The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-25 00:00:00

OUR MINISTRY.

We yesterday stated how they stood as to the Orange•
Question. Much will depend upon the bottom of Mr.
Puri.. If he were to make his stand upon no popery, he
would carry the day decidedly. " Peel and no popery,'"
and about half a ton of chalk to unite the words on the
wa'ls would pretty soon bring his adversaries down. But
then, they have the war question in their favour ! And,
that man must be blind indeed, who does not see the
cause of the blandishments between Mr. CANNING and
Mr. Bnoecnam, and does not see to what they
tend. Surprizing drawing•nigh unto each other.—
Will the latter not take care to snake sure of
his ground, as he draws nigh? He will hardly leave
himself expostai AD be unceremouiossiy peaked of again:'
And yet, witiratt the blood of all the Lowther: bear it!
—Faith it is ticklish work!—But, the landlords are so
eager fur war, so eager to be able to pay qr their debts
honestly, that we are inclined to think that Mr. Peel will
be bea'en, unless he give io to the nat.. If be will agree
to go to war ; then we think he will have a complete!
triumph. " .No Popery," and half a ton of chalk,
would do his businass in a trice.—it is not clear, how-
ever, that this war, if it should be undertaken, will be a
very successful enterprize; always excepting the means
that it will give the landlords of paying of the Jews
honestly; paying them, according to Mr. Hume's wish,
to the last shilling; making no reductions of interest of
debt; nu tax upon the funds; and no more reducings
of liv, s to fours and fours to threes ; but a real paying
off, in full tale, of good hard paper money.—lt would be
worth while to go to war, for a couple of months, or
even for half a year, for the sake of obtaining the means
of making this honest payment; and this, Mr. Bnoucti-
m, who is a great fielosopher, knows very well that the
landlords pray for, Jay and night, and every day and
every night of their lives.—Our opinion of " no popery"
is so great, that we almost think that if it were at once
brought_ out and vigorously played off, it would stand a
fair chance, even against this ardent desire to make ho-
nest payment; this unquenchable thirst after the wans
of paying to the last shilling, with which thirst the land-
lords are now actually burning up alive. And, if Mr.
Peel will but give in to the war, if be will but cry out
" war" and " no popery" too, be will be the man to as-
sert it.—With regard to the war itself, viewed in
any other light than that of honestly paying off
the national debt, we think there are many inci-
dents that might arise out of it, that our pretty,
gentlemen do not see. We shall not state these at
present. We nulerstand that the King of France;
at least, there is a rentone that the King of France, has
written a letter to Lord Liverpool, on the Speech of Mr.
Brougham, that of his Lordship, thatof Mr. Huskisson,
and that of Mr. Canning. If this be tree, we are almost
sure that Iris Majesty the King of France will take an
opportunity of pointing out the probable consequences of
such war. The letter will, it is said, appear in Cobbett's
Register nest Saturday. We shall know more of this
to-morrow; and shall not fail to make a communication
to our readers upon the subject. We have seen the King
of Bohemia writing to Mr. Canning; and we ran see no
reason why the King of France should not write to Lord
Liverpool. We ear•, besides the strong desire of the land-,
lords to pay the fundholders to the last shilling; we see
the stronast reason for the anti-orange party to take the
side of war, if the orange party take the side of peace.
But, it is possible that the orange-party (finding- the ery
of "war" will be opposed to the cry of "no popery")
may adopt the cry of " tear" too; and there the thing
is decided at once.—lf the orangeapratrri could be ar-

ranged. If peace could be re•tured in Dublin, we should
think, that, after all, the French might be permitted to
take quiet possession of Spain.

PEACC oR WAR.--Lord Lansdowne asked LorJ lafrelk
pool whether a hope still existed iu the minds of Ids
Majesty's Ministers, that peace between France and Spaiti,
would be preserved ?—The answer was by Lord Live,•
" pool that "special tircu»istances had cisas, and *me

" of them recently, which made him more dee►se Mots

"at the time when the Pariiament opened, which ren-

" deredit more necessary thug ever to refrain from any

"discussion of this subject."—Let any man make any
thing ont of this if he can.
Is Tun Costsioss.—On the pxsen:ing of a petition
praying for a repeal of the JOrcign en:is:meat bill, M-.

