The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-07 00:00:00

"DECLARATION.

" Resolved upon unanimously by the deputations—
" 1 . The Diet unanimously pet petuates the principle,
that each State of the Confederation, by virtue of its so-
vereign right, is at liberty to make any changes in its
own Constitution which may he deemed necessary or use-
ful, so long as they are not contrary to the federal conven-
tion. In pursuance thereof, the Diet will interfere in no
manner with the reforms already made, or those hereafter
to he made i❑ the Constitutions.
" 2. The Diet is convinced that the case provided for
by the 4th Article of the Federal Convention, of a federal
interference, does not at present exit. It indulges tl,e
just hope, that all constitutional modifications, in what-
ever Cantons they are proceeded with, will terminate in a
legal manner, and without at all endangering public tran-
quillity. C nsequently, it sees no reason to deliberate any
further on the Ist Article of the Directorial Circular."

CONFESSION OF THOMAS GOODMAN,

(From the Brighton Gazette of yesterday.)
I Thomas Goodman under sentence of death Aged
twenty years Bread and born in Battel hoop maker By
trade had bean working the last year and A half for Mrs.
Eldridg in Battel and had latley had fifteen shillings a
weak i bird of one Mr. Cobbit going a bout gaving out
lectures at length he came to Battel and gave one their
and their was a great number of Peopel came to hear him
and I went to and he had a great deal of conversation con-
cerning the states of the Peopel and the (gantry telling
them that they were verrey 'mach impose upon and he
would tell them how to get the better of it or they would
sone be starved he said it would be verrey Propper for everrey
man to keep a gun in his house espessaley young men and
that they migh Prepare them selves i readdyness to go
with him When he called on them and he would show
them the way to get their rights and liberals (liberties)
and he said that the Farmers must expect their would be
Firs (fires) in sussex and in Battel as well as other Places
and is conversation was all as sutch to inflame the Peopels
minds they thinking that he would be A friend to them
with made A verrey great imprision on me and so inflame
my mine and i from that time was detrmined to set stacks
on fire and sone afterwards their was three firs in Battel and
that same night the last fire was at the Corsbarn whent
and set fire to Mr B Watts is stack with A eandel and
lantern and some few (lays afterwards i was standing A
talking to three more Persons their came A verrey gente
man on horse hack and he rode up to us and said why you
have had A fire hear i said yes we have he said well how
do Nape' seame to like theas firs or do they seame ene-
ways A larmed at them i said yes they do but some of
them are verrey mutch harden in it and think their will be
no more he said i am sorry that they should think so Be-
cans they have but gust (just) made A begining he ask
Wether we had bird of any Person being taken in Battel
that day on suspicon of theas firs i said i did not know he
asked if we though (thought) the Poor Peopel would as-
sist to find thus Persons out that Set theas places on fire
if the farmers was to gave them to shillings a day we
said we did not know and he seam( d so verrey mute!'
Pleased a bout theas firs he stopt a haf a nower his hole
convesation was as sutch he was a Person welldresst and
verrey good horse new saddel and Bridel With made more
imprission on my mind and some little time after i was at
a niblick house in Battel with Mr ockupies there
was severe' Peopel their Which among them their was one
and —...--- i new them both
verry well i whent out and they came after me and son fell
into convesation concerning theas fires had been -
said he wish some one would set fir to the Premises of
Mr and Mr said he would do it if
he could do it Privat
help he said he would go with me 0) set Muster Watts his
hildings o❑ fir if i would go i said if i did any sucth thing
should do it by my self. " Thomas Goodman."