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her battles. But at such it time as this, anti Oft
such an occasion, was it becoming in Ministers
to. withhold important intelligence upon the sub-
ject of that contest ? He did understand that
they had been 48 hours in possession of dispatches
from Sir G. Prevost, and' that the rett eat from
-Plattsburgh had been attended, in one point of
view, with a very serious disaster, although there
had been no engagement. He had no disposition
to Mime Oiiicers before enquiry, and still less
before their own oqicial accounts were received.
The Accounts were now received„ and' why, there-
fore, were t hey concealed lie had been inform-
etkthat Sir G, Prevost crossed the frontiers with
2•,000 then; that after the: failure of the enter-
prize, he marched in two days over a country
Which had six in his. advance; that he
lost in that short time 2,000 men by degertion ;
and that these men were not militia, but Welling-
' tonians, distinguished by that appellation as hay,-
ing gained so mach honour in the Pen insular. War.
If this was not the fact, he should be happy to
hear a contradiction.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExCIIEQUER observed,
that the Hon. Gentleman appeared to consider himself so
mud) better informed than liinfself Of political Occurrences,
that he could hardly think it necessary to reply to the qiiestionS
put-by him Whether the -eireumitarices stated ivith respect to
the relations between this and Naples were correctly
Stated or not, he felt it his duty to 'abstain from disclosing.
As to the dispatch_ front Sir G. Prevost, "as 'touch would be
published front them to-morrow as was gonsistent with the
delicacy due to the situation of the Commanding Officers.
Mr. PoNsontY said, if the account mentioned-
by his Hon. Friend was false, there could hp,no possible ob-
jection, but. certainly some advantage in, so stating. -tie un-
derstood too, that our army had retreated from Fort Eric.
The CHANCELLOR of 'the EXCESEQUER had no
knowledge of the facts related by the Hon. Member. It was
not mentioned 'in the letter of General Prevost. It was true,-
that the attack on Fort-Erie had been abandoned by General
Drummond, but without any circumstances Of disaster.
Sir W. POLE wished to be permitted to•add, that
the whole of 'Sir G. Pievost's dispatch could not be published
to-morrow, because the account of the naval action had not
yet been received. It would, however, contain lists of the
killed and wounded. The whole. of the dispatch relative to
Fort Erie would appear. '
The Resolution was then read and 'agreed to. and the 'Re•
port ordered 'to be received to-morrow. The other Orders of
the- Day were postponed till Monday, and the House ad-
journed.

BRUSSELS AND FRANKFORT -PAPE7IS.

VIENNA, Nov. 4.-4 n the chronicle. of the
Congress we read. the following—

SKETCH OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED

STATESMEN AT THE CONGRESS

"Let'us for'a moment consider the great met'
who now assist to direct the .future fate of the
world—Metternich , Nesselrode, Castlereagh, Har-
denburgh, and Talleyrand. The last acts a more
important part than people suppose, inasmuch as
he checks the progress of the rest, and throws ob-•
stacks in the Way of the plans already concluded on,
VerSed in all thefurins of politics, as he accompa.,
nied the great conquerer almost to the brink-of the
precipice, endowed with rare talents, shelving with'
great effect in the back ground an asseuthled;
army, and a throne not yet to be shaken, he tried,
many ways to enforce his proposals. They say.
he has now gone so far, at some of the confer-
ences, as to remove his chair, and pretend to be
griing away, because he will not consent to see
the left bank of the Rhine in possession of great
Powers. But, however, he always tretnained.
sitting, becauSe the conversation soon after ttirn-
ed on Italy or Switzerland. He seldom appears.",
in public ; the state of his foot affords matter
enough formally to excuse himself. His head on
the other hand is the more sound, hence alliances
with France have been already secretly offered
from mote than one quarter.
Lord Castlereagh sees all his wishes antici-
pated. His eye is every where : and perhaps he
acts the most extensive part. He is a man of an
agreeable person, between 40 and 50 years of
age, of the middle size rather than otherwise, and
a little pale. His prominent nose, hiS open coun-
tenance, and the simplicity peculiar to the Eng-
lish, make him easy to be known. He is power-
fully supported by Lord Stewart, in all his diplo-
matic measures.

Prince Metternich is one of the most accom-
plished Courtiers and Statesmen of our times.—
Obligingness, affability, and policy, alternately;
inspire his actions. It is impossible to skew more
art and versatility of talent, in the choice of the
shades of external forms, as the circumstances
require. He is supported by men of distinguished
talent, among whom is Genz.
" The outside of the head of Prince Harden
burg, is became as white as the inside. His coun-
tenance is open, his look smiling, and his whole
-appearance inspire those who see him, with ve-
neration; He entertains the most liberal views in
every respect. When it depvuds. on experience,
prudence,
.and philanthropic ideas, no one can
pretend to higher regard than he, either in Prus-
sia or at the Congress. His policy seems, when
he has declared his principles, to be rather of a
yielding nature. _

"c Count Nesselrode acts every where with ener-
gy. It .is impossible not to acknowledge his great.
talents.
,At the Conclusion of this little sketch, we
must mention Baron Stein, whose whole counte-
nance 'expresses 'the firm impenetrable will of an
energetic Statesman. There 'is' every-reason to
suppose that he assists in managing the great in- •
terests of Russia."
The whole of the German Constitution, which
is much favoured by Austria, is advancing ra-
pidly, though many endeavour to hinder this work.
There is no want of •debates, and the Learned
Counsellor Martens has often need to listen very
attentively, in order to register properly the dif-
ferent opinions.
VIENNA, Nov. 4.—The Deputation. of ,the Me-
diated States of the Empire had an audience Of the
Eritperor of Austria on' the 22d of October. The
Deputation was composed of the Prince of %Vied
Neuweid, of the Count rof Erlash-Erlacb, the
Landgrave of Furstenberg, and the Princess of
Furstenberg. The arand Chamberlain received
them at the stairs, and introduced them into the
audience chamber. The Princess of Furstenberg
made the following speech :—..
" The confidence of my co-estates rrocures me the honour
of nppcaring in the presence of your Imperial Majesty. I
might• be embarrassed in speaking before a great monarch,
if ortr cause were not the most just that ever was brought be-
fore the throne .of your Imperial Majesty. The Princess of
Germany who respectfully appear before your Imperial Ma-
jesty, have been, as well as their families, attached since time.
linnet:ow-14, with in*lable fidelity, Ito the Constitution of