The Sun.
London, England, 1819-04-30 00:00:00

[The 7'in►es ]

The departure or- rite Hvela and Griper for
D.tvis's StrAitt; 110111 I),ptioril has not yet IRken
e. It t. said to have heen delayed from the
darter vessel sortie alterations, having
hero found so crank NA to caoee then 10 t 1)
he entertained fur the safety of the oflicets and

C 1' e

ill consequence of a reiyerotorion made to the
L9rils of the Treasury, by the Committee for tna-

naging the affairs of Lloyd's, on the subject of
•tie inconvenience arising front the delay in re-
shipping goods saved from wrecks, their Lord-
ships have been plenied to authorke the Commis-
sioners of the Customs to vest a discretionary
power in their officers at the outposts, to allow
goods skived from vessels wrecked out their out-
ward voyages to he sent back to the shipping
port, in order that the delay occasioned by a pre-
vious application to the Commissioners for that
purpose en,ty be avoided ; and to instruct their
officers, when goods saved from wrecks are trout
foreign ruts, th use every care and expedition
for the preservation of such goods, and the speedy
clearance of the, sante for their destined port,--
( /bid)

There are three distinct parties in the City,
who, it is understood. %elll deliver proposals for
the 1.4:/.111, as soon as the amount, and the 10811..
tier in ollich it is to be coati-select for, are wade
public : _ _

I. Mr. Rothschild.—This Gentleman's list is
said to be veil; extensive; it was completely filled
before any intimation of a loan had been publicly
received from the Treasury ; and the sums writ-
ten for, constitute, as is reported, an aggregate
of more than 40.000,0001.
2 Messrs Ricardo, Brothers, and Co.—This is
the Siork-Esi.liane,e list, and nothing has yet been
done towards arranging it : the circular letters of
this Marcy will not be sent, it is asserted, until the
Chancellr of the Exchequer comes for ward with
the Budget.

3. Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Cr,. ; Sir J. Jack-
son and Co, ; in conjunction with Mr. George
Ward, Messrs. Ellis, Tucker, and Barnett, and
Truwer and Bettye —Those houses are receiving
letters from their several friends, and ate forming,
in fact, distinct lists ; but an union of interests
and a coalition of the whole into one list is con-
sidered extremely probahle.--(lbid.)

[Morning Herald ]

Captain Ross asserts, tl►at Whale Sound and
Lancaster Sound sere closed by land, whilst his
chief officer thinks they are open channels, at least
that no land was visible to him. The expedition
about to sail will doubtless determine which is
right before its return•

FLANDERS MAIL.

CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA!

COURT OF ASSIZES, BRUSSELS, APRIL 21.

Our readers know, that of the 11 persons ar-
rested as accomplices in the plot against the Eta-
Kror Alexander, 5 were set at liberty on the 23d
of last month, and the sixth, Laborde, formerly an
officer in the French service, has either fled or con-
cealed himself. The five others appeared this
rimming at the bar of the Court ; they were Claude
Andre l'iger, aged 26 ; Curvier Francois Xavier
Berth, aged 41, a Witte merchant ; Francois
Dierukx, aged 35, coal factor ; Adolphe Pouillot
(dies CI nix) aged 33, ex-officer in the French
service ; and Loots Bochoz, aged 30, vinegar
manufacturer ; Dierukx is by birth a Belgian, the
others are Frenchmen. It appears front the do-
cuments relative to the process, that about the end
of July or the beginning of August, 1818, upon the
news of the Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle, and
the approaching arrival of the Sovereigns in
that City, a ci-devant French officer, Alexander
Laborde, calling himself Aide-de-Camp to General
Van Damme, and having been obliged, as it ap-
pears, to quit France on political grounds, con-
ceived doting his abode at Brussels the following
project :—lt wan intended, with the help of some
confidants, to seize on the Emperor Alexander
doting his
,journey, ei her in France or the Ne-
therlands ; to compel that Sovereign to sign an
address ►o the French, tending to proclaim Francis
Charles Napoleon Emperor of the French, and ,
the Archduchess Maria Louisa, his mother, Re-
gent ; lastly, to make Napoleon Buonaparte re•
turn from the place of his exile. It even seems
that in ease the Emperor Alexander had refitted
to subscribe to this demand, they would have
done violence to his person. If the Emperor •
signed the proclamation, it was to he taken to
France, where an insurrection excited by the
conspirators, would, as they expected, overturn
the throne,

