Kingston Gazette, September 28, 1816, p. 2

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Tj:e Hiwo***rfeerer*. oJ The 22J C:nc. ai Ah \ Mg vms held in Lemhm en thr *•'_<■ ?-"*? a*/ 10/A The Report coinprisepabrfefaecownf nf the pre-wtnCateofflM Minions in tfu>following ureters Otahcite, CUUi. .In vn. (tffttaTta and foniftntftg,-) Awl^y- vta. Ceylon, BenpaU Madras* Uanjain. Vi7A^pat.*m. UelUryi Tvam* Vxy, Mauritians* Suraf, !******» Cape Good Hope« StcH^nsBOScn> iiocbanflj Gatedon, Righ-Krall, Bethel <*i*p, TheopolU) CafFraria. Bushmen, Grhiua Tr\vn, liethcsda, Klip fountain, Afri- eanei"**Vall, I'elW, NVrth America. and Wot Indic^ Seminary alGosportJ 7>iuf psrt of the report which relates fn South Vfrica burnuvjalh interesting, Fhe follow;cg extract from it, will d^^btle^ be acceptable to our rend- U ♦ Bcihdsdmp, alwuiGOO miles East Of thr Cape. Thi* Si ttkna nt is rightly named : it ho* prowl to hundreds ofsouls no oth- ertbaua DKvI7t*Etr-^ the house of C-.l. Br.flriv :;;:oof Heaven/1 Wh'-i vevi-nvth-- intelligejjce received frN:> tofe hiftliSj fa*nred s^ot ivltMn thr irr * tiro year*, v e am constrained to i i una; i:;UJ: Co:! w ro't ? Turn' v.- pluc* under the palranngu of MA Socfef) . and at no period since its commencement, law (turh woudjroof mt'v* been du- p3ayf»d. it v. .v.id qerupy too mnch of thi tiiTv of lei- m??t;»g« to present crcn an outline of the cxtwire information tritb which M». Read and others ha«v furnished the Dire1 tors. SuflkiMtfosft' that about J-200 people belong to thi* settlement Since its commencement* 4 l£ adults hate be*-n baptized, 800 of whom Wive been added to the Chare!) d'irtng the te*r y.-e.r. T.\e Ujttciitat. btthiiigusg tf* (lis hi tEleiStiat have paid tavstoUie Covi rnnicat to fhe amount of nearly 8001. St. in one year- The*, have contributed i<> the fuuds of fchfs Society ISitf.St. (hey arc now build- in?, at tit'ir own expense, a school room and printing office imdertbcsame roof; they make collections for (h»* poor ever}1 Lord's day3 and send out in* 11 the surrounding countries a num- b vof itinerants, by whom the know- fedgnofthfGfKpplk hnppillj diffused. The grateful f elingsof thrse con¬ cert d Heathen^ brought by the n0s- pcl into a new world, may be coueeir- •■•■ of by th* foiioil'2tii> speech (ho hmv est effsfiioa of a poor H .rte:itof, at o;ie ol ih-tr public meetings; fc* \\*c are fill llette;;t.d>: we never had » house: we DCVdTMOre con/id.i- r<? as human bein^: ire never were all »wcd fo lookiotoa fnrrr.cr'.s hon.^e, bat to-da\ we sre setting here ta«yntlt' r in a Ip:^e while home, ((he place of Worship.) We noTerhad a waggon : Snd now there are more flian fcventy vr?^or.5 belonging to us Jlo-'tentors. J/Ook at the v\duei». They never had decent clothes : uow you see them sit- ti:i:: among OS in whiii', and various eo-j iuOi>. We m-vcr had tie* honor of knowing any thing of God uud hN \r;>rd : but now tfe can cad and write and the greatest thing which God ha*; 1 irored us with, is his sending to US poor FIottcHtcts Iiis servants, v,ho daily explain tQ us I.is holy word. wag incffr&ual, as the conntry people (aceeeded in rcfcuingthe rt ■ I *, and bear inguoffin tumultuous '.Humph. Wc give the fafts as communicated to us by a ptrfon on the fpotj Oui correfpond' er.i adds tiiat->n Wednesday (the day on which he wrote) the Right Rev. Dr. Murphey, arrived in that part of the count*y>and preceding immediately to the Parith Chapel of Coolduriah, fpokc ut length npan the fuUjeft—reprobated in the tuongell turn- the conduct of thofe en;;aiied in fuch illegal and ontra- gcous piaceeouigs—pointeu out tnc ou aftcrous eonfequeneea likely to follow [ucli coududl, and expreffed a hope that none of his fi->ck either afluled in or en- COUraged fneh a deft motive traffic €ori MercantileChron, Ju'y t$> Paris, July 2S. EXECUTION OF FLE1GMIER, &c. Ycfteiday at rrid-day, the vehicle of f the Cooeiergede arrived at the BicetrC, to convey tHect>nvi:\s Pleignier,CarboO" neau9 a^d T^l'cvon, to ihe place of j:is- {\zz. On being informed of tie"-*. Tol- leron exclaimed, <* We are bit" Ca bouneai; was deeply .ifF.