The Statesman. — 1810-07-11 (London, England)

JUNE 21.—1 n order to give you a correct account of the shocking outrages that were yesterday perpetrated by an iocensed popelaee, I must advert to the remote causes of them. It is wall known, that on Prince Augostenbcrg being declared Crown Prince, and thereby beeonting the adopted heir to the Throne, a desperate faction was formed auainst him. obviously to set aside the choice of the country, and to procure the no. mination of a Prince who was likely to become more subservient to their system of policy. To them the dawning virtnes of the Prince, which would have shuns in their meridian spleudour in the King, were odious, ittolconverted into crimes. The Prince, on his arrival in the capital, endea. wowed to conciliate the affections of the people, as shy hest means of ensuring a happy reign, and promoting the interests of the country. I have frequently seen him visiting incognito:is the hos. pitals and prisons, and doing every thing in his power to alleviate the sufferings of th,c wretched. He was also in the habit of inspecting the proVisipos and necessaries in the public stores destined for the use of the army, and of exposing the n•farious. practices of jobbers and contractors ; as also' •the provisions exposed to public sale, or such as -were, at a season of unparalleled calamity, dist ri. billed gratuitously to the poor. By these acts of charity and condescension, he was beloved by the lower ranks (if the people, but incurred the jea. lousy and resentment of some, tt ho conceived they had, from their rank and great aeuence, pa. rausount claims to consideration. Among the most conspicuous of this description of Nobility, were the famines of Fersen and Piper. Jealous of the increasing popularity of the Crown Prince, and apprehensive that they would, in the event of his being King, lase their cunsequence in the. 0., vernment, they combined with others whom they had gained over to their party, and endeavoured by intrigue and corruption to bring the young Prince into contempt, and to thwart every melt. sure that tended to insure his elevation to the Throne. The funeral procession of the Crown Prince arrived here yesterday. It was led by Count Ala Ferias, in a carriage drawn by six horses. An immense assemblage pf people had collected. No symptoms of riot or (outrage were observable until the corpse had reached-New-street (Asgatan), when the populace began to hiss and shout at the Count, who did not seem to suppose that the indignity was directed to him ; but on a atom. beipg thrown into the carriage, ,the Count pitt his head out of the window, And if I may judge from his gestures, which were toe significant to be mistaken, set the mob at defiance. This exasperated them to such a degree, that they discharged a volley of stones at the coach, one of which struck the Count in the face. The Count immediately ordered the postillions to stop, jumped out of the coach, and with great difficulty reached the near;:st (louse. At that moment Baron Sit. versparre, the Atljatant.Geheril, arrived, and on detrlauding the cells° of the riot, the general exclamation *as "Count Fersen has murdered the Crow o Prince.tk Silveriparre then told them, that the King had •ordered him to declare, that the Coma should be arrested and tried. .The mob ern huzzacd and began to disperse. The carriage had in the meats time advanced a little, and stopped in the square. In half an hoer after, the, Count came out of the 11,...4e, and in approaching the