The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-12-26 00:00:00

N ' FRENCII 11.1PERS. NOTE PRESENTED BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARY or rue GRAND DUKE OF BADEN TO M. DE METTERNICII• The undersigned has not failed to communicate to his Sovereign the answer which his Highness Prince Metternich gave verbally, instead of in writing, to the note delivered to him on the sth of October. — ..Ills Royal Iligtitess wasgreatly surprised to find re ference made against him, to a treaty which, with entirteonfidence in the promise given by the Princes * , lie could hot but consider as the palladium of his 34044.--The-ferst article of the treaty concluded d Frenkfort,withsthe High Allies, and *hick guaran s- tees territories and rights to their respective posses.; • sons, obligee the Grand Duke or.lieden to comply erttla•each arrangements as shall be judged neces eery for the preservation of the - independence Of Germany: But his .ILoyal. Highness- cannot comprehend ho ,r eve 'German Princes could de rive froM this treaty the right of being the sole legislators for the others; how the independent*. of Germany can consist in the dependence of the latter; Many, hove theprticles in qtiestion cab enforce the recognition. of this dependence. "'The rank and di:7,114y, the political and family relations; the extent and population, of the Grand Duchy of • Haden, but, above all, the sacrifices which it has The arrivals from the Continent since our last suede rodeliveethe clattery from a foreign yokesit... svibees such .as. ecr other German Prince has made, P have been umerous, and the information they, have '..:itiftadering lite geographicacsileation of the country 1 larnished i s copious. and various.,, We have to-day ..41theee reasons authorised the Grand Duke to IFrench Papers to the 23d, trach and Ilamhurgh ilatigri hinted( with a. very different prospect thanl Moils, and Frankfort and Brussels Papers to dates • , ' Hiaf otifierdiartugtroken foreign letters to wears 1 - corresponding with the French. But though the in perhaps, .others tisit may be intended for Urn. formation thus conveyed is plentiful beyond the corn •' His Itoyal Highness the Grand Duke might re- . pa s of out " folio of four pages," that which re , 'Plain a quiet epectater of :passing events, with the . s *firm resolution not to renounce, in-any case, what. letes to the affairs of Congress, has all the features of honour and duty require of a Prince ; he might even , indecision and contradiction that have so strikingly live that neither the one nor the other would long i marked the intelligence we have been in the habit of continue to be disregarded ; but the mysteciousaeil 1 receiving for some time past.. The accounts from which Tortes the atfaireiet ,Germany--the want of . `Vienna are of the 12th. They do not enable us to all coriiiiienrial- communications, which alone are I . capable of leading to the desired object—must neces- ! confirm the reports that have been its circulation, sarily gities birth to the idea that attempts sill be asserting that the negociators at Vienna had satis mule to abridge considerably the sovereignty and in- i factocily termin Arid their session of discussion. On dependence solemnly guarantied. I the contrary, the various and conflicting statements flow remote soever such an attempt may be From sent forth from all quarters, and the conduct of the the equitable and liberal views of the Allied Motel a ... ; d Ministers theta lves from whom no ne-ribs, who will never permit themselves tb violin an * • solemn treaties, how easy soever one ought to i s4k 'thing tending to convince the public they are agreed respecting the inutility of such an attempt, yet- Ids en tiny one material point, hp yet been eliriied, f hoyallfighness, accustomed on all occasions to act proves to es that the work of idjast tb en t proceeds Milli frankness, and desirous of leaving no doubts of * neither smoothly nor , rapidly ; nay, that the nego his intentions, has expressly ordered the undersigned clarions are more embroiled than ever. to declare solemnly, and without reserve, to his In stating thi-. our' belief, formed from . appear - Highness Prince Metternich, as the Minister ,who I. possrises the entire cotifidence of a great .Monerch,, ances, as, represented by the ',intelligence before us, for whom the House of Baden has always felt the , we are compelled to notice the statements so confi tarot profound respect, that the Grand Dake of. Be- i dentlycirculated on the authofity Of titters from Ber den will never cannot to renounce the rank whiCh.,.lin., that the negociation at Vienna had happily termi he has hitherto held among the first Princes ef Ger- to