The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-03 00:00:00

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"Ile reel opinion of Prince is known ; she serrounde
re with a greet number of bee ►epresentatives end later-
petters of her sentiments. The tried real of the Chambers
wIY tonstintly maintain the prerogatives of the Throne,
while it defends the national liberties.
"IPublic spirit will dilly teceive directions more tertian
sod ensfornahle to this Monarchial principle. the ant etc.
nest of ear ('on•tttutiom. Our manners will assimilate to
the lints; their double inflame will (thee the last vestiges
or asimehy. A lit.vernnvent Inn, and which protects, with
an equal impertiailty, the rights and interests of all; fears
mot the seditious nor their visiosary projects. The nation ,
that derives order and repose, knows well that it cannot
and Stem but under the sceptre of Rs legitimate Kiss.
"Inks power eta, Throne, supported by the devotion of
Its subjects, was, at no period, more manifest, than at
present.
wee,—Tbe Chamber of Peers will be feithrelle the prin-
ciples whieh your Muarry peahens and recommendk. It
brill take for its guide, at all times, that moderation so ne-
tesury, after such great political convulsion*. Moderation
Controls power sad serrate& it with homages. and is.at the
saute time, the most prudent method of pining a nation's

streueth.
A Ids by parsuingikis system Invariably, that we shall
sotto iscreuseour credit. the arts, Industry and agriculture.
.' We receive with 4uy, the assurance that the public ber-
th.= will be diminished. Those which fall directly on the
cmtil *tors should sewn your first regards. The see
qual assessment of the
Senritorial imposts, increases the
weight of them ; mad year Mums wishes also to reform
this obese. A more just partition in the quota of this tax is
not lass desirable than the dimiention of the tax itself.
"pure.—The last words of your MAJUTT, has excited In ,
us the deepest emotion. You desire your days not to be '
prolonged but for the Ake of our happiness. sire, this
feeling vow is in the heart of every Frenchman. !leaven ,
will ;eign t heir it. May we see our institutions strengthen
sod dove ope themselves under the head of their august i
founder. May we long enjoy, under your paternal,
authority, those blessings it has already brought us, and ,
those which it is still preparing for us."
The above Address signed by the President and ! i
Secretary, was ordered to be presented to his MA.
MIT by a grand deputation.
The Ktme after bearing the address, said:—
" I receive with a lively sensibility the testimonies of the
Chamber of Peen. I see, with real satisfaction, the con-
formity of its principles with mine. I again repeat—lf I
degire my days to be prolonged, it is to strengthen the insti-
tutions that I have gives to my people. But whatever be
the decrees of Providence, lot us not forget this maxim :
TAr Kum sever dies in France."
The Chamber of Deputies have had several Meet-
ings, but no business of importance has yet been
trativuted.
The intelligence contained in these Journals on the
affairs of Naples is very scanty. It appears that the
embarkation of the Kixe on board the reageur, has
excited considerable agitation among his subjects.
They assembleifrequently in the public places; bat
the general tranquillity has not yet been materially
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disturbed. to au article from Blenheim, dated Dec.

!O, it is asserted that the MARQUIS Rios, eldest goo
of theDusa of Casio who had arrived at

Stuttgardt from Naples, had sot been MEllpinel as
diplomatic agent from the Court of Naples: it is even
added that be had been incited to quit the States of
Wurtemberg as soon as possible.
Lord Srawsnr, it is said, has gone to Troppau
again.

The allied Sovereigns with the exception of Alax-1
DEBI arrived at Vienna on the lath ult.
Rvery preparation is still making by Austria, of a
warlike nature,
The scholars in the seminary of the Archbishop of
Naples, says as account from Rome, have published
a petition, in the name of liberty, equality, and, the
rights of nations.
The Spanish Government is about to remove all the
Ministers in foreign countries. The Duke de Fatas
in Loudon will be replaced by M. &SIB& de BAR-
D.M. M. DYIS is to proceed to Vienna.
Vtan:va, Dar. 18.—• News favourable to the PACHA
of Janine, has for two days been current here.
PSTERSIIIIRCIN. DEC. 2.-1 he Emperor of China,
lita-Kix, is dead.
French Fonds, five per cent. 79f. Isc.—Bank Ac-
tions, 1425 f.

