Star. — London, England, 1830-08-05 00:00:00

PRA NCE. PRIVATE LETTER. PARIS, AUGUST 2. 1, immediately after closing my letter of yesterday, proceeded to St. Cloud. The newspapers will have in formed you that the King and family left early in the morning. 1 found St. Cloud a most dismal place Unlike all other towns in the vicinity of Paris, and perhaps of France, no popular movement had taken place there ; circumstance to be accounted for by the presence, in the neighbourhood, of a large army—the hurry of the retreat of which from the Bois de Boulogne through St. Cloud was so extreme as to amount to confusion. Notwithstanding that the Government had prohibited the march of troops (armed citizens) out of Paris, .stragglers, amounting in all to 1,200 or 1,500, contrived to escape, and proceeded towards St. Cloud, " to bring in the King," although surrounded by 12,000 or 15,000 men. Fortunately the retreat commenced before their arrival, or there would have been dreadtill slaughter, some . . of the Garde Royale (Infantry and Lancers) being in a state of horrible excitement. It is hardly necessary to say that the Swiss were equally enraged. Still, amid all their overflowing loyalty and murderous dispositions, fear of the " canaille" had got such possession of their minds as to deprive them of judgment. —Evcry moment during the morning and forenoon of yester . . day their ranks were lessened by desertions, their power paralysed by suspicions, and their capabilities for ser vice weakened by privations of food, drink, and rest. The whole country was is full insurrection. On their retreat up the Champs Elysees, on Thursday, some of' the Garde (cavalry and infantry) betrayed the most sa vage spirit of revenge, firing do i n the streets which opened on the avenue, and into the windows of the houses. 1 hey suffered for it, however, by the loss of some hundreds of men. Six hundred wounded are in the Hospital Beaujou. Three or four regiments hi voucked in the Bois de Boulogme. They had no food, were kept in constant alarm, were attacked by the peasantry, and so demoralized as to fly without know ing where to turn. Here also, hundreds deserted. I met a peasant, armed with a fowling-piece, on the plain of Grenelie. A tall young man, with his arm in a sling, accompanied him. In reply to the usual in quiry for news, he told me the Sucre had fled. " This man with his arm in a_ sling," added he, "is my pri .. • soner. Is it not true, Jean ?" " Ora," (with a humble shake of the head.) " I fired at him," said my ac- quaintance, . _ . . " and shot hint through the arm, %%hid - - - - - - reminded him that I was the friend of his cousin. He told me he was from Issy (a village near Paris), and would join the people; so I took him into a public house, and gave him some wine, and a pair of trowsers and that jacket, for I could not bear the sight of his butcher's dress. I tl:en had his mustachios shaved, and we are now on our way across the plain, to spend the evening with our friend." I told you, in one of my letters last week, that Sevres was fortified, and that Meudon, and other heights in the vicinity of St. Cloud, had been occupied by the King's party. It is almost incredible, but an unquestionable fact nevertheless, that up to Saturday, an attack upon Paris, and its recapture, were contemplated and reckoned on. The troops would not, however, have advanced on Paris. Fifteen thousand men had rallied round the King, and others were expected ; but a mil lion of men would not have taken Paris The news of the rising of the people everywhere, and the growing disaffection of the troops, altered, however, this deter mination, and the retreat was undertaken. A skirmish took place in Sevres some hours before I reached it yesterday, in which 20 Guardsmen (of all arms) were killed, and two of the people. The cannon on the bridge of St. Cloud were discharged in the air, and the rout became general. On passing over the bridge, many of the soldiers threw their muskets into the Seine, and dis persed. The 85th regiment of light infantry formed part of the King's force. The cry of " Vive lea Ligne !" had reached Sevres and Meudon ; the soldiers and the sub-officers were, therefore, spared; but the rage of the people was turned against the superior officers with an effect of which I will give you an example, as related to me by a soldier of the regiment yesterday :—" We were retreating on and climbing up the heights of Belle vue," said he. " A gardener, w::o hug five minutes before been seen working in his gardon, was seen looking at us from behind a wall. He suffered us soldiers to pass un molested ; but, on the approach of our Captain, he fired at and shot him through the heart." The Lancers here again displayed their ferocity, in thrice charging the people, and lost a dozen men from their already reduced numbers of that superb