i . Hated nan amicable agreement the Allied Powers ninny; and in conseqnitice, he will not relinquish to c,eetelnetwienbers of the Germanic Body the ex- on all the essential points in kV ' onion, and in the • tleaive rights belonghig to, that omfatter / sa ls a e s) fast alincxationof &wing GI, ate Jr hakheeo which this repteedies eu j...ii al #4.4slie - -*'this oftorfir'; -egiiirthat t ooviereeeee Were tea ng at thitio for consent invariably persist in amerting the sovereignty the celebration of Te. Deum in consequence of the Which has been-so solemnly guaranteed to him, and receipt of this intelligence. The Berlin accounts which cannot be exercised without a participation in the rights in question. run further in this way :—. 44 According to pretty au-1 ° thentic accounts, we shall have the happiness of seeing our beloved King on the 22d or 23d. After all the cone ! tradictury reports respecting Saxony, it is now asserted that Prince 11ARDENBERG will receive the homage of, the Saxons for our King on the 16th at Dresden.; The affairs of .Poland, also, are settled by the wise . dom of the illustrious Sovereigns end their sespective Ministers, in it manner very satisfactory to all the 1 parties ititerested . Our frontiers, on that iide, will I be considerably extended. Some. even say ale alga . r crover Warsaw. On the other-hoed, 'we oak the little piece of land from Memel to :Repla y ► which • e° so retains Bialystock, whit* allerfided 10 tit bolo. Treaty of Tilsit." • • For this intelligence, so flattering to Prussian vanity, and indicative of Prussian ambition, the: Treasury scribes in this country have also expressed their readiness to sing a lengthened and a. loud Te Drum. One of these vindicators of spolia- . Lion has said this morning, in reference to the above repotted arrangement, " This news, we. hope e e shall soon be able to confirm," forgetting.. that if such intelligence could have reached Berlin on the 10th, which isthe date of the letter in which; it is conveyed, it most have obtained general publiCity . in a :more authentic shape before now ; and (14 l if the part which relates to the aggrandisement of Prussia, which is ridiculous in itself, were trued. ---- - 4 ., An. -'' *SOU --4 " . - f 1 'll%e • S 0 ...........V.Z.1... fjoraberAt,f44,A 0 lialrana,,..r s w ' .1.11ep•IA,••• • . . 1 '• 0 - .. • . • • - .• Sr. STETIEN-L-MiidelS at the • ; THE *-STAIWSMAN • LONDON: • MONDAXi DCEMBSR Furiot, Dec. 4.—The corps of reserve, organised at Naples and Benevento, are put in motion.. • They are 20,600 strong, with their artillery. To-morrow She advanced guard, General Filangieri, will make its entry into our town. The kingdom being in pro found peace with the maritime Powers, the National Guards will be sufficient for the internal police.-- We are assured that the two divisions of Mac donald, which had returned ,to the Abruzzes, are Ordered to advance; and the three divisions of Prince C.!mpann, which occupied the March of Ani:ola, have received orders to hold themselves ih reatlinc;s to move : it is said the King will commence his journey on the Ist of January. Ile left Naples the same day last year to nuke war France on the right bank of the Po. These military movements. are very extraordinary, at a time *tw o we are not at war with any One; and when the wlliOn that prevails between the Austrians and us is so petite, that the troops are commanded by a Com mander of either nation. The troops are much dis satisfied at being engager} in marches which never, eh!; they ar e little inclined fur war. The Italian deserters alone, svery bad characters, who lock for • advantage in contusion, rejoice iu these hostile ap p,earances, • WAas.tte, Nov. 24—Ou the 16th, 17th, and IStli inst. the Grand Dake constasitine, accompanied by a number of Generals mid Officers of the, two na tions, reviewed several divisions of Polish troops;! whom he made to perform the new evolutions. The ' Prince exprewtl his astonishment and satisfectiou.at- the progress prude by thr troops; 'and *specially. the light in • : . Brawl, Ihc. G.