The Sun. — London, England, 1814-07-05 00:00:00

J OURN OF' A Tlth TO PARIS. (No. XVL) The ap'peki•anee 'Of Paris at this moment 'affords the most irrefra4able proof that the race of the nouns()Ns have never ceased to Aire in many j May say the maj - ority of) French hearts, and Over throws all the unpatriotic assertions Of the Ta lents Faction *England ; 'that the Tyrant nuotsta ' PARTS was upheld by the choke Of the people, rather than by the operation of an unmatched system of fraud' and' oppression-. The minute di ligence with Which every thing tending to pee serve the Memory of the rightrtil Monarchs of France was proscribed, and tht I)ertecutiona which awaited the Owner's of even i. snuff-box or a ring, bearing any allusion to the apatriated Family are too well known' to require being in sisted upon. A few weeks ago, so sweeping had been the effect of the inveterate, mean, and riin corous inquisitorial' proceedings of IluoNAgan-rek his myrosidoms, and spies, you would have sworn that there was nut a picture, bust, or other me morial of the regal House of Bourbon -through out the Gallic Empire. To preserve the smallest relic of the martyred monarch, or of any of his pre decessors ordeseendants, was not safe, and the dan ger of retaining any large pictures or works of a size not easily to be concealed, was of the most immi nent nature. Yet, - in spite of these perils, in spite of the denunciations and fury of the Jacobin Ruf fian at the head of the GoverumCnt, French Loyalty dared to solace itself with the secret luxury of looking on the images of the Sovereigns it loved, and, through the desolation of twenty years, contemplating in these dumb oracles the pos sibility of the restoration„of France to its rank among the foremost nations of Europe. Perhaps the plea Sure thus derived tasted the sweeter from the perils with which it was environed, and the anxieties amid which it was stolen ; but be that as it may, the bare facts I am about to mention demonstrate that the existing state of things was never considered to be permanent by a vast mul titude of the French people, and that thousands and hundreds of thousands in that country, as in Britain, looked through the clouds of the long political night to the glorious morning which has now dawned. The number 01 Painting , , Statues, -Engravings, Esc. rep - resenting incidents belonging to the for riser History of France, or the features of her Kings, which have, within these few days, been, brought to light from their places of con cealment, is truly astonishing. There is not a private dWelling, or a shop, or a street, that is not decorated with likenesses of IlExaY IV., Lotus XIV., the martyred Louis XVI., his Queen and Children, and with favourite Historical Scenes which were,in better times, dear to France, from the circumstance of her Heroes and Princes be ing engaged in their action. Many of these are immense Oil Paintings, which it must have been very difficult to hide from the prying eyes of Na rot.v.ox's Agents. Many of them relate to the murder of Loots XVI., and of the several branches of his Family; and it is curious enough to observe among the actors of these-bloody scenes, portraits of certain persons who now enjoy i n F rance sta tions too eminent. Yet the people here seem to think nothing of this matter : they seldom en quire what a man was, but what he is ; and it must be ;owned that no faculty Qall be more con venient for renewed France than that of oblivion. Were the Seine Leth6., the people would be prone to lap its waves, and extol it as a delightful be verage for other Nations. I went yesterday to Versailles, and in the Eating-room a pair of excellent Portraits of the late unfortunate King and Queen had just re-ap peared. In merit, as paintings, they were far superior to any thing which could be expected at such a place. I was desirous of purchasing them ; but my Hostess peremptorily refused to sell what were so highly raised in her estimation, from the difficulty she had had in preserving them. She took me to the Kitchen, 'where, between the Fire-place and a kind of Buttress, they had been cache behind the partition for twenty years. From the immense number of pieces in this manner drawn from their