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.: ,~ t F. I ~r :f Y Y ~. I i~ , f~ I ~. I'~ flJl.g. (No. LXXI V.) c=rte hay THE SUN REVIEW. LIVES nr REMARKABLE CHARACTERS, who have distinguish ed themselves from the Commencement of the French Re volution, to the Present Time. From the French, aro. 8 vols. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, mad Brown. Such of onr Readers as are not aware of the atteuiliug the regular continuation of any literary branch, Out immediately connected wiji politics, in a periodical publication like a rhiily Newspaper, and especially at a crisis like the pr,.-4iit, when wonderful events succeed each oi :ler with so much rapidity, may have been in (ired to suppose, that - mote than a fortnight's hiatus ryas an indication of negligence in our Re-• log Department. But we have the satisfaction , to assure those who have approved of this feature in the diurnal - press,-and the Authors-of numerous -works vi-hich now load our shelves in reliance upon our proMise to notice every book transmit ted to us, in a fair, impartial, and candid manner, that we have only been hurried along in the vor r ' tex of this awful time, without losing sight of that which is a .favourite object with us—a re cord and unbiassed description of the literature • of an era as remarkable for a profuse harvest in this respect, as for extraordinary productions of other kinds.—We seize a moment of comparative ' relaxation from the oilaerwhelming Influx of vo 7 luminous foreign pews and Parliamentary discus siocs, to bring before the public a recently trans -fated Work, possessed of many claims to perma nent favour, and most interesting at the present mornent, from its treating of most of the men - who are acting so conspicuous a part in the affairs of a neighbouring country, on Whose success or failure depends the misery or happiness of the civilized world. The net... Revolution in France has revived many _ of the herons of the old Revolution. Among the wonders of our times,' it is not the least to see violent jaeohins and hot Republicans determin ed Anachirsts- and trimming Moder6s ; King Killers and Royalists, joined together iu .the same phalanx, to support- a Foreign Tyrant upon the Throne of the Bourbons. These blood-sucking and frivolous insects. have been iesuscitated by the warmth of the Impeiial • Snn, and pin at their whirls in the Court atmosphere,which surrounds BUONAPARTE, it is perhaps one of the most entertaining things WI) ich can he imsgined to dip into these " Lives," and take a retrospective glanceat their circumvo lutions in the days of the new philosophy, of li berty and equality,. when a royal - race was mar tyred, a goddess of Iteason was worshipped, a ROBBESPIRRE reigned,• ar.d one set of ephemeral • m;sGreants succeed another as fast as folly super tdeil Idly, and vari,rtions of blasphemy and in piers' degraded man below. the level of the brute creation. It is indeed curious to revert - to the phantastick tricks which the. sycophants of the Corsican then played before high Heaven—to on the st range animal Man, and the yet stranger animal trench-man, in all his glimpsed of reason and holies of insanity—to Mark the progres of Cie 'Murderer of a good King into the Slave .of an unprincipled Emperat, and. regard the slope of the furious Democrat into the pliancy of the subEcrvient Courtier. lit- all Such speculations, these amusing volumes enabic . us'to indulge and revel. We cannot open a page without starting velmracter, whose wind-• iugs and turnings through an eventful period do not either terminate in a' violent death or in a monstrous change, and whether the Guillotine 'Or BtIONAPARTE has received their la't deroirs, their b:ography is full of matter, and replete with edification at occe useful, sad, and most di- :.'ould be vain for tts to endeavour to specify al l y particular Memoir among the crowd which these Lives embrace. 'Suffice it to. say, that there are few of the persons now figuring in the list of tlie unstart Rulers of France ct - h..) hale not a n i c h e this temple. It is Erne, indeed, ti t being orblinally published in Paris, tinder the E7lpire of N ‘l , ol.coN, the characters of his asso-ia!es are . mare slightly touched than those ( E, t i ng!i io te d in the earlier . annals of tl Revolution—that their , crimes are 'softened and not a few thieves are dressed like gi:ntlemen, not a few robbers• like heroes, -not a few r.:iscals like Statesmen ; but still there is cm)ngli, - evcit in this respect, to gratify curiosity and serve as the index to the real features of these Itiventbrers. att. it u.iett - k1 as it is entertaining