The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-24 00:00:00

PAIIIS PAPICRS OF SUNDAY.

(11 the hist a violoht shock of an eartlignske was
e't at :,t) minutes past two in thamorning, at' Belfry (Ain).
it.t,t it, Ow tirigl:borneingeommi qtrs. No accident, however.
ec into!. The morning following, the moun'ains were
itteeflrit with ertow.
Sienr Rousseau. the responsible editor of the Constite•
tineweel, died in the prison of Criminal Justice at Dijon,
wiwie he et as coatined in pursuance of the sentence of the
I;noral Court oT that town.
FERNGNAN, DEC. IS.—(Extract from one priests cor-
respoudenee).—ln the begioningof December three Con-
mitntionalists were assassinated at • Bareelnea. The as•
nrmsitis, bosses*, have epcaped .sithont hying known.—On
thedilt;- six 'persons attacked di militiaman with their
lonics In the herb Market, and attempted to assassinate
hie t the people, however. interfered, and the assassins
Pe I'. .Oneof them refuge in the Cathedral, and be-
lieved that he Kali then ":teste, as in former times, when
merely tikelling gm Walls otschis eharsh., was suffi-
cient/0• shelter a mast from the vengeance of the laws
flowt'versthe.poptilare entered till Cathedral, seised the
*Aslant', and gave him. nrs tnjneria. •The whole six were
Arrested. The Gov.-rnor, InstontrreretTWorlial agatfi'has-'
it.stert an order, calling tipm alt Mesons to niVe up their
arms to'the anthorities.(eitnalinttinniet) • •
Pnateirrenr; IJee,;l6.—The Slates 11 I of the Grand
Thlehy of Daraistait have resolved fur the future to do
en4y-witli the Jew Tiix.-ea •being in 'opposition to the
progreasur the age. This tax, in the tiraud Duchy of
Hesse, amounted to 3-1,000 ducats.
Warne, Now. 24--Letrers• from Constentientple, dated
tlte 15:h, contain news which -he little expected,.owthe
aittrstion of afftdrs. • The Divan has recovered from the
rdarilt which the conference of titer Mordirchs *at Clerrin-4
mitt produced, and naartterned to 11:3 old muse, se con-
fortnable to the Ottoman character. The despatch wir;eh
Lord,Straue ford received from London,. dated October 11,
roatribitted to this chungs of conduct on the parr d the
Porte. England appears to regard her obligations towards
06 Alfieri Powers, in as far as relates to the concessions ob-
Weed fume -the Porte in the confer-nee of the 30th of
'Wrist, as completelrfulfillydl. The Divan teems convinced
that toed Strang fora will no longer exert the same zeal to
indorathe Porte to concede Other points still in dispnte ;
as, for 'sample, the rear ation oploldarie t n !Wall h a.
1 he Atuirienlatedmanein presented a pressing note on that
evacuation, to :whirl) the Deis Elf-ttyli replied in silt evitsive
&rule-melba 7ilt instant. It is possible that this reply usay
the Court of Feterabargb, and curiosity is excit-
ed karn,whether M. de M nzialti will continue his
emery W Constantinople.—(.lournot des Daces.)
j /Pants, Ihre.:2l.—ln an 'aff.ir broil/lit before the First•
uframber of the First Instance, sitting as a Conrt of Cot-
r•liiwital•Telier,on Thursday, there wale trestinn, whether
tne appellation of a spy was en insult or d remotion? The
Conrt d tided that it was defamation, and a Indged the
defender to pry 1,000 francs to the plaintiff, and thacosts.
• .
It is confirmed that it was the Prussian Minister to. the
Swim Conferitraiion who -preferred the complaint against
peeper, bookseller of Zurich, and the son of the cede-
tlted poer, for printing Dr. Jahn's ex. nlpitory Memo.
fiat, and sending the copies to Germany and into Prm.ai
wliere'the greater part of the edition was clandestinely sold.
Tke.tinCernment or titicli was oblige:l, or considered it-
s• It obliged to prosecute M.Besner fiefare the magistrates,
whir declared hint guilty, and condemned him to pay a fine_
of 100 francs, and to be imprisoned three weeks. M Delmer
I as appealed against this decision.—[Letter from Basle.]
((•alseiltaionnel.)
Several .persone belonging to the Constitutional party
were assassinated in Barcelona in the beginning of Decent-,
kTr• Oath.- 3th, six of the Faitlimen attacked one of the
militia, with knives, in the public market, and would have
es?assinated him hid nut the people interfered. The a.-
eit,sins Seyl,,ana-Olie of them took refuge in the Cathedral.
lie thought Isinittelf safe, as was form-sly the cat:e ; fur to
touch the walls of this church used to he sufficient to secure
the great...at criminal against all the vengeance of the laws.
On this occasiom however, the prople forced their wig
Into the cathedral,- seized the assassin, and carried him
Wore the proper authorities. The: other five were also
arrested. On the 9th, the Governnr issued a proclamation
ordering: all the inhabitants to deliver sip the arms In their
po-session. , •
rogation*, Dsc. 4.-.-4Ast Saturday, Iturbide, the Ex
Emperor of Mexico, who seemed disposed to settle here,
set out for England, with his sons and the Ex-Consul of
tree Cortes,' leaving their wives, who are engaged in
eattling their affairs, in expectation of notice to depart
also. •
Oasioa, Doc W.—Further accounts from Messina of
the late terrible storm say that the effects are likely to
;Wore mare disastrous to Memiat even than the earth-
fluke of 1783.—(Genin Ga.retie )
•
- . 41AYONNE INTMLIDENCE.
a.
Maearn. Dec. o.—The new Government does not renounce
the Colonies ;• a small expedition has already sailed trom Ca-
oiz (but wilbout troop), for Lima. At present nothing is at-
tempted but to open en Intercourse with the Royalists, and
es.perial!y with the Clergy.
" It is very certain that the French Government has Wen
• podia these plans. which will prolong the horrors of ciiil was'
In these coentrics• end retard their independence.
" It is *firmed that Ferdinand has sent orders to the Ha-
varnish, to the Commander of the fort of Vera Cruz, to Lima,
and Port Cabell• ..to pay particular regard loth. French flag,
doubtless to afford the French marine more easy means to die-
neenioate discord among the independents. Hence it is that
we heir it issircted in the Court of Ferdionnd, and in the so'
pieties of the fanatical party. that the Spanish possessions be-
yond sea art. wet Wholly'ltist.

