The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-28 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

who have sacrificed themselves for the country and liberty,
and as many others who are wounded. We have always
fought in advantageous positions. The army retired in the
greatest order to Santa Colons without losing sight of this
place end of Tarragona.
" The troops of the line, the volunteers, the Miquelots,
have all covered themselves with glory ; which I communi-
cate to you to be announced to the heroic Inhabitants.
" The Chief of the Staff. SAN MIGUEL.
" To the Political Cidef of Barcelona."

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We hematite satisfaction to say that the magazines of the
island called La Castile, are filling with provisions. Seven
cargoes have arrived within a few days, and we shall soon
have provisions for three months.

June 28.—We have received news to-day that the Loan,
for 40 millions of Reels decreed by the Cortes, in their pre-
sent Session, has been negociated with the houses of Camp-
bell and Rothschild.
The list of arrivals mentions 9 vessels from Gibraltar,
Ste. with wheat, rice, meat, &c.
June 49.—Many persons desire to know what is become
of General Zayas ; we are sorry we cannot inform them,
but we can assure them that he is not lost, and will soon
give signs of life.

JULY 2.—What has happened to the steam boat from
London is one of the greatest humiliations that the Bride.
deg can suffer, and all the English here murmur at it. It
was authoritatively summoned ; made to approach by can-
non shot; the passengers and letters sent on shore, and the
steam boat ordered to go to San Lacer, though it had no
cargo whatever. As the Spanish passengers were not in-
commoded with the letters stopped, the only object must
have been to insult the British vessel. That Government
well deserves this aad other insults, which it daily expe-
riences, since it Is certain that the French have placed their
blockade within Gibraltar. The vessels at the bar of Cadiz
mock all the power of Great Britain, while there is not a
day passes that feleceas and boats of all other nations enter,
this port.
(This was the Royal George.)
JULY 44—General Zayss has arrived at Malaga, where he
has found the people full of enthusiasm, in the cause of the
Constitution.

The French blockading squadron is constantly in sight,
bat cannot hinder the entrance of a dee. boat. Many ar-
rive with provisions of all kinds. The Cortes continse to
take sack treasures.* the crisis demaads.—( Esliectarler to
July 6.)
An article from Conlon, dated 10th July, says, that
the Diario Colistittaional publishes a proclamation of
General Morino, dated Lugo, June 26, that Sir Robert
Wilson proposed to employ the muskets to be received
from England, to arm the militia of Comma, which
was approved by General Qoiroga. There is a letter
from Sir Robert Wilson, (for which we have not room)
dated June 30, addressed to the inhabitants of Vigo
previous to his departure fur Corunna.
Another letter from Gorman., dated July 10, states
that General Palasea had arrived at Belanzos with 2500
men for the Asturias. The Spaniards were concentrat-
ing at Oriuse, where several corps have jollied. A thou•
sand stand of arms, and 53 barrels of powder, had ar-
lived from England.
' The Brussels papers announce that the Diet of Snit
zerland on the 7th instant. An article from Frankfort
states, that the Prussian Government has resolved to pro-
claim in the course of next month a general amnesty of
political opinion s.

