The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-07 00:00:00

HAMBURG MAIL.

STOCKHOLM. OCT. 17.—The day before yesterday the
States decided the great question respecting the i;otha
Canal. This question was, either entirely to stop the noble
works which are already so far advanced, or, notwith•
standing the present scarci'y of money in the State, to.
assign fun is to continue them. The stational pride has
triumphed, and once for all by way of loan of 1,650,000 tie
dollars bauco out of the Bank, to continue the storks,
which sum the Bank is *to advance in four years, so that
the canal shall be wholly completed by the year Id-'b. and
navigable throughout in 1b29. Besides the districts ar tl
towns near the canal, the new town of Mo,ala, sthicl► it
is intended to build in an extremely fruitful country, on
sire banks of the canal, will derive incalculable advantage
from it, and we learn that above 450 persons have al-
Featly applied to build houses, and settle there with their
mans.

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FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1823.
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STOCE EXCIIANGE, 12 o'CLocx.—Consols opened this
morning at 831 i, and got up to I, at which price they re-
main, with little doing.
We do not hear, as yet, of any Expresses having arrived
from Paris, from which we may infer there is no news
of importance to communicate.

We understand Mr. B.:1. Goldsmid is on the eve of con-
tracting for the Mexican Loan of 3 millions sterling, at 66 ;
but certain Brokers have been sounding the public, and
their report is said to be, that the public are not veryanzi-
ous at present to taste the present Mexican fruit, fearing
hereafter it may give them the Loan fever.

In regard to the Sacred Loan of Jerusalem, little or no-
thing is said about it ; end even the Hebrews sicken at the
smell of it.

FORMS FUNDS.---Spanish Bonds, the only article
in which any business is transacting this morning, are
very heavy ; they opened at 27 28, and are now lowering.
Colombian also is drooping.
New Spanish, 201/-041, 271—Colombian, 60i—
Russian. nothing doing.—New Poyais, s—Old, 7 to 1.

The arraignment of iliegn, an abstract of which,
appeared in our paper 9f yesterday. will be read with gr►at
interest. The determination to sacrifice this heroic soldier,
is too apparent to he q•restioned ; and that there is 'no
other accusation against him than the "treuaoo" of hieing
the author of the Constitutional system, is as evident as
that this is a mortal offence, in the winds of the faction
which now holds the destiny of Spain in its hands. The
capitulation of Barcelona, which is said to have been
signed on the 2541) ult., leaves Meg° without hope of
being protected by any fear lest his sacrifice should be
avenged by the Constitutional party; and there is no
doubt but that his name will be speedily added to the list
of those martyrs who have been sacrificed to the cause
of humanity and justice. In his case, accusation means
condemnation. Trial, or eropriry, are out of the question.
Ile is in the hands of his enemies, and he must perish.

The capacity of England for enduring buithens has
never been disputed, and it has lung been the fashion to
argue what she can hear, from what she has borne ; As if
the means grew in proportion to the demand upon them.—
Thus the Nem Times admitting that we are more loaded
with taxes than ant• other country in Europe, draws from
this undoubted fact the conelosion, that our burthens
are a proof of our strength ;. and the Editor very
sagaciously remarks that a strong man can bear a load
which would crush a weaker to the earth. The accuracy
of this simile must be felt by every one. Rut did it never
occur to the worthy writer, that the strongest men do not
like to be continually putting forth their strength. A man
who can carry five huiuktd %%eight will not put it upon his
back in the way'of mere amusement ; and if he were corns
.pelled to he alsiays carrying as heavy a burthen as he could
stand under, his strength, he it what it might, would not
avail him long. When yon have found out all that your
horse ran do, says the adage, you have found out what he
can never do again.

Our neutral policy is likely to sustain a severe shock,
from the determinate and consistent conduct of the French
Cabinet. A lin. of battle ship and two frigates are about
to sail from Cadiz to South America, to endeavour to re
duce the South American Colonies of Spain to their old
subserviency. he force is certainly inadequate to the
object; hut, as the precursor of a larger force, it will
compel the English Alinistry to declare either for, or
against - the independence of the New States. The po-
licy of the House of Bourbon is now begininng to
develnpe itself. Those who thought the conquest of Spain
would content it, cow perceive they arc mistaken.

A public meeting is in contemplation, to adopt measures
for the assistance of the Spaniards in this country, who
have been compelled by adverse cirentnstanees to seek re
(up here from the persecutions to which the restorcion of
Ferdinand would subject them at 110111 P. Upon this sub-
ject, however, some discretion is necessary. Those who
were here, when they might, and ought to have been in
Spain, have no claim to British sympathy. There are
others who were peculiarly circumstanced, and who are
entitled to every assistance as an act of justice. Ferdinand
has not superseded Admirable Jahat at the English Court.
Is he satisfied with the services of the Admiral ? Tis4e
wife ane sister of Riego, as nell as the brother of that
gallant soldier, are in England. Madame (uiroga is also
here ; and, without any particular inquiry as to the cir-
cumstances in which they may be placed, there seems a
demand upon English sympathy in their behalf. While
the New Time: in cheering blowl-hoonds on their scent,
and eagerly anticipating an act of murder, it behoves the
British public to express its sense of the conduct of Fee-
dinand, and the approbation of those who hare lost all in
their devotion to a cause which is worth all.