The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-25 00:00:00

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Issru-am.
Riego ; but,,, jest "in the nick :of time," as De:
Slop has. it, • a French corps rame•• Ppt and put
Rier. AO- toits,_ The account howeser cletes , not
add ~whatwalapuld have beep the consequence of
such a reht;•n6.mely, the liberation of Raliasteros ; and we
are left to imagine that ftiego nits iway with Ballasterost
upon his back. One thing is evident, that Riego cannot
look upon a cause as desperate, wbea. be ventures to take
the field, and commence operations in the interior. The
abandonment of Malaga," as it is called, was in reality
taking the field ; and it might as well be said that the Doke
of Wellington abandoned Brussels, when lie left it to fight
the battle of Waterloo ; but the New Time: faithfully re-
pests all the French accounts of their own situation ; and,
rejoicing that Riego is so near his fate, he recommends that
be should be brought to justice for his atrocities, without
stopping to reflect that be must first be brought withi
the power of the French. We should not be surprissd to
bear that the truth of this affair will turn out to be, that
nearly the whole of th'e French have ranged themselves
tinder the command of Riego, who left Cadis for the ex-
press purpose of repairing the mischief occasioned by the
folly, or treason, of the former Mficer.

On the P.!th instant it was not known on what day Cadiz
would be attacked ; but the 1)oke d'Augouleme bas remov-
ed the French head quarters from Port St. Mary to Chicla-
oa—that is from the north-east to the south-west of the
town. This sheers that the boasted preparations for attack
were not completed ; and it begins to be almost a matter of
doubt whether Cadiz sill be attempted by storm. Time en-
terprise, on a close inspection of the dangers to which it must
expose the assailants.may freeze " French valour," before the
experiment is made. Should the resistance be at all adequate
to the means of resistance, the slaughter would be immense.
11 To !bete time efficacy of the French blockade of the harbour, it
is said that they have actually captured fifty vessels laden
with provisions, in avemptiag to enter. This is not so
many as entered Cadiz in one night in July; and shows
that the blockade must have been a mere farce. It has ne•
ver been pretended that the town was in any want of sup-
plies, which must have been the case, had time blockade
been effectual. A few days must put an end to all
speculations on time fate of Cadiz, for this campaign. Time
season is rapidly approaching when the entrance by sea
will be clear, and then time land blockaders may lay before
the walls as long as they find any amusement in his
business.

The French papers tell.us that the New Congress will
not meet to deliberate upon the fate of Spain, because all
discussion relative to that country is at an end: but that it
will have to take the state of other countries into consider-
ation. We should not be surprised if England were one
of them ; and that a forms! request should be made to us,
for certain improvements of our Constitution, to please the
caprice, or ease the fears of despotism abroad. They have
already found us weak and mean enough to drive foreign-
ers accused of the crime of entertaining liberal opinions,
from our shores; but this may not content them now. They
may demand that native offenders of this description may
be also banished—that the British Press may be manacled
in the continental fashion; and that all such institutions
as did not emanate from the will of the King
•should be abolished, as derogatory to the Royal
character. If they put their threat in execution, of pre.
paring a system of government for every conn,ry, of course
it will be offered to our acceptance; and the consequences
of a refusal may be an invasion by a hundred thousand
Russian champions of kgitimute government and social
order. The various proclamations against Spain and
Naples will do to the letter, with the mere alteration of the
names, for a jfistiiicatkm of an ir.:•asion of England : sad
there could be got up as pretty a regency here, supposing
our Liberals should run away with the King, as need be
wished for.

We hear that our Govern went has mustered sufficient
courage to indicate an intention of a partial recognition of
the South American States ; and that Consuls are to be
sent out forthwith, to represent this country in a formal
manner. We are glad they have taken our hint before the
French have expressed any noinion upon the subject ; and
we now trust that there will be no delay in sending them
out. The projected Meeting of merchants trading
to that quarter is not the less necessary on account of this
intention of the Government ; for it would he advisable to
obtain a full recognition of the independence of South
America; and as the Cabinet seems now in a tolerably
good humour, this is the time to press the demand.

