The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-18 00:00:00

THE 11,141,18URG11 Xll iIL.

RATTSIIOII, AUG. I.—This day the Elenor Arch-
Chancellor transmitted the .following,Declaration to
the Diet : •

" To the 'General Diet of the German Empire
the undersigned Ambassadors and Envoys hav6
received orders to transmit the following Declara-

tion :

" The events of the last wars which have ha-
rassed Germany almost without intermission. and
the political changes which have arisen out of them,
have placed the disagreeable. truth in the clearest
light, that the band which should unite the differ-
-ent Members of the Germanic Body was no_ longer
sufficient for that objed, or in fad was quite dis-
solved. • A convidion of this truth hes for: a long
time existed in the heart of every German,'end was
impressed more' strongly by the experience of late
years, by which the radical defects of a qetetitution
'have been confirmed, which was venerable in its .
origin, but which, by the 'inconstancy ineidental to
all human affairs, has been found inefficacieus. To
this circumstance alone must, doubtless, be 'escribed
'the preceding •disjunEtion of the Empire itself in
1785, which had for its consequence a separation
of the interests of the North and South Germany.
From that moment all ideas of -a common 'Country
and of common Interests necessarily disappeared ;
the .expressions, " War of the Empire, and. Peace of
the Empire," were words without a meaning, and
Germany was sought for in vain in the midst of the
'Germanic Body. The- separated,. Princes, placed
next to France, destitute of all protedion, and ex-
posed to all the evils of war, the termination of
which it was not in their power to obtain by cone'
stitutional means, found themselves obliged, • by,
separate Treaties; to break off, in fad, frotn the-
general union.
,The peace of Luneville, and, still
more, the settlement of the Empire in i ebe, cer
tainly appeared sufficient to give new life to the
Germanic Constitution, 'while they '4.w-toyed the
'weak parts of the system, and eppegthened its
foundations. . .
" But the events of the last ten months, which
have pissed under the eyes of the whole Eihpire,
have given birth to circumstances which have:ex-
tingui.sed the last degree of hope, and..again. ex-
posed the absolute insufficiency of the former Con-
stitution beyond all doubt. Under the influence of
these weighty considerations, the Sovereigns 'and
Princes of the Southern and Western Departments
of Germany have been excited to conclude a new
Alliance more conveniently adapted to the circum-
stances of the times If by the present Declaration
they detach themselves from their former connec-
tion with the Germanic Empire, still they ad ac-
cording to the precedents of former times, and con-
sistent with the system adopted by more powerful
Princes. They might, to the last, have maintained
the appearance of a Constitution ; but they; on the
contrary, deemed it more consistent with their dig- I
pity, and the purity of their views, to publish a free
and candid Declaration as to the motives by which
they have been actuated, and as to their determina-
tions. In vain might they have flattered them-
selves with the hope of obtaining the wished-for
end, if they had not secured the powerful protec-
tion of that Monarch tvhoie views had shewn
themselves as continually conneEted with the true.
interests of Germany. A Guarantee thus powerful
was consolatory in a double poiot of view : it im-
plies the assurance, that his Majesty the Emperor
of the French, for the sake of his own honour, and
the interest of his" Empire, will preserve the new
order of things in Germany ; and that he has taken
upon himself to secure the tranquillity within and
without the Empire. And since this precious tran-
quillity is the principal view of the Rheniih Coufe-
deration, the Sovereigns of the several ,States have
attached their names •to the preseni'
And it is also left open to the otheiltat6,erto accede
to 'the same, according as they may' feel theneselves.
interested.
Having thus, duly acquitted ourselves this
igh and important cliiree, we have the-honour to'
add the assurance of the high consideration- with,
which we remain your ExcellenCy's most 'de-
' voted, Sec." •

Here follow the names of , the Envoys. of Bavaria,
Wirternbiargh; Baden, Hesse, nol;enzoTlern,• hen.:
bourg, and Sit' Kyrburgb.
Ratishon, August z, t 866. ' • •
RATISBON, AUG. 2.—The new Treaty 4r onfe-
deiation signed at PaiiS oil the 12t1) of July, and yx-
changed at Munich on the 25th of the 6tile: Month,
consistsof4o articles. The piearniife StateS;thai-elc-
, Ilerience haVing shewn that the Ocefrnapictotisqtu-
lion can give no kind-of security fotrAitlicks:itst.trnal
or extvual peace, to the Sonth''or Getotiy, the
Contrading Parties to this Treaty,' iTiz.l-1!5:-Majesty
the Emperor of the Fret-rch on t Olw pift, and on
the other the Kings of Bavaria and Wifiemburgh,
the EleEtor Arch-Chnncellor and the EleEtOr of. Ba-

den, the Duke. of Berg, the ..Langrave of, Hesse
Darmstadt; the Princes of Nassau, Weilberg-Usingen,
of Hohenzollern, Ilechingcrn,
,Siezmaririgen; of
Salm Salm, and Salm Kyrburgh, of Isenburgh, Bris-
tein, and of Lichtenstein, the Duke of Ahremberg,
and the Count of Leyn, have agreed to the follow-
ing Articles :
Art. t.. The States of the above Princ'es are for
ever separated from the German Political Body, and
united by a particular Confederation, under the name
of the Confederated States-•of the Rhine. .
Art. 2. All the laws of the Empire are abrogated
and null with respe& to These States.
Art. 3. Each of the Contracling_Princes re-
nounces all such titles as have a relallbil to the old
Constitution of the Empire ; and on the cf Au-
gust ensuing they will formally dech'e their separa-
tion from the German Empire.
Art. 4. The Ele&or Arch-Chancelloireceives the
title of Prince, Primate, and Mot Eminent gigh-
ness; which, however, confers no prerogative incon-
sistmt with the full soveteignty enjoyed by the other
Contra&int Parties.
_ _

Art. 5. The Ele&or of Baden, the Duke of.Berg,tl
and the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, take the ti-
tle of Grand Dukes and Royal Higlinessd, and en-.
joy all the rights, prerogatives, and homage due to
the regal dignity. Rank and Precedence among
thein shall be according as they are named in the
first Article. The head of the House. _of Nassau
shall take the title of Duke,•and the Count of;leyn
that of Prince. •.
Art. 6. The common interest-of the • Confederate
States shall be discussed in an asbemlity'oltheteague