The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-12 00:00:00

OP TIIESECIttrArt OF STATE CARDII4I. CASSONI.

" Fehroary, 1,
" His Holir rius vir; being unable to con=
form to all the demands made on him by the French
GovernMent, and to the extent required of him, as it
is contrary to his 'sacred duties, and the dictates of
bis conscience ; and being thus 'compelled to sub;-
Mit to the disastrotis consequences which have been
threatened, add to the military occupation of his
Capital, in case he should not.submit to suCh de-
mands :

" Yielding, therefore„in all humility of • heart, to
the inscrutable determinations of the Most High, he
places his cause in the hands.ofthe Almighty ; and
being unwilling to fail in the-essential obligations of
guaranteeing the rights of -his Sovereignty, he has
'commanded us to protest, ~and forrnally protests in
-his own name, as well as in that of his successors',
against any occupation Whatever of his'clonainiens,
being desirous that the rights. of the Holy Chair
should. remain, now and henceforward, uninjur-
ed and untouched. As the Vicar on, earth .of
that God of Peace, who , taught by big divin6
'example humility and patience, he has no doubt,-
but his ,most beloved subjels, who- have .given
him so many repeated proofs of obedience and at-
tachment, will make- it their peculiar study to pre-
serve peace and tranquillity, private as well as .pub-
lie, which his Holiness exhorts, and expressly comL
mands ; and that, tar froth committing any
cesses, they Will rather resPeo the individuals of a
nation, from whom, during his journey, • and stay.
in Paris, he received so many nattering testimonies
of devotion and regard."

On the t eth ult. it very remarkable duel was fought
hear tbe Austrian fortress of Brannau, with a publi-
ity and a solemnity, we believe, altogether unex-
ompled in modern times, and which assimilates this
combat to the legal and judicial duels of the feudal
ages. The parties were Baron VON DeBEN, formerly
Swedish Minister at retina, and Baron VON \VREDE,
a Geeeral In the Bavarian, service; and the occasion
of it, as far as we recoiled in general, was this
borne dispatches, which' had been sent from Vienna
to Stockholm, by the SWedish Minister, were in-
tercepted by the French, and made public.. In
these, Baron Dlittais had refletied very severely up-
an the condo& of the
.Bavarian troops in the catn-
Psign of tans, accusing-. them .of surpassing even
the French in acts of pillage and cruelty. . This
was resented as a calumny on the Bavarian tnili-
tary. General WaRD,F, as the principal officer, itv.
rttediately challenged Baron Dtiaas, with an intirna-
tion that if he himself should fall, the Baron would be
tailed out by the next in rank, and so on, till be was
killed. The parties could not come together. it mecli-
ately; the respective Sovereigns both forbade their
kitting; but the Swede ventured in a case of this kind
to disobey; and travelled into the South of. Ger-
Many to meet his enemy.,,, But hero' lie•foutui that
the 13avatian General had been more obedient to
his Master, atrid had, on command, tregleeled to
attend his appointment.. On this the Minister. past-,
. bd the General-, as a coward in .the puhltc prints
. of Germany, about a year since; and_the general
opinion was cif course in.his favour.- We find from the.
last French Papers, that the duelsavas fought on the
ttth ult. near Brannan, " in the presence of a great
number of the 'inhapitwits." Baton Dtaliti came
.!tqlll Vienna on purpose, and, had 'been_ already. a
*!Vc there; Petuir:il Wuebe arrived t 'day bifore
I**o_ e parties met in the village on tu imatitia.slo
of the Inn ; and after the seconds (the English:Ca.;
“91Pi BURCICE) and Count VON WECIIRERG),bad Made
the arrangements, they entered the lists, which were
liens by Bavarian Military, and placed themselves ar
a distalice.of 16 paces.. Biron Duriatt.fired, and the
114.._1T passed the right ear of his adversity. General
Wittnit's first pistol missed fire. The Baron'iise-
tend fire was equally.inetreaual, the ball pasiing,
.„the General's breast. The General's. next pistol
n3shed in the pan. - Enraged at this repeated tnia--
' Chance, he dreW his sword, Mid advanced towards
~.the Baron ; but the Seconds rushed forward, and de-
' -Mated that the combatants had acted like then :of
konour, and that nothing further could or shopld_he
.49tte. They then departed from each other in a state
4,?l:Perfeti reconciliation.
Bow-sraii.v.T.—On 'Thursday evening James
eiddleton, a young man, genteelly dressed, was
brought before Mr. Rpm, charged with feloniously
stealing two fowls, the property of Mr. liatley, a
• Peuiterer, in Blackmoopattreet, Drury-4mm,
the above evening, the Prisoner went to the. Prose-
!ntot's shop, and agreed to give is (id. for t%"-vo
lowls, and desired them to be aent‘to No. 22, in
btanhope-street Mr. B. sent them shortly after
'by his boy. When he reached the door.of No.
'4"hoPe-street, he found the Prisoner waiting
hiqi, who desired to 113Ve the fowls 1 but 'the buybriar ,
instt"oo not 10 deliver then) withoutthe .
money, refused, until the 'Pt ismer gave him a vice°
PaPer, purporting to be a 21. note, to go and get
"4age. -Mr. Batley, without baying exatnined the
'teaiper particularly, gave-the change.; but thinking
cottclutt of the Prisoner very strange, he followed
the
boy out of euraisity, and on seeing the 'Prisoner
still in the ,trees, waiting, to take the change, he
w•
an convinced sunuttliing was wrong, and was mak-
ing . 1... g up tfk.hint, l'lte.PriSotier imnicsliately ran off,
dnci threw away the fowls. Mr. B. Pursued hittl,
and be was knockeddown, and taken in Whittshart.,
• I,ard. On examining the note which he had given
ange for, it • proved to be' a fittitiosts prumissog
r• te for twO-pence, engraved similar to the.comitry
(kink notet.
• Mr, .Eastey, of the Hotel Sotithaeripton-strlet,
naffing been robbed in a similar way, attended with'
• 4,Porter, anti ;
..dcutified the Prisoner as basing ola-
tamed two bottles of wine, and..cbange'for'a
Veee of paper, pretending thathe lived at Mr. Go 41,.
tLeY's. the chemist, in the Same street. Mr,;. .
ti; PlistrY-006k, of Ilusseli-street, iden-,.
ed the. Prisoner. to have defrauded her.in a similar
h Ir. Lyne, a eonfeetioner, of Old, Bond-street,
0;11 11 defrauded of confettionary to the amount •
. three shillings, and', sixpence, and change,
usitittg to 1.1. Ans. dpi.. tor a similar piece of
; but be, was,aot present to identify the Pri-
- who was committed for further examittatiop.
in
' 'arlY yesterday 'morning Adkitte and Lavender,
I:tilheqtienceol private Mformation, .apprehendedZo.svell known, charatiers ink clitrged.on
i'lion-of having lately mainfitted a number of
I' footpad v( ids itsA mts., tnin
„ries.
44L •

