The Sun. — London, England, 1806-08-18 00:00:00

\ ~S THE 11,141 , 18URG11 Xll iIL. RATTSIIOII, AUG. I.—This day the Elenor Arch - Chancellor transmitted the .following,Declaration to the Diet : • " To the 'General Diet of the German Empire the undersigned Ambassadors and Envoys hav6 received orders to transmit the following Declara- tion : " The events of the last wars which have ha rassed Germany almost without intermission. and the political changes which have arisen out of them, have placed the disagreeable . truth in the clearest light, that the band which should unite the differ -ent Members of the Germanic Body was no_ longer sufficient for that objed, or in fad was quite dis solved. • A convidion of this truth hes for : a long time existed in the heart of every German,'end was impressed more' strongly by the experience of late years, by which the radical defects of a qetetitution 'have been confirmed, which was venerable in its . origin, but which, by the 'inconstancy ineidental to all human affairs, has been found inefficacieus. To this circumstance alone must, doubtless, be 'escribed 'the preceding •disjunEtion of the Empire itself in 1785, which had for its consequence a separation of the interests of the North and South Germany. From that moment all ideas of -a common 'Country and of common Interests necessarily disappeared ; the .expressions, " War of the Empire, and. Peace of the Empire," were words without a meaning, and Germany was sought for in vain in the midst of the 'Germanic Body. The- separated,. Princes, placed next to France, destitute of all protedion, and ex posed to all the evils of war, the termination of which it was not in their power to obtain by cone' stitutional means, found themselves obliged, • by, separate Treaties; to break off, in fad, frotn the general union. ,The peace of Luneville, and, still more, the settlement of the Empire in i ebe, cer tainly appeared sufficient to give new life to the Germanic Constitution, 'while they '4.w - toyed the 'weak parts of the system, and eppegthened its foundations. . . " But the events of the last ten months, which have pissed under the eyes of the whole Eihpire, have given birth to circumstances which have:ex tingui.sed the last degree of hope, and..again. ex posed the absolute insufficiency of the former Con stitution beyond all doubt. Under the influence of these weighty considerations, the Sovereigns 'and Princes of the Southern and Western Departments of Germany have been excited to conclude a new Alliance more conveniently adapted to the circum stances of the times If by the present Declaration they detach themselves from their former connec tion with the Germanic Empire, still they ad ac cording to the precedents of former times, and con sistent with the system adopted by more powerful Princes. They might, to the last, have maintained the appearance of a Constitution ; but they; on the contrary, deemed it more consistent with their dig- I pity, and the purity of their views, to publish a free and candid Declaration as to the motives by which they have been actuated, and as to their determina tions. In vain might they have flattered them selves with the hope of obtaining the wished-for end, if they had not secured the powerful protec tion of that Monarch tvhoie views had shewn themselves as continually conneEted with the true. interests of Germany. A Guarantee thus powerful was consolatory in a double poiot of view : it im plies the assurance, that his Majesty the Emperor of the French, for the sake of his own honour, and the interest of his" Empire, will preserve the new order of things in Germany ; and that he has taken upon himself to secure the tranquillity within and without the Empire. And since this precious tran quillity is the principal view of the Rheniih Coufe deration, the Sovereigns of the several ,States have attached their names •to the preseni' And it is also left open to the otheiltat6,erto accede to 'the same, according as they may' feel theneselves. interested. Having thus, duly acquitted ourselves this igh and important cliiree, we have the-honour to' add the assurance of the high consideration- with, which we remain your ExcellenCy's most 'de ' voted, Sec." • Here follow the names of , the Envoys. of Bavaria, Wirternbiargh; Baden, Hesse, nol;enzoTlern,• hen.: bourg, and Sit' Kyrburgb. Ratishon, August z, t 866. ' • • RATISBON, AUG. 2.