The Sun. — London, England, 1817-06-14 00:00:00

PARTIES IN FRANCE. TO STODDART, Esq. LL. D. &c. &c. AND EDITOR OF TILE DAY AND NEW TIMES• StR,--The liberty which I take in addressing you personally, as the Editor of the Day and 'ew Times, is, I trust, excusable, as public report justifies me in believing you to be the gentleman %e h° conducts the literary department, or in other words, who writes what are called the leading ar -tides for the journal which is now established iifitivr'(he kthove title. The mask which ordinary writers make use of, when they attempt a cha vac ter for. veltich neither nature, education, or experience qualified them, is unworthy the man whose reputation is established on the solid basis of approved merit. The Mask to which 1 allude, is that impersonality which is generally assumed by . the Editors of our Newspapers. When you filled' an office under the Old Tinto, similar to that which you do now for the New, 1, in common_ with many others, not 'only approved of the pub lie principles upon which that journal was con ducted, but' considered the writer not only as better informed, and more clear and intelligent, but as more logiCal and eloquent, than any of his contemporaries who advocated the same cause in the: daily preSs. IVhatever share of praise be longed to the above journal, when it so ably sup pot ted the cause of Europe, and of the Boinbons, a::,Ainst the tyrant Buonaparte, public opinion has long since assigned to you.; and therefore it is that I hare felt no reluctance in addressing a writer personally ; . who has so honourably distinguished himself as you have done. And now, Sir, having thus given my opinion as' to the merits-of your former services in the cause of legitimacy, I take the liberty of rentarking, that 1 have observed what I cannot but consider as an abuse of your talents in tire same cause at present. in a word, I think your zeal in the cause of legitimacy, and your abhorrence of every thing revolutionary, have of late truth you an instillment in the hands of a faction, whose object, in attempting to bring about any further change in the'Government of a neigh bouring kingdom, is ,nownarrowed to mere selfish Views of personal interest; It is with great reluctance that I feel myself 'obliged to, clearacterise the efforts of a parry in this manner for" which I have always • entertained the highest respect ; but I must say that the views of what is termed the RoyaliSt, or Ultra-Royalist party in France, would, if realized, undoubtedly read to another Revolution in that country; and us that would be a consummation for Which I am Sure you do not wish, Uthink it my duty to warn ou of the consequences, which you yourself may in a•grearmeasure help to province. It is hardly necessary for me to state, that I have 'shewn my self as determined an enemy to the French Revo lwion and Rnonaparte, as any public writer of the hresent day. I cannot pretend to say that you ave ,read :all my writings ; but I presume you have read sufficient to convince yottof my sincerity and zeal in the cause of legitimacy; yon 'mint 'know that even long after Buonaparte was drieen 'from poWer, I did not cease to decry the Om of. the Revolution, anti to exert all my huMble abili ties in favour of men Whom I considered as' the only brut siipporters of the French Monarch art& The Monarchy ; but I ant net ashamed to confess, that recent observation op the spot has entirely tonciticed me that any' further exertions on the side of independent English journalists, in favour of our friends the Ultrasgoyalists, Would be either useless or mischievous, or perhapS bothuseless, because 1 find that to write in their favour, is un-. Ttietunately'en attempt to maintain - cause which has no supporters, if we except a few gouty rheu matic old gentlemen, who' have inherited their principles front their forefathers, but who, from the ' misfortunes of the times, have none to whoth they ean transmit them. The princi pies Miist . therefore die With the men, and unfortunately death has made great havock among them already. Should even the posterity of some of them inherit the priticiples of their fa titers, those principles, without the possessions with which they were formerly so closely con nected, would be of little or no weight ; and, as there is no hope of their ever recovering their :properties, they theinselves and their posterity :are absolutely without eny hope of being able to re•establisit their former consequence in the State. 