Star.
London, England, 1819-10-26 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

BAMBERG, OCTOBER 20.
We know the opinion entertained at Baden on the
Resolutions of the Germanic Diet ; they -perfectly
agree with the opinions of the other parts of Ger-
many. It is asserted that many Public Functionaries
in Prussia concur in this respect, in the opinion of an
enlightened Public. The measures against the Press
and the Universities seem particularly to have caused
a great confusion at Berlin. The Government, or
rather those Members of the Government who par-
take of the views of the Diet at Frankfort, have, how-
ever, thought fit to give new assurances, that the
peps taken will not interrupt the pr sof the
measures preparatory to introducing °AreesConstitu-
tion ; that may be, but the question is, to know when
this affair will be concluded? and to this no satisfac-
tory answer is given ; if we must say so, the real in-
tentions of those who hold in Prussia the helm of Go-
vernment, shew themselves, in the very articles which
are inserted in the Journals, for the purpose of tran-
quillizing the people of Prussia, and of all Germany.
In general those kind of Declarations, inserted in the
most esteemed Journals, prove at least one thing,
which is, that it is wished, by fair words, to regain
the public confidence. But those which have hitherto
appeared, seem to us not well adapted to produce
the effect.

BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 20.
The Journal General of the ,Wetherlands contains an article,
dated Berlin, 10th October, which has been communicated to it,
and is of high importance, as it bears an appearance of an official
character, and throws great light on the events which have
paned in Prussia within these three months, which events have
been disfigured and represented In a false light by " French
Journals, or Journals edited by Frenchmen. After an intro-
daction, shelving how little right those Journalists can have to
• declare that the conspiracy is a mere fiction, without seeing the
documents on which the Government have founded its opinion
that such a consequence exists, the writer expose• the exaggera-
tions that have been published, as if the most rigorous proceed-
ings had been adopted. as if the prisons of Berlin were crowded
with victims, and the whole Kingdom in .consternation. The
r.omber of persons arrested does not exceed ten or eleven—three
or four others are placed under surveillance, and the papers of
suspected persons have been seized. These are the pretended
great measures of public safety, with the noise of which all Eu-
rope i, made to resound.
+among the persons arrested, there is only one Public Func-
tionary. AU of them, except two, are young men, from twenty
to twenty-four years of age—less criminal, perhaps, than descry-
ing of pity, for suffering themselves to be led, without reflection,
to criminal projects. If the Prussian Government needs no
justification, it does not fear to submit its conduct to public opi-
nion. The accused, now confined in a decent prison, will be
brought to trial as soon as the Government shall hold all the
threads of a conspiracy, which, however absurd, is not the less
rein and extensive. All the acts of the process will be published,
meantime it has made known the facts resulting from them. It
is not possi'le to doubt the existence of secret associations, by
which invisible
.chiefs desire to prepare people's minds for the
• revolution which they meditate, and form instruments for the
• execution of their plans.
In 1613, they attempted to form Associations among the young
men at the Universities. Proofs having bees obtained of their
endeavour at Berlin, the project failed, hut was not given up,
and was afterwards realized at the Meeting on .the Wartburg.
The number of these Associations known to exist, is 14; all cor-
respond together for the common object ; each has its. awn orga-
nization, its Chiefs, and its common treasury. Besides these
great Assemblies, which are apjfarently very innocent, there are
Meetings coltiposed of a selection of Members, distinguished by
their talents or their enthusiasm. The Candidates for admis-
sion undergo a very rigorous examination ; thou who ate found
not to possess a sufficient enthusiasm to serve as attire instruments
in the Revolution which is the secret object o 1 these Associations,
remain in thervitykom (so these Invisible-Chiefs express it) and
are not allowed to penetrate into the Sanctuary. Their it),
is useful to the-Society, as. being engaged in literary pur-
suits, especially jurisprudence and political economy, they serve
to mask the real object, and put on themselves by their studies
to act a part in the new order of things.
Four of these Special Unions have been discovered, which di-
roct the fourteen great Associationi ; three are in Universities, the
fourth in the residence of a German Prince, agreeing in the pro-
ject of overturning the existing order of things, and the means
of succeeding; they are not agreed upon what they shall substi-
tute in its room. What they call liberty and equality is to hi:
the basis, but whether Germany united in one body shall be an
Elective Monarchy (which is only a Republic), or a princely
l)emecratic Republic, is not decided. The members of these
Unions call themselves " The Black," probably alluding to
the national costume adopted by them. They are not all stu-
dents, but men of all classes are among them, though the real
directors take great care to place themselves behind the curtain.
Among the initiated, sorw are called the absolute or devoted,
'because they have engaged not to be withheld by any considera-
tion from going all lengths required. Sawn: was doubtless of
the number of these Prides. The above sketch of die organiza-
tion of the Secret Societies 1s the result of the examination of
above 10,000 papers, letters, journals, speeches, dee. &c. which
have been seized. All doubt of the object of these visionaries
must vanish on reading the foll Owing phrases, literally extracted
from their papers, of which the authors are not named, out of
respect to .justice, which is employed its examining the affair,
and out of delicacy to their families. A very well known indi-
vidual having given offence by an action really reprehensible, re,
ceived the following warning, the original of which was found
upon the author s—" Hitherto we have wished to spare blood-
shed; we grant a fresh delay. Let not the hour of midnight of
the 16th find you at If you desire to live." This threat
was not execute .% because the person in question had been sent
away by superior authority before the time expired. "Be pru-
dent, that the bomb may not burst too sup," is the warning
which, on the first report of the arrests, cane bf the initiated
gives to his associates.
4 Destroy all the papers," writes another, " preserve only the
Act of our Constitution ; especially let the protocols disappear."
" Is it not to be feared, that In a moment of weakness, or in the
agony of death, .Sandt may betray his secret?"—" I zealously
study the history of revolutions; they are as necessary to nations
as respiration to man."
" At the moment of execution, our friend N. will put himself
at our head, and like another Zisca carry the Bible in one hand
gad the sword in the other." " A total overthrow can alone save'
us." " The people do not know yet the plan for which Sandt
punished himself, but they begin to have a notion of it." " Let
us overthrow the Thrones of Alexander, Frederick William, and
Francis II."
" To every tree on the road from Berlin to Charlcuteniourg
one of those servants of the Throne must be hung, and tutu that
will not be sufficient."—" Hereditary Monarchy is a foolish
institution."—'This phrase is taken from a discourse held nil one
of the Chiefs of the Order.
" Is it then so difficult to kill the Thirty-eight?" Meaning
the thirty-eight Sovereigns of the Oermaa Confederation._
Sandt must die on the scaffold, that the Public may learn to
believe in Christian charity and resignation; that it may see of
what sacrifices the German youth are capable. In this frills&
used age the scaffold is the symbol which will replace the cross."
" Remark this, the purest order of things must be changed by
the people by force and by tragedy."
One of the Absolutes, parodying a verse Ka German Tragedy,
says, " Our locks will not be adorned with the nuptial crown,
they are reserved for the axe of the executioner." The fallow.'
log would be only laughable had not late events given it GOWN
importance :—" Ts-day the fate of Me Jews was put to the soil."
In conclusion, the writer observes, that though the Asada-
iims consist chiefly of young me*, the secret Chiefs depend also
on a set of men fond of imumatian, the more easy to seduce, as
their own intentions are pure; but though such men, more dan-
gerous than the Chiefs, are not wanting in Prussia, the Govern-
ment fears less than some others the enemies of social order, and
will soon put the Nation in possession of a liberal Constitution,
which will cost neither tears nor blood, nor even give cause of
regret. except, perhaps, to those who incessantly labour to ups-,
eme the cause of the Mil koot that of his People.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1819.
Hta Hamm Paociarem.--Holiday at the Bank,
Tax Folos.-4Private bargains--Comols for Nor. Met. PO.