—An English author calculated, in 1805, that the English at that time eiported to Germany to the annual amount of 12 nolliout 'ter ling in manufactures, and In West And Fast produce.' As F,ng!nt•tl purchases very few of the . productions of the German soil, and still fewer of its manufactures, it may easily be . conceived what a large mass of specie was thus withdrawn from Germany. The late fairs at Leipsie and Frankfort furnished a new specimen of a similar kind; the sales of English merchandise there amounted to more than twelve millions. The Germans hope, that,' by wise measures, their Sovereigns will pot a period to this drain of specie, as well as to the luxury of. dress. those who could accede to such an arrangement would deservedly be loaded with general exeCratione-r- But the whole is completely falsified by; reteut . accounts. It will be seen by the extracts ore mak* from the foreign Journals, the arrival of wilieb we have announced, what a Babylonian scene of con fusion and misunderstanding, or rather foresight and jealousy of one anothers plans,' the States of the Continent present. The great festival is put off from day to day, and from month to month, and we find that one plan is no sooner proposed, in the Congress, than it is obliged to give way to another of a very. opposite tendency. In short, to such a height is this difference of opinion and inundation of plans . land protests said to have been carried, that a complete suspension of the negociations seems to have taken place; and to this state of things, so opposite to the Berlin intelligence, we are, perhaps, indebted for the statement, that all has terminated satisfactorily, and in the way the Ministerial. writers so ardently wish. In confirmation of this view of things, which we heartily regret to perceive but toowell warranted, we refer to our extracts, particolaaly to the military preparitions said to be going on in'almost every . Continental State, the movements * so mysterious, in Italy, of the Austrian and Neapolitan troops, the appearauces or 'the :Me land, so saspiristue ) on the VICTOVI %, Dec. 11.—Our intercourse with the Caryl of France is almost suspended on our side, as the Marquis of Peralida, who is appointed to the Embassy, has not made any preparation to set oat for Paris. In the interior of Spain the public mind is a4itated by rumours of every kind; but the purport is so contradictory, and so little autheutic intelli goce can penetrate, that nothing is known in a way to be relied upon. All that can be said with cer tainty is ) that the arrests continue on all sides. The Montreal, Alexander, bound to Jamaica ; and bmind to Retract, were driven on shore . u;ar Port Glasgow, duriug the gale ou Friday. THE STATESMAN: PAzia l . Dec. 21[:—.11se Doke of Mhofera has set oot for his new Government at Strasburgh•. , The Journal de i)efrole stated, that General Rspoz y Mina bad arrived in England, and that he had amid his intention of residing there. The Editor of that Now Thank All,, God, witness. Journal has been mis-informed ; the General was on the 15th of this mouth at Bar-sur-Aube, and had not announced any intention of quitting France.— (Journal tic Paris.) Among the articles furnished . by the German Papers, received to-day, an account of the opening of the nanoveriau Parliament is the most conspicu: ova. The following are from these sources : BRUSCELI, DEC. 19.—A1l the English and nano, verian Officers who are not with their respective corps have received orders to repair to them as soon as possible. Within these few days a great number are arrived at 04tend, and others from Germany. The army which covers our frontiers on the side of France is daily augmented, in consequence of the measures taken on the French frontiers. The Prus sian General Kleist Von Noilendorf is still .about 190,000 strong. • . Letters from Ghent say that the arrival and depar. tee of messengers and couriers is extremely fre. quad, the communications between the legations continue, and at Ghent it is believed the negocia tions will end happily ; but all this is mere conjet-, ture. VIENNA( DEC. 12.—1 t is reported to-day that all is settled relative to Poland and Saxony, but it is not known in what manner. The great Court fetes are fixed for the 15th of January. Great prepara tions.are also making to celebrate the Emperor Alex. , ander's birth-day. It -semi that the stay of the foreign Sovereigns wili•be considerably prolonged. The Court festiva ls'' are fixed op to the 26th January. Among the rest a 'inagnilient party of fraineaua is preparing. . eppointedjfai •Camtoid: e r the strong opposition part taken HANOVER, Dec.. 16.—T17e opening of th e aml44 f i t flie l o y th i e t g h r i e u rverm ul Du f : o k n e t • ie of rs,r Benzo, and the conduct of the Assembly of all the States of the kingdom took 1 1 s e in, PrilataN all of which afford auf - yesterday with-the solemnity worthy of the oc ces i 'c- Duke of . o e , ficient,evideoce"that things are not gokig yell. A 1 The Deputies having taken their place s i„ „ suspicion is hazarded, that the Emperor of Anstalt,* J flail, and also the Members of the ap"rai file and Soactint MVRAr are aCtingin'conjUnction ; of Colleges, &c. having taken the seats' them, his Royal Highness the it is even said that BONLPA ItTE has passed over from Elba to join their standard. Repofts also 'prevail, ' amid the ringing of bell and tiring of cvmatt - - I that among the letters taken from Lord Qz,epen, were paired to the Assembly, atteuded•by the M !i re. inlexe n some from French Generals to their old associate and followed by.tha.whble COutty Wetted by a de. Minim . ; offering:Wl*in him with the forces under i tachment of cavalry., .. . ....._ their command, In the prosecution of his under.i First were, read ;the full powers granted by tiff Ask iogs. • . .