The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-03 00:00:00

LETTERS AND ARMS I'N GERMANY.

The Duke of Meckleliburgli-Schwerin made an
offer to the father of the celebrated poet Sturdou-
Korner, who.was killed in battle in the late war,
to remove the remains -of that hero to the to;nb
of his family, but the old man preferred allowing
the body to remain buried in the spot avhere it had
been deposited -by the brave companions of his
son, under the shade of an oak. The Duke has
therefore consecrated the. ground, and will cause-
to be surrounded with a wall the monument which
is about tube erected to the memory'of the .War-
rior and Poet, The monument is to be,of iron,
and adorned with a 'lyre and a sword. The Poem
of..Korner, entitled " The Lyre and the Sword,!*
'ave been published by his father since his death.
His verses glow with patriotism. One of the most
interesting of his pieces is that which he compoi—
eds and wrote ,on -his tablets while desperately
wounded,l and left'.in a wood, in which he had
dearly perished in the night of the lith of June,
1813.

The Baroness of Lamotte FOu.'ne bas written
an answer to. Madame de Stael's work on Gerr

many.
Willer, Ucclesiastical Counsellor to the King
of Wirtemberg, and Deail of the Diocese of Ulm,
(lied in that city on the llth ON-tine. He was the
author of the romance of Sienwait, which was
highly celebrated duripg the reign of sentinsental
literature in Germany.
The booksellers assembled at Leipsic for the
fair, celebrated by an entertainment the revival of
the hookselling business in Germany, ,which had
been nearly extinguished since the assassination
of the unfortunate Palm, and in consequenee Of
Leipsic having twice been the theatre of the most
sanguinary events precisely at the time'pf the fair.
The booksellers Hartleben,. of Pest, and Bothe,
of London, Participated of this_ entertainment, and
were regarded as the representatives of the two
most distant nations.

The Rector and Professors of the University of
Berlin giive, On the 9th of .July, a fate to 61 Stu-,
returned f;•om the army.
dents and two Profe3sors,
Professor litidolphif, as /lector, addressed them
in a speech', in which he eulogised their zeal and
patriotism. Several volulg men who had left the'
Colleges of Berlin to serve as, vglunteers have also
:eturned,

rno TUE LONDON GAztr ~E; Avc.

Cetrllo-lihu.,e, July 25, 1814

:His Rdytel Hig-imeis the Prince Regent, in the one and
on the hk '•-lf of his Majesty, as Sore:Feign of the,Most Noble
Order or' the Garter, has Seen pleased, by a Comiiiissiou
this date, 'under the Great Seal'of the °nice, to constitute and
appoint his Excellency George Earl of Aberdeen, Li.T. his
Majes'ii's AroGassudoe Extraordinar)aid Plenipotentiary,to,
the. Emperor of Austria, Sir Isaac heard, N.alght, Gartt.r
Principal Rine; of Arms, and Thonizts Tyrwhitt, Knight,
Usher
Gentleman' of the Rod,. to he the S:,vereigiCi
Ple„iputeutia ire for investing his Imperial and Royal Aposto-
lic Majesty with the ensigns and the whole habit:of the Most
Noble Order of the Garter. _

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His Royal Highness has also been pkiised to-iipprove that
George Vredidielt Esq. Nee reta r y to:Garret Principal
King uf arms, be the'Secretary to the said Commission.
-Idmirclls-(l(.rice, .ing: 2, 1814.

Extract of a Letter from Captain Malcolm, 'of his Majesty's
Ship }thin, to itear.:Admiral Cammander-in-Chid
at Janialoa, 'dated on the Moaa Passage, the sth June,
1814, and transmitted by the 11ear-Adminil to J.," Wilson,
`Croker, Esq.
1 kave much pleasure. in informing you, that at half-past
two A. m. Cape Enganno in the Mona Passage, bearing.
S. W. by W. four leagues, I ca:tturcd, after an anxious, and
close chase of eleven hours, the American privateer schooner,
Decatur, commanded by Captain Dominique Diron, the sant,:
who commanded her last year, when she. took his Majesty's
3010011er 1)01)11111Ca, Captaiti llarettet slie sailed front Charles-
ton on the_ 30th March, and'had made, no cap: tire.
• The l)ecattir is a beautiful vessel, and was only launched in
• .
cOppered and copper fastened, '223 ton!i ; she is
well-calculated
_in every respect for •ltis Ma.iesty's service. -
Office of Ordnance, July 91, 1514.

.
Corps of Royal" Eng;neers—Brevet-Major George Land-
mane to be Lieutenant-Colonel, 'vice Panyeres, deceased ;
Second Captain Robert Thompson, to hi! Giptain, vice Lan4i-,
Mann ; First Lieut. Robert. L. Piper to be Second Captain,
vice R, Thompson.