Star. — London, England, 1816-05-20 00:00:00

• ' ~:. - .6.SANAIf PAPERS.. COPPTHAqtar,,mAY .7. ii.fitilllrtned that the Duchy of Lnnenborg will • trellYitbortly taken resession of by our govern m e nt. . . - . MENTZ, MAY Y. • pn thi 91 of May, at fieysellantern, possession was. formally taken of that estate for the King of • • Bararii. Hambureh exchange on London, 10th and 14th May, 84-9. . • ' BRUT SELS, MAY. 14. Several couriers have suciessively arrived at Cam bray with dispatches for the Duke of Wellington.— ir is supposed they relate to the eventisehich' have just passed at Grenoble, and to the movements which the factious have sought to produce in various parts a France, and even in the capital knife The Noble liukt was much employed at the departure of the last accoonts ; and there was stalk, but still vaguely, of Olt various measures which would be immediately taken. Mean time couriers' have been dispatched to London, as well as into Germany. M*v 16. —Ms,' several branches of the Admini stratio'n which were still in this city have successively gone to the Hague. Next October all the Depart ments of Administration will come to Stwistli, where they will remain a year. The States-General will ritewise hold their 'karats here for the same prt riod it time. HAGUE, MAY . 14. • SECOND CHAMBS* OT THE STATES4JENEEAL. , ~A. Message from his Majesty was read, demi the 9th instant, with the Project. of a Lew containing penal - dispositions to repress the abuses which have taken place in this country in respect of negociations or loans of money for fofeign Powers, or for private, persons residing out of kingdom. The Decree of his Majesty of the 9th January this year prescribed repressive measures on this important subject : one of the regulations of the projected taw is, that printers• and journalists, who, shall print advertisements or notifications of such negotiations, which are not ex pressly authorized by the King/shall be liable to a penalty of 600 florins, and to the revocation of his patent for six years. The Project is referred to the, Sections, and is to be printed for the use of the Members. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, MAY ic. • On the anniversary of the death of Louis XVII. King of France, June 8, the exhumation of his mor tal remains will take place in the church-yard of St. Marguerite, Faubourg St. Antoine, in the presence of Commissioners appointed try his Majesty. The King has refused pardon to David, condemn ed by the Prevntsl Court of the Isere, and recom mended to his clemency by that Court. This refusal must, doubtless, have cast much to his Majesty's heart—but to what evils Las nut impunity given birth A Royal Ordinance, dated the 12th, confers the title of Viscount on General Donnadieu, and that of Baron on Colonel Vautre. C;lonel Susbielle is' ap pointed to the command of the Legion of Vaucleuse., Major Olivet is placed on the half.pay list, the Mi. mister. of War intending to employ him immediately in one of the legions of infantry. Sieur Friel, • Cap tain of infantry, is appointed an OSimie of the Legion of Honour. The Cross of the Legion of Honour is given. to . Francais Fcnsard and Francois Tardiff, grenadiers of the legion of the Isere. They write from Langres, under date the !lib, Mat ou the news of the discovery' of a conspiracy at Paris, all the ball-pay Officers in that town assem bled to bike the oath of fidelity to the King. This ceremony took place in one of the halls of the town-. house, and there, before_ the bust of his Majesty, they swore to be faithful to and to defend till death the throne, of the Bourbons.