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London, England, 1821-01-30 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

JMIU*Sir
The Austrian and Prussian Ministers to Swum? Mad •p-
-pear to have received fresh instructions, in cusiseipienee vf
which they double their attention to the Swigs Newspapays.
In fact, complaints have already been made to the Gowns.
meet of a certain Canton, against a jumnal which Is pub.
fished in it.

BIUNICII, JAIIIVARY 1!.
The military conscription takes plate, it is tree, every
year, but the actual embodying of a part of the yunng con-
scripts frequently dues nut lake place in time of peace, as
was the case last year. This year, however, to so place those
who have beets discharged for legal reasons before the expi-
ration of the regular six years service, and ahuse whose term
has expired, 10,000 min of the classes of it t, and sal year
are to be incorporated with the regimen's, but to be absent
on furlough till the time of exercise. This circumstance
will trail to prevent nelLinfenned foreign. ix tram enter-
taining erroueuus manna that this levy is any indication
of military preparations, and especially as it would be very
sally, if nicessar), to levy thrice the nundsvr of youths of au
age to bear arms.

lITUTSAILD, JANUARY 20.
Some newspapers contained, sums time back, WI article
relative to Barbara Kress, who was examined as a wane.. Oil
the trial of the Queen ut Englaud, according to which she
was furmeily a servant at Muniepuv, and was discharged for
basing committed • theft. From inquiries that have been
made it mulls, that no person of the name of Barbara
Kress, or Kranz, ever was in service at Mourepos.
DUSILLOORFF, JANUARY 13..
We bear that bis Royal Highness Prilice William, his Ma-
jesty's impliew, will fix hit Court at Duuelduiff, mad arrive
here in a few day.. He will reside at the bunting seat of
Penshelfust. This unexpected agreeable news has excited
the greeted joy iu the inhabitants of this city.
VIENNA, JANUARY 14.
We expect with impatience the news of the first interview
of the King of Naples with the Allied Monarchs. It is well
kauwo that the King dispatched autograph letters from
rence, which have much employed the curiosity of politi-
cians. It ta certain that their contents have remained au
entire secret, notwithstanding sere persons speak of them,
preleuding that theyouidein a formal protest against the new
order of tbiags at Naples._

It is g Ily belittled that the grelt Powers intend to
regulate all the .Weirs of the South of Europe, that is, not
ugly those of Italy, but those of Spain and Portugal; and it
is added, that Spanish ■od Portuguese Ministers are ex.
peeled there, bat these reports appear to want confirmation.
The number of Ministers who meet at the Congress is very
considerable. All the Russian Ministers to the dith►ent
Courts of Italy are to be there by the orders of the Emperor
Alexander. The Austrian Ministers to the Italian Cotwas will
likewise be present.
11tAltilroltT, JANUARY 20.
Some German dogmas slate, that it is doubtful whether
the King of Prussia will go to Laybach, but nothing certain
is yet 'crowd to the public, except that his Majesty was still
at Berlin at the dale of our last letters.

Kum amass I. MititETA.—Holtday at ibe Bask,
liateltegesr, East India and South Ent HOllllBll.

E BR ITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30. 1841.

It can easily be ascertained that of the Members
of the House of Commons who voted on Lord
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON'S motion on Saturday
morning, every man who had any pretensions to
independence appeared in opposition to the Minis-
ters. It is certain, therefore, that although by an
unsparing exercise of all the influence of office, by
;arising into the service the holders of places and
the expectiteits of places, the Ministers succeeded
in obtaining the votes of nearly three•fifihs of the
whole number present in a House ►emarkably fell,
their majority does not carry with it ■s much
weight in public opinion as the minority. On the
one side are to be found the representatives of the
most ancient and wealthiest families in the king-
dom, distinguished not more by the splendour of
their titles and fortunes, than by their zeal for the
honour of the throne and the welfare of the people,
and acting in every instance far above the contempti-
ble motives which their adversaries vainly impute
to them ; while the ranks of the other side are, for
the most part, swelled by individuals who have nu
visible stakes in the country heyoud the places they
severally hold under the Ministry, which at once
reward and control their votes. It is a purely
radical and revolutionary principle to estimate
the mere brute force of numbers beyond rank,
fortune, talents, and personal respectability, and
if to these qualities deference is especially to
be paid, the list of the minority on Lord
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON'S motion exhibits irresisti-
ble claims to the possession of it. This, however.
unfortunately for the country, is not the lost thin-
in which the majority of the House of Commons
has professed to eutertam sentiments hostile to
those expressed by the real aristocracy of the na-
tion and the great Has of the community. Th:
cause is obvious : the Ministers influence the ma-
jority of the House, and a Ministry superior to
the control of Parliament cannot be expected to
share the opinions of the people. It is the pro-
perty of power to corrupt eves the !stunt hearts
and the best understaudiogs. It was the boast of
our Constitution that it had provided even against
this common failing of humanity; but the boast
seems to be passing away, the glory that once be-
longed to our iustitutioos is beginning td fade, mad
we must endure the most distressing anticipatiowit
of the future, when the decision, of the Houses of
Parliament upon soy gisestion of great uatiooal io-
terest can, even before the discussion, be pretty

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