The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-01-30 00:00:00

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TerFDAY, JANUARY 30.
WLNT. CO•RLSb I. %WIT. —ll.lidiry ea the Public-Offices.

PAINCE STUlRexasnr sailed from Dover, for
Frinee,y,csterday morning.
" DOVER, JAN. 29.
c' The Austrian Ambassador, Prince ST•Hatissi.nc, and
" wilt, arrived here on Saturday, and this morning, at thrve
" A. M. embarked on board the Elizabeth, which ilim-
" diately sailed fur France."
If the protractiefesidence of this Ilhntriuus
Personage in London, was fur the purpose of fa-
eilit.iting the negotiation between France auil
England, it shonld seem that all hope of peace is at
at; end. It is the only conclusion tint can be ration-
say drawn ; for it is difficult to believe that the
communication of Prince STAIIIIEMBERG
with the respective Governoicots, cquld greatly
promote the (fraud object,. were NArotEoN and
the Pritish Ministry mutually sincere In the desire
of. Peace. To us it appears Trident that the
)repel Zuperor conceives the entire susitigatiOU
of thaVeninsula, an indispensible preliminary to
negotiation, inasmuch as the present Ministry,
shackled by their Pretty with FettolNANft VII.,
feel themsekes bound to throw the stumiAitig-block
of itis recognition in the way of every negoiiitioe..
Thy time will, however, arrive, when the com-
plete possessive of the Peninsula, by the French
envier, wilt render the propo‘3l of acknow-
lefties the independence of Spa;n as absurd
as would he our insisting n
" - IT-establish.
slight or I,ord Mtwto as Viceroy of Corsica,
pint th. « Consgtation" which he carried with
bite . to that Island. NAPOLI:Om ie sup-
rod to be ogi Ike eye, of depnttire fur Spain—
. „,
db.- Trench armee ors from every quarter di.
vim tiwis waqh tg ereo4cs, sn notyith.

standing all that we have heard and iontinue to I
bear of the Junta, the Cortex, Lord WELLING-
TON, Sir &HI. WiLSON and his. Portuguese Levy—
our anticipation is, that the force with which
NAPOLEON once more enters the Peninsula will
be found so decidedlypredominant, that the effubion
of human blood will be unnecessary—for there
will be, comparatively, no resistance. That a
petty warfare may for years subsist—that Spain
may bean expensive conquest—is nut improbable;

—but NAPOLEON will, in Our opinion, infallibly
reduce alb Peninsula in the ensuing campaign—
which he is not commencing at an "advanced
season of the .year." He is not a man to begin a
day's labour in the afternoon. The dispatches of
our Generals have been filled with complaints
of the want of provisions—of tho deficiency
of the means of transporting cannon and am-
munition--of the badness of the cliniate--

in short, every thing has been adverse.
Let us see whether the progress of the French ar-
mies, who must transport every requisite article
by land, is for one day arrested by any of those
formidable, nay, to us, insurmountable obstacles.
But Portugal is certainly tenable! Is it so ? We
should be very sorry to underwrite a policy, in.
luring the presence of a British regiment in the
Peninsula nine months hence.
There has ever been some difficulty....-some
stumbliug-block in the way of Peace. The inde-
pendence of Spain is the present difficulty...which
NAPOLEON, in less than six months, will elf/dually
remove---Well, says NAPOLEON, you cannot aqy
longer hate the assurance to talk of the indepen.
deuce of Spain---will you treat now ? Such, to
Ili, appears the real state of the case.

Tuxne was a certain Law-giver who enacted
laws, of w hich the special observance of the peo-
ple was commanded. The code, written in a small
character, was affixed against a pillar at such an
height that they were illegible, but those who of-
fended against the law were, notwithstanding, pu.
nished. With equal reason and justice, are thu Par-
liamentary Reporters condemned for misrepresent-
ing the speeches of some, and tho far greater
crime of omitting, or even shortening, those of
others. It must excite astonishment in the mind
of every Member of the House of Commons,

knowing, as he must, the paNsical difficulties
which are interposed by the forms of the House,
that speeches can be reported with such general
accuracy. Let any Member of that Honourable
House try. to .report his speech, and see what
sJrt of a hand ho will make of it. If public
reports of what passes in the House of Com-
mons be admitted to be necessary, why not
aftOni the aceewary facilities to those who are
dammed to a task irksome and laborious beyond
precedent or calculation ?

