The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-03 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

more or less being said also at it. in the daily papers. The
@abject has been one of very deep interest to the nation .
at large ; and particularly to those bustling, talking
persons who deal in stocks. The stocks is, in fact, a
great game always going on. Innumerable persons
hike a part in this game. This game, like all otitis*
produces a great excitement in those who are at
engaged in it. Then, there bate been numerous persons
who, tempted by the large interest on Spanish securities,
'as they are drolly enough called, have ventured their all
and the all of theii families in this game. The thing
came to this, in short a betting upon peace or war.
Our stupid and blackguard news papers; our illiterate,
unprincipled and corrupt newspapers advised their
readers to feet upon peace. They did so: and they have
lost millions, which millions have been carried away by
the French ; and by GerniansPessians, Prussians, who
were in the secret, and who knew that there would be

Now, if there had been nobody to foresee and foretell
that there would be war. If no public writer, having
so other means of information than these newspapers
had ; if there had been no such Pelson to foresee and to
foretell that Which has taken place; then, indeed, {her
charge against this vile press might not be so clearly
made out. But, I can appeal to the public, I can appeal
to my own columns for proof,that from the very moment
that the subject was first mentioned 1 said there would
be war, I proved that it was folly to believe that there
would not be war, Therefore these newspapers
are totally deprived of all excuse : they must be be-
lieved to be either profoundly ignorant or profoundly
corrupt.

Of all these offenders, none has been so great as the
Old Times. Many are the mischiefs which this credu-
lous public have experienced from giving ear to that
calumnious and lying vehicle ; but in other eases, it has
not been so easy to trace the mischief at once to the
source. Here we have mischief and source both before
our eyes at once. And now let us hear what this
stupid old paper has to say in its defence. It feels
the consequence of its abuse of the public. It seems
to feel that it is impossible it can ever be believed again;
aid therefore it makes the following miserable attempt
to palliate ha conduct.
" We cannot refrain from repelling an intputation east
indiscriminately epos as with others, that we pare aces.
"ranee, or even hazarded an opiates, that no sear would
"take place. How was it possible to predict the final
" determination of • mind that vibrated every day ? We
" never did more than describe and explain coteraporameows
"appearances. No one can deny that M. de l'illele's
" articles in the Journal des Debate were pacific. No one
"can deep that the Duke of Wellington made the strongest
"efforts at Verona for peace; and would not any one have
" been mad to have sa id, snore than two months ago,that those
" efforts would prove unavailing SOW ? Whoever, Indeed,
"should have said that war was decided on, eiglit and forty
" hours before the speech, the detested speech, was uttered,
" would have been in error."

Mr. Canning, when he conducted a newspaper called
the Anti Jacobin, spoke of the Courier newspaper in the
following words. Let It be observed, that the Courier
was then, as well as it is nuw, the property or part pro•
pert), of Daniel Stewart. These were thd words in
which Mr. Canning expressed himself with regard to
the Courier. "We formerly observed, that the
ICOURISIt was written by madmen for lAe use of
" fools; we now think it is written by fools for the use
of madmen : it should be mentioned,that a competent
" degree of kaavery, which is by no means inconsistent
_ _

0 with the character, either of folly or madness, must
44 be understood to attach to both parties." Never,
perhaps, was a better description ; certainly never •
truer description; and, precisely do these words apply
to the old paper of which we are now speaking. In•
deed, there may be some doubt, whether it be the mad
men or the fools who are the writers; bat that, between
writers and Leaders there is a mass of madmen and fools,
nobody calf p ossibly doubt.

What tioiAthis old paper mean by complaining that the
imputation is Cast upon it, as si ell as upon other papers?
Why, it was the great bell weiber of the: blunder. It
was not only wrong, but it led the way in error. There
is a whole tribe of country papers that have been in the
habit of pinning their faith upon it. Cockey Bacon
of Norwich, for instance, has never any thing of his
own upon such a subject. He merely copies what is
said by this old thing, which he calls the "first of
" English Journals." Such a man as Cockey Bacon
dues net know any more about the interests or passions
which are at work in France and Spain
thaw he knows about what is passing above
the clouds.—Su that this old blundering bell
wether not only merits a share of the imputation, but
a principal share of it. " How was itponible", says the
old thing, " to predict the final determination of a mind
that vibrated every day ?" Here is a miserable shuts !
How do you know that the mind of the King of France
vibrated every day ? And if you did know it, how came
you never to tell ne of it? The King of Franee's mind had
nothing at all to do with the matter. It was the mintilOf

those whose mind governs the mind of the King of
France. Bur, at any rate, you never told us that his
mind was vibrating. You told us that be was for peace;
and the wretched creatures who have lost their fortunes
believed you. But, what impedance; what idiot-like
folly to ask how it was ?orate for any one to predict
war, when predictions not only of the possibility but of
the fact are so fully before the public : When it is
notorious that the STartsmarr did predict if ! What
do you want more to convince you that it was possible?
You gave a deicription and explanation of" contcmpora
meows appearaacu." Oh, you did, did you ? And what

does that mean (you old fool I.) What does contempors
neous mean? Wbo authorised you to fabric Ate words?
But, if you wean that you described and explained tl.e
symptoms which appeared of the disposition of the
parties on whose will the result rested ; if this be your
weaning,tlsen you resort to your old practice, that of
du.vnright lying ; for, never did you any such thing,
and Dever were yon able to do it. " No one can deny
" that Al. de Vilklea articles in the Journal des Del ats
" were pacific." In the first place, what authority have
you for saying, and what reason ever bad you for
believing, that the articles to which you allude were
articles of M. de Yillele?- What do you know
of M. Villele and his writings ? In the next
place, " the articles were pacific?! Yes, In he

