The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-27 00:00:00

DISMEMBERMENT OF FRANCE.

( From the London Times.)
COPY OF A- DIPLOMATIC PAPER TA KEN AT ST. PETERSBURG
IN 1836, FROM THE ORIGINAL DOCUMEMT DEPOSITED IN
THE SECRET ARCHIEVES OF THE RUSSIAN COURT.

Art. I.'l'hat for the future the French people shall form
a Gaulish confederation, after the model of that of Germany,
without any diminution of the limits which the Congress of
Vienna and subsequent treaties have laid down for France.
3. Avignon and Venaisson, comprising Orange, shall be
surrendered to his holiness the Pope, seeing that he has for
a long time shown his devotedness to the conservative cause,
and his hatred to rebellion in every country. 'We surrender
these to him to make the church of our Saviour triumph, and

its faith become more firm among the French people. His
holiness shall build at Rome a Basilic for the orthodox Greek
worship, to serve as a model of tolerance to all nations, and
like that which prospers already in Russia, where mosques
and synagogues stand side by side with Greek and Roman
churches.

••4. The King of Spain, Charles V., shall obtain Navarre
and Gascony, as far as the Garonne, with the exception of
Bordeaux and Mordec. The King of Portugal, Don Mi-
guel, shall have Corsica. The King of Naples, Ferdinand,
shall have Marseilles, with all that part of Provence lying
south of the Durance. They shall all be free to give to their
divisions the liberal institutions which they may judge in
unison with their policy.
5. Le Bresse and Le Lugay shall be restored to the King
of Sardinia. He shall besides obtain all the country be-

tween the Rhone and the Durance, under the name of 'Gres-
ivaudau and Valentinois, except Vienne and a circle of three
leagues around it. The allied powers recommend the King
of Sardinia to give quite a republican constitution to this
state, whose inhabitants are well known for their attachment
to freedom.

6. Switzerland shall be erected into a kingdom, of which
Berne shall be the capital, in favour of the house of Austria.
This kingdom shall he augmented by Franche Comte, which
shall take the organisation of an additional canton.
7. The Grand Duke of Baden shall cede to the King of
Wurtemberg the province of Seelac, and the German con-
federation that of Main and Tanber, in order to facilitate the
indemnities to. and exchange with; the Hessians and the
Nassau, which are to be afterwards determined by the Diet
of Frankfort. He shall obtain the whole of Alsatia, and take
the regal title which is due to him.
8. Tho IC-Ag of Batavia shall cede to the King of Wur=
temtlurg tYhesouthern moiety of the Upper Danube, as well
as Ulm. • * • shall remain in the possession of Ba-
varia. The King will obtain nearly the whole of Lorraine,
with the towns of Metz and Nancy, which, conjointly with
Rhenish Bavaria, shall farm states under the names of the
Lorraines. Their inhabitants being greatly renowned for
their love of liberty, the, protecting powers solicit the King
of Bavaria to give them a corresponding constitution.
9. Lille and Artois shall-be restored to the kingdom of

the Netherlands, as they anciently made part of Flanders.
The King of the NetheiTands shall give up the whole of
Luxemberg to Prussia, and shall cease to belong to the Ger-
manic confederation. In exchange he shall obtain all the
Cambraises., and all the country as far as the Aisne, com-
prising Noyon and Laon. 'llls country to re-assume its
ancient appellation of the Vermandois.
10. Luxemberg, and all the country in the possession of
the Netherlands and of Bavaria as far as the Seine, shall he
united to Prussia, under the names of the Ardennes and
Champagne, Rheins, Verdun, Soissons, Chalons-sur-Marne,
Troyes, Langres, Meaux, Melun, except the territory of
Paris and of Sens. This occupation will be of peculiar ad-
vantage to the Gaulish confederation, because one of its most
powerful protectors being himself a part of the confederation,
will be more able to watch over the stability of its organisa-
tion. This country shall have such institutions as may be
granted by the magnanimity of his' Prussian Majesty.
11. Great Britain must be content with Calais and Bou-
logne, which she shall possess as an indemnity for her gene-
rous concession to the general peace.
12. The rest of France shall remain sui juris in the posses-
sion of its natives, viz. :-
13. Considering the services which the Prince de Talley-
rand Perigord in his long career has rendered to the peaceful
policy of the. Holy Alliance, and to all the dynasties which
have governed France for 80 years, we restore to him Peri-
gueux and all Perigord, and erect them into an independent
State. He shall possess it as Sovereign, he and his descend-
ants, if it shall please him by forming a new matrimonial
alliance to procure male successors. If Providence rules it
otherwise, he may dispose of Perigord in favour of his family,
and shall determine by will one of the Talleyrands to become
the chief of a new dynasty.
14. Lyons, with a circle, of three leagues around it, and
Paris, with a territory of four leagues to the north of the
Seine, shall be republics, to serve as models for all the others
which the policy of the Confederation may judge it conve-
nient to establish.

