The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-28 00:00:00

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Havarsora. Jour 8.--ArriveJ the British frigate Bo•
ryalus, W. Kinghood, eight rays from Kingston.
The Kingston papers of Upper Canada, mention the
arrival there of the Earl of Dalhousie, on lie 13th of
July.

The style assigned by the Ministerial papers on the
subject of the late affray at Knightsbridge Barracks ie
as well calculated as they can wish to promote the asi-
mosky between the soldiers and thepeople. To male.
fain that the military are always is the right, sad tie
populace in the wrong, may be gratifying to these whe
possess the direction of the sword and pen ; Inet
keep up the variance that subsists between large deem,
of society, and the men whose only duty it is to pro-
tect the whole, is as grossly isconsistent with the
policy of a liberal and enlightened Government
as it is possible to conceive. Never have meet
gross misrepresentations been attempted than thew
we see in the Ministerial prints of the scenes that
have taken place both at Cumberland Gate and
Knightsbridge; never have false colourings and ape.
logies been made of a tendency more direct N ante '
indigestion in one class of the peol.le, and encourage
the most dangerous boldness in another. What ether
effect can the following paragraph from The Corder ei
last night produce ? " It is said that a soldier levelled
a carbioe at Mr. WAITIMAN. We have inquired
into this fact, and we find that the Sheriff reek
upon the foot-path, where a corporal was placed, sad
appeared to the corporal to intend to ride over him._
Bystanders thought that it arose merely from the
rijfr mot hating ymite a good command of his Amt.
But if the corporal thought otherwise, surely he is set
rev!, blameable for taking the best means in his rear
of &terse's!: the Sheriff from committing the assault."
To spew the cold-bloeded malevolence of this rem-
sentation would be a waste of words ; as it would also
he to expose the statement which is annexed to this
of the origin of the affray. " With regard to
the main fact of the riot, we have," con.inues
The Cruricr, " made strict enquiry, and we find
the truth to be, that a quarrel arose between Rome of
the rabble and two of the Life Guards who happened
accidentally to be out of the barrac ks."—Nut a word
is here said of the soldiers appearing at the windows
of the barracks while the funeral procession was past-
ing and affecting to wipe their eyes ; not a word el
the brickbat which at that juncture was threes
from the barrack-yard upon the people. Another pa-
per of last night indeed, in a similar spirit, bed ties
ingenuity and courage to assert, on some nameless
authority, that the brickbat bad been previously throws
over the wall from the road ; but that falsehood was
of two clumsy a kind to use. We will supper.
however, that the throwing of the brickbat and tie
mockery of the Life Guardsmen at the windows (ea
of whom perhaps might be the murderer of FILANCIII)
had'neTellict in rousing the faelisoof tbs. pegiatlat
as even suppose that the affray originated in a quarrel
between some of the crowd and the two Guardsmen
who had been out of the barmcks ; we would then 'main
by what accident, as it is termed, they happened to be out.
Foreseeing the collision that would take place on Sea-
day between the populace and the Life Guards, if they
came in contact, we earnestly deprecated the proces-
sion when it was proposed; and much lamented, idea
it was persisted in, that the route by Bayswater, ss et
first suggested, had not been chosen. But if the steps
taken by the managers of the Funeral were injadicients,
might not niore precaution have been expected on the
part of those of superior minds who have the ma-
nazement of the military ? Even the conductors of the
procession had the good sense to avoid putting is
under the direction of individuals who were supposed
to be rash and obnoxious to Government ; yet neither
the Government nor the Military Officers had the fore-
sight to take care that no umbrage should be given to
the attendants of the Funeral. The gates of Hyde
Park had been securely shut; but the gates of the bar-
racks had been left open, and two of the Life-gnards•
men are confessed to have been drinking and quarrel-
ing nith the populace. On such an occasion and in
such a state of temper as the people were re
Sunday, was not this quarrel enough to produce
the affray. and ought not each a cause have bee
prevented ?—The origin and progress of the for-
mer catastrophe at Caneberlearliate matinees bolo
traced with diligence by the Coroner's Inquest. The
proceedings, as they go on, encrust: in heterest.

Madrid Papers to the 15th instant bare arrived...—
They state that Liuia, the raptor. of whicilf boo been
so often reported, still held out on the 10th of April.
at which date it was blockaded by the Patriots.
An article in the German Papers dated Algiers. die
27th July, states, that the Dey had begun to 6t oat WA
corsairs, but that the armament had been stispeodrd.
and• the plague had broken out is that City. Tb•
deaths were from 12 to 16 daily.
A decree bas issued for convoking the extraordinary
Corte of Spain on the 2dth of September. The obisoto
of that measure, according to a letter of the Secretary
of State to the Permanent Deputation of the Cortes so
to consider of the divisive of the Spaniak territorp
and the proper means for arranging, according toil,
the Political Goverment—the plan of a decree *
spectiog charitable establishments—the messeres
which the Goverantent may propose to the Ceetes,
for mooring the tranquillity and presidia( the wel-
fare of the America's—the criminal emsle, and the
forme of process--the Wenn of the toodolt
tioae—the liquidation of the costracta—the message)
oemeary to guard against the wises *my the e'er
try might sustain from the oireulstims of Ihred of 4IP
'iciest foreign asooey-a-tit• provision respectio% oh.
renewed credits—the military system and regolaties•
--the deem* for organising the active militia, mot the
plan of as organic decree for the eery.