The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-12-24 00:00:00

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4g who Frkoch ;aka ill the valuables sad 'ear.
abbeirte: an butSfa gOod deal harassed ; mid Carry •off: We are
scarce peed, tit
, !mere is
left in (he country with s door or Window-shatte
—windows are out of the question. A heard r
or
two serves for a table, and he is a lucky fellow cig
cart find a chair or a stool to sit on :
Ire
04
of the question: Since we left Lisbon, I hare
never taken off morwthin coat, stock, and shact,
aw
and put on my boat cloak and hairy cap; and
glud if I can get a place to lay down dry, *hid, hal
not always been the case. We can get nothing bp,
our 'Ilion!, except what Forney froni Lisboa-4e
lire cheap."

Our Letter from•Trirerpool gives tire l'ullth.int
tnitlanchuli intelligence :

" LIVLRPOOL. Dtc. ',..k.;.
" "'he Brunswick, for Lisbon, is oo shore abult
the Queen Duck, but is expected to be got utf ; the
Ann, Moctsost, from Eddingion, ill America,
struck in 'Burbo yesterd,i'y about" tlitee o'clock,
and went to pieces; great part of the wreck led
cargo drifted ou shore into Booth Ray. The Cap.
tain and seven tneu were drowned : indeed only one
mutt was saved, who states that a schooner pink
just before the Awn went to pieces. Not less tkas
a dusen other ships are on shore ; amongst theis
are the deo. r;cl DEI.IIORN j the Troreller,Fnuti,
kc. ttc."

Our Plymouth• Letter of to-day says
.It Mr. Macictszic arrived hero on Wednenhi
last, fur the purpose of conveying to Lueitx au.
.NAPAtire the intentioro, of our GoVertnrient regard.
ing him. Lucien and Kniiily are expected, to lure
this place fur their intended residence ou Thursday
next,"

The Amsterdam Courier, of the 14th instaati
contains a very cnrions article ; and, we must say,
as it bears upon this country, a very interesting
one too. It is a long and elaborate defence of Na.
POLEON'S burning 1)(m:es. It proceeds upon the
principk, that NAPOLCON'S violence against tog.
I ish commerce is sanctioned Ly our example. It
say*—" We should seek in vain among other's..
'' lions a system of prohibition, which has placed
i 4 more I.ltacklus titan that of England opus the
" intruductitoauf industry from the Continent.'3 It
goes on to quote the several Statutes which,
44 from the 3d. icar of the reign of EDIILIM
41 IV. down to the present time, have established
" violent measures against French prodtirts acd
" industry, particularly with regard to cloths, ,
waollen.caps, lace, ribbbni, fringe of silk et
" thread, gold and silver face, linen, cambric,
" &c." It 'hews that the penalties for importing
the prohibited aritcles of merchandlie Were et-
cessive dnd Nut. only were the pet
confiscated, and t wire their value fterfOted, bet they
were ordered to be barn{ And utteyty Jantoyed....
Ev'ery act of prOhlblted Intporlitio4 speller opera
or clandestine, was declared felony,, and every vs.
son aecused.of fraud was compeled to'ppe'r, un3
der pet of death, at the time specified in the Prod..
million. It observes, that the'English Government
has had recourse to domicillarli visits, and diet cup
tom,house officers throughout,,the three •ItingdonA
are authorised to enter houses to search forprohi•
bited goods, front the top to the bottom led OR
they eats even atop passengers in the streets endure
• the roads, when they are known. as carrier* of sae
pected goods: •

It asks, therefore, Rnw any well-inforthed men
in England Can' consider the realiCe EMPERaltii
burning Decrees as being without precedent ?
It triumphantly says-Lwhere are your statutes ?
H;tve you boded them? or are they forgotten ?—•
'Cher: is no such thing as finding an answer toall this.
The fregnent narrow' policy of our Llislaturu and
• Government, in matters of trade, •has given fist
too much excuse to .N.yenr.LON fur his violrnepro.
against Commerce. Considering
that e are a (mop% that ham been enriched bi
• •Co.4i:4'LupE, Ilytt we elf Pinot Okaintiiits our stations(
an ,Empire wititont coman.ree, and liat end pollif•
~14tion catiolit he fiNl, nor all its industry employed,
without commerce, we have made extraordinary
blunders on this subject. Oar.dernand of the O.
So-
vERtIGNTY of tl4O SEAS IS a claim as comic as 111118*
tonal eliects are tragic-anil The. sorcreignl
i
idi the seas ! Why tilow cold.' such an arrogant lite.
I. tension arise ••••• ho w . one so ridicalaut on its rer.,,, fur,
!face? The' claint or the P, vas lo be the so wilt
of PetEtt, a id hold the kn., of the- gates qt /101'
yen, was soberness an I truth to this ! the
ALMIGHTY NUM DENCE mike this vast wort&
with its Various toils, soid prod,tet4, aid sots o
bring the people of the various tor-
thet,.. to market atA merchand xi:. with each
other 'fur Muftis! benefit, and to interchango
blesslngs—did llExtust provide this wornieri!u"
scene-of interchanged belle* for a pigmy Nod'
a speck in.the Sexy, to rise As and vaunt—Alloas
has PHOTIDENCE given to me—the Si*, fro tnirrel
and no Nation shat) have intercourse with another
but though inc.t and with my permission—Where n'Y
►ships smil, all that bend nut the knee to Me, shall sink
—my interest, and mike only, was consulted, won,.
tended and ordained, when this beauteous and won;
(irons Scene of things arose oat of chaos ?--01)6r •
`Let scot this taints- hang Wager. upon dsi lc de-
vole our hotsk to detituction 1 Let at hoten to