The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-26 00:00:00

SPANISHCOKTES.

1n the sitting of the 27th April, the President an-
nounced that the Government had sent to be counnnni-
rated to the Cortes the Manifesto which his Majesty had
thought it proper to address to the Spaniards under pre-
sent, eircuinstances, to chew to them the unjust conduct
of France in invading the Spanish territory without spre-
viuus declaration of ear.
This document is of great length. Ilia Majesty re-
minds his people, that when Napoleon, after reducing alt
Europe to silence, attacked Spain, t%ey did not hesitate
to putsr.e the path dictated by bon our; they opened the
stay to the triumphs over the French Attila, an 1 might
justly expect that those who called themselves the re-'
storm of order in Europe, would not imitate his ex-
ample, but that the Princes would respect a
.people of
whom they owed so much. Unhappily this is not the
case; but pretexts equally vain and indecorous are al•
leged for so scandalous an aggression.."' The restoration
of the Constitutional system in Spaitkls railed a milita-
ry insurrection ; my acceptance of if. viotence; 'my ad-
herence, captivity ; the Correa; and 69.00 re rnme nt that

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MONDAY EVENING. MAY 26, 1823.

,THE BILL FOR LEGALIZING THE SALE OF
GAME.

The Code of Lsws existing in this Country, generally
known; by the name of the Game Laws, is unquestion-
ably the remains of Institutions introduced by our feudal
ancestors, and, though the principles on which the. Le-
gislator. has professed to act, have been different at dif•
ferent times, ore object has been ,kept steadily in view,
namely, that of pieventing 'the destruction 9f Game by
any p .rvot that could not be considered as belonging
to the aristocracy of the Country. Oa the policy or
motives la which these laws or any of them had their

'ESMA N.
• littlin if is wet it all material at prises% to enter.' They
pt tbelteed .at a period when this wintry *as thinly
ittedpetit when there were extentiew' Conte*, woods,
sad wastes in the hands of the Cristen, unprotected by
the vigilance of any private occupier, and over and
breugh which, every person assumed a kind of licence
'range at pleasure, and destroy or kill what wild ani-
mals he met with; and it is now perfectly immaterial
*hither the Legislative restraints on their destruction
"Were imposed for the purpose of preventing the idle and
profligate from mis-spending their time, or far the more
probable purpose of preserving them for the amusement
the tables of the great. A new order of things
Vois arisen. The face of the country and the nature of its
inhabitants are changed; and the animals which were
feamerly the inhabitants of wilds and wastes, are now
Weld in cultivated parks and paddock., and instead
of being found only at the tables of the great landed mo-
prietors, are met with at those of wealthy citizens, in
spite of prohibiting statutes, and will so long as the price
obtained for the article offers an adequate temptation to
the poacher to risk discovery and punishment. The high
price, and the ability of the poacher to obtain game in a
considerable quantity at a time, operate as premiums for
encouraging poaching, as high duties are premiums for
the encouragement of smuggling ; and legalising the sale
of game by landed proprietors, will have no more effect
in preventing poaching, than liceasing merchants to sell
spirits has to prevent smuggling. I !Weed, it is much easier
to put an end to the latter than the former. Repeal all
duties on spirits, and the smuggler is ruined. But
suppose game is !wide private property, the legal
owner could not meet the poacher in the market.
That poaching is an evil, and the parent of ma-
nifest evils cannot admit a doubt ; and as such
it would be very desirable to prevent it.—fire,
question •tlsen immediately presents itself in what
manner it cant—ln the first place there is an open
market for the products of the poacher's labour. That
market must therefore be suppliel, and at a price which
will ruin the poacher; and this can only be done by
one of two ways, that is, either the legal supply must ex-
ceed the demand, or the article must be rendered so
scarce as to make it impossible to be procured by the
poacher so as to yield is profit. If those who wish to
monopolise the (lame will furnish a sufficient supply for
the market at such is price as to prevent an adequate re-
turn to the poacher, his depredations will be immediately
limited to the supply of his own consumption, which can
make no great impression upon a stock adequate to the
ilemand of our populous and wealthy cities and towns,
and, indeed, even that will he diminished in proportion
to the cheapness of other provisions; on the contrary,
if the stock of wild animals to be so far reduced as to
render it impossible for the poacher to take a sufficient
number to answer his purpose.
Now with respect to the Bill before the House it ap-
pears imperfect in principle and confused and defective
in plan—The spirit in which it is framed, is that of at-
tempting to secure to owners of land, the exclusive
property in the wild animals. Irons chooses to stock his
estate with hares, no person ought to interfere with
him, hut then his hares have no more right to
eat his neighbour's turnips, than his sheep hare,
It follows then, he must fence diem in, and if be do so
fence them in, why has be not as much right to punish
a man fur stealing a hare from him as a lamb ? —Let the
principle be avowed that any person has a right to stock
his laid with any wild animals he pleases, so that he pre-
vent them tresp3ssin; on his neighbour ; but let
itibe observed, that lie has no more right to eat
his neighbour's corn by means of his pheasants, than he
has by his turkeys; end another person has clearly as good
a right to damages for one trespass, as the other. As the
Bill now stands, there is a covert repeal of some of the
qualifications to kill game now existing, or it is intended
there are to be two descriptions of game certificates, one to
kilt and tell game, the other to kill game but not to sell
and it is not easy to discover how the retail dealer is to And
out.before he purebases,whethertbe person offering him game
for sale possesses the two requisites required by the pro•
posed Bill, viz.—A qualifica:ion and a certificate authorizing
him;to sell game. Again is the power of s 'arching the per-
sons and premises of unlicensed and unqualified persons, to
extend to all persons unqualified according to the present
Bill. The eldest son, for instance, as such, of a nobleman,
could not, under the present Biil, be entitled to a certificate
to kill and sell gases ; are he and his premises therefore, lia-
ble to be searched 7 In short, from the manner in which the
present Bill is framed, it is impossible to say if ft p ISM
Into 'slaw, what will be its construction, when considered in
conjunction with the laws already in force.

