The Statesman.
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DO, his dear little arms, burst into a kind o►
tics' laugh, and said, ' 0 say pa, 0 my papa
was of course very much affected; and he
and kissed me until I was obliged to leave
the night; he was exceeding loth to part fr,
but he began to be sleepy, and soon became
I have seen him again today. He is happy .
cheerful. He had not the same clothes on in which

be left London ; the villain purchased a suit of blue
clothes, in which he had dressed the boy, and I
hardly knew him, escept from his face. I have jest
seen Charles ltennett: he fell prostrate at my feet,
and kissed them with the most abject meanness. 1
never wimessed rich humiliation in my life. The
contemptible villain implored my pardon, and be-
seeched me not to deliver him up to justice; but
upon that point I had previously made up my mind.
have enclosed an affidavit, which will enable you
to obtain the Secretary of State's order; and I hope
to God you will now make yourself as happy as
possible. Do not let your spirits flag daring oar
absence ; think of oar return to nor deer home; and
upon that kind Providence, whose hand has been so
manifestly stretched out in our behalf, end with re-
Viet to our dear bop-0-1 am, &c.
" JOSEPH HORSLEY."

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STOcltuoLlt‘ Nov. 6.—The day before yesterday,
the 4th of November, the anniversary of the day on
which the Union of Swedewand Norway was resolved
110 by the St oohing of the latter kingdom. his Ex-
celleticy the Norwegian Minister of State, Von An-
cher, gave a grand dinner, which was honoured w ith
the presence of his Majesty the King, and his Royal
Highness the Crown Prince. In the evening was per.
formed, arthe great Theatre, The Union, a piece
composed four years ago, on occasion of the event
which has already had so f.voorable an influence on
the welfare of the Scandinavian peninsula. The
King, wiroJaree not quite.recovered from a slight in
disposition, had not the intention to go to the play,
bat bis Majesty was pleaied to yield to the wishes of
the high Officers of State, who were assembled at the
entertainment of M. Von Anchor, and went to (heti
Theatre, accompanied by the Crown Prince, and at.
-tended *by the Ministers, the Members of the Conn-
cil of State, the chief of Nobility, and the Generals.
The Commissioners appointed by the King to ex..
• swine into the affair of the nine Norwegian peasants,
t who were arrested in consequence of an insurrection,
have been induced to set eight of them at liberty, so
that only one now remains in confinement. It has
. been found that these good people, led astray by their
-sell, bad no ill intention, and they have been treated
with gentleness.
VIENNA, Noe..l4.—Baron Von Sterner, who was
Commissioner from our Court at St. Helena, and has
tnrjce been appointed Austrian Consul• General to the
United States of North America, intends, it is said,
to Solicit his Majesty the Emperor to employ him at
Le'rwin, as his impaired state of health is not equal
to a long voyage. The report which has been gene-
rally circulated here of a fatal dual between two Of-
ficers of Cavalry, is fortonately not confirmed.
FitANKrotur, Nov. 23.—Accounts have been re. I
ceived here from Stutgard, stating, that his Majesty;
the King of.Wirtemberg, has now fully approved the
. plan of an Ecclesiastical Union, agreed upon by the
Plenipotentiaries of the South German Courts, on
the 7th of October, and has also signified his Repro.
baiion of the intended common Embassy to Rome.
As soon as an answer is received to the proposal
mode to that Court. the mission will take place ;
, meantime a confidential notification of the Union is
to be made to those German Courts who are not yet
acquainted with it.
loirAttSAW, NOV. ID.—His Majesty the Emperor
oar King has sent front Ail-la-Chapelle the follow-
ing letter, in the French language, to our Viceroy-
General, Prince Zsjonezeck :
" Prince Zaromezuce,—When I left Warsaw,
some months ago, I said to the Representatives of the
kingdom of Poland, that the love of the People was
always the fairest reward of the Sovereigu. I am
happy to be able to repeat this to you now, with new
conviction. During her stay in the kingdom 'ef Po-
land, my mother has received the most sincere and
affecting homage, the unanimous expression of an at.
tachment, as lively as cordial, and, as I may say; a
tribute of filial love. My gratitude bears the same
character. You, General, have especial claims to it ;
and with pleasure I make you both the depository,
and the interpreter of it. Be then the organ of my
gratitude and satisfaction ; testify both, to all classes
of the Magistrates and Citizens; tell them, that the
reciprocal attachment of Princes and subjects is the
main strength of public institutions, and of States,
and that Divine Providence, which always protects
such a happy sympathy, seems to unite well its
choicest blessings. Renewing my prayers for these
blessings on the kingdom of Poland, I assure you,
General, of my perfect esteem.
(Signed)
" Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct. 19, 1818."
UANOVER, Nov. 2.3.—A very remarkable Procla-
mation has been issued in' the name of his Royal
highness the Prince Regent, respecting the arrears
0 interest due from the Treasury, upon money lent
to it, that is to say, such interest as became due du-
ring the time of the French Administration, viz. from
the lit of January, 1807, to Ist of November, 1813.
Though it may be reasonably doubted, whether the
Treasury be in equity hound to pay the said arrears,
because the revenue destined for the payment had
become the prey of the enemy, yet his Royal High-
ness wishes that the creditors may be indemnified as
far as the ability of the domains will allow, and with-
out too much distressing his faithful subjects. This
his Royal Highness hopes may be done, though it is
impossible to fix at present, either the quantum or
the periods of payment, on account of the numerous
examinations and liquidations that must first be made.
his RaLtlighnesscannot allow somecreclitorstoob-
lain atfbndue advantage above others, by recurring,
to legal process against the Treasury. Ile therefore
forbids any action for the repayment of interest due
in the above mentioned period to be brought against
the Treasury, whether the loan was made before, or
daring the hostile occupation. No alteration is made
respecting arrears of interest due before or since that
period. Nn Court of Justice to receive any action
against the Treasury for the recovery of such interest;
and actiods already commenced shall be rispeaded;