Canning took occasion to observe that it was desi raid
to avoid all discussion of the subject of the dispute oh
the continent. Then there come these words: he could
only say, that, " while there existed one ray of hope
" of the averting of hostilities, it was not time to go into
" any debate on the subject. lie would tiorther state, that
" there were peentiar neguriations pending, and he was
"sure that the Hon. Gentleman would not Trish that they
" should be broken off. Ile felt it jus ice to add, that in
" pursuing the line of ',die.; whi,:h pi° u;.ed the a;ipr
" bation of the Hon. Gentleman, he owed much
"to the forbearance of the House."---Now, in
additien to this, Lord Althorpe's moti in fur a
repeal of the Foreign Enlistment Gill, which motion
stood for Thursday nest, was put aside altogether, or,
rather, " postponed generally tor the present;" and it
is very curious that thkin the absence of Lo-d Althorpe,
was done by Mr. Bitunomat!—This agrees perfectly
with the speech at the opening of the Session, with die
speech the other night about the four thousand sailors,
and with something else which is is rumoured, and that
it must delight the Lotethers to hear of!—As to the ques-
tion of peace or war, however, here is nothing celled.
We suppose that there is some negeciation going on to
prevail upon the French to stop their march upon c ondi-
Goa of the Spaniards giving rp their constitution !
Vl' by, the French do not care a cone about their coasti-
union. They care about nothing but our cannon; and
it depends wholly upon what they think about that eat,-
non, whether they Scoter Spain ur not.—Probably they
may wish for another mouth or tots of stsayk-irieleing
before they march.
ORANGE DISPLITI.—Mr. Brownlow moved for pipe's
relative to the late prosecutions in Dublin; and some
pretty warm work took place. Nothing, however, nay
determined on, except that the discussion relative to
these papers should precede the discussion of what is
called the Catholic question. The friends of Mr. Peel
and Lord Manners seem determined to bring the thing to
issue. Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald insisted upon it that the
sooner this was done the better. He said that the tran-
quillity of Ireland demanded the prompt interposition
of Parliament.—lntleed it seems impossible that the Cr -
verument of Ireland can go ou without an in:erposi.ion of
some sort ur other; and we cannot see how the interposi-
tion is to take place without putting out one part or other
of the Ministers. We cannot help observing upon the great
partiality shown by the Morning Chronic* as to
this matter. Mr. Drownlow row to more for cer-
tain papers relatii e to the late pr. secutiors in
Dublin; and what head or title does the rnitier
that the Citron/depots to this part of the proceedings
Why, "ORANGE OUTKAGES." 'lbis is the title
that that paper gives to a motion intended to show in
what manner a certain number of Orange-men have
been prosecuted. The prosecution was, at any rate,
somewhat unusual; but to give to the pruteedings on the
motion such a title as this is contrary to every principle
of fair play. We do not approve of the treatment of the
Catholics by the Orange-own; but we disapprove deci-
dedly of foul play like this towardsany body. We always
thought the prosecutions it Dublin not the wisest that
could have been imagined. We said so front the icy
beginning, arid events certainly hare not altered use
opinion.
We imagine that little will be done in Parliament.
until the question of peace or war be settled. That gees-
lieu, may, too, be very much affected by the Orange-
question ; but until th'e war or peace question shall he
settled, nothitiv; of much importance will h e dme . b ,ut
the taxes. The petitions win .h pray for an adjustment
of contracts, which adjustment must necessarily incide
a reduction of the debt, might very conveniently be de-
layed, until after the war or peace question be settleds.he-
rause, if war be resolved on, the goal hard paper money
must come our, and wheat will soon be twenty ur
thirty shdlings a bushel.