The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-17 00:00:00

s'FA'I'ESMAN.

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on the terms of an ambiguous, deceptive, and falla-
cious instrument like the Duke of Cadore's letter.
44 The conduct of France, in relation to the repeal
of her edicts, exhibits to our view, a segue of the I
most coutemptil►le fraud and juggling, that ever dis-
graced the Court of any nation.
46 The British Orders in Council, ,we are inform•
ed, are revoked. We cannot but lament, that the I
declaration of war was forced and hurried, as if to ;
put us beyond the benefit of favourable events.—
Every attempt at postponement wag ineffectual ; and
the question was taken, at a moment, when, per.
haps, a month's delay would have removed the
principal ground of complaint, and averted the awful
calamity.
'4 But although we lament the present war, on
all accounts, yet do we deprecate it most of all, as
we view in it, as we fear, the harbinger of French
alliance. _ .

" On the subject of any French connection, either
close or more remote, we have made up our minds.
We will, in no event, assist in uniting the Republic
of America with the military despotism of France.—
We will have no connection with her principles or
her power. ff her armed troops, under whatever
name or character, should come here, we shall re-
gard them as enemies. No pressure, domestic or
foreign, shall ever compel us to connect our interests
with those of the loose of Corsica ; or to yoke our.
selves to the triumphal car of the conquet or and the
tyrant of Europe."

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1811.

Gottenbnrgh, Lisbon, and Malta Mails, arrived
this morning, and also Commie Papers to the 10th
inst. from which we !lave taken the following ex-
tracts. They likewise contain the principal articles
of the treaty of Peace, 16 in number, concluded
between Russia and the Sublime Porte, which want
of room obliges us to postpone.
GOTTCNRURGII, OCT. 10.-Trit is very currently re-
ported, that General WITTGE'ibTEIN has defeated
General MACDONALD, and that General TORMAZONV
is advancing towards Smolensko.
JASSY, AUG. 22.—The Treaty of Peace between
Russia and the Porte is now carrying into execution,
with regard to Moldavia and Wallachia. The Govern-
ment is the hands of the Divan and the Boja rg, and the
military department only is directed by the Russians.
The Russian General SKARrAT STuasA, brother-in-
law of Prince MURUSI, is nominated Governor of
the Provinces ceded to, Russia, laying between the
Dniester Pruth, and Danube. The Russian troops ate
marching in columns towards the Pruth, but their
march is rendered difficult from the wet weather.

Messmt, A (JOUST 26.—We learn from Palermo,
that the Parliament continues its labours indefa.
tigably, and makes great progress in the details of
the new Constitution. The articles at present under
its consideration respect the division of this country
into Departments, the election of Representatives,
&e. &c.

The Parliament holds its Sessions three times a
week, and almost always continues sitting till a late
hour in the evening.
PALERMO, AUGUST 31.—A vessel bearing the Spa-
nish flag, has arrived in the port of Messina, which
brings advice that the crews of 22 Barbary vessels,
consisting of frigates, xebecs, and launches, landed
in the Island of Santiuco, adjacent to Sardinia, and
attacked the three towers, situate in that island,
which, after maintaining a brisk fire for six hours,
they took, making 150 prisoners, partly soldiers and
partly peasants; the remainder of the inhabitants fled
to the heights. Two English frigates have also arrived
there from /,ante, with troops and horses belonging
to the British army.

LISISONT. OCT. 4.—General Hut. is at Oropesa ;
he has detached from his army three Portuguese re-
giments (4000 men), to garrison Elvas.
LisaoN, OCr. I.—lt is calculated that the French
from the time they abandoned the siege of Cadiz
till they reached Seville, experienced a loss of 5000
men, and that SOULT'S actual force is 28,000 men,
which is not conformable to our opinion.-

On the 21st of September, General troops
had at tired at Talavera la Rey tta. The EMPLCI•
NA Do was with his division in Requena.

CADIZ, SEPT. 26.—They write from Rues, under
date of the 16th instant, that JOSEPH was in Tor-
tosa. Intelligence has just been received, that Vit.-
LacawrA has taken a convoy worth 30,000,000 of
reels.

The Regency Gazelles, of the 211 and 24th, con-
tain three dispatches from General BALLASTEROI.
In No. i, lie states, that Brigadier BASUTEL at-
tacked two of the enemy's corps, near Haero, and
caused them a loss of upwards of 100 ,men.—No. 2,
states, from his head-quarters at Paull that the

Castile regiment of hussars, commanded by Don
CASSA-MATOR, had routed the enemy's troops situ-
ated in Atendin and Gabia.—ln No. 3,‘Getpral
BA mon ids writes from his head-quarters in Gra-
nada, that he had entered that city on the 17th,
without the enemy daring to fight, although,
on the 16th, they made demonstrations as if they
intended so to do, and that SotaT's rear-guard has-
ing been attacked, on the road from Guadax, by
Brigadier BATUSAL, he resolved to evacuate Cia-
, nada, taking the direction of Guadax.
I[FROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE, scrT. 26.]

