The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-24 00:00:00

(No. LV.)

POLITICAL REFLECTIONS on their:cc IgTEREIITS of the FOEKCII
NATION, and on some Publications which hare lately ap-
peared. By F. A. CIIATEAtIiiitIAND, Bro. Pp. 1.6'9. price 66.
HENRY COLBUBI, Conduit-street.

(Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.)

Though we have already far exceeded the
.bounds we set to this. review, we , cannot resist-
the pleasure of laying the entire.eoncluding ob-
strvation of our esteemed Author before the Bd-
..
.tish public. - We. will then leave it to form its
.own judgment- on the.merits of this Pamphlet,
whicli, we are sure, after these Extracts -are per-
used,- will require no recommendation from us.
" All Europe seems now disposed to 'adopt the
'system of moderate monarchies ; and 'France,
Which formerly led this general impulse, is now
forced to-follow it. Let us rally then around our
government. Let love for our sovereign and for
'our native country—let attachment to the Char-
ter from henceforth f6rm the basis of our public
spirit.
`` Thanks to the King—to the King alone •ive
owe France entire ;—the France of Louis. XIV.
increased by Lorraine and part of- Savoy.` Vau-
ban haS placed,-its limits Letter than they could
be marked- by-rivers or mountains. The natural
extent of an empire is not circt3mscribed bygeo-
graphical bounds, whatever may be said on that,
bead, but by a conformity of manners and of lan,
guages. France only cods where French is no
longer spoken. The citizens of Han burgh and of
Rome, who corrupted -our language even in the,
-Lamle—wen who had no feeling towards us, and
who ought to have had none except'that of ha-
tted—would have brought on our ruin as a peo
pie; in the same manner as ti'e Gauls and 'other
'subjugated nations destroyed the country of C:1-•
cern, by being admitted into- the senate 'of the
mistress of the world. But now we are what we
ever were. A million of soldiers are still ready;
'if necessary, to, defend millions of our industrious
population. Our 'soil, like a provident" mother,
multiplies its treasures and its supplies mach be-
yond the wants of its children. 'Four hundred
thousand foreigners, besides our own troops; have
ravaged our provinces,' yet 'only two months af-
terwards w‘: have been obliged to pass a lawper-
thitting the exportation-of grain. What is Want-
ing then for this ancient ki!.gdonf, of Clovis, the
'strength and power of -which St. Gregory the
Great could praise even in his time We have
mines of iron,. we have forests and fertile fields
our sun ripens the grapes brought' froth all other
climates ; the shores of the Mediterranean fur-
.niA us with oil and silk, and the coasts of the
oceatT are bounded by those plains that feed our
flocks. Marseilles, wll4ll is no longer, as in the
days' of elect:a-beaten by Me waves of Barbary,
draws to its wharf all'the commeree of the an-
-dent world, ,our ports on the Atlantic re-
ceive wealth from trot ids of recent discovery.
'‘` At every step we find in France tire worm-
. Mental records of these'greAt people, of theGatils,
of the Romas, and of the French'. France has
once been Surnamed the Mother of -Kings ;' she
has sent her sons -to reign tiport almost every
throne in Europe, and 'even in the very centre of
Asia. Her glory, which can never puss away,
will yet increase future times. • Transformed
by new laws„the Fretieh have commenced a new
destiny. We shall even, have' ad-vantages over
those nations AS hid) have preceded us in that ,c:i-
reer upon ,which we are now entering ; for they
are already grown'old ; and we commence it with
-all the vigour of youth. -
•" Accustomed, as we have been, to great move-
ments for so many years, let us now replaCe the
heat of discord and the ardour of conquest-, by a
taste for the arts, and for the glorious exertions
of &hilts. Let us not look beyond ourselves, hut
let na exclaim, like Virgil, at the view of our
chartning country