secret places, it is shown, beyond a doubt, that the recollection of the BOURBONS, and with it the hope of their restoration, was even through the iron reign of the Usurper, and all the horrors of a very protracted revo lutionary era, fondly, and nearly universally. cherished by the French people; and this striking f act no t only proves how great an ascendancy may be acquired by , despotisma and how difficult it is to shake offchains once imposed, but how exten he deceived by th e arts an d sively the world may machinations of a gang of exalted villains. Being on tais subject, I ought to notice the inconceivable ignorance and barbarity into which bI'UNAPARTZ, to favour• his despotic views and cOtiAniitiite big c10Ubt:'&11 So.'cii.:lgni;j, critical ottrad in and, .to it 'e.;' , :cat succeeded its plunging France. beard a his Iyr:finny in this Veltpr i ei of the despicable itsirictions With which fear in ' spired guilt to shackle the Press; descending to the lowest trifles, and anticipating danger to it self, from, apparently ; the Most innocent expres sions. But hearsay seldom conveys any very ae curate and defined notion to the mind ; we ima gine that matters are exaggerated, or their im pression is weakened by the facts•not being pal pable to the - sense. Thus, though •I have for years entertained a determined hatred to the sys tem of the Usurper,- and had conceived a pretty strong picture of his inionicons misrule, the va rietr, the extent, the perfection of his iufamy • was not to be imagined ; and only now, when I have it befoi.e me in a tangible , r Nape, can I form any idea of the audacity and turPitude of this Corsican Demon. You will scarcely credit me when I tell you, that there is not only no elassi . tat instruction among the rising generation of _Prance, but that they are actually as dark audtun- • 'informed as the Vandals of ancient ages. History furnished too many examples of Tyrants over thrown, to be permitted to he read in France ; the Greek aml Latin Poets abounded too witch with liberal and magnanimons sentiments, to he studied under the sway of this iron Despot they were, - therefore, utterly proscribed, or so mutilated, as to lose all Roman sentinient : even works of fiction and fancy were deprived of all noxious ingredients before they were allowed to be laid before the Public. 'I am afraid to men tion the length to which this system Was carried, lest it should,i4eaeh the credit of what I write— Suffice it to say, that France is in a state of delu sion with regard to the recent history of Europe, and of ignorance With regard to ancient Literature, exceeding any conception which may be formed on these points without actual observation. VIATOR. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY. Jtnx 4 Connsel were fully heard in the Appeal Causes, An4erson v. Thomas and others; IVright v. Paterson ;, and Hall and others V. Brown. In the first judgment was. postponed; in the two last judgment was affirmed. Mr. Warren was heard at the Bar on the part of Mrs. Dun . - due, against the further proceeding in Durnias's Divorce Bill ; hut •it appearing to the Hoose that he was - not prepared to show that there were sufficient grounds for delaying Vie pro gress of the measure, the' Bill was read a. - s:•eurid tit-;c, and ordered, to.be committed on IlVednr.dair. -Lord Hs ta..teD presented Petitions from Leighton !:zzard, Stowe Margret, Potter-street, and several other : the 2.arl cf Ossory a Petition from Autpthill; and i> Stan hope Petitions fr,eo Helilone, Weymouth, and 4,-.;,,acin.11.1, Regis; against any coniiimation of the Stave Tract4i T,,rier ed to lie on the table. . Earl B.4rxuxsr gate notice that he would to-mowwmove the Thanks of the House to the .Army, the Militia, 'Local Militia, and the Volunteers, for their Services d,oring the War. REVERSION BILL. ~Earl GROSVENOR adverting to the long period that had been allowed. to elapse since the first reading of the Reversion Bill, and observing that very injurious consequences might result from per mitting the existing Bill to expire before the pre paration of another to replace it, gave notice that he would himself, on Wednesday, move the se cond reading of the Bill.. The Loan CHANCELLOR observed, that