" ALEXANDER.

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ey, as wits4prehendedi partly because the Put)lle
look with confidence to the final dispositions, mad
partly bec,aese they are convinced that the withdraw-
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FLANDERS M.AIL.
A TX-LA•CHAPELLI, Dcc. I.—M. De Hasten, the
Minister of Btden, has insisted on obtaining during
the Congress a definitive decision on the fate of the
countries belonging to Baden, in order to put an
end to the state of uncertainty which has so long sob-.
silted. This affair has led to many private confer-
ences of the Ministers, the result of which, as we
learn from good authority, is the following arrange-
ment:—
" Art. 1. The integrity of the Grand Doke of
Baden, as it is at present composed,- is guaranteed,
preserving to the Counts at Hockberg the successiois
to the Government.
" 2. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of
Baden pays to his Majesty the King of Bavaria the
sum of two millions, for the liquidation of the debts
of the Palatinate of the Rhine. •
44 3. It is engaged to dispose his Royal high-
ness the Grand Doke of Baden to cede the Baili-
wick of Steinfeld to the Crown of Bavaria, in return
the House of Austria engages to cede Gerodsigg with
6000 souls.
" 4. Baden consents that a military road shall
be established to form a communicatiowbetweer, the
ancient and new possessions of the Crown of Ba-
varia."

FRENCH PAPERS.

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PARIS, DLC. 2.—His Excellency the Engtbh Au.
bsssassor was not present at the presentation of the
Diplomatic Corps at the Thoilleries, it being the day
appointed for the interment of the late Qaeen of Eng.
laud. From. the same cause, all the English in Paris
were attired in deep mourning. _

Reconciled with Europe, and recovering, by the
acts of the Congress of Ai=-la•Chapelle, the place
which she ought to occupy in the political balance,
France is now about to complete the system of laws,
which shall develop and guarantee the benefits of
the Charter, granted by the wisdom of her Monarch.
All views are directed to the Session, which will
shortly commence, and ►n which every thing an-
nounces, that plans of the most important laws will
be discussed.

