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London, England, 1820-09-07 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

The Earl and Countess of Meiborough, for their seat, Meth-
lcy PArk, Yorkshire.
Ckarlcs Forbes, Esq. M.P. from his house in Fitzroy-square,
for his seat in Aberdeenshire. _ _ .

Front Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street : Colonel Colquit,
of the Guards, to Bath ; Alexander Proctor, Esq. to his seat
in Somersetshire ; Sir James Mackintosh, M.P. to his seat in
Herts ; Mr. and Mrs. Paul, to Paris.
From Marshal Thompson's New Hotel, Cavendish-square :
Joseph Sykes, Esq. Mrs. Sykes, and Egginton, Esq. on a
tour to the Continent; Captain Strangway, to Derbyshire.
From the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover square: C. C.
Western, Esq. M.P. to Buxton; Sir Francis and Lady Hill.
1 and Mrs. Pawls, to the Earl of Denbigh's seat, in Staffordshire;
the Bev. George and Mrs. Warrington, to their seat, near Bran-
don, Norfolk. _ _

•
LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 4.—• A Meeting has been held
at this place to-day, consisting of about 5,000 or
6,000 individuals, to consider the propriety of pre-
senting an Address of Condolence and of Congratu-
lation to the QUEEN. It was called by a number of
Householders, who signified their intentign .to the
Mayor, and received from him, though not his assent,
an assurance that the Meeting should be in no way
disturbed. it was held, therefore, in the open air,
at the outskirts of the town. The Resolutions were
worded with great zeal in the cause of the QUEEN;
arid the Addresses, one of which was from the male
and the other from the female inhabitants of the
town, were of an extremely affectionate and loyal
cast. They were carried with the utmost unanimity
on the part of the Meeting, and ordered to be signed
by the Chairman, and transmitted to London for
presentation, by Alderman Woos) and Major CART.
WRIGHT, to her MAJESTY. _ _

C. J. MIDDLETON, Esq. of the Bengal Civil Ser-
vice, arrived in town late on Friday evening, with
dispatches for the Foreign Office, from HENRY Wit-
LOCH, Esq. his Majesty's Charge d'Affairs at the Court
of Persia, and Sir G. Ross, his MAJESTY'S Ambas-
.sador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at
the Court of Berlin.
Mr. BERNARD HOLT, of Clapton, was robbed of
his pocket-book containing more than £lOO in notes
and cash, on Saturday, in Parliament-street. He was
surrounded by a gang of several ruffians, who got
his arms up, and the book was cut out of his side-
pocket, and his watch was stolen also, but he had no
power to help himself.
Vt'edne,day evening, Mr. BENTLEY, of Brownlow-
street, Drury-lane, whilst standing with one of his
children in front of the QUEEN'S residence in St.
James's-square, found himself surrounded by a gang
of eight men, who pinioned his arms so that he could
not stir, till a villain, with a pair of scissors, cut his
small clothes, and took his watch from his fob.
The Edinburgh Theatre closes its Summer season
on Saturday nest. It has proved but an indifferent
-me in respect to profit. The mobs numerous au-
,fiences have been on the nights of Miss SsErmnis
and HORN singing.

WINDSOR, ST:EMBER 6.
Yesterday his WILTRITT rode on horseback, at.,
tended by Sir lIFIAJAsi KEPPEL, for several hours.
The Kinn returned to dinner at five o'clock. After
dinner Isis MAJESTY gave audiences to the Loaw
CHANCELLOR, Earl of LIVERPOOL, Earl BATHURST,
and Viscount Mstytt.t.n, who arrived from Loudon.
The following is her MAJESTY'S most gm-km
Answer to the Address from the Convener, Deacons,
and Members of the Seven Incorporated Trades of.
St. Andrew, presented by JOSEPH Hums, Esq. M.P.
" This loyal and affectionate Address from the Convener,
Deacons, and Members of the Seven Incorporated Trades of
the ancient City of St. Andrew's, has afforded me the most un-
feigned satisfaction.

I bail the generous spirit which has dictated this expression
of congratulation and condolence in the seat of genuine loyalty,
useful literature, and rational freedom, as an indication of the
attachment which is felt for a persecuted Queen in the liberal
bosoms on the North of the Tweed.

