The Sun. — London, England, 1816-11-21 00:00:00

DIET AT VRANiZFORT. The fan , it is the Spec(h which the Atintrian trti ;%ter Coont 11110L-SCHAUENSTEIN deliVtted, as Vreiii!etit of the Germanic Diet, at the opening Of that `assembly : "A7.he Ist of August, 1806, was the epoch when the first of the States of Europe ceased to exist : the Confederation of the Itbitte occupied t h e 1 ,1. 1 er of the Germanic Empire; and if nations could be extinguished like States, such also would have been the fate of the Germans. • " Germany, parcelled out into a number of in iderndent States, formed a Confederation tri ,butaty to a conntry,against which it littd inces lauds, contended for ages, and with which it has only been first reconciled since the period when the t , vo-nat ions have reciprocally paid each other the tribute of their esteemi for the towage of •Nt•hich they have given such fine proofs while de fetrdit►t; theft e ights and national dignity. " Without making extensive researches of ern . &Lion, it is ,uflieient to cast• a .glance over the -history of. the human race, or rather that of else of all climates, its order to tents what is the high destination of wan, and ho►v it de cides that of S•ates and !tat ions. On eXattlilling Maturely Both the one and the Other under all their shades and different foams, in onto, to ap preciate properly their nature, and to recognize the relations between the individual character of man and that of met) forming •States and nations by their onion, we ;snivel') the surest manlier at that point of history whirls presents the loftiest period of States, but which at the saute time an-, • notinces the proximity of their decline. " The character of the German, .considered as matt, iude•peudesttly of every form of govern ! . inent, prese►►ts distinctly the elements and the impress of his national government ; but reci procally, the civil and political relations to whiLlt Ile is placed have a visible issflneoce on the ex istence and private lite of individuals. St►clt is the law of nature---t at grand instenctress men, of States, and of nation►. In consequence of this reciprocal influence, that form of the civil and public relations of social life which shall re semble most faithfully the relations of private life will he the best, the most (hirable, and will con dsict most surely the social body, as well as incli• iidttals, to the most advantageous period of the existence of nations and men. • " In the German, considered intlividually,tve find an innate lo veof the sciences,whethertheexact, the metaphysics!, or the experimental, of which no aP . plication can be, made immediately to theiletails of P life. He loves the arts, he is inventive, indus trious, and the spirit of commerce conducts bins into the most distant quarters of the globe. departing from my principal object, tchose here to give a sketch of the history of the sciences, the • arts, inventions, industry,. and Commerce, might 1 not cite. Germans who have distinguished them • selves in all of these brunches • ? The number of distinguished men, however, in the different branches of. science or of art, is not precisely that which constitutes the literary glory of nations . ; Is rather the general diffusion of intelligence an, • of knowledge among all classes of a people which ^ gives the exact measure of its.talen4 to this re• spect. Far be it front my intention to depreciate any nation in this victri but a false Modesty must • not prevent me from,aunouncing loudly my crs t viction,- that the German Nation can at least bear • a comparison with those which, have most distin goiblied themselves in the sciences, in letters, and social improvement. The attentive observer, who . examine the most distinct 'p or tions of Ger .matly, Will not find in this respect a disproportion . unfavourable to it as a whole 'Who Will not recog nize in oar Universities an honourable munu meta of the progress of our knowledge ? ,Fo reigners themselves, stria do not always eqnitably . hold fur, t ot the balance of awrit, do entice Justice ; 011ie very form of 005'4 instiotions which em 7 • .brare at 'once the principal sciences, and all the ac - oessory hranches which serve for their develop ment. Who is unaware •of. numerous academies of arts, and the institutions for developing manu facturing industry. : which exist in the different Stittes of GerinanY, and which form so many fur series for their difinsioni Who knows not how many collections, galleries, museurns, the different parts of Germany preient, mid which, if they were united in one point, would form the first national those= -in the world ?. Who then can hesitate to pay to Germany that tribute of esteem which places tier in the foremost rank of nations in re gard.to .mental cultivation ? I will a dd mere ly another trait of the .highest importance : it is, that'tbe Germans are ,not only distinguished by their progress in science, but; I -speak •it with a sort Of veneration; religions sentintents.fOrm..also one of the chief elements in their character. • " If I 'now turn my attention to its rela tions, I find a picture slot lessinteresting Alvan 'the prertding , ,- anti which proven the mutual influence rat ti;t: ooe tipr,tt the other. The taSk: , of develop ing the latter, such as it , presents itself to the eyes of a profound observer, would lead inc niuch too far' sha h confine -myself to Presenting this re sult, of int greatest truth. Would the Germans' h ave r e it . bed tbat'point of .perfection which: they have attained in the career of science, of art, in- Yeution; industry, and-commerce,-would they be in possession of the finest collections in the World, if they had only.mie capital, if a sirtgle prince go. vented this populations of mare than 30 millions • " Are tuft' the activity and -diversity in the de ' rails of 'private . life al-so an .effeet of the different, forms of ia• free goveentnent, in like manner as the •:,lath; find, t i rev of 0; a solid support in the free ch a 1 . :1 , qt:.r Of OW "Geribarti ? :Is it not to.tbeii lore t jf St; j c ni•e ; 4 114. at art, 'that we .mnst loan)e that part i c tilhr trait in' thl!ft character, of not,recog ulzitig in the entpire 'of the sciences- the national unifo.titify ? The Gerniats honoufs, appreciates, scare! es .and adapts .all that he (teems good at , tl worthy of being learned, boat whatever country or people of the world beinay bortriw it. dOes in‘itice.to every kittd of tuerit—a dispo sititm peculiar to which is tivottl'ed and protnoted by the different . forms of civil govern vent outlet which he lives." After various ~rher reniarks on this branch at his-subject, the President gave a rapid sketch of . . 'Lc fticat political tpnchs of the German nation . ! since the ;We when " Rudelph of lialmhurg put an end th the gloomy interregnum of the OW century, ri) the eternal gratiti.de and wdtare o l f his country;" after which he proc.(:eds 43 ' ful- lows " Germany, divided from the ealliest ages into variety of States, but still Coked by the great bands of nationality, whose visible synih6l was the German imperial crown, scarcely reached in this state the commencement of the 19th een- tury. " The termination of tile war witk..'"DAttinn. ary France by the peace of Ltineville the great sacrifices whichts i ermanywas necessitated to make for this end, the only legitimate one of wars ;. the cam:lust:oz Of the empire in 1803, which went to parcel out indemnities in - the heart ,•ot Germany, for what had been, ceded to a foreign power ; in fine, the - - formation of the Rhenish Confedera tion, and the thereby operated subversion of t he (vermin imperial throne; the Consequent destruc ;ion of her territorial unitv,--'-snch were the prin cipal epochs which I would mention as marking the great events of 'German history. Thus stood Germany then,—without any na tional tie of union, but that which gave it a com mon tributary dependence upon a rot eign power, ---udder the deepest degradation which any people ,can have to hear. .Ihis situation of our nation atilt lives in the sorrowful remembrance of ttll.of us : but we all know also the heroism which. united ell Germany ita tome league, ,in order to conquer freedom and istelependence frotn,withoto, and exhibit theinselvde - fifviin worthy of a new , national union. This high prize *AS: attained ; the Bth of June, 1815, united all the Gelman States in one league,' which, with Veneration anti with pride, we detiothiliate the Ciermauic. " Thus Germany appears again as one whole, as a political unity, again as a power in the ranks of nations. " Germany is not destined to form one domi nant power, but at the same time the wish of the general voice was as little that it should be a mere political league of defence. Germany is summoned to form a league of States securing the nationality of the whole. " It will be our bounden duty to maintain this twofold sacred. object, viz. respect tor the various races of people.aud, for the various German Go• vernments, and equal respect for the greattiniting league which'exeites and supports our nationality. We would fix as the great aim of our destination —the sacredness of the act of league in its prin ciples, together with the undisturbed free internal operatiou of the several Governments according to total and occasional wants. " After this sketch of the character °film Ger man League, I cannot in conclusion puss tumor tired-the.. relations of that Court , the head o f which on ce wore. the Imperial Crown. The act a league nominates his Majesty the Emperor. of Austria as the President of the Germanic Diet.-*-- 1-lis.Majesty acknowledges herein the rvney:ed c onfidence of the. ierman Allied Staies,. towards which the Sovereigns of Austria always aspired. May no fear, no r distrust in route diSturb it ; and who knows not the fortnnate position of Austria naturally pointing, to this mutual confidence, in.. asmuchits she neither will nor can contemplin e Conquest or domination in the territories of Ger many, but rather seeks a widening of, her centre of stability in the Germanic Leasue.. The 1:4, m .. peror, my monster, honours the, declared usp res . sum of. the public will, and follows it now us he has ever done. '" It is solemnly declared, 'by the express charge of the Emperor, that his Majesty considers him self in all respects an equal member of the league : till! he recognizes •in the conferred presidency of the Diet no real political privilege, but, toerely re. spects in it. the honourable distinction of being a conductor of its traosoctiuos. • " The power of the-Austrian Monarchy thus cornea not into consideration; ,that power neither' Call' nor will be exerted ngainst ,the: Germanic league, nor anyof its component Spites but'estch may confide in the maintenauee it f i j a t i s' rate force, and the whole in lm ence. 'rhe services of his ancestors towards Ger. ! many in this respect dials always iAmain preseot to the mind of his Majssty, and he Will 'in future guard with respect this inheritance of his t s ouse. " In conclusion, letour motto 4e, mutual con'; ntletice, openness, and true GerrnaO integrity! - - -- Then, as the finest reward of our exe r tions, t ee shall receive the last gratitude of our latest poi tufty.," • R toTs.—Yesterday, John •Severn, the young man who Was detected in breaking the windows of Mr. Morrison, the baker, the corner of tireen-street and • -Castle-street, Leicester-square, •on Friday evening, atter the meeting in Spa-fields, was brought` to• Bow•strcet Office, and underwent a second examination before Mr.-Nalaaa., The pri soner was committed for trial en a charge of bur glary, in breaking the window and taking out a loaf of blend. A 'Gawk:. 100..-3 n Saturday, it crowd of err. rimis speetators assembled in ,front of a pork butcher's shop in OXford-street, to see cue of the largest hugs,, (of .his own breeding) exhibited in this "country during many years. It measured, from bead to tail, seven feet, and weighed near half it ton weight when butchered. One of the hams weighed one hundred weight. order to prevent' disorder mut depredation, menaced by many' in the crowd; it number of constables at twitted, and 'took their stutions near the butcher's door. ,~;;;,,~~ xr rz The Flirl of CLAIIIIICARD has lost his quart int.: pedit canse with the Bishop of:CLONFILtaT,' by which the Noble Earl losses the presentation to five yaluablt livings in the Dioee,e ot Cloaca., Last night,"about six o'cloelt, whilst. a Gentle.: i ton 4 3 earr i o k e was standing in Mork-lane, a very respectably (tressed man cut a portmantean from behind ; but being perceived by she Gentleman inside, an intmediate pnrsnit took wh en , finding himself likely to be overtaken, lie dropped his burden at the, corner of (. I .a . tberitte-court, Tower-bill, and effected his escape. A D MIR X LTV SaSIONt. intuti; • Vvertlay Laitishati was 'indicted for fehrtioesly and piratically running away with the )ally-boat, a sail and tour oars, from the merchant vessel, the DomitliCa, off the Island of Duminica,. On the Ist of April last. Edward Holder, was master of the vetset ; 1)6- softer :was his boatswain at the time laid in the indictment, fled had special charge of the ship's boats ; n.n the morning of the Ist of Apt ii, witness missed the jolly-liat„ which had been fastened to the ship's side the evening before; on making inquiry at the master; the prisoner anti three other seamen were missing ; on the 3d of April be heard of the boat at Martinique, but did not recover her till he arrived at Sr. Vincent's ; neither prisoner nor the other men returned afterwards to the ship. John Death, the mete of the ship, corroborated the testimony of last witness, anti added, that pd• soner was on watch the night the boat was taken. The prisoner, in his defence, said, that his object was not the taking of the boat, his wish being only to get away from time Dominica, and to go on board another vessel, where he mitt to receive larger wages ; he then called on Mr. Holder (the first witnes4) and two other persons, who gave him gOO(1 character. M.. - J,stice By ettooott, in summing up, told the Jury that In this case there Was a doubt with the ours whether the crime which appeared against the prisoner in evidence came within the meaning of the Act, as it was. evident that the , object of 'the_ prisoner and his companions who took the lima', was for the: purpose of effecting ,their. escape from the ship, rather "than that of conurting it to their own use. In this case cer tainly the mischief was as great to the owner as if the boat had been actually stolen, and if it did tint come within the meaning of the Act, it un doubtedly called for legiiiative interference. His Lordship, therefore, thought it would he the bet ter: way for the Jury, it they believed the facts, to tied him guilty, .and the point of law would be reserved for the opinion of the Judges. • The Jury, however, differed from his Lordship; :and, without hesitation, acquitted him. BRUT4U4 AssAuur. John Stovers was indicted for assaultingJohti Thrittitti Gibson, celriusboy, of the ship Thames, 'on the high seas. • James EWA I'hissy was sailor tan board the Thames, of which the defendant, Stayers, -.Wes master, There was a lad. on hoard of 'the namt of Gibson,. about 14 years old. The ship was hound to the coast of Pero, and sailed from the . Thames on the : 19th of May, 1814. After the ship had left the island of ,Madeira, a battle ne m red in the ship between Gibson and Doughles, the latter of whom was another Intl on board the ship. Soon after witness heard Gibson and the Captain came on deck, and said, " I have given him a little taste." This happened ; in August, some bread was spilt between decks lay the carelessness of tiibrnn, t ytitl otherhoys ; (or this offenceGibson was tied hand and foot to one of the glint, and ahont a diesevaishes were given to him : the plopl sate ted from his hack. 10 Nov. in the year, while off the coast of Peru, wine more bread was s pilt; about -21 b. were spilt, hot the bread could not be got. mit of the :place where it' was kept without a little being' spilt,; for'thii offence Gibson was flogged' by a man of the name of Thorn, under the direction of the'Cuptrtin,; and when Thorn did not hir hard enough, the Captain hit him. The defendant then made Gibson eat the bread, and ou the same day commanded the on boy to sit, t he spanker boom, with 4 crow-bar! in his band,'for 'three or four hands. The_ same was dmie tO the other boys. There was rat heii swell at the time. in May, 1815, when off' the Galiipagoi island, the boy was punished again Gibson had some dirty clothes below, and one of the crew laid them - ad the eapstern. The Cap• rain saw them, and called Gibson up, had him fastened - to a , starboard gun, and gave the hid four dozen himself. The boy, its an excuse, saidlie had no soap. The deck was stained with the blood front, the boy's'hack. At s h ut time Gibson was in a good state of health. On the same day the Captain made the boy sit on the spanker-booth with the.crow-bar, but this time he fell down on the skylight, and broke oae or two of the glasses. The Captaio then came up, took a rope's end, and started him up again. The boy was mounted up again upon the booM, and remaired there fur 3or 4 bouts. Gibson was then sent to stow the, flying jib, and was 'ordered to stay there until commanded to come in. 'lt was 'necessary to go to the end of 'the flying 'jib-Wont, which -was the furthest of all the three booms; to perform. this *duty. There was at the time ra thee a swell, and the lad was kepi three hours out. ,iu ~ripe Gibson had a bile upod his knee, ands* hen that went Oft his legs began - to Sive!! aliout; the end of the month the captain gave the lad a very severe starting with a thick rope (produced by witness), and chased him all rotund the ducks. On the 6th of July the binnacle lump had not been trimmed, and it was Gibsoll l ll turn to do it : the captain then took a rope, and beat him from the binnacle to the after-hatehWay, where the boy fell down, but, ,notwithstanding, the defendant. continued beating him with great violence.. Af terwards the lad gor up, as well as he coulr4 and went below. On Wednesday, .aboitt the 18th or . 19th July, the boy died. The nrotaring before he died the lid was . lying uri the starboard side of the sky his dinner Was brought to.bint, but , could not cat it. The• surgeon carried the dinner. , About two o'Cloek the captain e cam tip with a eat=o'snine-tails,and threatened to flog tl4e . boy he did not eat. Gibson said thing,,bUthehl out his hand a* if to implore him not Co heat him ; but the defendant said "'I will he 11 7 ----fi first," and immediately struck him. The lad was taken down in a dying state, and next morning he was. .ftitind dead in hammock. Witness examined . the body, and no part of it tool free front marks; his back in . partktht„„ r Sotin after the boy's death, he saw Tetupiteprk,, the carpenter, give swq letters to the capraik, these letters had been intrusted by Gibson to Templeton, to ,; give .to the captain. 01* of the !eters Was opened `by the captain, and read by the whole of the crew. Soon.after witness saw the captain tear IT somettiine,anti 'mare itoye:- .. ... . , . - • hoard, . :.. Cross-examined.-3Tbe.Coptain al tYSYI 10 :a t." boy f or what lie punished him.' Witness b i !'cell.flogged himself on the charge of stcaliirg untitoni' and most of thenereri •sliffi4 ell .very mirch b orb. ti , e ol l.:aptiiiii, who in the course of the yoyage had 11'0 1 _ own brother flogged. Some lime ago witnes s was about to bring an action against the Captain, but 'denied that be -are it up tha-t it mighl 110 t be sild he bad any spite ag:iiiist .the defendant ; ,n e„ver garc his evidence. at Shadwell Office when Mr. Stayer's was examined. Robert Combe, also a seaman on board the Thames, coufirmed 'the stateoient of the last witness. Cross-examined.—NOw ' held a situation in thi West India-docks, where the deceased's father was head constable. Several other witnesses deposed to the same effect. '. • Benjamin . Gibson, father to the deceased, de. dared, that Captain Stayers never mentioned the death - of his son' to him. , . Cross-examined.—Two letters were handed to witness, which he believed to be the band.writing ..• of his son. - AwDams, on the part of the defendant , addressed:the. Jury at muchlength. After having expressed his surprise that the surgeon, who was present during the whole of these transactiiine , endeavoured to show, by his comments on the evidence, thit although the story of the'difierent witnesses was in some respects consistent, Yet that when the motives were considered why they gave this teitimony, impiiting to .a mosVreapeeta ble gentleman the most horrid deeds , against the - very repetition of which human nature revoked, no credit could be given to them, There ,could -no doubt that they came into Court under ttita". licious combination to take away the chat:Wet - 1 4 a gentleman who had so 'honourably coutincie4 himself, at least before this charge was made against him. . Mr. ANDREWS . then proceeded to call his wit' nesses for the defendant. Mr..dohn Younger, formerly surgeon Of tn,/ ship, stated that the deceased had beelitieatcw, with all care in' his sickness, and had wine an d nourishing fond. 'Witness bad made sortie 1 ; 0 1 for hint the day before lie died. The deceased Ilan made no compliant to witness of being seVetel Ire`ated, • • On his cross-examination would not swear that the boy had not been severely , dogged, as 'he I"`: 1 not been present, it not being tie cu stoms in 00",1 Sea ships for the surgeon to be p resent at Me flogging of the men. Acct he7 js r e y dw ra i n ti t i , ,a c ity cooper., said et: d that the boy been had • Vt'tiliam Templeton, the carp e nter, gave deuce to the same e ff ect. Tlie boy tVII 3 v ° 7 e" dirty in his. habits. Witneft hod receive d a the ter from the boy to send. borne, and had told father Of the & t ab of his son, and that. no cruellf had been used. Mr. Gibson, the father of the deceased, sta",l that thelast witness was .:the first who :WO hint of the cruet that his son had'recei in consequence of whic h the present proseevt" had been commenced. r,tie A number of witnesses were CAIIrd, NVIU ) the prisoner an excellent character for hurno"Y' Atter . Att. Justice HOLROYD summed ny the evident c:::. soil the Jay al t apost instantly returned s vcr,:,v „ • 0 . . 'J oh n i o n / ;I n r ßas c h te a r tg , e t 1 e his : r t in t r a a t c e i , ,, d w t p v na.diiiedtedriesl Guilty. Sir Wm. SCOTT then addressed the tiefe" (lll! c t i s ; and strongly animadverted on the c owduet ' t ' irec t Captain. of the ship, who had, he observed, 'l'o's ;to otiose the powei put into his 1 1x 0(11. AO ' eti ., ‘ savage ferocity, beat and otherwise Al-Ircillor boy of tender years who had been phiee d his care, and whose growing infirmities soy lie rather have claimed his care and peoteerinm i iu was extremely sorry t o see that a Mail p la te such a high rank in life should have 'graded himself by the commis sion of act' .„,s1 • the law , and human nature could not but l i n Wi T th h l e to l r e e n o t r e a n : C d p h a t s it e ig tq n i ution. that he pay si fine to th.supKoinngj°olfinsolS.t. Seor.B!l,‘lvE:'; prisonedlor the space of one year, and to I' l leoc a imprisoned' until that tine be paid. Tho se t ae ell' upon James llaster was, that he PO . ;>f 2W. to the King, ' and do enter into 'mob. zeinces to keep the peace for 12 calendar n wil The tr.at laited for utile hours, and sions ended this day, • HOP INTELI,IOE.NCg. of In air bop-market on Siltortfil. 76,ect is y e rica view ani - 1 0 - of gwg g! iieariy as frfore.—(ll-oreester Paper.) ships at Itiarlt t et : ? 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