Star. — London, England, 1830-10-14 00:00:00

TIC E EVENING STAR. This day despatches were received at the Foreign Office, from his Excellency Lord ST Lulu DE ROTHSAY, OUr Am bassador at the Court of France. This afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, a Cabinet Coun cil was held at the Foreign Office, attended by all the Mem bers, with the exception of Earl BATH unwr, who was momentarily expected from his seat at Cirencester, in Gloucestershire. We observe that several parochial meetings have taken place, and are about to take place, in opposition to the New Police; and, as we think it our duty candidly to deliver our opinions on all subjects which occupy, in any considerable degree, the public attention, we have long intended to avail of the first convenient opportunity, to offer some remarks on the subject. This we are the more inclined to do, because we perceive that the majority of that portion of the community, who are interesting themselves in the opposition, are,we have no doubt, perfectly conscientious in the opinions they hold. If we are right in our views, they are in error; and, therefore, we are desirous of stating those arguments on which we support our opinions. In the first place, it will be desirable that our Readers have a clear understanding of what we consider the object of a police, or municipal establishment ; and, we think, when we define its use to be, for aiding in the execution of the laws, c> tablished for the protection of the life, liberty, and property of the individuals composing township, if outraged by any lawless acts of one or more of its members, our definition cannot be deemed incorrect. This is the object which society, in its legislative capacity, has in view, by a municipal force ; and if an object essential to be accompli3lied, there can be no doubt the means should b. adequate In the end. We would next enquire, whether the state of our munici pal protection is this metrOpolis, previously to the establish ment of the New Police, was adequate to its object! We need not occupy our liantsd space, by a long investigation on this point ; becaues we are sure the recollections of our ►cr.Aer wi 1 arswer our enquiry by a candid avowal, whatever be his opinion of the. New Po ti..:t 'he old one was ex tremely defective. It being admitted, then, that something more perfect than the existing municipal establishment was.. requir. , d, wa come to consider, what are the objections to the one which the Legislature has supplied. We shall now catisider the arguments which we have seen adduced against the new Police, in the columns of our respectable Contemporary, the Herald, and others. It is urged that the New Police is not in consonance with the ancient municipal customs and laws of the country— with what are called the institutions of our Aiglo- Saxon ancestors ; and the truly great wisdom and virtue of ALFRED, with all the associations which that name never fails to produce, are represented as outraged by the new establishment. Now, as far as these associations are concerned, it may not be amiss, in the first place, to remark, that an inquiry into the antiquity of our Municipal Law, proves that A LFRED did what we have been lately doing : merely make alterations in institutions existing long before him ; and to be traced, by the persevering antiquary, even anterior to the Anglo-Saxon period of our history. In fact, on the subject of our municipal laws, we are obliged to yield assent to the dictum of the great BACON when treating on them—that, when we seek their origin, we find that caput inter nubila condit. It is almost un necessary to say more on what is, after all, not argument; but an ad captandum prejudice, attempted to be raised against the late alteration. It is easy, however, to she* that not only is it a groundless prejudice, that we can, with correctness, attribute our Municipal Laws and customs to ALFRED ; but likewise, that even were it true, it would constitute no sound argument in favour of them, as they lately existed. Wo are a little surprised at bearing the authority of antiquity, in the mouth of some of those whose opinions we are endeavouring to impugn ; for if there be any maxim more current than another, in the present age—particularly among reformers—it is, that what is ancient has a greater chance of being wrong than right; and we may again have recourse to the wisdom of Bacon, in support of the present time, which we think, be calls the old age of the world, over the past, which he considers its youth. But when we examine facts as regards our old municipal institutions, we must be struck with the absurdity of reasoning in favour of our late system from its origin in that of antiquity. All the system which we read of in books—but unfortunately only in books—as the origin of our present system, the division of our communities into hundreds, and its subdivision into tenths—villa or townships—with the corresponding ju risdiction of constables, petty constables, and tythingmen, all unhired members of the community, responsible to each other for the conduct of their jurisdictions, is undoubtedly beautiful; and we may justly admire it in the pages of a SPELMAN, or other legal antiquary : but if it ever existed in practice, must it not have been in a very different state of society from the present?