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, 1 Treat, tbe LINA* sent Non FOREIGN INFltii.,6lfrics. . 'ler= NAIL nOit Tit, vsexca Woopmeo; OCT. 9. fire Mead-ewertees of the Emilia mad Prussia° Amps is. freisee. splendid prepesatino• are nodtiug '•rikir Oho ereeptton of their Majesties the Emperor of illegals and the King of Prussia. who will be pre. tent at the lase review of their troaps. berets their .. deportees from the French territory. .The sews. daft the speedy evacuation of France is decidid span hes diffused nalionsal jot. It is 'opposed that the Russian troops will bi 'embarked at Dunkirk and Ostend. A report is in •' ciretakitien, that some of the contingents will remain :spiel e.dir rrsottete till neat spring. but 'this report —.mamas weelirmetioo. are new beginning. in the French army, te .'Ol4l of the•erganivition of the Cadiet for the third Pitiiitialions of the different departmental lesions, and • • Ilfth stisedreise for the regiments of cavalry. Siorerel dicers who were not in actual service, have • ' • been selected for them. MAGUS. OCTOSSI 13. We learn from •Braesels that the Grand Doke 'Michael arrived there yesterday, and proceeded to • Aks.la.Clispelle; where the Grand Duke Coo. Matisse, wee expected on the I Ith. • 7*day there was a grand review neer Waasdorp, ' where besides the Members , of the Royal Family, a r coacworse of people had collected from this • • a and the st.ighbourhood. the fins weather •-irreioly eentributed to attract visitors who were all triglerdelighted with the correct manner in which the swops performed their evolutions. We learn tbe troops in garrison at Brussels, as well as .theme ho tile amp at Ziest, were reviewed yesterday, and that the camp will break up in • few days. OCTOBBIL 7. . Baron Ven'Triuto.Berberich. Charge d'Affaires of his Highness the Prince of Tour and Tsai., has presented to the Dirt a long memorial respecting the relations of the House of Toler sod Taxis with the crown of Wirtemberg, and complaining that Ilse, Government of Wirtemberg is by no meow die. posed to restore to the House of Teur and Taxis, or • to the mediutised Estates of the Empire, the full enjoyment of the rights "ad attributes which are secured to them by the Act of Confederation. The differences between the Houses of Lippe Schaumburg, and Lippe-Detmold, have been brought before the Diet, and referred to a Com. matte for examination. CIIRISTIANIA, SEPT. 2fi. His Majesty the King has resolved to defray from his private purse the expenses of the making of the Norwegian Crown, including the gold, jewels, pearl., ice. as well as those of the sceptre, globe, sword, and standard of the kingdom, and keen pleased to order that the regalia shell be deposited in the Cathedral Church at Drontheim, under the core and responsibility of the Magistrates. IT. IPETERSIMIGH. SEPTUIDER 23. The establishment of German emig►ants on pri vate estates in Russia has commenced with good soccess. Upon an estate belonging to M. Von Kokoschin, /111 went. from Moscow, 11 Wirtem berg families lla►e been settled this year, who have raised good crops. and thrive well. The Minister of ll* Interior takes great pains to spread this kind of toMement alt over the Empire, because this kind el colonisation is of permanent advantage as wail to the settlers as to the proprietors of estates, orbs have more land than they are able to cultivate. Yesterday, after an interruption of siz years, the Preach actors commenced their new series of repre sentations with an operatta.—(Datek Papers, Oe elier 14.) PARIS PAPERS. rang, OCTOSEIL 13. •• We were the int to announce that the prin ciple of the evacuation of the French territory had been conceded in the conferences at Aix-la-Cha pelle on the td of October, and this intelligence was correct. We pubhshed, yesterday, the expli cation of the forms used in the negociatioiss—and remarked that, according to these forms, a circum stance might be fully decided before the deSaiiive tact was prepared and signed. It was then our duty to await the triterior dttails which the Official Iseresl of yesterday ptsbh►ited in the following Icfsttu : anweier, who arrived lase vetoing front Aix Aa•Chapellt, ba it brow& to tho Ring the intelligence, that on the oth of this means Ate Doke de Richelieu, Plenipotentiary of his Pifirfeety, signed, with the Plesipetentiatim of the Courts of Amitrin, Regime* Pfewila, and Ramis, a Conventicle, by which the Arm/ Oceepotioa shall hare quilted the French territory on OR ROA of neat November. The sum that re taking to be fluid by Framer, msformahly to lb. 4th Attack of the tittis of November, ISIS, is definitively Reed by this Cotersution at idb millions, of which vim 100 0T 4 71.44 \ t . ; , . _ ..,.