The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-26 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN,

DUTCH MAIL%
Afte nsaferences held at Salmi'Mei *MI
6,,be,t'ommissioner for Palembang and Banes, Major-
jaost de Kock and Admiral Wolterberk, the measures
hoe beta arranged,.which are to be employed against
to saltaa of Palembang (Machmord Modem:den.) Ad-
wolterbeck has the command of the expedition
*wised for that place.
Baussats, JAN. l6.—We kin's, from the Frensh Iron-
on, that much dissatisfaction is beginning to pre.'
is the troops, with the present War blinister, in
cooequeoce of hi! propoving to effect an entire re-orga
,iotion, and Po dismiss all the officers, who possess, in
the bitbe,t decree, the confidence of the soldiers. It is,
however. certain, that the Minister has dismissed no-
-1,04 from the army ; but that he only has made a
dif6-
r,gtrof effecting seine changes is the great commands,
.irki,b,his predecessor intended.
brat de Iteaurerfard, lately acquitted at Meat, has
‘Reetoveyed over the firontitra of the kingdom.
JAN. 19.—tlis Majesty has appointed a Com-
e inquire whether the ships of war, that took
en nf our East India Colonies, were examined
pairetl, precious to their return home.

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LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1820.

The melancholy event which has befallen our
Royal Family, in the sudden and irreparable loss of
-- of its most valuable members, will be long re-
boded on, and regretted by the British public.
The Duke had seen much hard service in different
climates, and had studied, because he bad been'
operated upon by the different minds of men.
Maces, when first placed out in the world, gene-
rally resemble spoiled children let loose from the
nursery: they are full of conceit and whim ; atbd
generally display a fractions temper, if thwarted in
the smallest degree. His Royal Highness PRINCE
EDWARD could tot but partake of the qualities in-
fused into him by the nature of his education ; and,
therefore. he displayed the disposition inspired by
it, as aeon as Itemized with society ; and be nun

so■ie infernal save under ground ; but, thelliSiffs
the few honest patriots we have still in *if,
House, they were moderated in some degtee as foi
their ventireoes sting, though they still remit,
and will as long as they exist in power, aad
se-
morials of an altered State. To return, however,
to the calamity with whieh we set out, let •
hope, that as sorrow sometimes softens the hiuntin
heart, and disposes it to benevolence, so, in this
ease, the humbling picture before ns, that a Prince,
powerful, at least in the love and admiration of
nsankind, is, by the equalizing hand of nature,
suddenly reduced to the condition of a lifeless pea-,
sant ! This should be a monition to Princes, Kings,
and Emperors, not to trifle with the feelings,
wants, and wishes of those whom, by a hateful per-
versity, they are often instructed to look on with•
indifferenee, and as often taught to despissh

The further intelligence from Spain is hourly
looked for by the political part of the Uric
public. We know enough of the insurrection at
present to deelu it an incipient revolution.—lf
prefect mutiny among the spaniel% troops idtoait
lead to that event which most men look fors and
all lovers of freedom desire, it will be an useful and
happy lesson to all absolute Monarchs of the ineffi-
ciency of the sword to perpetuate despotic rule.
Wherever it is wickedly or uselessly called up by
the ambitious or thoughtless tyrant, may its point
be sooner or later directed to the breast of bim
who would substitute it for REASON or JUSTICE.
It is our belief, that the twelve thousand cetera*/
called into action in this country, as a collateral
support of, and countenance to the late obnoxious

measures of Ministers and their majority in Parlia-
ment, will go further in commencing a ItEPORII is
the abuses of the State than any speeches of the
best and most eloquent orators the country. pos-
sesses.

The British patriot must be greatly elated at
witnessing the proceedings at Norwich, on the
Anniversary of Mr. Fox's birth. When we ob-
serve the close reasoning of the Noble Lord who
presided on this occasion, we also are led to regret
that he has so long been silent in the Senate. But,
perhaps, his Lordship has only lately been con-
vinced of the necessity of every man speaking out
freely and plainly on public affairs. His promising
son (Lord Beal), very much to his credit, as a
reflecting, though young man, observed at the
table of the above festival, " The hour of clangs;

as coming o.:" it is so; w Inn we hype sod try
that the truly noble, disinterested conduct at
sentiments of the Commoner Coss, will,have mat
many converts and proselytes, snob as The Earl

