The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

THE KING AND ROYAL FAMILY AT
ST. CLOUD—TROUBLES AT TARAS-
CON—SUCCESSES AND PRESENTPO.
SITION OF THE POLES—DEMANDS
OF HUNGARIAN STATES—ELEC.
TION OF PRINCE LEOPOLD.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE 31ORNING CHRONICLE.
Paris, June 5, 1831.
SIR,—Yesterday evening I drove down to St.
Cloud, and paid my respects, at the appointed hour,
to our Citizen King and his interesting family. I-
was an evening of reception, and the apartments in
the right wing of the Palace were crowded with re-
spectable and even wealthy citizens. There were
few Peers, still fewer Deputies, and not all of the
Ambassadors; but the paucity of titled names was
compensated for by the abundance of intelligent
and enlightened citizens, who, as officers of the
National Guards, came to represent their respective
companies, to wish his Majesty a good journey, and,
of course, a safe return. The_ King was in good
health, walked round the rooms, and conversed
with a vast many persons, looked gay and happy,
smiled at his children, regarded with tenderness his
wife, spoke to the ladies, bowed and thanked ail for
their good wishes, and withdrew. The Duke of
Orleans, who thinks and feels that the sure way to
gain the voices of the men is to win the hearts of
the women, was, as usual, most attentive and
affable to " the life, grace, and ornaments of so-
ciety." He is not so talented as his younger brother,
the Duke of Nemours, but he is honest, amiable,
and well informed. The young Duke of Nemours
spent his time in conversing with the colonels and
inferior officers of the National Guard. He re-
membered the names of all present, and asked after
those who were absent. He pays very little atten-
tion to either Generals or Admirals, Ministers or
Princes, but he seems to feel, though not sixteen
years of age, that the middling classes are the
strength of a nation and the supporters of a
throne. The young Duke d'Aumale, who is
nine years of age, was also there. He is .a
charming boy and a general favourite. The Prince
de Joinville, who is thirteen, is at Corsica, and ha-
entered the marine service. And the little Duke
de Montpensier, who is a pretty fellow, not seven
years old till next July, remained near his mama, and
was admired for his good. behaviour. There is no,
certainly a handsomer family in France than that of
our Citizen King. I suspect that none of them will
be so talented as the Duke of Nemours, though,
when some years younger, this was not predicted
of him. I remember once entering Neuilly with a
friend, and seeing the Duke of Orleans with the
Prince of Joinville on one knee, and the Duke
d'Aumale on the other, whilst the .Duke of Nemours
was hammering and stammering through a lesson
which he did not appear to get through with much
adroitness. His father kept us waiting till the lesson
was got through, and then, with great good humour,
said, " Well, gentlemen, you see my boy is not co
forward as I could wish, but he has a good heart."
The Queen last night looked remarkably well,
but she was dressed most simply, and becoming the
mother of a large family of boys and girls. The
three Princesses were all present. I iinow not
which to admire most. They wore no jewels, and
made no display. They were dressed in white, anti
were affable, but dignified, and supported their
station with propriety of conduct, not austerity of
manners. When I see them separate, I think I
love the last one the best, but when I see them
together, I love them all alike. One has charming
hair, another lively eyes, and a third a foot of sym-
metry, and a hand for an artist or sculptor ; one is
a little roguish, and another a little melancholy, and
it third not a little studious. In their hearts they
wish themselves back at Neuilly again, and they
would each give their right hand if their father were
not King.l do not know enough of them to speak
about tl e r talents, but every one praises their
virtue, their discretion, their simplicity, their amiable

