The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-30 00:00:00

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fie Mated to us:with minute details, his last interview
with Ballasteros. He said lie was so persuaded that this
°natal would juin hint, that before speaking to him aipOn
tbd subject, be lost some time in frivolous conversation;
but when, at length, be pat the question, Ballasteros
replied, that he bad given his word to the French, and that
he would not betray it.
Riego, fancying he saw a considerable degree of self,
love in this refusal of Ballasteros, and imagining that be
would not like to find himself under his orders, went so
.fiseias to propose to serve as his Aid-de-Camp in the cans;
paign. Ballasteros remained firm, and Riego then
removed the guard which was at the General's door, and
placed some of his own soldiers there. It was in this manner
that Ballasteros found himself a prisoner. Riego talked with
as also of his last afftir at Jaen; and he told us* dot
neither officers nor soldiers would fight, although on the
very morning of that day, they all demanded to be led
against the French. What induced him to take to flight
after this affair, was the circumstance of a ball bring.fired
at him by one of his own soldiers, who was behind him.
The hall killed his horse, and wounded himself slightly
in the thigh.
He defended himself warmly against the accnsstinn of
having ilf treated the King on the mail from Seville to
Cadiz. lie said it was decidedly against his opinion that
the. King was removed, and that he had the highest possible
regard for his Majesty.
lie considers his rause as entirely lost. He says that if
Cadiz continues to receive provision, it may yet hold out a
long tune; but that his party were extinct, and that he could
wish to see Cadiz open its gates. These words made as
smile a little.
He spoke with unbounded fury of the cowardiCe of his
officers and soldiers ; !terabid that all Spaniards were cow-
ards. He could not imagine haw •25.0 French cavalry could
heat 2,010 infantry, and needs, SIMI cavalry. He said, in;
fact, that this affair was a mete plc mule encounter. A
soldier ran away with his portmanteau, in which there were
30,0(10 duns*, either in gold or paper.
(FROM THE JOURNAL DER DEBATE )
FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUE. J t• Ls- 14.
[ b.street from a priv ire letter ]
We have learned, at short intervals, the entrance of the
French artily into Spain, and its arrival at Madrid, under
the vim-imam, of the Duke of Angottleme.
Lieutenant General Count Donz lot, Governor of Mar-
tiniqiie. lost no time in despatching the • Jeanne d'Are fri'•
gate, Captain Dnpotel, first to Porto Rico, and next to the
Havannali, to explain the state of things to the Spanish
t Authorities, and to propose to maintain between them and
the French colonies, the same relations as formerly. giving
reciprocally to the merchantmen of both nations, every
guarantee against privateers.
M. Dupotel, having on board Lieut. Chacon, of the Spa-
nish navy, lately envoy from the Havarrnah to Marti niqite,
on a particular mission, was rereiveil with the greatest tlis-
ti onion by the authorities of Porto [tiro; and there is every
reason to believe that our amicable relations with that island
will not be interrupted.
The despatches front M. Dopotel, brought by the brig
La Genie. state that the military Goiernor and Political
Chief of Perto Rico are determined to maintain that island
under the authority of the Governor for his Catholic Ma-
jesty ; bat that in order to ascertain the real state of al-
fair . they send Ito Earope an officer who e report will de-
termine what course they shall definitively adopt ; and that
in the mean time no hostility will be committed against
French commerce. As this officer cannot arrive in Spain
until the space of between one and two months has elapsed
affairs will then be sufficiently advanted to remove all the
scruples of those who sent him. We are therefore quite
confident that peace will be preserved in these seas.
The Jeanne d'Are was to sail from Porto Rico to the
Havannalt with Lieutenant Chacon still on bored. It is
probable that the reply of tile authorities of that colony and
of the Spanish Admiral in those seas hill nolbe less satis-
factory.
The Thetis and the Constance frigates, commanded by
Captains Rouganville and Saint Simon, are charged with
a similar mission to General Morales and the 'Spanish
Admiral commanding the squadron stationed off tiu tyra,
and we expect from it the saute results.
It is, then, very protoble that our mercantile navigation
will not be disturbed, either by the Spanish privateers or
ships of war which cruise in these seas. But should it,
contrary to all expectation, prove otherwise, our squadron
is suflicieutly strong to afford security to our trade, by pro-
tecting our merchantmen from insult, and by snaking any
ships which may present themselves as enemies, experience
the same fate which our army has inflicted on the rero
lutiunary bands that attempted to oppose its march to the
capital of Spain.
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TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 30, lar23.

