The Sun. — London, England, 1824-09-08 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Petpers, &pt. 8. [THE Tarts.] - The Storthing, or Pirliament of Norway, was prorogued by the King on the 9th ult. The speech from the throne, and that in reply to it by the President, have been published at length ; they are of a mingled character, containing many expressions of mutual good-will ; but betraying, in regard to aluestion of the highest interest,and under the forms of superabundant courtesy and decorum, a feeling on one side of deep dissatis faction, and on the other, of calm and resolute self-respect. Tine King has repeatedly urged upon the Storthing, the necessity of granting, what the constitution of Norway has refused, an absolute veto to the Sovereign. This prerogative appears,indeed,at first sight, to be essential to the existessse of a kingly Government; since without it the Prince is excluded from even a negative shire in the power of legislation. This, however, is more the aspect of things as they appear upon the sur face, than when they are thoroughly understood. • Can the veto ever be exercised without produc 'sig.:the most lively agitation throughout the country ; or without placing the Sovereign in open and manifest opposition to the wishes of his sub. jects ) the great body of whom would on such an occasion make common cause with their .repre sentatives ? In England, where the veto is abso lute, who, for u whole century, has ever seen it brought into play ? What Minister would dare to recommend to his Sovereign the employment of so odium a power ? We are the more sur prised at King Charles John of Sweden at taching such infinite importance to this pre rogative, because he has shown himself in many instances a man of practical sense, and capable of discriminating betwixt real and fic titious value. Whatever difference ►nay exist in the attributes of their executive governments, a limited monarchy, and an absolute repub lic, curie nearer to each other in the nature and distribution of their legislative powers, than men in general have supposed. In both it is the'na ,,tional feeling which legislates, and the interposi tion of a veto, except in cases where public opi nion is much divided, would carry with it such an air of separate interests and objects from those of the nation, that the person exercising the royal authority would hardly wish to make the same use of it again. The desire expressed by Charles John for the institution of orders of nobility among his subjects appears upon the face of it to be more consistent with the real wants of a Constitutional Monarchy ; but there, likewise, the States of Norway have shown little deference to the Royal solicitation. On the closing of this session the King admits that many useful laws have been passed, and is in his turn congratu lated by the Storthing on the increasing prospe. rity and general happiness of the Norwegian people. • . [NEw Ttstv.s.)• We yesterdity. received New York Papers to so very recent a date as - the 17th ult. They abound in matter of very great interest. Among the facts which they positively state are the recapture of Lima and Callao by Bolivar, the entry of Bravo into Guadalaxara, and La Serna's resignation of the 'Viceroyalty of Peru. The last-mentioned fact was quite unlooked for ; but it is very ra tionally explained. General La St'rna had re eived the Proclamation of King Ferdinand annulling all appointments made during the prevalence of the authority of the Cortes : and as the General's own nomination as Viceroy had taken place during that period, he considered that the King's Proclamation bound hint to give up his authority. It seems ge nerally believed that Iturbide has proceeded to the Pacific, to land on a part of the coast where his friends are most powerful. An arrival in America of nor quite so much political import ance is that of General Lafayette, who landed nt New York on the 15th ult. lie was of course received with many tokens of respect ; and it would have been extraordinary if the Americans bad not paid particular honour to an old man and a foreigner, whose name is so closely associated with the foundation of their Republic. One con ciusiou from the old General's voyage is irresist ible : it is that the cause of Liberalism in Paris is utterly defunct, and annihilated. Nothing but desperation could have made General Lafayette sacrifice the pleasures of La belle France to dwell among the Duhhiltinse of New England. [BRITISH PR ISS.] , ' The last accounts from Brazil bring us further intelligence with respect to the extraordinary and suspicious alarm which Den Pedrois spread. lug in that country, under the pretence of an expected armament from Portugal. All COM. mercial transactions were paralysed, and the whole power of the State was concentrated in the hands of the Emperor. The General Assembly of Brazilian Deputies held their first sitting on