'The whele power of Government—almost all the yroperty of the conntry, is in the hands of men who, right or wrong, consider the men whose cause, you are supporting, as decidedly hostile to evcqy thing which has emanated from the ReVo lotion. The opposition of the Revolutionary party to the pretensions of the Ultra-Royalists is natural, and it ,is as likely to be as effectual as it is natural. Whatever degree of justice there may ...be on the side of the Ultra-Royalists—however sacred their rights maybe in 'their own opinions— however wise their Counsels may appear, neither • the King nor the nation can, tinder present cir :,einestances, attend to them. What end does it answer toAhemseives—what, I would ask, to the Nation at large, to urge their cause and preten him's, with so much perseverance and zeal ?---A little reflection would convince you of the Mad lity of it.—Yon know very well how just is the rewark , of Horace, and how applicable on the pre .sent °evasion " lusatti sapiens onsnen feral, wctus 41410, " Ultra quam sat, est.virtuteta si petat ipsam." I am so entirely convinced that the cause of the Royalists is, au fiopelos one, that trnight with-, hold any observations asto.the mischievous effects which would follow should they succeed in get tieg into power, - tiflice it to say, that such an event would be the signal for fresh revolutions and rebtalion, anti that the only chance his Ma.: jetty Louis XVIII. has of enjoying any. kind of tilsotolUity is, to leave the powers of Government - in the hands .of what is termed a Constitutional ;. in' is Ministry who will main . trill the Revolationary-,interest will maintain the present' Constitution; and re Move all apprehensions of a relapse back into the AYTaniticall'ortos of .the old Monarchy. I would, tuerefote advise you, Sir, whom I pay ferns the Istisateate of the Ultra-Royalists or Anti-Retrofit 4ittinerY tarty, to- _qualify .your zeal with a little st k ittare of, pruilense, and to recommend: to them ter littraeltuittliste) to have recourSe,to the only remedy their c3-5c you will tint' contained in the tulloteiug quotation from the same Author : .‘ Levius fit patientia, 4 ",,Quicquid entrigere est nefas." When, in the beginnin of this Address; I freely stated my - opinion, that you were an instru ment in the hands of a faction, I hope you will do me thejostice to believe that I did not intend any personal offence—l am far from it ; hot I know very well, that a bias, arising from for Med habits, and a degree of warnath and zeal which is consti tutional in some excellent men and excellent writers, may make them the instruments of others who neither possess equal honesty or equal ta lents : my observations are, however, directed more against what I have seen in your J-aurnal under the head of, Private Correspondence, than against your own comments and observations. But it is well known that political correspondence must in general be congenial to the Editor's principles, before it can find admission into his Journal ; he therefore is justly considered as advocating the . principles which that Correspondence contains.— After this explanation, :I may state, without of fence, as I certainly do with great truth, that some fulsome effusions of the Ultra-Royalist Party, which appeared in the columns of the Day and New .Times, excited such a feeling of disgust in my mina as to cause me to lay down the Journal itself. It is, however, a Correspondence, in the same spit it and tenonr which appeared in the New Times of Monday last that prompted me to state my sentiments to you on tlientesent occasion. But before I proceed to offer a few remarks on the correspondence to which 1 allude, I must observe that time sentiments contained in it originate, if I. am rightly informed, in a source which is not en titled to any great degree of credit. A Peer of France, in the pay of his Government, deserves very little credii, while he, in an underhand man ner, is undermining that , very Government. as I have just stated, I ant not greatly formed, such is the office of your principal cor respondent—of that correspondent who is happy, as it st:ould appear from his letter, at all the !nor tifications which the Minister of Police,. M. de Caze, has,lately experienced, I suppose he keeps a common=place.book to note down all the scoffs and scorns which unit friends are, in the spirit of true Christian charity,. heaping upon their ene mies every day. This letter contains five, and, no doubt, before the dissolution of the Minisfry, the world will be furnished with a book of these mor tifications, which the Minister of Police has been obliged to submit to, while in office—it Will be some consolation to his enemies, to be sure, that he has not been reposing on a bed of roses all the time, Let us take a peep at'. those famous mar tifications, and offer a few remarks upon them en passant. The first is, that M. de Caze lately aspired to be Minister 'of the Household to the King, arid failed in his object. The only remark I have to make on this mortification' is, that if the fact be true, which I much doubt, the pretensions of a. Minister Who has so mainly contributed to keep the King: where he now is, must be infinitely stronger than that of the late favourite who fi lled, that office : the latter was the principal cause of time' King's ixpuhmion'in . lSlS.' 