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41111•1 1 ‘.-e 4 : r • WiR.II.INIC INTERESTS. othing can be more for, the interest of the Court of V ian.a than to have proposed to that of Berlin a purcly deferieve all against the ambition of Prance and Russia. The late invective against the Kisg of Prussia, in which the liberty of the !match press has somewhat blamably indulged itself, seems to indicate that all is not quite well between that Prince and the Sovereign in the Thuilkries, and that his Prussian Majesty had deserved a little gentle admonition. May this prejected alliance be possibly the cause of it, and may the rumoured visit to the banks of the Rhine haee the same origin. Upon these points we shall only indicate possibilities. -As to the overture itself, it appears very probable, as the House of Austria cannot fail, in every event, to derive honour and advantage, even from its rejec tion, which would demonstrate the total alienation of the would-be Emperor of Germany fie:ill the cause, interests, and character of the Germans. Since the peace of AVestphalia, the rivalry and r rancorous hatred of the Houses of Austria and lirandenburgh have been the cause of whetever di rainution the Empire may have endured in the rela tive scale of Europe. In the late war the evil had attained its crisis and the treaty of Petsle, at which Prussia consented (for value since received) to be a contemptuous spectator of the ruin and dismember ment of the natioa; (accustomed as our eyes are be. come to political wiceedness and apostacy), forms a epocha in the decline and fall of the German Em pire; it seems henceforth etectually divided, the com mon bend of coentry cancelled and destroyed, and the pody polite dissolved ieto two utterly distinct aid unconnected monarchies and peoples. If any thing can prevent this otherwise inevitable consum rnatien !for the dream of the Roman Crown upon the head of an Elector of Brandenburgh is as yet, et least, no more than the fume of intoxicated am bition and political indigestion), it must be the de fensive allience of the two Powers, the only substitute which call be des ised for the national identity and fe derative Constitution. We have purposely avoided any allusion to the internal state of Germany, poli tical or religious, and advert only to the necessity of sepplying the lAs and deterioration which that nati on has sustained in its external relations. Now, al thn' unhappily nothing appears more problematical and difficult to be attained than the union of these Houses, it will scarcely be alleged that there are any real unsnrmnuntable obstacles, or any other impedi ments than what arise in the lowest passions and the most contemptible prejudices and personalities. I Is it ton much then to hope—after the cruel experi ence of so many disastrous and disgraceful years, in which one half of Germany has deserted and be trayed the other—after the whole has been disho noured or weakened, pillaged, or torn to pieces by foreign hands, its territory, its constitution usurped and overthrown by foreigners, and its states, princes, and ecclesiastics robbed or indemnified, plundered or rewarded, in miler to create a dependence of weak inequity, and a faction of lawless possession in the pay or terror of foreigners ?—is it too much to hope, at this pericsd of time, that its misfortunes have arrived at their climax, and that it may now realm towards that prosperity, by unity and con cord, which it has thrown away by its civil dis seniions, and the division of the country?—This hope is entertained by Professor Gentz, and al thoulzh we cannot indulge it with a very sanguine confidence, we see as little reason to reject it alto gether. Perhaps the Professor may have exerted aria itulaence with the Austrian cabinet in favour of this most prudent and honourable attempt. It can ant be without extreme unpopularity that Prussia can refuse to entertain the proposal. Should the information from Harnburgh prove true, we have only to hope that the intrigues of the French cebi net may not be able to induce the counsellors of Vnederick William to protract or elude the settle tr..ent of the sole basis upon which it appears possible henceforward to protect the greatness, the prospe rity, or the independence, of Germans. The humane solicitude of a Society recently es tablished to diminish the cruel sufferings to which chimney sweepers' apprentices are condemned, will, it is hoped, have the effeEt which is proposed. There seems, however, great reason to be appre hensive, that an attempt, which has so often been made, will not be attended with more success now, than it has been on former occasions. This obser vation is not made with a view to prevent exertions of so meritorious a nature as those which the So ciety pmposes to themselves; but arises merely from a melancholy view of the small progress that has been made in the amelioration of the fate of children apprenticed to this trade, since the period when they first became the subject of public an x iety. The benevolent JON AS HANWA V, Who first