The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-02 00:00:00

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cal change is confined to the district of Veneueets,
an inconsiderable tram' of country, ,but impor.
tart for its opulence, fertility, %nil populatiou..
From this settlement missionaries hue been dis.
patched to, incite the neighbouring Provinces to
declare themselves independent ; and to the more
rensete Colonies of the Spanish Crown in South
America, a spirited Proclamation has beets ad-
dressed, which thus concludes, " Virtue and mo.
detatiou hat's hitherto been our motto ;. fraternity,
union, and generosity, should be your's, in order
that the combined operation of th►se sublime ells.
Attests may consummate the great worth which is
'to raise America to the political dignity that justly
belongs to her."

IT it stated, its most of tho Papers, that the
ease of Sir FRANCIS BOIDETT v. the SPILAILER of
the louse of Commons, would come on to be

argued before the Court-of King's Bench, on the
Demurrer taken by Sir FRANCIS to thu SPEAKER'S
plea, to-morrow.—We have authority to say, that
this paragraph is quite unfounded.
Tux mistake we have just mentioned is of little
consequence, but the subject is one of the great.
est importance, and is looked to with unparalleled
anxiety by every true friend of the Constitution.
Purity in the administration of the laws, is one
of the finest features of a well-ordered Govern-
ment. In fact, without it, there is no value in,
wisdom, and love of justice, in the forming of
the Taws. What will the Courts of Justice
do with Sir FRANcIs BURDETT'S actions,
five to the late conduct of the House of Com.
mons ?—is a question eagerly pat by almost every
person feeling for the country's safety and ho-
nour. It ought never to have been a question,
and never would hate been such, but fur the

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ASIORANDISZIPBWIt OD FIRANCO.--What an aw.
Cal addition is made to the military power of
France by the junction of the brave Swiss sol.
ditty to the collects of lionaeattre: The Elope-
rued complimentary eapressiuns to the Diet want
no elaiserate auslysis " he is happy to reckon
the Swim soldiers iw his armies;' his good-will to.
wards whom will alwaysincrease with the services
that he gall receive from them." Holland is only
wassail' to increase his vast arrondissement, as he
will term it, and this State he will claim upon the
first cause of displeasure. Where is the balance
of power, which the obsolete statesmen used to
talk of, as being completely in the hand of a
British Miuister ? Who have we, as politicians,
to Oppose to this monstrous, this LeviAthati
growth of power in an inveterate foe? Why, the
Right Hon. SPENCER PERVITAL, whose family
receives 33,4781. a year out of the public purse
fur their services, as Registrar of the High Court
of Admiralty, &c. &c. mod in whom the rever-
sion of these profitable places lies ; the Right
Honourable C. YORKE, who holds the lucrative
sinecure place in the Exchequer, which has made
him so notorious. We have also the Right Ho-
nourable Lord Ltvettroot., (son of the late
'CHARLES JENKINSON), who, with the late Earl of
Bova, so ranch lowered the character of the Court
sad the Government of Great Britain; 'this Lord
is alto Collector of the CustoMs inwards in the
Part of London, Clerk of the Yells in Ireland,
Constable of Dover Castle, Warden of the Cinque
Ports, &c. &c. with above 40,0001• a year ; in
lolled, these are the well-paid and well.fed, but
pigmy, Ministers, we have to contend against the
giant NAPOLBON !.!—Good Heavens! that a na.
Lion, composed of reflectiag people, should not
rise from their kneeling pastor., and stand erect
OS Mr. LETHBRIDGE described his hair to him:
done on a late occasion), is to as matter of into-

