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lie
oiilin-
;.rttume, Kompd t« stop tlii.n"cbuliilion of
affected indifference. , , ,
I„ til** .ol,nm, David* w, "ho had «»*
v,t com, out, I, .nnl with Ml.«K- ** •»
'dresser in Hi, Lodge, and continued w ith his
headsclasped, praying in tin- "!°' 1 , , '
i ii, . ..h nul.T'iuMl Hurt*
manner, u.id,"« in 11 «» tJ
served Piety lor the intervention "I ill*
deeuier. Brunt and E>--. howeter
U(H 1 (lie nine hardiliomMh.it the) have mn-
nierted till on, .hunt, and continued vcntiiifc
their tlioojjliti in unreserved ejaculations.
V humane individual "ho ftood by, ”*•
sin, *»'' ■>
“sic*jsft£- -
atesssssrfcsis
tells
Til, stranger re, . .
lmt if you have ever injured
l J nnv thine which your conscience
' n is wrong ask pardon of Hod, penitently
■ incerelv and you will, 1 have no doubt,
SK#- H™»1. r,,.li.,l ; " I Uiu »i.l,
perfectly clear conscience. I have in.ule
Uv peace with God, and I never injured no
” The stranger proceeded, Believe
'the Lord Jesus Christ I*’—Bru.itsurveyed
S. humane adviser npm, and muttered,
“My mind is made up.
“ Well done, Brunt:” exclaimed lugs,and
was again proceeding to sing- „
,. Oh! give me death or liberty,
when lie was summoned to the scaffold. lie
turned to Brunt, and with a smite on In*
countenance, shook h (lids with him, and
prepared to go. While the hatch was open-
] ne . he exclaimed with a loud voice, “ Re-
ineirdier me to King George the 1\ th, God
bl»*ss hini> and way he h avt ‘ ? J on 8 ri ' , 6 n# l
He now recolleeted that he lmd some clothes
J.r, behind, which he requested might lie
given to his wife. The wretched man had
thrown off the clothes in which he had been
tried and had put on an old butcher’s jack-
«t, determining, as he said, “ that Jack Ketch
should have no coat of his. ’
While lie stood at the edge of the steps',
at tile door of die jail, he said to Davis. one
r»f the turn keys, “1A ell, Mr. Davis, I am
pniii" to llad oiit the great secret,” and then
springing upon the scaffold exclaimed," Good
hve ! gentlemen. Here goes the remains ol
aii unfortunate man.” ....
Brunt now stood by himsolt, (as Davidson
stood away from him,) and muttered about
the inju-sli: e of his fate. The persons a-
ronnd him repeatedly entreated him to alter
his religious creed, during the last few mo
ments left, and to believe in the Saviour of
the world. Still immovable—still hardened
i:i iniquity, he listened not to the remonstran
ces of his sincere friends, who beseeched him,
for his wife’s sake, and for the sake of hi:
son, to ask the protection of the Redeemer
for them ; but he appeared tired of these
fttrnrov importunities, and wished to ascend
the scaffold next.
Davidson, however, was summoned be
fore Dim, and with a composed countenance,
and a firm step, he passed by his former
companion in guilt to his fate, without noti
cing him.
Brunt gon appeared considerably irrita
ted. “\Vnat,” he exclaimed, “am I to be
the last ? Why is this ! They can have my
blood hut once, and why am I to be kept to
the last ?—But I suppose they are afraid I
should say something to the people, because
I spoke my mind on the trial. However.
! don’t care.”
Davidsons had by this time been tied up ;
Brunt ascended the “caffold next, and was
loudly cheered by the populace.
The composure of this man, particularly
yesterday, on taking leave of iiis wife, was
of tiie most extraordinary description. In
'the interview she hud with him yestt i d a .
he expressed himself in the most unmoved
manner, as perfectly resigned to his fate;
and declared then, as he has done repeated
ly since, that this day would be the happiest
of his life. The conduct of lugs, too, v iolent
and hardened as it has been was interrupt
ed but once by ajiv thing like a feeling of
nature. On entering the Lodge, before he
ascended the scaffold, .umt Person void him
to he firm, when he ejaculated, “ firm ! 1 am
firm, but we have children, Sir.”
