The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-21 00:00:00

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2the Ititattosinan.

MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1823.

BOURBON WAR.
Onr readers must judge for themselves at to what they
find from the French Papers. We believe nothing that
they say ; but, in all probability, we shall soon hear of the
French being at Madrid. The Chronicle seems to have
discovered that certain men, unquestionably the most roe-
rapt and perfidious in all Europe, have been at work to
undermine the constitutias in Portugal! Two months
ago We said, that these perfidious miscreants would be
at this work. They are now (duce they have become Penny-
lees) as sly and as matign..nt as Eunuchs. There is no-
thing that they will not do, no quantity of blood that
they will not shed, rather than not endeavour to destroy
whatever is calculated to form the subject of a contrast
disadvantageous to their own base, blackguard, and
infamously corrupt concern. Bather than suffer this
concern to be endangered, they would coolly look on
while every throat in Portugal was cut. To hope that
Portugal will escape is to be very foolish.

GAME-LAWS.
Thursday next is fixed on for taking into considera-
tion the Report of the Game-Law Committee. We hear.
that very little is proposed ; and we most say, that we
do not expect even that to be adopted. The evils now
are :--
I.—That the occupiers of land are not allowed to kill, or
errs toksnt, the game, by which their crops are devoured.
Such is the tyranny exercised in this way, that we have
seen a letter from a game-tyrant to a neighbouring far-
mer, renting another. man's land, telling that farmer,
that, unless he sowed more corn for the pheasaats and
partridges, he, the game-tyrant, would miter the hare
to increase ; meaning, that he would cause his crops to
be actually eaten up I What is wanted, then, Is that the
• law should, in this respect, be made what it is in
France ; and that occupiers of land should hats a right
to hunt or to kill.
t.—Men, by the new laws, may be transported for night-
poaching, and may be, and have been, hanged for re-
sisting game•keepers, in order to avoid being transport-
ed. This Is such bloody work, that it needs have no-
thing said about it. This part of the law is of only
seven years standing.
3.—The game-preservers do not form a thousandth pert
of the community ; and the whole community pays
County-Rates and Poor-Rates ; part of which are ex-.
pended la the punishing of poachers, and In the keeping
of their wives and children. So that all the rest of us
have to pay for the preserving of that game, which we
use not allowed even to hive in our possession' when, it
This is a thing that ought to be pat an end to
Immetlietel y.
However, far are we from believing 'that •ittry thing
effectual will be done. There is a talk (for we have not
seen the report) of legali.:ing the sale of game. If this
be adopted, leaving the rest of the law as it is, the oppres-
sion will be a thousand times more odious than it is now;
for, then, the game-fellows will make a traffic, instead of
a sport, of these wild animals! One of them will be able
to keep hares to feed on the land of neighbours, to pre-
vent those neighbours from touching them, and to send
them to market himself—We have heard of game-fel-
lows who have, for years, been exchanging game for
fish, butcher's meat and fruit, and, we dare say, for wine
and clothing, But, to make the traffic Mufti', and to
leave thereat of the game-lspos in force, would be such a
thing! However, let them do it! We, for our parts,
are quite satisfied, that these game-fellows are work-
ing very efficiently to produce a thorough settlement of
things in this country. Always bear in mind, that the
French people have delivered themselvssfrom game-laws.
...St FRANCIS BURDIMT is on the Game-Law Committee.
This is an oceasion for us to learn what he would do,
or have done; in ihe ease., One thing men should think
about seriously ; and that is, emigration. We have had
four applications from farmers, who have some :capir
left, and who wish to know the price of land in France,
and other particulars. We are disposed to recommend
the settled parts of America; but, France Most be a
geed reentry to go to; mad, it is near, and presents no
dangers is the jetting to it. There is great room in
France 'for• the egertion, of ,agricultural skill and in-
dustry. AttgAinsiger of revelation ! That must be a
man.hadeed wile remains to be ruined in Eng-
( ,for fear :srif meeting with revolution in France !
edo not, at present, know the price or rent of land in
Fronk& We Will endeavour to get, information on the
sosicr, Tkie we know, that the French have no
*fiats, se gem. knes, sod that Pre,sek Pinot* ere not
j'eseieee• the 'Pearep We know, bullets, :BO the
1111 rich puttee,. who. are three times as ,gsitnsgpsi's as
,• ms. ye, palpably Itqf as muck in tares Si dot eel
this Madan is, six times as heavy here a* it Is there.
No Woodlif that the Fend Farmers are able to under-1
bell o'aigiiiniers! We know, moreover, that prineipl
of.thg.Frencir Debt is but little more than equal to one
14erest and charges of onr debt. Bulldog 'bit,
Isototsireaters, Itr order to, avoid being tax-parerS, spend
France two 'Or. titre n inilllons of money amoually,
which they drillfrom English labour. So that Fre
,must be a prosperous and happy country. -What, theni
do werecommend men tolnit " Old Engtand?'"Byncr
laws. It is• Old' Sarum frothwhich we loolinpon them
:islieeing.. The transportation Came laws did not be
loog to Old England. They are only seven years old.
They are only four years older than Six dale. If, •in-
deed, a man can do any thing, no matter Whit; towards
bettering our lot, let him stay; bat, if he tin Idnoorhiag
in this way, his !toy does harm. His laboir and kis
•