the cir cumstance of a similar, Bill being in progress through Parliament, would prevent the existing Bill frombecoming inoperative, even should the time provided for its duration expire before the passing of the new Bill. To him, however, these' successive measures of suspension appeared highly . inexpedient. • • Earl GROSVENOR expressed his hope, if that was the feeling of the Noble and Learned Lord, that' he would lend his aid towards the introduction of a Bill, not of suspension, but of abolition. • The LORD Cliiiti,CELLOR declared, that the No-. hie Earl bad utterly mistaken his sentiments on the subject. He thought all interference with it nugatory and inexpedient. He wished the Noble Earl would take some other day than Wednesday, as there were already some orders for that day, the discussion of which would probably occupy considerable time. After a short conversation between Lord Arden and Earl Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor fixed Friday for his motion. The Irish Loan Bill was read a third time and, passed. Sir J. Graham, Mr. Blackburn, General Doveton, Mr. W. Smith, tk , % from the House of Cumulous, presented the Bri tish Fisheries Bill, the Judges of the Court of Session Sa laries Bill, the Irish Glass Duty Bill, the Brazen-nose Col lege Institution Bill, &c. The County Bridges Bill went through a Committee, the Report of which was ordered to be received to-morrow. SNIALL-PDX PREVENTION BILL. On the motion of Lord BORINGDON, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Small- Pox Prevention Bill. Earl STalsTHoes declared, that the Bill was so incorrigible that he would not attempt to propose any amendment to it, but would: move for its re jection after it came out of the Committee. A long conversation ensued, in which Lord Boringdon, Lord Iledesckle, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Elleuborough, Lord Holland, and Earl Stanhope, participated. Several of the clauses were. expunged, and other considerably modified. In the course of the discussion the Lord Chan cellor emphatically remarked, that he wished it to be-generally known, that by the existing law any exposure of a person , affected with an infectious disease, in situations in which there was danger of communication, Ivas a misdemeanour. Lord Holland seemed to think that to render it so,. some malicious intention must be proved ; bat Lorca Ellenborough denied this, and cwifirined the state ment made by the Lord Chancellor. '.Clio House having resumed, the iteport was or- received to-ra'GrrOW, Ana tive as ittritiftred, was 'ordered to be printed. „ . T'FIANKSGIVING DA7. Mr. Mash; the Surveyor-Gelli!ral, ei - tt.ared at the Bar, in purinance of the,' , .)rder of their Lord iii ibis, iso COilimunicate the/future of the atcomo dation prepared for 'tbe House of Lords in St. Paul's. in answer to tkhestionS pat tO l,itiS bs the Lord Chancellor; he that there were ptac.•es prepared for 178 Peers on the floor ut the Chtrich; Within the choir; and that bet ..veen the space so allotted and the front of pulpit, there was room for 70 or 80 more. For the Peeresses 136 seats were prepared in the stalls and aisle of the choir. .fiofth CHANCELLOR Observed., that the ~ c-cornnrodations cornnrodations ought to be similar to thase in the House itself; that there ought to be %A•oolgacks tor the Judges, &c.; and Mr. Nash was directed to bring to the House to-morrow a copy Of a plan of the preparations for• their Lordships' iiispection.— Adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER. acquainted the House, that he had re ceived a letter from the Duke pf Wellington, dated Toulouse, acknowledging the receipt of he Vote of Ttiank, of the House tit his Grace, and the Army under his comtnand,for their con duct at the Battle of Orthes. • A new Writ was moved for a Member for the County of Roxburgh, in the room of Lord Me!drum, called to the House of Peers by the title of Lord Minto. Sir TV. SCOTT presented a Petition from the University of Oxford against the Copyright Bill. Tht FVCIICII Wines till was read a second time, and or dered to becommitted to-morrow. fl6Nlt PARNELL pre.iented a Petition from certain Inti:ibitatits of the County of Do%Nt,' and ~tier parts is the North of Ireland, praying that the t /range As,ociatioli,t unglit be included atnon„st the. other iliet;al Association; p.ohibited in the Peace Presehation awl ortkred to iie cut the table. Sir W. SCOTT movtd the further consideration of the Re port of tht Gergy Residence Mll.