" Thts free voice and the unbiassed suffrages of the enlight-
ened native.; of Caledonia, whenever they could be heard, have
always been on the side of what is just, equitable, and humane;
and I never can forget, that it was the country beyond the
Tweed which nurtured such glorious vindicators of the freedom
and independence of their country as a Wallace and a Bruce,
and which gave birth to a Knox, who rescued his country from
the tyranny of the Court of Rome, and spread the light of the
Reformation amongst the people. In a country in which the
inhabitants are characterised by s iperior o.vledge, and ani-
mated with the most generous sentiments, such sufferings as I
have experienced, and such indignities as I have undergone,
would naturally excite the most vivid sympathy and resentment.
" Had I been either the highest or the lowest subject of
Scotland, its laws would have afforded me, in bcith situations,
the sacred shield which has been withdrawn in England.

" By the law and the practice in Scotland, a fist of witnesses
is given in every criminal case, and also in every civil case tried
in its Jury Courts. No action for divorce, or even damages,
is allowed to go to proof in Scotland, without a minute specifi-
cation of times, places, and other circumstances. By the law of
England, also, a list of witnesses is given in all cases of High
Treason. And although the prosecution against me is alleged to
be separated by the nicest shade from High Treason, and of so
anomalous a nature as not to be regulated by any precedent, yet
none of my requests for list of witnesses, specification of charges,
of times and places, have been granted.
'• On the principles of English and of Scottish laws, there-
fore, which I hold to be those of justice, I was entitled to all I
asked from the House of Peers; and if it was realty believed
that the charges brought against me were true, and that they
could be substantiated by credible and untainted evidence, why
should the proceedings against me be c.aiductecl in violation of
national laws and of justice?
" I know enough of Scottish history to recognize the City of
St. Andrew's as the early cradle of loyalty, of national inde-
pendence, with civil and religious liberty ; and I cannot but
view the declaration of so many of its valuable and industiiors
inhabitants in my favour, as a strong proof that the existing
generation inherit the noble minds and virtues of their renowned
ancestors. .

N Minds cast in nature's mould, as the sons and daughters
of Scotia undoubtedly arc, must ever be as favourable to the
victims and martyrs of power, as they arc indignant at, and hos-
tile to, the assassin blow aimed under the semblance, or rather
the mockery ofjustice, through me, at the rights and liberties of
every British subject."
_ _

Her MAJESTY returned the following most gra-
cious Answer to the Address from Camberwell:
“ I am much obliged by this affectionate Address from the
inhabitants of the Parish of Camberwell.
" The despotic Authorities of the Continent, acting in con-
cert with my adversaries in this country, would, probably, have
detained me a prisoner, if the promptitude of my decision, and
the celerity of my movements, had not defeated their machi-
nations.
" Those who prohibited the insertion of my name upcin the
coffin of my child, appear to have rejoiced at her premature
death, because they thought that it would not only deprive my
bosom of its last remaining solace, but weaken the hold which
I bad on the affections of the people.
" My enemies cannot give even a colour of probability to
their charges against me, without having recourse to such testi-
mony as would not, for a moment, be admitted in any of the
inferior Courts. Thus my accusers are daily establishing my
innocence by the very Means by which it is attempted to he
destroyed. The depravity of the witnesses is alone sufficient to
discredit aU the allegations.
" I am gratified at perceiving that, in the opinion of the in-
habitants of Camberwell, as much as in my own, the enemies
of the Queen are equally the enemies of the people. In all my
arduous trials the sympathies of the people have been my strongest
support ; and I rejoice to think that there is a reciprocity in our
friendships and our enmities.
" It is only the most generous minds that attach themselves
to the suffering individual in the exigencies of adversity. When
my adversity has been greatest, the people of England have
cheered me with the most affectionate testimonies of regard.
Their support has been more strenuous in proportion as I have
been more oppressed; and they have evinced a more profound
respect, and a more enthusiastic affection for a persecuted Queen,
than are usually experienced by any Sovereign, who is sur-
rounded with all the pomp of power, and aU the insignia of
Royalty."

