The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-13 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

former rank, bat the Lieutenant receives, iantead a discharge oc a 411-paid for official situation in a die-
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Iran's, in silver, St francs in papers tie* cap we tint country.,,, . 7 '''
live upon this ?We are forbidden to wear the well •But how shall witstd words to do sulicient justidr
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earned Cross of the Legion of Honour, without giv• to those master-pieces of the science of " Jobbing.,--
ing us an equivalent for it. This regulation having those finished performances of the art—the Master of
met' with some opposition, permissionis provisionally the Mint and the Ansbanador at Lisbon ?..=,-The fi
given us to wear this order, but the pension belonging poor inoffensive man, far from liking the loaves and
to it is not paid us. Add to all this, that we are i fishes, has accepted an appointment where there can
obliged, in this inclement season, to make long ,be no " cheese parings and candle ends," no 44 rem-
marches to Austria, to be placed in other staading tants of office," for there is no such thing as a single'
quarters." die at work in his whole mint ! The Bank Directors
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II tNOVER, FEB. 3.—The town of Stade is destined , have saved him the troublesome duties of his offiee.l
to be a chief place of arms for the kingdom of 1 Bank tokens, in dollars, three-shilling and eighteen.
Hanover. In restoring this fortress which formerly . penny pieces, have superseded all the national coin
was not inconsiderable, but was demolished after I (for as to guineas they have been long out of fashion),
the Seven Years War, and which can afford a strong and the whole of the metallic stock. of the Mint con-
position to a considerable army; the heights round i sists of " brass" and copper! Mr. CANNING'S
the town, as far as the Black Mountain, will be 4' Job" is really of too serious s nature to be treated
included in the works. The expend), are estimated with levity ; such a one never yet disgraced any Ad-
at 3,000,000 of dollars, and the execution of the ministration! one whkh Sidi- Watt.roLE, the child and
plan may take many years. The quantity of heavy I champion of corruption, would uot, in good old
artillery, ammunition, and military stores that are former times (bad even as they were then consider
arrived at Stade from England are very considerable. ed) have ventured to attempt. What! send an MO
The renewed reports of an augmentation of Hanover i bassador of the highest rank, with an unheard-of
in the North and North-west of Germany, wants 1 eatery, with a suite of magnitude and splendour un-
confirmation. 'rivalled in our whole diplomatic annals, to the most

partitions on the Continent with any thing like that
satisfaction, which the prospect of a long and au,
distorbed peace in Eorope would produce. Russia
has augmented her army to near 700,000 men—A,,.
tria to 500,000—Prussia to 300,000, while We ham
an army in Belgium (half of which is British) of
near 100,000. To this account we bye the stale.
ment added, that " all the moll slat& Alt Germany
have the whole of tigriarrrtrlnie.
does.this mean ? Is this the happy..c.osilitioa of con.

cord and tranquillity which " Me.. Deliverer; of
Europe" wire to bestow on thiniiiint! the blood.
bounds of war, the whole race.,4 latars, con.
tractors,. and *commissaries, are iirg with hope!
and if the energy and honesty- of the British Par.
liament does nat, by withholding. ,the lavish hand,
which has forso may years squandered the best,blood,
and almost the last shilling of the nationi the kw"
of war will be again rekindled, and GOD know;
where they will stop!

