The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-01 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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Abtattontan.

FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 1, 1823.

STOCK EXCHANGE, 12 o'cLocu.---Consols opened thi
morning at 811. and went op to ft. The expresses from
Paris this morning have brought the French Rentes at
91. There is a rumour of another sortie from Cadiz, in
which it is said a great number of men have been lost
on both sides. A private letter from Paris states that
the French, on the 22d inst. entirely disappeared from
the environs of Coruna'.

Foartox Maaxay.—There is very little doing in the
above Market, Spanish Bonds opened at 321—Freneh
Scrip to premium—Russia 831—Prussia 841-.-Co-
lambia 611—Danisb, nothing doing.

By the Flanders Mail, which has arrived this fore-
noon, we have accounts to a recent date of the affairs of
Greece. The Puha of Scutari was expected at Bitoglia
on the let of last month, with 12,000 men. He was to
join at Larissa the Seraskier Mahomet Paths, and to
march against the Morea. The Greeks however do not
seem to be much afraid of the consequences of this ex-
pedition. The news of the insurrection of the Greeks
in !he South of Thessaly is confirmed. The Turks have
been beaten at Tiriola.

Letters from Corfu of June the 30th, says that Misers
Brioai and Jassas Pacha, who lately arrived at Prevesa
from Patras, are disputing about the command. An
Earthquake bas totally destroyed what remained
of the fortifications of Suli. Contrary winds
had kept away vessels from the Archipelago;
bet the mail from Ancona bad arrived, with letters of
the 4th, which state that a division of the Turkish fleet,
consisting of 53 sail, entered the harbour of Patras, on
the 20th June. The other division, it was said, bad
Itnded in Negropont ; which was very probable, as the
Pachs of Scutari may be supposed to begin his opera-
lions at the same plate.
Letters from Corfs, of the 16th Jose, say that it has
been determined, in concert with the English, that the
blockade of the coasts of Greece extends only to the dis-
tance of 10 miles from the shore, and this rule will serve
as the basis of the decisions of the prize courts of Hydra
and Ipsari.
The Frankfort and Brussels papers are occupied with
speculations on the state of the Pope's health. All the
Italian journal., except the Genoa Gazette, are silent re-
specting the effects of the accident that had befallen his
Holiness. On the other band, the Universal Gazette of
Lyons, in an article from Rome, dated the 9th, says,
that though his Holiness was rather better on the Bth,
1 the evening, his life cannot be long preserv-
0. The latest news we have is in a letter
from Rome of the 12th, received at Paris, which
sap, " His Holiness was rather better, and people
are so eager for his recovery, that they begin to
believe it. But a fall and a fracture at his
ave, the season of the year, and the necessity for keeping
his bed for some months, when exercise is so necessary to
him, all this together, gives but too much ground for
alarm." The Brussels paper adds—Already there are
vague reports of interest makiug at Rome for the election o I
a new Pope.
The fol'owing is an extract from a Frankfort paper:—
Fas%xvoaT, JULY 24.—The retirement of M. Le Wan
geubeim, Minister of Wurtemberg. at the German Diet.
has excited great sensation in the diplomatic circles. It 1.
a sacrifice made to the desires of the Plenipotentiaries of the
neregns of the Holy Alliance. Tne King of Wurtem-
berg, IR waver, has testified his satisfaction with the services
of Barn Wangenheint, by giving a pension of above 12,000
fraucs.

There is hot one of oar Morning Papers so lost to al 1
sense of political honesty, and so dead to the best in-
terests of the country, as to advocate the unprincipled
conduct of the Bourbons towards Spain :—and in the
present cloudy aspect of the despotic cause. it is Truly
whimsical to find this journal floundering like a whale it.
aft Mow water, in the vain endeavour to gloss over the
French reverses. The affair before Corunna is as unpa-
I stable to him as Don Quixote's attack upon the windmills.
IVben the first accounts came away, and left the French
army thundering at its gates, of course nothing short of
its immediate surrender could he anticipated. The French
had only to " knock, and theyshould be opened" the
keys were on the wrong side; and the traitor porter Morillo,
had no power to admit his friends. " Never mind,',
sid our sanguine Ultra, " a day or two and all will be
accomplished." The days and the nights passed. The
French remained like the hungry Wolf at the wise Kid's
door:—the French &rip fell—the hopes of the French
party were bumbled—and Corunna remains en-
taken, if not impregnable. We were, however, very
much alarmed this morning to read that this ready ad
vocate of any unjust cause had " received the complete
" official bulletin, which is peculiarly interesting as
" containing the first authentic and detailed account of
" the operations against Coronae." But we were pre-
sently comforted4o find that nothing was detailed that
we bad not learnt before; that this official bulletin was
a tissue of falsehoods so destitute of coverixe,
that no intellect could be deceived for them:—and
that this complete bolktin brings the account only down
to the fifeeteds of the last month; when we have iotelli-
genes down to the P:)A. This is a new specimen* of
him not to lon sight of this. He is In a far better coodi.
don to rain loans upon Church property than tin rebel
urgency; for the Cortes having abolished the Tithes forth'