The bargaia relative to Marlborough-House appears
to be settled. The price given for it by the ()rime
to Mare Learnt., is a furnished state, is said to be
a yearly rent of 4000/. This arragement, which is
not likely to have been made without the coneerrence
of his MaJures Ministers, would seem to contradict
the reports that were in circulation respecting the
renewal of attempts to degrade her .filaJnevv. That
each attempts were, till • recent period, meditated,
is more than probable, from the language at the Edin-
burgh Meeting, of the Lord Advocate for Scotland.
Ile feeling of the country is, however, now discovered,
as well by the loud expression of the public voice, as
by the silence or subdued tone of the Ministerial ad-
heres* to be so extensive and so strong that it may be
deemed dangerous to tamper with it any longer.
The "Ming Statesmen who first endeavoured to

area the risk of the late proceedings by their
1041, So the Qualm of a bribe of the national
mein to the amount of 50,0001. a year, and after-
wards were so inconsistent and so rash as to commence

a course, they had not the virtue to avoid, nor the
poorer to complete. may be at length prepared on any
terms to make a compromise that affords them any
chaste of retaining their seats. If they are able tot
retail*Lr seats a single day after Parliament reas-
Maim, it can only be from the dilliculty of proctoring
comps/sat pennons who are willing be undertake the
'Usk w Imielientiag the condition of a country which

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they have loaded with grievances too heavy to be'
borbe, and brought to a crisis of irritation front which
the greatest evils may be justly dreaded,

The intimation we gast the other day respecting
the relative situation of Ministers and Parliament has
led a Ministerial paper to notice the expectation we
then expressed as to a ostpooesiont of the appointed
meeting. Some doubts," says this journalist, ••
ing been expressed with regard to the meeting of Parlia-
ment, we can state, from authority, that both Houses
will positively assemble, for the dispatch of business,
sa the 23d inst. No further prorogation is iatended.
We understand, also, that the Address in the Hons.
of Commons will be moved by Mr. Banks, junior."—
Whatever may have been the measures settled
shies the period to which we refer, see,here no doubt
that the opinion we ventured at that time to pronounce,
will be admitted to have been perfectly warranted. At
that time; were ha reason to believe, that Ministers
were in a divided and undecided state, relative to their
own stability, as well as to the measures it was
expedient for them to pursue. From the indication
apparent by the arrangements implied in the preceding
article, and the accommodating disposition Ministers
way have previously discovered in the quarter on
which they chiefly rely fur support, they may enter-
tain the hope of averting the impending storm which
threatened to drive them from their stations, and et,
meeting their ford►er friends, at least, in Parliammt,i
in a spirit of conciliation, and with a face of coal-
deuce. There are abundant reasons, we are well
aware, why the meeting of Parliament ought not to bs
postponed beyond the time proposed. The awl
merous aqd urgent demands of the country upon
the attention of its rulers can no longer
s ith any safety be overlooked. Through the infatuated
course pursued by bliniscess during •the chief
portion of the last year, all the great interests of
the nation were neglected, and sacrificed in the par-
suit of an object which has roused the spirit of the
people in the vindication of that injured rights to a
degree that will be difficult to be allayed by the
usual Ministerial nianceuvres, or by any measures
short of ample and complete redress.