CHELMSFORD, ,ESSEX, MAAckt

CROWN, SIDE-DUEL.•
•
..Robert Mohison, John Hopkins, and George trim
Dundas, were indiCled for the murder of .1.-Ogleby,
-on the 7th of February last, at. Danbury, in this
,counts. The -above three prisoners were the prin-
cipal and seconds in a duel. They :were all- very,
,young men,' and. Officers in the 7 tst Regiment of
foot. - It appeared by the testimony of the Surgeon
of the Regiment, that the deceased had quarrelled
• with one of the .Prisoners, when he• was in a state
of intoxication, and had behaved-with the greatest
indignity. •The,consequence was, as he supposed, a
challenge,, for he received a message to accompany
them, to. Danbury._ He followed to Danbury, but
did not Overtake thein. While he was endeavour";
ing to discover what course they had. pursued, be
,heard the report of two pistols in a neighbouring
wood, and soon afterwards the prisoners came to;
. wards him, end- said. that poor Ogleby was Shot

through the body, and begged him to make-huste
and render what assistance he could ; he found the

deceased shot thro'ugh the body, and nearly dying.
He' lived it short time only, and then died.

Joseph Wynn, a farmer's servant, said, on the
-Morning of Sunday, the.7tb of February, he saw a
post-chaise drive up his master's lane, in the parish
ofDanbury,•and as it was an unaccustomedplace to
see a chaise, he thought they had 'Mistaken the road ;
he therefore watched which way' they went.
.He
saw four officers get out and go into Grimes Wood,
He then went to a piece of rising ground, where he
could see them, and two walked one way and two
.another; they then turned round, and two pistols-
were fired at the same time. One of them fell, and.
the other three walked away as last'as they could.
He could licit recolleet their persons, My could he
say that the prisoners at the bar Were the same.
Joseph Francis, a• post-boy •at Maldim, said ho
drove the otficers to Maldon. They got out near a
little• wood, and bid him drive ,into lhe lane and
wait. Three.of them shortly returned, and he drove
them hack again. When they got to Chelinsford,
lip takiog out a box' the lid flew open, and he saw it
Contained a pair of pistols. He could not say the
prisoners were the officers he drove.
The LORD QM EV BA k9N observed, that there was
no &oafs of identity, and 'therefore the: prisiihers
must be acquitted; and it- was lucky for them the
6%idenet... did nut reach, as if it did, one at least, if
not all, would probably have suffered an ignotninious
death.-The Jiiry fOund them:—.2l•ot Guilty.
The Assizes ended early, in the morning, and. no
convict Was left 'for execution. Three uninteresting
cant were tried on the Civil side.