—The new Treaty 4r onfe deiation signed at PaiiS oil the 12t1) of July, and yx changed at Munich on the 25th of the 6tile: Month, consistsof4o articles. The piearniife StateS;thai-elc , Ilerience haVing shewn that the Ocefrnapictotisqtu lion can give no kind-of security fot r Aitlicks:itst.trnal or extvual peace, to the Sonth''or Getotiy, the Contrading Parties to this Treaty,' iTiz.l-1!5: - Majesty the Emperor of the Fret - rch on t Olw pift, and on the other the Kings of Bavaria and Wifiemburgh, the EleEtor Arch-Chnncellor and the EleEtOr of. Ba- den, the Duke . of Berg, the . .Langrave of, Hesse Darmstadt ; the Princes of Nassau, Weilberg-Usingen, of Hohenzollern, Ilechingcrn, ,Siezmaririgen; of Salm Salm, and Salm Kyrburgh, of Isenburgh, Bris tein, and of Lichtenstein, the Duke of Ahremberg, and the Count of Leyn, have agreed to the follow ing Articles : Art. t.. The States of the above Princ'es are for ever separated from the German Political Body, and united by a particular Confederation, under the name of the Confederated States - •of the Rhine. . Art. 2. All the laws of the Empire are abrogated and null with respe& to These States. Art. 3. Each of the Contracling_Princes re nounces all such titles as have a relallbil to the old Constitution of the Empire ; and on the cf Au gust ensuing they will formally dech'e their separa tion from the German Empire. Art. 4. The Ele&or Arch-Chancelloireceives the title of Prince, Primate, and Mot Eminent gigh ness; which, however, confers no prerogative incon sistmt with the full soveteignty enjoyed by the other Contra&int Parties. _ _ Art. 5. The Ele&or of Baden, the Duke of.Berg,tl and the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, take the ti tle of Grand Dukes and Royal Higlinessd, and en- . joy all the rights, prerogatives, and homage due to the regal dignity. Rank and Precedence among thein shall be according as they are named in the first Article. The head of the House. _of Nassau shall take the title of Duke,•and the Count of;leyn that of Prince. •. Art. 6. The common interest-of the • Confederate States shall be discussed in an asbemlity'oltheteague - Su or Diet, the seat of whieb stall be tit FraiiWort, .?*,1(1 the Assembly shall be dix'ldcd into ,t'vvo i 01l es, that of the Kings, and that of the Princes. Art. 7. The Members'of this Confederation shall be independent of any Foreign Power, nor enter into, any kind of service, except with the States in the CCM federation. Art. r.s: No 'Member shall alienate his Sovereign ty, either in whole, or part, except'in favour of a Con federate. Art. g, rill disputeS which May arise between the Members of the Confederation shall be decided in th Assembly of the League at Frankfort..'.. Art. 10. The Prince Primate shall be President in the College of Kings, and the Duke of Nassau in that ofthe Princes. Art. it. Within a mouth after the Declaration has been made at Itatisbon, the Prince Primate of the Confederation , shall draw up a Constitutional Statute, which shall determine the time when . the Assembly shall be convoked, and the objects and form of its deliberation. • Art/ R 3. The Emperor NAPOLEON shall be de clared Protector of the Alliance ; and in quality of Protector, whenever the Prince Primate dies, he shall appoint. his- Successor. The Articles 1:3, &c. to 23 inclusive stipulate the different cessions and acquisitions of the Confe derates. Thus Nassau cedes to Berg the town of Deuss and its territory. Bavaria acquires the Impe rial City of Nuremberg' and its territory ; and the Prince Piimate the Imperial. City ofFrankfort. • Art. 24. • The Alembus -of - the. Confederation subjeft to their •Saveteignty• all the Princes, Cout:s, and Lords, within the - circle of the allied territory. [Then follows a detail of the Division, by which several of the more considerable Principalities are divided among two, three or more new Sovereigns; as for example, the Territories of Hohenlohe be tweet] Bavaria and WirtembUrgh ; those of Saxis among three*. and those of