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by the Officers of his Household, and the Guard of
Honour, having by his side the two*Ministers and
the Counsellors of State, and before him the Mem-
bers of the Diet, placed at the bottom of the Hall..
The MeMbers of.the Noblesse of the Principality of
Horstmar and the'Contity.of Bentheith; who bAI not
taken the Oath of Fidelity, ap'proached the Throne,
and promised to, be, faithful, to his Imperial and
Royal Highness, and to the Constitution of the
;Country. The Grand* Duke then Opened the Diet
with the following Speech - • • -

" Gentlemen, lWem!'ers cf the Nobles:se, and De-
puties of Towns (Y. the Grand Duchy of Berg,
" When Divine Providence and the contidenee of
the Great Man who now astonishes the Universe called
me to the Sovereignty of this Grand •Duchy, I con-
tra&ed the obligation of rendering my subjects, hap-
py. To do this, when I received the oaths of the •
greater part
,of the Members whO hear me,:' I
swore myself. Since that' period, far from -being
intimidated 'by the -obstacles. which. I have 'en-
countered in my endeavours to give to ray Govern-
. meat a pure and uniform system, which might be
adapted to the Administration of the different States
of which the Country is composed, all my efforts
have been directed towards that . objeCt ; and the'
testimonies of attachment which I have received,
have given me new vigour, and have rendered my
task not only' less difficult, but,• I will even
,say,
pleasant to fulfil. Every step, however, contributes'
to amelioration, and if with inadequate means we
have hitherto obtained some happy results, what
hopes may we not be permitted to entertain now
that we are strong in the 'Confederation of which
we make, a part, and powerful in the power of the
August Prote&or who is given to us ? I am, never;-
theless, still very far from the end which I propose
to myself ; and how can I hope to attain it, if, a
stranger to the Administrations of the Countries
recently united to 'my Grand Duchy, I am not en-
titled to rely upon the abilities and the: affection of
the Deputies of my States, the MemberS of my
Council and the ,different
_Chiefs of the Public Ad
ministration, who have all hitherto so powerfully
seconded me ?

" Gentlemen; Members of the koblesse, and Gen-
" tlemen, Deputies of the Towns,
. _

"It is with these.views, •and-in this hope that I
have assembled you this day. My Commission will
present different obje&s to your deliberation; :you
will discuss them with wisdom, and the, excellent
spirit by which you are animated; your enlighten-,
ed zeal and your love for your Country, all assure
me beforehand of the- good, which I shall effe& in
conjun&ion with you. When.you afterwards re-
turn to your families, and join
.your fellow: Country-
men—ttll them that their Sovereign wishes to •he
their Father—the Father of the Country—tell them
that their interests will be.constantlythe.objeEt of all
my solicitude, environe.d by the, confidence of •my
faithful FunaiOnaries point out to tne what I can
do, the abuses which, I can destroy; assist me, final-
ly, in augmenting the happines of my Subjeas, and
rendering their burthens lighter. You 'will acquire
by this means an eternal title to my, thankS; an(A
you will be called to partake with me the public
gratitude."
The Speech being finished, his Imperial and Royal
Highness put an end to the Sitting, and ixas j*-con-
duaed to his carriage by his Ministers and Counsel-
lors of State, and by the Me.mberS of the Diet._

MADRID, AUG. 11.—A Courier arrived here from
Paris on the night of the 2d, must have brought iro-
portant dispatches. His arrival produced an' ,
extra-
ordinary bustle. at Court, as well as in the office of
the Secretary of State. The PRINCE of PEACE re-
paired to his office at five in the Morning. The an-
swer to the 'above-mentioned dispatches was pre-
pared in the course of a few hours, and sent off by
a special Messenger that evening. Being unac-
quainted with the nature of these dispatches, we
cannot determine their connexion with the re-
markable determination which our Court has
taken. His Catholic Majesty, in consideration of
the political circumstances of the moment, has re-
solved to place 40,000 of his army upon the war
establishment.

The. Noble Candidate for Westminster is not,
like most of the sprigs of fashion, who devote
themselves wholly to dress and dissipation; he holds
forth a model to them which, were they to imitate,
they might become ornaments to their. Country, • if
they possessed correspondent abilities. Lord PERCY
is an excellent scholar, and it has been one of the
chief •objets of his 'study to render himself deeply
conversant with the nature of the English Constitu-
tion, of which there is every reason to believe that
he will prove a powerful support, by .the firmness of
his public principles, and his exemplary concha in
private life.
Mr. Fox, according to report, is to be buried in a
very private manner. But it is also said that his re-
mains are to be deposited in Westminster Abbey;
a circumstance not improbable, as the Dean of West-
minster is understood to have attended a meeting
of Ministers on Tuesday last, at .the house of the
SPEAKER of the House of Commons.

Lord Jomq TOWNSHEND was formerly a Candi-,
date for Westminster in conjunation with Mr.. Fox,.
with whom he had been connected in early life, and
to whom he was united by a complete union of po-
litical principles. It was therefore Mr. Fox's parti-••
cular desire, to have this early friend and brother
Politician hiS Colleague in the • representation. of
Westrn *luster. Lord Jo lIN Tow ris REND has no idea
Of offering himself for that place, but' has, it is said,
tendered his cordial support to.. Lord PERCY, as a
young Nobleman of the Most promising virtues. and.
• talents.

THURLOW PEERAGE.—This'title apd dignity is
entailed in the first instance on the sons of the' late
Bisholi of Duatiam, whose eldest son. (in the 26th
'year of his age), EDWARD, is now Lord TirurtLow.,
It is secondly entailed on the Rev. SOUTH THUR-
EOW, Prebendary of Norwich, the so❑ of another
brother of the late venerable Peer, who has'several
children.

The hloWing up of the Powder Magazine rit Malta,
and a similar accident which had nearly happened at
Jersey; point out in a forcible manner, •the impro-
priety of keeping- matches, fuses, potfiies, &c. in
a powder magazine. They should certainly be kept
apart. It should be .likewise the case of loaded shells.
On ship-board= the frietion ofloaded shells, from the,
ship's motion, should be carefully avoided, of which
we had a lamentable example in the lesas.