regiment, which, onWednesday last, I saw so full and effective, and which on that night, when I saw them retreating, still amounted to 600 men, the; e are not, I am assured, 250 on their march with the King. Their loss in officers was im mense. On my return to sown yesterday evening, I passed over the most severely-contested points of the field of ' battle, if I may apply that phrase to a city. I visited the grave of one hundred and sixty of the poor fellows who had perished in the attack on the Louvre. It is in an open space, immediately without the Louvre, which had ken enclosed by railing, and from which the Swiss had defended themselves with resolution and deadly effect. Two wooden crosses, inscribed "To the 'newer). of the French who died fighting for liberty," are placed over the ends of the fosse in which they rest. A profusion of flowers and garlands lay upon them. Two Sisters of Charity were kneeling by the side of the grave, who were looking upon with respect approaching to awe. A cask, half-filled with silver and copper money, con tributed by visitors, for the fund of the relatives of the deceased, stood in the centre. A National Guardsman was on duty ; but no protection was necessary. Two Sundays previously I had seen the market-women at St. Cloud with a bouquet for the King, in honour of the cap ture of Aigiers. The flowers that were strewed on the graves of the "martyrs to liberty," had been the offering of the same persons. Yesterday was a very hot day ; the flowers had, therefore, very soon faded. Just as I wns about to quit the spot, I met the same women coming with a fresh supply, which the " leader" cast upon it, with some observations of evident pathos ; for all present shed tears. On reaching the Place de Greve, it appeared to me as if further devastation had taken place there. Tho win dows of all the houses were shattered to pieces. The house at the corner of the Place and the Rue Pelletier had sufiertd so meth, that a few shot more would, I am sure, have brought it to the ground. A recent letter gave you an account of the execution of a man on this very spot, on Thursday, .luly 22---an event which caused the spectators some pain. On that day week (29th) the whole Place was covered with hundreds of (lead and (lying men. Scores of horses and of lancers, cuirassiers, grenadiers, and cannoniers, a cheval lay also on the pavement. The square was, when I entered it yesterday evening, crowded to ex cess with visitors, from cutiosity. Outside the different cafes were hundreds of chairs occupyied by well-dressed persons partaking of ices and other refreshments. Be fore the Hotel de Ville a dense mass of people were as- sembled. A hackney-coach at the great door seemed to be the object of attention. I inquired the reason ? " Ah, Monsieur ! Peyronnet est prix !"—(Peyronnet is taken.) He had, according to my informant, been found at Vincennes, and brought prisoner in the vehicle be fore me. If it be true, his life will pay the forfeit of his Ministry. He will be tried by the Chamber of Peers. This last sentence will strike with astonishment any man who recollects the summary vengeance of the re volutionists of 1789, —and, added to the moderation of the heroes by whose courage this last revolution has been effected (and to which, in my letter of yesterday, I bore testimony) will redound as much to their honour as will their bravery. With such leaders, however, as the educated cool-disciplined students of the Polytechnic School, no excesses, nothing derogatory from their renown, could be apprehended. What extraordinary youths ! Emerging from school, thrown in an instant into the midst of an armed and outrageous population, they assumed the command of the various masses that pre sented themselves with a quietude and modest confidence that clothed them in an instant with authority. Their heroism in battle confirmed their influence, which, the bat tle once over, was exerted in a manner that will appear incredible in the eyes of posterity. Not a life was sacri ficed after the fighting had ceased. The eloquence of the Chamber of Deputies and the authority of the Marshals of France would have failed in enforcing that mercy and moderation with which the dignified modesty, grave (al most melancholy) gestures, and brief address of those immortal youths, imbued masses of men under circum stances of such excitement as those which result from victory at all times, and particularly front success in a civil war. I shall close this part of my letter, for the present, with a trifling incident illustrative of this happy and ho nourable exception to the usual outrages which accom pany and follow the combats of men of the same nation. The scene, recollect, was the Place ac Greve; the principal actors in it the inhabitants of the Faubourgs St. Antoine and Marceau, and a wounded enemy ; the time, the