Star.
London, England, 1820-01-06 00:00:00

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The Congress of German Ministers now assembled
at Vienna is said to have been recently occupied with
the discussion of the particular Constitutions of the
German States, and the authentic interpretation of
the 13th Article of the Federal Act respecting Re-
presentative Governments.. If common report may be
credited, they have agreed to recognize the Constitu-
tions already existing, and to confine the application
of the thirteenth Article alluded to, to States not yet
provided with any popular system of Government.
The Saxon Government has officially published the
Convention entered into with Prussia, relative to the
territories ceded to that Power. Notwithstanding its
being extremely voluminous, it is said that there are
still a number of minute points of detail in the rela.
dons between the two countries, left to be adjusted
by future negociations. Saxony having lost all her
salt mines, it is stipulated in the Convention, that she
shall annually receive, at a moderate price, from the
mines of Burrenberg and koesen 170,000 quintals of
salt, until the year 1829, when another arrangement
will take place. The Saxon Government strenuously
supports the propositions submitted to the Germanic
Diet, for establishing a free commerce in the interior
of Germany.

The organization of the Prussian Army, will, it is
said, probably undergo some changes. The forces
of Prussia consist at present of the following Corps :
Ist. The Army of the Line; 2d. Militia of the lint

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v!;l4.:e. The two latter classes are expected to be

szippreised.
The Militia of the second class consists of veterans,
•c::o have finished their periods of service in the
; but, henceforth, they are not to be called out
i;1 time of peace. On the other hand, two new Re-
6raeati of Infantry are to be raised. It is added,
that General Till ELLE is the author of the project,
ti ,it the Minis:er of War, M. de Bo YEN, and Ge-
roral (iaoLimAN, are opposed to it, and prefer the

The rope in general arc very favourably disposed
tL, proec,c,l alterations; and their chief opponents
taa to be found among men, who will have it that
t::e Prussian Monarchy is essentially a military one,
aad that all the people should be trained to arms
;;stn their cradle up to old age.—The following Mi-
litary Appointments arc also spoken of :—Generals
TAuyiNMEN, KLEIST, and GNEIsEN.AN, to be Mar-
shals ; the first to have the Government of Berlin ;
the second to have the command of the Prussian
ce:aingeat tf the Army of Confederation; and the
fiird t" have the command of the rest of. the army.
.1“. de Boatix, the present Minister of War, to be
ttanslaared to the Governorship of Saxony ; M. de
areasteeN, Aid-de-camp to the King, to have the
Department. The destination of Prince WIL-
-I..aa is left unsettled. His Highness has recently
lat.! the misfortune, at a hunting party, to have one
of his fingers so severely lacerated, that it is apple-
lne!ed amputation will be necessary,
An article in The Constitutionnd of a more recent
d than the preceding, accounts, states, that M. de
novas, as also M 111. Ilumtioane, de BEYME, and
:.'••' A', had sent in their resignations to the KING.
.1 ivate letter from Frankfurt observes: " That
tie it hich characterizes the representative
system v: faith I:as been given to Ifanover, may
iiidged of from the following passage in the
r dica which establishes the two Chambers
Oar iatcntion,' it is there said, is not to intioa'
deco a new Representative Constitution, founded on
pi im j; es zvhich e.rpoience has not yet consecrated. The
solute G2nertl Assembly will therefore only exercise
tha-eil.,lat a Lich have been hitherto accorded to the
I'iovincial Assemblies, and to the Provisional Assem-
bly of the States,' i. c. the power merely of register-
ing the Edicts of the Prince."
french Five per Cents. Satnrday, 71 fr.
rttoat OUR PRIVATE cOnttasroxiaENT.
" rants, DECEMBER 31.
" The unanimous acquittal of the Duke of Reavtoo,
considered in itself, is merely a simple act of justice;
bat, if viewed in a political light, it is most import-
a:-:t. The English Chancellor (THuitaow) in reply to
the intercessions in favour of Dr. Dodd, said, if
Dada be saved, the Perreaus were murdered !' and
we may, with greater truth, exclaim, if SA VARY be
ianocem, Nov was murdered !'—Manes of the PRINCE
of MosKwa, of MOUTON DUVERNET, of the brothers
FoUCIIER, of LABEDOYERE, your name and fame are
avenged in the acquittal of the Duke of Rovroo !
Unfortunate PRINCESS of Mumma, widow of the.
illustrious NEY, you arc happily arrived at the mo-
ment when the public voice dare pronounce your
husband's name, and doubt the justice of his sen-
tence ! What schoolmaster would now dare to turn
out of his academy the sons of the bravest of the
brave? Were there such an one, public indignation
would do justice on him:—But to return to the vic-
tims of 1815. 1;1 France, where unjust judgments
are not rare, the innocent have often suffered for the
guilty. What can then be done? Life cannot be re-
stored, it is true; but the honest fame of the victim,
and his family, may : and it is a glorious feature in
the French laws, that of solemnly restoring an un-
justly ravished reputation. This is by a solemn in-
quiry into all the facts of the case, on suspicion of
false judgment ; when, If the party be proved inno-
cent, solemn letters of rehabilitation, or, as we should
call it, a reversal of the attainder, takes place. The
memory of the victim is solemnly cleared of all
aspersians, and he is regarded as an honest and vir-
tuous man, judicially sacrificed. VOLTAIRE obtained
this result for colas, and why should not the widow
of Marshal NEy obtain it for her husband ? Weee
Le to be tried now, when the guilty passions have
subsided, when your Boottatotirs, your CANUOLs,
your DONNADIEus, and your DESPINOIS, are esteemed
at their just value, there is no doubt that he would
be acquitted. The reversal, then, of his sentence, fol-
laws as a matter of right ; and we hope Madame
NEC will arm her virtues with the courage necessary
to demand it, and we are persuaded that few would
be found to oppose it.
" Your Ministers have succeeded in creating such
aldrai in England, that not only many foreign
! alders, but many English capitalists have taken
fright, and placed their funds here. It is calculated
that aboat 5,000;000 sterling, of foreign capital,
have been placed in the French Funds within the
lost two months ! This, and the restoration of confi•
Fdence, to which M. DE SERRES' illness helps to con-
tri!mte, have raised the Funds, when their fall was
r:nerwise inevitable"

Sotne letters from St. Petersburgit, by the
last MO, mare no mention of the uew Russian
7:11;fi, ;,r.d hence son.e would infer that nothing has
hitt) (!ecided, or, at least, that nothing has transpired
—.;ccting it. This mode of reasoning is, however•

inconclusive. The silence of these letters on the sub
ject, only proves, at most, that the writers of them
had not learnt any thing respecting the measure.

A iiamburgh Mail arrived at a late hour this for-
noon. We have only time to notice the following

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