The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-05 00:00:00

snow-cut, it wu
supposed, would be at Valenciennes about Wednes.
day last, and was thence to proceed towards Conde,
Roachain, and Maubeeie. A belief is announced
both in the Flemish Papers and in our Private Cor.
respondence from Paris, that Lord CASTLEREAGH Wag
to repair to that capital without delay. Private let.
ters from Park iliscaerage the notion of a speedy
revolution in the French Ministry, although some
prospect is there held out of a change in be
tribation of the Ministerial Offices, about, or soon
after the meeting of the Chambers. The Election
and Recruiting law, it is intimated, will be rigorously
maintained by Government, at they are described to
be not only confotmabie to the national feelings, bat
the peculiar and favourite measures of the Ministry
itself.

An article from Nuremberg mentions, that a levy
of men is also going on in the Prussian States to sop.
ply the places of those whose length of services entitles
them to their. discharge.' The contingent for Berlin,
amounting to 2000, was raised by voluntary enlist.
uthernise they must hare proceeded to a forced
levy ; which, in the present temper of the public
mind in that capital, might hare had in it something
dangerous, which their Ruler's wisdom ought to fear.
It is espected, that in the Province's also the greater
pert of the deficiency will be filled up by voluntary
enrolment, in consequence of the military spirit whirls
prevails throughout the nation.—The French Funds
still remain stationary 'at 69 f.

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By the Flanders Mails we have also Brussels Pa-
, pens to late dates. The Court of the Netherlands
has gone into mourning for a month, in memory of
the Queen of GREAT BRITAIN. The causes of the
late arrests in.Brossels and its neighbourhood are still
involved in obscurity. Some of the Nell will still
haws it that there has been a plot, but of such a na-
ture that madness itself could not have sugared sac-
' con to it. On the 24th ult. the Emperor ALEXAN•
nu* arrived at Frankfort, after visiting the fortresses
of Coblente and of Ehreebreitstein. The King of
PnossiA arrived the day before. They visited the
King end Queen 'of WIRTEMEEIIat and afterwardk
went to Hombrrrg.
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Yesterday, soon after two o'clock, * Pettinef-
Council was held et the Loao CHANCELLOR' hosts
fivPiccedilly, which was attended, besides his La+
ship, by the Earl of Ltverthoot, the Earl of IIAR•
ROWEY, the Earl of WESTMORLAND, the Bill BA.
THURST, the CHANCELLOR of the &mimosa, Vit-
coma SIOMOUTH, Mr. Carman, and Viscount MEr.-
vir.r.c. The Cabinet Ministerscontioned in delibera-
tion a considerable time.
From Constantinople it is stated that the Porte had
transmitted to the Russian Ambassador an answer re-
specting the disputed limits on the banks of the Plunk,
in Colchit, a hich bad been sent off by a courier to
Aiz.la-Chapelle.
It is again said that there is Ito be a marriage be-
tween the Prince Royal of MilirklA, and the eldest
of the Princesses, of the second marriage of the Kieg
of BAVARIA.
The accounts from Madrid in the French Jose.
nals state, that public credit had been completely de.
stroyed in that capital, by the measure adopted by
the stew Finance Minister, !max, destroying she sys-
tem previously established by GARAI for the gra-
doal extinction of the National Debt.
The Barbadoes Papers inform us, that the penalty
of death has been enacted against these who profess
and practice the Obesh system of witchcraft, as the
only means of checking Its enormities, until the slow
progress of education and religion shall supersede, in
the yet untaught minds of the negroes, the now salu-
tary terrors of legal punishment.
Letters have been received from General Goon-
GAUD, dated Cuxhaven, November 22. The Ge-
neral was then on his way to Ilamborgh.
Caravan Papers to the 16th of November bete
been received. They state, that much sickness had
prevailed among the foreiga.seamen. The mortality
had been so great on board a Dutch frigate, and sloop
of war, as to prevent their potting to sea. Markets
were very dull, produce scarce and high.
Accounts have reached Lloyd's that four Spankh
vessels, richly laden, coming out of IA Guira, had
been taken by the Insurgents end carried into
Margarita.
The Navy 5 per Cents-. shut on Thursday, and the
3 per Cent. Consols yesterday, preparatory to the
payment of the half-yearly dividends.
A rumour has been circulated that an American
vessel has been in Davis's Straits and Baffin's Bay
since oar aliscovery ships ; that she entered Sir James
Lancaster's Sound, found upwards of 100 fathoms
depth, the water warmer, and was proceeding with a
strong hope of finding a passage through the Sound
to Behring'wStsaits.
Yesterday a Court of Directors wits hold at the
East India.hnuse, alien Capt. A. lIAMILTON was
sworn into the command of the ship Bombay, con•
signed to St. Helena, Bombay. and China:
Sir Isaac Matto, Garter King at Arens, attains
his 88th year on the 10th of next month. It has
heen his melancholy duty to attend the funeral cert.
mortials of six members of our Royal Family, viz.
(according to their generationa)—Geoang 11. Far
oxen* Prince of WALES. Queen CHARLOTTE, Prio•
roes AMELIA, Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES) and
her Royal Infant.

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national good will
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any benev9. The french Potters have teacited es to‘lte 2d ium,
I throeghout the The Duke of WlLtruovott arrived et
,Paris err
Ice. To decrease Monday night. His Grace was expected to set eat
in a few days for London ; and oe the mem day
rag to work their
oaaa
of
capital, Count NESSELRODE, the Ressian Minister for Fn.
ad effect of making reign Affairs ; and Coast LlEvert, the Ruske Am.
and ,or wealth, baseador to the Court of London, entered that city.
subiervient to gni
Ilia Rep! Highness the Doc d'Auootmcmt, it was
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