to refer to a patilition of this description. Many of the best feelings generated-in tilclk'S minds by the guilt and nlaaluess of the Revolution and its actors, becu blunted, if not worn out,, by the pro grizs of - time and the unceasing succession of re markable events. It is well again - to. refresh one if w:riories with these farcical horrors, at a cr i s i s when their counterparts are actin , ' S• hy . al3o . - they company of performers, equally despicable . , but mo're" villainous .and dangerous when a FOUCHE, CA-MBAtEIIES; &C. &C. are pat iners in the combination of a BuoNAPARTs, 10EY, C.II3r...cINCOURTs MAIII•:T. instead of a 11.0/32F.SPIni:2P., DANTON, EGALfTE, Or MARAT. Unable at to yursue 'these reflections farther, c tz'ect . ., our leave of the- Volumes under our title with the intention of returning' to them from time to time, for - original Anecdotes of the Corsican's accomplices, with which they are re plete. we itilv conclude with a saying, that a more interesting tin-I entertaining work could not have been put into the hand 4 of the Public at this extraordinary era. FRENCH FA PERS, (RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.) PARIS, MARCH 28.—A telegraphic dispatch front Sr. Malo states, that General .Caffatelli had taken every means to prevent any agent of insurrection from being received in any part of this district. The town of Sr. Malo has been armed, and is placed out of danger of surprise. - A telegraphic dispatch front the Maritime•Pre feet, dated the 26th, says :=-The return of the Emperor has excited at Brest, not only amongst the inhabitants, - but amongst the troops both of the sea and laud service, - the highest enthusiasm. All of them mounted the national cockade, and cried rice LEmpereur 1 The tri-coloured flag is flying in the town, as well as in the port. Nantz, as well as:Vannes and Rennes, have alsOraised the national colours. Dispatches from the Duke of Albufera, dated at Strasburgh the 2Gth; and from the Baron de Geney, at Evreux, state, that all the troops and people of Alsace and the department of the Eure had mounted the national cockade. General the Baron Teste, Commandant of the Department of the Pas de Calais, writes from Arras, on the 24th instant, that when the DUke of Berri was passing. through Bethune with the Household troops that still surround him, he wished to make the ttlird regiment of lancers, w ho were at Aire, cry Vice le IN!, but they energeti cally refused, and made their retreat in good order upon Arras. His Majesty yesterday at one o'clock - reviewed the troops In the Caul Yard of the Amongst then, were a battalion of the pupils of the Polytechnic School, to whom his Majesty ex pressed his Satisfaction at their good conduct under the walls of Paris. lie bestowed the de coration of the Legion of Honour on two of those young men who had, particularly distinguishfA themselves. After the review the Officers and subalterns formed a circle ; and the Emperor ad dressed them for an hour, during which he wee frequently interrupted by the loudest acclamations. An article from the Office -of the Minister of War states, that the Emperor has decided that the Adjutant-Coinmandants, Majors, Chiefs of Batta lions or Squadrons, or Captains on the Staff,-shall hold their appointments for active service without indemnity, while waiting to have their destina tions fixed on : they are consequently io retire to their homes, and wait for orders. The Captains, Lieutenants, and Sub-Lieute nants, who received their promotion from the late Government, are to have their appointments con tinned, provided they formed part of the army p re . vious to the Ist of April, 1814. The foreign Officers who were in the service a the France before the Ist of April last year, are to be employed in foreign regiments, with the same rank that they held at that time. A Notice from the Office of the Mini'ster for Foreign Affairs states, that it 'is indispensably necessary for the passports of all foreigners who wish to leave France, to he inspected by tae Offi cers of his Department. The war bc this for mality will expose travellers to suvenience, which the Minister would wish them to avoid.— The office for pas Sports is open daily, Sundays ex cepted, from-ten in the morning till five in the evening. Count Sussy is named Minister of State, and Count Otto and Baron Bignon Under Secretaries of State to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. - The Duchess of Angouletne was still at Boni.