The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-01 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

that the average price of wheat throughout England is
at this time rather less than five shillings the bushel ;
auJ, as nearly as we can ascertain, the average price
of wheat in France is about a fourth less than
our price. France is so large a country; its climate
differs so materially ; its products and even its mate-
rials of consumption differ so much, that it would
not be easy to make even an estimate of the aver-
ageprice of whist ; but we have ascertained; and pledge
ourselves for the fact, that in Normandy, the wheat is
now, on an average, atless than the price of four English
shillings for, fifty-eight English pounds weight; and
fifty-eight pounds is a pretty fair average of the Win-
chester bushel—Curious enough it is, that the price of
wheat has not risen in France in consequence of the
scar.—Our readers may be assured, that, if we continue
to pay in gold, the English price trust come down to the
Fratch price; and that all the Quakers, and all the
Corn Law men in resistance cannot, prevent this
consequence.

•
Paris papers to the 31st ult. have arrived. The Ultra
Journals deny the movement said to have been made by
Mina, and its results, and assert that in posting detach-
ments on the frontier, that Commander " did not violate
the French territory." The Duke of Conegliano (Mar-
shal Moncey) reached Perpignan at nine o'clock in the
evening of the 224 ult., and on the 23d issued an Order
of the day to the troops stationed in that neighbourhood,
in which he invited them, not only to distinguish them-
selves by their tourage in the field, but by their disci-
pline wherever they should be placed. The accounts
which state these facts are totally silent respecting the
arrival of the Duke of Angouleme at Perpignan on the
afternoon of the 224, as mentioned in a private letter from
thence. It is admitted that some movement had taken place
among the troops in that quarter, in consequence of the
demonstrations of Mina on the frontiers; but they are re-
presented as having been rendered unnecessary by the for-
besrance of the Spanish Constitutional General. Whilst
the intelligence contained in these Journsls is so scanty
and unsatisfactory, private accounts received yesterday
from a respectable qnarter, confidently assert that the
French army of the Pyrenees was to break up on Satur.
day and Sunday last, and to commence passing the Fron-
tier yesterday and this day. In that case the news we
may soon expect will become very highly interesting,
though communications with Madrid, by way of France,
would probably be interrupted, and we shall be obliged
to wait for their arrival by sea from Corinna.
FRENCH Ft:NOS.—Five per cents. dividend from March
22, 1823, opened 781. SOc.--closa at 7Sf- 50c- (for mo-
ney.) Bank shares, 14751. Neapolitan Stock,
(p67i, 68,
671. Exchange on London, one month, 251.70 c• aper)
25f. 65c. for money.
The following is the private letter referred to above:—
" PERPIGNAN, MARCH 22.—The Duke of Angouleme ar-
rived here this afternoon at four o'clock. At five, he dined
at the Hotel de la Prefecture ; among the persons who dined
with him were Marshal Moncey (Duke de Cornegliano) and
Baron d'Ereles. A grand review is to take place to-mor-
row. The town is illuminated this evening in honour of his
Royal Ilighness. At nine o'clock he received the Civil and
Military Authorities The Prince leaves this town on Mon-
day (the 2ttti) for Bayonne. Romagosa arrived here yester-
day. The town is so full that the famous`tosurgent Chief,
Mosen Anton, was unablp to get a bed. The ISth regiment
of the line, which left this town precipitately on the 17th, in
+consequence of the false alarm of Miutes having entered the
French territory, has returned, and acts as a guard of ho-
nour to the Duke of Angouleme."

