The Sun. — London, England, 1814-11-19 00:00:00

ti I t 16 . . 1let„„'`1, and w , . , h 4ic ti kit t otiui thank the night Tjuu. Gen sib(lleter, w i t ) Pit words into his mouth which la: et,, cred He had said, if it was impos the proque„ r e f atted i ll t accounts of the whole 10,000,000 1 . ~„";oo Iv!, :Army Extraordinaries, that was no "" 5 3)3 Pirl f f ticli t ' 0 them should not be produced, 4 1 , be Ain 's ' s ~ e . • T he rias wiliir, :ll y had the documents to shew , pra, .ettati I A to vote. a' I he cP4--. °' - rt of the EXCHEQUER said, the I tad a sked '. I: : y b„, was "ter s " incur'. i to cover expenses which had Paid Coold •,, er , and which, whether . Ali ; b ti. by or. J Stay their conduct or-not, must 13 th t7 4 li e, 1 :' , ciountry, Whatever their conduct it o f 'llo ti l d , "°Ped, when the proper time came, Iv , wh atev "e able fully to justify themselves ; il 'l ' lt eter el. it should prove to have been, and 'led holt' 1 lc to • eat they might hereafter be ex %lets ' ' the sun, Ali -1;4,,i ter tai , .3 called for must be paid. ith,.'ibili ty; n l Y made this detna4 on their re itit„4:riti'el•t4cviof a ft ' : (el; in his opinion, it was for the Public that it should be made thi,',lnobstnng..eitoopen.to Parliament to. institute, i t i` l 'llt of • ' i l t period, such enquiries into the 11:"ap,),,a""uself and his collea'gnes as the case liii l. Gt,, l , l r t" reqiiire. He was glad the Right tl„:4ll(l,asentali admitted the work they had had I t t , lie mistiltme• Since he acknowledged it was 414„ te r 4 To:11 a dmit it ought.to be paid for. ti 4t, ti e ilii r o l' denied having said the i work was ti,.,, , lai t!ie ~ s ta (I he hoped it would be (lone,. 1 1 ! eft,,p), Congress of Vienna would defint 11,q)t.CHA4'eie the work of peace. ) ''ii " °" It CLLC) It of the EXCHEQUER was glad , 1),: . 1 1. L. ,' li• Gentleman had given this explo -11,',N, "e liatisaid there was a great difference ell " atil t ,. t t 'l44llPaYin g and talking about it. He hoped s te 4 N It lie had said this. After what had t' 'lit 111)1. sh '''lidroo r ,. e d, lie trutetl the House would )iiii Titiacety of payine now. The Right [Jon. tq'sof would liereaf ' ter have .many opportit 'l' t 'llki V%i l tt a f rig 'shout it—(A laugh).—He had 'll- "? t)bservations upon another stiblect K -11 % 'ld lie,., •,, e l) , , a toticbed upo n by the Right Hon. ) fr)t liee t 44 : Ile (Mr. Tierney) had asked, with tt, bothe 11, • ' they were ,!4t ;I, l 4 "tat e t)ctiti 'Y .flanover ? These troops, be 1 11 4i' i 'lle; t ' :' e Ft employed by us in the Same way t ,'''lat,, t - ` )° l)% taken into our pay for the ac te tt i ,, eit cif British objects, and bad there kit 4 'itti r ight tti look to England for pay as Vtltit►'s, Wi r •: 0 4 liry 1. tenibergers, or the soldiers of 'tl it o te r ukht bsidize. When llano ,it cip., \__ 6 Sit ;711, t)f i f "te employed in any way for the ii'4t '''ty 310Ver for benefit Hanover 1•1.,,.. by I , .• such y J tie convention made subsequent to t4:liv;tll.4:llto'r,,c:ifi Chattoiont, only the four great Z'l-a i llro, 1 g the Grand Alliance had been t,,,,, t o k,,,. %Pk"' fi e . ''''l l a body of troops on foot till 4-141,441 lin3ity was decided.. None of the ,' l4 e t ,', 4 '4,„ e liad :,,,. called -' to (to this. Ba tlt:NlL"olib,„. , -01 upon I: P ai ) ,; t iloi, f i l P . •" , aud othercauntries, ii.iore coi s i_. 1,, tft,,.• liiiri, .'"over, had not been r equire d to it' t 4 t ' 11 4 r't_tl_leir t... -. xpeirce . ; and there existed, i 4.i t N its : ll 4 e o v e 4 S!.)ll for calling upon Hanover to ' il l Of I/ r tt. He had before explained , Syr' Ile t. N ov ‘ 41 , 1 0 ,. oid tl, er being erected into a ktng- I , more 4 11 ti "t ktiow that it was necessary to li ' eb tl 'Et S il l • \ t t i l ti ott cer t ., m . ) .leCt. It was a matter which ii,“ try . ' %Le :-!ilgtanct, as by making Hanover os t Th e '''''llied • ltrtional claim on this ctiL l itati o -11 a n ) " a( vi . in the ne- Tkcte ctil - ti of Germany of an .e.iiectoi-ate 1 11„ t tltil 'c in, `-rerrnany was objected to, and i it kii(et;;4gerec/Propriate where the sovereignty tibit,tflei °age/. p eet ive, and where in consequence lt,„ - `io l :•Pris ,i - ell 'illed Electors. He had been V' s j 'r e - 4t tne observations made with re -11/4" il P"ir) . Russian fleet , h . I► had 4 () ill. .11, ill g the. w lic 1 1 1, t tti iiii „ilav y. .