* ... ; It .., .' ' t '.• i. 7 ~,,,, • ii ' 7 , 'Nk yid& It felt at Me geilty male. Is the Defisitivit Treaty Of the 30th of November. ISIS. it had boiled shelf to the enlist marl effective shillition of " a coariaterre at odious le itself, as imperatively forbidden by the Walla Maria and tatelre " time. the 30th of July, ISIS, it had Whined the Astoriedura of the Allied Power,. that it had imbed seders to pot an esnt to ilw trade is simians its part 'Am that day, esti, a tier. and for ever." It bad ev asia a iebaw = ea prev siosead th e arili s h Goat rnavist i thst.tbs. am l sod flume, which bed hies restated to it by the posee,Obseild sever be pertained to isolvlhollt to the toolooldoo tikdot erode is slaves. Tel, severtheiese, is spite of aN esti duds. au*" mono hod AIM alaraillohaveses sow sgalissiodar . her &WOWS tins this warts of eapitte, mump s asdihrsolo. • . the one sees to ereseemestora Ailisps of assolleirdisli, which bad betas to, display .shell, vootaltail Was hoot* t Ness. Nis& of sidoppy Oman% acing ogooptliesAsests, wee loopod law the prsoilestist WM slope itips, sad suertvd . oaths hsentee, los los Oen korai, shish Ow* teaseparsoliso from the Preset, rehabs Is the West ladies; sad then, thsso atb surrires, are issiiirsolad Is tut their hi Goren awl aseasilltlag loboasysidar hits ship of the hearted driver. • ' , •t ham bees thought oresessig to td er bolo some details elleobott rfairsedealosties, heeosed they teed Is thew the vos•lhObested lardiesay of the °Awl ..,*.Js of pro. !Aso M ie sveseswe to owed. Noe *Mho WI is- , satiable moth, sf the tralleht re in busses blood. N. use sea *rot tip good faith at the Iheoth Covers. ttlasl t soil yet AM* simpler triumph have tees seatehes Useable to-Alois serer aN iri dedirstiati and am! . ► :'. I c\N% -roused by his Majesty is . tke tat "these gdownstesoy WIC Europe has alio metered a William homage to the wisdom of the imidense majority of the French nation, who, in uniting *themselves to the principles of the *march, seek teatime even the memory of those discords which hare tee leog agitated France end the world. The Powers hem aloe repressed their satisfac tion it the guarantees offered for the payment of the sums still remaining dee hi France. For the purpose of giving mew mark* their high esteem for the King, they have reduced the total amount ef these sums front VW to 05 millions, They 'him also given a proof of their entire con6deoce iu and in the solidity of our public credit, accepting the payment of 100 millions in an , deities on the State. The sums, it appears. will be distributed auseeg the several Powers iu the following manner—to Russia 48 millions, to Euglaud the same ; to Aqstria and Prussia about 40 millions each; to the Netherlands 2t millions, to Bavaria 10 millions, and to the other Powers the remaining 57 milliow ; the whole its proportion to the sacrifices they have ' made and the losses they be suffered. We shall now be occupied only in the details re: lative to the epoch of the departure of the different Corps, so that they may not too much encumber the roams, and wsate the countries through which they may be destined to march. It is thought that the EOglish troops will pet themselves in march on the 20th or ittst. They will arrive at Calais on the 24th, where transports will be ready to receive them. The Prostiass, the Russians. and Saxons will ar raage their march in such a manner that they may not follow each other too closely. They will oho pass thrones the North of Germany. The Rnr sows will continue their march to Poland. All the other contingents will follow eacliotber at regular distances. It is hoped that in a few days the grateful capital will agaiu are within its walls the able Minister whose talents and noble character have so power fully contributed to accelerate these negociations. He will bring to as the sweet trophies of peace, and, till then, impatient curiosity mast rest satis fied with what has been already learned. Although there events were foreseen with cer tainty, they could not fail to excite a general astir faction among all Frenchmen, and to increase still further the force and veracity of these sentiments of gratitude and devotion which our hearts have long entertained towards a Monarch, whose profound wisdom, the admiration of Europe, is the best safe guard of our country. The most prejudiced minds, if they have any good faith, must also avow that this happy termina tion of the difficulties brought upon France by the deplorable event . of the 90th of March, could not have been effected without some ability on the part of those who direct public affairs. Their friends, even