The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-01 00:00:00

THE STATESMkN.

Catholic religion, and the dynasty of the Must Serene
House of Braga►lss.
(Here follow the names of the Noblemen.)
" Of all which I, Manoel Fernandes Thomas, Mem-
ber of the Provisional Junta of the Supreme llovetn-
fner►t of the Kingdom, charged with the affairs of the
Kingdom ■nd Finance, caused by order of the said
Junta this set to be drawn up. which I signed, toge-
ther with the other members, and had an authentic
copy made of the whole, also signed by me, to be de-
livered to the Hopi! Archives of the Torre do Tomb°,
to be there preserved, the original remaining in the
office of the ?ecretery of State fur the Affairs of the
Kingdom. (Signed)
MANOEL PERNADEZ THOMAS.
41. 'PRINCIPAL DECANO.
" ANTONIO DA SILYIERA PINTO DA FONSECA.
" MONDE OS PSNATIKL.
" MATHIAS Jose DIAS Aseno.
as DERMANO Jose HS lASICASIP Do SOSItAL.
" Feet FRANCISCO nit S. Lyn.
"JOSEPH JOAQUIM FERREIRA DE Itloca•."
DECREE.

" The Provisional Junta of the Supreme Govern-
ment, taking into consideration that the regulations
of the arrete, uith the force of law, given in the
Court of Rio Janeiro on the 30th May of the present
year, are not yet in execution according to the tenth
paragraph of the same arrete, which fixes the kit of
January next v••ar to begin the execution of it; •ad
considering aim the uncertainty which, since the pro-
mulgation of the arrete of the 25th of April, 1810,
hag attended the execution of the 13th paragraph of
the 114111 e, relative to the legislation in the custom-
houses of those kingdoms, of the writings and papers
of ships and their cargoes coming front foreign
ports
_ _

" Order►—That in the custom-houses of these king-
doms shall he admitted to unload all vessels of friendly
nations, which, bringing lawful merchandise, shall
present their papers, conformably to the style anterior
to the above-mentioned creek. of 1818; the regula-
tions as well of the said kith paragraph of the curets of
1815, anti of 9th of the orrcirof 30th May thisyear, re-
maining meantime suspended, as well as all others
which have been published in these last years on the
same suitject ; every thing, however, remaining in
•igour which has been determined fur the admission
of merchandise of the produce or manufacture of
Great Britain, in consequence of treaties and arrange-
ments made with that nation. The Council of Royal
Finance has notice of the above, and will immediately
send the necessary orders to all the cnston►-houses.
[Signed by 7 Members ef the Janta.]
" Palace of the Government, Oct. 13, 1520."

SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AND
KING OP POLAND TO THE DIET.
At the Close of the Sittings, Oct. 13.

Representatives of the kingdom of Poland! on the
opening of your deliberations I expressed to von
Weas upon the means of giving to your national insti-
tutions, developement and stability.
Arrived at the period which suspends fur the present
the labours that are to conduct you by degrees to this
important end, yogi can easily learn what advances
you have made towards it. Ask your own conscience,
and you will ascertain whether, in the course of your
discussions, you have rendered to Poland all the ser-
vices which she expected from your wisdom, ore he-
thee, on the contrary, giving yourselves up to the se-
ductions which are too common in onr days, and sa-
crificed a hope that might have realised a previous con-
fidence, you have not retarded in its progress the re-
storation of your country.
This serious responsibility will weigh upon yon.--
It is the necessary consequence of the independence
of your suffrages. They are free, but a pure inten-
tion ought always to determine them. Mine is
known. Ton have received good for evil, and Po-
land has resumed her place among the rank of nations.
I will persevere in my designs in Cris respect, what-
ever opinion may be formed on the manner in which
you have chosen to exercise your privileges.
Nevertheless, gloomy impressions may yet he dis-
sipated, and the 31embers of this Assembly, whom a
sincere love of the general good animates, *ill ter-
minate their honourable mission, carrying to their
homes the news of peace and concord, and by diffusing
that spirit of quiet and security, without which the
most beneficent laws must always remain unproduc-
tive.
Ton have voted those which the wants of yourcoun-
try most imperiously demand.
indispensable suspension of process will prepare
the way for the gradual re-establishment of the ordi-
nary relations between debtors and creditors.
1 he forms which will henceforth surround the sa-
crifice of private property to the interest of the state
declare, that respect for property which is the best
encouragement of all useful enterprises.
I abstain at the present moment from pronouncing a
judgmeet upon the motives which have prevented you,
from entertaining the projects designed to cotuplete
the system of your legislation.
I leave to your fellow-citizens, the care of pro-
nouncing whether your only view in giving that vote
was to procure for the laws which are to rule you, that
perfection which may enable them to undergo the most
elaborate and profound scrutiny.
key tiers of the kingdom of Poland ! I quit
you, brat far from yon, I shalt watch over your
welfare with the utile constancy, with the same soli-
citude ; and the only object of my desires will be
to behold the government which I have given you con-
solidated by your moderation, and justified by the
example of your happiness.
THE AUTHOR OF IfceiVERLE); .e.

The claim of Sir Walter Scott, to the honours of
the amAorship of what are emphatically milled the
Scotch—Novels, bio been, as our readers are aware,
for some time and,,with great plausibility, called in
I question. In adatltipn to the articles on this contro-
' verity which have already appeared in The Stefcsmes,
we have as opportunity of subjoining, is support of
ithe mtinima previously advanced, an extract from one
which originally appeared in The (lecher Herald of
I July last. The article consisted of selections from
I the correspondent of a very respectable gentleman sa
Canada with his friends in the United States ; and
the following is the substance of one of the lettent
Tons, Drcrateca 12, 1818.—With respect to those
new publications, Rob Nov, Ike. I have no hesitation in
laying I believe them to lie the production of the Scotts.
I say the Scotts, because Mr. Thomas Scott (a Lo wrote
the principal part of them) was often assisted by Mrs.
Scott, and the works were generally revised by his bro.
tber Walter, before going to press. The Antiquary I
can answer fur particularly, because Mr. Thomas Scott
told me himself that he wrote it, a very few days after
it appeared in this country. Any person who had the
least intimacy with the Paymaster, would at once recog-
nizeltim as the author of those celebrated works. The
same native humour, the same cast of expression, and
that intimate acquaintance with the Scottish manners
and Scottish annals, which are in almost every page of
those works, could be traced in his own conversation, by
any person of the least observation. Besides this, 1
have often heard Mrs. Scott describe the very originals
from whom the princinal characters are drawn. The
Antiquary himself was an intimate acquaintance of the
Paymaster; his name 1 have now forgotten,hut he lived
in Ditinfries: and that finely drawn clraracter, Doolittle
Sampson, was an old college acquaintance. Flora
Dl'lvor's character was written entirely by Mrs. Scott
herself. 1 have seen several of the inanti.cripts in Mr.
Scott's possession, of his other works: hut I do not re-
celtactrsteisg any of the novels in manuscript, except
the Antiquary. I am pretty certain that it is his own
hand-writing. I had not heard that those works were
imputed to any other person until you mentioned it."