The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-29 00:00:00

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, , Twn Metall Packet. arrived yesterday. nee Giver+ 11
i from Bio.Jaweire, end the usher by war of Bahia aerl ol
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~, Pernamhoo The subjnined is an retract from a eat- d
e or. eitrd Iva Janeiro., Mare% 16 : ' ii
ti • " Since I last wrote woo. nod indeed since tie..political ti
~• Outlaw that lately took pleas here, the result of which „
has been the Prince Regent's reuttOeing as bead of the, ti
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!' • , '.. • Government, sad under the same title and character as ,
1 i1i', hefore, tittle aew in the Widest world. has occurred.— ,
A new %Unitary has indeed been formed, and a plan 1
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of lorel,GoveTament has also been adopted ; but it 0
ki sweetly yet can be asi4to extend farther than the pro- ,
i. vino of Rio Jaseiro, for we are not yet sere whether ,
the other provinces will coalesce, or still bold allegiance r,
ft with Portugal, and let tbeirtßepreweatatives in the Cortes tl
i" ',here settle matters for them. The Lame of this sink!. ,
lir affair'is therefore as yet very dubious, %breadth it is ';
~ very evident the Brazilians 'rematch hurt as the attempt ,
made trovithdraw the Prime Regent from among them, i,
and fiend liii.e.oa his trends: and this, and the ulterior ,
deliberations and determinations of the Lisbon Cortes, a
1 I. have given rise trj a gooddeal,of suspicion and mistrust.
two feelings very prevalent among the natives of this t a
~ , eonntry. Their political views and wishes, for the pre. a
t sent, however, do not go beyond a deternsioation to Lave ;
a Coot and a Throne among them; not from any ex- k
' 4 , pectation that these appendages of royalty will improve, 4
their social state, and aid the ends of good government; i
~ hot because they ere flattering to the vanity of a people, ,
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1 a whose highest ambition is to have a cruse pending from 1
their button-hole, or a distinction that may make them
rs respected among their countrymen.
ti " Oa the Sib instant, H. B. MI ship Superb &natant '
here from bras, last from Valparaiso, with two millions •
of dollars am hoard, chidy consigned to England ; the
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largest proportion of which no doubt Wongs to the
I ' . Snanisie emigrants, who have felt themselves compelled, 1
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l . . through the recent mots in Peru, to quit the theatre of a
j theirs4orseter:ndustry, where they easily acquired wealth. t
1 As little specie has been landed from the Superb, ex. i
change has ant been mock affected; we may therefore ,
.1. t quote it at 49. The Superb has many passenger, on ,
beard, boatel to Europe, of whom 800 leave lately left
'!I'l • Lima, rhiitly in English and North American vessels. 1
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Thee will partlx make up for the bad voyages neutral
. . . vessels have lately made to the Pacific; bat the loss the
country experiences by the emigration of these people i
, • n smith their capital is great. The Superb is to sail for t
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, troops on hoard, appeared off the harbour and since then c
little lousiness has been done. The officers having
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i.: - proffered obedience to the Prince, the vessels were al- 1
l leveed to anchor under the forts on Sunday the 10th. I
y It is 'understood the troops will not he permitted to die- i
genteel k ; but that they will he supplied with water qnd 1
rosisione, for the purpose of going back, after the yes-
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I eels have been refitted.