At the Chester Sessions, Ralph Jackson, aged 41,
a labourer, from Minshull, was indicted for an as-
sault and rape upon the body of Sarah Pollitt, of
Stockport, aged 11 years. Ralph Jackson was a
lodger with the father and mother of the child.]
They had but one bed-room, in which there were two'
beds, in one of which the prisoner slept, and in the
other Pollitt and his wife. Pollitt was frequently
from home for several days together, and then the
children slept with their mother; when he was at
home, they used to sleep with the prisoner. It came
out upon the evidence, that when Pollitt and his wile
were both out, Jackson went to bed to the children,
and awakened Sarah Pollitt. The child got up, and
went into her mother's bed ; upon which Jackson
went down stairs and brought up a knife, and threat-
ened, if the child shrieked, or told any person, he
would kill her. Thus terrified, the poor child had
to submit to whatever Jackson required, and he
made her go back with him to his bed, and com-
mitted the horrid deed. The child told no one of
the circumstance, till her mother perceived the fol-
lowing Thursday that she was very lame, when she
told her, on condition that she would not beat her.
She again, by her mother's persuasion, told her of it
in the presence of Jackson, who denied it. " Yes,
Ralph," said the child, 46 it was you and nobody
else."—The prisoner said, in his defence, that he had
slept with the child two nights afterwards.—The
Jury turned round in their box for a few minutes, to
consider the case, and returned a verdict of Guilty.
In passing sentence, Mr. Justice WARREN did it
with great feeling. The Jury, he said, had returned
a verdict of Guilty, and, indeed, be thought they
could not return any other. The prisoner had now
but a few hours left, and he exhorted him to use the
short time allotted to him in prayer to Gon, with
whom there was mercy, for there was no forgiveness
for him in this world.
Sunday night, the wife of Altrich, keeper of the
Bear-pit, in Tufton-street, Westminster, went to give
water to a bear which happened to be left loose, when
the animal lacerated her body so dreadfully, before
assistance arrived, that no hopes are entertained of
her recovery.

NAVAL. INTELLIGENCE.

ne.eielles *Wet Shields to Leaden, was on shore. ma the
Ouniket Seed. an Tuesday, and discharging her cargo into se-
veral snuck&
no Caalina, Line. from Gibraltar to New York, put into
Feral ea" the id of July, and has been condemned as unsea-
worthy. and sold.
nutmeat, Sarmanuts 40—Wind KS.E.—Sailed the Wftliant
mad Plasm Swasavest. for London.
Ranantra, Sseranasa 6.—Tile wreck of the schooner Fee.
reset, which was on the Goodwin Sands, has bees got oil; and
towed in here by three vessels.
PosAsmome, Sarermara 6.--Wind B.E.—Arrived kb 11114,
jesty's ship Gainwi, from a cruise.
Halm, Stemma 6.—Wind K—Arrived and sailed-for die
Cul River, the Fanny, Parreasow, from St. Vincent's;.
RIDLEY, from St. Kitt's ; Frederica, Svernauses, Grit
Janeiro for Antwerp ; and Famine Hats, from MA for
Janeiro; the latter retrtains.—Cam; down Ikon -die River
sailed, the Active, ROBlllll4 for Ruben
HARWICH, SEFTIOIRCR 6.—Sailed the Earl of laicesterpwaft,
fot Holland ; and the Princess Charlotte ditto, for C.zhhan
each with a Mail. .

