The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-10-31 00:00:00

LONDON:
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A Hambutgh Mail is arrived. It brings i decided : ranee K. equally apply c.. qt.
• the iVirtembergers and their Sovereign.
contradiction °fake rumouts of the Emperor °taus-
• --nor
.sit and- the King of Peessla being et -vssiance.---. The question which the Bourbon faction and the
:These Monarchs entered the Prussian capital on the
All eel Sovereigns, their supporters, are endeavoer.
140, amidst great rejoicing and the thunder of ar tog to eatablish in France, where it has lately been
'finery.' An offensive and defensive alliance is said most disputed, and consequently to place it beyond
to have been concluded between Austria and Prussia.. the danger a being controverted with effect else.
The following are all the articles of interest brought ; where, is one which ought to interest every reason-
by this Mail : ing mind, as much as the nature of thedespotic tars-
VIENNA, OCT. 18.—ft, is stated that an offensive sures adopted to enforce acquiescence in" the soul.
and defensive alliance has been concluded between enslaving doctrine attempted to be crammed down
Austria and Prussia. ; the throats of the French people, and of mankind
On the 13th, his Majesty the Emperor of Russia in general, deserves universal reprobation. The
arrived at Worlech, the seat of Prince Scheartaen- question is, shall the Ruler's :power be limited or
berg, tied received the Prince, who arrived the fol. unlimited ? Shalt Sovereigns be accountable to their
lowing day, -as host in his own house. t people for their misdeediil. Shall the legality of the
Beetle, Ocr. 24.—T0-day, at one P. M. &rived King's authority erniiist in the 'free consent and
here, amidst the thunder of artillery and the singing elective choice of the people, or in the right which
,of bells, his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, ill. birth alone confers, the divine right of Kings as it is
company with our King, who had received his au- t called, though Nature and the Divinity have given
gost friend at Fredericksfeld. ; them no other merit to
.plead. The Bottinows
FRANKtOItt, Oct. 22.—Baron Stein has taken a maintain that they are the fountains of the laws and
hotel here for three years, which makes us hope that of all legal authority, and-that they have their Char-
. this distinguished German Patriot will reside here ter of. Right, which admits of no limitation from po.
constantly,. as ON Envoy of a great Power to the t pular will and privileges, from GOD! cud the Petters
Diet, which is expected to open for certain at the who are assisting them to carry this doctrine into'
very beginning of neSt per. effect, seem thereby to be of the same opinion with.
IlAsravnntt, Oct. 27.—Letters from Paris, of the regard to their own 'rights. The daring blesphniejr-
-190, say, that it is settled that the contribution of and preeuteption of such assertions are evident, and
700 millions is to be paid in five years, at the rate of ohallenile enquiry info i material point ofreligious faith
140 millions anneally ; 130 minion, more are fined ; and political practice, whether the Powers who are
for the support of the 150,000 troops for the first pretentling to rule by Divine authority are regulating
three years. In respect to the claim, to which the their conduct by the laws which Goo has established;
fourth article of the Prnces Verbal of the -basis of whether they are not overleaping the boundaries by.
the peace relate, France has proposed to pay them, which GOD lath stated and confined Magistrates le
after the lapse of the above five years, and till that ;she Charter of Nature and Revelation ; and whether
time to pay interest at the rate of three per Cent. per t their power and the way in which they ere
exercising it, bears any affinity to theii own fa.'
vetrite principle borrowed from
Sort losing that all Government is from GOD, cif; in
other -words, as the real signification of this phrase
should be rendered, from the collected source off
human wisdom,—for the Bouesons, arrogant as
i
they are, will scarcely presume to assert, Abet the
Divinity has written its their Princely &onto, so es
that all nations may read—" This is the true legiti-
mate King of FRANcE, in whom I am well pleased?"
Supposing the Bout:Botts are admitted to possess,
their Government by this right of divine descent,'
how do the premises on which their right is founded
tally with the-conclusions, and the only conclusions
that can be drawn from their -policy, end-the nature
of their Government? Government, in general,
as ordained and instituted by GOD, is circumscribed
and hushed by him, to be exercised according to the
laws of nature, that is, of justice and equity, and
for the benefit of mankind. All rulers are confined
by the Almighty and Supreme Sovereign to exert their
governing power for promoting the welfare and pros.
perity of those over whom they are established. Can
they promote public welfare by enslaving their
people, by imposing civil and religious fetters
upon them, by plunging them into the most un-
christian bigotry and superstition, by arbitrarily
disregarding the natural rights and wishes of their
subjects, and by prolonging the disorders which have
occasioned the shedding of so much blood ?—No
matt Of sense can imagine that at the first propagation
of mankind there were such Governments as are
amongst us now, or that the institution of Magi.
st racy and civil Constitutions was for any other pur-
pose than for the gond of society. Though there
might be no previous agreements between rulers and
people as to these, yet Princes would be obliged to
observe them, forasmuch as they were settled by the
law and appointment of the Divine Legislator and!
Universal Sovereign. Whoever, therefore, refuses
to govern in subordination to these, and for the be-
tient and
.protection of the community, eeasei I
to answer the ends for which his . Magistracy I
and ali just authority was established over
and among men. The Scripture tells us of co. '
tenants between Kings and their People, and fur.
niches many examples of Sovereigns, said to have •
been appointed by Goo, being rejected and de.
throned for acting contrary to the will and the bile..
rests of the people ; and else of these instances of
rimier disobedience receiving the .sanction and ap.
probation of the Almighty. The History of 'the