15. In taking under our peculiar protection the legitimacy
of France, it is our desire to re-establish the elder branch of
the Bourbons in all its ancient splendour. His Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russias has destined one of his daughters
to Henry V, the hope of France, and we recognise his sacred
right to the sovereignty. But respecting the consequence of
imprescriptible legitimacy, which no violence has been able
to weaken, we preserve the Royal title to our brother Charles
the Tenth, and destine for him -during the term of his natural
life the possession of Burgundy, where he will reside at Dijon.
The presumptive heir to this kingdom shall be Louis Duke
of Angouleme.
16. There shall then be, for the present, three Kings or
France, the elder, each independent of the other, viz. Charles-
X, Louis XIX, and Henry V.
17. The possessions of Henry V, shall, for the present, be
Britanny, La Vendee, with Angers and Tours, Berri, La
Bourbonnais, Guienue with Bordeaux and Medoc, Langue-
doc, Auvergne, and the town of Vienne, with a ciecleof three
leagues on the east of the Rhone, bearing the name of Le
Dauphine. He shall also possess the Gatinois, beginning
from the mouth of the canal Briare, Sens, Chateaudim,
Chartres, Fontainbleau, Rambouillet, and Versailles. His
capital shall be Bourges. After the decease or the King,
his grandfather and uncle, Burgundy and the Tolosan shall
be reunited for ever to the states of Henry V, upon condition
that these provinces shall always send their own" representa-
tives to the Diet of the Confederation.

18. Seeing that Louis Philippe de Bourbon, of the younger
branch, has rendered imperishable set vices to humanity, in
bearing himself so loyally in'the catastrophe of July, as well
as by his sincerity and his repentance when he threw him-
our arms, he shall enjoy for himself and his posterity
the title of Ktng of the French, and shall fix his residence at
Rouen. His thrnno shall t,e surrounueu with
institutions, with a charter and an opposition duly established.
He shall have all Normandy, the affection of which he has
gained by his former travels among the
people, and shall be
possessor of the Fort St.' Michael. \'e add Amiens and
Beauvais, Perche, Vendome, Blois, and Orleans, with a ter-
ritory,under the name of the Orleaunais.
19. An exact map shall be drawn up of this partition, in
order to avoid mistakes, similar to those which took place in

1772 and 1775 on the first division of the Republic of Poland.
The three powers shall besides delegate their Plenipotentia-
ries to see that no encroachments are made on the reciprocal
limits of the States. .
24. To give a national unity and consistency to the Con-
federation of Gaul, a permanent Diet shall be held, to sit
alternately at Paris and Versailles.
'lllere are to follow the signatures of the Plenipotentiaries
of their Imperial arid Royal Majesties.] - •
[Pay to Ivan * * the sum of 30,000 rubles
as a reward for thib plan, and 20,000 rubles per annum for
his journey in France, and let him be furnished with private
letters fur our Ambassador at Paris.. Ihit po semis (I will it.)]
NICHOLAS.
' Carskoi Siello, this 15th June, 1833.

ALARMING DISTRESS IN THE SHETLAND

ISLANDS.