-11feolingra On the requisition of the Attorney-General Belles% the Royal Coon of Paris has• proceeded to the inves tigation of the conspiracy defeated by the vigilance •e general police. Twenty-0r..: persons have been delivered up by the police to justice; and M. Benin, counsellor, and M. Vandeeuvre j substitute before the Royal Court, have commenced the examinations, which cannot be long. • 'rite Atrorney-General &Bart has brought before the Chamber of Discipline of the order of Advocates B roes-, jun. Advocate, under a charge of having professed, in the defence of General Cantbrone (ac quitted by a Courtanartial) .doctrines dangerons in their nature, and calculated to'do harm to the system of legitimacy.. A reporter bas been appointed by the Council of Discipline of the order of Advocates, who is to give a preparatory decision. M. 13erryer, jun. has been required to appear. ia person on the 4 22d inst. to present his justincation. Private letters from Vienna state the renewal of a. report there, that the three Monarch: of Austria, Russia, and Prussia will bare an interview this sum- 1 mar at Toeplitz. Already, it is said,*three battalions of Austrian infantry and two squadrons of cavalry have received' Orden to proceed to that towni ess de duty during the residence,of the Sovereigns. According to the same accounts th e Kisi; of Prussia has-hired threohotels at Carlstadt' • ' • Na country in Europe has Undergone lil many , vicissitudes in recent times as the. province of East Friesland. This fertile district after the year 1746 . formed part of Prussia ; the war of 18b6 brokecnit,l and it wet ceded to Bonaparte by the treaty of Tilsit,' by whom it was incorporated with his newly-erected , kingdom of Holland ; in 1819 .Bonaparte united Holland. to France. and East Friesland became a department of France, under the name of the Eastern Ems; on the fall of Bonaparte the King of Prises's recovered all the provinces heisadlost by the treaty of Tilsit, and East Friesland among the rest,' which be-ceded in 1815 to the King of England, at King of Hanover :—that Sovereign is now master of the mouth of the Ems, as well akof those of the Weser and Elbe. Thus the inhabitants of East Friesland Nava, in less than ten years, been, by turn, humane*, 'tench, Dutch, French and Prussians, and now they 'are Hassoverians. COMEX irritAOADINARY ON runalinalt 110551150. Dispstdses grons.Granoblc, dated the 15th, stag **it the greatest tranquillity continues to prevail in 'the depattineat of the here. Hopes were entertained eehutig Didier. No act of sedition had succeeded that of the night ()film 4th : the resolutiorA and fide. lity of the troops and magistrates on that night cow • pletrly COlllOl AofaCted plots of the rebels, • s 'toyed their hopes. * '4),:k • The King of Setdisip y given - orders so hi' troops to pt erdthe defiles otehe forests, end to 'visit Wkb present thaviiilievent the 60041 0 his Mite* bordering on the departtnent of the Iwit: . . . • ROME, MAY a. • , .. The ceremonies of the Easter week this year at. awned apkny strangers, of whom more than 7000 have *heady departed. The produce of charitable donations is estimated at 40.000 ducats. 'The poverty of our Exchequer continues extreme. The Pootiff recommends economy ' in all parts of 'the administration but still the revenues of the State fall off, 'while its expenses increase : what is to be done f Our roads continue to be infested with brigands: seveutem of them have been condemned by the Spe cial _Commission at Frosinone, Their beads are RAPORRII OA poles . by the roadsides. The prisons are full, and on their'gates is written the word Mutat, which is Meant to signify that the imprisonment of these wretches establishes pub 4 liberty and security. :..; 4 : , .., -; PRWATE LETTER. • . ..• .. . • • • • “ Peare, 1114 v I. n We arc entirely left to conjecture as to the a -1 , • camas Jaking place at Grenoble. • All correiporn , deuce with that, city is suspended. The only tidin gs we . might. expect would . be , from persons -arriving from • that quartet', and that means of comviu- ' nication is not guarded against with len vignence • than the former. The inferences, to be drawn from the statements in the public prints, in which all are exercising their ingenuity, you can draw fur your. selves. -Reports of more 6r less donistful authority on this pointl will abstain from giving you. All. perms coming i from the departments are now sob mined to the inspection of the Police before their de livery. This regulation formerly applied only to fo reign journals. 