The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-04 00:00:00

N'T.W TIIIATKI DL rroten.

Accounts (ruin dated April 3, say—
" This splendid ani costlr e.!ilice is row nothing
a 'arse pile of smoking. ruins. Between seven awl
et ht o'clock yesterday evening it ins diecorerea to
be on tire. and such was the rapi..l progre..s of the
daltbel. that all elitists to sore the Luildiug we.e
factual."

The French P:11 o.:t which bare arrived this morn-
to the instant, contain no intelligewe of con-
seipten-e. The t.hatuber of Peers assembled un the!
19th ult. The I. halsher uf Deputies also
un the same day. In the latter the business respect
ing the Customs was re.umed, and all the prupos:tiont
were referred to the I. otonsittee. 'I be Chamber then
a.r.pourned.
An official article, dated Madrid, April Is, gives
in detail the appointment of various provincial Juntas,
and the success attending the formation of the Com
stitntiunal Government. Another article, slated April!
.13, proclaims the re-instals-turbot of persons to the!
official sitstati.sis which they enjoyed in Ibl4, top.-!
ther with a fell indelenity for their losses. It is stated,
that the measure respecting the refugees, who follow-
ed the French army after the battle of Vittoria, will
first °copy the attention of the Co rtes. It men-
tioned that two battalion+. which were the chief actors
on the lOth, still resist the new order of things ; that
they have unitedtheir strength at Ayansonte, and
sproad terror among the inhabitants of that part of
Andalst4is.

Flt FL vus• CTCR rmr).---Fire per Cents.,
;3 f. •111 e. ; Ilxnk• Aciiuns, 1490 1. SO c..

It is lattientuble to observe how frequently, in coon-.
tries struggling fur the acquirement of their rights
and the establishment of their independence, the 2111-
bitiou of individuals frestrates the efforts, or at least
delays the triumph of the people. '1 lie yoke of the
original oppressor is to, sooner raised and displaced, I
thau without cousidering that it is nut enti.ely de-'
strived, and may fall hack upon the necks g own proud ,
with momentary freedom, the various leaders abandon
the interests of the State to forward their own. lien,-e
conspiracies an i intestine broils where all ought to be
rave to enjoy, and nniou to defend. Bence too. the
birth of nations is sometimes pieventetl. and reuntries
are th.own back fur ages into the humiliating condi-
tion of dependent provinces. We published yesteiday
a fresh and melancholy instance of this ecotisti-
cal villainy. The Repithlie of Buenos Ayres has ex-
perienced one of those rcvolutions which endanger
tow etViletl.'e of the State to gratify the cupidity
or love of power of indi s Myer:intent
whose temperate ricer. ice of authority during s.veral
yrars. hail imparted the Republic a degree of con•
soliiiation which left no tripe to Spain of ever being
able to regain a footing on the shores of La Plata, has
been suddenly overthrievn by the rebellion of a mili-
tary leader. • The same hostility to Spin i.; pies
se, ve.l. it is true. and the new Rulers foetid their
ne.v Constitution on the great principle of national
independence. Hut though the ground-era he not
changed, its solidity is impaired; a new structure
is erected, but the means of supporting the etlitice
are considerably diminished. '1 here is, in fact, nu
doubt, that if Spain hail possessed a Acct, with a
small army in the vicinity, th.. whole State would
have inst.mtly reverted und. r her dominion. As it is,
strung apprelicwions may be entertained of its fiallig
WI the hands of the Portn,ruese, wh se views of ag-
gr.onlisenierit have I .ng been turned to that quarter,
wad who, front their important station at 3fonte
would fool little ditficulty in entering and conquerine•l
a State at vatianee with itself. Should this prove to Le
the ease, the afflicting example will, we trust. not
io.t upon the other conteries of South America,
which have either establishei, or are still c anteiol-
ing., fur their independenee. Let their warriors and
patriots give their whole souls to the noble work which
they have undertaken. Let them limo Constitutions
and appniat therernments which require no change,
and Oren let them guard those Constitutions and bovern-
men.% with as much religions care and undaunted 're-
saution against the internal machinations of Indivi
duals, as against the external attacks and eticroach
meals of foreign enemies.

