The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-10 00:00:00

rage sad abitity. The truth is, that Miss Is equally
walifiietoiliiiighllieffi' arsgtoesee— - ----441WisiThirepreeeatr.
tioo of the other: 10 h'fifeitirla;oeisfe, the consistent, the
eseetia! inltticite of revolutions, wherever • ' they
weinettd. Of our Dovernment, our laws, and
of r itenareh. he can know very little at present;
~ii as to erimiring, them, be probably never thought of
iltnettny thing about them.. • He is a modest, enter-
ic,' and consistent friend of public freedom : and a
dolt etleid iopenay of all that operates against ir' either in
their: vs, ivpractiee,;whether of Spanish, English, French,
ceoldisikia Origin. As the Spanish cause is becoming
,awee'poprilar, from the evident fears of our ministers that
aft;yill not go on so smoothly, as they could wish, an
&Winne* will be made of patronizing the Spanish Exiles
intituch higher riarier.than could hive Ikea otherwise
atatikinated f and Dr. Slop., may yet have to record the
eitlikeS reception of General Mina, at the English Court ;
igsthlFof having the consolation of gloating over his savage
NOM by the vindictive Ferdinand. The reception of
111iii.atPlymouth, by the naval and military officers is ano-
ilier;wode,veryforeihle hint to the ministry, of the feeling, of,
a very.oowerful portion of the Public, with re '.rd lo the
aerie in which Mina has been exiled from this con ntry—
awl to this hint they may pay more attention than they
would to the voice of people out of uniform.
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irbeenaditlea of Spain is such, that another revolution
b:an event whieds may be daily expected. The festered
government :has. neither strength, nor reputation; and
in rgioaegneuce the maniac conduct of Ferdi-
nied, in multiplying the discords and dissen•
thins that prevail. nothing but the presence of the
French troops could preserve the public peace. In the
districts where there are none stationed, the King cannot
he said to posseu.any authority. The disbanded soldiery
is converted into whitens of brigands, who are roving about
the country in all directions. The roads are so unsafe
that no one can hope to traverse them without a military
escort ; sod the Constitutioralivs are now more formidable
thya. the bands of the Faith at any period of their
*slime.. A corps of observation, it is said, will occupy
the Renders, to be ready in case of am emergency ; but
thiWarth of a hundred thousand men from Bayonne to
Madrid. and from Madrid to Cadiz and Coruntia, is not to
he effected without great ex git.ii.e ; and prosperous as the
French finances may be, they are not adequate to the
expenditure of twenty or thirty millions evety year, to
keep Ferdinand on the throes of Spain.
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Iffe have not at present the power of boasting' that we
r:the greatest monarch in Europe, since the King of
otexceeds 24 stone in weight. It is amito a k e,it seems,
to imagine that this enormous load of flesh produces any
diminution of his mental powers ; but we are assured be
displays as mach energy and thonght, as at any period "
To be sureabat may be no great deal, for we never heard
of his energy but at the dinner table, oar of any thought
bet of the bill of fare !
It is reported that Sir Robert Gifford is to be made a
Lardof, when he is made a *lodge, in order that lie may
moist the Chancellor in getting rid of Scotch appeal eases.
iffecannet but condole the hereditary court of last appeal,
en the necessity of tailing in the all of such assist•.nre !
Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, his Royal Highness
the Duke of York held a levee as Commander in Chief, at his
office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by the follow-
ing :—The Earl of Cork, Viscount Bernard, General Sir
Merles Green, General Ittleofts, Lieut. General Maitland,
Lieut. General Wetherell, Lieut. General Sir Fitzroy Maclean,
Major General SW Charles Grenville, Major General Wid-
elringtoo. Major General Fuller, Major General Eden, Capt.
Norris, Royal Navy, end abut BO others.
Yesterday afternoon the Earl of Liverpool left town for
Ceornbe•wood.
Mr. Seeeetary Peel transacted business at the Home office
.traterday.
ktrxrcett Mmes.—A new employment for capital was on
Monday proposed to the pullie, by the formation of a Corn.