Those who think and feel that hreeikleitilieietulr--
high in price, and that there are ale4k sunieirst
number of obspicleS to the obtaining: if it, nitil
read with a sesitiment that we need tioliowdeaveat te
express, the following statement, wit e' w copy
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VIENNA, JAN. 30.—The 28th instant vas a most beggarly Sovereignty in Europe, one which is known i from a Morning Paper. The fact annetwles with
important day, and considered as definidiely dee- only as being considered a province of England, surd iso much plausibility is highly imperhint. We have
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site in the course of the uegociations. Two grand where, to give the shadow even of decency to the jso amply stated our opinion as to ,lba ewariii le tie
conferences took place, of which, however, the affair, there is not only no Sovereign' but a certainty I principle of voluntarily placing. tbaratiar Milt id
I. the community rst . the Meret,Wll:iiitdr irwilMa
only known result is, that the Prussian Ministers that 'there will be none! wham, consequently,
6' native dealers," who at*, .414 VIII*
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have taken the last Austrian declaration, given in tho 'there can be no duties to warns but what! and ..
conferences ad referendum.' As the English olti: ,the very lowest 66 Secretary" could . not hare ,
Protect themeelves, that. we 'wlt , vtrhnitlitttent:.:
matum must new soon be here, and the businesi found the means of employment .on !, A Court, marks, though we yet buns .... „ IWO shall
then necessarily be decided one way or the other, so contemptible,
,that our Ambassador seizes have, much more to say on the ' The closing
we begin to consider the close of the Congress as on the Royal residence and occupies le le. au the I sentence iir the erticle which olik would give es
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not se fat distant. It is universally asserted that its magnificence of Vice-Royal splendour !—And yet to suppose that, the mon gentians!' tabo tints bees
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duration will not extend beyond the end of March. this has been ventured at a time when the most
The suite of the Emperor of Russia have, it is said, gloomy presages appear on every. Qountenance, es toI endeavouring to obtain is law to coatiteltspC he beef. .
ficent designs of Previa:nee, neasovi oboist to mm,
orders to be ready to depart by the 14th of February. the possibility of meeting the enormous demand i plate the duties which ate to ,prcter! ' thiiabliirshist
BERLIN, Fes. 4.—M. Von Jagow, the Master of which, of necessity, we must have to discharge: it importation, without any laserwhattv'er, ifiglitlifir.
the Horse, who accompanied the King to Vienna, Portugal was oar own it could not cost us more. ''
own standard of equity* n4oratio• i•oaek(ty au,'
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arrived here this morning. But he returns to Vienna, : Mr. Csedisn's Embassy is more expensive . "On Saturderan'intersi" re°llPless`bsierie• die
it is said, in a fortnight, which seems to indicate that Vice-Royalty would be ; and we have an army I Earl of 1411"1""ligi i's 66"11111 61•1144"bitir do
the return of our King and his attendants is not so 80,000 men in pay, with a Field-Marshal at its Ilea; Potato of Commons on the subject 14 the.i.:orn t ' '
near at hand. Several private letters from respect- and the usual dreadful d cetera, of Staff, Commis-
i when a long and interesting ditcossiontoek pia"
I was !skived to on all hands,'that IBill Ice '.l.e.-
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able channels give as the greatest hopes of his return i
lion lariat, Hospital, and all the long train of Civil and
by the end of this month. . ' / Military-Establishniewts ! and, for what !Is Porta- .
I of the Agricultural interests.*( thaimustryarmir
COPENHAGEN, JAN. 31.—The terrible IHATIRL -
gal In danger, and by whom is it threatened? bogs-
' rendered ' ' niiispensible, on the priti*Mwt iv cspiditZ
• •,, skill, and industry employed iskeeterY other breadth:lo.
which still continue, and the quantity of snow that t, thebeloved in vuokilii
our excellent Ally, " F
has fallen, delay oar communications with both m
think of havading-lt ?•-v-Pcror man, he w shortly n
Sweden and Germany. His Majesty's birth-day employment enough in preserving his own kingdom.l duce and.tnanufactures, at a late to overwhelm and
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celebrated with great demonstrations of joy. Have we found any increased facilities for our corn-
annihilate the native dealer, so ought they to be *heti
! applied to the production of corn. Al titlialllso does merge ? The last Regency Tariff imposed heavy
duties on every article of our home or our colonial it was agreed '''' that In this moat "trial a sit lull"
clew, the rate of importation should be such as to keep
1 produce. For what then is this enormous expense
the price of bread-corn at a moderate, sod, ffpomible, incurred, and what is the object which can be so de-
at an equal price. It was still thought advisehle that
slab's, that, at such a moment, an establishment
;importation shoal& be madtito depend on the avenge
tot several millions should be kept up, without a
single apparent motive which can justify its. being In-
I price at the home market, and the cid qtreetir,n wu,
m ! lat what price the high duty on importation, should
itred
' 1 casamence, whether at 745, or at
.1 per Spider.—
We bare already alluded to the coinage- Ose 1
I Nothing beyond the equity of the 'principle gonads.
1 Readers have, no doubt, observed that the CHANCEL.
tided ; there is to be a second Meaing on the se g:
Lon of the EXCHEQUER has announced his intention
jest to-morrow, %then the last return for the qui*
of proposing the continuance of the Bank
wilt Restric-
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tue received, and by which the duties will Ist-iti
lion Bill on Thursday 'next. Ministers now carry
gulated for the nett three months, withinit the Inter:
things with a great degree of delicacy. Previous
'fruition of any new law on the subject." •: ,
Committees to examine into the necessity of import-
--owlm--. , : :(.1r $
ant ohjects are now totally dispensed with, and the
Lloyd's, het- 1j,11113:
Minister contents himself with merely moving for The following is an extract of a litter, from the.
what he wants, and in that stark-naked way the Admiralty in reply to an enquiry made by the Com-
I most important measures are carried through the mittee, whether any information of the occoust of
Legislature! We observe that Mr. Donnas Ins the capture of tat. Richmond, the ideowes MI illui
moved for a string of papers relative to the Bank other ship of the Sanfleare's cowyWyt bad been rev
Issues, which indicates an intention of opposing this ceived at that Office?—" Thera& reason to believe
measure—that ought to be opposed. •011 what pus- that the two ships mentioned keie heea captured by
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sible ground the Bank can now refuse to pay their an American privateer." • • -.
bills we cannot conceive; we see that they generous-
ly have indulged the holders of °anima with a
promise to advance for them the payment of the next
(the last) instalment, for ,thls obvious motive, the
it was getting every day heavier on the market,whiciai
it was the interest of the Government and the Bank.
to prevent. It is an old political axiom, that part•.
nerships between Banks and Governments do not
augur national prosperity—it never was more clearly
exemplified. We trust the proposed continuance of
the Restriction Bill will meet with as warm an op-
position as so impolitic and so unnecessary a measure
deserves.