Livitarom.' Scrranass S.—Artlted the Martha, Palmas= •
Antigua; Adelphi, likaurestiv, hem Maranhans Unioa,.
sore, horn Pictou ; esti De Pow Swidiend, Cannot,. AM.
Oporto. Arrived off the port the Montrose, DAMS, frodriffi.
tigua ; and l)eiphin, GREMKUGA, from Archangel
Nawissvirs, Surentaas 6.—Arrived off this Pies, the 'No
Brothers, MATISON, from Lisbon for Norway, in wait of water
and provisions.
Cusuost-housr, Sum 6.—Ships Entered Inwards r.—Nelly„
from lhanburgh ; Lively, from Harlingen; Swift, from Har-
liegen; Catharine, from Archangel ; Neptune, from Amster-
dam ; New Union, from Calais; Prince Waterloo, from Ostcr,d;
Vrow Taalk, from Embden; Vrow Styntje, from Groni' gen;
Aurora, from Bremen; Christiana, from Rotterdam ;
plan, from Jamaica; Commercial Packet* front Oport • ; Palla-
dium, from St. Petersburgh ; Harrier, from Ilamburt4h ; rnd
Goode Hoop, from Amsterriam.—Cleared Outwards r—i:_srctii-
tion, for Corinna; Active, for Dublin; Sarah, for Ham..argh ;
Rosen, for New Brunswick; Prince Royal, for the Is: cf
France; Catharine, for Belfast; Harmony, for Memel; Com-
merce, for Gibraltar ; and Skeen, for Odessa.
Assivro—At Newfoundland, the Oscar, Drysdale, from St.
Andrew's (N. B.) At Nassau, the Rolla, towking, frJr.i Li-
verpool. At Africa, Union Island, Howard, and Ottawl (late
Campbell), from Liverpool. At Cadiz, Oriental, Swain, from'
the Havannah. At New Providence, Lively, Mitchell, front
London. At St. Domingo, CalAunia, Mozly, (rem Lund, n.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH—The John Adams, front llrs.ul to
Baltimore, on the 25th ult. out twelve days. Au6t.sta, ;rom
Boston to Havre, on the 28th, out 19 days. Princess Charlotte,
from Newport to Newfoundland, on the 27th ult. out six clays.
Flora, from Liverpool to the Bay of Fundy, on the 30th. Su-
san, front Belfast to Charleston, en the 13th, in lat. 35. 40.
long. 33.^.5. Diana, from Genoa to Newfoubdiand, on the 17th,
in lat. 37. 47. long. 30. 11. The Wellington, from Gibraltar to
Quebec, on the 18th, in lat. 37. 35. long. 28.17.
CAPTURE OF TIIE CLINTON AND LIBERTY
SMUGGLERS, FROM NEW YORK.

His Majesty's sloop Sappho, at sea, c.ff Down-
patrick Head, August 13, 1820.
Sift—l beg permission to express my satisfaction in having the
honour to report, that his Majesty's sloop under my command,
this morning captured the Clinton pilot-boat sctvoi)er, No. V, of
New York, eighty-one tons burden, Oliver Ilicks master, and
eight men, very deeply laden with a cargo, consisting of 557
bales of tobacco, some few crapes and snits, and a small quan-
tity of teas.
114.ing close in with-Downp trick Head, at six o'clock, A. It.
' the wind S. W. squally, and exceedingly thick hazy weather, the
chace commenced and continued with considerable interest (at
times going at the rate of ten knots) until eight o'clock, by which
time we had chased her round Killala Bay under our are, and
completely succeeded in hemming her in between Kinnisharrock
Point and PuttcoeLeney Rocks—the latter only distant one or
two cables' length, when we were obliged to tack,. at the same
time (in stays) lowering the larboard quarter and stern boats,
and took pos.ession of the prize.—l have the honour to be. &c.
(Signed) I. El. PLUMRIDGE, Commander.
N.B.—The Clinton is well found, coppeted, and copper-
fastened, her late master avers, the " fastest sailing boat out of
America ;" and may I add, the most beautiful and perCect
tare of what the Americans denominate " a clipper."
To Rear-Admiral Sir J. Rowley, Bart. K.C. B.
Commander-in-Chlef, &c. &c.
His Majesty's sloop Sappho, at Sea, off the Stagg'
of Bruadhaven, 14th August, 1820.