'The former, as I have saiti, is admitted .to have matlealte Monarchy still more firm than ever, • —. The second mortification is, that M. de Caz,e. has been disappointed in his 'attempt to displace the'MiniSters of War'and of Marine: of course,• this is a second victory lot the ultra-Royalistti.— On this 1 have only to remark, (admitting, for' argument's sake, that the fact is as stated) that the Minister of Marine, M. Dgbottchage, is old and ; infirm, and must therefore be, in some respects, inefficient ; and as to the Duke of Feltrebeing au Ultra-Royalist, and ,retaining his post in opposi. sition to the Minister of Police : if this be so', I wish the party joy of their victory, and of their charnpion—the Duke de ISeltre (General Clarke) an ultra-Royalist, a man who adhered to linona. parte to the last I—A man who, not many months ago, when the wheels of the present. Government were stopped, from the -want of means, and the public creditors were clamorous for a settlement. of their claims, paid the men'who' advanced their money in support of Buonapartes- Govern ment o f tha Hundred Days—aye, paid Buonaparte's cre ditors in specie, anti sent the Creditors of Louis XVIII. about their basiness; without paying them a farthing I ! 'This sheWS the hollowness of the party, 1 have always told them that they could place no dependance in such a man. This. is no new' idea with the hrpi•esent ; I have re. .peatedly used similar language since 'the restore. (ion,_ The third mortification respecting the Minis ter's fears of the approaching election, is mere verbiage, and sines not merit any remark. The fourth is, ChM M , . Robert, confined for his writings, has been liberated by the Oilmen, of Ministers, without consulting hint (M. de Caze), and in, opposition to his "wishes, The thing is im possible ; Robert could not have been liberated but with the knowledge of the Minister of Mik e . R o b er t, I am convinced, is an honest Royalist, but a man of little lgmcnt or experience -:.•In short, what is termetti, species of enthusiast. The hist mortificititin is, that-General Dona• dieu, who is represented _as being an object of M. de Caze's hatred, has been lately honoured and caressed at Nismes. I know nothing of Al, de Caze, I am not on this-occasion his advocate he, however, cannot he charged with any of the crimes of the Revolution, he was too young to take any part in them ; in a word, he was not known as a public man before the restoration of Louis XVIII. ; bnt if he does hate this Dottadien, it is a proof to me that he must be a good m an; for this same M. Douadieu is one of the most bloody-minded men which theltrench Revolution, fertile in monsters, has produced. It proper that I should make you acquainted with a few particulars of his history. When I first wen t to Paris in 1801,, Donadieu ,was then a lodger in the house of Sergeant, the notorious Septembrizer, and 1 recollect meeting him afterwards at a din tier party at Tallien's, and that in consequence of some expressions used by him there, he was the day after exiled From Faris. The expression for which he incurred this punishment was, that ,if Buovaparte, who was then First Consul, should attempt to acCihe partof Ciaar, that he (Dona , diem) would art that of grubs, and be Iris assassin. Massena obtained his pardon, anti through his interest (whose Aide-de-Camp he had been) be was again employed in the war against Austria, and there also he was punished for im proper conduct. He was afterwards employed in Spain, but hiS atrocities in that country were so great, that they were displeasing even to Boo naparte, who deprived him of his command, re called him, and sent 'hint into exile to Tours. appeal to many English families then residing at `lours, as to what was, at that time; said of his conduct in Spain, and of the cause of his being sent into exile. I have already spoken of this gentleman in my " Secret History of the Cabinet of Buonaparte," and you will find that the account which I have there given of him corresponds with whatl have.now stated. So much - for AI. M. Clarke and Donadien.— That they are now the champions of the Ultras, proves, I ant sorry to say, that the Royalists are ready to sacrifice theif high-minded sentiments of honour, when they show a readiness tri be assist ed by such instruinents. 7 ---In fact, it thews that the Ultra-Royalists, like our Whigs, are. ready to coalesce with any manor body of men, that would help them to office and employment. Our Whigs would join with Burdett, with the Spencraus— would born London to boil their egg by, if ne cessary; and we see the Ultra-Royalists of France .are just ready to act a similar part.' Indeed, it is difficult to knoW what either the English or the French party want ; except it be office ; 'and what confirms cue iu this opinion, and , that'the Ultra- Royalist nasty has no serious or just cause to be dissatisfied with the preient order of things, is a conversation which I lately had with one of the Chiefs of:the Ultra-Royalist party, which was as, foftirtim G.