the jewels of the East, and all the camels of Ethiopia.
As I looked on the scene I. will tell you. what t.
sal,l—" What a pity it is that this man does no-,
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father,
and the model of a private gentleman, exposing hi:
family, his country, and all Europe, to evils of a
serious and sad nature, because he is advised, and
adopts the advice, of not marching with his people
He believes, perhaps, he is right ; and ne is told, I
am sure at least fifty times a day, aat the Vit3i3
milieu' his is only chance. Never was there so great.,
a mistake ! He might be even the mast popula
Monarch of which history could boast, if he would
but forsake the units and join with the millions!
Sooner or later I hope he will do so ; far, honestly
speaking, I should be sorry to have a hair of his
head hurt, or to have his heart made sad for even
half an hour ; but yet, he must match with ac
Revolution."
I conversed with but few persons, and remained
not quite an hour. An officer of the National
Guards whispered in my ear," I wonder what they
will say at Metz to him ;" and as I descended the
staircase, I asked a friend of Casimir Perier's,
whe-
ther the journey of the King was expected to in-
fluence the elections in Alsace ? He smiled and
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Coburg was elected King of Belgium—hut some
said by a majority of 10, others by one of 100. It
was all a matter of guess, and no one knew any-
thing about the matter. Thus ended my excursion,
and I returned to Paris.

I must turn from a happy family end Court re-
ceptions, to troubles at Tarascon and disputes at
Grenoble. Tarascon, you know, is a town of
France, in the department of the mouths of the
Rhone, with a castle seated on the Rhone oppsite
Beaucairt, with which it communicates lef a bridge
of boats ; it hire a trade in oil, brendy, starch, and
•ilk stuffs—is nine milee north of Arles, and fourteen
east by south of Nismes. Weil, at Tarascon, on a
recent day in the month of May (a fie for the
exact day), the inhabitants being attar:lid to tle
Revolution of 1830—to the create of civil and re-
ligious liberty, and to the moving or active perty,
and not the Doctrinaires, determined on planting the
" Tree of Liberty." The tree was decorated with
loyal colours, for they were red, white, awl blue ;
and with inscrip•ions, such as " Five la Lilierie I"
" Vice la Revolution !" and " Vice Louis Philp
This was a crying evil in the eyes cf the PerlCr party
and his Prefect and agent, and so the order was
given to remove the tree, and destroy the emblems.
This was the first act of folly, and all the rest
which followed were the necessary results of this
step of arbitrary power and petty tyranny ! But
who were to execute these orders ? Why some
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the Lancers were ordered to charge " bleat
(said the people), will 'you charge us, because ‘'‘,.e ?
defend the tree of liberty, and the national colon's "
—This appeal was successful, and the Lancers
refused to obey ! So, when the authorities learnt
this, they sent for some hundred troops of the line,
and some pieces of cannon, and they were ordered
to proceed to the spot—to arrest the soldiers and the
citizens—to take down the tree of liberty—and, by
force, to put an end to this state of insubordination.:
Se,;in due form and order, the troops were drawn up,
and the law against mobs was read, and the de-
mands to retire were officially made, and then the
soldiers were commanded to fire l! But were the
people intimidated ?—No. Did they resign their
tree of liberty ?—No. The people fraternised with
the soldiers, and the soldiers with the people ; arid
though some damage was done, and some few were
hurt by the violence of the Royalist officers, ilre
result was that the authorities were defeated—that
the people were triumphant—and that the Prefect
and Mayors despatched courier after courier-, and
telegraphic communications one after the other as
quickly as possible, in order to procure orders how to
act. The Misiister has published his version of
;he story—has promised that the tiotent irhall
he tried—that a military tribunal shall be esta-
blished—that refractory soldier; shall be Ito.
mediately shot—and has commanded that the
troops stationed nt Tarascon shall retire, and their
plice be supplied by those en wit= more reliance
can be placed. And now then, what is the result
of all this " force" and " decision," and.violence
Why, instead of one tree of liberty, fifty have been
planted all over the country : and the Aliei•oer, in-
stead of having to contend with one " molt," us ould
have to fight with a thousand a,sennblages before he
could succeed in his system of " dmsion." When
the last courier left, the whole countly was in a
state of agitation—the Doctrinaires were defeated—
and, what is worse than all this, the (arlists were

rejoicing at the divisions which existed between the
fiends of the revolution. Now you are what it is
not to understand the revolution of 1830—and how
hopeless n task it is to reduce France " to order,"
when France is not satisfied Nv-th the march of her
Government. Yet poor M. Perier imagines the
mr.jority k for him, because the Rentiers pat him
on the back, and say " courage." There have
been also some serious and lameniable disturbances
at Grenoble, on the occasion of a religious proces-
sion. I can do no more than allude to it to-day.
and simply add, that as well at Grenoble as else-
where the Government is to Marne.