- dcauk on the 23d inst. The Duke D'Angouleme departed on the 15th from Nismcs for Marseilles. By accounts from StrashurgHi of the 22d we . . lelrn, that the exaggerated accounts of the as semblage of German troops on the Rhine are not, confirmed. The measures taken appear to be merely defensive. They state that the communi cations between Rome and 'Germany continue on the old footing, by the bridge of Kehl. Among the per Sons presented yesterday to his Majesty we're the Cardinal de- Bayanne, and M. De la Roche, Bishop of Versailles. nut's, MARCH 27.—During one of our little spectacles at the Theatre, on Friday last, a paper was thrown . upon the stage : the pit called out to have it read ; but it was no sooner discovered that the author of the verses.began his strain in terms of insult towards the House of BOURBON, than the Public, with one accord - , shouted " No verses !" " Empereur !"—(Gazette. de France, March 28.) • (From the Journal de Paris, of the 28th) We are assured, that on the day after Ws arrival at Lille, the Duke de Berri reviewing a regiment of lahcers, ,in a moment of passion, struck one of the Officers. The soldiers stepped out of their ranks and were about to charge upon the Prince, when the other Officers threw themselves befoe them and saved the Duke de Berri. A more slovenly and ill-brought-up Prince has scarcely ever been seen. The recollection of his insulting cot-tyke still excites indignation in the army. M. Lefevre-Demonettes, General of his Ma jesty's guiles, was present at the review yesterday. BAYONNE, AI %P ii 21.—0 n the 16th of Febru ary-,last, the Empieinado trade to the King of Spain, Ferdinand VII. very energetic representa tions, which have excited great sensations in Spain. Letters from Madrid announce that on the 16th of that month, the French Ambassador was pre paring to enter his carriage to depart * when a courier brought him orders to remain. It ap pears that the differences which existed between the Courts of Versailles and Madrid have been adjusted.. General de Large, charged in Spain with ma naging the return of the French prisoners, is re turned fr - orn his Mission, he arrived in our city yesterday. VIENNA, MARCH ,j5.---We are assured that the Congress has resolved, that the young Prince Frederick, son of Mince Maximilian, is to 'be placed at the head of the Saxon Government, as the King arc! ,both his . brotherS have refused to sign the,treaty of partition. " The Journal de Paris has the following article: " It would appear that, the Kink did not resolve,to quit Paris till the last moment, and;that ill-informed of the dispo sitions of the army and the people, he had preserved hope till his departure, for all his little articles of furniture were found in his aOrtments; on his table was - a port-folio; containing his correspondence with the Duchess d'Angouleme for many years; in his drawers; his correspondence with Louis XVI.; some familiar correspondence with various ladies, some me dals which he was in the habit of carrying; tinily reports on the curren;:,afFairs, and many things calculated to Compromise many people, if the existing government bad not adopted it as a principle to know nothing of what has been dune for these ten months. • " The Minister Ferrand was 'asleep in hibed, at six a'.cloel: in the morning of the 20th, when Count Lavalctte came to awake him, and told him that he must depart. He 0 61 nut know that the King had gone. At the Thuilleries, when the Emperor's people earoc to arrange the house, - they found se veral of the King's people in bed, ignorant of what 4ad passed. ' "'The cause of this extraordinary negligence is ascribed to the Court's trusting in the troops assembled at Villejuit and Melon, and thinking that they had two or three days before them. In fact, the King went to the Champ do Mars on the 19th to see hiss a househoid troops, who were to proceed to the camp at Villejuif; but it appears that in the night of the 19th, the body-guards arriving frum * Monhereau and Melun, announced that .they had been pursued by the Emperor's troops, and that the troops - at Ville juif were preparing their tri-coloured cockades. The Court was forthwith seized with alarm, and the King precipitately quitted his apartment, leaving it in sto tt quo. The people in his service thinking only of their own concerns and of flight, had 'not the presence of mind to carry off from their master's chamber what must have interested hitn." • FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM YF.STERDAY . S ARRIVAL.] ADDRESS OF THE COURT OFSSATiON. SlRE,—When, by the ascendancy atone of your name, and your force of character, -pm had 'crowned the most astonish ing and glorious enterprise; when, izithit rapid 4narcll which has restored you to France, brought you hack to