The Sun. — London, England, 1814-05-02 00:00:00

JOURNAL OF A TRIP TO PARIS. (No. V.) Ma. Envron,—ln' journeying from Sarver to Montrenil, I had frequent opportunities of ob serving ,with what perfect composure and non tltalance every thing is taken in this country ; things which, though trifling in themselves, would he sufficient 'to ruffle the irritable teruper of an Englishman. We gave the postillions ten sous per post extra, to stimulate theni to speed ; and, to do the fellows justice ; ' after they had contrived to get the leg with its gigantic boot over to the right side of their horse ; they certainly lost little time in procetliug to the end -of their course.— What short stoppages did take place, however, were entirely of a kind which would never suggest themselves to an English postillion as an apology for draWing up. Ex. gr. To drink a glass of brandy to light a pipe ; to say a fen' words, in 'the way of compliment, to the driver of another voiture, ea passant ; or to hold a short - conversation ,With a person of the aaine description behind ; in fine, to do any thing that occurs to hhn ns proper, 'exa'ctly as if tra 7 . yelling for his own pleasure., and 'entirely inde pendent of the persons 'whO eiripl67 and pay him. One of our fellows cracked off his - 1 . 1 , 11iP : he im mediately applied for a remedy to the driver of a cabriolet in front, wlio lent him a thong ; and both stunt very leisurely together till the instru.. merit was properly mended. - At another time our postillion drove tip along-side of another, and both carriages were stopt till he obtained tobacco; filled and lighted his pipe. Travellers, indeed, he a muses in another *ay i A few staves of a chanson—an air always gay and happy, together with the singular and felicitous varieties of cracking the whip, are qualities which will always render the French postillion amusing to a stranger. X have by no means been able to ascertain upon " what principle this exercise of the whip is con ducted ;—there is, generally, no apparent cause for it beyond the mere will and pleasure of the party ; except, indeed, in entering and passing through towns, when the dexterity displayed and the clatter made beggar description. The ablest of our Four-in-hand Club would cut but a poor figure in a contest of this sort ; nor do I suppose that Lord SEFTON himself could compare with the meanest proficient of the Post-house here in the agile and whimsical management of the thong. Monsieur, when it enters his brain to entertain tits rare in this way, flourishes his whip round hls head two or three litnes,• in order to obtain the perfect command of it ;—then conies the ex ercise gymnastiqite. He will first treat you with half a dozen of sound cracks on his right side ; then with an equal number upon his , left : again, you have them straight forward over the head, of the horse—(and the horses pay not the slightest regard to the lash touching their ears in this diversion); next, in rear ; and, lastly, perhaps, to finish the whole, a grand dis-• play of ingenuity, in which, while making one circle round about him, Mr. Postillion contrives to introduce two cracks instead of one : in con clusion, he always looks behind him, with a grin of self-satisfaction, to ascertain from your coun tenance if his exploit is sufficiently admired. To do theta justice, neither the sword-exercise of the cavalry, nor the Indian Jugglers with their balls, surpass them in velocity or the execution of - ch:xtrous.curvatures. 1 have, however, trespassed too long on your patience with the account of these whimsical looking animals, and shall , therefote resume my route, reserving, for ano►ther digression hereafter, a description of the French Diligences, harness, and horses. Near Cormont, passed a party of ten French prisoners, released from England; they were toil ing forward to their once happy, but,now deserted :and ruined. homes. What a change, since they 'left the lovely fields and glowing vineyards, of France. "The generation of their compatriots has - been swept from the face of the earth ; the bloody ambition of a Monster has annihilated, all that • could be dear to them as men, or as the sons of , • France. ,In twelve:.oriourteen years, so hOrrible has been the destritetion, that. there is scarcely a point left whereby to trace what they were-- scarcely one link remaining to serve tdr a guide to remembrance ! They looked very miserable ; and such was the misery 4round them, that even their deplorable condition seemed to awaken no sympathy, and excite no co►npassion. All the in Pra nce , are a b sor b ed beet feelings of humanity, wretchedness of the individual-- in the peculiar out upon ex t erna l there is no room for its flowing objects. I trust, that a few francs from a Briton, in the heart of France; was na ungrateful offering from my country to these distressed men : least procured mc,tike heartfelt pleasure• of bearing years subject to the worst species of treatment xvhich any stranger can