liUrstenburgh among four different Sovereigns.] • Art. 26 Defines the rights of Sovereignty, Le gislation, Judicial Authority, the Police, Military Conscription, and Imposts. • Art. Q 7. The subjected Princes and Counts shall retain their domains; seignorial . rights, Sce. The 35th Article stipulates, that there shall be an alliance between the Etriperor of the French and the Confederated States, by virtue 'of which every Continental war in Nclricit either of the two Parties shall be engaged -shall be common to both. • Art. 36. Should any foreign or neighbOuring Power arts, the Contra ding . Parties spa ann, to prevent surprise. The notification for wch attning shall be made by the Emperor NAPOLEON. The contingent of the Allies shall be divided into four parts, and the Assembly of the League shall determine how many of those parts shall be put, in motion. Art. 37. Bavaria engages to fortify the Cities of Augsburgh and Lindatt, and to make them depots of artillery, arms, ammunition, ar.d provisions. Art. 38. The contingents or the several Allied Powers shall be as follows :-France,2oo,ooo men ; Bavaria, 30,000 ; Wlrtemburgh; 12,006 ; Baden,. 8,000 ; Berg, .5;000 ; Darmstadt, 4,000 ; Nassau,. Hohenzollern, and others 4,000. Art. 39. The .Coturading Parties admit other German Princes and Stz;tes into the Alliance, when it shah be found suitable to the common in terest. Art. 40. The ratification of, this. Treaty shall be exchanged at Munich on :he .o:stb of July. Signed by the PLENIPUTENTIARIES of the Cont:T.Eting Parties. Paris, July x 2, ILE,. . _ The instrument of the A&. of Ratification was signed by the Emperor at St. Cloud, on the 19th of July, and countersigned by the Minister TALLEY-. AAND, and the Secl'etary of State Mmur. VIENNA, JULY 30.—Several Battalions have set out for. Upper AA:lstria. Yesterday a Courier ariived here from Paris; whose dispatches gage occasion . to a conference between the French Ambassador and Count STA moN, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The TrOops Which were in 'lstria have embatked for Dalmatia, under the orders of General . SERAS. TWO Regiments of the Army of General:MAßMON:l', - from the.Ftioul, will take the place of the division Of SERAS. • FRANKFORT, AUG. 2.—The Principality ofOettin gen-Wallerstein has been ►akeu possession of by the, troops of the King of Bavaria. , . A considerable train of artillery and ammunition has passed through Heidelberg towards the confrnes of Franconia and Swabia. . According, to the Erlangen Gazette, the Staff of two companies beloning to the Regiment of Count VoN' . TA:UENZIEN, with the rest of the under Of ficers and Privates who ,had_ not gone ~over to the. Bavarian service, breaks up on August b the 2d from Erlangen ; together with the Regiment in Quim bach, which breaks up froth that place on the Bth inst. inst. in order to march to Hanover by the way 'of Hol, Jena, Weimar, and Erfurih, where this Re giment .has received its cautounients, and will be completed. In the Eleaorate of Saxony some troops are or dered to the frontiers. BERLIN, AUG. s.—The Birth-day of his Majesty was celebrated the day before yesterday by a great dinner, to which all the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family, as well as the Ministers and Ge nerals, and the most distinguished of the Nobility, were invited. The Cabinet Minister of the Ele&or of Hesse, Baron WA's- VoN EscnEl4, is still here. • It is sup posed that his longer stay is occasioned by some impending arrangements in the North of Germany, and the necessary communications which must take place on the subje& between our Court and that of the Ele&or of Hesse. FRANKFORT, Auo. 2.—The fate of our City,. which i 4 to become a Bishop's See under the Arch . Chancellor, is now decided. M. BACHER is ex peEted from Ratisbon to, take format possession ; atier.which the,Congre.ss f :of„ the . new Federation of the South of 'Germany will commence its Sittings here. BANKS GP THE LAHN, AUG. I.