Star. — London, England, 1816-09-03 00:00:00

• • 44, 10; X 4 IOIS4SM:—No:r. . : i ....4 . 1. _ 1 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE OLD, METHODIST CONNEXION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (In Continuation from the STAR of August IHt.) " • I now proceed, agreeably termy promise, to state what appelrs necessary to enable you to form a cor rect opinion respecting the Conferences, by the signi- Scant method of question and answers and I begin with an extract from Mr. Valentine Ward's Pamphlet, being the description of an Old Methodist Conferences __ 4 ' Q Wnat is the mehod wherein we essay proceed In our • Cinferenees ? " 1. Elect a President and a ?meter?. " 2. Inquire what Preathers have died the preceding year. " 3. What Preachers have deviited from travelling. , ' el 4 What Preachers aretu be admitted. 0 S. Who remain on trial, and who are to be lltintitted on WA ' . " G. 'lnquire into the olltetions which may be prOdecedaplas4 any of the Preachers, who are to be examined one by one. • ee 7 Appoint the Preachers to their respective stations 62 the ensuing. year. " 8. What =dithers are in the Societies. • ' • m 8. Wl.at Is the Kingwood collection. • *6 le. What boys are to be received into tbs School, and what girls an, to he assisted. " li. What 14 th, yearly collection, and hew this is expended," • " 12. W hat is contributed to the Preachers' Fund, andwhe lAN to be relieved out of it. " IS. How many Preachers' wives are tab* provided for, and by what :iodates. " 14. Where and when may the next Conference bet" Such is Mr. Ward's description of a Conference ; but the fallowing additions appear necessary, in order. to have a right understanding of its proceeding's: . Q. I. Of whom is the Conference colnposed t.-A. The . Preacher,. • 2. Who make the Laws P—A. The Preachers. 3. Wha money is received by the Conference ?.-A. Fer the BAlesions. about . - aC15,000 Ter the Kingswood School, Sec. 4,500 For the Ifeirly Collection . .. 4,500 For the Merciful Fund - - 3,300 For the Book Room (uahnewu) - 3,000 For the Preachers' Fund - • 1,400 Fur Legadee (unknown) . • . 1,000 ‘32.7u0 4. -By whom ts this rum distributed ?—A. The PrWebers. & Who audit the disbursements The Preachers. 0. Who examine the Preachers u to their talents and moral IiDeSS for tl.e Ministry I—A. Themselves! These are a few or the many qitestions and answers Which I conceive the author would have thought it bis duty to have stated, it he had not been more de . areas to mislead than to inform his readers. Yet, with the com:nand and legal right of occu pancy et upwards of thirteen hundred chapels, many of which are either out of debt, or reduced to such *sum, that the old materiah would, if sold, liquidate the remaining incumbrance ;—with a fund in hand of above £IOODOO ; invested with authority to legis. late tor 200,000 people; in the receipt of above 5e30,000 per annum, the disbursement of which is entirety by, and among themselves; with a Book Establishment which produces at least thousands per annum ; who have also the entire management of the Magazine, and who will not admit, of course, any thing for insertion, calculated to throw any light upon these things ; with annual subscriptions to the Merciful Fund, adequate to meet all reasonable claims which can be made, either upon that, or their own (Preachers') Fund; with a host of clamorous suitors at the beck of Conference, who will roundly declare that they are in a state of bankruptcy ; which makes them as persevering in their calling as the Syrophceiiician woman, - and oftentimes as successful; while nine-tenths of their flocks are either too incons petent, too indifferent, or destitute of fortitude and perseverance, to unravel these transactions. or expose' their unreasonable proceedings; with incomes far greater than a majority of the Ministers of the Este blishmtnt, or those of any body of Dissenters, and a fund which will in a little time render them indepen dent ; with the sole right to order collections to be made for such Chapels (their Chapels I would say) as in their opinions are too heavily herniated; and, above all, connected with a people, many of whom are more accustomed to exercise their charity, even in temporal things, than their judgments. Yet with all these things before our eyes, we are told by a certain great itefitica/ Divine, (a strange amalgamation to be sore) that a Geverasecest.ci Priests is to be preferred to one composed purely of the Laity we will grant the position for the sake of the argument ; but with due deterence to so high authority, I am led to think it does not require very extraordinary abilities, to dis cover the fallaciousness of such a position : it must strike every