StocK EXCHANGE. 12 o'cLocc—Consols opened this
morning at MIL for the account, with little doing.
We do not bear of any Express this morning from

Paris.
FOR PI ON FuN M.—This being settling day for all foreign
securities, there is very little business doing, except in ar-
ranging accounts. Up to this hour we do not Lear of any
defaulters.

New Spanish 27& to 28-0141 341—Colombian 5.51 to 56
—French Scrip, 21 nominal.

The Madrid mail bas brought us this morning the con-
tents of letters, by way of. Bayonne, of the 10th inst.; bat
these consist more of speculations on the probable result
of the present state of affairs, than of actual news. The
opinion that the war will be quickly terminated, gains
ground daily among the Royalists, and the friends of ar•
bitrary power and of the French ; but the Constitutionalists
on their side maintain that the war would n ot.be ended
even if Cadiz had the weakness to submit, and to deliver
up the King, which they will not believe, These are
still, they say, Nicest, Cartbagena, Bad ajoz,:and Cuid ad
Rodrigo, which are in good state of defence, especially
,the first three ; and several gnerillasewhich will encrease
at the approach of winter. In Estramadura
tbere are Lopez Banos and Empecinado, who have just ob.

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.tatted a considerable advantage, over Qtiesada ; and if Ili
this should fail, we have, say they, Catalonia, which will be
:the bulwark of Liberty, where the army of Mina becomes
the rendezvous of all the fugitives and military of all ranks,
who, disapproving what they call the treason of Morillo and
'others, repuir to Catalonia in spite of a thousand obstacles
and dangers. Thus on the 9th of this month, says the Sara-
gossa Gazette of the lath, 200 men of the army of Ballasteros
arrived at Lerida : and the Constitutionalists even fancy, that
if King Ferdinand were restored to liberty, their ranks would
be swelled by numerous fugitives who might have reason to
fear the vindictive spirit which would probably animate some
of his impolitic advisers. The timber of persons who are
destitute of employment is very great, so that recruits will
never be wanting. The French may therefore prepare fresh
troops and more treasures to continue the war: but the end of
It is not so near. The Constitutionalists, beaten in one point,
u ill recover strength iu ‘nother, and all the success hitherto
obtained has not come nearer to the main point, the pacifica-
tion of the country.

General Boar& Is on his way to Madrid, wtth 2,500 men.—
The Duke of Reggio is still at Madrid. That garrison c )12-
slats of only 2,500 French, and 1,200 men of the army of the
Faith. O'Donnel Is still in the environs of Cuidad Rodrigo,
but does not blockade it. It is said that at the arrival of
General Bourck, a corps will be sent on an expedition to IL'-
tramadera, and that 3000 Portuguese are to blockade Ba-
dajoz.—The correspondence with the Cabinet of Lisbon is
very Wive.

The garrisons of giant and Carthagana come into the plain
as they please. Tha provinces of Murcia and Andalusia are
nut more governed by the Regency than by the Constitutional-
ist,. They are in a state of complete anarchy.

By the following article we learn that the Equinoctial
Gales had driven a French squadron from one station on the
coast of Spain ; and that if the projected attack on Cadiz
were not made before they commenced, the flotilla may be
prevented from co-operating on the occasion :•••••
BAYONNE, September 21.—We have just learned that
O'DoNNELL, the Governor of St. Sebastian, has returned a
negative answer to the summons of Marshal Lauriston to sur.
render the place. Ile aspires doubtless to the honours of a
siege. The French squadron cruizing off the port had been
obliged to retire by the bad weather. It is thought that Pam-
peluna might have made a longer defence. No blame is *Hei-
-1 bused to the Governor, Sanchez Salvador; but his soldiers, it
is said, were afraid of sustaining an assault. The troops of the
Faith are not satisfied at the French having occupied the ci-
tadel.

Hamburg papers to the 2l:h inst. have reached us by tl.e
111.1i1 this morning. From them we learn that the Greeks
have mustered a force of 34,000 men in Candia ; that some
of the rich Greek houses in Italy have contribited large
sums to fitting out the fleet ; and that arrangements are
making in Berlin for the accommodation of the Stat es of
Brandenburg and Lower Lusatia.