now and then with that cheek which contributed
to form his mind'and character to that degree of
perfection, which, without flattery or insincerity,
we might take for a model to make a man by. He
had studied human nature upon a larger scale
than any ()Phis kindred had done ; and bed sedu-
!only reflected on die peculiar character of his
counti7.men ; from which, it is our sincere opinion,
that if Providence had placed in his bands the sway
over them, chastened and corrected as his jedg-
meat had been, by tasting the wholesome fruits of
youthful indiscretions, we •might also have been
exempted from many of those anxieties, sufferings,
anti apprehensions which now corrode our very
hearts. Such a Prince could not but be cured et,
all vain ambition. He would have started at Ads.
some flattery, haling been beneficially reproved
for earl folly, and would have repelled its in-
. sitlioes aJvances. Tke unjust, the unmerited
praises bestowed on the actions of Kings ae4
Princes vastly contribute to the deformity of the
structure of their minds. If the pride of a monarch
be sometimes indulged by the glory of being
thought the only person in the realm who can ad
as he pleases, without controul, how much is the
well-being of the srthjects lessened thereby / The
evils arising from this state of things is not to be,
caleilated. The wretches who can flatter the
worst actions of Princes, from self-interest, MIN
pests in society ; they injure the people, and
often undo the Prince. There is not an historian,,
rior any man of ordinary discernment, in Franco or
Illielsed, who. if asked what was the owlish* of
the condemnation sod seffering of Louis XVL
(the anniversary of whose decapitation is just
pissed over), will not answer, the falai advice of
bad Ministers? It would be difficult to And, is
that ill-fated Prince, any one of those qualities VT -----
which mainly contributed to bring our CHARLES I Royal Family.
to the block. It is not possible to detail, nor al-
WINDSOR, JAN 24.—This morning the melan-
choly tidings of the death of the Duke of Kent ar-
lowed to a generous or ardent mind, coolness' rived at the Palace, to the great grief of every one
enough of temper to count the miseries and mis-; who had the hononr and pleasure of knowing his
chiefs of a King retaining in his service men who Royal Highness. An express having also arrived
have incurred the hatred or suspicion of the people at kagshot Park with the distressing intelligence,
at large. Ministers so circumstanced, always v.. . the Duchess of Gloucester arrived hese soon after for
a mutual condolence with her beloved sisters. The
seen their conduct and advice to their Sovereign
Dukeof York arrived at the Palace about five o'clock,
by malice, or through personal fear—either of to condole with his Rove' sisters open the death of
which motives is sufficient to disqualify them from their Mother. The Duchess of Gloucester left the'
...lying the State in the smallest degree, for they Palace in the evening en her return to Bagabot.—
can nobnger judge of a single occurrence impar- Soon after the arrival of the despatch of the death
tally. If the Ministers of this once great nation of the Duke of Kunt, so universally was his Royal
'Highness beloved, that most of the shops In the
had been left unopposed and unresisted to form the
town were half-cloeed.
fire detestable Bills, which have altered the dig-
An inflammation of the lungs, of which the Duke
Position, views, and condition of the abused pen- of KENT died, is at present a prevailing complaint,
pie, they would have appeared to be the produc- t in exposed situations.

ALBEMARLE confesses himself to be.

The silent, the insidious encroachment of aris-
tocracy, was perhaps never more exemplified than
in the proceedings at the Court of Aldermen held
yesterday, when so many of its members argued
against the expositions of their proceedings to the
public. Now, if they sat only to consult upon the
catering for the next public dinner at the Mansion
House or Guildhall, we admit that the public would
not be interested intheir arguments,whether a turbot
should be substituted for sturgeon: it would be
a matter of Uses only, and in that ease the Worthy
Baronet and Alderman, whose barber acquainted
him of his profit on the loan so early one more-
ing, is qualified before any Common-Councilman to
decide upon it; but where every Liveryman, and
perhaps every man free of the City, is interested
in their arguments and decisions, we contend the
secrecy alarms us. And if it has been the custom
to lock the doors on such occe.i.ions heretofore, we
maintain, the breach of such custom will be moue
I honourablb than the observance.

