The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-31 00:00:00

prGvinces.

Some American papers, to the Ifitth ult. were re.
caved yesterday. They state that CHAMPAONY'S
letter to gr. ARMSTRONG, relative to the intended
revocation of the Berlin and Milan Decrees, from
the Ist of November, had just reached America,
and had produced a considerable sensation. The
majority of persons, however, were inclined to
view BONAPARTE'S conduct with considerable SW.
picion. That part of CMAMPAGNY'S letter in which
he says, 44 Ills MAJesty loves the Americans,"
had been treated with the greatest ridicule. One of
the American papers says, that CIIAMPAGNY must
have omitted some material expressions, and that
the sentence should have run thus :—" lii. MAJES-
TY loves the property of the Americans."
In a subsequent column, will be found a long
comment, on this snbject, taken from an American
paper. It is very justly argued as against NAPO-
LEON.
Letters from America state, that Congress had
been summoned to meet on the 12th of November.
Orders had been given by the Executive Autho-
rities, that every vessel belonging to Government,
capable of tarrying a gun, shuilld be put in rea.
diness for sea, throughout the potts of the Re-
public.

In a subsequent column, we have given an inte.
resting trial of yesterday,-at the Middlesex Sessions
BENJAMIN I;:t.Lrox, and his wife, and S &RAIL BOP.
KIN, had obtained the confinement, in a mad-house,
at Horton, of Mrs. MARY DAINTREE7 on a plea of
that Lady's insanity. They were relations of Mrs.
DAINTUEE ; and it was alleged that they had sent
her to the mad-house, in order to possess themselves
of the administration of heir property. There is
much contradiction in the respective evidence for
and against the prosecution. But it is to be observed,
that, where people are really
,wicked enough to
commit the enormous crime with which the Prison.
crs were charged, it is easy for them to procure
witnesses, in this motley metropolis, to make out '
their case, acoording to the instructions of unprin-
cipled advisers. We cannot say that this was the
fact here ; but it is plain that the evidence fur the
Prisoners was not believed by the Jury, who
found the man, ELLIOT, guilty, although they
acquitted his wife. Sarah Bodkin did not ap.
pear. The conduct of Mr. PAnktrrsox, who
stated himself to be visiting Surgeon of the mad-
, house, however, deserves public attention, both
`as it stands in itself and respects himself, and as it
loudly calls for public interference in the private
mad-houses.---Ile says—
,, Thnt he saw Mrs. DAINTREE in that house the miming
:after her conveyance thither; that from her appearance he
thought she was not a fit subject for confinement, and therefore
was resolved to make inquiries of the symptoms of her malady
' amongst her friends, and having seen her nephew and niece,
and a lad who was introduced to him as her son; from their
inforinatiou he entertained no doubt of her insanity, and there-
core declared her a fit object for confinement,"
How t!itl Mr. PARKINSON come by this conclu-
sion ? ac did nut himself think the Lady insane,
but he believes her to be so, on the representation
of relations, whom Ito might have suspected
to be interested in her confinement ! And is
1 the deprivatinn of people's liberty, and peace
lof mind, is the infliction •of torture upon
them, to be a matter put at the discretion
of a gentleman who could argue at Mr. PAR-
KINSON did in this case ? It is for the purpose
of introducing this most important question to the.
public that we have made these brief remarks on
the trial ; and we shall take an early opportunity to
resume this subject.

No dispatch has been received this day from For
tags!.

STATESM,IN OkTICE, THREE O'CLOCK.
We have this moment received the following Bul-
letin respecting the state of his MAJuvrT's health.
It is dated
Windsor Castle, Oct. 91, Nine &Clock, A. M:
~
The KING has passed a restless night, but his
MAJILITY'S fever is Dot incremed.
" HENRY HALFORD.
" W. lILBERDEN.
s' "M. BAILLIL."

The Watt (Alias La Empressa), from Now
Providence, has ben captured by a E.rettch priva.
seer, and plundered of 20,000 dollars, and has
since been taken possession of by the Fleck Spa-
tti3ll luab Of war; and scut hits; Poi:awls,