From London papers received at the office of the
AVtr- York Commercial jidrcrtiier.
HOUSE OP COMMONS, May 2.
Treasonable Conspiracy and Mr. Edwards.
Mr. Alderman Wood said, he rose to
introduce to the attention of the House a
subject of very considerable importance.
He felt some difficulty, however, as to
the manner in which he should bring it
before them. He may be wrong as to
the view he took of the particular course
he ought to take ; if he were so, the
Speaker and the opinion of the house
yould set him right. It struck him that
the subject was one affecting most essen
tially the privileges of the house; That
was the view which, on the best consi
deration he was disposed to take of it.
The facts were, that in his situation as
a Magistrate, an application had been
made to him to receive information of
High Treason against a certain individu
al. No less than seven persons tender
ed their depositions, four of whom were
persons of unimpeachable character.—
He, in conjunction with a most respecta
ble fellow Magistrate, Sir W m. Domville,
felt it a duty to take the examination in
private. These depositions went to va
rious tacts, tending to show a conspiracy
of a most treasonable and nefarious cha
racter ; they went to prove the contem
plated destruction of the highest and
most illustrious personage in the king
dom. But of these parts of the transac
tion, he felt it unnecessary there, in the
present stage of the enquiry, to say more;
lie should immediately advert to that
part only, which was applicable to that
house. These individuals, in their de
position, stated that they saw a man of
the name of Edwards go from public-
house to public-house, inviting persons
to unite with him in various plots to o-
verturn the government. One of the
most important of these jflots w as foun
ded on an assurance which he gave that
he could easily take seven or eight per
sons into the House of Commons, and
that it was not necessary that they should
go in “ clean,” which meant that they
might go in with any tiling under their
arms ; and he proposed, that they should
go in with booksjjd^Rws, which might
be tilled with gun-barrels, cut down to
the length of three or four inches each
and charged with gun-powder, phospho
ms, fcc. to be .Isro'vn into the body of
•the House,for the destruction of the ws
fiemblcd Members. In the course ot ,-e- j
veral conversations which toua pi,ice
with respect to the plan, and to the
means of executing it, Jal wards declared
that “ Thistlcxvoad was the hoy tu do
it.” It was very clear that two day s af
ter Thistlcwood’s liberation from Hor
sham jail-—— I id win ds was introduced to
that person at Erosion's the colder. It
was also clear that Edwards did get the
cases made to which ho had alluded ;
that lie prepared the books, gunharrels,
,kc, ami that lie seemed to be supplied
with money for that purpose ; for al
though he bad but very recently been
compelled to lie on straw, mid was una
ble to procure u pot of beet, be haJ .ill
at once means sufficient to purchase
those and other instruments and weap
ons of destruction. '1 hose were the parts
of the depo.- ion w hich mainly affected
the House. To the other parts, w hich
w ere of a very dreadful nature indeed,
lie would not advert, unless required to
do so by the appointment of a Committee
of Secrecy, or in any other way in which
the House might think lit to call for the
disclosure. All the plots described in
the deposition were originally laid down
by Edwards ; and the house would bear
it in mind that none of the persons by
whom the deposition had been made
were witnesses on the late trials, either
for the crown or for the prisoners, lie
had that morning received several other
communications of a similar nature hear
ing testimony to the character of Edwards
and describing the various plots which
he had suggested. What he (Mr. Aider-
man \\ ond) now requested was, that the
House would have the indulge!;, e to di
rect him what course to pursue. Per
haps* the circumstances, as far as he had
described them might lie considered a
breach of privilege, and it might bo ex
pedient to order the immediate attend
ance of the offender nt the Bar.—( A
laugh.) If on the other hand, it should
he thought advisable to appoint a Com
mittee of Secrecy, the whole of the evi
dence would then become lit matter of
deliberation. He was ready to adopt
either proceeding. He had done that
which in his situation lie had conceived
to be his duty. Not having thought it
right to swear the parties to their account
of transactions, which had taken place
m the county of Middlesex, lie had onb.