A paper of this morning attributes to the presence and
exhortations of Lord Nugent at Cadiz, the determination
to reject all negotiation ; but, although his Lordship de-
serves great praise for repairing to the scene of the strng-
gle between the infant Hercules of Liberty, and the r‘rpent
that would destroy it, yet we cannot believe that, any
prompting was requisite, to enable the Cortes to perceive
that where there could be no guarantee fir the perform-
ance of the stipulations, there could he no treaty. Tt.e very
rudiments of policy must have pointed out to the Cores,
that their safety depended upon their resistance to the hat
t extremity.

We have the satisfaction to announce to the Public, and
particularly to that portion of the mercantile interest of
this country which is more immediately engaged in the
trade to Smith America. that Consuls have artnally been
appointed to several of the Sauth American Sta.e*, on be-
half of Ureat Britain. Our Readers are awes e that in re;•ly
to an application on the part of a burly of Merchants, for the
appointment of British A Fents in these States, Mr. Planta.
the Under Secretary of Mate for Foreign AffAirs, htated
that the establishment of Consuls iu them was then under

tlse consideration of Government. We have now only to
congratulate the Mercantile Interest on the adoption of a
Measure so bentficial to their interests, :Ind to exp:ess our
hope that it is only pr,p tratory to the full recognition of
the independence ;If the Swath Americas Governments by
Great Britain. This information having trans?ired in he
I,sity yesterday. it bad the crect of advancing Golomblaa
Bonds between one and two per cent. —(3lcratag Post.)

