Star.
London, England, 1815-01-07 00:00:00

WSW ARA NORWAY".

STOCKHOLM, MEM= is.
The day before_ysftwday his Majesty the King re-
ceived in the Hall of State the Deputies from the
Diet of Nervily. Her Majesty, the Queen, and the
Princesses, had previously entered the Hall, and taken ,
the places assigned to them.
Of the speech of the spokesman (Christie), deli-
vered in the Norwegian language, the following ad-
dress of the Diet formed a part :
" The remmentadves of the Norwegian people, summoned to
inquire IMO Nil amidst the dtuation of the kingdom, and to,
come to the Melt mature emelusion for its welfare, have now
finished theft hiliportest task. They perceive that a union with
the WOW. WS est only put a period to the deviate-
dons of woe hot ski,bingdoin if foie ded on equitable conditions, open
a prospect of eternal Moeda* for the future, and give the king-
doms et the Werth complete stability and strength to resist eater-
nal enemies. Your Majesty, ready to form such a union, recog-
nised the right of the people to constitute themselves is an inde-
pendent State, and commissioned respectable men to make known
your gracious intentions, and thus to promote the union. The
representatives of the nation, animated with zeal and anxiety for
the welfare of their native lend, thereupon deckled for a perpe-
tual union between the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under
a common King, gave to Norway o Constitution founded on the
aboriginal eights of a free people, and on the 4th harem *awl-
mainly elected and acknowledged your Majesty as Norway's con.
stkotionall King.
" The Representatives of the Peep!' have not for a Moment
doubted that your Majesty, who commenced by recognising the
rights of the nation, will continue to maintain and protect them.
They are completely istisfied that they have acted in conformity
to the wishes of the nation, and venture to assure your Majesty
of the inviolable fidelity and devotedness of a people who hitherto
have never forgotten their duttto their King. May ALMIGHTY
GOD strengthen you to govern according to his gracious purpose
a kingdom which his wisdom has entrusted to you.
(Mined) " CURISTII, President.
" WLIDBMANN, Secretary.
" Extraordinary Diet, Christiania, Norway, Nov. ti, ISI4.
The King returned the following gracious reply :
" Good Lords and Men of Norway, Deputies from
the Diet of that Kingdom!
" 1 receive with the sincerest pleasure the assurances of fide-
lity and attachment which you have conveyed to me in the name
of the Norwegian people. 'l'lll4 solemn moment, which puts
the last seal to the so happily established union between Sweden
awl Norway, was long called for by the actual -demands of the
Notch. The two nations who inhabit the Scandinavian Peninsula
could not in the tape of ages obey divided interests; every thing
called for an union.between them, founded on reciprocal respect,
and supported by a common spirit of freedom and honour.
" Though I ascended the throne of owedeu under gloomy
prosPects. yet I derived energy against dangers, and hope for the
future, from an unbounded confidence in the Swedish people.—
' They have not disappointed my expectations; and this people,
who were so often the victims of the severe blows of termite,
.now stand respected among the nations. With equal confidence I
h ve I now. from the free and unanimous election of the Diet,
aeceptedof the Crown of Norway; and this transaction, a gua-
rantee for the principles of en), government, will have the saute
happy consequences. Secured against foreign dangers; animated
by the aamenoble efforts tepromote interual welfare,the northern
peninsula will be viewed with respect by the nations of Europe.
" Norweglans!—l have through my well-beloved Son given
you my assurances. to govern the kingdom of Norway according
to its laws and constitution • and alao adoptid the fundamental
principles which were discussed anti agreed upon between my
Commissioners and the Diet. I now repeat to you this solemn
declaration. Be assured that I shall ever feel it a sacred duty to
meet the wishes of the Norwegian people with friendly readi-
ness. Let us thank that Pao elDasca which. after such fiuctua.
don of eyenti and such lengthened internal discord,. has *sta.,
blished security and unanimity in the north ; let us give ourselves
up to the pleasing hopes which futurity opens to our view.—
Norwegians and Swedea shall alike share my paternal regard.;--
Behold here at my tide, honoured by your joint gratitude, the
been who, next after the AIAMORTT, has be the author of the
fraternal league between you. As King and Father, I embrace
this opportunity to express to hint my own and the common
achnowisedgno uts of we country.. To him will I, when en the
confines of eternity. deliver, with 101 l confidence both the'
crowns; which will from him receive a new and heightened
lustre. Jr is he WM most finish the great work of which he laid
the foundntioAs, end which I can only comnienm—in reign over
you with mildneas, to respect your freedom, and to defend your
independence with valour. Then will you bless the hour which
gave birth to the union of tho Scandinavian Rations, and my
memory will live among you on account of my paternal efforts
for your welfare, and for the Prince whom I give you stalliarther
to promote It."