„,t),.l)r harbours, or co-operating f vs'li t ` ye„ll6'Nothing had given the people a I ti ti lic t la im (l e:lce in the alliance formed be ilk. e of t i , a l . "! Russia, so much as the cir 10411,iNill l ' i t fleet being confided to our care. ititil 4,, to Note „ strougly pledge the Emperor k t k:(1 hee d magnanimous perseverance , ) 'elit ti 1 , 1,,,,t1' cr owned with such glorious re tlll4,e)• t i , ‘ ''t il l , er ail circumstances, dispose him 1,1 4 1, 4 ' 1,, - war to the last extremity. No ( 1 4 '4 t ' t hi, 4 ) '. t i( . l by the people of this country tlt t i t ` l4 ll th,'" ) ", he'paid with greater cheer t, tl, • at .Qted for the pay of the Rub t 'l, t A N, lI N Ot t ) , t,, ."hserrecl, that on this question of L t tt ttr,,t;'"aordinaries., the details were insuf -okqe4leriotlYs,e4lailation, and that when laid be lolit(l,ll,4 of _they would appear to be merely ''‘, 44.41 joniminissaries' drawing' to such l oth 4 0 °. 1111 t• Unless he was misinformed, \lee.' ~, account from 1807 till now had t4','ltt er ' l l examned, either on the affairs tkl,‘l t j i l t d p. t lie ra h l a ie ,. a .) l ), t t he Per.ir sumo, or America. , 1 , i ts 'it for Pi . find this denied ; but he l 'Oi t t t it,` bee l' a Pers e x it • t •- of that sub 1-lt,, te ved ~ p,aita my ~til t t„ ( fuel i t t hat the Chancellor of the li th t o , c le more information on the il l t„, in,„ l ,• 1 ti s ll te • 1 41 11 , "elite than other llemberS.— \tlf til e I ° f the IL , . 1 L tk, ,' en • ?;neat ler() woo common( - t ~,kiti,, .1"s1111 Oitilit not to stand in the I,lll ii '. A atio tl i ~,. . (It o tp e • ceatints of the Com tiltti; COl iet , f,, ' a ' kt I q t -' wi • 'tare of the expenses was •,, er vi lich the furnisher received certi ilit,q, ce, t•'•t';1 ) ', and `sir a Spanish army land 't,'")),'. q carrui 1,, , , ,t lotd d „,_ ,iitg on war among tile I ! l:l , 4di qi Il e ~,,Itlre similar certificates ; what • , , 1 ( % ( , 1( , Ill ti l ete ! l en' ?,. Conceive, then, what 1, 4 1 4 `t, 4 ,„' th eill e l would do with them. In ktt t i z , 4 tr''itt ee a t 5 0 or 60. per cent, discount. Ith• 4 4 4 wer e ~ .• • . kt-• , I N. t,Ll, 4 _ t„ ~.. ppointed to examine, it a, t Or En. 44 1 rtj h Wh at %-••• .tiriii>bei• received Dot more Olt '4il'e"tes 0': %a s Paid by the British public. 1.01, - -t4,.. t , a ~i,re bought u at a discount, by 1 !1 "e )1•41,„,, s 0 lt,'• i t , It • ,co o l d , • fortun es ( n had been made in Ilq.4'"1; Il e - "I'M' lessons, • v e this ~ i t , l 1 11 4(i se :, j to Prove , ), t ., 4 t't, . 11 a4 5 .. ca a man tw o or three days k t lii, l l ,er e "lii eti ." Per cent. by the purchase of 0-‘ii) t ' l llt t ( ; ) ti t t (4 se l o ' , a li, yet t o he bolight at from 25 il v t.tih. l l, t 1,1 1 1 , 4 ' ,"t• lie would ask what Go i, a r 1 , , r )tn i ., .e o eo n iliont, treat after year: i .1 . ,ii,t ( i '.eilons . •,..,1i,it,,,,,,.. ) It, t, , . s tele ,1.,:;t :1,14444 hiillio ri(-t, arisen ..oin.r forward? •111.: 1., out (it the. vet. i, 4 :ti to , 11 1 . ,„ ils had b• • •..1. I .who, ~t ~ i I , 1,1 . ?,iq ~ i, . . ttn . expLnt ic A •,,, , ti,, i 4 heed de served pat - ticidarly- i; • 4, 1 , eit sh o v e 6,. , , ';,o, t ticcle t i, '') 11 1-ott- forward. Ever, ' ti.. -(ill t' ' "" t e( "•'Id be 'gotten in the , 4 , 4t id il4 lll OS, , i , ~ :-1t.,." Vii i ,.• ..,,v(r..slikr had sold at a.iargedis. k,'„, 4 ,0 1 , ty t ,, , I y .111 e,, 'is had been used. t •1,.' ; 4 3 ti i: ,, ' , t_ p„, ) ,,.. , . 