The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-01 00:00:00

SPAIN.

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1.

We collect the follow ing intelligence Rom The
French ruiners. It appears now that the efforts of
r the lu+ur,te►it freer,. to emancipate the kingdom
from their oppre+•ion, has completely litikd.—
, Letters from Madrid of the 17th instant, from
Vesdeva of the ISth, and from Rota of the 11th,
..ositively contradict all the reports respecting the
reneral tranquillity of Spain. The alarm excited
.3 the first ruovement of site troops' has nearly
ut,s;iled, and no formidable traces of the insurgents
'Pie attempt to seize Cadiz has been
%%ice unsuccessful ; the troops were repulsed at
Cortadura with the loss of two or three hundred
;nen.

"The officers are unable to prevent the soldiers
from disbandi►►g themselves, and joining the Royal
standard. General FREYRE has pressed the In-
Argenta so closely, that the Chiefs of the revolt
are endeavouring to embark at St. Peter. The
city of Cadiz has shown great attachment to the
King. The moat perfect tranquillity prevails
throughout the rest of Spain.
Every courier is now expected to bring intelli-
:Noce of the total extinction of a sedition which
has caused so much alarm to the friends of le-
;itimacy.

It is reported, that the number of disaffected
•oldkrs does not exceed 2,000. It is believed
that they have Prepared vessels, that the Chip&
may escape by the river of San Pedro, which is
ommanded by the fort of Sauti Petri, of which
art they are masters. The Government are send-
ng towards Andalusia all the disposable troops—
;eneral FRLYRE is detained at Sevilles by the ex-
craordinary snow which at present covers Andulusia.
In addition to
.the
.above particulars, we learn
..hat the Insurgents remain in possession of the
Isla of Leon. Four thousand marines from the
squadron have ji)itsed the garrison and the city
militia, to prevent them from rendering them-
selves muter. of the city.

All men able to bear arms have been called
upon by the Governer of Granada.

STATE 91.' IRELAND.

(PION THE DUBLIN KTENISCI POST, HICEITED THIS

LORNING.)

We had prepared some observations on the state of
!eland, bat we are compelled to postpone them for the
,irearnt, in order to make room for the important intel-
ligence from Spain. We must, however, remark, that
rh, Coarier is erroneous in its impressions, by attri-
)uting sell the outrages which have recently occurred to
. political conspiracy, if, indeed, the epithet polities/
an with justice be applied to the rustic associations is
he West, of which we have heard so much. For is-
ranee, the murder which was perpetrated in the North.
•f Ireland had nothing whatever to do with politics;
.nd we can state, and we feel most happy in being able
:o do so, from the most unquestionable authority, that
•he murder of Mr. Browne, in the county of lialway,
id not at all spring from ant• public feeling—nos was
• attArtvaati GaNtlonvors mistaken JOT a Protestant
n. first accounts led us to conelnde. lle
,of private revenge. We are acquainted
circumstances, and can confidently appreciate
the assassins; but this is not the place
ilanation.

letter, which we byre reteivetl from a
ihlc source, will be read with a mingled
and pleasere. The latter feeling, we
prrdouninain one :
Lrriaa ►10)1 MOTNIt, COUNTY OALETAT,
DATED. JADFAZII 26.

nicht, the 2.5 th instant, a large body of
persons, who call themselves Ribbonmen,
the road from Moylough to Horse.
irection to Tuam. They reached Home-
,'clock in the morning, and their object
the inhabitants of she village of Den-
property of John Browne, of Moyne, Esq.
ted on a height above the bridge of Hone-
those illegal oaths, for the administration
are associated. They formed themselves
detachments, and approached the village by
venues ; the inhabitants of Dangan, who
the commencement of these illegal pro-
iguished themselves for their loyal, and
'lnation to resist, to the utmost of their
attempt to coerce them to take illegal oaths,
information that they were to be attacked
were on the alert till very shortly before
;bleb these distubers of the pablie peace
ippearance ; ;Olen, not suspecting fiat nay
be made upon theta on !bet night,
was nearly approaching, they retired to
not long lain down gibes they were
some persons who bad Imo stationed by
purpose of keepkg welch, tkat the
approaching; they immediately started
arus..d themselves lb the best Bmm-
,, sad flew to meet the assail:ate. The
loyal baud, as awn as be Mane withia Inn-
, insurgents, tired upon thee t this fire threw
coafasiun 4 one person, armed with a musket,
return the ire, but misaei ire, and was,
!ked down by a blow of a Saone, bet,-im
mg, he tied, leaving his moebet hettital
upon examination,'wri fonnd to he loaded,
The insurgents, now in full retreat, wink
much injured by stones and other taissiloar
hurled at their heeds. By this time an op-
-4 in the village by the pareuing party—lt
wll.e they were following one party of the
soot er party of them bad, by another road,
village, and were proceeding to enter the
the villager% deserting Cheir pursuit,
village_to protect their wives and
elbeepsold close soultiet mined, which, bow-
wallowed in famine of the villagen over theme,
their ilessostie peace, who retired peed.