careful observer. that before a govern ment of priests can be scripturally established, the authority ought to be produced to sanction it; 'ut to fail is this, would be a standing satire en the Methodist Government. But let it be observed, that the people never were advocates for so unlimited a "tower, as that of governing the Preachers without their assent; and it is base to insinuate, but much more so to broach such misrepresentation and calumny *hen it is known to be false. It is that kind of men tal duplicity which no honest matt cm either practise or commend ; and it is lamentable then great talents employed to dazzle and confuse, rather than to cor rect and inioem. I shall conclude my ilbservations for tbepreent in the words of Demosthenes. as applicable to the sob. ket before you. They were delivered by him in the Forum, at Athens. when the country oft Athenians was threatened to be overrun by Philip of Macedon : 40 But now Philip bath only conquered your supine ness and inactivity; the State he bath not conquered., You cannot be said to be defeated, for your force bath never been exerted. He knows the dominions of the absent naturally devolve to those who are in the field ; and, animated by these sentiments, be • overturns whole nations. But, if you, my country men, will now be persuaded, to entertain the like sentiments p if each of you will be disposed to ap prove himself an useful citizen, to the utmost that his station ant abilities enable him; if the rich will contribute. and the young take the field ; in a word, if you ail be yourselves, you may chastise the into. lence of this mau—(These few Preachers who miff rule) —What I is there a man of a rizht mind, who would judge of peace or war by wards, and not by «finis ? It any man take that for a peace which is only a preparatioa for hit leading his forces directly upon us, after hex ether elope" I hold that man's mind to be tfistredared." PHILO-011SRAVIR. • P.S. Some general observations, arising out of the foregoing remarks, will appear is the STAn of Tues day, September 10. Euenrow in No. IV. (published In the STAR of the frith skinao)-.-Line de s fur flitignos." r. wig:lases. j 1 ~ i7/2 $4l/1 /71Q MIKE. Mn. Ellires—The togiliquake that happened lately in Scotland will, no doubt, cause a good deal of speculates respecting the physical cause of Earth• quakes. tam acquainted iiith nearly every inch of the country where the Zerthquake was felt, and I can assure you that many of the bills sad mountains, particularly one in the parish of Auchendore and Presbytery of /Word, hate all the marks of volcanic origin. On the surface in many parts of the course' . of the Earthquake, I have Observed lava. and vitrified masses; anti I think there is not a doubt but that the immense depth of many parts of Lochness is owing to the sinking of the earth to fill up the im• mew vacuities caused in those parts by the torrents of volcanic matter thrown up, and partly the cause of the mountains' on both sides of it. Your's, &c. JAM HALL. Long Mature°, WarwleAshirs An 1 • I ' I • , 1 l i tlk FRENCH PIPERS. • PARIS, AUGUST SO. A' letter from Marseilles gives some details re specting the expedition which the English are pre paring against the African Re gencies - egencies. Our Corres pondent• i s indebted for the information to several persons arrived from different ports in the Mediter ranean. It appears that the Sing of Sardinia wishes to take an active part in this war, and he has ordered recruiting in Piedmont to reinforce the English army -with a considerable contingent. The English Officers who are to be. employed in the expedition have eagerly offered their services, and d. are that they will renounce their emoluments aod melte a gift of them to the State. The English titet, which is daily expected at Gibraltar, brings with it transports for the embarkation of Portuguese troops. The Go vernor of Catalonia has received orders to place the coast in a state of defence. The inhabitants of Mahon flatter themselves that their port will be preferred by the naval expedition for the rendezvous of the vends composing it. Two Dutch frigates are at this =Ow* in the port of Gibraltar, as well as a Neapolitan Fri. gate, which has on board the money destined for the ransom of the Neapolitan slaves, whose liberation has been agreed for. All is tranquil at Timis ; the Dey lately freighted a French vessel to go to an island in the Archipelago, to take on board some persons of distinction, wheal the insurgents, escaped from Tunis, had pot on shore there. A Captain of a French vessel from Leghorn was lately met in the Gulf of Spezzia by a Tunisian corsair, who took from him some of his rigging and articles of merchandize, to the value