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standing between Russia and the 

 Porte, in regard to which the 

 German journals had furnished 

 some very detailed articles. The 

 following is a correct statement, 

 which contains some very im- 

 portant facts: — 



The Ottoman government could 

 not have either occasioned or ap- 

 proved the execution of Czerny 

 Georges, because it took place a 

 few hours after he had entered the 

 Ottoman territory. It is not 

 known what act of madness had 

 engaged this unfortunate man to 

 take the step which cost him his 

 life ; he appears to have been be- 

 trayed by some of his country- 

 men. In every case he has brought 

 on his death. Before the Empe- 

 ror of Russia could have been 

 informed of the catastrophe, and 

 on the first intimation of the rash 

 intention, his Majesty issued a 

 circular order, declaring in case 

 Czerny Georges removed from his 

 asylum, or passed the Russian 

 frontiers, the personal protection 

 granted to him should be with- 

 drawn, and his Russian dignities 

 retracted. When the affair was 

 known at Constantinople, the 

 Russian Ambassador could not 

 have the least doubt about the 

 manner in which the Court viewed 

 the affair : so it is certain that 

 neither Baron Strokonoff, nor the 

 Russian Cabinet had taken the 

 least steps relative to the afl'air. 

 The account of the sending a cou- 

 rier from Peiersburgh with the 

 demand of a categorical declara- 

 tion, and the menace of an imme- 

 diate rupture, is not only a vague 

 report, but a premeditated false- 

 hood. The corps of General Ben- 

 ningsen was never called an army 



of observation, nor has it received 

 any reinforcement. 



On the 18th of October the an- 

 niversary of the battle of Leipsic 

 was celebrated with the greatest 

 enthusiasm in some of the nor- 

 thern cities of Germany, as the 

 era of their emancipation from the 

 French yoke, and the commence- 

 ment of their glory and independ- 

 ence. The German muse was 

 called into the service of patriot- 

 ism on the occasion, and both the 

 Hamburgh and Bremen papers 

 contain some of her most willing, 

 if not her happiest effusions. Fes- 

 tive meetings and appropriate ser- 

 vices of religious thanksgiving 

 distinguished the day. The city 

 of Hamburgh, which had suffered 

 most from French tyranny, and 

 gained most by the victory of 

 Leipsic, seems to have been in- 

 spired with proportional joy and 

 gratitude. 



Later public intelligence says — 

 The festival of the 18th of Oc- 

 tober, celebrated by the German 

 students at Wartburg, was very 

 fine. The number of students as- 

 sembled, particularly from the 

 northern universities, amounted 

 to 500. Early on the morning of 

 the 18th they proceeded to Wart- 

 burg, with music playing and co- 

 lours flying, where a speech was 

 made to them in the hall of the 

 bards. Before this, they sung 

 "Our God is a strong tower;" 

 and after it, " the hymn, " Let 

 us all thank God." Then they went 

 to dinner, and afterwards returned 

 to the town to attend divine ser- 

 vice. There was afterwards a 

 species of tournament ; and to- 

 wards the evening they proceeded 

 with torches to a neighbouiing 

 H 8 hill. 



