The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-05 00:00:00

FRENCH P,NTERS.

I'eltls, LILY 1.--Madkinie"
i
General, and her dangbter, almost 12 rars
age, arrived at from England, accompanied
by General IlulOt, Maclatne'r. brother; ibcy itniner
cliately
3et off for PAri3.
TI/C G.azetle de Fras;ice ex;)f,'esEes considerable

glum at the reports of a Treate 01 Conmurcc
with this Country,.aild puitieularly on the sub-.
•
ket of the,tettOu Trat,e.— .For twenty yeaes,",.
3 aystlit Paper, " the prOgress of thatbranch of
mazafacttire lans been, such in fraue;.l, that she
not drily able to supply het. wen cons:imp:ion,
but to supply al: Acinatic

zo
. • •
One single line of a Tivaty of Commerce may .
destroy so many 4i'antages—may reduce. 600,004
`workmen in different parts of :France to beg-
gary, and again render us dependant upon
foreigr:ers for so necessary and important an
article. Let us not,
,however, entertain any a.p-i
prehensions that so many important cc:wiwideratiot►s
shbuld.eseapelhe :►tteutiou Of the most
ed of Kings, and of the ableMiniSters who are ho-
noured with confidence. r • , ,
The health of Mo"-isieur is coMpletely re-estab-.
lisi►er!.

. .
Lieut.-General -Count t.clitarois, the late (4,--
rernor of Alagdeburg, has arrived •at Paris ;
left his troops at Metz in the finest condition.
30."1 colleciion of pictures
and furniture of his Eminence Cardinal Ksch are
about to be sold by auction. They dre estimated
at an enormous sum. ,
By an Ordonnanee of his Majesty, the decors-.
tiou of the Legion of Honour is to he, on one
side, the representation of Henry IV. with this.
exergue, " Henry IV. King of l:rance and NA-
varre;" and on the other side, three fieurs de /is,
with this exergue, " Honour and Country."- • •
Borghese has quitted the Island,
of Elba for NRpies.
The• celebrated English Chytitist, S:r H. Davy,
is at

JUN 2 18.—His Serene Highness
the Duke Frederick Christian de Holstein de Jon-
derbourg Augnstenbourg died on the 14th of thiS
month, `after an illness of a few days, in hiK Cas'tle
Augnsti.‘nbourg, aged,49 years, A Court Mow n-;
in4-of two tilonthl has been °Meted on this oc-
Casion;—The Carimiissaries of the foiir AMA
Powert wilt set. of on the 21st of this rc:ontti fur
• NZIYW;w. • •

-
• CON-;TATINOPLE, MAY,
capite, tvas' past t.l-y Cle
Janissaries. Having heard that many of tiwir
commics were put to death -at Widdin; they col-
lected round the Seraglio, and demanded satisfac-
tion in a menacing marwr. The King attemptud
to draw over the Dg;:bedchii and Topde.iis; thq

fortunately, however, failed in this object, and
the disturbances were subsequently pacified by the
Grand tViliei. . •
Within these few days the Grand Signor has
gone with the Haretri tti the beai►tiftil Valley of
Bethana. A Bastangi of the guard, dared to fog.;-
/ow with his eycs smile .of the ladies who were
walking without ti►eir veils: lie was i►)inicdiately
strangled by order of the Bastangi Bachi.

