Star.
London, England, 1815-08-19 00:00:00

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EXTRACTS or LEllilts FROM Paws.
(From the'Rhenlsh Mercury.) • •
" PAWS. Jusy 18, 1815.
it. We arriverl in this good city a few days ago, by
the great road through Namur, Beaumont, St. Quin-
ten, Compiegne, &c. The great military events have
every where left visible traces behind; graves upon
graves ; dead horses lying along the roads, which
infect the air; villages wholly abandoned, their win-
dows and doors broken ; and the trampled fields
point out the road you have to take, without requir-
ing any other guide. Yet this seems to be only upon
the line where the storm of war has raged ; the
country to the tight and left seems to have suffered
but little. With respect to the behaviour of the mi-
litary, the French themselves confess, that they have
suffered infinitely more from their own soldiers than
from our Prussians, who, in fact, believe hi an exem-
plary manner, and that much more from their own
inherent good sense, than from any constraint that is
imposed on them.
" If I may trust the first impression, I must con-
fess, that. the people here have made a very unfa-
vourable one on me. They, are, it is true, by no
means deficient in politenesi and friendly grimace!,
but all their suppleness 'cannot conceal their internal
malice and• rage. 'shiny are like a restive horse,
which, though compelled to obedience by blows and
severe treatment, stilioichampthe bit. One should
have thought no one could have'sliewed himself be-
fore the King, but all that is arranged, and with
noble assurance they announced, immediately on his
return, the tamily fete, ' the return to the paternal
abode,' and performed it with moderate effect.
" In the evening they hold assemblies with him f: .
then a crowd of raggamiiffias, of ail cl.tsses, collects
before the Thuiller es, and cries Vive le Rol !till the
gontl old man appears, with a friendly tiod of the
head, at the window. Then they dance till midnight
with great noise, so that he certainly cannot close his
eyes; and then the people, as it they had satisfied a.
natural want, go quietly home, and are abused the
next day in some of the newspapers. Amidst all
these stage clicks, it is evident that the Bourbons arc
not loved, and have absolteely no party, except the
few persons whose fortunes depend upon them. They
are become quite strangers to tie nation, both hig.es.
rically and in respect of their sentiments of each
other ; nay one may even sly, II:at they stand in a
hostile contrast with tla: e 'non—both- will never tho.
roughly amalgamate together. •
" With r,!spect ta our pr-sent p-s'tion towards
the French, it cannot afford any vere flattering hopes,
We come as the avengers of twenty rars ill treat•
ment, as instrinremts in the hand r t eternal justice,
to inftct punishment for initunvrahle crimes, and for
fresh proofs of untameable purse verance iit sin.—
Field Marshal Blucher, with his just an! penetrating
mind, perfectly appreciated this respective situation,.
and treated the people whit the cold alistrrityot tl.e
inflexible, but jest judge. All' the measures vehicle
he adopted testified a clear understanding and uni-
form consistency; mean time much foreign influence
and interference has since op•rated, so that we see
every where signs of lame and halt measures. It is
difficult to see the intention of all this. Whols there
in the world that can now cling to the illusion of
gaining the French by.those means, and rendering
them leas inimical to us ? They hate us, once for
all, with all their might and all their souls, and every
alleviation which we may give them, they attribute
to weakness and cowardice, and to their undiminished'
hate, add a proportionable dose of contempt.
" What the valour of the army has nobly per-
formed must be completed hy a wise policy and ad-
. ministration. Like the warrior, who strips his fallen
enemy of his armour, we must take what is 'our
rights, not like vulgar thieves, who amidst night and
darkness, tear off in haste a few rags.. A regular
and firm administration ef.. the conquered provinces,
. and 'njUst and rigid police, can secure our hard-
earned 'advantages.
" A great Statesman is said to be named bf
Prussia. But the artful jugglers eery where put'
their louis in our way, and tolls •c Inmate to wrest
from our hands one arm after a:!other, while thresj
who have been so tricked, look at each other wish
surprise, and wonder wl'a! has happened to them.
A contribution of one hundred millions ivas'at
laid on the Parisians ; a sum which is not 'equal to'
the yeaily house-rent. But their papers now relate,
with much complacency, linw. it ts.reduced.to eight,
millions ; and ltibbentrop's first well-written letter
f the 10th, is in direct contradiction with that of the
16th, at least as they have been pUblished.