Laborde first communicated his plan to Piger,
who :worked as a currier. Piger and Laborde saw
only one obstacle to be surmounted—this was how
to procure the money required to this end they
associated in the plan of H. Berali, who promised
money. This promise not being performed, the
plan was for a time abandoned, and resumed in
the last fortnight of October, when the Emperor
Alexander returned from his tour to nonce.

It %vas they that applied to Dierukx, whorl) they
knew to be connected with several smugglers.
Piger obtained from him a letter of recotnosenda-
riot, to one G twirl, a tavern-keeper at Boussa,
in order to procure i►itn some goodfellows, to carry
on the same (Terminus which he (Diertikx) said
he had carried on in the house of Gandri. To this
letter was added a note by Dierukx, pointing not
the least frequented roads by whiCh the Emperor
of Russia was to he taken to France as soon as
they had seized on his person, Piger, having re-
ceived these two papers from Dierukx, exclaimed
with satisfaction, " Now we shall smuggle Na-
poleon and Alexander into Franee.!'

It was at this time that neer wrote, from the
dictation of Laborde, the Proclamation to the
French (added below), to the foot of which they
intended to make the Emperor Alexander annex
his signature. They took into the plot another
person, namely Pouillot • (or Lacroix), formerly
a French Officer, who in his turn communicated
the particulars to Louis Buchoz ; the latter, at
this account, exclaimed, that it was an affair
which was better than that of the Duke of Wel-
lingtou, because, said he to Pouillot, "I shall do
my part :" this was the 3d of November. The
same day Lacroix and Buchoz appealed to the'
Magivrates, to whom they denounced the plot ;
they were ordered to watch the conspirator,, and
give an account of what passed; but it will be
seen that they departed trout the passive part
which had been assigned tlein.

On the 7;h of ICioveirober it was agreed with
Merukx to siippress.his first letter, and that he
should write to Gandri another letter in stronger
lei'ls, and that be should also supply some mo-

ney. lie wrote Otis letter as La Croix desired it;
Ind when it was given to Piger, La Croix urged
[rim to set out immediately to lloussa, to procure
40 men, most of them late soldiers in the guard.
La Croix gave him 20 guineas for his expellees ;
he also observed, that to inspire the smugglers
with more respect, Piger ought to be armed and
better dressed ; in consequence, liersh lent him
his pistols and a dress. Lacroix delivered to him
a cane, the head of which was Napoleon Buona-
parte, and advised him to show this rallying sign
borh to Gandri and to his friends.

On the Bth Nov. Pier set out for Botissa,
where he arrived on the 10th at noon ; he learn-
ed that Gandri had removed to the neighbourhood
of Bindle ; but he spoke to a temale relation of
his, ant! desired her to carry the letter to Gandri.
Then he returned to Moos, where he was arrested
on the 11th.

On the 9111, (luring the absence of Piger, Bu-
choz and Lacroix bought at Brussels, pistols, pow-
der, &c. which were deposited in the house of
Lacroix, for the purpose, as they have said, of
giving more confidence to the conspirators. It
is in fact proved, that Lacroix let his accom-
plices know that be was in possession of these
arms, to use them on occasion ; and that he even
endeavoured to engage more persons in the plot.
This same day (the 9th) Bersh, who had so much
contributed to the departure of Piger, 'disclosed
the mission of the latter, and gave all the details
of the affair to a person of distinction in the city,
who immediately gave information of it to his
Majesty the King'of the Netherlands. The con-
sequence was the arrest of the different patties.
—The audience began with closed doors ; at 9
o'clock 14 witriesse, were examined, and the af-
fair adjourned to Monday. It is thought that
the Sittings will not be rendered public till Wed-
nesday.