the 21st of June, but his imperial Majesty did not Condescend to favour them with his august pre tence. De is watched with the utmost suspicion, his whole time being spent in endeavours to in gratiate himself with the army, to whom he gives splendid entertainments, at which he contrives to attend in person, though he could not find time to wait upon the National Legislature. It is so sinFular that he should be acting in this twiner just when, if he had concerted measures with Don Miguel, he would be expecting daily to hear the result of the treasonable outrage aguiast their Itoyal Father, that we cannot divest ourselves of th e op i n i on th a t the Infiniti of Por tugal are brothers hi feeling and principle as witch as iu blood. [MORNING HERALD.] On looking through the file of Pipers, which we received by the last packet from Buenos ,Ayres, we find them chiefly taken up with Euro pean intelligence. it is, however, not difficult to glean from the occasional discussions which they Contain upon the►ir domestic affairs, that party feeling is still carried to au extreme degree amongst them. The new Congress is composed of Members of every party that has distracted the Republic since the year 1815, and a want of harmony is the natural consequence. The possession of the Executive Power seems to be the prize for which they contend, and hence the slightest incident is taken advantage of for exciting distrust in the public mind against the existing Ministers. It is the ►misfortune of all the South American Governments, that their Executives are very imperfectly organized, and want that vigour, and, from frequent changes, that experience, which are so necessary to their civil and political consolidation. Buenos Ayres, unhappily, is not an exception to this remark, though at the same time it presents some proofs of au approach towards internal order, which are not without importance. A law has been passed for regulating the Liberty of the Press, which enacts severe penalties indeed against licentious ness, but is upon the whole founded upon wise and liberal principles. The army is also repre sented to be in an efficient state, and,to be well clothed and paid, though it has been of late chiefly and vainly employed in causing the frontiers to be respected by the savages, who infest the interior. A proposition has been made in Congress for entering into treaties with them, and purchasing from them, after the example of the United States, those tracts of country to whicl► they can show a just claim.— Although Buenos Ayres has been virtually inde pendent for upwards of fourteen years, yet it still wants a body of laws for the regulation of the various transactions between man and man. We merely mention this fact in order to give a just idea of the degree of civilization at which that State has already arrived. It has nothing to do with the question of independence, for that is decided, and will remain so, by the utter debility of the parent country, which increases in the same ratio that the energies of the new States are gathering strength and unfolding their inexhaust ible resources. Emontimo ros.rd French Papers to the 6th inst., and the Elate of Monday, reached us last night by Express. They contain fresh details of the triumphs of the Greeks, which are no longer denied in , any quar ter, " The sea," says an article from Corfu, given by the Journal des Mbals, " is once more covered with the wrecks of the Ottoman fleet, and the shores of the Archipelago 'resound with cries of ' Victory to the Cross !"l'he intrepid Canaria, the hero of Greece, set the Turkish fleet on fire during the night of the 24th and 2.5 th of this month (July), and only the Captain Paella with a small number of his vessels, succeeded in es coping and taking refuge in the Gulf of Smyrna. This is briefly what we have learned on the subject of this great catastrophe. Greece shall be free by her own means." This evidently relates to the second action which had been mentioned some days since in the Moniteur, and it is corroborated by the fact already stated from various quarters, that the Captain Pacha, with part of his fleet, had retired to the waters of Smyrna. If the pre. vious accounts are collated together, it will ap. pear that the dispersiou of the Ottoman armament must have been complete, for some of the ships bud been met flying in the direction of Samos, whilst others had sought shelter at Enos in the vicinity of the Dardanelles. The military career of the new Captain Podia may therefore be con sidered as terminated. It has been nearly os sanguinary, and fully as short as that of his predecessors. Success smiled upon him at first, as it did upon the others, but it only led to equal barbarities, and Providence has not permitted that men who remained insatiate with blood, and to whom the sacrifices of the past could not teach mercy, should escape condign punish went. If any difference