66 Tbe spirit manifested in Dauphiny appears to have diffused itself throughout. the, East of France, and even'in other quarters. • At Besancon, the state prisoners. who are incalculably numerous, wise lately, and broke loose from their confinement; several of them were, however, retaken, tbesest secreting.them selves in the houses of the inhabitants, a taking re fuge in the neighbouring mountains. ' A consider able display of military force which happened to be stationed there,.alone prevented this risiog from be coming general. The disturbance, such as it was, was with great difficulty quelled. 66 Throughout Burgundy and Bourbonnais symp toms of commotion have appeared. sit Nismes, the religious and political feuds bare revived. and the two parties are in arms against each other. Even the loyalty of Marseilles is found to be shaken : from good private authority, I learn that.tbe Dix d'Havre, whci arrived there with a body of the Royal Guard, to receive the Sicilian Princess at her landing, met with a most indifferent reception. The fact is, the commercial prospects of thit city have been blighted, and that they whom these prospects ' had estranged from the common interests of their country, now participate in the general 'feeling.— From Rennes, Government are understood to have received intelligence of an alarming nature, which they carefully withhold from the public. Piivate accounts describe the Ardennes likewise, Mexieres in particular, as in a state of insurrection, ‘• Of Paris vre can speak more precisely. The un easiness of-the Court 1S indescribable. . The Palace at night may be said to exhibit the aspect of a camp or ola besieged plaice. •A double line of guards sur round it on ail rides. Pairoles olGeodarnwrie and National- t3uards are •met reionnoitring in every street. . The coffee•bouses are cleared of their com pany at eleven o'clock by these inspecting patroles, and personsfound out muchafter that hour are taken into custody: The Grand Prevost. the Marquis de blesiey, visits the coffee &ousel and 'laces of public resort himself, wrapped up in. a great coat, which, after-listening to the conversation of parties, he , sud denly throws open, displaying the insignia of office, and then delivers up to his agents. always st hand. those whose language he deems seditious. He a few days since stopped three Gentlemen ' on the Boole yard in the open day, inquired their names. their 'pursuits, and the motives of connection between them, and upon obtaining satisfactory answers, suf fered them :to continue their walk. Three persons cannot be seen warmly engaged in conversttioe with out awakening the attention of the police. ~ • • 66 What heightens the perplexity of the Court, is, that they distrust all mound them._ M. de Cases, who was so violently . and frequently assailed .ia ' ;he House of Deputies, is still undermined by the An gouleme party. In a fit of disgust, be a few days 'since offered his resignation, which the King de . quad, recommending him however a less lenient system for the future. ,s , Since a reign - of clemency," said his Majesty,' to cannot touch the - heart of my Mb jects, I will arm Myself With' inflexible severity." ' • so A:scene of bloodshed indeed may be. oipected, should things take a favourable turn for the Royal cause. `'The people Continue famished for news. The • • literaty.cabinets are constantly filled. The •Englists. paper's are sought for and reed with . eagerness; tad this issue of. our debates In Parlialleat ate looked for with anxious solicitude. , ~ Were you bete at the period which - preceded the teannorable 20th of March, 1815 I ,lf, you were, you can Mein' stn exact idea of the Kat of the public mind atibis moment." - ... - ' • - ' - . . .• 11418WRR Of EL DVPIVIV.. Illii ll 4l l 4T !WILSON. : • _ ~..,.. • i ' ... - * ' .1 ;1 - .IMISiOILse 9,. 111(5. " My DRAB GileaRALI haarereOeived your. letter of the 28th. April, and I have mead it viiitbAgoel in ' tirest and attention. - •' It is eery easy forine to reply to 't)tillret part,. 'that if I merited aay approbation for spantaing in your praise,: it is that I said nothing bat• truth, rand what I 'deeply felt. Every 'aim*, however select, if ate. people. and susceptible of being led astray by sudden impressions. 