At a late hour last night we received German Pa-
pers, from which we have giver; extracts. The longer
extract is from the Ghent Journal, and its object is
to prove that the late arrests in Prussia were not
without sufficient grounds. The document is rather
curious, as it puts the Public in possession of the
causes, or pretexts for alarm, that hive existed in
Germany. The real cause, however, of all the dis-
content that prevails there, is the bad faith that has
been shewn by the Governments to their subjects :
they were large in their promises, when they needed
the strength of the People to expel an invader ; but
having got rid of the foreign foe, they seem now to
consider every person who would solicit their fulfil-
ment as a domestic enemy. It is easy to charge such
men with jacobinism and revolutionary intentions.

The Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday arrived
at a late hour this forenoon. The following are ex-
tracts:

PARIS, OCTOBER st.

To-day, before Mass, the king gave successively
private audiences to the Duke de Valmy and to Ge-
neral Count Hulot d'Osery, the brother-in-law of the
late General Moreau, who has arrived within these
two days from St. Petersburgh.

Count de Caze had on Sunday an interview of
more than two hours duration with Monsieur; next
day the Marquis Dessolles had also an audience of
his Royal Highness.
The sudden arrival at Paris of M. de Tatischeff,
Minister from Russia to Madrid, has given rise to
various conjectures, and particularly attracted the
attention of the English.
Among the Projects of Law which will be presented
to the Chambers in the first days of the approaching
Session, mention is made of one upon individual
iiberty, which will be the Habeas Corrs Law of
France, and according to which, except in rare and
unforeseen circumstances, every person arrested in
virtue of a Judge's Warrant will be admitted to bail.
Private Letters from Marseilles announce, that a
contagious malady has manifested itiself in the Island
of Corsica ; the precise character of it is not yet known;
but it appears to have produced great inquietude.