has been made, it has been one of a personal nature, The Pacha who purposely gave up the whole population of Scio to the flames and to the sword, perish ed a few days after, and his ship was blown into atoms with all its crew. The present Commander, who wished, but could not restrain the furious cruelty of his troops, has seen them all destroyed, and many of his vessels con. sunned, but has personally escaped. There is therefore a measure in the chastisement inflicted, and this duo apportionment of justice may be re garded us an additional proof, if any were want ing, that this great contest for Liberty and Reli. gion proceeds under the especial guidance of the Almighty, and can no more he checked by the brute force and wild daring of the Infidels, than by the open indifference, or secret hostility of Christian Powers. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] In these days, when a restless spirit of inquiry and doubt Seems to prevail to so alarming an event, and when the most revered opinions are challenged with unblushing audacity, It is peat. Harty gratifying to observe, the tenacity with which a part of our follow-citizens here and there still cling to the " wisdom of our ancestors." In the account of an inquest on the death of a man in Birmingham, who became it 1114140 from an apprehension of Hydrophobia, which appeared in this Paper on Saturday last, a Mr. Alcock, painter, states, that be " discovered the feet of the unfortunate man sticking straight out of an iron furnace or vat. Witness, with the assistance of others, pulled the unfortunate man out. He was not then dead, but expired a few minutes at*. terwards. The vat was more, than half full of blood and water ' • when witness pulled the unf or . innate man out of the vat, a number of persons, instead of lending a helping hand, kept calling out " Come away, take care of yourself, you'll be bit." The opinion that a man who has been bit by a mad dog, will in turn bite every thing animate or in animate that comes in his way, and thereby com municate the madness to the former, and that if a dog not mad bite a person, should the dog chance afterwards to become rabid, the bitten person will become rabid also,----has been handed down from the remotest antiquity, and is deeply rooted in a large class of his Majesty's subjects. Prudent people, who did not employ their rea son in questioning received opinions. but as a guide to their actions, used to take the precau tion of killing every dog that. bit them, by way of guarding against its possible madness at some future period, and the consequent derange- meat of their own precious 'lntellect. The question is not whether the opinion entertained by these people is or is not well founded ; but whe ther an opinion, which has such iv deep root in the general mind, can be shaken without impair ing that respect for,received opinions, destroying that'deference to authority, which is so essential to the well-being of society. Supposing that a man who has been bitten will not be disposed to bite again, one of the lower orders must either take this on your authority, which would merely be substituting one authority for another, or you must reason him out of his opinion, by a tedious argumentative process. But the mode of reason ing employed to overturn one opinion may be employed to shake other opinions, and thus for what would at most save perhaps a dozen of people in a year, a habit of doubt may be en gendered in a people, from which innumerable calamities may spring. The danger to which a spirit of cavilling and doubt may give rise has been ndmirably developed by the Abb6 de la Mennais, tie late Editor of the Drapeau Blanc, in his ingenious Essay on Indifference. " We have only to look around us (he says) to perceive that the moral world subsists only by authority, the universal means of knowledge, society, and life. As God spoke to the first father, the father speaks to the child, and the child believes the father, as the father originally believed the Deity; and here still there is union and society, because there is knowledge, love of the same truths, and submission to the order derived from them. Bence, and always according to the same law, is formed the reason of families, the reason of nations, the reason o f t h e human race, of which the testimony becomes the infallible gua r ran tee of. the purity of the primitive traditions which it pre serves, and which it could not lose without losing, at the same time, language, thought, and life. Authority is then, both the only foundation of truth, and the only means of order and happiness." • The Holy Alliance, fully persuaded of the sound. ness of these views, deeply lament the disposition to question opinions that have received the sanc tion of ages, which prevails at present in so many foreign Universities. The President of the Diet's Speech, which we gave at full length a few days ago, demonstrated, in the most satisfactory man ner, that the habit of examining opinions is the most dangerous that can be communicated to a people, that error is prvferble to inquiry, and that we ought scrupulously to abstain from shaking the general confidence in traditional notions.