annum.

We have no arrival of French Papers to-day, but
wears enabled to give the substsnee of some Letters
from Paris which touch on important points.
Ir was yesterday stated, as we noticed, on the au-
thority of some Gentlemen recently arrived .from
Sicily, that the Es-King of NAPLES had passed
over to Sicily where, it is said, he has many ad-
hereof', and raised his standard there.-- But
the Paris Correspondents represent him as emu- !
teeing the conduct of N tPOLEON in the South of
France. The Journals had announced the taking
of Mott VC, but far from this being the cases it
pears that on the efith of last month Ire quitted,
Csr-
sica with some troops, and he is said to have dis-
embarked in Provence; some person') go so far as to
say that the Austrians have joined him, and thet.they
have made themselves masters of Antibes and Toulon.
This may account for the statement which we had the
other day by a Flanders Mail, that the Austrians, so
late as the • 7th instant, had made an attempt to take
Toulon by force. It is said that NIURAT circulates
Proclamations in the name of NAPOLEON U. signed
Joacettra Munxe, Major-General. If this be true, I
a great commotion will necessarily take place; the
troops about Lyons, in the Cevennes, and in the
neighbourhood of Limoges, are very discontented,
and may be expected to join them. These last had i
osoalaaasovemerst towards Bourdeeuz, and in that city
the precaution had already been taken to cause ail di,.
embarkations to be made on the left bank of the Ga.
rouse. By the discontent which prevails in the de-
partments, it appears that a long time will be neces-
sary before France can be tranquil, and the rigorous
measures which are taken to arrive at 'lda end, are
only proper to augment •the disorder. The Onion-
mince of the I 2th inst. which transfers all the army
to the Military Council, say the advises, has so in-
disposed the soldiery, that when M. Recut:mous KT,
Commandant of Pariv, went to visit the barracks of
the Barriers ')arts, where the leg" of the depart.
ment of the Seine is ortlanirrri, he was • received by
shouts of Pico l'Eropererte!" and found the same
words written on the wall.

The conduct pursued by the Nlinister of War.has
thrown the French Officers, wbo Ore calculated et
30,006 men, into a state of frenzy. When an officer
presents himself, the Minister asks Mm, ens he at
Waterloo? If he answers )es, he is instantly or.
dered to retire.

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