The following is an extract from a minute of the Shetland
Destitution Committee, dated Lerwick, 9th of July, 1838:
"This committee grieve to find that the majority of the Lon-
don committee should have departed from the proposal to
which they had unanimously assented, of sending one of their
members to inquire into the truth of the reports from Zetland,
and that they should persist in discrediting, or in affecting to
discredit, the authenticated evidence laid before them, di-
rectly, by Mr. Barclay, when lately in London ; and also
the report of the Aberdeen committee, establishing the fact
that deep and extensive destitution pervades the Zetland
Islands, in consequence of the almost total failure of the
crops, and the partial failure of the fishings last year. This
committee are also bound to record their conviction, that if
the London committee refuse to send further supplies to Zet-
land, the consequence to the many thousands of destitute per-
sons in these islands must be deplorable' and may prove fatal,
while the London committee will not only be guilty of a vio-
lation of the pledge given to Mr. Dundas and Mr. Barclay,
but will also involve themselves in the guilt of violating the
trust reposed in them by the subscribers and the provincial
committees, who furnished them with the funds for the ex-
press and sole purpose of supplying the destitute with the
necessaries of life. The reports from every parish in Zetland
show that the destitution is so extensive that the 516 bolls, of
ineatexpected from Aberdeen cannot carry the starving part
;of the population through more than one fortnight; and, if
some means of obtaining extraneous aid for them be not ob-
' tained tilt the rising crops are available, there appears no
human probability that the lives of those will be preserved
who cannot subsist exclusively on gray-fish and shellfish,
while 1114 supply even of these must depend on the state of
the weather and other circumstances over which man has no
control."
Extract of a letter from the Rev. T. Barclay, chairman of
the Shetland Committee, to Frederick Dundas, Esq., M.P.:
" I am deeply grieved at the information contained in your
favour of the 3d inst. You are a witness that Dr. Brown's
proposal to send a member of the committee to Shetland was
unanimously acceded to before you left the room; and as Dr.
Crornbie had declined going, it was intimated to me at the
close of the meeting, thatlhe Committee had agreed to meet
again on the following Tuesday to fix on the individual to be
sent. You are also a witness that it was unanimously admit-
ted that to'the extent proposed in the repdrt of the Xberdeen
committee (30001.) they were bound to grant relief. Yet it
now appears from Mr. Nisbet's communication to you that
they have resolved to make no inquiry themselves, and not to
credit the reports either of,the Aberdeen committee, or of the
local committees in Shetland, and consequently to grant no
further supplies. They are well satisfied in their own minds
that if they do inquire they will find the destitution so deep
and extensive as to require a large portion of the funds which
they have probably destined to a different object from that for
which they were intrusted to their charge by the subscribers.
Our committee earnestly beg that you will continue your
benevolent exertions on behalf of the starving people; and
they think it would be advisable to bring the London corn-
mittee to a point at once by requiring them to state deci-
sively whether they intend to grant any further aid. If they
refuse, or continue to temporise, you are earnestly entreated
to apply to the Treasury for a grant to save the people's lives.
The 516 bolls hourly expected from Aberdeen cannot sustain
the destitute, among whom the meal must be divided, longer
than a fortnight; so that, allowing a week to elapse before
this supply reaches the suffering districts, by the end of the
month there will be nothing to mitigate the famine. if the
treasury can be prevailed upon to interfere, they should at
once remit £l,OOO to the Aberdeen committee, and either
send a commissioner of their own appointment, or authorise
the Aberdeen committee to send one of their members over to
inspect the islands. There is nothing we court so earnestly
asinquiry."
Extract of a letter from the Rev. Thomas Barclay to a
friend in London, dated July 16:—" The cod-fishing has
utterly failed. Some vessels have not caught more than
seven in a week, and many under fifty. The statement of one
smack's fishing for a week, which has been published, is a
deception. The number delivered by the vessel in question
was a fortnight's fishing of several vessels, whose 'catch was
carried to the-turing station by one. I sincerely hope that
the London committee will relent, for, from all the accounts
I receive from the suffering districts, I am persuaded that, if
supplies do not soon come from some quarter, the grave will
furnish evidence of the famine."

Amongst the "signs of the times," Lord and Lady
Brougham and Sir Francis Burdett may be seen among
the guests at all the recent parties given by the conservative
nobility.
On the Truro railroad on Saturday week a young man,
named Mitchell, in getting off the waggons, which were
loaded with copper ore, got his frock entangled in one of the
wheels, which threw him on the rails, and the waggons passing
over him, cut him in half up the middle of his body.—Exeter
Flying Post.
HIBEnNLCtSM.—As an Irishman was leading a horse the
other day the animal broke from him and run. Some passen-
gers planted themselves in the road to stop him, which Paddy
observing, and fearing they. would frighten the horse, cried,
" By the powers, now, be any; if ye stop the baste, you'll
only be making him run the faster.-The Towns Messenger.

