Star. — London, England, 1817-09-24 00:00:00

Puitwes. ASSIZE COURT OF L'AVEFRON. On the Sittings of the Sd and 4th instant, the Counsel for the prosecution and the defence were beard. The following is the brief substance of their • ornaments s M. MMUS, Counsel for the son of the late M. Tumid.% spoke for seven boon. He commented en the strange and contradietoty testimony given by Madame Manson, which be ascribed partly to the do- minion of terror over her, and the tear of losing her life if the assassins should escapes partly to the obli. gation of the -Most dreadful of ell oaths, and a gene rous feeling towards the person who had saved her life. Notwithstanding these the Advents contended, from her various admissions, from those very contra. dictions, and above all, from the exclamations she made respecting Jansiod and flastide before the Tri bunal, that she must. have been •in Bancal's boom, and witnessed the- easa,knation committpd by the prisoners. He observed that it s mattivei wit that Ma dame Manson wished to contradict herself to destroy on oneday the impression she had madams that preceding. The facts that he hadfiretraced sufficed to show that' she knew all the truth; and that tenth had escaped, her in spite.,of herself. The Advocate passed non to the robbery of hl. Fealties' house, and contended that it was the cause and abject of the assassination'. He sheered that the day atter the murder, between six mid seven o'clock in the morning, Jausion, under the veil of friendship, introduced himself into the Louse of M. Fualdes, that he rummaged the apart ments, broke open the drawer of a bureau, carried off essential papers, the journal and portfolio which were shut up in it, in order that there might esist no trace of the situation in which he stood with M. Fauldes ; that Easampe, the set vent, having surprised Jausion, • holdisig a bag of money in his hand, had keen recom mended by him to say nothing about it ; that Janda; had since said nothing of that bag of money, either to M. Fualdes' widow or his son. He concluded by sheering that the objects both of Jausion and Sas 'tide were to destroy all trace of the debts which they owed to M. Fualdes, and even to get possession of his whole fortune, amounting to the sum of 160,000 francs, to the entire exclusion of his widow and son. The guilt of &wide was shown from his pretended leaving Rhodes on the evening of the murder, and his returning the same evening in a quarter of an hour, and putting up his horse I from his h a ving s p. pointed eight o'clock to meet hi Fualdes (the very .night and hour of the murder), to pay hint the 10,000 francs he owed; from his extraordinary ques tion to M. Fualdes' servant, if his master was at home, when all the town knew he had been else:sleeted the night before; and from the circumstance of the key of M. Fualdes' bureau having fallen from his side while be was in the room with the servant. To they the general immorality of &nide, M. Meths ad verted to his holding a pistol to his own father's throat, to extort money from him; and to Ids beating a person with a stick on the highway at aisle. and demanding of him 2.5,000 franca. The Arroasis:-Gzestuto being only employed against Jausion and &nide. next addrealed the Court. Ile accused the prisoners of endeavouring to mislead justice, by 'pleading repasts (in.sloing which their Mends also assisted them), that this murder was committed by loyal persons attached to this. " Those said the Aths a ssidighosi• immacenstonaid . to .oandits iirtoiles,.ind . to stored Moir good for the Slag sod his legitimate Throoe, have knows how to perish under the ',groin. thrum ate, but have never sullied heir hands . - with the deka: of the assassin." After haviagjten of the manner is which the unfortunate F was stopped and dragged into Bowel's house, the At torney-General said—" Let us confine. for a mo ment, our imagination to that infamoos place. which, having before been often the theatre of d: banchery, had yet to become• that of a most hor rible assassination. Represent to yourselves the un fortunate Fualdes. estimded and held down upon a table. employing: prayers and tears to soften the rage of his hatehers, whom nothing could move.. 0.4 would have thought that the female Bancal and Alin Benoit, who appear not to have been the only persons of their se: present at this bloody tragedy, moved by feelings of pity se natural to women. would bait eudeavonred to have saved the unhappy lodides. But, no I they even lighted the assassins, that-they ari*bt the better direct their blows ; and it was the woman Based who received, in a bucket, the blood of the victim. One of these monsters plunged the knife in him, while the