The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-03-16 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN&

if you would gratuitously insert Its your paper, that my-
self and the public say have an oppnettsite of knowing
how, and where we may contribute something for that
purpose.—As a constant reader of your paler,—and• an
admirer of the general principles upon which it is con-
ducted, I venture to make this request. I only ask that
which I would do myself, were I a conductor of a pub-
lic paper—l should (eel an happiness in doing so, under
the pecnliar circumstances of this case.
I am happy to find you agree with me, in thin►cing that
it would do honour to this country, for the people to
meet together, to express at least their detestation and
abhorrence of the scandalous invasion of Naples. The
Demon of Despotism is at work again; and it is proper
and necessary, that the people of England should not
only be on their guard, but shook' also express some
sympathy at least for the fate oldie oppressed.—He who
does not feel for others, does not deserve relief himself.
Yours, &c.
Royston, March R. 1921. GEO. FORD!! AM.
•.• For the information of our correspondent, we
have ascertained that there is a general subscription
opened for the relief of persons imprisoned on ac-
count of political charges, and that Mr. Johnson will,
of course, be entitled to receive his share of the con-
tributions; though that share, it an estimate can be
formed from present appearances, is likely to be very
small. To distinguish Mr. Johnson particularly, sod
to enable him to give his children a memorial of the
esteem in which his conduct has been held, it is pro-
! posed by some of his friends in Lincoln, to raise a sum
for the purchase of a silver urn, to be presented to
him, with an appropriate inscription to hint on one
side, and on the other a suitable tribute to the me-
mory of his deceased wife. Mr. West, wire worker,
in the Strand, is, we understand a receiver of sub-
scriptions on both accounts. Our co:Tesp.ndent, we
trust, will excuse our omission of one passage in his
letter; which would tend to defeat an objet which he
must be aware we have at heart. From the candour
he has exercised towards us, we cannot doubt that on
such a point he will allow us to preserve consistency.
—ED.

PRICE OF STOCKS I'llll
Rank Stock
3 per Cent. Rect. shut.
3 per Cent Ow. 74;111
31 per Cent. shut
4 per Cents. shut.
per Ct• Navy 1061.11
per Cent.
Long Ann. shut
Imp,3per'rut.' 71i
Irish. per Cent.

D .t•r \ 01:LOCK.

India Stock
Ditto Son& 491. /504. pm.
South-Sea Stork Sil4
Ex ilitt32ll. S.. pm.
Omnium for Munn• pm
Batik for kerma
India fur eitto
Con. for Arct 73t •'1 a 21
Lott. Ticacti 271. IS,.

itte Ptattolitatt.

" THIS SRI flail STATESIOAS If INCORPoRsTRD WITS " TIIP
iITATILINAT4."

LONDON:

MOAT trimuNG, 'MICH 16,

STOCK-EXCHANGE, One o'Clork.

The Funds have experienced some depression this
morning ; Consols for the Account which left oif yes-
day at 7311, hare been done as low as 72f. The Market
looks rather steady, there not having been but little
business doing this week.

We are informed that two or three e‘p hare
arrived this morning- front Pari% which laing :he
important information Ova the Piedanontiese and the
whole of the north of Italy have risen and declared in
favour of the Neapolitans; and when the account!,
came away they were a.metublin.4. an army of MI
thousand men to march immediately to the assistance
of the Neapolitans. A great number of breach
officer•. formerly in the service of Hwy A ',Ann:, have
joined the standard of the Piedutontiese.

