The National Register.
London, England, 1815-08-20 00:00:00

the hills here at Babbicombe, I saw the Bellerophon and Northam.
berland off the Berry-head. Some boats went out of Torquay.
and accompanied him as he passed to the Northumberland from the
Bellerophon. You will, doubtless, see many more particulars of
this exhibition in the daily papers.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE:

PARIS, 9th August, 1815.
_ _

Mr. EDITOR.—" This cannot certainly last. If we have
not an explosion soon, we may thank the innumerable forces
of all nations and arms now garrisoning the capital ; but the
sulky appearances, the stifled sighs, the indignant looks of
the Frenchmen, portend a storm and an eruption.
" To attempt to give you an account of the present more
than Babylonic state of the capital, would be above my
power, and indeed above that of any one. One must see
what Paris, and indeed what France is, at this moment, to
believe the assertions which I might be inclined to make
respecting it—they are of so extraordinaty a nature.
" Paris is one vast camp, one of the most glorious fea-
tures of which is the snowy tents of our British army 'o-
beying the monotony of the allies des armes in the Champ
Elisees. The wooden huts of the Prussians lining one side
of the Champ de Mars, form an unhappy contrast to them.
Guns were placed at one end of the Pont Royal, turned
against the Thuilleries; and there were guns till the other
day on the Marchi des Fleurs, threatening the city. These
have been ordered away to the great disappointment of Blu-
cher, who seemed to have acted not unlike a Bashaw. There
are also wooden huts erected in the fine gardens of the Pa-
lace Luxembourg; for it appears the Prussians like the best
every where they go. Their officers are the most perfect
petit 71117111. es you have ever seen, and seem more equipped
for a boudoir, or for a levee, than for a Waterloo tourna-
ment. Indeed the French are very sensible of this ; hence
their greater guignon at having been conquered by them.
A lady, whose house is the general rendezvous of foreign offi-
cers of rank in Paris, told me the other day—" En general
les oficiers Anglais soul au pere grossiers, mais its parois-
sent avois lc coeur bon—les Prussiens, au contraire, sant mu:-
eadins ; its ammenent lours domestiques pour tirer leur rnouchoirs
de la poche de peur de sc gizter leB doigts, et its sous assortment
Ott ec des perfumes de mille qualits."
" I repeat it, this will never do. There have been very
great riots and cries of Vice l'Empereur, under the windows
of the Thuilleries—and on Sunday evening bit, they ac-
tually broke into the Chateau, astounding the poor Old
King with " Vice Napoleon, a-bas Louis jupon." He rode
through Rue St. Honore yesterday and the Duchess to-day.
I saw them both dais. Not a single voice raised to greet
them—every one affected to turn the head aside, and a
hackney coachman would scarcely get out of the way to let
Madame's carriage pass.
" Vicennes his not surrendered. Labedoyre is to be-(tied
on Fiiday. The Journals are very severe againit him ; but
the people in.general pity him. It is supposed that he wilt
he shut. This I cannot believe. They dare not do it—they
may perhaps exile him.
" I believe that all the Allied Sovereigns and their re-
spective Ministers are heartily sorry at Louis having thus been
forced upon the Vrench—and 1 understand the Duke is more
.
so than any.

" AUGUST 10.

" I thought my letter of yesterday would have gone, but
I find the Gentleman who will deliver it dues not set off till
this evening. 1 try to put togethei• some more news of a
frashpr fiatef The Kiug was beau oblized to aJupt A m4alLre