Public attention still continues fixed upon the Penin-
sula. The French ultras are angry ; and this augurs
well for Spain. They begin to think it probable that
they may not be able to get Ferdinand out of the hands
of his keepers. The creoridienee gives extracts from
a letter written by an officer in the army before Madrid,
which actually terrify the Royalists. These extracts
state that General Valdez, the Spanish Commandant at
Cadiz, has replied to the communications with the Fren. b
General, Bourdescrolt, "that be did not doubt that the
" French might soon obtain possession of Cadiz, bat that
" then the Spanish Constitation and Monarchy would,
" have sought an asylum in Ceuta, and even in Airier,'
" for the Cortes would endeavour to form a postage ;
" and in case the French squadron should oppose this
" new flight of the Government of the Cortes, that the
" Constitution and the Monarchy would engulph theme-
" selves in the bay of Cadiz." This is a result which
we took the liberty some weeks since of suggesting might
happen ; and the mere threats seem to have injured the
senses of the enemies of Spanish independence.—
Valdez is called a "madman ;" and the statement is de-
signated as " regicide language." The Courier has
also a paragraph which seems founded on the conviction
that to persevere in the attempt to gain possession of,
Cadiz, may have more disastrous consequences than the
French are willing to encounter. This paragraph informs
its readers that they may rely upon the intelli-
gence that " the French Government have it in
" contemplation to retire across the Ebro, and take up
" their line of defence along that river. The
" heavy artillery has been ordered up to invest the strong
" positions on that line. It is the intention of the Duke
" d'Angouletne to withdraw the troops from before Ca
" diz, unless there should arise a more favourable pros-
" pect of being successful in accommodating the differ-
" ences between the contending parties in Spain !" Th's
is rare news, indeed! The poor Duke, who thought
himself the Deliverer of Spain, cannot accommodate the
differences among his own party. How can he expect
then to have any success with the other? The whole
plan is therefore to be changed. The French, instead
of sweeping through Spain like a whirlwind, are to take
up a line of defence! and to do this, they have to besiege
and take the fortresses of which it is to be composed !
This is having to catch the bear, before it can be skin-
ned ; and the parties are hungry already ! A Ministerial
paper of this morning does not like this intelligence ;
and as the Courier said it was more than a month since
it first hinted at the circumstance, the other sagaciously
remarks, that " we have not been quite three weeks io
" possession of the fact, that the French troops had reach-
" ed the Bay of Cadiz; and consequently the hints of the
" Courier a month ago could not well be founded on
" the disappointment of the plans of the French to get
" possession of that place." By the good leave, howere-,
of the latter Ministerial Scribe, they might have been to
founded ; for it might have been discovered before tl a
French reached the Bay of Cadiz, that they would reach
it to no purpose. The great hope of the invaders rested
on the success of their bribery and intrigues. All that
could be accomplished in this way, was effected before
Ferdinand left Seville. When it was found that his
Keepers were incorruptible; and were determined that
the King should share their fate, the hopes of the French
withered like Jonah's gourd ; and the Courier might a
month ago, be in the secret that the intrigues to get
Ferdinand into the holy keeping of the Army of the
Fai►h had failed. With these would naturally fail the
hope of getting possession of Cadiz; because it was
known to every one that the French army was inadequate
to take it, if it made any resistance. The bare proba-
bility of the French retiring from Cadiz, is, however,
such wormwood to those who said Spain could make no
resistance, that they will affect not to believe it,until all
,doubt is dispersed by the actual occurrence of the fact.

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It is reluctantly "dm tted on all hands that there are
differences among the Spanish Royalists of an irrecon.
cilable nature; hut it is said, " this consideration Hill
" hardly induce the French Government to throw Spain
" again into the bands of the Jacobin." Thank Heaven,
France has not yet been able to take Spain out of the
hands of the Jacobins ; so that they have it not to throw
back to them again :—Barcelona, Patnpelana, Saint
Sebastian, Badajoz, Coruna', as well as Cadiz, are yet
to be taken, with many more places, before Spain will
be in the hands of the French.—Foreign force and na-
tive villainy have yet something to accomplish, before
these places will fall: nor is it the detestable abuse
which the Journal in question lavishes upon the incor-
ruptible Generals of Spain, that trill compel them to
bend the knee before that French Baal, the Duke d'An-
gouleme.

Among the curiosities of the Stock Exchange may be
classed the Poyais Loan, in which there was some busi-
ness done the latter end of last week. The buyers gave
161. to receive back again, sometime, 1001.; and in the
interim, to receive the interest of the 1001. Stock for
the 161. Capital advanced. The price of the 1001. Stock
has been as low as air pounds. Do the purchasers of
these Stocks ever pause, to remember that they deserve
what will most assuredly happen to them, to lose their
money? They are like misers, taking the advantage of
the wants of minors ; and the loss of their advances is
the least part of the punishment that should fall upon
them. A rich and well established State could not gua-
rantee such terms ; how then can a small colony, in the
midst of uncleared forests,underteke to offer any security ?
We have no objection that our wealthy men should spe-
culate on such ventures, if they please. They can afford
to lose the money ; and it would be better employel in
clearing the Poyais country, than its desolating Spain,
or consolidating the despotisms of Europe. But these
apparent speculations of the traffickers in the funds, are
m eant to delude others, who are not aware that they
are speculating at all. A few Brokers dabble in Poyais
Stock, to give its name a currency in the market. They
do mesa to be ultimate holders ; bat merely to add it to
the authorised ventures on the money-market; and then
disposing of all their own interest in the affair, they can
laugh at the silly expectants of interest-money from the
forests of the Poyais! To sell the lands of the Poyais
country, Is assuming much ; yet, if those who buy them
go out to settle upon them, they may not at present find
any one to dispute their purchases ; but to suppose that
the Poyais settlers will ever recognize a Poyais loan, of
which they will never receive one farthing, nor from
which will they ever derive any benefit, is to draw a,,
largely upon the Bank of Faith, as ever did Mr. Hunt
ingdon. The Man in the Moon would offer as good
security for a loan ; but loans are now the fashion,
as joint-stock companies were some years ago ; and we
should not wonder if the two new Zealand Chiefs now
exhibiting at the Cobourg, were not to negotiate a 1044
before they return ; offering the substantial mortgag
of all the Southern islands, with thecollateral security s e
scalps and war-dances !
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WINDSOR, JULY 2G.—On Friday bi 3 Majesty with a
numerous party of Noblemen and Ladies, visited the
Castle, and remained there a considerable time • the
Royal party cause down the Meg walk and throning she
Little Park, in two close carrriages and four, and two
open carriages. In the evening his Majesty entertained
a splendkd, party to dinner; this entertaiement was si-
milar to ,tlte one given on Thursday, with the addition to
the company of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
berland and the Prince of Soling.