of 1200 francs. Lord Exmouth's fleet passed Gibraltar on the 12th instant. The tribunal of the first instance gave judgment yesterday morning in the affair of Mademoiselle Ste. phasic Tascher. They dissolved her marriage with the Duke d'Ahremberg. It is reported that the Conventions relative to the ecclesiastical affairs of France have been signed with the Pope, and that the Council of Leo the Tenth has been taken as the bases of them. A letter from Dijon, dated the Roth, mentions the arrest of Jacques Clemance, a farrier at St. Jean•de. Loscess, one of the agents of the suspected correspon-1 dente, the existence of which has been discovered in the Department of the C.te d'Or. The letters found upon this man axe written in an enigmatic style, and all of them commence with the words Brothers and Fria& Clemance wore s copper medal covered with taffety, suspended from his neck by several small. blue ) red, and white ribbons. This medal, which was said to represent a Pope Clement, he endeavour. ed by all possible means to conceal. NUREMBERG, AUGUST 19. The conjecture that his Majesty the Emperor will resolve to enter into another matrimonial engagement. daily appears snore probable. People pretend to know already that his choice has fallen on a Princess of -one of the Saxon Houses, namely the Princess Theresa Caroline, of Saxe Munungen, (born the 13th of August, 1792), and therefore just 24 years of age. It is even supposed that the marriage may take place nut autumn. PRIVATE 'LETTER. 4 ‘ PAM, ADO . T/ST 29 . 44 I am still unacquainted with the result of the attempt Ministers were expected to make yesterday ; however, it appears almost universally understood that the Chamber will meet composed as it is ; and whether it meets a fortnight later or a fortnight sooner, is comparatively a matter of small importance. 14 The Ministers are using their utmost efforts to detach individual members from the majority; they are preaching up the necessity of first making the machine go, and afterwards discussing who ought to direct it; they adjure the Royalists not to destroy the authority of the Crown from a dislike to Its ser vants, forgetting, or trying to forget, that in every measure relating to the dignity or authority of the Sovereign, the majority has been as favourable to them as the Ministers themselves have been hostile. Their arguments have, I believe, produced little or no e ff ect upon the Deputies : they have however, I' am afraid, had more weight with one of the young Princes,who has recommended prams and stivprosee to some of those Deputies who are admitted Into his private circle. There is no doubt but, taking these words literally,. their recommendation is laudable ; but in this, as In many other instances, the spirit and the letter are very different. ( 4 Thoblinisters hold out an idea of their acqui escing in the not selling the church lands, but selling instead certain portions of the domains of the Crown. C 4 It is laugh ably proposed to „publish a new edi tion of the Rvai (Court Calendar), in which M. De Richelieu would be set down as Ambassador of Russia in France, and M. Posao dl Borgo as Mi. nister of Foreign Affairs of France. as A great many French who bad waited for the fete of St. Louis have quitted France till the meeting of the Chambers. The English are in great num. bars here. 64 The Duke of Wellington does not leave Paris before the cad of this week, ,notwithstanding the Winces at Strasbuigh and bfayeace. Some elitist has even extended to Paris. The greatest diligenee is used in taking away arms from those who have no right to possess them, and eves the National Guards are allowed Only those tl4t as amOuarY sash individuals': •Paucur. (ems A tiallste. Pena) In terming the interesting Memoirs from whkh we extracted a portion in our Taper of Saturtiay, we shall continue to pursue the same brevity: The Doke of Otranto was scarcely in lllyria when war broke out. Having no force to oppose to the ifs. vasion of the enemy, he returned to France, when he received from Bonaparte a letter, which commanded him to go to Naples. The Duke gave to that Court all the counsels which wisdom and circumstances pre. scribed. If King Joachim bad followed his advice, be would not have taken the path which leads to ca tastrophes. As a proof that the Duke of Otranto glid use that intrepid freedom in disclosing truth to Na , we shall extract the following paragraphs ones letter written by the Duke to Bonaparte, just before the disastrous campaign of 1814. K stag—When your Majesty was at the highest pitch of glory • and of power, I had the courage to tell you the truth, hostess it was the only thing you wanted. At present I owe kto yea evilly, bet with more discretion, because