Star. — London, England, 1817-09-05 00:00:00

FROM GERATAV PAPERS. COLONEL DE MASSENBACH. The public attention is now much occupied by The news of the attest of Colonel de Massenbach, which took place in consequence of the express corn. ' mend of the King of Prussia, in the free town of Frankfort, and under the eyes of the Diet. Colonel Massenbach is known for the part he took in the capi tulation o f p reete l, w , in Ili,vernber, Ibo 6. During that period of calamity to the Prussian Monarchy, he published many things to titeulpate himself, accusing the Duke of Brunswick of 51undets, and the Prussian, Cabinet of political imprudence. In oilier respects , his memoirs were interestinp, 'and procured him some literary.reputation. In the last campaign be lost one of his sot's, who was killed at the battle of Henan. Since, he has been remarkable for his opposition to t h e K ing of Wortemherg. in the Assembly of the' States of that Kingdom. of which he was . a Member, and by different pamphlets which professed ultra. liberal political doctrines. After the dissolution of the States, he could not remain at Stutgard : he went to Heidelburg : sent from thence by an alums r.rdre of the Grand Duke of Baden, he proceeded to Frankfort, to carry his complaints to the Diet. " Orr the evening of the 18th August, a Prussian Officer arrived at Frankfort, with a requisition to the Senate to cause Colonel de Massenbach to be arrested and delivered over to hint. The Senate was called together at nine o'clock in the evening; they deli berated till nearly midnight. There were many ne gative votes, but it length the opinion prevailed that they were trio weak to oppose the demand of the Prussians. Orders were consequently issued, and Mussenbach refusing to open his door, it was burst open. The Officer demanded his sword ;he gave B. observing. • With the same tranquillity I shall ascend the scaffold at Berlin then he inquired what road they meant to take The Officer having re plied, that pursuant to.his directions he should take the road to Cassel, he said he should esteem it a fa- roar it the Officer would permit him to pass by Gel bausen, whets his son was buried, that he might once more behold hi. tomb. This was refused. and the Officer set out aid, his prisoner. On the tollq•- ing cl.,y all the papers of Massenbach were taken away ioy the Prusai.n Chargé-d'Affaires at Frank fort. M. de Scholz. s' This cireumbtance could not fail to make an ex- traordieutry sensation, especially as it is not yet tuown what could have induced the Prussian Go• "eminent to adopt so striking a course. Tne letters of requisition addressed to the Senate assign as a reason that Colonel Massenbach bad claimed his ar rears of salary since 13x7, threatening, in case the Court of Berlin did not do him justice, he would print a work, in which be would develops many important semen. These secrets could not be known to him, except in his former quality of Chef d'Etat Major of the Prussian army, and therefore the Prussian Go ♦eminent considered it had a right to secure his per. sun * and institute a process_ against him. Colonel Massenbach arrived at Berlin on the 25th, am! was sent the same morning early, accompanied by an officer of peal d'armes, to the fortress of Cumin, from which it is said he will be removed to Co&berg." • • e may. SEPTIMM • 111.••••••••• • (rSIVATIt ~reran.) " There is no 1 mger any doubt that the false and severe measures of the Authorities in the departments of the Rhone and the here have carried discontent to its height. The Counsellor of State, M. Camille J mrdats who has arrived in Paris, and who Jives in the department of the Rhone, had already made re. monstrances against the conduct of the Authorities of that &pertinent to different Members of the Go vernment at Paris, and had finally addressed a me sa neial to the King, in which he recommended me derati.-4 as the only means of preventing a catastrophe in these districts. .M. Camille Jourdan was in conse quence ordered up to the capital ; and it was in con sequence of the information which be gave, that Marshal Marmont was sent to the. departments of the Rhone and the Isere with extraordinary powers...