The Sun.
London, England, 1815-10-07 00:00:00

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,! This ','cnt of demi-prthiiratibn floes nn goad in
any instance'.'',-4-(Morning Chronicle, •601 October,
in 'speaking of the Dnke,of if L,ettee.)
" has been transmitted to
fvoin Parisi as the itetnil Note of tbitchf., Doc

dit)ttatata, on the State nt tuiblie ()plait) ► .la re-
gala to ft:oritiOartt"; ;Old the nivasti Of COTISOIid
nig thuking-7s itatitority. Ir t' dited the
BtirofAngusr.'•-61./drplfrtg tiiroatekof this 41,1,
speaking of the:DO/ie I;etter ! 1)
licre li)lioirs the document in iitteStion, and
we only Copy the above paragraphs -front this
layal 3cincttal to thew how catious ti thing int-
triutisth is.

oFFictAt.-'N'ote. Flie. DOC D"OTII4tITA,
DIirSSIM To THEIR EXCELLENCIES TUE
TI lis OR TIM ALLIlti/ p(P./Clls..
‘"Fhe situation of Prlits`ceis composed, of a
variety of circumstauceS, Nl'lliCll it is necessary
should be thoroughly soppkeciated, if we would
not wish to be the dupe at lal;e appearances. Of
these cire6nOstatscps malty refer to anterior events;
some. are connected with permanent opinions, anti
principles 1016 have nut king in common with
the ..ieitsitaioles. 01 fortune, while others strain have
been prodLiced by recent-transactions.-
'floe evils of Protnee had alr'eaLly opened nien'a
minds, and united them, before the -abdication
of Itionaparte, and. even before the commence-
men( of hostilities :' it was noslonger a question
of defending,, personal interests, or which were
foreign to those of the coulitry itself : and the
King, since hiS return to Paris, hai round in every
heart the elemetits of a pronopt pacification. A.
state of disorder still exists, but it • results front
causes which may be easily obviated it will gook ,
cease even, utiles; bad !colic), inlet pose obstnelet,
and it would be equally ergonetnts tmjitst if
we were to designate that teinporoiq and inevitable
ilisorder.by the names of resistance and revolt.
" 1n order to jutl4e of our situation we tritis,t
refer to what took place before the 20th of March.
hoonaparte employed more that- one artifice I()
resume and keep possession of the Supreme power;
and when -a nation is skilfully cheated, oothim.; hut
the course of evelltsCilll undeceive it. The illusion
had already ceased in the mind of every wise man ,
before the reverses sustained by the army tool;
.
place; but conviction Is not promoted in the thinits
of the multitude with so unfelt facility ; tl;e caiiies
of the evil were dilotig Standing. Tie Sovereii.TOs
!hid Not trite to observe, while they overeat Paris,
that a I-evolution of 25 yeall-eantlat teanainuto
without conciliations, without precautions, and
without management. A g reat pal Col oisr calamities
has arisen trout this want of foresight. -Why should
the.truth be. now ..concerded An imprudent, and
over- weening zeal for the rules and maxims of the
ancient 'Monarchy led to the :commision of Moody
faults; alarms olniore Goo one description IVeees
result, ass 'well its allactuist ofaspinion moth.
disaffection towards du., Government, This moriki,
appositi!m„, • which ;vas known to the'svitale tt