As the Duke of Wellington was entering Paris, at
half•past six in the evening of Monday, his carriage
broke down, and his Grace walked to his hotel, ac•
companied by his Aid•de.Camp, Colonel Harvey.
This morning the Duke de Richelieu called opuo his
Grace, but he was out. _ _ _

Yesterday the Duchess of Feitre and the Duke her
son, had a private audience of the Duke and Duchess
de Herd.
French Funds, Dec. 2.—Fi►e per Cents. 67 f. 25 C.
Bank Stock, 15051.

VIENNA, Nov. 22.—The reruour has been cir-
culated, that the Emperor Alesander would return
to Petersburgh previously to visiting this capital.—
This was not at all probable, and we know, that his
Imperial Majesty will arrive in Vienna in the course
of December.

FUANKFORT, Nov. 27.—The Commercial Treaty
which has been concluded between Prussia ■nd Den.
mark, presents a striking proof of the desire which
animates most of the Continental Powers towards
the consolidation of the free navigation of neutral
vessels, and the abolition of the obstacles upon which
nations differ in a commercial point of view.
Pistils, DEC. 3.—Yesterday, the Duke of Welling-
ton end Sir Charles Stuart, his Britannic Majesty's
Ambassador at our Court, had the honour of being
presented to the King. M. the Ambassador was
charged with notifying to his Majesty the death of
the Queen of England.
Sir C. Stuart, as well as the Duke of Wellington,
wore large mourning sashes. The officers of their
suite wore crape on the arm.
The Duke of Wellington had the honour of dining
with the King and Royal Family.
The Mayor of Dunkirk has announced, by Pro.
clamation, to the inhabitants, that the Duke of An.
gouleme is to arrive there on the 6th. On the 27th,
28th, 29th, and 30th, he successively visited Mezieres,
Giver, Rocroy, and Maubeuge, and was every where
received with enthusiasm.