We regret ,to state that the capture of Riego appears con-
firmed beyond the possibility of further doubt. The con.
versations stated to have been held with him, in a letter
from Andnjar, can hardly be altogether fabrications ;
and from *his own account of the miserable cowards
under his command, it would seem that a brave officer
never had to encounter more galling circumstances.—
Without supposing a widely extended treachery in his
ranks, not even cowardice can explain or justify the dis.
persion of so large a corps in so short a period; but with
this solution, the whole affair may have been a mere intrigue
on the part of Ballasteros to lead the gallant Riego into
the toils of the invaders. It is said that he is to be delivered
up to the Spanish authorities. This is to deliver him up
to murder. He is the prisoner of the French, and they are
respon►ible for his protection, and his safety ; but, alas the
fate of Ney and Labedoyere strew us sufficiently the little
reliance that can be placed either upon Bourbon honest, or
Bourbon humanity.
The New Times will have it that the Spaniards are not
cowards, but that" the nation was never hearty in the
" cause of the Cortes ; and the faction that supported that
" cause, was not only weak in numbers, but wholly desti
" tute of military experience and organization." if this
view of the case were true, how came the faction to triumph
over the nation, against the numbers and the military
experience on the Royalist side of the question ? How
came it to require 100,000 French troops to aid the Spanish
nation toput down a faction weak in numbers, and destitute
of talent ? How comes it, that Cadiz is not yet subdued,
and that Mina and !blunt in Catalonia maintain
decided superiority over the invaders.? The whole history
of the revolution proves that thefeelinsts of the nation 11103
have been in its favour; and that it was opposed only by a
faction weak in number, and despicable in influence. It is,
however, clear, that the nation has not been energetic i
maintaining its predilection. Treason, on the 'one hand
and inefference on the ether, with but few exceptions, have
pervaded the seat of every contest ; and enabled the faction
to make head against the popular cause ; which, it is now
probable,' after a yet violent struggle may be placed
in the last jeopardy and yet triumph. Oar hopes
are not 'limited by the immediate result of the present cam
palm should it terminate with the liberation of Ferdinand.
The question yet remains what is to be done with him ,
The faction which needed the assistance of a French army
will be powerless, when the French army shall return.
The nation that would not endure the Royal tyranny of
Ferdinand, will not be the wore reconciled to it by the
foreign invasion, and the domestic treason which shall rein•
state him. Other Quirogas, and other Riegos will arise; and
other revolutions will follow, when the people will be better
able to appreciate, and to maintain the sight. An intelligent
correspondent writes tlins:—" For my part, I care but little
" about the immediate result of the Spanish tsar. Perhaps
" it would be ultimately best that the World should see
" what the Holy Alliance will de, when power backs their
will. I never think of Christopbe, the black King o
" Hayti, drawing the trigger on hims -If, bat what th-

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" monarchs of the continent present themselves to
"my mind. Give the dog rope enough !" With
reference to the interests of the world at large,
it would be best, that the Holy Alliance should be
led on, like Napoleon, from success to success, until is.
hinstion produced the total rdin of their infernal machine.
tions against the ha; pi e s of mankind ; but one cannot
help wishing them foiled at every step, and that every blort
might recoil on their own beads. Yet we confess out cot
respondent has great reason on his side. If the amisitiot
of Napoleon could hare been kept within reasonable limits
his power could never have been destroyed t and a crowds
against republicanism in America may be the mortal dime,.
of royalty in Europe.
The garrison of Barcelona has had another brilliant
affAir with Moncey. They left the town at five in tlo
morning, and kiat up an attack upon the Freich lines until
ten, and then " retired under the protection of Fort Pis:'—
This is the French account of the movements of a garrison'
which they boasted of shutting (t;) in the town some montl.,!'
ago. It is said that the object of Riego was to join Mina
in Catalonia. We wish such an attempt had succeeded.

Yesterday Mr. Alderman Waithmin was elected the
Lord Mayor for the City of Loilon, fur the ensiling year:
and, strange to add, the Court of Aldermen were unanimous
in thrir decision upon the subject. This gentleman hasp,
reached the highest os:ensible reward which his fell,'
citizens can bestow upon Lis laborious exertions in helm(
of the public cause. Some fastidious ears, it seems, were
offended at Mr. Galloway's allusion to the statue of 31r.
Pitt, which be said he hoped to see removed from 1 Atm:
lion in which it mocked the good sense of every alien.
I At the time when Mr. Thompson said it ought to be removed
as a disgrace to theLt' minion Hall, it certainly would bate
been destroyed, had the means been at hand. This se
should have regretted. We hold that the memory sl
Mr. Pitt should never be forgotten ; and we Ca
not care how often the age is reminded of the
fully and mischief of his system. But the memorial
is this-placed. It should be removed, to decorate the
debtors o(r of Newgate,to indicate the ruinous cons 'rpm
of his measures;—or peidiaps the front of the New Bethke
would not be (inappropriately ornamented with this sped-
men of the arts ; in which Mercury, although the God of
Thieves, by the nice discrimination of the artist is repro
s nted as waiting upon his master, and standing in humble
attendance to receive his commands. We should hate
re:oo.m nded the rotunda at the Bank for the reception of
this memorial of the Grand Lama of the stork-jobbing rare;
but as a few years will alter the destiny of that edifice, pro-
bably into a house of correction for certain directors, with
a tread-mill for their amusement, it might serm cruel to
mock them with the image of their great mincer.

