The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-10 00:00:00

LAIIIIMIQCS, September 116.—Mr. Settee, a lawyer, formerly
an officer, when the Censorship of the Press was introduced in-
the Canton of Vaud, gave up the Editorship of " The Friend
of Truth" to-his publisher, and commenced about a month
ago a new political and literary journal, called "The Faithful
' Friend of Truth." This journal, as well as " The Friend of
though-under a very strict censorship, has jest been
ashamed bye dectee of the Council of State of the Can-
ton of Vaud
.14 these terms : • ••• . •
Cobsidering that the Journal printed at lasimulne under
the.title.of the Faithful Friend of Truth,' is written as far
.as concerns the past,' historical news,' in an imprudent spirit,
dangerous in the Brenta eireutastances, and which may injure
the Canton in its political relations, by virtue of the powers
given to the CoeociLof State by the Decree of the lath day of
May, 1823. •
'Tile Journal called the " Faithful Friend of Truth" is sup-,
pressed as a PoliticalJournsl, for the part called "historical
news" and notice shall be given to M. 11. Segue accordingly.'
For some years past, Messrs. Gautier and Despinasse, ex 4
cooventionalists, enjoyed like many Other exiles, a hospitable
asylum in Switzerland. Last Friday the Council of State of
the Canton of Vaed; was obliged by a diplomatic note, that
came from Berne; to communicate to these Gentlemen, an
Order to depart for the United States of America.
This Decree was like a clap of thunder to these old Gently-
Wen, who hoped to live in peace to the,eaCof *Mr worth
career, amidst their family and (deeds,:
Baron Nils Oyllenstierna has presented a formal claim to the
Diet for the sum •of 468,1419 rix dollars, Prussian currency,
which he affirms to be due to his family for the Crown of Swe-
den. King Charles VIII. had en original bond of the city of
Dantzig for 16,000 marks in silver. This King was the foun-
der of the family of Ciyilenscerna, In whose possession the
bond remained from father to son. Bat Charles XII. lighting
money to pay his troops, gave a written order, dated 28th hlvy,
61704, to receive this bond from Lieutenant Colonel Baron Nils
•
Genesee Gyllenstierna ; and lien compelled the city of Dant-
elfj;by the threat of military execution to pay him the princi-
pal and interest, with the sum of 66,437 rix dollars, formally
promising that the family of Gylleustierna should be repaid oat
• of the public treasury. This claim has pow increased to the
above mentioned sum. •

' Sr. PETERSCUO. SEPT. 10.-It is said that Count Wessel
rode will hare a personal conference with Lord Strangtordwo
I the affairs or Turkey.

It Is supposed that the whole empire will be divided into Go.
.yersioents, each containing four Governments, as has been
lately done wish the Baltic Provinces, and with White Russia.

After two contradictory despatches from the Duke d'An.
gouletnerat third bas arrived, stating that the King of Spain
and the whole Royal Family, arrived at Pori St. Mary's, the
French' bead quarters, on the lit, inst. For what purposes
or on what terms, it is not stated; and we are left entirely
in the dark, both *as to the events which prevented Fer-
dlnand from leaving Cadiz on the 29th, and as to what
afterwards enabled him to go to the head quarters of the
French on theist iust. That he left Cadiz as the negotiator
‘I
for the Cortes is not at all probable; and it is not easy ,
to define•the motives which have led to Isis liberation. We 4
must wait for the next arrivals to explain these matters;
land in the interim, spatulation will not be idle, as to she 11
possible fate of the authors of the Revolution. It is possi-
ble, though we confess we have no great hope it will prove
so, that the Cortes in liberating the King have no iusmedi. •
ate lutention of surrendering Cadiz. As an individual, it
is of no moment where the King is :—and we are by no
means certain that it would not have been the wisest plan
to have left him at Madrid, and to have declared him a
prisoner in the bands or the invading army. At
the head of the furious and rat..tic Royalist faction, he
would ere this have been quarrelling with his foreign
frit nds ; and even now his presence will ...go more to
distract their councils, than to tranquillize the contr.,. The
New Vince- hopes that he will be counselled by France
England to adopt prudent measures; and a proclamation
lon Lis liberation from the custody of Napoleon is referred
to, in which he declares that " Liberty and serurity,l
individual and royal, shall be guaranteed by laws which,
while they insure public tranquillity and order, shall leave
to all my subjects the enjoyment of that rational liberty
which distinguishes a limited (loverament from a
despotism." The paper above quoted adds, that " upon
these principles, Europe has a right to demand than the
" Government of Spain shall now be established." Upon
these principles, however, Europe has no inclination to
act. This proclamation, be it remembered, was published
during the existence of the Constitution which it is now
proposed to destroy. The sentiments were never the
sentiments of Ferdinand, but of the Constitutional
sninisters. The words were 'put into his month by such
men as Quiroga and Ittiego; but they could n ver be itn-
planted in a heart replete with hypocrisy, ingratitude,
ferocity, and revenge. He soon set aside the prin-
ciples of this
,proclamation of 1814; he substitituted his
will for the law ; and instead of a rational liberty, and a
limited government, he exhibited to the world a sys-
tem of royal caprice, and fiendlike cruelty. The
very authors of the proclamation, for which the New
Times finds it convenient to praise him, were banished,
imprisoned, and some of them even put to death. And
if Ferdinand could act in this manner towards us4n who
had redeemed his kingdom, and preserved him a throne,
in what manner may he be expected to treat those who
have curbed his fury; who have put the bit into his
mouth, and reined in the royal madness? They must
be objects of hiS bitterest hatred; and in the restoration
of his authority, instead of the country being tranquillized,
, it will be the scene of horrors, to which all past expe-
rience of royal mischief will be trifling. We may also
ask whether the sentiments of that proclamation are
recognized by the Potentates of Europe? Do they
raise the standard of limited governments ? France is
nominally a limited Monarchy; but it is in fsot an-
absolute tyranny. No one pretends Om Austria, Russia,
._and Prussia, are limited gnveromfmts. This proclamation