The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-15 00:00:00

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.Wherever the spirit of liberty rears its h I
ead, it k
the policy of our leaders to take all the meals within
their ready to put it down; whether at bower glees:.
'ft makes no difference. In France they *a
people in the regeneration of their Country,
a complete revolution, and occasioned the •
of their King. In Naples, Italy, Spain, and P
• they have supported the abettors of the 1 •
they twice attempted to put down liberty 1e441
America, and while abusing the noble spirit gspiewi
patriotism and Portuguese regeneration, they**
witnessed the slaughter of the Greeks by the rid...
In England every thing is done to excite the eitar
feelings of the people, and Ireland is abased ent hp,
in a state of domestic warfare ; no measure it Mee
pacify or conciliate, or ameliorate the coeditiee g the
'country. Ministers may, as Meal, when Padwest
meets, try to bolster up their cause and ingot*
ways and means; but they cannot get tin Ingsoie
Aristocrats cannot get their rents, nor the
mongers their price. Bat they will not ientio,
they can do no more mischief. The time is at hen.;
the thing most go on, and rapidly too. The Lin.
holders and the Fundholden bate started for them
of destruction ; it is of little consequence wharf
them arrives first; public affairs will then regale,
themselves, and the taxes be removed Isom the shed.
ders of an impoverished population.

A sketch itr ear proceeding ohms of a Pada'
Society established at Edinburgh to promote' the pal.
poses of General Education, will be found wade.
serving the attention of oar readers, and especially gi
those connected with institutions of a similar Idid,
it is pregnant with most valuable hints, asd
passed by no attempt we have ever seen se fogs the
Winds and manners of the rising, generation. blies
are comprehensive, though of a humble kisi, out
its schemes replete with good sense and utility,
We augur well of its success in the hands of lit js.
dicloas projectors, and hope the example they Invent
in this important business will be generally emniiini
and adopted.

The Dublin, papers received this morning pewita.
more favourable aspect of affairs inl rel.sad diatribe**
been able to exhibit for many weeks past. We rejoice*
find that conciliation is employed as well es rigor.
In embodying the Yeomanry, the Chief Secretary,
to discountenance those feuds which have tended ma
much to distract Ireland, has addressed a letter t. Sr
ftOHERT SHAW, conceived in the same spirit LI duit I
Sir WILLIAM STAMM.

A Me of New York papers was reeeired this wry
ing, but not of a later date than the last.

Niw Yowls, Nov. 19.—The three new Bob plo• I
posed to be established here, are the Waillsgtur
Rank, the Agricultural Bank, and the Tradesatea's'
Bank, each with a capital of half a inillioaof

The application for the first is headed by Thom
Franklin ; the second by Benjamin Romaine,ssi the
third by James Hall.
KINGSTON, UPPER CANADA, OCT. 19.—We lnm
that it is contemplated to call together oar Legida•
tare on the 31st of November It is rumoured tint

the early period of the meeting is reodettl
necessary by the unpropitions result of the ow
ferences held at Montreal in the coarse of the mar
by the Commissioners of the Provinces. Se far fret
making any arrangement, or seeming to desire it, hit
said that the Commissioners of the Lower Proviso.
in a spirit which most assuredly cannot be called emi.
cable, refused even to pay over the arrearages via
are nneeniably date to Upper Canada. It would qpic
they think that as they hold the purse arise, Ibif
can starve our Government into acquiescence with Of
terms they may see fit to dictate. It is however to-
solatory to know, that there is a tribunal to vbicit
to
can appeal, and to whose award the Legislahne 11
Lower Canada must submit—that this Tribessi vii
protect our rights and decide on the cootlictingprt
tensions of the Provinces with unerring justice sal

impartiality.
Extract of a letter from Quebec, dated Nov. lilt-e
It is not easy to account for the clamour which los
been kept np in Upper Canada, on the subject of de.
ties levied in Lower Canada on goods which it is sir
posed afterwards go into Upper Canaels for casino!).
Lion. It has always been understood, tbat the Legir
lature of Lower Commis early disclaimed say inteatioa
of profiting by duties ultimately paid by Upper Casa'
consumers (although it might assuredly have raiP
1 tamed a contrary doctrine respecting all gosh*
ported for sale in this province) and that the ree•
tinning to levy and pay over these duties, whichielb.
first instance at least, in great part, certainly case oft
of the pocket of the subject here, was a boon setsl "
Upper Canada at its particular request, exist assuredly
under its sanction. The legislature of Lower Cooaderr
pears to be sufficiently jealous of its right of letyW
and appropriating to the public uses the monies white
come out of the pocket of the subject in this preelo."
and it ought not to be supposed that it is so lost to
sll
stnse of justice as to wish to deprive others of a rigbl
which it so highly estees. When the matter eer.
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to be sifted to the bottom it will probably be fee"
that the clamour had been without justifiable feet
dation.
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report which was current at that 111131) ihat sob is
the fact, and there are now here individuals who saw
000 ie the British fleet. It is said one of them is
coed (Niguel's& and it appears that one of the
istees subscribed to the note published in yesterday's
• Ouillemand the question is, whether