eyes -of as fool like you;
.
lint when you told
us this; or, *titer, when you told* it to the besotted
holdersof Spanish bonds, what did we say ? What did
we tell the holders of Spanish bonds? We told them
that these paCific articles were written for the express.,
purpose of deceiving them; for the express purpose of
getting money out of English pockets aid putting it
into French pockets; and you, therefore was either pro-
foendly ignorant, or you were willingly assisting in the
cheat.. This time, however, we acquit you of the latter,
and ascribe your articles upon tbe subject to your incor-
rigible stupidity.—" No one can deny that the Duke of
Wellington made the strongest efforts at Verona for
" peace." But we deny it; we denied it from the be-
ginning; we always said it. was false; and where have
you any proof of its truth ?•-•,—." Would not any one
have been mad to " have said. more than two
months ago, that these efforts would prove ono-
" nailing ;atria ?" Are not you a mad old devil to ask
this question ? For, did not 1, more than two months
ago, when you told us that those efforts were making,
tell the public that if they were made they would prove
unavailing? Did 1 not over and over again give the
public the strongest assurance, that if the Duke made the
efforts he Would be laughed at? And yet, with all this
before time public, you, (crazy old wretch 9 ask if it
would not have been madness to foretel that which you
yourself say has now leit verified! Yes, yes, it is, as
Mr. Cittning said in the case of the Courier, madmen
writing for the use of fools, both having a saitable por-
tion of knavery.--.. Whoever should have said that war
.. was decided on eight and forty hours before the speech
4. was made. would have been in error! What! is there
nobody to take you to Bedlam! Have you no relations,
no friend on earth to pay for a broom-stick or a strait-
waistcoat? Why, you raring mad old creature, eight
and forty hours before the speech was made, the STATES.
ataN told the public that war was decided on. Look
into its columns and you will see that just eight and
forty hours before the speech was made, the STATESMAN
told the holders of Spanish bonds, that war was decided
on ; and out come you now. with all the foam and drivel
abont yonr jaws, and tell that very same public ; tell
those poor ruined creatures that held the Spanish Bonds
that those were in error who told them that war was
decided on !

In this same dotard j ouroal of Saturday, we find the
following pretty little attenip: at shuffling out of respon-
sibility. The reader has already seen enough ; but, in
a case like this, we can hardly have too much. 1 will I
therefore insert this abufile. " Yesterday being settling
" day for the transactions in foreign securities, a very
great sensation was produced among the persons ea-
" gaged in them by the aononacerwent of a defaulter of
"'the Bret consequence, whose
_eitensive resources were
0 previously supposed to hairs placed him beyond the
1" apprehension of each a reverse. The name of this
1" gentleman is Mr. Dewitt Moearro, and it is ne'more
" than justice to say, that the previous knowledge of
" and estimation for his character, caused the most
" lively sympathy to be every where expressed for his
"misfortune. It has been caused, no doubt, by a con-
"fidexce is his own jagasent that the peen of the Con-
" tinent would be maintained, and which was so strong
"as to induce him to risk his very large property on
" the issue." So, this jobber was ruined by a confi
&ace is his ownjudgment, was he? How do you know
what confidence he bad in his own judgment? Did he
tell you that he was confiding in his own judgment ?
No, you shocking old thing ; bat you made this obser-
vation by way of insinuation, that if he bad followed
yosr advice, be would have been saved ! Hence this
observation about his own judgment. He followed his
own judgment to be sure; and ihat very weak judg-
ment led him to confide in you inetead of confiding is
the Statesman. If his judgment had been sound, he
would have despised the silly trash in your columns,
would have been influenced by the clear views and
sound reasoning offered to him by me; and his fortune
would have been safe lel his pocket.
Other and even more heavy failures are expected we
are told ; and, indeed, this peace-bubble threatens to
equal pretty nearly the famous bubble of the South
Sea. Millions, at any rate, have been conveyed out of
the pockets of the English into the pockets of the
French ; and it must now be evident to all the world
that the newspapers with the stupid Old Times at the
head of them, has been the cause of this transfer. We
happen to kuow of a gentleman in the country, who had
bought to the amount of many thousands of Spanish
Bonds. when these bonds were at about 48. Being in
London, be went into the house of a friend, pulled out
the Old Times newspaper from his pocket, and, in a
tone of exultation, exclaimed to his friend : " here, you
" see, there'll be no war 1' And then went on to congra-
tulate himself on the purchase that he had made. His
friend immediately put into his hand (lie STATIMMAII of
the evening. .before. " Read that," said be; " and
" think a little more about the matter, before you resolve
" to risk so much." He looked at it. Ile read it. He
wad staggered. But he held on: he believed in the
stupid Old Times, and has become a half ruined man.—
This doubtless has been the case, or nearly the case, in
thousands of instances. Covered with the curses of
wives and children mast this mischievous newspaper be
but, curse it as long as they will, their curses will never
reach a ndllioneth part of its demerits.
It has often occurred to me, that one of the most useful
things that could be done, would be to show the nation
who the people are that own and conduct this London press.
If this could be dihm completely, the delusion would instaniy
he at an end. These newspaper dealers and jobbers have
influence only because they are not taloa*. The notion of
the world is, that each newspaper is the property, and is
under the controul and direction of literary yeallensen ;
men of extensive information ; men to whom the sources of ,
knowledge are open ; men of great ability ; men, in short,
whose business it is to tench the public what to think Of
public matters, and whose talents are equal to the due per.
formance of that business. The mysterious WE that they
make use of, give men an idea that what they are reading,
proceeds from a little council of wise meu, who have been
' sitting and deliberating upon what they shall put forth.—
Each paragraph appears to be a sort of little order in
council; a solemn decision of a species of literary
conclave. If the publio could but know how the
bing is managed; if they could but know whams:taboo