Nothing can be more judicious than the arrange-
ment by which the Neapolitan troops have been
brought to act in that part of the Roman States they
occupy, as it presents inexhaustible resources for itn- i
peding the progress of an invading army. It is
much to be regretted, that a patriotic force had not ,
taken post at Perugg ia, one of the strongest positions
on the Northern road to Route. It is, however, to be
hoped that General PEPE Mill avail himself of the im • 1 '
pregnable pass at Sarni, a few lea=ses further on !
towards the Roman capital. The high road between
Peruggia, Terni, and this place, winds along under the
base of the Appenines, which form the frontier between
the Abruzzi and papaiterritorct so that by merely assai l-
ing the Austrians in their march, without attempting
a rerular enga2entent, the army of PEP[ can do them
infinite mischief. Should the peasantry on the Sienna
road form themselves into Guerillas, they possess Means
of annoyance no less formidable than thtir luethren 1
of the north. Even Spain itself does not afford more fa- I
eilities for the annihilation of an inva ling foe than •
the portion of Italy chosen by the Austrian Cabinet, to
execute its sarriligeous design of quenching the spirit I
of freedom. From a tolerable local knowledge of 11,e
seat of war, we are convinced that it does not require
a regular army successfully to cope with Fluatioxy's
troops.—lf the roads be effectually broken up, and the
mtinerons defiles through which they have to pass be
only watched with oulinary care, we do not entertain
the smaVest doubt that the enemy it ill fail an easy
prey to the most inexperienced sublirls.
As h,,,,,,,,,, there seems to be an immense force
, I either alrewly in action, or coming on front Lombardy.
those wilt) have in this country projected any pfati for
. , assisting the people of Naples, should not relax in their
I benevolent design. Arms and stinnunition, military
stores of every kind will be most thankfully received,
and are sure of findings ready market.

On looking over the Dublin pipers recently re-
ceived, we perce:ve there is a continent on the letter of
Mr. M`NSMAtta, published in Tile St VI'ESM 1S last
week. iVe are not sittfirientle sward in the polities
of the Irish metropolis to comprehend what the writer
alludes to, and must confess, it is altogether unintel-
ligible. We have indeed heard that party s;,irit, which
has dune so •h injury to the interests of the empire
and to those of Ireland in particular, wes long rai-
-1 plowed to frustrate the patriotic rl'arts of Mr. O'll'orsr-
srk and those of his friends, who have route forward
to aid the cause of South Atnerkan freedom, but from
never having taken any part in the (ies ion at the
these, we are the less dl,posed to do Si nun•. Since
the recent tridmples of the Colunehian Republic furnish
an unanswerable argument against the enemies of its
range, whether here or at Dublin.
With respect to the letter of Mr. *NAMARA, it is
HOW in our possession, and bears the post mark of
Trinidad. We know nothing of the writer, but feel
obliged for the information communicated, and repeat,
notwithstanding the commentary of The Ihiblits
.11,,rmiatz P,..st, that Mr. M•N ► mau.t hag given
some very valuable advice to the Ministers of this
country.

The stehjects under discussion in the House of
Commons last night, though of considerable interest,
cur limits will not permit us to notice its the manner
then• deserve. We cannot. however, avoid adverting to
the motion respecting the Act for regulating the making
and sale of breael. The removal of the Assize front
that important article, has failed to produce the effect
intended. The competition expected has never been
excited ; and can never, we conceive, have room to
' operate. so long as the corporate spirit of the !takers
predouinat•s, and the Ilealmru, he hesitation of the
enottoploy of porter brewers, err allowed to be the
owners of a large proportion of the ovens of the
3letropolis.

Mr. Canning arrived in Town on Wednesday nightl
front Paris. He is expected to take a leading part in
the House of Commons to-night in the discussion on
the Catholic Bills.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has, it said,
aban.loned the idea of proposing the tneasure of which
be had given notice, for raising the legal tender in
Silver from 40s. to 5/.
Mr. Home, some time hack, justly reprobated the
system of private contracts, which he stated, bail on
several oecivions been adopted by the Ordnance, by
which the public hail sustained 'viols injury. We
have been informed from respectable authority, that
during the last year five hundred tons of lead were
sold by private contract to two eminent houses in C.:e
City, in each of which is one Member of Parliament,
usually voting with thavernment, at 211. per ton, when
the price of pig lead upon the market was 25/. per toil.
Sir William Rowley paired off with Mr. Iluskisson
on the Report of the Army Estimates.
The circular note of the Allied Courts respecting
the object and results of the conferences at Troppau,
has been published at length in the Auvriao Observer;
but this document does not differ essentially from the
accounts of it we had previously given.
Accounts received respecting the operations of Lord
Cochrane against Lima, afford a contradiction, from
their dates, to the statements in the American Jour-
nals, of the fall of that place. On the sth of Novem-
ber, they state, that his Lordship with 20 boats, had
cut out the Spanish frigate Esmeralda, with trifling
loss, and that he had taken besides two English ships
on their passage from Cadiz, with cargoes supposed
to be worth a million.
It is gratifying to learn that in Paisley trade has
undergone a considerable improvement within the
last few weeks.—(Glasgow Paper.)
Litton have been received in Glasgow from Buenos
Ayres sebeequently to the skirmish which lately took
place there. British merchants continue to enjoy the
confidence of all parties ; and British pals, particu.
lerly of Glasgow manufacture, are in greet repute.

