The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-26 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

LONDON r

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THF. QUEEN'S HEALTH.
The' B'tillitin of tido limning again toirowomisa, that
thoogh hteiblo.!ttaxyoin;tinotis to enjOyilappose, her
cOrrplaiott *soak ii,ghe same state. nil oticia'
noti4Wiockis as.foitows ;

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" Kew Palace, Sept. 26.
" The Qiiipkt las slapt .yrell in the night, hut tier linJarry's
complitint Wpm:Lk the awe state this morning as yesterday.
. , (Signed) "F. MILMAN.
- . • " H. H ALFORD."
The private accounts inform us that her %%MITT
was better on Friday night than she has been onetty
preceding night during the last fortnight. From ten
o'clock till four in the morning, she slept without
intermission ; and she awoke in a state of great com.
pewit, and in a considerable degree free from those
-painful sensations of the chest, whiCh have heretofore
oppressed her so very much. These favourable symp..-
toms continued throughout the whole of the clit), and
it would appear that the anticipation to which they.
led of another comfortable night were gratifitd:-...
Tbe-Patscs itEssewr and the Duke of Yoht con-
tinue to visit her MAJESTY daily.

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A farther arrival of American Papers rescitel as
this forenoon. The latent dates are from New
York, and come down to the 'Nth ult. The Natienal
Inteilitencer state., that the Government has made
inte-tisive contracts for erecting fortifications on the
waters of Mobile, In the Penchartrain, and in the
Banton's:* It.is mentioned in the Richmond En-
quirer, that the United States ship Ontario, which
bas strived at Valparaiso, is destined to take pos-
session of the Columbia reach, on the north-west
coast of America ; and that ►he subject having been
contmanlcated to Mr. Moo; he made no objection

to the measure.
The South Sea is swarming with Insurgent prl-
vows, that had captured several very rich and vs.
tumble cargoes. Ssch was the vigilance with which
they pursued their spoil, that even canoes plying
along the shore could not escape them.
A rumour was current at New York, brought
from Lisbon,that the Spaniards intended to take pos.
session of Madeira.

The. Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle assembles this
day. It is an important Meeting, for by the otH
dinatione of that Conclave, the state of Europe is to:
future, or fora time at kali; to be regulated. We
give io our present Paper, a detail, which will be,
found interesting of the opening features of the
". swelling scene" about to be exhibited 'at Alois-
Chapelle.—There will doubtless be private esSircl!.
'menus, of Wbich:we shall not be perAttA to k'notir
much, Aretii Alit 'effects feelingly convince its, lit':
" such
,things sette.-and are most inimical
tional felicity.• We "cannot bot„remember,";tlta
it is the same Cepgress. which, at Vienna, shiawed
itself .to be *cleated, by the worst passions .ilitirOro'
influence Governments; which proceeded- in` kit
adjustments upon the principle that human be:
ings ,are, in point of- right, upon a level with the
beasts of the field ; that they were or might be made,
the property ofsparticelar individuals, to whoa 'H-
lien bu given the sight of hitting or disPosiug of
them as they, their favoored proprietors, may think
fit; and that all Minus liberty: west emanate front(
Kings. The 'Same piluciptes, we doubt nut, are hi',
be acted upon in the plan of operation to be devised
at Ail-la-Chapelle, though the lessons that Kinki
have received, and the terrible sufferings which the
nations of &trope have endured front the revolutions
that agonised nature has caused in its attempts to
throw °lithe afflicting tyrannies of ages, might have
taught the possessors of Thrones the necessity of pay.
' ing a little more respect to the dictates of wisdonread
humanity. We see teething as yet is the conduct of the
Holy Alliance towards the People whom they govern,
that evinces the slightest disposition in their minds in fa.
sour of popular liberty, and those establishments
which public opinion consider as the basis and safe-
guard of national and individual freedom. -They have
neither instituted, recommended, nor sanctioned any
measure in any State, calculated to satisfy the wishes,
and protect the interests of the popular body. It is
true that in some countries, as in Baden and Wir-
tetnberg, liberal Constitutions have been devised;
bet it is too tree that the People of these countries-
rtill
utter reap the benefits of such privileges, *hill%