The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-28 00:00:00

REPORT OF MARSHAL CORNEGLIAMO.

Auoces 17.—The enemy, beaten at the bridge of
Cabriana, and Colds's m:ide his retreat by Estang, Oria
Prate de Luscanes, and Gironella Yesterday morning his
rear guard still occupied the latter poin.
Baron Eroles and General Trotnelin, who bare marched
in the same direction, as the enemy have received orders
to surround them.—(Extract.)
MANRESA, AUGUST 19.—The Enemy are marching by
Solsone on Tuna, and it is general thought they are march-
ing for Alonblanch to the Camp ef Terragona.

_ By the arrival of the Hamburg Mail, this morning, we
have received Hamburg papers of the 22d instant, and the
Genoa Gascltc of the 16th. An article in the former, from
St. Petersburg, while it proves the at'achment of the Auto-
crat to the principles of the Holy Alliance, is extremely so-
licitous to have it believed that a certain expose, which was
nnderstood to be a manifesto of the Russian Cabinet, on
the application of those principles to the state of Spain, was
entirely a fabrication. The King of Prussia, it appears,
whole he professes to grant a Constitution to some of his
subjects; is careful to have it known that none of them
shall abuse it by discussion. An article from Berlin, of
August 19,informs us that the well know•nJuurnalfekate is
prohibited in the Prussian dominions, by an corder of
the Ministry. At Copenhagen, it is stated that the
Rates of Insurance have risen considerably in .con-
sequence of the communications of the Regency
of Madrid. From Stockholm, we learn that Baron Bat-
tram, Secretary of State to his Majesty Charles XIII.
died on the 11th Instant. The Diet is expected to sit till
the end of October. On the 11th there had been a discus
sion its the Chambers of Peasants and Citizens, on the Gots
Canal. A grant of 100009 dollars in addition to 300,000
previously voted was acceded to. It appears they manage
works of this kind in much the same manner there, as they
are managed here. According to a letter in one of the
journals, the expense of the sluice at C.jelonare was confi
dently estimated al 351,725 Rix-dollars, Banco, of which
sum 270,092 had teen empl led ; and the directors now
state that, to complete the work, there is required no less
a soma than 516,627 more.

By the Genoa Gazette we learn, that the king of Naples
arrived in his capital on the 6th inst.
The following are extracts from the Hamburg papers,
to the contents of some of which we have previously
referred :

ST. PETERSBURG. AUGUST o.—Count litalgari is again ■P3
pointed Charge d'Affaires from his Majesty the Emperor to his
Catholic Majesty. So long es this Monarch shall continue a
prisoner he will he accredited to the Regency of Spain.

The Conservateur Impartial has an article dated Frsnefort
on the Maine, 21st of last month, to the following effect:—

`• English, French, and German Journals have repeated, on
the credit of the Bremen Gazette, an article dated from Saint
Petersburg, 12th June, which is relative to the affairs of
Spain. and to the manner in which the Russian Cabinet consi-
ders its influence on the rest ..f Europe. As none of the St.
Petersburg Journals has published this article, we hare rea-
son to believe that far from having any official character, as
the Journal des Debuts of the 17th of July affirms, it is a fa-
brication from beginning to end."

Ili. Majery the Emperor is expected at 11loscm on the 2d
of next month.

According to an opinion confirmed by his Mujesty,all Monks
are at their request allowed to leave their convents; they re-
turn to their former temporal situations, but lose the rank,
property, and honorary distinctions which they had before they
took the vows.

I.lrd Douglas, who is attached to the British Embassy, has
left this city.

The pertinacity with which the "211onarchicel principle"
is pressed against the comm in sense of the world, will be
at least of this service; that its absurd and monstrous pw
tensions will be correctly appreciated ; and the certain re.
suit will be, that the feelings which might have been in-
different to its progress, will now be arrayed against it in
the most mortal enmity. Even in England, where the
I, monarchical principle" is suspended between the Brie
tocraey and the democracy, as Mahomet's coffin between
heaven and earth. *enlist; been recently a strong deter-
mination of public feeling towards the demiicratic point;
and many wbo have hem; amongst the most energetic of
the reformers, are now become passive spectators of the
.struggle _ .1

for reform. under the conviction that a mere
rola* of abases, if it were practicable, would not