the capital, and replaced . yit on the throne, you received only good w;shes, acclamations, and testimonies of love and confidence, it is not by ordinary felicitations that we can express the admiration attached - to so great and happy an event. The profession of the sentiments of which your Court of CassatiOn this day presents to you the homage, can only be the pr,fession of principles which it takes a pride in pro by saluting you as the sole, true, and legitimate Sovereign of the Ehipire. That Sovereignty, instituted by the nation and for it, was conferred npOn you_ by its Yoke, when it called yuu to a throne vacant an•? abandoned. This national wish now manifests itself with as much un animity as energy; every where it has been the expression of hearts, without violence, without constraint; for all have been for you, by a movement, spontaneous, voluntary, and free from all influence. Can, then, the leeitimaey,pf your Sovereignty be gainsaved, when it reposes on the indestructible basis of the free will of `the French people? Let them be for ever forgotten,—those day_; of an interreg num prepared by treason, 'established by foreign, force, and which the nation then could only.suirmit td; let them be for gotten,—those 'days winch deprived France of "her glorious attitude, her force, her independence., and the fruits of 25 years of labours, of effort:, and of triumphs. No, the nation could form no new tie in this short, and yet too long, interval ; no, your rights were never destroyed; the legitimacy of your government was not affected, because the people were not free and nut even consithed, because all the authorities were enslaved, because a nation is oppressed when it can only move under the influence of a foreign force, and because from the first ray of liherty,which your presence shed, that whole nation entirely pronounced itself fur you. And what Chief more worthy of a free awl gem:l6llS than he who recognises th a t Ki ngs are made for nations, and not nations for Kings; who only wishes to reign by_ a consti tution Made for the interests, and accepted by the ssssh, of the nation; and who wishes only to govern according to law, and to maintain equally and indiscriminately,the rights of all! Sire, these principles are eternal; the progress of the lights of the age, of that age which it was attempted to put hack, has only exhibited them in ampler demonstration : ignorance and prejudice have disappeared before them, and your Ma jesty has acquired immoveable titles to thegratitnd e not only of Prance, but of-all civilised nations, fur having saved them from the subversion of all their rights and from the retrogra dation of universal reason. q Your Court olCassation, confined byits attributes to main tain the execution of the laws, has nevertheless, on this great occasion, thought it due to your Majesty give this rapid developement of the prineiple with which it is penetrated, because you will find in it the pledge of their respect, love, and fidelity. (Signed) MURAIRE, President. Arid (among a number of other names) Carnot, - Pasire; Bailly, Chabot, Cassaigne, Sieyes, Lecontone, - Boyer, Ros seau, Girard, DoplessiS, Advocate General, horde, and Thuriot, ditto, Merlin, Imperial Attorney General.' HIS MAJESTY'S REPLY. In the first ages of the French Monarchy, some warlike tribes made themselves Master of Gaul. The Sovereignty, doubtless, was • not organised with a view to the interests of the Gauls, who were slaves, or had no political rights; but with a view to the interests of the conquering tribe. The as sertion, therefore, never has ken true; in any period. of his tory in any nation, even in the East, that nations existed for Kings: every where the principle has been consecrated that Kings existed only for nations , . A dynasty, created under cir cumstances which have treated so many new interests, hav inb nn interest in maintaining all rights -- and all properties, can alone be,natural and legitimate, and possess confidence and strensth, these two first chaiacters of all g - ,) verpments. • _-.--------- . • , t pltfl" LOTTERY DRAVrS ON WEDNESDAY. F.IFT.,' :• 1 0., - THREE PRIZES OF THIRTY THOUSAND P",,,,' ir.; A' TIVF THOUSAND GUINEAS IN GOLD, AS ,-'-' . DRAWN.- MAILS.• re lit Astnrwrn-1 Surinam, e Dublin. Due-1 Gottent?g? 2 Hamburgh, 2 Guernsey a n d J erse y, 5 Waterit". PRICE OF STOCKS THtB LMY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock, I Bank - L. Ann. shut ar, 3 per Cent. Red. shut I India Bonds, 2s. Pr. per Ct. Cons. 57-g.lit Excheq. Bills, 4s. es• dd 1 per Cent. Cons. shut - Oinnium, II I ths. . 