t ird night of the massacre of hundreds of the people by the King's troops. Quitting the Hotel de Ville, I di rected my steps homewards towards the Rue de Jannerie, and had just crossed the Place, where I overtook half a dozen men,who, with the utmostgentleness, kept the crowd from pressing on three other men who were slowly moving in the centre. The demeanour of those guards and the crowd indicated pity and respect. I found that the group within was composed of two of the men from the Faubourg, and a wounded trumpeter of the Grenadiers a Cheval,who had fallen while sounding u charge of his re giment on the preceding Thursday. He had been conveyed into a neighbouring house after the battle by some of the combatants,and was now deemed able to walk to the Hotel Dieu. I followed them as far as the Place du Chatelet. The party halted, and something was said to the wounded man, who wished to decline (gratefully, however) an offer. " Bah !" said one of his supporters, " a drop of good wine never did any man harm," and they entered the cabaret. I met this moment a grenadier of the '2d regiment of the Garde Royal. He had been engaged on the Boulevard des Italiens and Boulevards Montmartre' and Bonne Nouvelle, and retreated with the rest of the Garde to the Bois de Boulogne. His story of the re• treat, which I postpone till to-morrow, was truly me lancholy. He marched yesterday, with the other troops, from the Bois de Boulogne, and fell off, with hundreds of his comrades, on the road. He quitted the army two leagues beyond St. Cyr. The officers, aware that on the approach of night the men would desert, addressed them with tears in their eyes, imploring of them to remain with them, but in vain. Every step that is taken is marked by the defection of hundred ofsoldiers ; e:e it reaches La Vendee the army (15,000 men yesterday) will be reduced to a handful, if not totally disbanded. The Duc &Orleans will be King, but against the wishes of the majority of the nation, who wish, I think, for a Republic. The fear that such a form of Govern ment would plunge the country into war prevents the adoption of it. Appeals in favour of the Duke of Orleans are made to the people in a hundred shapes, and will succeed. Nobody can tell where the King is. The grenadier above alluded to has not seen him tin' a week. Paris is quiet as in fete time. The Deputies and Peers hold preliminary meetings to-day. I must, in cense queuce, say farewell till to-morrow. — Herald. SPIRIT OF TIIE JOURNALS. CIIRONICLE.-If the King of the Netherlands have any sincere friends, they would do well to warn him of the danger to which he will expose himself by reminding his Belgian subjects of the benefits 'they formerly enjoyed when connected with France. It would, perhaps, be good policy to retrace his steps with regard to the Press, and to recall M. Pottier, and the other illu►.trious exiles, the fecal.. lection of whose fate may not prepossess his subjects in his favour. There are times for persecution and times for leniency. Cnaostictr.—We have never believed that any British Stater man was& party to the designs of Charles the Tenth, or in any way countenanced hint in the undertaking. It is unfortunate that the idea should have been entertained by the French, that they not only were indebted to the Duke of Wellington for the Polignac Cabinet, but for the policy of that Cabinet. While we admit this, we can. nut help believing that very strong opinions must have been ex pressed by men in power in this country against the French Institu tions. The article in The Quarterly Review, to which our Cur respondent Publicala alluded yesterday, indicated all that has been attempted by Charles the Tenth. That article is understood to be the production of the well-known Captain Basil Ball, who had no doubt his own ends to serve by writing it. Captain B. Hall is a tolerably good weather-gauge. his account of South America, full as it is of the benefits resulting from liberty and independence, was calculated for one state of things. But Mr. Canning, the great patron of South American independence, being no more, Capt. Ilall was thrown on another tack, and he produced a work on North America, calculated to atone in a certain quarter for the injury done by him in the South. Are we to suppose that the Captain, when recommending a crusade against the French institutions, was indifferent to the opinions of great men at home, or unacquainted with them ? A good deal of speculation existed some few weeks ago, with respect to the departure of Prince Esterhazy from Lon don, and Count Appony from Paris, and the meeting of these great men with Prince Metternich, at Johannisberg. There are people who will have it that the ordinances which followed so soon the meeting in question was not altogether unconnected with it. Time will, perhaps, throw some light on this. 