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London, England, 1815-02-13 00:00:00

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i‘i,inuttott, 4.—The following is The
.I.4lste of Prince T/tlicpand to Prince Mctternichs,
titea 19th of neCember, 1814

" I have hastened to fulfil the wishes of ,his Imperial-4a
ttOyal Slajesty, expressed in y'O-Ur Highness's letter, and have.
Aransmitted to his most Christian Majesty .the cimfidesitial
note which vou addreSsed to PriiMe Hardenberg en the loth
instant, and which you pfErialfy communicated -to me. To
prove the ,satisfaction which the resolutions announced in
that note will give to the King, it is sufficient to compare
them with the orders which his Majestyhas given to his AM.
bassadors at the Congress.
" Frante-:liad not to bring thither any views of ambition or
self-interest -Replaced in her- ancient houtuhries, she no
longer thought, of extending them,—like the sea, which.
makes no inroad on its shores, but when it has been noised by-
storms. Her armies, loaded with glory, no longer aspire.
after new conquests, Delivered from that oppression of
which she was less the instrument than the victim, happy on
baring recovered. her legitimate Princes, and with them that
repose which she had reason to fear forever lost, she had no
reclamations to make, no pretensions which she wished to
farm; sliV has not put forward any, and she Will not. Rut it
ri:maineol for her to desire that the work of rititit! ion should
be carried into effect for the sake of all Europe, as well as for
her own: that the spirit of revolution should even -pow and
fin. ever cease, that every legitimate right shopld he rendered
-sacred, and that -every kind of ambition or enterprise should
find both-its condemnation and a perpetual obStacle in an ex-.
plicit acknowledgement and,a formal guarantee e those very
principles, of which the revolution had been -only a long and
fatal oblivion. This wish of France mast be,that of es-67
European State 'which it not 's.elf-bliatled"; witlioufsuchao.
order of things none can deem itself fur a moment certain ;as
to the future. Never was nobler :objeet_Presented to the
Governments' of Europe; never was such a re,nit inOre ne-
cessary and never could the hope of its attainment be so strong,
as at a period when all Christendoai was for the first time
summoned to forma CongresS.-

." Perhaps it•wonld already hatie beeh completely attained,
if, as the King bad• hoped, the Congress, milts first meetings,:
bad, by laying down its principles, fixed the limits, and traced,
out the only road by which it can be reached. Doubtless, in
that Case? we stieuld oaf have seen Sortie powers -employing
that as a pretext for destruction which can only hak conser-
vation for its end and object. Certainly, when it wasthe spirit
and meanineof the Treaty oftheSCltti of May, that the ultimate '
resmlt of the proceedings of the Congress should he areal
andAnrable equilibriuM,, it was nut 'thin u4erstoOd,-tbat
territories and nations were to be- thriiwri into orie single
mass, in order to be afterwards divided according to certain
proportions. It meant, that every legitimate dynasty should
be preserved, that evil, legitimate right_slimildbe respected,
and that vacant territories (that is, without 'a Severeign)..:
should he distributed in' conforntitY:V;•tht P"Ii"
ticai egailiitciutn, am:, which the saint thing-, to. princi-
ples conservative of the rightS-rof each, and 2tl e'rtpii'S'k of all. •
It would besble hi: aevery strange error, te.Consider the
arithinetiaans niiiiiVer out, as the
wily .elenient of this equilibrium. Athens,'" observe“l4on-
tesquien, had within herself the same physical farce both
when she ruled with so much glyry, and when she was in base
subjection. •The balance of power would be mere idle words,
if it be separated not from that'ephcintral and deteitful force
.which the p:,sssions produce, hut fhotilhe 'tide' Moral f eves
which consists in virtue. lint in ,the mutt‘t relations of
states the brit. virtue is justice.'

penrtrated with these tirinciphi, has Prenrihed
it to his amhassa.ilors as an iovarlahle'inte; to itu'rsttt,in tom-
krence to every thing that which is just, never toswerre from
it in any case or upon any :acconnt whatever, never to sub-
scribe to or acjoielee in. w,tl: contsary ttitt-Ltn t arid in Ule.
order of legitimate combittOions., to 2dikre in .snel, may
most effectually contribute-to th&"est-alilishruesit'aml Mainte7
mince of a.real -.•-
•

" Of all the questitlitirtn.te 'ilt4elisStd at the C,ongres,-the
King tvoc.hi haVe considerzd as the first, the greatest,' the
most. minently -EnrOpeaU; ly.eyond• all-eciniotriit.witit
others---;that-bf. Poland;,,ti:td it been uossibls., far hits to hops
ris strongly-t tli.;il; a tiati;us -ski worth) of„the.in;
tcrest of all' others, from its antiqui,y, its valour; the‘services
Whklrit in fabler tines rendered to Europe, anti. from its
'tnisforinnes; cola ve;beett restored to its ancient and vino-
plete independence. Bot the qttestion had beceinie foreign
to Fianee I;:illtelior treaties ;..ikis no In gee-any thing hut
a Simple.aair of partition and of limits, and.there remains'
to France only the,wish that yen should be 'Satisfied with the
r.estllt of your discussions, and to be so herself ifytin were so.
The-disposal of- Saxenty,- aechrding to-the claims now set
up, perniciotis as an example, 'Will be especially's° by,its in-
fiueace onthe,general balance of EtnOpe ; a balance which
consists in the reciprocal force of` aggression kind force of re-
sistanee belonging tO'Political bt;diei.• _
" France, like &Istria, may ...say -with truth, that she
cherishes no feeling of jealousy or.animo.sitY against Prussia;
and that it is- precisely. because she has a sincere regard -for
her; thatilie cannot wish tu.seeher obtain apparent advan-
tages, which, acquired by inju.stice and tialigrrous.-to Europe',
will sooner ,or later become destructive to 'herself. Let
Prussia acquire all thatshe can legitimately obtain; France
will nut poly, pot oppose, but will be the first to-applaud this;
and if cessions on the -part-oi-- the King of Saicoxy are neces-
sary order-to restore-to Prussia an existence equal to what
she had in ISt*, the King of France will-be the first to press
that Pirince to make such as the inkiest of Austria, and the
interest of. Germany may iterrnit, 'which, in this point:con-
stitute the interest of Europe." , •

We learn froin Vienna, that. difficulties ,have
arisen with regard to Swedish. Pomerania, Swe-
den declines giving it "p to Denmark,. and it now
remains to proVide new means for the indemnifi-
cation of Denmark. -There is a rumour that the
King of Denthark Willtranlifer his residence from
Copenbagtql to Scbleswick, in order to be more in
tl►e centre of his states. This is. still however,
metely in the shape of a rumour.

The 2d Battalion of the 87th, about 250 strung,
and a detachment of the 2d GarriSon Battalion,
at present compose-the garrison of Griernsqr,..
The detachment of the Ilth Light• Dragoons,
stationed at Canterbury, marched from thence on
Saturday for.tlie coast, The 18th Hussars- are to
take the duty of the coast, and in the interior, in
conjtmetion with the I.lth : the first- division of
'the IHth regiment arrived at Canterbury on Satur-
day, where the head=quarters are to be fixed,