The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-04 00:00:00

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Pants, OCT. I.
You will probably tbi.lk elm the removal nJ the Ceneue.
stip has created a strong feeling of satiafachon, and that
the Parisian public are loud in their inanifestalionsof gratis.
tulle and loyalty. No such thing. The edict was received
and read without producing any sensation ; it gave birth,
indeed, to a few saretestic observations, which, from the
circle in which they were heard, served to thew that the
thing was pretty wall undersiuml. There *Me various
modes of augling for popularity, lull, surrounded as the
new Monarch is by courtly sycophants, any bait will fake.
But those who move out of that elide consider this re-
moval of La Ceara-, des ittiorattar as proceeding from no
steady principle ; they have no 'Tinier' of it as standing
upon any sure or intelligible ground. it aeons the :ueiser.al
opinion, that it will be suspended only, and that it
. vest!
Ignite long before a pretext is found fur again storm% it.
The most tulsome paneg)ries are heaped urn t X.
by Ihl who can hope to turn their idolatry to account, and
whether the Cenntre is taken off, or enforced with redeut
bled rigour, he will be, in alit it eyes, and iii their addrates,
equally an Prince whoa.. The Vicowsr. ter. CitAvsau-
sitlMlD is a prime sample of this fawning ffrxibiltty. He
published a Tvarnplolet on the C. ntaship about six weeks
ago, in the preface to which he states, that he was not per-
tiotwithstatitling that his name was in the title-
page, to advertise it in any of the public journals, " LA
axsultas" says he. " memo gr: on arineerei cells
brother( dans lea Journarix.- Could the moat arbitrary•
government carry its despotism over the press farther than
this? Could any people be reduced to a snore
silence and
prohibited frtnn raising their voice against their rulers.,
wl: itevcr might be the extent to which they carried. their
abuse. ? Yet, •no spotter had the King breathes! his last,
than out came another pamphlet from the saute Victim rr
Pe if tL Val A luu, entitled " lee Nei eat mort,—Vic•e
i.e lint," v. ith the " rive k 114" in large capitals! corn-
onarali Ael le su;h: at a mile distance. And with the servihty of
a elinroughlaied 'termite. at the very time when a French
army was still invading Spain to matt in prpetuating thy
emr:e.• of despotism, and reviving the horrors of the In-
quisit•on—anel while the at cret tribunal of the Cellel4re was
hireling it over the liberty of the pee n with the most °pets
and unequivocal cositempt for public opinion, he asserts
unblushitmly of Leeds XVII!. that he was the Monarch
whose mien, though short, will occupy a distinguished
space in history—that its erlat is not exceeded even by the
reign of NA rot LON ; that lie was the Monarch who, after
wars. glesitutis, but lung and lamentable, rat an c•ial in a
few months, through a valiant Prince, to the vast Seamiest
exrdition, destroying two revelittiuns at a single sweep,
re-seating two Kings on their thrones, restoring France to
its military rank in the scale of Europe, antl crowning his
work," ands the Viola! t t " with confirming our inde-
pendence abroad, after &trial. girt,' as lilarly at hunk."
flaw: ale his wordsz—" I.e Minerva, yak, atiori4 des
gurrr-s• effuses. /fUIiS brafkral rl funrafee, ama jut ea
evelqe,es m. is, pt' as "sealant Pointe, ti ha reedigietke ex-
jidithas k.'spagar, laud dray rfrodeli,tak area
oral cost',
etalo7issent do ix Runs mar liar tr4ne,erplacamt la Freak,- as
via rain aniiilairr ternary', et ruurvanant eon auvrage ea
Rasa guarani rim DV ntan•)ect: au dthr,rs, epee's 11010 wroir
donne LA Ltnrnrg as &dans." This IS a pretty decent
speeitnen of the facility with which a Frenchman triumphs
over truth, and of the.perfect coolness with which he WWI
•faets at defiance I M. CllATest:nst AND composed every
sentence re.'M an ere re Me ro'ree-rnufr.t.e, and no man
'knows better luow to keeThis conscience. in subjection. He
is one of the.,e se relies who would crawl into place upon
their hands and knees. •If the popular feeling in Fraree
were what it ought In be, such a man would be crushed
by public indignation.
To those who see only firm a distance, this taking off
the Censure appears to be a 111,APIlit: 44 gio4Nl pennite-; it
furnishes the french Jourivelt with a topic cif 'investing
praise ; it is held up as one of flume arts which bespeaks
the gracious dispnition el CllAat.ie X., which shoes that
the liberty of Frenichinen it among " les ulgets les Thu
rhea, d rat vette," and that they are not kw rapectod by
the Ministers who •he rashes in his leloventritent. We
are desed to surfeit. day after day, with this delusive rho-
deennitade ; while, at e. r all, the thotrler Ints net en cache
a more determined en. my than CH Aal to X. nor the daily
press any opponents were hostile than his Ministers. If,
indeed, Loess XVII!. had ituposed the Censure, anal had
imposed it too, under another and a elifferently-eonstitutell
adminberstimi, then the removal of the restrictioss might
well have been received as a pledge of snore Itberal riff-
ciplea, and as au eartu-st of better tys. Bat it was actually
imposed kri the !'marl/ Minister, with the earnest and ca-
rtes sanetion of the Covet* lrAnlOts, now CLIAlti TS X.
