The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-23 00:00:00

4MON-NiftltVlVOE, ONE o.eLoem

The Funds continue to mend ; Consols for the account
have risen this morning from 691 to 70e, the market
looking very steady at those prices.
To day being the first transfer in the Navy live pet
rents, has occasioned a great influx of business in that
fund, and large purchases have been made; the highest
price quoted is MIL which is nearly le per cent
higher than they have been since the dividends began
paying.

A Mail from Braslls arrived this morning left Rio
Janeiro on the 31st of November. Ralifax and New
Brunswick papers have also arrived to the Ifttli of
Recen►ber. From these we learn that a Spanish frigate
and brig arrived lat►ly at the Ravannah from Vera
Crux with 6,000,000 dollars on hoard ; and from St.
John's, that an alarming fire had, in November, de-
stroyed the premises lately occupied by James Cunliffe,
Esq.

The intelligence in the Paris papers to the felst is
uninteresting.—French Funds, Five per ernes. mlf.
50 e.

At a mectiniz of certain of the inhabitants of liive
rurr, held on the 10th instant, it was agreed to present
a petition to both Houses of Parliament, to insert the
Queen's name in the Liturty, and to restore her to
all I►er legal rights.—(4/erdrea Joetrnal.)

The Guidry Inoorporation of Perth, on Saturday
last, resolved to petition both Houses of Parliament
to have the Queen's name restored to the Liturgy,
and an establishment provided for her also calling
the attention of Parliament to the present depressed
state of the commercial and agricultural interests.
We understand forts•-three members only were present,
ten of whom, including the Magistrates, of the City,
voted against the measures.—(Perth Courier.)
On Tuesday last, at a meeting at the Ebenezer
Chapel, Truro, a petition to the House of Commons,
praying the Honourable House to use its constitu-
tional influence for procuring for her Majesty the re-
storation of her legal rights, and that a suitable pro-
vision may be settled on her, was adopted, and ordered
to remain for signatures.
A meeting of the Inhabitants of Chipping-Sodbury
and its vicinity was held in the Town-hill on the 4th
instant, when Mr. E. H. Parker was unanimously
called to the chair, and a petition was proposed and
agreed to with acclamation, praying his Majesty that
he would dismiss his present Ministers, and direct the
restoration of the Queen's name to the Liturgy. It
has already received nearly 1,500 signatures, and
will be forwarded to Sir Berkeley William Guise
to be presented at the meeting of Parliament.
A requisition has been presented to the Sheriff-Sub-
stitute of Renfrewshire, to call a general meeting of
the inhabitants of the county, for the, purpose of ad-
dressing his Majesty on the present state of the coun-
try, which he having declined, the requisitionists have
appointed the meeting to take place in the East Relief
church of Paisley.
No. 46, class A. was drawn this day, a Prize of
21,000!. Consols, and was, as anticipated, sold by
CARROLL, in sixteen-sixteenths, at his favourite Offices,
No. 19, Cornhitl, and 26, Oxford-street.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