'i l ,j el '` li e r tes, eeht .','"1.1 still buy Itt,•,. • tt t ,,,, 0 up node rertifi 1 -14 Q ~ "!t, hot was afraid of tai• 411cteer thd nQt know what to .10 with the paper, and sold it for what it would fetch; • - The great fault was, a total want of the examination of accounts. How would such delay tell in the private concerns ot any individual or company ? In public affairs, hqwever, examina tion was put off, so as to be on the average from lf! to 15 years - of arrears ; and then people could only justify themselves by mustering up an old document, or, perhaps, by having preserved their different vouchers. The first thing to he done in this matter was, to establish a Committee, to form a proper and adequate system for the regu lation of large expenditures. The war in Spain began in 1808, and it was only in 1813 that an auditor was sent Out ;. till when, he was told, that the Commissioners defied ,any examination. It therefore appeared absolutely .necessary, that examination should be had, and a better -system. adopted. Mr. GORDON said, that, as he understood what fell from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, we were paying a subsidy to Sicily, which, he also understood, was engaged in •%var with Naples, with which latter Power, as far as he could leat;n, we were virtuallyat peace. It, therefore, seemed extraordinary to subsidize Sicily in a ‘var between her and Naples. We appeared desirous and anxi ous to get rid of our money to one power or an other. The only hope of economy he had was in his Right Hon. .Friend on the Treasury Bench (Mr. Huskisson), who had been such an advo cate for retrenchment, and who, he trusted, would give good advice to his colleagues. The CHANCELLOR of the VaNCHEQUER said, that certainly the affairs ot Europe were not settled till the lusiness of the Congress was finished. He could not see how a Committee of tlr. House could settle the audit of the punlic accounts.. If, the house could have done it, it would have done j it long ago. • ,It was a' particular object of Mr. Pitt. His Noble Friend the Marquis. of Lansdowne had done as muctras he could to effect it, when in office; and all must remember the assiduous ef forts of an Hon. Gentleman (Mr. liankeS). It was not the fault of that House that the -defects existed.. • Commissaries in Spain had. sent in their accounts. • How far it was in the power of auditors here or abroad to Obtain perfect • information, he could not pretend to say. There might be very considerable fraud lying under the shape of even fair vouchers : hut he hoped and trusted that • no pains and no exertion would be wanting to examine and to unravel the whole business to the very bottom. He was surprised to 'hear any thing like general reflexions thrown .oat on the Com, tnissariat. It was an arduous duty, and it would . be a painful return to the conscientious and de serving. to be classed among .those 'on whom sus piciouN might fall. fir held •tine character of a Commissary to be a most ,houourable one, and de serving, if well sustained, of the highest reputation. There should be some discrimiMation between ob- jects of praise and of censure. Government would be fully repaid, if by the examinations, truth was, stripped, from falsehood, and inteL;rity . from disho nesty. It was an observatio❑ of Mr Burke appliea ble to this case, that the councils of necessity were seldom wise. He hoped, hoWever, that the.sys teM, on the hole, would he found good ; though from want Of z ltu evious system, sufficiently di gested and. esablisherl,. there might have .been some expensive .arrangements. • There was no . . doubt that the yxpense had been greater than it would have b,Am, could we have procured cash ; but yet, in spite of all untoward eircum.stances, the exchange continued improving. - Nothing sheaved more clearly t vigour and prospetity of British commerce. Whether we should have such another war 'as the last, God only knew ; •and might God avert ! The difficulties attending the war with America he had n6u•cr hidden ; yet it could not press particularly upon our resources, as in the case of the late European war. Our Peninsular debts we had nearly ascertained ; and there appeared to remain about 7 or 8 millions of dollars. Mr. BARING,' in explanation, remarked, that the abuse was inseparable from the system. A Commissary hired a muleteer for a bit of paper, and tnen some friend of his, or any other man, bought it for a third of its nominal value, and brought it . at Ai good document to Somerset house, and by this sort of traffic immense for, tunes were made. This practice bed been carried to an enormous extent. Five, millions, he re- heated, might have answered the objects of - ten.