Star.
London, England, 1817-09-04 00:00:00

FROM d GERMAN PAPER.

PRUesIA.
The Opposition Paper of Weimar communicates
the following observations on the situation of Prussia:
" If in other countries we hear that a revolution is
expected or dreaded in Prussia, when we visit Berlin
and witness the manner in which the powers of the
people are sp!it, we soon become convinced that this
report is altogether without foundation. This want
of union is so great, that with the practical sense
which the people display in matters of common life,
we cannot comprehend how intelligent men can con-
duct themselves with such folly. The misfortune of
the Prussian Administration has for a long time been
the dangerous eagerness for theories. 'lbis has so
infected the community, that nothing like unity is to
be thought of. Every one wishes something different
from what his neighbour whishes, only they are all
agreed in wishing to have nothing without the King
and his family. No one thinks of a revolution against
the reigning House, and least cf all the citizen; for
he has been a gainer by the new Regulations for
Cities and Towns, and by the admission of Officers
from the people.
" The Nobility, as minority, are less attached to
the King, as they consider the privileges granted to
the people as an invasion of their rights, which they
would wish to regain at any price. Hence the striving
for a Constitution is equally great on all sides. The
Nobility 'Hope, by their union and their connections,
to eff.ct a return 01 the good old times; the Citizens
arid cmettry the securing the new. A mail body
of enthusiasts entertain hopes of realizing Platuuie
• States. Another party, riot more.numerous, hope to
nietemorpliose- Gerrieny into one kingdom. The
Offic:rs hope for war, for the sake of advancement,
and wish to have again the times of a Bereard of
Weimar, when the soldier could follow the leader
woo paid him best, without any concern fur the cause
of the quarrel. The soldiar, now taken from the
body of the nation, wishes peace, as little hopes of
advancement new retrain to him, as the Cadeolieuses
now furnMr the most of the Officers, and it often
happens that a highly cultivated young man of
twenty-one is under the command of a boy of sixteen,
who, recepting the advantage of nolilite, is in most
other re setcts inferior to the other. But Ire has been
brought ue at the expense of the Srate,and has acquired
what is called the right spirit of the military cast.
" All the parts of the people are divided from each.
other by -a separation of interests, and we no where
find a point of union. The men who now have the
most italeence are even of different parties. -One
wishes only to see standing armies elegantly decked
out in grand parades, and orders ail investigation to
discover whether diet:eine have been produced by the
tournaments, while many of the vainest officers were
obliged to lay aside their girdles, on account of the
stale of their health. Another wishes to put ploughs
and spades into the bands of all the manufacturers,
tend taees the merchant to ease the landed proprietor.
Oat will have no Constitution, and another wishes to
Lave the old States restored, but refuses to hear any
thing of a general Representation of the People.
" A few men of honour only entertain liberal
views, and wish to obtain what is best with modera-
tion. Among other things, they think that the laws
ought first to be reformed on liberal principles, and
then a liberal Constitution will soon follow. They
are mistaken, however ; for the former can only sei.
low from the latter. They are still more mistaken;
for they chunk the French administration of jusece is
the more liberal. It is rather directly calculated for
despotism ; for its forms are derived horn times wile.,
the Royal Power in Fiance had shaken itself loose
kilns ail cuntroul of the States."
WESITHALIA, AUGUST V.
The Scuntagrbiate (Sunday Paper,) published at
Prussian Minden, cutitains the following article:
G. blussTeit.—lt is well k"nown that our authori-•
ties were two yews ago ordered to insert the puuhc
Proclamations and softer Notices in the -Getman Ob-
server, . a Journal published iii HAllibUrgh, as being
devoted to the interests 01 l'russia - iIOWLVeI•
wC have seen ourselves obliged to withiliaw our
favours, as the todowing official puhlicatton in the
tioveitimetit Paver pioves 5 •
" As it ha• cut beat confirmed :hit the Geroram 6k0,.0r is to
sirry ttiv place of the I..re git Journals in cases where tuft rtion
in them taprupti, the wit, .1. in the Rval tribunals, its obeihei:ce
toe Reseript of Isis r..zeokucy be Nli'hi,icrut Justice, are twit))
clouted in such Advertisemmts to sdis..re to the Regulat alli of
the Law. ("signed) " V. IlesNuru."
UA t Fit BARBARY CORSAIRS.
That the Pilate. in the Channel should have at.
tacked only the ships of the poor Germans and Prus-
sians (are we poorer thanthe Daces, Swedes, Nether-
landers, kc. ?) astonishes some of cur writers. But
what others should they have attacked ? They are the
only people•who have neglected by kind or forcible
means to code to an understanding with the Africans.
And where is there in this the slightest proof that
England is in the least to blame ?
We hate, and 1 thick justly, the maritime despo-
tism of England, as well as the dependence in which,
by the perfection of its manufactures and its trading
imtientions it **thins other nations. Why then should
am, 4 iavitiog her and the GM:7- Maritime Power:, as
the Diet has done, to assist us in clearing the seas of
the Pirates, formally acknewledeed, as it were, 'the
pretensions of England ? Why should we throw our:
selves under the guardianship of England, and con-
vect our maritime towns into hail English towns ?
. We cannot expect that the English would display
Imes a romantic philanthropy as to assist us without
entteavuuriiig to derive something in recent fur them-
select.
4,4, to the other Maritime Power: Before Lord Ex-
uma's proceeded to Algiers, a Russian journal 'sar-
castically observed, that it was evident no assistance
against these pirates was to be expected from Eng-
land, and that application @ask is be noels to the Ameri•
mu, -However, the result thewed that the Ameti-
Cates were much more selfish than tire English (for
which, oti account of their situation, I cannot blame
giem); and that the English, when the welfare o the
Enznen people required t,careied the business through
wkient application Imo any other power whatever.
it With respect to the 114 .eilheasee, the public have
• home we owe dime blanks in the Sunday Pawl* the
ears of the Censorship, WWI, Posrals displays great @newt
hi the pareseetat papery; Mae, fa No. 43 ci Ti, •
=ow iiivasirer, kW* molted to pie eett, mere are two
dyes Wok; and Im 419. 61, a whole Essay ta

yet, notwithstanding all t has been said fer and
against it, a very faint idea of what is in reality intro.
ded by.this union. The original document says no-
thing with respect to the effect which is to be given
to it, that is, to the transactions which are to take
place under it, and merely speaks of governing the
people entrusted by GOD to their rnleis in the spirit
of the Gospel.
di Are we to say then, that Germans insulted in the
most outrageous manger, are unable to help thensselves ?
Germany, the whole Federal Union, is, in my opi•
nion, as much to be considered invaded by an enemy,
as if France had entered the Baden term itories ; but
this Union, this Body, Arst,ial Prwnia so deeply
interested, &c. are unable to help themselves ?
" One mite observation !—The hatred of the British
which spews itself more and more strongly every day
in every nation, has undoubtedly been inspired by
PROVIDENCE for the wisest purposes, and we can con-
sider it in no other light than as a solitary phenome-
non in the history of nations. To endeavour to coun-
teract it is vain ; and it would be imbecility to mis.
tale: the reason tor which it was given. But the in-
telligent and good etittla not to give themselves up
unconditionally to a blind hatred. 0.1g!lt they not
rather to endeavour to turn it to accorinz by inspiring
all nations with the desire Of a more essential and
sa-
lutary rivalry, is the reformation of their internal
condition r'

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