- This is.an important mission, which may lead him eel the Ministry of War. Maniont is the _declared enemy of the present Minister of . War, the Doke of Feltre ; fur it was Marmont who denounced, in the last Session of the Chamber of Peers, the budget of that department. The arrival of Marmont at Lyons Will probably lead to the dismissal of Canuel Irom the command of that deparionent, and perhaps, like wise, ordie Prefect Chabrol.' The Minister of Police is soon to publish 1 report on the disorders which have been committed without the knowledge of the Authorities of the departments of the Rhone, of the Isere, and some other departments of the South. It appears that General Canuel, in particular, is strongly comprothised in these disorders. We are assured, likettise, that General Count Donedieu, Comman dant of Grenoble, is' on the point of sending is his resignat ion. 4 6 Another event equally important is the reitiiis Marshal Devon's, Prince of Eckmuhl, Minket - Of War anckr Bonaparte, to active service gisigikeiese few dip. He is one of the subscribers ofthi famous adages,. *. of Representatives, published ofesspape. • Waterloo, in which we find the falr t' The ourbons are rejected by • the ran* nation ; they offer no gua rantee to the natiai.! Hs aiserwards, however, din vowed the signature to this address The wife of the Prince of Seismal is the sister of the famous Ge neral Leclerc, and daughter of a good haberdasher of Pontoise. You will be sensible that this will not 'assort well at Court •witb the Princesses and Du chesses of the ancient noblesse. The news that the King of Prussia, instead of going to Cambray to the review of the English army, to gone en Menbenge to be present at the manwavies of the Rosaian troops, has increased, as you say well . suppose, certain re pass and conjectures already cue:vitt ; and people do poi fail to odd, -that the Duke of Wellington quitted Paris very dissatiefied t and that the only success he had was that of having preserved by-his influence the Dukeoi Teta in the to The Special Court of Brussels wilt soon be occu pied with the process of M. de Broglie, Bishop of o h as,,•bo will be sentenced gar eow araa‘e . H e i s sow, . to the ecis hb our b oas t of Dijon, according to some *tots ; according to ethos at Rose." FLANDERS MAIL- ()Herr, AUGUST si. 'The action of the Duke of Wellington against the Editor of tlieloarnal of East and West Raiders, came on to-day, as had been announced. The Counsel of his Grace, Messrs. Tarte, sen. and Jouhand, a f ter ' Te n on i ng . in which the public thought there was more sophistry than logic, endetvoured to prove, not only that the article is question contained a calumny, bet also that it called down on his Grace the public contempt and hatred. Mr. Beyens, the Editor's Counsel, refuted (and the public thought he did it successfully) the reasonings of these Gentle men. He maintained that they were founded on nothing positive, but on inductions. He explained the article which gave rise to the complaint of his Grace, in the intention of the Editor. He divided it into parts, which are very distinct, and assigned to each of them the only sense in which they can be understood; and hence he concluded that the action brought by his (;race was without any solid founda tion. Mr. Sind, who acted as Attorney-General, Prayed, notwithstanding, that the Editor of The li Journal of East and West Flanders be condemned toi one month's imprisonment, to a fine of SOO florins, and to the loss of his political and civil rights for five years. It was thought at first that h.: reasoning would tend to the dismissal of the complaint against the Editor, who, according to Mr. Smel, would not merit from his Grace any thing but that profound and entire contempt which is due to miserable pam phleteers (folfiesdaires). The Tribunal has appointed this day week to pass sentence. We shall return to this cause and its im• parttime in respect to public law. U I RECHT, AUGU. , T so. This afternoon his Royal Highueu the Infant of Spain, Don Fraurib Paul. travelling as Count Mo ralatta, passed through this' city on his way to A. sterdam. AMSTERDAM, AUGUST U. The Zeeploeg, Captain Manselman, which sailed from the Texel at the end of July, with about 500 German emigrants for America, was forced back to the Texel a fortnight ago by contrary winds. In this voyage 60 passengers died. An epidemic disorder has broke oat on board the Avril, which is in the Texel, also with emigrants ; many persons have died of it. By order of the Go vernment the others have been conveyed from onl I board the ship to a place prepared for them in the Isle of Wieringen, both to recover their health and to prevent the propagation of the disease. It is said that there are 700 other emigrants at the Tesel, who bad been engaged by the house of Ru dolph to go to Philadelphia ; but that hitherto they could not be sent for want of paying their passage and maintenance. CAMBRAT, AUGUST QS. The Duke of Wellington will soon arrive at Mont St. Martin, where all his family is assembled. The King of Prussia is elpected here from Paris ; and the I troops of our garrison have already received orders to show that Sovereign every military honour. Tbe diminution •of the Army of Occupation by another sth is at this moment the general subject of conversation. Letiers from Parts, wil:eh asau ma t eassidered autheatic,issert that this measure with 'etgodtlen" from . the Ministers of some of the. Powers; but