The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-08 00:00:00

... Apr, ove, _inns against the town
and fort of Mondlalf,witph we haat-I.IS*AT
laid before our Readers
to accaete.statement) com.
menced. They had been preceded by the trencher.
ous attack of the Kit.t. %DAB of Mundlsh, on Major
O'BRIEN, which we have also noticed, but of which
the Major's Report, dated.oo the 3d of March, de.
tails more minutely the particular.. The reports et
the occupation of Ch'*uraghor and Muadlah, in tine
course of the month of May, together with two sc.
counts of small affairs in the Inanity 6f the former
place, complete the Gazett&

It is asserted that the Earl Of lIARROWWE if to
our Ambassador et the Court of France in the racks
of Sir CHAELFS STUART. The projected changes
in the Cabinet, which we have already mentionkf,
will commence with this movement, as the Earl
of Haanowsy is now President of the Council.
The Doke of Wrwrievon's scceptenee of as
office: at home among the drivelling dependants
of CRETLEREAGH, CANNING, and CO. has sorpriterl
Many, end disgusted more. In point of money anti
'honours the Duke of WELLINGTON is certainly well
provided for. His Grace has, indeed; been ea sac.
;HOW in acquiring the substantial goods of (warm
es the more empty honours of military fame-.-end it
would have doue no injury to his popularity and his
reputation had he, slier sustaining such • fortunate
part in the affairs of Europe, retired, into that splen.
did repose which the munificence of the British nation '
so liberally provided for him. Is it still necessary to
provide a profitable place for the Duke of WELLING.
TON Is it still just and requisite to give him twelve
thousand a-year from the public purse, whilst orders
are issuing to discharge hundreds, nay, thousands of
persons from the Ordnance Department, wbo.have
served many years upon miserable pittances and the
hope of better provision, end who most now Starve in

idleness? The honours due to the Doke of Weta.s4a-

TON sill iil accord with the character of a scrubbing,
screwing back In office, whose business will now hi
to support an ignominious system of Cetouption,
and keep seven-eights of his countrymen from the en.
joyment of their just claims to the freedom of that
Constitution, of
fender. The mail

a kind of motto vt
longer.

We Und by thi
os to the sth inst.
sented the Duke
mond Grand Cron
vetoed at halts

Eogli‘h motley.
these Papers at
yesterday afternoon
chants in the City
day. to be G9f. ai
generally reviving,
Pads on Thursday_
death of our Quests- *erg/ c0011y... Is not- to p
into mourning fox that greeet setil'efter the oneetieg
of the two Chambers, which h kid tot the loth.iast.

-..11MN.--

By the Death and Bamborgh Mails we learn, that
the Emperor of AUSTRIA reached Munich on 1110
23d tilt.; and that the Emperor ALISSANDER OA the
25th arrived at Cedar°lre. The navigation of the
l3altic is said, in a Petersburgh article, to be proba-
bly closed for the remainder of the yeas. Christian.
sand has been declared 'a free port by the Swedish
Government. The last letters from Si. Petersburgh
slate, that the Bank of that city is provided with
sufficient gold till March next, and also with siker
till June; that lately two res,els had arrived with
specie from Calais there ; and that, in short, they
possess an abundance of cash. We supposerreamall
portion of British gold might be found they depoiited
and making its way to the rollers of the Coetineutat
bankers, slide oars appear crammed with eolith%
bet rags.

The proceedings at the Old Bailey, yesterday.
were again extremely interesting, from the trial and
acquittal of other two persons for uttering Forged
Notes. The particulars will be found in our Paper.
There appears no relenting is ihe
.piesecuting
measures of. the Bank. The miry reluctance ma.
(Melted on the part of that opulent Body is to
give the- Public proper and inquestioftahle means
of detecting forgeries, such as are necessary to, pre.
serve the interests of the community, and iodispenbibte
to satisfy an honest conscience celled to decide .on
life and death. Nothing can be more injutinus stud
dangerous to society than for all claws thus to be
left exposed to the arts and frauds of these forgers,
whose offences must be multiplied by the success and
impunity that attend theme Nothing can be easi. e
than for the Bank to adopt some improvement on the
,present execution of Bank notes. Various methods
have been suggested to them of rendering forgery
more difficult, none of which they have adopted. It
may be, beyiiil human itigeouiry to render Bank
notes incapable of imitation ; but 'to render them
leas easily killable than they are et present, can-
not: .be considered as a matter of any difficulty.
We cannot but leek with a degree of exultation, at
thii new proof ofr the manliness and intelligerice of
oar countiyetitt. `Those verdicts determine the am
The Bank hese Dear no expedient left fur the son.
tinnonce of a practice so videos as that whir:bit has
beenporsaiog.

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just claims to the Iteedunt at that
which he was the successful
tlut " lisp and let lire," used to be
with great teen,—it appears so- uo
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ie Paris Papers which have *OW
that the King FR A NCR ka*pfe.
of Weu.INGTos with a Avirtile.;
ts of the Order .41.0
million .eel.
The fire per 41144,a_50 ~in
68f. 35c.; bed* *hilpleplirtlyed
on, bringing private to oar- t
r, which stated the rands adSotor-
and added, that confidence was
lg. Lord CASTLett EACH arrived in
y. The Court of France :sites the