The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-03-18 00:00:00

STATFAM,

stronger language than the present tranquillity there.
With the force now under Bolivar, amottstisg to at
least 13,000 men operating on Quito, there is no doubt
that British commerce is in perfect safety.
Extract of a letter from an aid.ele-eamp of Bolivar,
dated Bogota, Dee. 22.--" COl=bib will shortly be
without an enemy. In less Auk- s months Quito
will be free."


Paris papers have arrived to the 16th instant, but
even yd, give no account of Berthon. Tranquillity,
they assert, is now restored in the capital; but the
cessation of disorder is confessed to be the effect of co•
ercion. "The rigorous measures," says a paragraph
of Friday, "taken yesterday and the day before, have
so terrified the ill disposed, that they have not dared to
repeat the scandalous scenes which have afflicted the
peaceable inhabitants of Paris, for this fortnight past.
This evening the Missionaries have been perfectly
tranquil. The chorrlies were crowded with the faith-
ful, and yet no troops, except some patrols of the in-
fantry of the line, appeared in the various points,
where they Late been posted for some days past ; and
when the ser►ice was concluded, both the congregation
and the Missionaries were able to return home without
fear of being insulted. Messy:re, of precaution have
been taken to preserve order to-morrow, both within
and without the Court of As!ises._.No person will be
admitted without a ticket from the President." Not-
withstanding ail the measures taken, it is evident that
the popular irritation is far from being subdued. The
night before, a small patity *attempted to disarm the
sentinel, at the Archbishop's Palace; and it is reported
there has been some troubkormaosg the students, in
the Royal College of Poitiers. In the Chamber of
Peers, the theprojet de loi, respecting the Journals,
was carried on Wednesday, by 124 votes to 85. In
the Chanter of Deputies, the same day, a very warm
discussion took place on the law of the Finances. M.
T.rnaux, with much ene►gy, attacked the extravagance
of the Budget, and the revival of abuses which pro.
diced corruption. But the most animated part of the
debate arose from a speech of M. Benjamin Constant,
in which be touched upon the slissiooaries. and the
late disturbances among the Law Students. On this
occasion, he 'Wassailed by the Ultras, with the most
furioas looks and language :—" Yon are a rebel, a
factious character, a promoter of insurrection, a
friend of General Berthon, an apostle of rebellion
in all couotries, and the blood of the rebels will
fell upon your bead." To these charges M. B.
Constant replied with unenbdued spirit : " the blood
which has b-en shed will fall upon those who, by
astacious laws, have robbed Frames. Of -all her
guarantees—is will fall on those who have abused
their power, to attain their ends—is a word,
fall upon yea." The confusion was then as its height►
and the President pet as end to the elitist.
FRZSCII none, Malmo 14.—Five per tOeste4,B6l.
75r.; Close sar. 70e. March 15.-88 f. Mkt.
Close at 88f. •
Mad:id papers which bare reached us to the 4th
instant bring nothing either new or striking. The
agitations that were lately attempted have bees easily
suppressed, and tranquillity and order appear to reign
throughout the kingdom. The Cortes have com-
menced, tinder favourable auspices, thepreliminary bu-
siness of the Session. On the sitting ef the al inst.,
they prepared a list of Deputies to present to the
King their address in reply to his Majesty's speech
from the Throne.

PRINCE OT SIX E•COUUNG —Mr. R. SMITH grid he
had heard that the Princeof Saxe-Coburg hadrequested
that his allowance might be reduced to the level of
that of the juoior Dukes of the Royal Family. Mr.
Smith asked the Ministers if this were correct; and
we were not at all surprised to bear Lord Castlereagh
say that it was the first he had heard of the matter.—
The allowance to this personage is fifty thousand
pound" a y‘arfor ; that is to say, as mach as all
the duties on starch amounts to in England, and one-
third as ninth as the duties on hops amounts to, or
thereabouts. In short, it is enormous, and it is well
known that it was granted at a time, whin money.
compared with the prices of farm-produce was,
nut worth half what it is now. Ile was, too, made
a Field 3larshal ; and, of course, he is one now,
though there is a provision in the Act of Settiemeat,
which has never yet been repealed, that no foreigner, 11
though naturalised and ramie a denizen, shall be ea-
pable of holding any place of trust, civil or military.
The same provision of the same Act, says, that no
foreigner-born shall hold a pension or receive other
emolument under the crown. But, the pension or
emolument that this personage receives, he receives in
virtue of an Ad of Parliament ; and, therefore, that
Act, as far as it goes, repeals, as to him. the Act of
Settlement ; but, as to the Field.filarshalaltip we are
not aware that any Act has been passed to repeal the
Act of Settlement in that respect. However, in the
present circumstances of the country, It is the money
we look at ; and, our feelings sport the subject would
be inch as we should not much care to describe,- were
we not comforted, as we really are, by the reflation,
that the payuient of the money will now fall; in great
part, upon the landlords and the parsons, who have
the power to help themselves, and who, if they refrain
from helping themselves because they cannot help
themselves without suffering the people to obtain their
due share of political influence, ought to suffer all that
an enormous expenditure can inflict upon them.
On Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock. a Cabinet
Council was held at the Foreign Office in Downing-
street, which sat till half-past three.
The Joernal des Petals, of Wednesday last, as-
sured its readers that the King of England will visit
Pane in the month of June next.
On Saturday the amount of Five per Cent. stock,
for which money was claimed, was abort two =Mimes.
It will be recollected that, for persons residing in
'treat Britain, Satarday was the last of the twelve
Jays allot ed for expressing assent to the plan for the
redaction of the Interest.