The motion of thanks to Lord GAMBIER, fur
his services in Basque Roads, which was to have
been proposed last night in the House of Lords,
was deferred until Thursday, on account of the
nou-attendance of Lord Mousaavt. His Lord-
ship's absence was occasioned by the death of Mr.
MALLING (Lady Mut.Gaavt's father,) who was
one of the Commissionertof Excise.
Mr. HUNT was the Private Secretary of Earl i
CHATHAM, when First Lord of the Admiralty ;
his Lsrdshiptfterwards made him a Commissioner
of Victualling,, and subsequently appoiuted him
Treasurer of the Ordnane.e.
Ou the PERSIAN AMMAR_ * ,_. _lO to the
i .ibi .‘l I
Prince of WALLS the other da Atiaißoyal High.
Acea
tics, presented him with a very eats' and cu.
riot's clock, invented by the celebrated Mr. Cox.
GREVE, in which the time is measured by the mo-
tion of a small Pisan; ball.
Mr. SALT, Secretary to Lord ,VALENTIA, who
is gone en a special commission to Abyssinia, ar.
rived at Mozambique on tho 25th of August. Mr.
SALT left Mozambique on the 16th Sept. fur the
Red Sea. • ..
CoNJUNCTIONS 011/41/41TICAL PLANETS.—At
the Court on the Rettzres Birth-day, Mr. CAN-
NING was jammed itke corner with Lord CASTLE.
I LAGU, and LOOICOS*RANE and Lord GAMBIEII
• .0 .
were squeezed together.
The India Company, we understand, are in pos-
session of a very long dispatch from Lord Minto,
reciting, at full length, all the particulars, with the
names of the enfo. rtunate iudividuals who have
offended ;. hut they intend to let no part of it
transpire, until they receive further advice' from
Madras.
The names of 30 vessels were posted at Luio's,
yeclerday morning, as being at Quebec on the
was of November, and not expected tort away
in cuusequence of the ice.
A duel was fought 'on Saturday at Kemming's
Grove, on the Watford road, betwixt a Gentle.
man of the name of Duboy, and a Capt. Smith,
in which the latter was dangerously wounded.
The family of the young Nobleman who is mis.
sing, are truly distressed at his non-appearance,
and aro sadly doubtful as to his safety. The young
Gentleman, it is said, was much attached to a
Laxly to whom he wished to offer his hand; but his
father, not approving of the match, has withal).
pity been the cause of his absenting himself.
• The utmost reserve and caution are observed by
the East Indira Newspapers in making pithily's,
lions respecting the late disturbenees: 'limiting
is given hut in an official shape from authority.
Beside the privateer taken 'last week by the
Brisk sloop of wait, there arc others cost from
St. Melees.
A yessel is arrived at Greenpck from Ncw
York. She brought dispatches from Mlii/Aft.‘
SUN. She saitcd en the 11.0. or 4,7 th of laikt rsi,oo4

'AM

L :INTELLIGENCE.
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Poarssiorrn, Jawt,lM.n-Arrived the Faint, Captain
Allen, from Deptford. ,
Sailed the Crane and Centhiel gan-beigs, for the Eastward
and the Vestal sloop of war, with Mr. Stewart, Aasbassiider
far Lisbon, on board.
F./anon:is. JAN. 27.—Arrinid the Eliza, French sloop,
lades) with planks, taken by a Ran-hric of the Isle de Bos.

Sailtql the Termagant and Shearwater, with about 40 sail,
for Portugal. Spain, and. the Mediterranean; his Majesty's
sloop Philomel; on a cruize ; Prince of Wales packet, Capt.
Kirktum, fur Lisboa.

GRAVESEND, JAN. 29.--Arrived the Expedition, Copelyk
from Heligoland.
Sailed the Catherine and Caroline, Harmor, for Cadiz ;
George, Johnson, for Li bolt; and the Orion, Evans, for
Dublin.