Paris parrs to the 25th, have ben received, from
which we extract the following :
(From the Aloniteur.)

ARMY OF THE PYRENEES.-4TH CORPS.
REPORT TO HIS RECELLENCT THE MINISTER SICRITARY

OF STATE FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
(krona, May 19, 2 in the morning.
" As I had the honour of informing• you in my last
despatch, the fortress of liostalrich is invested from the
road leading from Hostalrich to Forderas, to the road
from the former towo to S►. Celoni. .
" General Rustignac has taken possession of the port
of St. Felix de Li aitolo.
" Being informed that the enemy had left the position
of St. Celoni, in order to proceed on Cardaden and Ora-
-1 oolles, I ordered General Curial to march rapidly with
his infantry in pursuit of the enemy, and l repeated the
order, addressing to him a copy of the letter which 1 had
received from General Donnadicu, that he night perceive
the importanceof a rapid and determined march. I also
enclose a copy of that letter. 1 will inform your Exec
lency of the success obtained by his Majesty's troops
over the enemy. I am sorry that I cannot yet transini!
you mere ample details.
" did not delay to reply to General Donna•lien, and
1 hope that lie, in concert wi di the Baron d'Eroles, will
undertake an operation against Mina. 1 shall take care
to transmit to your Excellency the reports which may
reach me.
" 1 have the honour •to be, with high considera-
tion, &C.
"The Marshal Duke of Cotiegliana, Moscev."
DESTATCH PROM GENERAL DuNNADIEU TO UIS EXCEL-
LIIES( MARSHAL TUE DUKE OF CORNEGLIANO.
" CASTEGTERSOL, May 17, 7 in the morning'.
My extreme fatigue prevents me from entering into

such detakreipoctiog the
•Maksty's troops bare obtains

a ,

illiant victory which his

" At four o'clock this morning I left Vicb, as I had
the honour to inform your Excellency. 1 was precoled
by the brigades of Ls Roche Ayinond, an i St. Priest.
which marched upon Moya. Arrived at the branch of
the road which leads to qesteltersol, I found St. Priest's
brigade in position. waiting for the return of a recon-
noissance, directed to the latter village.
"This reconnoissance being waived far too long, I in-
doomi General St. Priest to continue his march on Mom
whence General Ls Roche Aymond bad written that he
was driving a corps of 100 men before him. General St.
Priest had scarcely quitted his position with the 2d regi.
meat of the line, when the reconnoissance arrived, and
announced that the enemy to the number of 3000 troops
of the line occupied the position of Castelt•rsol. 1 im-
mediately ordered the 12th light infantry and tse batta-
lion of General Romagosa to advance on that village.
from which we were about two leagues distant, announc-
ing to the troops that I would follow them in person with
two battalions of the 18th.

