The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-04 00:00:00

CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE

" Sire,—Assembled around your Royal person by the
solemnity of the day, the corps diplomatique has the
honour of offering to your Majesty its respectful homage
and good wishes. During the year which has just passed,
Providence has bestowed upon us new benefits : the
maintenance of the political repose of Europe, and the
protection which it continues to throw over the life of
your Majesty, arc precious favours for which we offer
warm thanks. We are happy in feeling that the wisdom
of the Cabinets will know how to maintain the state of
order and peace, and that, protected by their union,
Europe will continue to advance in the path of progress
opened to its prosperity. Events dear to the paternal
heart of your Majesty call for all our felicitations. Deign,
Sire, to accept them with favour, and also the very sin-
cere wishes that we entertain for the happiness of France,
of yourself, and of your august family."
The King replied
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" It is with great fulness of heart that I join with yo❑
in returning thanks to Providence for the benefits that it
bestowed upon us in the course of the year which has just
expired, and for the protection which it has again thrown
over my life. lam much touched by what you have said
on this subject. You know the value which I have never
ceased to attach to the duration of the political repose
enjoyed by Europe, and to the maintenance of the general
peace. Convinced as I am that this state of things is
alike the interest of France, and of all other States,
nothing shall relax my efforts to co-operate with all the
SJvereigns for the preservation of this great blessing to our
nation, and I hope with you that in the year which has
just opened to us, the wisdom of the Cabinets will effect
its consolidation. I feel very senrbly the felicitations LI.
the Corps Diplomatique, and the good wishes which you
offer in its name for France, my family and myself."

ADDRESS OF BARON PASQUIER IN THE NAME OF TILE

CHAMBEk OF PEERS.

" Sire—This period, which annually brings to the foot
of your Majesty's throne the Peers of France, was never
more impatiently waited for by them—never have they
felt more strongly the desire of presenting to you their
sentiments and good wishes—happy, when the clouds
which have caused so much emotion have so quickly
dissipated, at having only to return thanks to Divine
Providence which protects a life so necessary to France,
and which has just given a new pledge for the duration
of your dynasty. May you, Sire, long continue to enjoy that
public happiness which is at once your recompense and your
work. May all French hearts comprehend the wisdom and
exalted ideas of a government already become sufficiently
secure in its own strength not to fear any parallel sufficiently
national to find its source where others would have found
nothing but danger. Honour to the King who, knowing
that nations do not exist only by material well being and
prosperity, but likewise by great examples and noble re-
collections, conceived the high thought of restoring to the
soil of France the glorious ashes of Napoleon, and of
completing, by the solemn inauguration of a national
tomb, the public homage which had already been rendered
to him, and to his age, i❑ the sanctuary raised by the ge-
nius of Peace to all the glories of France, But while ad-
miring the past, the reflection of which is strong enough to
' dazzle the firmest eye, let us not be unjust towards the pre.
sent--let us grant to each epoch its own character and its
own grandeur. Dues it not, in fact, appear that, in the
designs of Providence, there is in a certain degree a certain
brilliancy of martial power incompatible with durability, and
that the glory of founding a dynasty, under whose shadow
the fruits of order and peace arc developed, is reserved for
other hands than those whose victorious strength has been
felt by the world? To you, Sire, dues this glory belong. The
Imperial Government existed by enthusiasm and intoxica-
tion, yours tray pride itself on having sustained the diffi-
cult proof of the examination of a people who have re-
covered by a state of calmness the soundness of their judg-
ment, and who, in recently mJving along that triumphal
road, decorated with the names of a hundred victories,
have more than once acknowledged that there was still one
thing above warlike renown—the union of peace, libeity,
and honour, und,r durable insZitutious, and under the
sceptre of a good King. Enjoy, Sire, this testimony ren-
dered to your wisdom by the great voice of real public opi.
Mon, of which that of history will only be the echo. The
country confides in you. It knows that its honour is as
safe in your hands as its liberties, and that did it requite
any guarantee beyond yourself, it would find them in the
noble family which surrounds you, and which so well knows
how to identify itself with the generous sentiments of the
country, in those homages of public sympathy which have
accompanied from Cheruurg to the luvalides the young
and faithful depositary of the precious remains restored to
France."
The King's answer was—
" I
.have listened to you with lively and profound emo-
tion. It is always delightful to me to receive the expres-
Lion of the sentiments of the Chamber of Peers. lam
happy to see that the efforts which I Lave made to secure
peace, and the happiness and the liberty of France, have
been so well appreciated. This is the only ambition my
heart has ever known, and to bear it proclaimed by you is
a motive and an encouragement fur me to hope that, in fol-
lowing up this career, we shall prevent the detractors of
Fiance from representing it as a danger and a cause of
perturbation ; whereas, on the contrary, the wisdom of
the Government and the tranquillity which she enjoys
ought to become a guarantee fur the peace and repose of
the world. lam delighted that it was reserved for me to
restore to France the remains of the Emperor Napoleon,
and that it was one of my sons who received and who brought
them home to the sanctuary and under the safeguard of
his old companions in arms. I renew to the Chambers of
Peers the assurance of the affection which I bear to it, and
of my gratitude for the aid which it has constantly afforded
me. lam very grateful fur the sentiments which you ex-
press for my family and myself."