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Subsequent letters, dated 23J (March), mention, that I
i 1 ; the ewers had been allowed to land, as private indivi-
' .:.' ritta!s, and the troops in small parties, unarmed. The €
whole form amounted to 790 men ; and they had sailed t
'i # i for Europe. I
0 &Ilia letters were also received yesterday, dated April ,
2,1, mentioning that every thing was quiet there. A i
smell packet arrived from Rio 3: melee, announcing the
tI ' I event.. which lied recently taken place ; but the intern-
h .... rare did not produce any change in the Government of I
.i-Bahis. I
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• DISPUTE WITH THE CHINESE. I
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The following is an extract of a private letter from I
t: 1 I 11.,' Weymouth:-- ,
.. WRTIIOUTH. MAY 27.—This owning Georg* Adam,
1,1 Esq. Purser of the Hon. East India Company's ship I
I , I Fa.qtelearsoo, landed here from Chins, after a passage of '
• 117 days, charged with official dispatches to the Direr.- 1
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.1 tors of the Honourable East India Company, stating, I
. • tem' his Majesty's ship Topaze, Capt. Richardson, was
anchored self Lentin, and had sent a party of men on Lore
.14, 1 to procure water ; they quarrelled with the inhabitants '
i'' " ' I 01.0 bad assembled to the number of nearly 3110. Capt. I
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i:.:. k . ' R. bring absent from the ship, and the first Lieutenant
t• f I I • • perceiving the danger the party were in, gave orders to 1
• tire' from the ship, to cover their retreat, by which one I
1 :' • native was killed and.five wounded, one of them since
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I " el.ta4l ; fourteen of the crew of the Topaz, are wounded,
ell and in conereptenee of Captain It. refusing to give up his
, . men (who killed the Chinese) to the Government, an I
' Edict, dated Dec. 31, 1321, has been Issued, prohibiting I
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all trade with England. One ship only, which had coon I
1 i pitted her cargo, and the passport signed, was allow- ,
ed to proceed ; ail others to depart without their cargoes."
0 The following is an extract from a private Journal
I' ,i , - kept on hoard the 11. C. ship, Fareptharson, relating to
the dispute between the Brutish and Chinese.
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e " Dec. lOth.—ln the forenoon a part of the crew of his
tfajesty'a ship Topaze were sent into the Bay, to procure
1 water at the village of Lentin, and were tired upon by
the Chinese.. Capt. Richardson, in consequence, gave
', I :' e I orders for the frigate to tire, in order to cover the seamen.
1., „ , 1. Two Chinese were killed, and 14 men belonging to the
14 ' ' li • Topaze were wounded."
'1•I • " Dec.23d.—ln consequence of time aboye affray, or-
ders wereceivedby
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trade."
I' • • , -- Jan. 4th.—The Company's treasure was all shipped
k' , 1 .' • on hoard the Waterloo.
e . i ..-; •• Sth.---An Edict was received from the Viceroy at
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Canton, fur all British subjects to leave the Factory."
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;. , 1 i • ' ts vernur at Moceo, that all the British were to leave that
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place ; on which order all the ladies belonging to the
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Supercargoes, and families, embarked on board the In-
k thrown."o
,i . .4 i 11 tle.—All the shipping dropped down to the se
i 0 trend bar, ani Were forbid leaving any pilots."
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• " 25th.—The fleet passed thee forts theca and Tigris,
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. `. 2:Ml.—The Doug merchants came doss n to Chum.
pee, from the Viceroy, and returned to U.:nton; the
.. result was, that no amicable adjustment could take
)PI) place."
, " 30th.—The miscellaneous tea was collected, and put
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Ehe cargo of the Itepulse was corn-
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pitted, mud, with the Kent, was likely to be detained
some time for dispatches for ngland."
•• Feb. Ist.—Time final and imperative Edict to the
Portuguese Governorit Macao, fur no British to remain
at Macao.—Alr. Livingston, Surgeon, ea% the only one
left; and an Edict for the murderers of the two Chinese
to be delivered up, before any further communication
would be received from the Select Committee."
' ••.; This was the state of the business when the Farquhar-
. 1;• 1 r e son departed, and unless an adjustment could be made,
the fleet would leave for Penang.
I." 1 ' I ' The following is Aft extract from a private letter front
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I e " chumpee. Jan. SO.
€. The suspensiou of trade still continues in force, and
: I e ,' the Committee of Supercargoes, acting up to their ela-
• ; ration, considered it necessary to withdraw their ships
'• . ; 'l. from the port of Canton, it being impossible to meet the
• Governor of Canton's demands—• that two seamen of
/ 11 his Majeity's ship Topaze should be given up to be
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'II 111 strangled.' We hare accordingly retired without the
port, but still within the reach of communication : this:
day we have received the fourth deputation of Chinese
e Mercheate to iaducc the' select committee to lie through
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