The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-26 00:00:00

publican. entered the town from St. Starks, without
isissig one soul to oppose them; and order was again
rowed."
Extract of a letter from Hayannah :—" On the 3d
want Pon Nicholas Mahn, our new Governor-Gene-
TA, arrived bere with his suite from Bordeaux. His
Excellency is a Lieutenant General of the army. He
was received with the most enthusiastic cheers of
thousands of our citizens.

It is one of the results of a political state retaining
an portion of freedom or independence, that some
part of the community will be so besotted as to abuse
the spirit which has been the source and guarantee of
their privileges anti their prosperity. In this point of
view, it is more matter for regret than for surprise, to
fitui Englishmen affect to reprobate the struggles that
have recently been making by nations on the Continent
Pie the possession of civil and political liberty. We re-
gret this perversion of principle the more, hawse we
ronsitle'r it no
small encouragement to the spirit of ag-
eres,ion 'among foreign invaders, and of vindictien-
to. ss among ancient rulers, which appears totigenerally
ro prevail. This was not heretofore the characteristic
En;tieltmeo, nor the rinciple of English policy.—
Without going so far back as oar own ELIZABETH or
a WILLIAM of Maxus for instances of generous and
g4llset interposition in behalf of the struggling asses-
poi Of liberty in foreign lands, we need only recur to
the distinguished countenance conferred hut lately on
Sitauirli patriots to assist their resistance against
timir French invaders. It has been even said by those.
who are not; among the most suspicious friends of the
'vanish nation, that " without the assistance of the
British Army, the Spaniards could never have orga-
n:fel their liuesrillas." 'the grounds of this assertion
se hare great reason to doubt. The Spaniards, we
Ise:hve, would have been sufficiently. able, in
thii, (mu tray, to have claimed their independence
him the beginning, as, we trust, they will,
he their own meat's, secure it in the end. It has
thcome the fashion of a party among; us, now,
to view them " with scornful vet with jealous eves."
It Ise:tea:led that the Spanish Constitution dues not
,;low power enough to the KING, and that it contains
we booty ' not what multitude of objectionable parts.
Li should be remembered, however, under what cir-
tsaittances this Constitution was framed. Never had
$ ',wally people been more battely 14trayed by a legi-
tit:Litt:Government ; and it is therefore not surprising
they should skew their jealousy at the abuse of mo-
t.. rr':ical power. If they entertain a like suspicion
ritit repar.l 'to foreigners, it is as little matter
0: wowl, r. They may have found that they
ktve enemies newer home than Russia or Austria.

feopir of Ireland, we regret to fin& have not
Nr ivett the urrouot of the rejection of the Catholic
Bill with the cousposnre w • expected. The following
b Coe statement of the irvid;“ MorninT Peat ou Mon-

is v Lot on the occasion :--
- The Catholic Relief Bill has been rejected by the
llaise of Lords, by 6 majority of 39. Few were pre-
parr.i to expect so large a majority on this.octa.sion ;
.1.:1 meurring. at a time when men's hopes were highly
rased by the snecess of the measure in the Commons, a'
feeling of disappointment and dismay has been produced,
wu,.11 ire would in vain a: tent to describe. The two
Illetah.r:, of the Royal Family, next in succession to the
Tto: e, %%eve 19oongst the most stern of its opponents ;
ar..: thr following Peers, who dill not vote, are also
V. allied as on the side of the adverse party:—
The Dukes of Comiterlanil, Cambridge, Manchester,
a. a heeds; Earls of Itodifor,l, Stanhope, liarborough,
'Li at, Beverley, Cntlogan. and Manvers ; Lords De
ti,:et see, Searsd She, Vernon. t'a rteret. :arleton, Douglas,
Moore, Dalhousie, Colchester, Sinclair;
Earls of Erne, Bandon, Caleilon, thasford, Hosse ;
Larllvrawly, and the Bishops of Bath and *ells, Lich-
awl Coventry.
"The Bill, too, has been rejected upon principles
si,laiut reference to its details ; and this we look upon
,a•isfactory,lnasnoich as we are thereby informed at
ar.z.., that Emancipation will not be granted, either with
renditions or without them; and thus will Catholics see
fatility of their petty squabbles. Thus, also, will
they he convinced of the utter inutility of all their ef-
fort*, whilst the present System continues.
" This is our conviction ; net we are bound to state
the views of others, with whom we have conversed, who
have the means of acquiring good information. They
say that the King's intention to relieve the Catholics is
w‘eyorocal—that his I:ijesty did not in the present
no', as the weasut e hail not its origin in the Cadinet,
141 E, that lively interest in its success, which he other-
et:o voteld have dote ; lint, say our informants, the King
lii.!, at a very early period, monist upon the question
trier taken op by the Cabinet, and recommended in the
Speech front the Throne—we wish all this were true."
A strong feeling of alarm as well as disappoint-
ment or the occasion hid been expressed by the Dub-
lie Evening Post of Saturday, as appears in the fol-
lowing paragraph :
"The sensation which the number of the majority has
et:U.O in Publin, is very extraotrlinary. 'the moderate
awn, of all parties, though they were not very sanguine
is the result, are, certainly. astounded attfie numbers
*ludo oppeared against the Bill, and, particularly. at
the Duke of York's explicit and unequivocal declaration
.e
°T The violent spirits of both parties are al-
t lly taking their parts ; and. we foresee, that the col-
Won of sentiment and feeling will provoke a very angry
temper. in the country. No man who values the peace
"l society can conteMplats the prospects before us with-
out feelings of anxiety. aPd eve° dismay*"

we anilerstand (says Carrick's Morals; Post of
Satarlay list)
that Mr. (leery tirattan has commenced
kcal proceedings against Mr. John Burke Fitzsimons.
the proprietor of the print called the Hibernian
Joariel, for a libel on his deceased father,
the Hight
Hon. Henry tirattan•
The Star transport. arrived at Spithead from St.
Helena, has on hoard an Italian. named Ile°llllnie a
native of Elba as passenger. He went oot to St.
Helena as Padet de pied to Soaaparle; and hark
og
owed a little money, anj finding his health lospaireet
144 retailed to Europe to join his wife aad