The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-20 00:00:00

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toys, Mum on the strength of the argues Is
-admitted, in femme of the mum ; sad
therefore, as much as possible, avoided speak.
Her the purpose of twilight( the proceediega,
v3.:11 the greater speed, to the coosonnuation they
visited. When they did venture to speak, they
were, indeed, unfortunate, not only in ',tartlet
OE& ejalkerie, bat in getting some disgrace. Ruing
1110Jdhemessiwo of the article oa the suppresekta el
tfogifelby The Cerro Royale*, the inordinate mks.
dipanpaned in these tribal's', gave occasion fermi.
miSseifiao. M. Corbiere, the Minister of the late.
rim, attempted to parry the attack, by saying that go
arbitrary use could be made of this power by the tri.
lennais, inasmuch as the Ministry had the power ,f
setting aside their decree. It is needless to ovm,s
that this awkward consolation only expend his die
offered it to ridicule. The article which allows, h
certain case, the revival of the censorship, gale dim
some pleasantry. General Fey declared that theCaueng,
though no longer exercisiag their functions, were log
yet " disbanded." " No," said asothet Nem%
" they are merely reduced to half-pay." "
plied the 0 I. "and in a very different duettist
from the reduced *Seers of the army—for they sp,
likely soon to be restored to fan pay." Os thein
tredectioa of the poise, the Reporter had said Oaf
England and her lessons had been referred to, beck
it had been forgotten that a long interval had tam
place between the establishment of her Gierement
and the licenoe of her journals. To this General Pry
replied that it was not so, for that the liberty die
press win established in England six months after*
Reneludon, and by the expiration of the loyally
Censorship. The 0 I tbes proceeded to state the
history of the public press la England, Pet esaetlya
it is, but as a friend of freedom might *appose it is le
in a country that had been famed for the liberality at
its lostitotioos " Since that period" (the epee) et
the Reeolution,) to which be had effete* " the tio
kw Corpus Act has been sometimes ',speeded, be
never has the liberty of the press been either limited,
or qualified, or restrained; eves in the most *rim,
circumstances, this Ithertyllve remained full and es.
tire. When the Hose* of liminerer came to the trees,
by bow many writiberabil -rophlets was no the
foreign Sovereign telt who came to sit ea de
Thome of Magihnti I bet *bat did the Genesi
meat? It einnisitid not a single libel; bat t
enrolled other writers übder its banners; it undid
its defeat:* to men of talent, in the ranks of 'tuft
find the celebrated Adeline. Under Oeorgo ll.the
Pretender disembarked is England ; his army ladle*
veiled the kingdom; and is a situation so critical, at a
uonsest when so many serious circumstances comidside
the liberty of the joint/is woo sever saspeolki,—.
• ••• Ose of the Members has spoken of Mitten/01;
let it be allow...elm toe talk of toy excursioas. 1 Twig
Loaders in 1917, at the time when the heeds eine
Radicals paraded the environs. The terrified inhabit-
,nts proposed to take their arms to the Tower. Tie
factious crowds uttered deadly erle spinet th
Ministers, and proceeded, in their fury, to knit
the Royal Majesty itself. It was usderstood diet
forty th I Radicals of Manchester were ea
their march, to present a petition to the Prism fin
gent. The times were certainly critical; and yet, If
I a single person, either in the Royal Council, Of le me
or other of the Houses of Parliament, had preeposed
suspend the Liberty of the Press, he would lave been
thought to be mad, nod been pent to pass some tine
in Bedlam."—The chief occasion on which the Mi-
nisters were compelled to break their resolution of tr
citurnity was, when M. Manuel openly intimated that
the conies of French troops, on the Spanish frostier.
was placed there, not with a view to keep away ...1
yellow fever, but with hostile intentions to the titter.
ties of Spain. The Minister of Foreign Alfaires thee
thought proper to speak, and vehemently denied that
any such intentions existed.

Our readers will perceive that we give the greater
part of our attention to thre dulleatic concerns of the
U..:sed Kingdom. Those are, indeed, of an impede' re
greater, perhaps, than any which have centered is alit
period of English history. On the events of tie
present time, it will depend whether England shall he
greater than ever she was (and she has ranked for
most among the most distinznished nations), or stall
be reda. ed to a state which even the slaves of :0!
Delman Despot may despise. Rat foreign mote,
also, are connected with the canoe of memo. f"t
which we always contend. We have kept our ll°
upon SPAIN and upon Fa•Nce : the rest of Europe is.
at present, hardly worth looking at. in Spain, go
have seen every device resorted to. whirls asiOt frt.
trate the efforts of the friends of freedom to give tie
nation a constitational and limited Oorernment. The

late accounts from Madrid anti from Paris chew, tlut
these intrigues have been succersfill to a deglet
to make it a matter of doubt whether a coaster rem
littioa will not finally triumph in Spain. The Hots AL'
Luxes prunes its parpoecs with great steadiness. Si
wit► all the experiexce which can be acquired by
practice in the orianinal Intrigues of DESPOTS. 1111
recent outrages ofered by a mob, at Madrid, to the
r Count Ds TORKIEND, And M 1./: TIN EL DE ROSS, (MeV'.
bens of the Cortes) were committed wider the peeve's
of seal for the cause of freedom. The same policf
which is another country a eertain Statesman emploP
is his secret saaehlostiont, is the engine, also. et tt't
Dispels abroad. They too hare their agents tell
their spies, who mite ON people to acts of oulrefet