Srs--Obtaining information by a loose memorandum amongst
the papers taken about the person of the late Master of the Clin-
ton, that a sloop, named the Liberty, sailed on the 11th of July
from New Yotk, with a cargo of tobacco, and finding this cor-
roborated by the oral communication of her inebriated crew, I
deemed it expedient not only to avail myself of tht information
so obtained, but to turn the superior fast sailing of the Clinton
to the greatest advantage tea his Majesty's service; finding she
was very much overloaded, I lightened her of nirety bales to-
bacco, which made a material difference in her t..te of sailing:
Thus improved, armed, and furnished with a c.pit.tl creve
and code of signals, I decided in my own min 4 lac -; g s of
Broadhaven to be the most probaNe place to intercept the sloop
in question, and so managed (with the l how . t . ues• .rd),
as to be alma eight miles N.W. from those r ,cks b.ar
o'clock A.m. of tilts day. Between four and five
about Broadhaven, bearing S.S.W. a cutter was de:•cried
standing in for the land, to which chace was immectiat.ly given,
and the necessary signals, as per log, made to the Ctint. u; for,
at the first view, I felt perfectly satisfied, from her very p:xticular
appearance and wavering marceuvring, that she was tht T
anticipated. At 6. 30. had her within reach of our gun.. warn
a few well-directed larboard broadsides added to the Clint,,n's
musketry to windward, made her desist from any further at-
tempt to escape, and I had the gratification of bo-rdivg and
making prize of the liberty of New York, 7 tons hurthen,
laden with 430 bales of tolrteco, Geosca NATVIG, Nlaiter ;
SIIIISTRO/40, Supercargo; five seamen, and five calling them-
selves passengers; in all twelve persons.—l have the honour to
be, &c. (Signed) I. IL PLUMRIDG I, Commander.
To Sir J. Rowley, Bart. K.C.B. Rear-Admiral of the Red,
Commander-in-Chief, &c. &c.

Captains FLINN and HOWNAW, of the Royal Navy'
who were itl her Majesty's suite during the period to
which the present charges refer, and are now in at-
tendance as witnesses on her behalf, were on Tuesday
summoned to appear before the Admiralty, at-four
o'clock in the afternoon. The person who delivered
the summonses was most particular in getting re-
ceipts for the letters containing them. When Cap-
tains FLINN and HowsrAta called at the Admiralty,-
they were most politely requested to be seated.—
After having undergone an ocular examination of
some minutes, they were informed that the Lords of
the Admiralty were asked by the Law Officers of
the Crown to ascertain whether or not there was an
English seaman on board the polacca, while it was
occupied by her MAJESTY? The ATTORNEY-GENE-
RAL' had heard such was the case, and that•the per-
son alluded to was at present a pensioner in Green-
wich Hospital. When Captains FLINN and Hownnst
had replied that there was an English seaman on
board the polacca, they were permitted to withdraw.
Sunday, Lord ERSKINE, the Earl of FORTE:CUE,
the Earl of DERBY, the Earl of DARNLEY, the Ear,
of ALBEMARLE, and a large party of the Peers,
dined with Lord HOLLAND, at Holland House.
Pasumax Fasnoms.—Puce colour, and yellow, approachl g
the citron colour, are the only ribbons still worn on svhitegi nab
bonnets ; but an ornament which was not usually adapod to
yellow straw bonnets, has for the lag few days appeared on a
great number—this is a wreath of small flowers, cons.stiog of
daisies or dwarf roses intermixed with leaves, which is placed
round the crown. It is probable that deep violet will be one bt
the colours meet need by the Modistes, at the change of the am-
son. We have already remarked some bonnets of this (dour.
Some of the bonnets a la Marie &sari are trimmed at tb•-•4149
with a double tow of gamic.

POLITICAL STATE OF.GERMANI.--

/247IDINTIAL urrno or roma scarrsixtco, PRISM MO UT= dr
AUSTRIA. TO RATION IRI 11T?, TAN MIXT MINISTXR Or MIX
ORAND DURR OF RADER.

