The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18??, March 19, 1831, Image 2
fesOAcsting this extraordinary and inter est >g in tttcr. There bl I *>eeo a oreat meeting at Livernool, at which resolutions were pas se 1 n favor of opening the trade to In ch i, ease of the renewal of the East India Cos nnanv’s Charter. 'hnrl'ftnn t f'--rury March 8. From the Liverpool Mercury of Jan. 21* 1 rreit rtf M'/V Connell. We oarticul-arly regret that the space we h ive in reserve this week, precludes the noss'hilitv of offering such remarks uoo ) the arrest of Mr. O’Connell and sieii • of h s assoc ites, as naturally arise fro ii sucli extraordinary proceedings. C - nunstanced as we are, we must ae ff>- trilv he very brief. We have else where ventured to express the oninion tli it the recent conduct of the Irsh Gov errnnent appears to us to exhibit more zeal tha t prudence. If the Government had lot forcibly suppressed the meetings ot the a it -Unionists, a time might speed ily have arrived when they could, with more propretv and justice, have resorted to their proclamat o « and arrests. Mr. O’Connell is called a firebrand, hut a fire bra • 1 is harmless where combustible ma ter ds are not at hand. The iml unable ingred eat is a long protracted svstem of misrule, nrhi-h has guide Ia whole nation to the verge of despair and revolt, and tli - (rover line it ought not, ii our opin io i, thus abruptly to h ive closed the safe ty v live of constitutional discussion and re no istrtnee. They should have recol lected the saying of SwTt, that here was no .ation o;i earth where the subject was not ;»erm tted, to roar as loudly as lie pleased when put to the rack. jArrcst af}f-. O' ' mint !/, Mr. Steel, Hr. Jiarrett, Mr. John lleynolds, and Mr. Lawless, on a charge of conspiracy to evad" thi' proclamation act. O i Tuesday morning, the house of Mr. t’ConueH, in Merrion square, was vis e l by Mr. Farrell Chief Constable, and U ace officer Irwin, who, upon be ing idin.tte J• to th it gentleman’s pre ■cn ■■■:, st ated tli it lie hid a warrant a gt ist b in, issu and from the Head-office, on i charge of conspiracy, to evade the proclamations recently promulgated hv the Lord Lieutenant. After a long con versation, which we have not space to notice, Mr. O’Connell entered into the re in site securities, himself in £I,OOO, ni l two sureties of £501) each. Mr. Burivtt, Mr. Steele, Mr. Reynolds, ami Mr. i.ntdess were all served with the same processes, and all gave hail. We shill offer no decided opinion on this proceeding, until we know some th ig uore of the nature of the alh dged od ice. At present it appears to us that tli" Irish Government lias shown more Zeal than prudence in the aftn r. From the fiindon Morning Chronicle Jan. 2d.—We received lust night Ham burg papers to tin* 1 4th of January. The aecoiats from Poland, professing to gi'e an account of the fel lings of the people, arc evidently deserving of little ere It. It would appear that movements are t iki ig place i:i Hanover, as wa ll as other parts of Germany, the following are extracts:— Warsaw, Jan. fi—A letter from Bres pol of the 23 lof Dec. says—“ Twee as in my soldiers are being levied in Russia as was at first ordered.” “ Fie subscription for the equipment of •> -rsons unable to hear the expenses th ’mselvcs amounts to 60,0'M) Polish (lo rn S xty Jew’sh famd.es have given 1 tog tlier 28,405 iloriis. Princess Vies-| a (r i Sophia lias sent 60,000 florins, i n ! ! ■ I ired at the same time, 1 1 1 it, if I n ;v- . irv, she would give her w hole for te to the country. Prince Y! an Czar-, tor -i his aga n sent 50,000 Polish flor ins, i id others have seat large sums.” Prussia, fan. 4. Verov lug to cred itable accounts Gen. Chlopieki has re voked nil the Ordinances which tend to a separation of Poland. Hopes are still en rtaiaed that every thing will he set tled amicably. A conviction gained ground that the insurrection proceeded from the great Nobles, and has not yet a v ied great zeal among the peasant ry —This opinion is confirmed bv tin' ill su ■ -of the arming of the peasantry in in v farts of the Kingdom. It is a fact, th tar b istin ido is ordered for those w » • -stile to take up arms, Some and * m iv he entertained respecting the p sin vvh ch requires such means to a - > b The fear of compulsory nipa sar 4 already caused miaierous eini gr i ■- ro our Polish and Prussian frontier provme s. J/ nharg, Jan. 1 Uh. —Some distur bances have taken place a’ Gottingen and Osterrode, in the Kingdom of Rah ov r, which, as far as one can judge from til" oeeui ir and not very intelligible ac co i its published in the papers, h tve been supur”-.