The plague continues at Constantinople, but.
with little violence. On the. other hands at:
Smyrna there die from 200 t 0.250 people a-day.
- MADRID, JUNK 18.—During the eXistence of the
Cortes the liberty of the Press had given a great
latitude to our Journals. The following are the
names of some of the Journals which have ceased.
to appear
• Le .Iteclacteur, TAbeille, le Tribune, 16 Concii, le Citoven,
Constitutionel, lc Llurcn, le Soreier des It Itedact-eur
tic Cadiz, le Journal de Commerce de Corogne, l'Aurore de'•
Mayorque, le Gazette de Busqu,;, le Con-
tier de Vittoria, l'Arni des Lois. We have only reniainin,4
the Atalaya or Sentinel of. La Mancha, and Procurear. de le
Nation et de la Lot.
HANovEn, JUNE 17.—The Austrio-Ritssian le-
gion, under the orders of Count %Valuo has
been given to the King of Prussia. •
The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar is about to 'he_
elevated to the rank of a Grand Drichy.'
MENINGEN, JUNE 20.—Mr. George,Wagner, a,
wool manufacturer of this city, has discovered a.
plan for preparing nud manufacturing the wool
io'one day. In fifteen hours a boat Was' Made,'
the wool of which was shorn in the morning:
FRA,NKYQRT, 24.—The Russian Grand,
Dukes, Nicholas and Michael, set out this morn
lug for Carlsrulle; they .tire' gbing to visit
Swiss Cantons; and •zifterwards-to Viezioa:
vlits7t.Mtßo, CjluiaNritleslll.\-7. Holiness
had a tiiol'te6 ;erire':ll2llyPri
a zl
terview wit-1i him for, an hour.
MILAN, RINE 22.—Yesterday his EXtelklirv4
the Count tie Meerescalchi, Governor-General of,
Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, arrived hete.
from Paris.
GENOA, Jura: 22.-----By a vessel from ra!ei inn.
we learn that Lord W., Bentinek had arrived,
There from Genoa, after a voyage of six-days.
ZURiCH, JUNE 22. —re he Diet Met on the
to take into consideration the request Made by the
Valais. to be admitted into the Swiss Ceofetlera
lion.

MADRID, Suaz Espot Mina has
Written g letter to his Majesty, in which, after
detailing the services performed by the divisiorx
commanded by him, offers, in the name of his
low-soldiers, to make new arid greater sacrifices
for his Majesty, if necessary.
FRENCH FUNDS.
•
5 per Cents. 65-90.
Actions of the Batik..., .1076.

J OURN OF' A Tlth TO PARIS.

(No. XVL)

The ap'peki•anee 'Of Paris at this moment 'affords
the most irrefra4able proof that the race of the
nouns()Ns have never ceased to Aire in many j
May say the maj-ority of) French hearts, and Over-
throws all the unpatriotic assertions Of the Ta-
lents Faction *England; 'that the Tyrant nuotsta-
' PARTS was upheld by the choke Of the people,
rather than by the operation of an unmatched
system of fraud' and' oppression-. The minute di-
ligence with Which every thing tending to pee-
serve the Memory of the rightrtil Monarchs of
France was proscribed, and tht I)ertecutiona
which awaited the Owner's of even i. snuff-box
or a ring, bearing any allusion to the apatriated
Family are too well known' to require being in-
sisted upon. A few weeks ago, so sweeping had
been the effect of the inveterate, mean, and riin-
corous inquisitorial' proceedings of IluoNAgan-rek
his myrosidoms, and spies, you would have sworn
that there was nut a picture, bust, or other me-
morial of the regal House of Bourbon -through-
out the Gallic Empire. To preserve the smallest
relic of the martyred monarch, or of any of his pre-
decessors ordeseendants, was not safe, and the dan-
ger of retaining any large pictures or works of a size
not easily to be concealed, was of the most immi-
nent nature. Yet,-in spite of these perils, in spite
of the denunciations and fury of the Jacobin Ruf-
fian at the head of the GoverumCnt, French
Loyalty dared to solace itself with the secret
luxury of looking on the images of the Sovereigns
it loved, and, through the desolation of twenty
years, contemplating in these dumb oracles the pos-
sibility of the restoration„of France to its rank
among the foremost nations of Europe. Perhaps
the plea Sure thus derived tasted the sweeter from
the perils with which it was environed, and the
anxieties amid which it was stolen ; but be that
as it may, the bare facts I am about to mention
demonstrate that the existing state of things was
never considered to be permanent by a vast mul-
titude of the French people, and that thousands
and hundreds of thousands in that country, as in
Britain, looked through the clouds of the long
political night to the glorious morning which has
now dawned.