comple(enese, which the political world will not fail to
admire. If Napoleon had lent off a bulletin from the
field of Waterloo, at four o'clock in the afternoon, be
'might with truth 'have called the conqueror;
hut a few hours made a sad reverse in his fate. To
sheer the accuracy of the details of this complete, official
piece of rhodomontade, the French loss is given at sixty,
killed and wounded, during the operations of three days,
iu climbing " the most steep rocks," carrying
positions at the point of the bayonet, and in-
vesting a fortified town in spite of the constant
fire of the artillery on the ramparts !!! The F tench
writer is as much of a Munchansen, as our Ultra. He
" lies by the rood" in ordinary ; and, on extraordinary
occasions. would not hesitate to take his work by the
acre. To our comfort, lies will not in this instance
take towns ; or Corunna would be in a desperate predi-
cament. Our rare " Pistol" hath yet another comfort.
Instead of the French before Cadiz retiring behind the
Ebro, he tells us that Prince Hilt (having quite recovered
from his fright in the chapel, we suppose,) is going to set
out from Madrid to Seville ; to "take up a more military
position," as the French papers add. Of course, the Cortes
will be sadly scared at the approach of this Bourbon, who
knows as much about military positions as his boots!—
But why Seville should be said to be more of a military
position than Madrid, we cannot see. It is not so far
from Cadiz; but being In the possession of the French,
and a much stronger place than Madrid, One is less
danger at Seville than at his present residence ; and we
rather think Mat is the motive which tempts the French
Achilles to remove. The Empecinado is too near Ma-
drid. The populace there are now sick of their deliver-
ers. They soon find out, in such cases, that it is no
difference to them who robs and oppresses them. The
monks have been long out of favour in the Spanish
capital ; and the next attempt to frighten Prince 11:It to
death, by putting a lighted torch near his nose, may hap.
pen to succeed. It was therefore high time to remove ;
and in the citadel of Seville, surrounded by a French
force, he may escape being the principal acter-1n a
French edition of our farce of " Frightened to Death."
—lf the French retire behind the Ebro, they
must take their hero with them ; and he bas
wisely saved them the trouble of fetching,—or
waiting for him, by going to them. But what then
becomes of this new regency ? Is not his departure from
Madrid, a proof of his intention to leave them to them-
selves ? What will they do without their master ? To
leave them at Madrid, and to expect them to effect any
thing in the way of establishing a government in Spain,
would be as ridiculous as for a raree-showman to leave
his puppets, and expect they would dance without his
polling of the wires ! Meantime, the French bulletin
are as amusing as ever. One of them says, the Priocede
Carignan, (who displayed prodigies of valour against
the sortie from Cadiz) was "nearly killed;" as a " can-
non ball fell but a few feet from him." Of course, he
must have been " nearly killed" with the "fright ;"
for, as far as any bodily butt was concerned. he was
as safe as if it had fallen fifty miles from him!
The Etoile very gravely announces, that "news of the
greatest importance bad arrived from Cadiz ;" only they
"did not know what it was !" Bat the following para-
graph from the Quotidienne, relative to the combat be-
fore Cadiz, surpasses every thing in the Bobadil-style,
we have read for many years :
" Our oldest officers say that the French soldiery never
shewed more courage and more ardour than on the 16th.—
aa 1 soldiers threw themselves into the sea, and endea-
voured to hold with their hands the boats in which the rem-
nants of the rebel army sought to escape : many of them
did not let go their grasps until their hands were cut off;
some had jumped into the boats, and were even removed to
Cadiz."

Are these idle boasters, these palpable fabricators of
baseless delusions, of the same race which, under the
Eagles of Napoleon, over•ran the Continent of Europe /
We feel more pity for their degeneracy, than even con.
rtempt for their vanity.

