The Sun.
London, England, 1815-06-09 00:00:00

(Nu. I,XXX.)

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CiFTATEAVDEIAXE's REPottT • n he STATE OP ritANCE. 2d Edit;
the MA.NIFCSTO of LOUIS XVIII. drawn up by Couni:,
LALLY ToLLcNDAi...--Translation. H. LaibiaTi), ConJuit-
. sti:vet. Pp. 72. Prh:e 2s. Gil.

The. publisher of this pamphlet demands our
praise and thanks for the Spirit and asSidiiity with
which he has of late laid before the British pub-
lic a very considerable nuMber- of works by fo-
reign authors recommended by their own merit,

by the rank of their authors, or by peculiar cir-
cutustances to the atteution of the literary and po-
litical ivorld. The production' now before us
attracted and deserves notice in all these points
of view. The brochures of M. DE CHATEAU-
BRIAND have more than once bad considerable in-
fluence upon the public mind of-France at periods
of critical importancd—.He has done so much for•
the cause of honour and loyalty as to have be-
come the particular object of hate to the Faction
devoted to BiIONAPARTE in England, whose
mouth-piece has called him a " contemptible
Quack !" Sure we are that those who, influ-

euced by our panegyric, will peruse this excellent
Pamphlet, will discover in its honest and ener-
getic pages no grounds for this slander, or rather
they will discover grounds for Jacobin antipathy
in its energetic appeal to the patriotism of FranCe,
and. the justice of Europe, in behalf of an injured
Monarch and an oppressed People They must
pei force agree with us in thinking it a.very able
effort in a very noble cause.

The French style of writing is in general too
declamatory tor the argumentative and concise
teasAming most successful in our pol,tical dis-
cussions, anti P; some of his former Essays M. de
CHM:EAUBRID has perhaps consulted the genius
of the p, °ilk to vdtein he addressed himself too
cl,sciy to he altogether ref shell by the English
Reader. Rut this is by nu means the case in this
Report, Which is equally valuable for the state-
mew ot many interesting facts and for the truth
and finci.:y of its reasoning, its for the fervour
and eloquence of its language.. It places before •
our eyes in animated pic.ure of the present state
ot Fiance, and it. is not possible to peruse it,
without admiring the talents as mach as the
• patriotism, the honest zeal as much as 'the
loyalty of its distinguished ‘Vri er. do not
think see could do justice to this Publication by
• .
attemng, pti an analysis ot it, and, them chore, con- •
tent ourselves • witn laying Uefore our Readers
two• Extracts as specimens of its merit.
Speaking of sonic errors committed by the Mi-
nisters of Louts XVIII. of which a short expe-
rience would have procured the :remedy, M. DE
CHATEAUBItIAND says—
" A more systematic local of administratiou would have
taken place. The othitsters would *leen members of
bOth HO-uses, accordiiig to the spirit of the Constitution. A
law would have need pr -/posed, oy which persons would have
been cligiule to the Chiamoer of Deputies before the age of 4J,
for the purpose of opening to the citizens a complete political
career. A penal code was &tout to be framed fur the offences
ot toe peess,aitertne adoption of which the press would have
been cwocaratavely unshackled, fur the freedom of the press
is a :lee: scary part of every representative government. Be-
sides, tie ila:iger and iuutility of a censorship had been ex-
perie wen, which did not prevent the crimes, but rendered
milli,rtersu
responsible fur the npradencies of thel press. The
ways id Heaven, however, are impenetrable, and its judg-
ments not to oe toreseen by man.
It has :wen pleased to suspend for a time, the blessings, -
which your Majesty diffused among your subjects. Of those
Bourbons, who restored-happiness to our desolated country,
there remain now in Fiance no more than the ashes of Louis
XVI. They reign, Sire; tithing your absence, and will re-
store to you a throne, yon gore them a sepulchre."
Again, triiating of the spirit by which the rebel
Government has been actuated, the Author thus
ably describes it—
" Biumaparte perceives on his return to France that he
Cannot reign, at the present moment, by the principles
which contributed to accelerate his fall. The Government of
the King had granted 1..0 great an extent of liberty, that the
tyrant could not return all at once to arbitrary dominion,
without ins:en,ing the public mind. The King, though ab-
sent, compelled the usurper to respect the rights of the peo-
ple ; such is the uohle ioduence of legitimate power. The
man, who had been seen trembling at time feet of foreign com-
missaries, and conducted by them, like a malefactor, to the
Isle of Elba, was no longer in the eyes of the nation the con-
queror of Austerlitz and Marengo. He could nu longer cum-
' 'nand the people in the tone of victory. Thus was he re-
strained from excesses by the new direction of public opinion,
*and found, at the same time, men, who were inclined to dis-
pute his right to power.
" The men I allude to were the real,republicans. Being
delivered from the chains of despotism and the laws of Mo-
narchy, they wished at first to preserve republican indepen-
dence. 'flits-is impossible in France, but it is at least a uo-
hie error. With these men were' afterwards united the fUri-
out monster who composed the ancient faction of the Jaco-
bins. ;Mortified at having only been the spies of a despot's_
police, while France ivus as Empire, they were resolved to
hare, in their own right, that liberty of committing crimes
which hsd cur fifteen years been solely enjoyed by a tyrant.
" Gut neither the republicans nor the revolutionists, nor
the satellites of Buonaparte were sufficiently strong td esta-
blish their power separately, or to subjugate each other. Be-
ing threatened by a formidable invasion trout without, and
assailed by public opinion at home, they felt certain
,that if
divided they were last. In order to escape this datigisr, there-
fore, they adjourned their quarrels. One party supplied their
systems and chimeras, the other their continent of terror,
tyranny, and perversion. it is probable that they were not
sincere in this frightful compact, but that each pally secretly
hoped they should turn matters to their own advantage, as
soon as the danger was gone by, and each was striving to se-
cure the victory before the other.
" During the must days the Independents appeared to be
the strongest, and Buonaparte to be overpowered. He was
compelled to entrast the first offices of the state to men whom
iu his heart he detested.. He forced his pride to obey these
whom he bad before compelled to serve him or be silent. At
the commencement of the Consulate he was obliged, in like
trimmer, to 'feign sentiments which he did not heel, but he
sapped by little and little:-the fouudation of the edifice which
he had erected, and as his force increased, disemb•irrassed
himself from the principles and the men that he disliked.—
, The tri imitate was at dust reform d, and afterwards destroy-
ed. He preserved only two political bodies, which were sub-
' jii-aied by terror; the one to supply him with gold, time
other with the blood of France.
" He is nowpursuing the same plan, and only embraces
Liberty fur the purpose of stifling her. Hie assembly of the
Catnap de .diai is his grand machine. Favoured by a novel
spec.aeie, and previously arranged scenes, ‘‘-iit:b 1w knows
bow to mintage so copes, ;Amidst the shouts of
his soldiers, to °wain a levy ea ,gauge or a decree
anumnts to the same) ordering the march of all the uational
geoids throug-hout the Lingdoia• Tois is what he,wisiles
ue-
youd cutAy tae anode I have mentioned he hopes
to :titan: !IL: o ijccr, Whtu he will throw asidr
mask, lad,;:: at the Constitution which he swore to respect,
and at °net: resume character amid sway. To-day,
tielOru
success has crowned hurl, the Ma:mit:lies. are Jaeooi,:s; to-
morrow., a:ter his s tcc. ss, the siresioins will become Manic-
; lukes. Sparta is his model at the moment of danger, Cou-
I slautinople at that of trimoyh." .

