOf
also Major4leneral Sir It. D'Urtialt, K.l'. It., to begat
renter of Antig.ta, in the totuis of Nlajor-lien. Km"'
duoease,l.

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A late military promotion, must give the NO
lively satisfaction to every officer who has (legit
the battles of his country, since, from the hostel
.impartiality of the Commander in Chiefaileirst
sal eon be given to the fair and just claims of •
individuals, 'fief it Gas !wan to The tondos Gese"
that a young span who was but a lieutenant a Jor
mouths ago, and who never saw a shot tired, elicifild
pheasants and partridges, has bass promoted IN
rity without purchase . The circutustance of his
the son of a Duke, who influences the retire of
Members of Parliament. and secures that trete,
refitment on all occasions, cannot be a motive be or
parting from the roles of office—otherwisi the
for a reform in the rrpresentation acquires
force, as a tumult of prrysitting a• abase of II
au flagrant find so iojori, us to the service.
The family of the late Cbsiitain GriMib. d es,
Marine, consisting of three enterprising and MN.'
gent young men, with their sisters, throe WANt
sad amiable young ladies, embarked a fewiikir
ago at Liverpool, as 'settlers to the Cape of
Hope. They took out with them several ottillssa
and kerriculturals tinder their proleCties.
Tits: PLANeTs.—Venos ma y n•tw be welds to
southowist every ruse evening; 0 • duration ghost 100
horizon of this beeetiful plattet after sense is tat
Jopiter way be ss.n a short distance shove brerfri
sotttlorestern sky; they are approaching awl.
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Satan is also visible in the south ; Man how"
on le the line of the Ecliptic towartis the east. 11111
are thefenr brightest planets of our system vitibitAt •
gether soon after son-set. Doting the whelp 1!w.
month tint/ will be most conspicsalls.

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DEAfir • - • imr DUICS op Lim
or • • •4 !
THE DUKE OF KENT:. . EPROM TUX •
In ear 110001111/11 freai•tbat Part of the meaty tlf RR-
. lathe
most
heartfelt
tweiviadelae halm dorm Seeress to this sky, we ere to heat of the
R It sad prefouud traeleillitiMYthe people' 'rho
is i
casusseigate to the public the Misting ntelli-• &Ohms of Mayne**, whit* meted on the Itth instant,
over witheet any obeys if a set' ibis,' estate • a
that his Royal Highness the Doke of KENT =cog,
assaults have
escaped ebb principal atteautes
,I•frimi this transitory life, to inherit, we of the Court. This lumpy regularity and thodontirete
10 crime, we are inclined to attribute to the "%send mien-
bore, an eternal crown of glory. The loss of
respectable of the vicinity; but,
mustrions Personage will be severely lilt by abOlvekatlni,etoretshe vi cacorensatannelipersoe Ltaeintion of
dot „rig the nation who appreciate patriotism the Duke of Leinategr. His idenacel
bewiledalto preserve the peace of this pert of the country,
asa ceetri-
keernience aa the highest virtues that am
ample
magisterial authority, but materially,
erne know nature, or adorn the princely cha- also, by the they pie employment he has Riven to the la-
ng!" bearing classes in the exteenive insproveraents be it earri-
.
' Highness the Duke of •Ing Nathis native and noble seat at Cartes tsu that mom
ire gays lie.NT has not.
sirblentbettiognaodreesob:eaelanitelfiftlti.spasldi to work. But, beside*
oily how greedy beloved for his many amiable
-m;seibat has also been equally admired for his bosns, to the destitute poolnrghtae.eoinna:lisntUed usnous, h'in.t6errup.t.
acquirements. He has read much. and VIZ unboundedly, since his coming to his estates ;
since his munificence bas been warm-
monied bv books. As a speaker, he has been ily
nded by his meet amiable Duchess. On the town
sioalied flu his great propriety of diction and peasantry around them, they have bestowed clothsag„
ter ugn,dfirwing, andt aline, in this and otb"rheevere sea-
pospiguees amingenteut of subject. Nis voice was
dos
,singly sonorous, and his articulation coy- sloe, the young Duke supplied provisions erlialtrtotasly
isthb highest degree. In leas elevated to the destitute, and at the prices of
wrilztiful times, tte.
• Am hinnerovis and labouring
nsk of he would have had opportugities or was visited with fever, he opened an hospittsitileatut l'entis'oteeswa
as an orator ; no speaker having ever been expellee, which he furnished with bedding, medicine
net
attended
to
when
addressing
as
assembly. aziiroatolcier necessaries, and provided it with medical
Teets is a remarkable circumstance attending Such are a few of the most promineat blessings whielt
oar resident gentry are capable of diffusing over their,
,islelamented event. The Princess CusaLorra
sod her offspring died at the same time. Royalty, "ttltatisrYtO be hoped that such an example, coining down
twoiawe,was unhappily disconnected with his Royal from the highest rank, and from a young Nobleman
adorned with every other virtue and good quality, may
HO* Prince LLOPOLD. Now Isis sister is left
become the object of the general imitation of his youthful
Dowager, with a Princess, therefore, in the course coteniporaries, who are ambitious of the honourable
effete*, his Royal Highness may be, by sneers- title of the 'lava PATRIOT.
,pa, a guardian to a female Sovereign.
Bs following letter was posted at the Mansion
Hose et half-past twelve o'clock to-day
• Whitehall; Jan. 24, I ti2o.
mgt lons—lt Is With very great concern that I se-
quest year Lordship with the death of his Royal High-
les the Duke of KENTi which melancholy event *p-
rat so the 2211 instant, at Sidmontb, after a few days
illass,ls the great grief of all the Royal Penile.
slime to request your Lordship will give the direr-
tioesdUl on such occasions, fur the tolling of the great
lidlsf St. Paul's Cathedral.
" I have the honour to be, be.
(Signed) .` SIDMOVTD.-
• The Right Hon. the LORD MATOR:'
The Pctsra Racrser attended Divine Service yester-
day at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace.
Yesterday Divine Scowler was performed by the Her.
Mr. lltomaceo, to the Rayal Household at Carlton-
I lonse.
„ .
Tim La" en-tacil44/11 had as *odium of the
PRIM'S lICOVIT yesterday.
Tertenlay the Earl of LoNsout visited the Patece
REGENT at t arlten House.

