The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-02-24 00:00:00

41111L4N 1. The German IMPOWltweitts itebeoled so wantonly for ird in their system of terror, they spew such ao 'la ity to inflict punishment obese no crime exists, that it wmth white to Inflow them to soap of their proceed up. Althclrh already inform's' of the true author oft he articles uu Germany iu PAc Nurmi.gr icy have Lem-theirs* appr'enended s numler of torso-I ens . the petibahle authors, and bronghtt (hew before tr:be...ala. A Count,loam, ut Nlinisters huh bent appctinted to presernte the investigation at Benin,' !as hpve alrea,l) peblicly intimated that the king wily ror ,k o fi apprehended on account o f t hi s event, ' %Amer that he is willing to puni s h as little as possible.' at least says the citations Paris noniterir. ('an there a more shameful manner of deriding the peblir, than sav that men, unjustly thrown into prison, instead of t Inc declared innocent by a j u di c i a l sentence, s h ould ' said to be pinioned. No man, as the Prussian Go •ernment well knows, has taken part in my article s. I dirt drawn them np entirely from papers which I !nought with me front Germany. Wherefore then did 2y throw the guiltless into prison when they knew the' 'us offender 7 Because the King thus found an oppor iity to manifest a clensency which cost him nothing.l which at the bottom is nothing but injustice. Nu of those hitherto released fruits custody has been ,e to p:octire a declaration to testify his innocence. •tor Pagenstecher, who was lung liept in prison at Arlberg, after he had in the cleannt manner shown innocence, insisted on a certificate, wherein his innocence should be declared. They answered him, t sods a thing was not to he th oug ht o f ; t h at h e ght thank Gosl - that he vs .-s set at liberty ; and they 'stied hint immediately to lease the country, otherwise might lay his account with a second imprisonment. this be went to Paris, where, through the interposi- of Nassau, he stow reusains under sun valance. nests take place daily, though the German Jour are compelled to be silent respecting them. MM. ,aomeister, Celonius, and Sehuckmann are in custody Bonn : MM. Conrector, Snell, and Sartorius, at Wit:- Prussia stretches the how so violently that it most !beak. The Ultras have the game to themselves. The i-dereoft bookseller, Sehocll, for instanee,wlso is all in all sitL Hardenberg, is iu the service of the French Ultras. Mace also the offer of Prussia to Prance, if the latter ~r<l, to throw considerable auxiliaries into the Friona resses, in the event of disturbances breaking out iu rarer. The discontent in the Ithevish pro, inces is -Ayr than ever, cud the least olisturhances in Prance . rouse them, which, In the present situation of things not so very improbable, is certain to produce a revolt re. 'fire spirit of freedom becomes all-powerful in Get ty, and neither the Prussian stay. cur the Austrian rporal's Cane will he able to a t its progress. It -we a higher degree of intelligence to suffer for the feral good than to art for one's self: and, in this re set, the inhabitants of the Odenwald have prated ,einselves most determined and worthy men. Already I they firmly resolved to oppose, with armed hand. numberless acts of injustice of which those who re sented them were its victims, and to liberate those in riduals; already BJMIO vigorous men had determined begin the great %Yolk of liberation, rie t o die in the at. rapt. when an old yeoman arose. and said. " Though hare a right to do with ourselves mint we will, we not a right to injure others. Germany, our eons country, will suffer if we proceed to acts of via- And this altered idea of a common country. of ;hole which exists only in idea, made such an int cession on the numerous assembly, that they patiently Wimpb(tabego all the measures of the Gosernment. Yet were in general only uncultivated peasants. Their • happinesa.ox sufferings were a matter of indifference them ; their country (Fathershowl) rejigging only in was much dearer to them. When the lower classes country have risen so high in the scale of improve .ut, that their actions are not merely governed by teed towards slavery, but a love for freedom, we may • be convinced (hit no restraints on writing, think or acting, can prevent the accomplishment of the work of emancipation. . one of my last letters I drew a pictiire of the retehed condition of the Grand Duchy of Nassau. I 'I now add a few fresh proofs.