experience in. England, that the - English were " always Vod, always generous !" t ; ;or is this the tentinient of a part bf the peo ple of this country. I found it general, I might say universal, -but that I wish to separate the selfish expression of it in the Capital,.where it is only a bait for imposition, or a cover for fraud, from the purer motive whence it evidently springs in the country., I entered many cottages - (lints) I conversed with every description of the pea santry, from the ‘vorkman on the road, to the little farmer of one field, anti the attachment and regard they expressed towards England, and the English, was unmixed, warm, friendly, and sincere. " All we want," said one of the best in formedof these, " all we want to relieve us from our misery, is peace and trade with England." " Trade with the English," said another, " and France will be France again." " Ah, Sir,"' cried a third, " we rejoice to see the English traveller once more ; now we shall see joyous times ; now we shall be rich and happy again." Such was thepre languagell:.: England, Old England, is' looked to as the source whence a thousand bless ings are to arrive tO-Ftance. It is true, that in this part of the country gicat,elfects a're expected from its being the (lit ect line of communication. between the two Capitals, and therefore the peo ple may be more zealous in this language of praise; but in several excursions which I have taken round Paris, in all directions, have found the same strain of good-will towards England, the same tone of national amity, and the saute ex pectation of mutual benefit from the renewal of an unrestrained and friendly intercourse between the countries.—n•atice and England, indeed, it has long been said, are natural enemies, that is, they have had opposite interests in the grand con test for superiority, which has lasted 'for-600 years, in the system of Europe. But I ant in clined to think that the very extent and mag nitude of this mighty struggle has exalted these nations, respectively, in the considera tion of each other : at least, it appears to me here, that, with four hundred thou sand victorious Russians, Austrians, and Prus sians, overspreading their country—(m very con temptible proof of the puissance. of these States) — the French think more highly of the power of Great Britain, and estimate at a loftier rate the ,character of its population, than they consider all the rest of the worid together. This esteem must be productive of incalculable advantages in the pacific relations now establishing. God grant they may long subsist, for the happiness of both, and the welfare of mankind.—Adieu ! VI ATO R. MAI L - AualvED--1 France, I Hclig,oland, I Gottenburgh, 2 Dub lin. Duc-1 Cadiz, 1 Lisbon, - 1 Holland, / Guern se y, I Jersey, 3 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS TN IS DAY AT TWELVE o'CuocK. 3 per Cent. Reduced, Grqii 1 India Bonds, ins. its. pr. 3 per Cunt. Cons. 674' Excliegner .ss. pr. 4 per Cent. Cons. qi 80/ Oonnuin, 191 . 20 pr. 5 per Cent. Navy Ann. 944* Consols for May, 671 Bank Long Ann. PA E. EYTON, and - Stock-13roker, No. 2, Combat, No. 18, Coventi.y-3tleet. SU GAIL—The at - craze price of Brown or INlnscot ado Sugar, computed from the Itcturns made in the week ending 37th April, 81.1,-is 90s. 34d. per cwt. HUAI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 25 minutes after 1. I Evening, 30 minutes a fter 1. THE UN• jc, LEM ()(713 DICER E. TA LI UM A D EAT ? LQNDoN, 111 ON DAY, MAY 2, ,1 €O4. Paris Papers to the 29th ult. have reacked town ; they contain the plea Sing intelligence that BEAVHARNOIS has submitted ; he is, it is stated, to have the Duchy of Denx-pouts and a part Of the Palatinate. The Archduke ,fRANCIS is, ac cording to report, to .be the King'of ITALY ; but the limits of that kingdom will probably be much as Austria will, of course, re gain her old possessions. Very splendid prepara- firms were making► in Paris for the reception of the King. He was to enter his capital yesterday. Some slight disturbances have taken place at Bourdeaux, where the inhabitants, who are all staunch loyalists, have bUrnt the new Constitution. It would be vain to hope that a Country, convulsed as France has been, should at once subside into perfect tranquillity. The King of France will, indeed, have an ardu ous task to perform, and it will 'require :the ut- • most skill to reconcile the jarring materials which at present exist in Fiance. That many of Buot.TA PARTE'S Generals and Officers, who haVe been ac customed under him to slaughter and plunder, will feel unhappy at being compelled to submit to the I _ _ ~. ~ . _ _ LAND), in Gil Blas, to return to their alit occp _ pation, there can be no doubt. On the othki• hand, a vt...ry large portion of the people of France must be concerned add alarmed, when they see that a nuihber Of these very liersons, who have been the instru ments and abettors of IivoNApARTE's tyranny, are still intrusted with a share of the Government of the country. In the South of France we know this feeling is very strong, and we believe it pervades, 'o a, considerable degree, other parts of Prance.