'l . 'i s.—We seize with avidity the circumstance of M. being I transmitted to us " for the relief of the families of those who have fallen or suffered in the late glorious struggle for liberty in Paris," of recommending a general subscription for the same noble purpose. We do not suppose that our gallant neighbours are deficient in gra titude to their defenders ; but they will permit us to say, that the cause is a common one ; for if the liberty of the press,.—if the free election of representatives may be suppressed in one country bylloval ordinance, though we are far from entertaining any apprehen sions under the open-hearted and gallant Prince who now rules Eng land, yet the precedent might be injurious at some future period. De sides, our King loves his subjects, and loves them better because they are free, and would therefore wish that freedom which is the pride of his own country to be diffused over the world: he will himself sympathize with the suffering victims in the cause of public rights. We strongly recommend a general and liberal subscription, and shall ourselves not be backward in contributing our humble aid. Public meetings have also been recommended in this country, to testify the admiration which the people of England feel at the conduct of the citizens of Paris. The suggestion has our perfect approbation. And now we turn to the victims of another cause—the Charles Capets, the Polignats, and the rest of them. The that of those wretched persons, the late King, is, no doubt, on his way to England—perhaps, ere this, arrived. fret the country receive hint ; there is vice and villany enough in it already, wonatrous as his offences are, he cannot add much to the general stock ; and we hope there is virtue also, and in tegrity, and patriotiism enough, to redeem the had, even when his crimes, and absurdities, and follies, are added to the stock. There is not a parish workhouse in England, a penitentiary, or a bridewell, that would not be disgraced by such an inmate. Let ' hint live upon his own resources, whatever they may be : otte shil ling for support farther than to proctect him against the cravings of hunger, will not be allowed him here. But how noble in the French people to dismiss the wretch, even before the streets of Paris have ceased to reek with the blood of the thousands whom he and his councils have murdered ! Perhaps we would wish the people to abstain from any mark of disgust at the sight of him ; yet we are reminded of the Devil's return from his more successful attempt to injure our common parents having said, awhile he stood expecting Their universal shout and high applause To fill his ear, when contrary he hears On all sides from innumerable tongue* A dismal universal hiss, the sound Of public scum." As to the Alinisters, they ought, if it were passible, to be ex cepted :from the general rule, and to be given up, if they escape hither, and ate claimed by the French Government ; fur certainly greater criminals never landed on the British coast. They are respon sible persons by the constitution of France; and though Charles X. might view his own rights with the prejudices and infatuation of absolute Royalty, they were in no such situation. They were criminal to, no other purpose than that of simply destroying their country in order to please a wicked and stupid master, whom they should either have restrained or quitted. The ordinance of the 25th of July bears on the face of it the impress of their having counselled it to, and demanded it of, the King : and the innocent and unoffending citizens of Paris, slaughtered by thousands in the streets, are not to be the only people who are to reap the fruits of such counsels and demands. We hope to see the French ministers brought to justice. -..- Post.—The first scene of the great drama acting in France has closed ; Charles X. has contended for his throne ; front that throne he has been driven, and the enemies of himself, of his family, and of Monarchy, have triumphed. Success is all in this life, and we are therefore little surprised to hear the terms " perjurer," " wretch," " tyrant," " vagabond," heaped upon the head of a fallen Monarch. He is taunted with these and similar opprobrious exprer , sions—he is accused of having violated his cath, and broken faith with his people; we arc, nevertheless, firmly and conscientiously of opinion, that in die late lamentable events the ex-Sovereign of France was the aggrieved party, and that in the contest upon which he ventured he had right upon his side. The origin of the commotion' which have so sud denly shaken Charles X. from his throne, are not to be looked for in die Ordinances of the 26th of July, nor in the nomination of the late Ministry. It lies far deeper; it is to be found in the temper of the. French people, and in the ill-omened concession of a repre sentative