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LATE MUM ENGLAND.
From the Charleston Courier D h inat
Bv the fine fast failing ship
South Boston, Captain Campbell*
in 42 days from Liverpool, we
this morning received files of Lcn
don papers to the 3d uit. inclu
siv<
The trial of the Queer, had not
yet terminated.— i tie B U of Pams
and Penalties was pressed to a se
£ond reading in the House of Lords
—The debate had lasted two days,
in the course of which the Lord
Chancellor avowed his convic
tion of her guilt, even though the
wi oleos the evidence given by
Italian witnesses, should be over
looked. He was followed by
Lord Ersrine, who spoke for
foroe time again ft the Bil, and
in defence of the Queten’s in
liocence ; but was at length so
touch overcome from indisposi
tion, that he could nor proceed
and when contrasting the evidence
cf with that given by
Dr H Li.and, his Lordship sud
denly flopped, and soon after fell
forward upon the table in a Lose-
Ms itate—The anxiety of the
whole house was inftanrly aroused,
jfiiK windfaws were thrown open,
the Lord Chancellor , Earl of Liver
pool, and Earls Gray and Carnar
von, with Lord Holland , and Mr,
Baron Gar row, hastened to his as
sistance, and fncceeded in raising
him up, but his colour was gone.
They then became feriousSy alarm
ed, and immediately proceeded to
convey him out of the house, into
an adjoining room, where medical
aid was immediately procured.
After the taps of a hal? an hour,
Lord Erskine's indisposition be
ing so severe as to prevent his re
turn, the house relumed the de
bate.
November 1.
By the packet which arrived
ytfterday from Lisbon, we have
received letters of the l6:h uit.
Marshal Beresford arrived at Lis
bon, from Rio Janeiro, a few days
previous to that date, in the Veti
geur 74, Captain Maitland. His
arrival caused a considerable sens
ation in the Portuguese capital*
Lord Beresford, who appears to
have been anxious to obtain per
mitsion to land, wrote immediate
ly to the government for that pur
pose ; but received a polite refu
sal, couched under the anxiety
they felt lest the person of the
Marshal sould be exposed to in
suit; and that the consequences
might net be confined to him
alone, but that a misunderstanding
with England, which they were,
above all things, most desirous to
avoid, might thence be produced.
His lordship was not fatiffied with
this reply. Ke claimed permis
sion to land on account of his
health, which had been long indif
ferent, and hich required that he
should come on shore. He de
clared that he felt no apprehen
sion, on the score of infult,in any
part of Portugal j and that he
WASHINGTON, (georgia) FRIDAY DECEMBER 29, 1820.
would remove all fears of misun*
derttanding with England, by tak
ing the whole refponsit>ility 4 upon
himself.
l'he government, however,
closed the negotiation by Hating,
that in the exitting circumstances
of the country, they could not pos
sibly permit Marshal Beresford
to land. It was understood at Lis.
bon, that Lord Beresford brought
with him from Rio Janeiro, addi
tional powers from the King,
which would have given him a
control over the whole kingdom,
little short of monarchy ; and this
belief, whether weii founded or not
seems to have given decision to
the refusal to land and to enter the
capital. It is remarkable that the
money brought by Lord Beres
lord from Rio Janeiro in the Yen
gear, which was deftiaed to coun
teract the < xpecred revolution, has
fallen into the hands of the new
government. According to the
private letters, when the Vengeur
arrived, Lord Berresford refused
to deliver up the bills of lading,
add refsed in the usual manner to
the Secretary of the Ireasury,
without which the specie could
not be claimed. Iwo days sub
feqnently to this, however, another
velsel from the Brazils anchored
ir, the port or Lisbon, with dupli
cates of the biiis of lading, which
being prefenied to Capt. Maitland,
he no longer felt himself empow
ered to wit:.hold tire delivery of
the specie. Lord Berresford, toge
ther with fevtral English Officers
of the Army of Portugal, has re
turned to England by this packet,
l’he letters from Lisbon warmly
express tbe feeling of thaukful
nefs of the writers that his Lord
ship did no; reach Lisbon during
the progress of the revolution.
We received this forenoon advi
ces from Calcutta to the 23d June.
We are forty ro hear that tbe Cot
ton crops have failed last season
in the presidency of Calcutta, and
that the year’s production was not
expected to exceed 30,C00 bales.
LATEST OF SPAIN/
froMm-sicATEI) ion the m: Much a tic
Extract of a letter, dated Gibraltar, Sepy ‘2B.
