The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-22 00:00:00

PitOPOSITI TENAZ.

LONDON:
IFRIOAY, Osmium 22.
A GOTTENNURGH Mail wu received in town
this morning. It is destitute of political event.
Sca A smAnsasi, Nov. 47.—/The marching of the division
of LA Ga ANo r into this city and district has, as max easily
be conceived, excited a strung sensatiou. Another corps of
troop is spoken of, which will eater the lesser cantoas.-.-
(Lists der Darien-4.1k, Dec. 9. )
ST. PerrasanaGw, Nov. the night between the
lst smd id ins, (old stile) the bridge over the Neva was car-
ried away by the &Min ice ; the communication was
broken of till the ith, since when the ice has become fixed,
and can be pawed ‘vithont danger.
At Cronstadt there are upwards of 40 merchant-ships,
bound to different neutral ports, frozen in. It is not yet
!WWII whether it will be possible to remove them through
titmice into the open sea, some worsts beyond Cronstadt.
The troops who return from Finland are i•necessively ar-
riving. No recent accounts from our army in Moldas is hate
been published.—( The came Paper. )
Ssucipiet.r, Nov. IL—Deputies have already been ap-
pointed to proceed, after the conclusion of peace with Den-
park, which Latinist be distant, to the frontiers of Norway,
gp receive his Royal Highness, oar Crown Prince, Prince
CitallsTlVl of AUGNIITENNLKG, and to deliver to him the
060; of the lieraphine Order. Count Bakal is at the
head of the said deputation.—(Tie same Piper.)
ELSlNcuit, Nor. 30.-4 ship, laden with entree, sager,
and other colonial produce, which had been sent to Wismar,
was lately confiscated in that place, because it was weer-
tamed that Ole pretended Danish ship's papers prothaesd by
cm Waster were (aim, and had beNi fabricated iu
(SioekAains Coaimerciat Gazette, Dec. 12.)
STOCIIIIO D r,c. IL—His Majesty's state of health is
daily growing bettdr, and he has nearly recovered his
termer strength.—( Stockholm Ga:etle, De:. 117)
We feel great concern at the report, which has
reached this country, of a misunderstanding be-
t aeen Mr. MAOISLoN and Mr. JACKSON, our Mi-
nister in America, of so serious a nature as to
threaten the breaking off the Negociation.
Of the truth or this report we havu 'cry im-
perfect means of judging. The Hardmare, which
arrived at Liverpool a few days ago, brings private
letters, confirriliog the rumour, which originated in
fhe Washington National Intelligencer. We have
not seen the Letter, but the substance of the dis-
pute is thus stated:—
Mr. JACKSON, in a conference with Mr. Mt-
Isfsou, conceiving some expressions of that Gen-
tleman to derogate from the dignity of this court.
try, commented ott the circumstance of Treaty
having been entered into with Mr. ERSKINE,
which was in direct contradiction to his instruc-
tions, anal w hick Mr. SMITH, (one of the Ame-
rica') 111inisters,) knew to be so, having himself
fCAti such instructions.
ellercations aro reported to have
taken place, and to have terminated in an intima-
tion, that a successor to Mr.JAc !ISOM was dear.
able.
Our Readers will readily perceive that these
particulars arc chiefly conjectural. Butany occur-
rence that can retard the definitive adjuitment of
our differences with America, is great lyl° be de-
plored ; and we 'ere not without hope that the re.
sorts which have reached this country, arc incor-
rect, or at least exaggerated. The observation
imputed to Mr. JACKSON did certainly occur to
us, soon after the arrangement (concluded,
ceuditionally, as we have always presumed) be-
came known in this country. We have, from
several private sources, learned, that the
knowledge of Mr. EesitiNk'S instruction,
by' the Alnerian Government, ass conjec-
tured and believed. That such was the fact
we never heard asserted ; but if it shall hereafter
appear that with that knowledge, the American
Government induced Mr. Easittre to sign a 'f re.a.
ty in violation ()Chi& instructions, such conduct
will certainly be viewed by every candid person as
a very unjustifiable cure* of diplomatic craft'
As, however, we have conjecture, and belief, only,
on which to reasdn, it were fruitless to pursue the
discussion.

Tna different Wards of the Metropolis are more
"%hated by the elections for Representatives in
the Compton Council than they have been for
many years. The event of the different elections
cannot, of course, be yet known, but it is not
sioubted, that the independent party will derive a
ter) cousidcrabla accession of numbers, from the
xesult.
It is not a little extraordinary, that the Repre-
vocation (or the City of London should have
long been famed us tho most corrupt, while ;he
coas;iisti?n of the Alutiicipal Government
of thi. eni4hly tootropolis, is, perhaps, is pew
as an) form of Government that tier existed.—
We observe, that the old. friends of corruption
arc eytissvouring to create a tchisen its the
N.Vard of farringilon Without, by un attempt to do.
reciatu the number of votes for Mr. W A ITMAIIA
tokuse active and unwearied cautions in the cause
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