741 arrookfe raids —it *not therefore astonisbiag, that those who only' knew you by the incorrect ageounts in the journals, in which you, were depicted in the blackleg colours; timid - have Irk as attach:surprise as admiration in teeing you in four trite chanctese and Nth owl de.• pitted you---brave, humane, and liberal: : : • " Coming 0_ _the second part of your lettar, I con fess the; I ould,taltits long tune to unisese is, AMR . I to deal with the -astatter as ninfoundly as pugersatliti u I acknowledge with you, that thifewlian-is an-in . . `P!**tag. At Rome it vat ootp,spAa to gave% sod the most eloquent of. the Riolllllllll highly con -1 demos it at a meseuie odious io itselt, and otherwise. little calcolated to!elliit the with. Tor:mesa statixati moderatur naiwS 4atsqiie teat INiNtio lam rat pasitordlecia fiii4k torramittit seer ixifroat talus ut is rat reran eagastiis aihil verilati lots rekozsafxr..cic. No. P. Salle. cap. /8. is I acknowledge also, that the question has been abolished by our laws: and I add to what yon cite, that it was the virtuous Louis XVI. who was the first by hirdeolaration of the month of August, 1780, P pronounce its suppression. .• • * I agree, that: diis abolition is a triumph of cieili. Melon over barbarism ; and that upon this ground all civilised nations ought henceforth to consider the op- LofLlication of torture to a man as a violation of the m nature and of nations. It was thus that the of Rome were indignant against Carthage. on Owning tharit made human eacnfices to the gods. * I think even with you so far as so agree, that it would have been of little consequence to abolish the pirkei pedal, if, there could be substituted what ou:call the wereigaerfien, applied not to the limbs, ut to the mind--tot to the sensibility of the body, to that of the soul, the heart, and the thoughts. ' i at el But with All these concessions. do not conclude 'that I participate in all your accusations against ow 'legislation. ~ os• Not that I think it perfect : it has its faults, sod I eat poiniseme of them out to yen. ", Thus, .1. When the title of the accusation le purely correctional, I would wish that the provision, ally setting at liberty were law, and that it sbaild not depend on the caprice of a Judge to grant it or refuse it; for otherwise, Ajudgrnent even of acquit tatcannot relieve the most innocent mail from the misfortune of having been detained for a longer or a shorter period. * 2. I hold it to be utterly unjust, that the irnpri sontnent which precedes condemnation should be re- garded as a bagatelle, which is not reckoned into the account ; so that the punishment adjudged is as great as if the accused had never been a prisoner. Tt thus very often results, that for an offence which the law for instance, punishes with only one month's impri. sonment, the accused. who may have already suf. fared six months, or even a year's detestion, waiting until his turn should come, or the instruction should be terminated, is nevertheless still - subjected to the whole punishment pronounced by the law. 46 3. 1 would wiel that no man should be confined av secret, and that in cases even where it might be thought tight not to suffer him to have communica tion alone with any one, he might always in the pre sence of other persons. Let him only in tlfe presence of witnesses ice his children, his wife, and even his counsel. for an . advocate has no need of being lets-a• WS with his client to give him good advice—he can even in public give: him salutary counsel, offer him consdlation,Acquaint hint with his rights, invoke them, aid make them available to him. " 4. I also regard it as an abuse not to permit the consmunication of papers to the counsel of the accts oed, till the eve of the day on which they ate to be tried. It results from this, that they are frequently not in a situation to justify themselves before the tri al for which they must immediately prepare, and run all risks, whilst if the requisite information was pre• viitusly communicated, they might be Ale to con found the accusation at the first blow, and stifle it io its birth. I consider this so much the wore unjust, as at the same time that it is forbid** to the accused to know the charges, both the public accuser and