5 per Ct. Nary Ann. 671-1 C ons . f or A cco unt, 571; HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE-'i7o-MOitlYer; 8. Mnrning, 0 minutes after 8. Evening, 32 min THE S UN. SPI.EM QUIS DICERE FALSOAI AUPEAT ? LONDON, S.,ITURDAK, ,APRIL 1, but Another day's Fren c h P a p ers h ave arrived; they are rath e r to be contraste d f rom their jo sl c ' e nificance tha n com p are d f or t h e i r intellige et with those, of the preceding date. Tiler ° however, some a pp arent ly un i m p or tant c° -t dictions in them, from which we augur sfell rs i, the Goocl Cause, ‘vhilekthey,prove that the C a w , can has not forgot to employ his old system Of hood and deception. Of the insurrectionary m° 0 ments which were all ext i ngu i s h e d, aceordil i ‘ l o ta' former accounts, w e h ear muc h more i n these .— . nals than we have hithe r t o done. The enth asi 3sl2 1;0 favour of the Great Emperor does not seem t° fi r so universal as lias been represented : the 0 , shals do not all appear to have deserted their c° her t° try and duty, a n d j o in e d t h e R e b e l as has been asserted : the Duke of ANGOULEME is n°t so desperate a pli g ht, or i n suc h a b u rry t° (NO was assserted : on the contrary, whole d istr ', o / are in a state of res i s t ance to t h e T yra nt, M all. ' the Marshals are for the King, and the 13°11 Princes are employed in organizit , the loY alr vinces of the South. Alc e Aii this shews that no dependance can . 'l e e r , te pt upon the statements in the Paris Paper s ' 01 - perhaps when they tell us that BuoNAPARTB a speech of an h our i n l engt h to t h e rol „,c • P t ); A l School, (whi c h s e ems to b e a f avour ite t r o v; this Polytechnici s t), or ot h er news o f Oil"- portance. . /ice There are sever a l p aragrap h s i n. t hese' P uP ve r Cons, inserted f or th e p urp O se o f i n ducing ' % / ;11 suasion that the forces assembling in. 13ej‘ 5i 0 and on the side of. Austria, are not for o 'Mo operation s i n p ursuance o f the A lli e d Dec's° ft -1 4 (which has not yet found its way to 61 I'- 10 ' NAPOLEONIC Pr e s s , tli nu6 l l is ti ther 011 11 ,vit taut docuMent, a n d i s we ll k nown i n Fraoc c /' c o , merely as defensive precautions. it i s ti % ls :cle _dered 'evident, th a t thi s j ust ' and gloriou s di; s o utation has struck terror into the Trait°l - we have to say, on the best author it Y' a iioti' we know it h as pro d uce d a prodigious sellii wherever it h as f oun d i ts way in F r ance, 3 '. „s io rf only upon the people, but among the IP - o i ce tif, themelves, and especially the higher 00 except where the Usurper's Agents liav e bss its appearance. The utmost c onsternu ti lop" been the re su lt o f the honest truths it e° l/ yre ed and the decisive measures it announces s 5 [)on by con Sentient Europe. f It is this state o f thi ngs , i n d e pendent V I .rally crooked policy, of the CorsiCan, cti lii 04 ,0' lowered his tone to that hollow moderati°9Aroics his Confederates advise us to trust. He hasoci it is true, but they ate disorganiz e( ' " - o r! . want of every thing which is efficient v er He feels, too, that he must employ then' 41 coa ce' ins* down the country, and that this•is tes till e nient time to . acid foreign" hostilities to ira, conflicts.. Thence springs his moderati°lll re' nUONAPARTE'S moderation ! we can ally ,' train from, l aug ht er at t h e w ord so le3 % U res s. , employed by his advo ca t es in the /fon d " in th e It reminds us of Sir Francis Irrongh ead bel l° Provoked Husband (which, by-the -bye in j ,,,; fe l bad title for BUONAPAJtTE, SiIICC h is to Wife f riV Erased to aid hi s treasons ), who said t be - ot ster--!‘ My Lord, sa y s I, bcggar s mils , t i,o ri tis` 49 , l l chasers ; but ony place, says J, abo ut ti a-year, will be well.eriough to be doilig . 5 ifi t ' something better falls in"-----Eveo'l" It- I ce If °ll of The Imperial Head of the Iflost rioto lie " Ajaccio. Beggars must not be chasers; th irti • g e he content With a li tt l e d om inion P` c millions of souls, and bounded by the A r 00 1,- nines, and Rhin e , t o b e doing c oit l i , oo o- J thing better falls in ! So moderate! I ' s re cin esri name who could re s i s t so reasOPable acv ell-be' and particularly from so, peaceible' wsteri" haved, contented a Gentleman, wh °s° k erivi :s s b . 0 a evinces that he can pare a!nhiti°ll. 0011 rs; . after the goods and chattels of hi s o d ic 0 1. ; desire to interrupt th e i t armony tY " ,n4o o f dioation to tres F a l s adPin d 'P s - ' qu iet! is, in fact, and in s 1: !verity,/7P54 tp, f„t ttl„ 11 Q .414 I " Carr u~ -4 A cl it -z ~~ f' !!, ri , 1 .T: 1 • ft,f! l!': ' , -, t. t 1 :: 11 : 11 ,dk • -4 o 11