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case miler means fail, to execute the Decrees of
Diet by means of the Military force of the
,nfederation.
Respecting the third object, it is proposed, that
le Sovereign should appoint at each University a
commissioner Extraordinary, who should have the
►wer of enforcing a rigorous discipline.
.With reference to the fourth object, the abuses of
,re Press, it is proposed to'establish a previous Cen-
sorship, to give a power to the Diet of suppressing
'ny Journal or Periodical Work, and preventing the
Alitor of such suppressed work from editing any
Cher publication, during five years, in any State of
►e Confederation.
There is a fifth article added, proposing the itn-
lcdiatc establishment of a Central Commission at
layence, for the trial of seditious offences, including
!very thir.g that it may be chosen so to denominate.
It must be obvious, from the above propositions,
that it is the object of tha leading Governments of
Germany to destroy, as far as possible, every vestige
of freedom in that ill-fated country.
In this document we ate told, that" the disorders
:hich the abuse of the liberty of the Press has given
rise to in German's, have been greatly augmented
itice several delibei alive assemblies have introduced Me
mblicity of their Debates, and have extended it, to
transactions which ought never to have issued from
the sanctuary of Senates, but under regular and so-
lemn forms, and ought never to have served to feed
a vain cariosity, or superficial criticism." We are told
also, that the 13th article of the Federal Act has
bees misconceived ; that the States alluded to in it
ought not to be confounded with Democratic prin.
ciples and forms ; that the pretensions built on this
misconception are evidently incompatible with the
essence of Monarchical Governments; and that the
idea of transplanting to the soil of Germany the insti-
tutions of this or that foreign country, meaning thereby
a Constitution like that of France or England, is ab-
surd and chimerical in the highest degree. The States
of Bavaria and Baden are, therefore, to assemble no
more. The Decree proposed to the Diet by the Austrian
Minister has been adopted, and, as far as depends on
the Sovereigns, the doom of Germany is sealed. There
is at once an end of Constitutions, an end of the Liberty
of the Press, an end of the Independence of the
Universities, and the reign of pure Monarchy, or that
of " the concentration of the Supreme Power on a
single point," in the language of the Austrian Minister,
aided by a Universal Police, which is to have its
head-quarters in the fortress of Mentz, is hereafter to
be undisturbed by any of the above " Democratic
excrescences." What have the people to do with
national affairs? This is a vain curiosity, and any
criticism of the measures of Government must of
course be superficial criticism.
As to the Army of Execution of the Diet, the idea
is a mere farce. The population of Germany is about
29,000,000. Of this population, the Del man part Of
Austria is 9,283,000, and the German part of Prussia
7,616,000. But the population of Austria is alto-
gether 28,000,000, and in 1815 kept up an army of
535,000 men. Should Austria prove refractory, where
is the force to reduce her to obedience? A pretty
federation this, to be sure!

The Deputy from lre nezuela has received an official
communication, dated Juan Griego, Margarita, rela-
tive to the successful operations of the Patriots. The
following is an extract :
a I now communicate to you intelligence of the
highly-important achievement of the capture of Bar-
celona by General Urdaneta. Our squadron, com-
posed of 15 ships of war, is at this moment blockad-
ing Cumana, in which it shuts up the Spanish squad-
ron, composed of six large vessels, among which is
the frigate Nimpha, and also eighl flecheras. These
ships will all, undoubtedly, fall into our hands. The
Spaniards never could believe that such an expedition
could sail from Margarita; but they have been un-
deceived, to their utter astonishment."
From Private Letters we learn, that, at the taking
of Barcelona, three Spanish vessels, which had arrived
with a reinforcement to the Garrison, fell into the
hands of the Patriots.

Among the names attached to the Requisition pre-
sented to the HIGH SHERIFF of Essex, to call a
County Meeting for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the propriety of presenting an Address to
the PRINCE REGENT, on the subject of the late oc-
currences which have taken place at Manchester, are
the following :
Lord Maynard, Sir:Thomas Apreece, Sir Thomas Barrett
Lennard, W. P. Honeywood, Esq. M.P. William Smith, Esq.
M.P. R. Baker, Esq. Rev. N. CorselEs, T. B. Leonard, Esq.
J. Wright, Esq. W. P. Tt.ffnell, Esq. T. W. Western, Esqer
. H.
Alston, Esq. C. Ileaton, Esq. J. Esq. and many oth
persons of respectability.
The SHERIFF has desired. time to consider of his
answer.
A Requisition, signed by about a hundred inhabi-
tants, has been placarded about Sheffield, calling a
General Meeting on Monday next, the 11th inst. to
consider the conduct of the Manchester Magistrates
on the 16th of August last.—Shcfseld Iris.
Lord HOLLAND had yesterday an audience of the
PRINCE URGENT. It was, however, solely for the
purpose of presenting a Petition of the Corporation
of Nottingham, of which his Lordship is Recorder.
The Petition is, we understand, in the spirit of the
Yoslishire Requisition prays' for an inquiry into
the- late transactions. -deprecates all illegal inter-
ference with Public Meetings--and, while it dis-
claims all connection with visionary or ill-designing
men, justly observes, that itothing is more certain of
giving them popularity, than any attempt to put
them down with violence unauthurixed by law.