The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-03-10 00:00:00

the great assembly, representing the United Nether-

They than then commence their labours in, free-
anm, and give us an account of their progress by a
Committee appointed to that effect ; and as soon u
the adoption of the constitutional code is the result
of their deliberations, we shall make the necessary
arrangements for taking the oath prescribed to us
by the Constitution with all due solemnity, in the
midst of the assembly, and after that be installed in
state.

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In the adoption of these measures, worthy Coup
trymen, you must feel convinced, that the welfare
of oor beloved country is my first and only. object.;
that your interests and mine are the same • mid how
can they be more manifestly promoted, dian by the
iutroductjon of. constitutional roles, in which you
will find the guarantee of your dearest • rights ?
They will furnish me with the advantage of con-
ducting; on fixed principles, the charge of responsi-
bility of Unvernment, assisted by the best and most
inteltigent of the citizens ; and will secure to me the
• continuance of that affection, the expressions of which
rejoice my heart, animate my courage, lighten my bu r-
then, and bind me and my louse for ever to our re-
getierated country.
Given at the Segue this Id of March, 1814, and
of our reign the Ist.
(Signed) W I LL to M.
By com mand, .1• It. FA MK, Secretary of State.

• liorrcansm, Manpr S.—From Goes we learn,
that on the 2tl a heavy cannonade eas heard there,
• occasioned by the entrance into the Scheldt of two
ships of war of 50 guns, one English.. and the other
Russian, and which were fired upon from the bat.
teries of Flushing. Both the ships went aground,
• but the Russian soon floated : armed boats had been
sent to tighten the English vessel, which was still
aground, though out of the reach of thetcannon.'
We learn from Beeda, that on the 3d, 1690 rietich.
men were e;pected there, who had . be* 4sade
• sorters between Mons and Vatenciehues.
Fit ASK YOST, Fr.s. 23.-Accortlitig..*te . the latest
erreonti received herecoin Italy, the Old;Castle"#f
Verona,. en' the 11th inst. surrendered to 'the Alls•
Watts. The-battle of the Bth was follawedtahpoti..
other engagement Oil the nett day, -but hi&
neither of them an result of consequenCe..
Dctsmourr, FEa.2s.—SioCe the 11th 'inst. the
ihrth.,,,, (if Luxemburg and Thienrille have been
• biticktiderl. A part of the Electoral Hessian troops
etimpose efhe besieging force. General Dornberg
' commands before the first, and General Muller be-
"lore the last. The troops which were engaged before
:egalosrrhienville.have been suddenly withdrawn to
intte4then the Allied Armies.'
FZ,B. 45.4-Two Proclamations have been
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'istinid by the Allies; anti seat iota Antwerp. The
objet of the ebe. i to Instigate the inhabitants to
*rise upon the eKetay, in order to prevent the bom-
bardment of their City ; the ether is to the military,
• and the garrison h warned against any obstinate re-
sistance, which would Insure their being sent into Si-
beria on the reelniqoa of the place. It was accom-
panied by an of *i:if free pardon if they assisted in
the desivis of the „kites.
Deusstv, Fetr,..l4..—trensOstend we learn that
the number of the gst'frison is litatl, and that great
preparations had beelt made for the defence of the
rlace by deepening and opening the dybee, by col.
lecting prosHotts, and by eontrihntioni cin the in-
habitants in the neighbouring districts. Persons.
from that vicinity state that the Whole country round
Ostend is under water,. and thatthe peasauts are so
mach enrage,' at this circumstance= that 4000 of hem
have armed themselves and have compelled the envoi
to keep close within the walls. •

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THE SiIArESMAN.

LONDON: ,
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, iel4ll •

Dutch and German Papers were received last
Wet, •and we have this day published a very im-
portant Stale Paper, extracted from there, dated the
Vague, &I instant. It is a kind of prospectus for
the nen+ Genstitution of Holland; and from one re.
raarkable but undefined expression in this address
from the Sovereign Prince(for it is signed by himself,
and counter-signed by his Secretary of State), it may
be presumed intended to affect more than the late
44 United Prorinceq," as it is observed in the exor-
dium, that " 1t respects the concerns of the whole
Netherlands." This expression, no doubt, is intend-
ed to embrace future contingencies, and to be easily
adjusted to, or regulated by, "eients, which ice these
wonderful times cannot be foreseen or foretold. The
whole over is very skilfully penned to answer Its
Rurpose; and we see no reason to doubt that it will
be tarried into effect, as far as the Sollertrisai- will if
the dictator would have it. The alleged fact of the
Dutch people having sighed and tiettered 1# late
years, under the, ieost oppressive yoice,gkat VFW
ytts imposed since the Spanish times, doea.acit seem
recoficileable with the accounts from the epOt, of the
partiality of the lower classes for the Freed*. We shall
be sorry to witness the same kind ofdisittfefiction rise'
up in this commercial peoples!hich divided them so com-
pletely about 30 years ago. Considerils, however,
as too, the safeguard of; people to consist greatly
Hossaiiire and preservation oktite, Constitution
ender which they are doomed to thin we *ill re-
feree this interesting suhtect at a *Aire occesien,
when we shall have more time` ass t., We
deanot, however,-at present ref g fing