The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-18 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

DEAL, DEC. 17.—Wind S.S.W. blowing strong. Come
down from the river this morning, toe Roseville, A:o9o'J*,
Trieste ; Ole afterwards slipped from an anchor and cable, and
went lido Ramsgate harbour. The Calais Post there Packet
landed mail and passengers here this afternoon, not being able
to fetch Dover. Remain the Uu 'Nilo' for }lineal', and a fear
others, names unknown.
Ponvamoticn. DEC. 17.—Wind S S.W. it came on to blow
a strong gale this morning about ten o'clock from S.S.W. and
still continues ; the outward bound ride all -well. Arrived the
Louisa. Walker. from the Dawns, for Jamaica. A ship ar-
rived from the eastward, apparently au outward boned India-
nian, tint too late to learn her name.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 16.—Wind S. W. Arrived the Leader.
Trimnson, from Guernsey, in 12 days. for Cate. Passed op
Channel, the Wilheimino, from Batavia.
FAcatoc rw, Drc. 10.—Wind S.W. Arrived his Majesty's
Packet, Emulous. Lieut. Croke, from P mouth, Neptune.
'Downing. from L . for Ter, airs. Sailed the Actin,
Bank", for London.
• LIVERPOOL, Dec. 10.—Arrived the Ellen, Ross, flow De•
mernra ; George 4th, Thomas, l'rince of Austuris, Apalthr.
Scott, and Wm. Davidson, —, from Quebec; s
Esdyndos.
Todd,•Ccown, Havelock, and Thornton, I lorrison, from Sim-
michi ; Anplem, Gloister. .front Iticliebicto, William, 821114,
fr,un Gonoa, Hibernia, Field. from Lisbon. Off the Pori. fb.
ttradock, from Jamaica, and liarriet, from b
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It is calculated that the supply of meat at the red
Chriattnas cattle market held et Smithfield on Moat+
taking the beasts at 95, the calves at 16, and the sheep sal
pigs at 9st. of SUP.. each, amounted, id the aggregate. m
the enornious weight of 5,?.:.9,2501b5.
UED. —I went at noon, says Dr. Franklin. in
Journal, to bathe in Martin's Salt Water Hot lkoht M
Southampton, and floating of my hack, fell as!eep. awl ge
nearly an boor, by as), watch, uit pout sinking or Weil g!
a tbing I newr did before. and should hail li have tbsugm
possible. Water is th• easiest b d that cau be.
Catirtee TIP DRCX/CIEDS.—At a pity residue held a
Vtippenisaut in and for that division, on WednesdaYt y
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Bremltill. were sevfeail ly convicted of tirunkeanes•;
former in the sum of fiftee.l *ladling% for hi t`renk os
twee suCce4Mert dtji, and the latter in the suet of tif'.l.l
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CON lINEN I AL POLITICS.
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a . VATRACT or A LATTER 1111011 Pall% DEC 13.
General Guilleminot is expected in Paris in & few days.—
His star at Sladrid has been prolonged by the important
besisess intrusted to him of forming a treaty with the
speisis Government for the military occupation of Spain
be Fraech troops. The negotiations on that point, which,
considering tile sitnatine of the parties, may be said, like
frith reciprocity, t he all on one side, are now bronght to
• coorlosion. The French Government leaves 40,000 men
in Strain (instead of the 39,000 at first talked of,) and with
As; force occupies not only the line of fortresses along the
',woes, hut the mast important commercial towns along
both the Atlantic and Me literranean coast. St. Sebastian,
perepelun3, Santona, F'gueras, Barcelona, Tarragona,
will all be garrisoned by Frenchmen, an I the ports of
Ferrol, Corunna, Cadiz, dialers. Carthagena, Alicant, and
Valencia, will likewise have French garrisons. Thus our
merchants in Spanish ports, and our trade with Spain, will
helpubjected for years to French surveillance,and not a ship
or a bale of goods will be admitted without the permission
of the French Government. France pays her army of occtt
potion at the usual rate of the peace establishment, and all
the extra expenses necessary on active service are to he de-
frayed by Spain. Of course that wretched country. already
impoverished by despotism and disorders, and declared by its
wren:hid Ooverninrnt to be bankrupt, will be obliged to find
suppertfor4o,ooo foreigners. IVhen France w,a occupied
by -Foreign troops, between the years 1815 and 1818, the
coalitions and the terms of the occupation were fixed by
the Allied Governments. On the present occasion one
member of the Alliance is permitted to invade and possess
the Peninsula in any manner it pleases. As France can
maintain 40,000 siren in Spain withant any expense, and
can• this* perpetuate her influence while she strengthens
her army. it is not likely that the military occupation of
spais•wlll cease so soon as that of France, though the
anitionnier term of it is the same. It is said, hot ,
shor,the Congress which will meet at Paris in the winter,
to dieisfe- on the affairs of South America, will offer its
%kite on the attain; of Spain. I formerly mentioned to
Jan shit a second Congress of Ministers was to be held
is* beginning of next year on the affairs of Greece.
The idat of this Congress was at first fixed either for
Vienna* or Paris ; but the Emperor Alexander, in his late
in.erviety with the Emperr•r brancis„ obtained from that
Alonarai that it should take place at Petersburg's. It is
ntir-wn that Metternich, the soul of the Austrian
Cabinet-and the "viceroy over" the Emperor, was absent
(rem the Imperial tete-a-tete at Csernowlrs. When he
heard of :the trick practised on the simplicity of his
masreroo carry a diplomatic meeting nerrl
,v to time Pole,
he felt treat indi ...notion, and expressed as much dis-
pleass*lis hie posiion would permit him. Hence our
of the rind' sof the coldness between the Austrian and
Itne%ianCourts. . .