be of •so much value as is genet- sliy sop,' •-t •
asmuch as the root of the evil would be left in the system,
and the abuses might spring up again as rankly as before.
This is, perhaps, the natural •consequence-of that pertinaci.
ous denial of any Reform, however slight, in which-the
faction in power seems determined to persist. The failure
of Lord John Russell's last motion on the subject of Reform,
has had a decided effect, in producing the conviction that
reform is unattainable—that no demand fur it will ever be
listened to, in the slightest degree—and that the Parliament
will pay no attention whatever to the wishes of the people
in this respect. This policy of the Tory faction, is favour.
able to the exchange of the principles of refoon to those of
a new modelling of the whole system. If nothing will be
conceded„to the public, until the public assume an attitude
in which they can take what they please to demand, it is
entail], that with the power in their hands to take all, they
will not.be satisfied with but apart. The case is other-
wise now ; or at least, it has been otherwise
There was a time, when an appearance of a reform' which
would have left corruption as powerful as ever, would have
satisfied almost every individual in the country, without
impairing the power of the Borough faction ; because the
reform would not have been extensive enough to have
affected the "standing majority" of the men who stick at
nothing. Prior to the discovery made up•sn the death of
Mr. Pereeval, that talent, and character, were not essential
to an Administration ; any concession in favour of reform
was not to be expected from a Minister; because it was
imagined that a majority of some hundred was requisite to
enable an Administration to remain in office; but when the
Lord Chance/I°r and Lord Castlereagh found that a ma-
jority done would do as well for their purposes as a ma.
jority of four-fifths of the House, there was an end
to the apprehension of popular displeasure, which served
to keep the ambition or avarice of a Minister within cer-
tain limits. Then it was discovered that public indigna.
Lion did not carry with it -half the terrors of an ordinary
wasp's sting, any conception to public opinion would hat.
been ridiculous; and since that period, every session has
lessened the probability of a Perlisinentary Reform of
Abuses, until it is now perfectly understood, by all, that the
Parliament will never reform itself; and when it is reform.
ed by the public, should that event ever happen, it is quite
as certain, that the pnblie will not consult the taste of the
Parliament, either as to the made, or the degree, in
which the reform shall he effected. The usurpation
that maintains itself to the last, is like a town carried by
storm. It is too late for capitulation when the brea:li
is practicable, and the ramparts are carried ;—so that
tyranny should blame Itself for the Revolutioss which it
produces. On the Contineut, their truths are beginning
to be very perfectly en lerstood ; and wherever revolu-
tions take place in futare, they will not be accompanied by
an end• arose to conciliate the despotic principle, or to blen I
what is impossible to unite. If the "allied Sovereigns*
were wise enough to bend before the spirit of the age, sot
to anticipate what their subjects will not fail to demand,
they might wear crowns, and be called Kings, for emus
years, perhaps for some ages yet to come ; but as to beim;
Kings, it is quite another matter. The Spanish mode of
keeping Kings, while the royal menageries Sue kept open,
is likely to become a favourite in more countries than one:
—and the " allied Sovereigns" may rest assured that their
method of inforcing the "moaarehical principle" is the
best'usethod of extinguishing it for ever.

, We should really like to know sew sitnation Mr.o anning
really holds in his Majesty's service. We are aware that be
is called Foreign Secretary, and that his name is of
to the docuua'•nts of the Foreign Correspondence. But, is
this all? Is be onlyfirst clerk io his office, and does he
wait for all his instructions from men who neither think
with him, nor agree with him, upon any point of Foreign
Policy. Mr. Brougham said the Lord Chancellor was the
Prime Minister. Is he Secretary for Foreign Affairs ioto
the bargain? The conduct of Sir %V. A'Court was so con•
teary to the avowed policy oldie Ministry, that he should
have been instantly recalled, when the news of his belraci•
our at Seville reached England, and some one ac•
credited to the Spanish Government at Cadiz, who
might have done some credit to the declared
neutrality of this tiovernmen'. Sir William A'Court,
on the contrary, has been the most determined ens•
my of the avowed policy of his masters ; and report dors
him great injustice if he has not lent himself to thein.rignes
of the enemies of the Constitutional system. It was Lis
duty to Lava remained with the actualAathorities, to whom
he was accredited. It was his duty to have gane to Cadiz;
and, bad he done so, an I performed the part of a British
Ambassador with spirit and fidelity expected from suet
character, we should never have heard of the Naval Block-
ade o: Cadiz,. The very presence of an English Minitter
would have prevented the enactment of such a miserable
farce; and the intercourse that be would have
maintained with his Boverntnent officially, would have
given the Cortes an offi lel means of communicating with
other portions of the globe. It is said Mr. Canning
disapproves of the conduct of Sir W. A'Court; we can
readily believe this. But why does be not resent it? Why
does he not remove such a man? It his business to
do so ; and there is abundance of reason for it ;—but has
Le the power? Is he not opposed, on most questions of
vital interest, to his colleagues; and has the opposite party
sufficient power to negative all his wishes on the subject ?
If so, what is Mr. Canning but a puppet in the Cabinet ?
What is he, but the mere tool of some secret influence, to
which he mist submit, if be wishes to retain his place?
We cannot be aware of all the springs that move
the Court; but we are satisfied there is ono chord
at least, that beats in Ligon with the tone of
the Holy Alliance; and to this, we are satisfied, is to
be attributed the condenension of oar Court, and the sib-
mission of Mr. Canning to s system which be mast abhor.