The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-05-03 00:00:00

-TER. STA'

" A Truett Wight. the worst of brutes was man,
,tlia his ova wretched kind he rnthless preyed ;
Vim strongest still the weakest overran ;
In every countrs mighty rubbers sorts ed.
And guile end iuMan force were all their trade:*
A thousand rumours are afloat as to the destination
O the Russians. Here it is asserted, that Spain is to be
"Taieil. an .I th.lt Spettia and Genoa will be held in
fal!thtty occupation. It is strange to say, that when
the Archbishop of Alessan lria delivered the keys of
that fortress to the Austrian Commander, that officer,
instead of sending them to the Royal Piedmont General
to Chief, Latour, or to the Duke of Genoa, or Victor
Immanuel, thought fit to send them to be placed at the
feet of the two Emperors at Lubiera.
Daring the whole period of the unsettled state of af-
fairs in this kingdom, not a single British ship of war
has even made its appearance, either to secure or protect
the property of British merchants resident here. Were
it to convey a wretched Prince, at the dictation of a de-
s;iotie Congress, to violate his oath and betray his peo-
ple, a squadron would have been in attendance.
GENOA.
rots the 0040 it Curette of the 19th ult.]
The most perfect tranquillity continues to be enjoyed
here ; to much so, that even the most timid no longer
feel any apprehensions. The course of the government
is the sarse as if no change had ever occurred, or as if
What itas actually taken place existed only in the decrees
of the Junta of Turin. Our security is not less founded
On the excellent disposition with which all the inhabi-
tants are animated, than on the military force at present
stationed in Genoa. Besides the regiment of the Queen,
whirls remained here during the late transaction, there
entered yesterday a battalion of Cacciatori. with *
troop ofcavalry; anti other royal troops are very ohm*
"Petted.
Coast Balm, commander in chief -of the Austrian
troop, in a despatch directed to General tie Latour. has

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disposition towards the Oe-
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which we feel it our duty to make public :
"111.111511 ANDRIA, APRIL 19.—" I no sooner read the
proclamation of Genoa, then I gave orders to my van
guard, which had advanced as far as Novi, to halt. Per-
ceiving Des-Oeneys to be at the head of the Government,
I no longer felt any doubts of the submission of the
Dnehy to the King's order., and therefore excuse myself
from any proceeding that may cause inquietude to the
Genoese."

Within these few days a great number of disbanded
soldiers, and other individuals compromised by the late
revolution, have directed their course towards Woos.
With a view of preventing the disorders to which the as-
sembling of such a body in the city might have given
rise, the precaution was adopted of directing thesoldiers
at the neighbouring barracks to permit very few per-
sons to enter the city, and of securing quarters for the
greater part of the fugitives in the suburb of San Pier
da Reina. They hive subsequently hired some •essels,
and under the guidance of a few officers, have embarked,
as it is supposed, for Spain. Not a few have embarked
also at Savona."

Among the measures brought forward last night in
the House of Commons was what is briefly called the
Metropolis Police Bill, which passed the second read-
ing. This measure, if we mistake not, professes to be
a Bill for the better Administration of the office of
Magistrate in and about the Metropolis, and contains,
if we are not misinformed, enactments and regulations
relative to matters which the title it bears dues not im-
mediately imply. In order, however, to prepare DB
for one odd matter of this kind, t-vo petitions from
parishes at the West-end of the town were presented
last night, in support, it was said, of the pending Bill,
complaining of the prevalent practice of blowing horns
in the streets. It is well for the inhabitants of these
polite parts of the town that the grievance that lies
uppermost with them is only the noise of horn-blow-
iag. Peace and qui •tness are 'certainly great com-
forts ; but if the intellects or eyes of these good peo-
ple were as acute as their ears, they might have per-
ceived many serious evils within the connection or
scope of the Metropolitan Police, that call in )re loudly
for suppression than even the noise of the horn-boys.
If they confined their attention to such sp,•cies of dig•
turbance only, they might lint as much discordance,
for instance, between the regular and legal observance
of the sabbath an•l the rattling of carriages to musical
and other parties, in their fashionable streets on Sun-
day nights, as they affect to perceive in the subject of
their complaints. If the present laws were put in
force against the fashionable violations of order, with
the same severity which is invoked against more vul-
gar and venial irregularities. it might happen that the
petitioners would be then disposed to seek a Toleration
rather than a Restraining Act. In fact, last night
afforded eviden:e, even in connection with that very
Metropolis Police 11111, which shee•s how uneven the
hands of many of our would-he Legislators are in the
exercise of relaxation and restriction. To prevent the
mural mischiefs u }aids arise in such a Metropolis as
this, from the retort of improper persons to places set
apart for public danc:ng, an Act of Heorge 11. attaches
severe penalties upon parties frequenting such places,
in case they are not regularly license:l for that purpose.
Of the fatal consequence of such promiscuous meetings
many parents and masters have had serious reason to
lament, and to them the Police have had occasion to
trace many of the disorders of which the public have
complained. Yet this Act which has been long con-
sidered as imposing only a most wholesome restraint,
has now, it seems, because (lancing is a fashionable
amusement, become a uhject of complaint; and a pe-
tition was last night presented, praying that in the
progress of the Police Bill, the law might be so
amended as to enable Magistrates to dispense with
penalties which they were at present compelled to in-
flict. Another matter which we unespectedly find con-
nected with the pending Bill is, the regulation of cer-
tain places of public resort which have lately been es-
tablished in London, called Coffee-shops. Some of
these places are kept open, it appears, at very unsea-
sonable hours, and then become, of course, the re-
ceptacles of persons of idle aid dissolute character.—
Instances of this kind were made evident at
some of the Police °lces last Monday morning
but it is remarkable that though a multitude of per-
sous of Irregular habits were exhibited on that
occasion, the reputed thieves who might have been ex-
pected among them, had contrived to escape. That
no such places of resort should be allowed at such un-
seasonable hours, cannot admit a doubt ; but it is tie
be hoped that in restraining them, advantage will not
be taken to indict undue imposition upon others which
only happen to bear a similar denomination. Many
of the latter description present to the labouring classes
desirable accommodation and a wholesome and econo-
mical repast. They afford a beverage which " cheers
yet not inebriates," and deserve not the restraint but
the protection and encouragement of a wise and moral
alice.

Advices from Petersbargb, dated the 13th ult. werel
received on Tuesday by express. which state that
intelligence had arrived there of the orders issued fur
the halt of the Russian army, on which the exchange
rose from 91 to 9k--an improvement of 4 per Cent.
Letters from Messina of the 24 of April state that
lien. Rossaroll, who aed from Naples on the entry of
the Austrian troops, had landed at Messina, with the
intention of making himself muter of the citadel, and
of proclaiming the Constitution, but was so warmly
opposed by the inhabitants, that he was compelled to
a precipitate flight to save his life.
A letter from Ilamburgh of the 27th ult. states,
that in consequence of the great exportation of sil-
ver, the discount, which for a year preceding bad
varied le to *2 per Cent., has risen to aper Cent.