— There is no doubt much truth in all this : but our fear is, that in reasoning in favour of blind defer ence to authority, the very habit may be created which it is wished to discourage. It has been observed, that whenever a Judge otTers reasons in support of his judgments, he invites examination of them. It would, perhaps, be better to proceed quietly against the Press and the Universities, and to trust to the natural indolence of mankind for the rest. ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. On Sunday last, llr. rittEREToN in the copied apartments at the house of a young gentleman, who oc. put a period to his existence, un. d E e d r g t e h w e a f r o ? , r n o w a i d n ,a d t t i e s i t n r e p s t s e i t t i l his connexio ns arc hi g hl y respectable. Being designed for the The youth is, i t seems , a native of the North of Ireland, where g to circumstances : legal prof ess i on , h e was ' entere d o f the M iddle Temple about two years ago, but unfortunately black letter was less attrac stievsegetdhatn)r b a e n lle a s r - d l e e n tt t re i s m , ai a g nti a l i s o c n on w c i r a tant fascinations. Pos. verging towards folly, li e eagerly plunged enjoy ment of almost every species of dissip at i on . I n a s h ort t i me into generosity the of temper the youn g gentleman found himself 'numbered with such a weight of debt, that he could see no prospect of escaping . a prison, but as his prospects darkened he plunged still deeper into the vortex of dissipation. For some time the stroke of fate was withheld by the exercise of the numberless strate.gems which suggest themselves to a needy man beset by craving duns; but it fell at last in the shape of an ex ec ution consequence being was a coin n n for a very consider a bl e sum o f money, for the payment of which n th e eL e 07: unhappysno provision.y nit 'I ng l l i i l e an thrown into the' l c whichco fin s e o t ri s e e n n t . , Fleet; but the subsequent events produced by that circum stance are happily not solfaablyellidare.spo%niar e i!! e y n s h i e b a v e t l'ict ed way to his n the ti l enlct iiti tu al powers, that the doctors declared, unless some very speedy means were adopted to effect his libera tion from prison, a total derangement of the mental powers must Infallibly take place. In this painful dilenana a friend came forward, who generously settled th e d eman d , and the unconscious invalid w as transferred to his present apartments ; but unfortunately the interposition came too late—extreme irritation of mind produced a high fever, during which the already-tottering seat of reason received a complete overthrow. In this state he lingered for nearly a month, still soothed by the unabated effects of true friendship, together with the best me dical aid. As the disorder was apparently conquered, sonic faint hopes were entertained of a general amendment of men tal as well as bodily health, by change of scene, &c.; but these fond anticpations have been sadly blighted. On Sunday morning, after having drank twine soda-water, he complained of drowsiness, and begged the nurse (with that craft peculiar to insanity) to quit the room for an hour or two, when the doc tor was expected. The woman made no hesitation in complying, as she beli eve d h e rea ll y did nee d repose, h av i ng slept little time previous night. The physician generally made his visit at one o'clock, but, on this occason, it so happened that he was com pelled by other claims to call an hour earlier. The street-door was opened by is servant,antl the doctor walked directly to the sick room,which he found fast. The nurse appeared,and stated the re quest of the invalid,but was equally surprised and terrified on find ing the dour locked within. The truth flashed on the minds of both at once; the door was forced open, and a dreadful spectacle pre sented itself to their view; the unfortunate young man was stretched on the floor, close to the bedside, literally steeped in his own blood, which flowed rapidly from a deep wound In the neck. Life was fast verging to a close; but as the pulse still feebly throbbed, prompt means were adopted to stop the he morrhage, which was with difficulty effected, as some of the principal blood-vessels were cut through. flowerer, by the most anxious care, animation was once more restored; but, in consequence of the exhausted strernfth of the patient, together with the excessive loss of blood ; it Is not expected that lie will survive many days. At the opposite side of the room lay the instrument of destruction (a small desert knife), which was evidently flung away in the first agonies m it was