Star. — London, England, 1816-08-01 00:00:00

"iF^. • ' I • - 7. FRENCR PAPEX.Ve . - - • • - PARIS, JULY Rio • Lord Hard wicke aad'his daughter, Lady Elikabeth Stuart; set off oh Thursday for the w:sters of Spa. • The King ,sent to Madame Talon 1,000 !tunes on occasion of her benefit. it is utterly untrue that the War Minister. the Duke of Feltre, has reinstated any of the clerks who were dismissed from his office on the lit March last. A person calling himself Colonel Bernard has been arrested and delivered tip to tie tribunals for an atro. cinus forgery of writings to injure cetatain persons in the confidence-of the King, particularly the Ministers of Finance and Police. In conzert with a foreign . agent of police, lie wrote letters • cnntaitiiiig circom. stances very strong against these eminent prisons. and forwarded them tti his accomplice to be ttanscribed and sent hack to France. - - They were fortunately seized, and the whole plot discovered. Marguerite accused nE being an accom. pliee in the murder of her master, Di. Leroy, at Pell it, has been acquitted. • EXECUTION OF PI.EIGNIER, &e, . Yesterday at mid-day the vehicle of the ConcieV. gerk arrived At the Bicetre, to convey the c•invicts Pkignier, Carbonneau, and Tolleron to the Palace of Justice. On being informed of th;s. Tolleron ex claimed, " We are lost I" Carbonneau was. deeply affected. Pleignier said nothing, het appeared ab. sorbed in thought. Tolleron requested that twq petitions which he had left in his cell should he handed to'him, the one addressed tit his Royal Highness Monsieur, and the other to the Attorney-Cv'eneral. bouileau asked also for the three petitions which lie had prepared, one to Monsieur, the other to the Prefect of Police, and the third to the Attorney. General. These petitions were given to them. Tin.) , then mounted the vehicle Which was waiting for them, and which was escorted by eight geadarmes. On their way they spoke highly of the Prefect, and of, the manlier in which they had been treated in prison. They placed much dependence on the effect of their petitions, alluded to some circumstances in their lire. and especially those which led them into fut3l prj-cts ; but they believed that they were taken 'to the Conciergerie (Palace of Justice) only to hear the decision on their appeal in cassation. Tolleron retained his firmness and all his presence of mind. At one o'clock they arrived at the Coneiergerie. They wi.se placid in three separate apartments, and the 1,..ad gaoler read to each a letter from the Attar. wry•Gentral, coat: thitig the rejtction of tour appeal. He . at the same time announced to them that the vie. cution of the sentence niti,t take place that same eve..ing. Pleignier shewi d the deepest despair, and wept copiously ; he repeated, '• I thought 1 hal had 'my pardon : 1 wish to To sk to the Attorney-G,ne rah." Then, alter his o.d mintier, he requinte,l to -speak to the King. C4rhottnentt livened to his fire with resignation. l'nlfernn sad to the keeper, " I suspected that this would happen." At this moment the three Clergymen chart;. d to administer the last consolations of religion made their appearance. Tol. heron, thinking he saw a movement of hesitation in his confessor, said to him, taking off his cap. " Ap proach, Sir; I know what I owe to a Minister of religion." The three Clergymen remained with the cnnvicts until six o'clock, preparing them for death. The Attorney.Generai, the Prefect of Police, and one of the Gentlemen .ot the Court, came down into the prison to receive the revditions which Pleignier per sisted in saying he wished to make. After having • drawn up the minutes of his answers. the Attorney. General waited upen the Chanci for with them, wnq had come to the Conciergerie that morning to receive them. We understand he made no discovery what ever, but spoke merely of mare and irrelevant mat ters. Pleignier was profoundly depressed, Carbon neap appeared tranquil, and Tolleron quite resigned. They diets asked for some broth. and a glass of wine, which were given them. At half.past seven the Attorney-General returned from the Chancellor, and ordered the sentence to be fist thwith executed. The three convicts were brought iterila into the lob'ey of the prison. Pleignier made much reskatice to his being undressed. lie begged, wi t h a wild air, to speak again but once, sometimes to the, King, someiiincs to the Attorney-General, and then to the gaoler. The executioner having repeatedly observed to him that all resistance was 'Useless, the Abbe'Montes, ;lit confessor, intreated him to be re signed, and submit to the will of GoD: " No, no," said