Star.
London, England, 1816-12-06 00:00:00

FLANDERS AMIL.

BRUSSELV, DECEMBER 1.
His Majesty arrived here yesterday evening' frets
the Bagne-
Thcpublic safety is threatened at. brussels ; few
nights without persons being stopped in the streets
and frequently robbed. It is time to call the amen-
. titer of: the Government to this subject that it may
• lake measures to' stop in 'their commencement those
crimes. which the long winter ;tights and the digress
of. the labouring classes will render still more he-
- quern. The civil administration cif the city employsl
all the means in its power fcr the protection of the
citizens ; but it must be confessed, with sorrow,
these means are insufficient in spite of its zeal. All
-this proceeds from particular causes, which *e shall
be, forced to unveil if the evil should continue.
The regulation relating to the close of the ancient
iniposts, and the introduction of the new ones, was
• published at the Hague last Thursday in the Stash
Courant. This reaulation, though dated Brussel%
the 24th ult. was known at the Hague sooner than
here, and hal been put in execution here before we
were entirely acquainted with it, for it was not till
the '2Bth that an Official Gazette gave us some ar-
ticles, on the 29th some others, and on the 30th, in
the mooning, this famous regulation was in force in
_ all its part's.
The J nanal of Ghent makes the following reflec-
tions :—The Decree of the 24th November has de-
ceived every hope. The merchants and rnanufactu-1
sets are in consternation. The legislation on the new
system of imposts' did not and could not establish
the odious system of retro.actien, which would have
been opposed by our Representatives. People in ge-
neral felt themselves secure, because their security
was founded on the well-known character of the So-
vereign, and on the promise so often made not to
abandon the principles of justice, and the cause of the
people. But the evil genius, which is constantly os
the watch near the thrones of Kings, has prompted
this fatal decree, which, to reap a golden harvest,
• sanctions a system proscribed in the legislation of all
countries'.
There is no instance of such a trick; there is no
expression to, characterise it. We do not know any
*country. on Europe, where the laws are executed before
they are made known to the Nation. It is the official
publication of them which every when fixes the date
of their validity.—(The %goiter then conjectures that
• the previous publication at the Hague was out of par-
. • Canty for the Dutch, to enable them to save some
bales of goods from the retrospccdve effects of the
Decree.) •

Tilt" EVENIM, SrAlt.

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LONDUN.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1816.
jitica OE s MOO THIB DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK
Reduce(' 821 i —Cons. rms. abut...Cons:tor opg. 63}
• 4 tit, Con. 781/-3 per Ct2t. Vavy shut
Exchequer Bins, Bf. i Is. pr bonds 1 86. pts.

Under the head devoted to the detail of eireum.
stances connected with the late Disturbances will be
found every thing that has transpired from the exa-
mination of the parties now in custody, or from other
sources, since our Report of yesterday. It will be
seen from the recital, that, strange as it may appear,
there was actually some kind of plan in existence.
which had for its object insurrectionary movements
aiming at a revolution. The insignificance, the con-
temptibility, the madnesi, of the infatuated indivi.
duals, who persusded themselves that they had ad-
dress sufficient to move the strings of the puppets,
and guide the movements of the ignorant multitude,
assembled through their machinations, alters not the
fact.—There was a plot, and, whether well or ill
concocted—whether conducted in a way calsulated
to ensue success, or make defeat certain, some in-
ferences may be drawn from the wholeErhich cannot
be tontroverted, and which it may be well for the
ready and willing attenderiof such Meetings to keep
in memory.
The peace of the first city in the, world has not
only been. endangered, but actually violated, by the
-oppeirar:lty afforded to these contemptible madmen,
to obtain an audience, by the readiness with which so
toasty people allowed themselves to be drawn toge-,
ther, on the invitation of wretches absolutely as un-
'known to the public as the fictitious personages called
JOHN Doe and RICHA RD Roe. Is it' not a disgrace
to any map of common sense to be'earried away from
his regular avocations, with the certainty of losing a
day's employment, and the frouibility of incurring per-
sonal danger ;—perhaps the imputation of the basest
Crimes, on the mere invitation of I 'band-bill signed
•w Goose and Gander rs You state it the'cinestion ; you
woold not, you say, have left your work on any such
: you could not have swallowed such a boas !
But look at the fact.. Who are Preston and .Dsal ?
Would not any names, made up of ,any letters takes
at random from the alphabet, cense; to you just as;
such information—as much reason forsetting out to
apa-fields.
Oath's we need nut dwell, but 'it may be asked.
Is Mr. kltatv, and each as were chid; attracted to
the spot by their admiration of his pawns of *locus.
talon, to be included in the list of 'bows-who have been '
brought into public view- on such an occasion, by tbe
recesement of such contemptible' plotters? We,
tell such to make their election.. tither they were !
accessories to every thing tonnected With the substra-
tetn of this conspiracy, or they must contest thear-
select with the high character othaving..been dragged
forsisid. by such itup.)rtant men as a Hooper, an old
oeyoung Waken, a Dyed, and a Preston.. .
li. our conscience we believe, that contemptible,
and old as these individuals may. be, they had the
addiese.to bring forward the vainagfaiious Mr. HUNT.
on the 'late occasion, faiths* his being stun consci.
eta that they meant to inakittlat a tat'spaw, That ,


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