The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-14 00:00:00

M A RRIED.

On the 7th inst., at Abercorn Manse, Scotland, the Reverend
Dr. James Bryce,, Minister of the Scottish Church at Calcutta,
to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Meiklejohn.
Tuesday, at Churchill, Mr. Edmund Butcher, of Bristol, to
Miss Anna Maria Lansclown, daughter of the late 1. L. Law-
down, Esq. of Montego Bay, in the Island of Jamaica.

TIIE -LONDON JOUgNALS.

DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE 31 0 !IN N C PAPERS,

January 14, 182'2.

[NEW TIMES.]
The Moniteur of Thursday contains an official
confirmation of the report that the celebrated
Viscount de Chateaubriand is appointed Ambas-
sador to this country. What a gratifying change;
M. Decaze resigned ; and M. de Chateaubriand
appointed in his stead !—Decaze, the Ex-Secre-
tary of Blionaparte's mother; and Chateaubriand,
the writer who first electrified all France in the
cause of the Bourbons !—Decaze, who connived
at the. infamous • Private Correspondence of The
; Times and Chateaubriand, who in those wicked
and scandalous libels was involved with the Bro-
ther of-his Sovereign in a charge of the blackest
treason !—Decaie, who suffered the press of
France to be converted into an engine of irreli-
gion ; and •Chateaubriand, the eloquent author
of the Genius of Christianity ! Many other
striking contrasts might be drawn between the
two Ambassadors ; but what we have already
said is amply sufficient to justify our exulta-
tion at a ,change so auspicious to the cause of
loyalty and religion. We shall take an early
opportunity to detail the numerous claims which
M. de Chateaubriand has, to the admiration of all
who regard with such a sentiment, brilliant
talents or honourable principles. At present, it
may suiTice to refer our Readers to this Noble
Peer's work, " The Monarchy according to the
Charter," in which they will see that his views of
constitutional freedom are precisely those of an
enlightened Englishman, developed with a clear-
mess, a method, and a moderation, which it is
rare to find united with so much force and elo-
.quence. That work was written on the eve of
a General Election, to develope to his yet inex-
perienced countrymen the genuine principles of
:Representative Government, when those princi-
ples were so shamefully abused by the Minister of
the day,'as even to issue circulars announcing that
it' was the King's will that such and such Gentle-
men should not be re-elected ! It was for resisting
this unconstitutional and Ultra Royalist preten-
sions of the Minister (Decaze), that M. de Cha-
teanbriand was himself called an Ultra Royalist!
He was called an Ultra Royalist because he said,
" Ry Representative Government I understand
Monarchy, such as it at present exists in France,
in England, and in the Netherlands." He was
called an Ultra Royalist because he said, " We
may discuss public affairs without offence to the
Monarch, and we may criticise measures which,
though ordered in his name, are really the
mere acts of his Ministers"; because he said,
Without 'the Liberty of the Press there can
be no Representative Government"—because he
contended that the Ministry should rest for sup-
port on public opinion, and on the majority of
the Legislature—that the Ministry of Polico
was incompatible with the Constitution—that it
was not necessary to govern France on revolu-
tionary interests alone—that the system of re-
volutionary interests tended to overthrow the
Charter, and consequently the legitimate mo-
narchy—and, lastly, that the men, whom
the Royalists opposed, were the very indi-
viduals who had carried war and desolation
throughout Europe, insulted every Monarch
and shaken every throne.—" I am for the
whole Charter," • said M. de Chateaubriand—
" for perfect practical freedom—for all the insti-
tutions, which have grown up by the course
of time, by the change of manners and by the
progress of the human mind ; but with them I
would preserve the remains of the ancient mo-
narchy—religion—the eternal principles of mo-
rality and justice—and above all, I would not
preserve those men, too well known by their
crimes and by the misfortunes of their country."
—it was because M. de Chateaubriand main-
tained these honest, manly, just, and reasonable
sentiments, that he was called an Ultra Royalist,
in journals under the absolute controul of a Cen-
sorship ! Truth, however, is great, and has pre-
vailed. His. character and his principles have
triumphed over misrepresentation ; and his fide-
lity is rewarded by his being sent as Ambassador
to a country where he once sought refuge from
revolutionary persecution, and of whose political
institutions he has always professed himself an
ardent admirer.