The Sun.
London, England, 1816-01-22 00:00:00

FLANMze,ItSAtt.

BevssELs, 'JAN. 17.—U we may Otte credit to
letters from Frankfort, M. La valette 1s arrested
at Munich, having. taken, in order to escape from
France, the road by Switterland and the Lake of
Constance.

VIENNA, JAN. Councii of War con-
tinues to put the different corps of the tinny by
degrees upon the peace e,tahlikhinent. This ope-
ration trill restore a great ninny hands to agri-
culture and the tarts.

The negnciations ‘vith Bavaria hare not yet as..
slimed a decisive character. UiValia insiste that
the late Viceroy of ltaly Eugene ileauhar-
nois, shall have an establishment in--Germany,
as he was promised at the Congress of Vienna,
Zuttl^tt, JAN.' 0.-1 n consequence of bloody
quarrels on the Ist of January, between the Ordi-
nary garrison of-Basle, and the federal battalion
of the hue under Colonel Mettler, orders hare
been• given to the
.Quarter-Master-General, to
replace this battalion by that of Deli*, and
living the guilty bafore a Court Martial. The ma-
jority of" the Cantons have, besides, already
tinned the propoial of .the Directorial Govern-
ment, to disband the.four red battalioni on the rst
of March next,

Atiosautto, .14g.•10 —The Gazette of this city
hits the fidlowing article from Vienna,-,34 Jan,
" Yesterday was celebrated, in the cathedral
Churcli of Si, Stephen, in the pi'esence of the
reigning Duke of Saxe Cobotirg, .the mirringe of
his, brother Leopold with the young; and heaut;foi
CounttAs of Cobery, :Weaning; to the rites of the
Catholic Chnrch."

" A marriage of another kind is spiiken of. 'lts
LlighnesS Prince Charles E.q.,,eneof Lorraine, the
last descendant of thelloOse. of. Lorraine Ar-
inagnne, born Setember2:), 1751, applied some
time ago to the Emperor tor ifermission to marry
the Dowager Countess of Colleredo, fiiiti(Crene-
-11116 eviiloW'ot the late Austrian Minister of that
11Ame, anti formerly Governess of tile Einpress
Maria 1,0111311, which permission his ImperiAl Ma-
jrsty has now liven him from Padua; ' But us the
Prince is considered by the Utilise of Austria as a
Prince of the Blood, the Court, it. is said, has
wade the reserve, that. the future Princess of Lot.,
raine shall not appear in this quality at, Court,
nor _enjoy otherwise any of these privileges.
,t At the Court of the Empress Maria,Lodsa
there is to be an auc ion of the imperil's:ow. saddle
anti carriage horses, hut the tiny of the.Arehdtt7
chess's departure fur Italy does tuirseini to be
fixed,,*

(RDCLIVIIII THII Pit:o/011:10.)

• BRRLIN, J. 110—The following Royal
cree has erpeared litre respecting the Secret So-
cieties
" We, Frederick William, by the Grace of Cod,.
King ot 'l'rtissin,4ll/4e, have retnarited,with just dis-
pleasure
,the spirit of Party which displays itself
in the' ettittest of different opinions respeetiott the
exiitence of Secret Societies in our Stittes. When
our comtni,perseeuted by severe misfortunes was
in great danu"er, we ourself approVetl the Moral of
legal'union,kilown under the name of the Gruion
of Pirtue, because we consiitered,this union a a
-meatts,ok,prontotin,i, thc !me of the country, and
'one of those which 'could ral•ie (he mind under.
misfortune, bud inspire the -courage to overcome
it. Afterwards, however, y.e found.in the.pro-
. jects of the net for A liefforint hut of such n union,
its well ,is in the' political circut::stauces of the
St;ite, reasons to dissolve the union, and to for-
bid the-printing discussions.relnting to it.
• .‘ Sitice the same ,principles anti sentiments.
which first led to the formation of such ail 1111101 i,
however animated, not merely.a.number,ol: the
former i‘lembers the Union, hilt the minds of
Ilse majority of our people, front which by the aid
of the Alosight y, the deliVerance of the country
And those great and glorious deeds have Sprung,
by wir:.ett this ilt.tiverance has been effected,
stitl' now that peace is• happily restored, every
,citizen of the State; must be animated by one spier
,i 6,1 have the same obieCt, namely, by ottani.
motts and lendable entletivours, to maintain. the
character, which has so highly distill-
gnished itself, to live aceurdink to the hiws, that
the blessings of peace may remain secured to all,
awl the general welfare, our constant object may
attain the highest degree of perfection. Secret.
societies can now .only bc prejudicial and contrary
to this übject
• •
" We therefore now recall° -Mind', and repeat,
I, I. The dispositions of vor general Code 11. Part XX.
rilL W. Division tut. 'life members of all Societies in the
State ore hound when the Mosistrate,re4plire it, to give an
avvotoit of the object, &a. of their meeting, p as. Secret
Siaiet ie.' of diiterent-Meluhers of the State, if they can have
any influence upon the State itself and its safety, must be
stiff/hated to the tit:rerun:ea for examination aud approba-
tion,.under penalty of floe or corporal punishment.
t. Our hiller., hereunto annexed, of oet. se, into, respect-
ing- the proliihitation wad pintielnuctit of Secret Societies,
which limy prove prejudicial to the general safety: A
same tilos connnand, that it be strictly Observed in all the
our
Provineei,; itthlont Courts of Justice are to proceed and de-
cide accordingly.
l* With. these legal resulistions, the iliaputcoerried on in
plibliclv printed writiaft upoa the existence of Secret Socie-
ties and their alkitsts, is useless, 'troubles oar faithful sub. jects, and feuds Ouly to 211itijuriout Varty spirit.*
.t titer therefore will and commitrid,
•3. l i t heneefort nothing- *hail. be printed or lalbViSh
01 by any preion whatsoeverin our State* upon this subject,
under penalty of .lieavyfiair.in, corporal puoishutent.
Given rt Llerlin, Jan. 0, 1816.
(Signed) " rttEntatcx WILLIAM.
(Couptersigord4 P. HAKIANIIL.II.O."
In the Royal Edict of Oct. 20, 1798, which is
subjoined, and. is already well known,' icl mule!!
thipv Are various regulations respecting- Str,ret
Societies, too long to be repeated. here, the fol.
lowing Freentasona' LOtiges, viz. the 'Mother
Lodge of 'the Three Globes, the' Grand Lodge,
awl the Lodge called " Royal Lodge de l'Amit4."
. and the Daughter 'Lodges founded by them,*itre
expressly tolerated, on their faithfully observing
certain regulations laid down in the Edict ; but
all other Mother and Daughter Lodges, besides
those already thentioned,-hre prohibited.
IBVDRH, t 4
, .tti til:t3:i— thelt Silit'liatisc"Grt'erides,it-iA'liertviesrt:ll- 0 free city of Ilarnburgh, has
ooitcloticil with the Freuol, Government a con-
vention relative to the claims ofSnots topers, tbit -city for the
thetre mid
t.elt 1 the(lilll.ll,letitee,d rbe'fil iht:eP telbr w of ;1;11 *4:
to
in „miter 0."
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Nate[ ill live ikr cent.