Pleignier, Se it is not so; it was my blindness ; 1 d dwothing of myself. I would speak, to some one." When his hands were tied,•lie complained that the rope Was too tight; it was loosened. Next; according to the mode prescribed by law, they drew a cord tightly round leis wrist, in order to stop the blood. If was with considerable difficulty that these preparations were finished. Csobonneau succeeded Pleignier on the stool; he - kept the most gloomy silence, and resigned himself to all that was reqUired of tint. • Tolleron maintained his coolness and tranquillity to the last : he several•timesrepeated that he was not iiirtocent,•but that he thought he did not deserve to die. He, asked for. a glass of water, which he drank without the least trembling, although the glass was fill e d tno.-!IF: brim." " I pardon Pleignier (said he) with ali my heart: he is the author of my death, but Ido not wish the same to him." The only emotion of sensibility which he manifested was at the recollec tion of his family. When the executioner put over his shoulders a white cloth tied before, he appeared to regret that his face was covered, because, he said, it could not be • seen whether he died with firmness. lie bade adieu in a very friendly manner to his keeper : the executioner's assistant supported Pleig. • slier, who appeared ready to fall at every step. Pleiguier sat in the front of the cart; Carbonntai was in the middle.; Tolleron at the end : this was the • i n orese order to that in which they were executed. The cart set off from the Court of the prison at a quarter before eight.. From three and four o'clock the-whole space from the gaol to the place of emu. tiou• was covered with an immense crowd. Theca:- victs were able to convince themselvesof the love and aevotednass of the French people for their legitimate sovereign : the air rang with shouts of rive 1, Itei rrke 7 waved their hats, mud manifested in evosi man ner their attachment to the best of Princes. Tolleron, Main these universal accleiatioas, told his conks. 7 7 7 air that he s tuswered them from the bottom of his heart ; Appearesi peeetratad with repessattes sad` genuine raisone. tiering rescind the piste bf execution, the con. slits mounted the scaffold, while an usher read with a loud voice the sentence ad* Assize Court ois the' steps of the Hite% de Vile. The executioner look of from them the black crape. Pleignier and Car. fbonneau went down. Talletnn remained alone; and, being fastened to the swing board of the Instrument at death, had his right hand cut eff on a block. and was immediately beheaded. 'Carbannean and Meg. nits successively underwent the same punishment, but with much less firmness. Shouts of Vire le Roil Pivent lei Bourbons v:ese apew heard from the whole at the Place de Grave, and from the quays. Their remains were iesmesiiately conveyed to the cemetery. rd Vcegleat& THE EVENING STALL LONDON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, Isll PRICE O S THIS DAY AY lihrELVII4YCLOCKs ityduc!4: 636—V0n0. tail —fur sec. 634 4 per Cent. 7951-3 pa Cent. 930—Buotis k. 9s. prem. • Exchequer IWIs, 4s. W. pl.etu. • The Funds this morning are again lower. Various nv'st extraordinary iurnours arc in circulation some of the must alarming-natitre relating to our political situation with the United States. The following official notice, was this morning posted up at LLOYD I b " TIAN :401T•OrTICI, Si •T JULY, ISM 64 Wanted convey:►nce of the undermentioned Stores, viz.—Five Thousand Two Hundred Tons of Ordnance Stores to Canada." There is still much foolish bickering - in almost every company about the discussion at the Meeting in the City of London Tavern on Monday, respecting the causes of the present distress. This is the more singular, as the facts are of' such a glating nature that they cannot escape the notice of the most obtuse understanding. In the nature of things it is . not poisible that any person can spend h;s property and yet continue to possess it. It is with communities as with individuals. They may subject themselves to a large expenditure : they may be forced into circum-, stances which conspel them—which leave them no choice: such is a state of war. Communities by war must become poor , and the effects of their expenditure must eventually be felt, whenever the tax ,1 created by it become greater than the means of the people to pay them—and this whether that period arrives before they have concluded a peace, or while they are yet continuing the war. The return to a state of peace after a long war can therefore never be the cause of the distress occasioned by the war,• though the distress and the