The Statesman.
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with other Powers, it shall be left to the decision of
the Confederation to take part in it or not, on• the
proposition of the Power which shalt make war.
10. The German Princes equally renounce the
right of making war upon each other, and submit
bur differences to a judicial decision, 'which shall be
given conjointly by the Council of the Directors of
Circles, and a Tribunal of the Confederation, ac-
cording to the regillations which shall he determined
upert. The-tribunal-established. for this purpose shalt.
decide al,o on the complaints which shall be hroeglit
before it, concerning the viola'itais of the conditions
of the contract in different parts of the country.
11. The federal compact itself establishes the ne-
cessity of a Constitution of the States in each coun-
try, • which is a Member of the Confederation, and
it fixes a minimum of the rights of the States; but
every country in particular is left at liberty not only
to grant more extensive rights to its States, but
also to give them a Constitution adapted to the usages
and the nature of the country, or to the character of
its inhabitants.

12. The federal compact fixes certain rights which
every German must enjoy without constraint in every
part of Germany ; for example, that of emigrating
under certain restrictions, of engaging in the military
or civil service of other German States.
These two last articles leave Austria and Prussia at
liberty to attend in their execution to the extent of
their dominions, which include counties that are ea
part of the German Confederation.

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LONDON:

FRIOAY, JANUARY 6, 1815.

We have Paris Journals to the 3d, Brussels to the
same sate, and Frankfort Gazettes to the 30th ult.
We were led by previous acco.ints from Vienna, to
su'pend our expectation of authentic intelligence re-
garding the arrangements of the Congress, until the
25th or '26th. The communications from that city
in the Paris Papers are only to the 23d ; but the
Frankfort Gazelles give an Extract from the Chro-
nicle of the Congress, dated Vienna, Dec. 26, which
stales that the atfairs of Germany were going on in
the most desirable manner, and the 'frau Gazellc
gives the Articles of the new Germanic Constitution,
.as proposed to Congress by the Powers principally
interested in the decision of its fate—namely, Ain*
Iris, Prussia, Hanover, Bavaria, and Wirtemberg.
likvin,g given these articles at length, we shall refer
tIrA 'at. present without comment. Russia and
Prussia seem to have, digested their plans to some
purpose previous to entering the Congressional
Assembly. No doubt whatever, is any longer en-
tertained of the definitive annexation of Saxony to
Prussia' notwithstanding all the protests upon the
subject ; and it is daily becoming no less certain that
Poland will be governed by a Russian Viceroy. The
articles from Vienna repeat the statement of an in-
tended matrimonial union between the Archduke
CHARLES and the Grand Duchess CATHARINE of
!I RUSSIA, with the addition that they %sill hold their
Court at Warsaw, and that Poland, in that event,

will be placed under a mixed Russian and Austrian ,1
Government. It is also reported, that the Belgic
nation is to be extended to the Rhine; and all the 1
I
necessary arrangements of amity and alliance are ,
stated to have been concluded between Austria, l
1 Prussia, Bavaria, end Wirtemberg, I
I. Some of these reports cannot be true; they em-
brace points that will never be yielded but by corn- I
, pulsion of the most forcible' kind by the parties
t ' whose honour and interests they materially affect.
I There is much reason to apprehend that France, in-'I
stead of tamely looking upon the enlargement of the
I kingdom of Belgium, by such an eVension into her I,
i former possessions, will put in her claim, backed by
1 the great military force she is now preparing, to the
whole of the Netherlands, and urge, in its justifica-
tion, the ettlargen4ut of that ambitious and danger-
'
'bat ,ival Prussia, and,the aggrandisements of the
1 other powers. Our 'Ministers, in the midst of all
these great objects and contentions, and the nea a
of the necessary peace with America, are looking
very small on the Continent. Oar good Allies begin
to fear that we cannot pay much longer for the con-
tinuance of the Congress, and of affairs as they are;
yet are in no haste to relieve us from the berthen of
maintaining the immense hosts who are rioting in our
1 hard-earned means.
, I It is officially announced that the State of Genoa
is to form an integral part of the dominions of the
' King of SARDINIA.