By the Bayonne papers, which have been 'receis.
this morning to the 21th, we learn that no mail had lately
arrived there from Madrid ; the intelligence, therefore,
brought by these papers, relate only, to the frontiers.—
The Duke of Angouleme was expected at Bayonne on
the 31st of this month. All the preparations to receive
him are made, an.l it is still believed that, as soon as be
arrives, the divisions of the vanguard of the Ist, 2d, and
3d corps, will enter the Peninsula by lrun, St. Jean Pied
de Port, and Oleron.
According to these accounts, vhich have an evident
leaning to the side of the Spanish Royalists, Zabala bad
appeared before Bilbao, on the 16th, and was on the
point of getting posse Won of it, having an under-
standing with a great number of the inhabitants. • How-
ever, the National Guard immediately took arms, and a
very bea4 rain falling, the Royalists, to the number
of t,OO, retired into the villages about the city, which
makes it supposed that they have not given up the
idea of another attack, unless the Constitutionalists
should receive reinforcements. On the 16th in the
evening, several persons were arrested at Bilbao, which
all the richer people are leaving front fear of the ven-
geance of. the Royalists. It is added, that Quesada has
sent orders to his troops to persist in a second attack
upon Bilbao, in order to make themselves masters of
it before the French enter Spain, and it was supposed
that he will attain his object.
The Constitutionalists are stated to have only a co-
lumn of 1,200 men, besides the garrison of St. Sebastian;
consisting of 800 men, in that part of the cotmtry. Crie
lonel O'Donnell arrived on the 19th at Iran, with 400
men of his regiment, to watch the motions of the French
army on the Bidassoa. Gorostidi, the Royalist Chief,
with 1000 men, is at Goizueta, four leagues from that
river, and receives all kind of assistance from General
Quesatia, who is still at St. Jean de Luz The Coast'.
tutionalists still hold Lambieres, a mountain of Navarre.
On the 18th, forty of their cavalry attacked 150 Royalists,
tjho were going to France, and rut them to pieces, not
one having been able to escape. The constitutional au.
thorities, continually make requisition of provisions,
which are conveyed to Pampelnna, St. Sebastian, Tolosa,
Vitori, and Logrono. So that it may be affirmed, that
the French will.fiod but few resources in the Provinces
on the side of the Ebro.

Frankfort papers have also come to band this morning,
but they contain nothing more than an account of the
ceremonies that took place ht Stuttgard on the baptism
of the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg..

CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK.—Both the Stock Exchange,
and Bank are shut this morning ; but the Foreign Alarket
is open for business. In the earlier part of the day, some
purchases were made of Spanish Bonds, which opened at
%.91iii to at which price they remain steady. On
'Change some few bargains have been made in Consols,
at 711 ; but very little is doing in any of the funds.

Private letters from Paris state that Nina has positive-
ly under his command from twenty-five to thirty thou-
sand men, and the moment the French enter Spain, his
intention is to attack Perpanign. We are informed
that another vessel will sail in a few days for Spain, with
several French officers on board.
Chili, 70—New Spanish, 292—01 d, 35—New Prussia, 79i
—Old, 82—Russia, 712—Colombia, SI.
There is a report of press warrants being to be issued this
evening, but we cannot trace it to any authentic source.
We understand a great revolution has taken place in
the New Foreign Market, owing to the charge of eight
guineas to persons belonging to that establishment. An
Opposition Meeting is to take place this evening, at the
George and Vulture Tavern, in consequence of the Sub-
scribers of the Stock Exchange only paying ten guineas
per annum, and having a free entrance to both houses.