avow ed himself their protector, gives the following ac count of them ; These distressed boys," he says, " are often bought of worthless parents, or picked tip, as a forlorn hope, and sold by one chimney sweeper to another, for ten or twenty shillings. Some masters take a dozen, some twenty appren tices. One of them had the modesty to take as fir a; thirty ; many of whose faces he really did not know. In those cakes it is common to let them out at 6d. a-day, the boy to get fowl where he can/nd ; the chatity which they get in the streets, it it ex ceeds a penny, they are again plundered 'ef by the masters." The Solicitor of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, on Tuesday exhibited informations against twenty-eight publicans, who live in the neighbour hood of Shoreditch, for suffering persons to tipple in their houses during divine service, on Sunday se'nnight. They were severally convicted in the penalty of ten shillings, and dismissed with a suit abk admonition from the Magistrate, except one, who was acquitted, because he had a board on his door to intimate - that no liquor would be served daring divine service, and the complaint against him originated from a case of necessity, to which the act does not extend. One of the delinquents, who was charged with serving spirits through a small wicket in hack-dens, to nearly thirty women at once, said, they complained of a pain in their bowels. A shoemaker was also fined for exercising his trade on a Sunday. He said the person who . gave the information came whilst he and his family were at church, under pretence of buying a pair of shoes ; but, after he had lo!‘ed at come, and found the ruler's name, he said, " that Was all he wanted," end went away. Crispin thought the Society should not employ persons of such a description, who came with t lie in their mouths , for it wiA inipossible t h e y • ceulo. lipttru tic kinzdoNs V licaves. ~, „'c... . y~~rr - i t SURINAM. Cop e a Litter from a Gastkoras mMiriam to • Minim a this City, iiaspi Paresseribe, 1216 08. 1802. gi Diaß a Having already written you very fully in answer to your several favours, 1 have only to say, that the British flag still flies in this colony, al though, agreeably to the definitive treaty, we have been looking for the Dutch fleet since July.—l hope it will be remembered with gratitude for the pro tection it has given to property, until opinions inimi cal, not only to the prosperity of the colonies, but even subversive of the happiness of those whom they seemed to favour, have had time to subside. In the effervescence of public opinion, private property was on the eve of that ruin which has desolated St. Domingo, when the colonies fell into the hands of the British, and have encreased under her fostering influence beyond all calculation. The laws of the country have not been innovated, and by continuing the civil power in the hands of the former magis trates, the people have suffered no new vexation. The future welfare of this colony will of course de pend, in great part, on the measures adopted by the Dutch Gover.tment. It is probable many things require to be corrected, but precipitate measures often defeat their end. The principal persons now in office, the Governor and h iscal, possess an intimate local knowledge; and, should no alteration be made in these appointments, will, of course, enlighten and assist the new Govern ment, in na :king arrangements for its permanent welfare. Governor Friderici is so eminently distin guished fur his talents and enterprise, as well as his accurate knowledge of the country, acquired by a residence of thirty odd years, constantly employed in reducing the revolted negroes to a state of amity, or in promoting the useful arts of peace, that he pos sesses the confidence of all dekriptions of the inha bitants. He views Surinam with the fond partiality of a parent, and makes his private fortune useful to the public welfare, by being the first to make new establishments, and encourage others. In the neigh bourhood of his estates the most liberal support is given to settlers, and the best advice his experience can furnish. Accessible at all times, without losing the dignity of his situation, his urbanity and pleas ing manner set every man at his ease ; and, like the Duke of Marlborough, it he cannot grant a request, he seldom sends the person discontented from him. —ln she t, he is one of the few fitted by Nature to command, and who promotes his own welfare by promoting that of others. Should Governor Friderici be continued in command, and no changes be made inimical to the interests of settlers, I dare say a great deal of British capital will be invested in the colony, which offers every advantage, and has been hitherto little known to strangers. Ncw settlements are every day undertaken, and many only wait for the perma nent establishment to decide them. Hence the Ba tavian Republic derives decided advantages in the end from the temporary loss of her colonies. 