— The Chancellor of the 'Exchequer had stated, that three or four Commissaries had delivered in their accounts ; but lie had not Said that those accounts had hem) audited Or examined. As to the diflicul- ties respecting public accounts, if they were to be lieve the Right Hon. Gentleman, examination was impracticable. How did all the writer powers of Europe proceed in such matters ? Ile believed they were very particular and careful on that subject. How was it in India affairs In them all accounts were examined and audited under the manage ment of persoPs coniersant in business; as cor rectly as in the private concerns of any inetehant. This was a species of absolute safety, romparesl to the loose system of our public expenditure.--- Mr. Burke having been mentioned,- he recollected an observation of his on this point. He said he would as soon attack the prerogatives Crown, as the Treasury on the mode of making up their accounts. Mr. ROSE entered into a statement of the step taken by-Mr. Pitt for better auditing the public accounts. The process bad been since his time gradually amended, and non , scarcely admitted of td inrmal iMproveoien . t. At any rate, Govern ent had no possible motive for screening any Commissary guilty of peculation. Mr. BAnING mentioned ,as an instance of the intolerable delay which'took place in auditing the public accounts, that the accounts of the late Sir 3rook Watson were not settled to this day. lie (scribed the - difficulty of improvement in this branch, .to the pertinacity of sonic people in.pro iecting their little interests in the observance of errant antiquated forms at the E;(chequer. No .ther country in Europe kept its accounts in the •atlle Slovenly manner as this. Mr. BAN:us 'also thought our system of audit ar from being perfect, and clogged with various nnecessary forms. This vas so much the case, lat, intbe Exchequer, words and figures u;cre dnsrantly . used, which even those most versant in thy - Office did not knostv the meaning of. The ~_~.---. House shneld never rest satisfied till it arrived it that perfection in the mode of audit which was visible in any great merchant's counting-house, Mr. ROSE observed, in explanation, that the Exchequer process did not apply to. accounts until they had been audited ; it, therefore, could be no cause of the delay. .‘ PoNsoNay rem a rk e d on th e unsatisfactory mode in which this immense grant of 8,040,0001. was proposed. Suppose it to be voted, and also that they were afterwards asked why, the only answer they could give was, that it was to be paid for military expenses. There was one paper on the table purporting to be an additional article to the treaty'with Sweden, dated so far back as Oc tober, ISI3, and though it stipulated a large sub sidiary allOWance to that : power, this was the first day any notice had been taken of it. There was another thing which struck him as most extraor (hoary. Islalltlfe former subsidy, we were told, .was still to he paid to Sicily, because she was.not at peace. Were we then, to pay that Govern ment a subsidy, because froM some reason or other, with which we had no 'connection, it still chose to remain at war ? At present, he•supposed, the war was between Sicily and Naples ; but were we not at peace with the latter ? or what . poSsible interest had we in such a war ? By whom, also, lie should be glad to know, if the statement could be made with propriety, Was the sum for the maintenance of the fifteen thousand Hanove rians now in Belgium to be tra.d, as he