SzoCILMOLNI, Jaa. 26.—1 t appears from authentic
statements, that the batik-notes in circilation at
the end of last year, amounted to net. quite 9.$
millions of dollars. In the vaults of the Ha* thesig

aid believed to be 11 or It millions in elver aftlk
bullion—nine millions there certainly are; If- del
Bank would turn its real property into moneOt
could pay all the bank-notes in circulation intwedello,
sad would have an overplus of five millions in Specie.
Why then are not bank-notes at pars This comes
from jobbing, and the maneuvres of speculators,
who are found in all countries, and where love of
gain is greater than their patriotism. The Govern-
ment knows the source of the evil, and is intent on
means to stop it.

The absence of some of the principal Members of
'the Government gives rise to very important conside-
rations, in a financial as well as a political point of
view. When the office of " third" Secretary of
State was established by " the Great Man sow *a
snore," the immense pressure of public business was
the only excuse which was made for it ; the
defies of experience now shows us that it may be dia.'
pensed with. For upwards of a year past Lord
CASTLEREAGH has been, more or less, on the Conti-
nent, and the business of Administration goes on
quite as well as ever without him ; indeed, it is a
capital excuse to avoid answering mat apropos ques-
tions ; 64 the absence of the Noble Lord," is a suf-
ficient reply to every thing. It is to be hoped, how.
ever, that the salary of this office may be saved on
the " Noble Lord's" retorn ; either we can, or we
cannot, do without it; if we can, the expence of it,
in such pinching times as these, ought to be saved ;
and if we cannot do without it, :bow are its duties
performed in Lord Cesmettemill's absence ?—Mr.
Cootie, the-Under-Secretary of State, being also ab-
sent on a diplomatic excursion to Italy, the same
observations apply to him. Mr. Monica is, grid has
been doing the duties of the office, and it May be
worth while to examine how these Gentlemen or
these offices will be charged in the ensuing Civil List
Accounts. The second Paymaster-General, Mr.
ROBINSON, has not been in England for upwards of a
year; he was abroad r several of the last months of the
war; this is a proo" positive of the absolute sinecure
which his office is, and it certainly demands serious in-
vestigation ;—the second Post-Master, Lord Ct..sx-
cARTY, is also absent on a sort of statistical Commit-
tee, counting noses for the King of PeesstA, at
Vienna, and calculating how many millions of the
human species are necessary to complete the " arron-
dissement" of that mighty Potentate's new territories,
—yet we sea our letters go and come regularly, and
the specelations whether St. Martin's-le-Gaud will
predece a better "job" than Fetter-lane orSemeesei-
house, still continue. It is impossible, thenfere, to
argue against retrenchment in that quarter, duce we
have proof demonstrative, thitodirtg•Master has,
for mouths and months, carried' ontime duties of the
department) while his consign Is engaged in the