the most ardent, could not have dared, at the conclusion of the Treaty of the 40th of November, to flatter themselves with seeing the happy day of our independence rise so quickly. It is also hut justice, at such a moment, to ac knowledge that the personal interviews of Sove reigns, formerly so formidable, are now • fertile source of benefits to nations. The personal vir tues, and the amiableness of character, which in tire Monarchs of our day so greatly enhance the splendour of the diadem, cannot but facilitate all negociations, and simplify the science of diplomacy. These assemblies of Sovereigns and illustrious Statesmen, considered in whatever point of view, serve to create an European opinion —an opinion much more respectable, and much more fertile in happy results, than those vain csprices of an unen lightened multitude, which innovators wish to de. curate with the pompous name of public opinion. It is by a calm and moderate conduct, by re pelling perfidious counsels, the spirit of calumny and faction; it is by supporting with confidence the eacelleut intentions of Government, that na tions will be enabled to pay to their Sovereigns the universal debt of affection and gratitude which has been imposed upon them by these august labours for the maintenance of peace and the progress of general prosperity."—(Josrua/ des Debits.) EXTRACT OF ♦ PRITATZ LITTER FROM LISSOM. " The exchange is in consternation, occasioned by the loss of four vessels richly laden, which have been captured in the course of this week by the in rargent corsairs. " They experienced the 21st of this month, a league and a half west of Lisbon, a strong shock of an earthquake. Ido not know that it has caused any damage. but it was so violent as to excite lively appreheosious here. It did not extend to this city. 6' have at this 1110111 Mi received intelli gence that an Indian yew!, richly laden. bound from Bahia, has been likewise taken in sight of the coast." A letter front the Isle of Bourbon. dated June 24. says--" Our authorities have executed • Treaty of Commerce *with the Governor of the Mauritius which only requires to be ratified by the latter. The fol lowing are the bases :—.The two Colonies shall trade our footing of a perfect reciprocity ; the Freed ceut. for the sake or equality. The export duty. which bad been only tt per cent. has been raised to 5 per cent.' that it might be equal to that of the Mauritius. A duty. moreover, of ti per cent. on natives, on export bothitere sad in the Mauritius on Colonial orticles. is reciprocally agreed to.— All merchandise eosin Irons France shall be admitted at the Mastitis*" on paying the duty above mentioned; but they must be previnusly disembarked here and warehoused, and may be again embarked in the sew vessel. Merchandise taken at the Mauritius for Europe . most uadergo a similar aperation."—(Mnaeriol NIANZPORT, OCTOSSIt 3. M. the Baron de Vrints-Berberich has, on behalf of his Serene Hightiem the Prince de la Toir and Taxis, submitted to the Diet, and caused to be published in the journals, a Memorial, of which the following are some of the principal ps'sages " The undersigned fuelling the mission with which he has been specially charged by his master, his Serene Highness the Prince de la Tour and Taxis, addresses himself with respectful confidence to the Germanic Diet, in an affair that concerns the relations of the Princely House of Taxis with the Crown of Wirtemberg„ and their fixation conform ably to the stipulations of the ;soh article of the Federative Act, to call the attention of the Areopa gus of Germany to an object which, after previous negotiations, wherein representations _and privets have been useless, wherein no regard hap been had to the motives of public sight, or to the applica tions of the Constitutional Act of Germany, has reduced the House of Tour and Taxis to the ne cessity of having recourse now to the Diet " It is sufficient to throw a rapid glance over the diplomatic negotiations which preceded the Treaty of Paris of the lith of July, 1806, and to pay at tention to the spirit and even to the letter of the Act of the Confederation of the Rhine to be con vented, that in then abolishing the rights of poli tical independence possessed by the different States of the Empire, nothing more was proposed to be taken froni i them than the rights and prerogatives essentially annexed to the sovereign authority, such as legislation, the military constitution, the su preme administration of justice, slid of the high police; but that all their other rights were left un touched, as they were by name specified in the Act of Confederation, and particularly their rights of property; that all the