every thing gives reason to believe this a reduction of the allied - troops will take place itrtwo months. Mean time, the reviews of the Austrian, Russian, English, and other troops, will take place successively in the *kook line from Alsace to the North Sea; they wilt•be very brilliant. The number of Aeon en half-pay who are rang to be put on active so** Weonsiderable; it is esti mated at 7 or IWO, Wail the sank of chief of a batta lion to that of sub-lieutenant. What is remarkable is, the great number of military who solicit employment. All is much changed in this respect within this year and &half. which may be attributed to the wisdom and firma ns of the Government. BRUSSELS, AUGUST SO. One of our journals says—se M. Stevenotte, condemned to three months' imprisonment, and a line of 500 flmins, having requested permission to undergo his penalty ill the house of arrest atVilvordit, on maxim of the salubrity of the place, the Attor ney-General has granted him this favour, though it is not usual to send to that prison any persons but such as are sentenced to more than a year's imprisonment." TOURNAY, AUOUrT ea. Fe leans from all oar fortresses of the first class, dal' the works are carried on with estratirdioary activity ; nothing is spared to make them as solid as _ . GHENT, SEPTEMBER I. It won certain that the Bourbons of France come to the opt of the Bourbons of Spain. Many viands of war, wiii_many transports hers sailed from diffe rent panel.' Francs foe Spain, whets thep will be employed begone of those unhappy expeditions deo* ed to revere America. It the Government does irk wad men, it is becalm. such a measure wood be disagreeable to the nation and 4is feared besides, that it would bo sending, reinforcements to the Iq. surgen 41 0` 1 1. ' - Extract of a letter from St. Helena, dated in June last :—" Madame ,BIIIITRAND continues the same gay creature as ever. She was brought to bed a few days ago. BONAPARTE paid her a lying.in visit.— She took bet child in her arms, and presented it to, t h e ea -E m p e r or , sayin g .—. 4 Sire, I have the pleasure of showing you a great curiosity—in a word, au miter ...the, first otrestzer that ever was allowed to approach your Majesty us this island, without permission from the Governor, or an order Irvin the. Secretary of State.' Bossy was quite pleased at the his mat, and laughed heartily " G. Catattoz.r., Contractor' for the present Small Lottery, be leave to remind the' Public of the near approach of the Drawing, which will commence and finish on WliblitiDAT Naar, the lOth of THIS MONTH. He trusts his Friends will riot forget the invariable somas which attend. his Offices, 7, Carnhill, and '46, ONford-street, where the last Prize of 330.0 00 was sold in Shares. He flatten himself that the 'f wo Prises of £20,000 which enrich the Scheme, will fall to the lot of those who honour him with their coin• mends, and increase the List of Capital Prizes that have been sold by him during the last forty years. 7 1'11E EVENING STAR. LONDON. NEXT WEDNESDAY THE LOTTERY WILL BECIN AND FINISH. =ONLY '2,9°0 NU MEER 3-FORTY HOC. SAND POUNDS MAY BE GAINED EY ONE NUMIIVit ! -PRIZES ALL STERLING MONEY. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1817. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS.DAY AT TU'ELVE O'CLOCK, Reduced shut—Cunsols,79ll—llo. for Oct. 63} 4 per Cent. 99—Nary, 1051 106—hutis Bun& 92 53 pr. Exchequer Bills, 22a. 245. pr. FLANDERS MAIL. A Flanders Mail arrived at a late hour last tight. The action of the Duke of WELLINGTON against one of the Flemish printers fora libel, came to a hearing on the Slit ultimo, but the decision will not be known fur a few days. The emigrants from Germany suffer great distress in various ways. One of the transports, with abuut 500 of these poor people, has been put hack to the Texel—sixty of them had already died, and a ty phus fever carries off great numbers of them. The farther reduction of the Army of Occupation is still the subject of conversation. It is pretty plain that nothing is yet decided, and that the plan is strongly opposed by some of the Allied Powers. The Antrian Obmver, which is an official Faunal, has published a contradiction of the authenticity of the pretended Protest of the Archduchess blisnia Loursa against the return of the BOURBoNS to the Throne of France, which was published some time age in the Mona: Chroaide, and copied into the other London Papers. It declares the document to be a forget y from beginning to end. An article in the Chem Journal serves in some re. spect to give farther currency to the statement con tained in the extract which we gave yesterday from a Cadii private letter—that a formidable expedition is speedily to sail from Europe to make an attack on Buenos Ayres, which is to act " in concert with assist seafront other