Borope, did not escape the cult:illations Of Moo-,
.napai to,- and he had no need of anv other
_lion to throw Isolvelf into..the tuiost of this tlis
content, and these elements or discord. pro-
portion as the -perilous chances of is conspiracy,
and the secrecy it would require, nti4lit h+,a reit...,
Beret) all his projects abortive, its she saute Iwo.
'swain!' he might calculate with as degree of cer-
tainty upon the stupor which great novelty
produces, and that perplexity and Coatis tis's
which seize the mind so -km suddenly -it rttelt.
by 80111 e bold and onexpected enterprize. i •
single, but derisive detection, doubtless. fiteili-
tated the entrance of Ilitonapayte in' a Grenoble,
at the very inommit when it was Si; n pu.sibie
to avoid the evils -with which he threatened
us. It was nn longer so three (llys erwards.;'
he had already, when ise presented himself before
Lyons, collected a considerable force, or at least
sufficient for tvaging an intestine: war. It was be-
sides, at Lyons that be began to develtipe his
dec.p laid plaits, by his pl.:mikes Of consolidat..
ing civil stud political liberty by every species
of security ; while ,the aSslllalleti whirls lie
gave An' which lie caused to be promulgated,
flout he was seconded by Austria, pro(hiced pre-
cisely the effect lie desired. Ile had, from this
moment, ral )itippcill ilt the population, width
no longer. rendered it possible to repulse lint,
except :by arining the citizens one against the
other. ...The crisis, besides, was so rapid, that its •
the short transition front hesitat.isui to compliance,
mid from thence to the neeessity of obedience, the
most rigorous justice coati, have discovered butt
few .Who were guilty, though even the dread of
plunA log into a civil war would have permitted
bete the application of revolt. It was difficult
tor the citizens to. hinder what the Government
itself could not prevent. The deltishin which
alone sopported the. (iovernment of him e
gradually subsided; no doubt could be entertained,
shortly after his entrance into Paris, that he would
bring upon us a foreign war ; but during that in-
: ofe I:
becamete•nliiit ; iTe
posses ot•, till' the tesoiarcey
sed
by the calling together all his old soldiers, and
lie had restored the hope of peace by entering
ipto negotiations.
" FOrced to explain himself .with respect 'to
that liberal and populat• Constitution which be
.had so pompously announced, public expectation
was deceived to Such .a point that a cry of indig-
nation was heard from one end of France'. to art-
other. It i$ to be regretted, that avatar devil-
.;„,
munitast negociation were nor open,eL ,
th
King eta altii the
titl
tll:l3l3l:7l%:ii'''etticirlisi,-)t:'i ele
his Al iueolisiiis
h
c,i4l,"ej'
r t..,,,lJl)e.,ths,i;4:7lbostligf hiss;
Li;elc) id us in rtti:+l+tf to t4etVtat)srUktet;(l‘l%lltl:.(l:
Its
Salial vii—
critic*: to iris mtri desvrote eircoontstaiss.es ; but
thiogs will: come to that extremity, that
u eveise, neither Pfalir-e Hot the &tiny could de.
itsrlb The .Sovereigns.h.ln' tt.te "pr tltaae ti,
and We were ignurant ti':e:r designs, beta tae, itt

