Star.
London, England, 1821-11-22 00:00:00

FROM THE LIMERICK CHRONICLE OF NOVEMBER 17.

DARING ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—This morning,
between five and six o'clock, as John M.Queen, of the
97th Highlanders, a sentinel posted at the King's
stores in Mardyke, was walking from his box it the
corner of the station to the extreme end of the build-
ing, an assassin t ushed from under the shed, near the
stores of John Kelly, Esq. where the villain had con-
cealed himself until the soldier was within two feet of
him, when he fired a pistol at his head—the sentinel
had heard some noise in the direction, and was ap-
proaching to ascertain the cause, when he put up his
hand in order to compress the light, and at that in-
stant the shot was fired at him—two slugs were
lodged in his hand, and the powder completely burned
the hair off that side of his head, and so stunned him
that he could not see the ruffian, but heard him retreat
towards the cross-lane leading to the Linen-hall.—
One of the parish watchmen, on hearing the shot,
came to his as•istance, and the guard having been
sent for, a fruitless pursuit was made. The MAYOR
and Magistrates have offered a reward of £4O for
he apprehension of the perpetrator.
Thursday were committed, by JAMES CUFF BLAKE,
Esq. to the County Jail, in Mayo, John Mooney and
Miles Sweeny, the former charged with being a
leader of Ribbonmen and with having administered
unlawful oaths—and both he and Sweeny are charged
with the crimes of burglary and abduction.

PROM THE CARLOW MORNING POST.

A few nights ago, several trees were cut down on
the estate of Colonel BUNBURY, at Cranavonan, near
this town. We most seriously caution the country
people against this sort of work—let them look to the
South of Ireland.

The Journal de Toulouse states that a schism has
taken place among the French physicians at Barce-
lona. They are divided on the question whether the
disorder, the ravages of which have been so fatal, is
contagious or not.
Swan:mi.—The following is extracted from a Swe-
dish journal of the 26th ult.
STOCKHOLM, OCTOBER 25.

AU that has been said in several foreign journals,
respecting the motives which induced the Russian
Minister accredited to the Court of Sweden to pro-

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teed to Christiania, to have an interview with the
King, is wholly false. The sole object of the Mi-
nister's journey thither was, to make to his Majesty,
on the part of the Emperor of Russia, some com-
munications relative to the affairs of Turkey.

The following is the Copy of a Note inserted in
the Allmanna Journalen (Journal General), which
may be considered as official :
o We have read, in some foreign journals, an arti-
cle from Stralsund, in which it is stated, that no
changes have been proposed in the Norwegian Con-
stitution, in consequence of the representations made
on this subject by his Majesty the Emperor of Rus-
sia, in his quality of guarantee of the Treaty of Kiel ;
and, it is added, that this was the object of the jour-
ney of the Russian Minister to the King at Chris-
tiana. There is little accuracy in these assertions.
In the first place, the Royal proposition relative to
the changes to be made in the Norwegian Constitu-
tion, was laid before the Storthing on the 2d August,
to be discussed in the next Session, as the fundamental
law prescribes, which anticipated that experience
might demonstrate the necessity of modifying some'
of its enactments.
46 In the second place, it will doubtless suffice to
observe, that, by the Treaty of Kiel, his Majesty
the King of Denmark, having ceded to his Majesty
the King of Sweden the right of absolute sovereignty
over Norway, the guarantee of this Treaty can have
no relation whatever to the Norwegian Constitution,
which was not even mentioned at that period. Fi-
nally, it is known that the object of the journey of
the Russian Minister to Christiania was quite foreign
to the affairs of the North.
" On the other hand, we saw in an English join.-
, nal, of the 28th September, an article, in which it
was stated, that 4 the King intended to change or
overthrow the Constitution of Norway ; that in fur-
therance of this design land and naval forces had
been put in motion; and that he only desisted from
the execution of his projects, in consequence of the
representations which the Russian Minister had made
to his Majesty, by order of the Emperor his Sovereign.
" It is not to reflecting minds that we need prove
the falsehood of these absurd and ridiculous reports,'
The independence of the Swedish Government began
to develope itself at the period when the Emperor of
the French wanted to compel Sweden to act against
Russia. Those principles which constitute the na-
tionality of a State have been followed ever since that
epoch with perseverance, and this system, which will
preserve the Scandinavian Peninsula from all influ-
ence whatever, except that of justice, is at once an
answer to the inaccurate statements which have been
put forth. If the Minister read these articles, he must
find a great difference between the language they
impute to him and that which he really held. The
friends of the liberty of the subject, and of the peace
of nations, ought to be attentive, and watch more
than ever those partisans of discord who endeavour
to light up civil war in the different countries of
Europe, by giving false notions respecting the pro...j
ceedings of Governments to journalists, the best dis-
posed in favour -of humanity.