66 Toe laudable precaution cf planting cannon in
the streets, and orvalie bridges, it would. he a .shame.,
with such a mass of troops as we have.liere, .to. reel
or to express any apprehensions, and still more
to neglect all precautions. "Things grill certainly not
remain as they arc; and clutries vAich :16•One'cli1
foresee, may very elisily-tet the imrtiense'popolitiee
of the capital in a cot:mutation, •which, though upon
the whole unattendedvenireey-secces4 may be twat.
to those persons who, are immediately exposed to
—ln. the present state of things, tholFzetich ~want a
rallying point for their. ..fruits and op',.nions. If the.Y,
had found one, the whole country blight Win flames.
in one night. For the National Guardi," fir 'from
being disembodied, ate, by a Royal Ordinance, to be
every where completely organised. Even the gene-
d'armes, who are wholly imbued with. llonspiutets
spirit, are left in full activity.
" Germany must, therefore, by nt.' means fancy.
that all is now quite settled, and that every one may
itself
.to theyindn ealgheivy
n indolent repose. It must'accustont
iron armour, till it becomes as
easy to wear asbedahenisnterdov,eibini.dc.eaynithitedress, for hard trials
serowainto
dmear ys
t aynedt htdw—hat --agortlsvrilspuitilit-
has built by day. If the French succeed inisreaking
theoF ncersithmooertmcrei ust,hinielocw breakhaaiii outnts—bnyowhich they are now bound;
with greater
to peaceerforythainn
these
savaged men ; and we know clot either how to chasten
or terrify them"

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mom wistnmEußG.
On the 26th the States of •Wirtembvg addressed
to the Ministry a very temperate hut resolute and
Ma"IT rentenstrano. •
This dOeumeot, which is very long, states the sn—
perioriti of the aacient'cOnstitution of Wirtembprg,
w that Sew proposed by the' King ; reminds his Ma-
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jetty of his own solemn oath' It his accession, to pro-

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se Cgo •
• serve o4"--nstintion inviolate rthat:-. the;ll3n i
made jn„,giOfb„mheiLthe. Lerman samstiujiima_wm 1 ,
abolished, was not approved by. the :...ites, 1e..., 1
merely tolerated in the hope of !reuse title.: one day 1 s'
returning ; and in the most argent itii4 pothole ma;,. i ,
net enti eats his Majesty togiye his people flow r:, g
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and liberties to which their. sacrifice: and - .i.' . t....e, tus 1! i
so justly entitle therm. - ' ...
Among the documents annexed .to tl.:s remr.k.
strance, is a picture of the tcrievances el the ce:esc-,.
consisting of 100 sheets, which chews must clea,•..
that ever since ISOS, • Wirtemburg:haa been ti:. oT,:.
miserable country in Germany. i
His Majesty, in answer to this, regrets that b''. it
tention of giving the country
.a librral Cowt:zipin:
was riot iiproyed by the States—tells them. tl.2i
further examination will require a lung time; 2;,.: it,,
solves the assembly, desiring them ti charge ~.:re o•
their Menibers to confer with his C snaniss:or. T.-.
" AiN,-t.A•ttlAl`El.i.L, Art;t7ST to.
The racial Journal contains ti.e talOwinc ai!il-- '
" The German papers are so divided in t:te,T r.,': i
tical views of the present war, that it is iistercttipg
compare their opinions.
46 Those of the Sonth of Get manystrlee to prov•
that Islapoler. in alone is our enemy,•and that f,:s .:411„.
must necessarily be separated from that of the Fiend.
To hear them, the war we are carrying on is :.s mud
for the interest of Fiance. as for -%ur own--.1,J,',.,.
twined our end, and liurlediN.lpol• on frog, tbe t 1 v :. ~.
•atod destroyed his power, we find in the I'm chi .
pellple of friends whoSe griarre:i; power, arid t !:•r. .
dour, must be our viwp work, under die governine.-
of the Bourbon:-.._ tuut that il.e r• 1, Pressing o( di, i
tio'n would hive a pernicious 01.33 ie the bola c. • .
Enrope. Besides. one must cons.ar the high c,;: •;-
'ol which France I, is oht.tinet:i u 116.,
doubtless; ot serving Its 'a enrsdel id itanylecrl ctt
and nut • target that Bayard- and Francis the. Fr.
were Frenchmen. •
l‘ Let us beware rousing. the Trench from thi i
stupor : we must flatter the nation, give it u;..::,
rages ; thii is the only way to keep it in the lethatp •
in which it now is. and pi. vent the burstii,;; firth ~
an enthusiasm .st hick. w(stild soon been:nein, y, am
the consequences ul which wonid be fatal..