(This letter is a circular sent to the whole of the German Princes).,
Your Excellency has expressed the deslre off' his
Royal Highness the Grand Duke to know in a ge-'
neral but precise manner, the ideas of the Imperial
Cabinet on the political state of Germany. This in-•
vitation on the part of a Prince, who gives daily the
most laudable proofs of his firm inclination to pro-
tect its welfare, and his profound sense of the ele-
ments which compose it, honours me as much as it
imposes on me the duty Ff communicating to your
Excellency, without reserve, the pcint of view under
which we consider the actual state of things. Time
advances in The midst of storms; to endeavour to ar-
rest its impetuosity would be a vain attempt. Firm-
ness, moderation, prudence, and a union of accu-
rately ascertained forces, are still left in the power of
the protectors and the friends of order. This, at pre-
sent, constitutes the duty of all Sovereigns, and of
all well-intentioned statesmen ; and he alone shall
merit that title in the day of danger, who, after exa-
mining what is possible, and what is equitable, will
not allow LiinseS to be turned from the noble object
to which his efforts should tend, either by ineffectual
Nvishes, or by dejection of spirit.
The object is easily determined. In our days it is
nothing more nor less than to maintain that which
exists; to attain it is the only means of preserving
present advantages, perhaps even the best calculated
to recover that which has been already lost. To this
end the efforts and the measures of all who are united
by a common principle and a common interest ought
to be directed. The combustible elements which had
been long prepared v..ere enflamed between the years
1817 and Ib2O. The false course which the French
,Ministry pursued during that crock—the toleration
allowed in Germany to the most dangerous doctrines
—the indulgence shewn to audacious Reformers—
weakness in repressing the abuses of the Press;
rh'old! y, the precipitation with which it-presentative Con-
sti‘utions were given to the Southern States of Ger-
aiany—all these canes have impressed the most fatal
direciion on parties whom nothing can satisfy.
Is;uthing proves better the impossibility of satisfy-
ing these parties than the ob;:err ation, that their most
active operations have taken place in the State where
the greatest indulgence tcas shewn to their pretended views.
The evil had reached such a pitch before the Con-
gress of Carlsbad, that a trifling political complica- •
tion would have been sufficient to overthrow entirely
social order. The wisdom of the system which the
great Courts adopted has preserved them from the
dangers which still iiii;;ht be fatal. What, then, in
inch a case ought to be the march of an enlightened
Government ? In proposing this question, v. e pre-
suppose the ponsibility (.f salvation, and we think our-
selve3 perfectly atitherised in such a .hope. In exa-
mining the means by which we can attain so elevated
an end, we see ourselves brought back to the point
whence we set out. To repair by little and little au
edifice which threatens to fall, we must have a sure
fuundation. Thus, to secure a happier futurity, We
must be sure at least of the present. The mainte-
trance of that which exists ought, they fore, to he the
Edict, as well as the most important, of bur cares. By
this we do no. understand only the ancient order of
things, which has been respected in some countries,
but -likewise all the new institutions legally cleated. •

The importance of maintaining them with firmness
and constancy may be seen by the attacks which
have been made upon them, with a fury perhaps
greaser than against our ancient institutions. In the
present times, the transition from what is ancient to
what is new, is accompanied with as much danger as
the return from what is new to what has been also-
li,hed. Both may ecinally lead to an explosion of the
calamities which it is essential to avoid at any price.
Not to deviate in any manner from the existing
order of things, from lethaterer origin it stray hare
sprung; not to attempt changes though they should,
be though absolutely necessary, except with entire
liberty, and after a resolution maturely weighed, such
is the first duty of a Government which is inclined
to re,ist the evils of the age. Doubtless such a re-
solution, however just or natural, would excite ob-
bri:-.ate opposition but the advantage of being placed
upon a known and acknowledged basis is evident,
because from this strong ground it would be easy to
stop, or to anticipate in all directions, the necessarily
uncertain motions of the enemy. We regard die ob-
jection which may he made, namely, that among
the Constitutions hitherto given to Germany, there
are soiree which repose on no basis,,and have conse-
quently no point d'appui, as unfounded. If such had
been the case, the demagogues, always indefatigable,
would not have failed to undermine them. Every
order, legally established, contains within itself the
principle of a better system, provided it is not the
work of arbitrary power or of frantic blindness (like;
that generally of the Cortes, in 1812). It may,
moreover, be said, that a Charter is not a Constitution
properly so called : the latter is formed by time, and
depends always on the knowledge and inclination of
Government to give to the developement of the con-
stitutional regime such a direction as may separate
the good from the evil, consolidate public authority,
and preserve the repose and the happiness of the mass
of the nation from every hostile attempt.
Two great means of safety are secured now to every
Government which, with the feeling of its dignity
and its duty, has determined not to destroy itself.

