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

LORD MILTON.

This Lord, this great reformer of Peterborough, has
been figuring away at Huntingdon, and in moth about
as foolish a manner as we have had an opportunity of
observing in any one for a long time past. Burke
called him the "Corinthian Pillar of Polished Society."
This privilege, joined to his other privileges, emboldens
him to talk nonsense at a great rate, and, as we shall
hereafter are to show, for the amusement offlie peo,
pie of the county of Huntingdon, this Ctirinthiiia Pillar,
with Don Carlos by his side, did really utter more
nonsense in one day, than, perhaps, any two other indi-
viduals ever uttered in their lives.

A Lisbon Mail to th 27th arrived at a late hour this
forenoon, and contain the following interesting intelli

gence:—
" LISBON, Fen. 27.—At an Extraordinary sitting of
the Cortes, the President stated, that a Member of Jus-
tice was at the doer, who had a coratnlnication to make
to the Cortes, in the name of his Majsety, at whose °thee
a despatch had just been received, which did not contain
agreeable news, and which his Majesty has ordered to be
communicated to the Congress, that the Government may
be authorised to act in such away as they shall think most
proper.
" The Conde de Aramante having traversed a great
part of the province of Minho, and gone to Bruja and
other places, at length went to Villa R •och on the
21st, and at the head of some militia and countrymen.
Ile mounted his horse and cried out —4 Death to the
Co,•stitutionalists; and then proposed to overthrow the
Constituional System. In Oporto, where the utmost
harmony prevailed, speedy precautions were taken, as
soon as this was known, as well as in the Province of
Miulto ; and the arrival of General Regothier was very
fortunate. This is what his Majesty wishes to be made
known." The Minister of State assured the Assembly
that all was safe at Oporto, and the province of Minho
was also protected by the arrival of General de Rego.
The fort, s, in the same sitting, passed a decree, which
Lis Majesty was expected to sign in a few hours, fur the
removal out of the country of any person whose conduct
was deemed dangerous to the public peace.

Hamburg papers to the 4th inst. have arrived this
warning, from which we extract the following :
CJIRMIANA, FEB Majesty has ordered that
all Swedish and Nor.vegian Veseels detected in the Slave
Trade ehall forfeit the proteetion of the Swedish and
Norwegian Government. By these papers we learn that
the Police of St. Petersburg, and perhaps of the whole
Empire, will shortly be arranged in a different manner
bithevto carried on. These papersalso state
.that her Royal
iligliness the Hereditary Brand Duchess Alexandrine,
was iafely delivered of a Prince, on the 23th tilt., and
that expresses were that day sent off to the King of Prus.
sia. and the Emperor of Biwa, to announce the happy
event.

Paris papers to the llth instant, have been received,
but they are unusually barren. The adjournment of the
Chamber of Deputies has closed, for a while, one of the
thief sources of intelligence sod interest. The attention
of the Parisians, however, is still alive to the conduct of
Al. Manuel, anti Scrjeant Mercier. The (miner, has, be-
sides, been lately visited by a great number of young
v,,,deane, who " covered him," as it is said, " with
smiths of interest and attachment," and thus displayed
the sense which his constituents entertained of his beha-
ur. As to the latter, he had not yet been visited
nith any punishment ; but the Colonel of the Legion to
which he belongs had given provisional orders that he
should not again be called upon active service. Al. La-
fayette, as wilisbe seen in another part of our paper,
Las published a letter in one of the Journals, vin-
dicating the character of the National Guards from the
charge of slavish devotedness to the Government, with
which they had been complimented by one of their Colo-
nels, ard congratulating them on the spirit they have
receetly displayed. The Duke Decazee has lately
if-appeared in political circles, and at Court, and
this titcumstance has excited much speculation
in Paris. While the speculations in the capital
preponderate is favour of peace, the preparations on the
frontiers are as warlike as ever. At Havre de Grace,
orders had been received torte:n(la twos and the cone:;
I:nd ore Ftradron was on its way to Rochefort and an-
other was going to Cherbourg. These armaments create
. a trar among the merchants that a rupture is apprehended
st ith a natal power much more formidable than Spain,
At Marseilles, the merchant ships that had been equipped
tar distent toyagrs Lave been dismantled and had their
cargoes disernharked. The long expected account of the
opening of the Spanish Cortes had not reached the Paris
paper:. As it has been due some days, it is supposed that
the courier charged with it 'bas been intercepted by
some of the Insurgents bands.

INtrort of a Letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Mar-
srillr March 4.:

" The Junon, French frigate of 44 guns, arrived here
yerertlay from Toulon, for the purpo4e of convoying the
French trade through the Straits, and sailed this morning
with the following vessels, viz.:—Trois Cousins Jean
Bipti*te, and Vietoire for Martinique; Minerve for Ba-
yonne; Euzene for Brest; Aimable Adelaide for St.
t'alery ; Achille fur Dunkirk ; and Neptune for Grande-
vine.