The list of signatures to the Edinburgh Petition
and Address, against the Anniston, were closed on
Wednesday evening, when the number of names
amounted to nearly 16,000. Many of the subscribers
are of the first rank in the country for property, ta-
lent, and respectability; and it may be safely asserted
thaL the persons who have signed the petition exceed
one half of the entire number of male inhabitants above
eighteen years of age. We congratulate our fellow-
townsmen on the proud attitude in which they are placed
by this public and decisive manifestion of their senti-
ments. IVhen it is considered how great the power of the
aristocracy of placewen in this town, where there are,
perhaps, a thousand or fifteen hundred families fed by
the Uovernment—how much influence has been used to
withhold signatures, while none was nerd to procure
them—how many individuals are in too dependent a si-
tuation to have any will of their own—how many are
pttilt, absent, or unaccustomed to take any concern in pow
cartiestions r--when ahatrutente are made for ail
these circumstances, the numberof name—MA%
ly decisive of the stew of public feeling. But if a sha-
dow of doubt could exist, the Tories have fortunately
'taken means to remove it. Hitherto it has been their
policy, in getting up addresses, to muster only what
they call the respectable classes, of whom a large
proportion here are dependent on the Government,
and to treat the rest of the population as a rabble,
whose sentiments were of no account. Then, if one
half of the inhabitants of a place signed a petition
against the Administration, they Willi/ maintained that
the other half, who had not declared their sentiments,
were its strenuous supporters. All the neutral, sick,
and absent, were lumped together as adherents of the
Ministers. But they have now quitted this vantage-
ground, and lost the benefit of thi.; stale sophism. It is
outof their power to say that all who are not against them
are for them. They have been coaxing, by every possi•
ble art, as many as they could of the middle and lower
classes, the rabble, as they contemptuously call them, to
sign their address. The pitiful result, we believe, will
cure them of the folly of again appealing to the mass of
the population. The whole number of names is said to
be no more than 1,600 or I,SOO. Deducting the organ-1
ised corps of placrinen, with their connexions, 1,000
strong, whose names are regularly found at every loyal
address, hot or cold, temperate or furious, as those of a
regiment on its muster-roll, our antagonists can boast of
600 or 800 names, procured wills infinite pains, out of a
population of 100,000 souls. Compare this with 16,000
signatures, and then say what the sentiments of the peo-
ple of Edinburgh are. Could the most ardent opponent
of Ministers desire a more signal triumph, or their ad-
herents dread a more mortifying defeat ? After beating up
every dependent and expectant—after fasting, toiling,
and sweating for • fortnight, and putting their whole
influence in requisition—the result has only exposed
their weakness, and held up their lofty pretensions to
scorn and derision. We are glad, extremely glad, that
they have brought their strength to the proof. The
facts are worth a thousand arguments* They will shut
the mouths of many of their friends, and open those of
their enemies. And that the moral of the drama may
not be lost, we shall take care to refresh their memo-
ries upon the subject from time to time. —(EdiabergA
Pipes.)
Epinal:eon, Dec. 30.—For the last fortnight this
town has been kept in a state of strong political ex-
citement, something like what our happier brethren
of the south experience during as election. Printed
reports of the proceedings at the Pantheon, and after-
wards at the County Hall, kept up the interest created
by these meetings. In all the most crowded streets,
men were posted with large boards, setting forth where
signatures were received for the opposite addresses.
At night the more intelligible signals ,of flambeaux
were employed. Placards of various descriptions, in
large letters, posted on the walls, reminded the chi-
nos of their public duties ; ballads, band-bills of
many kinds, counterfeit speeches, and other squib% in
which the authors did their best to be satirical or ha-
mou7ons, were hawked about the streets, or collected
knots of spectators at the shop windows. Pamphlets,
making up in scurrility what they wanted in wit,
tossed &Me,• one it two a-day, and like maggots, sel-
dom survived the day that gave thesis birth. le short,
our fellow-oitismes, plied with stimulants of all kinds,
got rid of their habitual apathy, awl for ease fell
what it was to have a political eliminate.