REFUGE FOR TIIR HOUSELESS.

The Refuge for the Nouselees and heititete presented
yesterday a spectacle alike cheering and edifying. This
men having prepared the Dormitory for a Chapel, the
Cheerls Screice was performed in it about noun, in a
most impressive manner, by the Rev. Mr. Hatch. •
behaviour of the whole congregation was orderly
reverent: and after their attendance on Divine wo
rations of bread and cheese were delivered out t• Molt
men. After this meal they were permitted to walk Me,
bit returned to Evening Service, *bleb was performed
with the Same devoutness and attended with the Mot
propriety of demeanour. The nthoiatin* Clergyman on
this occasion was the Rev. Mr. Watkins, di bOndoal
stone. The number of destitute objects in the bongo'
yesterday was very nearly 900; of whilst 140 were wm
men and children, and 130 were sirk : and this day the
whole may be expected to amount to 900. At this mul-
titude is too great, both for the accommodation of the
house, and for the amount of the Funds, consistently
with anv rational view to continued utility, the Com-
mittee, after examining the individual rases with
exactness, will occopy themselves to-d
the wtourhors, by seadlog swag seats et
can with certainty be transferred to their
This tiny being the
Terns, the, Julies -
titer; and opened

corvsmilitosx rms4rßg.
TT-
nisomosres ts tnittta.
fonlpply the vacancy which 31i 4i O.\ secession
has occasioned at this Ileatre, a new performer was oa
&tardily evening introduced in one of that lady's prim-
eipal charactefs. The tragedy selected for this first at:
tear was that of Isabella ; and we canndt help re-
marking, that u this is a piece, the *hole lotereat of
Aids to centered in one character, and supported
vildy by the exertions of the individual representing it,
his, in our opinion, somewhat an unfartiurahle part fur
is first exhibition of theatrical talent. Mrs. liaacmos
the actress in question, has previously performed on the
ilhegow and .Inieriran stages. This was sufficiently
evident from her general deportment, for it was totally
diluted of that painful distrust and embarrassment which
ittlie inseparable companion of a first effort on the stage.
—We do not mean to flatter Mrs. 11. when we say. that
thenal of the evening, upon the whole, redounded to
her Credit. She displayed, in many stenes, a just and
acearate conception of the character ; and we occasion.
ally asitieed a gleam of finely displayed feeling, which
enniaand us of the excellent actress whose loss she was
attempting to remedy. This was chiefly manifested is ,
the last scene, where the return of Blom,. immediately i
after her marria,t,•e with bee second husband, takes place. !
tiotw:thstans:ing, however, that we are upon the whoa
&posed to view Mr 4. BEAUMONT is ith some favonr, and
%bald oat usher considetahle eftrOUrstreffirot, still there i
are many faiths in her performance whirls time and ale .
',mien can alone remove. IV e particularly allude to a
strange, itisagrerable tone of voice, which she is some-
times lush.. habit of introducing; and. to her peculiar
proasseistion of the interjection " Oh !" which she
drawlasut in a most tedious and disagreeable manner.—
Attlins;:h Mrs. U. possesses no strikingly pre-eminent
edvaatages of form or future, yet still her person is
';'fhcietttly good, and her face sufficiently expressive, to
shield her
i■L---Sbe experienced, upon her reception, that en-
-44141eat which a sritish audience is always disposed
lott to the first display of tiotried talent. Through-
ale the whole representation Ibis fav•urable disposition
Nina to increase, and, in annul Instances, rose to a
height which must bate Inge highly gratifying to Mrs.
fiesonorir. pun the fall of the curtain. however..tbo
eafeages of the audience appeared to be almost equally
dici~bd;. and when sir. EGERTON came forward to an-
laaact Monday's representation, no one called fur a re-
petition of Isabella, and the everlasting Comedy of
Errors WES given out in the usual manner.

of Wise"
Wettailw.

monies.

