The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-29 00:00:00

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LONDON:
FRIDAY EVENING, Di:C[3lM 29.

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t of a private letter from Quebec, dated
kr 25.

N ovena'
• c2pt. of the Exploring Expedition under Ma-
;m Long, which set out in Jame lut from the t:ouncill
for the foot of the Rocky Mountains, has arrived,
ir, ashington city. He brings an interesting account
of ttte expedition ; and as :The National Intelligencer,
in giving a summary of it, does not mention any Igh
dent to any of the party, no doubt Major Long and the
other officers engaged in it are in good health."

The public Meeting expected to be held at
r lak place, according to the appointment of theallriyor,
a• the Town-ball, on Wednesday last. Further than the
opening of the business, however, the authority of the
scarth., Magistrate was not allowed to exercise itself is
promoting the objects of the day. A factions party,
who espouse the falling arise of Ministers, took
vasession of the Hail at an early hour, and
strennously persisted iu a premeditated plan of up-
roar, as to defeat all the purposes of discussion ;
and the Mayor was compelled to dissolve the meet-
ing re infeeta. For the details of the pro-
ceedings we refer our readers to another
column. The statement in the first account,
on which implicit confidence may be placed, are con-
lined to a narrative of the occurrences of the day;
in the second, which we know to Leaf etp:al authority,
will be found a fu'l confirmation of the !riding facts,
with the addition of since interesting particulars, and
judicious remarks. To these details we wish attention
to be paid. In this way it is, that those who call them-
selvesper excellence the " frien.ls ofgovernment and or-
der" never fail to proceed, whenever, either by fraud or
force, they gain po ion of the means. In every
attempt they make to counteract the current of lulu-
laz opinion, they carry into public the same character
they demonstrate in their smuggle" addresses, and
clandestine cabals, a determined hostility to all dis-
cussion, and an arrogant contempt of the feelings
and the rights of the people.

We insert to-day a detail of the proceedings of ano-
ther county meeting in Scotland, where a loyal address
was carried, as a mutter of course. It will be remarked,
however, that the spirit of independence at that meet-
ing was strenuous and highly respectable ; and that
the advocates of Ministers, whatever were their secret
aims, finest not openly avow them. On a future oppor-
tunity we shall take some further notice of the pro.
tress of a genuine patriotic feeling in that portion of
the kingdom; and nut omit to ob!erve the sentiments.
so much vaunted in i.ur ministerial papers, expressed
in the Addiess of the professors of the University of
Edinburgh.

Vtaxya, Dar. 13.--An extraordinary courier has
brought to our Court the reply of his 3lajesty the
King of the Two Sicilies to the overtures which have
Leen made to him. It is affirmed, that this answer is
couched in general and evasive terms : that, never-
theless, another courier has been immediately dis-
patched to Naples. Meantime every thing here looks like
war. Orders have been just given to organize a new
regiment of Masseurs. Already We are given to un-
derstand that the late events at Madrid, have greatly
contributed to darken the political horizon. The final
answer of the Neapolitan Government is impatiently
expected; sad as it is anticipated that it will not be
satisfactory, preparations are made to carry on the
measures fur the prosecution of hostilities. The Aus-
trian army in Upper Italy will be increased to 100,100
men, and will be considered 44 the Army of Execution
the Holy Alliance.— (Flanders Mail.) .•
So many Members of Parliament, it is said, have
writtrn to the Treasury, stating that business will
prevent their attendance on the 23d of January,
but that they will attend as soon after as pos-
sible, that it is understood, that many of the Mem-
bin, who never hesitated Aunt the propriety of voting
with Ministers on every question, have now many
doubts relperting the wisdom of their measures.
All the signatures to the loyal address that could
be procured in St. Giles's in the Fields and St.
George's Bloomsbury, by all the exertions of the Rev.
Dr. Willis, aid all placemen and expectant' in the
P304(4, are said not to have exceeded four hundred,
thonrh the address lay for signatures nearly three
weeks. It would be gratifying to kuow what propur-
thooe signatures bears to the whole number of
baiseholdert in the parishes. Much boast was made
"" days Ws, about the importance of the loyal
deelaia.ion of the Ward of Farringtlon-Without.
That WAe,l, we understand, contains four thousand
houses; and the last time we heard of the signatures
to the 'leant-11641n, they did not amount to a tenth of
the %amber, though several of them were dated from
the saw place, aid seven from a single buskin-loose,.