The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-29 00:00:00

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419 will be nearly the same as in the preceding
year—say 2 million. of dollars.
The Baltimore Papers confirm the statement of
the arrival of Lard Cochrane at Margaretta,
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his haring taking the command of the Venesulean
Squadron, vice Admiral Brion, who had proceeded
hasd•quarters.

HAMBURG!! MAIL.
nitrovettN Dse. 19.—The Assembly of the States
• bf the kingdom has dpcidtd, ie one of its first Sit-
.* sings, that the lettere shall be abolished; it has been
also proposed that exculpatory oaths in criminal
examinations shall be abolished as wholly useless ;
the introduction of the Trial by Jury has also been
spoken of.
TANGIERS, Nov. 12.—Theplagoe proceeds, daily
incresaiug, Wits fatal career, and will soon have st-
• ',bitted ks greatest height here and in the neighbour-
hood. The number of deaths antoonted here, within
• • few diys past, to above 30; in the worst times it
never amounted to above 40 per diem. In the city
'there died in August 100, in September 267, in Oc-
tober 479. In soma villages the whole population
is swept away ; the covet atad tither cattle roam
about without an owner, till Gevernnnr thinks •
'fit to collect them for the use of the Sultan. In the
northern cities of the kingdom, Tetuan, Meouinoz,
• and Fes, the disorder rages under the name of a
fever, for nobody dares publicly to call it the
plague. One of the Consuls, who lately sent to
• - Fez to obtain certain intelligence, received through
hiragent, a Jew, a certificate of the perfect hesithi.
nese of the city, though the messenger verbally
affirmed that be had himself seen several persons
brought oat who had died of the plague.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 16.—The Persian Am-
bassador, Mirsa Abdul Hessen Chan, had an au.
(Hence of she Sultan last week, and delivered the
presents, consisting of horses, shawls, and rich stuffs.
—He takes similar presents to the Emperor of Aus-
tris, the King of Frake, and the Prince Regent of
' England. His stay here is drawing to a close, af-
ter which he will proceed to Vienna, Paris, and
London.
4 Sixty-four iron cannon have lately been proved at
Tophans, which the Porte hes purchased abroad.—
Its agents are commissioned to purchase more cannon
end ammunition.
• MECKLENBURG, Dec. 18.—In 'the sight of the lit
inst. Mr. Von Plessen, land-owner at Nepersdorf,
' was murdered in his bed in a cruel manner : he was
• found at day-break weltering in his blood, the skull
' fractured, the brains scattered on the floor, one
eye out, the breast and arms pierced with many
wounds, •apporently inflicted with knives end pitch-
forks. Notwithstanding these dreadful wounds he
did not die until the third day. As there was no ap-1
pearince of any robbery having been committed, it
-supposed thatketred and revenge, excited by the harsh
treatment exercised by the deceased to his vassals,
were the motives of the crime. One of the domestics
Ass been arrested. This crime has excited the greatest
sensation, as it ie happily almost unheard of among
s-• in Mecklenhorg, and we areivery impatient to
'• lite more particulars.
Hamburgh—Eschauge on Londowi • Dec. 22.-
7. 32. 11.

DUTCH MAIL.
FR A MICRO RT, DEC. 17. --Prlvateletteis frogs Spain,
_ in a German Journal, state, that " the mutiny among
the Spanish troops stationed about Cadiz, to embark
for South America, is not so inconsiderable as it is
represented; fatigued by marches and counter.
Marc hes, halt flaked, without pay, and almost with-
out proviaioos,'they desert in whole troops, and on
all sides, notwithstanding the efforts of the Priests.
Part of these, with their arms arid baggage, havejoin.
rd. the Cossacks of the Sierra Morena, as they are
.called. This appellation is singular enocgh for the
smugglers, of whom the bands of Sierra Morena con.
gist. They are of the common description of banditti ;
the name of Guerillas would be more suitable. They
" 'atehospitable, honest, and even compassionate. They
are enemies only to Monks, Inquisitors, and the
Serriles (or the adversaries of the Liberals). • They
• traverse the Sierra Morena in numerous bands, and
spread theskselves at times from Seville to Madrid
' end Estreinadura. Unless speedy measures are taken
properly to furnish the troops with provisions and
pay, the soldiers will soon have no resource left but
'to join these bands. The Minister of War has given
orders to take as many of these people as possible,
, ;and send them to Csraccas. The Ministry are still I
insecure, and are sensible that they stand on very
,tonsolid ground; the Members are not united among'
t .themselves, and the intrigues are continually digging
_en r.`yss under the steps of the Government. As
anon as the King was informed that the Memorial of
" Don Flores Estrada (in favour' of a liberal form of
.Government) had been printed in London, the Coen-
. cil of State was summoned to consider of means to
prevent the importation of it. The work is delivered
• to the Inquisition ; but, imtnithstanding, it has been
circulated in Spain, and has made a profound jar.
pression."
HAGOE,.Dffc. 25.—The following accounts have
• been received by ptiiate persons from
• " iron, Dec. 11.
" The district of the Sierra Morena forms a chain
' of mountaisis;'ditriding Andalusia from New Castile.
in all times the 'defiles and villages of these moun-
• tales were the retreat of smugglers, who brought
• all kinds of foreign merchandise from the coast of
Andalusia, and afterwards disposed of it in the in-
• tenor of Spain. Under the reigns of Charles
• end Charles IV., several regiments of dragoons were
constantly employed in pursuit of -the smugglers;
• they generally moved in large bodies on foot and on
'7' horseback, well armed, and maintained a sort of mi-
litary discipline.
" The war in the Peninsula against the armies of
Bonaparte pot a stop to tire disorders ; the greater
part of these smugglers, influenced by ardent pa-
. - triolism, joined the Guerillas, and were very for.
'ridable to the enemies of Spain. Since the restoration
of Ferdinand VII., these who have survived the
.• mar, united saith deserters and others, hove re-
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touted to their old trade; but as they are now more
numerous, more practised in via:fare, and the n'teaits
of opposing them are no more the same) the hand'