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London, England, 1815-08-12 00:00:00

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hnuat weber b 1 tbe mine laws adrl the same insta
the party Wants raised .under other dircum:
taco must be reinoved, and t n ttst mutually
t a su,tb other as inhabitants of one house, *and
chi! re o one family.
Your High Mightinesses know that sdch are
01.0 the view) of the United Powers of Europe in
01.:h1i$hitig the new Monarchy.
t.) the principle of every where main-
preserviag the already established vela-
they have especially.requited that oueeSnsti-
c,,t, sliAri b_ niaintained, and only altered in so far
a, ti:; change of circumstances should upon common
e,i,t„,.1;1011 appear to demand. My own wishes
this determination. I have chosen for
toision of the Constitution those measures which
zri! an to me most adapted.to the end proposed.—
assembled from all the provinces of the king-
without any other end in view than the welfare
1,11 v,• glory of their countrymen, have fulfilled the
task ; and in their dispassionate, concur.
bit co...fidential deliberations, I have seen with
a new and flattering presage of the fraternal
of all my subjects.
4. Ibeie deliterttions still continued, when the
of war, unexpected and with unusual rage,
stit GOD be thanked, for a short time only, surprised
2a territory.

The &Firer though short was urgent, but the
:Inv. of oar warriors was superior to the Ganger.
considevition, no examples of a neighbouring
crinn) even could make one doubt a moment of the
;pcnmy of engagements voluntarily taken by the
Nitherianders ; and now.tbat in a period of danger
;mud under the banners of independence, and the
pick of our generous Allies, they have confirmed their
rows Sy deeds, I Batter myself that the nation and
it Europe partake my conviction and my confidence.
History shall one day chew in the battles of -Quatre
Bras And Waterloo two illustrious pillars of the new
State of the Netherlands; and happy the fathers on
Those sans the lot his fallen to raise them pillars
sith their arm, and to dye them with their blood.
Toe plan which is to be considered in this Assembly
should not be offered you by me, since in the review
f the fundamental law scarcely one article was laid
nide by which the dearest tights of our nation were

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every care has been taken to extend these
r;g11:: as much as possible, and to define more clearly
•hat ,!1.1 new political union may leave the stamp of
toL4llteued eye, and of the national character.
a The iaviolability of the judicial authority remains
:ryas able, and liberty of conscience is guaranteed
tithe Oast extent. No property can be declared
-:,-...i.c4ted—no opinion or thought checked in its
:atie. Tat meanest citizen is at Warty to make his
vice head even. at the Throne.

The retain their reprrient4tiortkthe
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sardens of the state are freely ♦..ted, and equalty
borne. TLS• reve:sues, to be accounted fer according
to fixed rules, can be employed in the hands of the
Sing to no other ends than to the payment of ser-
vices useful to the State, to the public institutions, to
the jefence of the country; and, in general, the !lay al
power is great enough to secure the welfare of the
community, but insufficient to oppress or injure a
strBle subject.
If these observations are just, we may, under the
direction of the new Constitution, with increased
ability, and with confidence in the future, continue
and complete what, under the DIVINE blessing, Ps
already begun, designed, or prepared for the honour
and the welfare of the Netherlands.

" I'o yOur High Mig&incases Areonfided the Ulu-
ti of this question. Each of you knows the ligh
imp, next of his mission, and each of you will strive
t. acqn't himself of it with that zeal which we at all
fmes, but especially in dines like those, owe to Sur
d ar country."

Th;i speech was answered by Mr. Van flogen-
d-,p, who, as President of the late Assembly, offi-
ci,ta as President in the presen; 'fleeting of the States
General, in a discourse which we shall communicate
ie our next.

The solemnity being finished, the King returned
to his Palace in the same manner as he came.

The kstembly then proceeding to nominate a Pre-
.!idevt the Owen .4)lloaPing Gentlemen wqe
szeenracht VAn Oster, Ilan Zuiten, xhd Aylvtw-ip-
Th, erst WAS proposed by his Majesty as Prisidebr
c: 6c States General duriarthopresent Sessions

N 3 Paris Papers have arrived this Oh ' Private'
letters received yesterclAy speak of an approaching
castle in the Fiench `Ministry—the Duke de Itic:m
1.3 u to be Pricr.e Minister, instead of 'FALLETIIAND;
V,. de CUAT&AUOUAND, Minister of Police instead of
Faucet ; and thiPuke de. FaLTISZ, Minister at
.War
instead of Sr. Cu: •

It may be urged in objection to the accuracy of
this statement that the first mentioned Nobleman
lately left Paris to go to St. Petersburgh, but tt is
may have been only to settle some particular business
and then to return. We remember it was :wed
vme time ago that be had been invited to take a
rhcz i ti e Ministry, but had refused to sit with M.
Ilis objection on that ground is nf course
removed now by the dismissal of Fowls.
Judging of POUCH& as we do public characters in
,-ogland, by Actions, we cannot but believe his t ffice
1:14y be better filled. In EnglLd the dins can da nv

surety, allVatne for inipropel measure, falls, is it
,iught to do,. upon the .Ministers. In France, on tlit
contrary, so deticienrare they in the science of a free
Government, it looks as if they were resolved that
the King can never do right. The Minister rut the
credit of every popular measure, and the odium of
every obnoxious measure tells upon the Sovereign.
The consequences which may be made to flow
from such a state-of things, are highly dangerous. to
the safety of the throne and the kingdom ; as it holds
out, to any designing had Minister, an inducement to
abuse the law, and so to undermine the Royal Au-1
thority. We may illustrate our position by the fact
which we gave yesterday on the authority of the
Paris Pipers, namely, the supitrusien of a Journal,
called the I:dependent, and the prosecution of the aidhor.
If the Editor has libelled the the Kim% the Ministers,
or other individuals, by all means prevents his, be-f
cause this is conformable to law: if be has published
sedition or treason, bring him to trial; but do not by
a Manildte of Government suppress his publication,
because this is contrary to law and the express .engage;
sent of the King, and odium may be thus cast upon
his MAJESTY by the procurement of the Minister.—
Had Fovenz intended to furnish a topic for popular
clamour, he could not have taken a more effectual
zneasureihau that of first punishing him for an alleged
and as yet senitroval crime, by first =thing Itisferoperty,
and ,ben bringing him to Court to My iaieficer he hid
violated any law.
We are informed by a Gentleman who has left
Paris within these few days, that the account of Bo-
swarm's surrender to this country; and his sane-
quent removal to St. Helena, are wholly disbelieved
in France by the great mass of the population. They
laugh at the thing as ridiculous story, invented by
the pastiest's. of Lotus XVIII. to strengthen their
own cause, and weaken that of the BONAPARTIST&
—The general belie 4 is, that BomapancE is still in
France, and that he will soon re-appear at the head
of an army to dispute once more the sceptre with
Lows.—Such are the consequences of a shackled
press ! It is known that nothing can be admitted
into the Paris-Papers but what the Government per-
mits, and hence truth and falsehood arereceived with
equal incredulity.
.We are not, thtrefore, surprised
that in a country *here no reliance can be placed
upon information which is communicated exclusively
through the medium of the public press, such an event
is regarded rather as a thing wished for by those who
task, than as having actually occurred.

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