The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-31 00:00:00

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We shall mums this subject, which is now becoming

importantly interesting. A Parliamentary enquiry on
the subject most take place ; and being in possession of
mule information upon it, this is a fit time for its publi-
cation.

The public journals and private letters of Thursday from
Paris have been received. The latter state that M. de Vll-
leis had caused it to be announced to the Syndic of the
Stock-brokers, on the morning of the 25th, that Mina had
effected his retreat to Barcelona, and with the other Con-
stitutional corps of Milne end Liobera had entered that
City. The pipers do not mention this fact, but leave it to
he inferred as the natural result of the skilful marches and
counter-marches by which Mina had defeated every attempt
to overtake or force him into action. The Journal de Tow-
gouge asserts (what has been all 'lonic suspected)' " that the
Grandees of Spain and the ancient Cortes hssentbled at Ma-
drid.atere to confer the title of Regent of the Kingdom on
the Duke of Angouleme till Tiny Ferdinand should be set at
liberty." The individuals who are expected to form a
Regency to govern at Madrid in King Ferdioand's
name, are stated to be the Dukes de San Carlos and De
L'lnfantado, and the Marquess De Casa Yrojn. The
first was one who followed Ferdinand to Bayonne, and
shared his confinement at Valengay. He negotiated the
Treaty of 1313 with Bonaparte, in virtue of which Fer-
srlinand obtained his liberty. Ile re-entered Spain with
the King, as his Minister ; and continued to exercise a
powerful influence as such till the end of 1815. alien he
was appointed Ambassador to Vienna, and was thence
removed in the same capacity to London. The Duke
de L'lnfant edo also accompanird Ferdinand to Bay-
onne, but afterwards accepted office under Joseph Bo-
naparte, and next took up arms against him. Having
taken a command in the Patriotic army, he retired
after two or three defeats from the profession of arms,
and in 1511 came on a mission to London. the Marquess
of Casa Yrnjo was engaged as a diplomatist in
the roiled States, and signed on the part of Spain the
cession of Florida. After his return, he held fora while,
in ISIS, the office of Secretory of State. It is under the
auspices of these men, according to report, that a new
Decollation will in a short time be opened by the Duke
d'Angooleme, with the Alittiaters and Cortes at Seville.
• It is confidently said to be the disposition of the new Ali-
nistry to negotiate with France.
Notwithstanding all that has hitherto been stated. the real
fate of Abialial is still involved in much mystery. It appears
by all the French accounts of the occupation of Madrid,
that he was no longer in command at that period, and that
the Conctitutional Army acted and refired towards the Pro-
since of La Mancha, under the orders of General Legere.—
But what had become of Ahisbal is not mentioned. The Pilote,
and private letters continue to assert in the most confident
manner,, hat he had been deprived of Iris command, and that
GeneraMagos had been appointed in hisplace. The state-
ment, however, is contradicted by the Journal des Debate.
Thisdournal, notwithstanding. admits that Abisbal had ad-
dressed a letter to the Doke of Angouleme, " drawing an
Instructive and terrifying picture of the desee-
' rate state of the affairs of the Party domineer-
ing in thb Coates, and of the universal disposi-
tion of all nervy of influence to abandon, or even
to orertorn an authority, whose prolonged agony
might still occasion so many unavailing calamities. The
' letter of this General," (continues the Journal des De-
/ air) "announces that his measure was combined with
the Commanders most. esteemed by the troops, such as
Morillnand B tliasteros, and declares that the principal
chiefs of the army, obeying with reluctance a Ministry'
withont skill, and an assembly without political weight,
int ifed pith all their wishes a better order of things,
anti were ready to hail as a Liberator the noble
Prince, who had no other desire titan that of
promptly closing the glorious part which he had as-
sumed." The offer of Abisbal, is however, said to leave
heen.rejerted !for, according to the Journal des Debate,
'"tlee Duke d'Angouleme will treat with no General, with
no separate army, out only with King Ferdinand when
set free, or with the Government which King Ferdinand
shall have freely established." The difficulties of the
French, however, are known to encrease and to involve
them in perplexity ; and, it is understood they are very
reedy to avail themselves of the auspices of England to
enter into the negotiation that is reported as about to
commence.
Fri r:NC I. FUNDS, Ma 2S.—Five per cents. opened at
88. 60. ; lowest, 83. 45.; highest, 88. 80. ; closed 88.75.
Bank stock, 1,590. Neapolitan five per cent. 761. Er
•eliange on London, one month, 25. 85. ; three months,
25.65.
German paners received this mornidg contain intelli-
genre from Smyrna to the 19th ult. A great number of
volunteers, it is stated, have arrived there from the inte-
rior of Asia Minor; some. of them are to serve in the
navy, the other., who are the most numerous, to take part
la the expedition which is preparing against Samos.—
'hey think, it is said, that the military operations will
esmatence with the attack of thot Island ; and the village
.4 Scio pillaged, burnt and enslaved, irritates their cupi-1
Cystic, their impatience. They indulge in the most
littering hopes, and would gist to time swifter wings
to hasten the moment when they shall be able to shed
hostile blood, to carry off women, and to amass riches.
The catastrophe of Scio has beeb more fatal to the Turk*•
whom it has demoralized, than to the Greeks whom it ex-