nishment. •
The deposed King of. Swedea,, GesT.tvus
ADOLPIIUS, arrived at Su!cure, in Switzerland, on
the 14th of May last, aad has since visited tql the
memorable places situated in that neighbourhood.
Mr. Youxe has crammed his brother, Sir J.
Ss, Wily Yotta, into the Admiralty. The IimICEV
and the IVELLEscsrs drive every. thing before
them. They are in, and their prime toast is, Our
Noble Selves !
Mr. PINKNEY has received dispatches from
General ARMSTRONG, which, it
is said, commit,
nicate the total failure of the General's exertions.
to obtain restoration of the American properly
seized in France, or respect for the flag of the'
United States in its future intercourse with •the
Continent ; 'and that lie hatl in consequence
engaged the ship Sally, Captain Set= to carry
hinted! and family to America. The SCOTT, to
armee in the Garonne from Passage, and the
Genteel was to have embarked on the Ist of June,
but soles circumstances occurred to delay his de.
partueis fora few weeks.

',them from Ostend, dated on Thursday last,
enclose the copy of a decree issued at Paris on the
22d June, prohibiting the exportation of wheat,
flour, and oats, from any of the ports between
the island of Sehowen and the harbour of L'Ori-
tilt, on or after the Ist duly. This, it seems,
from the preamble to the decree, is only a provi.
sional prohibition, until the quantity of enthrall-
ed grain is ascertained, and foil information oh-
taiued as to the probable produce of the ensuing
harvest.
A Gottenbergh Mail arrived yesterday. On
the 12th ultimo MURAT arrived on the coast of
Calabria with a great retinue of Generals ; and it
is probable that the preparations for the embarka-
tion of the troops were then nearly completed. It
is uncertain whether Poluaitv intends to direct his
course to Sicily or the coast of Greece; but what.
ever may be the object of the Expedition, we
doubt nut that it will he well watched by our fleet
in the Mediterranean, and that there is therefore
little chance of its reaching its destination. The
Stockholm Papers (monist nothing on the state of
the politics of Swedtts; but the private letters ob.
serve, that the influence of France will soon de.
:ermine the succession to the Throne of that
country.
Some Officers belonging to the Local Militia
were en Monday summoned on a Court Martial
at Maidstone, fur the tn`al of a .private in the
Mailing Local Militia ; but they objected to be
*worn, or to sit as Members, on the ground that
they were not liable to be called on that or any
Other military duty, while their corps were disem-
bodied; the objection was reported to the General
at the District, who has directed the Court to be
adjourned until further orders.
We wonder that not one of those special Plea..
tiers who are so fond of precedent didnot adduce
the following most apposite case from the Jour-
nals of the Howie of Commons, to preveut the,
examination of Mrs. CLAltiltat the-bar. ,
" (In the Nth of Feb. !MO* Mr. Lovett 'complains that
one Dayrell had threatened bis person. De it ordered to be
sent for by the Serjcant s the same day he is brought to the
bar ; hut denying that he spoke the words charged upon Idary,
be is ordered to attend again the neat slay with his witnesses;
be stccordia:l) attends on the 13th, hut out of his witnesses
being a woman. Mr. Crewe and Sir Edward Coke oppose
ber brine called in to beexamined, very gravely oblecting,
tea
the authority of St. Bernard, " Than woman ought out to
speak in the congregatfon. ' A Committee is therefore ap-
pointed to go out and examine beret the door.-11atsell, vol.
1. p. 191.
Early on Friday morning, a Paymaster Serjeant
belonging to the Bth 'Veteran Battalion went off
from Portsmouth, with a considerable sum of mo-
ney entrusted to his care. As soon as his absence
was discovered, the Paymaster sod several others
set of, on different routes, to apprehend him, when
he was traced by the Paymaster to town, and on
Saturday morning was discovered stepping into
one of the Norfolk stage coaches in Bishoptigate!
street, and there secured. He was afterwards eon.
!rayed to the Savoy, from whence he, this morning,
was sent off under a proper escort, for Portsmouth,
in order to abide the result of the martial law, for
this breech of confidence.
Admiral Nrho formerly commanded a
frigate on the North station, 011, it is said, at the
ensuing Admiralty Sessions, to he held this month,
take his trial for the alleged murder of. Enwaat
B4mo, a stiltar.wn board the Sara!; and Win&
Greenland ship, of gull, in 1794.