-cted. PleignJe' [aid nothing, b"t appeared abforbed in tli'xiflht- Tolieron recncled that t^ petitions which he had left in his cch fbould be handed to hfm, the one id- drefTed to Hit Royal Htgbnef* Moniieur and the tnhct to the attorney Gcc. u. Carbonneauaflced fb» the three petition* which he had prepared,one to M jr;fic*r. t!»c o»hcr v> the Pref^S of Police and the third to the alt* iney Genial.—>— Thefe petitJoM were given to ihem — They then mo'it'ted tlic vehicle which was waiting for them, sad w.ich wai t?- curtv-dbyS gendarmes Ou then way they fpokc highly jf the prefer, and of the manner in which they hud been trea¬ ted in pn'fon They phced rnoeh d*.- pc'icer.ee on thet-ficcTc .f their petitions* alluded «o fomecircumitanc^S ; !ife( and efpccially th 'fc which Jed tiie*n into fa« tai projedi ; but they believed'fhsrt they were laken to the Cooeie»"g«?rie (paljee of JuRiee) only m t:car thea- decifio*) on lIic'h appeal in ceflation* TiiJcron ie tnined tits lirrnntfi'and all his prcieuceof mind. At one o'clock they arrived at the Co tranqniiuytothelaft; hc^veral timci ftfcOTpacket, thepnnee& Chariocte,tn- repeated tliat be waa Hot innocent, bat tended to 6tl twice every f$f from thlfi that the thought he diil not dcf.rve to port to EaRhatn ana back, proceed I die. Bea&ed for a g|»6 of water, which lie drank withmn the lcift tiem-j blinr;, rdthough the glafs was filled to the brim. •* 1 pardon picignier (faid he) with all my heart j he Ir. the author of my dcatli, but 1 do /.ot wfh the fnne to him." The only i-rotion of fenfi- bility which he Qianifeftcd was at the ie ccdie&ion of his famil). When the executioner put over his n dm For the first tinie ttp'ttt EaJlham m minutes, againtt t!ic wind*— /..'ivr/W, I. nxcrael from the agent to Lloyd's hi Gibraltar, dated July 10 ; u the Loi ird Stated* flilp of the line VV.ilhington, commodore Chauncey, arrived he-re on the zd infl. and failed to the eaftward on die 8th, with Mi'- Pinckney, Ambaf- rador to Naples. Oncof the avowed ob- nand reftittt- uhoulders a white clotS tied before/he j foeSto of hts roHBon h to deujand reiticn- app^are 1 to regret that hit face was cov-, tion ot American property eonfiicated by ered.becaufe,he faid, it could not be Murat* From the great quantity ot inarnagtf of the Duke of Berri anj tfo eclebratit-in of" their grand feaft, called by them the Feaft of God- The voluptuous, and, in fome refpefls indecent foreign d^nce, called the Waltz was introduced f«>r the firft time at the Enci;Ih Court on Friday laft—Nati- orftd morals depend on national habits. and I his innovation is to be deprecated accordingly* Several Publicans at Exeter have lowered the price of their beer am penntj per quart ; and the brewers in Edinburgh Inve lowered the price of their table beer 3d. per gallon. fcen whether he died with Qrmnds. He bade adieu in a «ery friendly man¬ ner to his keeper : the executioners al- 6 ft ant fopported Phigu'er, who appear¬ ed ready t<» fail atevciy ftep- Plei^nier far in the front of the cart ; Carbonneau wasinthe middle; Tolit-- ronattheend; this wffl the invcrfe or- d rr to that in which tley were execut¬ ed. provisions on board the Wafluugcon, it w^uld appear t1#at a fquadron is intend¬ ed to be collected in the Mediterranean. I have not been able to get any inform** lion rcfprciinp the Tuniiian corfairs. A Sicilian fiigate had been at Gibral¬ tar, and taken on board about 400,000 dollars. Sfee wa« expected to wait in the Mediterranean for the Britifh fquadron. Phi l ADBtPHtAj Sept. to. By the arrival of the Ship Hunter, capt. Reynagenj from Bordeaux, Paris The cart fet o(T fr^rr. the court of the i p-ifon at ? quarter before eight. From \ three and four o'clock the who'e fpr.ee ! frooi the gnol to the p»ee of execution jl papcrd to the 27LI1 July, have been re was covered with an iurnenfe crowd.