THE PINE
(No. XVIII.)

• . THE ROYAL ACAPENIY.
No. lg. Portraits Of irks. and two, ritmers; 53.
Alrs.Sevt:rn ; 67. Ilfrs. 7'hurlow; 134. S. Thornton,
ill. P.; 197.1ier. 7', Salmon; .22! Lord 4 Peres,,; and
496. jrcke.r, ..E.4.—By T. nil ',Lin"; It: A. .
In the aisove list there are pictures of extraordinary merit
and pictures with extraordinary eefectS; but, :upon the
whole, Mr. Phillips maintains a Veil distinguiShed rank in
this. Year's Exhibition. The objectionable; we shall,dismiss
with one example. No. 35 is perhaps the worst piece of
drawing in the coons in which ,it haisgs, Lod though we have
read of men " whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders,7
we hold it to he very erroneous to paint htdies.vvith.arnis be-
neath their arm-pits. No. 134 is a chaste.and classical:cop-
position,and No. 197 is by far the finest head for colour in
t.te.Royal Academy: it is, iri this respect, an ad Arable and
brilliant production. There is also much merit in 221, a
painting not more curious in its couiposition,than effective
in its general appearance. No. 296, too, deMantis our praise
as a clever and characteristic portrait, thouch we think the
expression of the countenance ton marked and vulgar for the
description of the person represented.
• N 0.97. Sir P. l'Parburton; 159. The Duke of Kent ; 164.
General Sir 7. Pietan ; 229, 30.5, and 311, Portraits.—By
Sir W. BEECHES', R. A. . .

These several works aie executed in the manner for which
Sir 'William is known to the•public, and do not seem to re-
quire any particular comment, further than to say, that if
they do not add to, they do not detract from the reputation
enjoyed by the Painter.
Nos. 199, Sir IV.Conveve 121, 227, 2G3, 317, 337, For
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trait.;•:—A. J. Oi.iv E it, A.

Mr. Olirer's great recommendation to our favourable no-
tice in this review is founded upon the excelleoce of his like
nesses in all these portraits, of which we know the originals,
which nre so perfect and natural as to p,:rinit us fairly to in-
fer that those with whose.campirrative fidelity we are. nun-
qoainted, possess equal claim, to approbation. Confi-ing
ourselves to two of these pictures, we may state that' they are
as accurate and striking in their resemblance to the parties
they present as it is possible to • conceive and that in other
respects, they are executed in a manner highly creditable to
the Artist.

lEPIGRANI.
The Postillion King ne'cr could break, it appears,
From the Horse, Ihtled by Fate to his earlie4 years
First ca-hors, next hors du combat, and then worse,
He dismouuts in the end most completely de-hors.
King's Mews. W. J.

PITT'S BIRTH-DAY.