others fed eagerly on his ems. vuldoos; and were only satisfied when they saw be bad breathed his last." Auer an exact analysis or the evidence, the Attorney-General said to the Jury g , We have Ewe so fen all that serves to support the accusation we have brought against the Weis& duals before you. We have retraced the facts fee. lott4 the declaration of the witnesses . ; the sayings of *trimmers ; and all that concerns the guilt of sash °Mem. We think we have fulfilled our task. Toturittention directed to this long trial, will enable ion discover those who are guilty of this great Manes, you will • caravel the cause of it ; and your decision will homiest, this unite; too calcimined ler its hOrrors." M. C►sta►asrs. Counsel far the female Basal, nig •ddrsned the Court. He contended that las client km* nothing of the intended assassination until the swami of its being put in emtcuticas ; and that then she acted from fear sad under the indictee of her husband; that she sot nothing by the crime. and that amsequantly the was not interested in the com mission of its and that the assassins were numerous enough to mad nomesistioce from as old woman.. He also contended that the concealing it on her pan was oatmeal , la order to saes from Obloquy the memory of her demised husband and father of her • MO. ' speech of M. Rostsavuota, &loader of Bar tid aosont, he apostrophized . Madams Masson gia4mid. " Your coutradictions, Your mincealments, illiVisalf-avowals, your tenors, have famished the r• ministry with reason whom is has dratute more injurious to the rimers than t il proomocod the most positive testimony that deciore them guilty. It would be mush better ' that the awn,. however terrible. Mould pro entire from your . mouth. What could provost ma im 1/Nokia* out i In the name of Ma pd. Maws I &matt Et. What !tare you to fear from 1 Madame was s uddenly interrupted tie Adwmaty, and exclaimed, AA, .N theirilty are net heiress r"— There words, which seemed extracted from herby the Moat of troth, excited in the &Monthly a silent agitation which affected every mind. The judgment is not expected in Petit before the 21st instant. . t•i) . • TUE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER U. 1817. PRICE OF STOCK% THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCE4 Itodttopd thot—Coosolt, el —Do. for Oct. St li 4 per Cent. obit—Nary. 1041—India Bonds 45 TO pr. Bal.& 1.40 s Anis. sbot—Ear.begoor lips, 1124. to Sot. pr. Tim Frame Dividends wilds Imam. dee Ms deb oast easoced paying as Maws. atercescast.e's. 'led at Beasio's. Wilds will bring as additioeal sent to ibe ilognas Mutat. The Gout* of last night contains an important Notification under the authority of the Steam of the. Home of Commons, as required by the Bank Restriction Act, declaring that on and after the first of CietOher next, the Bank will be ready to pay cash for their sates of every description dated prior to the lit of January, 1817. It is with a feeling of sincere joy that we notice this proof of a return towards good old times. In the existing circumstances of the country, there is.certeinly nothing in this resumption of cash payments, but what was reasostably to be ex irected ;—it grould have been matter of astonishment indeed, if, when gold bad sunk to its ordinary rake% the case had bee* therwfse. Yet is there something in the precedent which we do not like; and we *say, now, that the danger in which the suspension of cash payments originated is over, sty with freedom, that we hope the Bank will never again be placed in a situation in which it shall be obliged to violate the plain engagement on its own bills to pa, es! &wend, for it is no payment on demand to substitute paper for paper. The last night's arsine also contains a farther Pro rogation of Parliament, to the 3d of November next. We give in another column, from the pen of an . intelligent Correspondent, a Plan which we think will be lound to merit a more than ordinary share of attention...a Plan for effecting no less an object than the speedy removal of our greatest national affliction, a Naiad Deis, exceeding in magnitude the debt of all the weld beside. Of the practicability of the Plan, we make no hesitation in saying, that we enter tain no doubt; we will even go farther, and affirm, that if, instead of paying off the Debt in three ran, as our Correspondent proposes, it were desired to pay it off itt one year, one month, nay, one day, the prae ticabilittof the thing would be not a jot the less, and we should, as a nation, be made not a shilling the poorer. It proceeds. en the principle of a mere thane - of position t and as locomotive beings, in a OPIPSUP al . PhPical MP's* It 001 7 golgit,W l • ~_ • , In the meat to sihkb the principle Ears - ter bb Ip •plied, bower, we think onr Correspondent butanes into as error, which be will net, we dare say, be die• pleased with uti for correcting. The wealth or capital of the country be militates at six thousand million. —Bat on what data does he found his estimate ! He reckons, he says, Glasgow to be worth twelve mil. lions, and that it comprises one five-hundredth psi of the total wealth of the country. But where arias we may only ask, are his data for even this minor ad. mate 1 It is evident that these are merely gratuitous assumptions, on which no reliance can be placed:.