deed, 'we have strenuously
direct public attention. VS rejoice that the
Oakes of justice base been heard—that the feelings
of that part of the community who are the guardian.
of the rights and properties of the rest, have bees'
awakened to the Importance and necessity of sternti•
lug, by their solemn verdicts, a legal disapprobationl
•of the syStets permitted by tb, Bra, the fruitful seurde
of loss, inconvenience, and danger to the innocent,.
and of repeated and multiplied *fences in the guilty.
Two Juries have at length eel their faces against the
quOde of procedure hitherto penned by the Bank.—
.The particulars of the cases on whkh they have de.
'Aided, deserve, as we have already remarked, the
most serious attention from every man who regards.
the welfare of the community, and is interested is
discouraging practices which are a disgrace to the
country, end to the Courts that have listened to them
with patience. To the Juries we look for the total
purification of our Courts of Justice from the novel
'intrusion of spies. If public execration will not ex-
-1'11141445h them, if the sacred character of the Bench
'will not abash them, a Jury still has the power, and
with that power we Lope it may ever have the de.
termination, to paralyse their infamous activity.—
, These harpies must he pot to flight from the land, be-
fore we can recover the sanctity sod contentment of
ear domestic circle. But the repudiation of this ,
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evioence is not the only striking circumstance
which marked the proceedings ,on Saturday.—
We shall briefly allude to the facts here. It appears,
that a person of the name of Williams was indicted
for uttering a forged Bank of England note of 11.,
knowing the same to have been counterfeited. The
first witness who was tailed to give his evidence for
the prosecetiou, was a man of the name of Under-
wood, who stated, that he had purchased from the
named, at various times, eighteen one pound forged
notes, for seven shillings each. This witness ad-
mitted that he was employed by the Polienfor the
purpose of detecting the utterers of forged mates.—
If the Prisoner had been suspected of carrying on
this criminal traffic, the proof of the receipt
of a single one pound forged note from him would
have been sufficient to sustain the indictment. But
Underwood, commissioned, as he says, by the Police
to detect the utterers of forged notes, allows his prey
to go on, and favours the traffic himself, until he
has purchased 18 one pound notes, beginning with
one, in a day or two after buying five, and subse-
quently adding twelve more to his stock. This mode
of proceeding savours strongly of that system of
espionage which lately roused the general indignation
of the country ; and which tends rather to " encou-
rage," for the purpose of profitable detection, than to
prevent for the purpose of salutary justice. The Jury
saw the location of this worthy witness ; they re-
fused to believe him, and acquitted the Prisoner.
Upon the trial of another Prisoner, named Con-
nor, who was charged with a similar offence, the
same Jury would not rely upon the evidence for the
fact of a note being counterfeit. In consequence of
the doobt which they had upon this point, they ac-
(pitted Connor, and have thus, we hope, imposed
upon the Bank an absolute sod immediate necessity
of adopting efficacious measures for preventing
forgery. The law has said that a Bank of Eng-
land Note shall be a legal tender, but will
say one say that people are bound to accept
as such a note of the genuineness of which they have
no positive means of judging? If a Jury of men,
w,hp are all conversant with paper money, are not
able to satisfy themselves whether a note be genuine,
or counterfeit, who are to conceive themselves ca pa.
ble of making the distinction ? The whole commu-
nity, when this is the case, must begin to be
agitated with similar doubts. The ipre dizit of
Bank Inspectors, a melancholy and expensive re-
source, will no longer satisfy the Public.
The result of these verdicts may probably lead to
some change in the general system ; and a rational
hope may be entertained, that if cash payments can-
not be resumed, some plan will at least be adopted
far issuing to the Public a species of Notes more
difficult of imitation than the present issues of our
Natiotral Bank. The Directors of the Bank of Eng-
land will now feel that they must do something of
this kind—they will see that their own credit, now
placed in jeopardy by the verdicts of Juries, render'
it necessary for them to adopt some of the numerous
suggestions that have been made to them by ingenious
and benevolent men, and the adoption of which we
have so repeatedly and so urgently recommended to
them. In the mean time, it is some consolation to
the Public to be afforded an opportunity of ascer-
taining, in some degree, the difference between real
and forged Bank-notes, though they are not pos-
sessed of the complete means of detecting the for-
geries. In the course of one of the trials to
which we allude, Mr. GLOVER, one of the In-
spectors of the Bank, thus far explains the
difference between the real and the forged Bank-
notes:—" In the first piece, the paper is not of
the same kind—next, the water-mark in the forged
notes is indented by a sudden pressure made after the
paper ii manufactured, whereas the water-mark of
llthe Bank of England Notes is Interwoven, as it were,