It would appear that our Ministry is not to be imposed
upon by the pretence of the French blockade of certain
ports, where they have scarcely a cruising vessel to watch
the entrance, into a tame submission to the injury of the
English commerce with Spain. A report prevails, that
we are about to dispatch some frigates to ascertain the
nature of these blockades. This is evidently the duty
of our Government, since the French Government has
been guilty of the contemptible trick of proclaiming
blockades which do not exist. At Cadiz there is a pre-
tence of blockade ; though two line of battle ships, three
(agates, and a cruiser or two, not half-manned, can only
form a pretense for such a measure. Corunna is not
even pretended to be blockaded, in fact, though it is so
notified ; and English vexed, may be captured under the
pretence of violating, not the blockade, but the notifica-
tion, if a French cruiser should happen to be near the
port, and be strong enough to dare to hoist her colours.
Neither Santona nor St. Sebastian are colourably block-
aded. A French vessel or two may occasion-
ally cruise off the ports; but we repeat, that nothing
resembling a blockade exists any where but at Cadiz;
and, even there, it is nothing but a resemblance of what
does not in reality exists. Three or four English frigates,
sent out with orders to observe the known laws of nations
on this subject, and to do impartial justice, would soon
pat an end to these farces of blockades. ♦Ve remember what
English blockades were:—and we are satisfied that to know
what the French call blockades Is to know that they are no
inch things,

This is the age of loans, u well as of cant. (if the loan-
ing system may nut be classed as a part of the canting
system.) We are not therefore surprised to bear that the
Royal rebel Regency of Madrid is said to have negotiated
a loan of 200 millions of seals. But when we look at the
alledged seenrities, they do startle us a little; for we learn
that the loyal and religions Regency, have absolutely
pissed to 711/C the TYTHU or me cLaasv, for the
imentype of the prhseipal and interest of the loan. This Is
a good hint to oar Cbaticellor of the Exchequer whoa he
may sent want soapy. A loan from disloyal clergy could
not but be very popular In England :—and we requesL •

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most part, we .do not know that it will be a very easy matt e
to collect them in future. It is not selling the bear's skin
before he is caught, but it is selling the bear after the lion
has eaten him. The reversion of the meal is not worth
much.

Yesterday, Baron Rothschild gave a grand dinner at
his seat Stamford Hill; among the nunterouli party. in.
vited, the following were present Highness Prince
Esterhazy, Prince Polignac, Count Lieven, Baron de
Werthir, Count de Front, Baron Just, Earl of Liver
pool, &c.
The Honourable Frederick Calthorpe, M. P. brother
to Lord Calthorpe, will shortly lead to the altar Lady
Charlotte Somerset, eldest daughter of the Duke of
Beaufort.

Some idea may be formed of the richness of the inte-
rior of Northumberland House, at Charing Cross, from
the fact of upwards of twenty carvers and gilders having
been constantly employed for nearly the last three years
in ornamental gilding and regilding the picture frames.

It is in contemplation to add to the extensive improve•
meats at the west end of the town, by throwing open
the Oreen Park, to terminate the view from Pali Mall,
by.* removal of the buildings at the bottom of Cleveland
I now.
The handsome and ornamental Mausoleum erected in
Cobham Park, agreeably to the will of the late Earl
Darnley, is still without his remains being
.deposited
within it, in consequence of some misunderstanding re-
specting its consecration, and the mortal part of the once
Noble Peer continues in the vault at Cobham church, for
which the present Earl pays 1001. per annum.

A periodical writer, whose papers- appeared about the
middle of the last century, tells of a Lord Mayor's ball
that was thrown into great confusion by a dispute for
precedesce between a "Watch-spring-maker's lady, and
the wife of a Watch•case-joint flauher."
At the assizes lately holden for the county of Essex, a
parish clerk was called to prove a rate, who could cot
read ! This fact was mentioned by Mr. Sergeant On-
slow on the bench at Lewes, last Tnesday.—(Brightos
Gazette.)

The following inscription, in ancient Celtic choreic
ten, is graven upon a stone on the summit of 'kola-
Wert :

" Caldh mar ghelbh ;
ITheibh mar cheitheas ?
Caolo—ach co dha I
Colmhnich 'in bas."
Which may be translated thus--
•, Spend what you find ;
You will fine what to spend;
Spare—but for whom I
Mind death is thy doom."