Yesterday afternoon, at half•past ire o'efedr,..the
Patptce REorwr arrived at Carlton4usste front
Brighton. His Royal Highness will hold. a Privy
Council this day, for the purpose of pricking for
Sheriffs for the year ensiling.

The LORD MAYOR wilt hold II speck! Court of
Common Council to.morrow, at Guildhall, to consi.;
der a report respecting the removal of the Post-offico
and to consider the present state of the Baokrept
Laws, and what measures may be necessary to re.
medy the existing evils.

A few days since one of the French Ministers
sited the Post-office at Paris. On this occasion";
clerk of the office led him to a private don't, AstftgrA
he showed him the seals of all the greet and tfis•
tioguithed families of Paris, arranged in order.
" Year Excellency sees," said he, " that it tektite,
be easy to open any letters and seal them up attain,
They woelal merely be dispatched 24 hours liter.",
Ou Friday the 10th inst., at a General, Aatembly
of the Royal Academicians, held at their 'pavements
in Somerset-House, Mr. EDWASID Btnu ef'Dristof,
and Mr. Home Boatman, of Edieburgt:,. were duly
elected Academicians of the Rnysl Academy, in the
room of EDWARD Buaca and HErtav TILESUAM,
-Esq. deceased.

Distressed, beggared, on the verge of bankraptey,l
as the National Exchequer appears to he, yet we see no
single sign of a more provident-and less profuse system.
The ridiculous folly of the. New Legion of llonourt
an establishment which is already contemptible in the
eyes of the whole kingdom, has entailed on us a very
considerable additional expence. The fees on each Pa:
tent of Knighthood amount to upwards of 1201. ; this,
as well as the decorations, which are bestowed gratis,
will make a forMidable item in the amount of the
Civil List. About 400 of the first and second Class
are already created, and, it is said, that there are
upwards of 8000,elaimants for the Third Class of
this mod proisficOrder ! We trust that this will he
properly looked at and scrutinized. It is putting the
cation to an enormous expence, for which there is
no excuse ; this silly method of rewarding valour,
-or rather plan/or increasing parasites, hiving gratified
nobody, for not one single individual who has re-
oei44. the deceedism, feels either proud of or ho-
noured by ICU 4"
Look which way we willAidreas and matter for
just condemnation stares us in the face! and, we
confess, we cannot contemplate the atraziog prt.

The French Ambassador at Madrid 'Fling take*
offence at some articles in the Atolgo;l..nowspepir
published in that capital, the Editor WU.. aimed
by order of Government.

was Mr. DISNEY who was shot in the arm at
I Staines by Lord CEANSTouN, under circumstances
which excited the suspicions of his Lordship; but
are denied by Mr. D. •
A singular wager was decided on Friday last: A
person at Hastert] ondertook, fora bet of onegtdoeo,
to go from that place to Mansfield, a (Wanes et 1
miles, in It successive booms And to Urn' a/bog Off'
Mining one hundred weight of 'hot. Ilopenforoted
the task int tittle more than seven Imam Tie r.
destrian, we understand, is tomewhog adltanced in
years.