“I am therefore but little, if any*
wiser in the affairs of Spain than
I was when I wrote you last. I
have seen and heard enough to sa
tisfy me, that that devoted coun
try is yet to be a prey td all the
horrors of diffracted policy, or to
remain buried in the chaos of fan
atic barba ism and monkish fuper
flition ; as yet, nothing has been
dene in the cause of civil liberty Sc
national emancipation. The Cor
tes, iiilicad of setting about esta
blishing anew system, have been
foolishly and uselessly engaged re
pairing an old one, the very foun
dations of which are rotten and un
tenable. Puisome adulation a.id
childish compliments to the praise
and glory of Ferdinand have more
engaged the deliberations of
the House, than the finances, the
commerce, the manufactures, 6c
the thousand other et ceteras,
which required immediate atten
tion, and which the nation and the
world expected would have form
ed the subjects of their firft and
mod Ready and profound legisla
r tion. This game has created pow-
erful parties against, the conftitu- I
tion, because it has shaken the l
confidence of the people in those |
whom it was expected would be J
Mund its fast confiding supporters. 1
The people,tired of looking longer j
to the Cortes tor rebel from the
thousand difficulties which oppress I
them, begin to seek redrels m the I
wisdom and vigor ot their own
resources—and hence, a system ot
the molt public and lawless traffic j
is to be found in every town and j
province in the kingdom, in rna
ny, they absolutely refuse to pay
taxes : the monopolies ot the King,
TobaccA and Salt, which were
wont to be held as sacred as the
garments ot their faints, are now as
publicly fold as any other merchan
dize, and smuggling prohibited
goods is hardly more secret & dis
guise.,. than the introduction ot the
moll favored articles. In fine, ail
is anarchy and confusion, and ii
cannot be long before ‘ bloodshed
mult follow. It would be difficult
to lay, at present, what the go
vernment of Spain is You will
have fecn that lately general liiego
and his comrades twice refus.u
a positive order of the govern
ment. The government in turn
striped them of their commissions
and put them into banishment
without even the form of trial—
and this on the very acknowledge
ment of a constitution which ie
cures that benefit to all as a fun
damental and unalienable right !
Os the moral character ct the
prese.v gcneiation ot Bpaimpme
cefr.ary to the enjoyment and to
the capacity for free government, you
are better qualified to judge than
lam Nay, you have a more prac
tical acquaintance. To my mind,
it is a barrier not to be overcome ;
anew generation mult arise with
other h bits and other feelings
educated to the contemplation of
things diametrically opposite in a
moral, Ibcial, religious, political,
and philosophical point of view,
before any thing can be expected
to uphold the great cause of civil
libeMy in Spain, or give her a
nilpM in the temple of rational
freedom.
What good tjiey do, I am wil
ling and ready to give them cre
dit for ; but I look under the
present system, with $ hopeless an
expaftation-to fee a perfect federal
unrtfh formed out of the hetero
geneous mass of our stupid anu un
lettered blacks.
Our affairs have never been
thought of—a committee was ap
pointed on every subject in the
King’s message at the opening of
the Cories, but on the unsettled
differences with the U. States *
Florida you%iil never get by trea
ty —and Spain fays, as long as the
Emperor of Rufiia will conde
scend to give advice on the sub
ject, you will never get it at all.
lhe United States have tneirown
honor in thir own keeping.
We have a considerable stir a
trongst politicians to day, in con
sequence of the appearance off
here this morning of the British
frigates Active and Cambiian in
II days from England, who, hav
ing landed defpaiches at Lisbon
and this place, proceeded to Me
eastward. Theyfucceeded the Pac
ket orriy three days, & failed within
a few hours of each other from
England. There was but a few
hours difference in their artival
here.
There are a thousand stories a
float on the occa ion, which it
would be useiefs to repeat: a
mongst them the escape of Bona
parte —and orders to prevent the
Americans from occupying Sicify .
Something is in the wind, which
you perhaps will know as loop as
we shall.
Os the Portuguese Revolution
we get but irregular accounts that
can be depended upen. Our last
dates stated some oppugnation to
be manifefted in fome parts, thit
was likely to lead to bloodshed.
Their situation is a meft critical
one. Without a Protector they
cannot succeed ; and to whom are
they to look ? To Spain, would
appear molt natural from their
geographical, physical, ciul mo
ral situation: But at present that
would be absurd and idle. Eng
land is bound to oppose them.
What power in Europe can fuc
.cor a revolution against legitimate
authority.—Take Spain and Por
tugal together, then, and think
you, in cur lives, the cause of ci
vil liberty will be fubserved ?”
Extract of a letter from a passen
ger on board the frigate Constellation
to his friend in the town of Provid
ence, (R I J dated August to,
1 820, at Sea , in lat. 33 north, long,
3.3 west.
“vve are all well on board,
cheerful and happy, the weather
fine, though rather warm j yester
day we overtook die John Adams
—signals having been exchanged,
she oore down for us and came
undex.our ftera, when her crew,
lining*her sfimuds, all well drt Led,
cheered the which
ceremony was returned from oua
ship. The tjfect was grand—twJ
ships of war, of the fame natiU
meeting unexpectedly on the wfl
ocean, where nothing but 1 a -M
sky meet the sight, the; officers £■
much acquainted, and shouting 1
general burst of joyous
lation, filled all hearts with lively
feasibility.” /
’# .
There are 27 200. COp
land in the S&ce of
l he United States, according
import by the Secretary of thl
Treasury to the Senate, Novetnbel
I 7, 1820, have put chafed from thy
Indians 19 i ,776 538 acres, which
i3 more than seven times as much
land as the whole State of Pennfvf.
vania ands mething more rh n
three times as much land as the whole
kingdom of Great Britain.
“ Every thing is now reversed
from former times,” fays the Paris
Journal des Modes, “ iq the male
attire: they formerly wore laige
coats and tight breeches; now
they wear wide pantaloons and
tight coats. Formerly they were
boots up to the knees and shod
with iron ; now they wear only
half boots, the foies of which are
foft as gloves. Formerly they
w-ore black waistcoats and white
frills ; now they wear white waist
coats and black cravats, which are
made to fall low down and form
a frill/*
[No. 52.