The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-16 00:00:00

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and llses.epon tps Mose
',Vent, which the same la* dims not centem..l
.4se, since it punishes the criminal by only thel
penalty of confinement for five years, and a no. of
5,000 florins.
Mr. PLAintiAta? thought five years confinement
too heavy a penalty, as the Slave Trade had not hi-
therto been prohibited by the laws, he thought that
so severe a punishment shoold not be applied in the
first instance to the weak minded, who might think
he could follow a trade formerly authorised. He
voted with Messrs. Von Neither, and Nagelmaeker'
against the Projet.
Mr. REYPHIN approved the law, which he regarded
as incomplete to repress with jest severity the
shameful trade in,mee, which the Christian ought to
regard with horror. The suppression of the patent
seemed to him just, because it was only a means to
be certain that, at the expiration of his penalty, V-
criminal would not again carry on the trade.
M. NAGEL, Minister for Foreign Affairs, rev
to the arguments of some of the Members who had
spoken against" the law.—The Miniver of Justice
defended the law. His Excellency mid, that the
penalty of confinement being ipfamous, hroaeht with
it the loss of the patent. Being put ko the vote, the
;Pro* was adopted by 87. votes spina 5:
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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON :

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 181 8.

The Wore of the dispatches from St. Helena,
concerning which so mach secrecy has been observed,
is now pretty well ascertained, though these " im-
portant" communications have not been officially
laid before the Public. The bubble is nearly burst,
and we find that this mighty secret is nothing' more
than a suspicion of being suspected—not a discovery
of an actual plot, but a Correspondence that may
lead to the detection of a plot. The sort of disco•
veries made at St. Helena may be conceived from the
accounts given in the letter from that Island, which
re extract from the Hampshire Telegraph. The ln.
tescepted dorrespondence has indeed made a Way
revelation, If this account be true, for it has disco..
vered " where the whole of BosAe.terea !treasure
is deposited."l-4This is certainly a most important
and. joyful discovery for the Allies, and we do
not wonder at he eagerness manifested to com-
atuelleate the intelligence. But how the plot
otherwise bears against the unfortunate Prisoner,
who is In snub safe custody, or how it shpuld be
made t• authorise new oppressions upon him, We
are not yet clearly given to understand. We have
already not failed to remark the eztreordinary coin-1
cideoce, that this charge against BONAPARTR is
brought forward at the moment when it is sought by
his friends at Ais-la-Chapelle to procure some ame•
lioration in his condition.
A report has been circulate. that General Goutt-
(atm was implicated in the alleged conspiracy ; but
whether this be true or false, the account which we
this day insert of the treatment which that Gentleman
experienced on Saturday last, in his own lodgings,
from a gang of persons called officers, will be read
with horror and indignation. General Gouß.
GAUD, for some reason or other best known
to those who are in the habit of thus violat-
ing, under the sanction of authority, the cha-
racteristic humanity of our eountry, was on Satur-
day torn from his bed and forced off to Harwich or
Dover, in a manner which all who read this account
must term most infamous, and disgraceful to the British
Nation. In fact, it is scarcely possible to believe that
such an occurrence could take place in open day in
any country, or under any Government, which
pretends to be civilized. If GOURGAUD has been
guilty of any offence against our laws, why is he not j
tried ? Why has he not the benefits of the com-
monest culprit ? Neither justice nor policy can au-
thorise a proceeding so outrageous. General Goya-
Bann has been residing for some time in this country,
and his address has been well known.