The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-10 00:00:00

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FRENCII Ft:NOS.—Five per Cents., 73 fr. 15 t.;
Actions, 1333 fr.

Accounts from Jamaica, to the 20th of Deem
ber, bring the following, concerning the apt"
of the Insurgent privateer, Libertador:—
To the windward of St. Ann's bay the Wasp demi
the Libertador, and immediately weal in pursuit. irh
near, she hoisted her colones, and tired a gun to hews
Captain Carter then had the Wasp ranged alongside
Libertador, and desired her Captain to come oh re
with his papers, which he refused, stating he was I
possessed of a boat that could swim. Be was them
dered to lower them down to ascertain if it was to
and to comply with said order iota.° minutes. whet
a broadside would he the consequence of a refusal 11
had the desired effect, and a boat was sent to the 1111
At the moment it got alongside, one of the sal,
jun.ped on board and claimed Capt. Carter's preiedil
declaring, he was an Englishman, and that been
never ire at an English man of war, restorative
might he placed to a gun. The Libertador was shia
after taken possession of. The Major of the moist
the above ship indicated every disposition to “pri
Wasp; at which moment 25 British seamen declared*
would have nothing to do with the transaction, fad
could never forget the allegiance which was dee se
'ling and country. This same Major of maim I
frequently boasted of liariog been co:4ouDderld 20
vateer, when he at different times sent thief 401/.
soners into eternity, by making them wo/k tkePPI
the point of the bayonet.
NATIONAL CUILIIIiNCT.—A resolution refusigell
Senators and Representatives of Maryland. in ti
to cooperate in the passage of a law, providing Mai
emission of a national currency. and pledging Iles
sources of the nation to sustain its credit, was AWN
by Mr. Dorsey to the House of Delegates of doll°
on the lath inst.

A writer in the Democratic Press nhjeets is Ik
crease of the Navy by building seventy-fours sad WO
rather than sloops of war and smaller vessels,
represented as of great efficiency for service. Thal
subject we are not much acquainted with, but
to understand and repeat the reasons whiebe:ellit
heard given for this coarse. The description geld
so much recommended, can be built in a few we"
even weeks, the timber being at hand. Typo.°
timber, and build vessels of the largest eh" I
Old
almost as many year.. Our Navy is mu.*
fur present purposes, and it is increased oidiPali
Live views. It is bscauas the foundation of a
laid before its superstructure, that large
built at leisure, whilst smaller vessels can be
tiplied when occasion calls for their
telligemeer.)

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ZMORATION TO CUSA.
NEW YoRIC, Dac. t.—lt a-Ns-stalk it tk
pAia Gazette of yeltertlar, that, oo gawk

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rt. eve, tahle mechanics, with their fami-
P"
lite residents of Philadelphia), embarked on hoard
cbtThreeEsters, Captain Warner, for the Isle of l'oba.
h," gone to tic their permanent resilience on the
si,!e of that Island, at a new settlement called
froandisa Yuaga•

leen have been received by the French mail
oiled this morning, from Madrid of the 24th,
odcoiliz of the ilst ult. Those of the former
otivitten with an assurance that a revolt has only
on rims in the Southern Provinces, where the
Eirditionitry Army was stationed. All the other
winos of Spain remain firm and loyal to their
Therefore (says a Correspondent) don't liesi-
oto wile any good paper that may be offered von
3. chore. Those from the latter place prove,
hehid a doubt. that Cadiz was still in the hands
the King's Army, and hai not opened its gates
• the Constitutional Forces : they simply state,
their situation is distr;ssing and alarming, and
with a hope that an end will soon be put

idoeir salforiugs.
rk above is vent to us from a house of the
igki respectability iu the city.

lamte !ive a sincere satisfaction in recording an
•nce which cannot but be considered as a
inea'..le omen to the country, viz. the reconcilia-
ma between the KING and his Royal Highness
&Diked Sussex. Without urging too erongly
j rival maxim that ‘• a House divided against
Oman stand"— i t may be applied particularly
*skit house. Witness the French Revolution
—vitae* the Spanish RCA olution now in progress.
hthsinstance of returning fraternity in the two
ig.ii; personages, the prospective advantage is the
on to be relied on, as the overture for exchanging
tact ca came from the highest of the personages.
The ;Kt is as follows :—The Dukes of YORK and
etatENCE expressed on Monday to the Duke of
-
Sussex the KING'S desire to see him at Carlton
L*i
Palice. and accordingly the interview took place
Tuesday, and ended in that brotherly union
16 every loyal heart must desire to exist among
6 branches of the Illustrious Family.

la a State jealous of its liberty, there ought
wrer to be wanting men ready to reclaim the Con-
on when violated by either king, Ministers,
vorropt Parliament, and to awaken the peo-
their lethargy, to guide them in difficult
and bring them back to their rights. But
human mind, when too long intent upon
abject, becomes weary of it, all is undone, if,
• • abspateicaties sea eat tba_people. their,
•11 be exhausted, and their zeal extinguished
rendered inert. This unfortunately has hap-
ned to us, in some degree, in our late dissen-
tions. Inundated with so many writings weekly,
4:ly, and hourly, we are now in danger of
Seen; exhausted by our own efforts ; and in that
else, we shall be reduced to such an apathy
tuotbing will he able to fix Our attention. It
of no less concern too, that the public cause
Aoki be pleaded in a masterly manner. Whereas
■ay writers have stood forth the champions of
arty, with no other qualification than an ardent
sell• and thereby, for want of judgment or ex-
perteate, have prejudiced it.—Mere inflammatory
productions, without assistance of lOgic, do not
pernade, they do not even beneficially animate
the reader; and the alarm they inspire among
the timid, and the acerbity they create in the
powerfully tioi.tile, do perhaps much more harm
than good ib the end.

Mr. ll(JaitousE is proceeding in his laudable re-
late!** into law lore. The weapon lie has taken
le band, against the odious pretences of privilege
old precedent, cannot be objetted to by the con-
tentious part of the Bench itself. The Judges, in
spite of all that may he said or 'vaunted on as to
their independence. on the Crown, are still warped
mod spell-bound by the powers and favours of the
Caret If we are not misinformed, some hints to
~r•HnaHot:at: are shrewdly suspected to bare
Mss sent him by one of the members of the
, the most distinguished for his reverence to
1111 constitutional liberties of the country. The

IPrisdiction which the House of Commons has
iislised is so obnoxious to the feelings of every
au who has reflected on the Constitution of his
ftalitry, and so repugnant to that reason which
everyman is or ought to be endowed with, that we
M 'nrprised that the SPEAKER, who is singled out
'knot the Members at large as a personage endowed
lith lure learning, judgment, reflection, and know-
*of earlianientary rights and just privileges,
111,41 hare coantenanced such an outrageous ma-
lea. There was omitted such a person as Mr. Hos-
MIR, to stand up against the unconstitutionality
°tee assuming, presumiog, and encroaching power
°f the Commons, in this and similar instances : for
ill' O properly said in one of Mr. H.'s well-se-
hated quotations, " some persons have perhaps,
4 a diffidence of success, or from a slavish fear,
at *este policy, forborne to question the power
tlf their superiors; but the Judges mit bet's)!
4!at ',Potation and their knowledge of the laws,
it titaY should own a jurisdiction . which former
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