The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-12 00:00:00

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Constitution those measures which appears to
me most adapted• to the end proposed. Alen
assembled from. all the provinces of the King-
dom, without any other• end in view than
the welfare and the glory of their country-
men, have fulfilled the important task-, and in
their dispassionate, concordant, and coafidential
deliberations, 1 have seen with joy a new and flat-
tering presage of the fraternal union of all mi
rtbjcets.

" These deliberations still continued, when the
tnnuilt of war, um-Averted-and, with unusual rage,
but God be thanked, for a short time only,' sur-
prised our territory. The danger. though short
was-urgent"; but the courage of our warriors was
superior to the danger. No consideration,
no examples of a nei.,;libouring country, could
even make one doubt a mom-ent of the se-
curity of engagements voluntarily taken by
the Netherlanders ; and now that in a period of
danger united under the banners of independence,
•and the side of our generous Allies, they have
confirmed their vows by deeds, I flatter myself
that the nation And all Europe partake my convic-
tion and my confidence. History shall one (lay
chew, in the battles of Qtiatre bras and tiraterloo,
two illustrious pillars of the new State of the
'Netherlan,ls and hafpy the fathers are to whose
s ',ns the lot has fallery raise these pillars with
their arias, and" to dye them with thcjr blood;
the plait which is to be considered in this Assent,-
bly shoed not-be offered fon by tne, since in the
rsriew of the fundamental law scarcely one arti-
cl.;e was laid aside, by which the dearest-rights of
our nation were secured.'

" But every care has been taken. to extend
these rights. as much as possible, and to, define
more clearly, that the new political union may
-have the stamp of nu enlightened eye, and of the
national character: The inviolability of the Jo-
authority remains irrevocable; and liberty
of conscience is guaranteed to the filksi extent.
No property can be declared confiscated; no' opi:-
/lion or thought checked in its course ; the
meanest citizen is at. liberty•to make his voice
beard eVen at the Throne. The people retain their
representation—the Provincial Assemblies a suit
abk degree of power ; time burdens of the State
ate freely vi)ted and equally borne.
'' The revenues, to be accounted for according
to hued rules-, can be employeol in the hands of
the King to no other ends than to the payment of
services useful to the State, to the public instito-
tions, to time defence of the colintry and in genet al
the Royal power is great enough to secure the
fare of the community, but insuaicient to oppress

or iiure a single subject.
If these ob'servaoons Are jnst, We may, under
the direction of the new Constitution, With in 4
creased ability and With confidence in the future,
mtinue and compkte, what under the Divine
blessing is already begun, designed, or.. prtpared
f tlt.lion9urAod the welfare of the Netheriandg;
To you, High l i htiucsses, is confided the soled

tion of thlq questiOit t.ick Of Imes
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high importance of Ills ana each of you
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will strive to acquit hiluscil kc f itioth that zeal
which Vrdat al! times, blit 'to tirieslike
these, owe to our dear couurry."
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This speech was ansWered by Mr. Von 4.ifogen-
ziorp, who, as President of the late As,3eMbly,
officiated as President in the Present incr‘itig Of
the Statei General, iu a 'discourse which•We shalt
cominunicate in our next.

The Sacmaity being finished, the King retniii
ed to his Palate hi the same manneras,he came.
The Assentltly then proceeding to. nominate a
President, the three following Gentlemen were
proposed :—Steengracht Van Oster, Van Zuiten,
and Aylva. The first was nominated by his Ma-
jesty as President of Me States General during
their present Session. •

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

" OSTEND, Juty 30

" The Governor, Major-General DE Vuttnn,
having received from, England official tidings firm
the person of BUONAPARTE was secured on board
of a British ship of %ear, assembled this morning,
'at ten o'clock, the garrison in line on the Strand,
and, reviewed the troops. Seven gilllS were after •
wards fire' firm the ramparts, and a feu de joye
by the troops, which were three times repeated,
accompanied by joyful exclamations: and huzzas.
The troops having then marched into town to the
Place d'Armes, and been formed into a square, the
Governor- addressed diem both in English and
German, in the follawhig speech ; afttr which theY
filed off before him, and at night the \‘'hole to;wn
was illuminated :

" SoLotens I—The glorious days of the 16:11
and 18th of June, 1815, kill be ever celebrated
in the world—the battles. of Waterroo,, Mlle Al-
Alliance, and Quatry Bras, fought by the Allied
Armies, have immortalised their Leaders.