the alternative to' sending them to a Mi.f^
dlesex magistrate, or ol' taking them to
Lord Sidmouth. I le had felt it to be his
duty to adopt the latter branch of the a)
tentative, and he accordingly went him
self and ordered the witnesses to attend
at the Office of the Secretary of State
tor the Home Department. It so hap
pened, however, that Lord Si Imouth had
quitted the office a few moments before
their arrival. He therefore left the de
position with an lion. Gentleman then
m his eye, to be placed in the hands of
Lord Sidmouth, from whom he had re
ceived an answer, which he would not
read. \\ lieu such a man as the individu
al whom he had named went about with
so much boldness from public house to
public house, and from private house to
private house, inciting the people to en
ter into plots and conspiracies, it surely
became the House of Commons to inves
tigate in some way or other at least that
part of the charges against him which
was connected with themselves. He
pledged himself if the enquiry was gone
i produce such evidence as, un
less the man escaped out of the country,
would most assuredly lead to his convic
tion. He was perfectly satisfied that
the evidence was amply sufficient for
that purpose. Under afl these circum
stances of the case, and feeling doubtful
as to the exact course which it was most
desirable to pursue, he would rather sit
dow n without making any precise -mo
tion.
The Speaker, however, intimating
the propriety on the part of the Worthy
Alderman, of concluding his observations
with some motion.
Mr. Alderman Wood moved, “ That
George Edwards do immediately attend
attho Bar efthis House.”
Mr. Bathurst observed, that the only
question for the House to determine,
was, whether that which had been stated
by the Worthy Alderman, called upon
them to take up the matter as a breach
of privilege. This motion did not re
quire any other reference to the circum
stances which had been described by
the Worthy Alderman, than this—could
those circumstances be constructed into a
breach of privilege ! Now rc n, !v he
besought the House to consider vrliat
ort of precedent they would establish,
if they acquiesced in the Worthy Aider-
man’s motion. Here was a man, who,
according to the. Worthy Alderman, was
tnd accomplice, or rather a principal,
in the conspiracy for which several un
fortunate persons had lately forfeited
their lives. According to the Worthy
Alderman, that man was deeply implica
ted in the crime for which those persons
had suffered ; and if the motion was a-
greed to, he would be called to the Bar,
to be examined on a charge of having
commuted a breach of privilege ; when,
if the allegations of the Worthy Aider-
man were borne out by the fact, he would
be found to have committed an overt
act of treason. If any other course could
he adopted in which the case might he
fairly investigated, he would concur in
it ; but if the Worthy Alderman really
believed that thCTndividual in question
had projected the attempt against that
House which had been described, lie
would really recommend the Worthy
Alderman to withdraw a motion for cal
ling that individual to the Bar, in the
supposition that he would there charge
himself with such an offence.
Mr. Alderman Wood, reminded the
Right Hon. Gentleman, that he had ex
pressed the difficulty which lie felt on
the question, The Right lion. Gentle
man said that lie would concur inllic in- j most delicate, serious
difficult task
vestigation ol the case, if it were brought I to perform : it was their lusiness to in
form, but not to instigate. He hoped,
therefore that he hud sufficiently explain
ed his sentiments on this subject, Unit
it e. us understood lie did lad Idame the
cinplovinent ol spies. It it should ap
pear that this niMii Edwards had gone bc-
yond his office, and not only instigated
those he was commissioned to watch to
the furtherance of their designs, but li
ven formed a new one, lie considered he
whs most highly amenable to the interfer
ence of the laws.—(Hear.)