, ti; ere was a good deal of ambiguity in their tic-
eletee ion:,. We wereequellyignotant of the designs
of Ilya King, and it was feared, not only for him-
4-fif. but els() for the repose'of France,that the Mi-
nisters, would persist In some of the errors of their
s.te ceiftiur Goveinment. The Chambers, on their
side, would not run the ri'k Of aggravating our misc.
sic s by employing delusive remedies, or by anti-
vipatiog everts. Abeie all, .we were anxious to ei
ttvo d deceiving oerseives as to the inteetions of !
the Sovereigns, and this it was which produced
that want of unanimity %%hidh partly subsists at
In: short,-it may be affirmed, that if the
estitision nrotomoced by theeacts of the Congress
leton the Government of Buonap 'tee bad been un-
derstood to apply to every other Government ex-
sapt that of the King, France would have adopt-
ed means to prevent the war froth taking place.
last remit ik may not appear unimportant at a
raomeet when we have to discriminate with
eqeity between real offeuces and those which were
the effects of necessity and of the embarrassment
of circumstances.
" These considerations, though general, were
indispensible in forming a correct judgment Of our
present situation. Beonaparte was irrevocably
lost before his abdication ; he no longer retained
sete infbience, except .over the soldiers, who fan-
vie:l they should-still find him invincible ; but his
last 51iscoinfitnre had destroyed that only reMain--
iug chter(. A stranger henceforth' to Frances as
he lad ever been to our manners. and our true
c•ri,y s, he no longer has, nor will ever have in
tiny partizans who need be feared.—
The army has submitted ; if :there be still any
hesitation in France; it must be attributed to
the ignorance of what is passing, to the no-
certainty of the future. Negoelations for peace
have not • yet _commenced ; the people know
none of the intentions of the Allied Powers':' the
truth is, that trance is only anxious to strengthen
her union with her Monarch. The Allied Sove-
eeiens desire that France should he main and tran-
quil with respect to all parts of herterritOry ; it is
in theii power to produce that effect t it will be
soilicient to ennounce that the war is finished, and
France will be at once pacified. This declaration
may not perhaps be consistent with die ordinary
rules of diplomacy but it is necessary. A pacifica-
tion would prejudge nothing ; it would only tend-
nate calamities : the rest of our troubles would soon
be got over. Every one would obey the 'King:
c shoult; no longer separate:the interests of the
peOpltefeom those of the throne. !;;very one is
eyes ronvineed that the King, in consolidating his
power, would find no obstacles but what he Might
easily overcome. None of the dangers which
were to be feared at the peace of Paris, now exist ;
litonaparte was then left in possession of a title)
, N territory, antl.the pomp of a Sovereign ; his A-
' dieation was only a treaty with the Allies. ' Now,
be is no less abandoned by France than by for--
• tulle ; he has no' longer an arniy, a people, or
pretensions,. Prudence requires, however,' that
his .position should not present any opportnnity
. for again troubling the repose of the world.
" The, brothers and the other members of his
• feeniiy Lis ve no credit in France. Thevihave
titer- the crudities which inspire cotifidetice, nor
hose which give influence; it May he necessary,
hoeseV6.r, to remove them. Without being at all
'tfdaegcrous, personally considered, false hopes.
might animate them, 'and induce them to become
.the instiaments of others. -The saute spirit. of
.preetiailoll roay apply to other indivieleals.—
.Whien licence and subjection have alternately be-
,flaMed so many passions, and produced so much
corruption in is people, there will' always be
*found men who do not know how to submit to
.any GoVerninent ;- others, who cannot bend to
-the forms of a constitutional monarchy, anti who
have.fidelity only to revolutions.: But these india
viduals are few in number ) for on this point: there is
Enure danger in extending applications, titan in
limieng them. Il'e slrould never behold in public
alisorders any thibg beyond the first cause which
prodeces them—all ceases with that cause ; and
it has always been seen that endeavours to detect
a.-faction only serves to create new factions. 'fhe
Kin,* ktiOWS well 'that peace can be established
only by putting an elltl to all uncertainty ; that it
is imoossitile to punish tan individual without
' menacing thousands of citizens, and without thus
exposing ourselves, sooner or later, to fresh tu-
mults and insurrections. The seeds of hatred
AV tlich arc sown in the heart at the commence-
ment of a new reign, never die.
•" The Sovereigns desire to know whoavere the
abettors, the instigators, and the authors of the
return of litionaparte. the venture. to say that it
was the particular state of France- which, as- a
principal cause, produced his return; -If we were
to undertake a rigorous inquiry, we must neces-
sarily enter into the details of grievances which
existedrof the imprudent conduct which occasion-
ed those grievances, and of the government who
permitted, and in some degree legitimated then).
n this manner we should arrive at a general inqui-
sition uporrtbe whole situation of. France, and from
thence At a general overthrow of every thing. A -
proceeding of this kind is' impracticable., In a na-
lion like this, it must be with caution that we agi-
tete the. present ; and it-is only in the future that
,•;t, can discuss the past. There has been already
teach talk about conspiracies ivhich preceded the
arrivelof Buonaparte, front the Want of vigilance on
tUe part of Ministers, who could eeither foresee
nor prevent his departure front Elba..., After his
4..!harkation was effected, all that toOkplaee was
nothittg more 'than the deplorable consequences
4 alarm and precipitation. It is well linown,
that it was, not a handful .of soldiers which
prOtec!cd Buonapartesin the city .of Lyons, in
the midst of a population of 100,000 souls. Smile
iodividnais at this period Were mote forward than
others ; but one . would tell ydtre he was impelled
by tb.c! officers and soldiers ; another would say
Oat. iris troops- abandoned him, and that they.
impetuosity ; or,
dieeseed him along in their.
ses principal
you were to.seek the conviction of a
agent, either. you would discover none but those
who
were bthoecbt,,or yO,l WOUI (I thOUSandS
aetantiplices. What could you reply to • this
objection? That the Throne ought to have pre-
served France front the return of Btionaparte, at
least as much as France ought to have preserved
the Throne from it.
" Those who were honoured with the confi-
dence of the Monarch, and.who were infamous