skill serve to assist to feed the thing that upholds the
tithes, and the game laws, and all the rest of it. Those
echo have the. Church of Ireland in their possession,
have the tithes, they have immense lauded es-
tate:, and, all these they keep; these they keep to them-
selves, and we, in England, are taxed for the purpose
of BUILDING and REPAIRING PARSONAGE-
HOUSES IN IRELAND! There! What does any
man want more than that? He who dots not feel that,
is a beset. Yet, it is useless merely to feel it. To get
away out of the reach of the tax is the best that the
greater part of men can do. Posterity, nay, the.,next ge-
neration but one, will never believe that such things
were; much less, then, will they believe, that, while
those things were, there were people base and cowardly
enough to hear, in silence, certain insolvent villains call
this state of things the "envy of surrounding nations and
" the admiration of the world."

Paris papers to the 19th instant bring no news of im-
portance from the Army of Invasion; but a telegraphic
despatch of Friday announced at Calais that the ad-
vanced guards hail entered it and Ililima. The in-
telligence from Spain in the French journals is very im-
portant. On the evening of April sth, it appears, an
extraordinary Gazette was published at Madrid. which
dispels all fears for Valencia. It contains a despatch,
dated Valencia, 2d April, signed Juan Ahascal, and
states, that Colonel Ant: Razan met, between Alnrviedro
and Alinenara, the main body of the factious, five thou-
, sand strong, with their cannon. They drew np, in o•-
der of battle, to dispute their passage ; but, though he
had but 1,000 men he did not hesitate; in a few Inntnen's
Colonel Ramo obtained one of the completely victoriesl,
that had been gained since the beginning of the straggle
between liberty and despotism ; 800 killed, 200 prisoners,
1,000 muskets, 8 caissons, arc the result of that day,
which filled the factious with terror and confusior.
The news from Murcia is also of the 24, that from Co-
runna of the 30th ult. The military and civil authorities
every where show the greatest activity, and endeavour to
reclaim the deluded sons of the country, who repent of
their past conduct. They also continue to wage a per-
severing war with the rebels, who will be completely
dispersed—thanks to the good spirit of the provinces, the
courage of the troops, the enthusiasm of the militia, and
the firmness of all patriots. 'rite Political Chief has pub-i
Head the following notice :—" The K ing aml Royal Fa-
oily arrived at Andojar, at six P.M. the Ist of April, with-
out having at all suffered in their health. They were re-
ceived by the inlisbitints with cries of " Long live the
Constitution! the Constitutional King." The houses in the
street which leads to the Palace where tbtir Majesties
alighted, were decoiated with flowers and drapery. In the
evening there was a general illumination.—Preparations,
says the Journal de Paris, are making at the hotel of the
Portuguese Legation, for the departure of the Minister of
his Most Faithful Majesty. The passports for the Lega-
tion have just been delivered at his drake. It seems that.
his Excellency will depart in the course of next week. It
is said, that with these passports, the Minister received
a note, expressing the regret that was felt at his having