terminated. Smyrna and its neighbourhood are rem-
tented as continu:ng to enjoy tranquillity and order; and
the Pacha neglects nothing to ensure their duration.
From Stetgard we learn that the great Council of the
• Canton of the Vend. has resolved to suspend the law of
the 'l4th of May. 1822, relative to the Liberty of the
•Press. The Council of State is to receive extraordinary
'powers, writich are to continue till the Ist of July 1824,
for the purpose of superintending Printers, Booksellers,
' Circulating Libraries (or Reading-rooms); and to inflict
Penalties which. however, must not exceed the maximium
fixed by the law-
, Accounts from. Elberfield state that the Rhenish West
IsdiaCompany 'nas received the agreeable intelligence,
that the Ca:trial's consignment of goods intended for
• Manion, hat safely arrived at Vera Crux. Thor, the first
s.nhiPoiades ens elusively with German goods, and fitted for
I a Osemou Port, which has 'reached the sew Empire of
litildenit belongs to the Rhenish West India Company.

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STOCK EXCHANOK, TWELVE O'CLOCK.--COOMAS opened
this morning at SIR, and the Market appoirs heavy up to
this hoar, with little business doing. The Express from
Paris this morning, we are informed, brings the French
Rentes at 88.50. The Private Letters state, that the Re-
gency has been appointed at Madrid. We do not hear as
yet any information of importance from the above capital.
It is generally credited in the city that a uegociation Is on
the tapir, but that the Spaniards will not listen to any terms
before the French withdraw their forces to the Fre ch
frontiers. •

FOREIGN MARKET.—This boing settling day for all Fr,.
reign Securities, most of the Brokers are busy in winding
up their Accounts ; consequently there Is little doing io
the above Market. Spanish Bonds opened at 37H.
Chili, nothing done—New Spanish 374—New Prussia,
fill 83--Russia, soi—Danish, nothing done.—Colombian,
soh and was done at 02.