CORONATION SERMON.

A SERMON PREACHED AT THE CORONATION OF Hip MAJESTY
QUEEN VICTORIA, BY THE RIGHT REV. FATHER IN GOD,

CHARLES JAMES, LORD BISHOP OF LONDON.

" And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant be-
fore the Lord to walk after the Lord, and to keep his com-
mandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all
his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the
covenant which are written in this book."-2 Chronicles,
xxxiv. 31."
The king of whom the sacred historian speaks was the
young Josiah, the most pious and upright of the kings of
Judah, who aid that which was right in the sight of the Lord,
and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined
neither to the right hand nor to the left. The place where
he stood was by a pillar in the temple'at Jerusalem, where, as
we learn from another part of the history, the kings of Judah
were accustomed to stand when the high priest set the crown

on their heads, andlip:tit into their h'itncis the testimony or
volume of the law; at the covenant which Josiah made with
the Lord, on behalf of himself and his people, was, to keep
all the statutes, and to do all the commandments written in
that volume, which, after having been for many years dis-
used, neglected, and almost forgotten, had just been found by
Hilkiah, the high priest. in the house of the Lord, and had
been read aloud in the ears of the king, and all the men of
Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and
the priests and the prophets, and all the people, both small
and great. And all the people stood to the covenant.
The object of that proceeding was to bind both king and
people, by the formality of a public and united pledge, to the
performance of their duty as servants of the Most High God.
Such, also, is the purport and intent of this day's solemnity,
which invests, by the hand of God's minister, the sovereign of
a mighty empire with the emblems of authority and power;
reminds her of tier dependence upon Him who is the ruler of
the whole earth ; places in her hands the lively oracles of
truth; and binds her, by the most sacred pledges of our holy
religion, to govern the people, aright, and to " maintain the
laws of God and the true profession of the gospel."
On the other hand, the people are called upon to witness
this solemn pledge • to accept their lawful sovereign as given
them by God to rule over them; and to. promise their obe-
dienCe, affection, and respect. This august ceremony is an
open testification of the sovereign's right to the chief go-
vernment of the realm,"although that right be independent of
- it; an aneii.nt and impressive form of inducting her into the
possession of that power
and 1; Lh ; by th a enristitU
iron of this country she inherits, and which by the law of God
she holds in trust for the good of her people. But it is some-
thing more than this. It is also 9 public and joint acknow-
ledgment, on the part of both monarch and people, of the
common allegiance which they owe to the Supreme Gover-
nor of the world, who removeth and setteth up kings; who
increaseth the nations and destroyeth them. It refers to Him
as the source of all legitimate power, and to His glocy as the
proper object of its exercise; for the glory of God is concern-
ed in the well-being of his reasonable creatures; in their ful-
filment of the pmeposes. for which they were created; and it
is in order to thaFiend that He has given to mankind religion,
and government, and law.
The forms of human polity may differ, according to the cir-
cumstances which lead to their institution in different so-

cieties of men; but to whatever hands the supreme adminis-
tration of them is committed the authority which makes them
available to the ends of government is derived from God.

The powers that be are ordained of him, although the per-
sons who exercise them be not of his appointment; and so it
is, that while the sovereign of a country holds his office by
Virtue of the laws of man, he may assert his authority and
claim his appropriate honour in virtue of the laws of God.
The diadem which encircles the brow of royalty may be
placed there by human hands, and after the letter of human
compacts • butlit bespeaks a majesty of a more exalted and
transcendant kind than any agency can confer. As to the
person who is entitled to our allegiance, man's ordinances
may be our guides; but the right motive to loyal obedience