It has been thought proper by many to suspend
the execution of Spanish orders till further adviacs
from Cadiz, or the metropolis of that kingdom,
vs received. Some merchants have even gone so.
far as to stop the goods and merchandise onboard
of ships which were consigned to Cadiz, Bayoaae,
and other places.
According to the latest aecoOnts which hose
transpired, regarding his Majesty's state is,; 1=
we are sorry to learn, that the alarming
recently manifested increase rather than dlinlnlsh.
All the Physicians are in constant atieselanoe.
are boorlf pessiof 41110spisiair lowed'
Jo and the deffereat breaches of the

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ill.. lclwo, after tope *amours ana pesipewe-
ibil
b, hat 'ventured eh the attlains task. of playing
Gies Mariam. Far be It frOM ifs In wily wise to check
tie march of genius, or to quench tbe Are of laudiblel
ambition ; from more disinterested and hosearable
moiler% we have repeated*. cantiOned Mr. KLAK
againlit the ;tell be has new taken. We, In tallninon
with those beat calculated to fudge, have foteseen the
rake improbability of its success, and the loss of fame
which would attend its failure. He has Made the trial,
and our anticipations have been verified. When the per-
formance was announced ascertain, we could not refrain
from now and then harbouring a momentary hope that
some hidden powers; souse udknown ground Might be
cultivated on which thil very difficult undertaking should
be established. But no, in Coriolanve we still have the
same KLAN. It is now Hutiper, DOW Sir Giks Orer-
Mock now Brute., and more frequently than any thing,
Richard ; whose malignant rancour is continually sub-
Mituted for the proud, dignified contempt of the noble
Sad impetuous Roman. Id the third Act alone did he
peoddce that effect which results from his exertions in
My of the above characters; and in that we do not
hesitate to say, he rover less deserved applause. It
Ode acting of the highest order, we are Irma willing
to allow; but it was wholly inconsistent. A star may
twinkle amidst the myriads that gem the sky, unnoticed,
bnt that as it serves to All the perfect scene. It is
hurled from its station through the infinity of space,
and the bright gleam of its momentary passage will at-
tract our attention, and withdraw our adniirltion from
the snore lasting and sublime beauties of the heavens ;
but its glory is its fall.—EVen so were the mentents in
which Mr. KEAN'S friends (and they mdstered strong)
extolled him to acclamation, the very time when he was
sinking below himself. But the act was glittering, and
Its brilliance destied. When the hot spirit of the war
rior ran no longer btook the insolence of the Tribunes,
and his rage bursts forth upon the clamorous rabble, it
is excited by feelings as natural to hint as the air he
breathes. His hatred is always governed by a high
disdain, anal his most impassioned actions retain
the stamp and seal of conscious superiority. How
then is Mr. lisam's conception of the part to stand
the test of criticism, when, in the scene of his banish-,
ment, we are almost in doubt whether Richmond has
not made an untimely appearance to receive the curse oral
Rickard. The disadvantages arising from the defect of
voice and figure, thrown into the scale with the faults
and imperfections we hare noticed, will not leave a
doubt as to the merits of Mr. Ksros's eerie/oast To
mention it in competition with the Coriolowne we have
seen, would be next to blasphemy ; and there is 'One
now before us, whose beauties will he more admired,
and whose merit will he more deservedly appreciated,
by a comparison with this attempt. A portion of
the original text was restored as this occasion„..aed
serves to make the Tragedy still nanoll *1100,"4t
was auta generally, well received by the• audience,
particelarly the introduction of battering - rams,
sad the attack of Corioli. ft is well got up, and
mega dir else aesermy is emy apimadid and imposing.
Mrs. flumes, as Ve/inrinie, was happy in her &lima-
lion of the high-souled Roman matron. A determined,
bat eventually ineffsettial opposition to the custom of
dragging Mr. KIAN before the audience after the fall
of the curtain was commenced, and which we trust will
not be discontinued until so ridiculous en innovation be
abolished. There was considerable dissent expressed
when a repetition was announced, but theapplause pre-
dominated.

NAVAL INTELLIGSNCit.

(tort.) 'lloPitalt7-90164P6 Jai*. 1810,
Sia—l am commanded by my. Lords l'oniinissionets
of the Admiralty to aoquaint you, for tba Warmth's
of the Commistee fur managing the Alaimo./ Lloyd's;
that; by a latter floe aeor=Aelsoival Sir Josias Rowley;
dated at Cork, 21st inst.; it appear* that he had ordered
his hlajoitifs ships Tribune and Qotterel tt; proceed to
emits in it situation adapted to their falling in with
each of the homeward-bound trade as a►igll► be kept at
sea 'by the long prevalence of easterly wind, and to af-
ford supplies of provisions and water to any of them
that might be is need thiredlE . 1 $l4, &c.
(Signed) Joao Limutow•.
Mr. John Bennett, jun., Lloyd's.