It is reported that a considerable redaction will soon
take place in the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich,
principally among professional persons attached to that
department, and in future it will be required that candi-
Idates for the Ordnance Military Corps will be educated
at their °on expense forthat service, by which reduction
a very great saving, will be effected in the Ordnance.--
The average average expense during the war, it is supposed, could
not be less than 1,0001. to the Public for the education of
each Officer, previous to his leaving the Academy.—
During peace it must be considerably more, as the
establishment at present has still the same number of pro-
fessors as it had during the war.
A meeting of several Gentlemen (Civil and Military)
took place at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-
street, on Wednesday last, the 21st inst., for the purpose
of taking into consideration the most speedy mode of
erecting two colossal equestrian Statues, one opposite
Buckingham Howie, in honour of his present Majesty—
the other apposite the Horse Guards, in Sr. James's
Palk, in honour of his Royal Highness the Duke of York,
PS Commander-in-Chief. Anil a General Meeting has
been appointed to take place at two o'clock precisely, at
the Freemasons" Tavern, on Wednesday the 4th of June,
for that purpose.
BRIOIITON, May 31.--The pier is approaching towards its
completion;a lamp is now conttantly kept burning at the ou
ter pier bead,as a caution to ships and boats,not t o approach
too nose, during the night; and in the day time, when the
weather proves fogy, a bell will be kept continually
ringing, to give notice to shipping not to approach the
pier within a certain depth of water—these are essen-
tial and salutary precautions.
We do not recollect to have seen, for years, so few ba-
thing machines in requieition, as at present ; this indi-
cates, we conceive, the coldness of the season; perhaps-
our numerous warm and cold baths, may also prove a
drawback on the sea-bathing.
Although the mackarel have not during the week been
brought on shore, in abundance, they have fetched tole-
rable prices—say fr-on two to four hundred fish its a boat
—prices from 40 to 50s per hundred. This we think a
fair average.
The Journal des Debate of Wednesday says, " Doe-
natlieu has rendered himself master of Cellent ,• on his
arrival, Mina abandoned it."—This is the General, whom
it has pleased some of our contemporaries to undervalue;
yet, though we have heard fur the last month, of Curial's
corps, and Donnadieu's corps, and d'Erules' corps, anti
two or three others, constantly in his trsckt not one of
them has been able to find him. Now, as it was ob-
viously his object to give employment to the enemy's
troops, and such employment as would prevent them from
advancing to support the other divisions of the army,
can it be denied that he has succeeded ? than it too, be
denied that his plan was a good one, living a nuateri-
tally inferior force, and one greatly inferior in military
equipmints, &c. lf, then, it be allowed that Mina's plan
was good, and that he has successfully carried it into
execution, we confess our inability to understand by what
process of reasoning it can be shown, that he himself is
not a good Oeneral.—(Courier.)
BILPAST, MAT 27.—We have been informed that the
celebrated Miss Edgeworth sailed in the :;team Packs
from this harbour for Glasgow yesterday morning. It
is said she is going on an Invitation to visit the tamilt
of Sir Walter Scott.—(Belfast Neter-Leiter.)
RAYON Nit, MAT W.—Notwithstanding the advance of the
head-quarters towards Madrid, without any material inter-
ruption, those persons who are of opinion that the Spanish
Generals act upon a preconcerted and well. digested plan,
are not quite at their ease respecting the results of the Cam-
p sign. They see in their movements an intention of sepa-
rating the various corps of our army, by dtlawing them to
different puts of the kingdom, whets they will be unable to
afford each other any, support. Thus Mina has been con-
stantly hovering on the French frontiers; Ballasteros, who
might easily havejoined either Mina or Abisbal, prefers re-
tiring towards Valencia, drawing the second corps after
him ; Morino suffers himself to be entirely out-fianised, and
even cut off by the first corps, while he remains in ()elicits
and the Asturias, where he may soon double his force, and
render our position, advanced as far as Madrid, and the
frontiers of Portugal, whose neutrality is very problemati-
cal, extremely critical, by attacking as in flank. Abisbal,
with an army increased by all the Constitutionalists, who
have retired as the troops of the Faith advanced, may dis-
t ute the ground which he is charged to defend. Add to this
six thousand chosen m, n from the capital, who have left it
in eighteen guerillas, disposed to do us all the mischief they
can, and taking in the chances of scarcity of provisions,
and diseases—such is the picture which the fears of some
persons present to their imagination.
latsts Ecosromv.—A recent resolution at Vestry, to
inter the dead poor of this town, in future, without cot
fins, hail created a great sensation amongst the lower
orders. An effort at such a description of economy,
dors not, we must confess, appear to us to be very praise-
worthy.—(Galway Chrox.)
I RISII COMPORT.—A Meeting was held last week of a
Committee of the Society for Improving the Habits of the
labouring classes in Ireland. At that Meeting a well
informed Gentleman of this country who bad recently
returned from a long • residence in that, assisted the
Committee with his observations and suggestions. Af-
ter the meeting, on joining a party of friend, to whom
he stated the objects and obstacles of the Society, lie re-
lited the following anecdote as an instance of one of the .
loverate habits with which the Committee had to con-
tend :—A landed proprietor in the South of Ireland, hav-
ing been long disgusted with the sight of a pig in the
parlour of one of his tenants, prevailed upon Murphy,
by arguments and the aid of materials, to build a cabin,
or stye, for Murphy's pig. For some time Murphy and
his quondam companion lived at a respectful distance
from each other ; but one day when Merphy's landlord
called, he was vexed to find the quadruped and biped
living together in the same place and on the same terms
as before. On this the landlord demanded why the pig
was again admitted to be a parlour guest, after Murphy
i had given a solemn promise that t and he should live
apart. " Why plase your Honour," quoth Murphy,
" 'tis only for this day and to-morrow that 1 meant to
keep the pig here. Phase your honour, you must know
that yesterday Darby Barry, the boy, was married to Ma-
ry Normoyle, and, poor cratures, they bad no house nor
home of their own to go to; so I pitied them, and thought
that if I did but bring the pig again into the house with
me here, they might live very well, for a white, in the
pig's cabin. Well, your honour, there Darby and his
poor young wife were bedded, to be sure, awl very com-
fortable they are together, I can tell you. But 'tis only
awhile, as 1 told von, they'll stay ; for Darby's father is
building a cabin 'for the poor young cratures' selves,
and it will be all complete in a day or two. Aod I
thought there would be no harm in shifting the pig for
so short a time, to make.the two pow cratures happy;
and 1 hope your honour will not think there is any harm,
for you see the pig too, is comfortable here."

