Star.
London, England, 1820-11-29 00:00:00

THE CONTINENT.

Those who have lived. on the earth for the last'
half century have seen so many wonders following
one another in quick succession, that events which,
in former times, would have formed topics of the
greatest interest for months, hardly serve now for the
conversation of a couple of days. The Hamburgh
Mail has brought the following accounts respecting
Denmark and Russia :
HAMBU R G % NOVEMBER 21.

The post from Copenhagen has this moment ar-
rived ; there have been a great number of arrests in
that capital, and, among others, several persons of
great consequence. Their object appears to have
been that of obtaining a new Constitution, and a
Representative Government. Some lives have been
lost, when the instigators were arrested by the Police;
but as the feeling in general, throughout Copen-
hagen and the whole. of Denmark, is in favour of a
new Constitution, no doubt is entertained but that it
will ultimately be granted to the people.
In Russia, also, it would seem, that the people art
by no means satisfied with the existing state of things.
The letters from Petersburgh, most probably from
motives of prudence, ate written iit'a guarded man.,
ner, and say but little as to the hill state of things.
The latest advices are received by a vessel arrived
at Yarmouth, from Petersburgh, after a passage of
only fifteen days. The following is an extract from
one of them :

" ST. PETIRSBURGII, Nov. 10.—Yon will hear by
the time this reaches you, of a great event which
has happened in Russia, which I have no doubt will
be much exaggerated on your side of the water; but
we entertain no fears as to the result here."
We are now inclined to think that the account re-
ceived from the Sound, of a portion of the Russian
army having laid down their arms in consequence
of the severity of the discipline imposed, may have
some foundation in truth, as it is not unlikely that
the great event alluded to in the above extract refers
to the mutinous spirit of the military.

The following letters relate to the same events,
but as some of the particulars are differently related,
they may assist our Readers in forming an opinion
for themselves respecting the .complexion of the•
pulllic mind in the North of Europe :

" COPENHAGEN, NOVEMBER is.

" A formidable plot, projected with the view of
plunging us into the abyss of revolution, has been
happily frustrated, on the eve of its execution, by the
vigilance of our Police, who, the day before yester-
day, suddenly arrested all the parties concerned in it.
Their leader is a Dr. Dampe, a man of intellect and
knowledge, but well known for his revolutionar,
principles, who has succeeded in organizing a Secret
Association, composed, for the most part, of athletic•
and vigorous handicraftsmen, and imbued them with
his own seditious notions. They had formed a plan
of a most horrible nature, being nothing less than to
force open the prisons ; to seize, by the aid of the
convicts, on all the arsenals and magazines of warlike
stores ; to murder all the High Officers of State, not
excepting even the King himself; and, finally, to
proclaim a Representative Constitution. M. Kierneff,
Councillor of State, and our Director of Police, has
for some time been iu possession of the secret views
of the conspirators, but postponed their arrest till the
day before yesterday, last night having been fixed on
for the execution of their plan; and thus been•able
not only to secure all the accomplices, but the
11 draught of their intended method of proceeding
and all other papers. Among them were found, ready
prepared, a variety of incendiary Proclamations."
44 PETERSBURGH, NOVEMBER 3.
" The First Regiment of linperial Guards, en-1
tirely composed of individuals of noble birth, and
which has ever distinguished itself by exemplary con-
duce, so much se as to acquire by it the particular
regard and confidence of the Emperor; bas disgraced

itself by tt..gross outrage against military discipliim
They withdrew all obedience to Colonel Schwa;
their Commander, under the pretext that he had sub.
jetted them to unnecessary hardships, by compelling
them to attend military duty at this season, from ai
early hour in the morning till late at night. The mu.
tineers even refused to listen to the remonstrances of
one of the Imperial Grand Dukes, whose admonitions
they are said to have answered by invectives. This
disposition was beginning to threaten the most seri.
ous consequences, when they were overawed by a 3
intimation, though a false one, from their former
Commander, Prince Potemkin, that the Emperor
had suddenly returned to the capital. Time had now
been gained to collect together the other troops ja
garrison ; and when the mutineers saw thernselve
surrounded, they no longer resisted, but gave up
their arms, and surrendered themselves prisoners.
eg A formidable escort was then prepared, provided
even with Gannon, by which they were first conducted
to one of our forts, and thence embarked on board
one of our steam-boats for Cronstadt. One very re.
marhable circumstance has attended this affair—tha
all those. Officers who had not participated in it;

mlaconduct, requested to share its fate, and not to
be separated from their comrades. According to
vur military code, the revolting regiment would tz
subjected to decimation ; but the appointment of a
Court-martial has been deferrcd till the instruction;
of the Emperor can be received on that subject."