The PPANCI: REGENT of Portugal, bring desirous
that his " faithful vassals" may share in the 'nippy
COTISCZI uelices of the cessation of hostilities in Europe,
though he himself took care to run very little risk in
the efforts which .have brought about this extraordi-
nary change, has published a Decree, directing that
his said vassals in Europe " shall enjoy, as soon as
possible, the great benefit and advantage of free com-
munication with all nations." The Edict to this ef-
fect is issued from Rio Janeiro, and runs in this
way :—" I have been pleased to order, that the
ports of my States, from the date of this my Royal
Decree, shall ndmit the entry of the ships of all na-
tions that may be presented before them, and the de•
parture of the same, whatever destination they may
have received, that as much as possible the friendly
relations and reciprocal interests with their respec-
tive countries may be re-established."

We have advices from Norway, commenirating
some further modifications of the Constitution form-
ed in May, when that country declared itself inde-
pendent, as was flattered with the prospect of a dis-
tinct national will and character. We know hew
independence and Constitutions are frittered away
under false. semblances, when a .ROzereign Sway is
established over the minds and actions of a people. 7--
I The article which makes us ucrptainted with these
allocations in the Constitution of Norway will evince
the specious nature of the policy which has subverted
Norwegian freedom. The Paper. (in the Danish
language) which furnishes the article in question con-
tains an introduction, sirtting generally the authority
over the two Kingdoms as TPeted in the rciguillg
tio-
vereien of Siseden. This is followed by a recapito-
!aqui% of the principal Articles 9f the former Consti-
tution, classed under the respective heads of Reli.
gion, the Royal Family, the Diet, Commerce, &c.
Ste. and two 'new Articles ate supq-added, by the
one of which a National Bunk. is to be eslablisited
exclusively for Norway, and by the other It is pro-

•
tided, that the Flag for the purposes of trade shat
be distinguished as the ancient Norwegian Bannerf
but that the flag for the concerns of war shall he
those of Norway and Sweden united. The funda•
mental law is :hen recognized in a short letter f!.”11
the Svvedisli Commissioners, in which they accept the
Constitution in the name of their Monarch; and the
whole is closed by a Declaration of the Line of Sur.
cession, which is determined in favour of JOHN
CHARLES (BEHNADOTrr.) OiCAn his son, on
demise of the present occupant of the throne of
•
Sweden.

Tuesday evening Mr. SttAwv, the King's Me'.
senger, attired in Downing-street, dispatches
frr.sn Uhent.

The Hereditary Prince of WIRTEMBERG was mar.
vied on the Stib of June, Is )8, to tho Prince*s
CHARLOTTE AGGII3TA, daughter of t s.f (iv.
'TAMA ; but wry are sepatht d, and a divorce Ices
been obtained, or is i• 1 iirogrei*. The tnartiige of
the Pittxtce thetrfor,,. with the I/ache:is of OLDEN.
Bur.Gs is balikTed.to beiptded.
'lt was said-.in some Papers yesterday, that the
plate wrought as a prevent, to the value of ‘200,0/JOl,
to the Doke of WEi.t.itvirvoN from the Nam Re.
gent Of PORTUGAL, is manufactured by Italian artists.
We have the p.rticutars through the medium of st
Genii-man who saw the workmen engaged upon it
at Lisbon, mid he a•ittres us Etat it is executed un-
der the direction of M. VIEIRA, a celebrated painter
attached to the Bragatiza establishment, who, from
patriotic motive*, has employed the native Purim.
geese artisans only 'upon it. It is exquisitely beau-
tiful, ind•is suited to accommodate at table fr,ua six
to sixty persons. The sets are in sixes, and to at
multiplication of that number up to 60, they .are
complete in their centre-pieces and appropr iateembel-
lishments. The candlesticks are composed of spears,
the triumphal arches are decorated it:s banners and
weapons of war, and every distinct piece is of a
tary character.

A general Brevet promotion, it is said, is imme.
diately to take place in the Army, secording to
which, all Captains down to 1815, inclusive, are to
have the rank of Major. The new commissions to
be dated from the Ist of Jan. 1815.