-11 lien the States as sembled last year, they commenced their labours in such a manner as to inspire the people with the best hopes. They expressed themselves with great freedom, and yen wed, even in Biebrich,• fo drink to the health of the de -1 criminal Judge Snell. As the Gratin hike, con / to the Constitution, had levied new taxes without consent of the States, M. Bergmann, a stonily Magi :, (Aintrnann) in Wiesbaden, considered himself Ind to present a petition to the States on the subject, -Lich he skewed the unconstitutional nature of this measure, and called upon them to pat an end to this abuse. States readily rer eived this petition, bit President , the curse of that country, considered himself iereby injured, inveighed against the States. ignorant 'their duty, suet ceded at length in intimidating them, ' forced the worthy Arntinann Bergmann to retire his office gin a pitiful pension, as by the tannins already noticed by me, all the race-hearers are in his poser. This Bergmann. who, in the Li• lion War, raised a free corps, and equipped theni ily altogether at his own expense, was dismissed in disgraceful moaner by way of reward for 411 his sacrifices. - have read an article in the Prussian Government .te. in which a torrent of abuse is poured out against author of the articles in The .11orning Chronicle. ire Mr. Pricy Councillor, Von Stagemann. on my honour, that nearly all his ldErsoations are erroneous. fieireaspt is wade to refute the facts stated by me ; tit only generally called untrue 'and ludicrous. shwb It is as easy to say as difficult to prove. Well may the naked truth sound somewhat harsh to the Prog nosis; fain would they endeavour to annihilate the iberty of the English press. as they have already con 'led to the prtibahle overthrow of that of France ; they cannot--public opinion is here too strong for Liberiateth quad; jieperere hiqfores digne :Ardent sermrre Pesteritoe. A lienstaN. a Tie summer pal3ce of the Grand Duke of Nessau is at 11111thrich. Pr" .fi f - war Edit • tl thy the Hlrt rro !he' heel why _par ! No!. SU I nr a 10 S. Grin he s •ern Lays broil they true tunil rod P wl;r Voct i:5 i inn"' fiat n.fgh atte is F. n On tl 11.10 A r r its Boum at Bo 13 r. irreal witL ffitne, while fortre Frani great dill r is not there. • Tim • Lacy .;rpo • 111114111 gener ILnna tl t!•0 At 1. "bet (.#vidt beg torn ha , Lire r:ona ierree.' O who ressit %Wow Clete . It t.. the Oen, of a e, input, hotted then inc.c 0 real in w rile} Mill n hemblo a man tored. posed trary t... CO rite Lou rid in wl.i /twain, The S I hell, taerei , of thei srd fc from h e.liet fully ii Leratit starts t ;.i. ai horrific I ha Crizcir the and Lonom Nor thi whwb way th 'ions; liberty tribute but th then. se retiree • r,, lb& brie 11171141 SOUTH AMERICA. BITRACT OF • LETITR IILOWIIIII.I (IAYlt•00). DAITO ',emus 3U. " Formidable preparatldos have been made, and are wahine . , for the invasion of Peru. by combined opera. Liens and concentrated movements ; and the money raised at Buenos Ayreefer thr defence of that city, is to he appropriated to that object. it is supposed that an army will march upon Uma, through Alto-Peru, from Buenos Ayres, whiles:me oft; or 7 thousand men will go by sea from ChM( The aemiversary of Chili has been celebrated Whit kl.eat pciAlp ; illuminations and firc.. works continued for Brew days, with the usual ceremo nies of reviews. A ■ew regiment, called the Huard of Honour, has Leen raised, and remains, with the escort tif-cavalry, continually in the quarrel (barracks) of the place. The Buenos Ayres troops are here, ab.)ut VICO strong; General St. Martin has recruited about 3,tilftl I LONDON: THURRDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1820. An occurrence took place last night. which created, aid continues to create, very considerable sensations in the breasts of the public. Whatsoever might be the nature of the information, ttimugh whomsoever con%eyed, or by what channels, the SEERRTARY Of STATE, for the HORSE Department, directed that the chief acting