The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-04 00:00:00

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4 ,r.!ef flisatders, *MO' he It 'Abatis to the wort of factloo,
1! t otioni 'Orofess..S si desi rc'to Sail fhefartber effusion of Wad.
Ird His Roy.' Griffiths; his Majesty the King of France,
:je gm the Fr-nrit Oniernment, who ore alone the authors
i Au. tithe war, are alonti reap msibie for the blood that has
ja sr twee already abed, and which may yet he shed." The
,:..*seal autograph goes on in substance to stile, that if any
tekareity happen to himself or to his Royal Family from
. '"the accidents of the threatened ;slack; or if " faithful per).
Ile of Cadiz," so worthy of his Royal regards and interest.
•„.11offered those disasters which are the usual concomitants
.:ass a protracted siege, kk the King of. France, and his Royal
Highness the Duke," .would have to answer to the world
.NO teno•terite for those calamities and disasters. The
Inter part of the letter, it is understno'l, contains an appeal
to England, to sevw-b,—fier ioterpoitition both France
and Spain from the telamities with which they are threat-
ened. This reply of the King is dated on the 22nd, and
v. retailed on the same day at the French headvlerters
.. "MASI., Mary's. • .
•Merning Herald of this day gives the followieg as
L"haie
* ication from their correspondent in Paris r—
aj is. Pints, Sept. I, 1093.—The French troops have made an
.1 Attack open the Trocallero, and have been repulsed with
~lionsiderable lots. They were preparing also for an attack
.4tport the bridge of Snazo, which communicates with the
itglsle de Leon.
„It • There is some confusion at Madrid, and considerable
4.irl trot amongst the members of the Regency, in consequence
40of the near approach to Madrid• of a regular body of Con.
...ssitational troops. It, .......
4, r (PROP aNwealit coastaleoNDexi.)
. , huts, Aug. 30.—The only remarkable news in our let.
—ter Irmo ['ermines, dated the 911, is, that there has been
4. ea etchings of French and Spanish prisoners (office® in
~ virtue of a convention agreed upon to that 'effect between
Marshal Moncey and Gen. Mina. Despatches have reached
.. the Government to.day, the contents of which are said not
. to be favonrab le, but the details have not as yet transpired.
.„ It asserted, that notwithstanding Marshal Moncey's
. - wishes having been complied with by the dismissal of lien.
is Fonnadieu, vet the Marshal has again reiterated his de.
, sire to retire teen the command of the army of Ca'alonia.
;,' It appears that he is altogether reduced to acting on the de-
e denture.
4, It is confidently asserted by persons in correspondence
,$;, with Spain, that the convention entered into by Rallas.
._ teros, was by no means a full and definitive one, but that
it was expressly stipulated, that it should he submitted to
the Cortes for their approbation, and teat because of their
noompproval be was to be at liberty to resume his former
• position.
A letter from Cadiz of the Sib nit. desetibes an interest.
4ne scene which to"k place in the baritone a few days be-
, for, and which became doubly so ft this indications it
..called forth of the state of public feeling within the city.
i • A small Spanish schooner, laden with provisions, minding
halo the hay, was observed and given chase to, •by one of
the ships of the French winadren. Both were under full
press of sail, hut the schooner, by dint of snperior sailing,
•!..kepta.lteaA until she ran ashore and became immovable.
I lie walls of Cadiz were covered With people, anxious
I, it, *SOH of the whole proceeding. The French ship kept
,•ep a cant nuell tire on the schooner while in that position;
..1 et, oiling to the shellowregs of the water, u as not able to
seprosch n. ar enough to do effectual execution. Some
boats were therefore hois'ed out and manned with French
sailors for the purpose of boarding. This oisneervre haw.
icy been observed, an order was issued to the Spanish
sailers in embark in some pin-boats then lying at anchor,
and advance to meet the enemy, Which they obeyed
promptly. and executed in a superior style of seamanship
(he French boat., perceiving the epprooeb of this new
enemy, erre afraid to harmd the encounter, and retired
iineer the protection of their vessel I the inhabitants on the
walls of Cadiz, ineaewhile, rending the air with their ac•
. I Imitations at the fortunate'ewape of the schooner.