—" In defending, your cause I have been working a good deal in the dark—l should really wish to know what your - views are. Do you wish to annul the sales of National property ?" Count.—" No." • G.—" Du you wish to suppr ess th e L eg i o n' o f Honour ? Do you wish to destroy the pensions granted to Revolutionists ?" Count.'-' No, no.' - G.—" Do you wish to restore feudality, to re store tythes, the rights of the Clergy, or to de stroy the Charter ?" Count—' No, no, no : nothing of these things are wished by us : the • recent speeches of the Duke of Fitziames in the Chamber of Peers, and of hi. Villele, in the 'Chamber of Deputies, prove that we want no such thing.' G i —" Well ! what is it which you really do want ?" .Count--.--c' We %vial) to destroy that faction which governs France.' • • Do you mean the Ministry—Du you call them a faction ?" Count---*No.* I mean the subalterns who go vern- 'France ; •and who 'prevent the petitions of worthy Royalists from reaching the hands of either his Majesty or his Ministers.' G,—" 0 ! my dear Count, la 'that all ! I• as sure you we feel a'similar grievance in England, and vet siteare, not disaffected on that account.-- I fear complaints of this kind are common under all GOvernments. The cause of your Opposition (said'!, smiling) resembles very much that of she Opposition in England." - From the above, apecimen you may judge of the grievances *which the ultra-Royalists com plain. But what is the proper part for the Edi tor Of a respectable English Journal to act in•this contest Plainly that which the interest of his own country, that of Europe, and, indeed, that of France demanil—namely, to endeavour to Inflict! France powerful, which cannot be done without putting an end,to the political divisions which prevail in that country ; and that not for the purpose of enabling France to become the aggres sor, but for the purpose of restoring the balance of power in Europe : and so long as he suffers himself to be made the instrument of any one party, he , will be ill-calculated to perform that duty. France is threatened from without, and to oppose the foreign power which 'threatens her and us, she must, I repeat it, be united in herself ; and it is. only by the' ascendancy of. the Constitutional or . Revolutionary interest that ,she cap be united and powerful. I, state this, not because I ant 'glad it is so, , hut because truth compels me: my leanings and feelings are with the opposite party, but I see that France cannot be powerful against her foreign enemies in :toy other way but tinder a Constitutional 'Government. The Duke of Feltre- has, it is true; organized au army thirty thousand strong ; but what is such a trifling force against a powerful enemy, or even domes tic faction and rebellion ? 'France, under a Con stitutional Government; may have the Germans for her Allies-; and it is only on such terns, that the people of Germany, ,who are. themselves re solved to be free, will Make common cause with her. This, in - my opinion, is the union which the,people .and Government of . England should endeavour to support ---an union of Frenchmen among themselves—a union of 'French, German, •and English interests apinst the view's of a cer tain Power, as dangerous to the civilized world as Buonaparte himself, thongk the views of that Power are not 'quite' so obvious at present. — Whether you, Sir,- will give your assistance in the same glorious cause—namely, in promoting this union, will be seen from the contents of your co lumna in future. If they are open to such stuff as - that of yam' correspondent's letter of the 2d of June, I will think you are gone over to that Party. which is, not only hostile to the peace of .France, but to that of the civilized part of Europe. I have the honour to be, With great respect, _ Your very obedient Servant, June 8, 1817. • LEWIS GOLDSMITH. P. S. Since writing the above, I have seen your paper of Friday last, in which I find, from a Cor respondence, dated Paris, June I, that an attempt is made to mistify you, under the supposition that it is impossible for you to be will acquainted with all those characters who acted distinguished parts in the Rev o l ut i on . Yonr Correspondent informs you, that Viscount (le Ronald is au anti-Revoln tionist, but be did nowtl you that this same Vis count de Ronald was, for many years, one of the writers for the Mcrcure de France, in the pay 01 -I,_,,B:aftt:neinbiahtpe:saitittleon,-reimats—hmea-lorso a professor in the anit trli l respondent describmeoseChtnin'lbritcdohtbbeselb2eanniiniti:*:it:Ciri. tsrinoit:anroytckhialomwp_dion. But your Correspondent Piti.' still further, and asserts that 61.ArnauIt is one the writers In the pay of the French Pollees , 1)° , M.. Awaitlt, the a ° ut e l s io n r ° o t f at t i le b (which of late excited so much disturbance 80.! French Theatre) is an exile at Bruises? ll'i the effrontery of your Correspondent fit 06 ml ° surprise any man wbo knows that he, (the mau , Who now displays such loyal principle) vt., formerly one of th e greatest admirers and Pf l '; zans of the-Revolution and of Buonspote. +.,.