• TRIBUNAL OF fIItST INS VANCE, PARIS, Dtc."l9.
• • M. •iiINSIIQUIV cammenced this thy an aegitment in
• ' the case of* Count S'ackpoole. Il a clients are MM.
Marsh and (Write, of whom Mr. Driver Cooper, an English
;merchant, is.the rep eeeee tstive
M. Hass EVI N. on the part of the plaintiffs stated, that
in April, 1771, John Stackpoole. Esti died in the county
. of tilare, iretand, leaving. behind him an immense for.l
tune,-with the a Itninistration of • whieh the defendant, I
Vaunt: tieorge Stack poole,• ss as charged. 'Mr. Dillon, as
one of the co-heirs, entitled to a tenth of the property of
the deceased, was the tirst to commence proceedings. Ile
challexged tke Count, and the latter answered the vital'
• letfge by bringing an action against bin cousin for a
- breach of the peace. Dillon was acquitted ; hnt the
• matter was ler contrived that his pretended breath of the
'peace was concerted into a political offence. The unfur•
tunate Dillon died in exile.
• Judgement • was given'against the defendant by the
Courts in Ireland, and it was confirmed by the British
House of Peera:f The Count, in consequence, at the ago of
65, fled into 'Franee, carrying with him an immense pro.
Tarty ;• and. no doubt, by deceiving our Sovereign as to
the mode's that led him to fix his domicile in France,
•olitaimed the title of Count, together with the creation in
Ms favour of a Majorat.
In pasties to our Sovereign, it mast be concluded, Wel
Ifentsequin, that when Stackpoole obtained naturalise-1
tioo, it wits not suspected that he brought with him into
France the produce of spoliation, that he merely sought
an asylum from guilt. He might have been regarded as a
foreigner saw tame to add many millions to our national
wealth. It is to the Monarch himself that I would appeal
against his awn decision, deceived as he was by false re-
-presentations. The title, and the naturalisation and the
molorat, will be pleaded in Vain ;• they cannot stand when
•pposed to the voice of peke.
Thefitrtbarhoaring o the case was postponed to Friday
east.