Mr. Canning said, that whatever might
he the ultimate decision ot the I louse (
the subject, whatever they would deter
mine on entering into the investigation ol
it or not, there was one point on which
all must agree, namely, the inutility ol
discussing it at a time, and oa a question,
the decision of which could lead to no
satisfactory result. 1 he Honorable and
Learned Gentleman seemed to have col
lected what lie (Mr. Chinning) " i,s sun
the House had not—tint there was a dis
position on the part ol some llonorabh
Members to treat the wh 1 ’ affair with
levity and ridicule. Really he had not
seen any such disposition. lie was sure
that no such disposition had been mani
fested, either by himself ci hi- Honora
ble Friends about him. >• hum could
tie jdead guilty to the ether charge, ot a
disposition to accuse the Ilonorabl
in any shape in which it could, with
more advantage, be discussed. Now
lie (Mr. Ahlerinan Wood) had tried, in
another quarter, to get Edwards prosocu-
ed, but in that quarter ho had been (tis-
ippomted- (hear, hear !)—He IfrI al
ready stated ; that lie did not think pro
per to read the an-wer which lie had
received when lie had fell it Ids duty to
carry the evidence winch had been sub
mitted to him to the office of the Honie-
Department. 11c was certainly not sat
isfied with that determination. Several
of the deponents were persons not at
all implicated in llio lat-- transaction*;
amt their evidence was in lus opinion,
fully sufficient to convict the person in
question. Still, however, he had been
told in another quarter, that it wits not
so, although the despositious contained
matter, which of course, he had not
communicated to the house, hut which
would make them shudder if they heard
it. The impression on his mind cer
tainly was that the accused person should
he taken up. He took it for granted,
that the Gentlemen opposite knew where
that person was to he found, and that lie
could not escape. Having him in their
possession—having it in their power to
bring him forward, he (Mr. Alderman
Wood) thought they ought immediately
to do so. lie (Edwards) w.is charged
with being the sole promoter of the trea
sonable conspiracy " hich had been form
ed. it was declared to he his practice
to lay hold of all the desperate charac
ters whom lie could find, and to bring
them into Ids diabolic il practices. M
(Mr. Alderman Wood) thought lie could
-afely pledge himself to prove by hulls-
putable evidence that Edwards was the
sole plotter and founder of theCato street
conspiracy, lie had discharged his du
ty by bringing the subject underthe con
sideration of the Uou-e. After what
had fallen from the right honorable gen
tleman, he should certainly be disposed
to withdraw his motion, although lie
was not prepared !o propose any other
course of proceeding.
.Mr. 11 ii me seconded the motion of his
Mon. Friend. When Ministers refused
to notice an application like that he de
scribed, it was time, lie thought, to ap
peal to that House, as the last resource.
It appeared, not by one deposition, but
by the depositions of many persons, that
this man went from house to house, with
hand grenades and other things, directly-
inciting people to join in his diabolii ai
pi ins ; and that one man by the name
of Chambers, lie had directly urged to
murder his Majesty’s Ministers. It also
appeared that at one tune he had no
money , and shortly afterwards he was so
ll ish us to supply his associates. One
thing would come out in an enquiry be
fore that house, viz : Who had supplied
him with that money. That could not
be learnt inn Court of Law. By the in
terference of the House, he would be
prevented from leaving the country be
fore some means li id been taken lor as-
ertaining the truth.—(Several cries of
1 Question !”)
Mr. Brougham said, lie should re
commend the worthy Alderman to with
draw- his motion. He was, however,
by no means inclined to join the expres
sion of levity which, to- Ins surprise, had
been called forth by the grav e and se-
liiios statements of the worthy Aider-
man. He was not disposed to say, that
the present was a lit matter to lie discus
sed under the view of a breach of pri
vilegc. But it he were asked if it were
not a great and gross breach of privilege
which had been committed by the indi
vidual named, lie should say yes ; be
cause he was as much convinced of it,
as he was of his own life. And if lit
were not disposed to treat it as such, it
was because he thought it ten thousand
limes worse. He was not at all ready
to join in the attempt to throw ridicule
on the worthy Alderman for the manner
in which he had come forward with this
intelligence. Because il was not right to
view it as a breach of privilege, did it
follow that it was nothing to come in
and attack the whole House—at a time
too when it was fullest ? Good God!
where were they ? When hand gren
ades, coupled with other arms. were to
be carried to the houses of Ministers, it
become a grave matter, for which men
were to lose their lives. B.,t when
such a catastrophe was represented to
impend over that house, the utmost im
patience. was manifested, and the ques
tion was, how to get riil of the discussion
as soon as possible. He had seen the
letter from the Home Department,
which stated that it was not thought pm-
per to bring this man to trial, lie (Mr.
