The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-18 00:00:00

use, and wh-lly..foreign purposes, which is a di-
rect contravention of the .Augsburg religious en-
- gagethents (reversalia?. 3. Ile ~ball burdened, as
well his own domains as the ehtujoh -property which
does not belong to him, told the ‘vhole comnry try,
with such a load..of debt, that it is stared, upon
good authority, to. eseeed the whole value of the
Duchy. I Mention hut Chest. kw of the' innemer-
Alegrievaithes or. the States of Wirtemberg • as
being the priOcipal, and in the confidence. and
hope that your i mperial •Mejesty.erip be thereby
induced to cause all the com4aints of the said
States to be laid before you, told determine upon
them according to your. office of sitprinie judge. -
On my'side I could not be indifferent to the
sad fate of the Duchy of Wirtemberg, since
as Elector of the Empire, as gOarantee
of the Wirtemberg reversalia, and as a rela:
Tian and friend of the Ducal tiolfse-of4Virtern-
berg, I bold myself bound to' take partPular
in-
terest in themaintenanee also considerable a coins-
.try of the Empire. With these .sent,iments I last
year sent a friendly and temperate letter of
vice to the Duke ; but as I received'"Only'an an-
swer filled with vaiewords and 'offensiie expres-
sions, anti the evil in the „Duchy of Wirtemberg
grew daily worse, I. agreed with the JS,ings of
Great Britain and Dentnark, as joint guarantees of
the Wirt emberg reverialia, that each of: us should
send an Ambassador to Wirtenthergagain tome-y. 4
to the Duke a friendly and ener,getie !mon it ranee,
anti .indnce hint to pursue a noire temperate ton-
doet;and to observe the constitutional the country.,
We had the more hopes of succeeding, as your Ma-
jesty!; Ministers at Vienna promised my Anahassa.
dors at Vienna and Frankfort alsOto said somebody
to Stuttgart', seriously to speak to the Duke; but
now I hear with regret that the Dulte.ints,scafeely
deigned to give audience to the,Anibasiadors of
the three 'Crowns ; that he thenleft the capital,
and Ordered his Privy Council to ewer Auto no
discussions 'with the. Ambassadors ; mean time:the
.execution in the e,.untry is trot only contintled,
but doubled, so that the burden subjects
begins to grog:; to) inSimfiortable:' I-therefore.
justly regret that ytstlr ••;t) 'CAlTll444satiOr has
not thought' hilp,rif nut hori cd. ty,snyport. still
inore the represenlatiOos of .oitr, Ahlta,,:sadOrt.
Anti as no moderate resoltitiaxiseitn.noi be'
ex-
pc'eteil front the "Duke, I hereby;:in ther,:must
friendly and earnest mannt r request your.
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jesty, as head of time empire, to exert yourself in
favour of the'Dnelty, which is on the brink'of din,
and to give t beSt ates of IVirtemberg a prolecturium
and conserentorittut, that they may be nye to bring
forward their s.olitplitints in safety; and, ot th
same time, to issue to the Duke au eoefgetie Man-
riattertri-ekrortr'reittfriitle ateque;trktretile eastitsestdoits'
pri:stinurnstaturn, anti to give.
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her :of the empire the coinmkssinpof
it. Your Imperial Majeity will by Airs; bi"no
mein act against your engagements: as' Emperor
(your coronation oath), since :the said,protevo-
rium and makuilutunt are secured not ottl,s by the
States of Wir:emberg, but also by 'tire guarantees
of the Wirtembeig reversalia, anti here' is'no emus, .
sub—et übreptionis ; but it is quite notorious, and,
the entire 'welfare of the Duchy depends on it; nay,
some troubles *might arise.
" Your iniperial Majeity;'es head of the Ent•
pire, is bound to prevent this, mato limpiorull
lawful means to save from npproaching, ruin this
important member of the Empire. Your own
censideration and dignity are interested ; and t
therefore promise myself„, fram all these reasons',
And still more front .your justice, generosity, and •
humanity, that yt,.to will not hesitate to grant my
welt. inettnt met ttetrt, to take the StateiOl tYirrem-
berg mlar'yoltr protection, tti maintain Aleut in
their rights anti privileges, and put due bOttlithi to
the wort and_ ruinous proceedings of the Duke
and his cull counsellors."

plaTuntaigcEtAN.9:•:ai TIJE CHINESE

The neighbourhood of .Rateitf Ilighway Was
throwtrinto great.
,alarm on Thin'sdpiy, by one of
those riots which So ftequently occur arnong`the
Chinese iehmen, occupying the East O 3 m•
patty's barracks. It appears drat the quarrOarose
in consequence of some religious differences,--•A
part of those men erbo are employed by the E.ast
India Company io. n.iivigate. their 'ships' ro 'tit is
country, adhere mast strictly to theirreligions
nets atul national :bahits. ,ot hers who,.
pare
less ,scrupulous, upon those points, become rent-
ikes, and enjoy themselves asinc!ination or
paision may suggest; These latter are reLrartiefl by
the former with great contempt, awl, in copse-
(pence, strong feelings of enmity snlyiisc hetwen
hent„,4oll ThnrsdAyev,ening this feeling wa,i'ma.
nifested sOnie of the Ching*chnws, or rene-
gadoes, assailing one of the Arne believert, Rs lie
%Tits, making purchases in liatcliff.hlighwav, with
stones and other missiles.. An, Mot m being 1111111 C
<liately-sPread, about a hundred of the friends of

the ti;rty- attacked issued from the-ba7rackl7,a;tr;
ed }eitit boarding pikes, short swords, and other
weapons, and bearing on their arms large
ingentonsly constrneted front the covers of ham.
pers and other basket-work. A warm cOnten en-
and'many vF erc wounds and blows were.
exchanged. One a :the, combatants receited not
le;s than 14 wounds, and was .for a time thought
ilead ; holies, however, err entertained of his re-
covery. Mr. NJAIIKWANI, the .11,Jagistrate of
Office, bearing of the affray, repaired with..
boinot y
ofance
tiks cuois cceet:.es, of
slitetreteienane,;iaiilif ,
ilseteVtlitrfil.ntghesoams;
of the tin; leads tll‘persing the req. Search
was than math!, with the assistance of Mr. Gale.
the ,alperinteudant ,its the barracks, and'it' great
glllifitity of weapons of all tiscriptionawerefonnd
convealed. Aship, Ashing, Asyong, and Chow-
so ors, into' Of the leaders, were committed to pi:«
$Oll for the. riot.