The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-19 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

will, indeed, surprise us, u much Ate we have been
surprised by those proceedings of the British Cabi-
net, which have stunned the British subject to the
remotest part of the United Kingdom ! Under so 1
new and so surprising t resolution and order of,
things we might, indeed, e*ciaini—" How, then,
are we ruined !" We might, indeed, ada—" How
I can we ever be ruined?"

The French, who are as good. taCticiane in the
cabinet as the field, show that, in a shod time, they
will equal us in the arts of Parliamentary hosibess.
The time has not been lost which has been taken
up in the indisposition of Ministers, to prepare
for meeting the great question of, whether the
Election Law, according to the Charter, ii not
too favourable to the liberties and wishes of
the people, against the views of the High Mo-
narchy-men or Ultra Royalists. In the midst
of the debate, whether tbe petitions should be
enterained or rejected, the Minister of Finance,
like an able general who sees his army in danger
of a defeat, effected a diversion by introducing a
projet respecting a new rate of Customs. These
subjects, according to their etiquette, take place
before all petitions. It was, however, impatiently ,
got rid of, and the flame of debate was about to
break out again, when Ministers, cautiously and tip
morously, obtained a postponement of the rife
cession till the following day. An adjournment
of a few hours is always, in cases of this nicely
balanced nature. in favour of Governments.—
A vote rises vastly in value on the occasion, it is
true, but not beyond the means of a good secret
or privy purse. It is supposed that more than a
million of money, of the private fortune of *food
King, now alive, has been generously so applied.
The Quarter Sessions at Salford are coMmenced,
and we redden with indignation and shame at the
circumstance we are about to mention. Mr. HAY,
the Rev. Mr. HAY, is the Chai:tnan on the occa-
sion ! ! Good heavens! is there no other man than
this to be found to answer the wishes and purpOses
of the present Members of the Administration I
Must he, who by profession should be the lows-
lieator by practice, become the prosecutor? If our
country contains men who approve these indecent
proceedings, then, indeed, as Lord Kailas says,
1" the sooner they are off, and their places peopled
afresh, the better."
The following eurions details have bled received
from Christiania, in Norway:—
On the 7th instant the barometer me to the extrsot-
dinary height of 29 inches, 16 lines, wbkb has not taken
place here for a great number of years. The sea was
eight feet lower on that day..than it has bees for the last,
20 years. Professor Hansteei, who Measured its bright,
meads also some experiments as to the intensity of tho,
magnetic force, and found the predle In each agitations
test be could obtain no fixed result from his ezperiusepte,
-!...These different phenomena appeal to portend Wad
extraordinary revolution in nature.
The following is an eitraet of a letter flier
4:lBlcer of the 34th Regiment, dated os •
August in, lsl9: •
;,I embrace the opportunitywhit+ praisoweli Uwe.
forwarding letters to England, to inform you of our Alt
rival here, after a most fatiguing marcb, you
we brides
up onr camp at Beliraum. We are at present inactivei
Waving no enemy to contend with, and ere is
dashr
pvctation of rewiring orders to embark for Engle:
which you may rest assured, will. give as gieat pleasin*
as we have been much harassed and fatied with lost
marches, ever since we took the field, in-Feb. 1917.
" Previons accounti will hive informed you of the
dreadful sickness in Adjust lait, which proved eft a.-
structire to thousands here, particularly the natlies,
proving fatal in a few Boats. Our regiment lost, is
three days, forty-seven men, seen women,: and chil-
dren (all Europeans); sod upwnnii of three hundred
native followers of our 'Mill camp; died within the mole
time. Thank God, the Army and the country are sow
quite heilthy ; but we have lost many valbed friends.
" Nothing ern exceed the relined and veneratkii
Which the Marquis of Hastings is held in this vast Ear
pire; both army and inhabitants idolise him and pray
constantly for his continuance here. An nnfosided iv.
112011 r, some Miinthi ago: that he wits about to. be re
called to England; caused, the risen &spend*?
among all ranks. 104 it is impssible to describe theist
that was felt Time it iris ascertained that this. was se
troth in the report.
“ The Beth RegiMent have embsilted and sailed tee
England, and the 22d Light Dragoons are also under
orders to etobstk for the Cape of Wad Hope, and floe
1 thence foi Eorlanai if they shouldnot be detained by
' the °Override there, of Which there is some doubt. as
Captain 8. received a lettei Nis hil brother, at the,
Cape, on the 14th instant, inforsding that the
were waging i most destnictive warfare against 0041 t
people and that the force then in the t
Inadeil'uste to meet their lecoesions the di?fitred ww
ttt
herable polott. 1 trust, howefer, that all will bit em
before we reach there, as most heartily wish tO see OM
England once again.
Ciolonel Dickens bad ieceeedid Celina Multi% 1111'i
the eemeMed Of Oar Regimeet."
• The services of the Corps of Geotieuses
tendered tO Goveisisest by the *kWh of Leith,
been steepled of.
On Saturday last, Paine& tascool, tog.
of the Aldermen of the City, sod who *erred the
Ace Of Chief Magistrate in ISM, wee epic este-
nimonsly elettell Lord Maier cif York kr the felt

ensuing. •
On Saturday liturerhig, abbot twb Aloe*, a lop
and very laminate mato& resod with mating
rapidity Irons the aisle teererds the meth, till it disale
?eared is 16 snow cloud, irbleh laismadfaatly Weis& the
appearance et the most hfillitiat orevori dolvdtle. Oa
Sunday ffireyseea, a *bock sda was dlitieetly yea for
ibout 'flee boars,J.-porteliteall. Ift are old, of Wray
weather. There hae bees a weed dial of liglitalig dare
in the WA I sad, early on Tuesday sorslay, several
peas of theistse were hsartl.—(Meisfreet piper.,
The bardmatet, white had beetinally risitg
from the beenaise of the swath. stood_bell ea ii
ssessiar at_ten o'rlork. Wi a situates when albeit/mg.
yieht wii shoot 40 fret abet, the level of the see. eel the
to tare of the ntetsfriel caistala Si des. ef Year.
at de aaashal %debt of 31,131 . inches. This altitude
redacad la what it would hate We at the keel el the
we. 1111.074 inelici. We do net haw of say otbot
that
he
stases is Which the barogister wall veer o ed orrierj
beere as
- '• )recut le tide edeatty.—(Perth Co