the complaining . party, have the greatest facilities to aug ment the weight of them. " Such are chiefly ray views, of our present code, the nsagistrates themselies, indeed, do not dissemble their sentiments. They know that the code bears in several parts of it, the. impress 'of that despotism, which oppressed Trance at the tithe it was formed. They desire its amelioration; and I do not doubt, that it will be some' day revised: men of ability are Sabo's:ling at it. 1 know, for instance, that M. de Lally Tollend4, that generous and able defender of the sights of the accused, is directing the efforts of his genius to the perfecting of our criminal legisla tion ; but hi the mean time, and until it has been le gally altered, we mass fah, the code such as it .is Dere Lex zed Lex. . • “ As to any thing further, General, let us agree since Ton have been the witness of them, that the 'preparation 'for our trials, the publicity of the pro ceedings, and the freedom of the defence, leave no thing to desire in the trial of the accusation, and .1 shall deem it an eternal lion Our, to have my opinion sanctioned by your's: I General, ever must sincerely and affection s itely yaw's, (fligoed) " sl?u1411-1 ►. • • • • The fashionable.world, we understand; is hist' in conietture as 'to the real author of ' Giosartoe' It it; most confidently ascribed,• and certainly not without' reason, to a Noble Lotd, whose character the reiden' .1 •cantios fail to identify in that of the hero. ' Two THIRTY THOUSAND POUND • Pbuns.—.The Wheel still Contains : • ' • .• OnsolpfistS -4 • . itscktitie•••• •:- • • s of - iss,sos. • N si •.. £ l,OOO ": ' 6 of • • 4500 • Besides• Thirty-six other- Capitals; and 'only Tio more Days of Drawing -to c . onse.—Wzonassay Nom will be the. Second .Diy,lind on that dsy the.rirst drawnrPrize above £5OO must be af6,ollo.end may be £35,060. •14drawn Tickets and Shares tbntioue on 'Soho at both•of-Waaa's Qfficei, 9, CdrahiU; and 17, Ludgate street, where Nos. 8,869*and . 13,539. the Two Last Drawn Prizes of n 130,000, were both Sold' in Shares. Ness WILDIMIDAY is the Settind Diy. of Drawittg the Two Psusse of 00,000; and Forty•eight other Capitals are yet in the Wheel. Tickets and §hsres are •seiliat._(watranted undrawt) at Swirr and, Co.'i. Offices ...No. 11, Poultry ; 12, Charing Cross ; and . Si,. Aldgate High.street. Tbs . Levee at the West end' of the Tenni waasot more crowded on Tuesday than was that at Cooper's Haiti the East. whom Foittola received lief vote ;:ts: A moy an anzious • eye was turned'id Ibe Igoe. ,11nrwho officiated as Muter of the Cereopiunik, Wedoesday she will. again admit t h ou who ra% be disposed to visit her, for whoa~ she has plis" the taseptinp fare of TwO Prime of %OM. other Capitals, io oddities's to siblch, .the Pries abets ilOO l may be 45,001. t ; . • 1.. • • gener; indisturbed surgents, io tent com e e twaces , to public tranquillity. We may well questime e l itt v, tr much reliance can be placed on the statements of de Press when so completely fettered as that of rrano is known to be. The notoriety of this fact must be piejudicialio - the, very object for which this Ni sc h enforced ; for people will ever be disposed to lime to `every rumour and to credit the most unloaded statements, where the Press is prohibited to exudes . or discuss topics of general rumour ; and to this Ili perhaps be ascribed the ready credit given to leafag e , statements Stetaifed in private batters. Though we sometimes lay these communications before see Readers. we are far from believing them entitled to full confidence —and .for the plainest reason: _ public funds still maintain their price: on Thursday the 5 per Cents, left off at 59 1. 