understood from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that it was 'not to fail ultimately either on this country or on Hanover ? He hoped it vas to be paid by Hol land, or what the newspapers now called the kingdom of Belgium. The Dutch, in his opinion, ought not to receive too much' assistance from this country. They ,should rely on their own re siuses, and not he taught to throw the burthen of their protection upon England. The CHANCELLOR of the ENCHEQUER, observed, in reply, that the additional Article to the Swe dish Treaty might certainly have been before the House long ago, and he could only ascribe its non-appearance to some oversight. The sub 7 stance of it, however, as well as the substance of the Supplementary Treaty of Chaumont ; was stat ed tit the House in the last Session. As to Sicily, our Treaty with that Government went ton totally different principles from those which influenced our engagements with the Continental Powers.— The King of 'Sicily had lost Naples through his adherence to our alliance, and we had hence been ,led, not only to maintain a large force in that Island, but also to subsidize the Government.— The treaty of ISO with that Power was made to continue during the war, in which it was engaged with Naples.; and as that war still subsisted, .the Sicilian Government still considered itself entitled to some subsidiary assistance till an arrangement was made. Naples had signed no more than an armistice with this country. MC. Possoxav explained. Mr. WH“BREAD expressed his satisfaction, that the subject now before the House had produced the discussion which had taken place, because the country must necessarily contribute with greater cheerfulness, when trey saw that the hurthens imposed on them underwent the scrutiny of that House. Many relevant and important topics had been introduced, and few could be more so than the subject of the' audit of public accounts. To that, however, he would not now advert. The -Right Honourable Gentleman bad stated, that A4triti was the only European Power which had concluded a peace with Naples. He might have added, that this Treaty was a. Treaty of Peace and Alliance ; and that we were moreover pledged by our minister to the Neapolitan govern ment, that if the King of Sicily should refuse to accept indemnities for his Neapolitan dominions, the treaty between him and this country should be at an end—(Hear,- hear !)y-This he knew to he correct ; he had it upon authority ia which he placed the fullest confidence. We were thus pay ing Sicily with one hand to carry on war against Naples, whilst with the other we were signing an engagement to compel Sicily to abandon that war . ---(Hear, hear !)—All these things were well un derstood on the, Continent, although withheld ,by Ministers from the House of .Commons. (Here the Chancellor of the Exchequersignified dissent. If the Right Hon. Gentleman was unacquaint ed with these circumstances, he must lament the want of confidential communication among Mi nisters themselves. Tile circumstances were kin doubtedly strange, but they were neyertheless true. W! at wasthe original principle out of which our relations .with Sicily had arisen. ? It was the political security of Europe ; and it was in con sideration of its fidelity and adherence to its en gagements with this country, that we had g'ua ranteed to : tire Crown of. Sicily the security of its own 'dominions. He would not then stop to t nveil the mystery: that hung over the history of the protection which we were .bound to afford to . the Royal Family of that Kingdom. One Member; of•it, • the Queen herself; •was known to have been expelled, and 'Ji' have:died an exile In a foreign land. All these things, however, re quired explanation ; and if the Right Hon. Gen tleman was incapable of furnishing it, he regret ted that he should know so little of the secrets of Iris colleagues. He coaCeived, too, that the com mittee ought to have been informed as to the na ture of our engagements with Belgium,—whether