blood-stained nearly two indica in depth ; time point had been evidently placed so as to sever the carotid artery, but happily it mis.srsl not only that vessel, but the jugular also which it slightly glanced, and perforated time glands. The orifice was parallel, and did not exceed the exact breadth of the knife blade, so that it was a stab, not a cut, and made with the left hand which may account for the uncertain direction of the instrument. The young gentleman i s at present un d er t h e care o f S urgeons decisive d his regular intellects htrto ne; (as far Emery and Davi s . I t is not a li tt l e remar k a bl e, t h at since tlie attempt; as may be discovered in th e general feebl eness of his present state) h ave assumed a more ble omen. but this is by nu means a favoura- We haVe not once violated private feeling in the mutation of the above particulars . as the publication is sanctioned, with the view of affording a deep lesson to others similarly situated. We have carefully omitted the name of the unfortunate young man."( Morning Paper.) As Mr. T. vinr.ups, in company with Mr. WEST, was returning from Bradford to Bath, on Monday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, in a gig, the horse was struck by the lightning, and fell apparently dead, and Mr. PfirLLIPS at the same time felt as if some sharp instrument was drawn down his side. Fortunately the horse was not so much hurt as it was at first feared, However, owing to the timidity of th e animal afterwa r d s , it was obliged to be led home, a distance of four miles. Mr. P. has continued to feel a little pain ever since. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. MESSAGE OF HIS MAJESTY THE ZIN G OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY TO TIIE STORTHING OF NORWAY. The absolute veto of the King forms an ele ment so essentially connected with the stability and equilibrium of a representative government, that objections founded upon local considerations cannot invalidate the evidence of principles and of facts. If, however, a doubt could exist upon this point, the events of our days have demonstrated, the annals of every country indicate, the same consequences as originating in the same faults. Several nations have been the theatre of a bloody struggle, the main origin of which was the refusal of an abso lute veto ; and this fatal mistrust, inciting minds to excesses, the consequences of which were not foreseen, arming against it the dignity of the throne and the real wants of the people, has issued in giving Sovereigns .more power than they had at first required. These lessons ought to have a decisive influence with a loyal anti faithful people, who cherish towards their Sovereign the same attachment that they entertain for the guarantees which insure their rights. The King has seen with pleasure that the Storthing of the kingdom of Norway has, in the Important question of the veto, recognised in principle, what, under existing circumstances, and on account of the reasons they have alleged, they have not considered they could recognize in reality; but, by this mode of viewing the question, the Storthing insulates Norway as much from Governments constitutionally absolute, as from Govern ments constitutionally representative. If it be incontestable that the Constitution of a State, ought to be adapted to the wants and habits of the people, and even to its geographical position, it would be a fatal error to wish to subject to the same fortes, nations whose characters almost always differ; but it is evident that Norway, accustomed ,for upwards of a century and a half, to be governed by the sole will of the monarch, sees with displeasure that the new form deprives her of a suppoit, and of a powerful defender against the encroachments of the Legislature. The little part which the Norwegian : people took in the administration, previously to the form of the present Government, removed her citizens from the Management of public affairs. The consequence re sulting from thii is, necessarily, that the class of the persons filling state offices were those who would 'naturally obtain the most influence in the Legislative Assemblies. The possibility that these functional ies might abuse this influence cannot be denied, the more so, as the King does not possess the consti. tutional right of dismissing them ; and the King, not having the absolute veto, cannot arrest the effect of revolutions framed, possibly, with the sole desire.of diminishing the controul of the Monarch over those filling state offices. The King is di vested of sufficient authority to operate what the welfare of the State demands, when the laws are to be decided by those who are to'put them in execution. The Storthhig having expressed in their very humble ad dress the desire that the 17th Section might undergo revision, before the 79th Section was a b o li s h ed, his Majesty, in admitting in part the