CATHOLIC BILLS.

(11FRa:a Tat DUBLIN EVENING POST, u‘ncif 13.1

The Catho!':e Bills are this day atilonitted to tl,e pe-
rusal, to the Steady. to Um deep coniideration of the
Protestants find Catholic. of Ireland. Of the Entati-
cipatiou Bill, we have only to say. that it is joiliciou.,
concise, and cionprebrosi ye. We shall be ElSllieht, tie
Catholics 1011 be content with this Bill alune—n•
other is neeessary--no other is adinissable—no (Aber
is politic—no miser is rate.
We have not been forward to thrust forth this opi•
nion prematurely t hat we should be forgetful of the
sAititnents inculcated in this Journal for the last tea
years—we should he forgetful of the principles of U.
QUAL! PIED EstarictratioN, upon which this Journal
has stood—WP should be forgetful of the feelings, Of
the opinions, of the principles of the Catholics, 1 ay
and Ecclesiastical, so frequently, so lonlly espresseJ.
if we did n •t, its their name, pronounce an unequivocal
on the Belo Bill which *tromp:mitts the Bill lot
emancipating the Catholics of Ireland.
The !leader's close attention it retrieStell to the s:••
coed Bill—to the Security and Commission 11111—.)
• the Bill appointing Privy Councillors, being Hrotest-
ants, to superintend and overlook the Ecelesiaatical
intercourse between the Supreme Poiitiar. and the Ca-
'lodic priesthood of Ireland. There is no occasion this
day to tatter into any particulars. he mere stafe-
ment of the pr.ivisiotts of the Bill it ill he qiiite sort-
cient to show that it does not differ in any material
point from the Hill of I tsl3. We shall take another
opportunity of eoloparing them ; fur the present, it is
sufficient to stare, that in :ill the main aril material
points, they are une and the same.
The objertions of the Catholics to the Bill of ISI3—
the ohjeetion, indeed. of the Protestants to that Bill re-
main undisturbed ; both are vetoistical in the manta's-
tial points. The sliffei mire is this—by the Bill of 1913.
the lii icas empowered to pot an absolute Veto on the
recommendation of the Clergy. By the Kill of lel,
this Veto is constriteil iota a disapproval. where is
the idiot who oloos not See that Disapproval means Veto.
awl twilling else
Attain. liv the Bill of 1.13, there was to br erected is
Lay• Ecclesiastical Board. coasisting of certain Cat lodic
Gentlemen and Ei.ele,iastics, aided by certain Isroli.statst
Privy Councillors. By the Bill of 1:21, tbere are to be no
ICatlinlic Laymen; hut the Bishops are to sr!imit tho
correspondence to the aforesaid Secretaries of State and
Piivy Conticil! Hs. The most material difference, how-
ever, between the two Bills is this, that, by the Bill of
1913, the Board should first decide upon the eligibility
of the Candid ate. previous to election ; br the
Bill of lts2l, they decide un his tittles% after the
and previous to htis consecration. Aoainst both triodes
we have instiperible objections, but the latter is, in our
mind, the most objectionable attar two.
We shall say no more this day. We have only to add
it..on very respectable antlimity, that the ii.thowing, aro
stated to he the Commissioners, whom it is the intention
of the t•rown to appoint, in the event of the Bill passing.
into a Law :—Lord Ormonde, Lord Shannon, Lor
Itononobitiore, 11r.Pleitikett, Mr. Buslie, Colonel Harry.
Mr. Penis Browne, .Ir. Grant.
Th- Catholic part of the Board to consit of taro l're•
dates—Br. Troy, Dr. Everard.
We onderstand that parish meetings, to colc:lder the
Provisions of this Bill are already in progress.

SPORTING INTEI,LIGENCE.