- ‘il for the present. V? Gotti ig g-‘ i, however, a declaration hv which the p' *" - fliemselvi's were to form a Na te > ul Liard, ami huinhlv to petition the L gto gri it them a representative Gov ernment, with genuine and nncontroled ch* *tio is Isas received 2d'!)') signatures of tin* ah ib t ants, an 1 500 of the s 'fn hmts. Th- -x sting Constitution of Hanover, ♦ho’ a • important conecssio i, w hen gran ted, has been at ill times looked uno*i, if U’e are not mistaken, as of oligarchical character. We received the P iris patiers of Mon day, and the Messeger de* (’hamhres and Gazette de France dated Tuesday.— Morn. Chronicle. Fie feeling in France seems to be Strong i | fawir of interventio » in hell df of th-* Poles, and union wftb M hrbim •.and jf iv II »• im* ■■ ti >-|y • * *'?••)!♦ fur lon * P*!* to r 's ; st ?h< * irr< • » ’Vf). y. to tfm diplomatic intrigue-., Intv* 1 ing evidently for its eJqect To retain that country for the Prince of Orange, have pro duced an effect unite different from w hat was intended. The Belgians, di?turl**d in their commerce hv the Dutch, and suffering in their manufactures, are thrown lin spite of themselves on France. This ' is tolerably well explained in an article in the Journal des Deliats. The freedom of | choice of a K ng and Governement must ! remind the Belgians of Beaumarehnis’s witty account of the liberty of the Press nadir a despotic governiueut. As to Poland, much is to he said for die generous svmpany of the French ; and if the Russians should succeed in crush ing the Poles, the Government of the Citizen King, would with difficulty sur vive the shock. rt'-ussch Jan. 15. — \r length Maes trielit is surrounded on all sides. Gen eral Daiite lias at length fixed li s head quarters at Hoeht. The-village of Smecr ! macs is fortified hv the case of Col. Ponte eoulauf, and has la coin® a formidrble t»«>- sition. General Millinent v : sited Gener al Daine on the 12th; and now that we are threatened l y the Prince of Saxe Weimar, these two Generals concerted measures to repel every attack, and to ! give a final lesson to our enemies. De \ serfers sav that the garrison of sfa» -t --riclit is in great distress, and anxious for | the long expected arrival of the Dike of Saxe Weimar. NEW-YORK MARCH 1. /. I TEST FROM 1.1 VERPdof.. Yesterday, the packet ship Silas Rich ards, Captain lloMridge, arrived from Liverpool, Swinging us Liverpool papers to the 26th of January, London to the 25th, Lloyd’s and Shipping Lists to the 22d, and Liverpool Price Currents to the 25th. The Silas Richards sailed on the 26th. The mos’ important article in the pa pers, is the declaration of the Polish D et, on the subject of their own inde pendence. In our judgment, it is one of the most interesting documents that we have met w ith at anv time. Its style is manly, hold, and dignified, and thp sentiments such as do honor to the source from which they proceeded. The detail of oppressions under which the Poles have suffered, is long and formidable; and of a descripton that would justify a- ny people in a hold, even a desperate struggle? for their emancipation. There appears to he a good deal of difficulty among the Belgian councils to determine who shall he their Sovereign, no individual having been selected for that office at the latest advices. Mr. O’Connell lias been arrested, and j held to bail in ttuhlin, upon a charge of a conspiracy to weaken the effect of the j Lord Lieutenant’s Proclamation, This seems to us somewhat of an undefined of- ■ fence, one that will he difficult to punish. It excited a good deal of feeling inDuhlin, and has furnished materials for much newspaper speculation. The London Morning Herald of the 35th of Juuuaiy, says—“ The Russian army is at length upon its inarch, and a very few days must now bring intelli gence of real operations. The Cholera Morbus made its appearance at St. Lett l'shurg, and this drcaful plague pro mises to befriend the Poles as much as the snow did the Russians in 1812, a gainst Bonaparte.” The Austrian Observer remarks that letters of the 24th of December, were re ceived from Prince Lubecki, in W arsuw, and that as yet the Polish Deputies had merely had an interview with Count Nes selrode. The Emperor had not received them. The Russian police is closely watching the students of \Vilna. Disturbances still continued in Swit zerland. *B.x thousand Piedmontese troops