return to peace may happen to coincide in point of time. In other words—Cause and effect can Inter be the same thing. It is, however, undeniable, that a return to a state of peace Must occasiop much inconvenience to certain individuals; for the demand ceases for the particular manufactures which the war required. Who will continue to found cannons. to make muskets, military accoutrements, and gunpowder, when they can no longer find a market: but this must not be charged to peace as an evil; for in fast all the extra hand' re quired for the manufacture of these artistes were taken from agriculture and the pursuits of commerce, and peace only returns them again to other labours : nor should it be forgotten that the wages and profits given to these workmen were drawn from the productive labour of the ocher claisei, and that the commodities on which they were expended were wasted—blown into the air—except the swords and gun-barrels which still remain, and which hereafter will be converted , into ploughshares and pruninz-hooks. The facts are so palpable that it is surprising there should be any wrangling about them. But some seem to imagine that if the war be allowed to have . produced the present distress, blame must attach to themselves or their friends. This is the extreme of lolly. The war had its origin in France—the war was forced upon you—you had no choke but to fight or submit to be insulte.l and plundered like the States of the Continent.—Would that have made you rich? Would that have kept of distress ? The war has increased your taxes beyond your power to pay. The remady is apparent, but not easy of application. .It is folly, however, to attempt to hide it. Since yesterday stre . have received the Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday. On Saturday evening the three miserable traitors who conspired the death of the lEnto, paid the forfeit of their lives on the scaf. fold. On the same day, in the morning, General Mouvou Di/wintry was shot at Ljons for serving. BONAPARTE. after professing the most ardent loyalty to his lawful Sovereign. These are acts of rigour in the present Government, which augur well for its stability, and of course for the future repose of Europe. Let us hope that the punishment of these victim; to offended truth and honour, will have the effect intended by all capital puitishments, namely, that of deterring others from evil courses. We trust that the recital of the execution of those tymos in the art Ind mystery of revolutions, will deter the more experienced adepts—the SouLTS, the C.aanore, the Foucuas, and the CANIMpIIIIO, from all funber , attempts to make France and Frenchmen once /note conspicuous for their crimes. The ease of Mosyrosi puvtatnrr was pec' tfliarly atrocious Lit.is melbas. reckless of his life, he had surrendered hills self itt justice; aid e'en in this ibite he ciouhtless `iirestblito a packed Court Mafial,. as iti lite elk of, Fillet SIAM at Lake% before •Bou an wiles escape fro& Elba; butt it is aho tree, 'that while partaitinn or the, Ring's bounty, he was secretly preparing for all the calamities which have since overtaken France, and .was a most active participator in the Usurper's guilt. , If we were to estima:e the modern l't ench Charac- ter by the reports of the trials which weekly occupy the attention of Courts of Justice, we should pro nounce the inhabitants to be a race of demons and assassins. The female servant of an eminent and be nevolent Physician, who introduced an assassin to his bed cham4er at midnight, has been let loose upon society,. although her participation was proved to the satisfaction of seven out of twelve of her Jury. A majority of three to one, we believe, is required by the existing' French I.lws, before a conviction can follow. In this case the male and female assassins were campaigners in Bth4APARTE ° 3 infamous armies is Italy, Germany, and Russia. In another trial, an indiridual, accused of being one of the monsters who cut into pieces and devoured the dead body of the Princess de Lantballe, after the terrible massacre of September, 1792, figures as the plaintiff in an action for damages. It aprears un questionable, that a. person of his name did on that memorable occasion, receive from the Russian Police of Paris, a pecuniary reward for his services during these massacres. It was for him to chew where he was at this time, but this he has done most lamely and unfashionably. The cause is not yet ended ; the defendant, a mind letters, pleaded his cause in person, in a most masterly and energetic manner. kfli • '• • 04 . • 1 ‘ II couniztt EXTRAORDINAR,Ir OP MONDAY MORNING. The