Brougham) thought that be ought to he
tried for High Treason, lie did not
think that he was the sole promoter of
the late plot—he thought many other
were implicated in it. lie looked upon
him as a spy who had gone beyond his
instructions. He wished it to be parti
cularly understood, that lie did not join
in the outcry so foolishly raised in soiik
quarters, against the employment of
spies—he'did not blame the government
for employing this man in that capacity—
lie did not blame them for acting on hi
information ; nor did lie blame them for
not calling him as a witness, nor be
cause they did not prosecute him.-
Wben such men as Thistleivood existed
in it state, it was necessary for those at
the head of the affairs 'to employ such
men as Edwards. The late minister ot
justice—the hangman—though an ediou
was yet a necessary appendage to the
administration of the State ; mu! no one
could consistently blame a Government
for the employ of such characters as
Edwards, who by parity of reasoning
were not prepared to deny the necessity
of that fast minister of justice. But
those who had to employ them had
T‘ -
and Learned Gentleman < I joining the
popular cry against infirm i’s—a subject
on which the Honorable and Learned
Gentleman had just in.ide the most just
and manly observations. He could as
sure the Honorable and Learned Gen
tleman, that he never entertained such
ii predisposition ; and if he had, it most
have been entirely removed by the Hon
orable and Learned Gentleman's candid
statement of his opinion. On that state
ment, without wishing to add a single
word to it, he was perfectly content to
rest the defence, not only ol the present
r of any particular Government, but of
11 ^overuraeuts that had ever existed in
tln» or in any other chdized country,
for taking the means which circumstan
ces rendered necessary to defeat, by the
prostitution of wicked men, the plots ol
men its wicked. All that he rose for,
was to submit to the Worthy Alderman,
is the motion in its present shape could
not be usefully discussed, the expedien
cy of not pressing itat the present time.
U would be for the ’.Vortiiv Alderman to
consider whether or not lie would bring
the subject again before the. House in
some other form. On the expediency
inexpediency of surli a proceeding,
(.Ur. Canning) would not venture to
oiler any opinion. He only entreated
- House not to enter into a discussion
wholly unnecessary at the present mo
ment, and from which no beuelicial result
could by possibility ensue.
.Ur. Alderman Wood expressed his
willingness to withdraw the motion. He
Legged however, to say, that he thought
in the manner in which he introduced it,
that he had avoided any thing justly ex
ceptionable. He had abstained from rea
ding the deposition, for he should Ire
sorry that the dreadful allegation which
it contained, should at present go forth
to the world ; and lie haJ therefore con-
linod himself to a description of that part
of it, which most nearly touched the
House. At the present moment he was
not prepared to bring the motion forward
in another shape, but he thought he
should do so in^tlie co-iisc of a day or
two, and that he should move for the ap
pointment of a Secret Committee to in-
v estimate the case.
Mr. Canning disclaimed tiny intention
of imputing the slightest blame to the
Worthy Alderman, tic certainly dis.i
greed with the worthy Alderman as to
the expediency of his motion, but he saw
nothing whatever to crit; use in the man
ner in which it had been brought for
ward.
The motion was then withdrawn.
ulied to the silting alderman nt Guildhall, lelearly to understand, Unit His Majesty,
■ > • * - > ■ having sworn to ohseive the 1 onstitution
will consider ns highly culpable, any one
who, by wolds or deeds, may prove himself
hostile to the new system. A circular ol the
Minister of Finances, dated the Gth, recom
mends a subscription to he opened through
out the kingdom, in favor or the families of
the victims of the 1 Otli March, in Cadiz, in
addition n> the produce of the tux and rents
already applied by llis Majesty to their re
lief, as stated last week. A despatch, of the
4th, from Gen. O’Donoju, to tne Secret ary
of War, states, that having left Port St. Ma
ry’s for Cadiz., on the same day, lie stopped
a few hours at the Islu, mid was welcomed
in the most frequent and respectful manner
by tile gallant warriors in that strong hold of
Spanish liberty ; that Iiis appointment of
Hi •igudier O’Daly, one of their leaders, to
the command ol' the district in the neighbor
hood of Gibraltar, has convinced them of his
regard for them, and of iiis confidence in
their operation.