have ! arrived in Savoy to garrison the strong places. A thousand are stationed from , Montineiilan to Moutiers. The garrison ot Ci sun fiery will be 5,000 strong. I’he'report ot the death ot Don Miguel proves to have been nothing more than a stockjobbing manoeuvre. A jLoudun paper of Jana try 24th men tions, tnat “a vessel lias arrived from Tore urn’ with the Marquis of Uulmella, it is said on hoard.” ‘ , . General Cloony has been arrested, in Ireland, tog eonspirt >g with Mr. .O’Con nell, and others, to evade the l'roclaina tious. It is also said there is a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Costello. All the persons arrested are to be brought to trial about the Ist of February, unless they wish to postpone them. The Cambria Racket, with the Siam ese youths tin board, had sailed from Portsmouth fur New-York. Trade had improved in England, and an advance of w ages had taken place in several mauutaeturing towns. Trade had also improved m Scotland. The London Morning Chronicle, of tlie 25tli of January, notices the increase of incendiary attempts in different of England. The following is tlie com inenci nient of a long editorial article on tins painful snject. We deeply regret to learn, on undoubt ed information, that the tires ofthe incen diaries, in the agricultural districts, are certainly extending into two parts of the country hitherto free from their visitation, if not increasing in number. On Mon day week, tin- h i v stacks of a Worches , tershire firm, the Wilderness, a ti \v miles from Birmingham, were tired. Wheat and burly ricks were fired at two farms in Staffordshire, a few miles Iron Dudley, and under remarkable circuinst inces. Great mystery involves the origin of these '•N, which h ive ben in iinnv counties, mi irlv and 'met from rie < against ma ; chiller/ and cmitiVs for h.’g' tT wage?. Meetings for rrioftn h id been, held in ! m niv of the counties of England. Francis Jeffrey has been elected to Parliament, from the Perth District of Burghs. Capt. Ogilvy, brother to the Ear! of Airlie, was the unsuccessful can didate. The votes of Dundee, Perth, & ; ‘ , 't. Andrews were in Mr. Jeffrey’s favor. It seems that a mob w as collected to hiss j him, and that the tow n clerk, whose bu j si ness it was to declare tlie result, was I struck with a stick. The Hamburg papers announce the j restoration of tranquility. at Gottengen, i i and the termination ofthe attempt at re-1 volt, without the shedding of a drop of blood. Brussels papers arc to the 22d of Jan uary. Tlie National Congress were shll discussing the election of a King for th.' vacant throne,’ but had not as yet come to any conclusion. Among tla.* candidates for the throne, whose names have Ik a brought forword 1 e ; thrr l»v mein! rs of the Congress, or; petition from the people, are, Prince ' Charles (the Arch D.ike Charles of Yus -1 tria); the Prince of Prince Poniatowski; Gene r and Sehastiaut; Vis ! count Chateaubriand; the Prince of Savoy. Car: man, mid the Duke of Eeucliten inrrir; another would have Col. Toliv er ippo!rit.'d Dictator. Trance, England, and all the allied powers, support the Prince of Orange. la Paris, there has keen established un d« rthe tuspicesof Laftvette, ;i society for promoting the cause of Poland ; Accounts from Barcelona, to the 10th lof January, state that a more formida ble mvas (v.i was feared by the Rovalist party in Spain,than that which they live so lately succeeded in re repelling no less than a threatened intention of tin* f r neb. to march into that country'. In conse quence, the province of Catalonia lias been called to furnish 10,606 men, and the o j liter provinctsof Spain 70,000. The I rince of Or ange had offered , liinisi If as a Sm reign for Belgium, and his mlherents were sanguine of his elec tion. He expressed it as his determina tion to doom tlie past to oblivion. The London Chronicle of the 25th, says:—“We are assured, and we firmly hel eve, that Ministers really intend re medial ineasu.es for Ireland of undoubted value.” It must he recollected that the Chronicle is the ministerial organ. It is stated in a London paper that Mr. O’Connell had expressed an intention of holding his meeting in a steam boat, moored beyond the jurisdiction ofthe !- risli Government, and il.-p at Liverjiooi. The Prussian State Gazette ofthe 176i 1 Jan. contains extracts from the Warsaw papers of the 12th. Among them is a report of an officer, denouncing a conspi racy of tlie suppers to overthrow the Gov ernment, and an account of the arrest of some ofperson? said (o have been en gaged m t: but tlie vi hole affair- seems to have becn of very little importance.