The Sun.
London, England, 1815-09-19 00:00:00

TUE TRAVELLER ABOUT PARIS.

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PARIS, THCitSDAY, SIIPT. 14

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Softie ni )(ma London P ,p, rs speak or tumults

litere have !Wen tha! could b'e coa-
sideled as popular. A levv: occasional NquObl!s
between a letV'drunkaids in red and blue; have oc-
c:trred time 10 time, bat the ;;neat body have

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ail the .ma h- of pc' feet composure upon them.
The public 'walks are frequented by 'he same
tang ing and hiiin•;.;ing throng ; t!n: Emperor of
Austria's hue band has the same attendance of
Amateurs, irrale and teinale,,as fornierly ; Torto-
ni's Cafe, on the Booievard, is ranged ten deep.
with me,,, women, and childreatysipping lemonade
till midnight ; and a nu : 'pantomime attracts as
much solemn criticism as it could have done in
the most " piping time of peace."' You have
heard of the quarrel, in the Palais Royal on Sun-
day last., Some of the graver politicians here have
discovered a conspiracy of infinite ramifications in
this rencontre. It was merely the vulgar riot that
lutist be expected when men with swords by their
sides sit drinking ~for hours alternate doses of
'brandy and champaigne. A French Officer' found
a chance companion under the arcades. Lle
marched with herby •a pavilion where some fo-
re ign Officers were carmrsin. A Prussian highly
elevated, sprung out and offered the Lady his artn.
Iler earlier protector' laid his hand on,his.sword-
The woman screamed ; the Prussian drew. Other
'promenaders, drunk and irritable, gathered iu ;
and in a moment forty or fifty sabres were flashing
it) the light of reflecting lamps and diamond-dropt
chandeliers. The guard was called out, the gates
shut; and the fray subsided almost as soon as it
began ; some wounds were given, and it is said
a Frenchman was killed. The singularity is, not
that such altercations sometimes occur, but that
they do not, occur every eight. Paris is crowded
with strangers in uniform, naturally proud of
their successes, and contemptuous of the nation
which they have stricken as ‘vith the blow of a
giant.

Much for triumph and much for revenge are
formidable cinistituents of a spirit of Peace.—
Every step in Paris brings back the days of Ger-
man calamity. Mono thetas and trophiet, 'inso-
lent inscrptions, precion3
.spoils, till meet them
wherever they turn. The den of Cacus has been
entered, and though the Robber's body lies tram-
pled and quivering, the sight of his plunder !Light
almost rouse human feelings to rerieveed ven-
ge,,nee. The patient forbeat mice of the foreign
troops is exenplary : their,excesses are the merest
trifles; a sew fowls or vegetables stolen 5. a pane
of glass broken ; a bottle of Cogniac carried off :.
those excesses are severely punished. Tice requi-
sitions are levied with mildness,and in the midst of
a well-led'population, and a' country overflowing
with abundance, the foreign soldier is fed on a ra-
tion that would not iatkty an English mendicant.
There may be exceptions, but they are few. No
serious complaints have .been made,' and where
opportuuities have allowed toy hearing .of the
condtict of those trout s, the 'testimony has been
always strung to their gentleness, moderation,
itnd thankfulness for any little civility I offered.—
The French too are. quiet. Insolence. will na-
ttnally produce insolence ; but I have, in a per-
petual wandering through all the quarters of the
city, Seen nothing- that gave an intiMatioa of a
desire to gnat rel. At all es ents, the English pass'
free. French vanity is powerful, and with it there
is no nation like " La Grande Nation ;" but this
decision' once made, England always holds the
second rank'. The people remember with as much
tenaciousness -as can be connected with their
feeble nattire, the powerful and tuitions resistance
opposed to them by England ; and with indivi-
duals this has doubtless gangrened into rancorous.
hostility. But with the majority, the hatred
arising from the struggle has deeply merged. in
the manliness and grandeur of its instruments.•--
Your politicians who have employed so much elo-
quence in degrading the war system of England;
have made but few converts here. The might,
and sudden developement, aml unfailing direct-
ness- of Lit itish power, are sKoken of- by the men
of superior iiiforniation as matters of hopeless
rivalry. Our sea barrivr may have in konie-degree
contriouted to check that coatinued and detailed
conflict WhiCh•produces the but:test order of na-
tional encounter. Our character has, perhaps
contributed suit more. Just, and loving to spare,
its sevaratiOn of the individual Jrom the nation,
nut been lest upon even the French. The
struggle with- the Continental Powers was the
right of the sword and the spear, furious and
hand to hatiti—incre the giver of every wound
was seen ai,d remembered for desperate retribu-
The 'wevons snot the warfare. of 'England
seemed to belong to a more civilized and merciful
contest, and her bat tie was decided.by extended
tactics, and remote and irresistible thunders. The
private character of the English, as it becomes
more known here, assists this respect. Their
general , gravity, their eagerness for the better
Order of knowledge, the intelligent stile of their
conversation, iturt their avoidance of insult,to po-
pular prejudices, form a strong contrast with the
reports of their insolence and pride, and withahe
frivolousness of the talkers of France. Their
punctuality in payments,- and the minor matters
of intercourse, must secure good opinion ; and
it is easy to observe with what peculiar deference
the sentiments of an Englislitnau are listened to
ally.,,ig all the bustle of theory. and deelamation
that glares anti ()antes in French society'. - •
I may in my next letter give you such infortna,-
t ion a., I have been enabled to acquire of the State
of rallies.

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