appeal of General Mouton Duval-net has been rejected. He was executed on Saturday, at five o'clock in the morning. A Captain of the Chasseun of the Royal guards WAS thrown from his horse two days ago, and died in'stantly. This Meer was only 22 years of age, and was much belayed., Louis Canapes, the assass;n of Dr. Leroy, has been arrested at Dreur, where he was taken ill of a fever, 'and in the acccss of sihich he tonstsntly pronounced with great cries the name of Leroy. PARIS, JULY es. A traveller of d4tinction, who has arrived from Belgium, furnishes ►.: with the following details re specting the life led at Brussels by such of the thirty eight individuals who were comprehended within the Ordonnance of the 24th July, and who reside in Brussels and the environs : 44 Being obliged to give their names and descrip tions as often as they present themselves to hire lodg ings, the first question asked them is—g Are you a Regicide ?"I`he latter description of 'persons, in short, inspire so much horror, that it is only by means of false passports that they can obtain a lodg ing. In several coffee-houses, tables d'hote, and other public places, boards have been put sip with this inscription No Regicides are permitted to enter here.' The other wretched refugees are re ceived only in houses to which they have been spe cially recommended. One of them having quarrelled in the Park with a Belgian Officer, and being asked fur his address, he answered, that he was a French onl y-nee. The Belgian, who had been accustomed in his youth to tee the Noblesse and Military of France emigrate nn account of the Revolution, could not help drawing the distinction between the loyal cava , lier who had emigrated with his Sovereign, and the haggard assassin who was banished from his country." - The Meant,. contains the following pathetic tale, arising out of BONAPARTE'S mid enterprize in Russia. It is, we 'presume, only one of ten thousand equally heart-rending narratives of domestic woe which that campaign has produced, and for which &NAMUR is most unquestionably answerable : Madathe Chalme, daughter to M. de Ravine, Chevalier of St. Louis, and Commissary of War under Louis XVI. emigrated with her father first to Prussia and then to Moscow, where she carried on a profitable business as a milliner until the arrival of the French army in Russia, in 1812. On the burn ing of Moscow, she saved a few valuables and set *out on her way to Wane, accompanied by her bus. band and three infant children. M. Chalon and two of the children died on. the route, from the effects of the honors by which they were surrounded. —On the 221 November, 1812, being - then seven leagues from Wilna, the convoy of which the formed pan was pillaged by a party cossacks; and seeing the extreme agitation in which Xe was, a French artillery soldier offered to carry her child for her as well as he could. Accepting of his generous offer, and thinking to be able to Plow hint, she delivered to him her child, then aged ten years, with black hair and eyes, speaking perfectly French and Russian, and named Ernestine, born at Moscow. In the course of the same day, a hurrah separated Madame Chalme, who then travelled on foot, from the artillery soldier, and consequently from her child, and from that fatal day she has heard nothing of either. All the inqui. ties which she has made in Russia, Prussia,. and France, have been fruitless; and, unfot tnnately,. in her extreme agitation, she forgot to ask the name of the'soldier or the number of his regiment. All per. sons, therefore. who can give any consolations to this unhappy mother, are requested to address them to ( the Special Commissary Of Police at Mesteres." §otjtki The iteconnts we daily receive froM all pa ns et South America, strengthen the opinion of those i e. partial persons, who early discerned from t h e el% ratter of the Revolution in the Southern Continent the general impulse of the people, and wl - ir.h "A t weak efforts of Spain had no power with success i s oppose. At a distance of two thousand leapt's, without money, credit, or even the inclination of th e wiser part of the Spaniards, how could fifteen of people who abhorred the Spanish Govtrnment, b e kept in sobjectigh, but by force with the joint aid ef Superstition ? The first was relaxed by the invask s of Spain by the French, and the power of Sup erst i t i on has been considerably diminished by the knowled ge generally diffused since the Revolution. It is not the Spaniards possessing the capitals of Linsa, and some other places, that can justify their expeeta, tion of again subduing so extensive a country. n et may undoubtedly