— j reived at the office of the American Ceu- Ti.e coiividlx were abler* convince them-, tinel. They contaip no intelligence of [elves of the love and dtvo*ednefe of the m paiticular inter eft. The following aie French people to their Iegi'imite fove-j the orinctpal aUicles: '•■ Is uol this altogether the grace of God! love©fGod! Merej oV Ged ! Men. br« ih>vn, lIotUMifou, prase the L »rd God Almighty!'1 • The roe iptsofthe last year amoi:nt- ed to £HflT\ 17s. ) id. Sterling, (apvvarfla cfoueLandredthousand dot- krs) und the disbursements to jL"iy,'29l ] 7-. ruLSterliius (rising of seventy sc- TftH flioosand dollars.) FOREIGN. Defei'cfc sljp\i\\—On Tnefday nfght or laiucrou the morning-of Wcdncfday, the 24th July- a party of twelve drag- "eriM. be3.1ed by Mr. Richard Hanmn. Surveyor of exceife, accompanied by Meltrs. Emerfi-n and Karley, Excife ou timers, proceeded to the Mountain of Gunane Litgb, ahnnt four miles to the PorthwvS fif Inniflc iu, with the inten¬ tion to fei?.e on ? large copper ftill, wln'ch they ft r.nd at full work. Upwards of I.000 gaMonsofpot ale were dcdioyed, anfi fhe fti'l was got on car* forth* pur- pofc of having it conveyed to the cuft<im. hfiUle. The workmen, who had previ- oufly fi ught to defend the preroift 5 when firt'l attacked, no*v rulhed upon the mili¬ tary in j»ieat number?. The Dragoons fired all their ammunition, without ef¬ fect ; at one time the officer* were fur- rounded by the mob, and it is faid they were required by the owners to declare upon oath from v/hom their information concerning the flill was derived. Three of the dragoons wee feverely injured, be- in<r left by the aTailar^ta as they thought nearly dead—the remainder of the party efcaped, fome with deep cnts and bruifes and more trithout their helmetftj &c.— The ccnfrquccc* m% that Uieftizure ncier^erie. They were place.* in three feparatc apartmc*i»B, ond th" head ^ oel- er read to each a feparate letter from the attorney Gruera!, containing the rcjee- tion of their appeal. He, at the lame time, announce I to them that the execu¬ tion of the feotence ir.ul take place tint lame evening, PUi/ni.-r (bowed the deepen defpair, andwpt copioufly : lie rep a ted, M I tliou^ht.I had my pa'don: I widi tofpeak to the attorney Gene¬ ral. ** Tl.'-u, alter hw old mnnner. he reqiu-Ilcd to fpealc to the King, . Car- bouueau Idkned to his fare wish refiirna* t:on. Toller.>n faid lo the keeper, ** 1 fuf;-ecled th tthis would feppen." ^t ibis moment the three clcrgynm charg¬ ed to adrofnifter the laft confolatlona of j religion, made iheir appearance. Tolle- ron, thinking he hw a moment of hefi. ration in hiscorifefibr, faid to him, talc- ingoffhia cap, "approachj Sir. 1 know wijat 1 owe to a miniller of rcliguin," . The tlnee clergymen remained with the convidls until fix o'clock preparing them for death. The attorn y Gene¬ ral, the PiefeS of Police, and one of the gentlemen of the courtijcame down into the prifon to receive the revelations which PJeignier prelitlcd in faying he wfdied to make. After having drawn up the minutes of his anfwers, the A:- roroey-General wared upon the Chancel- lorwfrh them. We undcrftand he made no difenvery whatever, but fpoke mere¬ ly of vayue and irrelevant matters.