The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-06-12 00:00:00

ties In their benefits, or to compensation for their loss.
lint Mr: Heski•aon who, on retiring from Deep, is srcu.e
of a itission, in consUrratitin of fih pert services, and
who 'Would roar filch any lion, if st were pr !mid to
week his vested tights, never mentions the vested riel t •
of the weavers in the protection of the law ! (heat num•
bets of weavers were assembled last night round the
House, to ascertain the result; aid went home eeary,
and convinced that either their interests were ignorantly
mistroderstood, or most blanseably disregarded.
We must again repeat that we a•e the advocates of th •
removal of ALL restrictions opon trade and commerce,
except those which are necessary for the maintenance co'
the British Navy, upon which all commerce depends,
and which is therefore paramount to ali•commert ial con-
eideratione. Hot we object to these partial •removals,l
which inflict injuries upon a class, without benrfi ing the
whole: and we yet trust the remonstrances of the Spits'.
fields weavers will be heard in the House of Lords,
CASH PAYMENTS.
Mr. Western brought fdrwsrd his long-promised mo-
tion relative to Cash Payments. The debate was adjourn-
ed until tonight; and having exbauced our limits in our
previous commentary, we shall also adjourn our remarks
upon the correney question, that we may have then hole
discussion before us.

SPANISH MEETING.
se-morrow the inhabitants of the Metropolis hold a pub-
lic meeting in behalf of the oppressed inhabitants of Spain.
It cannot be denied, that there I. more la the measure than a
superfielal Observer might imagine. It may lead to the moat
Important resettle. If the Metropolitan Meeting should be
followed, at we trust It still, by meetings throughout the
country, to express their abhorrence of the invasion of
Spain,and to offer their assistance 1u repelling the invaders.
the nertratity of the Government will assume a singular
cheraeter ;. and If Fran& is at all litigious •to quarrel with
England. an easy pretext would he furnished :—and some
timid men may be anxious that English fee log should be
suppressed, lest it should give offence to Bourbon insolence.
We are not of this mode of thinking; nor do we th'nk it.
either for the character, or the interest of the country, that
the lion should be muzzled, as well as chained. it 45 well
that the Ministry should feel the nation is too. much impo-
verished, to engage in frivolous contests, such as the affair
of Nootka Sound ; or in mischievous and ultked saes, like
the war against French independence—but we trust it will
never be admitted, or felt, that the people are not able to
go to war with any nation, or with the world, in detente of
its existence as a State, of which the right to atter a na-
tional opinion forms a part. Our resources, though not at
the disposal of is Minister to indulge his caprice, or of a
monarch in gratify his ambition, ought to be always ready
to answer the demands of justice and humanity.

Bayonne papers wlech bare been received to the 4th
inst. state that the Constitutional General !Gornto has moved
from Astorga to Ciudad Rodrigo, where he may be ebb; to
ha s the rear and flank of the French army. Of the ad-
ditional means resorted to by the invaders to effect their
purpose, the following instance is give. in the papers now
before as " Gold has been lavishly expended, not only in
the towns and villages occupied by the French, for the pur-
pose of exciting the people against the Con%titu iontlism,
and of giving new vigour to the counter-revolution, but the
same system has been pursued cm in places not yet occu-
pied, particularly Cadiz, Seville, Malaga, Cordova, Jaen,
Grenada, Valencia, Murcia, and io all Gentili. To de-
prive the Spaniards of the aid of the Portuguese, discord
anti civil war in that, country are encouraged; and it is even
affirmed that a revolutionary Committee has been formed
at Valladolid, and a sum of two millions of francs placed
at the disposal of Count Amarante, exclusive of other
sums which hare been expended at Oporto and Lisboa."