as a reserve, but who had not courage to renew the ae-
tins. Several of the insurgents were most sererely,
and, it is apprehended, some of them mortally wounded
in the conflict, but they were carried off by the reserve.
The number of the insurgents is computed at 500, while
that of the loyal villagers did not exceed 100; on the
valour and good feeling of the latter, it is impossible to
bestow •utficient praise ; wholly undisciplined, and but
*very imperfectly armed, they have achieved a feat which
entitles them to the gratitude of the county in which
th-y live, and have set an example to their neighbenrs,
which, if imitated, would soon check the progrees of se-
dition, and restore public tranquillity. This society of
deserving peasants are, we are informed, assured of a
reward suited to their merit, from their landlord, who.
by his parental attention to the claims of his numerous
tenantry, has obtained their lure and confidence."

We recommend the conduct of this landlord, and
the effect it has had opon his tenantry, to the con-
sideration of those Gentlemen who hare fled front
their residence.

The baronies of Kilconnell and Clonmacowen, in
the county of bialway, are proclaimed by a Pro,laniation
of the Lords Justices, dated the 26tb of January.

COC,ITT CLINC—It is with great satisfaction we are
enabled to state, that perfect tranquillity and quiet is
observable in every• part of this county.
Cower CafLow•.—Some time ago, we mentioned a
circumstance to which our attention hail been called by
a letter from Maryborongh, in the Queen's County :
we have made every inquiry respecting this matter, and
find that the report originated either in some ocetegisk
tricks—or was a ramification of Paddy *Ow's Plot,
lientlensen should be very cautions in jontilier letter
writing at this time, that they do not give from under
their hands any thing tending to excite alarm unneces-
sarily. Thank tics& our part of the country is tranquil;
and well it is for the poor, at the present moment, that
it is so: every exertion has been made, and is making,
to relieve their distress; and we acknowledge that wuch
is due to their patient endurance of almost every priva-
tion, at this season of general calamity.—(Curime
Morals/ Pest.)

At a bleeting held in Belfast, on Tttesday last, Reso-
lutions to relieve the Poor were entered into, and a Com-
mittee appointed to collect subscriptions.