,any for working the Mexican Mines.
Brateted Rattrowas.—The following are the Eames of
same of the respectable individuals who, within a few days,
were landed from the Spanish ship now in Cove :—Members
of the Cortes—Messrs. Vellum Seosne, Prat, Herreza,
Enstanisote, Monterinos, and ; Mr. Canga
Arguelles. Member of the Cortes and ex-Secretary de
Erato del despacho de Hacienda c Allaistro de Hociendo ;
ii,. Cortazar. a magistrate I Mr. Gonzales Campo,
Director General of Poste; Messrs. Lopes Polo, Seraree,
and Gracia, officers, now at Best's hotel.—(Cork Claronfck)
Retract of a letter dated Barhadues, Oct. 20:—" l'he
Collector of the Customs has shown me a letter he has re-
ceived from Sir Thomas Cochrane, for the information of
those interested in the trade to the Main, dated about the
middle of September, front Demerara. Sir Thomas regrets,
that in consequence of the unfortunate occurrences in the
cokroy, the service will not permit him to send np the
Eingdove as he had intended, to take charge of what
trade might be ready on the Ist of October, and had no
idea that he would be able to pick up another vessel for
the purpose. He says he does nut apprehend the smallest
danger to vessels bound to the Main with harmless cargoes,
and advise such to proceed on."
The Barbadoes paper of September 23 states, that the
Home of Assembly of that Island had met, and after a
mociliatory answer to a rommunication from Lord Ba-
llarat, recoentnending a certain course of measures in re-
Woo to the Negroes, had adjourned for fonr weeks.
The Leeward Islands mail has brought letters from St.
Theams's of the lit ult., but they certain no intelligence
of the least importance from the Colombian Main. The
decree of the Congress, ordering the departire from the
territory of the greater part of the Royalist Spaniards. had
nellea great sensation in the island. as it was through
SIN houses that the trade with Colombia was chiefly con-
ducted. and the merchants of St. Thomas Lad, therefore,
Noomenter the sudden loss of their most valuable and re-
par correspondents. Numbers of the exiles had arrived
at the islands of Curagoa and Porto Rico. As a measure
of policy. however harsh in its operation, its prudence is
net impugned.
We understand there is some probability that Sir Robert
Gilford'a promotion to the Bench will be accompanied by
his elevation to the Peerage. It is considered, we believe,
that by so doing, a material assistance will be afforded to
the lard Chancellor in bearing and determining Scotch
Appal Causes before the House of Lords, Sir Robert,
ham the greatest practice be has had io those causes,
?eiag well acquainted with the peculiarities of Scottish
jarispradeace. The matter is not definitively settled, bat
kis spoken of with perfect confidence io circles where the
intention would certainly be known.—(Courier.)
RZPIIIIIIINTATION 01 HRIMPORD.--A very idly* MIMS
has been commenced, both by Mr. Clive and Mr. Blakemore,
among the freemen of Hereford, to secure their suffrages
against the next vacancy that may occur lu the representation
of that city; and both parties express themselves confident of
mmeass. A vacancy is now rendered certain by Mr. R. Scuds-
mere's declared intention to retire, from ill health, on the next
dissolation of Parliament. These proceedings have elicited
as address from Lord Eastnor to his constituents, in which his
animism his reliance upon their support whenever he shall
Wet:tension again to solicit It from them, and his readiness
Is wait Upon them personally, "if it should appear his doing
M Weald be considered an acceptable mark of respect for
lais."—(Gloncester Amaral.)
A Notice of application to Parliament next Session
2Plars In last night's Casette, for leave to bring in a
mall for erecting a patent wrought iron bar bridge of
llospeasion over the Thames, for carriages, waggons, foot
ran,. Km. &c. in the several parishes of St. Bato.
ANlVate, and St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey. The
height of the said bridge to admit of ships and vessels to
Len ander at spring tides, withont striking or lowering
Wart vats.

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