The Sun.
London, England, 1823-03-13 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS.

[Front the Courier Frascati.']
P 4110, MA.R•Caloe—Severitl Journals published
• yesterday some Orders of the Day that were ad.
dreSied to different Legions of 'the National.
Guard. If these orders are .intended to prove
that things are viewed differently at the head."
.quarters Man in the companies„ they will ac-1
complish.their object ; but if any thing else is
meant, they will For 'instance, when,the
National Guards are told that ,pusitiVe of adience
is their first duty, it only proves thatibose from;
whom this injunction tomes, are strangers to
_every true idea of the origin, orgattizatiort,and
end of this corps., and they cannot reasonably
',expect that any of the citizens•to whom it is ad-
dressed .will admit a principle of this nature.
The Journal des Debals, which is the organ of
one-part of. the. Ministry, stewed itself much
•better informed on this matter, when it said that
the serjeant who commanded a guard of honour,
_:was not obliged on that account to execute orders.
• for an arrest, but it appears that the fraction of the
Ministry which governs this Paper has not the
.name weight at the head.quarters of the National
-Guard:. The. Colonels of the 4th Bth legions
talk of the indignation that the conduct of Ser.
jeaat Mercier has caused them ; if they merely
speak for themselves, *eft anti good, butil they
4spreSS this sentiment as common to all the
National Gnards, it must be allowed that no
• facts support their assertion. Set ]east Mercier,
since the Sitting of the 4th, has been loaded
with marks of affection and esteem from the
National Guards of all the legions, and a con Si.
• derable . number among them. with to present
him with a sword of honour. Ilis company is
no longer known but by the name of Compagitie
tlu Sergent. The Serpent-Major of this com.
+any, writing yesterday to a Journal, signed
,Serjeant.Major of the 'Honourable First Company,
.kc. It would be very dillicolt to see in these
,facts, and in many 'others that we could mention,
. any symptoms of sorrow and indignation.
"ye 'Vita EDITOtt or mica COVIIIEILYUATISAIS.
" Paris, March 9.
"Sin—An Order of the Day, inserted in the Amateur, and
signed, Colonel of the 4th Legion, Polissard Quatremere, as-
serts that the institution of the National Guard hears a parti-
cular character of unlimited devotion to the Government. It
belongs to a National Guard 0f.1789 to contradict this'assertion.
" The National Guard was instituted'for the acquisition and
the maintenance of liberty, of equality, and •of social enter.
After haviag put the nationin a situation to give itself a Go-
vernment of its own choice, it has guaranteed the independence
of Prance, as it would 'have done • since, :if the Government
which succeeded in 1914 and'lBls would have conhded to the
• armed nation ;as it would do, I hope to-day, of its own accord,
if the Powers of Pilnitz and of Leybach should invade our ter-
ritory. The natural enemy of despotism, of aristocracy, and of
anarchy, it has defended the authorities appointed by the na-
tion--4t has protected persons; rights, and opinions. It wished
the adverearies of the revolution to have been doubly conquered,
bath by the energy of the French people, and by their own
generality.
" It would have boa the 'happiness of saving lionis XVI.
• it' then faction of the privileged orders, within and without, had
permittO hint to be once more saved by the Patriots.
" One of the greatest satisfactions that thave ever expo.
rieneed, is to find;in the memorable Sitting of the 4th of 'March,
the same sentiments which gave rise to. the National Guard of
17(19, which united in a confederation four millions of armed
eiticens in 1790, and which have been manifested several times
since, natnely,-in the two invasions of the capital, and of -Which
the National Guard of Ma, by the excellent conduct of. Mercier
and his worthy comrades, has jostgiven so 'honourable and pa-
..triotic a testimony.
" Receive, Sir, the assurance of my,most distinguis hed,con.
sideration, • "LA FAYETTE:"

NATIONAL GUARD (W PARIS.—FIFTH LEGION.
ORDER OF TM; DAY.
" I hasten to communicate to my leglion the letter which its
superior' office:3,l°st no time in writing to M. the Marshal. '•
" Faithful wits King and to honour, 'the legion has never,
during upwards of seven years which I have commanded it,
omitted an occaaionof proving its devotion to the sacred person
of tlio Monarch, and its respect for the laws. •
" 1 *liquid have. been wanting in regard to :the sentiments of
these officers, had I, on this occasion, deferred for one hour
She communication of them to you ; I know them too well not
'to do them thisjustice. I have fulfilled my duty. The full-
611;.tts of the legion will not fail in theirs.
(Signed) " The Vise. de Ia.ROCIIEfOUCAULD. •
. March 5, 1023."
%, .4. the Marshal—The superior officers of the rlfth Legion,
accustomed, 'under all -eircumstances, to lie: oterpretcra of the,
ventitnents of the corps avbith' they' command, hope that you
mfill condescend to permit them to express to you their sorrow
, for, and to make yotrthe.depository of, their formal disavowal
or the insubordination of which a sub officer of the National
thiard was yestaday gtiilty ; they hope that the fault of only
one amongst theOt Will not all upon all ; they feel that a passive
tsbedienec ii, under the military uniform, the most sacred of
duth3; they OVefAT under .this uniform obedience to their
King, 3nil on their. return to their homes they will pay to
him a tribute of affection which gratitude UM engraven upon
their hearts.
" Acci.v, M. the Marshal, the respectful homage of our per.
fort drivotien.
(Signed) " Viscount de la ROCIIEFOUCAULD,
Colonel. '
. , " Chevalier TOCCIIARD, Lieut.-Col.
1
' ." DE, ei A NSAL, . •
" (MERLIN, .- Chiefs of Batta-
" DE REVROLLES, lion.
" MA MIXT, •
" The Chevalicur DIEU; Major."
"There are other two Orders of the Day to the same effect,
isigued by the Marquis de Lilliers, Colonel of the 3tl Legion,
,atati the lUarquis de-Eraguier, Colonel of the fith Legion.

ik't-ova fiu Ctioutitutittmet.

MAKCII 10.--,They write from 'Zayre,
dated March 8, that the reports circulated at
Paris do not at all accord with what we see.—
Yesterday an order arrived to fortify the coasts
and the town, and at this moment they are car.
rging cannon to the batteTies. Au order has
also:arrived to make a levy of sailors. A convoy
is to leave Rochefort,' itild another from Cher-
bouts. These armaments wake, our ship-owners
attentive, and give rise to a belief that a rup-
ture will take place with Englandots it is not
.supposed .tbat the Sianiards can excite 4gcli

fears. The orders are 100 recent and too impe.i
retire not to be the consequence of some fresh
intelligence.
We are informed from Marseilles, that the
people of that town feel, as well as in other
places, but in a greater degree, the melancholy
effects of the system adopted by the Ministers.
There were several vessels in our harbour
loaded" at a great expellee with the produce of
France; and bound for India and other distant
countries. he reports of war gathering strength
every day, our ship owners have thought it pru.
dent to unload and dismantle all the ships which
were ready for sea. The merchants have sus:
tained considerable losses, and the masters and
crews are reduced to a state of complete idleness.
It is difficult to form an idea of all the disagree.
able consequences of dismantling these ships.