The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-05 00:00:00

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tee on Saturday last, but it is said the General's
Advocates were labouring at a Memorial, destined to I
prose that the present situation of their Client does
not admit of his iupporting his suit against M M. FAB.
vigit and Sennyvict.c; they, therefore, expected a
new adjournment.
The Paris Papers of Saturday haed us, bit
as they were published in the morning; 'they, a
course, communicate nothing of the proceedings is
this affair. The incidents of this case have no in.
terest, compared to the general affair which °cue.
Ties attention..—." A prudent tardiness," however,
the French Papers say, prevents our curiosity being
fully gratified on this subject.

By the Hamhurgh and German Papers, more of
which have reached us, we find that the great distri.
batons of kingdoms are preparing to assemble ; and.
that, (mark the attention to the needful, and the cow.
venient condescension of the 66 Great, the High Al.'
lied Powers~') Mr. ALEXANDER BARING has be*
invited to the Congress at Aii-la.Chapelle. Great as
they are, they cannot do without Mr. A. BARING,
and his bags of hard cash. If Mr. Banton, or any
one else, will supply them with plenty of this Sovereign
remedy for all their difficulties, they will care very little
about the complaints and the liberties el eke People,
who are now looking toward the meeting of this great
political Assembly. It is really amusing to us,
and must be highly flattering to the gentleman, whose
name is thus coupled with the greatest of sovereigns,
to see the evacuation of France—nay, perhaps, the
berties and happiness of that great kingdom, depend
ups, ►,im. The resolution which the Sovereigns are
called upon.to adopt with regard to the evacuation of
the French territory, must, it seems," be influenced to
a great extent by the validity and security of those
financial arrangements which France will have con.
clotted for the liquidation of their several claims;" the
presence of Mr. ALEXANDER BARING is, therefore,
deemed eminently necessary towards 66 affordiug all
the p i rties concerned a degree of satisfaction not de-
rivable from any other quarter." This is the reason
for inviting Mr. BARING to the Council of the Li.
berstors ; and we must say it is most honourable to
our country, hut certainly not so very much so to
any of the " Holy Allies," whose justice thus do.
penile so much on the responsibility of the pocket.
We suppose Lord CASTLEREAGIi and Mr. Baarse
will go together. At least they should, and we would
seriously advise it, for it seems nothing will be done
without the assistance of the latter. What a danger.
ous monster this eapediency, this military expediency.
is If the money cannot be steered, it will be ea.
pedient to continue the armies in France. Never
shall we consider a dancing dangler after despoilers
of any importance after this, when pet is con.
prison with the weight of a British capitalist.
man like the Minister we bees in view,
adhering to antiquated opinions inconsistent with the
state of the times; incapable of anticipating the coo.
sequences of the measures in which be engages; filled
with a si►ly love of the nonsense of place, and the
folly of Courts, is More likely to be right by mi.
dent than by design—more likely to regard the
claims of the powerful, than the cries of the op.
pressed ; and to increase the ills of despotism, than
to add to the blessings of libererty. Such a man,
with such powers as are entrusted to him, is danger.
ous; dangerous from incapacity—dangerous from
his habits—dangerous from interest ; and bowing, at
home, assisted in annihilating the independence of
one kingdom, may, abroad, without compunction
assist in sacrificing others to the new virtue of" mili-
tary expediency," the bantling of his Lordship's
brain. But *hen nothing can be done without
money, the humbler virtues of the puree-holder
should come into play, not to feed the follies sod
eitravagnore of the despotic and the dangerous, hut
to coerce them sod restrain their disposition to evil.
0 for such virtue•in the l►urse-holders .•f Kings and
the Loan 0191..4 th. Ministers ! 0 ►hat the safe()
of Sovereigns and she felicity of nations did not de.
rod upon money.tags, swords, and banter's se.
Cutities!

THE. NFAV PARLI'MENT.
We here already stated, that in the new Perils.
mut there will be fooad—

Fc,r Engin.' 1 and Wales 113 new Members
For ,rats( 26

We find on countieg the list of Scotch Members,
that there are seventeen new Members, foer or film of
*ham are Members in the Opposition Interest.
The Members then will stead thus—•
Entland . • • 123
Inland
Scotland

New Members

Of these there are—

Mini.trrk .

Oppesition.
94

For Englnnd .... ...89

Far Ireland 2O
For &odour' 12

141

It thus appears, that the Opposition, by the pre-
sent Parliament, have added FOUTT•FIVr to their
number, while, of the old Opposition, who were
Candidates, there have been not more than four
who have lost their seats. Now, taking the old
Opposition at one hundred, and we think we are
under the mark, it %lit appea►, that in the new Par.
liament they will nuinher 145 powerful force,
and one that, with the Saints, who eller, to belong
to no party, will at any time shake the Cabinet.