4 4 From the uncertain state of things, we are just now very much in want of supplies of all kinds, par ticularly provisions, as the English have been afraid to venture, and the few Dutch ships have brought little. The price of produce, too, keeps up very high. The coffee crop is likely to fall short ; but cotton will be very plenty, from the regularity of our seasons ; and sugar is a very certain article : but few estates produce what they ought from want of slaves, which, I hope, will be attended to by Government. Believe me always, dear Sir, yours truly, eitc." WNW, We extra& the following from the last number of the Ma-cure de France. " The most profound tranquillity prevails in the political world, since the British Parliament has adjourned for the Christmas recess. It might hence, perhaps, be justly inferred that, if Great Britain did not aim at k eep ing Europe in a state of disturbance, each State f eeli ng itself less compelled to attend to the projeas of its-neighbours, would devote its at tention and its exertions to the improvement of its administration and the increase of its commerce, without thinking of injuring that of other countries. But in such a situation of things England would not find her account. For as England was watchful to usurp a commercial and maritime sdpremacy at the time when the Continent was employed only in chi valrous enterprizes, she feels it indispensible to make , the Continent go regularly to war every ten years, that she may have an opportunity to consolidate her usurpations in safety. We are, therefore, now allowed a short interval to breathe. " The present Administration have dextrously ex tricated themselves from the intrigues that were at work to make them give up their places. luring the truce which they enjoy till.the 3d of February, it is probable that the different parties may endea vour to conic to some understanding, or by the stir they are attempting to make, they may end in standing wider asunder than ever. If the two Op positions could bring themselves to agree respecting the persons whom they would force into place, the present Ministers must be compelled to yield : but if the parties do nut succeed iu concerting some mu tual arrangement, the Ministers will remain im moveable, and the more perfectly masters of Parlia ment, as the two Oppositions must have increased their divisions by all their fruitless efforts at an ac commodation. What part does the King take in all these con tentions ? None. The Parliament is niade sure of ; that is the great operation in which the Crown is in terested. The King is well aware that whoever be the Ministers whom chance may assign to him, they will always be jealous of their power and authority, and obliged to follow the same plans which their predecessors have adopted ; for the Members of Parliament have a powerful interest in not permitting the power of the Crown to be diminished, by which they and their families are enriched and loaded with favours. Ministers who support a free representa tion, would soon bad that the first and last act of the liberty of the two Houses would produce no other effect than a change of Administration ; and atter that every thing would again resume its old ac customed course." The Briannia, Brown, of Liverpool, from De merara, with two hundred of the 11th West India regiment on board, was wrecked on the 23c1 of De cember on Hog John Point, Antigua.—All the people were saved, but the ship and part of the stores will be totally lost. IitrIZSALAItIi The siuittp of the Swiss Codsulta are drawing to a 'close. The felkeeing intelligence has been receiy ed from Bess* and Zurich. • The letters from Berne are dated the 13th inst. they state—" The Courier from Paris who arrived yesterday, brought us the constitution of our Can ton decreed by the Deputies, and approved of by the Flirt Cotrsm.. The canton is divided into dis tricts, and the districts into tribes. The citizens of the canton, enjoying a fortune of 1000 f. have alone the right of voting. Each tribe names an elector out of fifty citizens. The union of those electors from the electoral body of the canton, which names the grand council, composed of two hundred and ninety-nine members. It is to that council that the legislative power is confided. It appoints to all places. Twenty-seven of its members form the petty council, from which are to be taken two avoyers, a treasurer, and a chancellor, who form, with the.two oldest and the two youngest counsel lors, the executive committee. The grand coun cil appoints from among its members those who are to form a tribunal of civil appeal, and a criminal tribunal. " The same letters announce, that the cantonal organisation of Basle, Fribourg, Lucerne, and Soleure, are also completed ; and that they resem ble those of Zurich and Berne. The most remark able difference between the old and new constitu tion of the cantons formerly aristocratical, is the political equality between all the citizens who com pose them, the application of which is to be found chiefly in the composition of the electoral bodies. "'1 he provision by which the exercise of the ad ministrative and that of the judicial power, are confided to the same bddy, has excited many re monstrances. It is supposed the proivsions will be changed. " We learn further, that the establishment of a general Helvetic Diet, to assemble once a-year, and to consiq of one deputy from each canton, is agreed upon. To establish a certain equality among the different cantons, the 'deputies of the greater cantons arc so have different yokes in proportion, respectively, to their population. The meetings of the General Diet will be in turns, at Zurich, Berne, Basle, Sokure Friburgh, and Lucerne.