Magistrate (Mr. Btarste) should repair, with a proper posse of con stables and assistants, to a certain rendezvous on the Edgeware-road, with a warrant, a species n general-warrant, since it does not appear that the names of several persons arrested were known. They were armed, and refused to surrender when called upon to do so, and in consequence of which I a furious :meek and defence took place, in which one of the peace-officers, in the lirst report we re ceived, is said to have fallen dead on the spot. A party of root Cuards, under the command of Captain Frrz-Ct ARENCE, was within call, if their I assistance should be required. •We have given the details in th 4 manner of a Circular issued from the 011 ice itself, as 'also The E.rtrnordinary Curette, issued early this morning, aid have subjoined such other pieces of infortna t lion aiewe selected ledge the great variety carryitg! the appearance Of truttf stills *diem. • For the present we will content ourselves with ' the declaration that, whatever may have been the! i weak or wicked design of the conspirators in ques • • :' . 4 . • men is Moadoes, belief, that the militia hare ben made, .ne chief persons among contribution, has brim imposed been played and practised upon by some artful will he shoot throe millions of dollars; the expenditure as much, or inure—but the paper of the Government is well-instructed knaves, set on for the purpose. out current at 23 p e r cent. di s c o unt. think the !Itr.! We take the matter as scarcely to be disputed, penden-e of Chili is secure, but it will be more corn- , and a better-timed plot could not have been hit ple;stiy confirmed if Lord Cochrane secrets's in •his at-.upon for Ministers and their measures. This oc tack on Callao; if not, some delay and discontent will I current* will change not only the quality of the catt prevail ; but it will not avail much, for the Guyer nment are very securely fixed in th e ir places. On the arrives-didates offeriug themselvti for the ensuing General Election to Parliament, for many places, but will, sary of the Independence, the Supreme Director con (erred the Order of Legius of Honour upon a numbs: of from this day, change the very tenonr of the lan , pennies; this Order has been created during the last gung e in their advertisements also. It is with grief year ; it gives certain privileges to each of its mem- and vexation we say this insensate proceeding will hers. according to the grade or class, and certain' be found to have done much harm to the honest and annual salaries for life. It is now contemplated to bonourablecause of Ileronm. It will chill the pre make souse other provisions fur the members out of pious warm hope of the patriot, to see the liberties the confiscated property. H ow f ar thi s w ill prink:we of his country res'ved, and the suffering condition the full and free enjoy inert of humane rights, others to judge ; but cer t a in it is, that it will act al I lea"' of his fellow countrymen relieved. Under a wisp 1 ! Government, we should not be pestered with a cementing bond of union between the Government ! these plots, which while they destroy a few des and those who compose it. It will gire some little berate individuals deteriorate the character o: displeasure, but many of those who speak against •- it would accept it if offered to them. Neither AIL t the nation at large. We shall not fail to recur Prevost nor Mr. Hill resisted the paper blockade; to this subject from day to day, as its importance Captain Howns made a partial ecitioncrance. Mr. J o hn requires, and on which we shall obtain all the in- Iligginson goes to the United States in the retie& whirls formation possible. w ill convey this, to raise a loan there for the Government of Chili, and to foment certain fat ounthle sentiments respecting the acknowledgment of its independence. Preparatory to a public sir private embassy for this coun try, and also to canvass fur his friend, P--, an agent or ambassador, or souse other public functionary, trill soon leave here for Washington ; his object will be to act privately, until the public mind is prepared for the exhi bition, of his credentials. Neither the lioreenntent Buenos Ayres, or of Chili, has paid, nor made provision for paying, the