it was truly stated, that the repair and re-establish ment of the fortresses in that country would cOst, the sum of ten millions ; and if so, whether they were to be reparied at our expense.. The Right lion. Gentleman had thought popes to treat this allusion to Hanover as a matter of ,mere indiffer ,. encc. The change in the form of its Government was undoubtedly so, if disconnected with_ the circumstances that attended it. But was it not a matter of serious consideration, if Ha nover, by gaining new territory and aggran disements, should, yet be more likely than be fore to lead this country into Continental embar rassments ? He should remain satisfied if he saw but the slightest prospect held out of the mo ney being ever repaid ; but, other wise, he must assume it as granted that it was gone for ever. The Right Hon. Gentleman bad at length begun to takof America, as if we were engaged in a frightful contest. Such as it was, however,: we were fairly in it, and the battle must be fought as it become the character of this country to fight gaIMINIft her battles. But at such it time as this, anti Oft such an occasion, was it becoming in Ministers to. withhold important intelligence upon the sub ject of that contest ? He did understand that they had been 48 hours in possession of dispatches from Sir G. Prevost, and' that the rett eat from - Plattsburgh had been attended, in one point of view, with a very serious disaster, although there had been no engagement. He had no disposition to Mime Oiiicers before enquiry, and still less before their own oqicial accounts were received. The Accounts were now received„ and' why, there fore, were t hey concealed lie had been inform etkthat Sir G, Prevost crossed the frontiers with 2•,000 then; that after the: failure of the enter prize, he marched in two days over a country Which had six in his. advance; that he lost in that short time 2,000 men by degertion ; and that these men were not militia, but Welling ' tonians, distinguished by that appellation as hay,- ing gained so mach honour in the Pen insular. War. If this was not the fact, he should be h a p py to hear a contradiction. The CHANCELLOR of the ExCIIEQUER observed, that the Hon. Gentleman appeared to consider himself so mud) better informed than liinfself Of political Occurrences, that he could hardly think it necessary to reply to the qiiestionS put-by him Whether the -eireumitarices stated ivith respect to the relations between this and Naples were correctly Stated or not, he felt it his duty to 'abstain from disclosing. As to the dispatch_ front Sir G. Prevost, "as 'touch would be published front them to-morrow as was gonsistent with the delicacy due to the situation of the Commanding Officers. Mr. PoNsontY said, if the account mentioned by his Hon. Friend was false, there could hp,no possible ob jection, but. certainly some advantage in , so stating. -tie un derstood too, that our army had retreated from Fort Eric. The CHANCELLOR of 'the EXCESEQUER had no knowledge of the facts related by the Hon. Member. It was not mentioned 'in the letter of General Prevost. It was true,- that the attack on Fort-Erie had been abandoned by General Drummond, but without any circumstances Of disaster. Sir W. POLE wished to be permitted to•add, that the whole of 'Sir G. Pievost's dispatch could not be published to-morrow, because the account of the naval action had not yet been received. It would, however, contain lists of the killed and wounded. The whole. of the dispatch relative to Fort Erie would appear. ' The Resolution was then read and 'agreed to. and the 'Re• port ordered 'to be received to-morrow. The other Orders of the- Day were postponed till Monday, and the House ad journed. BRUSSELS AND FRANKFORT -PAPE7IS. VIENNA, Nov. 4.