system and free Institutions to a Nation not ripe for their enjoyment. No person who has set foot within the French territory could have tailed to observe the strong feeling pervading nearly every class of the people against the actual Sovereign, against the Bourbon name, and even against Monarchy in the abstract. The Charter afforded the means of giving effect to this almost universal bias, and the nation, though posses- sing every conceivable advantage that the most perfect form of liberty and the best system of Government could confer, did not scruple to employ those means to overthrow the existing Constitu tion, and recklessly hazard a change which could not improve, though it might, and we fear will, greatly deteriorate their moral and political situation. Are we not justified, therefore, in deducing that die French people were unfit for Institutions which they turned to so evil an account? 111-omened was the day which granted them the Charter ! The struggle between the crown and the people was at hand ; it could not have been lung delayed. Charles the Tenth, in deciding upon the course he adopted, did not create, as it is asserted, the dreadful ca tastrophe—he hastened it only by a few months, we might perhaps more justly say, a few weeks. The existence of a fixed resolve to circumscribe the prerogatives of the King, and finally to abolish his authority, cannot be doubted by any candid and attentive ob server of events as they have occurred. The pertinacity which the Liberals displayed in opposing that most important and essential breach of the King's prerogative, the selection of his ministers, with out the smallest assignable cause, and before the policyof those minis ters had been in any way developed, is in itself ample evidence of the charge we have brought forward. The King was thus reduced to then,- cessity either of resolute resistance or calm submission. The single error he committed was in the selection between the altesnatir:s. His single error was one of miscalculation or of rashness in deciding upon resistance without duly estimating his own power, or the suite of opinion and principles of action among his people. The sense of the Nation, though wrongfully, being against him, he would ,have acted nobly, and with greater wi sdo m, in relin quishing a Crown which he could no longer wear with honour; therein adopting the magnificent example of our George 111. who, under circumstances somewhat similar, had resolved to descend from his Throne, and to banish himself from his country, rather than, on the one hand, surrender those rights which he deemed essential to the welfare of the State, or, on the other, expose his Kingdom to the horrors of civil war.— Charles X. unfortunately attempted remedial measures without ascertaining his means of enforcing them. Of these he was most strangely and fatally ignorant, while among his enemies the result of the trial was at once clearly and precisely foreseen ; the Liberals appear, from the first, to have had no misgivings whatever ; their course was at once taken, and the event has wonderfully confirmed the accuracy of their views. That they may use well the supremacy they have acquired is out ardent hope, though we regret that it can not be our expectation. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Portaferry, Pollock, from St. Andrew's, N.B. has arrived at Ilfracombe, leaky. FALMOUTH. Auo. S.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Eclipse packet, from Buenos Ayres—sailed 24th May, Monte Video 28th, and Rio Janeiro 11tk June. Also, the Amazon, Adams, from Jaemel. __ _. . ___ _ . Auo. 4.—Off the port, the Viii Blucher, Thurle, barn Rio Janeiro. J , Atm 91.--Arrived the Pelican, Pepin, from Trinidad. and Catherine, Le Monter, from St. dsgo. Poursmoursr, Auo. 4.—Wind S.&—Sailed his Majesty's ship Galatea, for Lisbon or Terceira. SouTirw.vaw ELEc•rlox.—This morning Sir R. Wilson, Mr. Harris, the High Bailiff, &c. entered the hustings, when the High Bailiff declared the polling at an end, and that Mr. Harris and Sir Robert Thomas Wilson were duly elected, upon which they individually returned thanks to their constituents for the high honour they had conferred upon them, and then retired. The chairing will take place next Thursday. KING WILLIAM'S FIRST STATE VISIT TO TIIE TOWER AND THECITY.