The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-16 00:00:00

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r-larlysontributed to cake she public fowls. (The
French 3 per reels tier. on Thursday at (S'2 fr.) One
thing is certain, that the Au.trian Government has
resolved pro‘isionally on leaving free the passage of
loiters and travellers, not suspected,coming from or
going to France. _ _ _

NUN, Mtr 3.—We learn from Madrid, that by
a decree of hiw blitje.:y the Coort is ordered to be in
peourning annually on the Sci of May, in commemo-
tati,oi of that fatal day. This is very honourable•
to the. memory of the victims who perished on that
fatal occasion ; hut in truth we cannot account fat
the silence of the French,as to the true details Of
that affair, in which impartial witnesses do Poluscribe
Cie aggression to the French army. It was attacked bX
the people of Madrid; and there were more French,
sacrifited than' Spaniards. because the former we*
not on their guard. The Council of. Castile, which
did not seek to diminish our loss, did not make it I
amount to more than 140 persons ; the French lost
more than 400 in killed and wounded, and in Cu
hour's time were masters of the city. We cannot
conceive what political motive induced the Bulletin
%toilers of the Grand Duke of Berg to exaggerate so
al.surdly the number of Spaniards who perished ;
while it i 3 certain that the French army did not wish
to render a victory sangninary of which it was by no
means proud. The rea.nn why people havedeelaim.l
ed so loudly against this 2d 'of May, is because the
military execution of a few-men taken with arms in
their hands ss as regarded as an assassination by a
people accustomed to see authority yield to all its
caprices. It is better to throw a veil on all these
horrors, than to seek to eternise their recollection by
impolitic ceremonies.

FIENcu Fortha-60 f. 30. c.

RlO JANEIRO, Mer:ct 10.

Since the arrival of the English in this quarter,
the Creoles have discovered hou hardly they were
formerly used by the Portuguese, as they can pur-
chase the goods they want at one-third of what they
.gave, and as by this advantage, their capitals enable
them to carry on a more extensive trade, they have
gradually been getting rich, and hence are become
of more consequence. Whilst this class is living
frugally, and augmenting its wealth, and progres-
sively its power, the other, which formerly was the
support of every thing, is reducing its opulence by
the expensive style of living into which it is led by
thexesidence of the Court.
rrons what I have before stated, you will imme-
diately•pereeive that there is a wide opening for a
serious disagteemeut between the Cabinets of London
and Rio. In such circumstance' you will, perhaps,
*A why this Government permitted your's to send
out ships of war. The party which is desirous that
the Prince should ,*torn to Europe, perhaps con-
cluded, that if thii step were taken his Royal High-
ness might determine upon going, and therefore en-
couragement was gives to such a measure. The op-
posite party, calculating upon its own strength, and
desirous of overreaching Lord S. who is hated by
both, may have held it to be prudent to admit the
experiment to be tried, taking care, however, not
to commit itself, for should the ships come out, and
his Royal Highness decline going, it is natural to
conclude that your Governtne..t will gravely enquire
bow his Lordship could send (or ships, without haft-
ing the most positive assurances P:at the Prince would
embark. The party appears to have succeeded in ha I
purpose, and it is given out, that his Lordship has!
received orders to return to England immediately ;
and report states, that the orders are worded in a
srly indicating much displeasure. All I can posi-
ti%ely say is, that since the arrival of the last mail
S. Ills applied to Admiral Dixon for a frigate,
such could not be granted ; and rumour says, that
on this disappointment Admiral Beresford has ten-
- c!eied to his Lordship a passage on board the Duncan; ,
from which it may be inferird, should the rumour be I
correct, that the Prince has declined leaving the Co. t

The American privateer fliarrior, was, by the last
areotn,ta, Bahia, am! it is said that there are no
• less than three oil Pernambuco. The Inconstant fri-

gate and a ,loop of wnr %ailed for the north a few day,
ago, ill consequence of the receipt of this
gence.