— and we think all will admit, that it is merely the nomenclature without the reality—the husk without the kernel—which has reached our time. The very ground-work of the whole is now rotten, for no one now can, or will, take upon himself municipal duties, without the solid're muneration of " filth lucre"—actual demoralizing hard cash; and we refer to our reader's recollection, whatever be the poetry in his nature, whether he can trace any identity between the gin-drinking, jack-in-office, substitute-constable, with his subordinates, down to the important street-keeper, or now eulogized honest watchmen, and the rural constables headburgbs and tythingmen of the Goden Age of our legal traditions ?—if he can, we feel it necessary to say, we can not; —and this brings us more directly to the point—a compari son of what lately existed and now exists. We ask our Reader to say whether he cannot recollect having his feelings of justice almost daily and nightly out raged, under the late state of the municipal establishment ? Did he not daily see the laced-hat street-keeper tyrannizing in the most lawless brutal manner, over the poor fruit huckster, at the nod of, and for the interest only of his masters, the shopkeepers!? Has he not seen a whole stock in trade of tapes and bodkins, or fruit, tumbled into the gutter—with no one to appeal to on the act, but what is very efficient to such individuals—the laws of our country ? Were our Readers never nightly offended, by seeing the poor female ballad-singer forced to desist from her calling, under a similar cruel brutal tyranny ? We think our readers must answer in the affirmative ; and then we would ask his candid answer to another question—does he witness such scenes now? As far as our experience extends, we would answer the latter question with a negative; and we think the very cause of the superiority is, that our present police is well arranged—has a unity of design in its system —and capable, therefore, of something like principle in its execution. The remaining part of what is adduced, in the name of argument against the New Police, we must take another opportunity io consider. A private letter from Brussels, dated the 12th inst. is now before us, which gives the following extract from the Courier de Pays Bas, of the same date : " They are fighting at Antwerp; the Bourgoise, assisted by the Belgian garrison, are masters of the citadel ; and the Dutchmen are deserting en masse. We have these accounts from an eye witness." We must qualify this information, however, by stating that them are letters in town from Antwerp, of the same date, which are perfectly silent on the subject of this conflict. Two hours after receiving the above, we bad Antwerp let ters to the 13th, at which period the city enjoyed perfect tranquillity. By a decree of the Kt o, formerly alluded to, grain is again allowed to be imported into the Netherlands, at the low duty of 1822. Another decree had also been ironed by the Bum, by which the duty on foreign coals, which amounted to 13s. 4d. per ton, bad been entirely taken off; and permission granted for their importation, into tiny of the ports of the Netherlands. Trade between Antwerp and the interior was rather reviving. We have, this day, private advises from Lisbon, by way of Paris, dated the 25th Sept. They confirm - the previous accountegivest, of the 'increasing cruelties of Don Kw um.. One of the letters speaks thus :—" Persecution iie r c;:.c tl4) ;11,n , more tLar, one hundri.d nity 'innate' were arrested in Lisbon. The Portuguese women are, most of them, attached to the came of the young QuEtw. " The news from Terceira is 'gratifying ; the spirit of the garrison is excellent. The Volunteer battalion of Oporto, which is at Villa da Praia, is unanimous in its resolution of going to the succour of its compatriots ; but requires shipping, and a chief. " On the coast of Tafe, the Constitutionals arrested, have been carried to the prisons of Guimaraes, where they suffer the worst treatment." We have received the Gazette de France of yesterday's date, and the other Paris papers and private letters of Tues day, from which extracts will be found elsewhere ; and we add, in this place, the following private letter, dated Tues day