those are from whom these paragraphs proceed ; inef
could but know how a newspaper concern is in general
conducted; if they could but once gee all the rabble rolt
of proprietorp,and bear their hickerings and quarrelliou,
about the the prtfiti; if they could but once see Ay4.;
hear these the delusion would vanish. They would
never more believe a word
,that they read, ant! would
never be more in danger of experiencing the fate of
Mrs. Muccatter.
To exhibit the whole swarm to the public view, wit;
an account of all their shares and all their dividends of
profits would require the space of a not very small volume,
I shall, therefore, fur the present, content taysta with
en exhibition of the nature of that trading concern, the
stupid and beastly Old Times. And this I shall do be
inserting a copy of the affidavit, recorded at the Stamp
Office, and in virtue of which affidavit this miserable old
paper is permitted to be published. The reader will
stare when he sees it; but, it is necessary that it should
be seen, in order that the public may know the names
of aomeof those, at any rate, who have been the cause of
so much delusion, and of such inexpressible mischief.

AFFIDAVIT.
•
" CHARM/ABELL of Brunswick-street, Christ-Chuerh, in the
County of Surrey, Printer; JAMIE CARDEN of Bedford-
Square In the County of Middlesex, Esq. and Mary kis Ink,
(which said MART CARDEN is eke of the Administrstrizes
wittfthe Will annexed of JOHN WALTZ 2 ICE of Teddiagtso
In the County of Middlesex, Esquire. deceased); the Ite.
VEREND ALEXIINDRR BRODIE of Eastbourne in the COW!' At
Sussex, Doctor of Jislaity, and Anna his Wife, du severally
make oath and say: And, first the DepOD.efli CHARLES BELL,
for himself, with that he Is the Printer and Publisher of a
certain Newspaper called " TIIE TIMES ;" And the Delo.
omits JANE. CARDEN and Marg his Wife and the said Aces-
ANORIt BRODIE and Anita his Wife, for themselves say they
believe that the said John Walter at the time of his deeds
was the Proprietor of eleven sixteenth Shares of the said
Newspaper; and, being such Proprietor, in and by his last
Will and Testament gave and bequeathed novo his Nephew
John Walter and John Sbubaek certain Shares in the soli
Newspaper Upon Trust as to two sixteenth SharesAttereof for
the sole and seperote use of the said hisne CARDEN Naliedk-
standing her Covertnre and as to two other sixteenth Shares
thereof Upon Tryst for the sole and separate use of the mi;
Arose Brodie tottwilikstaistfiai Aer Corerisre ; and :hat t se,
said James Carden and Mary his Wife, Alexander artid4...
and Anna his Wife, for the laid twelve months and upwards
have been, and now are, in the receipt of their respective
Shares of the Dividends and Profits in respect of the *id
several two sixteenths so bequeathed by the said John Wet-
ter deceased as afore aid anti that the amount of each of the
said two sixteenth Shares In the Property of such Newspa-
per Is not less than the proportional Share of any other Pro-
prietor. And these Deponents, CHARLES BELL, JAIIES
CAa-
DI and /Barg his Wife, ALEXANDER BRODIE and Anna
his Wife, do further say that the aforesaid Newspaper is in-
tended to be Printdd at the Printing Office iu Printing Hoses
Square in the Parish of Saint Ann, Blachfriars in the City of
London, and lastly that the said News-paper is Whaled
"TILE TIMES."
Sworn at the Stamp them Somerset Place, .t
this fifteenth day optuse, I9°1; before me,
" HENRY HALLAM.
"A Commissioner for managing hts Majesty's Stamp Duties."
" Charles Bell, " James Carden,
" Mary Carden, " Alexander Brodie, D.!).
" Anna Brodie."