—lte-co:innitted, and. Re port ordrr,ct to ne received o❑ Fri(aty next. ' " Mr. CaOKElt moiled the counattment -of the. Northern Li!,, h. hone - fit the Committee Mr. FINLAY and Mr. CANNING opposed the clause it): which ve., , iels nut passing by the fstaud at May were wady to pay a du t.y towards the Llghtitouse erected on it. Aft. Cal/t EIL iLiRI Mr. W. DV.Nrms supported Tiqe Gallery Wai cleared, when a divigiuu took plain:, and Mr. Fiulay's.,itnendincat w;,3 rejected. PitINCESS OF WALES. .W:r.hen the Gallery was opened, we found Jr. VANSITTART nro.ing that the House should re solve itself into a Committee on the Documents upon the table respecting her Royal flightless the Prinees NV/des. The question having been put from the Chairs Lord cAs.rminEmtri observed, that it: in 'tile Committee it were deemed expedient to make an anionentation.Jl the Income of the Princess of Wales, he was empowered:to give the Royal . As sent. Mr. TIERNEt begged leave to put one question on a point of form; before the Speaker left the Chair. He doubted whether it was reguler, without any Message from the Crown', and with out any distinct propdsition, for the House to re solve itself into the Committee. He did not think the Paperi upon the table afforded a sufficient ground for such a proceeding. Lord CASTLEREAGH, Hot appearing to compre-- bend the- nature of the quetion, replied, that if the Princess of Wales did not think it fit to ac cept the augmentation to be proposed in the Com mittee, it woo': be. in the power of his Royal Ilioineas to rc .6e it. Mr. TteaNa - repeated his questioe.. thought it weitla: , be irregular for the House to proceed to the coasideration of this subject with out a Message ftom the Crown, or some other distinct information before it. The SPEAKRR Sdid, that it was a matter en tirely for the afecision of the House, .whether the documents presented upon this subject bore upon the face of them sufficient ground and authority for the proceeding now suggested. He was rut aware that a question of this kind had ever before occurred in the history of Parliament, and of course, therefore, the Howse would not expect from him any opinion. No grant of the public money could be made but by the Royal assent; the only case that had any resemblance to the. present was that of the /1?-, per Cent. Duty. Mr. TIERNEY observed, that all he could learn from the Speaker was, that this was a new case upon which the House was to make its own de-: cision. There was certainly nothing in the papers, that would raise any money question ; they con tained no reference to any grant of money ; all they amounted to was, an agyeenient between the Prince and Princess of Wales, to separate in 1800, and another agreement in 1809, respecting 'an al - - lowance then to be made to the Princess, upon condition, that if she incurred debts by exceeding her income, they were to be defrayed by Act of Parliament. It could not be .said that there had been any such exceeding since that period: in short, nothing to authorize this novel 'Mode of proceeding. The usual mode was for a Message to be sent down, desiring the House to enable the Crown to make any addition. He saw no reason why the Noble Lord shoul.d in this in stance, have gone Out of the established practice which bad been pursued on every occasion when grants had been made to any branches - of. the Royal tinily. There were but two Modes in. which these matters could be regularly discussed, either by moving an Address to the Crown, or by bringing a Message front the Crown: The pre-, cedeut that the Noble Lord was now - about to set, might be attended with the most mischievous con-. sequences. If it were a new case a new remedy must undoubtedly be prOvided. Lord CASTLEREAGHOb.WrVCCI, that in all cases wheregrants had been made to the junior brandies of the Royal Family, the most.usual and scot na tural way had been by. Message from the Throae,. but he did not think the House would judre it