------- Picignier was p'/of-undly deprefTed ;— Carbonneau appeared tranquil, and Tol- leron quite refigned. They then afked for foine broth and a glafs of wine,which were given them At half pall feven, the attorney Gen- eral returred from the Chancellor, and ordered the fentauce to be forthwith ex¬ ecuted. Th? three coin lets were brought forth into the loby of the prifon. Pleig nier made much reiiftaure to bis being undreffed. He begged, with a wild air, to fpeafc again but once, fomctimes to trie King, fomctimes to the attorney- Geoeral, and then to the gaoler. The exect'tfoner having repeatedly obferved to htm that all rcfiftnnce was ufelefs, the Abbe McVites, hie ConfefTbr, intreared him to be refigned, and fubmit to the will of God : « No," faid Picignier, V it i^ net fo : it was my biindnefs ; I did nothing of myfelf. I would fpeak to I Ionic one When his bands were tied, he complained that the rope wis too tight: It was loofencd. Next,accord¬ ing to the rule preferibed by law, they drew a cord tightly round his wrfft, in order to ftop the bl"od. It was with confiderable difficulty that thefe prepa¬ rations were fini/hed. CorbonneaU, fucceeded Picignier on Rhe ilool ; he kept the moft gloomy fd- ence, and rcligned himfelf to all that W38 required of him. Tolleron maintained his cqolncfdand r"ip-n—ihfiir rangwM fliOWts of l'fot\ k R'A ! They waved th*t hat.% and man- j iftfled in every manner :'^:r attachment • to the beft of P. fnces. ToUeran, hear- { faf ihefe univerfal ace1tfnation»» told hi*] leonf'ffo-that he ar-fw.red them from! the ^ottn-n of hh hear ; be appeared J penetrated with iepeii!a'CC and genuine j remorfce. Haring reached the pl"ce of exem- tiori. the convifts niourTed tlu feaffold, ( while »n ufltPr read witha 'oU^ vo,C€ ^ej ' fentanee #»f 'he A Ky.c *V,rT n l'ie '*cp» of th.- Hotel de Vil'c. The rxecu-fon- ;er t*+k oT from them 1'- b-^Ksk crape. ^PlrignjVr ^nd C.ibonne'J vvcnr down. ' Tfl?!em* remained alor>'; ™*i being , fotfened to the fwing b -^ 'vf"lil1" »»feo I mem of death, ha.! fit* nV;ht hvu\ cm ] off on a Mock, and was I^nediattly be- 'headed. C?rb'Jnnean ^ d Piei;nf r fee- | c-ffivHy nnd. iw->ntthe f-mepnt.iuWnt, hmi with 'mi, h le/s K mi •'"*• S!,.mts of live k Koi! Fiventfa Mournus ! were evrry where beard fww ,l"' l,,,lc °'t!l place de "rue and f^ ' f1,e q^i}'^— Their remain* wen i-r..- dnf-'y convey edtn thecemetryo! V \\ "v • Juty 79—Tie .-.iu^1 » General M'Hiinn Duverne! haviny h,,'f*n fejrCled, Iv ft:ff red itndev hi* fenl a<?c on ^r.tur di y it fl»'e i: rhc morning. Weave aflWd t.iat Lo!1?? C^^Wfi th< nfl'-iTni of Doctor I c(-y, hr.« he-n aj'preliend^d aJ Dr^ux. whfre be was fri \y.td wi'h :in i:.fl.-.mm:i!ory ftvtr, in the accrfs of whi^'h he f eqi.r'.ily pronounc¬ ed with loud erica the name of his vic- tim Garrqffine, July tz*—(\ irdey, one of the criminals covifted hc*»( ha« excited the inured and cmnpafSofl of the public on account of lis repe* tTi re and hia fun i'y, confiding of a wife nMii'e young children. The f dl*-whig are the names of fhe men ebndemned : — P;ilau,a coi- jia^of the Leffbn of t!i£ Aude, condemned to in.;«ril*(mment j— Mr quel, a farmer, alreadyaccufed of par acide and two other aiT-fil iaii-n: ; Gar- dey, a retired ffildtC" of the train, fm- prtfoned for having received two ftolen hoife«, now feutanced to fnffer death ; Connery, formerly a foldfcr, keeper of a pnhlic nnufeat t.unoufc. already accuf- ed of five different afRtiSnatfon*, con¬ demned to death; BranY, o'ied Ro^ queue, already adcufedof afl'.ffinating jthe p'yai Volunteers OH their return! We hear from f-yons, that the &in- oua Count Bajjnano who was condem¬ ned to bard iahooi for life, baa poilbncd him elf, [Ilefcbv urcu'iiatin•* a life of jrrea' and glorious a&ioas, by commit ting forgeries and fuieide. Que of the Join na's announce that a mulatto, a nephew ofPttion, is expect¬ ed in Pari? to nuke proportions to the government. A great number of Englifh families have placed their children in the fchools ofPnnk A m^r« wa? condemned to two years fmprifonment yeflcrday, for wearing the cr-fn 1 ftbWcgioo ofhoner, vruhont an* t*io*-iry. Bread has lately rifm in PaWfij on ac¬ count of ihe i;ufjvnrable weather. Gencal liciTou 18 now commanding at Lille. Cue v«*rjkr has been condemned to ?o years hnd labour, for having coined fiil/e money We h im firni Berne, rhvt the c-m- tinuence ofthe rains, and tlu: accumula- jtirHj iiffh waters For want of proper jdtatijage, havr canfed new devaflationa in various part*of the continent. Tins frnal) town of Mj dan was inunda¬ ted* I rfv-ial thy, by'he oveifl *wnig * of the Thcillc. CojniVUor Lt.temau ||)d M de ivS'inimW •!