* Nor is there need that we should west in she least to conjectural calculation on the subject, since it hap. pens to be part of the blessings which this enormous load of debt has 'mailed upon us, to have experienced a system of taxation which has already furnished a criterion to go by of the most certain and indubitable description. What did the Tax on Income, from which we are only just relieved, produce At ten per cent. it pro. clued 4114,000,000, indicating the total income of toe country to be 140,000,000. Now, taking this in. come at twenty years' purchase. which is perhaps quite as much as it can be fairly rated at, we bring out the total capital of the country to be only 412,800.000,000, being somewhat less than one-bait of the sum at which it is computed by our correspon dent. Suppose, however, the total capital to be taken at or the nett half of our eorrapon• deist's calculation,—we believe that this will be lowed to be abort as liberal an allowance as the fact will warrant. What then is the effect of this correction on the plan before us f AU the effect is merely this, either that the rate of the contribution for paying off the deb t , or the duration of that contribution, would require to be proportionally extended. In point of practicability, the difference can affect the plan no otherwise, than as it sheers our capacity to be less, and our burdens to be the more intolerable. The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this morning. The only domestic intelligence of any interest ' which they contain relates to the protracted trial for the assassination of M. Punta's, the farther conti nuation of which we hart gins in another column. The Journal & Paris states, in a nom, that in conse quence of the remarkable exclamation uttered by Madame Munson on the last day's proceedings, as noticed in our . teport, that N all she galley are not ia armor as order had been sent of to Rhoden to put this mystedoua witoess herself to the bar. The con closion of the proceedings against the other lOdlth WrErp*tted is this horrid affair. was stfl un known at the departure of the Post front Park. Of the articles of foreign intelligence in these Papers, the most remarkable is one from Constanti nople, in which this country is in a very particular manner interested. Our Readers will recollect, that some time sine we directed their attentioe, with feel ings of strong reprobation. to a Treaty which bad been concluded between the Government of the lonian Isles, then as now under British protection ' , and the Sublime Porte, by which the fort of Parga, on the - main land of Albania, was to be delivered up by the British to the Turks, us one condition among others. that the inhabitants should be at liberty to' leave the place if they chose,and should receive hom the Turkish Government proper indemnities for their possessions. ft now appears, that on proceeding to make the delivery on these terms, the greater part of the inhabitants were so appalled by the dangers which they had to apprehend from returning again tinder the Turkish yoke, that they resolved to profit by the alternative allowed them ; in consequence of which it Was found, that the Turkish Government would have to pay them in indemnities, nearly twenty-four milrom *Mom. The payment of such a sum, how ever, was a thing either not within the compass of the Grand Sultan's Treasury, or beyond his estimate of the worth of the acquisition—the evacuation has therefore been postponed for the present, and the place remains as we sincerely hope it will ever re main, in the possession of its native inhabitants, pro tected by a Government which knows bow to respect the rights of a brave and free people. The King of VI/ITEMISE; not having as yet suc ceeded in his project of a new organization of his States, has had recourse to a measure, which, to say the least of it, is extraordinary. For want of a le. gislature chosen by the peoplethemselves, which might vote the supplies necessary for the public service, and of which want his lid.t.terry is himself the culpable cause, be