—French troops hive:occupied, in the name pf the Duke of Cleves and Berg, . the, town of Dillenburgh, as also the whole territory of „Nassau Orange. There hare, been some disturfianceitDillenburgh on this ocea, the issue of which.is not known. HAN . AI7', G. c Duke of Naiu-Ljsingen has pubri4ied a blew, by which he declares him self Duke., and takes possession, as Neil for him , self as th Prince Weilhnrgh, of the Country al, lotted to hire by the Convention concluded at Paris relative to the new organi.cation of Ge'rniany. AUGSBURG', JULY' '3't.—The orders which were issued for calling in ull 'Ow Bavarian troop upon leave of Absence, have been suddenly count4wandell. This day a part of Prince' ALExANDrt.ll3 . .nwrn:Lit's held equipage arrived here upon ity return Oom Munich to StrasburJL—Most of the French troops upon the : march to ilavaria have received orders to halt since the news of Peace vas received from Paris.'s . . HAMBURGH, AUG. g.—The report that an Army of 40,0(M) men was to be assembled near Munster has entirely subsided. AUGSBURG'', JUI,Y 28.—They write limn Rove • redo, of the-date the, 20th inst. that the Vice-PI( - )y of Italy is going to Dalmatia, to tare the command of the French and Italian Army colleaed . in that Pro vince, and which will receive numerous reinforce ments. His Imperial Highness was expected yes terday at Venice. • FLORENCE, JULY t 8.-An English Flotilla of five Ships has appeared before Civita Vecchia, apparently with the intention of blockading that Port, as in that, as well as in the other Poets of the Papal ter ritory, there is a French GarrisOn. • , IHA GUE , AUG. t}l a French . Troops. . ; .ip ear kingdom,-but the Dutch,' Late received orders to break up. .Lnit night the First negiigent of In fantrs , ', of the Garrison here," received orders 'to march, and this morning - brel:q! op for Utrecht, where it will Wait for further orders. His:Majesty the King is expeaed here from %:lis baden in_ a fortnight. Dire&ions have been sent to the Fishermen at Scheveningen not to put out far to .sea, and to keep close to the shore every-night... This, circumstance Ins occasioned an unfoundea report to be spread at Scheveningen, that the Negotiations between France and England have been broken off.. HARDENBEEG, IN OVERYS'SEL, AUG. 4.—The Gad French Regiment of Infantry of.the Line has taken possession of the Countries. of 'Bentheim and Stein flint' for the Grand Duke of C.CEVES. On the ap proach of the French Troops, , the Prussians with drew from all their positions in the territory of Ben theim. Nieuhuis is likewise evacuated by the Prus- To-day all the Public Officers in Bentheim were called together to take the oath of fidelity to their new Sovereign, in the hands of General D'Avousi, or, according to another account, of two Commissioners. The Count of BENTHEIM STEIN FURTH retains all his domains; and is now at Aix-la- Chapelle. IIUF.STEIQ, AUG: B.—On the Ist inst. 2000 French Troops entered Burgsteinfurth. On the same clay the reigning Count of BENTHEIM STEINFURTH pass ed through this town, on his way to Paris. The number of the French Troops in the Dutchy of Westphalia is considerably increased, and some days ago they received bill !cartridges. Foreign Troops are expe&ed soon to enter the County of Lippe, as they already have in some places in the ter:- ritories of the Prince of SALM SALM (in Minister). HA MBURGH, AUG. B.—The Envoy of the .Elee torof Saxony, Count GoRTZ, has again arrived at. Berlin on a particular Mission. HA;.IRURGH, Auo. 8.-2xtraa of a Private Let ter '1 ;.--- 1 " The ambitious views of NAPOLEON with respea to the general subjugation of Germany, and partiralarly his conduit in the dismemberment of .the. Empi.re by the Rhenish Confederation, have alarmed the Princes who have not participated in that system of vassalage ; and they have begun to .manitest their oppos;tion to the measure. Prussia, .' Austria,-Sweden, Hesse Cassel,.Brunswick, Pome rania, and Wirternburgh, are said to have entered intoa League to rescue the Northern Part of Ger many from the influetice of the Usurper. They expea to be joined by Denmark and Britain, and probably by Russia. In the mean time the French Armies are pouring into Germany in every direc tion; and are particularly concentrating their Forces on the frontiers of Saxony' and Austria. BONA PARTE has expressed his determination, shOuld any resistance be shewn, to compel the Northern Princes to approve