It was impetusl coo, in the teeth of the Tribunals of
Public Justice, who hail refused to levoine actsmary to the
illegal supprosien of au independent pubic journal, which
the llovernmeet bail rendered to put down. But M. Pe
Vitt re. r. Ends it impossible that he can remnin iu ()dice nu-
tria tunic enneessioin are made to the Chilli' of the Consti-
tution. lie is aware how strongly he will be trot to
attack at the next meeting of the Chatubers, and with
what galling triumph the speeches which lie made I''jtere• Ar
into rare (in Jolt) in favour of the liberty al the
pees, and the real with which he then opposed the esta-
blishment of the ansare, will be quoted against him, as its
&deltas, its auther, and its select-etc, mow that he is 11/i-
Men r. A sample of this is worth producing "
Si emus nweet-." says the lira opposition Deputy, in
a speech deliver..l on the eV)) January 1S1:
Si soul Menge meal iPa disistaiava Ja Wre te Jeoll its res.
Iva L •
.j.sro,toto ,In 'flyaway, voasl.4%.l)llaset seal d:reetrar
de, ropiriLwi pYWI,.r Es.4:l4r, rout It falter seal juv du couple
que les 3.strnsux rentlrunt Je ens sous lui donna ks
nrye rs de fairy at'!iquie sae opinims par tons rum du royaumr,
saes qa'ax s. id cu. Li di Padre eantrt 1a1; elm* piaci. sins'
pates de la Frerer tiro da mi,414,4'5, dent LA CltAttTt
lea stet fait lea contrudieirors; you, hems km li:tutation pelitique
et par eereiquent lent reelection e relax op: deitr,:ent at..;.k
filiftarteert trails iktruiles sinsi Li pl.is inquiriunve sty sos
none. stile de to Cheholoc itioe, setae gar.unie qut noes taste de
tinitee ernes que Deus aeons perdue,; at eunsieVres que revs
▪ rtsrank: pas s.uleWent Kira quelqual colunnes de rectivice eon.
mite:crash into I.'4TTAlare.;.: PAN% CA OAS::, 11 tout ,OX'S
lea r.,Lrz •LC RE NV Dutra I.t: I-1U Cali.
In ate Messletui. qua Ersassk panes d&orrnais accepter le
for,losu sir taw ri•li 'bleu functions, el/ West re.tg, l d'ar.oce a seas.
airs Jt.itgirurot it 'asks les prvirnsiiimis •Ls iniaoisfars
What a quotation to a debate with in the ears of the
sale! Monsieur lit 1:11.1.1.LI 1 M. Cos: near too—then his
eel. league, sew the pander of his will, and the partner of
tit, power—he, patriot feelings ales boiled over with indig-
nation, when the Illteiettare of the Censer, was diseutanl •
the thought of restricting the freedom of the ;midi.. w• j
made hint bleed at eve ry pore. lle attacked the
t•
of the Litman, el his atrocious logic inch
I.y inch, and, as you niay see in the Moniker of the same
date, concluekd his rambling oration in this wise .
Cen noes ;amine, Messieurs. i Is question eme von; elks
elder. Toe.: vont ininvenus Welk consist:tit toete entiim r (Wan
ram keriteneset Ira ritroosfaane.
Ina priacipes sent tnej.kre ?was.
leas cisecustanres &event etre lioniliores.
Y essmendrs.i.on pas le allence,oll, ce qui at atom pta, en rye
laireane Is papule oro'oi as eel
J'ai weepers pens« pr;ei.i. wet k enatratre.
Js lose water it ;mill del.:.
CORSI Rits. nate lee Ministae de les Police, turns short
mond urn himself, convinced that the Censure is essen-
tial to the preservation of eerie, order—that the ',llk
press, without it, is a stangcrotts inetrument in the hands
or a fll. s—that lit banquillit.l 44e, Slid la pais rah.
Iwo anal tYtTY thing else, Peremptorily require that it
should be putt under a rigorous and eff. mire aier:si:Lisee.
They are greatly mistaken on your title the water, who
ilepr.chenel that the 1.-ca dorm ilie tro as will he regained
in francs', in cunaisrenee of this emotive! of thin interdict.
Manceni ran well aml to make this arparent aacr:fiee to
pOlinkr feeling. They have effected their ;nitrite, for the
percent, in sneak r manner ; they have bought over almost
e,V any .le of the !s,l4ling journals to their interest. Le Gat:tie
I. Pratiwu IlLiae.l: toile, let ItiL.ir, art min-
pi. under their intik', nee. The Jt.urnal de Park, tar
ii ementally Omits; the Coastitalitmati has likewise
gamed ova. %%lien it is known, toe, that the hlii,ister of
Polite his the power of withholding the ruyal beam,
which must be previously obtained before any new pipet
tiltl be entablitlocil, and that such licence would owes he
grantest to any new paper, the proprietors of which are tint
l'reltOl3l7 well known to he on Me rik.ll side, and wheat:
docility may be d ert—u lid urn' YOU MAY readily eereeire
bow huge is geireel to the cause cf truth and freceleri, by