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BREVET.

Captaln Nathaniel Kiiitinan, Oi the 31st Fuet, to be M.l* im
the Anny.

STAFF.

in igadier•Gcneral John Prince to be Aide•de-CA:np to the Piing.

GAR RISOII.
Assi4ta4t-Surgeon Richant Rooke, from
Wont, t, tie Aiststant-Surgeon to to-
in the Gaette of the
STAFF.
For Captain Samuel Browne, of the
putt Investor General of the /la
Army of Reserve, with the tett.erer
Army, sue Lteutrraant-Culonel Grey
Read..Cartain SAintrel Fro.. rae, of the /
ply lit.penor4;eneral (if the Recr
Anne of Reac.se, hi A rile gawk
Lieuterhint-Colortel Otrey.

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West Fssez Mirtia—Mljoe John
Cubei,h etc-
Cartai" G. DitzheU hi be Major,
IJateslOctutter 3sh 1144.

tom the sth Garrison 11
the taartison of titStaltar
the Iflth Instant.
G• 11 Dragoons, to be 1)e-
Recruiting Ser.ice and the •
rtay Ralik elf Ma.;or in the
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he 6th Dragoon., tube De- :
Truiting S:•va.e, and the
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Trell to be
Dated October 20, 1844.,
w, vice Tyro% Fou:led-

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THE GERMAN EMPIRE. •

Public prints, as well as private letters, front the
Continent, mention as feat, that Bonaparte has pro-
posed, planned, and, of course, will bring forth, an-
other revolution in Germany ; by the secularisation
of ecclesiastical states, by the exchange of terri.l.
ries, according to his fancy or policy, of several
Sovereigns, by eluding counties into principalities,
and by creating Princes Electors.
In 1792, the German empire resolved to resist
the injuries, spoliations, pretensions, menaces, and
insolent declarations of France. A war ensued,
and no defensive war was ever more just, more sup-
ported by treaties, prudence, and national honour.
Bat fortune not having seconded so just a cause,
several members of the confederacy detached them-
: selves from it, one after the other, either from in-
' ability to furnish their contingents, or by separate
lantaliee, or from political reasons ; the weakness of
width seemed to be excused by the rigour of cir-
emstnaces. Prussia becoming neuter, rendered the
*Ms of Germany so, and raised an ardent desire
bibs South to put an end to a fatal quarrel, which
bad already destroyed several circles of the empire.
When the Emperor hinrelf, after the treaty of
Campo Formio, had laid down his arms, and with-
drawn his armies, it only remained to fight with
notes, memorials, and negotiations. But, notwith-
standing separate treaties, partial neutralities, and
particular lines of demarcation, the empire, in 1797,
bad only obtained an armistice. The formation of
the Congress of Rastadt, and the object of their de-
liberations, sliewed that the Germanic Body, lis-
t
eussing the means of peace, was evidently dot at
peace ; and that the Plenipotentiaries assembled in
consequence of a simple truce, the duration of
which was to be determined only by the course and
, issue of their negotiations. The French Govern-
men!, reserving to themselves even the right of ar-
' bitrarily fixing its nature, daily broke the conditiot:s
' of it, continued then, as now, to keep their plunder-
'fag armies in the bosom of the empire, starved
Ehrenhrenstein, and took it from Germany ; and,
with the sual 4ffrontery of fortunate usurpers,
laughed their word, the conventions, and the
4,
s state c„„. • was therefore evident, that the break-
ing up of the Congress at Rastadt again placed the
I empire in the political situation in which it was at
the convocation of that assembly ; that is to say, in
a state of war with the revolutionary rulers of
tFrance. All the sacrifices granted to their inso-
, fence, to their ambition, and their threats, were
annulled. Of the immense volume of the proceed-
ings of the Congress, there remained only the repeal
. of its ads, determined by the very 1.141 of its dissolu-
ition before any definitive treaty was signed. War
' eau, and nothing but war could be, the consequence.
! sot, until the spring of 1799, when the French army
i expiated their bravadoes, and the insolence of their
tyrants ; until their shameful and precipitate retreat
i iteross the Rhine had put an end to their bravadoes,
' and to the terror of the circles of Swabia and of
" 'Upper Rhine; the sad farce of the congress was kept
up, many German courts shut their eyes to their si-
tuation, and sought a vain and temporary safety in
i a neutrality not respelled by the enemy. Then, as
) now, they isolated themselves, and thought that
i they had nothing to do with the quarrel of their
1 Emperor ; nothing to dread from the modera-
tion of France in future, nothing to fear from
her ambition, and not any ether duty to ful-
fil than that of remaining an indifferent spec-
tator of a struggle which had for its ()Ned to
reinstate the Germanic confederacy in its relations
with its supreme Chief, with the Empire itself, and
wrta Europe, as they stood prior to the revolution,
atal as they had remainel until that period, ever
i siia e the peace of Westphalia.
This tmpulitic and selfish conduct of the Ger-
man Princes was the principal cause of the sub.
sequent power of France, and ruin of Germany.
It naturally produced those victories of Mo-
reau in 1800, of which Bonaparte made the use
that might be expeded from such a charaifter.
Af rr submitting to those destruftive and humi-
itiriag terms, which were signed at Luneville and
Katisbon, the Empire, notwithstanding its great
sarrtfices, enjoys neither safety nor peace with
France, nor that protecTion from Austria, enfeebled
by its desertion, which, for one hundred and forty
years, had preserved it from those cruel fetters im-
posed by Bostaparte. We see, therefore, this Una-
r per arrogating to himself more authority on the
i right than on the left bank of the Rhine. He places
and displaces with less ceremony, and with less dif-
ficulty, German Princes than French Senators, in
disposing of the territory of the German Empire as
if it were his own family property or past imonial
estate. It is but too evident, that there will be no
repose, no security re-established, while so mon-
,' tapirs a system prevails, which, in peace, as well
as in war, must clog every salutary undertaking
' with a burthen more or len oppres-ive. On one
part, we see the Princes who are neartst to the
French Republic, fearing to endang.r the brittle