While the sending of some of these meri
torious troops to Cadiz., as a part of the gar
rison, in compliance with his Majesty’s or
ders, has dispelled whatever doubts might
yet remain with respect to the sincerity of
the late reconciliation with them ; and, lastly,
that, on iiis entering Cadiz., the enthusiasm
of tiie population, at the sight of their gover
nor, ol Generals Quiioga and Kiegn, and of
the writer of this dispatch, as the represen
tative of his Majesty, all met together, broke
out into such joyful demonstrations as wi re
never witnessed before, ai d would take a
great deal of time to describe. The King lurs
been pleased to confirm Brigadier O’Dnlv’s
appointment, and has fu it her promoted him
to Camp Marshal, as well ns Lon Antonio
Qi iroga, Don Felipe Areo Aguero, Don Ra-
leel Itiego, and Don Miguel Lopez Banos.
His Majesty has also appointed Lt.Gen. San-
toeildes to be Captain General of Estrcmc-
fftira ; Camp Marshal Oidova Commandant
General of the Canary Islands, and Col. Pnla,
M ilitary Commandant of Asturias. Besides
these promotions and appointments nn nffi-
(•'ml article of the loth makes it known that
Iiis Majesty has ordered cruizing squadrons
to he sent to Cape St. Vincent, St. Mary,
and Gata, for the protection of the Spanish
tiade. A decree of the Oth, enjoins the ex
ecution on another decree issued by the Gon-
i-:il and Extraordinary Cortes, on the nth
Mine, It;Id, for the more effectual protection
11 fthe right of property, and the encourage
ment of agriculture Sc'the rearing of cattle.
And, lastly a despatch of the 4th, from tho
New rapt. gen. of Valencia, Count Alnioda-
var, to the See. at War, contains the Count’s
oll' -r to relinquish, in favor of the state, the
difference between his former pay and that to
which he is now entitled, namely, 90,000 rs.
vn. a year ; merely begging, that his Majes
ty’s will he pleased to apply, out of that sum,
10.000 reals to one of the Charitable Institu
tions in Valencia, (la Casa de BenifieenciaJ
uni offering a similar relinquishment of what-
■ver additional pay be may he entitled to in,
future ; which generous oiler has been ad
mitted by his Majesty, with the condition
annexed to it by the noble donor.
CATO-STREET PLOT.
The London Traveller furnishes us
with the following useful and well-timed
information :—
We have received authentic infer
motion, for which vve can pledge our
selves, that unquestionable evidence is
now obtained njTtldwants having been
the most actij« instigator of the plot ;
that, at leaflr lie attempted to seduce
four men to*join it, who, suspecting him,
refitted*; that he furnished the greuader ;
that his plan went further to an attack on
the house of commons, by means of ex
plosive materials ii ll.it lioxivs, which
may he carried under the arm by some
of the conspirators going to the gallery,
and having phosphorous phials in their
pockets. We have received others de
tails, which, vve believe, are also made
known to the home department, but for
the present vve‘forbear niuitioing them.
Let iis, however, ask one question. How
comes it that this man alone is not to be
tried ? Why is he not examined ns a
witness ? And, above all, how long lias
he been in lord Sidinoutli's employment
as a spy ? Probably ever -iuce Thistle-
wood attacked his lordship and was tried
for it. He was, vve suspect then set to
watch that person ; and, as usually hap
pens in such cases, he sat about carvinr
out more work for himself than he found.
At all events he was in lord S's employ,
at the time he was so busy in seduring
others, a case-of grievous responsibility
is made out against that minister, for his
want of penetration in suffering himself
a second time to he made the dupe of his
own instruments. We gave him a date
to steer by : Has F.dtvrnds been connect
ed above five months with the home de
partment ? for our information reaches
back to that period.”
We add tiie next paremxvph from Sa
turday’s Chronicle
1 c.-sdav last. make depositions
against the man of the name of Edwards,
su oft. n mentioned in the late trials, but
who was not brought forward ns h wit
ness. These persons were prepared to
charge this Edwards with th.' crime of
high treason, and that he had instigated
others to join in the atrocious attack me
ditated on his majesty’s ministers. In
the proposed depositions they enumera
ted various facts in corrobation of the
charge, but all w hich had happened in
the county of Middlesex, not within the
limits of tiie city, and therefore alderman
sir Win. Domville, and Mr. Alderman
W ood, thought tit to convey the intended
(('positions to Lord Sidmouth, and desir
ed the persons to go to the office of the
noble lord. The noble lord wrote tin
insvver, saying that as Edwards was one
if the witnesses named in the list, and
was liable to he called as a witness for
the crow n, it did not appear to him that
ny sufficient ground was laid for institu
ting proceedings against him.”