reasons which the Storthing allege in 4ustification thereof, does not hesitate to declare, that he will with pleasure accede to every desire on the part of the Storthing, on occasions when he can do so without injury to the prerogatives of the Sovereign, the power of which is as necessary to the liberty ;of the people, as is that of the rights of their Representatives. His Majesty, however, conceives, that he ought to fix the uteri.. tion of the National Representation on the evident and sensible difference which exists between the results of the stipulations of Section 79 of the Constitution, and : those of Section 17. The King can by this latter Section give and.abolish, in the interval between the meetings of the Storthing, provisional Ordinances respecting Commerce, the Customs, Industry, and the regula tion of the Police; bat it is, at the same time, enacted, that these provisional Ordinances must not contain any thing con. trary to the constitution or to the laws athipted by the Storthing, and especially to those which, 'in virtue of Section 79, are independent of the Royal sanction. Now the examination of this text, and the inductions which may be derived from It, destroy the fear that the said provisional Ordinances, though abrogated by the Storthing, may be reproduced under another form, and that thus a partial Legislation, solely reserved to the Sovereign, joined to the absolute veto, would render almost illusory the legislative participation of the Storthin g . These Ordinances, all provisional, submitted to the revision of each Storthing, and not acquiring the force of law until they have been adopted by that body, cannot, therefore, be compared with laws, becoming such in virtue of the above-cited Section, by the single authority of a branch of the Legislative Power; for there is an immeasurable distance between an Ordinance which may be annulled every time that it is produced, and a l a w which, rejected three times, preserves by right, the cha racter and permanence of a law ; even in this case, if the con. science of the King induced him to refuse iris sanction to laws of this nature, who could promulgate them without declaring himself in open rebellion with the 3d Section of the Constitii thm, which declares that " tire executive power is vested. in the person of the King." In the existing order of things, equilibrium is not even esta blished. To effect it, the King ought to possess the right,' at the third presentee*, of imposing upon the Storthing the projects of law which he would have caused to have been proposed ; but Iris Majesty is far from aspiring to such a right ; he only men tions It to shrew how far theories may become dangerous, by establishing, in principle, the germ of discord and mistrust be. tween two Powers which never can maintain the national inde pendence until they are completely united. In order to bring about, in the most safe manner, this equili brim'', the object of the constant wishes of the King, anti which ought to be that of the desires and mature deliberations of the Storthing, his Majesty proposes that the 79th Section of the Constitution, and all that is connected with the rights therein stipulated, be repealed in concurrence with the present text of Section 17. To give, besides, a new proof of the paternal sentiments of the King, his Majesty consents that the following shall be addial to the 80th Section : " The King, on refusing his sanction to a project of law, will make known the reasons which have induced his refusal." The Storthing having already recognized the principle that no foreigner can be naturalized a Norwegian citizen without the approbation of the King, his Majesty considers it necessary, on this occasion, to communicate the projects of alterations in that portion of the fundamental law which relates to this sub,ject. The King observes to the Storthing, that Norway, to flourish, lifts need to preserve her Patriarchal Government. The masses which inhabit the valleys and the summits of the mountains, after having addressed their prayers to Heaven to obtain protec tion, implore the All-Powerful to endow their King with the power, the courage, and the will, to protect and defend them. These people do not imagine that their Protector can experi ence obstacles in the good which he intends to do individuals, nor in the prosperity which he wishes to introduce Into the country. These people, in fact, and his Majesty Iss the certi hide that it is so, desire that the balance fhould be equal— They wish that the King would propose, and that the Assem bly would accept or refuse, and that the King would accept or refuse, according to the interests of the State. This is their way of viewing these matters; their feelings arc sufficiently known, and their hopes are directed towards us. Let us have no other interest titan their welfare, and Norway, in preserving her independence, will present the spectacle