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London, England, 1816-11-20 00:00:00

Dar OF neatiNICIPOR4

The following is the speech which the Austrian
Minister Count Ituol-Schauenstein delivered, es Pre-
sident of the Germanic Diet, at the opening of that
Assentbly :
l'he Ist of August, 1806. was the epoch when
the first of the states of Europe ceased to exist; the
Crintederath n of the Rhine occupied the place of the
Germanic Empire ; and if nations could be min-.
guished like states, such also would have been the
fate of the Germans.
Germany, parcelled out into a number of inde-
p •ndent States, formed a Confederation tributary to
a country against which it hail incessantly contended
•for ages, and with which it has only been first lean -
tiled since the period when the two nations have re.
• cipr•bcally paid each other the tribute of esteem, for
the courage of which they have given such fine proof b
while Defending their rights and national dignity.
Without snaking extensive researches of erudi-
tion. it is sufficient to cast a glance over the history
• or the human race, or rather that of the individual of
All climates, in order to learn what is the high desti-
nation of man, and bow it decides that of States
and Nations.
64 The character of the German, considered as a,
-Min, independently of every form of Government;
. presents distinctly the elements and the impress of his
national government; but reciprocally the civil and
• political relations in which he is placed have a visible,
,influence on the existence said private hie of indivi-
duals. 'Such is the law of nature—that grand in-,
structress of men, of States, and of Nations. In
consequence of this reciprocal influence, that form
, of the.civil and public relations of social life, which
shall resemble most faithfully the relations of private
life will be the best, the most durable, and will con-
duct most surely the social body, as well as indivi.
deals, to the most advantageous period of the exist-
. ence of nations and men.
, • 66 In the German. considered individually, we
. find a" innate love oft w sciences, whether the exact,
the nies.Api)vbical, or the experimental, of which an
- application can be immediately made to the details
of life—he loves the arts, he :s inventive, industrious,
and the spirit of commerce conducts him into the
most distant quarters of the globe. lf, departing
from my principal object, I chose here to give a
sketch of the history of the sciences, the arts, inven-
• tions, industry, and commerce, might I not cite
Germans who have distinguished themselves in all
these branches? The number of distinguished men,
• however, in the different branches of science or Of
art. is not precisely that which conititutes the literary.
. telory. of nations—it is rather the general diffusion of
intelligence and of knowledge among all classes Of
a people which gives the exact measure of its talents
in this respect.
u Far be it from my intention tO depreciate any
station in this view - but a false modesty Must not
...prevent me from announcing loudly my conviction,
that the German nation can at least bear a comps-
Tim with those which have most distinguished them-
selves in the sciences, in letters, and social improve.
went. Who wilt not recognise in our Universities
an honourable monument of the progress of our
knowledge f Foreigners themselves. who do not
always equitably hold for us the balance of merit, do
entire justice to the very form of those institutions
• which embrace at once the principal sciences, and all
the accessory branches which serve for their deve-
• lopement. Who is unaware of the numerous Acade-
mies of Arts, and the institutions for developing Ma-
nufacturing industry, which exist in the different states
of Germany, and which film su many nurseries for
their diffusion ? Who knows not how many collections,.
galleries. museums, the different parts of Germany
present, and which, if they were united in one point,

would form the first national museum in the world

. Who then can hesitate to pay to Germany that tri-
bute of esteem which places her in the foremost rank
of nations in regard to mental cultivation ? will
• add merely another trait of the highest importance—
it is, that the Germans are not only distinguished by
their progress in science., but I speak it with a. sort of
veneration, religious sentiments forth also one of the
• chief elements in their character.
- K It I now turn my attention to its civil relations,
I find a picmre not less interesting than thepreceding,
• and which proves the *mutual influence of the one upon
the other. The task of developing the latter, such
as it presents itself to the eyes of di profound observer,
would lead me much too far. I shall confineutyaelf
so presenting this result, of the greatest truth. Would
.the Germans have reached that-point of 'perfection
whkirthey-have attained-in the earear:itif*iencer of
art, invention, industry, and'cOmmerce. would.tbey
'bein possession of taist colleiliansin_the world;
*Alley ha only oite Espial, if a single Prince go.,
••iirited this populaiitin Of more than SO Millions? . .
. 66 Are•hot the activity and diversity in the details
Of private life also an effect of the different formed&
free gevernnwni, in like' manner *as the histar find, in
return, a solid support in the .free character of . the
Gerrianit Is'it not -to their love of science, and art,
that we must ascribe thatparticular trait in their chr
Teeter; of amietogdienig the empire of the Stienese
the nuking. uniformity' • -rh• German honours, ap.
predates, searches after, add adopts all that he dreg
giod and worthy of being lesirtied, from Whatever
cOuntrt or people of the 4orldbe• may borrow It,
•He does Mace to reify kind of merit—e disposition
peculiar whim, which is fatoured And promoted by
• the different forma of civil governmintunder which

