The Sun.
London, England, 1830-08-02 00:00:00

Snarl' OF TIM PUBLIC JOURNALS,

The state of France up to the date of the last
departures may be summed up in a few words. The
tri-coloured flag is flying on the Royal Palace of the
Tuileriesl the King's Guards have been beaten by
the populace of Paris, and driven beyond the pre-
cincts of the city ; the National Guard is organized
for the protection of the metropolis, and a Provi-
sional Government is formed, consisting, among
others, of Lafayette, !Atte, Casimir Perrier, Gen.
Gerard, and the Marquis de Choiseul!. Immense
carnage has taken place, the King's troops having
fired grape-shot among the multitude in the streets
The people, however, have succeeded in driving
away their aggressors, and two regiments of the
line have adopted the popular cause. For the
moment a sullen tranquillity prevails : the storm,
however, will doubtless burst forth again, and
most probably to' the destruction of the King
and his Ministers, whose inconceivable madness
has raised it : but, whatever may be the termi-
nation of this dreadful struggle now carrying on
in France, and of which our paper of to-day can
describe but a part of the frightful particulars, it is
certain that Charles does not merit the sympathy
even of surrounding Sovereign.. He has now been
long enough resident in France, and ought to have
known the feelings of his subjects, and consequently
respected their rights. He has plunged the country
into confusion and misery, which with prudence he
might have ruled in peace. There never was a case
in which civil wrong and political injustice were so
soon followed by blows. The people usually suffer
long; but in the present instance, they were ready
to repel the first clear aggression at the hazard of
their lives; and if not from principle and virtuous
patriotism, yet from mere aversion to bloody strife,
he should have abstained from provoking them. But
an overweening pride, an insolence which misfortune
cannot check, urged him on: and his Ministers appear
to us to be yet more criminal. Other Sovereigns would
not mix their cause with that of the King of Preece :
they would not take him for the representative of their
rights. Rights! as it a King could have any rights
differing from those of an ordinary man, except for
the benefit of the people I If we were to express
our wish, we should say that we hoped the conflict
would be soon terminated, and the offender dis-
missed for ever; but there are, from selfishness,
many adherents to the trappings of a monarchy--
there may be, from prejudice, also some new friends
remaining to the family of the Bourbons, or some
partizans to despotism in one person, from the dread
of the opposite extreme, of the tyranny of the many,
and a part of the military for pay. All these, per-
haps, prolong resistance; but we cannot persuade
ourselves that the cause of the people will not
ultimately triumph. Would they may know how
to use their liberty when they obtain it What a
contrast does the conduct of our own gracious Sove-
reign exhibit to that of the King of France !
William IV. glories in being the chief of a free
people : he expresses a cordial sympathy with their
enthusiastic attachment to their rights, and avows
at once that it is his pleasure and his duty to co-
operate in their preservation. Charles X. violates
Ins oath of office, tramples on the Charter which it
was his sacred duty to maintain, and justifies his
breach of honour and of the laws by an appeal to
the artillery and the sword : he destroys the liberties,
and then the lives of his subjects. We confess that
till the actual facts displayed themselves before ye,
we, with we trust a pardonable incredulity, did not
conceive it possible that any human beings could be
guilty of such infatuated, such wanton, violations of
the laws and constitution, as have been perpetrated by
Charles and his Ministers. One glance at the present
state of England might have convinced even the
most obstinate folly how immense is the superiority
of the patriot King over even the most powerful
despot. One point admits no dispute : surrounding
Governments will take no part in the troubles of
France, as it is clear they have taken none. No;
the King of France may claim all the merit of the
mischief to himself and his Ministers. No human
creature out of France speaks of their conduct ex-
cept in terms of indignation and aversion; but other
nations still cannot fail of being affected by the dis-
orders of that country. Burke, in one of his tirades
against the French revolution, had the insolence to
say, that France should be blotted out of the map of
civilised Europe. Heaven forbid ! It would be the
greatest evil that could happen to Europe, if it were
possible. But while France is even in an unsettled
state, all other nations must suffer In their civil ant

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commercial relations. All other nations, therefore,
have a right to feel that Charles X. is their enemy.

The intelligence from France becomes •very ma-
silent possessed of deeper interest. Much blood
has been shed in the various engagements between
the Parisi►►ns and the Royal forces, hut the people
have so far succeeded that they have driven their
opponents out of Paris, and are in possession of
the barriers. The accounts of the extent of the
carnage vary ; but as there was almost continual
fighting the greater part of Wednesday and all
Thursday, many lives must have been lost. We
have elsewhere given the accounts of our Evening
Contemporaries of Saturday and in the Sunday
Papers. The following extracts from the Hamp-
shire Tekgraph, bearing date this day, give some
valuable information received on Saturday night
at Portsmouth, by the Camilla steamer, from Havre,
Captain border, especially with regard to the state
of things in the great towns of Rouen and
Havre This evening (says the Telegraph)
we get further information by the Camilla
steamer, Captain Porder, from Havre, the
passengers of which repeat the following :—The
late Royal Ordonnances had given rise to the
meet violent ebullition of popular feeling, and
had been attended with a most lamentable sacrifice

of life, from ten to twelve thousand persona having
been killed in the various and unmeaning eneounterd
which had taken place. The Hotel tie Ville at

Paris had been a scene of the most violent conten•

dons, halting been taken and retaken sixtirnes,;d

was on Thursday night in possession of the Liberals,

A Proviiional Govt inmeni had been formed, wid!,

together with the National Guard, was headed and
commanded by La Fayette.
_Constant skirmishes

were taking place, attended with considerable blood.
shed. The Marshal Marmont bad been killed. It

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was reported that the Duke d'Angouleme bad •
been
asmssisated. The King bad tied to Lisle, and his
Ministry ware entirely dispersed. The Tui
remained in possession of the Royal Guards. The
Royal Guards were ordered to proceed with the
greatest promptitude from Ilentleur to Paris. Con-
siderable ferment had been excited at Havre, and
some blood spilt. The Naval Arsenal had been
broken into, and the arms and ammunition seised

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by the populace. All was alarm, and the mot fear-
ful Collittpelleell were apprehended. In addition to
the above, we hive received the Journal du Havre,

from whicll the following are extracts:—
" 11AVAX, JULY SO.—The public carriages cannot
have the barriers of Paris without extreme trouble, and

encountering a thousand dangers. The prate are occu-
pied by the National Guard. An extraordinary tolirier
arrived this night, with a letter, announcing that eight
thotisised men have perished in the diffrrait engagements,
and that the gendarme* of Paris have been massacred.
The Revd Guards hare shut themselves up in the Tuile-
ries andleis Royal. The Peer* are assembling to
praride fur the tarty of the State. l'ouen is in the greatest
"4"."; brit all the Mhabitants are united and strong.
The National Good, armed mid provided with car-
tridifsts are drawn up in the place St. Owen, with the
Colonel at their head. To-_ley that city superabounds
with armed mon. A deputation of two eminent citizens
Las proeseded to Paris, to offer succour to the immortal
Permian Guard, from the pitopis of Itauen.
0 Roux Ss JULY 29, —At seven n'elock yeaterday morn-
leg the tocsin was eoundeil in Patio.. The people irn
mediate', went forth bully armed, hearing -pike, and
St The Natioual Guard also appeared., ThePle
repaired to the liferche this 'ammonia Rue it Vonore.
Ths Gendarmes were put tallith*, and tour at them we,„
hung. The National Guard was then beaded by tionew
Gerard, who led them toward. the Plate de Csrsve
they took possession of the Hotel de Ville, from whictl
marnwary with the Royal Guerd, obliged them to mire.