of a happy nation under her laws, and under her Constitutional King, enlightened by a wise and consistent representation. On these motives his Majesty judges expedient to propose, conformably to the 112th Section of the fundamental law, that the Storthing should resolve that Sections 17, 78, 79, HO, 81, 02 ' and 92, of the Constituti on , s h ou ld b e h ence f ort h in tenor as follows : SBCTiOti 17. The King can enact and abolish ordinances, which concer n commerce, the customs, industry , and the po lice; they must not, however, be contrary to the Ckmstitution, nor to the laws established by the. Storthing (conformably to Sections 77 and 78, hereinafter cited). They shall have, provisionally, The force of law, until the next Storthing. If therare not adopted by the Storthing, they cannot be renewed, and , the former laws concerning the object in question, shall be again in vigour. SEctrox__7l3.._ If the King approve the resolutiOn, he shall affix thereto his s i gn at ur e, and thenceforward it shall have the,force of bps , . SECTION 79. If 'the King do not approve the resolution or the Storthing, it cannot again, without having previously undergone a modi. fication, be again sqbmitted to the King during the sitting of the Storthing then assembled. Sthrtorr flo._ ---.7- The Storthing shall con tinue assembled so long as that body judge it necessary ; . not, however , longer , than th ree months without the periiiiision ()FIN King. When, after having finished their labours, or after having been assembled during the space of time fixed, it is dissolved by the King, his Majesty will give his resolution on the pro. positions not then decided, either by adopting or rejecting them. In the latter case, the King will set forth the reasons which induced him to refuse his sanction to the project of law pre. sentcd. • SECTION 81. All the laws shall be promulgated in the Norwegian language, and in the name of the King, under the Seal of the Kingdom, and in these terms :—" We, &c., make known, that a resolu tion of the Storthing (of such a date) thus framed (here follows the resolution) having been submitted to us, we have accepted and sanctioned, as by these presents we accept and sanction, as a law, the said proposition, by affixing thereto our Signature and the Seal of the Kingdom." SECTION 82. - The sanction of the King is not requisite to the resolutions of the Storthing, by which:__ (a) They declare themselves organized as a Storthing, con• formably to the Constitution— (b) They regulate their internal Police— (c) They accept or reject the procurations of Members pre sent— (d) They confirm or reject the judgmentsrelative to election dis_ (e) Nor, finally, to the resolution by which the Odelsthing causes any Member of' the Council or others to be summoned before the Tribunals. SECTION 92. • Offices of State can only b e con f erre d upon N orweg ian citi•;, zens, who profess the L ut h eran E vange li ca l R e li g i on; w ho have sworn fidelity to the Constitution and to the King, who speak the language of the country, and— (a) Are either born in the kingdom of father alic) mother; who were, at that period, subjects of the State— (b) Or, were born in a foreign country of Norwegian parents; who, at that period, were not the subjects of another State — (c) Or, who, on the 17th of May, 1824, had a permanent re: sidence in the kingdom, and who have not refused to mith . , s 1 to maintain the ind e p en d ence o f Norway r (d) Or, who, in future, shall reside during ten years { ti the. kingdom— • (e) Or, who have been naturalized by the Storthing with the sanction of the King. Foreigners, however, ma y b e appo i nte d to t he o ffices of Masters in the University and in the Colleges, as also in those of Physic and to foreign Consulships. To be eligible to an office in the Superior Magistracy, thee age of thirty must have been attained, and twenty-five Yea et ; rs, be eligible to a pla ce i n t h e I n f er i or M ag i stracy, J u dge Preliminary Courts, or a Public Receiver. SPEECH 01' HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SWEDEN AZ 4 Z NORWAY, ON CLOSING TILE STORTHING OF THE En". DoM OF NORWAY, ON THE 9TH AUG. 1824. " GENTLEMEls'—flis Majesty announces to the Stor thie g that its Sittin gs are closed. During the whole time tha t it has been assembled, th e Ki ng ha s seen with satisfaction the good feelings which have directed them. Several laws essential to general and particular interests have been adopted, and his Ma' jesty expects from them the best results. His Majesty regal that the constitutional p r op os i t i ons ma d e b y hi m in 18 , 111 6614 especially that respecting section 79, touching the absolute veto, have not been a d o pt e d thi s S ess i on; b ut, at t h e sam e thet'Llt e Majesty has a mo tive o f conso l at i on, i n t h e conv i ct i o n whicu,_ feels, that the non-acc e pt ance o f t hi s propos i t i on h