RETTINU xr T Mkttfll 15.

nputiv.—S to t ago ftegioold---I I to I 11.!,!d e. wit or
Morel—lli to I tlgst Uustarts—l3 to I asst .1 oek--1119 to I
opt Polygor.
OaKs.—l Ito 2 o.ot M' tally-8 to I apt Augusta-2 so
I ogst Springe--I3 to I agst ZPal.
ftinuaasssom to I ',sit Iteginolll-3 to I ors' out
of Stored-3 lu I opt r. out or Selima-1011, I nest Polyilter.
DONCAITICR ST. Li:atm.-17 to 'd ag..t Jock Spigot-13 to
I most Colwell —l.l to I apt 5aud10...1.---- I.) to I act My
lo,ly-111) to ft ac:t r. rod of Itemembronce-100 to 4 Agit
e. out uf Brush's d. —lon to 4 asst Mr. Ridstlale's filateirmait.

Dumas, Marten 13.—A very nntuerons Meeting •nf
the persons who have been most snxious in promoting ka
Address to his Majesty, on occasion of his inten• :on t..
v:sit I)nh!in, was held' at Morrison's towering evenis4 ;
and we are glad to leans, that the address unifsienatures
which are most nnonerous, will in a few days, be ready
to present at the Castle, to be forwarded to his Majesty.
Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg returns to town tn. '
day, from Claremont, for the season. There was a
report at the west end of the town yesterday, of the'
tlearli of his Royal Ilighness's father.
From lierbice we are inf.srnseil of the death of li's
Excellency Major Thistlethwayte (of the gni. n'.
Royal Regiment). As•ting Lieutenant (inventor of li .1 -
hire, and that his Excellency Sir Frederick Robinson
had appointed Sir John Cameron, IC, C. B. to tise.ti In.
porary administration of the Civil tiovernment of t .at
Island; Sir John Cameron took the Oaths on the 2:.d
of December.
From Detuarart we learn, that a complaint has Iseen
made to his Excellency the (Inventor by Mr. Coch-
rane Johnstone, against the President of the entail
of Policy fur extortion, as well as for being unjust in
refusing to receive him as evidence in a certain tense
wherein he was c interned. Ilia refusal arose in con-
sennence of a writ of outniwry having been *tied awl
now actually in furce against Mr. Johnstone, on the
occasion of the Stock-Exchange affair. In cono.-
(pence of several alleged aMssea in the public depar:-
clients in the Island, Isis Excellency hass given permis-
sion for a public meeting to he held to take the same
into coasideration. .
The benefit of Mr. Roraner, hox-huok and hoses"-
keeper of the Cobourg Theatre, we find it
.fixed for
a
Monday next. We are glad to learn the nspicioit,
patronage under which it is uudertaken ; and doul.t
not, from the judicious and varied entertaintnea..:
which are aunotryed in the advertisement in the front
of our paper, that he will be gratified un the ovcasiuss
with an overflowing home. .
CORN EXCHANGE, AlAncit 16.—We have, had hut litt:e
Wheat fresh in since Wednesday. but a conviderahle irel-
tity remained Mer from that day's supply, for which chore
was hut little &Mood this Morlsing, whtm die sales of all
description were exceedingly heavy at a &cline of 23, per
quarter. and oily the finest samples eiMjd betli•pOsed of et
that abatement.—Bariry is *a..per quarter clipper, 'hiving
large arrivals from the Hutto& coast.—The 'Oat tainlewas
very dull; and from Is. to 25.• lower than on ;1111pudal.-31ii
Beans and Peas nu alteration. 1
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SIIITIIIIIL MLD MARKET, ARCIE 16 —Tie Iwe ttppty utitss
morning, at Market, was not po great as osuin in conic-
quince of which, Betio( good quality is rather di•arer, ar.d
the inferior sorts rental's as per last Market def. 4 . : J .
(To sink the offal ; pap St* so of till •
Reef .... 3s. 631. to 49.11 d. E CAI IRA a'r 2eintrr.
Mutton.. 4s. Oil. to Si. Oil. I Bhasts * • . .: . 410
Veal .... Os. Od. to Gs. 631. Calves ....;`,..,..r.,.. ~.. v
, Pork .... 4s. 6d to Ss. Sd. Sheep and issnibil.., • • 431110
Lamb ... . Os. Ad. to (. rid..rid..
ill . Agit .., ‘....,....:.. ;an
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Hay iatorrt.—This war et ramehis no title, as per Mir
lasi—St:ow and Clover me atomics,