• :. , • - ,priace Regent, by.. virtue of .which th e -DA of .• ' tile following articles are from .the French Papers of Cambridge had toopen the first Men • e i ng of the repeloed to-day:— • •. Swett. • *- •- - . • 'Wien* lire. 'll.—Many persona assert that the : On this - hia Royal Bighoess smade a spee c h • negotiations of Congress are perhaps less advanced u Lick lie paid : some wery, high, com. iiinon titan they were at the moment of the re-ante of the ti As a n overia n people fel their 'at taChment to etililti; to ° the Sovereigns ; because the di ffi culties are more known, t heir l egal Sovereign, an d' thelfaitoierian worriers for th and that each day gives birth to new ones. Saxony, live share the y took hi the deliveran elr. ce of the Coati. Plotand, and . ltaly are the grand objects which pre- neut. His Royal Highness or s ' o d . . , that an tee vent the reconcilialioP of the negotiators .. A. plan is army M-30,000. loo t formed in a few m 14 1 • ' no sooner Troposed t than it is combated and over- only contributed tudoilid.the . mart _ oaths, ha ; h of Germany turned, without the power of finding another. which igaindinene My equali t y formidable by . 114 st fig will accord Vetter with the, views of the different and his &operation, and. liks•PartlY repaired t rr -lb parties whose conflicting interests are alternately ad- tit' d 11 ire "t fight-for_o Ana. Cher es n t n o the.. 4 U9O of the country , ranced and destroyed. A general cry. ms 'raised Peace has-relieved us from further gad; against the occupation of Saxony by Prussia ; the ' • and prevectedludbor desolation, ) Saxons have manifested their attachment to their I His Royal: Bighorns also-did oat fo e t Ring and their antipathy to every idea of a union some very. high entogiuses ' an his arg to p eu ,own as eviori. .to a foreign Power ; but the restoration of Sfatoyty • He said—The race of• G '' 'b '. , much . • Si glevoi s. I renders the affairs of Poland more di ffi cult to •'. • l tingutshel for justice and Mildheis." Athoeg M•;} ' 'arrange; for, in that case, Prussia claims all the cestors I count many fathieni - of - their-coantr - ali. parts of Poland which she had ceded in favour of who abused the strength of his subjects to fu rther her obtaining Saxony, as Russia was desirous of ob. ambitious views and subdue others. They have r re taining all Poland. The following plan, that Saxony Cognized the limits which the Lord ot' Heave n an d 'hall cede the right bank of the Elbe, does not present ,' Earth, g who commands al so Soverei ns hes ' to Prussia a sufficient indemnity, and Saxony will' i even to the most powerful. j ass 111 ed find itself too much diminished, from the nature or • , • ' the plan, as it proceeds, which does not present the His Royal highness added,. "'The drat step to . this is leads by the unit:Hi at the States of Ni li t s fist. molt. All Italy is In reclamation. Several powers . 0 . 0. - • • . • i root parts of the country in one assembly, to Oath' 'lnterest themselves in a lively manner for the King of I . . . _... . are given all the rights possessed by Of faunae, of Sicily, and expressly demand Oat' the kingdom of 1 mo • y, sad other'parts of • • ' Naples shall be restored to Ferdinand, as its le. g rantin g "°. , . I.o,olstion. The several priviineesbairebut- one COM . 4 ler gitimate Sovereign. The Pope complains bitterly at T his b - 'cl* • b " 6 est. cannot e iscrsed but by 'deliberations ht their holding the domains of the Church; end the cities of Genoa and Venice are very much dissatis fi ed; common , or p romot ed , but by one common resoled ceded to the King of on account of the latter being ' (ion. .Lf the administration of the single peaces Sardinia. . .• were formerly suited. to their wants,, imperious' cir. ' cu . instanCei ' slow • tire ' The Powers who are occupied in the affairs of ___, 111" I more - a tgo" 001 ,' * O O Germany do not agree among themselies; and' " I . r7"Y 716rfik Th e, ire" 4 ol. agreement of fte Switzerland also furnishes matter -for•eery . animated s`lo. bo d ies " 1 4 14. - M' t , h , ' I 'lo, effected,' ez . .