Governmerts interested were fully agreed in respect to this, and that it was node' this express condition that the Imperial Ca. billet of France then pee on its side its consent to the project of sediattisaffax. . . . . " Hopes were then held oat that without any new restrictions the legal enjoyment might be prevented of a state of things politically annihilated and re strained by views of public right. " Experience has unhappily proved the contrary. The Royal Government of Wirtemberg, without having regard to the inviolability of the Act of Confederation, founded on public right and the law of nations, and to the conditions of mediatisa lion, has withdrawn itself from those which had been imposed upon it, and which itself had ac cepted. By a dash of the pen it has restrained the mediatised in the choice of their residence ; has taken from them the patrimonial rights of adminis tering justice, as well as the other branches of the inferior police, and the administration of the Com munes. It has consigned the police of the forests, with its attributes, to the Royal officers of the forests; the forests of which the Princely House had the property have been given to these officers for • rent. All freedom of taste has been annihilated ; the mediatised territories have been charged with extraordinary impositions, far surpassing their pro duce ; the Lords have been limited to a temporary abode in their residences at Stutgard ; in a word, without any regard to treaties and to solemn pro mises, all the relations of public right belonging to the mediatised States of the Empire have been dissipated. " The House of Tour and Taxis has for seven years been like the other mediatised States of the King dun of Wirtemberg in this situation, without sup port, exposed to the encroachments of this Govern ment, deprived of every' means of maintaining its rights, and it was beholding its losses advancing with rapid steps, vateu at length the powerful arms of the Allied Monarchs, and the energetic union of the Princes of Germany, restored tranquillity to the country ; sad their wisdom, among other bless ing', has confirmed, in a legal trimmer, by the fourteeutb article of the Federative Act, the rights of the mediatised States of the Empire. " The moment was then arrived when those States that were submitted to the Royal Government of Wirtemberg could, under the protecting tegis of public right, and the law of nations, abandon them• selves to the well-founded hope, that sifter • long period of sufferings and oppression they should be restored without delay to the possession of their lawful state, consistent with the Federative Con. stun/cloth •' Years have roiled by since the Federative Act. without the Court of Wirteniberg fulfilling its en gagements. and during this suspension of the rights and lawful state of the lirince of Tour and Taxis. and others of the niediatised, which could not but adfict them deeply. His Serene Highness, to bie THE BRITI SH PRES S. LON DON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1915. We lament to state that the Arctic Expedition of Discovery has completely failed. Last morning a Midshipman arrived at the Admiralty with dis patches from Capt. BUCHAN, whom he left at Yar- , mouth, at which port he has arrived with the Dorothea under his 'mu command, and the Trent under that of Lieut. FRANKLYN. They could only penetrate just as far north as Lord Mut.uftes% did before them. Every thing that nautical skill and intrepi dity could do was effected, but the difficulties op posed to the passage were insurmountable, and retie dered the further prosecution of the voyage totally impracticable. The detached had recently 'found their way into the Atlantic Ocean, had encouraged as hope that the sea would be found more clear of obstruction in the highest northern latitudes, but this hope has proved falloch. our. The rlsiFs, had they persevered in their course, fir remained much longer iu the advanced position tit • ANCI; which they had reached, must have perisi‘ed. O ne of them was caught between two floating ice-ber gs (ice islands), the collision of which was so great, she was lifted completely out of the water. Her irons were all forced, and her ribs broken. We understand that, with the advantage of evert• possible care and assistance afforded by her consort, it is with great difficulty she has been able to mike port.