The Sun.
London, England, 1830-08-12 00:00:00

HARTWELL.

The report of the Duke of Buckingham
having offered Hartwell as an asylum to the
Ex-King of France, which was alluded to in the
Times of Tuesday, cannot have any foundation.
Neither his Grace, nor any of his family, ever had
any kind of possession of either the Hartwell estate
or house; and though his Grace's father, the late
Marquis of Buckingham, being sedulous to minister
to the accommodation of the former exiled King,
had procured for Louis the use of the house and
contiguous grounds, he was only the medium of
hiring the premises from the Rev. Sir G. Lee, who
was ut that time the proprietor, the British Govern-
ment satisfying Sir George as to rent and dilapida-
tion'. The present Duke, however, it was under-
stood, did not concur with the proceedings of his
father; and is said to have been more conspicuous
for his inattention titan for his respect to the royal
exiles during their residence at Hartwell. After
the death of Sir George Lee, who was the heir of en-
tail to a long line of illustrious ancestors, and who
rivalled the most distinguished by his public as well
as private virtues, the estate of Hartwell descended,
by Sir George's devise, to a gentleman whom he
considered the next a-kin, in the female line, and
who had previously assumed the family name. The
gentleman alluded to is Dr. Lee, of Doctors'-com-
mons, and who, of course, is the present proprietor
of Hartwell. Dr. Lee is, however, but rarely an
occupant of Hartwell for any length of time, and it
is, therefore, not beyond the bounds of possibility
that if the Ex-King of France should come to reside
in England, and should be anxious to take up his
abode at Hartwell, where he had formerly been a
frequent visitor to his brother, for weeks together,
Hartwell-house may once more become the asylum
of the exiled Bourbons. It may not be imperil-
nent to add to this account, that the estate of
Hartwell came into the possession of the family
of the Lees as a marriage portion of one of the
females of the family of Hampden of Hampden.
It may be still more curious and interesting to sub-
join, that in a small parlour in Hartwell-house,
where Louis was accustomed to write his de•
"patches, one of the wainscots used to exhibit, be-
fore his arrival, and after his departure, an engrav-
ing, which Sir George Lee considered as probably
the moat perfect likeness of the patriot Hampden,
from whose family the estate was derived, sur-
mounted with the motto " Vindex libertatis."
After his restoration, Louis, who had left 100/. to
the poor of the parish, sent his portrait to be added
to Sir George Lee's collection, and directed every
one of his Ambassadors to pay a visit to Hart-
well; and the visits were punctually paid. Other
visitors from France, during the early periods of his
reign, paid their homage to Hartwell as to the
shrine of Louis, and some of them left copies of
verses in some of the rooms as votive offerings.--
Times Correspondent.

GRAND PROCESSION.--It is reprted, hat
the ex-King of FRANCS is corning to this co
ount:),t and
is to take up his residence at Hartwell. If this should he
the case, it is hoped that Sir JAMES SCAltumr, with the
little majority who voted with him in his attack on the
British Press, will go in procession to meet the Abdicator,
and condole with him on his unmerited misfortunes. The
amiable ATTORNEY-GENERAL would appear to reat ad-
vantage in appearing at the head of
his senatorg
ial tail,
and it would be quite in character if they were to be
mo7nted on costermongers' cavalry; the tong-eared ani-
mals would be quite in keeping with his, and their, popu-
lar exploitt.-11forning Advertiser.
CHARLES the Tenth will be happy to learn
that Holyrotel•house has been thoroughly repaired, and
will afford him more elegant and comfortable quarters
than it did during his former sojourn. The persons living
in it have already begun to speculate on the changes his
arrival will occasion, and to look out for other lodgings.
We wish CHARLES had carried his person to any other
spot in Europe than Britain. To shelter a discarded King
is an office attended in this case with no honour, and in
all cases with some danger to those who discharge it; and
if CHARLES W6bed to embroil us with France, he could
not gain his end more easily than by becoming our guest.
In what character, for instance, ere we to receive him ?
Notes " King of FRANCE," for this would be to declare the
Prince who reigns in his stead a usurper, and to offer an
insult to the French nation. His abdication, whether
true or false, does not remove the difficulty, for since the
peoplepe repudiate the successor in whose favour he reigns,
ll hold his abdication null, and affect to be " the
Most Christian King" to the hot day of his life....Scoinnan.