" Oa arriving near the village, I discovered that the ene-
my bad severed an ampitheatre of steep and woody Id:locks,
with tome battalions pretty regularly posted in order of bat-
tle. My dispositions being made, I ordered him to be at-
tacked by three columns, Si the bead of which were placed
my chief of the staff, M. de la Nougarede. Colonel de Lapo-
'tee, and General Romagosa. To describe to you, Marshal,
the courage, the coolness, the intrepidity of the troops, is irc-
possilie. On-ground to which they bad to ember up, al-
most without discharging a musket, they 'snacked an enemy
who directed against them a cross are. That enemy, during
the four hours which were occupied is drawing him from pc.
sition to position, maintained uninterruptedly well-support-
ed battalion fires. I had about all wounded. and a few men
killed—l do not yet know how many. I have been informed
-of toe loss of only one °nicer, Capt. Jardin, of the carahl-
neers of the 12th light infantry.
" The field of battle was strewed with Be enemy's
dead. This division, whims came from lierceloni, Con-
sisted of the troops of the line which were in that citY,
and of those under the command of Llohera and Cost a.
!lutes and the Political Chief of Catalonia were th► lead.
era. The object of the movement was to favour the re-
treat of Mina on Barcelona.

" The enemy is retreating on St. Felin de Galina.—
He is sharply pursued by our troops.
" I have this moment received a letter from Baron
d'Erolea, who is at Prat: del [meant% He informs me
for a certainty, that Mina is at Cellent with 3,000 men.
General Ls Roche Avmond, who occupies Calees, is cor-
am:vitally only three !capes from I • . I write imme-
diately to &won d'Erules to proceed forward to morrow
morning, that the enemy may not escape.
" I recommend to your favour the three chiefs who
were at the head of the columns, in order that they tnay
obtain from his Royal Highness the reward due to their
noble conduct. I have the honour to be, &e.
“ DON NA DI EU."

Such is the form in which Donnadieu's despatch ap-
pears in the Ilfoniteur. It is understood, however, that
the French wioistera took the liberty of omitting the
conclusion of the letter, which stated that " the firing
ofmasketry still continued. Such as it is, it indicates any
thing bat a victory. No mention is male of prisoners,
of cannon, or of baggage taken, and the only result
stated of this vectors, as it is called, is a hope that Don-
naiieu end Erodes would mike an attempt against Mina.
We must wait for the Spanish account of this affair be-
fore we can learn the truth. It had been asserted, prevd-
ous to the publication of these despatches, that a very
warm action had taken piece, and that " the French
army," though victorious, " had sustained a very violent
sad murderous shock."—The lioniteur contains an ac-
count of the French naval force employed ag atilt Spain,
which is stated to consist of two squadrons. One cruises
in the bay of Biscay, under Rear A lmiral Hame-
lin, who has sent a strong division to blockade Ca-
die. The other, commanded by Rear Admiral
Itotours, is employed in the Miditerranean. —Private
letters assert, that wheu the Prince Generalissimo reaches
Madrid, he (or else the Generale of the Faith under his
orders) will immediately convoke a Chamber of Gran-
dees, or Peers, in the name of the King ; that this Cham-
ber will invite the Duputies of the Cortes to • join them
in forming, with the concurrence of the King, a Legis-
lative Body, consisting of two Chambers, and that the
Ministers of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, will. proceed
to Madrid, and acknowledge, as proceeding from the
King, the Constitution that remodelled. These Minh.e
tens, it is added, have received passports for Seville, is
order to negociate with the Cortes.

French 5 per Cents. left oil on Thurs lay at SSL 50:.
for ready money, and on Friday at SSf. 90c.

A Jamaica' Mail has also arrived to dsy. From the
Royal Garotte, which has been received to the 13th of
April, we learn that a.report of the defeat of the Royalist
troops uy the Colombians is confirmed. On their march
to Rio de la Bache they were met by General Slontillos
who routed them, taking 409 prisoners.

Morales bas declared the removal of the Volicade of
the ports of the Main, cccopied by the Colombians ; bat
foreign vessels which may bring into the said ports,
arms, ammunition, or implements of war, or adventures
who may come for the pnrp .se of waging War against
the subjects of his _Catholic blajesty will be treated as
enemies.

