The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-21 00:00:00

We do not hear as yet, of any information
of consequence from the Armies in Spain ; but
it is still the opinion that the moment the French take
possession of Madrid, they will offer overtures to the
Spaniards. There is but little business doing either at
the Stock Exchangeor the foreign market.
FOREIGN FUNDS.—Spanish Honda opened at 36, and
got up to 3, nitb a break market,

- Chili. 68.—New Spanish. 3614.—New Prussia, 83—Rus-
sia, 'N.—Danish, 90 to 4—Colombia. 664.

Yesterday the Icing received visits from the Duke of
York anti the Duchess of 6loucesier.

led •r.tay the Duke of York, as Commander-in•Cbief,
111.1.1 a lever at his office in the Horse (lairds.

The !louse of Commons re-assemble this dav, pursuant
to adjournment. It is expected, we believe, that the In-
golly, into the conduct ot the Sheriff of Dublin, will ter-
minate this evening.
We understand a petifon is to he presented to the
•Ilott,e of Commons, this week, praying for an alteration
in the mode of electing Special Jurymen, which we hop.:
still be attended to by every Member who bas regard fur
the inspastiskadmi-iistrat. on of justice.
An article of intelligence was obscurely announced
in one of the? Dutch Papers, that we received on Satin.-
c:ay, to whi. la more iinportant consequences may attach
than we suspected from the pernaal of it. It ran thus :
" Sr. Pura:ammo. A PR I t. 26.—TheAdjutants-lieneral
of lii.Msjevy the Eli rettonWoLxosts Kr, ttlawrscht wow,
and NM:KEW/SKI, have reteived lease of absence fur se-
veral months."
The indivhlrals here named, are, as we understand,
person. who possessed treat influence with theEsternon,
and exeiris..d that influence, decisively, in the policy of
the ltn.stan tioverniin•nt. Their "leave of ahsence,'
Merefore, which, in Ilus.ian etiquette, means what not
be exidaived, is regarded as the prelude to some illl
portaatit change of iiira.nree that way have no slight
effect upon questions of the greatest moment. We shall
perhaps, hare something more to say on this subject in a
day or two.— (Courier.)

From a rarliainentary Return respecting Bankrupts, it
ap, ears that, on an average of three years, the debts of
hiscliels bankrupts amounted to the amizing suns of
3,156,382 t. a-year. The dividends fell short of 4 500 f.,
hitie snore than half-s-crown the hundred pounds. The
siesst loss is snore than 15 p..r cent. upon the income
fr..us trade of every sort, which was assessed fur the
property-t.a.

Private letters front Cadiz, dated the 25th April, state
that the general feeling of the higher classes in Spain is
decidedly hostile to the invading army, and that the
lower classes are more astonished at the entranee of the
Fr nrh than alarmed at their progress. At such places
us the French army enters, the peasants ant population
produce their provisions in consequence of the excellent
market for their disposing of these commodities. It has,
honever, been observed, that where the Guerillas of the
army of die Faith precede the Fiends, they never find
either forage or fcud on account of their not paving for
Tither. This is s'ated to have been the case at Burgos,
e here the troops of the Faith found every p!ace entirely
bare of precisions, notwithstanding the strictness of their
search. On the entrance of the French into that town,
provisions were immediately produced fiona their hidden
places, and soil to the army at a high rate. Under date,
the 111. of Aprll, one of these letters announce that the
hing was expected to take up his residence in that city
b f re the end of the month, and that preparations
%mild be made in a day or two fur his removal. The
latest account,. from Seville, roreired at Cadiz, state that
the Infanta Donna Luisa Carlita, Consort of the Infant
Hon Franciero de Paula having been delivered of a boy,
his Majesty hail been phased to confer upon hint the ti-
tle of the Duke of Seville, as a proof of his regard for'
the city he baa now Lonoared with his presence.
Va LLA DO LI IN May 6.—The Army of the Faith entered
the toter. souse dave ago. At their approach the Consti-
tutional Authorities retreated, a. well as a vast tu:inlier of
tie best families, and all the men able to carry arms. We
are in the greatest cunswrnation and alarm. livery thing
helonginir to the new system has been overthrown, and
every hour we hear of new arrests. The Con.
vent of La Afarced (which formerly served as the In-
quisition) is crowded with prisoners, chiefly obi men
cetaineil there for Constitution ei hue, as it is now called,
and for baying allowed their chit iren to retire. lam
lying in a sick-bed, hot I don't know whether this will
save ow fr...in being dragged to pris,n. The French are
expected in a slay or two. We shall always consider them
as our prila ipal t limits, being the louvers of these
troubles; but we shill rejoice at their arrival, its hopes of
seeing this dreadful anarchy cease. How long will these
troubles I. st. it is impossible for me to say; but certain
it is, that all the able men are determined rsther to pe-
rish than to see the old ohs/potions renewed. I send no
u. wa, because we are no longer allowed to get any.
Last night we were favoured with a sight of a seal ring
of gold, late!y Insole in Athena.; on one aide is the head
of Alinerre—oar the other the owl,eith the three first let-
ters of the word adtesaioa. It le a very well executed
soil spit it'll speck en of art. We mention this merely as
a.t ins'ance of the existence of the fine arts amongst a
reople who ;ire very generally supposed to be semibar-
Darians.—(Edia. (16screer.)

ALROISTATICS.—Mr. tireen, the celebrated aeronaut
Wends ascending- in his handsome balloon, inflated with
a:risen-4kt! kydrogeis (anal ga•), next Tuesday week,
trust the Mermaid, II auk ney. When it is recollected that
in his fifth ascent his aerial vehicle was unfortunately de-
stroyed near Brighton ; and in his sixth, at elteltenha.n,
he u:s in i 1111 l linent peril of losing his life, one oannot but
admire his noble daring. IVe !mite that bus seventh soy.
age will be more pleasant, and that in Lis unfortunate
lures he will experience a happy reverse.

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AItTROPOLITA N VITA RY I NbTlTL"rlON.—l'he first lee
hire at this infant establishment was delivered yesterday
evening, by Jr. K Wood, anal eras extremely well ;it-
trw:e . The subject was the system of GALL anti
S'Peßzllttxt, or as some persons call it, the " Scieacc"
It Phrenology.
The uwasl:.s are at present making most alarming
Lavoc among the children iu Perth and neighbourhood.
—Numbers ate consigned to the grave almost everyday.
The salmon fishing on the Tay has been improving
these few days past. 'Thursday a draught of twenty was
taLen at oGe haul on the North Inch station.
A field of excellent sown grass was cut down on Mon-
diy, in the Borangh Muir, Perth. The present genial
weather leads to the anticipation of an abundant crop of
limit article.

The very pathetic acrolnt of a dreadful accident at
n)rneoed colliery, near All.plil, Montgomeryshire. given
is *omit of the payers, is ii!l a fabricatiou.—(Gloucester
Joanna)

A hen that was kt-pt in a wool yard belonging to a
tabinet•waker in the Meal Vennel, was on Wednesday
t found fa't between two planks of wood, and reduced
sli.ost to a skeleton. The fowl had been missing for
'We.: weeks and two days, during which it must have ex-
oitbont any sustenance whatever. It was still in
lite when found, but unable to wove its limbs—the use of
%%Lida, however, it was able to resume bat night, and is
tote recovering rapidly.—(Pertltsliire Courier.)
Coast EXCHANGE. - The arrivals of Grain are tolerably
rood to this day's Market. Wheat finds but few buyers at
4oeday's prices. In Batley, Beans and Pease there is no
smitten. Oats are now plentiful, and salsa cannot be ef-
..r:ed without submitting to lower prices.