Rambo-reit with Dote't and Gelman Papers to the
same date, bane arrived since oar last. There is al.
ways something very wonderfully important to the
Public happening to great MR. IS is stated, that
the Duke of WELLINGTON's carriage broke down at
Montmartre, on the evening of his arrival in Peal,
and that his Grace condescended to walk is
his hotel.--A Guard of Honour had been post.
id there by order of the French Goversilleat•
hut the modest fit being upon his Grace, he de.
dined; the contitteenee of that mark of distinction.
Not '4lii indifferent, however, to his honours is the
''the
great man whose progress we are informed of.
the Duke of ANCOuLTME entered Colmar under a
triumphal arch, and partook of a fete prepared for
him. What the exploits of his Royal Highness are
which entitle him to this triumphal honour from the
people of Cohost we are at a loss to conceive. The
French FITS per Cents. continue to decline, uotwith.
standing the great exertions made to seataio them,
They left off on Wednesday at 67f. 9.5 c. The Mini-
ster of Finance hes issued a notice to the Holdets of
Shares in the Loan of 1818. for 14,600,000 francs,
that the payment of the last instalment of that Logo
falls to be made on the 7th, Bth, and 9th inst4' The
illoniteur, in publishing the Protocol of the Coe-
&fences at Aix-la-Chapelle, respecting the menet
of the contributions, takes occasion to remark, that
the modifications which keve been agreed to by the
Allied Powers are all to ,the advantage of France;
that their ohject is wholly of a precautionary nature,
in order to maintain the credit of the Public Fonds,
and that the facilities which have been grauted will
Foot occasion any increase of charge upon the Royal
Treasury, since the additional interest to be paid for
the extension of the periods of payment fells to I,e
borne by the banking-houses who had previously un-
dertaken the liquidation. Prussia, it is said, Is de-
sirous of having a part of the territory of Hesse.
Cassel, and of the duchy of Nassau, ceded to her,
In order to afford a direct communication between
her old possessions on the Elbe, end her new acqui-
sitions on the Rhine. Bat this project, it is sup-
posed, will be opposed by England, as it would sub-
ject our merchandize to the Prussian Tariff of Cos.
toms, in passing from ilamborgh, by Way of Han.
over and Cassel, into Southern Germany.
In the new Commercial Treaty between Prussia anti
Denmark, it is stipulated that in case of a war be-
t w een either of the Powers and another State, the
flag of the party remaining neutral shall protect the
merchandize on board, with the exception of articles
contraband of war. It is also agreed, that the tree-
sels of the neutral party may freely Ise& from port
to port on the enemy's coast. On the 26th ult. there
was a general illumination at Carlsruhe, on account
of the arrival of the Emperor AlexAmon. The
Austrian Emperor, it is rumoured, iotends in futureto
pass the 3 winter months every year in hisltaliasStates.
It is again asserted, that Lord CASTLEREAGH, atone of
the conferences at Aix.la-Chapelle, spoke of the
freedom of the Press es an evil, tolerated of neces-
sky in England, on account of its long existence,
but that every precaution should be taken against the
establishment of such an institution on the Continent.
A Proclamation has been issued in Hanover, in the
name of the PRINCE REGENT, which has produced
some sensation in that Kingdom. It relates to ar-
rears of interest due from the Treasury upon money
lent to it during the French occupation; and, in re.
cognizing the principle of indemnifying the creditors,
as far as the ability of the State will allow, forbids the
institution of any action against the Treasury for the
repayment of the said interest.

Till KING'S HEALTll.—Saturday last, the Coen.
dl met, in the Upper Lodge, Windsor, to receive
the Monthly Report of the five Doctors in attend-
ance on his MAJESTY. When the Physicians heft
been sworn, the Council neat proceeded to visit the
KING, and left the Bishop of LONDON to superin.
tend his MAJESTY for the ensuing week. After this,
the following Bulletin was issued :
%Vioritor Civole. Der. 5.

" His Majesty's tranqaillity has been undisturbed through tut
the last month, anti his Majesty's health has beeti‘norl ; but his
disorder coniiiities in the same slate.

" J . W 11.1.15, mid
" It. WILLIS."

•• 14. ',ALFORD,
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• W. HLHEHDEN,
Saturday, about hall past eleven o'clock, the Duke
et' !Yong left town for Windsor, and from Chace hit
Royal Highness proceeded to Ostlands.

The Duchess of GLOUCEcTER and the Princess
ALYGUITA have removed to Windsor Castle.

Saturday the establishment at Kew Palace was bro-
ken up, leaving only the housekeeper and other spr•
vents who were there previous to the late QUEEN'S
going to Kew.
Viscount St omottstt had an audience of the PRINCE
REGENT on Saturday.
BRIGHTON, DEC. s.—From the imprncticability of
completing the preparations at the Pavilion, for the
reception of the REGENT, before this evening or Mon.
day, his Royal Highness may tint be be expected to
arrive before Tuesday or Wednesday nest. The ar-
tists and mechanics work estra hours; 'nor did the
funeral-day of ber late MAJESTY afford a moment's
cessation to their labours, so great is the anxiety 10
render this magnifice.it building, or rather a part of
It, habitable.
Lord and Lidy HOLLAND gave a grand entertain-
ment, yesterday, to the Earl and Countess of Cow•
PER, Hon. Mr. LAMB, and a select party, et Hol-
land House.

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