. On the arrival of a division of the French forces
to take possession of Martinicine and Guadeloupe,
the tnen belonging to the 3d battalion orthe &nit re.
gimeut had deserted in great number,, but General.
LINDSAY had entered into a negotiation witiv the
French Commandant, to give up•all deserters on
both aides, which was notified by Proclamation in.
the Martinique Gaze tie.

JCIIN LIYESEY, ESQ. of Stourtnn-inal,
shire, has, in consirl6ratiet of the extreme pressure
of the tinws, signified his inteutiun of reducing the
rents of his tenants one-third.

We understand that the Portugese intercourse
with the East Indies is very much extended. For_
merly only two or three ships were employedle the
China, and double that number in the Bengal trade.
Now we ore informed, that thew are twelve ships en.
gaged in the ..ne, and twenty-four in the other.
Through r.,41 int .rtnediate cheunel we had accounts
yesterday from Fortugal, and we are sorry to be
obliged to contradict the favourable representation
that was g7ten of the quantity and quality of the
produce of the vineyards. It was said to he both
abundant in one respect rind most excellent in the
other. The truth is, that in each particular it Is de-
ficient.

A valuable interchange has been made at the
eastern and western extremities of the globe. The
Maranham Cotton, cultivated so abundantly in the
Brazils, has been transplanted into the East Indies,
and the experiment has been attended with groat soc-
cess. Under the patronage of the• Prime Minister
A RAM)°, a number oft ea plants withChinesegardeners
have been imported into the Brazils, and the planta-
tions formed under their management afford every
prospect of a rich harvest from that important vegeta-
ble. The decoction prepared from this exotic is said
to be equal to that produced.frum the commodity on
its native soil.

PA RIR. DEC. 31.—Sir lIENRY WELLESLEY has
this moment arrived from Madrid, after an uninter-
rupted journey of fourteen days, passing throug:t
Vittotia he waited on the wife of the gallant Gen.
01. Av %, to whom he gave some consolatory informs.
tion respecting her husband. Sir EinNitY travelled in
an English harnoch, accompanied by Mr. Kits'sLev,
a medical Gentleman attached to his Embassy, and
an Officer in the Spanish uniform, of the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel ; passing through the Sierras
they saw several bands of armed then, who wide:-
standing who the travellers were, not only suffered
them to pass unmolested, but cheered them by re-
peated virrts--:the brother of the Duke of •WEL-
LINGTON had nothing to fear. His E‘relleacy looks
rental ',ably well, he is considerably teller than the
Doke, and hears n very prepossessing appearance.—
To-morrow, Sunday, he will be presented to his Ma.
jesty, and, no doubt, will add to the brilliant aF-
semblage on the New Year's day fete. We beer that
Csrsitirm VAv.sl N, Isq. Secretary of Embacsy
(assisted iy Mr. A. lirtesE), remain in charge of the
husittess of the Embassy, pro tempore. Sir lIFNRV
proceeds to England, it ts:said, by the' way of Bres.
seis —Yesterday Was married at the parochial church
II of St. Denis' and subseqnently at the Eugli•h
sador's Chapel, Major-General the ifot.'li. Capri.
i.brother-in-law to the Rid of Eastx, to DOHA Ban-
; &ARITA NlOaturrt, late of Cadiz, niece to the BrI•
Oilier of that name, who accorupanied her to Pani•.
happy to escape the persecution of his beloved Save
tl reign and Master. Brigadier Warm is well know•
to the ()dicers of the British army for •his musical
Clients, his conviviality, and attachment to the Bri-
tish ; the latter quality gained him no favour in the
" Secreturio de Guerra of Madrid."—We hear that
the Generals DOYLE, WILITTINpIIMS,
DOWNIE, are in high favour at that Court.

On Tuesday last a numerous and respectable Meet-
ing of the Parish of Clerkenwell was held at S!
James's Church, fur the purpose of taking into con•
sideration the propriety of petitioning Pag!iAme,i:
against that oppressive and obnoxious tax, the Trt
upon Income,. which they unanimously carried, Wi
stro.l Resolutions.