. Letters from Liverpool state that the Prince of Brazil
.. packet, Forbes. from Liverpool to Guayaquil, had been
-11100airaimed by the Coloastdsn Government, oe the 90th of
elliech last, to assist in conveying the troops from tivaya.
Nail to Callan, forming the Colnrobian expedition sent to
Ibe aid of the independents in Peru. The master had been
deprived of his command. The Columbian Government.
.however, hail guaranteed the safety of tke vessel until her
• return to Guayaquil, at which port she **aid load a cargo
.fur Pnrope.
• '1 he }Atoning is an extract of a private letter from Ha-
*inns, doted July 12.—s• All is expeeneion and anxiety,
Wed every person is wishing for some change. Many of
'the inhabitants are fretting alarmed at the present political
state of the island, and 1 w foreigners three venture oat after.
the sun goes down. General Viers has declared himself
decidedly in favour of the Chmtiontiovat tiovernmeht in
.tij.in, until be is offivially Intneuted that it no longer
.rusts. The Cab lilt has he. nin Sess.on several days. At
els bt o's leek last night the Goveroor had a large majority
.fin. 'tittering to the Constitntion. Many persons made
.loog speeches in favour of as imusediste .leclar.stion
Hof in.lepeedener, inasmuch as there was no longer
any government in the mother country, and this morning
the city gnarls were donblsd, and the streets appear
crowded with soldiers. That. the people are dissatis-
tied with the present state of things ts certain, and that a
'change mast take place is, in my opinion, rurally certain."
The Alarlboroegh parket,Capt. Ball, rreived 5: Falusonth
'on Saturday, in eleven days from Lisbon: lett all quiet
them The Portornese corvette Don Miguel, sailed from
-the Tains on the 15th for Seville, wiris artillery, dear. for the
Trench. Oo the 17th the French frigate La silaelle, Capt.
Labretonntere, which bad landed the French Ambassador,
M. Hyde 'Nettville, there, left the Tagus, and with her the
French brig'La Breton, with ammunition and storesfrr
the French before Cadis. The Patriarch of Portugal was
to make his solemn entry into Lisbon a few days after the
picket sailed. 00 the liat,Capt. Bull spoke the Itosolucao,
Tortngueeeltastlodisman, from Calcutta for Lisbon.
A letter from Lisbon, received by the packet, says—" A
Vessetarriring here &sliest time ago front Oporto, with a
verronesual osimberof passengers on hoard, some of the
trifterale mischievonsly spredd the report of a counterwevo-
lotion In that place, •and that the vestal just arrived was
kreighted with refugeesio consequence of that event. This
.twooent on the apprehensions of the party now in power
,sits
,vmpleicii strece,ssful, and spread the utmost alarm
:Slim
all the 1)04 offices. Many of the members of
abase satablidtateats began to patk op their valuables,
.wkile othercactually decamped, without waiting, in their
Ariplaskto, be that ..seremony. They 'felt by how frail a
UWE thethold their. .present emoluments."
A lew sasuates after 32.o'elork on Monday night (or
lather on Tuesday soot-Moo) a beautiful meteor passed
over the southern part of the metropolis. Its direction
was from east to west, with a slow motion, remaining
visible for about three seconds, and could be traced by a
Amin tail resembling that of a comet, but emitting in-
araserable sparks. •Indess than a minutrofterwartis, an-
othiesnoteor arose in that;part of t heavens'in Which the
finehad disappeared. but infinitely e less brilliant, and was
'Vitae for,little more than a second.
Aacerdieg to a farliswentary Return just published
"of the Members of the House of Commons holding office
gice, or pension, in the first Parliamentirof George 1. and
Beetle lt " it-appears that 211 Members, bedding place
F_AttlaletZ sat in She first Parliament of Oedige 1.. and
n7.io that of George il. The number of sitting Members
thecept:e_description at present is mach less. Among
res of former Reigns werathe foliowing :—.411-.
&se was Keeper of the Records of Birrainghas Taw;
ter /Mud Steele, a Goattnirioner et titsage, a Sartayere
/M, Commissioner of Forfeited Estates. saes--
the Playhouse. Varicose in imeadowed
vittCwrs nw n inn.--(Monine tri:er.)