yea an in misfor tune. Your speech to the Legislative Body would have made a deep Impression on Europe, and would have affected racy bean If your Majesty had added to the .desire which yea ban mani fested for peace, a magnanimous renunciation of your ancient system of universal monarchy. Until yea have declared yoisseif an that point, the ceekeeed Powers will believe pr will say that this system is only adjourned; that you will profit by events to suer to It. The French nation Inert will remain in the same 1 ahem. It seems to me that lf, in that case, you would concert- I • trate all your forces between the Alps, the Pyrenees, and the boyeed nikes and es were.yotou wouldine bag s frank all a tk e cluat wisk lu es a mo n d ot an to t t e o 1 r isms 4 the necks to defend your Bogie"; and, assuredly, that lapin would still he the most beautiful and the most powerful in the world-4t would be Wicket for year gluey and for the prosperity of Francs. • I am convinced that you Meet have fed peace but at that peke. I fear that I sea the ally one to speak to you thk lar page. Minting the fakehoods of coorders—eaperience ought to have made you acquainted with them. It is they who have tCriyour armies into Spain, into Poland, Into Russia; who made yes retwom your most faithful Minds, and who tat- Wei also hare dissuaded you from egging the peace at Dresden. lk la they who deceive you at present, and who asaggarate to you =rec. There remains enough to render you happy, sad peaceful sod prosperous; but there remains no more. and Ili Europe Is persuaded of this ; k would seat be usekss to so demobr to impose an Anion en it; it would no longer be deceived. . 6 I conjure your Majesty not to Meet my connsele.--they proceed from a hart which has never ceased to be attached to you, even at mentents when it could have wished it. I have not the foolish self-love to imagine that I see better than another—if every one had the same frankness they would hold to you the lame language. They would have spoken to you as I did after the peace of Tilsit, after the peace of Vienne, before the war against Riled*, and in the last place at Dresden. * For the dignity of man, it la Alleging that I shall be the only OW who dares to tell you what he -thinks. If your Maje*y ex periences new misfortunes, I shall not have to reproach myself with having cared to tell yes the truth. In the name of Ileavetr put an end to the war; grant that peoples minds may be able to find a moment of repose!' • The many interesting documents contained in this work, some of which are original, will be read with pleasure by those who tweet the wisdom and virtue of an experienced and sagacious Statesman. They are too long to be transcribed wholly, and any par tial selection of passages would only weaken that effect which they are so well calculated to produce. Whoever reads them, however, with attention, must regret that counsels given with so much frankness, and comprehending so prudent and conciliating a system of policy, were not listened to by the restored Monarch or his Ministers. As the Duke of Otranto had several times repeated that the manner in which things went on prepared a new succession in France and the return of Bona parte, his enemies inferred, when Napoleon landed, that it was he who brought him back; they sur rounded the King and obtained from his Majesty an order to have the Duke conveyed to Lisle, and car ried off as a hostage. Some gene d'armes and agents of the police went to his house, but such is the as cendant of probity and courage, that none of the Sbirris dared to lay hands upon his person. In the ; night preceding this attempt the Count of Artois had desired a conference with the Duke of Otranto. Tait conference took place at the Count d'Escar's, and ' lasted several hours. It is presumed, that the Prince's proposals were not accepted, and it was doubtless feared that the Duke would lend his aid to the new order of things. It is to be remarked, that the name of the Duke of Otranto is not round mingled in the various in trigues which took place turing his several adminie... orations He has served several governments with equal fidelity and scents, but he has never been their confidant- When Bonaparte arrived at Paris he sent for the Duke of Otranto. u They wanted to carry, you off," said he, as he approached him, 4 6 to hinder you from being useful to your country. Well ! I offer you an opportunity to tender it fresh services. Tha moment is difficult, but your courage and mine are superior to the crisis. Accept once more the ministry of the police." The Duke sheared, in their full extent, the dangers of the situation of things. After having received die assurance that Austria and England