The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-03 00:00:00

Remarking on the letter of Ferdinand to the Duked ctn•
goulrute. a Horning Paper observer., "If be could he
trusted, the better way would be to sand him to the French
head qudrters." Surely this journal mist know that be
could not be trusted with any better result than the Kings
of Naples and Portugal were trusted with the
.power of
perjariog themselves to the ruin of their respectire-eone.
tries. To trust a King in the nineteenth century with the
power of betraying a adios, after stick eriamplk of Royal
honor, would iad•ed be folly! Kings are like hereabout:
they are of every colour which they come in contact with,
Ai the baad•gnarters of the French, Ferdinand would
fulminate all the decrees of the Holy Alliance against tie
tortes. He would set a price upon Mina's head, and pro:
scribe all whom be now designates, and truly, as the re:
presentatives of the nation.

One of the first enquiries which should be mule on the
assetublirg of Parliament, is into the very shameful abuse
of authority by the men who are callrd Police Magistrates.
The occurrences of the last few months have shewn that
NMI of them possess neither legal discrimination nor com.
moo sense; and if the press did not operate in some mei.
sore as a corrective of the abuse of power, by exposing it,
we should have a system as bad as that in the mot

oppressive period of the old French regime. Mr. Dyer's coo.
mitt al of Mr. Watts to the tread mill is such a monstrocs
outrage, that one cannot speak of it with patience. And
the refusal to let the poor old man communicate with hi,
family, was conceived in the true spirit .of inquisitorial
barbarity, as an excellent means of converting a:, English
prison into a secret Bastille. Mr. Wattr, we trust, wit
bring an action against this Police Magistrate, who melt
readily enough admit Birhop Clog,her to bail, and the
Soldier into the bargain ; bet who was relentlessly lam
fable „in the committal of an old man fora circumgauu
occasioned by ilium and infirmity.

Sir Robert Wilson and Captain Erskine arrived at Cada
on the stlt Sept. The name of the English gentlenim
who was taken with Riege is Hasher. lie was formerly ail
inflator in the 43d Forsileers.

Chtiazterne. Sept. I2.—A considerable proportios of t.
valuable military stores transmitted to the Peninsula bytie
Spanish Contrastive have most opportunely arrived to
employed in increasing the means of defence of the Fortes
of Tarifa; its garrison consists of about 1000 men, osl
the command of an active and enterprising officer, '
Oedema, formerly tiovernor Algesiras who
already repulsed the French in their attempt hsearryit
;*spank.
A large quantity of arms and offects of the strove •
Res have been seat to the Eastward to be employed
OM exigencies of the country may require.
' 8k Robert Wilson left this on the evening of the
et small boat, for Cadiz, accompsnied by 'his Aid de Om;
Capt. Erskine. They reached it with safety oo the folio,
ins day. Mr. S. Adams, a dashing young Eoglishmas i
the Spsnials service. annexed to his personal Stat had
ceded Sir Robert on the fed ipstant, with very lawn*
despatzbes.eod was equal* stecessful in evading thee
ed blockade: indeed as have frequent comm.'
with Cadiz, and all our accounts represent the in,.
of every class to ke animated with a spirit of' deters
and obotinatdrieistence. General Mora. who kw
cousezion with the Duke of W--n, had been sums
as wive/mite of moderre and aristocratical measures,
*airing daily strong claims to public confidence; h
conduit In the late nettociations appears to have bees firs
aud.sisperior ate the delicate circomstan, es of the Oats
even the Femme praise bis coolness and serenity : Valle
at Cadiz and Rural() at St. Fernando. are ales spokeeote
being derided sad strenuous Constitutionalists. If fir
Island aflame can•hold out until the conclusion @fib
present mouth (sad every information anthoriees
MOS that It will), the antsaanal fever, which costume
about that title, will oblige the Vrench army to Must
the interior, and the equinoctial gal,* will compel the
drop to raise the blockade. .
The following is the ausoont of the French' marii
force before Cadis:—'Three ships of the thief of SO gum
seven frigates. 44 to 60 guns; three corvettes, 20 tett
one gabarre, 8 ; live brigs. 6 to IS ; 26 gon-boios, I tot
8 botabialliosti; having us board in *114505 men.
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•''A poor German, whose name is Mans, came to
tithe year HUI, fur the purpose of obtaining a pump
it settler to the Cape of Good Hope. Having provided
tosufficient means for that purpose, and no friends to di
him by their advice, he soon fell into a state of ext
distress. His cake, Weever. fortunately came to the kw
ledge of a gentleman of the city of London. as rams
for his philanthropy, as for his extensive financial
Hong, who generously advance+, a sum of money fir
temporary sopped. aod another sabsequently for de
his passage to the Cape of Good Hope. The gest
bad not, of course, any expectation of recovering
money supplied, but was surprised • few days age,
the arrival of a remittance to the ion amount adran
accompanied by the grateful thanks of the party auisle6
The King of Portugal has prohibited the entrained
foreign newspapers into his kingdom.
The sloop of war which was dispatched by the Loth
the Admiralty to Franc', to convey to this mewl th
remains of the Earl of DIIPZTOUN, arrived in Leith Km
on Saturday. All the vessels in the Roads and ie
harbour hoisted their flags half-in .st high, out of
to the memory of the botchy and lamented Noldemas
The vessel is to preened to•day to Port Edgar; betas 11!
water is too shallow to allow her to come close lute
pier, a lighter from the Naval Yard is to accompany, ltr
on which a platform has been ere, ted, for the cows*
of landing the body of his Lordship.-:-(Edus. Co
Sept. 19.)
hlssactes.—The Dublin .Fournat of Tuesdarlsist
e-41 We were quite right in tut recent, roximuni. .
that the performance a Irish miracles was PAP
.antic
tbe first day ofJanuary next. The fact was um
-to beliestereet the different Chapel; yesterday. We
foresaw that the Jesuits could not pet sip frauds of
kind so trickly as once a month. The thing moulds!
—there was. notb in the course of thirty days. es
Owe **sew!' for willing dupes, awl to rontnve all
mi ;lathe of imp r‘ition. Hence tile necessity of postponefe
We perceive tbs difficulties su rroon tog the hemboggeres
believe they have disem reed them also, hot net too
for us to unveil their desperate ilealKne. We really ttzn
that if any more mirceles sii-nid he attempted, the
.fraternity concerned should he vied as impostors. Wb.
obi Da. Tutu lived, there was not a word shone mirarlo,
hut be was scarcely cold in his gave, %Awn the jurfle°
'commenced operations. DR. TWIT was an hnoect null 11
'would not have coutaertance,l sari', or any frauds. WO
let them come forward—the nroc.• miracles the better-04
'system only shows its rot' antis ss. an-1 execrable learieV
It is now too late to attritive Wu' t'; is r uuto—they percel7,
their istereameou distinctly .he barbarous tyros,' "
Priviteraft. They will o: he frightened out of theirreseeo
icy plons'phastasmagoria —nut clie:.te.i or t of :heir pfulte_Lt!
.by vain pretensioas to benefit. them through !reset ceitirl4%
to nature and aisrality,"