There is no date upon the stone, bat the inscription is evi-
dently of remote antiquity; and it is somewhat strange
that it has hitherto camped the prying eves of the curi-
ous in ancient inscriptions.—(ltteerneseJournal.)
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The augmentation about to be made to our naval force
in the Atediterraneao, has caused some speculation.
The ;additional force will consist of five or six frigates,
which will cruise off. the blockaded ports. On the one
hand, it is said, the formal notification which the French
Government has made of the blockade of the ports of
Cadiz, Barcelona, Santons, and St. Sebastian, has made
this measure necessary for the protection of our com-
merce, and the prevention of any misunderstanding
which might otherwise arise from the Captains of our
merchant ships arriving from distant ports being ignor-
ant of the fact of the blockade, and perhaps of the ex-
tent to which the principle of blockade reaches. On
the other hand, it Is asserted, that this measure has for
object the giving additional effect to their blockade, and
is the result of a friendly arrangement between the two
Governments.—Ministers are afraid that British vessels
might dare to carry warlike stores to the Spaniards, not.
withstanding the blockade, and being afraid also that
British pride might take the alarm if the French subjected
onr seamen to any indignities, they have determined to
take as much of the odious part of this police duty on
themselves as they possibly can.
A letter was received yesterday from an officer of the
French blockading army at Port St. Mary's, before Ca-
diz, dated the 17th ult. His regiment bad received
orders to march immediately for Cordova, in order to
reinforce the division under the command of General',
Bonrmont, in consequence of intelligence received by
Bordesoult, of the advance on that place by Ballasteros,
with a force of 15,000 men.

Letters of Tuesday's date from Paris, received yester-
day by express, mention that according to the latest in.
telligcnce from the army of Catalonia, it was expected
tha4 a decisive action would take place on or about the
28th ult. Milan, Llobera, and Manso had united their
forces at Igualada to the number of 9,000 men, and Mar-
shal Moncry had set out on the 24th from Martorell
with General Tumelin's brigade and 500 cavalry, to
attack them in front, while Baron d'Eroles. with his di-
vision, had lett Illanresa to take them in the rear. A
strong corps was to be employed, during these move-
ments, to keep the garrison of Barcelona in check.
A private letter from the neigbourhood of Seville,
dated the 19th ult., has been received by a Gentleman
who was in a high capacity in Spain during the Penin-1
sular war, which represents the opposition preparing by
the Spaniards in Andalusia against the French as most
formidable. The country swarms with Guerillas, or ra-
ther troops acting as such, which cut off all detachments'
from the divisions under Generals Boudesoulle and Boar-
mont, intercept their communications and supplies of
money, stores, &c., and, in short, harass them so vigor
ously and incessant, and those Generals have b. en obliged
to contentrate each his respective division. A more sys•
tematic plan, on a large scale, is arranging for attacking
the French in Andalusia, where their situation is di eiurd
so perilous, that their destruction or capitulation is con-
fidently anticipated.
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The King of Spain has issned a Decree, dated at Cadiz,
June 30, which regulates the Spanish Tariff for aperiod
of six months, ending on the 31st of Decriuber in this
year. During this period the export trade shall be regu-
lated as follows :—Artictes which, according to the usual
scale of duties, pay two per cent. shall be entirely free.—
Those which are rated higher than two p..r cent. shall pay
merely the half of their duty in the scale. The
duty of 2 per cent. of administration on the •
transport by sea, from province to province in the Penin-
sula and the adjacent islands, is suppressed, being solely
maintained on remittances beyond seas, and on articles
which are marked at a higher rate than two per cent.

SUERIFFS SUBSTITUTE OF SCOTLAND,-I.ls. Sheriff
substitutes of Scotland lately made an applicaton to
Government for an increase to their salaries, and at a
meeting which took place between the Hight Honourable
Mr. !'eel, principal Secretary of State for the Home
Department, the Lord Advocate for Scotland, Mr. Her-
ries, one of the Secretaries of the Treagiiry, and the
Honourable Keith Douglas, Al, P. for the Dninfries
district of burghs, Mr. Peel admitted that the Sheriff
substitute, considering the extensive magisterial and
ministerial duties which they had to perform, were inad-
equately paid. and stated his intention of entering into
an immediate and decisive investigalion of their ease,
with a view to placing the establishment on a more re-
spectable footing.
CANTER Bow, JULY 28.—The gloomy, foggy, and (what
is eammonly accounted) blighting weather watch bas pre-
vailed of late, has rot improved the Hops In this part—
there Is Mier ea lama than a decrease of vermin, sod
yet oeserads osodauo to iihow well, particularly the
middliag eel. bat the very strong ones are getting
Thom is amo iipparaitee of mould, bat It is not
lows/
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