" To the gallant conduct of his Grace the Dike
Of WELLINGTON, Prince BLucuFa, the Priace of
ORANGE, and the brave troops- they commanded,
we ate indebted for these memorable victories
over a, superior and boasting enemy.
" The important victory of the I:6th of June
has decided the political state of Europe. Tile-
Usurper of the French throne has flea.

" This ambitious man, who for the fifth time
bas deserted hit army when beaten, and who has
not the courage to die like a soldier, bas sarren.
tiered himself, at' discretion, to a thiti:rb ship
of w ar. .

'' This disturber of the general. -trunluillity..of
nations is now secured, and will no longer trouble
the void.

" The brave troops -that lolve so tong fought
to re-establish- order, envet from their So-
vereigns that reward rchich their bravery and
co-natter has so well merited.

" Soldiers ! although you were not present at
these great battles, you bave nevertheless a claim
to partake of their glory ; all cannot be present;
they who slim their zeal in th© performance of
their duty in a fortress, as you have done to my
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utmost satisfactiota, deserve equal praise aril ap-
probation."

The following extracts from a letter from Paris,
dated August 6, throws additional light on the
present state of afFairs in the French Capital t—
" Yon may naturally suppose that my first ob-
ject .has been to ascertain the state of the public
opinion in this great city. Before I left England,
had conceived' that the greater part of the Pari-
sians were decidedly in favour of Buonaparte ; not
so much on account of their attaainent to that
odious tyrant, as from their dislike of thellour-
bons ;. hut I am happy to find that the more sober
and .reflecting inhabitants have at length taken a
comparative view of the merits of both parties,
and are now as unaninions and loud in praise of
the latter as they were accustomed to he in that
of the former. At that time, however, their eyes
were blinded, and they walked. in darkness ; liber-
ty and glory were the words which perpetually
flowed frdm their lips, but they never reflected
bow little of either they really enjoyed. For in
what, as they now inquire, did their liberty con-
sist ? Was it in the eighteen police establishments ?
in the conscription laws ? in the right of dis-
posing in marriage all ladies posses.,-ed of a certain
income, as a measure of rewarding the services of
military officers.? Or was it in the forced 10-;„;us
Which entirely destroyed the rights of private
property? No ; they are now convinced that the
domination of Buonaparte was not the reign of
liberty. And then, with respect to their national
glory, now that the Allied Armies are a second
time in possession of their capital, and-they have
experienced something more of the horrors and
miseries of war, -they begin to consider what. con-
stir met the real glory of a nation. It is not,.as many
of them have said to me, in the invasion of other
countries; it is not in the destruction of innocent
but less powerful people it is not in the plunder of
publid monuments for tl.e sake of enriching their
own collections ; nor in the extension of their
territory beyond its natural bounds.," The name
of glory, may, indeed, be given• to the aceom-
-plishment of such. actions, but it is only a name
true glory consists in the preservationl toef ak againsttheir
otvti
independence, and in assisting the
the tyranny -and oppression of the stron, As to
ce •
Buonaparte himself, no man can be more heartily
detested by the mass of the inhabitants of