of the,new politiOal changes by force of arms; and their non-acquieSoence will be the signal for renewed hostilities. The intentio9s of Prussia were first surmised by a partial change. which has taken piece in the Cabinet of Berlin. HAUGWITZ has for sometime been losing his influence with the Sov,er,eign ; and 'about* the 4th instant one of his most? strenuous supporters, Count SCIIULENBERG Ktills , E&r, the Prussian Civil and Military. Governor of ..Hanover, resigned his, office. His resignation was not only accepted, but General LARtscu i a friend of Baron HARDENBERG, replaces him in the Mill ', tary'Denattment, and another friend of the Baron enjovsthe Civil Administration ad interim. This sudden change in the condna of the King of Prussia is attributed to the disappointment of certain views of aggrandizement and preponderance which he' rately entertained ; BONAPARTE having deprived him, contrary to an express promise, of certain parts of the Ele&orate of Hanover, particularly Bentheim; Osnabruck, &c. It is a fad that an army of 45,000 men is now ready to take the field, near Munich, in Westphalia, and it is daily receiving re infOrcetnents, The Elector of Saxony has also or dered': part of his Ariny to march to the frontiers; and Heve Cassel and Brunswick are making the most alive preparations for war. It is this day re ported that the French Troops have passed the fron- -tiers'of Saxony ; and entered .Cobourg !---From ano ther quirter the Prussian Army advances to Embden and the Banks of the Bins, while the French Troops in Holland, by . forced marches, tale the' same route. . The Impelial City ofNuremberg.is ceded to Bavaria ; so that only Hamburgh, Lubeck, and .:Bremen, still preserve their precarious existence. Tlle.lreport , that LAtuttsToN's Army had tal:en Ca tara by storm, is unfounded.'' sinus. THE LATE DUEL. TO THE Ei)11-01:. Sta—Thongh l am conscious ho A' little the riff:lir in which I have Leen lately engaged can merit a mo ment's attention 'from the Public, yet as seine pains have been tai-:en to misrepresent the motives and the manner of it, I hope I shall be forgiven for addre:;i ing a fe‘i/ words , to you'upon the subjed. In the tit st place the qUarrel is not to be considered as literary. Though by no means• indifferent to the decrees of criticism, I am aware that they are not to be reversed by an appeal t - o the pistol. The Review, however, which Mr. jEFI , It s EY b3:l written, appeared to me to contain more personality than criticises ; to impuie to we motives for publication which my heart disclaims and detests, and to assail - me altogetner, much mute as a wan than as a ::riter. Conceiviog, there ore, that in the pruent state of win ILA'S no Gentleman can hold suet: lanffuagq towards in;iuthet with ,impo nity, I returned a contra.liaiou to tile assertions of Mr. JEPFREY, in terms too plain to be fer a :nornen.t misunderstood and the rneetiq; of which the lie has braid was the consequence. With - respea to the rikLeulous story about the loading of the pistols, I shall' only say, in addition to the declarAtion of our Secouds, who are men mit likely to prefe.r the safety of a f: . iend to his honour, that any . per:ion:Nvhd ta',:es the trOutAe of inquiring at Bow -street, will learn that the pistol ,vhich the Orlker took from me, w:ls upon examination to be regularly loaded ; though, IFOM So'!)!!! acciderit Ow vitols to to;v2, thia of i'Jt. JE nY. was without a ball, .and th:lt the discovery of tins circutustwe Inade z:rirind Lletain ing my phtoia dayOw rto ;titer t!le...\,l.T.:istrat. lit consented to restore the::. I an - ;,..Sir, ,lk e . • T. I\lOOllE. Bury-strcet, St. PiflTL'V,Aug. 15, 03v6 The Dutchess 'Of Vottr.'s ../ 7 4 , :te at :Ontlands Was given on S:iterclay last. ktoUour of his 11ovli- Birth-dav 'A decidedly the most mag nificent Fd%e L'hampetre ever given there. The temimrary ereaions, the elegant marquees, and other prep;iyatery 1 - 113S111'2S, in no rest ed di.KTed from those i4lai't year. Early in the morning the worktnen conmienced the preparations for the vari ous amusements 'of thc; day. The gardens Nvere de corated-with aprofusion of variegated lamps, and the interior of the.house was ornamented with flower