evening : " The late address of the Deputies to the Throne, respect ing the abolition of the capital punishment, continues to ex cite the animadversion of the French generally. The pre sent ministerial paper (Le National) holds, on this point, a language similar to that of the Revolution, Pabiote, and other popular papers. Indeed, it becomes more evident every day, that the State prisoners will meet with no indulgence from tho hands of the people, and the Patristic of this morn ing says, that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to cool their exasperation. The Constitutionnel thinks it highly imprudent to have referred the decision of the matter to the King, as it only tends to make him unpopular. The Chamber having taken force as the first step, it should have gone through to the end. " No body views the proposition of M. do TRACY as pro ceeding from an abstract principle, and brought forward in the interest of humanity; but on the contrary, every one is ofopinion that the whole arises from a concerted plan to save the ex-Ministers. This idea is not a little con firmed by the precipitation of the Chamber of Deputies, in voting the address—precipitation is contrary to its usual dilatoriness, and avowed aversion to anything new. In fact the Ministry is very much emb massed at its present critical situation ; and it is generally supposed, that oil: long we shall have a change. _ _ " The Messager des Chambres of this evening, announces that great disorders have taken place at Antwerp. They appear to have arisen between the Belgian and Dutch troops, as the former were embarking for Holland. " If one may give credit to the assertion of the above paper, Prince Frederick has been wounded, and a superior officer killed in the conflict. " The stagnation of commerce, and the failures which are expected daily, caused a considerable fall in the funds yes terday. The French press manifests great jealousy nt the independence of Belgium, as it was rather expected that the Belgians would have thrown themselves into the arms of France, some way or other." FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. RECEIVED THIS DAY. PARIS, Ocr. 12, 1830. On Saturday evening the Austrian Ambassador scnt off an extraordinary courier to Vienna, who is said to be the bearer of important despatches.—Le Globe. Marshal Maison will not go to Vienna as Ambassador from France. Austria has expressed her intention of having at Paris only a Minister Plenipotentiary, so that England and Russia will only have Ambassadors at Paris. It is not known who will be appointed to go to Vienna, in the room of Marshal Maison.—Le National. It was remarked at the last sitting of the Chamber of Peers, that the Duke of Orleans declined the privilege of a Prince of the blood to vote, in the Chamber before the age required for other Peers. This act of the Prince is important ; as it appears a refusal on. his part to sit as a judge on the trial of the Ex Ministers.—Le Constitutionnel. The Minister of War has written to the officers of the ex-imperial Guards, who came from the island of Elba, re quiring information of the former services of their officers, the indication of the corps to which they belonged, the date of their commissions, and the epoch at which they ceased to appear on the army list. The Minister also directs them to send him a list of all the soldiers who formed part of the Elba battalion. The judgment by default obtained in February last by M. de Maubreuil against Prince Talloyrand, which con demns the latter to considerable damages, has just been communicated to tho Prince in due form. A new summons for December let has been served upon him. It remains to be seen whether the Ambassador will come to defend him self at that period.—Gazette des Tribureaux. The French Government has issued the most express orders that not a man, nor a weapon, shall be allowed to pass the frontier to the assistance of the Belgians. A detachment of Belgians, proceeding from Paris to their own country, were mustered in the great square at Va lenciennes on the 3d, in order to ascertain whether there were any Frenchmen among them. Ten were discovered, and compelled to return. We also learn that many others, who have attempted to gain the Belgian frontier by cross roads, have been stopped and sent back.