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FOR 17111 STATTIMAII.
LITTER 111.
TO THE MORT HON. LORD eASTLERIAGH. LO,
ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

MT Loan--Though consciousness of innocence, sad
the especial sapport of providence had Jed former
through thoQuorrt's trials.yet another awaited bet,which
crowns your infamy and her triumph ; witness the
Milan Commission—the wonders of the Oreen Bag,

and her late acquittal. I will not mention the menaces!,
that were held out against her—the insidious coun-
sels that were given bee—..nor the vast offer that was
made to induce her to stay in s foreign country,
without endeavouring to impose any restraint on
her conduct ! I wave these circumstances, is. I
grading as they are, and hasten to remark with what
spirit and propriety she led, as soon as the death of
his late Majesty made it necessary, to claim her rights
an,l privi.eges; and how unhesitatingly she threw
herself upon the protection of the laws and the
people—how nobly she faced her accusers, although
she knew the monstrous fact, that those very men
were to sit in judgment uprm her; and with what
patient contempt she heard those paltry agents who
were employed to vent the fabrications of calumny
as evidence against her! What a minute and scrutinous
examination her conduct underwent, from the time she

left England till the time she returned to it ; yet,
how impossible it was to substantiate any charge
against her! Would you, my Lord, together with
your colleagues,suffer your daughters to be abandoned
for years as she has been----then have their conduct
minutely examined, and upon no stronger presump-
tions of built, allow them to be convicted and de-
graded ? You are not worthy of the name of fathers'
or of men if you wonld. The Queen, however, bas
come out of the fiery ordeal which yon have instituted
" like gold seven times refined ;" and thousands, who
before were inclined to believe the reports yon bad
raised against her, are now convinced, by the means
you have taken to give colour to them, that they were
altogether groundless.
The spirit of chivalry is not wholly suppressed in
this kingdom, as your Lordship has abundant evi-
dence to prove; nor will it, I trust, ever be. Op-1
pression has compelled the people to feel; and feeling
114 s prompted them to think ; and to be satisfied with
theories is not the characteristic of Englishmen.
Yet, they have sustained their injuries with meek-
ness ; and in the true temper of christianity, proved
themselves "long suffering," " not easily provoked,"
and "thought no evil," till they found that these
very virtues, carried to excess, degenerated into vices.
They have seen the representation of their own dis-
tresses treated with contempt, and female innocence
wade the object of persecution ; and these bare
kindled that resentment within them, which their
gallant forefathers so often evinced on similar occa-
sions, and which will never be allayed 10 the causes
cease to exist. That fermentation which has long
been gradually rising in the country, is now actually
boding with agitation ; and when it overflows, many
will be the victims that must be overwhelmed in its
vortex. You, my Lord, may pretend to be ignorant
of this; but no, your infernal spy system proves the
contrary : and instead of applying oil to allay the
impending fury, you continually excite it by adding
-fresh &sells Um fire by which it was first produced.
Yet think, 0 think! of this contolltary, thoufh trio,
maxim—" Sera astariani est, ad bawls mores via f"
and do not lead us into horrors which perhaps you
have not imagination to conceive. To bring a freak
charge against her Majesty, would, in my opinion, be
the last desperate step that you could possibly take.
Oh, if such a measure be in contemplation, relinquish
it altogether, and do not again set your " life upon
the cut." Dare to be honest, and prove yourself st
friend to your King, to your country, and to yourself;
nor provoke violent hand to tear to pieces the temple
of the constitution and the sacred ark of religion.
But, alas ! you have done more to ruin these already,
than all the speeches and writings of all the infidels
and rebels put together, could ever have effected. I
will not mention the unprecedented contempt that has
been poured upon the representatives in the House of
Commons ; for in their last agonies folks are apt to
grow delirious, and it would be fruitless and foolish
to take offence at their actions when they are reduced
to that meLncholy state. DELTA.