has thought fit to substitute his own will foe the will of his people, and resolved to hazard the bold experiment of levying at pleasure whatever mo ney be requires, or may chase to say he requires. —By a Rescript which his Majesty bas just issued, be is pleased very laconically to declare, that the sem wanted for the public service daring the current year, will be 2,400,000 florins ; and so without any more ado, his good people are required and ordained to pay the money forthwith. Is it possible to believe, that such an usurpation of power will be submitted to The late King. we know, tried something in the same easy way of despotism I and we know also chit -he was foiled in the attempt by the steady patriotism of the beads of the people. The pre sent LSO may perhaps be a man of sterner stuff sad greater power than his predecessor—be may justify what BOWILIPARTB is reported to have said of bids, that 0. If that OM bad 50,000 soldiers. be would waiumbios a sure Mica& web than he ever bad to dissatangle."--But, stern and powerful as be is, we amid sot be surprised if be alsoihould be fated to ezpseience that there are certain limits which so dee. potism can pea. wises it has to encounter the spirit of g brave and enlightened people. Estrum of a letter just received from an English Merchant, now resident in Buenos Ayres ; ee We remain very quiet here, and I think we shall cootinue so. We shall soon have? larger Bald open to us, owing to the occupation of Chili by the Pa triot armies. This has already given new life to our commerce, and it seems prohibit that we shall soon have the valuable market of Peru laid open to this settlement. The British Government ought to do all in their power to foster and protect this trade, which may eventually be a second North America to us. The Portuguese remain in Monte Video, but they seem to discover a great backwardness in their expedition, whatever be its object." On Monday the Doke of SAII Cacaos, Minister Plenipotentiary and Ambassador Extraordinary from , his Catholic M a jesty, arrived in Pordandplace, from Paris, with his suite. _ Yesterday Lieutenant-Colonel Sir VICI'OR Vox ' , Aasursattl.% and Baron Saimaa, had audiences of the Panics Recur, presented by Count Mumma, at Cat lton-House. Mond.iy, the Bth Italian, the last stone was laid of the Marquis of Anomie-AVG Column; its elevation i. 100 feet from the bur, standing upon a rock, MO feet above the level of the Meaai t forming a mem beautiful and most picturesque object, as viewed in the sorroanding scenery to a vast expanse. The Marquis of Hun}l.sv has a large _Shooting Party, at his seat &urea Cottage, Scotlan d. The Earl of DARTMOV 111 has left his mat Sand well Hall, Staffordshire, to join a Shooting Party in Norfolk. The Archbishop of CAWTIII3ViT sod Mrs. Maw sass SUTTON bays left Addington Park, for Rams. gate. Lord Coussaaw: is returned from his continental excursion, and is aria to. be seen in his meal coaaa►e on the pave. Among the distinguished persons from England who have visited Ireland this summer, is the cele brated Mr. MALTHUS. his supposed be went to pick up some new ideas on popolation. Yesterday evening, about nine o'clock, as ad elderly Gentleman of the name of MAWS, with a Lady in 'company, was passing the end of Castle -street, Fins bury-square, be was attacked by four fellows, who knocked him down, and ribbed him of his watch, chain, sod Kahl and although the Alarm was imme. diately On, the villains escaped with their booty. They appeared to be frost 18 to 20 years of age. The reams bad sot time t o ro b the Logy, but they mach bet. i violent blowia the face. PLAN FOR P. Ma. Entroa—l have qnently seen in your uteri thoughts on the present depress and I am glad to obserr. insurmountable. It is a thought much —searching quit of our difEculties. As a nation we owe a meet it like men—we are men we should pi) , it. I+ lures and distress that hav& stances are far from being opportunities for acquiring . I can state with some confidence, native City, may be safely - millions of real capital. Glasgow as being about that of Britain—all kinds That is, the capital of the six thousand millions sterli our simple remedy, that ii the community should coati whole capital, being 600 the Sinking Fund has done, debt so low, that the interest cease to be felt as a burthen. This proposal, at first pear visionary; but having most intelligent and weed' have declared, after consi, they would most willingly examined and canvassed, proved by every true frieni persuasion that it would ranks of society. Many support of this. F:rst—We would thus load of taxes, levied not debt. but for the erpense sing quit of the plague and mode of collection. Secondly—ft