The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-11-05 00:00:00

• The librrty, honour and independence of Norway
NI ere the objects the Diet .bad to labour for. If this
end could be obtained by a renewed combat ; if the
means and resources of the country were adequate
for conducting a war, perhaps a protracted one,
against a superior enemy, who had already acquired
considerable advantages ; if there was a sufficient
hope for the fortunate result of the contest to sanc-
tion the exposlnglgreat part of the country to the
ceJamities of war ; if; aftar—thu..yeatest success, it ,
could be expected that the frontlet might still be de-
fended, and peace on the ocean, so necessary-to Nor-
way, be obtained ; or if the liberty and independ.
mice of the people could be secured through an ho-
nourable union with Sweden; protected by the main-
tenance of the Constitution of Norway ; these were
the important traations which the Diet bad to dr:
chic on.
The Assembly followed the dictates of duty by
endeavouring to obtain better informatiim of the real
situation of the country, as well with regard to the
departmeets of war and the commissariett; ea „te its
!Mace&
Commissioners front Mt' Swedish Majesty made
proposals of changes la the tanstitution, which they
considered as memory far the union with Swedmi.
'flat these proposals will be modified and 6zed sn as
to make them compatible with the liberty and honour
of Norway under the lesion, of this the Conventicle
et Mom is the guarantee. _

Thehour in which a resolution was to be taken
attired, After the •matorist deliberation, ani-
mated by as equal seat for the honour of Norway,.
and for Its peace,—with a view to the spirit which
the representatives of Norway in every district
knew to prevail,—and not unmindful of the polltkal
and econdadcal advantages which an trulent with,
Sweden miyyrocure for Norway,—.the Diet has yes..
Order taken the following resolution
46 Norway shall, as an integral State, be united
to Sweden under one King, with the preservation of
its constitution, subject to such necessary alterations
as the welfare of thicoontry may reqoire, haiing at
the lame time regard to the-onion with Sweden.—
These *lterations in the constitationl.which his Swe-
Ash Majesty has acknowledged in the Convention of
Mots; dated 14th of Aegust last, are to- considered
and•doterrained on by the Diet as speedily as pos-
sible; and le soon as this has, been dose, the Diet
• *ill solmanly elect and acknowledgOise King of
Sweden,. his Majesty Charles Xlll. lathe constito-
liemil King of Norway."
• During thi.consideration of these changes in the
c'oustitation, care lor the liberty of the people and
the security of atti State shall govern the labours of
the Diet.
Countrymen !
_Pm Representatives of Norway,
honoured by oonfideooa with the high calling
they are folillieg, are assured year approbation will
r.iword'their exertions: that you, with a disposition
which h Katona. to Norwegians, will receive: their
deterrninatteet • and that you participate- with them
In the hops, that au honourable uniost with a neigh..
bnuring country will contribute to the welfare of,
old Norway, which was ever free and independent.
)tehig-of all the Representatives.
..r CHRISTIE.
Pre tempers President.
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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
GATVILDAY, NOVENSEIIt 3, 11114:

Paris Papers to the %I inst. are arrived, furnishing
Intelligence from Vienna to the id alt. The
French writers, and their correspondents, are still
harping on a string which " grates harsh discord" to
their ears—the dominion, or, u they cull it, tyranny
of Great 'Britain on the ocean, and which they tell
us is still a subject of contention at the Great Con-.
gress. They assert that the Plenipotentiaries of the
other Powers assembled, finding, no doubt, all
other weans ineffectual, are making a war of. per&
suadon upon us, with the view of getting us to
abandon the exercise of our nasal supremacy on
the seas; end that Primo Teztairitatrn and
,Lord CASTLEREA4II) Wales* iball stock
of eloquence and instisctiOns upon the points
at issue, without having come to an agreement
in gimlet), have sent Coolers to their respec-
tive Courts for further guides 'to their conduet.
Lord C+sytsasacu, methope is not quite so Igoe-
,rant of his duty as to need this reference. The
path of honour and justice, which is that of right,
and must lied to tranquillity, is not intricate, and
"already filed to all nations ; it is only requisite that
there should be a Power sufficiently supreme to ea-
t
.force obedience to the established laws of natural
:right and justice among those who, by secret arts of
:erasion or open violence, seek to couutaract tit* ins-
mutable rules, and no power among the cations el the
"earth is so worthy to exercise this sacred authority
es Greet Britain. There will be instances of a daps,.
tote horn moderation and justice, perhaps there erste.
many, on the part of those who are delegate! to
carry with power the authority of their oemetry into
• execution on the rude and boisterous element, .61911
is known not to have the effect of civilizing natimts
already sufficiently intractable; but our creed Is not
the less just, and firm in our minds, that where there
• are rights bestowed by nature, and guaranteed by
convention, these rights ought to be preserved in-
violate ; and where there exists, and is manifest, a
disposition to elude cud disregard them, an ezerciSe