A similar Meeting was held in Kilkenny on the same
day, and in the small town of Tullow, County Carlow.
401. has been subscribed with the same benevol;nt intent.
EXTRACT Of A LITTER 111034 IDANDOPI, DATED JAN. Y.S.
"I regret much to inform you, that a spirit of great
discontent has manifested itself in this place among the
cotton weavers, who are the great bulk of the trades.
people of this town. Ureat thetrem has latterlr previa-
ed amongst them, owing to the scarcity of wort; and the
low rate of wages; the consemtente of both which
canoes was, that the great proportion of those poor
people were reduced to a state of absolute starvation.
They, however, bore their misery with extraordinary
patience, and almost without a murmur, until tl:ey per-li
cared the camblet and worsted weavers, whose trade ,
has been altogether rained, driven. by their own Wants.
to encroach upon what they conceived to he their ex-
elusive concero, the waving of cordnror; for which ar-
ticle there was some little demand, and such a price as
enabled a man, with the ;mistimes of his wife and one
or two children, to earn, perhaps, seven or eight shil-
lings in the week, by very laborious exertion, from five
o'clock in the morning natal ten or eleven it night.
The cotton weavers complaieed that the intruders, as
they called them, not only eneroathod upon their trade,
but also ruined it. by endeavonsiag, in a variety of
ways, to nndersell them, so that the coeds remained upon
the hands of the old employers, or were disposed of at
a loss; to remedy which. those employers were obliged
to curtail still more the hire of the workmen. Driven
thus to a state of desperation, the cotton weavers, it
seems, determined to turn round upon the intruders.
and as outrage which occurred its oar vicinity last night,
is attributed to this resolittioo.—A man, be name Quin-
lan, at ltilbrogan, in the vicinity of this town, who
had been a camblet weaver, and lately turned his looms
to the corduroy work, was attacked in his house last
eight by a large number of persons, some of whom dis-
charged fire-arms. Qninlau, and four other turn, who
were with him, were overpowered and kept down, whilst
the bongo was rifled, his looms injured. is curds taken
away, and part of the looms, together with some wearing
apparel, &c. curried off. He has this day lodged infor-
mation" against a number of persons, who have been ap.
prehentled; a part of one of his looms has been found in
the hoes. of one of the persons, and after a patient ex-
amination before Thotfias Ho.-nihntpok, Esq. a respect-
able Merlotti*. eight or ten persons have been 'malty
committed to take their trial at the Assizes. Though
there is a general impression of the innocence of some
of those committed, they are likely to be sent to Cork
to-morrow.
" Thosigh poverty and distress rennet Justify crime,
yet I can assure you, that you can form no idea of the
misery prnti patio's., of the sitortauste wearers of this
town.''—(Cork CA foveae.) i
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OgyPIAL PAILLUIENT. • •
tiousi or toiros, sacs'.
The House met a little before thkte o'clock.
After prayers, the Lord Chaneellor took the Oathg
at the Table, and thee his Royal Highness the Duke of
York.
The Oaths were iftorwerds administered to their Royal
Highnesses the Doimeef Clarence and Sassei, the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the Dikes of Dorset, Wellington.
blontrooe, Athol!: the fdarspdssec of Hertford, Clod-
mondeley, Camden, Wellesley; the Earls of Liverpool,
ilathnyst, Ailosbuty;Weetinorlami ; Viscounts Sidnesseeb.
Sydney ; the Bishops of bombe, Derhasn ; Lodi l
ford. Carleton. Cart-mite.. he. loc. he
,A4lj9urtwoi at fuer o cloy* till to-morrow (this day).
. - i
A man of the Issen-ef St. Quentin, (Franco) hu
lately oceakiened the dearth of his ,5991 aged 43,
cad sad huhger. This wrath half 5,000 francs year
income, and yet has confined his .on 111 ' a cold lat. frs
them Ism se* yore, where he lay upon straw; and I
father beat hint morning and Vienitig, without giving
' any proper nourishment. • The neighbours used SO
tlnso:
breed to him over the wall, es one would to It
s If they had not done this, he would here di
rtes of nine years and a half ago. lie at I
ptirrished of hunger on the Ifith of -Ibis month.
%liters of Justice hare mind *lsis wiekol old man;{ It
is .expieted that La will he guilistinalk as well as Ms
took. who is as entity as himself. %Uteri the father
Illest gave out that blase,' wee drat, Imbilit bees.assee
week in Om cold loft onknown to erneylssdt:
surgeons hare opened him, and have fiend three
of rarrot and a large hell as black as ink is Ms I

yutins gp" 4114 i Wye!
. political conspil
an wins justice be
he West, of whic
ranee, the mural.
.f Ireland heel
end we can state.
:o do so, from th
•he murder of M
id not at all spri
Ae anykrtoreate
-lergiimaso, as the
tril the victim of
',lib the circneest
he motives of the
or such an explar
The following I
noel respectable
ieeliag of pain al
Isiah, will be the
eXTSACT OF • Li
1
" On Tuesday
hose deluded pee
marched along ti
eap, in the direc
rap about five o'r
•eeing to compel
, can, the propert;
• rhich is situated-
'leap, to take thus
.nf which they are
into there detaciet
, 'three distinct 'vet
' 'have e'er since th
:tinting*, distinct
lleelared &tern in
-power, say attenic
having had infos
on that night, we
he time at which
made their types
aggression wou!d
as day-light was
lest, but had es
;alarmed, by seine
them for the pi
hi !Acumen were
t.
st os their beds,
ter they could, a
feeder of this lays
:shot of the incur
ine' into confast
attempted to este
Aerefore, knock'
:penatly reoeverini
hint, which, opo
-with slags. The
• •• retied tied asuri
hick were hula
r sae beard it
pears that wft.
. rods, soot'
bed the mill,
sew whoa di
ursed to the
s benumbed
r. was Ottrnelek
tenders open tl