— ' 'll % deputy for the place at which the Diet meets, will he President for the time being." The following . is at present the military position of the French in Switzerland :—General Ney, Com mander in Chief and French Minister, with 2000 men in the city of Berne, 1000 more in its depen dencies ; General Serras, with woo men in the Canton of Lucerne; General BOrneau, with 4000 men in the Canton of Zurich, 4000 more in the Pars de Vaud, and '2OOO nr the North of Switzer land; single battalions occupy Basle, Friburgh, and Sol ,, are ; and the Helvetic troops are under the di rec;ion of the French, and chiefly employed in levy ing contributions. Numberless applications for legal passports are made every day to Citizen Morin, Minister for foreign relations at Berne. Amongst others were preferred, on the 13th of this month, applications from four families of the Pays de Vaud, who are leaving their country for America. In the number were heads of families of both sexes, of the age of sixty. Already have the common frauds of the season began to he practised; yesterday Salisbury-square, and all the streets in the neighbourhood, were stunned by the cry of " Remember the poor Garden ers, Remember the poor Gardeners !" from the mouths of a set of fellows, with dark blue baize aprons, and carrying a decayed cabbage on a pole ; though, perhaps, the men so grouped, never handled a spade in their lives. General JOURDAN is accused of not holding the same language in his private conversations respect ing the FIRST CO inn., that he makes use of in his Proclamations, or in Dispatches to Government. It i 9 asserted that, when speaking of BONAPARTE publicly, he once said, " This little man seems to forget he owes us every thing ; but when the day comes that we chose to blow upon him, he ceases to be any thing." On another occasion, being asked why, being BONAPARTE'S senior, he did not get himself appointed Consnl ? " Because," replied he, " I do not love tyrants, and therefore did not choose to be one ; I opposed the Revolution of the 18th Brumaire ; and, if afterwards I accepted of an em ployment under a Government which I did not ap prove, it is because that Government reduced me to the alternative either of uniting myself with its ex istence, or of being overwhelmed by its power." Accounts from Verona state, that the present King of Sardinia lives very privately at his seat at Viter bo, in the Papal territories, Bonaparte having posi tively objected to his residence at Rome. He of fered indeed to this Prince a sum of six millions of livres, and a perpetual annual allowance of three millions,more to the House of Sardinia, on condi tion of his Majesty's renouncing, for himself and his heirs, his Piedmontese territories. This Prince, however, has wholly declined this offer • and is re solved patiently to wait the decision of his affairs. We learn from Zurich, that the French Comman der in Chief has offered to rile ise the famous At ovs REDING, on condition of his going to Paris to assist in the deliberations of the Consulta. RED ING answered, that he had been at Paris a twelve- , month before for the same purpose ; and that having no plans to offer different from what he then pre sented, he preferred his confinement at Arburg to a tedious and fruitless journey to the French capital. Lady Anne Clifford, who lately died at Altona, was prayed for in all the Roman Chapels in the me tropolis on Sunday. The Cliffords are a very anti ent and very honourable family. We know not whether the late lady was of the same house with her namesake, who was called the " Queen of the North," and who died in 1676. This last mention ed Lady Anne Clifford was daughter of the Earl of Cumberland, Owl married first the Earl of Dorset, and then the Earl of Pembroke. She was worthy of the title of " Queen of the North," for she acquired it by her public spirit and benevolence. She foundel two hosplals, built or repaired seven churches, and six castles. Pendragon, in Westmoreland, still retains a magnificence suitable to the dignity of its antient inhabitant. She wrote the lite of her husband, the Earl of Dorset.--She erected a monument in the highway, where her mother and she took their• last farewell, on which spot a sum et money was annually given to the poor. MEETINGS 01 CIIEINTOES AT CRIILDHALL, to• mosnow, mu t. 29, 180& N. R. 7'. Wright, of Horsley, Gloucestenbire, clothier 2 10 W. and J. Epps, of Epsom, Surrey, innkeeper.... 2lO R. 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