Paris. Jan. 13, MI.
Sts—Although no event of importance has occurred
here since the meeting of the Chambers, the extraor-
dinary speech of Gen. Donnadieu, said to have been
prepared by another furious ultra, and spproved of by
the gomnermemsemt oeculte, has created a great sen-
sation, and clearly shews the impossibility of Minis-
ters bearing up against the two fires, between which
they have placed themselves by the recent elections.
It is a novelty in the history of the French Chamber
to see one of the most desperate anti-constitutional-
ists make espeech, which, with a few trifling alte-
rations, would not disgrace a liberal, and it is indeed,
generally allowed by the patriotic Members, that they
would never have been permitted to make so violent
an attack on the Administration with similar impunity.
That part of the General's philippic which relates to
the treatment of the army, seems to hare made the
greatest impression on the public mind, because it
happens to have been the most consonant to truth,
every thing in fact which bad policy could suggest,
and timidity could dictate, has been done to create
disgust amongst the military ; and considering the
Influence which this class seems destined to exercise
on the social destinies of Europe, what hut an un-
accountable partiality can induce the Ministerial and
ultra royalist factions to drive it to desperation? How-
ever diEcult it may be to account fur the manner in
which the cause of freedom and humanity is retrograding
in France, the fact is too glaring and deplorable
to escape the most superficial observer ; but as extremes
are said to inert, sanguine hopes are entertained that
this period has nearly arrived here. At all events,
the occult party no longer make any secret of their
determination to turn the present ads isers of Louis
XVIII. out, and occupy their places. While the
ultras are doing all they can to restore the age of
barbarism, the friends of order and good government,
console themselves with the reflection, that Spain,
Naples, and Portugal are free, while the spirit of
reform is fast spreading in England. It is this refire-
Akin alone that enables them to sustain the evils
.ssf their present situation, as exemplified in the innu-
merable abuses of the judicial establishment and cri-
minal code, by which trials are protracted to an end-
less period, and hundreds of individuals severely
punished before they are found guilty It is only
Bach a consoling ipference as I have alluded to, that
n fluid induce people calmly to look on, while so
s. an unfortunate victims were arraigned and shut up
in dungeons, ever since the month of August, for a
conspiracy which nine-tenths of the counnnnity verily
believe to have been organised by the police!
You have heard of the trial and acquittal of M.
Madiea Montjore, and of the able manner in which
his intrepid parent corroborated all the assertions
contained in his petition. U. Lavache, a young man
of the most promising talents, who lately wrote a
pamphlet in defence of the venerable and virtuous
Bishop Gregoire, as well as in refutation of limey of
Guisot's doctrines, has been more recently con-
demned to pay a fine of 10,000 francs and to suffer
five years imprisonment, for disputing the inviolability
of the Throne, and arguing in favour of the sore-
reigntylf tienark► as cuaancrated in the Spanish
Vanetitlifflott." Fortdnately, the intended victim was
apprised of his fate in sufficient time to escape from
the harpies of the law. The process instituted and
carried on against those who were detected in giving
vent to their patriotic feelings in the month of June
list, exhibits such a scene of procrastination on the
part of the judges, and of suffering amongst the
accused, as it would be extremely difficult to find in
the annals of European jurisprudence. 1 bail hoped
to have been able to send you the result of this sin-
gular trial, but it will not close before a late hour
to-day.
It is supposed that the Ministry will be broken up by
degrees, and not dismissed cu moire. Those who are
narked out as likely to become the first sacrifices, are
L—n, M—g, K—g, and than whom,
it would be hard to name, three persons participating
more largely in the general contempt of a nation.
.13aron Morestier has considerable influence at Court,
is liked by the King, and wishes,it is said, to conciliate
the jarring interests of the two factious ; he may in
this account outlive his coadjutors iu oflice. M.
Matthew de Montmorency, eltt voiler hunmeoir to the
Duchess d'Ankonleme, has the t redit of being the life
sad soul of the occult party ; his word is as a law
..pith them ; it if needless to add, that this gentleman
qnjoys the unlimited confidence of his pious mistress.
Parodizing the well-knowu saying of Alexander to
Parmenio, the Duke d'A , was souse days ago
heard to exclaim, " If I were not the Duke sl'A—,

