The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-03-26 00:00:00

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' MONDAY, HARMS 26, 1810. •
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Tut' Power' of Imprisonment at pleasure, as.
settled by the House of Commons, is a subject so
highly important to PERSONAL LIBERTY, that we I
heartily concur with Mr. CORBETT inviewing 1
the admirable LETTER of Sir FRANCIS BUR- ii
DETT to his CONSTITUENTS, and• the sub.
se.quent " Argument," as forming en article 01 '1
's far greater importance than any he ever I
" before published." Viewing. it as such, we
deem apology to our readers (inner:emery, for, pro.
seUting it entire, unneitilatcd, and accompanied
with the excellent and mealy' ObservatiOnt 'a. Mt~"
Xm1u11,22 bitaself. .
• We cannot too forcibliTtiFie oitr itced
attentive perusal of this important Paper" for,"
to Use the .words. of Sir FRANCIS BURISETT-
", Talk as long as we will *bout Rights, Liber-
" ties, Franchises, Privileges, And immuni.
66 ties—of what avail arc any, or all of these
ac together, if our persona Can, at the sole will and
cc comntaiut of nag man, ,or sex or MEN, be
" seized on, thrown into prison, and there kept,
" d.tring the pleasure, of •that man, or set of
" men ? !!!"
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A Gottehbergh mail was received in town this
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morning; together with German Papers of. the
l'itl instant. The former is barren of intelligence.
FrOm the latterive have made extracts of the mist'
interesting communications:
" Pants, MsaCtt 18.—The King of Wevr.
PII4LIA and the Prince of Benetton arc arrived in
this capital. I
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" The Emperor and King has ordered the In.
Bisectors of the Imperial kitchens in future not to
,make use of any other sugar than that of grapes,
.. 64 General BONNET has notified from Oviedo,
Under date of the 18th of February, that having
received
.intelligence that the insurgents in.
tended to attack him with a very stoperior force, in
order to dislodge him from his post, he attacked
unexpectedly their van un the 14th, and routed them
so completely, that the pasitige of the Note, by
the bridge of Collate, of which thoi had rendered
themselves masters, was restored. ;On the 15th
the enemy assembled again near the bridge of Pen.
natter*, bitt.sustairted there another defeat, and
:wile driven back to the frontiers of Gallicia.—
* (Rotterdam (;atettc; March 22.)
",./Litsvraeasi, Matteu 19..—The Supplement,
of vie Royal Courant of. this day contains the
qullowing important article :•-•
66 ACcording to official accounts received from
Faritivit: Treaty was signed on the 16th instant, by
the respective Plenipotentiaries of hie Majesty
the King, and his Imperial and Royal *jetty the
itlinperor of the French .and King of Hely, by.
which' (with. the exception of settle unavoidable
wrieFee) the existence and integrity of the king-
dom of Holland are .preserved." The same ac-
count states; thee -Ails MAJESTY Intends, iminedi.
'Oily after the marrieee of his august: brother, to..
tettiin to -this cutintry.—(Rotterdam Gasstte,.
March Wt.) •
66 lIAMBURGaI, MARCH 15.--Onthe 13th inst.
a Roil Manifesto was 1-sued in Berlin) accerdint
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to which, from and alter the beginning of ti.is
month of July of this, year, no ship's illieh set
sail• from any port in Europe shall be admitted in'o
lany Presiiiii heibeni," the cargo el Whisk consists'
of any other gocids thin thOie whiCh tirelirip;ohi.
bited according tollii picietii Contieeetal iiitein:
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All East and West bubo preducefoued on bolted :
of such ships shall immediately beeotskseated, the ..
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..Importatlen of tho like iTinitiodltiel belnk only
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permitted on boardof ships 'Whichset 'isill freiri '
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ports of America, destined direct • f0c.41 rrtIPSWn.
harbour, or from such pieta of the. East toad 'cot • -
Indies as are on terms of amity-with France.'- i '
" It is Said, that with the consent of nimbi', 4.
certain empirc is cro long to titidi4o,•ii• Very Int::.',"
portant change. It is 'dot ;epoeteti, Alai -the ~
Archduke Frew NA.N n, brother of the Empress- of ..
AUSTRIA, is snots to lead to the hymeneal altar, a .
Princess or the most. illustrious Hoisio in Ger-
inany.—(llordricht Gutette, 2(1 March.,
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COPENHAGEN, MARC!! 4.—According to our ~
Commercial Gatette, 126 ships eriiired in Too,
ningen from North Anierlo, from thine to De. :‘
ember, of last year, which bicnight 11,51.1 Lao •
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of cotton, wool, 13,000;00011p. al' gavel 44.41 '
large quantities of all other sorts of colon:140g:
--clawer•-- kmeas:alttsaail ab.iaslottm2,llr iltl: ~x....