One of these means rests on the satisfactory con-
viction that between the European Powers there
exists no misunderstanding, and that, according to
the invariable principles of Sovereigns, none can be
foreseen. This fact, which is placed beyond all doubt,
confirms our position and guarantees our strength.
The other means is the union formed in the course
of the last nine months between the German States ;
an union which, by the blessing of GOD, our firmness
and fidelity will render indissoluble.
The conferences at Carlsbad, and the Decrees
which issued from them, have acted in a more pow-
erful and salutary manner than perhaps )ce dare own
to ourselves at a time when we have still the feeling
of those embarrassments which agitate•us, and when
we can only calculate superficially all the advantages
which we have obtained. _

Measures, so important as these, can only be ap-
preciated in their whole extent when we can know
the whole of their results. The epoch which illUlle-

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.diatelr follows cannotspust them all to us, but we]
'tau4appieiatp the effects, prAdnedtd by the .resolutions
tlirqbtli. of Septemlier, by salplating the probable
progress which the enemies of
.order would have
made: without them. The results of the conferences
of Vieina;thotigh of a more elevated order, will have
•an effect less brilliant, but mornprofound and de-
sirable. The consolidation ot.the-Germanic Union
offers to each of. the States whieh coinpoxe it an effi-
cacious guarantee—an invaluable advantage in pre-
sent circumstances, and one of which we could not
have been certainly assured, except by the course
that has been followed. The good faith and mode-
ration with which this important work has been con-
ducted, may on the one hand have fixed us in certain
points, and prevented us from taking measures more
bold and energetic ; but on the other, supposing such
course possible, there would have been wanting to
the work one of the first conditions—namely, the free
conviction and the sincere confidence of all the con-
tracting parties.
Nothing could have compensated such a defect,
which must have been in every attempt to put in
execution determinations made under such auspices.
In general the moral force of the Confederation was
as necessary as its legislative force; and the progress
which the conviction of the utility and the necessity
of this Union has made, is, in our opinion, a most im-
portant and most happy result.
The rules which the German Governments will
henceforward have to observe, may be pointed out in
a few words:

1. Confidence in the duration of European peace, and in the
unanimity of the principles which direct the High Allied Power.i.
2. A scrupulous attention to their own s}stem of admi-
nistration.

5. Perseverance in the maintenance of the legal basis of the
existipg Constitutions, and a firm determination to defend them
withlorce and prudence against every individual attack.
4. The amelioration of essential faults in thesa Constitutions ;
this.amelioration being made by Goverrments, and grounded on
auilicient reasons.

5. In case of insufficiency of means, an appeal to the assist-
ance of th Confeduratui—an asslstance W;JiCil every member
has the roost sacred right to esaet ; and- which, according to pre-
sent stipulations, can less than ever be refused.
Such is, acCording to us, the only truly salutary,
legal, and safe course. On such principles rests the
political system of the Emperor ; and Austria, tran-
quil in her interior, posseising an imposing mass of
moral force and physical resources, will not only
make we of them for her own preservation, but will
always be ready to dispose of them 'for the advantage
of her Confederates, when duty' and wisdom demand
their eitercise.-1 have the honour to be, .

(Signed)

METTERNICH.

SHOOTTXS MAves.—The match between Captain SMITH and
Mr. De4sotrait, who should kill most head of game front five
o'clock in the morning till five in the afternoon, was decided oa
Tuesday. in Hertfordshire. The competitors are considered as
good field shots as any in England, and this match, wh ch was
for ISO guineas a-side, proved it. They started together front
the neighbourhood of Wadzs-mill, on the Huntingdon road,
taking oppo.d.e directions, :11r. DESDUItG If to the south-west, in
the direction of Welling, and Captain SMITH confining himself
to the south-east side of the rout!, in the direction of Cambridge.
Each was accompanied by a friend of his opponent as umpires,
two markers, and two brace of dogs. 'Mr. Dessexcir fell in
with a covey of fourteen birds within a few minutes, and in less
than three hours had bagged eight of them, not missing a shot.
Dy twelve o'clock he had killed 20 head of game, and he after-
wards killed 18 others, within ten miles from where he started;
altogether 17 brace of birds, and four hares. The Captain had
k fled 24 head at one o'clock, after which be was rather un-
lucky in finding; he bagged :SS bead, viz. It: brace of birds and
three hares. He had .11 shots, and his adversary 38. They
found abundance of game.