secretly aPpro., ved of Bonaparte's escape, and otitis return to France,' he accepted the office of Minister of Police. All the words and all the writings of the Duke in spire the most profound security. As be had never wanted consolation when in disgrace, he had no wed' of vengeance whet( in favour. He did not propose to Bonaparte a vain amnesty; he wrote to him that he must be ignorant of every thiing and in this re. ] spelt be gave the example which he recommended. He caused the apprehensions of his enemies to be *Wed, aid passports to be given to these who could not believe that he would pardon the injuries which' they had sought to do him. Every thing proceeded in concert between Bona parte and his Minister, till the moment when the lat ter received from Vienna a letter, written by a Mem ber of the Congress, who positively declared, that Bonaparte would not be recogthied—that all the Powers were unanimous, and were preparing to march against him. Then the Duke spoke to Bonaparte about this communication, and represented to him, that it was Impossible that France could sustain the shock of all Europe united; that it was necessary he should de clare himself frankly to . the Station ' and make himself certain of the final determination of the Sovereigns; that, if they persisted, there was no room for hesita tion ; that his own interest, and that of the country, made it his duty to abdicate, and retire to the United States. This counsel was noble and wise;,. it would have spared many evils, many ravages had it been followed owl& putignemeity ; but it wounded the prided Do. impute, sad etched in Ms mind suspicions of kite wh i bad had the courage to give it. The events which f Mowed alter the battle of w Iterloo are too fresh in the recollection ..t every 0 ,. ) ; to require that they should he now recapitul it( d; ant it should riot be forgotten that the Duke of o , ,„ un , displayed at that most critical moment the sAmt. fi, rn. ness, the same prudence, and the same in,id, t ,,, o. which marked his conduct in the preceding )c ,,, Before terminating this article, we shall say a I ,„ i r words upon the manner in which the Duke of Om, ~t passes his time at Dresden. He seems to like Simony. He sees but a staff number of persons;- he is absolutely confined in 1 1 : 1 -! family. The moments which he does not spend wi l t ) 1 them are consecrated to study. There is much ~i i of an important letter which he has Ilk titter. to .i i . Duke of Wellington, on the course of pubis,: itT 4 i; , „ , for these six months past, and the publication ui wiii,t; is te precede that of the Memoirs. He sp alt.; nt li,di s . grace with the same moderation as of the other ev. 1))) . • of the French Revolution. When mention 1 , maje t of his enemies, most of them a re indebt ed t . • hill 11 ? the happiness of seeing their country Again, r. 14 many for their property and lite, he contents liimo with pitying them. 66 They are blind," say s I le _ ' 64 and tt e;,- blindness will continue, for they ,:„ ntt ._ comprehend that they arc in daskisess." Some:; he compares the services which the Ultta-ani,„," think to do the King and the mossarchy, i n t i me which the Ultra-Revolutionists have rendered to ii. ; 'berty and the public. We will here mention a trait of his dommi t It s ! es - i because nothing is more calculated to make us rem, the characters'of celebrated men Some time ago he received from Paris souse tai l full of insults towards him ; he hastily ran tii t e ug h them, making the follow - tar raced ins: 66 Winos, has received many praises, one ought to expect t...., cetve much abuse, and often from the same peep" ['here are vulgar characters to be found among au *: ranks, even among men of letters ; these, as well a ~ all others of the same description, have rage Maks:, 'I but no hatred ; it is the necessity of gaining a liles. l, hood that sets them in motion in every dared .0.... 1 And as their follies are paid for is pr o p o r tion A s they . . rise higher, I cannot complain of the preference . which they give one—for the rest, it must be sop. ' posed that the libels are dangerous — let time take is course—they'will fall to the ground of their ( - we .. , cord : there is nothing firm and stable but truth.' i The ciiscluding paragraph expresses with ao Mo. siderable candour the comluct pursued by the Auk of Otranto during the Revolution , and the M'ltiVel for that conduct which he adopted after the Reston . lion of Louis XVIII. Written , , as these Memoirs . have been, under the eye of the Duke himself, we *• may consider the following lines to contain his semi• ments, ana, as such, they have at least the merit ci sincerity. In our estimation, a Sovereign may safety confide in