arrears upon the two vesacls built by their agent, Mr. Aguerre, at New York. The news papers, and Government Paper. are intended to aid their objects. In the United States rather unfriendly senti ments prevail towards us. England, with her commerce. manufactures, her subjects, and maritime force, in this quarter of the world, have the start, and I think, fur some time, sill retain a great iatienre. The affairs with Portugal, or rather Brazil, bear an aspect of collusion; a squadron has gone to Peru, con sisting of ten sail. We have also learnt that the father of Don Ignacio Carrera, also was so barbarously murdered is Mendoza, by order of San Martin, died of grief; that lion Carrera, who oat in this country, has gone round in a merchant vessel from the river I'late, with the intention of landing alone somewhere in his native country; but the Government of t. hili having, by some swans, gut information of his appose+, mot out a schooner, and the vessel was seined and brought into Valparaiso, where he was landed on the Bth October last, and it was believed in a slay or two would be led In execution, and that all the rest of the Carrera family or connection would be banished ; dins the Carreras are no more :—and ohatever may have been their wore or their faults, all acknowledge they were brave.. qtive, and enlightened men, and the tilos distinraisisedtabri of the revolution in its commencement. They were never charged of bring false to Chili, nor ever had a meanness imputed to therm Their rivals have prevailed; they have &Ike; sad every generous American will bestow* sigh of sister* regret. STOCK k:NCII.4NGE. ONE O'CLOCK. The Funds continued to decline during the greater part of yesterday afternoon, though not is any degree, and tiltimately closed at 681 for this Account, and 681 for the next, viz. April. Tl.is morning the account of this horrid conspi racy excited considerable alarm, and at the first im pulse Consols opened at 68 sellers, but the market being supported by some heavy balls, they rallied for a short time, and became buyers at 681. T 11:; «•;,s I,ot of long coutinuacce, for the market gave way egain, and there became sellers at 68; t hey are now Gtii, and looking rather steady. The agitation which the Ind account of this affair occasioned has considerably abated, and any farther fluctuation may be attributed to the state of the Account, ssllich is to-morrow ; for if the present appearance of a Account should be confirmed, the market must eventually be worse. To-day is a at the Bank. In consequence of private information rewired thl Civil Power, that it was in contemplation to as h attempt on the lives of his Majesty's Ministers, tr ir. ' assembled at the house of Earl Bathu rs t, in 31 ata •.. street, to a Cabinet dinner yesterday evening, gid ian Birnie, El. with a party of twelve of the &m int patrol., proceeded about eight o'clock to % e which bad been described as the rendezvous desperadoes, in Caton-street, John-street, is the g ot ware-road, where, in a kited of loft, over a tu r ,,.. coach-houses, they were found in close and earnest c l t • beration. The only approach was by a narrow ladd e . Illuthven, one of the principal Bow -streetaalt,,,,b- t ,,,, 6 , 4 the irty, and he was followed by Ellis, S ol i t h em se. man, and others of the patrol.. On the door W el opened, abort 27 or 30 men were seen within, all s eam l in some way or other ; and, for the most part, they we ft amtarently engaged, either in charging tire-arms, a t :, girding themselves in belts similar to those wnrn h tt i, ' military. There were tablets about the room, on lay a her of enthuses, bayonets, pistols, 5w0rd..1.,, pktol-balls in great quantities, ball-cartridges, fir. A l 6 , officers entered the room, the conspirators all startea t. is hen Buthven, who had been furnished with a wan t: from the Magistrates, exclaimed—" We are pest, officers! Lay down your arms:" A smart contest it. stantly commenced. A man, whom Roltren dese t ii r , as Arthur Thistlewood, opposed himself to the os e t t „ armed with a cut and thrust sword of unusual lenrk Ellis advanced to the man, an t, presenting his piste., exclaimed, "Drop your sword, or I'll fire invaady: The sword was brandished with increasing violeare,sai