The National Register. — London, England, 1814-12-11 00:00:00

DEC. 11. no one was qualified to impose upon it. It was the intention of the Powers by whom it was more especially summoned, to retain merely the general direction of the course of the business, without infringing upon the rights of individual and completely indepen• dent parties. By the personal presence of so many Monarchs, Cabinets, and Plenipotentiaries of the greater and smaller Courts, those impediments which distance and delay so often oppose to the oaceessfal issue of complex negociations were obviated, and the European Powers assembled•on one and the same theatre, recipro cally preseuttd, to the essential facilitation of business, a multitude of points of maim' and means of negocia►ion, which, in their state of seperation, never could have existed. The first European Comte, availing themselves of this state of things, entered under the auspices of one or more impartial mediators into direct negoci. ations; and, at the same tune, the principal German Powers as. sembled to deliberate upon the fundamental laws of the Federative Constitution of the German States, announced in the Treaty of Paris. " The present state of the affairs of Congress', according to the best accounts that I have been able to procure, is as follows: " The central point, for the general conduct of hasiness, is com posed of the ei , rlit Powers who signed the Treaty of Pahl—Russia, Prussia, Austria, England, France, Stveden, Portugal, and Spain, 'lnc Ministers of whom it consists have appointed the Chief Au at..ian Plenipotentiary to preside at their Meetings. The German FoderaCve Con,titutlon is planned by the Plenipo. tetniaries Awuria, Prussia, Bayeiia, Hanover, and Wirtemberg, and ivill, it is underst9od, be speedily discussed by them, in conjunction with the other German Courts. By means of the Constitution, &t. vigned for it, Germany will agsin become a distinct political body, and consolidated within itself and perfectly formed fur all purposes, fo reign and domestic, it will be, by i!s situation in the ruiust of the riviliz-d world, the key-stone of a political edifice that I , hould afford to all the States of Earope a permanent guarantee of their security and re pose. " The negneintians in regard to the future fate ()film Duchy of War ea mt. are cnrried on immediately between Austria, Russia and Prussia, under the mediation of England. " The yet nodetermined territorial arrangements in Germany are a priocipal subject of the tvgociations between the Ministers of the Poser; interested in theat. This business is kept distinct from the de liiheratmns on the future political Constitution of Germany. " The affairs of Sxitzerland ore prosecuted with the deputies of the Confederacy, under the mediation of the principal European Powers. " Fur .lie settlement of such questions as yet remain undetermined in Italy. there are its many different negociatiuns on foot us there arc par. ties interested. • 'f The Powers engaged in these negociations reserve the publication of the results, which cannot lay claim to the definitive validity, ex cept in connection with the wh-le, :ill the final arrangement of all the matters at issue, under the general guarantee of the Powers that have taken part in them." FRANCE. The .important intelligence has arrived of the appointment of Marshal SOUR to the Ministry at War. This is one of the first military appointments of elevated rank, for the occupy lion of which a celebrated French General of the Ecolc Na poleon has been chosen : connected with this, - it appears that engineer officers have been busily employed in inspect ing the Flemish fortresses, and it is said a body of . troops is collecting in Alsace. All the prisoners are said to have been marched immediately to their depivs, and a considerable army, of not lets than 250,000" men, is stated to be ready for the field. These are troops of the first order. They are composed of Sachet's corps, the corps' left in Germany, and the prisoners from England and i; ussia.• The former officer is appointed to the command in Alsace, now the greatest command in France ; apd, as this step is said to be to give weight to the representations of Talleyrand at Vienna, we may soon expect to hear-of the appearance of a large body of troops in Alsace and Champagne. However, we trust that this will be averted by a return of that pacific disposition to the breasts of the Allied Sovereigns that prevailed before they went to 'Vienna. • • The following are extracts from private letters D F.C.- Q.—The order for iccruiting . the French army, which - 1. aianounced to you some flays ago, has, fit understand, been put into immediate execution. It will be recollected, that in the reorganization of the army in the course of last summer, an immense number of old soldiers. as well as conscripts received permission to retire to their families; but were to hold themselves in readiness to re-as semble, and join their regiments on the first summons. The- Measure above alluded to, therefore, cannot properly be considered a new levy, being only a rccal of such a propor tion of the furloughs granted as would notke an addition t o the troops on active service of 80,000 men. One h , lf of these have already joined their corps. On the specific ob jects of this increase of force on the part of the Ft . encli Government, it would be vain to speculate. The meaning of it must be referred to the negociations of the Congress ; and it is perhaps designed to influence in some degree their issue. It is quite familiarly talked of at Palk, that the reason why M. Talleyrand has not appeared to interest him self with so much war v inth on the fate of Flanders as on tint of Poland and of Saxony, is the perfect conviction enter tained by France that she can take possession of the Nether lands whrn she please..T, and that it would be both Superfluous and imprudent to make a premature parade of anxiety about that which she is a',le and resolute to seize upon at some future day. Drc. 3.—An event of some importance his occurred within these few hours, in a change of the head•; of three leading departments of the French ministry. Tu begin with the first in point of consequence, ~,ether we regard the office itself, or the hands to which it is now entrusted. (:e.. neral Dupont, who held, ever since the King's arrival, the administration of the war department, was never popular with the army since his surrender in Spain. Geiieral Du pont also has necessarily been the organ of all the reforms. and reductions in the composition,of the army, which, how ever unavoidable on the part of the government, with a view both to politics and to the state of the finances, have pro duced not a little irritation and discontent. Besides, the complaint was very general, that the service did not go on ; that obstructions were daily accumulating; and no decisive. arrangements making to stop the progress of these twofold evils—the unpopularity and imbecility of the Minister. The King, therefore, determined at once on a change that should operate effectually cn the morale of the troops, as well as on the case of the public service. 1-le nominated Marshal Soult as successor to Dupont. Soult's conduct in Bretagne has wined him the esteem of his Sovereign. lie has the entice confidence of the troops. As a man of general ability, he tanks, perhaps, foremost of all the French officers; though he is more distinguished for .extent than accurac) of mind, and notwithstanding his . fine organization of the South of Spain, his adminivtrative talents are said to lee inferior to those of Suchet, who divides the suffrages of the well-in formed persons here, with regard to his fitness for the %Var. Department. The Duke of Dalmatia is not supeosed to consider Tallevrand with much respect. !Amongst the mischievous rumours set afloat in Paris, was one that the King was likely to be attackssl on Thursday or ht idav last, either on his way to the Odion, or during the performance at that theatre. The Duke of Ragusa (Captain of the guard in waiting) thought it the wisest part to take some precautions. The military on duty %vete, therefore. doubled, and the most unremitting vigilance exercised in all quarters—but it soon was discovered to be a false ahrm. THE NATMNAL REGISTER.. THE UNITED STATE.;. The nego-iation at Ghent appears to drag on beavi! tt s said, our Ministers receded, hut. as they receded, the A me. ricans advanced, - and have thus, fur the present, clozcd ttin