The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-26 00:00:00

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we have received Papers from 11)44 to-the 15th
of August, which fornlsh some interesting portico.
tar, respecting the proceedings of the Er.Ritjah of
NAGPORE. It appears from them, that the late
Rajah sof NansonE had been able, In the mountains
ist which 'be took refuge, after his escape from
British Miceli, issCollect a ntateeeee.bedy of his
adherents, estimated by some accost& at tO.OOO.
Cipliin SPAAREs had fallen in with ■ detachment of
them, consisting of 3000, and cot beteg swat, of
their number, attacked them at the head of only 100
men. When his gallant little band on reduced to
25, and Capt. S. himself wounded in twe Owes, Ica
wished to /offender, but his ling of trim was rejectedr
and it was feared be and all the party perished. Thd
Governor-General and suite were near Moe** oil
the' 11th of July, end were ertected to hive that
great river in three or four days. His Lordship
at that time was enjo) log excellent health, and his
arrival et Calcutta was daily expected. The cholera
morbus had appeared at Pa nwetl, and it was feared
would extend its ravages to Bombay. Throughout
-the whole of Decan it was oa the decline. Accord..
ing to. the intelligence in these Papers from Ceylon,
which reaches to . the 11th of /alb there had been a
great releistien in the hostile :Meets of the rebels.—
The whole tract of rovnatrY from the 8. E. eveemity
of Satire-gm to the N. E. hurdle of the Sens Kerley,
embracing about one-half in ertent, aid mach more
in nine, of the Candian territories, continued pqr.
fectly quiet. The most gratifying eicoontiredetf
hate received from otherports of the island.

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The French Papers to the 23d lasts Uwe come to
hand. The King continues to et the better of his
gout, and in a few days it is *peeled he will be
able to walk. In the.courie of Meeday his Ma.
jeep transacted business with the Duke de atom.
mete, and at night held a Levee for the Ladies.--
There was no Public Silting of the Chambers of Peers
and Depoties on Monday last.
A question of consitlerable impedance is now be.
•fore the Royal Court at Paris. The names of the par.
ties are not given; but we are informed, that it is a
question betwete a distinguished warrior and Duke
and his son, 17 years of age, as to the legitimacy
of the latter. The father was divorced in Italy,
then married the,young man's mother ; bat he now
contends, that the latter marriage was illegal, and that
his first is in full.fprce, because the divorce was pro.
nonnced by the Ambassador of the French Res.oblicst
Milan, *bo could have no nethority to do soils a fo. •
reign country. The cause is postponed to a future
Wiring. A very lively interest bas been newel in
Berlin by the discissaitiets between M. KIIICUESON,
the Minister of Justice; Who opposes the intro.
dection of Jury Trials, end Ate Chancellor Bcvste,
and the Members of the CoMesission of Justice for
the provinces on the left bank of the Rhine, who
wisely support that Palladium of Freedom. The war
of phamphlets is very brisk —The reigning Empress
of RUSSIA has much recovered from the indisposition
occasioned by the deith of her brother, the late
Grand Doke of BADLN.-On Monday the French
Five per Cents left off at 64 f.
Mails from from Rolland and Flanders, with Papers to
ind inst., have also arrived. The Budget for the king-
dom of the Netherlands was the subject of a very ani•
mated debate in the Sitting of the 19th, of the Se.
cord Chamber of the States General. The prin-
cipal grounds of opposition were that the expendi-
ture of the country was not reduced to a level
with its revenue; that the eateries of Public
Functionaries had not been diminished; and be-
cause the operations of the Sinking Fond, al.
most always went on in secret, whereas in rank
land, they were made public. It was also made the
subject of serious complaint, that the collection of
the revenge costs, in most of its branches, from 40
to 50 per cent., whereas, in England, only 5 pet
cent. is paid fur that service. It was objected too,
that Ministers wished to carry all the state for the
various Departments in -mass, when they might to
have been separately discussed, and individually put
to the vote. The measure was, after ant oastkol by
the Ministry, on a division of 80 to 19.
The period of winter, even under the most favoars
able situation of national affairs, is always to them.
sands a sesson of privation and calanaf.. What
then must he the wants and distresses felt by the Poet
when the country is in a state of general exhaustion,
when commerce is profitless, end industry, with all
its efforts, cannot obtain subsistence. Under stab
circumstances, what must be the iniquity of any at-
tempt, which has for its ()lied the raising of the
price of bread, and must have the effect of adding to
the rigours of the pitiless season, and the bitterness
of fortune ! Yet such cruet anti selfish attempts are
snaking, anti may, as they have already done, succeed
too far for the general welfare, unless the nation i>
timely& wake to their progress. We cannot coniemplate
such projects with itodifierence, nod mint cootione in
raise our voice against arena, though it is almost
weakness to apply the force of reason o designs so
selfish. We have sires ly repeatedly alluded to tits
ii;ricultural Peti.ion for a New Coro Bill. We re.
•ice to think that the inn led interest as a body are
iu their intentions upon this roiat, and the