he lives,"
- After various other remarks on this branch of his
subject, the. President gali n rapid sketch of the great
poltiucat epocbi of the Germ* 11AliOSI since the tune
when 46 Rudolph of Habsburg put ae end to the
gloomy intern-gaunt of the thitteenth century, to the
eternal gratitude and *Ware of his country; and
concludes as folloirs Let our motto be, mutual,
condence opeanesti- and .#oli •Cralkie inceipiMl
Then, as t'he finest Itrird °fief,
sirserticipia rre Ain
receive the last gratitude of V. twit poitesty,b!

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER SO, 1816.
PRICY OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK s
Beducesl62} —Cons. :no. 64i 61--401‘4. ace- 64 GS
4 per dent. 77#i-3 per Cent. narf 011
• has Bonds 164.174. pie.-iischeciser WI% 114.144. pee.
•

To day we received a copious Supply of German Pa-
pers, from which we make some interesting attracts :
the Manufacturers of Gamut still indulge in their
animosity against this country, and ..ontinue to speak
in bitter terms of our system of exclusion. The that
of Frankfort is busily employed in settling the minor
affairs of the Continent, and hitherto matters appear.
to go on swimmingly
• FRANKFORT, NOVEMBER S.
In order to decide on the claims of the purchssersl
of domains in-the Prosiness of Fulda and Hanna of
the late Grand Duke of Frankfort, according to Art.''
41, bl the Act of •Congress. the following Commis-
sioners have been appointed; and will meet nest week"
to begin their operations t—Fair Prussia, the Privy
Counsellor •of Finance, 'Mans; for Bavaria, the
Counsellor of State Baron Von Melees); for tbe
Electorate of Hesse, Conti:eller Fulda; and for Sue
Weimar, President Von Motz.
In the Gazette of :steam is the following article :
."rhe Commission of Government of the Grand.
Duke of Hesse, acquaints the Citizens of Mentz, that
the application of the Chief Magistrates here fo the
Military Authorities in respect of the burden °Otter-
tering the troops, and particularly supplying* them
with fuel, not having yet had the desired result, and
'the intercession' of the Members of the aigUit Sove-
reigns to procure the Citizens of Mentz an indent-
pity not having been yet carried into effect, things
must for the present remain as they are. . The
citizens will therefore continue to bear an unavoidable
burden with the resignation by which they have so
'distinguished themselves of late years ; but may he
assured that the chief Magistrates will continue to
exert themselves to the utmost, to procure.them relief
as soon as possible."
His Majesty the Emperor of. Austria has issued
letters patent for the opening of a voluntary loan, at
6 pa cent. interest, in order, sap the preamble,
" To give greater extent to the measures for calling
in the paper currency ; and with particular regard to
the situation of the public creditors, which we desire
to improve as far as the ability of the State will per.
mit." The new regulation for the land in Aistria
will soon be published. It will amount to 71,000,000
instead of 51,000,000, its present amount. The
. houses of Vienna will be included, but they sill be
exempted (roman the extraordinary taxes which they
have hitherto borne. .
It is in agitation to establish a Chamber of Cbm-
mace here, which will exert itself to animate corn.
coerce in Austria, and facilitate the exchange of their
productions between the different provinces. It must
be allowed that such an establishment would be very
useful, and that this is a fatrnurable juncture to form
it. These motives will therefore, in all probability,
induce the Government to turn its attention and its
activity to this important branch of our national pro-
sperity.

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