The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-03 00:00:00

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patch, is nothing wore than what had veviousty appeared
in an unofficial journal. If an event of such impurtauze
has occurred, it is unaccountable that no detail of it silo ill
have been given. If the French have been drvett to
the miserable shift of fabricating • the inul ettr•,
they must be in a desperate condition. Indeed, a were
examination of their statements of the lines they occupy,
sod the forces they have to maintain in them, demonstrates
that any serious reverse, in any quarter, will totally stun
!Mate any advantages they may appear hitherto to have
gained. if we could obtain any accurate accounts of the
interior of the country, their condition would doubtless
appear still more desperate. What has become of the
Spanish army under Ballasteros ? That it has
not joined the French is certain ; and if it has dispersed,
the different portions of it mast have carried with them
their feelings of hostility to the invaders, into the various
districts into which they have retired ; and thus the ele-
mentary principles of an extended Guerilla warfare will be
created; and the disbanded, soldiers will become more
formidable, as Guerillas, than they were in the field as
regulars. General Zs as does not appear to have betrayed
his trust ; and it is probable that lie may be at the head of
a considerable force; which, though *a hear nothing of i%
may not be idle. Wherever there is a possibility of resist.
ante, it is resolutely made. The garrison of Algesiras did
not capitulate until after a most gallant defence; and when
it was no longer defensible, the garrison retired into the
Isle Verde, and made a stand there, until the island was
reduced to a heap of ruins. Such conquests are worth no
thing to the victors. Where an invader has not the incli-
nation of the people with him, all that be gains, by force,
is not so much conquest as mere occupation. Nothing is
secure. Ile treads upon a covered volcano, which usug
burst forth at any moment, and destroy him.

The New Tissies itself lrpairs of the surrender of Cadiz
at the sound of the Royal ram's horn of his Highness,
Prince (lilt; and we are told that the 25th of Aug:ust, be.
ing the day of St. Janis, would he selected by the banditti
who march under the banner of " the Bed of St. Louis,"
(smarting the Devil iccarnate, which the Bourbons have
always worshipped,) for " a grand attack by gun-boys
" and tree); s on the Isle of St. Leon :" in conserpeuce of
which, " ffsoccessful, Cadiz woubl lie almost at the mercy
" of the besiegers, who /night bombard it with dentructim
" effect." It is added, that " most probably the near op.
" proud of such a danger would rause the inhabitants to
" open their gates." What convenient words, your
your almost:, and your might:, sometimes happen to be.
But, unfortunately for this speculation, Cadiz has been
exposed to all this danger, multiplied tenfold, and moclird
it to scorn. Other fortresses, which Napoleon entered upon
by summons, have bid defiance to the Bourbons fur months.
Coritnna, which, if now taken, resisted fur a month the
present attack, did not resist the entrance of Marshal Snit
for an hour; and it is not very probable that Cadiz which
then defended itself for 30 months, and cause off " MOM
" than conqueror," should apprehend much danger !row
the mere imitation of an army which is now before Its gates.
If the French venture to put their threat of attach into
execution—it will end in the sacrifice of some hundreds of
their own army to the " Bud of St. Louis ;" and we
care not what hecatombs of such victims are offered at
his slid ne.

The French Journalists seem determined to cover Mar.
sisal b:oncey with the bays of en fleas ridicule, since be C4O
obtain no material laurels for his brow. 'They now state
that Genera! Milans, who is leading the Marshal sucks
dance, marches uith a convoy of 400 bullocks in his trais;
and yet the French troops, and the Army of the Faith us
' never get nearer than a day's m'►rch behind hid,! This
argues but little for the disposition of the invaders to o.er
take this daring drover. It slims, besides, that the Repair
licans are nut quite so destitute of resource as they hen
been represented ; for this is a considerable sto.k fur a
predatory band to march about with.

The Columbian Stock maintains the price to which the
first intelligence of the refusal to sinetion the lom reduced
it ; and a just policy on the part of the Government would
obtain for the Stock-holders be: ter terms than they can sow
expect. • The Poymis Lola was never any thing better thse
a swindle. There was no Puliaia 11U601Ig Ito l'extis
plc• It was all agr !as job ; but the credulity of the spec*.
lators W4S quite a..; gross as the tieee;ition of the authors of
the hoax. Wherever there is a State, there are resousen
to pledge as securitie,; and though the finances of a State
just crested io the convulsions of a violent separation frort
the mother country, mast be deranged, and inadequate tJ
the present exigencie., yet they will ultimately be enable)
to meet the demands upon them ; the more especially at
they have adopted a system of et ear-goveraincul. and Lave
avoided the extravagant expenditure of a Royal Court! Stiff
those who embark their money in such speculations sito2U
he aware of the risk they run, and use the requisite esutios.
Peru has recognised the loan to the full amonnt. Chili
do the same ;—aud, as we have before said, it rests with the
Government of this country whether the terms obtained for
the Columbian Stockholders should be favourable or ode
vonrable. The. Columbian Government would probably
sacrifice more to obtain the recognition of England, thia
such a recognition would be worth:—and, as it is a el
that must be taken on our sides, sooner or later, this is OR
time to take it with advantage.

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The people of colour in Jam-lice, are b:Tinning to clans
their rights as wen, and as citizens. We have Wore
us a copy of the proceedings of a meeting of this class.
obtain a removal of their political disabilities. This !oeki
well. We like to see men reasoning about, and enqairioi
after, their rights. It Is a consoling characteristic of di
age, that %link the old world is retrogsding, the see e°
is advancing in political spirit. We shall recur Io "