COURT OF CIIANCERY.—(Tau DAT.)

DOWIN AND OTHERS IN_BCSITILL AND OTIIIIM•

JUDGMENT.
This singular cause again came before the Court this day,
the Loan CHANCELLOR proceeding, on taking his seat, td
givejudgment in it. It originally was a bill filed by certain
persons claiming legacies against the defeeonts, the ex-
ecutors of the will of William Litchfield. of Ilanwell, Mid-
dlesex. The short facts of the case were, that in ISO 7. he
made a will.bequeathing to an adopted child his real estate,
sad teasing certain portions of his personal property to
other persons. In ISIS he again made a will. altering his
former one, and in which he read the folaiwing words, " I
hereby tevoke all former wills." The plaintiffs contended
that the second paper was hut a co "icil to the first one,
end that the above words had crept Into the will inad-
vertently. It Was also alleged that at the time of
executing it, the testator was not of sound mind.—
On the other hand it was contended that the Testator
knew well what he was about, and meant to bequeath
his property as described in the will of 1813. An issue
on the hearing was directed to be tried, and the Jury
found; first, that the Testator did not mean to devise his
property as stated 1-4111 y. That be was not of sound
mind:-idly. That the will was made according to the
Statute of Frauds ; and, 4thly. That the will was exe-
cuted by a man who was of sound mind, and who meant
to bequeath his property as stated throughout'
with the exception of the last clause : a more
unintelligible verdict his Lordship Said be had
never witnessed, and the question here was, was the
paper a real will or was it not, and the question
must be judged both as to the real and personal estate.;--
The question whether this will was such a one as wool]
authorise the granting of probate was not for this Court
to. decide, and therefore his Lordship was of opinion the
case ought to go before the Ecclesiastical Court for the
purpose of trying whether the will hail or had not been
proved. This Court, it was clear, could not entertain
question as to personal property, nor could it say whe-
ther this will which had been proved in the
Commons was the only will made by the Testator. After
some observations from the respective Counsel, his Lord-
ship said, the general view with respect to wills was, that
the Testator reed the will over, or had it reed over to
him; and in the absence of evidence, and that strong
evidence too, it would be a proceeding fraught with
great danger were the Court to direct an issue to
try the validity of its contents It was clear that
lifs Lordship would not grant the issue, as in the
present case nine-tenths of the claims were relative
to the personal es ate, It was here observed, that there %raja
very. wreat mass of eriderce, and the Lord Chancellor said,
he must then see it; hut, he hoped that only one
copy would be sent. The formal parts of it might also be
struck out, but as the question required to be settled es soon
as possible, the gentlemen who furnished need not do as
had been done in the present case, namely, by way of sav-
ing time, send him three copies, which had been remitted of
the present petition.