Here is a. picture! Here is an exhibition! Here are
the mighty and mysterious WE! An attorney and his
wife, and a parson and his wife. The two women, you
see, are the real proprietors, fur 'the shares are secured
to them, itetutithstandinif their seobeeterc.' Tints, then,
the infamous blackguards who have been representing
me as .keeping a butcher's shop at Kensington; have
• been fighting under the shelter of the petticoats of these
two impudent women. Conte at them with horse-whid
or broom-stick you cannot ; for it is the two women; it
is Anna Brodie and Mary Carden that are the real pro-
prietors; and who come, and, upon their oathv, place
their names here as the persons who authorize all that is
contained in this atrocious paper; a paper marked fur its
inculcation to the shedding of blood ; a paper marked
by every atrocity, that has ever disgraced paper and
print. But, these women arc not to escape in this way.
Swift very justly lays it down, that when women quit
the behaviour of their sex and behate like bullying men,
they are to be treated like bullies and kicked down stairs
accordingly. Every word contained in this indecent and
atrocious news-paper, must be deemed and taken to be
the words of these two women. They pocket a consi-
derable part of the profits arising from the sale of this
paper. It was only the other day that theseintpwlent
women talked of my "paunch." I do not at present
know the persons of the audacious tennagents; but when
I do, I shall be by no means sparing in description of
their paunches, and such other parts belonging to them,
that I may think worthy of description.
However, that which is much more interesting to the
public is, the dirt awl filth of the trade that is here ex-
hibited. Here is this concern, divided into the devil
knows how many shares. Here are eleven sixteenth.,
VI by will; so that even the old Walter appears to have
been proprietor of only eleven parts out of sixteen of the
paper. These two abusive women swear that each of
their shares is not less than the share of any one other
proprietor ; so that, according to this oath, there most
be eight proprietors, and the fellow called John Walter,
whom Dr. O'Meara horse-whipped by proxy, or, at
least, horse-whipped another person in the stead of, Can
be the proprietor of no more than two shares out.of six-
teen. There may be fifty shares, for any thing that we
know, and twice as many proprietors. Whole families
of childn n, it is said, are in saw degree dependent upon
some of the shares ; and, in short, the shares are, and
must be as much an article of traffic as lottery tickets,
shares in play-1 ,ses, or any other thing of the kind.
You see, the women talk of dividends of profits! there
is a pretty concern ! Here is a thing to which this pub-
lic are to look fur correct information as to matters in
which the nation, or in which large classes of persons are
deeply interested! Is it not manifest, that a thing like
this can be carried on for no purpose other than that of
profit attending it? Upon tlr! fare of it, it is a trading
concern ; a concern for making money ; a concern with
which truth or falsehood, can have tothing at all to do.
Whatever the interest of the concern dictates ; whatever
offers the prospect of the greatest profit, must necessa-
rily be pursued.
Where, then, are we to find terms sufficiently contemp-
tuous to apply to th t-e, who, at the hole and corner
meeting held in a ba. n • n Norfolk, could state, as a rea-
son for protesting against the coaity Petition, that that
Petition had been a woe . by the London aewspspers!
In the speech ascribed to Lord SUPPIELD, this very rea•
son is given for that hole a"d corner proceeding. Su!
his Lordship was frightened out of his senses at the

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~edding of Anna Brodie and Mary Carden! Poor
Lord! He could not endure to be scolded by these two
decent and stately dames, who had sworn that I kept a
butcher's shop, and who had so elegantly talked of my
paunch! His Lordship could *et the decision of the
comity of Norfolk at defiance; he could, if the speech
imputed to him be true, set candour, truth, and all ho_
'uourable dealing at defiance; he could set at defiance
the censure of every man of sense and of principle; but
be was not man enough to bear up against the black-
, tuardism of Anna Brodie' and Mary Carden. It is very*
tine that these political termagants had " *bused" the
alerfolk Petition ; but was that any reason for his abut-
ing
me? Was that any teasels for his comparing me to
Edwards ; and uttering other pieces of abases, and that
behind my back, too, when he had not thought it proper'
to come and face me in the Hall ?
And, is it by Anna Brodie and Mary Carden, pro-
prietors of four sixteenths, notwithstanding their cove
tare; is it by creatures like these; these traders in the
vilest of all articles that car possibly be waded in; is it
by those persons that the landlords of England are to be
bellied out of their estates, the farmers of England out
of their capital, and the labourers of England out of
their wages! It is manifest, that all the creatures of
this description Must have an intimate connection with,
and a deep interest in, the thing called the stocks, or
fends. My firm belief is, that more than four-fifths of
the newspaper press in London is owned by jobbers in
the funds. What is the country to them? What care
the for the ruin of the country What care they for
the perishing of labourers; or, in short, for the destruc-
tion of nine-tenths of the community? Here we have
the cause of the full-cry which they sot tip against the
Norfolk Petition. Theybave been attended to, because,
as I observed before, the public do not know Who they
arc, and in what manner, and from what motive, their
vile traffic is carried on. If the public could see them
all together in a field (and no small field would contain
.‘tiviii); if the public could see all the men, all the wo-
olen, ail the families of children; all the tribes of edi-
tors, pen-editors, sheer-editors, runners, and all the
whole tribe; if the public could but see this crew, no.
thing more would be wanted. Never could man, wo-
man, or child ;ely again upon any thing published by
them. No small part of them are, perhaps, literally
Jews.*ahere is one Jew who has published a paper of
some sort or other, backward and forward, for many
years, there was a Jew, a few years ago, who had two
pipers his own property ; and, it is my real belief, that a
very large part of the London newspaper press is owned,
-really owned by the sons of Israel. And, this is the
press, of the censure of which Lord Suffield is so much
afraid! This is the press that Mr. Canning and Mr.
Stuart Wortley tell us supplies the place of a House
of Commons chosen by the people ! This is that fa-
mous " respectable press" which Castlereigh wished
to spare when be was passing the Six Acts. Well
he might wish to spare h; for, without Its assist.
anee, never could be or his predecessors have Ilene
that which they did.k.la this. press which has bees,
mare thou ties thisvisioAssirei shrrula et the coun-
try ; and, if the ratflw bite 'nothing else to thank me
for, it has to thank me for twenty years of incessant
efforts to counteract the workings of this nefarious press.
At last, I see s crowd of victims fall beneath its delusive
tongue and its poisonous touch. Those victims have,
however, only themselves to thank for their fate. Things
have so worked as to put into my hands the daily means
.of combatting this press. Here is the truth; here is
sense, here is reason, for those who choose to listen to
them : and, thosse who do not choose to listen have the
just reward of their obstinacy in their ruin.
One cause of the faith, which people give to these
newspapers, is produced by the RIPORTZRS. People see
them with pencil and book in hand. They afterwards
read with astonishment that which they have (heard.—
They think that capable of taking down with so much
accuracy what others say, must be wonderfully clever
men. And this is really the ease. This is a fact indis-
putable. But, like many other indisputable facts it is
Blade to lead to a most erroneous conclusion. The con-
einsiodgenerally is : if the reporter, who is employed by
the proprietor, be so clever a man, what must the pro-
. prietor hintseff be! Why as we have seen, it may be
Anna Brodie and Mary Carden and their husbands, the
parson and attorney. The fact is this. The reporters
look upon themselves merely as lawyers employed by
clients, and who those clients are, they are compelled by
their profession not to care a curse. They take their fee;
but, they generally most heartily despise them, and
would no more be deemed their friends, than they would
be deemed the friends of the fellows that black their
shoes. The reporter comes (unless he be a supple knave)
and brings his true report. The vile hunks of a pro-
prietor then garbles, gets, swells out, cuts short, or
otherwise manages the report according to his interest.
Puts what words he pleases into the mouths of speakers,
adds descriptions of his own, for his own interest, or malig-
nant purposes : so that the report which you see in his pa-
per, frequently bears no resemblance to that which has been
brought him by the reporter. I gave a striking instance
of this in the case of the old Times iu its report of the
Hereford Meeting; but, no instance is wanted. Every
report that appears furnishes an instance of the kind.
The whole is a mass of low cunning and cheatcry rendered
successful by the reputation for talent which the propri-
etor gets in consequence of the indisputable talent of the
reporter. But, let this always be borne in mind ; that
the reporter is merely what the lawyer is to his client :
he discharges his duty by giving a faithful report ; and
then he leave: that report to be dealt with by the low
hunks that has given him his fee.