determined to leave this capital, since France had not
shown any hostile disposition towards Portugal, nor had
not sent any order to the French Minister at Lisbon, nor
to the consuls of his Most Christian Majesty, to quit
that kingdom.—lt is asserted, by the Journal des De-
bate that the French Government, on the principle that
France is not what may be properly called at war with
Spain, will not issue letters of marque, or permit any
naval armament of privateers; and that the royal marine
has received orders not to take any but Spanish armed
vessels, and to let merchant ships pass. It is added,"
that the Government has made this arrangement knoan
to the different Cabinets of Europe, demanding, in its
turn, that they will not allow of the fitting of Spanish
privateers in their ports, nor the sale of such Ariz• s as
they may take. The Police of Paris, according to the
Quotidienne, made a search ou Thursday in the shops of
the dealers in walking-sticks, and has seized all cares
containing swords, daggers, &c. They were all carried
to the Prefecture of the Police, by virtue of the or-
dinances which forbid the wearing or sale of them.—
Between the 6th and 12th of this month, the packet-
boats took from Calais 546 passengers: only 264 have
arrived.
FRENCH FUND% APRIL 111.—Five per Cent. Consols
opened at 84f. 95c.; closed at 84f. 50c.—Bank Stuck
1530.—Neapolitan s'per Cent. 721.
FRENCH FONDS, APRIL 17.—Fire per Cent. Consols
opened at 841.; closed at 84f. 40c.—Bank Stock, 15271
50c.; 1530f.—Neapolitan 5 per cent. 721.
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Panmeluna, it is understood, is likely to give the
Free. b much more trouble than they professed to tippet.
bend from it. It was stated in the City to day, ne sup-
pose from private letters received by some of the ex-
presses,. that they have already lost 600 men before that
fortress•

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STOCK EXCFANOI, Mau►e o'CLocK.---Consols
opened this morning at 164i1, at which they remain
rtesdy. The Expresses from Paris this morning bring
the.Rentes on Saturday 2 per cunt. lower, 82-30 (the
printed prices); but in the evening they got up again to
!33-I,s.—Privato letters from the above capital state that
elm advance of the French army in Spain is rather im_
peded by the ohstitrate defence of St. Sebastian and
Pampelona, as well as the manceovering of Anna on the
flank of the French army. The defeat of the Army of
the Faith in Valencia, and the resistance of the Consti-
tutionalists keep the Spanish Bonds frum lowering. They
opened at 311 i.
Chili, 38i—New Spanish, Slioi—Old ditto, 3R—New Pros-
shin, Sul to fil—Old,Bl2 to 131—Rus9iao, 741—Dauish,
1.
SA—Colombian, lA.

.... Nem lc.* .papers arrived this morning, from which the
. following- tuirextracts :
FROM LIU/. AND Rio JANIEIRO.—The brig Ilariiet, KAly,
has arrived •t Baltimore, last from Rio, which she left on
the 9ih Feb. Cap•ain K. stases tt.st a revolution had taken
Place in Chili, and an army was on its march from Cohcoli-
don against Santiago. The crops in Chili were good. Ame-
rican flour was prohibited, and SO per cent. c'targed on all
imports from the United States, The Brazilian Congress
had not assembled. Some of. the provinces refused to send
del rtes ; Pernambuco had declared for a republic. A Rus.