The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-23 00:00:00

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Cur UtQ, totttitution anti airl.9.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9.4, 131 S.

If we might prcitnne to hazard iroenjecture relative to
some of the-pH:244Pa' objects 40011 occupy the use-
ful and h'onourable Labours of the Cougrev, one of them
will relate to the situation 411 re Germanic INsitcrs,
now in a state of considerable doubt and confutiatt,:in
consequence of the dissolution of the old tics that CUB"
sisttN,intd the loose and imperfect nature of the new
ties Ay have replaced them. This will be a work of
gretkniaety and delicscy ; but all difficulties will yield
to theAliorouith conviction that the Congress is not in..
fluencea l„y any selfish or persoual views, but solely by
eentent,Amoladate, salimeira4lte.general
petiCe:. "sere see hash'-' souse questiotiti7ef territorial
limits wiitilillemain to ae more acearateiy settled, par-
ticularly, if we are not misinform:tad, he;westkliivaria,
Wurtemburgh, Baden,. and Hesse.
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" The differences between Spain an orgill
on this Chrigres.s he discussed and final'
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" The relative situations and privilegl: Terent
religious persuasions, particularly of the , ho hi-
therto, particularly in Germany, have beets so grim%
ously oppreesed, may be another point of discussion.
" It may be,..t00, that the Congress will take into
its consideration time different military establishments
to be kept up by each power. •

" i hew, some of the principal subjects—others
there nae of le:s.importance. But wa htte enumerated
enough to allow that peace, not war—consolidation,
not
~,ttwressiort,—are the ain't and objects of the Con-
gresi. And we conclude by repeating, that if we were
to name the period when a long and happy peace was
likely to unite. -nll the Continental nations, we should
name the perkatin which we now submit this article to
the British. public." : _ _

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Uron the subject of America, the seizure of the
Floridas by the ambitious Republic did not appear to
ns sc.) tie:nest With war by any means as- the apparent
murder of Mr. Arbuthnott, nisi of our allies the Se-
minole Indians. It is very probable that the Floridas
have beets sold, but that a rale lefAtanded policy on
the part of Spain has been thought necessary to clis-
gulie the transaction. If this has not been the case,
Spain is so little able to resent the insult, and a pecu-
niary indemnity would be so convenient to her, that
the result, in all probability, will be the same. But the
conduct of the -American authorities towards a British
subject has every appe-arance of being so outrageous,
that we doubted whether that cassia be looked over by
England, even iu her present breathless situation
From the foregoing vticle in the Ministerial paper, it
should appear, either that the information as yet received
by Ministers does not warrant so unfavourable a con-
clusion, or that our Government has received assurances
from the American Minister, that either the act will
be grovel to hare been justiratide, or that satisfaction
will be given. The article does not in any way hint
even at Arbuthoott's case, and is thus reserved, pmba-
hly, in order not to compromise Administration, in the
present stage of the business, either with the country,
or the American negociator. Its peaceable cha-
racter is, therefore, rather negative, and ought not to
inalce us too sanguine in our conclusions that nothing
hostile will arise ontof the utTair of Arbuthnott. As
to the Congress, it is not at all probable th"t that will
load to war; hut the evacuation of the French territory
is a circumstance of a much more questionable churae-
t r.

A private letter from Rio Janeiro of the 2d of .Jane
sirs, that among the corsairs whiell thee are antiiiip., nt
%-1. Chili, there is an English vessel, the lin.lhatn. I ler
crex is cotil posed of Akers and seamen of all nations,
and she has just left Valparaiso. They expeet even-
moment the arrival of- Lord Cochrane, either at Chili
;or at Burros Ayres.
The Lod Nisvor has been unanimously elected Pre-
, silent of' homsiss Hospital in the room of the
r law Sir-C.- Eri.c, Litt dt:ccasad.

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