The number 01 Painting,, Statues, -Engravings,
Esc. rep-resenting incidents belonging to the for-
riser History of France, or the features of her
Kings, which have, within these few days,
been, brought to light from their places of con-
cealment, is truly astonishing. There is not a

private dWelling, or a shop, or a street, that is not
decorated with likenesses of IlExaY IV., Lotus
XIV., the martyred Louis XVI., his Queen and
Children, and with favourite Historical Scenes
which were,in better times, dear to France, from
the circumstance of her Heroes and Princes be-
ing engaged in their action. Many of these are
immense Oil Paintings, which it must have been
very difficult to hide from the prying eyes of Na-
rot.v.ox's Agents. Many of them relate to the
murder of Loots XVI., and of the several branches
of his Family; and it is curious enough to observe
among the actors of these-bloody scenes, portraits
of certain persons who now enjoy in France sta-
tions too eminent. Yet the people here seem to
think nothing of this matter : they seldom en-
quire what a man was, but what he is ; and it
must be ;owned that no faculty Qall be more con-
venient for renewed France than that of oblivion.
Were the Seine Leth6., the people would be prone
to lap its waves, and extol it as a delightful be-
verage for other Nations.
I went yesterday to Versailles, and in the
Eating-room a pair of excellent Portraits of the
late unfortunate King and Queen had just re-ap-
peared. In merit, as paintings, they were far
superior to any thing which could be expected at
such a place. I was desirous of purchasing them ;
but my Hostess peremptorily refused to sell what
were so highly raised in her estimation, from the
difficulty she had had in preserving them. She
took me to the Kitchen, 'where, between the
Fire-place and a kind of Buttress, they had been
cache behind the partition for twenty years. From
the immense number of pieces in this manner
drawn from their secret places, it is shown, beyond
a doubt, that the recollection of the BOURBONS,
and with it the hope of their restoration, was
even through the iron reign of the Usurper,
and all the horrors of a very protracted revo-
lutionary era, fondly, and nearly universally.
cherished by the French people; and this striking
fact not only proves how great an ascendancy may
be acquired by , despotisma and how difficult it is
to shake offchains once imposed, but how exten-
he deceived by the arts and
sively the world may
machinations of a gang of exalted villains.

Being on tais subject, I ought to notice the
inconceivable ignorance and barbarity into which
bI'UNAPARTZ, to favour• his despotic views and

cOtiAniitiite big c10Ubt:'&11 So.'cii.:lgni;j, critical ottrad
in and, .to it 'e.;',:cat succeeded its
plunging France.

beard a his Iyr:finny in this Veltpriei
of the despicable itsirictions With which fear in-
' spired guilt to shackle the Press; descending to
the lowest trifles, and anticipating danger to it-
self, from, apparently; the Most innocent expres-
sions. But hearsay seldom conveys any very ae-
curate and defined notion to the mind ; we ima-
gine that matters are exaggerated, or their im-
pression is weakened by the facts•not being pal
pable to the-sense. Thus, though •I have for
years entertained a determined hatred to the sys-
tem of the Usurper,- and had conceived a pretty
strong picture of his inionicons misrule, the va-
rietr, the extent, the perfection of his iufamy
• was not to be imagined ; and only now, when I
have it befoi.e me in a tangible ,r Nape, can I form
any idea of the audacity and turPitude of this
Corsican Demon. You will scarcely credit me
when I tell you, that there is not only no elassi-
. tat instruction among the rising generation of
_Prance, but that they are actually as dark audtun- •
'informed as the Vandals of ancient ages. History
furnished too many examples of Tyrants over-
thrown, to be permitted to he read in France ;
the Greek aml Latin Poets abounded too witch
with liberal and magnanimons sentiments, to he
studied under the sway of this iron Despot
they were, -therefore, utterly proscribed, or so
mutilated, as to lose all Roman sentinient : even
works of fiction and fancy were deprived of all
noxious ingredients before they were allowed to-
be laid before the Public. 'I am afraid to men-
tion the length to which this system Was carried,
lest it should,i4eaeh the credit of what I write—
Suffice it to say, that France is in a state of delu-
sion with regard to the recent history of Europe,
and of ignorance With regard to ancient Literature,
exceeding any conception which may be formed
on these points without actual observation.

VIATOR.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.