WM. COBBETT.

STOCK FICHANOIt, HALF PAST TWELTZ O'CLOCK.—
COOSOis opened this morning at 73i to i, rose to 76. and
are at present 7hfl. The Express from Peri, this morn-
ing brings the French Fends 77.50; but it is said they
afterwards rose to 78-20. Spanish Bonds opened at 38,
and are now 362. It is reported that Sir Robert Wilson
is preparing to proceed to the Peninsula.
Volution Futens.—The most business doing is in Spa-
siablend Colombian Bonds,
Xi
TO—Now Spanish, 36t—Old. 41—New Prussia, 71
77-11vssia. 71—Danlab, 78—Neapolitan, nothing
tmobtoo, MI to OS-11panish Scrip, 12i.

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By German Paper., which have arrived this azurites'.
we learn that theEmperer of Russia arrived on the illth
at Warsaw, An article in -he Alvienie Zeniths', dated
from the frontiers of Russia, Jan. 6, says, " that the sc.
counts of warlike resolutions on the part of the Russian
Cabinet, mentioned by many journal., are wholly
groundless. His Majesty the Emperor perseveres in his
pacific system with respect to Turkey; even shoed the
new proposals of Lord Strangford not be well
received at Constantioeple, hiq Majesty is stated
to be firmly resolved not to draw the sword.
Tha Ispariots have lately taken a corvette which had
been forced from Patras by stress of weather. One ac-
count represents it a handsome Egyptian vessel of 2$
inns, which had been decoyed by the Greeks; 'mother
states it an Algerine, 'Welched been abandoned by the
Crew.

Paris papers have arrived to the lit inst. Tht Chamber
of Deputies has been solely employed hitherto in verify- I
lag the qualifications of the Members returned at the
late elections. la the Sitting of the 30th inst. the
admission of Mr. Keratry. a Liberal, was adjourned in
consequence of his not having fulfilled all the conditions
required. But the Left Side redeemed this partial dis-
comfiture by an important triumph. They opposed the
admission of Mr. de Marchangy, (who incurred so much
publiciodium by his success in the late prosecutions) on
the ground of his not having been a freeholder the length
of tune required by the law (a whole year.) The point
would have been disputed by his friends, but Mr. do
Marching, honourably owned the truth of the objection
urged against him. and withdrew after declaring that
be would not give the Chamber unne y trouble.
The Journat des Debate contains a violent attack on a
letter from the General of the Faith. O'Donnel, which
was published by an Ultra Paper, and stated that the
French Ambassador at Madrid, Comte de Is Garde, had
intrigued " to force the King of Spain to admit the
French Charter, that is to say, to swallow hemlock instead
ofarsenic." The Journal desDelutts is full of indignation
at the insult cast upon the French Charter,and thus asks
'• how cab a foreign officer take upon himself to calum-
niate the fundamental laws of a country where, in virtne
of those very laws, he has found help and hospitality?'.
This philippic terminates by a hint that the Royalist
O'Donnell and his friends had better display more of their
fervent energy in the field, and less upon paper. The
Moniteur has published a list of about sixty General
Officers who are to be employed in the " Army of Spain,"
amongst whom there are not three belonging to the old
French army. The trial of the persons implicated in the
conspiracy of Sammie is going oit before the Court of
Milt's at Orleans. I■ the sitting of the 27th ult. an
' attempt was begin to be made to implicate M. de la
• Fayette in the affair. The Funds have experienced a
I fresh depression, having closed at .78 frs. 70 wits. on
Thursday, they descended to 78 on Friday.

FUXIN •T Pain, JAN. Sl.—Fire per Cent. Comb',
opened at 781. 50c., lowest 77f. 75c., cloud K•7BL;
Sank Stock, 1,4371 Wm; Neapolitan 5 por-C0nt.,171.
Eubanks on London, one month, 251. 25c.; three
months, *51.10c. •

Yesterday at two o'clock a Cabinet Council was held
at the Foreigh Office, which wu attended by the Lord
Chancellor, Earl of Harrowby. the Earl of Liverpool,tbe
Earl of Westmorlanl, Mr. Peel, Mr. Canning, Earl
Bathurst, the Duke of Wellingtoo, Visct. Melville, Mr.
Wynn, Mr. Robinson, Lord Maryborough, and Viscount
Sidmoeth, who all remained in close deliberation till
about half past five o'clock.
The circular issued by Ministers to their friends to
attend Parliament to morrow is it is said in a tone of
unusual importunity. The letter adds, thatibusines of the
greatest importance is expected.
The Duke of York is going on well towards recovery
from his indisposition, which has been a violent inWam•
illation on the chest, occasioned by continued and in-
creased cold.