• rap t by the onion .ordered. by the Prince. Tea he- discussion. How, amongst a thousand - conflicting .. • tenon* of the t unes tie great . A strict e le t' rights, pretensions, interests, and contradictory re:. . . , g • 1 1 0-1 foe demotions, will the affairs be able to proceed ? ~, of the ohligitioni: entered later foe the cooetry•will The news of the day is:•that the affairs of Ger.; 01 'Y' whit. : justice require.' towards those who with many are suspended, on account of 'such emit nit -er- ' aiefiativco in God's fol# Leal their property to a.' city of opinions amongst the Members of the Cow-. public to supply the publi c wants. These demands mission. . t . . . :. • • ~ are, however, to he 'United with the care for the wel. It is said that Prince %edit hes ishota.hiate to the fare .of the-resent an d fut • - P er generations. The Congress, in which he complains :of I. Want of at. Prince Regent considers this. wood-faith whick:the tention to what interests his Coort,•ind also that Sovereigns and States of this country hove rairetire t ae.• .vi e lotertt ; as so sacred, that he hat dedaked .itis dispn. they have not made Min acquaintint witbseveral. gociations in which he was interested in behalf or,sition to coqtribute, even. fro* "the revemse of the his Court, which are the causes. of .his not taking an domains, that these Olidins lolly be fulfilled. The active part in the labours of the Commission. We nature of this tontribsteten shay be fixed•whea we are assured that the Minister of Wirtemburg holds have before us the-iihole of our wanteeed our re. . sou r ces: ' . . • •• ' • , the same language. r" -By the persons who frequently go in the suit of the At the end 'of this" speech his Royal• litglinen King of Bavaria, we are assured that the departure caused to be presented the list of Deputies, with the of the-King and Queen is fixed for the 27th. regulations for the deliberations, and the Damsel The King of Wirtemburg has not yet quitted his those Officers announced op account of their official apartments. capacity. (The Abbot of Loceum, the Abbot of fit, The Prince de Ligue is seriously ill of an erysipe. Michaeli and the President of the Knight of 11l Rs, and during eight days his condition created the Duchy of Ilermett.) most lively interest. IlerewPOß'his Royal highness repaired in roc* ‘ion with the whOle Assembly to. the Church of tko Niece, where OM hymn •" Nun dank el alle Golf," It was again confidently asserted on Change l wbei this Ptiper went to Press, that Preliminaries of Pesci have been signed at Ghent. Stocks in consequent , are up to 67‘. The laws nhich lately occuped the attention of the French. Legislature are those relative to the Bonk of France, and to the importation of iron. Tha Bank is proposed to be placed in* some degree snd* the contrOntof the Minister of Finance. With te• spect to imported iron, the Chamber of Peers has , introduced a just amendment into the proposed law. As passed•by. the Deputies, all foreign iron in en- Irving watattl)jected to a new and higher duly: the Peers have reduced the duty to the rate at which it ' existed nt the time of importation. The new War " Minister, the Duke of DatataTi.s, appears to afraid great satisfaction in'the discharge of hie dulie‘•' •His appointment has been followed 4 , some minor Changes in . the same department. Count DAM/ ii ' appointed Intendant-Creneral of the Aimv, And Bards' Diva! DE irmtarr, Secretary-Gem - mt. — 'The laW=suit between 1,01118• BONAPARTE and hii ' *ife attracts great curiosity. •The following slurp is told in the French Par". of r:elarshai - .ll4.tcoolsaLn:—:The Duke of T , . RENTON', when commanding at Gratz, after the hot• -tle of %Vagrant, kept up such strict discipline his army, that at his departuve the States of the country requested • his acceptance of 200,000 lietest as a testimbnY of their-gratitude.' TM Marshal ree fused the present (crednt I) The next day 's the same De puties • o ff ered him a set of jewels, of the same value, as a marriage present-for.his ten. This the Marshal again declined, and told tlariyi that since they thought themselves indebted hi there was one way in w!iich they might profs their gratitude, and that' Was by their attention in 500 sick men, whom he otas Oli , red to leaVe behind in theii taw n. 1 THE CONSTITUTION SUNDAY NEWSPAPFX, Price Sixpence Halfpenny. THE CONSTITUTION is one of the largest! PAspers.poblivited, and u pagicularly weitadapted for. the , use of-Families and othen.'who do not peruse a Daily 3ournat, ! as it contains a general and copious seledion of Domestic and Foreign News vf tfte preceding week, together with a SVIIIIIAIY (lobe toose c iaterest* Events. The N A V4t; INTELLOC MCC! is gecen,dt gm) length. and einbrates totew hole of the foregoing week. 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