—Journal du Nord. It is stated that in consequence of the discussion on the subject of the abolition of the penalty of death, the Mi nister of Justice has written to the Attorney-Generals of the Royal Courts to suspend all executions until after the decision of this great question in criminal jurisprudence. According to the Law Project relative to the National Guards, presented to the Chamber of Deputies of Saturday, all Frenchmen between the ages of 20 and 30 years, that are entered on the list of the Stationary National Guards, will be liable to be called to form a part of the moveable Na tional Guards, whatever may be their military rank The order in which they will be taken is—the youngest bachelors ; widowers without children; married men without children; married men with children. The number of children, and the necessity of remaining at the head of an extensive agri cultural or manufacturing establishment, will be taken into consideration u a ground of exemption. The force of the National Guards in France is computed at about 1,600,000 men, of whom 500,000 are armed, and the Minister of War is taking measures to furnish the others with arms. This mass is divided into 2,600 battalions, commanded by 60,000 officers, most of them old soldiers; 300,000 have uniforms; 100 companies of artillery are organised, and are about to receive their materiel; 1,700 companies of pompiers, and 400 companies of cavalry, are equipped and in active service. A cause of a very singular nature is likely to occupy the attention of the Tribunals shortly. At the time of the late election, a privet of the arroairweent of Verdun being present at a Meeting of the Muninifed Council of his village, exclaimed in a prophetic accent—" If the 221 are re-elected, we will bring 200,000 Russians to set you to rights !" The threat became subject of general convention in the annoy. As soon as the result of the elections was known, a brandy merchant of a neighbouring village, believing in the Indic ti on t f eit ecclesiastic, insbiened to send off 100 cask, o f brandy to Paris, in the hope of selling them to advon_ tage upon the arrival of the hyperborean defenders of th,, throne and altar. Upon the events of July taking plu e , the speculator calculated upon reaping a double advantag e . The recognition of the new Government by England, ren dered him uneasy ; but the conviction of the Abb4 bein? able to work miracles at a pinch, kept up his spirits . . However, he gave up all hope upon the arrival of tho news of the friendly reception given to Gen. Athalin by the Court of St. Petersburgb, and has brought an action against the priest to produce his 200,000 Russians withi n a week, or pay the value of the brandy, with damages a:,(I coats.—Gazette des Tribsinaux. According to the orders of Gen. Mina, transmitted by Col. Cneto to the Constitutional Generals at Prtpignan, it would not be surprising if the Constitutionalist arm*' has entered Spain by different points.—Courreer Francnis. Six journeymen blacksmiths, recently arrested, appe al * on Saturday before the tribunal of Correctional Police, o' the charge of illegally combining to obtain an augmentation of wages, and a reduction in the hours of work. One or them was condemned to imprisonment for a month, and two for two days; the three others were discharged. A few foreigners, giving way to the enthusiasm of the times, paraded the streets of Florence, with the tri-colot_reo flag, preceded by two drums and three trumpets. Curiosity increased the procession, but no idea of a revolt was enter tained. On passing through the square they made a short halt at tho foot of the statue in the centre ; but although the whole square was filled with people, the Guards at the Grand Ducal Palace remained perfectly passive, and thus spewed their discretion; for their interference, instead of restoring order, would, in all probability, have created a serious disturbance. The event fully proved how judiciously they acted, for on the arrival of the party at the Cassino, the colours, drums, and trumpets disappeared, and the crowd dispersed without committing the least excess. The co lours have since been carefully concealed, and have escaped the researches of the police. The shouts of the follouers, though noisy, were not hostile to the Sovereign. " Liberty !" " The Constitution !" and " Our country !" were the chief cries uttered.—Le Natiosnel. For some days past the amiversal topic of conversation ::t Toulouse, has turned upon the subjsct of a prisoner lodged in the House of Detention, who asserts that he is able to make important discoveries relative to the conflagrations that have devastated so large a portion of the north of France. The France ilfericlionale contains the following letter, said to have been addressed by this man, who signs his name Berrie, to M. Beranger, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, and Reporter of the Committee of Impeachment against the late Ministers:— HOUSE OF DETENTION AT TOULOUSE, OCT. 1. Sir,—Overwhelming misfortunes compelled me to become the instrument of a party, and, in fact, its principal agent, in the fires which hare desolated Normandy, and which would have spread through all France, if I bad fulfilled the instructions I received. But