10 c. but to us it ape pears impossible that public credit could be main• tamed were the public peace or internal tracquillity in imminent danger. The gossip of private kers serves, however, to exhibit a picture of public msa:= nen, and not =frequently to . direct attention . to objects of which, in the present state of the French Press, we must otherwise remain in perfect ignorance. One circumstance, however, seems to establish the present temper of the Government as disposed- to strike terror in a way not easily reconcilable with British ideas. Beiuuaii, junior, (the Advocate of CAMERON; who was acquitted' .by the Csuatil of War on the same ground as DaonoT, viz. Ms laving beer. is subjeit of BONATARTS at Elba) has been at. cused before the Chamber of Discipline 4.ofebe Orate of Advocates, oil * therc ut having, in his• defence of his client, aFlvaacofl dot-Irian ;saver:km of the Tog • ,of legitimacy • OOURISR SXTRAORDINART OS PRIOAT UOILIMiGi • Count Lardenoy is appointed Governor of Gads. loupe ; M. Fenton d'Ecotier, Intendant ; Baru► Va. try • table, Commandant ea woad.. M. de Linois, ci•devant . Governor of Guadaloupe, and on whom the King had conferred ti►e title of Count, when he was nominated, has becn permitted to go upon half-pay, by a decision, of his Majesty, dated 18th April, 1816. Yesterday a sentry of the Royal Guards, on dm at the Thuilleries, was accosted by an unknown dual, who endeavoured ro corrupt him by an offer of 600 francs. The sentry, in answer, seized the traitor, who WAS arrested and conveyed to the guard-louse. PARIS, MAY 17. Yesterday the Second Council of War proceeded to the trial of General Rigault, and the Captain of Gendar:tterie, Thomassin, for the rebellion of March, 1814. Itigault had run away, but Thomauin was piesent. -Rigault was found gniky of abstracting money front the Public Chest, at Epernay, and bribing.the troops with it, _ to shout rive Matimrevr. ,He was condemned to be shot, when found. Tbo massin was acquitted, it appearing that he was a mere cypher in .the hands of Rigault. A Dutch gal I arrived this mercing. Its principal contents relate to the recent disturbances at Grenoble. From t h e miligarY firantements which took place in CopietinenCe among the Allied Troops, it is sufficiently :obvious that the event alluded to had excited no small degree of alarm. Several regiments of British troops which had been ordered home were countermanded, Ond several corps were put in motion. We make the following extracts : BRUSSELS, MAY 15. • The French Government has sent very podtiva pir4ers to complete as far as possible the Regiments of Cuifaisiers, Dragoons, and Hussars, which are at Lille, Arras, and Douay ; after which the infantry and artillery shall be recruited. In the ,circulir letter which the Prefect of the department of the North has published on this occasion, he says, tbat " a great many persons have offered for tliese regiments who could not be accepted for important . The. Prefect endeavours to inflatni the 'patriotism of the young men, and to animate them ist:dist voluntarily. As for the old soldiers, •he does not accept them ill lifter it' tpost strict enquiry, which is Xhighly ne. wn .precaution. ar ei9etieoee 'hews that the *if* riefeh Goveranwiat , CllCisat deftodispoo the • • ;Wien who compowdthe told army. The. French ;. • • •11 rw ..• XOl a a •• • , ‘ ~ THE"E'VE 43 NING S'I'AR arn s.. - " ------ ---1- --' -.- -- 4 . I LONDON.. mil m•••••••••••••■• , ligi l NEXT WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE LAST D A , T aid ism* ONE OF TfiE4'l*ATE VOTTFAY. TM Iv' ' --, STILL CONTAINS rwo PRI/E3 OF Xtv,ec,o, A Nt i' l li i prd OTHER CAN 4 --.;...... • • MONDAY, MAY 20, 1816. . slat PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT I WE LVEO'CLocs, OR lies& Stock 2621—L00g Aunidties is! 9- 16 1 1 WI • Reduced 61 1 4—Com mo. 62if—for am. IN% 4 per Cent. 7411-5 per Cut. 9Sf timid Ss. 4s. !le p. Onus. 19}—Du. pay. tiii—Eseb. • ie. 4s. p. the • tilt • Yesterday we received the Palk Papers of 'rh os , day, and this morning those of Friday. Tht.7 qtr . d m generally that the . public tranquillity has test i ; led ! try undisturbed at Grenoble' since the defeat n( the Is. aul snrgents, and that the people were every whenever loespress their loyalty, and th e i r j oy at perf ect I* vul mission ao..the Regis) authority having been restored quarter.. Private letters, however,. arm s , we gr ina eat th u t neasiness at the to present . credited, s el t c a i te ted o , f4e nparal b oitiit si oi mind 1 and, if they are and discontent every where.pre r air to in ir. gloom poi tent threatening the most dreadful co , t 6 4