the fidelity of a man who has the frankness to say, ' 4 I have long been occupied in shutting you out front the throne—the passage to which, perhaps, would never have been thrown open to you, had the man, ~ to whom I acted as Minister, conducted himself with greater prudence. But since Paovtnexce has ;Need you there, and that you are of opinion that I Call . aid you better than any other person, to accomrlith its destinies, and to be serviceable to my country, / obey the call of duty. I devote to you All my tea% end all my experience, whatever may be the conma quences to myrelf." THE EVENING SrAli • LONDON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER S. ISIS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK t Reduced G2f —Owe. =46lll—Cons. far ace. 62ff 4 per Cent. Vitt—Alper Cent. Nayy Wit Bank Long Anus. Stock —fowls 7s. Bs. pa. ExcheqUer Bills, Sta. Ss. pre. We received a supply of Hamhurgh and Brews 11 Papers this morning. They furnish us with some iv• teresting intelligence from the Northern. parts si Germany. T.ee Crown Prince of Sweden (Bank DOTI'S) is most assiduous in courting the affection of his subjects. He is now employed in what WS once termed in this country a " Royal Progress." On one occasion he invited four peasants to dine with him, and all seemed highly pleased With their rem. tion. The attachment of the Swedes towards him seems to be perfectly sincere, and on his par: the Crows Prince has evidently studied the way to their heart' —We should lament to see this harmony d stuMeit. By an article from Carlsbad, we also learn v.ith sure that the hopes of the disaffected are likely to le • disappointed with respect to the annexation of Sam! to Prussia ; the most sincere and cordial intercourse subsists between the troops and citizens of both or tions. Are not all these symptoms of returnirg cial order to be ascribed to • the care with which de, Police of Germany has taken - to - keep at 2 due dis , tance aU the French Renegadoes SCHONEN, AUGUST 20. On the 7th instant, late in the evening, the Crfont Prince arrived at Rumlosa," amidst the joyful acc;A. mations of a numerous crowd. He was accompartird by Prince Oscar, and their Exalt , ncies Field-M Count Toll, and the Minister of State, Count Ettgv• shoem. . His Royal Highness remained s:x Jays Rumlosa, gave audiences to the Authorities o! the neighbouring towns, the - Nobility, the land-bwoen and the farmers of the neighbourhood ; visited the environs of Rumlosa, particularly the fine estate of • Countess Spam, and The coal-mines of Floegaltac , which he examined with great attention. On the 14th his Royal Highness went to Lund, and visited on the way the harbour and fortress bf Landseron t. At Lund, as at other places,' the Crown Prince m i eeived numerous deputations of peasants, whi', seitf! artless and heartfelt eloquence, testified to him tle warmest gratitude 'for the many favours Which they had received from him : they declared themselfesi partieularly affected by the paternal treatment whit il their sons had *valved, both in the Held and in tub military exercise ; the children of ciate titLir present I greatest sacrifices, blond to preserve In a speech he , the flowing pas , as the yews and colour at any sea' will our fidelity 1, CA The King of Fri terdai with mud gave a great dinia sailor, Count Zi .1 bid, and nun) , pi In the evening tru persons were invlt of the day was, t fete (Saint's day) assembkd for On same house whe tainment. Prince Harden gtnstein and otl them in the m danced Polonaise ,. invited the wht.l kindness peculiar other room, and on their side w The proposal u day concluded wi COPE From most plaints of the we injure the harveati almost every day weather teems not Nothing furer tory conferences Ambassador CM of the month of of the Diet will Another hap; in this Court. 7 the only son of brother, and of marries the Prim the reigning and the Paren:s A splendid Si to Persia. The affair at gociation on tne Watts Arta lir. PINCKNIS 9 5 thence over law the United Stag their 13auks wen ly the Bram Rio Janeiro, ..o confirm our for the Pottnow. La Plata. 'F men in transi, video and M. 1. arc to move In the. A defr tary of the Co Portu7uere C expedition. object in view. We come tin' the policy of t since the emi ,r tilt. and that a World. This Th it 6rrt atiei ancient Vice• a. ultimately of c, tins unroec.i lith them. ;Ind, and u after so muc!, prefer fit that has throw pnssc•sces the Buenos Ay last eight ye:ir .a►d we have ic l Wl n h rtu h gu d. ese °ll4 l rl : 3 l pect the same illctsure ALPkuuy w : "Djs carriea the part of tie she will arriv, Would be d-c threats. Tw 4 Britain to 'Lev ous and inderr tunnies, she Portugal, and that Will be thi Our latest tutlOsiyi Tb