The King of Sardinia, who abdicated in 1821, rather
than ant ar to a constitution which he did not mean to ob-
serve, and whose conduct in this respect forms a striking
contrask..with his con%titutionsl swearing brethren of
Spain.. !Caplets, and Portugal, is dead. The news has
reached tie Cunrt, but as it would interrupt the rejoicings
(Lbaip !(VIII. librinw been married to the slater of the
deeeade44t. will not be announced for some days.

MEXICO.
Letters from Havanna were received yesterday, dated
theathultimo. By the most recent arrivals from Vera
One, icwas ascertained that the firing upon the town from
the Castle continued op to the 13th of October, with very
litths propped of an accommodation between the contending
wain. _ Ihere tonal am, 'feel hostilities hail, however,
awsketitd the highest degree of animosity in the Mexican
Government against the old Spaniards. A decree had been
iasnerl for the expulsion of the whole of them from the
territory of Ilextco. allowing a term of ninety days to these
who ir:rtdided to embark for Spain, and forty days to those
whO Medirated taking refuge in Cuba. It is also stated
in acute fetter, that the lexicon Authorities had deter-
mined -on confiscating all the effects of the old Spaniards,
to snswer,pie injury done to the town of Vera Cruz ; hut
others merely describe the confiscation as a threatened pe-
natty against those who remain in the canntry beyond the
perio Is named in the decree of expulsion.
Another important conseqn-nee has followed the attack
**Nora Crux, in pitting an end to the negociations carried
oval Jalapa, between the commissioners from the mother
country and the Mexican Government. The sittings were
inserroptekss soon as iatelligence of that event arrived.—
The contrMssioners left the place shortly after, and embark•
ed st Alvarado for ti ah, where they arrived on the
bib alt., on their way to Spain. A fleet of six vessels of
war, and two transports wi h troops, provisions, and war-
like stores, sailed frees Havanna on the 31st of Octeherito
the aid of the Spaniards in the Castle of St. Juan de (Aloe.
It was the g . I opinion, as Admiral Laborde was with
this het) that all the ports in the Mexican Hoff would
be• blockaded as soon as the plan of operations could be
amaged. • A state of active warfare is therefore likely to
ensue between the Spaniards and the Mexicans, through
the juts-position of the naval and military commanders in
Cabe, (who had retired thither from the fruitless attempt
ea Colombia,) without any orders for that purpose from
111 e pother country.
_ ildrxicans are said to he consolidating themselves
Mt a settled and uniform Government. The meeting of•
W sew Congress was fixed for the 31st of October, and as
Noe the provisoes had sent deputies, it was inferred
ihillimkplan of central and general (internment, as op-
peed to a Federation, was acceded to by them.

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