as not had for cause a spirit of opposition, but rather a fear of too precipita tel y touching the Constitutional Pact. " His Majesty thinks that the elucidations which have since been given to the Storthing will dispel any doubts which . thei let exist on the subject of the absolute veto, which the Supreme Chief of the State ought to exe r ci se over t h e p ro p os itions of the Legislature. " The King conceives that the Storthing participates in th,e, happiness which his Majesty . feels at the amelioration of 61 ' brandies of the public administration. Although good °Pe," rates slowly, the evidence of this good is so de v el o p e d In 'w e eyes of all, that even the most tenacious, in justice, cannot question it. , "rhe King is convinced that all the Members of the St or' will concur with him to increase and maintaix, lue means in their power, all the ramifications of public prosperity. and his Majesty will eagerly avail himself of the assistance of the National Assembly on all occasions when he deems that the welfare of the State requires it. " His Majesty renews to you, Gentlemen, to all in genera, and all In particular, the assurance of his Royal good-will." ANSIVEROF THE PRESIDENT Or THE STORTHING TO THE CLOSING SPEECH OF HIS MAJESTY THE !ONO of awyDry .astp,r‘9ftwity,, ON THE 9TH AUG. 1824. " Sirrk—Thrfourth stbrlliing of No rwa y h as term i na ted !ts labooret With the consciousness of pure intentions, and wit!, the frankness which inspir e s confidence in the wisdom °LEI' Majesty, we have entitterpured to attain the common airr4 --44 honour and prosperity orour dear country. " We feel ourselves happy at the satisfaction which r ur le t l i s a ; jesty has deigned to express at the mind which anitoste s • Members of the Suirthing, and the motives which hare giurs e termined our resolqoons with regard to the HTlPOrtal lt e ts touching the Constitution of the State, which were the °W it h of the deliberations:of the Storthing. We will preserv e ' n o , a ppro gratitude, in our niemories this proof of the gracious tion of your Majesty towards our efforts to fulfil our detY; Ace " The Norwegian people will witness with joy the new eir s uei, of happy concord b e t ween t h e Ki ng an d t h e p e ople, whio'!l,, t be found in the laws a d o p te d d ur i ng t h e s i tting of the prfr i ;, Storthing. We entertain the hope, that happy effects vi" the fruit of our labour. Z w U p n is d e e , r at th t e he ei s r a cu m n e is t t i a m n e c , es ti w ie h i l i c los h t h u a n v e e qu b i e: o n ca re l f p e roo rrl c hs c e, ha ropiness which th e N orweg i an p eop l e en j o y under the Government of your Majesty. " When yo ur M a j esty appo i nte d t h e H e i r to t h e Thron e the Kingdom, our beloved Prince Royal, Viceroy of 15 i n. your Alitjesty fulfilled the dearest wish of the nation, and„„,, cited in the bosom of each Norwegian the inost joyful i°cily Let us be permitted on this occasion to offer the urea 41 0 ) . gratitude of the nation for this paternal attention of your jest? , to the welfare of the Norwegian people. with The Memb ers o f t h e S tort hin g , n ow c l ose d, p a rticipate r e your Allijesty in sentiments of the most pure joy at ea to society Prospects, which augur die progress of t' political greater good and more extensive prosperit. QUO o f the " Confidence in the administration and forms has increased, in un equal degree, with the sense of the ne t* its own strength. Cal " The efforts for the welfare of the country, which, antm his with zeal for the prosperity of Norway, your MaJ"'' deigned to acknowledge in the Members of the Storthiniblef duces the expectation, that on returning to their leoP e l cr iosi will diffuse and cherish, each in the circle of his jar us respect for f c o o r n t i h id e e C nc o e nst a i l t i u d ti l o o n ya a l nd de tl: o e t L io a n w t s o o w f ar t d h s e wtoht lii ;rein:t ;e sso s: f Dispenser. efforts " In imploring that Supreme Providence CO bless the. o , for gt o h f i ae y n o p u rKo r t )ge l dr a i j ot e ny s l t o y tfl , l eNa tranquillityno d r w t a li o e w o h l o t al has sti N happinessl a .o t i u o c n i a l isat r .e do e p f reser ; f ig o e other States are deprived, we supplicate alsothe PrS ie Heir the All-Powerful upon the Father of the Coto te d fi c iaim, 6° ' the Throne, and all the Rosin Family, WY," - protect the King and the United Kb:Owns! „ 7 • COURSE OF EXCHANGE,,Scpteluut' li 3 Anistet dam Ditto, at Sight f*•• ig i 4 Rotterdmit Antwerp , l>Z 4 Q 4 U 0 s 7 ° i f I.'i' liallibuigh 37 I 00' :thorns t.. •• Paris. 3 Day's s i g h t Ditto Ditto...., es 5 40 a i ~ Mow deaux, ditt o 1 I ° Berths ... . ... 153 i 6/ ' tffunet ri sink foi ton th e &l a i n Pete' sbu rg h 9 Vienna lO 4 10 4 olcii" Trieste 3bi ' 1 4.• liv * Madrid 3 E`c Ns i 11°" Cadiz 33 Ilithoa Barcelona iesitie ..... 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