Mr. Vansittart continues confined by indisposition,
which was the ranee of his not being present at the
Cabinet Council yesterday.

TbeEgeria frigate is ordered to be paid off at Ports-
email, and tittedapio for sea.

The Braced sloop of war is fitting at Plymouth for the
Brazil statioe,
Admiral Sir oeo. Eyre is appointed Commandergn-
Chief in South America, id the room of Commodore Sir
T. Hardy.
The Coastitutioanel states, that in less then a fort.
night, the price of sugar, at Paris, has risen 25 sous per
pound.

The opening of the Assembly of the States of Hanover
is fixed for the 3d of March.
By the Bayonne papers, to the 25th alt, which have
reached us, it appears that the Constitutionalists have
obtained fresh advantages over the bands of the Faith,
in Navarre, but that the Insurgents are in considerable
force in Arragon.
M1D.!,,, JAN. 27.—" Before three months, oar fron.ier
places will be In a compete state of defence : we shall have
a depot of 100,000 muskets; thirty Spanish ships of war
will leave our ports, to defend our (coasts : the clothing for
60,000 of the army, which is preparing, will be finished,
and the army will be 148,000 strong. Fifty-two great Quer•
rillas will be organized, and an infinite number more will
be formed, if necessary. Such is the situation in which
we shall Ind ourselves placed by the month of April next;
at least we have grounds for giving this assurance. It will
certainly place us in a condition to resist any attack what-
ever, if, as we doubt not, the command of the frontier ar-
mies be given to so able a chief as Mina."—(Coatrier
Francois.)
A Lisbon mail arrived last night with papers to the
24th ult. The notes of the Allied Powers on the affairs
of Spain bad been published, and excited some sensation
but not any serious apprehension of war. Details are
given of recent events at Brazil, bat which have previ.
nobly reached this country by a less circuitous route. It
is evident from the tone t the journals, that the hope
of recovering Brasil is not abandoned. The new expe.
'dition for Bahia, consisting of between two and three
thousand, was on board transports in the harbour; and
General Luiz do Rego, who by order of the Government
was to go to Bahia. was on leis way to the capital, where
he was expected to arrive in time to sail with the expe.
ditlon. In the papers received by this packet. we do
not notice any thing to confirm the statement brought
by the Matilda, of disaffection existing among the troops'
on board the transports.
A meeting of the Printers and Bookseller. of Philatlel.l
phia has been called, for the purpose of sending a
delegation to attend the four hundredth grand anniver.
sary of the Invention of the Art of Printing, to be held
at Harlem, in Holland, in 1323.—(Vet0 York Gazette)

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CRIBIJNAta leflf4llMAT'llo*. •
Mr, bfAattAzr 1010 to sieve radse, against a rule
obtained on a former day; milling two persons named
Hargreaves and Snell, to show erase why a itriminal
Information should not be filed against them, for certain
'Hedged • libels published in the, Brightom Herald,
reflecting on the character of tbit Magistrates of Ili°
Town ; baton the suggestion! of t'te Chief Justice, to
mLich Mr. Scariett acceded, the Court a!lbwed the case to
nand over for the purpose of an arrangement.

Mrs. Susannah Wright was this day to ha►e been,
brought up for judgmentAut betindisposition stilt pre
eluding her removal without great danger, it was pos,t-
poned. It is expeeted.that if reco►ered, she will be
broought up on Thursday. '

The Right Hon. T. Wallace, 51. P. it appears, has re-
signed the office of Vice President of the Board of Trade
Mr. Wallace has distinguished himself by advocating a
more liberal system of cotiimerce, and by successfully
applying his attention to the removal of unnecessary re-
straints and vexatious charges with which oar trade and
navigation have been burdened. For the last three
yews, he has been engaged in inquries into the depart-
ments of Revenue appertaining to the several branches
of Customs and Excise. His retirement from office, it
is, however, understood, will not affect his co operation
with the measures contemplated respecting the above
objects. The Warehousing Bill, it is expected, will,
soon after the opening of the ensuing Sessions be sub-
suited for the consideration of Parliament.
The Frankfort Journal of the 25th alt. which tame to
band last night, contains extracts from the Oriental
Spectator of the 13th of December, according to which
the report of ODYSSEUS having experienced a defeat in
Attica bad been confirmed. It is stated, however, that
he had made the son of his conqueror, Urchomi Paella,
prisoner, and that the latter had offered to give up ell
the Greeks whom be had taken in exchange for his son.
But the offer had been rejected by the gallant Chief,who
had retired to the mountains, where he was recruiting
his force. The Turks were fortifying Scio, as alley ap-
prehended an attack from he Iscariot..

Advices from Rio de Janeiro of the 21st of November
state, that on the 12th the Secretary of State sent to the
Consuls and Diplomatic agents of the European Powers.
copies of the decree relative to the new flag of Brazil
which being communicated to the commanders of the
English and French frigates in the harbour, they on the
following day paid due honour to the new Colours of the
Brazilian Empire, by hoisting the Imperial gag and sa•
luting it.
In the House of Representatives. at Washington, on
the 25th of December, a memorial was presented by Mr.
bet4ght, in behalf of the Cheeks, signed by William
Tborstoo, Walter Jones, and 150 other respectable
citizens of the district of Columbia. The memorial prays
Congress " to appropriate two or three millions, ia pro-
visions, aad whatever may be necessary to the Ureeks, as
an easy and honourable mode of acknowledging the aid,
bounty and .obligation received from France in like cir-
cumstances." After some discussion, the memorial was
ordered to lie on the table.