,
is this, that the power which claims it is God.
On the other hand, a recollection of this truth is the only
security for a right administration of that power, according to
the rules of equity and mercy. Those princes, and those
only, who remember from whom it is derived, will bear in
mind the putposes for which it is given, and will discharge
the duties of their high office as knowing them to be duties of
a sacred trust. A practical knowledge of his supremacy
from whom they hold their high honours and prerogatives is
the method by which princes may best consult their people's
good, and insure their submission and affection in return.
By a practical acknowledgment—we mean not merely the
solemn promise made to the chief ministers of religion, in the
presence of an assembled people, at the foot of God's altar,
to " maintain the laws of God and the true profession of the
Gospel," but a visible and consistent regard to that promise,
in directing all their acts of government, as far as in them
lies, to the promotion of piety and virtue—the exemplifying
in all its parts of that summary of kingly duty to which no-
thing need be added, and from which nothing may be omit-
ted: "Do justice; stop the growth of iniquity ; protect the
holy church of God; help and defend widows and orphans;
restore the things that are gone to decay; maintain the
things that are restored; punish and reform what is amiss;
and confirm what is in good order."
We are commanded in the word of God to submit ourselves
to our rulers for the Lord's sake, as being his ministers to us
good.for Their claim to out obediencel and respect is built
on the deepest and firmest of all foundations; but the de-
gree of readiness and affection with which that obedience is
paid will be proportioned to the desire they evince to resem-
ble bim from whom they hold their high commission, as the
friends and guides and benefactors of mankind. If it be the

office of a ciiristian teacher to inculcate the divine authority

of human governments, and the duty of a conscientious sub-
mission to the powers that be, it is not less incumbent on him
to remind those who are invested with that authority, that
they are set in the high places of the earth for the good of
those beneath them; to diffuse from their dazzling, but fear-
ful eminence, a salutary and purifying light over the whole
range' of society; to check the progress of evil, and to pro-
mote the growth of all that is good, by the influence of their
example, even more than by the exercise of their power.
We are bound to tell them, that if God has done more for