ex= pedient to follow this precedent on all occasions, where an allowance, under circumstances like. those of the present case, had already been made: In cases where the Crown was addressed ,by Par went, the occupant of the Throne was pot sup posed to be• acquainted with the object. Tat. question had been already raised. in Parlianicut-- the disposition of the I-louse to make an . additional allowance was well known ; it was not then un natural or improper in the Crown to giVe its assent that the question might be brought under . the view of the House. Mr. TIERNEY begged the Noble Lord to inform him of' what it was in this case that the. Crown took notice ? It was all, very ell for the Noble Lord to ay that there was a geueral' feeling hi • ••• , ir the }lonia in Law . of an :vas the fict tine sin's upon the, onbjet Withdrawn : Did thiS loc rence in the tiouSe .be answered was, Of tvfn took notice LOrd CAsTLEit . EAGIi sessed so much knowledg 'the papers to be laid helot., Ship did not see any ob making a motion on the the Crown having been gi of his discretion he wist posal to the House. -Mr. Tian - NO replied, t given to his gliestioh. beim given ; any Mew her, a motion ; were table referred to the Corm was known ? There ‘Va3 the House relating to any requested the opinion of t Lord CASTLEREAGH ret objection to referring the thittee of the House. that Cornniittee was anot be a question whether; ti }louse (-Ohl found a ineas now to be suggeBted. Mr. C. WYNNE thought 11ml:14 - have been for the I into a Committee on the Princess of tVales 1-1 i s jai was to as the I , ,Toble Lot., founded his Motion ? llc 1 say, on a former occasion, +vith.the practice of Parih the best times.. SPIAKER then sta case was adinittrd io be was analoas to ordinary certain Papers, by Royal Ci upz.n the Tab!!!. It was cc, - Member to move that those into consideration ; Imt if of money, the recommend necessary. Whether thes would alford a sufficient hi tion for big decision, but larity in refert-ing the Papi why the . Crown might noi the contents of papers th:. laid *won the table. , It wp in this .case but by its a proceeding. .• Mr. TIERN :Y s k tbr down by die Speaker, if the badany_referenee to a grai Mr.-Wail - BREAD said, a incurred the present digi form, by his. having been a however, it was lik Cominittee, though he u something in the proccedir tirely respectful to the Prir the Noble Lord bad the of Papers; he (Mr. W.) had that there was ruhr,.•ve, thew ration,prcun— r' nities requisite to so, ~it n ! , fact ; the pal pecuniary arrangeme. with so little skill, tit, insinuated, that they of the Princess ; in au, he was not. How th lawyer enough to detc from authority that noti. stn.( contemplated in that— not incurred a shilling of her expenditure, and had the times as to be quite ch or indirectly, on this or plied for any-additional ness had come over to tip of course, of sharing th ,— Husband. Till 1800 have her proper estab_....' ladies, having an annu; ently of the 50001. per quer. Afterwards, and had every thing to tore,. house -rent, linen, & being involved consicierab for this debt was made in but no final settlement m ceval afterwards took tif was then agreed on tht that he should pay 49,000 but this sum . included Pitt had advised should b charge. It was true, as stated, that when the was reduced to 24,0001. lowed 12,1)00/: to the Print be recollected; that she b the embarassments of her to pros upon tl•te House, regular Separation was . evet parties ; no deed of that been- sled by her Royal; aoertv'ards, when the ine4 raised to 60,0001. she thot asking more, on the ,same comes of Otte Royal Prince namely, the necessity of and, the advanced expeuct life lie concluded by say cite of fresh debt, mend , had not .afrived ; that th for proposing an addic.iona Princess had not 'autilorii either directly or Indirecti] •• Lord CASTLEREAGUI Said observations to dialer in EV but he would.reserve tfq•- 11 his \lotimi in the Commit r. I?.ose, 110 ()hie' Committek!. , e EA K F.ll. 6bierVed, seta" and reconituendat hee , : kelt sufficitmtiv t • Reciumtwildlticm a pro•pi-criVe measlire. Lord CASTLEREAGII sa; use the term of the litrge7t melitlatioil in its tullest ext re6uived itself iutsi a ComIP