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, Novsmara 14.

His MAJESTY is expefled at the QUEEN'S House,
this day, for the purpose of holding a private Levee.
General Moon c is come to town to attend it, and
will, it is said, receive the vacant Red Ribbon. It
was yesterday strongly reported, that the Brigade
under his command is to be einployed in an expedi-
tion to the Cape of Good Hope. It consists of the
4th, or King's Own, the &id and 52d Light In-
fantry, the 59th, and the 95th Rifle Regiment, five
companies, which is to have a second battalion im-
mediately.

The long expelled interview between His M A-
Y and His Royal I lighness the Prince of WA r Ls
took place at Kew on Monday. The Quions,
Pair:cusses, and the Dukes of KENT, Cum sEa-
L AND. and Causat oat, were present at this inter-
esting meeting. As might be expelled from the de-
licacy, age Lion, and respell, felt by all the parties,
nothing retrospenive was brought into conversation;
butthemeeting was such, as lithe intercourse between
the Rov AL PA RTI ES had never been suspended. Al-
ter they had partaken of some refreshment, they se-
parated at 3 o'clock. Their M AJtsr t rs and the Pa ti-
c Lssits returned to Windsor, and Its Royal High-
ness Cie Prince of WALES returned to town. The
Duke of Rert.Aso, the Earl of Moil a, Colonel
M.lslatioN, Mr. SUMO Ar, and several other per-
sons of distinftion, attended His Royal Highness
at Carleton House, and about five o'clock, Mr.
Fox arrived in town from Woburn. It is cintfi-
dently reported, that the Earl of MOIKA'S visit to
town is intimately connefted with this happy event,
and that an important change in the Administration
of Ireland is likely to grow, out of it, by the ap-
pointment of his Lordship, as Lord Lieutenant of
that part of the United kingdom. It is the opi-
nion of those best acquainted with the temper and
feelings of that country, that no measure could be
conceived more likely to promote its harmony and
consequent security. We ate ready to subscribe to
the many virtues of the Earl of HARDWICYZ, and
admit him indefatigable in his exertions for its hap-
piness,--but the lower classes are not competent to
appreciate his merits. It is, however, only among
these orders that we have reason to fear discontent
:nod disafeftion, and we know that they are per-
sonally attached to the Earl of MOIRA. Among
people who aft so much from the impulse of feeling,
we cannot have a stronger pledge of loyalty. The
Earl of liaitowtcue may labour with unceasing
vigilance for their good, but the ignorant and the
prejudiced will still feel some of their old jealousies
and suspicions. In the Earl of Mot however,
they have the fullest confidence. They have long
looked to him as one of their most zealous and best
friends; and every all of his administration would
be regarded, as flowing from the purest beneficence,
and the most anxious desire to promote the good
of the country. The hearts of the lower orders be-
ing thus gained, disaffeftion would soon wear away:
for it has been uniformly to their hearts, the teach.

en of rebellion have addressed themselves, and
corrupted their principles through their passions.

Our Correspondent at Husum has sent us the
regulations of the Danish Government to be ob-
served by all travellers in the Danish Dominions.
Husum being the nearest, and now the most fre-
quented port by all persons going from this country
to the continent upon business or pleasure, these regu-
lations cannot be too well known. We understand
that, from ignorance of them, several travellers are
now detained at that place, who landed there from
English packets or passage vessels.

