The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-19 00:00:00

THE EX-KING 01? FRANCE.

(From the 14`dinburglt Observer ; the Editor of which
Piper Warms the public that the article comes from "the
"wit illustrious pen in Scotland.")
We are enabled to announce from authority that Charles
of Bourbon, the ex-King; of France, is about to become
"nee more our fellow-citizen, though probably for only a
limited-space, and is presently about to repair to Elio-
l'orgh, in order again to inhibit the apartments which he
long ago occupied in Ilelyrood House. This temporary
rnoffertietat, it is said, has been made in compliance with
" Own request, with which our benevolent Monarch im-
mediately complied, willing to consult, in every respect
P'altililer the feelings of a Prince under the pressure of
misfortunes, Which are, perhaps, the more severe,, if in-
' ttirreti through had advice, error, or rashness. Time at-
lendelite Of the late Sovereign will he reduced to the least
fhlo Stunber, rind consist chiefly of ladies and children,
enithis style Of life will be strictly retired. In these cir-
cometenees it would be unworthy of us, as Scotsmen, or as
Hien, if thiamnownfortunate family should meet a word
71°4 from the meanest individual, tending to aggravate
"11A4 Which :must be at present so acute as to receive
• injury from insidts, which, in other times, could he passed
with perfect disregard.
16144: opponents in his kingdom, have gained the ap-
-I"4"ler.Eurolie for the generosity with which they have
used their victory, and the respect which they have paid
o themselves in moderation towards an enemy. It would
licaz VoPis Contrast to that part of their conduct, which
bastp barn Most generally applauded, were we, who are
1-"Mtcr4 to the drift., to affect a deeper resentment than
those it concerned closely.
Noe who can recollect the fernier residence of this
unhappy Prince, in our northern capital, cannot but re.-
Member the unobtrusive and quiet manner it, which his
little Court was then conducted ; and now, still further
restricted and diminished, he may naturally expect to be
'•4l,eived with civility and respect by a nation whose good-
Will he has done nothing to forfeit. Whatever
mayhave
ban his errors towards his own subjects, we cannot but
rctnember, in his adversity, that he Mil not, in his pro:-
PeritY, forget that Edinburgh had extended her hospitalityd ,
towards him, hut, at the period when time fires consume
50 Much of the city, sent a princely benefactiou to the
aufferert, with a letter, which wide it more valuable, by
sting the feelings towards the city of the then Royal
41,.."(4% We also state, without hazard of contradiction,
that his attention to individuals connected with this city
Iva", 4nifortnly and handsomely rendered to those entitled
to claim them. Hut he never did or could display a more
flattering confidence than when lie shows that the recol-
lections of his former asYluul here have
inclined
bins
n
second time to return to the place where he formerly found
refuge.
If there can be any who retain angry or invidious retail-
.e",ffittl of Jake events in France, they ought to remark
that the ex-Monarch has, by hie abdication, renounced the
conflict into perhaps, he was engaged by bad ad-
to that be can no longer be time object of resentment
• the brave, but remains to all the most striking emblem
of the mutability of human affairs which our mutable
times have affurded. Ile may say, with our own deposed
Richard--
it,rvlltthh own panda,' givei a?,;!ymn'yybaclino,l",
Aro u.ot )He briny aowu tongue Ido deny my state.
to mong us his grey diserowned bead ;" and
" a "tiaa of gentlemen," as we were emplottically
troth
t°
by the Very highest authority, it is impossible, we
fil' a man mean enough to insult the slightest
h tir of it.
t!oIt is impoexible to omit staling that if angry recollec-
pt or keen party feeling 'should make soy Bensons con-
Itger the exiled and deposed Montreal as a subject of re-
tvitlment' Sits token of ut the renter part olfutehli's lf,eseilti,ntgnsitetg(nil'elltilme exhibited
I,feroalea, of whom lustingMele of Angonletne, in par-
ftutr, has been sop longuised by het courage and
Onsfortunes.
,:t.'he person who writes these few lines is leaving his
lye city, never to return a permanent resident. Ile has
:1.,,n,t° reason to be proud of distinctions received from his
111",oe-citiartne, and he has not the slightest doubt the taste
I.° flood feeling of those whom lie will still term so will
te to them the quiet, civil, and respectful One of
ii'O°ll which will do hounur both to their heeds and their
ett,ake, which have seldom been appealed to in vain.
fordiete yrenehman, Melinet, in mentioning the refuge af-
;,. 11 Edinburgh to Henry VI. in his distress, records
a the most host itable town in Europe. It is a testi-datp be
Proud of, and d
sincere) do I hope there is little
gtr In of forfeiting it upon the present occasion.

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. A new club is ab t t be formed at the Wea
00 0 Ind of the tawn, the members of which are to he strictly
tongued to foreigner. of distinction resident this coon-
trYa*,,„„lis 117411ligimess the Duke of CAMBRIDGE (41$ ai!
li
--"ln' oY naturalisation), together with" Prince Lim)-
,Prince Es-renuarr, the whole of the Foreign Am-
"lgoaon, in one ors, Ik., ere the leading tnembers. A princely man-
tof the satl principal thoroughfares at the west end,
siry eagaged for the use of the club.
Our -old arquaimancei JOHN TOWNSHEND,
f 0
6,
.ow-etreet, who had always an eye to the main chance,_
1144 heard, soon after the Appointment of the Duke of
st.t.ttio.rott to (hi! Constableship of the Tower of Lon-
gco. there was a death in the family (one of the warders),
:plied to purchase for a relative the vacant post. The
z7cer, not knowing the character of the Duke of Wm, ~Al‘eN, said to his Grace that there was a vacancy
1 lett entitled his Grace to 250 guineas. 4, What !" ex:.
,tll4.'inefl his Grave, " have my prederatriors done such
„IVO" The affair ended by the appointment being
!Iven to an old serieant of the Guards ; and
ay in ~,• - this is the
to all nther vacancies have since bees disposed
,ef.••"Sun day Paper.
- lot©
A Punnillg critic, in his remarks upon a
%II upDti biliukrilksais, ". the discoveries of the: uthor
:r Very striking, and irt whatever cue the spectator may
~ must strike him with a-mace."
th'llic present dry weather has greatly impeded
t topuftit u cement tif fog.hun tin.