The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-01-30 00:00:00

that the other wet the iostrement of war against Spoil
as veil es the United Slates, cometi.sioned by M'Grvt.
got, and expedited by Woodbine, upon their project
of Coequeriog Florida, with these Indians and Ne.
groes that, as accomplices of the saute's, sod, sin-
ning evilest their better knowledge, worse thaw sa-
vages,. Gat. Jackson, possessed of their persons sod
of the proofs of their goat, might, by the hinted and
ordinary usages of war, haft hang them both with.
eat the formality of a trial ; that to allow them every
OWN* opportualty of refuting the proofs er of
showing soy circemstance in ostentation of their
crimes, he gave tips the benefit of a trial by a
Court-fdartial of highly respectable officers : that the
defames of one consisted. oelely sad esclesively, of
techtsleal cavils at the newts of pert of the evideoce
evilest him, and the other coofeemd his gods. Fi-
nally, that in restoring Peasacols sod St. Mark's to
Spells, the Prosidmit gives the most signal proof of
his coofidence, that hereafter her engagement to re.
emit, by farce, the Emhart, of Florida from all hes.
Mittel against the United Steles, wit! be effectually
felfillerl ; that there will be no mere murder,, so mare
robberies within oar herders, by savages peewtherg
along the Spanish line, cod whim; abettor witlsio it,
to display in the villages the scalps of oar limen
end children, their victims, and to sell, with slisseelese
effrontery, the pleader frets our citiaens in Spanish
forts and cities ; that we shall hear oe mere apologies
from Spanish Governors and Cornemodasts„ of their
inability to perform the duties of their once cod the
solemn contracts of their °mitre; *emote reams
for eintiptisoces to the savaposesites of the United
States, from the dread of their attacks apes them.
nivel ; no more trarbeeriag of 'omega impostor',
epos compolsiou; that a strength seflident will be
kept in the province to restrain the Indians by fens,
and Officers espowereti sod /attracted to employ it,
eft:Neatly to maintain the pod faith of the sides
by the effective folfilmeat of the Treaty. The duty
of this Governmeot to protect the persons and pre.
petty of est feilow•citiaens ea the borders of the
United Sates is imperative—it mast be &tonged:
and if, after all the warnings that Spain hes bed—if,
after the prostratien of all het territorial rights and i
seetral obligations, by Nicholls sad his banditti der.
Ing war, and of all het Treaty stipolations, by Ar-
bethnot and Ambrister, abetted by her own Com-
manding Officers, during peseta, to the creel annoy-
I once of the United States—if the necomitirm of self-
defence should again compel the United States to
tyke possession of the Spanish forts sad pluses is
Florida, declare, with the candour and frankness
that becomes es, that another enceeditional resters.
flea of them must net be espected ; that even the
Presides". confidence la the good faith sad ultimate
jostle, of the Spanish Grevernment will yield to the
painful experience of continual disappointment ; and
that, after unwearied and almost onoembered cap.
peels to them, for the performance of their stipulated
duties, in vain, the Veiled States will be relactaatly
°Rappelled to rely, for the protective of their hoa
dens, upon themselves alone.
Yee are authorised so conimeakebe the whole of
thiv letter, and the eccompeuying decontrols, t. the
Spesish Gsyertneest.-1 bare the hammer, es.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

TICE-CHANCRIALOR'S COURT, Jaw. 49.
His Honour was occupied till hslf•paet twelve is
►wring sev►ral demurrers of no public Interest what-
ever, which bad been pertly argued ow a former oc-
casion. The remainder of the day wee disposed of
le ►eerin a motion respecting the rights of Alisakpmee
in a Bankruptcy, of not the slightest peblie
once, and at three the Court rem.
Bankrupt petitioes are to be heard on hiendey by
the Vire-Chaucellor, and o• Tuesday by the Lund
Chasm Her. T►eaaday is filed for tootines before
his Lordship, when several jadgessats will be ghee.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. TB.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION,

Mr. Searturrr moml for a rola to .
chew asysel
why ordeal's' reformation should not belied against
Mr. Cosaliv, a surgeon at Brighten, for haring sent
• letter to Mr. Mitchell,e trustee under bis marriage
settlement, in order to provoke him to fight • duel.
Mr. Cunene, in his letter, called Mr. Mitchell " a
coward," etc. and threatened to hold • horsewhip
over his heed. Mr. Mitchell, en the ether heed,
deposed, that he had never used one angry word to
Mr. Cooolly.--The role was granted.