The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-28 00:00:00

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n..unces, at the same time, that the :tined'Powers at t.
rona have never talked oilnrtiwg in it ; sd that whatitd
is to be done Will be done by France ;Ague. ..kt is tenses-t-
-able, however, that " inclispeti‘sh!e" as to the war is r
presented to lie, there is no great haste in prciAlisti
for it; for the oistmeSion on the supply was ...atat;,
adjourned.
FRUSCH FUNDS, Fan. 25.—Fit-4er Gents. °penal! at
75e„ closed at SOL Bank Steck, 14351.—N.a
politan Five per Cents. 67.-Exchange on Loudon
one month, 25f. 60c.; three Man :hi, 251.4.1 c.

Yesterday at two o'clock a CAr'net Connell w'as
at the Foreign Office, which was attended by i I t'
Cabinet Ministers, who continued in deliberaiinn
about four.
.
Wednesday night a King's Messenger was sent oT fro:...
the Foreign Office to Ss. Petersburg.
The Duke of York wesdio much recover.d from It',
indisposition. as to leave London yesterday about
o'clock for Brighton, on a visit to the Kiog.
A great degree of bustle prevails among the faal::46,
0 le circles, on the near approach of the L•vee and tt..
Drawing-room, as both, according to public turn,-..i..1
will be atimerontly attended.—(Deblie Morniag

Wednesday.)
We understand that the new COmmissioners of Ca,:
toms purpose. on this day or to-morrow, to go throtete
the dttferent offices in their department, in order to a e•-
sooally investigate the business going forward in each
a.roarte which will he oecastonally pursued by sheet.
This is new indeed and the officers are conseine;:ti"
quite nn the alert.—.(llf4.)
Yesterday the dispatches for Madras and Mina by the
ship Atlas, were closed et the East India House, and ‘;.•
livered to the Purser of that ship.
A public dinner, it appears, is to he given next 'reel;
to their Excellencies the Ministers Plenipotentiary from
Spain and Portugal, and to the Duke of San Lon Etta,' r
the Right Ilononrtble Lord WILLIAM
BENTINCK,
General, M. P. &c. in the Chair. The object of the
intended dinner it is understuad, is to demonstrate on tt e
part of the British public their partlipation in the •yin-
pithy expressed by both Houses of Parliament in the
tate of tl e Spanish Pecinsula.
WEAVERS' MEETINO.—On Monday the 24th inst., si
one o'clock, pursuant to public notice, a numerous in e!,
ing of the operative weavers of Manchester was held
the Union Booms Ilrorce Leigh-street. Mr. Richaid
Sheridan was elected chairman, who commenced the b 1-
sine's of the day by reading a copy of the ptacarst
which bad called thin together, and then in a very s"
gumentative speech of considerable length, explAit
the distressed state of that class of people called weaver.,
and the great injury done to the trade by the now pros.'
lent practice of working loons, by steam.—Mr. 11. Rose
and several other speakers addreved the meeting, a..:l
finally it was resolved that a petition, a copy of *toot
was read to the meeting, should he forwarded to Pdia-
ment, stating the grievance' under which they •lalhime
and praying that a tax might be laid upon every pa'?
of looms worked by steam. A committee was then
pointed to carry the resolutions of meeting into elf c.
—(Stamford .Netes)
The case of Lord Portsmouth, it is now expecte,si
will not be finished before Monday or Tuesday.
Ou Monday fortnight, during the storm. a bare Ira:
seen upon a shoal of ice, tioaling pas! the Magibiles
yard, DUndee. A gun having been fired near the plae--,
the timid animal rushed into the water; hot having 't
much difficulty tegained I:s former situation, it was hd-n
down the river. On passing the Craig Pier, a tut tl,l
oat put out 'to catch the oaring va•mer. This
however, a hook of some pe—teesto
one shoal to another ; and where there appened to to
a considerable opening between the ice, it showed gr•
expertness at swintatiug. After a chair of nearly a teal
it was caught alive. (Dttudee Ade)
At Oondale fair 4 this week, tat beasts sold well: gen
horses were uncommonly uttmerous, and fetched J.v.v
prices.
In British America the cold his beep very severe t!A
winter. At Montreal, on the morning of the 7:h tails
the thermometer stood at 27 degrees below zero.