-4 n the chronicle. of the Congress we read. the following— SKETCH OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED STATESMEN AT THE CONGRESS "Let'us for'a moment consider the great met' who now assist to direct the .future fate of the world—Metternich , Nesselrode, Castlereagh, Har denburgh, and Talleyrand. The last acts a more important part than people suppose, inasmuch as he checks the progress of the rest, and throws ob-• stacks in the Way of the plans already concluded on, VerSed in all thefurins of politics, as he accompa., nied the great conquerer almost to the brink-of the precipice, endowed with rare talents, shelving with' great effect in the back ground an asseuthled ; army, and a throne not yet to be shaken, he tried, many ways to enforce his proposals. They say . he has now gone so far, at some of the confer ences, as to remove his chair, and pretend to be griing away, because he will not consent to see the left bank of the Rhine in possession of great Powers. But, however, he always t retnained. sitting, becauSe the conversation soon after ttirn ed on Italy or Switzerland. He seldom appears . " , in public ; the state of his foot affords matter enough formally to excuse himself. His head on the other hand is the more sound, hence alliances with France have been already secretly offered from mote than one quarter. Lord Castlereagh sees all his wishes antici pated. His eye is every where : and perhaps he acts the most extensive part. He is a man of an agreeable person, between 40 and 50 years of age, of the middle size rather tha n o th erw i se , and a little pale. His prominent nose, hiS open coun tenance, and the simplicity peculiar to the Eng lish, make him easy to be known. He is power fully supported by Lord Stewart, in all his diplo matic measures. Prince Metternich is one of the most accom plished Courtiers and Statesmen of our times.— Obligingness, affability, and policy, alternately ; inspire his actions. It is impossible to skew more art and versatility of talent, in the choice of the shades of external forms, as the circumstances require. He is supported by men of distinguished talent, among whom is Genz. " The outside of the head of Prince Harden burg, is became as white as the inside. His coun tenance is open, his look smiling, and his whole -appearance inspire those who see him, with ve neration; He entertains the most liberal views in every respect. When it depvuds . on experience, prudence, .and philanthropic ideas, no one can pretend to higher regard than he, either in Prus sia or at the Congress. His policy seems, when he has declared his principles, to be rather of a yielding nature. _ "c Count Nesselrode acts every where with ener gy. It .is impossible not to acknowledge his great. talents. ,At the Conclusion of this little sketch, we must mention Baron Stein, whose whole counte nance 'expresses 'the firm impenetrable will of an energetic Statesman. There 'is' every - reason to suppose that he assists in managing the great in- • terests of Russia." The whole of the German Constitution, which is much favoured by Austria, is advancing ra pidly, though many endeavour to hinder this work. There is no want of •debates, and the Learned Counsellor Martens has often need to listen very attentively, in order to register properly the dif ferent opinions. VIENNA, Nov. 4.—The Deputation. of ,the Me diated States of the Empire had an audience Of the Eritperor of Austria on' the 22d of October. The Deputation was composed of the Prince of %Vied Neuweid, of the Count rof Erlash-Erlacb, the Landgrave of Furstenberg, and the Princess of Furstenberg. The arand Chamberlain received them at the stairs, and introduced them into the audience chamber. The Princess of Furstenberg made the following speech :—.. " The confidence of my co-estates rrocures me the honour of nppcaring in the presence of your Imperial Majesty. I might• be embarrassed in speaking before a great monarch, if ortr cause were not the most just that ever was brought be fore the throne .of your Imperial Majesty. The Princess of Germany who respectfully appear before your Imperial Ma jesty, have been, as well as their families, attached since time. linnet:ow - 14, with in*lable fidelity, Ito the Constitution of