The following are the names of the eight Irish Mem'
ben who voted last night for giving a discretionary
power to the Commissioners to increase the income of the
Clergy, one-third more than they already have received
on an average of seven years; ail the other Irish Mem-
bers voted against that power: Sir tieorge Hill, George
Dawson, Right Hon. W. C. Plunkett. holding offices;
Sir Arthur Chichester, %Vm. Stuart, of Armagn, Richd.
Martin, Thomas Ellis, Master in Chancery, Sir John
Dredges.
(heat numbers of persons are daily viewing the large
oak tree, which has lately been felled in Tooley Park.
Leicestershire. This surprising oak, is ten yards round
the butt of solid timber, and is valued at about 200 gui-
neas. The bark is estimated at three tons ; and the tree
and branches now fallen, cover half an acre of land.—
It is supposed to have been growing several hundred
years. Many of the branches are from three to four
yards round.
Among the performers alreadvengaged by the indefa-
tigable Manager of the Haymarket'Theatre for this next
season, are—Messrs. Harley. Terry, Liston, Vining—
Miss Chester, Miss Paton, Miss Love, Miss Johnston,
Mrs. Orger, Mrs. Jones, and Mts. Davenport.
Last Monday, at the Fighting Cocks Inn; at Win-
farthing, a large click, of the trite fighting breed, at-
tacked a beautiful child, about a year and an half old.
belonging to the family of the landlord, and wounded
him in several places in the head and face; and if timely
assistance had not been at hand, there is little donbt
that he would have repeated his attacks till he had de-
prived him of his sight, if not of his life. The cock
was killed immediately.—(Norfolk Paper.)
LYNN, Mar 90.—Tle neighbourhood of High-street was
on Tuesday morninc: thrown into a state of much alarm and
consternation, in c insequence of a dog having every symp-
tom of madness, rushing violently down the pavement, end
forcing his way into the house of Mr. Raven, painter. from
the lower rooms of which he soon banished the family, hap-
pily without injury to any one. The poor animal raged most
furiously about the shop and parlour, broke several panes of
glass end a chair, foamed and bit at every object in his
way ; he was at last, with mach caution, forced into the
street, when he was quickly dispatched with as air gun b y
a neighbour, and taken away. Much enquiry has been made,
but we do not hear of any damage being sustained by any
other person.
A Labia on the lands of Ballinora, near Ballincolig
county Cork, occupied by a poor man, his wife and three
children, the mud walls being melted by the Hite rain,
suddenly fell in, on Friday night, while they lay in the
same bed, and honied the entire. On the following morn-
ing they were dug out, when the two elder children were
foetid dead ; the poor man was so dreadfully bruised that
his recovery is considered hopeless—the mother in a
state little better, but the third child, an infant, lying
between its parents, was providentially protected from
the overwhelming weight, and was taken out smiling,
unconsciously and uninjured.
A FALSR ALARM.—Ar ew weeks ago, the inhabitants of
one of the principa, cities la the West of England were
tided with conjecture and consternation at the followin g
notice, painted in large capitals on the front of a house, re-
cently fitted up and repaired, " Mrs. M—, from London
deals in aU sorts of Ladies." All was consternation !
Inquiry was instantly set on foot as to who this Mrs. M.
might be? No one could tell; she was a stranger from
London about to establish a new concern. Great anxiety
prevailed as to this equivocal proclamation of the new esta-
blishment. For two whole days all was injusti•e and con.
sultation. On the third morning, behold, the mystery was
unravelled. The house painter. who had, it seems, been
suddenly attacked by a fit of the gout, returned to
finish his work, and in ten minutes concluded it by adding—
"end Gentlemen's wearing apparel."
Survoi.u, Mar 29.—A few days since as some carpen-
I ters were employed in patting down a new fence in the
ehurch-yard, at Earl Mohair. In this county, they discovered
a few silver coins, about two feet below the surface of the
ground ; they are now in the possession of the Rev. J.
Groom?, and, open examination, proved to he the coins of
the earliest date of Henry the Third, and consequently have
been coined about six hundred years, and are yet in a state
of very good preservation.
Luaus, Pow, CARRR.—A girl, named Catherine
Perry. was charged on Wednesday, at Usher's Quay Po-
lice Office, by peace officer Hawthorn, with having at-
tetnpted to drown herself.
A man, named Peter Hughes, was charged the ."e
day at Marlborough-street Police Office, by Mr. t hris-
topher Pallace, with having attempted to drown himself.
A fellow, of the name of John Johnson, was charged
at the same office the same day, by Mr. Edward Gorman,
with having concealed himself in his drawing. oom
chimney; and a woman, named Mary Kelly, was charg-
ed at the same office by Mr. Norman. on sosnicion of
being an accomplice in attempting to rub his house.