Salve, magna ))arena frugum,.
Magna viru,n

Why, indeed, may we not exclaim thus with free-
dom ! 'Tis true that we.have lost much by,the
Jevolption.—But have we gained nothiqg ? Are
twenty years ciE victories nothing ? Arc we to
count as nothing so many heroic actions, so
much generous devotion ! There-are,still amongst
us, eyes
---whichwcep at the recital of a noble ac-
.tionhearts that palpitate at the name of, their

country.
If the mass of the people is corrupted., as
-always will happen during civil discord, yet it is
' .equally true, -that in.thc higher classes of society
manners are more pure, and the domestic virtues
more general—that the French chatacter has
gttined both in foce in gravity. It is well as-
certained that we are now less frivolous, more
natural, and more justly simple ; it is, evident
-that every ip_diyitual_nosr...,,L,... more utstmet
--Cliiiracter, and is less fornia upon. the character
.of his intimates. Our young men, brought up
eitherin camps or in retirement, have Something
_more manly and- original in their character than
they formerly possessed. Religion, with those
who practise it, is no lqnger the' mere effect of
habit, but the result-of a powerful conviction ;
whilst Morals have not only survived -in our hearts,
,but are no longer the mere fruit of domestic in-_
strnction, being now founded upon the didtates
.Of an eltLig4-teued. understanding;
" Intcrests'of the nxost important nature have
_long ,occupied our minds; the entire world has
,pas nl in, review hefore its.
,There 19-a wonder-
difrerenee between !thrill, to defend ode's life,
,
seeiug,turones i!e6trt'Ye" affil new ones elevated,
rand thekitty t. no other stildect (pr conversation'
thau.a comtiv intritu:!, a Wolk in the Buis de
i3oulognt.., 0.; ;1 i,clv tVc ace per-
-bops tin,vifling to conict.s it to.ourselves ;

oor how:: cootve 1:•v.1 (-CI;
the bottom t')

)?renclimen :Er& nioiel:ilcsrrving of of
,Inco 1.11:4:1 t ty r t y ycars ago
cv!)at ii)vans ;‘, tiii.li, tIN4C rept;t ition
w‘is acquirei!.? .111 11.:.cr:ttitre,

unit in some p:lNicilkir tities.of cenc,:v;),

t:i

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uf Ole ;AJ4,t.,3.:.vr.5, tv .1,1 t". pre-

sent tlay, only in the tliegeee of mdiottity, riot
to say worse of them ! - In. other points, -wily
should we tlisscmhle the • certainty- of scientine
knowledge, that agriculture and nrantilacturs
have advanced with a rapid progress ? Let us not,
then, wilfully shut our eyes to the changes, which
are advantageous to us ; we have paid dearly
enough for them !
" Let .us cease calumniating ourselves, --and
exclaiming that we are unacquainted with'lihesty ;
we understand it thoroughly, we arc fitted for it,
and we know haw to --avail ourselves of its bless-
ings. In testifying for it.both regard and confi-
dence, the nation may aspire to -every dignified
desert. Has it not shown what it is capable of
in the moment of trial ? Let us, then, pride our-
selves in beingFrenchmen—in:heing free French-
men, under' a-Monarch sprung from 'our .owa
blood ! Let us set, however, an exampleof or-
der and of justice, as we have already given One
of glory ! Let us esteem other.nations, without
forgetting ourselves. Revolutions and misfor-
tunes have always happy results, - when nations
know how to profit from them ; the fury of the
League saved religion ; our last fury has left us
in a political state worthy of the sacrifices :that
we have made. if it liad.been asked of us, due-.
ing the recent tyranny, " What remains to you
" front the Revolution '?" .we should have had
only to• answer—crimes and. chains !—Bat let us
. answer to the saute question under our King—
virtue and libeft4 !—Let all good hearts unite in
preaching up this salutary tlocrine, in order to
create a centre of opinion from which all actions
shall radiate. Tile Chambers ought -to attach
themselves strictly to the •Crown, in order, that
the King -may be free 'to execute those projects
which be now tuedizates for the good of the Peo-
ple. Loyalty in the Ministry, and good faith on
all sides, will be the bond of our keehrity. Re-
spect' and veneration for our Sovereign, liberty in,
our Institutions; the honOtn% of our Army, the
love of our Country—these are the sentiments
which we ought to profess. Beyond those, we
should lose ourselves in Utopian schemes, in vain
regrets, in vexatious chagrin; in'painfol recrinti-
rtations ; and, after Many contests, -the course of
events would exactly-•bring us back, and thaettn-
tivnidabl-y,ito'the very principles from which ‘ve
wishe4 to escape. We-see it by experience it
is-now six-and-twenty years -since the Revolution
began. One idea alone has survived it ; the idea
whiclehas been both the cause -and principle of
that !revolution—the idea of a political order of
things, which should protect the of the
People, without infringing upon those-of the So-
.vereign. Can airy one hope, at the present day;
to annihilate that spirit and principie, whicAt
nei-
tber the, horrors of the Revolution nor the vio-
lence of Despotism couldTdestrOy ? The •Conven-
- tine, has cored ns for evei' of all desire for
Buonaparte has corrected our love of
Absolute Power. ;