— Vo tive preparation* were ms! eg tor theo peniitg of ‘lit Did. The vv rr * xpi idi ture is calculated at 160,600,000 of flor ins. llelgium and Ifvlland. —The protocol ofthe ministers of the five great pow; rs, nssciidfled i l London, It is b. en published. It insists that tlie King of the Netherlands shall open the Scheldt, and that the Bel gians, on the other hand, shall withdraw their land forces to their original position. The docum nt Ins been made known to the National Congress, who are highly incensed at it, and deny tlie right of the ft ve Bowers to interfere between the two countries. This they have formally de clared. It is said the King of the Nether lands vV 11 not comply, hut whether or no, the English consul at Antwerp lias an nounced, that after the 20ih, no inter ruption of the navigation wdi be.tolerated by the five [lowers. After two days de bating in cougn ss, on the choice of n sov ereign, nqtwitTistanding all the artifices 1 efforts tli at have been employed, the live of Leucliti burg has been rejected by a majority of six votes. .A co rence of thi (Minister of the Great Bowers, on the affairs ol’ Belgium, was held in London on Hie 24t.h; it-tlie Foreign Office. It vVas attended hv Br ice Lsterliazy, the Austrian Ambassador; Prince Eleven,.the Russian Vinbassdor; Prince Talleyrand, the French Ambassa dor; Baron Bnlow, the Prussian Minister; the B iron de Wcissi nhurg, Count Mat i oii.-inw it/„ and Viscount Balmerstpik— I T’he conference lqstcd upwards of two hours. The Foreign wheat which had been imported into Great Britain, frolu the passing ofthe kite corn act, (9?h Geo. IV. ) 15. ii .’uly, li**2B; to the dose of'the yearlidJJ, is about three irtil j lion and a half of quarters! Bv tlie letters from Par's of Jan. 22, Iby festafette, we find that the Money | Market there sustained itself with more firmness than was expected, from the present equivocal state of affairs abroad, j The panic among tlie meroantile interest, i too, was less severe ; and a hope is ex j pressed, that without some new feature j in politics, the lapse of two or three months I will tend greatly to restore confidence It is said that the government are n liotp to prohibit the distillation from grain, in consequence of the advance of corn. The sugar market will, therefore, be very brisk if this report be true. The Dutch papers which arrived this morning, contain an important commu nication from the King of Holland to the State-General, on the subject ofthe pro tocol ofthe five Powers. The King re luctantly and ungraciously consents to the opening of the river Seln-ldt; but his consent to the separation ofß< Igimn from llnll i" I is •••.vet only corn! : o "dlv, and the conditions are such that he may t a ny time during the discussiou on the ar ticles of separ ition, r< -assert bis cln m over the revolted pro\ inces. The eom miiuication is calculated to increase the feeling of hostility against the Nassau family, in Belgium, and is, we think, singularly ill-timed for the attempt which the friends of the Prince of Orange are making. If after this communication from the King, and w ithout a formal re nunciation of his right to tlie throne of Holland, and of all the connexion with that country, he should succeed in his pretensions to the crown of Belgium, the separation of the two countries w dHie one of name rather than reality, and the elec tion ofthe Prince of Orange mav be fair ly considered as the commencement of a counter revolution in favor of the late sovereign. But the question is not vet settled, and as notwithstanding the out ward show of sincerity and good will hv those who are supposed to have an in flta ..cn over the King of Holland, in trigues have probably been in motion to prevent such a frank abandonment of bis claims to Belgium, as would ensure a satisfactory result to tlie negotiations; and, as the temper of the Belgians is much ruffled, we fear that many difficul ties mav yet arise to prevent the restora tion of tranquillity and the establishment of order in Belgium. [Courier, Jan. 24. The London correspondent of the Liverpool Courier, w rites under date of the 24th, as follows: “The rumoured prohibition of the ex port of corn from Russia, which was in circuhftion on Saturday, >s believ ed to be merely an internal regula tion, to keep up the supplies for the service of the Russian armv, hv pre venting its passing the frontiers. It