world lea \ of every description much the honest upright merchaw be placed oft a lar better tooth where duties are excessivel; trader gets a great advantape submit to the unworthy practi Thirdly—Tlie necessaries of life, would fall in price, of labour —the great object to enable us to stand untie' manufactures. Fourthly—This would *tight) a reduction is the rents. Let us inquire for a, rate respecting landholders. will be found to present nothing fpll, she expenditure for Mit will also be reduced. world as to remember the , airman, with an income of as well, and appeared as society, as a gentleman worth annum can do now; and - come, the reduction of ex! them, after a reduction of f appear as respectable as at But how is this to be gentleman has not ready money ten per cent. of what he possesses.— will be glad to lend' him - proper security, and at a take the case of one worth per cent. £5OO per annum. pay, as his share, £lOOO tar tonal debt. At present he and can hardly mike the freed from taxes, he will, for comforts and luxuries of lit with 11500. That is, he will in four years—and the operation any sum less or more. Waft the country frankk, require as a bonus from Govern' was a town better entitled to Charm, making it Treason ctrl ever to borrow money, tolendmoney to the Govern' System, again to involve the r At the same time it should that. the fund•holders, in , shall make no gain upon most equitable method would iprime cost, whatever that IA Moderate tar upon the otwould be no temptation COMM duties on certain 'growth; would afterwards like dignity of the Crown, klishnseat. In cue of war distant when wars will lie raised within the which can easily be done l Mr. Editor, did many know wh o i s . his, they would smile and say, 4. he need =elf about,it—he will soon be gone " yielf, I will soon be gone, but in my hildrene children, I hope long to ha\ rutthe welfare of Britain, a country whi twenttlive years, has, by the hlessini THE NATIONAL 14 •1 e with inn& pleasur e :ful and independe nt p 1 lepressed state of the N a Tye that you think them a subject on whicil I g for the best means great load of debt—let, • e able to pay it..... 41 1.„, rtit Notwithstanding all tilts& ,ye taken place, nut g desperate. F rom t he i t is g information ot nfidence, That Glasg,, ly estimated as worth toy; I consider the we 4 , n the five hundredth pnt ds of property inch & ' he Nation may be taken ling. I would propn t ,., in the coarse of three ) 011 r ststribute ten pet cent. , 1 millions; which, with s'-. one, will redoce the p e terest on the balance n ot . hen. sight, may, to many, ng mentioned to som e of thy pers..ns in this city, ~ Isidering the proposal, ly see it adopted. It d. , I think it likely to le end to his country, frost d he of advantage to reasons may be off:red get quit of an minim • only for the interest of of collection : besides and vexation attending iave commerce and busi.. :h more unfettered; besi chant and tradesman woo footing than at present ;ft ively high, an unprincip cafe over him who scorns practice of evading duties. ries, and even the luxuri e, and with them the pf• ' :et to be contemplated, so ivalled in our commerce • I bring in its train (which k : value of land, with a fall a a, moment how this will ops re. If .fairly considered, I ching alarming; for with it necessaries and luxuries I have lived sn long to the e time when a country gels of MOO per annum, lived s respectable in the scaled worth al 200, or £lsoo pa so on in proportion of is. expenditure would enable f their nominal income, to It present, or more sn. effected !—Many a landed money to pay in three years ossesses.—The fund.lioliden in more than he wants, on s reduced interest. Let ss Is £lO.OOO, that is, At fire to. This man will have to towards wiping off the rst- he spends his whole income, two ends meet; but whew fur 5t1250, enjoy more of tla lite than he does at present will save his whole seloo3 Initial will be the same for ly to go into this, we should 7euvernment, for there neva to one, a codicil to Magus In in any Minister or Mini• y, or in any individual era retoment, on the Funding he nation in a load of debt. Id be somehow provided, recovering the priac'pal, n the public. Perhaps tbs ould be to pay them th&r might be. he luxuries of life, such 31 to smuggling, with Ps commodities of forrigi I be sufficient to maintail and a proper peace eta- rm. (but I hope the time is 1 cease), let the supplies le yeas, by tdirect assess lone at little or no expense. know who is the writer of says " he need not trouble soon be gone ;" true, as to IC, but in my children, and ie long to have an interest a country which, for ae by the blueing of Ta:,