It is said another special commission has
been issued for the trial of the late insur-
nts in Scott, ml, the commissioners to con
sist of the heads of the four courts. The pe
riod of sitting is expected to he in June.
A reward of 300/. lias been offered for the
apprehens.on of Robert Fulton and Hnteli-
ingson, printers, apprentices in the office of
’Kcnzie, nt Glasgow, who urechnrgi d with
high treason, and have absconded. They
uspected of having used their masters
type in printing the late treasonable placard.
The are both mere lads—tho one 18, and
the other 20 years of age.
Translated from finustls papers, for the Boston
Daily Mrcrtutr.
Germ v.nv, (Frank.) April 10.
All the military force of Russia has now
an uniform organization. The army is divi-
led into divisions and brigades. Each divi-
ion of infantry is composed of six regiments
of infantry and two of chasseurs, with on* 1
brigade of foot artillery. A division of ca
valry is composed of four regiments, fcitwo
companies of light artillery. Three divisi
ons of infantry, one of cavalry and artillery
men to make use of ltlt! pieces, besides a
strong detachment of gens u’anns, poincers
mil lighter men. (pontoneers) form a regular
[■oips of tiie army. All the divisions hes des
tlie regular and irregular Cossacks, are so
lisposed as to he able to take the field at the
first signal. The emperor is the supreme
head of the army. He makes known his or
ders, as it was tho Custom in I lie old French
army, through an officer who exercises tin-
duties of major-general. ’The troops which
contain a mass of mere than six hundred
thousand men, are successively colonized.—
The soldier is employed in the labors of a-
griculture ; from which it results that Iiis
support i= less luirtheusome to the state.
There is much said of a treaty of offensive
and defensive alliance between two great
po'.-ers which will not he published till after
he proposed interview between the Empe
rors of Austria and Russia, shall have taken
place at l’estli, in Hungary.
St. Petersburg. March 21.
A new voyage of discovery in the north is
to take place the approaching summer. The
xpedition will leave the mouth of the Lena
for the 'ey Ocean, for the purpose of exam
ining tiie coast of Siberia and the, islands
which were discovered north of that coast,
some years since. As it is not yd decided
whether those islands do not form a conti
nent, and as they have only been visited du
ring the winter, il will he vr y interesting to
learn how nearly they may be approached
during the summer, and to fix the extent ci
thern.
.FROM SPAIN.
Herald Office, Norfolk, June 1C.
Since our last we have n ce.ived late intel
ligcnce from Spain. The report of the com
mittee of Foreign Relations, authorising the
President to take possession of Florida, had
been received at Madrid, from the Spanish
Charge des Affaires, at Washington; upon
which a Council of Slate, was lil id, on tile
2gil of April, who recommended a solemn
protest to be entered, but no hostilities to take
place, as they confessed themselves not in a
situation to do any thing. The President’s
Message, which must have reached Madrid
previous to the assembling of the Cortes, will
change tiieir tone, and no doubt conciliate
the angry feelings which the report, as might
have been expected, has given rise to.
Mr. Forsyth was not in Madrid when tin
report of the committee of Foreign Relations
ai rived, having left there four days before.,
(April lath,)for Pa.is, on a visit to Mr. Gai
iatin. Of course, no official communication
on tiie subject has been made by him to the
government of Spain. Indeed, until instruc
tions could he received from Washington, in
could h ue held no further intercourse with
that goverument
One of our letters, of the date of May 1st
says, “The revolution in Spain will bring
your merchants to ruin, if they continue ship
ping provisions in hopes of obtaining war
prices for them.—In Cadiz there is r.o de
mand, and in Gibraltar, of four cargoes ol
dour that have arrived there, the sales have
been from C 1-2 to 5 1-2, and the latter price
cannot he obtained for a cargo from Alexan
dria, nnw in tile bay—ovei live dollars will
not be given. Beef and pork, butter and
lard, no sale. A revolution in Spain cannot
affect tiie price of provisions, with all Eu
rope at peace, and a superabundance tu sup
ply her with.”