By the !dab papers received this morning, we are eel.
cerned to find the ontrages in the neighbourhood of
Lituerick have assumed a more than usually daring cia•
racter. On Monday last au attack was made, at les
o'clock in the morning, on the house of Robert Derawlin,
Esq., which was plundered of arms; and on Tuesday, is
the middle of the day, a party of insurgents went to the
house of Mr. Townsend, at Farrahee, near Kildorrerr,
and took several stand of fire-arms from thence. Eleven
men were apprehended on suspicion of the formerss•
sault, four of whom have been identified, and conimitted
to prison.

blocs 11ICHANGE 13 O'CLCClL—Console opened this
morning at 8O (or Money, and 81 for the Aeenutt. Tliere •

has been a good deal of bu4in..ss doing in the above Mar-
ket. and Consols have been done at SI.

The Expects from Paris has brought the French Funds of
Saturday at SO-85; Spanish, 45; Neapolitan, 771. A cur-
rent report prevails that the Spanish General, Abisbal,
has gone over to the French, hut not much credit is attached
to the rumodr. It x as said last night, that a certain gnat
House of the Hebrew persuasion in the city, was to he the
6 ntractors lot the Spanish Lou forthcoming. Plisate kF

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tire rewind from Paris this mewling, positively state ii
French army was to enter Madrid on the SW inst.
natures( Foiers.—Up to this hoer thin has bees Ist
mane doing Intim above Market. Spanish Bonds opened at
gsi, at which price they remain steady. In Chill nothing'
done.
New Spanish, 37U—New Prussia, SW—Russia, 79
Danish; nothing done—Neapolitan, 73;—Colombian, 61.
We rejoice to state, that his Majesty is so completely
recovered from his recent severe indisposition, as to be
able to join his anal society at dinner. His Majesty has
resumed his intention of taking marine excursions in
the neighbourhood of the Isle of Wight, but the precise
period is not yet determined.—(.lforoing Herald.)
Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester visited the King.
The Lord Chancellor had an audience of his Majesty
yesterday.
• Saturday the King received a visit from the Duke of
York.
Yesterday, at three o'clock, his Royal Highness the
Duke of York and snite, went to view the Exhibition
at Somerset House. His Royal Highness was received
by Sir Thomas Lawrence, the President of the Royal
Academy, and Mr. Howard, the Secretary, who conducted
Ids Royal Highness over the different rooms set apart for
tire display of the different classes of the Arts which oc-
cupied the attendance of the Royal Dnke tiil near live
o'clock; and with which his Royal Highness was pleased
to express himself highly delighted.
At the Eton Montero, on Tuesday last, we are in-
formed that a plea ing rencootre took place between the
two great political opponents, Messrs. Canning and
liroegham, who met in the school-yard, and shook
lands in the most cordial manner. this conciliatory
interview, however, on the day before the resumption of
business at St. Stephen's, re..ioded oar informant of
Golinan's lines, which, by the by, were probably, at the
very moment, being Inure strikingly illustrated by two
other renowned opponents :
" Who first shake bands before they box,
Then give each other plagoy knocks;
lYith all the love and fondness of a brother."
(Bath Herald.)
The Eton Anniversary Dinner; we understand, was
• nuineron-ly attended on Saturday than for many years.
There were about 400 persons present. Among the
speakers were Lord Bathurst, Mr. Canning, the Duke of
2.urtlium's rlantl, the Provost, the Head Master, and
Mr. Jcstice Bailey. It was facetiously remarked that,
in all pronability, there were not more then forty out of
the 400 who boil not at one period or other. received
corporeal correction from either the late or the present
Mead Master:
At the Eton Montem the Collection amounted to 1002/.
which Mr. Barnard receives, with the deduction of ex-
kisses.
Many interesting occurrences are daily taking place in
Spain, which from want of a regular supply of journals
from that kingdom, and trout the suppression and misre-
presentation of frets in the French papers, must long
• remain unknown to us. Of this we have received a
proof in an article inserted in a paper this morning.—
By the arrival of a gentleman yesterday from Cadiz, we
learn that he was witness to the landing of four hundred
prisoners there from Valencia. They formed part o
Ultnarici's corps. and had been taken when he was de