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No pain, tlicrerort-,ll:is been tell .b them, Dti rea:ll-
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lag that. he is now in the custody of the itAngirsa
`and that Le -is to-m(l4l,in a 'prisoner in tliteit/; Liaadtk
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with the simple appellation of General.
"--t'aris is now as tranytil. as :if, nothing
(lectured. The streets are paraded in the usual
etaauner by ntercliaats and traders, -who it►attifes"_-
no whatever for the tate of Bnonaparte;
aad theabeatres are Idled in the evening 'by thou-
Sands of persons, who are anxiou', on the
est occasion, to testify their respect and esteem
for the King. I should deceive you,' however,
it 1 omitted to mention, that atten;pts ate occa-
sionally made to agitate the publ.e mind. But I
hive succeeded in tracing the cause to its source,
add the developewent rtiill slew you to what
wretched arid contemptible expedients-the tnalcon,
tents are obligeist to re Sort. Last evening a man
was arrested in the Palais Royale, for raising a cry
of " Vive l'Emperetir I" I was not present at the
time, but in passing'down the rue- St. Houor6 to.
my lodgings, 1 overheard a conversation between
some women, who were discoursing on the sub-
ject. " What a shame," said one of them,
" that an individual should be taken into custody
for expressing. his opinions." Why, he was
paid for it," replied anothe.. At this. moment I
advaneLd„ and said, " do they pay people
to excite tumults ?" "Oh yes," answered this
WOntan, " several francs were offered to me this
utorniag fur the saute purpose, but I refused
to accept them." Such,. Sir, are the despi-
cable and wicked arts to Which some of the
Barmapartists this city are no.w driven and
if tt had not been for the employment of ni6.-
ney in this way, I am persuaded that the entry
into Paris of the hero of Moscow, of Leip.sic„
and of Beresina, %vault! not have been welcomed
by many acelainations. Whatever applause he
received on that occasion, he owed to, tile sti-,
pendiary rubble who wotdd as readily have shouted
for his- ex,eetition„ if they had but been amply re-
paid for their exertions. It is
-true, that his sa-
tellites joimed in the cry; Gut as they were go-
verned by the vilest interests, Obeir voice must he
accounted as worse than nothing. Those cries-
of revolt Which had been long forgotten, eXeited
the astonishment and indignat ism of the peaceable
inhabitants, and violent tootrrels ensued but the
number of those tvlio, had been pre-engaged in'
this hose conspiracy, overcame the loyal citizens,
and the royal standard was thvil di,ipktecd, for the
pasquinade of the tri-coloured flag
" You will have seen by the Journals, that La-
hedoyere has heels arrested, and conveyed to pri7
soft;, atter an examivation of neatly four hours,
before the Prefect of Police. The day of his trial
is not yet f:xed, hut his crimes ate too nOtorions
to leave us in any doubt ,as to the nazine of ttie
charges to be elhibited against him. It is, gent:-
ran-I understood that many other equally inerito-
rious .elv2racters mai speedily be nrongiit
lice ;. and the only subject of complaiut anti reret
is, that Ney, whose very mom: is•anotfier word
for infamy, has' been suffered to escape. Ile is
now in Switzerland ; but- eolnenipt and execra-
tion-will not fail to pursue him: %elide tlis tm it
ConSeleace will- become his internal ex,;.Tutioner.

" i have heard that there, live inanv Euglth, in
Paris bd4t it 1.1113 y judge tram th.w,e whmn
met in public, I should 'colic:tide th-at their
number is not very cousidcraide. They•are prin-
cipally the wives-and•tamilics of the to litary. I
Lave only time to add., tilat t 1.13 is Sunday, and the
shops at,e AI open."' •

(Extract ea Letter from Paris, 7.)

`` According to the,letters which I have receiv-
ed,--the Sontlr-*ppears to he in *state of anarchy.
General Gt Lid !Ws besieged ,Nfontpt'liier, and turn—
ed the guns of the eitadelagninst the town. T,„he
I‘l3lor of Avignon- resisted for IS. days the efforts
of the partizans of I3uosArAtrra, vthilst -GOO- Pro-
testants were Illa'SSacred at Nnnes', and upwards (4.
GO of their houses were. pillaged. and bona. The
inuvein'en4 began hy Blionaoartists against the
Roy.iiists.--liie Government ((t Paliti has uotiting
to go% ern. The Minister at War is without an
ahiy ; the Minister 4 Finance wi.hont money ;
the Minister fur Foreign Affairs without Ambas-
sadors ; and the Minister of the Interior with-
out Prefects. The agents of the Allied arnries
empty all the chests, and give.to eat the. Mayors
the orders for revisitionS. 'They In,:ve -begun to
cat down the forests. The inhabitants of twenty-
eight towns and villages in the Loiret 'nue taken
deluge in the forest of Orleans."