The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-23 00:00:00

•rilE STAISSMAIC

awns. on 26tb August. • Our Supreme Government
has opened its arms to receive men who, irritated by
the wrongs and injustice of their King, have net only
refused to be accomplices of his tyranny, but even
to retain the bonds of allegiance and loyalty, which
they have considered as broken by the manifest vieal
Winn of all the duties which unite the Monarch to
his subjects. We believe that, very soon, the Spanish
nation, cn masse, will teach their deceived King that
the project of again subjecting the Empire of these I
regions is as unjust as it is ruinous to the Mother
Country, already so debilitated by, continued *are
and ill-administration.
" We have before .us a letter written from Lima
bye Royalist, and addressed to his Correspondent
in the Peninsula, and in which he makes use of these
words These Americans are in a slate of the.
greetest ruin and disaster, owing to endless wars in
which we have been involved for so many yearr,
out its being possible to pot dawn the insurrections
in the provinces, notwithstanding the troops arrived
from Spain, for when they are put down on oneaide,
they hreak oat on another. In this pursuit number-
less Spaniards have been destroyed ; hence, there-
fore, these countries will never again be happy as
they Were, notwithstanding they were oven rendered
tranquil ; wherefore those youths who thought of.
making their fortunes in these remote regions, ought
only to thiok of forming establishments among their
own countrymen in the land which gave them birth.'
" Those ere the sentiments of a Royelist, and cer-
tainly nothing but the most sincere conviction could
inspire him with such language. Thos speaks Alloy-
alio, writing in Lime, a point liiiherte distaht Irons
.the theatre of war, and where,for this reason, it ii not
fear that communicates such melancholy ideas into the
Alsconsolate Spaniard. How, therefore, can it sp.
pear strange that Spaniards, even of the lowest class,
to whom such information can no !oiler be kept
secret, and who must be aware of the imposing atti-
tude of.our Governments, and of their repeated vic-
tories over the most famed of their European
troops, should refuge being the accomplices, and
at the same time the victims of the fury of a
senseless Monarch. What greater proof can the na-
tions of Europe have of the impotence of,SPain in the
present struggle, than the desertion of a. transport
which had to face so many dangers ? The Officers
who are in her relate a remarkable fact respecting the
dist-Intent which prevails among the expeditionary
troop,. Count Abisbal, in Cadiz, harangued she et-
pedilion before its embarkment, and stating that he
hoped C'ey would come satisfied to avenge the oat.
rages done to the best of Kings, two grenadiers ad-
vanced from the line, and answered in a firm tone,
that they did not go contented. They were asked
why ? antihaving answered that because for eight
months they had received no pay, they were ordered
instantly to be shot. Their blood, spilled, proves,
in spite of the ferocious O'Donnell and his worthy
Master,Ahat the discontent of the army has arisen to
its highest pitch, end that dread alone can prevent
the disgust and oppression under which the Spanish
People labour from being universally manifested.—
America will he the as/ tom of unfortunatiit rossinsu•
tars; and the freemen on beard the ship TriOislad
have shown the way to their countrymen, by which
they are to eioespe from ignominy and degradation."

l'lt ICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONR O'CLOCK.
Benk Stork 5 per Cent. Navy 10111
9 per Cent. Red. 77. • India K0n414 83 88 p
3 per Cent.Consob77i 78 LongSt 1-16
f:i per Cent. _Kernegiter Bilh 19 21 p
Lonsolsfor Ace. 77i 78 Onsnitun
4 per Cent. 95i

THE ST.ATES3L4N.

LONDON:

MONDAY, NOVEMBER %3) 1818.

By the fast sailing American ship Tontine, Captain
Tusecty, arrived at Cowes, we have received Phila-
delphia Papers to the 24th ult., the following are ex-
tracts :

_
[FROM TILE NATIONAL ADVOCATE.)
COMMODORE PERRY AND CAPTAIN HEATH.
The unfortunate dispute between these two Gen-
tlemeo has been the subject of various comments, end
has excited consitierable interest throughout theUnioo.
Commodore Perry conceiving that an atonement wan
necessary, fur having, in a moment of forgetfulness,
raised his band to an officer holding a commission on.
der the CI overnment, afforded Captain Heath the as-
tisfaction he required.
Tile meeting took place yesterday, en the Jersey
shore, sshcn Commodore Perry received the fire of
Captain Heath, without injury—wesersing bis fire,.
and refusing at the same time to exercise saki right;
and Captain Heath, satisfied at this gallant and mag-
i naiiimous atonement, the per ties separated—and thee
honourably terminated this unpleitatit difference,
which, we trust, will hereafter be buried in oblivion.

