The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-07 00:00:00

its fact hew theltedine--of temwestletrisee on -the pail
of England, the aggression of France against Spain,
in the tease of .shabremonstrassess, was of itself an art
op twilit, Atolls. laird. He lib/ Est•th.H. war tniglsti
m
he *staid, Si s hi did .aut • wish'itd welt' atonned o :
the *opted of tiatio priistiptel ' open • %tick • the
ishparioetw aid seettrlttief the -epertlytleprndee Hi.
tileugifi this tliii was the single questititrwkilth` oeghtt
pew to wooly their attentiow=all the der l's of poi
*deal mammy, even this considersli•on of the -saw,
140 of ihe errata,/ had been postponed, and•the -Mae
Of Commons bad' properly &oared • HOU on the Mgt.
4i of its useetirig- to that sitteetion, on-which her mill
i•a•peutienee and thit °C her nearest and hest fllly.da.
'waded. Mae would have been the effect with regard
to Spain, had we adopted doubtful or a wavering teener
at this usonientops crisis? Mutt it not operate as .4
discouragement to the patriotic efforts of the. Spatsialf
astion? Was it not therefore one slaty to make at so 4j
II hold and explicit avowal of our hostility to the like.
istion of the confederated Sovereigns ?—for de.
Mend upon it, the language that noprfncipled
„Alliance held this
.day to Spain, thq would 111
the rafter of Hatters hold eventually td Great Bri-
tain (bear, hear !). There was little ifiteht entertained
by the people of this country, that if the aggreurvius of
.France should lead to the slisterhance of the peace of
&trope, that sooner or later we should be litaggerl insp.
the contest. What he deprecated—what the people of
this country deprecated, was, that If Great fintain was
to be embarked in hostilities, it should not he on nay
miserable little manoeuvre, any little diplomatic trick, at
a time too when perhaps inconsequence of a fluctuatiag
policy our Ally had snifered:sonse reverses, anti the pre-
tensions of her enemies were strengthened by same*.
(hear, hear!). In place of any sues evasive of our du-
-1
ties and our interests, if that unit-Wowed ageresion veto .
to proceed, let El:gland speak out at once with all -hat .
energy which became the character of her I:uttermost
and thefree institutions of her constitution (hear, heir),
There were no needier, which the people of this kili,•
(lout were nut ready to m Are is reaistance to accis a %vs.
tens of oppression. And overlooking for a moment the
obligationa that the principles of jnatice impeded; must
certain he was, that in the view of economy alone, the
frank, the bold, and the explicit course, avowed at
%las woman,- warthe-eafer, as it •wils the more di•gai.
tied policy. He had wished to have sail lions touch in
the exercise of that discretion which lwlonze.l to event
Member of that House-, in commenting on the Spree!.
from the Throne. In giving ilia mere? to the Address,
he conturred with his Honourable Friends nom- him,
bet lie should have given his assent. m ire cordially if
that House had been made w-rinainted by his al-,i,,,1ic.,
Ministers with the precise etfiras a hici, were mine for
the 'British Represenr..tive-at Verona, in sustaining ttit
great and vital principle of free governments, against
tibial the confederate Potentates on r:e man. And
throat!: he subjected himself to the rebuke *skids fell
frees- the-Right flee. Secretary opposite (fir. Peri), in
consevence of the application of the terms .• great 411-1
resplendent character" to that illustrioes man, latele
deceased, and who once presided over the'ilestinies of
France, he still armed distinguivir between that char se.
ter of aggression which emanated from . the attire im-
pulse of a warlike instinc-,and that whirls was the remit
of a cold, celcsdatingand selfish policy, utae !twined he
my one quality entitled to respect, and which cimid
proceed from no other feeling but an inneteracy to
freedom and a couacionsnrss of their combined %trees:ln
—(Hear.) The princii.le of interferen, e with in,!,-.
pendent States was, is any extent, mischievous—hut
there was a eery marked distinction between the inter-
ference Which warted the conduct of tise French Governs
Men% and the unprincipled pre-ensions altich the COW
tineutal Potosi:dos now arrogated. If we did not at once
openly avow oar Iv.s ility to snub preter.sione, berms•
success emboldened pe rSr r prance, a eriris wuntd moat
osobahry minis> Amapa* beta _w ealsoold in vain regret
the we hail starred. the moment of energetic and suc-
cessful-reef/tease tar's... aseapad..."(ihrar,)