. " These two experiments have taught us, that
limited Monarchy,' such as we see it plrfier nut-
King, is the orth of Gov rT.,,tie:lit f-0
our 11;lional dignity, as writ as:Anost, con(!ucie
to otirliappiiiess:".

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GENERAL 0.105:
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The Commander in Chief- has been pka,,•A ti!ttt
the following notifications 3lia it be made, of 00 .;fltera...lan in
the uniform of Aides-do-Cinnp, and ,lajors of Brigade,which
has tlilfiejo place by command of his Royal IlighnesSsthe Prince
Regent, 'vfz.
The. Aides-du-Camp of his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
p.a. arc, to wear aa epaulette on each shoulder, with an
al4oillette on the aight shoulder.
The Ahles-dn m -Cap of .the Comniander in Chief are to be
distinguished from the Aides-flu-Camp of •General Officers,
by an epaulette on each shoulder, with an aiguillette on. the
right shoulder ; and also by an edging of embroidery round
the collar, and down the breast of their coat.'
The- Aides-du7Camp of General Officers, holding the com-
mission of Commander of the Forces on Stations abroad, are
to be distinguished front the Aides-du-Camp of other General
Officers, by woasing epaulette on each shoulder`with their
preSentunif,irm.. • ' • • • • • .
Aides-dO-Catlip.oKietteval Officers of Cavalry, and Majors
of Brigade,.attached to Rri•gades of Cavalry, are to wear an
aiguillette on the right shoulder, and an epaulette on the left
shoulder. . _ _

Aides-dn-Camp of General 011icerS of Infantry, and Majors
of Brigade attached to Brigades of-Infantry, are to wear an
epaulette on the right chunkier as heretofore.-
By Command of his Royal Highness •
The Commander in Chief,
• HARRY •CALVERT, Adj.-Gen.
•"..See page 4376 of tint General Regulatiutis and Orders for
the,e_Vuly. -

A Gentleman tvlio had every; 'appearance of be-
ing an Officer in the Army, was isonnd wounded
and insensible, on Saturday last, in the road at
Clifton,- near Bristol, whO it is supposed was
robbed and that's ill-treated. Inc -stilt remains in-
capable of giving the least account of himself, or
by what means he came into the deplorable situa-
tion in which he was discovered.

A singitliir and daring robbery ;was committed
on Sunday night last, in the house of Mr.
Richardson, in the pariskaf Northgate, Canter-
The watchman, on going his rounds, dis-
sovered 11r. Richardson's door open, and- being
unable to awake the tamily, proceeded to the -bed-
Clamber of Mr. R. to call him to secure his door,
when it was di!scovered that some person or per-
sons had entered the chamber, and stolen several
articles of wearing apparel from of the bed, in-
'chiding the pockets of Mrs. R. which, among
other things, contained a watch. Another watch,
placed upon the table, remained untouched. This
daiing• robbery was effected without awaking
either M. R. or his rife, and the robbers escaped
unmolested with their booty.
At an early hour on Monday, 114;ssrs. MEAonna
and BATEMAN, with a detachment .of tie 13th
Light, Dragoons, seized a 250 gallons still at filll
work, near Billion, in the county of
d'estroying the p &c. they lodged the
still in tl:c King's stores, in that city. Two men
\vim were employed at. working the still, were
brought in by the revenue Officers, and lodged in
jail.

STAFFoRn.—.TIie oldest person cannot
remiln her more tern nest nons'and longer cOninned
gales than We experienced
.on Friday.- The d
ti a-
'nge Sustziino by many persons this to',; n rand
;Wighbolirbood at present cannot be estimated,---'
eitimnies. have been b:own. 'down,
oofs of houses and ricks Of hay removed : and on
the north.- road trees Int‘ c .been forced down,
%‘ Lich have inttxrrpted the progress of coaches, &c.

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