them, as, to worldly things, than for the rest of mankind, they
are thereby enabled, and will be expected, to do more for
Him. If He has advanced them to the highest pinnacle of .
earthly grandeur, they are to advance his honour and glory
by the specialmeans intrusted to them for that purpose. Of
no other individual members of the whole flimily of man-
kind can it be said, with equal truth, that they live not for
themselves alone. het for the weal and woe of others. Their
• errors, are .oei. courroeu ---
precincts of a court; but are felt through the entire frame of
society, in their effects upon the tastes, the morals, and the
habits of the people at large.
Nor is it, in general, so necessary to impress upon subjects
the duty of obedience and respect to their rulers, as it is to
recommend condescension and kindness on the part of rulers
towards their subjects They are too highly exalted, too
completely removed from everything like competition or
rivalry, to excite a feeling of envy in those beneath them;
while the outward circumstances of their state, their power,
and privileges, and the visible glory of their regality, will in-
sure submission and deference from the great bull: of man-
kind. But those very circumstances, added to an unlimited
command over the sources of enjoyment, and the absence of
-contradiction and control, are but too likely to make them
forget their essential equality, as moral and accountable
agents, as servants of Jesui Christ, with those from whom
they are so widely separated by the accident of birth. It is,
therefore, the more important that they should be continually
reminded of that word of divine truth, which is not changed
nor weakened in its application by any wordly distinctions
whatever—" He bath showed thee, 0 man, what is good. And
What loth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to
love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God." Justice,
mercy, and meekness, as they are the weightier matters of
the law, and the fruits of a Christian faith, are the brightest
gems in an earthly crown, and set off, to unspeakable advan-
tage, the factitious ornaments of dignity and splendour.
This is not the occasion, nor is this the place, for offering
the homage of praise to the living, nor would it be consistent
with the duty of Christ's ambassador to heap, with unmerited
incense, the shrine of departed greatness; but it is impossible
for me to witness the recurrence of this solemnity, after so
short an interval of time, without pausing for a moment to
render the tribute of deserved respect to the memory of a So-
vereign, the leading features of whose character, as King of
this country, corresponded to the threefold requirement of
God's word.
a.An honest desire to do impartial justice to all his servants
and subjects ; a prompt and enlarged benevolence; a willing
condescension and kindness; a careful observance of all the
ordinances of religion; a sense of his own weakness and de-
pendence upon God, and a reliance upon the merits of his
Saviour, which consoled and supported him in the valley of
the shadow of death—these qualities, especially when viewed
with reference to an education but ill adapted to prepare him
for the duties of the trials of royalty, may well be remembered
with an affectionate regret, softening, yet not impairing, the
feelings of joyful exultation with which we hail the accession
of a Princess, called to the seat of imperial power in all the
freshness and fulness of youthful hope and promise.
May -the bright and almost cloudless sunrise which now
gilds our horizon be succeeded by a lengthened day of pro-
sperity and happiness! May it be long before the Sovereign
who now ascends the throne of her ancestors with every cir-
cumstance of gladness and splendour, shall be summoned to
enter into that world where all earthly distinctions of rank and
honour are unknown ! But the change must one day be
made, and ought ever to be kept in view. Let itbe our prayer
that, when it comes, she may have deserved the praise awarded
by the inspired historian to the good Josiah. The burthen
of that praise was not a "long reign; a calm and quiet de-
parture out of life; the settled establishment of a throne; the
overthrow of foreign enemies; or the wise prevention of in-
ward danger—for all this may be the boast of those who have
no part in the joys of. Heaven ;"—but this simple and com-
prehensive record, that, " Like unto him there was no king
before him, that turned unto the Lord with all his heart, and
with all, his soul, and with all his might.
In that prayeris comprised every wish for the best and most
enduring interests of both sovereign and people. The Word
of God and the history of his providential government warrant
the conclusion, that religion is the true secret of national hap-
piness and honour, and the religious state of every country
must be greatly influenced by the religion of its ruler. " Them
that honour me," saith the Lord, " Cwill honour." A steady
adherence to the true faith—a determined upholding of that
Church which is its depository and dispenser--a devout use
'of all its means of grace—a living exemplification of its holy
precepts—will bring down upon God's anointed servant an
abundant measuie of his blessing—will insure to her (and
nothing else can insure it) a nation's abiding loyalty and love
—and will revive with augmented lustre under his protection
the ancient but not forgotten glories of a female reign-s-the
glories, not of outward magnificence, nor of successful war,
nor of enlarged dominion—but the peaceful and durable
• glories of internal improvement and stability—faction ex-
tinguished, dissensions healed, commerce extynded, learning
and the arts encouraged, the Church reformed and strength-
ened, the pure Gospel preached to all the people of the land,
and the consequent growth of every thing that is lovely and of
good report.
Let the united prayers of this assembly and of a whole pee-
ple ascend before the mercy-seat of God, beseeching bins to
govern the heart of our Queen, and to give her all the graces
necessary for so high a trust; that she may place her whole
reliance upon him, and in all things seek his honour and
glory, and the advancement of her Saviour's kingdom, and
the ',rood of her people, and finally receive "the crown of life,
which the Lord bath promised to them that love him "

AMUSING ANECDOTE.—We have heard the following
amusing anecdote of Marshal Soult's visit to Manchester:—
" An old soldier, in the employ of a manufacturing firm
which the marshal visited, expressed great anxiety to shake
hands with him, and being gratified, alleged the following
reason for his request: —That he had been in the Rifle
Brigade in the Peninsular war, and had covered the marshal
fifteen or sixteen times with his piece, without being able to
bring him down, and was anxious now to settle accounts
amicably with his former enemy !—Journal.
NOVEL GAME AT BILLIARDS.—The Paris Jockey Club, it
seems, has lately invented a singular amusement. Two
amateurs made a bet that they would play a game at billiards
on horseback ! The grand difficulty, however, appeared to
be that of getting the horses un stairs to the billiard-room.
A recent attempt had quite failed to make the horses walk up
the staircase of the Theatre Francais. in order to draw the
car of Caligula on the stage. l'he horses of the Jockey
Club were, however, lighter, and better trained, and they
succeeded. accordingly. In the ante-room they had worsted
stockings put on, to deaden the noise of their iron shoes,
The players then mounted, cane in band, and the game com-
menced. The time allotted was four hours; and the game
(12 points) were won in twenty minutes within the limited
period, the loser snaking ten points. Considering the nu-
merous difficulties, this was certainly a great effort of skill.
The horses jumped, danced, jibbed, and took every advan-
tage of their riders having both hands engaged while trying
to strike the ball.