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The Rioht lion. C. Arbuthnot. who is to be reroovert
from the Treasury, and to take Mr. Iluskiesotes °M. e.
of Clerk of the Bloods sad Forests, is, it is stated, to
be created a Baronet.
Frrax ACCIDENT ON TIM Ica.--On the 'alt. a
ntelanehely occurrence took place. on the Like of Coati...
strange. in the demesne of Thomas Mitchell, Esq..itt the
roomy of Itoarommon. A man of the name of Casey, in
crossing an arm of the lake, had not proceeded totny
yards upon the ice, when it gave way, and he 'atilt ioi
mediptely ; but haying accidentally found footing on a
rock, be was not perfectly overwhelmed. Hit eneono
raged the hope of being saved by the arrival of flat—
brothers of the name of Kilroy, who, with true lei
courage and humanity, ron to his assistance.. Owe of
the a had sororeiled in fastening a row* elm thl his wa;st,
When the ice giving way again, he also snag. iii, tlv•
brother!. anxiously, but inconsioeratt Iv, !won't, towards
him at the same moment, to snare, alas! with a' friend
and brother, their rremature and watery 'rotor"! b,
four bodies were found in a hew hones atter. the- hallos
of each clinging todhe rope. One has kit e widow, awl
another a widow and child to suffer by their loss. The
father of the three Kilroes is an object of- great pitv:
old, feeble, and infirm, he little thought that in one
fatal hour, his three fine lads, the props of his declinine-
years, were to be cut off in the Spring of their days. It
is fortunate that the famnilirs resided on rho property of
a benevolent landlord. A fifth lad, of the MIMI' Of
• Keegan, in entlearotring to save the rest. erctivext by the
let breaking where the outer was not so tleep.—(Vtd-
liot Evening Mail.)
Tuesday morning, about 10 o'clock, an alarming fire
*mkt out at Mr. Cole's, Bridge-place, Paddittr.
ton, caused by a boom projecting over the copper,tl e
having caaght five and communicated with the rafters
in the parlour flooring, where it horst throogh.
sinus apprehensions sere entertained for tin safety o`
Mrs. Cole,. relic was np stairs, confined only _a t •
days; and preparations were immediately resorted to to
remove -her, when, by very great exertions, and .a plen-
tiful supply of water from the canal, it was happi'y g.t
under witlsont the engines. Much damage to do tr to
the loser part of the boost., and also to zoo, fortiori,.
Had it happeoed• at night,in all probability theinselies
Ind 'family of seven children might have fallen a suit-
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MARBIbTh.
Oa IVedneiday, ?lie sth init. it Bt. Clements, Strand. Mr.
A. Barltrap, of .the Borough, to Ann, daughter of Mr. John
Andrews, or Dover.
On Thursday, the oth inst. at St. Panerna church, the Rev.
11. West. rector of Rem ick. and vicar of Latightoo, in the
county ortiussex, to Louisa, daughter of the late Sir
Barker, Bart,

DIED.
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On the 16th of December, Mrs.:Mary Bannister. sued 63,
wife of Mr. J. Bannister; end on 23th Jan. Mt. J. Bemis-
ter, aged 62. many years manager of a respectable Eques-
trian Company.
On the sth inst. Mi. Thomas Slade, of Barnard's-1M
aged 73.
On Monday, Feb: 3, at the President's Incising', C. C. C.
fkford, in the Nth veer of his age, J. Cooke. nearly 40
y ears Presbleht of COrpos Christi Cape*, rector of Wo‘ ct-
eaton and Begbrctoke, and for aboet 50 years an andrailba
giatrade for the county orOxtord.

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