Saxons are only called upon to finite their teeourees
with those of their Prussian brethren, to form a nor-
thern barrier for the'reat family of Europe, against
the future irruptibe of those restless and turbulent spi.
Tits which, althooghslumbering at present, may once
more sway the destinies of France.
They are called upon merely to exchange the de.
graded and degrading Sovereignty of a weak, and
we fear we may add, a wicked Prince, for that of a
mild, enlightened, unassuming, and magnanimous
King, who has drank the bitter cup of adversity to
the dregs, but who has risen like ANTSI.3, with reachr
vated vigour from the ground, because he threw
himself into the arms of his country to give him fresh
courage for the kld.
Let the Saxons look at the deplorable condition in !
which Saxony has been left by the perverse conduct
of the Sovereign, whom they have lost, and let them
cease to expect from hi: restoration, the return of
peace and prosperity to their conntry. It is to their
new Sovereign, ruling according to the recognizvd
Constitution of the conntry, that they ought now to
look for the protection, the encouragement, and thu
maintenance of their true national interests.
They ought to recollect that the locality of Saxony
has rendered that country, more frequently than any
other in Europe, the scene of war in all its horrors,
and that a much stronger army than their population
can afford, will be requisite to avert these calamities

in future. It was in the vicinity of Mersoburg, for
Instance, that the Emperor limey I. arret,ed.and
destroyed the innumerable hosts of the lions. Two
leagues farther off, a simple stone and a solitary tro
distinguish the spot where the Conqueror of Lutzen,
the heroic GUSTAVUS AooLruus, sealed with his
blood the religious liberty of Germany. A little
Ember to the southward, Rossback and Jena preserve
the recollection of the most ruinous defeats which any
army ever experienced; while under the walls of
Leipsic, seven crowned heads, at the head of .;00,000
men, fought that awful battle which was to decide
the independence or the final subjugation of Europe.
We have thus entered at length into the affairs of

Saxony, because we confess the question respecting
the policy of annexing it to Prussia has, within these
few dayF, been brought before us in a new light, by
the perusal of a masterly pamphlet, entitled " Saxony
and Prursia," and said to be a demi-official.produc-
tion from the pen of the celebrated Gmrz. The
Prussian Government is there made to address the
Saxon Nation and Europe in general, in the calm
and temperate language of truth and reason. It is
there shown, that the interests and the honour of

Saxony can best be preserved by getting rid of the

family which has brought so much misery and dis-
grace upon their subjects as men and as Germans.
The most sacred pledges sre given, that not even

a stone in Saxony shall be removed, if its removil
should offend the feelings of the inhabitants, and the
character of the Prussian Nation and Government
for moral integrity and scrupulous veracity is staked
for the performance. It is shewn also, that it will
be the interest of Prussia herself to heal the wounds
sof Saxony, and to make her not a tributary and de;
Pendent State, but, as Scotland is with England, a
strenuous ;and zealous coadjutor in maintaining the
independence and glory of the united empire among
the nations of the civilized world.

But the reversion of Saiony to the dynasty of her

Protestant Princes (fur after all, the King of Pnvssui
is the lawful heir to the Crown after the forfeiture of
the present family) ought to be peculiarly gratifying
to the feelings of a large portion of the community
of Europe. The King of PausstA and all his family
are sincere and zealous members of the Lutheran
communion : the deposed Sovereign and his family
are bigotted Catholics, while the Saxons themselves
are Protestants in the proportion of five to one. But
Saxony has still stronger claims to a Protestant dy-
nasty : it was the cradle of the reformation, and it
has long been the only country in Europe, perhaps,
where the civil rights and liberties of mankind
are protected independent of religious opinions.
—Catholics and Protestants are indiscriminately
called to exercise all offices in the State ; and to the
honour of the Saxon name be it mentioned, that this
toleration is not the result of that cold and self styled
philosophical indifference to 41 religions, which is
too much the C 414 of the age in which we live, but
the legitimate offspring of that spirit of charity and
forbearance

which was inculcated by the Divtxr

Aurnots of eur faith. At Bautzen, for instance, the
Catholics and Lutherans, alternately, use the same
place of worship, and the Ministers of both Comma,
nioas live on the most brotherly footing with each
other. Saxony, in this respect, is the Sparta of the
Christian World

A Gentleman just returned from a tour through
part of France and Belgium, where he has visited
some of the manufactories for spinning, weaving, and
printing cotton goals, with a view to ascertain the
present state thereof, and the competition this country
may expect from them when a full supply of the r4w
material. upon equal terms with ourselves, shall en-
able them to get into full activity, has communicated
to us some judicisua remarks, which cannot be tool
generally known. From extensive and accurate ob.
servatiosse made by him, it appears, that in spinning,
these foreign establishments are unquestionably far
brig* this country ; and for fine goods, they must
yet be dependent upon us for yarns above noster 100.
Thks they candidly confess ; btu in prodncing l..ir