The copy of the Memorial presented by our Go-
vernment to foreign Courts, upon the seizure of Sir
G. RUNIOL EP,inserted in this Paper on Monday, was
carrell as far as it went; but the conclusion of each
was adapted to the particular circumstance, of the
Court to which it was addressed, and consequently
different in all. The copy which Mr. .1z c xsor: was
direded to present to His PRUSSIAN MAI sr v, con-
eluded thus : a His PRUSSIAN MAJESTY unquestion-
ably will not only participate in the sentime:its which
must be common to every Soveteign; but the vicinity
of his dominions, and his situation, both a, a Direc-
tor of the Circle of Lower Saxony, and as Guarantee
of the Germanic Constitution, will induce him to
feel a deep and peculiar interest in this unparal-
leled transa'tion. His MAJESTY cannot there-
fore allow himself to entertain a moment's doubt,
that His PRUSSIAN MAJESTY will second and en-
force, in the most effe&tial manner, the representa-
tions which have been made by the Senate of Ham-
burgh for the immediate release of His MAJESTY'S
Minister, and will further see the urgent necessity of
taking such measures as may be best calculated to
obtain horn the French Government a public repa-
ration, adequate to the heinous nature of the indig-
nity, and may also prevent, for the future, the repe-
tition of outrages which threaten to destroy the re-
maining distinflions of civilised Europe."

Admiral CORNWAL Lis has returned to Torbay,
with 15 sail of the line.

Three regiments of infantry, viz. the 15th, 90th,
and another battalion of the line, amounting in the
vehol-. to 2,500 men, are expeaed daily to embark
at the Cove of Cork, to form a part of the expedi-
tion certainly going out against Martinique.
By letters received on Monday from Carthagena,
dated the 13th ult. we learn, that the fever raged at
that time with unremitted virulence. Not less than
one hundred persons died daily.
'file accounts from Malaga to a later date ere
extremely favourable; by them it appear' that the
disorder had considerably abated, and the deaths did
not exceed on an average ten a dly.
At Barcelona and N'alentia, as well as several other
places on the Spanish coast, the people have not been
in die least affeeted, but are daily posted in the dif-
ferent avenues and roads leading to the towns, to
prevent die possibility of any person gaining admis-
sion, who they may have season to snipe& has fled
from the inteCied towns.

Yesterday the LORD MA roe was under the pain-
ful necessity of raising the price of Bread two As-
sizes. or 4d, in the Peck Loaf, to commence to-
morrow : the price of the Quartern Loaf Wheaten
will then be Is. 21d. Household, Is. Id.
The ))sclera .!f Bedford armed defence ship, which
was driven on shore near Sandown Castle, is got off
by the assistance of the Deal boatmen, and conduit-
ed into Ramsgate Pier, to repair.
The Ned, Itysort. from Liverpool to London,
is arrived in the Downs ; she was chased to the
westward of Dungeness, by three French privateers.
The Cadiz Packs:, Rlc it tt so , from London to
Hull, in ballast, was driven on shore nn the Wal-
let, on the 4th instant, after losing three anchors
and cables.

The Coineess of Curt, from Cork, to Barhadoes,
is captured by a French privateer, and carried into
Guadaloupe.
The London, Davrsoe, from Dantzic and Stock-
!on, arrived at Grimsby on Sunday last. In com-
ing from Stockton, she fell in with a sloop, who in-
formed them that they had seen tell sail tarn by
a lug-sail privateer, on Thursday last, between
Whitby and Ow Tees ; one a large three-masted
ship, the other brigs, one of them the Clinicr, of
Scarborough. The Venea, \Vast's, from Dantzic,
it is feared, is oae of the captured vessels.
Captain SKIMP/Lief packet, the Union, lately
grounded in the Bay of Dublin (and net the Lcrrev-
ter, as mistated), will, it is hoped, now be saved,
though her damages have rendered her unfit for the
service. The Captain is much recovered.
There are reports of new arrangements for Ire-
land, much higher than the appointment of a new
Secretary.
An Officer, now at Dungeness, c.i iti adi.fls the
report, that we were to have nu blockading squa-
dron off Ostend, during the winter. Ve are glad to
fiud this the case ; for, however much we may des-
pise the French craft, we do not think they should
be permitted to coast from that or any port, with-
out even a chance of being molested.
The King has been plea-ill to grant unto John
Bellenden Gawler, of Bishr p.gatc, in the county of
Surrey, Esq. (eldest son arid heir of John Gawler, late
of Ramridge, in thecounty of S,itithampton, Esq. de-
ceased, by Caroline his wife, also deceased, who was
the eldest surviving daughter of John Bellenden,
third Lord Bellenden in Scotland, and co-heir in
blood to her brother Robert, sixth Lord Bellenden),
His Royal licence and authority, that he and his
issue may take and use the surnames of Ker
Be len-
den; and that he may henceforth be called
John Bellenden Ker Bellenden, out of afeeionate
respea towards the family of his said late mother,
and with the consent, and at the instance of his
noble relation William Lord Bellenden, now Duke
and Earl of Roxburgbe, Re.