should like to heMattheir Montwerency !" lieiuv

upon the subject of [Minor count politics, 1 may as well
add, as amongst la es dit that the Duchess de
and her Highness of A—g---e are on any terms but
first of friendship and harmony. People account fur
unnatiuel state, by saying thatthe former is deep.
ly imbued with those principles, Which render her
Father so deservedly popular at Naples, while her
rival in the King's rood graces, is known to be of a
totally opposite colour in politics. Whether the result
of waggery or one of those presentiments which assume
the authority of gospel in tins [sits e.ralt,er of the
ultras, a few of them have la-ely given it out that
Madame is erwieate, and same go so fir as to assert
orders have been given to keep her Royal Highness
very tranquil
As to the King's health, it is such as might be ex-
pected at his advanced time of life ; he is, however,
rather better than he was some weeks ago, when, his
Majesty is said to have experienced a severe attack.
The Duke of 0---'s populArity continues to increase
and he leaves nothing untried to be thought well of by
all ranks. Aithough several of 31. Dream's friends
are occupied in proving that the fate of Prance depends
on his return to power, they have not, as yet, convinced
the public on this subject.
The last accounts from Turin state that the
Sovereigns, about to meet at Laybach, have invited the
King of Sardinia to become one of them, hut, that he
has excused himself and sent M. de Sanmarsa, Secre-
tary of State ipr Foreign Affairs, to supply his place.
From that transpired of the proreedinus at 'l'roppau,
it is not difkali to conceive the ulterior views of this
sew congress, and if it required a stimulus, there is a
very strong one furniebed by the ultra-royalist Jour-

flats of Paris, whose Editors are straining every nerve
to justify the barbarous policy of Austria and Prussia.
fo such a state of degradation has this once great
country fallen ! •
While the members of the Holy Alliance are occu-
pied in trampling on the rights of mankind, and
vainly endeavotiring to oppose the spirit df the
the constitutionalists of Southern Europe are no: idle :
an alliance defensive anti offensive, if net already
concluded between Spain, Naples, and Portugal, is in
agitation, and will undoubtedly be the -immediate re-
sult of a perseverance in the measures adopted at
Troppan. It is true that a trilling difference of
opinion has arisen at Madrid, between the patriotic
societies and the ministers. But so far from being in-
jurious to the new order of things, those occasional
eruptions are even necessary for its preservation.—'
The minister of a goverment just returned to free-
dom, if not vigilantly watched by the people; the
fountain of all legitimate power, are but too apt to
relax in those duties which can alone insure its
stability. Some fatal errors have, it is generally
allowed, been committed by the advisers of Verdi-
' nand, and the weakness of his own character hes
also been made subservient to the views of designing
individuals ; it is not too late to recover from the ill
effects of a misplaced indulgence to treason and con-
spiracy. No only do the infatuated King, bat his
ministers perceive that the people will not be trifled
' with. Let them therefore profit by the experience of
the past, and there is nothing to fear from popttlar
indignation, which is only directed against the real
enemies of liberty. Nothing of any consequence re-
suited from the late tumult which was confined to the
members of the societies at the erns de Melia and
Fortama de Oro. When the last Courier left Madrid, on
the 4th instant, all was perfectly tranquil. A new con-
spiracy is said to have been discovered at Saragossa,
where several arrests have taken place; amongst
others is the Marchioness tie Lasan, wife of the for-
mer llovernor, a most intriguing woman, and already
detected in cooperating with her husband against the
constitution. Do nut, however, attach any impor-
tance to the reports you hear, as they are generally
circulated by the ultras here, and their agents, for
they have many at Madrid.
The Sovereigns were to reach I.4osach on the Gth,
and from the number of Ministers that have proceeded
there, it will be much more numerous than the late
assemblage at Troppatt.
P.S. I have Jost heard that the persons implicated
in the affair last June, were yesterday ortpeittrd, with
the exception of Fayollt: and Adam-, who are bound
in recognizance' to keep the peace. Thu., have
these unfortunate individuals, been incarcerated for
' nearly nine months, without, as it now appears, has.•
i lug been guilty of any crime. •So mach fur the clitui-
nal law of France!!!

AI. 'l'heratr}• has just published an able panaphlrt
on the State of the Country, of which I shall give an
account in a future communication.

EAST INDIES.
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The Dunt.tx Monst,in POST, after qmotina the sic-
count from the London Papers of 41. e. ewpssiltiow pte-
paring against the Scindlans, adds,we (Morning Post)
are in possession, through an exclusive channel, of the
result of the expedition above alluded to. Indeed we
have of late (exclusively) furnished the Loudon
Papers, as well u our Irish contempora►ies with e'•e y
snick of the intelligence of any importance coming
from India :---
BUCCINS OF THE ('UTCII EXPEDITION
AGtINST THE *UNMANS.