Smithers, attempting to seize hint, was stabbed tea t heart. lie fell into the arms of cni,, exclaiming, " (k God :" and in the next instant was a corpse. By th:i time the lights were extinguished, nut the steepl e grew more desperate. Stirman, one of the patrol., r t . ceived a ball on the temple, butt fortneately it oi 7 glanced along the side of his heal, tearing up the trap in its stay. At this moment, Capt. Filarturner (the son of ti• Duke of Clarence) arrived at the head of a detachart :of the Coldstrea►o Guards. The building was surrouisi, ' and Captain Fitaclarence, with Serjeant Legge, ni three files of grenadiers, m o ontel th e ladder atd „. tered the room, nnw tilled aids smoke, and (Wyse: sionally illuminated by the flashesof the cnnspiratonfe arms. One of them presented a pistol at the Capaa, breast, but as he was in the act of pulling the Mgr, Serjeant Legge rushed forward, and whilst attempt's / to turn the weapon, received the fire upon 11:s arm. Fo. tunately the hall but glanced along, tearing the Urea of his jacket from the wrist to his elbow. The event toutinned some time, during which many injarirest received ; but owing to the darkness which Falk. many of the rioters made their escape, and gouty ass were taken into custody. On their arrival at Bow-street. it was filled *irk ord. diets, and the prisoners were plared at the les. Wt. merits of what had occurred being ►elated by casket the parties, Mr. Birnie put several tinestions so no n i The prisoners. hut could arrive at no eatidrOvy rim as to the object of their meeting. Davison denied the charge. They were all remanded to Friday oat tot further examination. Mr. Birnie ordered that they should he converi la hackney coaches to the Hons.. of Correction. ThT were handcuffed together; two were placed is eel coach, with resolute off►cers, and, according to the& rections of Mr. Birnie, two soldiers sat on tbe limo( each coach, and two behind, in which way they wet along, guarded by the rest of the soldiers, who Ina int b.iyonets fixed. They were followed by a nst es, course of persons, and the utmost good order wiser tired. The instruments of destruction, coniprisiog rms. pistols, swords, &c. funnel on the premises, wereoekte to be kept by the officers till Friday. The following is a list of their narnes:—Jester lap, a butcher ; AMC. Wilson. a tailor; Richard Breasts. a carpenter; James Gilchrist. a shoemak•r; Char's, Cuoper,a boottnaker; Richard Tidd, a boon:nailer; Jois A:cos/mew, a shoemaker ; John Shaw, a carpenter; al William Duvidsoss, a cabinet-Husker. Davidson is a am of colour; Ings is a short man, apparently betwelo and GO, of a most determined asrect ; his eyes wan ieJ fiery. There was nothing extraordinary in the afro anre of the rest. _THE ST ATESMAN. eel for Pero, large leeiss of i goo; it is our A sod a timed low sr rather Onto= of the :loosed I the revenue this year been played a ! .1 • a l . ) / . • I Ik overheated ima- iGn R • tong them bays I • LS. SAL O 1100113 d O Flanders I France O Lisboa .. O ►Malta [ANOTHER ACCOUNT.] Crest nnxic ty prevailed iu the City this morn ing, before tl:e opening of the Stock Exchange, and a considerable fall in Stocks was anticipated. The fluctuations, however, were very trilling; the market closed yesterday at 881 for the present Ac coun t,and t he lowest price to-day has been 67i. When our reporter left the City the price was advancing, being 661 to CBI. In ordinary times the event of this morning would have produced a fall of 2 or 8 per cent . Of the occurrences in the French Cabinet, we may say they are exhibited in a sort of camera olatevra, the figures of which flit by so quick, and in such rapid succesAon, that we are not able to d; cover preciielY the object of their changes. Tha► a Minister accused by a Member of the Legislative Body of fostering►, by his opinions, treason againit the dynasty which governs the State he is appointed to serve, should be raised to a Dukedom, and sent Ambassador to one of the first States in Europe, are circumstances that require the most expert political chemist to analyse them. Men united by liberty, and for liberty, must re main free as long as they remain united ; to be enslaved, therefore, it is requisite that they should be divided, and