Private letters from Brussels. receired yesterday by
the Flanders mail, and dated the 29th ult. at ten in
the morning, state that a fire had broken out a few
hours before, which bad consumed the palace of the
Prince of Orange, and threatened the State-house with
destruction, as the wind was blowing strongly from
the eastward, attended with an intense frost. 10 de-
grees blow sero of Reaumnr, and no water could be
obtained. There had been no time to ascertain the
cause of the calamity, the intelligence of the confla-
gration being solely introduced in *postscript, written
as the mail was leaving Brussels.
Dsc. 25.—The Constitution of the
Orand Duchy of Darmstadt is now published, and gives
great satisfaction to the people. The most eutire
harmony has prevailed between the Oevernuaent aid
the two Chambers in the discussions on this impor-
tant subject; and the result, which is equally honour-
able to all parties, will doubtless justify the general
joy which has manifested itself on this occasion.
The following is an extract of a letter, dated Per-
nanabuco, Nov. 1, and received at Havre by the French
ship L'A agnate, Captain Oge

The impression produced here by the intelligence of
the events that have taken place at Oporto was entrmoely
strong, and convinces me that nothing but terror pre-
vents oar being is a state of revolution. You must not
be surprised, therefore, at bearing of my sudden return
to Europe; for I. who witnessed the insurrection of
1817, and the state of anarchy which accompanied it,
know too well the effect of the diversities of opinion, as
various as their complezions, that govern the different
classes of his Majesty's subjects, to trust my person
among them when under the influence of popular agita-
tion. I watch patiently the storm that appears to be ga-
thering in the distance—gradually enriailing my bust-
ling, disposing of my property, and making investments
in the English or French funds. Nothing, exempt the
union of tisizafaverninent of Brasil with our garepeast
brethren iodine use to lacrosse my stake in this
asuetry, where I ass like a traveller with one feet is the
stirrup, ready to start at a moment's notice."

THEATRE.

'rho might of Shakespeare seems to have become
the pisythitig of ewe children. if we look at the degree
of power with which wise of the =Wilma engines of
the might have latterly been wielded. The ball has
bates baedied hem one of oar national theatres to the
other, in the shape of Hamlet, Lear, &Vas, Coriolawas,
&e. edtil we 'desire the public are quite tired of the
sport, however much it may amuse the' dote immediate
parties le the tame. In plain truth, we are palled with ,
that repetitious of experiments which continue to be •
mode at both homers in the very teeth of failure. W'
' have sdhscribed to the nerative, or qualified praise which
has been bestowed upon the exertions of the two recent
aspirants to tint•rate tragic fame, from a conviction that
the fruits of genius sometimes require the warm sun
of easweragement before it would expand and ripen to
perfection. Bet this feeling has, perhaps, existed too
long, and more to the prejudice of the of whom
we speak than to any body else. It is ti those on
whom the duty devolves, to apply that re to the
performances above mentioned, %illicit, all must be coo
rineed, is their just desert. Mr. W A LLACi, on MOOur
night, restored upon Coriolasus r and although it e '
not destitute of merit, yet its inferiority to his Rolla.
together with his failures in Handel and Brutus, d'art •
proves that Shakespeare cannot be his author at pee
Time may do much for him, and it ran scaroelv
doubted that by well directed study, the object of hi. -•
ambition may be obtained. -


The Princess Augusta left Frogman yesterday fur
Brighton, on a visit to the King.
The Princess of Hesse Hombourg, formerly Prin•
ens Elisabeth of England, pasted by Frankfort et
the 23d oft. proceeding from her residence at Houk-
bourg, accompanied by her husband. She was on bee
way to Louieboneg, near Stutgard, on a visit to the
Queen Dowager of Wurtemberg, likewise a Prisons
of England. She will remain there during the kb-
sence of the Prince her husband, who sets out for
Vienna, whither he is going to solicit the poet of Cos•
mamler•in-Chief of the expedition against Naples,
which is still vacant, General Sommariva, who wee
destined to 11l it, having been appointed to replace
the Dnke of Wartembe-g in his command in the in-
terior of AnstHa. The etiquette of courts -would
not permit the Margravine, as an English Plume's,
to appear at Vienna. where her husband could only
be received in quality of a General in the Austrian
service. It is remarked that the bandgrave of Hesse
Hombourg is the only German Sovereign who has
offered to serve in the Austrian army against the King
of the Two Sicilia,. This is considered as the ho-
mage of gratitude which the Princes of that house
pay to the emperor Francis, to whom they are indebt-
ed for the sovereignty of their house and the aegnisi•
lion of a small territory on the left bank of the Rhine.