—The vessels were first seen, on their return, off Scarborough on Thursday. A Dutch Mail has arrived with Papers to the 14th instant. Splendid preparations are making ut the Russian and Prussian head -quarters for tln reception of the Emperor of RUSSIA and King or PRUSSIA, during their presence at the departing review of their troops. The Russian contingent will return by see from Dunkirk and Ostend. We have received Paris Papers of Tuesday last, The Journal des Debars, iu repeating the not-Hi t etice contained in the Atuniteur of the pr-ceduir day, respecting the approaching evacuation of the French territories by the Allied Army, col d s, what was of course implied in the consent given by the Sovereigns to this measure, t hut their Majesties had expressed their fullest confidence in the intermit state of France, as of the most amide security for the maintenance of public tranquillity. Tile system of Government now pursued by the KING has thus received their unqualified approval, mod iu this testimony in favour of the present Ailmini.tr;:- lion, the Allied Monarchs proved the contempt they entertained for the representations lately trans mitted to them by the Ultra-Royalist fiction. How, indeed, could they, consistently with the respect due to themselves, and the proper regard they should preserve for their own sovereignty, countenance the proceedings of a party who would endeavour to make foreign princes the arbiters of their domestic quarrels? The sums ►till due by France to the Allied Powers amounted to 250 millions, to be paid within two years; but the Sovereigns have thought proper to reduce this debt from 280 millions to 265, on condition that France will pay off the entire sum within nine months from the date of the present Convention. The reduction, however, is fondly attributed by the French Paper to the high respect entertained by the Sovereigns at Aix-la-Chapelle for the personut character of Louts XVIII. The supposition is so flattering, and at the same time fraught with so much advantage to the King of FRANCE, that it is with some reluctance we have submitted to the necessity of representing the circumstance in its proper light. The sum to be finally paid will be divided among the Allies, in proportion to their sacrifices and exertions. Great Britain and Russia are to receive 48 millions of francs each ; Austria and Prussia about 40 millions each ; and the other States lesser sums, as they may seem to the greatr. Powers to have deserved well by their sufferings and their services. The overbearing influence of Russia is discernible in every occurrence, else wherefore should that overgrown power now receive an indemnity equal to that of Great Britain, hav ing already seized upon Poland, and thereby oh tained an extent of power far exceeding her losses ? while Great Britain has gained nothing by the war but an immense debt, and an accumulation of taxes and offices, that exhaust her strength and midanger the existence of her liberties. It is ex , peeled that the grand reviews will take place about the War and 20th, and that the English troops will immediately after put themselves in march for the coast, where transports will be ready to receive them. The other contingents will so r gulate their march, that Frme will, accord i.:4 to the terms of the Convention, be freed from 6 , 1 presence of her conquerors ou the 30th day of No vember. We have traaslated from a Frankfort Paper some extracts from a Memorial presented to the Ger manic Diet, on the part of the Prince of Totes and TAXIS. This Prince is one of the Mediatised Princes of the Empire, subjected to the dominion of Wirtemberg, with certain rights savouring•of so vereignty. These privileges were secured by legal and sufficient documents, but they interfered with the plans of government devised by the Court of Stutgard, and were unceremoniously violated. Of this infraction of rights, the Mediatised Princes have hitherto vainly complained, and now the Prince of Tout and TAXIS appeals for redress to that body, which his Memorial terms " The Area, pagus of Germany." The appeal, though trade iii his name, embraces the cause of all the Mediatised Houses, and therefore must excite considerable in terest io . : Vermany. Thefunds have risen. The Five per Centr. art 761 . ..35 c. Bank Stock, 1,660 f. Sir 11. IF-iti.Torth left Kew Palace on Thursday evening, the' QUEEN . 3 general health being so much .better thou it had been for some day- re vious, and Sir F. MILNIAN remained in close at tendance upon her MAJE3TY during Thursday night, and yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, Sir F. MRxAN visited the QUEEN, and also re ceived the report of the females appointed to sit up with her MAJESTY; but Sir Fassiers did sot issue the Bulletin as an official repiirt of the A.tc of the 9vicsig for sooae time afterwards, and be urinal is inscription of aamaities at the price of the ith of Ibis eteeth." - e Tevdtie "Aide w ese *Wren* detailie !bid) wileeetlerived*ent m aseod:iesvcei The Allied •Powete have am, Arratiimi. their *defection at the internal state of 'Nivea, and the gamete*, her situation offers for the continu- ance of the general treqquality. The torte* df - _ shall pay at the Menritios (the Isle of Frencv), 4 per cent. besides the duty of 'satire sabjectis which ie 6 per cent. The English eimdi py beri 4 per cent. besides the native dety, ybieb hat bithetto been only 1 per cent. bat is now raised to $ per ' ti s %. . ' • • • \• • ••• J.~ .` . • great astonishment, saw in floe year 181 . /, with the reject of the Constitution of4Wirtemberg, the Statute of the NAM, which, in the greater part Vas dispositions, is ix direct contradiction with the . spirit and text of the Forle!Mtive Act, and which contains principles the most unfavourable respect ing the relations of public right, and tite future legal state of the mediatised States of the Empire. " The Governinesit of Wirtemberg appears in general to act with this view, that the dispositions of the Federative Act either ought to remain sub ordinate to the royal project of the Conatitu►in.i. or at least ought not to be in oiyositiou to this pro ject. This principle, however, would totally pars. lyse the whole force of the constitutional acts. which ewe their strength to public right and the law of nations, and every German Government might, according to its peculiar manlier of consi dering it, either execute or etude at its discretion, the dispositions of the Federative Act. "The Statute of the Nobility of Wirtemberg re straMs the military franchises to the exemption of the ordinary 'laws ot recruiting, while the Federa tive. Act pronounces absolutely a freedom from every military obligation. "TheS'tatiete of Nobility pronountes that the me distised can only belong to one state in the quality of citizens: the Federative Act declares that they are the first Lords albs State to which they belong. The Government of Wirtemherg, guided by this principles is willing• to accord, by way of exception and concessin, the right of nativity to the Prince of Tour and Taxis, who hes in Wirtemberg posses sions so considerable of principality ritid lordships, e►►d excludes him altogether front the right of being a Member of Me States, because the !twee of Taxis possesses lordships in several States of the Germanic Empire. " The-Federative Act pronounces that tl►e media. tised States of the Empire form, w►th respect to taxes, the most privileged class in the State ; the Statute of the Nobility already clearly points out corattitirtionsl restrictions on this point, and places tlrem m►trely ou a footing with the rest of the Nobility. - " The Federative Act grants to the mediatised Houses the exercise of civil and criminal justice in the first instance; and in the second instance, if their possessions be sufficiently considerable, the forest jurisdiction, the local police, the superin tendency of churches and schools, the benevolent establiishmekto, taking herein, as the basis, the Bavarian Ordinance of the 19th of March, 1807, and declares, that the Lords may exercise these prerogative* in the entire extent of their mediate territory. The Palate, on the contrary, would take away the jurisdiction sod local police, even in the mediate territory, if the Crown should possess therein either lands or serfs attached to the soil. The Maggie moreover requires, for the exercise of civil justice i►► the second instance, a Director and at least six Counsellors, which would be sufficient for a most populous district, end must cause enormous expe►►se. It demands for exercising the rights of patrimo►►ial justice, the districts of jus tice totally separated, wherein may be found any subject of the King : while, according to the Fe derative Ac►, these rights extend, end ought to ex tend evidently, and without exception, over all the, mediatised district. " It results evidently from this exposit;:on that the exercise of the rights belonging to the Pr;ncely House of Taxis, in virtue of the Federative enii stitution, are on the part of the kingdom of Wir temberg, modified, limited, and restricted, in such a manner as that the increase of them would be at tended with the greatest difficulties. this, this House conceives it ought not to subscribe, as it set:lll4es not an act of concession, or of Royal ge nerosity towards itself, hut the accomplishment of conditions by which the possessions of his Serene Highness have been submitted to the Royal autho rity, and at the same time, of constitutional rights, which, according to the 14th article of the Fede rati►•e Act, ought to belong, without restriction or arbitrary interpretation, to the House of Tour and Taxis." • •