time and other circumstances never fail to offer an opportunity for such division. This truth our enemies know well, and therefore are always prompt to occasion or encourage the sepa retion. In almost every State, except a Republic, there are various ranks of people; nobles ever disdain the plebeians, and plebeians ever hate the nobles • or rather, every one who belongs to any rank, h ales, or at least despises, those who belong to another. These base parsions Kings, and their LONDON O.A7.ETTE EXTRAORDINARY. artful Ministers, make use of to their purposes: : the magistrates, and the military, have both been TIII;RID‘Y, era. 14. l'tW. idtekail, Feb. f t NI wonted upon to regard the people with disd a i n . W e s t* and disliko, and even ecclesiastics have been called T 1 .. V11 . d A si rt s hur w t o g i ti rde ncL aienard upon, and employed against the people , with * e r re:2 9l 4i 'l o s ; l.0071:14 hereb l y offerodretr . NIT Irma, *Or, gree of acrimony which makes them view 'more a 'art who shall (Hien, er apprehend, or caused t• Its ww" like the disciples of the Devil than do CHRISTIAN DEITY. It would have been well if Par s on WY rovered and apprehended Cie said A rsharThistletrowl4lol rid s Ilth b : l Lor as s ds Cornel l d is sd slo a n s t s •rs cat itl i sl s aj:t a ti or hig we cannot consent to apply the epithet reverend j u rs's Arid all i prrsons hereby esdtigasi i S to such a character) could have heard the oh- their a-fit/imam not to raealcr or harbour the sai2_, nervation made in the Sessions-house, at H en _ , Tniatlewend, as any person off, Idlng herein it ill be 111.1 " guilty of b l s ligit ss Trear i n ritisr SIONIOLII I . ford, some y4.ars ago, by the late humane ' Thistlewood is about forty *at Baron SMYTHE. upon the trial of three men I year s a o l lag7..fly in e n feet :en incises MO. bas a set"..__A- 81. for mining , in the conviction of whom a vier - ptesioa. lone visage. d'rk hair (a Itqle d ark a t ( gymnn of Hatfield had mode himself very con- Ur th at i :". 4 " l •L id e - br° l 7•: i i 111 7 th sal spicuons. The feeling; Judge said, in pronouncing h„ the appefi s r c l a ti r e,, o r e : teilitigreit„l,ll:i is s lender b or n la I. sentence upon the poor wretches, that it was ex- shire• and appreatieed to an apotheenry at Newark; tremely painful to him to do so, upon the warra n t, waits a bias Ina; don end bine pontsloons, aadms be. ° and the evidence too, of a Reverend Magistrate, , L;etit.nant in the mill "' who, he thought, might have acted more becoming : FURTHER PARTICULARS. his sacred °nice and function, by confining himself' to the mere committal of the accused, without . Boor-drift. Twelve •'ciat voluntarily qualifying himself and seeking to be a Thistlewood is this moment brought into the lb° witness. The reproof was felt by the whole Court, office ;we learn he was taken at the horse ef SO OP and the unpitying parson, so opposite to the. real blot near note-street. H e was /react-rusher, retired from the Court covered aeith P • shame. cuffed, looked ghastly death, and trembled eiamik' The Chamber of Accusation of the Court Royale e was hurried out of :he office almost instead' , li d ref Paris has referred for trial, to the Court of As sizes; the responsible gditor of Lettrup Nor:smut *, ins immediately taken to the Secretary of Stine• for a scandal on public morals, by the insertion of.to anderga an exatninution. an article respecting the funeral ecreasoay of the Two more of the conspirators have beta sioo kowa lle 41st of January. hended ; sad a man and weinan, is the neith The subjoined notice was published early thiamin . ins:— MAI lIIVIt. •RR. HOMO ... • Waterford . U aurrns..y and Jerfey .. 0 0 tiournburgh O ilamburgh 3 (ANIMAL ELECTION. It is earnestly requested that those Candidates, or their Committres. Rho farmer Tut lirn rt. MAY with their 4d rertisernents, would giro instmortions to Aare them for. warded to us. so as to reach our O. on the v.-reusing prerions to their insertion.—Prom the early Aowr at which TIIP SPAPRPSI/N is eompelled to be pnt to press. an attention to this request will obrintr a matt vial laron• renieure. ebe *tatOman. DUP. r .1' 110 no faiii 04 1 siel oat Pi efli ind wh rei !oil li, GI F' ce C 0 .1 • A M .1 .~ .M 1