— We trust, however; that the mild and paternal Government of Louis XVIII. and the example which he has set of burying the past in oblivion, will have its due weight with his subjects, and in duce them to co-operate in his beneficent views. It is highly gratifying to inform our Readers, that, in addition to the glorious tidings which proriii►se us a long continuance of pacific relations with the other Powers of Europe, a c►rcumstance has occurred which augurs equally in favour of Our domestic tranquillity. We have the pleasure to state, that an important communication has been received by the Roman Catholic Bishop of London, trom the persons at Rome to whom his Holiness the POPE had entrusted the arrangement of ecclesiastical matters during the time when he was under the cruel tyranny of the French Usurper. The document is written in the Latin language, and the following is a summary of its acknow ledgments :—The Veto, so long in question, and so vehemently resisted', is not only explicitly ad mitted, but absolutely enjoined ; when a Catho lic Bishop has been chosen, the name of the party is, in the first instance, to be submitted to his Majesty ; if hiS Majesty rejects the person, his determination is to be decisive; ,if approved, TIIE POPE engages to sanction and confirm in its fullest extent the will of the British-Monarch :—Ali secret correspondence between the Catholic subjects or his Britannic Majesty and the See of Rome is solemnly prohibited, and all Letters from the Holy See to this Country are to be open to the inspection of the King himself, or any Council that he may think proper to constitute for the purpose. The Document - proceeds to exhort, in strong terms, and in the name of his Holiness, a full obedience to the legal Authorities of the British Dominions , forcibly inculcating a dutiful and grateful submission to the Government by which they have so long been protected, and uncle:- which they enjoyed so many advantages, and liberal indulgence. It is gratifying to add, that this conciliatory and truly important measure was the first act of authority which - was exercised by the venerable PONTIFF after he was released front his oppressive and lamentable captivity.' What e4ct this important document may have upon the future fate of the Catholic Question, it is not necessary now to discuss. One good conse quence must inevitallly result from it : all. those coarse and intemperate invectives ---all those charges of intolerance and bigotry, which . have been heaped upon those who demanded some security front the Roman Catholics, must cease. Those persons - can no longer be charged with bigotry or intolerance who have only de manded that which the Head of their Church is of opinion that the Roman atholies may with propriety concede. By some unfortunate 'accident, the Letter No. IV. of our invaluable Correspondent in France, has not reached our hands. We this day insert No. V. General Sir JOHN HOPE, aCCOrdin7 to an article dated Plymouth, the 29th Idt. and which appear ed in a Provincial Journal, is dead, in consc 7 quence of the wounds which . he received in the sortie from Bayonne. We have, however, the satisfaction of stating, that no tidings of so me rancholy an event had reached Government when this Paper was put to press, and we trust that it . is an unfounded rumour. - The Emperor of RusstA will Cert4iDly visit this country very shortly, and return to France; ac. companied by the PRINCE REGENT, to he-pre sent at the Coronation of the King of FRANCE. The Empress of RUSSIA is alSo on het way. The Emperor of AUSTRIA, who is expected in London, is to reside in the Duke of CUMBER.- LAND'S apartments, in St. James's Palace ; he is expected in about nine or ten days, A new state bed is making for the ii_.l4PEaoa. On Saturday the Hereditary Prince of ORANGE• (who was landed at Harwich on Friday) was in troduced to the PRINCE REGENT on his arrival in England by Earl BATHunsi.. The sattle Minister introduced the Russian Ambassador to his Royal Highness. HiS Excellency bad a long audience of the PRINCE REGENT. The.arrangements for the marriage of his Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of 0-EANGE with the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES are now ex pected to proceed without delay ; and some com munication will, it is understood, be made to Par liament in the course of a few days. On Saturday evening Mr. Si LVESTER, the Kiug's Messenger, was sent off with dispatcht:s to' Vis count CASTVEREAGH, at Paris. it At A {Xi •A•a.• •••• • 'On Mon Ifetween 9 0 and 30 of Buonapart e.s state carriages were bi•ought from Vau hail l ' : aris, to he employed in the grand ent r y of die King into that capital. They are splenilid equ i ' pages, gilt all over, and bi•illiant With tile Co' lilazonment of Thiperial Eugles, &c. x Most of the ensigns and marks of thelin"': pirte dym - ity are effacing from the p; i hlic bu ild ings in Paris. Others a re covered w i t h 3cafll l I'' , , ilig, &c. In the Palace of the Thnille r i es , htol ever, the painti n g's represe'nting the vic"rics.