We have satisfactory news from Poland. Marshal
Diebitseh announces, indeed, that he shall wait till
the moveable magazines are ready, until the revolu-
tions in Lithuania and Volhynia are stifled, before
he proceeds to his warfare against Russian Poland.
Then, he says, that he shall collect all his forces to-
gether—and march to Warsaw I Z. e. we will march
towards Warsaw—but to Warsaw I Never! The
Poles are well supplied wi,h corn and straw. They
are in want of arms, and would delight to receive
the " gas pipes" from England ; but if assistance is
to be rendered to the Poles, the English Journ:,l:,
must not speak of it beforehand, as otherwise the
Russian, Prussian, and Austrian Ministers at Lon-
don would send off despw cites to their Governments,
and prevent the arrival of the promised aid. I fear
those "gas pipes" will never reach Poland. The Rus-
si n army is in a wretched state of want, sickness,and
dissatisfaction. The plunder of Warsaw was promised
to these barbarians; but War Saw is farther from the
plunderers than ever. The enemies of Poland are
discouraged. A large army cannot enter Polatid
and remain there. Moveable granaries will soon
be emptied, and there are natural obstacles which
prevent first their progress, and then their retreat.
Not more than 50,000 Russians can possibly remain
in Poland so far removed from supplies. The Poles
will not allow of any provision to fall into the power
of their cruel oppressors, and therefore, the army of
Dicbitsch is obliged solely to rely on Russian re-
win ces. This deficit in provisions, want of forage,
and malignant character of the cholera morbus in
the Russian army, came therefore most opportunely
to the aid of the Poles; and Debitsch has already
discovered the truth of those hackneyed lines of
Hudibras—

mTehaat: I: who fights and runs away
. But let;jay live to fight anothtr day ;
But he whovtisitihn haaltitlesesrlaminu,sness,.
Will never live to fight again."
tish Minister yet left for Warsaw ? Will Lord
Grey leave the Poles to fate or to extermination
Las a Bri.
And will Lord Brougham, who in Poland is held in
reverence, both for his talents and his pattiotism,
.illow his name to be associated, not with the cue-
miei to the Poles, but with those who are inditrerent:
to their destiny ? Never.
T which they owe to the Poles tor the
assistance rendered to the Hungarians in their Wu
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kgatust the Turks, have petitioned the Empte•or,
of Austria, Ist, to revoke the Ordintenctls which!
prohibit the exportation of arms and provisions from
the Austrian States to Poland; and 2d, praying that
the Hungarian Diet may be convoked, to consider
what steps can be taken either to aid the Poles or
to remove the hardships and difficulties to which
they are exposed in their perilous conflict. We
cannot tell whether this petition will he aceceded to;
but the mere fact of presentatto'n is itnportant. it
reads a lesson to Frame, who owes much more to
the Poles than ever Hungary can dc, and who has
left them to contend with an 'oppressive, cruel, and
barbarous enemy, ten times more powerful, and he%V.
ing almost boundless resources.
The Prince Leopold of Saxe Coro'arg is elected
King of Belgium ! ! i. e. of the Belgium of the Con-
stitution—but not of the Belgium of the Confer..
ences and the Protocols. lie must swear to observe
the Constitution, and to defend the integrity of the
territory. If Holland, who sold gunpowder to her
enemies in time of war to fight against herself—be-
cause by the sale of the gunpowder money could be
made and a profit obtained—if Holland will only re-
cash"—and consent to lose pro-
quire a little "
vinees for gold—the Government is ordered to treat
—but it is not ordered to sacrifice Belgian territory
for Dutch florins, nor to sell Belgian honour to the
London Conference. 01 course some good meaning
honest simpletons, when they read that the Prince
Saxe Coburg is elected King of Belgium, will ex-
claim, " So then all is finished," and will buy three
per cents. and think them cheap under a 100 !
Well, be it so—l merely tell them by way of caution
that nothing is settled by such an election as that
which has taken place, and that the Belgian revolu-
tion is not terminated. They may swear to that.
Your obedient servant,
0. P. Q.