enough to betrAybilli, at.for eVer dishonottred
public. opinion. After the proclamation of the
King, they ought to be surrendered to justice by
the Chambers. There aye difficulties in conciliating
all-114 pacifying all, imrturdiatery -; but time; mo-
deration, and a xvi;c dispensation of licit -lours and
employments, will have all the success that can.
bedesired.. If it is not in the power oto the best
of Kings to. restore the country all at once to that
state of happiness and prosperity, from which if
has long,: Seen declining, at least his experience,
his knovvfedge, and. his . moderation, will bring
back that tranquillity and political union, which
are the images of happiness and source of all pros
perity.
` The Sovereigns will be faithful to their pro-
mises ; they have hitherto showed themselves the
tutelary deities of the earth ; they must wish to,
complete, from diinterested motives, and solely
foe the repose of the -world and the welfare of
human naiture,-'t'di noble task which they have
imposed Upon themselves, and posterity will never
repeat their names without respect and without
benediction." •

STATE OF THE NEGOCIATIONS ON THE
10Tu OF SEPTEMBElL—Coiztinved.

[Prom the lthenLyh Mercury of Me 23th of September.)

It is hardly necessary to enlarge more on all
the disadvantages to Germany, which must ac-
company such a Treaty as before described, should
it actually be concluded. People have long made
up their minds about it ; there is no fluctuation of
opinion upon it; and while they know, that such
condliions are tptite incompatible with our wel-
fare; While they feel that Germany for its sa-
crifi-es deserved a better ; while they mote fully
understand the spirit, of the times, than n►any of
those who think they direct it while they, are only
its tools, they will unanimously declare it, even
though concluded and ratified by all the signa-
t►tres, a mere armistice, and - prepare themselves
for tine new contest which must impend.