DIAL. JAN. 25.—Arrived, and sailed for the ltiveri
the Mary, Scott, from Bengal and Madras; INligence4
Cant, from Smyrna.; Malvina, Coopet; ihd Muse,
Bluse. from Tarragona ; Vittoria, from tlatipoli ; ant
victor; Johnson, from St. Thomas's, tot Adisterdam.
Pia m ount, Jas. 24.—Arrived the St. Olof, Wicklow!,
from Faro. On bringing up in Cattiatet, she got foul
of the 'meek George, Gibbs, from Messina, and brolid
off the arm of her anchor, and store in her skarboar4
bulwarks. the Integrity, Barker, of faintouth, which
was On shore in Mount Batten bay, was floated eon
Saturday last:
liaawten, Jim W.—Attired the Seaufoy picket,
with a mail from Holland. The Captain reports, that
yesterday, when lie left, he was unable to get ih, and
that the liver continues to be stopped by the ice, so that
no vessel can enter.

PORTAMOL TIT, JAN. 25.—Arrived the Mars, L'Esnyer,
front Havre, for St. Domingo; anJ William, Spence,
from Trieste.—Sai led the Caledonia, Roberts, for London;
and Viper, cutter, on a cruise.
BRISTOL, Jam. 25.—The Picton, Morris, of and from
this port to Barbadoes, was lest off Lymouth, near lifts-
footili. On the 20th inst.; one man and a boy drowned.
Ylitmourn, Jct. 25.—The Isabella, Wetherhead, of
South Shields, from Sant* to Hullo is on the Houst-
sand, and in considerable damage.
NIMBI', JAN. 2E—Landed here yesterday from the
brig Mary Ann, Sheali, from London, the trew of the
sloop Dumfries, Futton, of and for Whitelraven, from
Cardiff, who we taken off the Vessel en the 19th instant,
about Mid-Channel; the vessel making se tench water
that they expected she would founder immediately.
FaLmotrrn, JAN. V.—Arrived the Camden packet,
*Rh a Mail front the Leeward Islands; last from Saint
Thomas, in 56 days ; Dutch ship Batavia, from Bell-
more, leaky, and cargo said td be shifted ; David, Ro-
bertson, front Orapitey ; John anti William; Deneh,
from Oporto; Au-pistils, Taylor, from Dalipoll, with
loss of bowsprit; and United Friends, Dale, from Bristol,
for.Haysnnah, with less ef hiffisid6 and boat., and bul-
warks damaged. Put back tbeiftkicid packet.

ifyXOUIIT OF A 110 T at IBA, IN A swan .11411$ 11,2 DAII
WITIOUT 10011.
1110 AWAsiteboa4 Mr, "bosom *wised
at kenos on the Vtli instant. *tilt t. when
about t 2 leagoes from Lisbon, too up a boat,
in which was a bey, named Jimes Stephenson,ln a eery
distressed condition, winr`itited that an the 11th et.
he was going on beard the sldiellensoa. of Borth
Shield', John Fawcett, mutes; thee. tying in the
Tagus, in company with the master. eles fell overboard.
and that the boat was driven to sea.. When he was
taken up be bad not bad any thing to est for five days,
and it was some time before be recovered from bis ex-
hausted state.

Yesterday the 'Debts of YORK and et.sativae
visited the PittricE REGENT at Carlton House.
The Loin CrtAxcEt.t.on, the Earl of LIVERPOOL
and. Viscount SIDMOUTII had audiences of the
REGENT yesterday at Carlton Honse.
Yesterday afternoon the Duke of Yost arrived
at his house in St. James's Palace, from Windsor.
Yesterday morning Dr. lifkrom, Who attended
the late Duke of KENT, arrived in town from Me-
mouth. The Doctor waited upon the Pantos RE-
GENT, about three o'clock, and had a long inter-
view with his Royal Highness Upon 'the subject of
the fatal illness of his departed brother. Dr. MA-
TON afterwards Waited upon the Duke and Duelists
of CLARENCE, upon the sable melancholy subject.
The Doctor also called at York House. but the
Doke of Yoax had not returned from Windsor.
NAPOLSON.II MEMOIRS.—The mutilated edition
of this work, as printed at Paris, has reached Loa-
doe. and affords proof of the shackled state of the press
in France. One chaptet is entirely omitted, whole
pages are left out in other chapter, and many pars-
graphs are disfigured by asterisks. The same work is
rinsing entire in London, from the original MS.,
brought from St. Helena by Dr. O'MEARA. In truth,
the Paris edition was printed from the same original, by
fascist of that Oentleman ; but the manner in which it
has been garbled, determined him to republish it in
London._