The intelligence from South America is. still of
interest, and shows that the cause of the lode-
pendeuto is perielog a successful course: The in-
(lmolai, from Buenos Ayres, brought by the Mars,
i 4 tory Important. Letters from en Officer of rank
In the Barons Ayr., Army stationed in Tucuman,
communicate the fact, that their light troops bad in-
tercepted the correspondence of the Royalist Army,
from which it appears, that the Spanish Commander
had received orders to evaevate Upper Peru and re-
treat towards the coast, for the purpose of protecting
it against the menaced invasion of the Independents
from Chili. It will be a most arduous task to march
an army through en enemy's country, on a retreat of
some thousand miles; even if it should reach Potosi
.
without great losses, it has then to pass the Andes
and to proceed to Arica, which it will probably find
occupied or blockaded by 'the •Indepentients. A
march through Cuzco to Lima seems out of the vet-

(ion. The few French OPicers with the Park
' Army in Tucuman were teethe
to their duty, bat
great complaints. are made Mei cf French.
men into Buenos Ayres ; they are stated to be far
the greater part people without character or educf-
tion, or adherents of NAPOLEON, who have preserved
their old ideas, and expect to lord it in a country
where they appear as refogees. They were jea-
lously' watched by the Government. The French
traders were equally troublesome; they made com-
mon cause with the North Americans, to raise a cry
against British monopoly and influence.
In Chili the most active preparations were carried
on to prepare the naval part of the expedition against
Lima, which would have an overwhelming superiority.
Three hundred European seamen had been collected
at Buenos Ayres to be forwarded to Chili, and be-
sides the two brigs of war, the Galveoino and the
Maypo, a large storeship, laden with heavy ordnance
and mortars, had sailed for Valparaiso. The Based'
of Santa Fe had been evacuated by the partizans of
lARTIGAS, a proof that their Chief found himself in
great Weight.. Nothing is said of the Portuguese,
except that the privateers under ARTICIAS'S flag had
made upwards of twenty captures on the coast of
Brazil, notwithstanding the existence of a Portu-
guese squadron in the month of theitiver Plata.

The prints adsices from Aix-la-Chapelle an-
nounce, that the great political Assembly which has
been intriguing there in the dark, and bartering hu-
man beings according to their custom, had began to
dissolve itself. The Emperor of AUSTRIA left Con-
gress last 'Tuesday morning. The Emperor A LEX..
ANDER on the preceding day. The Duke of W EL•
LANGTON took his departure in the morning of the
17th, after dining with the Russian Monarch, on oc-
casion of his appointment to the rank of Field.Mar-
shel in the service of his Imperial Majesty—an ho•
nodr which has likewise been conferred upon his
Grace in the army of the King of PRussiA. His
Grace proceeds shortly, it is said, to Paris, where the
Duc de Ricum.tur is -lookett for abollt the 25th inst.
Besides the evacuation of the French territory with
its collateral pe'coniary arrangements, and the re-
sisal or continuation of the Quadruple Alliance,

it is observed, that the Congress has not formally
or definisitely settled any other political question.—
Though a wide field was opened to them for the
amelioration of mankind, they have deemed this ob.
ject wholly unworthy of their labour. The unde-
cided affairs of "Germany are handed over to minor
Tribunals ; and the People, who have been so long
and so joetly desirous of obtaining the fulfilment of
their Sovereigns' promises of Representative Constar:-
lions., will have good reason to congratulate Them-
selves if they are left where they were. Lord CAS-
CLICREACII does net even apnear to have-obtained from
the Congress of Ais.la.Chapelle, a confirmation of
the principles of humanity in favour of the Abolition
of the Slave Trade, which the hypocritical Conclave
have been so loudly professing. The affairs of West-
phalia are to be discussed at Frankfort by four Com-
missioners: Baron liumnotnT, for Prussia ; for
Austria, Baron Wsssetrimuc, one of those Ministers
who signed the Act of Congress at Vienna ; Court
AssTerrirs, on the part of Russiai sod on that of
England, Lord CLANCAKTY.

Paris Papers to the tlst have been received. The
opening of the two Chambers has been postponed,
by a Royal Ordinance, to the 10th of next month.
Tuesday being the birth-day of Louts XVIII. when
he entered his 64th year, his .Majesty held a grand
Levee, at which TALLETRAND officiated as Grand
Chamberlain. A family dinner was given in the
evening at the Thoilleries, at which were present Ilse
French Princes, and the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE,
previous to his departure for Brussels. The Duke of
RICIIELIEO was expected to return to Paris on the
125th inst. about which time. it is said, the Duke of
WELLINGTON will revisit that city. He will be follow-
ed by M. Pozzo DI Bosco before the end of the month.
Vessels are fitting out at Itochefort, to convey Go•
vernment stores to the Isle of Bourbon, Pondicherry,
and the West Indies; end Capt. PIIILIBERT, of the
French Navy, was about to sail from the same port
for Chine. The'recent capture of the Castilla and
Preciosa by the Insurgent privateers is said to have
produced a general consternation at all the Spanish
sea-ports. Their cargoes in specie and merchandize
are estimated et 13,250,000 f. The Spanish Go-
vernment is mach censured for not having sent out
some frigates to meet them on their •oyage from Li-
ma. The Castilla is stated to have been carried by
boarding, after a desperate conflict, in which a pert
of her crew were massacred.—The French Five per
Cents. left of on Wednesday at 691. 60c.

Hamburgh, Dutch, and Flanders Mails have also
arrived. The exchange on London at Ilamburgh was,
on the 17th at 32-6. The intelligence, from Brus.
sits reaches to the 21st, sod from Aix•la.Chapefe
to the 18th. It Bat destitute •f interest.)
The accounts from the latter place, mention
the signing of the Convention on the 12th in.
stant, for postponing the periods for the payment
of the contributions by France, from nine to eighteen
months ; and also, that a Special Convention had
been concluded with Prussia, by which that Power is
to obtain payment previous to the others. The Em-
peror of Ross!.* and the King of Pnussrr► were ex-
pected to return to Aix-la-Chapelle from Brasiers on
Saturday last.