The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-13 00:00:00

VALUABLE COLLEC'FION 01: PAINTINLi6.
'l'o BF. SOLO ftY AUCTION,
P.y Mr. IVULLIAMS,
At the Anetiort M.irt, t.inc,AtJloaiew-Laos, To-Mort ROW,
the 11Th of Ntur,h, at twolve o'clock,
Ac......c0i,,...., ,•
‘li. , ....., riZE'i, of the
It ilim, Flen,iih, Da telt, n il Ent ;sit School., the
property of a °eta:ell:fit, sold to liquidate a &tit, ant: pal t
taken in i I 'ration 1 comprising several lilie species-,s .7.....
the following M 'stets, air.:—Poussith P. V rotiese. t': •
racri. Albano, Palen b rg, ltubens, o.ta:..e, l'euiets, Her
ghost', Cuyp, Itilysdael, lterkheyile, Vandyke, Woovermon.,
P. Laurie, llobbinia, Vaa.h•ieLle, 13a.71shey e'l, Storek.
Beaughel, 1),, lleim, Wilson, Town. Ih',OtS 1:i. arr.
TJ he vit•wrd the day preceding. and toorn.ng iif sale. and:
catalogues had of Mr. Wit!i2tus, Thrugoioitou-street, opp.c,••
site the Auction Mart.

MA'
•RR. DUE.
I.... Dublin
1 .... Wnterfort... • 0
& Jersey• 0
0
o....Elottenburg • 0

I Mitt.
0.... Holland
I....Hambro 0
...... 0
O. Fl inth 0
U.. . • \Uhl

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PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DA
i. AT ONE O'CIAICR.
Bank Stock
Stock
3 per Ct. Red Ditto Bonds . •s. 31s :?9.s.pis.
$ p.Ct.Cons. ..... ..; t!1 74,1 Sown Sea Stock
3i per Ct.
4 per Cents ... ........ .. 1 L's.lliii.2cl. ( s Ids lls pm.
New Four • PI 931 9 L 93` lOW/.
6 ~er CI. I'M --linP/.. s ths I I spin .
Long Ann... . • 5n..:11 lac lis pm
Imp. 3 per Ct.... .. ...... I Con.for I,rt 741:1`;
Irish 6 per Cents. I LotteryTri,ots .... 22/. 19,.
.

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THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1533.

PARLIAMENTARii COMMENTARY.

In the !loess oe Loup, there WTI some little matter
about the illarria:re Act; but in the other place these
was nothing at all done, there not being forty member!,
present.—Tbis it, we believe, what never haopetn;, and
never has happened, in any other le4isi tiler assembly in
it the world: in no assembly do these thing, h!p;oen, es-
Opt in that which borrowed so many hundreds in pa-
per money, and which passed Peel's Bill to compel the
wretched people to pay the Debt in gold.

- FRENCH NATIONAL. fICAED.
In another part of oar paper will he found the letter
of Mons. de I t Fayette, giving a description of the cha-
racter of the National Guard, which d. scription is truly
admirable, The letter is a symptom of the state of
things in France. That people is not enslaved, amongst
whom such a letter can be circulated through the public
papers. Find us a " gentleman opposite" in England to
publish such a-letter as this. The gentleman opposite, min.
yon will say, beable to write it first; and we, for one parn..
should not know where to clap our finger directly upon
such a gentleman opposite.—The people of France :vs
not slaves, as long as they have one single legislator
with the spirit of Manuel, (sr La Fayette. We think the
Cote Gauche do wrong in seceding. They must go
back again ; and, perhaps. they have no more right
to secede than the others have to turn them out.
However, all that has taken piace as to this matter, -h yes
that the French have a • legislative asseudaly worthy of
the name; it shows that the men composing this legit- .'es
ture are in earnest ; it shows that the best talk..rs on the
opposition side cannot be bribed into silence; it shows
that the thing is not a sham; it shows that theseneutb• cs
are not a set of scoundrels, sent together by bribed til•
lain+ to aid a select set of villains in robbing and phut.
the nation at large.—lt would seem that the go
vernment dare not venture to prrnixh the National Guard !
This alone is proof of the freedom of France. France is
free when the Natiun..l Goad can dare to act as it did,
and particularly when the tioeertinent dare not punish it
for so acting. The officers of the National Guard ; that
is to say. the superior officer,, seem very anxious to slur
the tuatt. r over ; to make the Nation believe that the rant
of the corps of National Gaited, (lit:approves of the con-
duct of those who refused to men M. Manuel. This is
a poor trick. It is the trick of bellied tyranny, or what
would be tyranny if it coeld. This is a very glorious
circumstance for France: this conduct, we mean, of the
National Guard. Very different, indeed, would have
been our opinion with regard to the state of France, if
the National Guard were found ready to obey the man-
dates of the alinisters, ready to shed the hi eyl of women
and children and unarm-ad men, and proud of receiving
the thanks of the Ministers We trust that this war, lit
what else will be the consequence of it, mill not tend to en-
slave the people of France l There is the true home of liber-
ty, alter all. There are the right notions respecting it, af
there are the power and the courage to maintain it. The
thanks of the whole world are due to the French nation for
bringing the European dftspots upon their Inters, (italic;
the glorious revolution, wliiela began in the year 17z5S
We have to thank them; we, ale.v,t all men, hate to
thank them; for, it was their bravery; their matellle4l
skill awl perseveranee, that brought upon one pretty gen.
tlemen, who are so fond of iaorotkrit 1, a debt of lOU mil
lions, in addition to the two horded millions that tlue.T
concern was saddled nil) nefare. We shall always te.l
grateful to the people of France. We enprsssed oar ad-
miration of their mintitiet, at a time when all others seen-
afraid to do it. We bade them be ef goad cl.eer in Isls.
while the pictures and statues were removing from their
galleries; and while such 'wasting was going on about
having conquered France; we bade them then be of good
cheer, for that many years would not pass over their
heads before the occasion would offer for their Liking
ample revenge. Those ;ears have already passed, it
seems; but, at any rate, our eternal thanks are due to the
people of France tor the 90(' millions of debt which tlis
system has to pay. Reflections like these always crowd
into our minds when we bear of any thing that seems to
affect the liberty and happiness of the French people.—
The occurrences of which we have just spok en, convirre
us that France is by far the freest country that we know
any thing at all about ; and we are eery happy to pet-
ceive this proof of the fact. As to the press in France.
it is infinitely better than oars. It has some truth stout
stmaz.jobten.g
s
ittt.
for
ri ritOdr
patrsipona instrument uouttitdebenrilubi,ect
to literature, and a curse to the country at large. I.et
onrpress produce us a letter tin...la,' gentleman opp ee,
fire
!:races,
;la sfs who use
disgracei t
equal to the letter of Mom'. Mayen., and then est,
Kill say that the English press is not, altogether, tee
roost infamous thing that the vial' r saw.