% far you!see that your Correspondent imp oselor eptwayorolt Gkernoal, itc1::: and misleads you. • ........._.----...-------. • UNION CANAL. Water, and! ainn(eisttiiitenavbaslet abillveastisitn,ige.coitikealystipply of P d i. by the city of Edinburgh, b co 'y u nv n e c y "' eu l tn° , s ,, lbie",(' i g g ifit aibrtisicileesfpreocult,fiiinedLeiarr.oh E ex . ) , rac t the 1°17:4 itli instant : • _ " UNtos CagAL.—The public wind IP ii 4 been industriously prejudiced against MT; of the water with which the Union Cana l i v scribers bate engaged to supply this Ciiir , 0 „ Committee have considered it their tiotY W tt i will C,oarnt 01 : 61 certain, by chemical tests, the precise rottilio, the water in question. For this pull' ( ' se ,1 /10 water taken from the Fwch D e ,,,",, 0 0 C tit a y na o l t ,, aboilt bait a Mile front l'or t "lii t iti which necessarily must be similar in i , s 4 1",` t o to that with which the Canal will be 6116 1 :00 laid before Dr. MU zttait, the celebrated c i I co , o sv f it t li b t is he ci w ty a , ter w a it t h and north districtpsareorsefeq;t:bset mine chemically its qualities, sad c°1" • 0 11 ' 1 t n 1 :1r 4- script ,„ 4 r baring obligingly complied, with th 6r " 1 ,0 that it i w ns ill o b f prepared a regular re b report of the analYs,iWeitii!e' he in consequence submitted, these dilitilorgeirt that bc ', it : , to learn the result ; is is contained in t"'„ ° o 3 . o paragraph of the Doctor's report:" be caoi: filtered catral tiered hole, the water may i 6 010 p is u i r lo i t t. y. fou N t o i tilttlintgheisEttioinbbeurtl;isheow t vt , r;r l ; i': i l ' oo i+ 4 , Ll► • Oar!, sapcpeatcgtioerrerolimr3arTrumaesitiir:n.Al:::ioo.o:o;efititftsrttii.eesaatietn.stenhorsitse,rithhoiritetaibe'efuiivtlevineesseoagtes:t.ls:orieteeomeifrcsclixrnt'e:cfetilaiebrs)::c..Beineetltirn.tsttrll°osNittdeisteloYlairilaisytert.tsielts4tloviletirrii; j l is tio, iii, he store panic , 1 ;A v. of w he : , 4vgRA WnsaT.--A. new l'3,'"'idao ,),H was Drought into this country 0 Je, 0 ,,, o te1:1 front Talavera in Spain. It bay rerYth'°•„fskislt very long cars, and a fine, cl e3 l' : i t t ior :' it is very proli fi c ; succetiis - - , eks cal "Inn or spring ; and it ripens thre'lo $ Og le re i than . : the common wheat. in Eogl)": ors.'', f tt u. c . southern .counties of which it e% f ,',i' fully propagated for the last ti‘c " r r i „ ) , - ,ich o ';'' ' ' .! leas,.ueen found to preserve its 0r1g...1 5000 a , n . rt peculiar adVantages. c 4 tell it . t . IV i' ° ; _ lher e the climate is .tinpr.wi(ito f ' l l i b t il w'' 4 labours at t th i i ettst timibic lII° °I l'e icareaser'siti sown i n ! l'i I ;: that country. . 1 , iniencit` 4, WILLI -AM CoEBETT his airC3(l. - ° l ll i i r e .0. ‘, t o -S country, by a !afar ":I,ject lic i the People of America." The lemt ill ,tostte,, ,. deny the implication contained in s° ll ;iiiiiretcl that have been published trate - I `ft a im 4 ' 4 'l pers, that he left England to escsili t si t !' l , r , l i te was unable to pay, and to contrfocDoc‘r-$Ol H its having been horsewhipped Pv,_,!ri.,•lo,„ojeit',4 e,announces his intention of p;013-0y loa:'60 or_ two a Prospectus of his fitture lite l e is 0 0 , 1 He also says in this letter, tha t . 1 11 1 1 14 il IC :i rove„ that before be left Bagl an i o` . 000 1 ' 11 ; ',' f i l i from' his writings watt more than 'l O recidoof .clear money, and that- he esPectt:: lontit,,' A least 20,0001. out of the disposal of*" bf ooe i ; of The New property. He closes his letterof fi'te York fr el 1 'iio' l, bet il t nv i e et other oil iefh Prop riet or o a ivt n tal ; e t n thousand dollars, 1113111:01(1,f1140 _n_tent of England does - not last thr ee I v is, it aotlivitsieetttlitnegE, iltiotoc nefothretbl:lo!teros ,St, taking care to . see the money sectli' (From the Boston Advertiser, MO r":, ,00- 4 9 The weavers in Carlisle have gil t "' ' I ° t Is. per , cut last week. The , prosrt„otb A'lol, trade . to the revolted provinces. it ) ` 1 ; i ptcd' "a s reiseki . a considerable spirit °' ti , A Oil s " amongst the manufacturers an. t! ........„..„,„/ .. l a, 0,0 MAL, ARKET, itio - -,ir,,, Ships at Market. ! Shit a sold• n4i. 611 ' !,1 , 57iNeweatate• .. ;.•....•.. 441. ........ ",,,,, ad. 14 , ,'# ISSuutterland ........ •• . 12 .. ... . • .'''' o il. ~ ./i• 0 I Pitlern :;oul.. ..... .... 0,.....- • • *"; 0 ; . 04. I t ': ..A . ,/ 1 Midrilerigg Coat ........ 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