—This has been a proud day for the City of London. His MAJESTY, accompanied by a distinguished party, went in state through the streets of this vast metropolis, amidst the most enthusiastic cheers, the most loyal demonstrations of affection, evinced by the waving of flags and handkerchiefs, from his attached subjects. Being stationed on the Tem:de Bar gallery, and commanding the view on both sides, from St. Clements' church to the Bar, and on the City side towards Fleet street, we are enabled to state, that on this occasion, the reception of his MAJESTY, and Royal Relatives, was marked by the display of unequivocal feel ings of an ardent cordiality—the deportment of his people being respectful and orderly in the highest degree, and the ceremonials of the CityAnthorities being at once dignified and correct. The gates of the City, at 63 office of this Paper, being duly shut, and duly opened, the LORD MAYOR received His MAJESTY on his own side of the boundary, by a speech, and the delivery of all the ancient insignia of City consequence. His MA J F.ST , who, in an open landeati, was accompanied by the Duke of CUMBERLAND, Prince FREDERICK OF PRUS SIA, and the young Prince GEORGE Of CUMBERLAND, replied to the address of the Lord MAvo a at considerable length. The ceremony at Temple Bar occupied about fifteen minutes; during which time his MAJESTY re peatedly acknowledged the warm greetings with which he was hailed from all sides. At eleven o'clock the grand procession, which was composed of the LORD MAYOR and Aldermen, in scarlet gowns, the mem hers of the Common Council in their mazarine gowns, Mr. Serjennt ARA si N in his robes, his MAJESTY in military uniform, decorated with two stars, and, lastly, her Majesty Queen A r. AID v., accompanied by Prince LEOPOLD, moved forward through the City, towards the Tower ; and we sat down, to pen this brief account of so much of the most imposing ceremony th.►t the citizens of London have beheld for a long series of years. The Royal Dukes of SUSSEX and GLOUCESTER, the Duke of WELLINGTON, Lord HILL, and other distin gushed personages, accompanied His MA,: ia n on this occasion. LITERARY INTSLLIGENCE. " Fraser's Magazine," :or the present month, contains many in. teresting articles. The Review of Dr. Kennedy's " Convirsatl.4:. on Religion with Lord Byron," will be read with advantage by the admirers of that anomalous genius. The "Journey from Hentlab stadt to Bucharest," is replete wi.h the information we expect troth the deactiption of a country little travelled over by bookmake• s. With the " Philoscphy of Apparitions," we do not always coin. tide ; but it is a curious disquisition, on a curious subject. The " Irish Tlinstrelay of Crofton Croker," does not amuse, as one would expect. The article on the " Minor Greek Poets," contaiss some beautiful poetical imitations from the Greek,and must taste:ea criticism. The article on the " Slave Trade" we pass over, die. approving of its tenets; and we may say so, generally, of Un political articles. There is a characteristic portrait of Mr. Lock hart, the Editor of the " Quarterly." On the whole, we may sat of the Number, that we like it better than the ore of last month— particularly from its being free of the imitations of Blackwood*s faults. As we make it a ink to review no work without taking a compensatory toil for our Readers, we shall extract the f..llowipg beautiful translation from Schillei., entitled— THE MAIDEN'S LAMENT.--11v Scall.tEn. 1. 1. Clouds fly o'er the.welkitt, The forest oaks roar ; Unheeding the maid sits, Alone on the shore, Where the wild waves are beating, all.furiotts and And she sighs out her grief in the gloom of the night, While the gushing teats dim her blue eye. 1. 2. " 31y heart is not broken, The world seems a void ; All wi,ll for its bliss is For ever destroyed. Thou, Father of lleav*n, thy child's soul recall. This earth's sweetest pleasures, Irc tast.d tie:» all. 1 have lived-1 have lured—let me die." 2. I. Teara, flowing incessant, Her pallid checks lave In vain; grief restores not The dead from the grave; Vet say, what can peace to the fond Mart restore When the ties which have bound to this world are no n:ore Thou, Ileav'n, cant soothe it alone. 2. 2. Then cease not thy sorrow Tho' all unavailing ; Tho' the dead we awake not, By tears or bewailing ; When the heart's cherished idol by death is laid low. The sweetest employment the lone hr.:am cal, know Is to mourn for the spirit that's flown. DESCRIPTION OF ARMID.4. s. E. Never did France or Italy behold A form to fancy and to taste so dear ; At times the white veil dims her locks of gold ; At times in bright relief they re-appear : So when the stormy skies begin to clear, Now through transparent clouds the sunshine gleams; Now issuing from its shrine, the gorgeous sphere Lights up the leaves, flowers, mountains, vales and stria:us. With a diviner day— the spirit of bright beams. Now ringlets form the flowery winds amid The native curls of her resplendent hair ; Her eye is fiat in self-defence, and hid Are all Love's treasures with a miser's care; The rival roses upon cheeks more fair Than morning light, their mingling tints dispose. But on her lips, trout which the amorous air Of Paradise exhales, the crimson rose, Its sole and simple bloom in modest beauty throws. Crude as the grape unmellowed yet to wine, Her bosom swells to sight ; its virgin