During his Majesty's visit to the Castle on Friday, his
Majesty gave the final orders for the arrangement of the
apartments preparatory to his residence. All the servants
of the late King and Queen who have been permitted to
retain their apartments in the Palace up to the present
perio,l, have pceived notice to quit. The greater part of
his Majesty's guests have left the Royal Lodge today.

On Friday a eunrier arrived at the Colonial Office,
Downing-street, with despatches from Corfu.
Saturday morning between 8 and 9 o'clock. an express
arrived at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign
Affairs, in Downing-street, from Dover. The despatch -s
brought by the express were from Spain, by the way
of France. They were forwarded to Mr. Secre ary
4reln4g;aamemaseirr.iewd
Genoa, Jane 21; Ism:—
"it is currently reported. hasa that Lord Byron, with his
kicti.l Captain Hay,

o,Captains Wright,lii—oberts,—and Trelawney, wills thretreonnts (Jambe, are
about to embark for Greece. His Lordship's yaeht, the
Belliva, has already sailed with ammunition and medi-
cines, end a brig now lying here is chartered to carry
Ititmelf and suite.

The Earl of Farnham deputed this life on Thursday
afternom, at the Pulteney Hotel. Albemarle-street. His
Lordship hail been in a declining state of health fur
some months past. The family has not been in town
but a few ils}s.
EARL FITZWILLIAM.-011 Monday the Earl Fitz-
william arrived in this city from Englan I. His Lsrd-
ship proe a led to Bishop's Court upon a matrimonial
object, the circumstances of which had been arranged at
the Duke of Devonshire's last grand party._ btu,
Evening Post )
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIER.—On Monday ,the
scant, tho E.rl Pitzwllliin, accompaniedliv the Hon.
George Ponsonhy, landed from the Holyhead Packet at
Howth Harbour. They were received at landing by the
Hon. and Very Rey. the Dean of St. Patrick's, together
with Mr. Haigh, his Lordship's Agent. The party im-
mediately proceeded, as we are informed, to Bishop's
Court, where. a marriage, by sped.' license, was solem-
nized between his Lordship and Lady Ponsonby. In a
few days this popular Nobleman proceeds to his seat at
Malton.—(l6i(l.)
Tue late marriage in high life between Earl Fitzwil.
Haul and the Lady Dowager Ponsonby, is likely to fur-
nish the material of a week's wonder in the world of
fashion. Her Ladyship is the mother of the Countess
Orel., and is in her 70th year—his Lordship is in his
Thrh year.—(Thiblisi Morning. Post.)
We understand that subscription papers for the
ni.r Is are widely circulated in Crlasgow ; and as a very
active committee has liken the management of them, we
are confident of a liberal result.—(Ediabirgh Star.)
We are happy ici, learn, that, with a view to excite the
attention of the religious public, to a greater extent than
had yet been done, in behalf of the suffering tieecks—a
Mille Meeting was held, in the East Church, Aberdeen,
on Monday last, at half past six o'clock in the evening.
alien various minis ere of different communions address-
ed the meeting.—(lbid )
It is confidently stated his Royal Highness the Duke
t,attend ti
of York is to c
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4,114 Wed, ealay the Town Co ckrefus an a plica-
tion made by the Society of Writer: 10 the Signet for
be appoitrusent of a Professor of Conveyancing is the
Univeia.ty.

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