The situation of Resident Commissioner of the Navy
at Deptford is to be abolished, and Commissioner Cun-
ningham, who bas held that situation some years, is re-
moved to the superintendence of the Dock yard at Cha-
tham, in the room of Sir Robert Barlow,' who ;retires
from that post with the rank of Rear Admiral.

It is in serious contemplation to remove the assizes
for Lancashire, from Lancaster Castle, and hold them
alternately at Liverpool and Manchester.
On Sunday morning last the benefit of the New Mar-
riage Act was displayed in a singular circumstance,
which occurred in a parish church in the vicinity of
Reepham, Norfolk. A young couple presented them-
selves at the altar with the intention of there plighting
andexchangingthose vows which the dteaded destroyer
alone could dissolve, and long did the time appear
which it was necessary to await the arrival of the Mi-
nister to the anzions swain and the timid blushing in-
tended bride! But so blind is every votary of the
wily urchin, whose influence may be supposed to have
led them thither, that any obstacle to their promised
union was not thought of till the arrival of the clergy-
man dispelled their visions of bliss by his pronouncing
it impossible to u-site them, as they were one day too
late according to the time mentioned i■ the New
Marriage Act, from the publishing of their banns. They
gazed on each other for some moments as if a tale un-
real had met their earsi when the man, recollecting it
was useless to complain, smiling, thanked the clergyman
and left the church, while his fair intended partner pa
thetically lamented the sad event, exclaiming--" Hang
the New Marriage Act and those who made it."

ANNITZRBARY OP BURN6.—This literary fen ival
If we may use such a term, was again celebrated in the
King's Arms Inn here, by the Dumfries Burns Cl tb,
o■ Saturday last, the 25th instant. Lleutenant-Ge-
neral Dirom, of Mount Annon, discharged the Cu.'es
of the chair with his usual ability, politeness. and
urbanity, and was supported by John Syne, Esq. of
Ryedalc. and Captains Stewart and Busliby ; Major
William Millar officiated as Vice Ptesident. Nearly
fifty gentlemen ranged themselves round one table,
and the company, we are happy to say, was highly
respectable. Indeed the Meeting was much more nu-
merous than we had anticipated ; for the chapter of
accidents told sadly against the club this year, and
what with indisposition, intense storms, and other
causes, deprived it of the services of some of its ablest
and most enthnsiatic members. Right against the
President's chair, hang Allen's original painting of
" The Cotter's Saturday Night," together with por-
traits of the Bard and his repectable relict (bath ad-
mirable likenesses), painted for, and presented to
the Society by that ingenious and rising artist, Mr.
John Oilfillan. The lower end 'of the room was
adorned with the bust of the immortal Shakespeare,
the property of a member ; and we may here men-
tion, that against next yssr, the Society will have to
bout of a bust of Sir Walter Scott, executed by the
first artist In the Island, and the forthcoming gilt of
an honorary member. Mr. Allan. Cunningham, a Dum
freisian by birth, and a man, who, to adopt the words
of the Greet Unknown, is truly a credit to Caledonia.
—(Dumfries Cu uri r.)

SMITHFIELD MARKET, FIB. 3.—There was a good
supply of sheep but nut of oxen. The prices of the
former were rather lower, bat those of the latter much
the same as last market day.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MIN

•
boxicio.—Disappointment, by interference of Itethelitic,
prevented the battle between Moss, the tinman, and Isaac
Herd, taking place until Saturday. Moss was matched by
.
his patron, Capt. Ifaskell, to tight any man, 13!b. wlio
had newer before fought publicly in a ring. Herd was a
known good man from Hampshire, and the bottle tzeti phke
.at Erectly Green, If sots. It was distinguished for out-and-
out game. The men doffed their castors into the Hag at
one Veleek, eager for combat.
In tLe first round Moss missed a well aimed hit with his
left head at his adversary's no6,•bilt he hit by and slipped.
His adversary made a rush, and floored him by a blow oa
flee chest. •
. .
2. This round lasted eleven minutes. There wits no sh. la!
ing, but each fought from the scratch, and dealt out severe
punishment. Moss had rather the best of fighting, and ha
floored his adversary by a flush hit under the ear, which
melted the wax, and produced the claret in abundance.-11
to 11 on Moss.
' and 5. Theis rounds were comparatively towards
thicket. . The men were piping, and had lost their fastness
le the, absence of second wind. Herd had the best of throb-
I lag, but could not keep his adversary's fist from hie heed.
6. Another game round of seven minutes deraties,,,imet
decidedly .1,0 favour of Moss, who kit his isilvereary tit a
stead, and at lest floored bins for stalking. It was Noirgilto
to a watch bolt .
Seven other rounds were fought' and. In the . I ilk Nord
made a firm and resolute stead, bet his adversary was too
quick for him, and ,Its dealt out punishment natil he nods
a real blinker of his adry. • . .
The 13th round won Moss.** tight,who hitckt two of his
adversary's teeth, and clotted the sports. Noth /mapped
severely. •
Cv. Davis AND Tcttise..—The completion of the slakes
of 1001. a tide between these pugilists, takes place to-mor-
row. The day aced for the battle is Tuesday, the 18th of
February.—Davis as the favourite 5 to 4.
HALL AND WlNEL—These youths, from Bristol sad Bir-
mingham, will to morrow, for U .sovereigns aside, it dew
miles from the metropolis. try which is the best men. Hell
is the favourite *Lillie. Both of the combatants are very
strong young men.
Tomlinson offers to fight dolt for 501. *side.
On Thursday John Smith, the Yorkshire youth, undertook
to walk from the Eclipse public house, Chapel bee, Notting
ham, to a post (which he jumped over each time) opposite
the Lodge, on the Mansfield road, 50 miles. la II hears: the
distance was 2 miles out and 2 in. Hreeltipleted the task
42 minutes within the given time. the only refreshment he
took was a cup of tea for broadest, a beef steak for dinner,
and • glass or two of weak gin and water. lie is about 19
years gauge, stout made, wore a large Leghorn hat, a white
satin jacket with pink staves, and carried a short Mick.—
He offered to do the same task again nest day for at tiling
sum.

