The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-10 00:00:00

Is therefore as hostile to the docrines of the tlo'y
Alliance, as the Spanish Constitution itself : and
instead of demanding that Ferdinand should govern
upon such principles, they will assuredly demand that
he shall govern upon principles directly oppo.
site to these. The Regency cry out aloud for
an absolute King. The Holy Alliance proclaims that all
Kings shall be absolute : and if England should demand
the establishment of a Go►ernmeat that should be a little
more rational, that demand would be laughed at by the
magnanimous Allies. But there is no great danger of our
interference in behalf of just principles of government.
Th. affection of our Ministry fur absolute power is as great
as that of any other cabinet iu Europe. The selection of
the moment when the Kin s of Sp. iu and Portage' had
newly *claimed th. mselves despots, for the presentation
of the orders of the garter, by our gracious Monarch,
sufficiently shoves the disposition of his advisers, and the
nature of the system they would Ti k e to see re-established
in Spain. They will not, however, thank the Spanish
Royalist Faction for openly avowing the principles on
which they act. They would prefer' wearing a mask, and
affecting to be very moderately inclined : bat they would
arrive at the same conclusion iu reality, and make form the
stalking horse of deception.

Another case equally itrocious with the committal of
Mr. Watts, sod more detrimental in its consequences, has
been reported by a cotemporary journal. A poor barge-
man guilty of the same
.offence with Mr. Watts, in conse-
quence of sudden indisposition, was Lid hold of by a Con-
stable in Hyde Park, committed to prison by a Marlborough
Police Magistrate, and detained in custody nineteen days.
The consequences were the loss of a constant place of co-
-1
ployment, and the degradation and personal inconvenience
I.of this unjust punishment. It is really time that a public
lesson was read to these gentlemen oho misuse their
authority so abominably. We must impute no bail motives
to them ; but if these acts are committed in ignorance, they
ought to be instantly removed, and more competent per.
sons put into their places. If they err through mere care-
lessees., and a neglect to inquire into the particulars of the
cases which they are called to decide upon, we suspect they
are liable to actions for damages, on the part of its Ate who
are injured by them.

The nanaber of the Courier Francois, containing* trans-
lation of the doeument which appeared in The Chroxick of
the 2d October, along with the letter of the Duke d'Angou-
leme and Frrdinand's answer, namely, the " Extract of a
Letter known to contain the sentiments of the Spanish
Government, and the leaders of the popular cause," bas
been seized. After so many measures of the French
Government of a similar character, we ought not perhaps to
be surprised, that the Bourbvn Government should be mean
enough to wish to s►►ppress the statements of the Government
with which they are at war.

The Constautionnel contains an article on the issue of
the late negociations between Russia, Turkey, and Perim.
That Persia has been a puppet in the hands of Russia, in
making war and peace. without any ostensible reason for
either, will be easily believed by all who have paid say
attention to the affairs of the East. The motive, however,
for the sudden change in the policy of Russia, affords room
for some specnlation. We have always said that the lode•
pendence of the Greeks was the very last thing that Russia
wished for, and that consequently nothing could be more
painful to her than their successor. If die Turks had succeed.
ell in bringing them again under the yoke, the scenes which
took place in the Afore& wh. it Russia formerly stimulated
them to rise, and which took place latay in Solo, would
have been renewed, and this %mild have afforded a pretext
fur Russian interference, which it would have been difficult
for any third Power to resist. Fortune however has, on
the contrary. declart d in favour of the Greeks, to an extent
which very few anticipated Rand the ohjert of Russia ran
only now be answered by setrmg the hands of the Turks at
liberty.

Letters were received yesterday frog Vienna, dated the
25th ult., stating, that it had been linally sgreed on by the
Turkish Government to refer all the rein ring points in
dispute with Russia, to the arbitration of v.ngland and
Austria.

The Duke of Bourbon met with a serious accitant while
"ntl.-y, on Monday last, in the nrigbbourhood a Chen•
tilly. 1i was thrown from his horse, and the consetneoce
of the fall the fracture of his thigh hone.
The Redwing coop of war, which arrived at Portsmotqi
on Wednesday from t.l...diz, is reported to bring despatche►
from Sir %V. il'Uourt.

It was known at Lloyd's eeteorday that Government wish
to contract for 1.000 tolls orshipiAng. for the conveyame of
aninitinidon and warlike stores to tsrfu.

The appointment of three PatleuieT as Consols to the
Republics of Chili, Mexico, and Buenos Ayers is expected
to he officially announced in a few days. It Is also expected
that they will art out for their respective destioatioos by the
end of t'm present month.
The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser to the
2‘ith of July, arrived yesterday. On the 24th of July the
Royal Commission, empowering J.l'. Bigge, Esq. and W.
M. G. Colebrook, Esq. to inquire into the state of the laws,
administration, &c. of the Cape of Good Hope and of the
Mauritius and the island of Ceylon, was opened in the
f resealed of his Excellency the Governor, in the Hall of the
Court of Justice at Cape Town. The Gazette of the 29th
contains a comparative statement of the Exports from the
Cape for the years 1821 and 1822, which affords most sails-
factory evidence of the rapid progress of the Colony la
Commercial prosperity.
Accounts from Port-au-Prince state, that a law had
recently been adopted in the Republic of Hayti, for the
establishment of a uniform system of weights and met
sures, and of the method of effecting sales. The law
enacts, that there shall in future be but one mode of sellwg
the productions of the island, and various of them which
have heretofore been sold by the vert, shall in future be
sold by the hundred. Molasses are in future to be sold per
quintal. The new law also enacts, that any violation of its
provisions shall result in a confiscation of the property of
the offender, tile one-half of which shall go to the Goya*
ment, and the remainder to the informer.
BARON Vote Boreal/oz.—We understand that an appli-
cation was made in the King's Bench Chamber on hiondafr
before t heir Lordship". for the discharge of Baron Von
Hoffman; arrested at the suit of an American Jew, aid
confined on the affidavit of Mr. Cooke. the Attorney. (W
readers will recollect that the Baron was twice brought IP
before the Commissioners at the Insolvent Gout, when hi
was heard in his defence ; at the last hearing the farther
consideration of the case it as postponed until a reply slid',
have time to come fron America tooching sonic points of
the subject. After bracing Counsel yesterday in support
of, and against the applicators for 'his discharge, then
Lordships seemed inclined to admit the Baron to his
liberty on his own recegniaance, bat have taken a little
time for consideration.—(Dublin Morning Post )