We announced yesterday, that the Mail which at.
rived In the morning from Lisbon bad brought ac.
counts, that everything was tranquil there when the
packet came away on the 18th. We have given ex.
tracts from the Lisbon Papers in another column,
which fully explain the nature of the late military
movements in that capital, and which had excited
some very uneasy sensations. The facts appear to be
simply these :—TaxerstA received atf Address, signed
by the Chief Judge, and his Secretary, DA VIEGA, in
the name of the people of Lisbon, setting forth in
brief, that the preparatory Junta meant to cheat the
country of its looked for Constitution ; and calling
upon TexiintA, as Commander-in-Chief at Lisbon,
to take measures for preventing this national disap-
pointment. A military conference followed, at which
several leading men assisted ; and the result was, a

determination that the Members of the Cortes should
be elected on the same principles as those of Spain—
viz. according to the population; and that the popu-
lation should be so divided as to produce an assem-
bly of 100 Deputies. Some further resolutions were
adopted, for which we refer to the extracts in ane-
ther column. The most distinguished individuals,
civil and military, took the oaths of adhesion to the
form of Constitution established in Spain, but re-
served to "ilizi;Cortes, when asseinble4 the • rtglit d
modifying the Spanish system as they might thick
fit, and adapting it to the state of Portugal.

In the sitting of the Supreme Government, on the
15th instant, some of its Members obtained their dis-
charge—when FitnitZlßA pa SOUZA was stppointed
Minister of the Home Deprrtment. and Ammo IDA
SILv&IRA for Foreign Affairs. On the 17th, the
Members who had resigned, or been dismissed, were
called upon to resume their functions; and the Mili-
tary Council, which disapproved of their retirement,
confirmed the other proceedings which had taken
place on the 11th. It appears manifest that the mea-
ULM resorted to hove sprung rather from an increased
and invigorated action, than frdm any relaxation of
the public feeling in favour of the liberties of Portugal.

Estract of * Letter from St. Thomas's, dated
October 15, 1820 :

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44 We have received information from La Guira,
positively stating the fall of St. Martha, and that Car-
thagena would surrender, as the garrison and the
few inhabitants within its walls were actually perish-
ing, victims to hurter and fatigue. Desertion had
become general in-eveutzter and post occupied
by Morillo's utops. La Torte had been
completely defeated by Bolivar at Bayledores, and
had reached Caracas, where a Cottncil of War of all
the Commanding Generals was to be held imme-
diately, where they awaited Morillo, who had publicly
declared that he would not be answerable for Ca-
raccas an hour longer unless he received 9000 troops
fSom Spain, of which he was disappointed ; for ac-
counts had been received at La Guira from Spain,
stating that no more troops at that time could be dis-
patched. The people of Caraccas and La Guira
openly avow their adhesion to the glorious cause of
liberty and independence, and it was confidently ex-
pected that the standard of the Washington of this
country, the distinguished Bolivar, would enter the
latter place in the course of the month. It is fully ex-
pected that the first Meeting of the Congress of the
United Provinces would solemnly proclaim:the Sove-
reignty of the Republic of Columbia, Banda Once-
tal, Buenos Ayres, Chili, and Peru ; for. such a ra-
tional and just act they would receive the enthi:-
siastic benedictions of more than thirteen millions
of freemen.

44 The main army, under the command of his Er-
cellency the President, is no* at St. Rosara de Cacerta,
and consists of 12,000 men, completely armed and
equipped,: they are only waiting till.the waters retire,
to commence operations, with every decisive prospect,
against Morillo, who is at Valencia, in the Province
of Caraccas, and whose army does not consist of more
than 6000 men, not more than 4000 of whom are
Europeans on the remainder he can place no de-
pendence. One of the Generals now serving under
his Excellency, is Colonel Pi got, a British Officer of
great experience. General Paez, General Monagas,
Colonel Monte, and General Torressa, with upwards
of 4000 troops, will co-operate with the armies 0/
, the President and Pau, in the attack on Caraccas.

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