feated by the brave Valencians in his attack on thri
city. They werein the most miserable condition, with.
bats, shoes, or regular clothing, and seemed a
wretched set of men. Two priests, also prisoners,
marched at their head. A few days before, two French
u•erehant vessels had been brought to Algeciras by Spa-
nish rruizers.
The tinnier, from Bordeaux, arrived at Liverpool on
Friday morning. She sailed on the 12th May, and brings
aecouuts that, on the preceding day, 400 wounded
French soldiers were brought into Bayonne, and that
the. French people were every where petitioning for
peace.
Letters from Malta dated the 9th April, state, that the
Governor and suite had left that island on the 4th for
Naples. These advices also state, that it wasfeared that
dreadful vbitstion, the plague, was making ravages at
Alexandria, us two vessels hsti arrived from thence, the
cress of u hich, it was supposed, were labouring under
that infection.
We have received Brussels Papers to Friday. An ar-
ticle dated Trieste, May 9. says:
"We have news from Mores to the 26th April. The
Beira. y of Greece has ceased, an ! the Government is in
the literals of a'Congress of Deputies. After the solemn
hotallation at Napoli di Romani, Maurocordato was
elected President of the Congress to the great joy of the
people. 'The Congress has confided to Colocononi the
defence of the Mores, and has appointed Odysseus to the
chief command in Thessaly and Bozzaria, to the same
situation in Epirus and Ararnania. The state of affairs
in the Peloponne-us is levroirable to the Insurgents.
Extract of a letter from Corfu, dated April 20, 1823:
"The Fniers that be' here have lately shewn them-
selves beret disposed towards the Greeks than they were
same months since. They (tile Greeks) have now got
the entire possession of the Mores, which they are at
present well able to keep."
Extract of a letter from Malta, dated April 21--" Se-
veral vessels (amongst which are some Enolish and Mal-
time) have been lately chartered to carry Greek prisoners
frost Turkish ports to Alexandria, Tripoli, Tunis, &c.
where they have been sold as slaves. This Government
has given notice of their determination to put a stop to
such proceedings, and persons so offending are to be
'proceeded against in the Court instituted in this island
• for the trial of piratical offences. One of those vessels,
the Dee Cvgeini is lately arrived here from Alexandria,
• Laving in a former voyage carried 40 Greeks to Tunis,
where they were sold as slaves by a 'l'urkish supercargo.
sbeis now under quarantine, and the captain anti crew
are set allowed to have any communication with the
shore, and, it is Said, it is the intention of oor Govern-
ant to proceed against them. A I called the Adol-
-Plioarrived here, yesterday morning, irons Alexandria in
2a days laden with corn; one of the crew died on board
six days ago, and another man is also ill, it is said, with
the plague; hut 1 have not sufficient authority for pro-
eoancing it with certainty to be the case."
So. LUCIA, April is.--The first convoy of seven
Fre.ach merchantmen sailed from Martinique the 25th
oil, es totted by the Vestule frigate and Moselle sloop of
nor t,Ney would be joined off Guadaloupe by the 'Earn
stoop of war, and as many merchantmen. In those is-
kids ot,o, :We in great activity. petting fortifications in
sepair. sf ft'ar with England was expected.
A Lisbon irta:l bas brought papers to the.9th instant.
An article dated .Oporto, April 2b, mentions the arrival
of as express from the Constitutional Army, comment-
eatilg theioteiligence that General Morillo had encoun-
terra the " factious Pcrtufftlese." (Amarante's force,)
Ind that be had some fighting with them ; but they had
semester! in joining the Fre:lell-
Oa Friday, James Bell, an olt.l mans well known by the
cognomen of " Auld Meson Bell," died, In his house. head
of the High Street, Perth. His penurious habits led him to
follow the craft of a mendicant, although lie was the pro-
prietor of two tenements. He would allow himself no earthly
comfort at his own expellee. His miserable dwelling was
seldom cheered with a Ire, reran in the.most stormy wea-
ther, and his shrivelled body was scantily covered with
raiment. He had, however. a goodly store of clothes in his
slant:mod ; and in an old stocking his heirs found one hues
dred and twenty dollars—besides, bank notes to a considdr-
able amount, and &bank receipt for 1701. was discovered in
another corner of his room.—(Drindee