A Justice of Pence Court war held at Kelso oe
Thursday, at which three persona were brought consis t.
ou a complaint, at the instance of the Procurator-fiwal,
for killing game. The defenders were all found guilty.
and fined by 'h.; Justices in the statutory penalties.
The weather has continued intensely since our
last, and a good deal of snow has fallen. There is every
appearasee of the fruit contiauing fait some time. /Se-
veral accidents hare occurred (rein the slippery state of
the streets and footpaths: we would therefore strongly
tirge Upon hotsekeepert the necessity of preventing
eloldren making slides before their doors, and of strew-
ing ashes or sand in front of their dwellings. The ther-
mometer stood, in Carlisle, on Thursday morning kit,
at eight o'clock. at t I—being it deg. below the (reeding
paint. The great degree of cold has frosen the river
Eden (gross. below the bridge. In consequence of the
heavy snows on Stainmoor, the coaches have, during,
this week, arrived in this city somewhat later Hiss
usual; they would have been longer detaiued bat for the
exertions of those employed iu clearing the roads.--,-
(Carlisle Journal.)
EDINRUROIL—The weather shire our last has bees
most severe and inclement. On Monday night the thee.'
mometer was betwixt 10 and II degrees, being about $
degrees lower than on any former occasion thissesroa;
anti the frost was so intense, that the great watesspipo
at the reservoir, on the Castle-hill, was found to ho
froten on Tuesday morning, a circumstance that his not
occurred for thirty or forty years. Yesterday we hail
again a heavy fall of snow from the north-oast. It maw
menced very early in the morning, and costumed without
intermission till the evening. The wind blew with some
violence, and the d ri ft has been so excessive. that the roads
are nearly all blocked up, and travelling is is a great
measure retarded. The mails, which have hitherto ar-
rived regularly. were last night and this Dwain; peek
beyond their usual time. The one frous Dautfries,whisk
should bare arrived yesterday afternoon, did not, remit
here till late in the evening, and the Glasgow (hail sit
last night only came in about sic o'clock this morel
The stage-coaches to the towns in the neighbour
although they have additional horses, get to thek
tinstion with great difficulty, from the depth of the
snow in many places. We understand that it is very.
deep between Portobello and Musselborgh. and Tranest.
and fladaingten ; and that. at Corstorphine, on the
Glasgow road, it is from eight to ten feet deep. The
frost this morning is as keen as on any of the presediag
dare of the week.
ihasoowb—On Sunday afternoon we had envy ap-
pearance of open weather; shout five o'clock ere had
high wilds from the soath-west. with some maw Obit
'boat nine the wind changed to the north-east,end the
therynonseter gradually fell from 40 degrees to
twelve. Timidity morning, in St. Andrew's sq
eight o'clock, it 'toed at 11 degrees above 0, of de-
grees below the frersing point ; in souse situatious
in
ton-n it stood at between nine and tee degrees.
In the city of Canterbury, the aggregate nom-
ben to whom relief has bests extended amisant to 1.4314
e'en. 1,835 women, and 3,361 rhildrene--in the total
6,625 parsons, whose wants base been supplied by tad
qiuirtern loaves, and 1,243 bushels of coals.
M CAIIROLL'S Office, No. 19, t'orritiol,, is oily about
one hundred
_yards from the Bank, the fortunate holders,
of the Two Prises 01 20,000/. Money, which will be
(idol oa Saturday, the 214th instant, may irrassediaislN
receive their Money, either ist Bank Notes or In liars cos
bold. CARROLL'S I lifi4rit are remarkable for the sale of
Capital Prize's. The last NAO. Alone,- Prise, said The
lad Prise of 90,000►
were both said at hie For-
tin' At 01Sccs, Ne. 19, Cornhin, andS, thlord-street.

To those readers who ere disposed to admire the
quintessence of theatrical criticism, we present the fol-
lowing delicious morceau, extracted from en obscure
Sunday paper. We need not name the paper, since our
milers wilt immediately recognise it, if they have ever
bad an e2portunity of perusing' a journal, the columns
of which are detoted to the purpose of extolling the
*idols of its Editor. who, whatever may be his talent...
mar, at least, lay claim to the most consummate awd
1146allous vanity. This is indeed (to nee his own et-
linstrstl) making " Much ado abort Nothing"
At CoTint-prien. a Miss IV/missy made bee delta* la
the character of /toadied, in that drilled of the dill play* of
naages ttttt ,• As Sass like in which, according to my
Prot taste, there is very little to Hie I I Escourogett by tits
favourable reception she experienced. she appeared out
enisisday in another character, els. Beatrice. in another dtsN
eleady of SILIKISPItARZ!!! Meek ado abort Nothhig.'
esti readers are acquaisted with the piece. end I ant
that they will allow that TIMIS to MUM ado abaft
Leiebil/Mr This is a comedy withoet hummer. without
"'• aM Irltistint cootie sitnatioas or loeideot4, is
"WU by Snatisrannlt :l : •