MARLBOROUGH STRSIT.--SATURDAT.
EITSNSIVR UTTCRJNO Of fOSGSD NOTllll.—alyarkf
Cleft, was again brought up for re-examination chisritid
with uttering I five and tea poised Beak of Eng-
land notes, well knowing them to be forged. A boater
evidenee was produced to prove the uttdr-
ing of the notes after which a gentleman of the
firm of Messrs. Hayc and Frealakeld, solicitors to
the Bank of England, requested the prisoner might be
again remanded, since there were many other similar
cases to be brought against him.
Mr. Harmer, who was engaged by the prisoner,
thought there was no necessity to bring forward other
Cases against him, there being already sufficient mg° to
• iwY• •
'The Magistrate, (J. E. Conaot, Esq.) hempliod with
the Request prayed for by the Prosecutor's Solicitor.
The Prisoner was again remanded until twit Saturday.
He seemed much affected sad had lost in kis former
boldness.
THS WARMTH Of WIG MAI/NO.
Mr. Steer, a gentleman, who weekly desallei the
young butchers in Clare Market, of the downy hon Ours
of their chins, and as occasion demands, that is when the
heat of the dav, or the warmth of debate causes the legal
innia•es of Liecoln's Inn to shake the powder from a
King Charles' curl, Mr. Steer too can dress a wig t his
merits we pretend not to scan, but as philosophers tell
us it requires more virtue to withstand prosperity than
adversity, so would they have seen Mr. Steer a latighirg
instance, a wig of great importance, we beg pardon, the
wig of a man of great importance it that day fell to the
lota Mr. Steer to deck. Eshilerated by the respecta-
ble increase of trade, Mr. Steer had indulg.
in a glass extraordinary, and sallying borne to his wire
in all the importance of • thriving tradesman, as the
D—l would have it, he meets on the staircase Mr. Wil-
liam Doby, a lodger of his own, in full retreat with his
best frying pan, which the said William Doby fully in-
tended without liberty asked or granted, to use in the
ordinary vocation of frying a sausage, This was an
indignity not to be borne by a man in Mr. Steer's state
of mind : some warm language took place, each vouched
for his own importance, and finally. Mr. Wm. Doby
brought the matter here, for his Worship's considera-
tion.

Mr. Steer was consequently called on to say why lie
had got drunk, for Mr. Doby designated his
additional glass, by such an ugly name—whereupon
Mr. Steer advanced in front, and bringing his left leg
forward much in the way Corporal Trim is described
to have don. when he read the Sermon to Dr. Slol .
gave his right hand a flourish :too, which if Mr. Steer
had read Tristrani Shandy, might have made us set him
down for a copyist in good earnest: but it was no doubt
original, and just such a shake as every man. and Inn-
titer's son must have witnessed, when a Barber has
finished a story to his liking, and with the left band
taking a customer by the nose, while with his right he
brandished the glittering steel, as yet unsoiled by froth-
ing suds. Just so, did Mr. Steer etand before his worship.
But the case was frothy throughout, and ended in a
mere lather. So his worship recommended Mr. Steer,
for the future to temper his joys with prudence, and Mr.
tiaby to ask leave to use the frying pan the next time
he longed for a sausage.
Conte ERCHANG; Feb. 3.—There was a very full
market this Morning. Sales of *beat were effected on
much the same terms as before the frost. Barley is
dull in sale and from Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. Beans
are plentiful, and at a reduction of Is. per quarter.
Boiling Peas are Without alterati In ; Urey Peas rather
cheaper. Oats are abundant, and sell slowly on the
terms last quoted.

PRICE OP GRAIN ON BOARD SHIP, Al ONDRR t—
a. a.
Wheat, red. (old) 24 30 Beans, small. (new) ..96 30
white, (old)
--- red (new) ....32 35 tick. (new) ••• 41 26
--- fine
superfine ... .39 42 -- harrow (old) —23 25
white (new) ..38 38 - (new) ..33 26
- fine 26 42 Brank 22 26
--•--- illpertios 43 47 ORBS, feed 17 ID
Rye, (new) lB 21 --...--- fine ..... ...20 iil
Barley, (old) 22 26 Poland lB 21
-- (new) 2l 26
—7-- fine 2B 31 Potatoe 23 24
-- superfine. ....32 33
Malt 44 50 ...-- Scotch 25 26
fine 54 56
Pease, hog 26 28 Ploir, per Sack 16 40
---- maple 2B 30 --...- Seconds 'lo 35
. .. , ..... ...

(lew)
-- white ..... 2tt 32 Pollard, fine, per qr... 14 .t;
--•- boilers (nen) 34 Dren