SOULT marched out of Grenada on the 17th
inst. at nine o'clock in the morning, and took the
!road to Guadax. Tie is represented in the Malaga
!letters, of the 22d, as losing a great number of tom,
On his retreat. Gen. BALLASTEROS, shortly after
the departure of the French, stopped only a few
hours, and set out again in pursuit of the re-
treating army. Carthagena accounts, of the 20th,
assert SOULT to have effected a junction with
Sucurr and JOSEPH, at Jumella, precious to
that date ; but this must be •understood of the ad-
vanced guards enly. That of SOULT is stated, in
the same accounts, to hive been at Caravaca and the
environs, for some time past. General HrLL was,
on the 7th, on the Guadiana. On the other bawl,
' it appears, that there are some of our troops in An-
dejur, probably belonging to General Cuent's divi-
sion, and this circumstance it was that gave rise to
the report of General Hues having crossed the
Sierra.

The Address of Sir SAMUEL RoMILLY, on taking
leave of the Electors of Bristol, is expressive of sen-
timents that must be grateful to the feelings of evert-
good and virtuous man in the kingdom. Were the
New Parliament composed of men possessed of such
sound principles and political integrity as Sir Sasteet.
ItustiLLY, the country might soon expett to see a
restoration of all those blessings which our Constitu-
tion, in its purity, is calculated to bestow. But, ,
under the present system of Government, if system
it may be called, it would he in vain for us to bony
up the hopes of our snffering countrymen • with
any prospect of a ohange for the better ; and
till such a change shall take place, the ea-
errion of every Member of talent and virtue ,
in the House of Commons will only tend to sanction
the most profligate and ruinous measures of Mites-
ters, by giving them the appearance of having been
fairly argued and justly adopted. A nouseof Commons
that establishes its authority by prolonging its dura-
tion—that nominates its own Members—that accepts
of In ibes—that subjects itself to the influence of the
Crown—ceases to be a Parliameut, and becomes a
oC nclace, or a Junto of self-created tools ; and a
country so far lost to its rights, as to submit to such
a breach of trust in its rulers, is enslaved. Nothing
can be more absurd than to talk of the omnipotence
of a Parliament so constructed. They possess no
! constitutional power beyond the executiou of the'
trust for which they were formed. If they betray
their trust, and deceive their constituents, they cease
1 to be the representatives of the people, and dissolve
themselves. All delegated power must be subordi.
nate and limited. If omnipotence can, with any
sense, be award to legislature, it must be lodged
where all legislative authority originates—that is, in
the Peopt.t. For their sakes Government is insti-
tuted, and their's is the only real. omnipotence.

An Officer arrived this morning at the Office of
Lord BATHURST, in Downing-street, with dispatches
from Lind Crritc ART, at St. Petersburgh. Ministers
state them to he of a favourable nature ; and a Bul-
letin is expected in the course of the afternoon.

A Gentleman arrived yesterdarat the Foreign
Office, with some very important communications
from the French coast. What the nature of these
communications were, we have yet to learn; but
from the silence of the Government Papers on the
subject, we may very naturally infer that they are
lof an unfavourable nature. Rumour states them to
relate to some sort of tiegociation, or overtures to
that effect, between France and Russia.
It is said that, at the meeting of Parliament, a
Bill will be brought in to allow the Regular Militia
of the United Kingdom to be made a dispesalsle
force, to be allowed to volunteer by regiments; an
lextra bounty will be allowed to the men.
PLAMOUTU, OCT. 15.—Came in the (been Char-
lotte packet from Lisbon, in eleven days. with a
Mail, but brings no news.—Arrived the Fortance
frigate from the Irish station.—Sailed the Armide,
for the coast of France.
. Jamas SQUIRE, Esq. received his appointment,
this day, as Agent Victualler at Bombay.
The outward-bound East India Fleet are ordered
to sail, with convoy, on the '26th instant.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 15.—The friendi of liberty snit
peace have unfortunately been put below the ene-
mies of both on this day's pc11; but they are not
at all discouraged. Mr. 13aouGuast, amidst the ex-
ultatious of the enemy, delivered two most impres-
sive speeches, one at the hustings, and another at
Clayton-square. The multitude assembled was far
greater than ever, and the effect produced so great,
that the whole people, in one voice, pledged them-
selves to come forward with new exertions to-morrow.
The greatest hopes are entertained of the result.—
The election will close on Friday nest at one o'clock.
State of the poll this day
1
• canning - Mel Brougham . 1105
Gaseoyne - 1e76 I Creevey lOU
Mr. STUART WORTLEY has, by public advertise-
ment, dated York, October 13, declined a contest
for Yorkshire, in consequence of the exertions un-
expectedly Made by the friends of Mr. LASGELLES,
to bring in that Gentleman for that great aad eaten-
sire county.