and shrubs. , 'The- Prince of WALES, and three of MS Royal Brothers, namely, the Dukes of CLARENCE, SUSSEX, and CAMBRIDGE, arrived at Oatiands on the preceding evening. On their arrival they were re ceived on the 'steps the grand entrance by the Duke and Dutchess of Y9IIK, who were there anxiously waiting to receive their illustrious relatives. After partaking - ofa' grand entertainment, the august circle passed the remainder of the evening in social converse together, and indeed until the moment of their retiring to their separate . apartments for the night. Early on the 'following morning the Duke and Duchess arose . to make the nec essar y prepara tions te'receive the King and Queen, who had pre viously signified their gracious intention of break fasting at Outlands with the party. About one o'clock their MAJESTIES and four of the Princesses (AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, SOPIIA, and AMELIA) arrived, attended by the Ladies in Waiting, and a Troop of the Horse Guards. The whole - party breakfasted in the noble saloon, and afterwards promenaded on the lawn and around the park.— After a circuitous route, they returned and par took of sonic refreshment before dinner. T HEIR MAJI , ,ETIES 'and the PRINCESSES afterwards din ed there. The entertainment was most sumptuous. About seven in the evening the KING and QUEEN, &c. tetired. Sodh after THEIR MAJ:ESTIES.bad de parted dancing commenced, with " Fight about the Fire-side," by ,the • Duke of CLARENCE and the Duchess of 'YORK:. The:secenddance was a new on c ; Lady nm u Hastizigs," composed in, compliment to the , infant daughter of the Countess of LOUDON and AtOtaA. About fifteen couple followed.: among whonrwerethe Duke of CUMBERLAND and the Duchess 0f.:4 - eaK. Dancing continued until a late hour-yesterday morning. It was five 'o'clock before the company had wholly retired, and which they did not even then do until they were wholly exhausted v.ta•ilifi g iitt.- - This was by far the IT;O.St brilliant Fete ever remembered.. The Duchess of YORK, who WaTplainirattired in white, never look ed better, or "Wits in higher spirits, The Duke of CLARENCZ and gaiety, The company, in addition to the , Princes, consisted of all the Nobi lity and Gentry,far„ ,several miles round. Two . young worpen, in, the course of the ; present Summer, di'o.,iincil,ithern§Otes in a pond near Wake field, whiciroceasionedl:a• notice to be placed on a board near the spot;c63llfe following effeci : ." who ever drowns thediselyes in future in this water, 'shall be punihed,as directs !" . SMITHPLEW MARKET% Avg. tB. 'This day's Market was abundantly supplied with prime Beasts, and the show of cattle in other te speas was very good ; Beef, Mutton, and Pork are somewhat cheaper than Friday's market ; Veal sup ports last price ; Lamb is somethin dearer, and the trade in general was pretty brisk. The sales in. the Haymarket were considerable ; Hay obtained last price ; Straw and Clover have fallen in price since our last report.--We subjoin an accurate statement of the prices and : To sink the Offal per stone of Sib. Beef 4s. od. to 4s 6d.—Mutton 4s. od. to 4s. 6d.—Veal ' 4 ( 6s. od. to 75. cd.—Lamb 6s. od. to Bs. od.—Pork ss. od. to 55. 6d. _ Beasts, 2,zse..—Sheep and Lambs, 18760.—Calves, xO7. — Pigs 400. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. Hay CI. 15S. to 41. 4s.—Clover 2t. os. to 41. 155.--Straw ti. los. to 11. i6s. CORN-EXCHANGf. AUGUST 18.—Wheat for to day's Market is arrived in rather short supplies ; that of good qdality has ready sale, at the advance in price of 2s. per quarter; likewise short supplies of Barley, which is extremely dull in sales, having few buyers at,this season; Malt and White Pease maintain their - price ; Grey also ; but few further arrivals of Oats, and . this article is rather dearer for good samples ; Flour remains at'the currency of last week. Wheat 53s a 6 5 5 a 7 85 od 1 Fine ditto - , Sos a 835 cm: Rye - - 3as a 42s cc; .Barley .43s a 'Os, m a lt . - (Ms a 736 di' White Prase Gh. a 715 6:1 I neans.. - 4os a 46s 6.1 Tick Beans 33-, a 39, 00 2 . 6- a cd Poland ditto 33s a 34, o Rape Seed - : 2, 'Fine Flour 65s a 7', :2, t'33 Grey ,ittto 4:s cd ec(antli 6 . 4, a . 0 j