—(Brinutels paper.)
A meeting has been held at Stratford-upon-Arne.
fur the purpose of erecting, by subscription, a mono-
melt, or mausoleum, to the memory of the immortal
Sbakspsare. The King, it is said, will become the
patron of the undertaking. Several offers hare al-
ready been made by eminent artists to contribute their
professional abilities towards completing it, gratui-
tously.
Amou( Avemassue.—..it had been stated that
the address to the times from Aberdeen had been
signed by between 11.000 and 7,000 persous in a few
days, and that the ultra-loyal address from the siit-
elected Magistrates and other friends bad ban signed
308. With respect to the former the statement.
It *ppm", was oorreet ; but, as to the latter, the fast
is now discovered that the lift and fortune address' to
the Ring, had not beencounteaanced by 50 signatures.
Dumente Prime Miteetato.—.l Requisition, signed
by fifty of the inhabitants of Dundee, who affixed
their several occupations to their names, was present.
ed lately to the Provost, requesting him to call an early
general meeting for the purpose of considering the pre-
, priety of presenting an humble. loyal, and dutiful Ad-
dress and Petition to his Majesty, expressing their at-
j tachment to his Majesty's person and Government; re-
presenting the pernicious and unconstitutional nature of
the measures advised by his Majesty's present Ministers.
I especially in the proceedings against her Majesty the
Queen, and in the sudden prorogation of Parliament
under circumstances so unexampled and alarming • and
praying that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to
dismiss his said advisers from his presence and councils,
and to re-assemble Parliament without delay, in order
I that measures may be taken, by their advice, for allay-
ing the present discontents."—The Provost hiring, de-
dined to call the Meeting, the Requisitionists have given
notice of a Meeting to be held on the nth ofJanuc-y, in
the Steeple Church, the use of which has been granted
by the Constituted Authorities.

A practice, whieb well deserves to be know■ and
imitated, is established at Maresfield Park, the seat of
Sir John Shelley, Bail. M. P. Rewards are given
&nasally on New Year's Day to such of the industri-
ous poor of the aeighbonrhood as have not received
parish relief, and have most distinguished themselves
by their good behaviour and industry, the neatness .f
their cottages and gardens, their constant attendance
at church, Ice. The annual distribution was mob on
Monday last by Lady Shelley, assisted by vomit naltt
ladies. It was nest gratifying to observe the happy
effects upon the character and disposition of the poor
people with which this benevolent practice has beep
attended daring the few years It has been established.
Though the highest reward does net exceed two gni-
nese, yet it has excite a wonderful spirit of emulation.
and a great endeavour to avoid resolving money from
the parish. Immediately after the rewards were
given. 149 of the Andres belonging to the Sunday
school and the National school lately established in
the parish, eat down to a plestifed dinner; and after
dinner they also received prises he their
_good condttc t
as teachers, and their diligence as asintlitrs.

The new Theatre at Eimer haabig hoes completely
ready, it was intended to have "owed it on New
Year's day. The Managers, however, reekohed with-
' out their host. In consequence of tics'oon-arrival of
their performers, who, it is apprehended' were detalms4
by adverse winds on their passage from Owerosey, the
perfonnsncrs were nocesearily postposiod.
Saturday last, Thomas Steveni, Req. was elects/I
Recorder of the City of Easter, in the room of W.
Coursenay, Rag. M. P. who has resigned.
CORN LICH 1,114161 JAN. 3.—The aikvigalies of the
river being now completely stopped, all isessamm is out
market is suspended, on soca-sat of the impossibiliti •
of getting any torn wilted from Do•Ahipiesed, and
consetwatly the prices of all grails ars nominal.'

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