the cry of alarm raised by the journals, the pictures they drew of the deplorable sufferings of the victims, and, if I may presume to say it, my own sen timents, raised horrors in my mind, and induced me to sus pend my infamous mission. I took flight, and concealed myself from the rage of those who had reckoned upon me ; and thus the course of the devastations I was to have inflicted upon Languedoc, Provence, and Dau phiny, was suspended. Reduced to extreme distress, from my forced state of concealment, I yielded to necessity ; and rather than pursue a course of guilt so atrocious, I became culpable in another way, and was ar rested at Toulouse. Prom the depth of my prison, I ven ture to address you, in order that you may be informed that I have made discoveries as to the authors and insti gators of the fires alluded to. These attempts were not, as you truly suggest, foreign So the policy of the late Ministry ; they cannot be attributed to simple individuals without concert with each other; they were all directed by a powerful hand. Had my information been listened to somewhat earlier, you would not have had to say that time alone would unveil these horrible mysteries. I could have furnished you with unimpeachable documents which are in my possession. I have given full details in my con fession ; command them to be communicated to you. May they prove me worthy of some indulgence ! May they prevent the recurrence of similar ca lamities, fur the torches are still burning ! There are some blanks in my declarations; you will at once per ceive my motives, when you come to know that certain actors in the truly tragic drama, of which this prpvince was to have been the theatre, are resident in this town, from whose influence, being rich and powerful, I have every thing to fear. I have not thought it prudent to deliver up the principal part of the documents which support my declara tion ; ono single letter which proves my affiliation with the congregation of Mont Rouge, who transmitted to me the orders they received from the Prince de Polignac, was found upon me and seized. My voluminous correspondence, my written instructions, the list of the different States to be set fire to, and the names of the persons who were to supply me with more accurate information, as well as a species of safe-conduct, signed Prince Polignac. equivocal, it is true, but the object of which may be family guessed from the rest of the papers all these' authentic evidences are still at my own command ; but I will net deliver them up into your hands, until one man among you, gentlemen, shall have given me his word that nothing shall happen to him, who is the depository of them, until I shall have received some mitigation of the penalties that may be pronounced against myself. I require this assurance from you, because you have it in your power to make it good. I resolved not to make any further decla ration in this city. Neither promises nor threats shall induce me. I will not be ungrateful, and deliver up to justice him who has rendered me a benefit." The France Meridional: adds—" Before we published this letter, we were desirous of seeing the individual who pretends to be initiated into the horrible mysteries it refers to. We have seen and questioned him ; and we are certain, that from his language, his manners, his countenance, and, as will be seen by his letter, his style, which is not altogether devoid of ekgance, he is a man far above his present miserable condi tion, and by no means an ordinary malefactor." .. Du ZL PRIV 111 T EDe—lllfOrMUlol2 was lodged yesterday at Henry-street Penes pr o d an intended duel between a Mr. Fer guson and NIL Half* bob medial seising at doom dim re relative te a who in as Iging-in- . A warrior was load ary their aggerlamulas, and plated in the handset E. 0. Cannon, vibe onsessisd in anardeg Mr. Halpin and his friend, a Mr. Trevor. as they gnitssi the Oolhp of Surplus I they were Wolk bodes the saggionnsos, sell WWI is give hen to ae poem It mewl diet swine hal we Wm the exissiy awe in the =lle Ns Regasen e iimegnelaiall glib the adonee iis war s hi% WM k the brat peo et the day le esinghde a bade' beta “ pester by hie ialegmlet, awl was assent tesdi be skald % do give stanky In goessibl —amt.—Deiste lima* Rapids &mai mos, coataking paw*. llESSuisi ibis rig by the o. et Pam, have been received at the M. d Mee Ate Is mei emas et then will ebeetiy be eilliteei at Assisis dos ilisy were sent by N &bay, ' einsg• and Leriviias. The lame innerly se rervilso• dal et coe et the lessee akkat Abe is hmettel ilk,* and he hes drilited his subject `a stall memo.-4 Pm* (At , A L SEf. ep , p i er ~t redr. 7 7 . - ~ I LONDON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14. R. 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