172] ANNUAL REGISTER, J813. 



Basle, and intermediate places, and 

 proceeded on their march to the 

 French frontier, observing the 

 strictest order and discipline. The 

 Swiss regular troops retired, and 

 the militia expected to be disem- 

 bodied, and no act of hostihty oc- 

 curred. Count Bubna entered Bern 

 on December 24th, with a strong 

 body of cavalry, and on that day 

 a revolution took place by which 

 the ancient government of that 

 canton was re-established, with the 

 acclamations of the people ; and it 

 was not doubted that the other 

 cantons would follow the exam- 

 ple. 



The fate of Saxony is left un- 

 determined, and it is probable 

 that its sovereign will be one of 

 the principal sufferers for the part 

 taken in the contests of the year. 

 The government has for the pre- 

 sent been conferred upon prince 

 Repnin, who, on December 9th, 

 made a speech to the deputies of 

 all the colleges of the administra- 

 tion at Dresden, in which he ac- 

 quainted them, that the allied so- 

 vereigns had ordained that the 

 kingdom of Saxony should be go- 

 verned in their names until a ge- 

 nerar peace; and that the conti- 

 nued enmity shown by the Saxon 

 government to their cause till the 

 last moment, had obliged them to 

 take this step. 



Frankfort has the pleasing pros- 

 pect of being restored to its ancient 

 prosperity and independence in the 

 vicissitude of events. The high 

 powers who have honoured it with 

 their presence, published, on De- 

 ceinber lith, an ordinance, by 

 which the city with the teiTitory 

 formerly belonging to it is declared 

 a separate government, with a free 

 constitution peculiar to itself, un- 

 der their protection. 



The electorate of Hanover has 

 obtained an addition of territory 

 by the annexation of the prin- 

 cipality of Hildesheim, in virtue of 

 a convention between the king of 

 Prussia and the Prince Regent of 

 England. The Prince, in an ad- 

 dress to the inhabitants, in the 

 name of king George III. informs 

 them of the change which it styles 

 the most desirable and natural state 

 for them, their country being sur- 

 rounded on almost all sides by the 

 German provinces of his house, 

 which it resembled in usages and 

 ancient constitution, and of which 

 it once, for more than a century, 

 made a part. It is probable they 

 will not find themselves losers by 

 the transfer. It seems to be in- 

 tended that the electorate shall 

 henceforth be the residence of a 

 prince of the blood as its governor. 

 The duke of Cambridge has been 

 appointed to that office, who made 

 his entrance into Hanover on De- 

 cember 19th,accompaniedbycount 

 Munster, and was received with 

 every demonstration of the public 



Mention has already been made 

 of an exhortatory address from an 

 Austrian minister to the Tyrolese, 

 for the purpose of rendering them 

 tranquil during the present state of 

 things. It was doubtless suggested 

 by an indication of some revolu- 

 tionary movements, and it after- 

 wards appeared that they were not 

 to be suppressed by such means. 

 A hatred to the Bavarian dominion, 

 and a desire to return under that 

 of Austria, seem to have been the 

 incitements which drew a number 

 of young men from the valleys of 

 the Tyrol, who set up the standard 

 of insurrection, and advancing to 

 Inspruck, attacked the Bavarian 

 troops in that capital, and obtained 



