The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-19 00:00:00

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was At the head of the yarn?. but universal conspiracy
. 'neNi, Is I.alv contained within her bosom, the name
' Of Victor Emmanuel Would have burst from every lip.'
Hut when reasonable men were codstrained to aban-
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a:.n the sweet illusions cf enthusiasm, they wee*. re-1
.` loetAntiv compelled to acknowledge that the noble,
chief of the Italian conspiracy entertained a repair'
nonce to one of the measures best calculated to ensure
its success. I have already said, that Victor Emma-
- rilei-virt startled at the 'iaiir at aConstiiitiOVlVo7
moment. Netterthelessite rectitude of his heart was
satk that the reunion of those loyal aid, twwwegobits
eremite whoshad represented to him-the dstieswhieh
his political situation, end the weifikre of his people
imposed upon him, would have surmounted ail his
• objections. Yes, this good Prince woull have yielded,
notwithstanding the influence of the Queen and his
affection for her. Victor Etonanuel loved his sub-
jects also, and the honour of the nation above every
thing. He only wanted to know the truth ; but how
was he to know it? What King can ever flatter Lim-
self with knowing it, in a cointry where theabsence of
every liberal institution raises clouds of impeietrable
darlcness between the Throne and the people. These
clouds, however, were dispersed when the Revolution in
Spain sounded like a clap of thunder throughout Europe;
and taught crowned headsitiat the age of absolittemonar-
chies was past. This reedit was the first accomplish-
ed by the military in belt'. iof liberty. Oar ancestors
had seen an English army cut down the Long Partin-
. went ; we have ...en Free)* grenadiers first destroy,
'"tend then a second time clitiii. an assembly of legisla-
• tors; bat the Spanish solaUrs did' not elevate an OH-
- &Jeer Uromwell, or a ilonaparte, on their shields : It was
mite laws of their country that they displayed on their
• triumphant flags.' It had been generally acknowleged
% 'in Europe, that all nations reduiii seep initititioni as
may in some theisye tempera' III& eithorltx ;' but a
potent Monarch 'Ultima; ;and many have theated it
after !sins, that thike itistititions' ought to.kinanate
from the thione ' itself. • ' The 'Pilni.ire 'tan te 'be
very tine, bnt may I be ',chatted te'ask in retnin,'
-what is to he done, wheti 601111010 es emanate triiia
the throne? If a King. doom to death, if he Plunge
into dungeons, if he - exile men who bare bravest
every danger to replace him on his throne, and to
.s'-cure its intirpenflence and liberties to their country,
then is a nation to endure and suffer in silence ;
or to see without monitoring its hopes extinguished,
is laws violated, and all the soirees of its prosperity
I. hs•ked up ? opm whose heart the most powerful
crown in the world has not yet been able to corrupt,
deign to say, if the heroic Spaniard cueist to hide his
Lead in the folds of his mantle yet wet with the blood
that Ise has shed for his King, and submissively stoop
to receive blows from the very band to which be has so
lately restored the sceptre? There are those in Eu•
rope who would dare to answer yes ; but they are
those who consider the people as no more than sheep
given up to the discretion of their driver. Alexan-
der however is not of this description. The Spanish I
revolution was a pillar of light for all the armies of ab-
s.llute monarchies, and its rapidity made a powerful
impression upon the people, and particularly upon
tiiat portion of soc'ety which is the most interested in
the preservation of order, and make the most sucrifiees
towards maintaining it. It taught these persons that
it was tossible to pass speedily and happily from a
state of opprer,sion and misery to one of liberty and
felicity. Pilylntont felt the stimulus of this revolution
hut in a lees degree than Napies did : because the ima-
gination of the Piedmontese is more calm, and because
they flattered themselves that the government of the
king would profit by the terrible lessons which astound-
ed all.

TURKEY, Rt'S.lf.l AND PERSIA.

Extract of a letter from Constantinople, Nov. 10:
—The charge of Ministers here happened at a most
inennverient moment. Important communications hail
joist been received from Russia ; and the English
and Austrian Ambassadors were already engaged in
negoeiating a favourable reception for them. It Was
th,mght that the removal of the Reis Effendi aas con-
nected with those negociations ; but this is certainly
not the C7ISP. lle was removed, because he was given
to indu:gence in lignor, and had been seen more than
once it: a state of intoxication, to the scandal of all
trne nssulmen. Lord Strangford and Count Tait-
7ole appear to be perfectly satisfied with the new Reis
EtTen.li, and they do not seem to have lost any part of
Chart influence from which, only, we can expect the
preservation of peace. They are indefatigable in
their exertions. and appear to act entirely by them-
selves. The Porte has certainly considerable reliance
on the British and Austrian Uovernment,,.

We do not vet know the nature of the Russian an
ewer; but rumour says, it is not pacific. Still, from
the confidence which prevails here, it would appear as
if war were yet distant.
We arc perfectly quiet here; though we lay our ac-
count for dreadful exaggerations. when our English
friends receive the intelligence that yesterday thirteen
11101466Ln prisoners, chiefs of the insurrection, awl
taken with arms in their hands, were executed at Con-
stantinople. One of them, a butcher, formerly re-
siding in Vera, was put to death in the Frank quarter,
opposite the house where he had lived before he turned
Patriot. Lord Strangford was offended, that the exe-
cution should have taken place in the vicinity of the
Foreign Embassies, and sent a message to the Porte,
insisting that the dead body should be rrmoved. This
was accordingly done, and a proper apology made to
his Loidship ; though it is the custow to expose the
bodies of criminals for three days. The Porte seems
resolved to punish the Chiefs of the rebels who are
taken with arms,.and to pardon those only who sur-
render. At the intercession of the British Embassy,
forty-four prisoners taken in Samothrace, were spared
about a fortnight ago. They had not, however. cons-
mitted any hostility, and had only manifested their in-
subordination, by refusing to pay the poll-tax, or ha-
ratch.—(Courier.)
Extract of a letter from Paris, dated Dec. 15 :
After the close of 'Change yesterday, I saw a letter
from Bucharest, which had been expedited to Vienna
by an extraordinary conveyance, and was forwarded
thence to this capital by the regular post. It states,
that netts had just reached Odessa, that. shortly pre-
vious to the departure of the courier, all the Russian
Officers who were on leave had received orders from
Government to rejoin their respective corps with
possible expedition, It is, in troth, written by s
leek merchant, but be adds, that, ere his letter ar-