The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-16 00:00:00

and leave us still in uncertainty as to the statements
which had been previously teceired from France.
Bv other accounts we learn that a great sensation
was reported to have been excited in ()porta by a
counter Proclamation issued by Conde d'Aiasaa-
s who had the command of 5,0110 troops.
lie bad. it was said, declared for the present lioH
rernnient. The force under him is differently rated,
At front three to six thousand men. One of the letters
expresses great alarm on the occasion. which was
heightened by no advice, being received from Lisbon'
np to the evening of the 2d instant.
The accounts which had been received by way of
France were vague, and were acknowledged to have
erne from Spain by a circuitous route. They cause too,
niaccompanied with any official character, which, had
they ever possessed, would have doubtless never been
removed by the Censors of the Paris press. There is, there-
fore, notwithstanding the Procluttatiun of the Conde
d'AL vaiIIIANTE, good reason to hope that the progress
ni the Revolution has not hitherto received any seri-
nns check, or been stained by the effusion of blood.--
What slams the rumours to he either groundless or
exaggerated is the representation which they make res-
pecting English forces. It is well known that there was
not in the service of Portugal any military corps, or
staff, that bore the British name though many British
officers were attached to Portuguese regiments, dis-
persed in different parts of the country. The Paris
news, however, according to the papers we have this day
received from France, became discredited iu Paris
itself.

Perhaps in the whole history of this country, there
ner.r was a period so big with importance as the pre-
sent pause in the !louse of Peers. We have now
leisure to look around us and view the passing scene,
and can once more breathe our native air, %%Wawa be-
ing stifled and stufocated with disgusting calumnies.
But although the sluice-gates of foreign impurities,
by which the country has been lately inundated, have
again been closed, still long shall it be before the
pare atmosphere of England is purged from the
pollution. And although the waters have sub-
s:tied, no dove returns with the olive branch
to assure ns of oar safety. Every where is confusion
and discontent. No sound is heard, but the sound of
indignation. Eves• countenance seems to denote some
charge; every movement of the military is marked
with attention. What reflecting mind can contem-
plate those things without alarm? and what honest
heart that must not glow with indignation against the
men who have plunged their country into such cala-
mities? But it is nut to be wondered at. It is in

perfect unison with the wise system of State policy
by which the present Administration have been so
itonuarably distinguished. Plots and conspiracies,
spies and info; users, seem to be the principal ingredients
of which their political catechism is composed.
But the introduction of I t ;Hans to teach Englishmen
the art of lyi9g, seems to have been reserved to grace
the downfall of Cos rucftasun's administration. It
was the me pies Ora of that most sapient legislator t
the master-stroke of that accomplished diplomatist.
But alas! it was too much even fur his great talents.
And most miserable, indeed, did he miscalculate on the
characters of Englishmen. He thought the ball was
at his fo.at, and that he could roll it at his pleasure ;
but be found that he was unequal to the attempt, and
that the very effort which he made produced a re-ac-
tion, to which (if we mistake not widely) he may trace
his overthrow; for the people will not tamely submit to
anger each men to hold the reins of government any
longer ; men, whose sole object seems to be to destroy the
liberties of the conntry. The future historian will say

they hate certainly performed their part in the politi-
cal theatre of England. The Tragedy of Peterloo will

never be forgotten. The Cato-street 'Tragedy is still
fre.h in our recollections, and we suspect that the
Melo dra•na at Cotton-gardens will close the career of
these miserable, drivelling performers. If they have
any shame, they will retire. But no, it is the
cause of that mean spirit by which they are ac-
tuated, that inordinate lure ofpleer, that thug would
suffer any degradation, no matter
.how
before they would resign them. But it mast ulti-
timately be their fate. Nothing else will allay the
present ferment. Nothing but an honest and able
admicktration can preserve the constitution and the
tranquility of the country at the present important

The attention of the public is particularly directed
by a journal ofthis morning, to the following alarm-
ing statement
Two persons arrived yesterday morning at eight
o'clock with dispatches for the Oneen; they left Milan
on the 7th September. They report, that notwitbstand-
trig all the professions of impartiality which have been
made, and every recognition of Mr. Henry as her Ma-
jecy's agent, passports were refused to witnesses sum-
moned on her behalf. In consequence of this, a mes-
senger was sent to Vienna, who took a letter to Lord
Stewart on the subject, and returned on Monday
senniebt with an answer, enclosing Lord Castlereagh 's
letter to Lord Stewart, which it appeared his Lordship
bad laid before Prince Nletteruich, who replied that the
Austrian Our-rmitent required a letter from her Majesty
or front .Ir. Brougham for each witness—a thing of
course impossible, unless her Majesty or her Attorney-
tieneral were present there. Oa Wednesday se'nnight
Mr. Henry applied to get a passport for • "Venetian
witness. 11e was told that lie mast be seat to Venice to
get his passport, and it was not until after remonstrating
strongly against such abominable shuffling, and a decla-
ration that Mr. Henry would advise her Majesty not to
proceed any further in her defence under such circum-
stances, that he obtained the passport. Colonel'—
sends conriers daily to Como, who pay witnesses for the
Queen to stay away, if they fail in %miming them by
bribes to depose against her Majesty. None of the
military will go as witnesses for the 0111111111. as orders
have bees 101,011 forbidding them to Mr their uniform
the moment they land in England. Until this restric-
tion is removed and until the AustianGoverninenterder
theta to go to England, and moreover movime them
that they will not suffer any loss by it, not oaf will leave
Lombardy."