docs not refer at all to its exporta tion to foreign countries.” Accounts have been received from tie Russian capital to the ?Vh of Jan uary, which communicate the news of the breaking out of the cholera mor bus in that city. Ten temporary hospi tals lmd been established with one hundred and fifty beds, but it was stated that 780 cases of cholera had ex isted. The Board of Commerce had taken precautionary measures to pre vent the increase of the disease hv con- t iffion, through the means of merchan dize, The advices from Moscow are to the 2d. On the 31st of Decem ber there were eleven new cases of cholera, and on the Ist of January 87 person# were ill, of whom 14 wi re ex pected to recover. Since the com mencement of the disease 6,305 persons had been attacked, and the deaths had been 3,533. M. J. Lafitfe & Cos. of Paris, had ad dressed the following circular to the correspondents of the establishment, un der date of Paris, Jan. 19. “The functions to which I have been called hy the confidence of the King, compel me, though with regret, to re linquish my banking business, which will be hence forth. carried on for the purpose of liquidating all outstanding accounts. One of my partners, M. Baigncres, being dead, and the other Mr. Thomas Phillips, desiring to re tire, the liquidation will be carried on by my nephew M. Tcrrere Lafitte, as sisted, in case of need, by persons du ly authorised, and whom I shall here after name. Until more favorable cir cumstances shall admit tlie renewal of an establishment to which some hon orable recollections are attached, my •nephew has formed a provisional house, in order to continue that connexion with my old friends, which 1 shall he happy to see him cultivate. I therefore solicit in his favor a continuance of those kind sentiments with which you have honored me; he is worthy of them from lus talents, his prudenqe, and in tegrity. I quit w ith regret a Career to which I had intended to devote iny whole life. May I, hy my feeble ex ertions, contribute to the public good, and then 1 shall be consoled. “Receive, sVca “LAFITTE.” The London Courier says that he is understood to be barely solvent. A report of this nature, says the editor, has been afloat for some weeks, but it has only just transpired officially that the fact has turn ed out as w e stated if. M. I aititte’s loss es have arisen chiefly, if not entirely, from his having been a very large holder of stock in 1825, which he could not safely get rid of after thy fall, uml the late depression after the Revolution in July, has completed his misfortune. The report of M. Lafitte having speculated dishonestly, is w ithout the slightest foun dation. His conduct has, we believe, been irreproachable; but, as it would be improper, in the present state of his af fairs, for him to remain at the head of tlie French Government, lus resignation mav be expected. Another London paper observes, the well-known M. Agnado, banker of the Spanish Court, becomes a partner in the bouse en commanditta, —that is, with a limited resposibilitv to the amount of 2(H) 0,000 francs, or £BO,OOO st< rluig. The capital ofthe house will of course be con siderably smaller than during the period of its great commercial celebrity. LONIX >\, Jan. 24.—The ntonev mar ket has been to-dav, but it is said a considerable quantity of stock lias been disposed of. It is conjectured that the principal sales were on account of the Scotch banks, the agents of which, it is said, have sold to-day tin 1 amount of £150,001). Frees however, have been m lint.urn and, and the variations have not ■mounted to more than an eighth per cent. Conspl? for the account opeue J tins morning at 81 1-4, afterward? fell to 1-e, a..d finally left off at 81 1-8 1-4. They are quoted at the same price for. Money. ’I lie heavy stocks have var.ij but little. The foul's are at 99 5-8, and new Three andahulfper Cents atj)9 1-8; and these arc the only prices quoted. Exchequer lulls closed at 35, and India bonds at 16. There is very little to remark relative to the Foreign Market. The Norther* securities appear to be quite unaffected by’ the warlike accounts from the continent. Russian liondsfor the account are ;it 93 to 93 1-4. Danish have advanced o 60 1-2. Brazilian Iwads are also rathtx higher. They were last done at 54-3-4. State of the country. —Tlie country if far from )***iug in a nuiet state, Th» Manclieste Guardian .-..