4sette, is also • ;
*a person now in this city who ,signed the note just
*Wooed, is the same who accompanied the British
anorwilbh was defeated by General Jackson in 1814
alms. We hope and trust for the honour of human
lave, that M. Ouillemand will make it appear that be
b sot the same person.
ISTOACT OP A LaTTsa FROM BOMBAY, JULY 2.
• Sis natives have been convicted before the Supreme
Coot in Calcutta, of having inflicted torture upon two
noe!ittadtes, in order to force them to confess that
tinibad been guilty of murder ; and have been see-
mewl to imprisonment.
Of•our crop of cotton not more than 60,000 bales
boa band their way to Bombay, the greater part of
Whieh. will go to China by the regular route.
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Iftstterentat. AItaAr4uSUENTs.--The Orenville's,l
it is understood, are coming over, and Mr. Charles
Wynn, their representative, who has long been long-
ing for place, is at length to come in. lie is expected
to go to tke Board of Control, and Mr. Canning is
again talked of as going to India. Dr. Phillimore, it
it believed, will be a Lord of the Admiralty. Certain
changes lately rumoured are also looked fur in the
my departments in Ireland. Mr. Sanas, it is re-
ported, is to succeed Lord Norbury, who retires, in
order to make way for Mr. Plunkett, as Attorney-
• ; sad this step, on the part of the latter, is
,tithed to be preparatory to his transfer to the Chan-
teltorship of England, whenever Lord Eldon retires.
`attract of a letter, dated Oporto, Nov. 20 :—" The
Potteries' Cortes and the Public are well aware of the
detriment to the whole nation from the bad state of the
paper mow, and many plans have appeared in print,
and been presented to the Cortes, for diminishing and
eirtinguishing paper money : some plan will be adopted;
sod I have good foundation to suppose that the loss on
paper money will gradually diminish. One grand point
is already in operation, namely, that lands and property
belonging to the Crown are now selling, payable in
paper, which is directly to be burnt. A very heavy tax is
Uul on all ecclesiastical property beyond a certain amount,
and all church dignities of bishops, canons, &c., are not
to he replaced for the present,but the revenue to be paid
for the same purpose; only parish priests with the care
of souls are to be regularly filled under a new regulation,
and no salary to be above 800 milreaa yearly ; the stir-
p'us to be paid for the above purpose. No more friars
are allowed to be admitted. it is supposed that gra-
dually two convents will be joined into one, and by that
means a large property'and revenue be sold, without in-
stigating any fears to disturbances by turningthem out.
The Cortes have been very cautious and prudent to
avoidsiving cause for any greet discontent among the
ecclesiastics, and by applying what is taken from them
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to pay oft' the national debt without laying new taxes
upon the nation; no disturbance has appeared, nor is
there any apprehension of such. Those whose income has
been curtailed by taking off feudal duties, &c , are not
only its disgrace with the public, but also too few in
*umber sod too much dispersed ; therefore there is rea-
, ginistiotrust that we shall see nose of them nofOrkUnate ,
tallies lb Portugal which have happesed jet
Spain.
From the two following paragraphs it may be In-
(erred that so little agitation prevails among the
Baltic merchants. The rise in the price of tallow. it
Will be observed, is variously accounted for
The report that the Russian Tariff is of so safe-
vourable tendet-y towards this country, has caused
tome consternation among the Russian houses. The
additional Attlee imposed are said to be equal to a
total Prohibition, particularly those on sugars. The
speculation in tallow has been so great. that the par-
ties have oversold tliernscl yes, and have not a sufficient
quantity to fulfil their contracts by • considerable
amount. Tallow in consequence ruse ss. per cwt. yes-
terday.
Sr. PETER U.-6, Nov. 13.—Very considerable con-
tracts for the supply of the Russian army have 'been
entered into by our Government. All the soldiers of the
Corps of Occupation have been newly clothed, and
have received warmer great coats than those hitherto
supplied. The Emperor will not forego in the least
the conditions contained in Isis ultimatum. The oc-
cupation Walachia and Moldavia, as well as of
some fortresses in the Morea, is confidently expected
here. • The inhabitants of these provinces would he
happy to live under the sceptre of Als•xander, who,
in return, would do every thing to promote their wel-

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Considerable loss may by possibility be sustained
by some individuals through the detention of the ves-
sels with tallow cargoes from the Baltic, by contrary
winos. Owing to this circumstance, the greatest part
of several extensive contracts, from the inability of
the speculators, have not been delivered according to
agreement, and a rise in the price of that article from
431. per tun, at which it was yesterday dimming, to
43/. per toe, has taken place.
blark-lane continues to be glutted with grain of
every description. Flour has suffered no diminution
in price, and from this circumstance it is inferred that
wheat bas at length found its level. Several wealthy
millers, acting upon the general opinion, made large
purchases yesterday forenoon in wheat, at a reduction
of two shillings per quarter on Monday's prices.
The ilave trade, so far from being abolished, was,
it appeared, never so extensive or so cruelly carried
on as at present. According to the Sierra Leone Ga-
zettes there were upwards of forty slave-ships, ex-
amined by or known to the British cruisers on one
part only of the coast of Africa, in the course of the
monthstofJnly, Angels% and September. Of these
'rimed., 32 are described to be capable of stowinz (as
the unhappy creatures are at present stowed) from
11,000 to 12,000 victims. They are of all Christian
nations-.-French, Portuguese, and Spanish—bearing
nndisguisedly the flags of their respective Govern-
seats : and, few of them indeed, 1:-oni the restrictions
imposed by treaty on our cruisers, can be lawfully con-
demned as prise. As a sample of the mode in which
this inhuman traffic is conducted, it is said that a
French schoonerlatelv sailed from the coast of Africa,
with 200 slaves. for Cayes's. ; aod this naval engine
*berm" was so constructed, that as a provision for
each slave, in a voyage across the Atlantic, and be-
tween the Tropic, she could hold no more than nine
'gallons et water: