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Tilt CONGRESS AT TROPPAU. PRANKVORT, Nov. 23.—The following ac . countithongh containing some repetition of • cir cumstances already published, will, perhaps, be found interesting at the present moment, as ex hibiting a getieral'view or what is thought of the results of the conferences at Troppau . " All the letters from Vienna agree in saying, that Russia and Prussia have given their full con sent to the military occupation of the kingdom of Naples -by an Austrian army. The Cabinet of terlin had already declared beforehand to the Court of Vienna, that it would observe a strict neutrality with respect to Italy, without recog nizing the legitimacy of the tiew'ordei- of things established at Naples, but that it would readily adhere to any thing that the Emperor of. Austria should concert on this subject with the Emperor Alexander. The Crown Prince of I s ixussia did not hesitate to,confirm in the first conference this assurance given by his father, and it Was there fOre not necessary to wait for the King's arrival to take a final resolution on the subjectin the name of the three great Powers of Eastern Eu-, Accordingly, on the 2gtil' of October, after the first formal conferences, orders were' di spatched from Troppau to General Count 10141regae, President of the Council of,War at ienna, who has succeeded -Prince Schwartzen 'erg, to take ineastires that the Austrian Army stationed in Italy may be ready . to march. This order must. have 'reached the head-quarters at r''visasome time ago. •It is known-that General ,sritnon, Commander iu 'Chief of the Army of observation, had caused some corps to retro grade, in order to facilitate the subsistence of 9"! troops, which had revived the hopes of m aintenance of peace ; but by subsequent or ders lers . all the corps axe concentrating on the left bank of the Po ; and it is even said' that some of the troops will be 'Stationed on th e right 'bank.. Nevertheless there is reason to- believe that the Austrians, will not pass the frontiers of Lombardy during the month of N ovember. The:time of their advance will de- Pend on the duration of the negociations opened 'with the Courts of Rome and - Turin, ,as' well as on the issue of those which have been carrying on since the opening of the conferences at Trop- Pau with the King of Naples.. At Vienna they Seemed to be persuaded that the occupation of the kingdom of Naples will not. meet with any difficultieg, and that the war will. be of. very shun. duration. They think that on the ap 7 Proach o f the Austrian army a counter,revolu tiou will, put an end to the new order of things, and:l: at the.ancient Government of Ferdinand will be . established 'without much bloodshed; for this reason Prince Ruffo, who enjoys the con fidence of Kina FeMinand; will repair to the h ead -quarters of the Austrian army, and Will ac company it to Naples, to direct the negociations en this heal. " At the departure of the last letters from Vienna, bell-informed persons had knowledge 0 r a Note prosentedt,o the Sovereigns assembled at Troppan, relative to the affairs of Naples, by Lord Stewart, the British Ambassador ; but it was• supposed that this Note would make ,no change in the execution of the measures con- certed between the Cabinets 'of Vienna, Sr. Pe tersburg,h, and Berlin. --" The war which is on the point of breaking out in Italy is, however, not the only thing "vhichengages the public mind. This war seems to be but a part of the vast and important mea, sures which will emanate from the 'Congress at Troppau,. if the 'accounts which are in circula tion; and which have no where' been officially c ontradicted, merit any confidence. The Minis. ters of the Diet are hitherto in the same uncer tainty on this subject. No delegate of any State 'whatever of the second rank is admitted to the vonferences at Troppau, or even on the spot to make his report., The Austrian Police has even • removed from the town all' strangers who are not Personally attached to the Congress. Negocia lions are said to be on foot between several Ger 'llan Sovereigns to take measures in common after the' example of the great Powers, and to form a !lose alliance for the' protection of their mutual naterests. Since the. report has been spread Qt . -a project- to exchange two Hanseatic cities f or the cities of -Dantzlc and Thorn, we, at F rankfort, are not without alarm for the inde pendence of our free city. We, however, flatter ourselves thatthe re-establishment of the k-lortlorn, of Poland- in favour of a great Northern Power 'will meet with so many obstacles; that Prussia will not be called upon to cede those two fortresses on Vistula, which are situated ill the midst of its' territory. As for the forma tion of three great Protectorates, on the division of continental Europe into several great supre, roacies, it seems difficult to believe the possibility °f such a plan. " A Maritime Confederacy of the States ,lying ort the Baltic, of which Russia would he the head, said to be in. contemplation. it is , intended to regulate the commerce and navigation of that sea . . L .H I such a ma nn e r that. the States on its_ coat may l'encef orwar d derive .more -advantages from their geographical situation." Letters from Milan say, that the Papal Go" v nl "roeut has acceded to the acquisition of Aur . I lia, to all ow th e Army to pass through the ",€ ) roan States, on condition - that - a convention ' } tall be concluded.for the maintenance of those troops during the 'time they may remain in the I. otnart territory. The conclusion of this conven tion is at present neo-,ociating at litome.—(Fiank fort Pap ers , .Nov. •24.) , A Meeti ng of th e C o rp o r a tion and principa "ihabita n t s ' o f Newcastte-under=Lyyne was held in the Guildhall of that town on Tuesday last, vben it was resolved to present a .dutifulutiful and I ieyal Add ress to hi s M AJESTY . Th e itecoisition !or calling the Meeting was signed by nearly one h undred of the mist respectable residents in that 11'-eloughe POETRY. CARNIINA WICCAMICA.—(No. THE FALL OF BABYLON, A POEM. BY J- /I -LI.. " Rise Mede and conquer, o'er, Assyria's " With sword of vengeance, and an out-stretch'd hand, " Jehovah guides thee! Spread thy banners bright, " Like a red meteor on the mountain's height ; " Sound the lintel clarion ; from ten thousand bows, " Pour the dark stornt of battle on thy foes. " The Lord bath said, and shall it nut be done ? " No remnant shall remain of haughty Babylon. " Thron'd in the tempest, whirlwind's his attire, Whose voice :s thunder, and whose breath is bre • " His vengeful spirit shall before thee pass, " And break thy iron bolts, and bow thy gates of brass !" The Prophet spike; but Israel's harp, unstrung, By Babel's stream, on willow's dank is hung; Nor deigns to sound beneath a captive band, The S,mg of Sion in a stranger land ! Ye warrior spirits, who, iu days of yore, (Ere Israel.turit'd her idols to adore), With helms of flame, and adamantine shields, • Kept the night=watch in Jordan's palmy fields; Whose spears of lightning blasted the proud boast Of Egypt's squadrons, and Assyria's host, With mournitil sighing, if ye linger still By Kedron's brook, or Sion's holy bill : If still ye_ sit on tabor's lofty brow, • Tuning your wild harps to the dirge of woe : With louder impulse strike the awful lyre, Let indignation every chord inspire; Insulting Victor, dust thou,smile to see God's chosen'. race the,prey pf misery ? Son of the Morning, though thy soul bath said " On Isravl's neck in triumph will frread," The glory of her God shall be reveald, And nations know JeluiVah is he; shield'. Lordly the banquet, stately was the cheer ; ' The minstrel's fliat'ry sooth'd the Monarch's ear : "O King, for thee yon glitt'ring planets roll, " Thy footitool earth, thy eanopylhe pole : For thee, the spirits of the ocean tread " The oozy deep, and search the pearly bed : " Beauty for thee, in Ophir's treasure glows, " Beams in the sun, and blushes in the rose : " Thy regal nod yon vaulted skies shall bow, , " A king-of Gads, a Deity below !" " A God, a God," the-servile crowds reply, , ,And ecbo back the harper's minstrelsy! From golden bowls they quaff the spackling wine, , Tb' utt ‘ balloWd spoils of Israel's plunder'd shryfe! " Fill high the•bowls,," the daring Monarch cries, (Pride swells his soul, and flashes in his eyes), " For snrely • these a. nobler use afford, , " To deck our banquet, and adorn our board : " Than vainly-bright the trampl'd shrine to grace, "-Of Israel's God, and Israel's feeble race ; " How vain his might ! Their gold his votaries gave, " To deck those Altars, which he could not tare :" He sPake! but horror chill'd each trembling gnect, Their hair grew stiff, their hearts sunk in their breasts, Dim kurn'd the lamps; till suddenly a light. Flam'd like the bright-hair'd Meteor of the night; Amid the fire &band wakseen to gleam, Then ranisted quicker than a midnight dteam bloodiscpll, the lurid dame display'd, But all around was smoke and murky shade ! Mysterious warnings shake the monarch's soul, His cheeks are bloodless, and his eye balls roll: Fain would he' fly—where'er.he turns his eyes The burning characters before him rise : He hears a VOiCii, which,nOne but he can hear; In sounds terrific, thund'ring in his car: " J,uslice and might to Israel's God belong !" And " mercy, mercy," - faulters on his tongue ! " Arise, ye Priests, Chaldean Sages say, (Whose spells the powers of earth and air obey), Whose was the hand, that wrote upon the wall, " When blaz'd the red light streaming thro' the hall ?" " What voice shall tell ? What mortal pow'c reveal ? "The deed-of Fate, those mystic signs conceal ? " His he the prize► (that awful' secret told,) • " A robe of purple, and a chain of gold : " Exalted o'er his Peers, on Min shall wait " The pride of Empire and the pomp 9f State." The white-rob"d Magi titutter!d many a rhyme ; And thrice they turn'd them to the eastern clime: They tried each charm, they tried eaelt potent spell, To read the wond'ring stars, and call'd the aid of l3el! No spirit ans - wer'd from the mountain's brow, Spake in the blast, or mutter'd from below ! Despised Israel, from thy tribe shall_rise, A man of God, a prophet of the skies! Elijah's spirit o'er his holy head, Like dews from Hearn, her'dove-like wings bath spread, Daniel shall spiali, to hiM alone 'tie Oen To read the awful characters of Heaen ; " Thy gifts I heed not, King ; do chain of gold , " My neck shall grace, no robe my limbs enfold; " Yet will I speak ! hest thou so soon forgot ...I,ehovall'i vengeance, and thy father's lot? " A savage, amid savages he lies, "• The earth his ked, his coverlet the skies, Till'meek he bends beneath the chasening rod, " And owns. the righteous judgment of his God ; " In contrite grif, the Lord beheld I►im bow: " The arm Of mercy warded off the blow. " Rut thou bast lifted up thy soul in pride, "'Pity voice the God of Israel bath defied, " Profan'd his vessels, and his shrines o'erthrown, " And how'd to idol forms and gods of stone ; " Knots then, the Lord bath weigi►'d and found thee light, " Destruction rides upon the wings of night ! _ "The storm of vengeance o'er thy head tleseitids, " 'file God of Justice wills, and Isfael's cause defends; " Thy sway is gone, thy iron sceptre broke; 1. Thy golden city stoops beneath thy yoke; " The Median foe ber glories shall confui►nd, " And htirf her Mond-capt turrets to the ground "' He slake—that warning voice was liCard in vain, The eer of kings lists buj•to flattery'i strain : So with tho-murpwr of each transient blast, Fonlilattily think the rittltt . ring.tempest. Ea l it 1 • Till on the bosom of the night it sweep, And whet's) the shatter'd vessel in Me deep.— Hosted is the night, o'er Babylon's high tow i rs, Bel l s golden spirts, and lines' regal bow'rs', The pallid Moon, her splendor half conceard, Dun mid the rolling clouds displays her shield; O'er terrac'd groves with dubious radiance plays, • And pendant gardens glimmer in the rays. 'Tis silence all, save where they still prolong, In frantic revelry the midnight song: Regardless still, while wrapt in murky Blooms Destruction broods, and spreads her sable . plumes ! Lo ! where the silent Ministers of Fate, Move in dark pomp of military state : No voice ! Nnsound ! So nature seems to pause 'Ere gaping earth extend her rav'niug jaws, The grave of nations , Hush'd the'pregnant gloom, The calm of Death, the silence of the Tomb • " Roll hack thy floods, Euphrates backwards fly," The Lord bath spoken " Be thy channels dry'." Down the•deep be 4 they move with measur'd stride - The, quirer'd squadrons through the arch-way glide; " Sound an alarm, up, arm thy regal brow, " Grasp the strong buckler, draw the twanging bow: " They come, they come ! Hark to their braztri wheels " Hark to their cymbals' clash, their clarions' peals." How shall this Son of Dalliance take the field ? How shall his nerveless arm the talchion wield ? He falls, the pageant fades and melts away, Like a thin vision at the breath of day ! " Take up thy Harp 0 Israel'. wake the strain, " With songs of I rinmph sweep the strings again: " How art thou fall'n thou radiant Son of Light " Whose arm hath hurl'd thee flaming from thy height, " And queneli'd thy beams in darkness ne'er again, " To lift the blazing terrors of thy reign " O'er haughty Babylon ? Proud Queen, thy foe, " Kxultinglsrael,.smiles upon thy woe; No more her sons shall crouch beneath thy feet, " And half the work of vengeance is complete. " The day shall come, when desolate, alone, " Deserts thy Kingdom, Solitude thy Throne, " Thou sitestin 'sullen grandeur of decay, " .And hear'st the tiger bowling for his prey; " The rank grass waves along thy'tott'ring walls; ". The fox looks out amid thy desert halls ; • " For there no. way-worn pilgriM rests his head,. " Nt, wand'eing Arab there his tent shall spread " But fell Hyaenas - on the traveller scowl, " And grimly pacing to the pale moon hoWl; " Thy - sedge-ebnak'd floods rotted trending ruins creep, " With sounding wing %xliere Heens and Bitterns sweep " And still as time with silent pace steals hy, " Crumbled in dust, thy cunt mocks the eye : • " 'Tis gone, 'tis nothing! On tire desert land " In curious search I see the trar'ller stand, " He muses long, " And is each vestige gone, " No remnant left (he cries) of mighty Babylon ?" UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. • Oxroan, Dec. -I.—The Rev. J. Brewster, to the Vic ara ge of Lawton, Lincolnshire. ' UThe Hon. and Rev. George Pellew, to the Vicarage of Sutton (4aWes, alias Sutton in the Forest. • The Ilev. George Williams, of Martin Hussingtree, has been appointed a Minor Canon of Worcester Cathedral, in the room of the Rev. Win. Stafford, deceased. On Thursday last the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Glocester, admitted the Rev. I. 1. Lates, M. A. Visar of Winchcomb, to the Perpetual Curacy of Charlton Ahbotts, on the nomination of Francis Pyni, Esq. M. P. fur the county of Bedford, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Wallett. • CAMBRIDGE. Nov. 28,—The subject of the English Poem for the Chancellot's third gold medal fur the ensuing year is " Evening." • Mr. David Williams has this week been admitted Fellow of New college, in this University. We learn from good authority that there is no foundation for the report that her MAJESTY has been invitiAl to pass the Christmas at Shug borough, the seat of Lord EissoN.—(Alorning Post.j The Earl of LONSDALE having recovered from his indisposition, yesterday paid his respects to the KING, at his Palace in Pall-mall. On Wednesday his Royal Highness the Duke of York passed through this city in his way to the seat of Lord SUFFIELD. It being understood that his Royal Highness would. arrive about ,twelve o'clock, by that hour the market was nearly filled with people. The egpectants were however cooled by waiting till half-past four, when the Duke was drawn in by a party of the populace, who had gone out with that design. His Royal Highness was greeted with very va rious testimonials, some shouting " king," others " Queen," together with different exclamations of gratulation and disgust. This circumstance afforded the calm observer only another oppor tunity of estimating the complete division with which this unhappy country is split and separated. St. Peter's bells tired during the- day, and his Royal Highness left a handsome donation for the ringers.. On Thursday the Duke of Wellington also passed through, in his way to visit the same Noble Lord.—(.iVorwich illereurN, Dec.].) The following is from an authentic source : " On Tuesday night last, between ten and ele -yen o'clock, the family of Alderman Woon; whilst sitting in their dining-room, was disturbed by something being violently, thrown' against the window. Alderman Wood immediately ran out into the street, when a man, who was passing by at the time, said, " that tie persons who had byoken the window were going up the street, one dressed in a white great coat." Alderman Wood pursued the two persons—one ran away ; he brought back the person in thy white great coat, who said, " You know me, Sir ; my name is Captain W. ; I am a Member of Parlia ment ; I reside - With my father in Portman square." Alderman Wood asked for his card ; he said he had none. He then pressed him to give the name of his friend who had run away, which he refused to do. There being no positive evidence that ho was the person who' had broken the window, he was all Owed to go away. Upon examining the window an old penny-piece was foulld."-- 7 (Morning Herald.) It is generally the custom in Denbighshire, to let the tithes annually by public auction : a sin gular instance of departure from this mode has lately occurred in the parish of Efenechtyd. The Rector, the Rev. Euw. TuEt.wki.r., desirous to promote agricultural improvement, offered to each occupier" his tithes, for a term of three years, at a valuation. The proposal was gratefully ac cepted. To show their sense of the obligation, the parishioners have'very generously and unani mously presented him with a piece of plate, bear ing a. suitable-Inscription.—(Shrercsbury Chro nick, December 1.) The Middlesex Meeting which was to bave taken place yesterday, was postponed, by what authority we do not know. Many persons were disappointed, and amongst others Mr, S. Wrirt,' DREAD, who had travelled a considerable dis- L tance to be present. ;ible pof ood ris Pr he Y I rd° a9s h the Co' 3. 1 ° a vate 8- 101 n oti ° l s ' i lbsd sd i a :s‘ ineo t int a - , r r , [1 to 11'14 It v'lt Jer i' 11 fo ° )e so e ' c 5 uesd, ' f 6' I vet i n" l( from nd “st. t a ; i letters' ttu re t°•:, t been r,, p ia 0' 16th 111 recu lt cry - • „ d o . ceed"Li: eterrain` ustri).: s-ve beep: Df , A braz : t rdet 114 : 1,3 t a gre t a dron cf tend : vent It ',; ; pf °Pi a° e 5, Isessi °. ,l ha ( ' to lat"r 1 111/C' arlh °l. ►f th e , n 31115 ily ed :arts' A l ' char i r t le ch i ritsl.lll:rf facti° ll l l,o ateli 01 11) e t s 4 . r 0 413 0 uoMt ic) gi cL 1 11 'Obt o St• ted l ' Elf s :;) it II i% itt l n her iderp o itul 1 c o' c ap? of ; id 0 I 4: 1, OUTRAGES AT OXFORD. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM OXVORD, NOV. 30. ". The system which has. much prevailed in various parts of the Country, of attacking, in the most outrageous and indecent manner, every one who may be loyally attached to his KING, has, I think, exceeded all bounds, and loudly calls upon the Magistracy of the County to interfere. That'there is a spirit of opposition to all and every thing_ that may be established in their true order of things, is too manifest. We may trace the party who have en gendered the evil . ; and their envy,..hatred, and malice, are conspicuous hi all their actions. That spirit, I am sorry to say, has of late prevail ed at Oxford, by insulting the Members of the University, and literally attacking them, with brick-bats and missiles of every description. It is therefore necessary for some interference, either Magistrates to suppress, or the University to take some measures to defend their own body from such a disgraceful repetition. Hitherto there have been but partial affrays, .and no very serious .accident has occurred. Our Proctors, however, get daily insulted ; and in the evening it is re peated in the most daring manner. On Wed nesday evening the mob assembled opposite Trinity College, and most shamefully assaulted the Members with stones. Which very much injnred many of them, and afterwards broke several of the windows of Brazenimse College. If now our Dignitaries are , to be assaulted, our Heads of Houses treated with contempt, the windows of the Colleges broken; and the Mem bers insulted by a lawless mob, supported, as they are, by the University, whose- charity they are always ready to ask, and are daily asking,and without whose aid they would go barefoot, and without clOtheS-Lthe time, I think, is come, w.hen the liberty of the mob shotrld not be allowed to interfere with the liberty of the more peaceable inhabitants; and the Mag . !strates should awaken, and check, if not entirely suppress, what must be considered a disgrace to the loyal City of Ox; ford.—(Morning Post.) SHIP NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 1.-Art ivrd the Ezpress, Barrett, from Denia. Sailed the Aurora, Earl ; and Salacca, Cowing, for- London. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Arrived the Salts, Johnson; and Jane, Bruce, frQtu Peterslihrgh. LtvEarouL, Nov. SO.—Arrived the William and Mary from Malaga ; sailed from Gibraltar the 12th lust., in company with the Bencoolen, and 17 sail Of vessels, fur this Port. • . FALMOUTH, Nov. 39.—Arrived the Sea Nymph, Burrows, front Valencia; Spanish Patriot, Bogg, from Cadiz; Jane, Fish, from Cephalonia; and Trent, Lungbottom, from St. John's, N. B. The ADDRESS to the KING, at the Guildhall, which we understand emanated from the Vene rable Archdeacon of Bath, and some of his par ticular friends, has already received the signature of upwards of 1000 inhabitants of this city ; cont;- prising not merely their. names, but their descrip tion or occupation, their parish, and identical place of.residence. This is as it should be,—for some such plan was become absolutely necessary, order to distinguish this Address from others, which on some occasions have been foisted on the world as the sentiments of our worthy townsmen ; while they bore the evident marks of minors, nay infants , and intruding obscure females, instigated by the artful solicitude of characters notoKious for discontent and turbulence. Let a copy of the signatures to the present honourable attestation of allegiance be carefully preserved, that tljeir respectability may be compared with any similar docurnent that may, on a future day, be beshed up by Faction. We do not use the word respecta bility in its limited sense, as regards possession of property, or station in life, but in that mare expanded and more correct view of the term — respectability of conduct and character. NVe are proud to say, that the Address bears the signatures of all ranks of society, from the most exalted to the most humble characters in the city,. and that in every acceptation of the word respectability, it -will compete with any similar document, ever presented to the British Throne.--(Bath Herald.) The late Earl of DES ART has leftiSsue John Otway . O'Connor. born October I'2, ISIS, now Earl of Desart and Viscount Castlecuffe. Ile is a strong, healthy, and lovely child. His mino rity will be a long one, and-his inheritance large, but his greatest glory will be to endeavour to imitate the virtues and uprigianos of his father.— (Leins•ter Journat.) DETECTION OF FORGED NOTES. -Every ge-. nuine or true note is a. paper with three natural or uncut edges, and one edge cut. Every forged - note seen by us has fewer natural edges than three, and more cut edges than one. 'This must be the case with all forged notes, 'unless •the forgers use paper made for the purpose, as the regular banks do. But to make, or procure such paper, would cause many chances of 'discovery, and will rarely be attempted. What renders thiS crite rion valutible is, the impossibility of making any near imitation of the natural edge of 'Ryer on.a - Cut edge. It would bd as difficult as to pass a cut edge of cloth for a selvage. .A.NoTnEn. Finu.—,A.', fire of 'a ' most alarming nature broke ont.on Tburitlay night hit, at a tioarter before twelve o'clock, in liolland-strr.t. trard,oir At reet, only a re.v yards ft um the scene ot the . last fire in that street, which ocetirred two tights prtiedin.g. The flames firA appeared in the timber-yahl of a cabinet maker io Flolland-street, the whole (rt - who.:e premises Were rased t / airy!! wit it tlte ground: By the protipt attendance of the firemen' tieloOginß to the different engines already on the spot, the fire was got andi:r before two o'clock, althotizh it PaUl!=tily brOlie. 0 - ot again half all boor after Wards. Orcat Ilamaze was'doni,to•the hat.:ks of several houses, none of whlth, as tar ;Is WV VIM hi learn, were insufed.—During the' confusion that enstleti;siore 'of the in human monsters num, nsm,rly Neck to . ‘ llOl Re,, ,Irc:,kjaniity wereextrentely active in theirtlenrethtiOns. A part y.of tb,,ot broke iron the at9acent Chapel, and were. carrv,n4 on p.. work of plunder, when. they fortuti;teldetected,';anki several of them, we ate tiapfiy to add, were appriltended. - ' .. The Earl and Couutess. of .J.act:a.pool, spend . . . the ensuing Christmas holidays at - SValmer,i,orl ,- , vve reception, An been preparing souse li fur soe'rnslo,r their . e , . •. . • • .• ~ . An elegant service of Commpion' Plate tits lately been presented to - the . pail , hionv - r,s . " of Cl-a)_ ton, near Bristol, by the Rev. sp - F.`c:4:ifou, /heir • worthy Rector. • .. -- - i ' .-- Ott lent. , ,_ .., . • . T . -.-•- ~ '.' , 4 1"; . 1 1 . .'• :- . ,