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In fact, how can peace subsist with so ver-
bearing a people as the French, if they are left
with their. whole power unweakened and midi-
mildibed : 28,246,300 inhabitants, which Mentelle
assigned in 1814 as the population of the 86 tle•
partments still remaining to • France, after the
peace of Paris, crowded in close mutual tiepen
Bence into the not indocility fertile sluice between •
the Alps and the Pyrennees, animated With one
and the same spirit, actuated by an unruly restless-
ness, multiply themselves in rapid progression,
and thereby comprehending among them many
millions of beggars, "must, from the nature of
things have an impulse always to overstep their
boundaries, and invade other nations, with force
of arms. But 'this impulse trill naturally direct
itself to that: side where it will meet least oppo-
sition,—and therefore, towards the Ithine and
Germany, where nature and'art have aireadY pro-
vided them with a wide entrance. And if then
there be such a people internally actuated by fu-
rious passions and parties if, though well
humbled by foreign arms, it has never acknow-
ledged itself vanquished,—if it is scareely:pene-
trated by fear, but certainly by the most burning
hatred of these foreigners,---if in all the conces-
sions made to it, it has only seen a homage to its
vanity, .and. if by, the impunity with which they'
have gone through -.Mie deepest crimes, they have
acquired an audacity which shrinksJat>nothing;—.
then it is madness, to hope that such an ungovern-
able mass will confine tlicinsell,•es,' and from their
own moderation give themselves boundaries,—or
to flatter ourselves that 200,000 troops posted in
a distant c-orner between Giver and the sea, can
keep down such an inward burning, hissing and
fermenting Solfaterra, and quench its fires. As
all this is incredibly alarming, so behind the line
the nation must continually remain under arms for
its Support ; there: will be no true peace during
all the years of probation, even should they be
tranquil, and Germany will again be ruined, half
in war and half in peace.
But had-all that been taken from France. which
public opinion and the unanimous wish of all in-
telligent Germans pointed out, viz. Franthe
Comte, with its foar departments, and'l,oBB,Boo
inhabitants ; the two departMents of Alsace. with
810,200 ; the tour of Lorraine, with 1,259,700;
the. two of Burgundy, with 795,300 ; in fine the
department of the North, or French Flanders
with 808,800=then Would this' population of
4,762,600, taken from the mass of the whole;
have Still left '23,488,760. souls, and France would
have still remained a formidable power to divided-.
Germany ; for while that disunited empire pain-
fully and slowly collected its force for war, France,
at the nod of its Sovereign, could at once bring
into the field an army of 234,000 men, GUI), 'the
100th part of its population.
And, in the not improbable event, that, instead
of lasting peace, only a new war 'should arise
from the negotiations at Paris, its. whole Weight
would fall on Germany, to it's incalculable detri-
ment. The promised pecuniary indemnitiqs minr.i.', '
mot be paid, and even though
.all the prescribed
fortresses were occupied,,yet as they lie along time
Belgic frontiers,' Germany could derive no advan-
tage from their occupation (especially in time not
impossible event, that England With Belgium
should separate from the alliance), and along its
whole nue of boundaries it must maintain a war
of fortresses with France. With regard, how--
ever, to the fortresses on the German territory,
every man knows what, 'under such ciraum-
stances, must happen,; especially when, as at pre-
sent, so many -pressing wants claim all our re-
sources'; the Rhenish provinces wonld be obliged
to build them, for time - most part, at their own
expense.
One good, however, has arisen from time nego-
eiations at Paris, whatever mischiefs they may
cause to Germany in other respects ;' namely, that
the Germans, and even their rulers, clearly per-
ceive, that amidst the strife of foreign politics and
interests, they can find safety only it, poling to-
gether. Timis reciprocal closing
,ii 1
--) has, in fact,
taken place in' a satisfactory- manner, and Austria
has cordially joined with Prussia, and Made with
her common cause' towards a common object;
Bavaria' has joined with egtuii readiness, and
Wurtemberg has, through the personal presence
of the Crown Prince, not less co-operated for
good, All German 'Statesmen, even those wlto
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ennducted theitselYes perhaps anibigunnsly at Vi-
enna,. have come to a clear and decided mutual
understanding as' to the claims of Germany, and
the notes v,hich were-. interchanged on- this sub•.:
ject have been, distinguished by greater energy:,
That.so good an Understanding has not hicher.--
to -operated to good effect, is principally avijing
to the undecided, half-measure mode of:condue't-
ing business,. which has been. characteristic of this
age.. Though at times they rise to boldness of
idea, yet in action they become tame and little,
because the main artery at the heatt beats with a
weak pulse,.antl hence there is neither vigour of
resolution nor energy in carrying it into effect.
As was seen at Vienna, an object worthy of suc-
cess might ke placed on the carpet, bat it' any op-
posi!ion was raised to it, then the elasticity ne-
cessary to carry it forttard was wanting ; when the
strife of interests arose, the whole diplomatic art
was confined to the opening of some middle path,
and to the passing right in -tlte middle between the
two currents, by which all the objects in view
were lost in cloudy vapour, and nothing -was
brought to a real conclusion. It was thus that
Germany viewed with astonishment the first peace
of Paris, it was thus that, to its astonishment,
all its expectations were deceived at Vienna, and
now it sees, with alarm and. dismay, its hopes a
second .time amtihilAted in the capital of France.
• , Besides the above causes, to which all may have
contributed in like proportion, Austria has, also,
committed an oversight, in that she has not per-
mitted things to proceed in-the course•begon, nor
has, after the example of Prussia, captured by vi-
gorous siege the fortresses on the Upper Rhine.—
Had the Germans once got firm tooting; in Alsace
and Lorraine, no
.one should have driven them
out. Smith Gtrmany would have found itself pro-
tected against every event, and we should not
have been forced to seek to obtain by negpcia-
tion what we had' won by the sword.