CATO-STIMILT CONSPI ACT.—WC are led to the pain
ful ',conviction, that the agitations which hart sonatas
disturbed the metropolis, and veriou- parts ut the
kingdom, are the consequence of a set of miscreants,
who sre brigaded for the purpose of influencing the
lower orders to break out into tumults, in order that
they may themselves reap the harvest of blood. That
there are villains in society of this clate—:hat they
seduce their victims iuto the commission of gn:li—
and that they Ira, • them to atone fur their miscon-
duct, is too notorious to be denied. he names of
Wiser, Casa's*, and Mitchell, are well kuown to oar
readers—that of Rdwoale, which has been mentioued
It the recent trials, is a new link in the chain. These
agent* of destruction have been in full activity. Bat
while this is admitted, we beg to ask, what state of
stielety can that be, what kind of population, that
could 1w moved to put their necks in jeopardy by such
an agency ? SWIM parts of the population seem env
to be in want of le.sders—ail Ilse dements are in full
and awful action. They only want a direction—some
centre around which they may array thettoelves•—some
puiut el'appisi, at which they may rally their forces.
Such is the character of " the must thinking people is
the world," as old Sir nougat Past. has
the disposition of the most cool And calculating'

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popalation in Europe. W a hat, then, it may
asked, has produced such a sesili;el change in ti:eir
habits, it. the Manbet'S and enstows
and Scotsmen- -in Mar very vature ? Net e
want. we fondly hope, of re:igiti.s insttection, fu
tArre never was a prop:e so 60,1).1g:51y instreete,'.l/1
to,, uoetrisse of tAinlieuee anti vlthadss:on—never
p-op:e oo witeete instruction atol e.lecalon such tree,.
sures e lasishe.t. Vut ;.11 f....5e means appear •.,
produce little or Du ellfe.•t. Tie slighest contact it
soliicient to throw the country Lao in•atreviots--and
an army noire nu•ussrutts abin any war army that Lt.',
land ever Lail, vacept during the last oar, is in a sate
of c •utyletr an.l fedi activity. he Magistrates, ti,d
the Jevtiees of 1t..• pl. 414 V, a n,u amine and Miele,*
foil..—the Lords, the Comment, the Judges an,
the Juries, a.e againat the a:.t.tators ; and we
that punishut.n., prewpt ami exemplary,
in abuobt all ei,ses, fullowtd coniictioa. Vet
is nn: .nutrient. '1
he Idiot-eh, the State, tie
tLr awls, will not alioy the spirit 'bat wee: s
with each singular energy. It is evt.rinelv abser,.,
therefore, in "Ph: Cu nice to advise ".0 •eci, the won
Mee in Isis den, to drag hint f.•rth
day-tight, and to smite hint tsp.'s. the tea It
a were ti, tart in late filiallikt '—
what *less:- 1 t is the i.eople that are intellect sa
endemic has (Alen upon thew. It is to t.C.
of a evoispirac—there has beets none lots that of Cate-
s reet, and it Jo. s not appear that am 01 the w-ettiol
men engagesi ha this plot had the rroc-test enehenien
Stith the interior of the country. Ora, the was..s:er
front his den, indeed '.--arag the popttlalion:-11r-i
the paupere—the ;sr:deans, the i h.haatees...„9„„
are the duly monsters; and ti.-e, in the way in which
it is advised by The Cuhriee, cannot hr does ou flask.
Von way kill twenty, two hundred, two idonsat„
twenty thou-awl, but the stions,cr has safe is
He woild reseed such an operation only as a
casual blood-letting-4.e would still Midst ie ail his
vigour, and nit la mu. Iv ni..reroura go and deweagnatia.
Anti hr must eontinue to eels. tv:s.le hk h alder
the inhtnenre .of henger and distress. fie most re
wain in the ocer.-ise of his fa 'allies of asiselsie.,
w•Ale he Lears the cries of his stile a d rhildree f.r
fiend-.—a bile he aittiesses the nt 1v (-outlast of %Ad h
and Incur',, aamost boundless, on the side, and ei
extrense wretchedness on the unlit the Lure
is removed, it is usele .5 to talk 11: draggiag the aus•
ere from his deli. Give him eta p Give kiln
SOMPriling to 110. awl something to eat. Tale him,
if you cam, oaf the parish ; !tryst rve Lisa from tide;
it beggar. When this is accomplished. me I tstli 1.4%
be looking for him in his den; you still find him zt
Lis lo.ont, or in the tieldf. His grim visage isi!l be
stimoshei..—r:tis tea/traded Istotv will be expanded--
his scowline eye will again I die its ferocity—he elan
uepprill ahrec.reemit..ziitairttledasiindwitatit,4.!, ;
~
0
wlitio►: of a wt. lit
monster will he no inure.