°f that adventurer remain, and still adorn the Pria' cipal apartments of State. The French Princes who have arrived '" are highly popular. Their condescensiOn, ei*:ery 'winners, and demeanour altogether, u dj day to the number of their admirers. p 3 ri s . The Allied Troops begin to depart fr °rn ire Yesterday and to-day I saw about 500 carts travel along the Boulevards. I I ' 3" 11 however, observed any troops on their route' Five Senators, it is publicly known , have to ready resigned.—Many others, o bnoxious' are- i e follow the e xam pl e — w i t hd raw, to pre vent h •7e kicked out. t , frolo The Colossal bronze statue of Buonar r I c ed the top of the column V en do me , h as bcol P 3s up, as a trophy ; for Petersbur , th • ara Ce The Emperor Al exan d er , w i t h t h a t nob`" tied which distinguishes all his actions, has to Monsieur 70 milli ons o f li nes l a id 0 0 35 -II tary contributions—Enlagite. st e V' A private letter from Toulouse s peaks 1110 oli~b 1 : , thusiastic a lly o f t h e goo d con d uct o f the army—..--it says,. the British soldiers are 1 liaviour officers. ort ° It is very currently re p or t e d , th a t 13°° 9- , ;,,,, , had applied t o b e a ll owe d to ret i re t o Engloll``,. that he says, he will not be safe in Elba. be It is also s aid, that Lord Wellington °I. , p e accompanied to P ar i s b y 8000 troo ps, as a s°ll'- of our :British Heroes. i t eti A curious stor y, t h at Bernadotte, iii 11 twee StlOllN parte at Fontainbleau, and charged o s. to face with h av i ng atte mpted to get hira sinated at Stockholm; I do not credit• THE ROYAL FAMILY• 0% after WINDSOR, MAY I.—The Royal Fall 3 1: " t attending Divine S erv i ce t hi s morn ing, - ;- 1 ; ti l c Frogmore. Friday th e D u k e o f Sus the Ir Castle for Kensington Palace. Yester' 4 3 l : pore' and Princesses sp en t the day at E re ' . The PRINCE RE GENT returne d fr om to OW -o,itlands on Friday. Kr ily Yesterday morning th e P r i nce ss Cl-I,4 ll ' o l i oP accompanied by the Duchess of Lams , of SALISBURY, and Miss KNI GH T, EttlCrlde b V so ' bOr Service at the French Protestant ChaP el ' to hear a Sermon preached bv the Rev. A , t he one of her Royal Hi g h ness ' s P rece ptors , 'f r% .ire benefit of the poor Swiss. After Divine riot, her Royal Highne s s t oo k an a i r i ng in her c°44 • attended by Miss KNIGHT, to Russell-sq u • arc ;c, vistock-square, the New-road, Hyde Yesterday Divine S erv i ce was perfoOlc.o, Carlton-ho use by th e R ev . W. F. li t ' °;d° Clerk of the Closet. The Duke of CLARENCE arrived in turday evening about half past eight o'cl °e 'de The Duke of Iro tt x. tOok his week 4 Y ri e l Windsor on Saturday, an d returned in the e'", - ,.. ; ct 'Yesterday his Roy a l Hi g h n e ss v i s ited the l it ' REGENT. DUCHESS OF OLDENBURC;fI' i' ke - On Friday their Royal Highnesses ta c , 0 1 and Duchess of Y ORK gave a g ran d entert"ltoo,yal to her Imperial Highness, and their 0 " - 00 131 Family, at their seat at °admit's. Th e , ► yror Strata r, the Quirr ; and PRINcEssEs, le`‘ OP more for that purpo'se on Friday their way t o O a tl an d s t h e y stopped to v.-1,10yo• beautiful spot called Virginia Water. T he . v hci' e Party arrived- at Oatlatas at three o'clock) they were received by 'St „, AT!, D ` is Royal Highness the Prince Reg - e nt the V"7 tlel4 o' ' - • •rd. Russian nf York - lof nylseat A zabasq:A,orEarWincl and his Countess, General Turti'f' neral Gwynne, &e. po' A most sumptuous and elegant dinner " .-g b . f ol o ' vided for the occasion. The Royal . PirtY, up soon a fter seven o ' c l oc k. li er linperi9l ness was drawn as far as T w i c kenham 0 11 b c ; U•ei to London, by the Duke of Yorafs beautifol hor,:es. • On Saturday eveni ng h er Imperial I rfigh oe i 4 i<c m with the Russian Ah:lssador, when the " h i cocol-. R.E . GnNT honoured hi s E xce llency %vitil " pany, to meet the Royal Duchess: , ; Yesterday her Imperial Highness Welbeck-s"c3x. vine Service at ,orivnte Chapel in The Prince of 'Oax:6;F, Princess enAllo,...rtt . 5 : 0 1r . visited her Impe - rial Highness yesterday. 1 1 . derstood that she gives up her rooms t () dur. loved Royal Brother the Emperor of Rus'' l , l ' l ' te l. ing his visit to this country., in PnlteneY 14°- atten"' Lor retirn to t o w n f t mn P ar i s in abont -- -- ct t° d . and Lady CA:STLEREA,GH arc ex.pecte • o ln the Gazette of Svardav w ill be f the Order of Council, directing the blockade 0f,iv.,3 ports of Norway. 'r he Gazette lilac coritl"iv, a detailed account of the Publi.: entry of hiS b. the su jesty Louts XVIII. into London, and of sequent proceedings until his arrival at Cablis• , et Saturday morning the Lords of the Council n; et at the Council Chamber, to bear and deterunnc Prize Appeals. a-w e e mound . arl