Two Patriot privateers have lately been in
the M editerranean, doing some mischief ;
one of tiiem, under the Artigas (lag, and
commanded by Dun Ricardo Luna, which
being translated into plain English, means,
Dickey Moon,
From a friend in Gibraltar, we have receiv
ed a paper of the date of April 22, from
h liieli we extract tiie following summary of
Spanish affairs. It will lie seen that the King
has conic.' red upon Don Antonio Quiroga ;
(who may frilly he styled the restorer of
liberty to Spain,) the. rank of Camp Marshal.
Iiis merits entitled him to the highest office
in the power of the government.
Gibraltar, April 22,1820.
The following is the substance of the offi
cial intelligence in the Madrid Gazettes, re
ceived this week :
The Minister of Grace and Justice, Don
Josef Garcia de la Torre, is succeeded by
Don Manuel Garcia Hiu reros. An order of
the 8th instant, transmitted by the secretary
at War, to the inspectors of all arms, ex
presses Iiis Majesty’s disapprobation of the
language holden, the night before, by one of
Iiis life guards, and which occasioned some
slight ih-tin bailee in the capital. In order
to prevent the recurrence of similar scenes
DOaiE&TlC.
( ay s C1IJ0I.K.5 : in future,the military, and particularly Jhos<
u understand that/me persons np- who do duty abouv’the King’s person, arc
Frankfort,.June G.
Important Decision.—On Saturday lust
the United Stales Circuit Court sitting
in this place, gave their opinion upon
the constitutionality of the replevin law
passed by the legislature of this state at
their last session. From those whq
heard the decision we are informed,
that the judges affirmed the power of the.
state to pass a replevin law, and also the
constitutionality of that feature of the
law which requires an indorsement that
Kentucky Rank paper will he tak« j n, or
in case of failure to do so gives a replev
in of two years. But. they declared, that
so much of the law as allows a sale of
property taken under execution in cer
tain cases, on a cretin is unconstitution
al.
The former part of this decision was
founded on a distinction detween the.
contract and the laio for enforcing its
observance, and on the principle thaf the
state may vary the latter at will without
impairing the obligation of the former.
The latter part of the decision was foun
ded on the ground, that to compel the
creditor to take one man’s obligation in
discharge of another’s debt impairs tho
contract by changing the terms and the
parties, and in effect makes the bonds of
individuals a lemil tender, contrary to the
constitution.—Argus.
FROM THE SALEM GAZETTE.
OHIO TRADITION.
As one of the ffm st ships in our navy
hears the. name of Ohio, it may he gratifying
to some of our gallant officers to know the
definition of the word. During my travels
through that state a few years since, I be
came acquainted with some of its earliest
settlers, men of good information, who gave
me the following history or origin of the
word Ohio; This noble river, from which
the state derivi s its name, was formerly set
tled on its hanks by several warlike, tribes of
Indians, who were very numerous, and al
most always at variance with each other—
consequently, nearly all the battles were
fought in canoes on the river; and owing to
the immense slaughter so repeatedly made,
they gave it the name of Ohio, which signi
fies the H ar River; or as some of the chiefs
explain it., the llloody Rivir; and others,
the Stream of War. This is the tradition
handed down by the chiefs to its first settlers,
and is as given to me by thorn; and if cor
rect, the Ohio hears the only warlike name
of any state in the Union. If this explanati
on is deemed of any consequence, by giving
it publicity you will ohlge
.'7 Friend to the Navy.
Savannah,Jane 22.
Pardon ami Reprieve.—Two of the
prisoners, who were convicted of piracy
at the last term of the District >''ourt qf
the United Slates, in this city, and who
were sentenced to die on the same day
Furlong was executed, but respited by
the President of the United. State?,, on
the 2 Gill of the present month, we.rc yes
terday discharged from confinement by
tho Marshal of this district by order of
the President.—Their mimes are David
Bower and Henry Alattb.ews. They have
received full pardon. Ralph Clintock
who was also under sentence of death
and who was to have been executed ou
U odnesday next, has, by the President
been respited for an indefinite period'
He is to remain in close confinement.
lH*pubir;an.)