Hut Is .w is this t.i he accomplished ? How is this
change .o be brought about? Will restrictive lass
do it ? tt ill *mils and executions (L.) it": Will wean.
liessiore Jima the leteraied romforts of religion--4 ear
altars anal our ftre-4(les do it ? Alas: talk of altars
and lire-sides to the starring niatinfecturer of England,
and Ls will point to his vitecrless hearth and etradatid
family. He will reply, tlieee are excellent topics
for those who have a happy family and a good boast;
but, to use, they are insulting. I mu perishing fur
want. I Cant arurar. Go and preach this sermon
to the rich, the luxotriols, the enjoying. They sill
bear you with satisfaetion. 'lO me it is another lan-
guage, one quite fureiirn to tni coualri; at, if I do
antlers:and any of the phrases, they present to fry
mind a miserable cosi.rast of what I ac ..to what )400
are, and of as hat, I think, I ough! to he.
As to poor gauls and banishment, they have no ter
ma for we. 1 can live hettea in a prison than I ran
live in what you jihingly tali tor castle. And as I)
banish.netit, do scud ;W• oil, for Hors's sake. 1 hate
no country ; the laud of nay With Lan scareeli atfutl
me a wiefres meat !
What is to be done? Sn civ, ;sever did an Amin-
bly meet under more awful Lir' umsticres than
the
present Parl:ament. \ever did awn assemble nadir
the weight of a more eppr. trice responsibility. All
the laws that fooiernttient 'equal-it to ftattlilli, to pre-
vent, to hair alreaily bat n enaeted. •le
tiovernment of France, is the stserest tinsel, env Ls
the most sioilant I,eriod %)f NIIVOLLON.II rale, was
now armed shit wore rxivr.s:ve powers. Etay
thing is iu the:r liand:—they e:en wield pubic opi-
nion ; they hale, alu:ost, all the i r .ss at their back.
hey bate army, chat eh, ntagist.uteb, lords sad c
moss, at tacit dispiAtal. 11 the tr.tuquilit; of :le
c .untry were a question of meie power, th $ nation
would enjoy a quiet a. }rid a •,1 as any i* the st•
sours led ssvaunahs of bouisialia. Has trasvi:lity.
h.,wever, been achieved "..---31r. CANNtNO had' we/
- .I._ Ustranakon tl,e

4Mit cu&tgratbtaitalf nor 1•1101PbWr• •••••• ---r
late salutary laws, when a sort of insurrection brats
o tt, alms st in the very ronsxtv, a portion of tv;lch
was addressistr, which extended itself, with the far
di!, of an eleetr:c shock, to the very b.oliers of tts
Highlands. These laws have not, thorefge, (inn Ile
country sratcluillity. Seser did there live as Attu'.
ney-tico. rAI wow 114 I so much to Jo as Sit lissome. r
titeroan. Yet all the Slate rink iu York, Chester.
Leie.ster, Lancaster, Warwick, to:Mon—all the. saso•
ples that have been made, awl are cuaLiag--113 the
exhortation. that haze teen deliveretl from the Falls.'
the bar, and the press—all have tots& failed 'a
tiering the people of Engles:l a quic:. and twateated
people.
What is to be globe? Parlianseds, (Witt easel'
a gee dvat ; they may cau,e retreaciaisonts to a Logs
extent to be made ; they mar loit otf certain mist'
donde+ which contrimite nothing to oar greadeers
but which deduct a great viral from our strength• to
the army, without distlioishin4 the nosier of the
troops, or subtracting any thing frum the pay of lig
soldiers and lab.' tern•, much might be done by 10404
o s the first colon Is, alto art more ornassewtsl doe
Suoseth:lig might be dine ist limiting the I "
List—swoething 44;4 in ,yt the sinct eft s----sousetlilng
the collertion of taxes.
11-e shall watch with great anteety, the
hotairths
lis
or the present Seso:on, convince*, as aware, t
fate of this country still hinge oti the wisdom' of Po'
tiament, and tharoughls Ferruled that 'MS So
at Lehi.

Lilt' REPORT.
coURT Of 1L1T4014 BENCH.—(Tats D•r.)

Wsoortt. --The SOLICITOR OiRSIAL
rived the judgment of the Court on Richard Waddell,
0)0111 been convicted of committing an assault on
William Pipe, a se tmau be...aging to his Majesty's
th. Severn, stationed oil the Sussex coast for the
rfora:ion of sentLrglers. The assault was deseril•ed
t• hare taken etre the4leirndant. with neural other
,ms.as, was teturMng from the election at Ilythe.
Ilse Cour: sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned
tree rm.ntho in Maidstone gaol, and to give security
!ti. Votl behaviour for two ye.trs, himself in 51)I.,
0,1!:., sureties of 23/. each.
E:.'iott, who had been convicted of making
Ws as a signal to a stutir,gling vessel, was sentenced
to Am months imprisonment in lbstehester gaol.
Ifiekis and POI ffliimem, who bad been
serort!ly convicted of awaiting Custom-house-otfirers,
te..re.brotight np to rereive the szntence of the Court.
The f.r.ner WAS sentru;ed to two nounthe imprison-
ment in Maidstone ganl, and the latter to one vear's
impri..,nusent, and to enter into reiognisatices, him-
self in 501., and. two sureties of 25/. each.