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letters.fromliavannah, dated the 14th of August, and
received yesterday, mention that the place was in a great
'Late of confusion, an extensive conspiracy having been
discovered, which had for object to throw off the supremacy
of Spain, and direct an independent Government in the
island of Cuba. Numbers of arrests ha 1 t ikut place. Al-
lesions are also made to Mexico being in a very disturbed
state.
We understand the Noble Marquess at the head of his
Majesty's Government in Ireland has communicated to the
King's Nlinisrere, that with the lengthening of the nights,
he lots reason to expect a renewal of those scenes of :1,,s s-
tation and horror which took places in that devoted country
during the last year; and "that Ministers are busied watt
the ,liges ion of measures which, without endengerinz the
stability of the system which nemessarily engenders all
the atrocities, mly have the effect of restraining theta
within certain bounds.—(Morniag Chronicle).
We learn, from a gool source, that there will he no
Congress (properly so called) this year. The two Eat.
perurs of Russia and Austria, who have matters to ar
range which it might not be proper for third parties to
overhear, intend to keep the assignation which they
have made, hut no on t has hears invited to join them.
The Einperor of Austria gees immediately to Milan foe
the winter, where arranateinents have for some time been
made fur himself and his Court.—(ltid.)
Letters from Copenhagen of the 13th inst. mention that
at a dinner recently given in Christiana by Count de San-
dell, the Viceroy of Norway, to a party of gentlemen Warne
thepostof governors of Swedish provinces, some expressions
uttered by him in relation to Sweden were thought so per-
sonally insulting to the company present, that its
less
than nine of them sent him challenges the next day. It
was not known whether the Count accepted the chailenges
or not.
Accordingto recent letters from Stockholm, the Swedish
Government is about to propose to the Diet the commutes
ition of the pensions assisrnsd to Gustavus IV. and his fa-
laity, for the payment of sum adequate to their value,
thus extinguishing the annual charge which the Govern
lament ills imposed on itself for that purpose.
By a letter in a paper of this morning, we learn that
person who had been formerly secretary to the Spanish Le
gation in London, bus most infamously deserted the cause
and service to which he had professed to be enthusiast' cal
ly attached. He requested, it appears, of M. Jobe. to Ice
him go into the country for a few days, on " a party of
pleasure ;" days passed, weeks succeeded ; no news of his
came, but a kind of report that he had gone to put himself
under the auspices of his Excellency the Duke of San Car.
los, Ambassador of the Infantado at Paris. But our woe
thy secretary bad outrun even report, lie had become tile t
confident of his Grace, and hastened with the glad tidings
to " his Despotic Majesty's Court" at Madrid. Arrived at
Bordeaux, with true diplomatic finesse, lie wrote to M. Ja
hat, that tiled of public employ he had determined to re-
tire from ' life's busy scenes,' and remain in tranquillity at
Paris;" he forgot that the exterior of his letter marked
with falsehood its contents. Having under the disguise of
his Constitutional professions, won the confitleace of thou
around him, lie thereby became a useful agent to the mini,
ten of corruption. It is some consolation to know that the
traitor was not a native Spaniard.
Fine.—About 12 o'clock last night a fire broke out
the house, No. 33, Speldhurst-street, Burton Crescent,
copied by a Mr. Bomberger (from Paris). The faiiiilybai
retired a short time to rest before the fire broke out in th
parlour, where all the stock in trade, ioclinling Freed
worked dresses, embroidered cambric handkerchiefi, f&a
were deposited. Mr. Bainherger was the first to eicar,
from the house after the alarm of the watchmen, by wines
aid, and the kind exertions of some neighbours, theinmate
were rescued from death in their night clothes, but Se
without some of them being severely hurt. Two of the dill.
(leen, we understand, were much scorched and carried to the
Middlesex liospital.—Such were the feelings of Mr. Maw
beefier on the frightful occasion, that on getting out of the
house, he appeared totally unable to render the 'caste
sistance towards the preservation of either his family a
property, hut ran shout the streets in the greatest agsey. 1
—The house was only damaged in the inside; and missal
the adjoiniug houses received any injury.
EFFICACIOUS WEAPONS EMPLOYED BY THE rr.
Letters from Bayonne of the ltith, say, that three million
of francs had just been forwarded from that toes fa
Port St. Mary.
Rumours prevail in Madrid, that the Monks, with t
Bishop of Orease at their heatl, have entered into a c
'piracy against the French, particularly disliking the Do
of Reggio.
Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the Fa
India house, when the following ships for China ilir
were this* timed, viz. Princess Amelia, Marqaess of 11110;
and Astell to he afloat :Ist!' February, ISM; sail to Grate
end the 14th March, stay there 31.) days, and be is tit
Downs the Ifith April.
On Tuesday night Mr. Betties, the King's Mesmer. -
arrived at the Foreign office with despatches from St Pace
burg, which place Mr. Betties% eft the 31st of August.
Dov ER, Sept. 23.—Arrived in the roads his Majests'i;
sloop of war the Jasper, and landed Lord Douglas, and Mr
Butler, the King's Messenger, charged with despatch
from Mr. Begot, oar Minister at S. Petersbnrg.—Sai
his Majesty's packet Arrow. with despatches front Calai
—Arrived the Monarch steam vessel, nith passengers fed
Calais.
filacreatly has ent..red into an engagement with
t
Drury Lane Manager for the next season. He is to perferr
a limited number of nights, and will make his first appe.i
ante on Monday, the 13 h of October, iu the character
Virg/mins.
Russel house at Brighton, it appears, is to be razed;
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on its site is to be erected a battery. The spot deserse
souse structure, to preserve it from oblivion; for it was it
the mansion now about to be pulled down, that DeeNr
Knseell, to whom not only Brighton, but all the sea hta'
iug plact s in Britain owe their origin, first collected f4'
tients, as in an Infirmary, to try the use of sesovatela
glandular cases. Whether the structure 'proposed to l",
reared for the purposes of war, be an appropriate memo'
of a place once devoted to the art of healingonay adiuitifs
doubt ; but the loyal commissioners may be gratified
converting the source of the town's prosperity, into
means of its defence.
A Lady of Title, in the course of her Travels and
Be
Wield Researches in the Eastern part of the World, &cowed &Code"
cinnhinine the most excini,lite end beantlfill Cosmetics. Its radical pro ",;
finalities render it infinitely superior to any Comeetic ewer Lewis
unprecedented proporties it rtimoves Ft 'claws, Maples. ftPilt."d'in,
neons Eruptions ; thus prevents those disorders which de‘erlauio the Se,
of the Female Coutitentuwe. In' Marion to the %Ottoa nt the lislYl''l°,
ready ad% rifted to, it imports a Its suriont end saalchle.s he nit% to eV,'"
plexion. To Gentlemen after RIMS ing. it allays the irritsfienPlei
Coin, and renders the Skis granola nod ple,mnit. —'flie KA SDOKIIIIon.
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he found the most efficient in its balsamic effect: and delectable fel
cation. The Lady, the nitro% 7of this Preparation, dixpeted.eff
ripe to Messrs. A. BOMAN it A \Psis\ who otter it to the "islan4b
gentry, as an invaluable productiou,tilletded 13) se% nal bightkad tiota•
ed penotase,,es.