prolong the war, but by doing so they work the complete ruin of their own kind" , which might now obtain some advantages from vi m , merce, were the Spaniards frankly to acknowledge the independance of that country. which they con , quered like tygers, and have held in subjection lir e conquerorst- By the raison' of some persons lately arrived frond Lima, we know► the alarming state of thai capital, inclining to anarchy. The loss of a' bank by Pe. MLA, it is supposed, will there put an end to the Spa. nish Government, as every_ day many arrests of Creoles take place, in consequence of censpiracits against the Government. Hatred of the Spaniards has risen to so great a pitch that they cannot walk Alone at night; many assassinations have lately hap. pened. Mexico k not in a better state. The Viceroy being obliged to keep around his person the best troops,nce to protect the cause of FERDINAND, but for his ore security; besides Generals Vitroata, Touto:), and others, are preparing their troops by partial actions, fur a general attack on Mexico, which most likely will shortly take place. The progress of PMELA. bas been stopped by General RONDIAU, and the 'Ea, of the battle of Sipe-Sipe are confined at least ta loss of some muskets and soldiers, now replaced by the Government of Buenos Ayres. Thst marriage of the King of SPAIN, and that of his brother, have been proclaimed at the Brazli. And from the prevailing reports, four thonsind men are in readiness to attack Monte Video and Mal. donado ; and the Portuguese army which had been in the interior of the country, was Arcady on their march towards the eastern side of Buenos Ayres. lt appears now certain that the Portusu:s.s are the de. amid enemies of the Americans. From the last accounts General BOLIVAR had taken several ships of war, which added to those he already possessed, form a considerable naval force. Affairs at New Grenada wear another asErct. Ge. ncral Mortim.o, though struggling with many ob. stacles, had, so lately as the lith of May, reached S:in Gil, in the Province of SOCOITO ; and, on the 6th of May, the division of CALZADAS was in posses sion of the Capital of Santa Fe. The army of the lndependants have consequently withdrawn, escort ing the General Government to the Province of 4n. tioqtiia. This event puts General Montuo in pin: session of a rich country, and the difficulties of the Patriots increase in that quarter. But the evil is not yet without remedy. Thr intelligenceof the expeii. Lissa of General BOLIVAR has made Montuo divide his army, sending Islottaces with part of his mops to Venezuela. But this elfin will probably tail, as BOLIVAR, according to the last accounts from Trani. dad, was in possession of the bland of Margarita, and the Patriots of Venezuela were approaching the coast to join him, with four ships of war, and 10,000 muskets From the stiste of insurrection of Venezuela. and the activity, experieuce, and decision of General BOLIVAR, and from Isis army being composed of goed and desperate troops, it is generally thought that his expedition will be successful. The vigorous efforts of the Independimts of South America are net confined to fhe Continent—their strength is felt by the Spaniards in every sea. The ships of war from Buenos Ayres act without controul in the Pacific Ocean, and its privateers seem to iesure success to the commerce of the Peninsula. The•pri ratters belonging to the Mexican Congress, keep in a constant state of alarm the Spanish ships which navi. gate an the Gulph of Mexico, and which supply their army with arms and wrmunition. 'rile pi-matt-eis belonging to the Congress of G-e -nada make every thy rich prizes in the sea round Terra-firma. Thew rtivateers are not from Cartha gene as it is generally stated. Carthagena having been ever under the government of New Grenada, which can alone dispatch Letters of Marque. I make this observation becanse, as the Provincial Government of Carthagena no longer exists, these privateers might be supposed pirates. v. c. From the New Tort Gaunt of the 2d of July 84 Captain GRAY; of the brig. Stirling, who arrived here yesterday afternoon funs Teneriffe, inform!, that the British frigate Newcastle, and another in company, sailed from Tenerife on the sth of May for St. Helena, with Ambassadors from the Wes and several French Noblemen on board. Captain GRAY also iulOrMS us, that it was reported at that place, that the Spanish Government was highly dis satisfied at the refusal, on the part of the United States, to dehver up West Flotida, ,nd that the mii. uudetstanding between the two Govettunet.ts would .probably Ltd to an inguedialc i