Sunday moaning Mr. Ruff, the King's Messenger, ar-
rived in Downing-street, with despatches from Madrid
and Paris.
Sunday evening Mr. Vick, the King's Messenger, ar-
rived in Downing-street; with despatches from the same
places.
A Courier is stated to have arrived on Sunday from
Vienna with dispatches for the Austrian Ambassador,
containing intelligence of the march of a Russian Army
for the French frontier. Whether this statement be cor-
rect to its full extent, it is yet too early to ascertain; hilt
if the event should take place, although it might be at-
thet most important consequences to the peace of
whole world, it would, we believe, create but little
surprise.—(Morning paper.)
Accounts from Rome state, the English who reside
there to be very unhealthy. Mr. Portman, aI.P. who
died there lately, never had a day's illness till he got to
that city.
A private letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 11th
March, has been received in the city; it does not men-
, tioa any thing of the reported march of the Russian
army. It states that the exchange at St. Petersburg had
fallen between fire and six per cent.• it also states that
I, there was a considerable advance in ;he price of hemp,
in consequence of the large demands of the English mer-
chants for that article.
According to the statement of an Ultra Paris paper,
Mina was attended on his excursion to the French fron-
tier not only by General Llobera, but by the French
Uolonel Fabvier, who displayed an eagle to the French
troops, as a talisman to incite them to mutiny or deser-
tion. It is added, however, that the loyalty of the
troops was incorruptible, awl that they shouted Viva. le
Kul ! Judging, by the Proclamation of the Prefect of
the Department of Landes, the troops are in more dan-
ger of being seduced from their duty within the French
territory than by agents or emissaries acting across the
frontier. This public:functionary denounces the attempts
of malevolent intriguers to corrupt the loyalty of the
troops on their passage through the department to their
destination on their frontier—attempts, however, which
the Prefect says proved wholly fruitless.
On Saturday despatches were received from Constantino-
ple and from Vienna by Government, the contents of which
have not transpired. Private letters, however, from the
Turkish capital, da'ed on the 2Sth Feb. and received by
this conveyance, strengthen the idea that they relate to
the negotiations betwixt Russia and Turkey, because
they affirm that every dispute has been settled amicably
betwixt these two civilized and legitimate empires. To-
wards the latter end of Feb. there was much agitation at
Constantinople, and the Franks, as usual, bad been I
robbed and plundered by 'their constituted au-
thorities and legal oppressors. Poe Frenchman we's
killed, and little respect was paid to Christians to what-
ever nation they might belong. Tbei letters of the 2tith
Feb. forwarded by the regular mail, and which have
not yet come to hand, contain the causes which have pro-
duced a renewal of these barbarities. It is not improba-
t ble that the fitting out of the fleet, and the impressment
of men to navigate it may be the reason, for the Janissa-
ries have always shown the greatest reluctance to leave
theluxuries and crimes of the capital, and to embark on
active service. Several Pachas bad refused to obey the
orders of the Sublime Porte, and the one of St. Jean
d'Acre had even allied himself with the Greeks, and was
assisting in lilting out their ships. This Empire is ra
pidly approaching to its decay, affording another melan-
choly example of the fall of empires, and a certain proof
that bigotry and oppression cannot exist in the neigh-
bourhood of liberal opinions, of knowledge, and of civil
freedom. The ready compliance with demands of [Lassie
on the part of the Ottoman Empire is stated to have been
occasioned by an act of superstition so outrageaus, that
it is difficult to reconcile its occurrence even with
Turkish ignorance. It is said that a messenger had ar-
rived in the Sublime Capital from the Kaba at .Mecca,
especially charged with a communication from the Pro-
phet to the Brother of the Sun and Maon, in which
this legitimate is accused of the murder of betwixt 70
and SO thousand Christians, of whom only 47 had been
admitted into Paradise, and wanting him that some
great calamity, such as had happened lately to Syria,
would overwhelm his Empire, if' a thorough change did
not immediately take place in his system of government.
Hence, may be attributed the immediate peace uith Ras-
sia; and the story itself is certainly not more incredible
than are the ein.hroiderings of petticoa's, and soveral
other acts of superstition by eqnallylegiiimate)Monarths.
When the Messenger left Vienua, information had just
been received there that the. Greeks had obtained a great'
victory over the Turks in the Mores, but the particulars
had not then transpired. It plashably is a confirmation,
or a repetition of the reports lately current of the storm-
inoof Patms.
. A corps of Royalists was surprised on the Gal at Estesa
de Scare, by the militiamen of Cervera ; several were
and the rest dispersed.
It is reported that the Porteguese ship, called the Ca.
tonna, which arrived at Manilla the 2.1 November, spoke
the Company's ship Regent, on the Palawan Coast (date
not mentioned); that the Regent had lost her rudder, by
striking on one of the shoals its the Palawan Passage;
and that it was the intention of Captain Norfor to proceed
to Manilla, to repair.
Advices from New York of the 9th instant, mention
that a vessel, artived at Mobile, had been boarded by
an Officer from his Majesty's ship Active, who stated that
Vera Cruz was besieged by a military force, and that
Iturbide had been assassinated. •
Advices from Havannah of the 19th Feb., have arrived.
Regular convoy was afforded by his Majesty's ships to
and from that port to all parts ttf the West Indies. His
Majesty's slAp Falmouth touched there on the 17th with
a numerous convoy (ruin Jamaica, and a very large Spa-
nish fleet had sailed a few days previously. A report pre-.
railed very generally of the island being ceded to this
country, and that an entirely new order of Government
would be established,
Beaux, Matteis 15.—Our readers may remember, that
in the course of last year criminal proceedings were in-
stituted against two clergymen at hrentznach ; the Rev.
Mr. Schneegans, Superintendant, and the Rev. M. Evers,
for the forgery of a will ; in consequence of which they
were suspended by the Tribunal in their functions, but
on the passage of his Majesty through Frankfort, they
were provisionally reinstated till the affair should he de-
cided. This remarkable cause is now decided, and the
two cl-rgyinen, together with Mr. Born, notary-public,
and Dr. Grimitel, have been all four declared guilty of
deliberate forgery, by the Royal Tribunal of Cohlentz,
and that unanimously after the examination of witnesses.