--vs—“We regrif to state that the and spates between the cot ton-spinners and their workmen contin ues without any appearance of adjust ment; and though the present week hap not afforded'any instance of a crime ># dreadful as thy assassination of.Mr. Ash ton, there lias, nevertheless, been mury than one attempt at assassination, a i several outrages of avery daring charac-- ter, m different parts of the lies< iiix)t;r— hood. r l he commercial letters from Holland are notour sanguine in their expectation of a speedy settlement ofthe differences with Belgium, in consequence of the King’s message to the States General. The Dutch lands fell about 1 pr. eenty The only .hope seems to be that the Con gress at Brussels will become so unpopu lar as to be put down by force. In the present tempi r of that assembly, nothing like conciliation is to be looked for. Tlie party in favor of the Prince of Orange are, consequently, in high spirits, and [ire diet with greater confidence, his bein* e.ijieil to the vacant throne. [From the Journal de Pflrt.t.] W e learn that Gen. Clausel has arrived at Marseilles, and is now at tlie La/.erctto. it is said that he will be appointed com*" mnnder-in-chief of a camp of 10()JM)8 men; which is to be formed on the fron tiers of .Savoy. It was stated in an English paper received by the Canada, that Gm. Lafayette hud gone to the K -g of the French after he had given in his resignation, to state bis will bigness,* to remain nt his post. In relation to th s statement, the Loudon Courier says:—“We are assured, frflm direct authority, that there was not lb; slight*- est foundation for such a statement. The General makes no secret of die motives which induced him to resign, and in conformity whith which it was quite impossible that he could havo subscquenly offered to remain in (lis resignation was the result of dis appointment and dis-itisfaction.” WASHINGTON, March 4.—T!t& twenty-first congress was closed, by t'uj adjournment ofthe two lioasdfc last even ing, between 7 and 8 o’clock. By a suspension ofthe joint nt! , whieS forbids the presentation of any lull to the President for Ins approbation, on the 1 tst dffy several additional bills were jinally l acted on and became laws. Ti s was the more gratifying, as some of them pro vided for private claims. The President-approved and signed all the bills w hich were • presented to Sim, although a rumor prevailed, in the after noon, that one or two, embracing inter nal improvements, would not he appro* veil. At the expense of some trouble, we were enabled last evening to ohlma a full list ot the acts of the Session, which will be found in another part of Hie paper. Both houses took a recess from 4to 6 o’clock. A'at. hit. TlieJVwrth Ku&tern Boundary, —The Ed itor olAtie Baltimore Patriot ims men favored with the following letter from an intelligent merchant, formerly oi that place, but now a resident of Amsterdam It gives the decision of the King of tlie Netherlands relative to tb«7 disputed boundary line between the IT. States ami Great Britain, to whom both parties bad referred the question, and whose decision is to be final. The letter says— ■ The boundary line goes from Monu ment on the source of the river Bt. Croix, due north to the tßt. John, whieb it crosses three uiiles%bove the great Balls, it then follows the St. John about (50 miles: from thence it passes along the river St. I-'rancais, to its souther most source; here it meets the A eri can line, along which it follows to the St. Lawrence to the point where both lines (claims) unite, and to the Connec ticut, where they combine to the Brit ish. This is the Island most important point. 2d. About the northwestern head of Connecticut river. The King has ta ken that which maintains, the 'name and excludes all tributary streams, that were already known in 1772, under dif ferent names. 3d. The 45th degree of north latitude has to he stipulated anew agreea'-fe to the treaty of Ghent, or whether the old line which in L 772 was drawn between the provinces and the United States was to remain. Decision says, that the line must b* drawn afresh. The Amer icans confiding in its correctness had built a fort on Kousse’s point, and thu fortress is to remain in their possession, with so much territory thereof as is u *ii.tl (say one Cliiliinctroque.) The ter ritory which is awarded to the United States by tlie Ist point, is by for the beat anil most extensive, but England muintuins a ec„ iiimicatlon with her Provinces. Tim territory which they get w ill la* of little value. Tue !-uate of Maine gets the b»-t end nearly all that the/ w ish. Connecticut river is of no