« T||»l...... »' been fer.T * y ^nvi>rttCient in order to in- 'qm'e i.1'0 tl:- li lifter, and apply a rem- ledy. it i.- added 'hat NeuvevilJe, and Jfevcral ether [daces near^the lake of I lii-n .c and lake Mora', a:v fimifarly I cireuinflanc* d. 'J'he courks of the livers Thielle and Bici, between the tt»ree lakes, are no lon¬ ger vifibte ; the Ijw plains are fubmerg- ed. In the vieiniry of Berne, the Aar has palled it^ ordinary limits, and inun¬ dated tiie plantations on the banks of th. water. THE LORD'S SUPPER.—Aa article from Nuremberg, of the $ inlt. fays :—" The celebrated Sacra Oatino^ or the Holy Veflel which Chrift is faid to have nfed at the Lord's Supper, and which was brought to Genaa in 101, ii comeback from France to Genoa with other curioluies. The Kinp defignedta give it back to the Church of St. I ore. nzo, where it was always kept. On the j 15th of June, the cafe in which it was I packed was opened in the pref'-nce of the Magiftratea and the Cler.ry, when, to the grief of all pef.ms prefent, the vcflV! was found to be broken. On this oecafion Genoa bus tecovered feveral valuable mfs. and the celebrated painting by Julio j Homano, reprefeniing the Martyrdom cj 67. Stephm." Extraftfrom a private letter^ dated Paris, July 26, 18 16. Sir Robert Wilfon and Mr. Bruce left Paiis y> fterday for England. It has been underftood, that the departure of thefe gentlemen was not to take place til! lie end of this week, and that they vcQxt to travel with the ufual paflportt from our ambafrad.)r, a point which, I believe, had been clearly agreed on br*twe/-n tvf, de Riehlicn and Sir Charles Smart. The Miniflcr of Police. htfWC ] ver, whether from ignorance of this! ar¬ rangement, or from a wifn to give thefe gentlemen a tail proof of hugood wifi towards them, direfted paffports to be feut to all three of them, With a notidea- iou ro quit Paris in three days. Thefe ftirporta were communicated to Sir Robert Wilfon and Mr. Bruee on TueHay night, and another was meant to have been given to Capt. HutchinfoD| who however, had left Paris early fn the morning of that day, with a pnflport of the Eritifli miniih-r, couateifi^ncd in the ufual way by the MiniAcr fet Foreign r\fBiira,and rhc Prefefl of Police—bir Robert Wilfon and Mr. Bruce AccUutA receiving thefe paffport«. and nturned them to M. de Cazes, with fetters Rating ihe arrangement by which thty had lluderttood they w-re to travel witlt Brftfft paflportt*. Thefe Gentlemen alio iVformed Sir Charles Stuart of the circumflancc, ar»d with a full intention of not deferring tht-ir departure bev.md this week, awaited the rtfult of this Hep. Previously, however, to receiving: an anfwer &ono the Britifh Miniilry, they each of them received, on Tumidly morning, at about to o'clock, a vifit fiom a CommifT..-/ of Police, mtended In thr mountai.ious diftrift? the f»ow by a Captain of Gendarmerie, who ha? not yet melted : the Alp:; are with • j informed them that they had orders to fee OB! verdure* and the cattle, which in the month-f May nfed to cover fome j mountains, remain forrov/fully in.tjie [ta¬ bles and byres, and are kept a^ive at great cs pence. In the valleys of the Alps the torrents have greatly incrcafed, and done much damage. Theopenlnofoflhe Germanic Diet is poflponed tiil the middle of next month, Much hollilii»y towards Pruffn feecn'tof jfrom Nifme", and of pyfoning one of] j prevail in Saxony ; an article fom them, de.ained f »r fejii'oai f^eeche-", and nowa'fo condemned TO fnffer death. Miquel Is to be tried before the court of affix ' on the 2 *th. Ganlcy died with coinage, firmnef-, refignaiion and piety. Ke unified to walk to rhc place of execution bare-foot¬ ed. On afeendrng the (laffold he turn¬ ed round to the people, and faid—" I am guilty, but a milled criminal ~<M" the viiti n of this wretch, fpointing to the furgeon.) Pray to God f r my foul, and help my unfortdnate children." Then tuniimr t^the foldiers he added —u comrades, I ardently wim that my example may be ufcfill to yoj,and prevent yeu from IjQeninp; to j the perfuafions of thoft wicked men, who wjfli for rtothfng bin your ruin." Having embraced his ftm and hil con- fefP>r, and afked the benedi^ion of the latter, he underwent hts lenience. Bonnery dared death with that.auda- city wiiich can only be derived froco guilt. As to Beaux, the furgeon, hi* death excited only horror. The fear of death had fo deprived him of flrtngthj thnt he was obliged to be removed in a cart, and did not ceafe to vocifl »«te all the way from the prifon to the place of execu¬ tion. Frankfort (1 ites, that Hie cenfure on political wriiii'gsand periodical journals is rendered every day more 'eve:e h the Saxon dominions^ in order that thr Prui* Ban Government, againfl which feveral of Lhefe publications are directed, may have no caufe of co'ttpiaint. j Sweden has adopted a fyftem of th:' jftncieff economy in everv pa»t uf her ITcftcrday fc'night, tb/tt elegant new AJmiuifl ration. The entry of ({rangers within the kingdom is fdbjed to the greatcfl difficulties, and none are permit¬ ted to enter without a paffjjort from the Mtoifler of the Interior. Advicesfivun Cadiz of the 38th of [une, date that a pu'vteer called the fnfmgent, id cruizing off Cadiz, and has captured four or five Spanffh vefR-ls. The general (late of India, asdcicribed in fome of the latefl papers from that country, would, without any particular thrw of ho (ill it y fiOXO any one power, jiiflify the extenfive armaments put in motion on the Mahraita frontiers. The Walfingharn Packet was detained at Gibraltar until the nth (nil. for the purpofe of arming heragainfl the Pirate* that infeft the upper part of the Viediterraiiean. Above fixty Members of Parliament are among the exports to France during thelaft eight day*. ^ In France the Court has been occu¬ pied i4tt!y whb two grand everta—the -i them into their carriage and out of Pain? ly 2 o'clock on that day, for which purpofe poll horfes were to he lent in time; and that, furthermore, they were not to lofe fight of them until then. They Hated that they had no written orders, but atfed upon verba! iuftn.dio'is from the Miuifler, Sir Charles btuart \va«j immediately apprifed of this unex- {•erited eircumftance, and wrote to the Due de Richelieu f<*r an explai titien, fending at the fame time his own pas- [fportsfor the ufual counterfign. The I Duke being engaged in conference, j obferved, that he would fend an I anfwer. It was to be feared that th's explanation could not lake place previous to the hour at which the officers tad Hated that they mu(l peremptorily exc-' cute their orders, each of them having Gendarmes at hand if force bjtd h^en neccflary. A» application was therefore^ made to the Prefect and Miniiter ef Police, fur a fufpcnfson of the order nhiil l he explanation could be obtained. This was granted until 6 o'clock, and the order for that purpofe arrived jult in •'rneto prevent the intended departure. • •fore 6 further communications took place with the Miuiitcra of Police and Foreign Affair*, icconfequence of which au order was nt length obtained for ire removal of the reftraints put upon theft Gentlemen, and which order like the ; former, arrived juft as the hour wis ex¬ piring. The Miuifler of Police declared he had not hi tended that any reft rain t mould be pur upon thofe Gent^emro previous to their departure, although the effect of J113 orders was to h^cp the.T. prifoncrs in their apartment -until t!ie mvimcnt of their deoarture, TIkv fe* nut at length with Britifh piflports in the ufua! form, not even fpCflifyillg the route much lefs the time in vvh*eh tliee werccxpeftcd lo feaVe thr eo:::::;)'.

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