The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-18 00:00:00

11A3IBURGH MAIL.

HAMBURG'', JuNE 12.—The affairs of Nor-
way begin to excite very great attention,, not
without some apprehensions for the result of the
differences between the King and the Norwegian
Diet. The -King, (says a letter from Stock-
holm), though sensible of the defects of the Nor-
wegian constitution, has done every thing to en-
force the observance of it, and has constantly
acted on the principle of rooting out all the seeds
of jealousy between the two nations, in which
endeavours the Swedish nation has constantly
seconded his Majesty's paternal intentions. Con-
formably to these principles, his -Majesty has
acted with the greatest patience towards the
Diet now assembled at Christiania. The two
most important questions before it were those re-
lative to the nobility, and to the debt due from
Norway to Denmark: they gave the ill-disposed
a plausible pretext, and required particular at-
tention. The King therefore appealed, by all.
' possible instructions and paternal advice, to the
justice and the good sense of the Diet. With re-
spect to the nobility, his endeavours have failed,
though the spirit of the constitution required-that-
indemnity should be given to citizens who were
deprived of their privileges. As long, however,
as only local interests are concerned, his Majesty
is resolved to observe even the defects of the
charter ; but when the pripciples universally re-
cognised in Europe, and the sacredness of solemn
treaties, when the balance of power, and all con-
stitutional forms are disregarded bythe legislature,
the King would feel himself justified to his own
conscience and in the eyes of Europe, if he pro-
tected the interests of the far greater majority of
the citizens against the errors of a few individuals.
His Majesty has never had a wish to incorporate
Norway with Sweden. He has always gloried
in maintaining the independence given to the
Norwegian nation. Acting on the same princi-
ples, he will oppose all innovations that' threaten
the public tranquillity,_ and only the utmost ne-
cessity will induce him to use his authority to
suppress them. No constitutional means will be
spared ; and, at all events, Ican assure you that
the true national liberties will subsist with the
same reciprocity of rights towards Sweden, and
that Norway
.will experience for the second time
the magnanimous influence of the same Sovereign
to whom it is indebted for the rank which it holds
among the nations of Europe.
M. Filson has proposed in the Diet to petition
his Majesty, that in 'future the deputies chosen

to the Net marremain athome, and send their opi;
nions; in writing,to a secretary, to remain constantly
at Christiania. The greater part of the members
of the
_present Diet, he said,- had brought their
votes on the-:rnost iMportant subjects, in writing,
and had .obstinately persisted in them, in spite of
the unanswerable arguments of their colleaguesi
anci.of any couVictiou_acquired by 'themselves.

A Supplement to the Stockholm Official Ga-
zette, of the 4th of June, contains a royal corn-
municatior4 dated May 24, addressed to the Diet.
This letter is very remarkable) and the following
is the substance of it :
" Though the Constitution expressly gives to the King alone
the right of prolonging the Session of the Diet beyond the three
months fixed by the 86th Section, yet M. Rosinskilde, deputy
from Havanger, presumed in the sitting of the 12th of May to
move—' That in case a further prolongation of the Session
should be refused, the representation should issue a Proclama-
tion to the Norwegian nation, justifying their proceedings, and
that either the. President, or a special Committee, should draw
up such a Proclamation.' The majority, deluded doubtless by
the plausible arguments of the mover, refused the constitutional
proposal of the President to proceed to. the order of the day.
However, as the regulations required that the debate on the
motion should be deferred to the next sitting, and the King's
conseut to prolong the Session was received-in the mean time,
Rosinskilde withdrew his motion on the exhortation of the Pre-
sident ; reserving to himself, however, the right to renew it, if
it should be necessary. Lieut. Hoel, who intended to make a
similar proposal, also withdrew it.
" However inclined the King may be to overlook errors, he
cannot but consider Rosinskilde's motion (which was made still
more criminal by the reserve with which he withdrew it) as an
open violation 'of the Constitution, and an invitation to re-
bellion. •

" To mislead the Legislature, to appeal to the people against
a measure taken by the King conformably to the Laws and the
Constitution, is to tread all forms under foot, to dissolve all the
bonds of society, and to commit a crime-against the State. For
what could such a justification mean, but an attempt to per-
suade the nation that the King did wrong in dissolving the Diet,
and that the latter had done right in spending many months in
discussing subjects of little importance to the welfare of the
State ? The Diet, besides, has no right to make any kind of
Proclamation to the Nation.

" As his Majesty cannot, or dare not, pass over such an in-
fringement of the majesty of the laws and of the authority
which they recognise, he thinks that the dignity of the nation,
and the respect due to the constitution, require that the Diet
should desire the Vice Consul Rosinskilde, to take back his 'no-
tion without any reserve, or else call him to account before the
National Court of Justice, by the medium of the Odelsthing.—
When the legislative authority loses 'sight of its duties, and of
the bounds which the constitution has assigned it, it is the duty
of the Sovereign to bring it back to the right .may, by paternal
advice and serious admonitions. If passions and infatuation
cause their advice and their voice to be disregarded, tltc coustiL
tutional edifice is in danger of being shaken to the foundation,,
and of being destroyed, sooner or later, by popular fury arieby.
despotism. His Majesty, who equally condemns these tivo de
structive extremes, and feels himself strong enough, by the
cause of the people which he defends; and by the purity of his
I own intentions, will bndeavour to protect Norway against both
evils, whatever departures from the right way his Majesty may
yet have to lament. As the Bfith sec. of the Constitution has
fixed no punishment for the criminal, and the tribunal:can,
therefore, only decide by analogy, and as
,the laws of Norway
originated in the ordinances of absolute monarchs, when a case
like the present could not be foreseen, his Majesty proposes a
law to the Diet for the purpose of restraining those members
who may seek to pass the bounds of the Constitutionond which'
laws shall determine the various degrees of criminality and the
punishments suitable to them.
" To the above is added the protocol of the proceedings be-
foie his Majesty in the Council of State, in the presence of Mr.
Aroker, Minister of State, and of the Counselldrs Collet and
Fusling. It is herein stated that his Majesty, by krescript of
the 10th May, had ordered the Norwegian Government to dis-
solve the Diet as soon as it should proceed to discuss othertith-
jects than those laid before it by the Government. .As 111. Ro-
sinSkilde's motion has attracted his Majesty's whole attention,
and he can never neglect his royal duties, founded on the pro-
tection which he owes to the laws and the observance of the Con-
stitution. his Majesty' has been pleased to order, and does hereby
graciousiy order the N'orwegian Government immediately, and
without waiting for_ the next day, to dissolve the. Diet and de-
clare its-functions at an end, if one or more Members should
renew M: Rosinskilite's Motion, or any one of the same crimi-
nal nature ; but if such motions are disapproved by the Diet,
according to the forms prescribed b3rilie Constitution, this order
shall be considered as null. Our Viceroy and all the Members
of the Norwegian Government are jointly and severally re-
sponsible for the observance of this our royal resolution, which
has been caused by the necessity of maintaining the public tran-
quillity."
13ausstr.s, JUNE 14.—Lord Clancarty, British
Ambassador at this Court, is now at Spa. Nu-
merous Couriers continue to pass through this
City, especially between Paris and Holland.—
The news from Turkey are extremely contradic-
tory. Some of the latest accounts arrived affirm,
that Ypsilanti has . crossed the Danube with
40)000 mew, while others affirm that he is still i
near Tirgowist.