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more, 23 from Boston, 31 from New York, an •
19 from Philadelphia."---(Same Paper.) •.
The impOrtance of obtaining a substitute`fot ''''
West India sugar, appears to bo deeply -felt in
France. The order fur using in the Imperial
kitchen " no sugar but that it t iv.viiest;'" is evi.;...
dently intended to excite an increased . activity pf
research in bringing to perfectiim the discoverieti•.,
already made with regard to the production of sac..
chorine matter from thekgripe. 'flee obligationit' ,:
of France to the adienee'a, chculistEr, cari,i, t b Itkr
adequately appreciated; .te tbediaceveldes of, the. .
SOcans, France is indebted fee,evese•her Politic& .
exist:lice; and .should they everntielly' . ob.
(airs a succedaneum foe that production which
can now only be obtained through theyaermissfoist
of Great Britain—such a. discovery would pre- •
duce a strange revolution in that importatit brin&it,
of commerce. ' _ it
On the broad principle offiansanKy, it is emir's'
sible to restrain our hopes and wishes far tbesucceii
pf cT°ry project, by whichthe !abler of the unhappy
ions of Melia may be abrogated in the West I Oita
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Islands. In England,many conscientiouseletscmitn 1.
*tally abstained from the use of sugar auett,ifiers,thti
first seggeatien of Abe .Abolitien.of the :SIaTS
Trade ; -and, If we had then possessed leek I re.,
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source as tho '
vine, from .Wbich even aninspeirect•
substitute could bare boon obtained, it..isalot in.
reasonable to, beliore,s that the disuse of magi;
would have become universal. But to.this noise-.
' iir lin iiiiiblttlad thaw-hoes supasaAl44lo 411 k:
ficulty •of obtaining sugar, now experOced hit
the Continent—ingenuity and pervivenitsce. hat -
'ere this produced in, such a •country es Fdsgtensh,
did she possess the vines of France and Sfettnts
succedaneum by which the use Of sugar hadeteri.,
tually become obsolete, France, and the entire
Continent of Europe, obviously feel the powierfirt
operation not only of these combined motiveti.e.•
but of an other,and that equall y pow erful—foterist.
But although France may kis:ibis discovr ;it
no remote period a subsiitste for sugar—o sulp.
ply of cotton wool, so necessary to. the maple/.
ment of the manufacturers on the COnlineni, vets
. probably ,present greater dititulties, . altheiCh
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the Americans have:Milled° contrived to aided
the Continent with large quantities of this ai.: vtsl
as ether articles of Transatlantie.prodn'ce..
It is not more than 20 years since the first bag
of cotton was exported from America, and suck
then were the prejudices of the British mapyfic.
tem**, that it was extremely dilfictill to '...
troduce it into use at any pride. Fo(several years
it was used sparingly, an with. 4rrtlet4 rdloc.
tance. At this moment it 111mcist supersiittea the
use of other species ' of cotton' wept: -Vets
is prejudice—theoperation-of Which aglibit city
succeiteneure for sugar may, and wilt be, as P•Owtr.
, fully felt on the Continent of Ettrope.
The policy of grantinf Lice ea, (or the ripor-
tation,of cotton wool to the continent, :,1s in.
comprehensible. • Surely if the iystein of iliclu.
sion he carried into full eifect on the Continent, it
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cannot be policy is Ghat Britain, to ssktaii the
languishing manufactures . a Ymico 4414_ er.
many, by furnishing materials to renovate the A.
,NA.poz..aos resolves to close
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the
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Cy
oafs;
ihnee peopleat
of. lEfurope against treat ' liri,
twin—it is the obvious policy of thii country .
as vigorously to cut off the supply of eiery
' material that . can conduce to the . employ-
;loft:Cl:the;
mr(ewnst._of the
To pothrthstriiotinihufmetrhcehahnotstialendco,
suptplileypetcilleple,Cis".e4dneeelll';
enemy the licence to
ewtohei natmith:timaet
ine:uti.ds
erg. foil itr
thT tpmhiaeotlyoßittalsgictitsuhrinMgapnouptcliitaiteur•....
the ' British Consumeand„ the coantrt at
iarge,r.tho Measure is...highly prejudictaL
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• Ix his been
,generally reported this morning,
that General. Atutrraove has left Peas. Of. the
correctness of the rumour, we ere without the
means of judging ; but the fads were (niktenctif
about a quarter per cad., - . "
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• Tut bearer of the dispattlies brought %roe •
Flag of 'Trees is reported to live left tawnier , .
France—aecompaiiiiirby a Oleatleateli .frOSI : tl4
i n., 9 ' transport Office). ' .. ~ • :•. •-. ... P.i. • • .
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