MAGISTAACTr•TWO morning journals have been attach
ing each other on the merits of a paid, and an *tape!
magistracy le Forgetting that the terms are synominsm
and that all our Magistrate: are paid; those who are s►
n►isally unpaid, being paid the best. Our country Padres
like our members of pariiament, realize the proverb tta
" it is as good to be paid in malt as in meal," and some-
times better ; for by briber, end patronage, wee manage to
pay themselves mucl► better than any body would think it
paying them by regular salaries. Every public fonctiss.
ary ought to be properly paid for his services , ss4
nine out of ten who offer to serve the *Pc
for nothing, wean to pick the pockets of the public is
some way or other, to indemnify themselves. A kw
magistrates who oppose the syste►►► of the ministry, my
go without emolument ; but all who do support it throne,'
thick and thin, do it in this hope of pay from the
minister. They do not stipulate with him what he slog
put into the bag which they would open, but if he di.l
not throw in some sop or other, they would either resign,
or oppose his measures. The parties understand out
another very well. We know of one magistrate, %via).
by acting as his own clerk, contrives to keep house by the
fees of administering oaths, taking tecognizances, Zze
Is he not paid for his services?

Letters from Petersburg dated August :10, state that the
Capitalists had swept the Markets, of 2,300 casks of tallow
at 120 rut les per cask; which is 50 rubles dearer t a t the
last account.
The St. Petersburg Court Gazette of the sth of Sc".
says, that in the month of July immense swarms of linnets
appeared in the Government of Woronesk ; they came free
the country of the Don Cossacks, and committed great a-
meson the standing corn ; but the speedy and elf, coal
measures of the magistrates soon obliged them to retreat
into the Steppes of the Don.
Up to the SOtle June, according to advises from Antioch,
shocks of earthquakes continued to be felt almost daiW
throughout Syria, which in some instances had done east
damage. This, however, was not the whole of the evil with
which this unhappy country was visited. The rainy sea-
son generally begins in -December, and Continues, Witte
some interruptions, till the end of March ; but from March
to October it is very behloin that a drop falls. Boaz
the last week of May and the whole of June, it had ra sea
violently without intermission, and torrents poured trite
the mountains. The Orontes hail overflowed its hall..
inundated the fields, and swept away men and rattle, the
harvest in the fields, and that slrea':y house I, trees, bole%
&c. Above 1000 persons hare perished. To till ap ike
measure of tuistUrtune, the plague has broken oat at
Beirut.
ARllT.—Lieutenant General the Hen. Sir V.
Lnntlev, 6 0.13. wko came home 01 leave of abs. nee. kre
embarked on board the Glasgow frigate, and sail. d an tit..
231 instant from Plymouth for Bermuda, for tbs purpose
of resuming his command on that statior.
The 2tl (or the Quiet.% Rova!) Regimen' of Foot, whisk
received souse time back an order .co prepare for embarkatioe
for India, but which order has been subsequently counter-
manded, %ill not, it is now understood, proceed to ita
desiiiition till the ensuing spring.
The instruction in the improved system for the army, d
the various detachments of non.conued,sionesi officer* ne-
longing to several Regiments of Infantry, a, hick, its per
seance of previous orders, have arrived at, and are at:dhoti
in the Magazine Barracks, in Hyde Park, commenced Eli
morning in the Riding ROUE at Pinelteck.
The Lords of the Treaauty. says the Bristol ilcrcel
have, we find, at length decided against Bristol. mid to le-
..avottr of ftliltord, as a station fur the Irish packets.
PILCHARD FISHERY, The prevalence of gales from the
Noah West, for the last week, has prevented the WV,s
from being taken out ; onst.qttently, no 6,h have bees og-
airesl.--(Weat Briton.)