Powers, who wenn:apd to ruff floes Spain in the tenant tactic." It is here asserted that many vessels of war and transports have sailed from dif ferent ports of France for Spain, to' form part of anothei expedition against the Patriots :—that troops are net also sent, is owing, it is added, to no unwil lingness on the part of the French Government, but from a conviction, protAbly not ill-founded, that to send out any of the present military of France, in fected so deeply as they all are by revolutionary feel. logs and att.tchments, would only be to send out rt. inforresents so the Insurgcnis. A DUTCH MAIL Which arrived this day furnishes the following ar. eisies. Prom some of theist it will be seen that both England mil Russia arc among the Powers that object to the farther reduction of the Army of Occu pation : BRUSSELS. AUGUST 30. The Duke of Wellington has again given permis sion for the soldiers of the right wing of the Army of Occupation, to assist the farmers in getting in the harvest. In consequence of this permission great numbers of the soldiers are now busily employed.— Strict discipline continues to be observed : trifling faults (and it is seldom that any complaints are heard) are immediately punished : this is the cause that the inhabitants of France patiently bear the continued burthen of the foreign troops. In France they still continue to hope for the diminution of the Allied Army, and flatter themselves that Ministers will soon be able to remove the objections that have been made. M. Ammolt has left this city, in consequence of orders from superior authority, and is now at Co logne ; and General Millinet is at Aix►la-Chapelle. ' The latter flatters himself that he shall be able to re. torn, because he thick. that not be, but his brother, is meant in the Ordinance of the 24th July. Mae teen other French refugees have taken the road to Prussia or Austria. It seems that an exception is made in favour of M. David, the celebrated painter. M. Pommereul, the Ex• Director of the Book-trade, would have ahead, left the city, bad he not fallen dangerously ill. . The day before yesterday there arrived here the Se cretary of the Mayer of Lyons, and a Mayor Adjoint of that city, who have quitted France without pass- PrtS• FRANKFORT, AUGUST 27. An esteemed Journal has the following article from the Lower Elbe, dated 16th of August : The last accounts from Russia say, that not withstanding it has been publicly asserted that Eng land and Russia were agreed upon reducing the Army of Occupation in France, by another fifth, there were, however, reasons to believe that the Rus sian Government did not approve of the measure, and thought that the Treaties concluded with France on this head must be executed, the more as the last serious disturbance at Lyons had shewn that the tranquillity of France, end consequently that of the neighbouring States, depended on the strict mainte nance of those Treaties." HAGUE, AUGUST 31. Their Excellencies the Ministers of Austria and Russia, with their suites, are now in this city next week we expect the rest of the foreign Ministers, and a lso our Minister for Foreign Affairs. Ws learn that the North American Aruba: adore, since their arrival here, have already bad a long con ferer.ce w i t h hi s E xce ll ency t h e Director-General LA Trade and Colonies. PETER:AO:MCI-I, AUGUST t 0• On the sth of this month the fleet at Cronstadt performed various evolutions, under the command of the Vice-Admiral, before his id jesty the Emperor, who was accompanied on bong the Admiral's ship by the Grand Duchess, Prince William at Prussia, and a great many superior officers. The grand reviews of the truni•s at Oraminbarom have begun since yeitezday—there are 70,000 men diviiltd ►n two camps. The weather cont►nues to be warm and dry. BERLIN, AUGUS r TLe well known author Mr. William Muller, and Mr. Ch4ray er i a i n Biro° S. are gone to Egypt, on a scitlitific tour. The first gentleman has been tormissieu e d by the Academy of Sciences here ku tu +Le numerous enqu:riel. Lirormaion wis re:eived from Paris, this mr,r nio7, that the Loan irately taken was finally settled, and that the dividends had commenced paying, a circumstance considered favourable to the Eschangv of this country. Nothing farther appears in the Continental Jaw. naffs respecting the tumult at Breslaw, of which we yesterday took notic.: ; bu: ,Irivate letters state 041 an attempt had been made by the Government to impose a new oath, of a military nature, on the &I:gilt? Guard of Breslaw, which the members of that body refused to take. They alleged that they had already sworn allegiance as cit.zens aad subjects, and that the exaction of a fresh oath Was a direct imvot..tt.in Mt their loyalty. Fdr means tailing, recourse was had to coescion. The supposed tiugl•.aders were seized and carried (dm the fortresi of Neisse. This proceed ing being secretly managed, no part cm n transpired until the following day, n hen the city was thrown into an uproar; the inhabitants paraded the streets by thousands, and not being apprised of the temoval of their fellows, cried out with one accord tor their release. —'Phis not being granted, they attacked the houses of the Civil and Military Authorities, demolishing every thing in their way. The troops were then called out by the Government, and it was not until after several sonic', and reiterated charges of the bayonet, that the an.ry multitude could be reduced to sub mission. Great numbers are said to have been killed and wounded. A Proclamation of the most rigorous character has been published to the citizens of &es law, who still, however, ias•st on the liberation of their brethren ; and from whose unsubdued resent ment the most serious alarms are still entertained by Government.. The arrest of Colonel MASHENBACH, of which we have given the particulars in another column, has added to the general ezatperatiun and disgust. which, on that subject, are nut confined to Prussia ; and whither the existing temper of the Ger. mans may tend.. .or what k may result in, are points which we shall not at this time stop to inv,stigate. The Count of WALDEE on the 9th August gave in to the Diet a Memorial on the kubject of his treat ment in Stucgardt. We extract from it merely what has reference to his treatment : s. On the sth June the Assembly of the States was dissolved ; and immediately afterwards the undersigned was ord.rrd to quit htutgartk—which bad been for five years his place of resideuce-u , within 24 hours, and to conduct hinged( peaceably; be was accompanied every where by two polka soldiers rn their uniform, and a copy of the Resolution un which this treatment took place , was refusal to him. At the time appointed, he obeyed tht order, , and repaired to his Wurtemberg possessions at Garldolf. It was superfluous to order him to conduct himself peaceably, as his principles would nut have allowed him to act otherwise. " On the 30th of June, urgent business induced him to repair to Stettgardt, the return to which was not interdicted to him. Having arrived in the evening, lie was again obliged to quit the • town in two hours—he was again accompanied by a guard—thy copy of the Resolution authorising this proceeding was again re fissed—and at last he vas eon lined to his house. All these steps Ss& place through the direction of the Police, by order of the Minister of Police. They invaded the liberty of the undersigned. and violated his rights too much, to allow him to view this ate:A with indifference : he, therefore, on the 94 of July last, preferred to the Minister of Justice a complaint against the Minister of Police, and requested protection and justice. His complaint cer tains all the details of his case; he will net here repeat theta,: .4 for the sake of brevity he produces it along with this Menials', t h at t h e High Diet may be pleased to bestow some attention on its contents. st 44 Use underlined obtained no resoht-ion on his fi.s: eor - - oa the 14th of July, be called the attention of the Mt it, and received en th e Zo t h J uly, through tie P ho il li ter -P ot ref jsic em ut of eto Kocher,the answer of the 16th, info-nsing Wes that the complaint belonged to the Privy Council, and the arty did not come within the competency of the Minutter of Justice. At the same time lie was informed that his complaint had bet delivered over to the Privy Council. His complaint was dressed to the Miuister of Justice, bacause according to e' principle of jurisprudence, the violation of personal liberty, the abuse of the powers entrusted to the Police, belongs ti Adatioistratian of Justice. " By this means alone, the first object of the social union_, periervation of internal security and tranquillity—can be elm with certa•nty, and only by this Nl.lOll. In Germany, cal purposes of the highest Monarchs and Princes he attained. • undersignetkinunaJtately communicuel these views to the nistry of Justice; and, in virtue of the principles laid down hint, again prayed for a judicial decision. At the sense time communicated these view. to the Privy Council, wi.ft a co, Ills Decration to the Minister of lus-ice. Neither the one the other Body have hitherto attended to his complaint: and has 00 other retails 10f the protection of his presomsi liberty, this application to a High German Federal Assembly." VANSITTAIIT arrived early yesterday m'rni at his house in Downing-street, from Ireland. Lord ■nd Lady WALPOLIC and famil y , 1, , ,rd Rt NAY, Lord Ilittot'our, Sir CHARLES BLAIN, CO1(1•11 WALIIOUs I , and J. Manama., Esq. are arrived gdiubutch. 1111 eV 3 44; to a•e in the I r WI Sy 2te he Y ` r Ir 110 r id be Y. bt: nirg Ron. I ki•ta ci