The Sun.
London, England, 1831-08-29 00:00:00

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'ectors." Just as though a man could not be a good
.01Iector and love liberty, and just as though the
irlists were the only men in the Departments who
uld count that two and two make four, and who
could honestly collect and transmit the amount to Go-
vernment. When you speak to Baron Louis on this sub-

ect, he replies, " We have need of all capacities
wd of all parties. 1 know the man, of whom you
e,tk, as a Carlist ; but never mind that, he is a
rood collector. A Deputy from Dordogne assured
,ne, the other day, that in his department the pea-
,ints can scarcely believe that a revolution has been
-ifected. They say, " why the Priests are just as
iesolent, -overbearing, and fanatical as ever. We
~ave the same mayors, the same municipal officers,
he same collectors, the same Jesuits and Carlists

merely their protest had been disregarded, but that

ne►v honours and increased ernoluinents bad been

,verywhere; and when those who love the revolu-
ion and liberty have to pay their taxes, they are of
course galled and annoyed at having to go to the
bureau, or the residence, of one who is known to
he inimical to every thing that has been done in
Prance during the last twelve months." When this
was said the other day to M. Byron Louis, he
" the payment of taxes is not an affair of po-
litics, and we have very good collectors who are
Catlists." Yesterday I was speaking to a Deputy
of Landes, who said, " in our department the taxes
are not so well collected or paid as they would
be, if peasants instead of gentlemen were allowed
to receive them. The peasants have more cone-

deuce in a respectable man of their own class, than
in an old courtier of Charles X., whose on►y qualifi-
cation for office is that he can read, write, cast ac-
counts, and prays daily for the return of Henry jr."
So again, a Deputy from Gironde yesterday re-
marked to me, that the inhabitants of a commune,
having lately complained of the continuance in office
of a violent Carlist by the present Government,
were mortified at finding at the end of a month, not

heaped on one who was so unpopular with all the
inhabitants. I could multiply examples almost ad
infinituin, and could demonstrate, by names and
dates, shc;;:ld this become necessary, that Baron
Louis prefers Cariists to Libcrals, end bits a great
horror of being surrounded by the men of the revo-
lution. Yet poor Baron Louis thinks he understood%
the revolution of July, and will shout, " Vive la
Charte Vive la Liberte!" This state of things in
the departments is injurious to the cause of liberty,
and retards the close of the revolution. It renders

throne unpopular—public opinion agitated ;
it destroys commerce—ruins trade and manufac-
tures—and leaves us in a provisional and uncer-
tain system. If this system be persevered in,
it will lead to conflicts, to the non-payment of
taxes, to disorders, and perhaps to civil war. In
some departments the feeling is still Carl.st. This is
still the case in Deux Sevres, 'Vendee, Charente,
Maine et Loire, and Loine Inferieure. Wherever the
Priests exercise a predominating influence, liberty is
sure to be unpopular; and wherever the people are
most ignorant, dirty, sensual, and fanatical, they con-
tinue to cry" Vi vent lea Bourbons I" We have cer-

tainly a large number of departments to place in the
opposite scale, but in every part of the kingdom one
cry is uttered, and that is, " Let us have an Admi•
nistrative Revolution," The Augean stable must
be cleansed ; and if M. Perier will cling to diet, he
will be soon swept away with the cobwebs.

Yesterday I visited the Bourse, but only for half
an hour. Most of my acquaintances were absent,
either horn indisposition, or in the country. There
were two persons ►with whom I conversed, to whose
observations I must draw your attention. The first
was what is called " a quiet man I" I should think
he ►weighed twenty stone. He had little eyes and
a red face ; moved in angles when he moved at all,
and spoke very little louder than a ►whisper. I
found him, however, much agitated, because he had

that moment been told that the Minister was de-
feated. He said that Mauguin was a firebrand—
that there were too many electors already in France
—that the Press was the fourth power of the State,

and must be put down by some quiet plan, such as
a temporary censorship—and that such men as he
prevented the Three per Cents. from being at
84. He, however, assured me, in a somewhat
louder tone, between a squeak and a grunt, that he
loved liberty and the Charter; and would, of course,
die in its defence; but he hoped all would be ar-
ranged quietly, and that nobody would be so mad as
to think of going to war. lam afraid, when I left
my quiet friend, his nerves were even more agitated
than when I found him ; for I told him that the
French Government was considering the propriety
of aiding the young Queen of Portugal ; and had
informed the Prussian Government, that if any por-
tion of the Russian army was compelled to seek
shelter on the Prussian territory, and was not dis-
armed as the Poles had been, France would consi-
der this an interference against Poland, and would
march to her relief. My " quiet friend" could nut
imagine what business France had to interfere on
such subjects; " for," said he, " at this rate we
shall never have peace." The other individual with
whom I conversed was a very different sort of per-
son. He is one of the chiefs of the " mouvement"
party. He had seen Casimir Perier, and bad told
him to his face, as an old acquaintance, that if the
pr esent system of peace at all hazards should be
persevered in, in less than six mouths a Prussian
army might march to Paris to re-establish the Bour-
bons without resistance. M. Perier did nor, of
course, agree with him—but said, " I know my
system is right. France wishes for peace, and so
long as I am supported by the King and the re-
spectable portion of the public, I will not yield."
This was mere bragging—for he has yielded already.
I conversed a few minutes with my " mouvement"
friend, and have promised to see him in a few days,
when I will tell you what are the hopes and wishes
of his party.
The progress of the cholera morbus is an immense
evil, and its extension ought to be by every means
avoided. It has appeared in the Prussian army.
The Emperor of Russia has locked himself up in a
castle, to avoid the infection, and has merely taken
with him the three principal Ambassadors. Every
one else are left to perish. So Nicholas, the valiant
and courageous Nicholas! shuts himself up away
from all possibility of infection, whilst his subjects
die by thousands ! This is the sympathy of Kings
for the millions! This the paternal love of monarchs
for their large and amiable families !! ! To prevent
the extension of this dreadful malady should now be
the first object of all European Powers. To do this
effectually, the war between Russia and. Poland
should be put an end to—and if the Autocrat of the
North will not listen to the voice of reason, admo-
nition, experience, and history, then there remains
yet another mode of addressing him, and still of
avoiding war. Let no communication be had with
his dominions. Let all European ports be closed to
his ships of commerce. Let no letter be forwarded ut
received. Let no merchandise be shipped for that
country ; and in less than two months, without the
tiring of a single cannon, the Russian army will be
compelled to retire—the progress of the cholera will
be arrested, and the independence of Poland be as-
sured. Attack the commerce of Russia and we shall be
3.tv ed from the destruction. Our attention is di-
vided at this moment between this important sub-
ject and the Polish subsidies, the project of which
has now been published in our Papers. I am in
hopes that we shall do something material for Po-
' land in this ‘‘ay, and surely Great Britain will not
be behind-hand. -it is not a political but a philan-
luopic question, All men of all parties may aid