Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-05-03

priyy council. Robert, George and John
Simmons were fully convicted on the charge
Of high treason. Thomas Preston, the cob
Ter, and Hazard, the school master, were
committed on suspicion Of treason. The
same day, man named Abel Hall, was ap-
pretended at Preston, by two police officers
from Lon Ion.
The prisoners were committed to the
Tower. This comm itment is founded on
the recent act, in amendment of the sta
tute, of King Edward III, by which con-
spiracy to levy war is declared high Trea-
son. without an over tao. A special CON.
mission was to be appointed TO try them.
Itappears that the conspirators in their
meetings, thought it necessary, in order to
guard against the possibility of strangers
becoming acquainted with the subject OF
their deliberations, to adopt fictitious names
for the different articles to which, in their
arrangements for future operations, they had
to refer thus, gunpowder they called,
8. rapesseed;" cutIass, now pistols,
/" telIers;" guns, speaks and pixies,
I" thrusts;" The intended victims of their
bellish purpose were termed 8 candidates
for the borough of reform
The health Of s-majesty George w. is
daily improving. His majesty is able to
walk out, and his appearance is stated to be
/" most pleasingly cheerful"
1t appears from the German papers, that
Sandt is still in prison.
Goblet writes from Coventry, that bis vo.
tiers are inundated from going to the poll
by tue " bludgeon-men," and that several Of
his friends have had their bones broken.
No advices from France or Spain by this
arrival, so late as have been before received
at Philadelphia. In the French Chamber of
Deputies, the debate continued on the proiet
of the law relative to Individual liberty
During one of the debates, the Minister of
the Interior made an eloquent and forcibe
appeal in defence OF the proposed measures
"Can the individual liberty of any persons
whatever" observed bis Excellency, be
preferred to public liberty, when we demon
strate to you the notifications of conspira-
cy, which, by tracing them to their origin,
can be proved 10 have connection with gen
eral plan ?" Arguing upon the necessity Of
arining the government with extraordinary
powers TO awe the hopes OF a daring, despe-
rate faction, bis Excellency related the fol-
lowing circumstance:-"A man named Luz
Get, who is now in confinement at the depot
of the Prefecture de Police, had the audacity
to write letter to the magistrate, charged
with the preliminary proceedings of the pro-
secution of Louvel, in which he says,-'I
have learnt, with pleasure, the fate of the
Duke de Berri: wish the rest Of the royal
family may meet the same tate. OH how
| envy the deed OF Louvel--may | one day
display the same courage!' If thrill Of hor-
ror perUaded the assembly, Let this man,
continued the minister) be arraigned at our
tribunals; there exists no law applicable to
his guilt, for the question is an opinion which
is neither printed nor published Let him
be liberated, who will guarantee that he will
not seek an occasion of initiating the exam
pie he aImires ?"
Much is said OF an arrest which took place
yesterday, (tbe 9th inst, on the place Ven
dome, and which is announced as very i'm
portant. The parsonage IN question was a
bout TO make use of pair of pistols, which
he had about him, at the moment he found
himself seized but bis design was COM
pletely frustrated, as he was surrounded. bur
red into coach, and driven off.
A letter ON G!uckstadt of the lst of
March, states that the ship Vesta, bound
from Hamburger to ST. Thomas, but prevent
ed clearing to sea by the ice, had pct into
that port, with Baron Eben and several Pms
sian officers on board, who were going 10
join The Patriots in South America
A French paper mentions that Madame
Layalette had attempted, IN ut OF INSANITY,
to throw herself into the Seine
Prices of american Stocks, on the i4th OF
March. Three per cents, Sc a 66!; new
six per cents, Io1 LOB. U. S. B. Shares,
ell 10 GO.
Price of British Stocks, March Is. Three
per cent. consols 685 So.
Philadelphia, .4prI %.