breasts, Smooth, soft, and sweet, like alabaster shine, Part bare, part hid by her invidious vests; Their jealous fringe the greedy eye arrests; But leaves its fond imagination tree, To sport, like doves, in those delicious nests, And their most shadowed secrecies to see; Peopling with blissful dreams the lively fann.sy.: As through pure water or translusent glass The sunbeam darts, yet leaves the crystal sound ; So through her folded robes unruffling pass, The thoughts to wander on forbidden ground; There daring Fancy takes her fairy round ; Such wondrous beauties singly to admire; Which, in a pleasing fit of transport hound, Sbe after faints and whispers to desire, And with her charming talc foments the excited fire. WIFFIN'S Torso, Canto iv. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE. The following character was drawn by the late Duke of Kent t. 2 the Princes of the House of Bourbon. It was written to a friend in the year 1811, and has just reached us : CHARLES X. But to begin with Louis XVIII. There is no man that ever fell in my way who is more agreeable in conversation then h's Ma. jesty, or who has more of erudition, classical and historical. He is. indeed, well read in all the diversified branches of literature. 111, brother, le Comte d'Artois, has all the eler.Ant address of the Cour', and seems pleasant in general society ; but I suspect be is not coo. sidered as possessing those gifts and attainments of intellect t. :- which the King is pre.cminently distinguished. DUKE OF ORLEANS. The Due d'Orleans is my particular fiiend, and 1 consider Lill, without a single exception, as one of the must judicious and *twill,' men that I ever knew, or can ever hope to know. He is perfectly well disposed ; but has many illiberal enemies amongst those whu, with most cruel injustice, visit upon him their just hatred of the father. TIIE DUKE OF ORLEANS; This important character seems, at the present monient. at ovidentially sent for the salvation of Pearce and the peace o: Europe; any circumstance, therefore, relating to IA elstott must be peculiarly interesting at such a crisis. We therefor: feel it our duty to correct some misstatements respecting this eminent character which appeared yesterday. at.el to add email facts, skid) we do from good authority. IS'e quite agree as to the Royal Duke's present wealth and former distaste's's, and of has Ir., TitOliollll conduct under every vicissitude of fosters ; but tt not true that he ever officiated as a teacher in either Amalie. or England, at least we have his own statement in a latter published in different papers in 1816, that be was but once is that rapacity, which was at a College near Wee, in This statement arose from the circumstance of his having been invited at the above period to dire with the Society for the Relief of Distressed Schoolmasters who. His Royal Highness wrote a letter from his how* at Twickenham, to the Treasurer of the Society, in Finsbury. square, regretting his in; hility to attend, het teclosing a liberal donation for the charity, and sibling, "that among the m:. rivet which made him feel an attachment to schoolmaeters, sot that of having been himself once a member entire prefeasson. It was one of the many vicissitudes of fortune which hail fallen to lot, that, at a period of severe distress and petsccatior.he Feet the greed luck of being admitted as teacher in a calle!e. vi.• he gave lessons regularly fur the space of eight or H. hoped, therefore, that the Society for Distressed Schnoltrast. would permit hint to tender his mite as a ft Ilaw-schooln.,.. ter." thus it appears, from this letter, that he was lea once a teacher ; and front another document, we learn that it was at a college near Coire, in Switzerland, sal ere, as a street . ger, he presented himself, and obtained this scientific appoir neetre against competitors, by superior merit. From the same %( tact ( needecils lletmaiks. p. 41) we leato—" that with a purity cf tea. rata, and greatness of moat, he was seen, at sixteen years of ay.. a Prince, without pride; a General at 17, darer times rallying his troops at (lenappe ; a Proferaor of Geometry at '2O ; as if he has' consecrated matey years to the wady of the scierees ; and es. ty where, in all circumstatic.a. he rpticare el as if born for the station which he filled."--h ram other su 'rarities we :11.41 - 11410111, that the time which he spent in America was devoted to the study of :1.. English laws and lanvage, and to the 441c:dion of his childrrt: • and it may be presumed that his Re) al Iligh.. ar ri.reue d rat rte. •he 1 same system that blealatve Wilk, Wm early ;overrates. adopted :n his tuition. " 1 made the young; Duke" (says this admirable an. man) " walk many miles in wet weather, with heavy shoes, sad to was never allowed a servant when he could wait upon hinesalt." W F V i I; I I•• I