4, Such.reasoning;sufficieatly spew, the
tires of Oros,- who publish them, andx is is I. :: t.,
i nerprnroitt!c,lei,ptyWnitthan niconsideiite ' and dang,:r,..i, :•,.i.
those who act with' views exactly*.mmitt. T-1.'..1,1,,,..
which mar fie truly c filled G. •:: i
at the head ot which are the names of Stein, .t:,.;
1 Arndt, .and many others, whom_Gerpi.:: . .
reckon amongst lice most zealous 'potr:ols: 1
114 French have been for centeries-our i mr:a? '. •
enemies, the bitmenr and the se .urge or Ger att. y
Under the Henrys • and the Louises, under the r,
public and the empire, and even under the Bourb, T...
during the Congress at Vienna, have we ni.t see.
them turn against us the power we had left ilia:'
• This war is.the Coritineation of the receiitig—fr.inc
must be. conzpiered in. the person of Napoleon-4ai'
why dissemble what is so evident? Napnlev.n's re
ton, bas but hastened a catastrophe, which mutt hap
arrived sonnet or later. France is too extensive not
to he'k conquering power—it still possesses uijosti;
several of our provinces, which Germany must abso•
lately take back. Yet we confees it is with the Frent;
that we make war. Illusions will not dazzle us, ar.e
We shall not be the dupes of a false and lying iesrem
It is a pitiful refinement to generate the cause of the
French from that of Napoleon ; for they themselves
. never made any distinction—their love or their ha:rec
for the individual is indifferent to us. We have sett
them march; fight, give their money for him anc
against us.. When he came they had neith:r ballc
nor daggers—when we arrived, they had hundreds of
thousafids. Diplomatical sophisms are out of se ts.•ts
-...lying is a means quite worn out; truth alone point,
out the means and the object we have to aim a:. • '
44. It requires only. good sense and probity to love
One's country, to see
,that a pretended equililrium,
which should have the power of France for its Yt,is,
would only be a metni to create foreign a:!iancc
against a part of Germany.—No ; there is nn Inv
ditim—.all peace or war ! The Declaration of V:?nit,
may be a cause of war ; but it does not dete:4iii c
the extent of its results. We have conquered France
and annihilated Napoleon ; why are these people
astonished at the consequences of our triumphs?"
The same paper publishes an extract ot a letter
froth Rambouillet, in which is the following passage:
' People..a re deceived if, because they see the
'llir ncthitc A tist the kn,
e cockade, they imagine the
.3o e devoted to the King; even the puha.. voi; de.
clatei againgt him; the French pretend that he '.4
:•no eriergrenough. ' The truth is;, they want a con.
4I
4u tor like Bonaparte, who•would permit them tc
ices mg their system of domination. Without the
tridlof some miracle, it is impossible to conceive lion
%th e goOd.LOuis will be able tef oiaintain himself or
theitfirobe.".• , • .
w El A4iuusT 14.—N.Our atcoiants frokirParis'are tip t
~,tliffith instant. The negociationa foe peace are wen
Regy9. in.the yreetit,state of thing; it. might be dic
tAte'd bj the Al)ieg!.l;int tbey will not havte it,so. Wi
learp nothing positive about the conditions. 'I
Ministers do as they did 'at Vietiria, rid Phscrv.. di'
mostprAfoundteerecy uPon ail that iftreated o'. "Ill!
Frepch are willing- to pay eorxributions and tiaro
.penzcs of sthe war, and tisgicliveir up. the I -Ortiesie,
but with tile proyiso that they. shall be restored 4::(
a certain time; the burden of their song is, lip in
tegrity rf Pehrice.—Times are changed ; 'they recast re
nbtmce for the future the pillage of Germany .if,
the • fortresses behind •which they tormerly•bid te; ,t,'
fialice, and..nuder cover tof 'which they Oulu! :(
Germany And Holland. will heocelotward serve
'barrier against them. Ithis is 6ut just. It c.+...1,
be too.Oftert repealed that the'ill-treated nations :: iv
'the,most tatted right to delnanditsi right which sue
have acquired.atlhe expence of . their blood."
• NAMUR, AUGUST i 9.
Fresh divisions of Prussian troops daily pass throng!,
this City on their.wity to France, where. it seems the
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are ,likely to make a long stay. The manufactory r
arms at Versailles has been stripped, as We hearo).
ail the arms; 'mate:la's,' tools, and objects ot mechs
nism which rendired it viduable to France. A Pre'
11:14aY •waggnas have passed through here, keit'
with these artiCles,' among which we observed "6
the bellow; of `the forges. These trophies, taken b:
conquest froma warlike and turbulent nation, sc:l
be laced in magazines of a people who will co!Phi;
4•17 krtise cause of justice, , ~. •

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