The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-16 00:00:00

THE LONDON 'JOUttNALS.
Toluix EXTRACTS FROM MORNING PAPERS,
,:31-CAX

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It- appears by the accounts.of our Paris Correspond-
vuts, that the Court-party' its far , from being . satisfied
With the degree to which it has--already trampled on
popular privilege throughout the French monarchy,
lAA that the fears of a certain faction Eire'most especi-
ally directed against the right of free discussion, the
foundation and security of all other political enjoy-
ments. A report has been for some time in circula-
:tion at Paris, that the liberty of the press, in so far
as the journals are concerned, is to be suspended Un-
iately after the close of the present Session. Such
.Littrerigth and consistency has this rumour obtained,
Aa•public mention has been made of the names of
die three' Ministers by whom the decree is to be
aloe& and of the arguments whereby it.is to be jus.
Lifted. The three Ministers are Messrs. Corbieres,
Nyronnet, and Frayasinous. The .ostensible
five is, that the constituted tribunals cannot at. ;.pre-
*Sept discover any law which authorizes them to
tasl ro-
effectually the lieentiousnese of public .writers,
ow this we can well enough imagine might be a
iiiison for modifying the, law as it exists, but by no
Yiliatuf a justification of the proposed scheme for dis-
with it by a stroke of the Royal preroga:.
?ve.owever, many shrewd doubts are entertained
that the censorship will be resorted to by the present
Mnistry, for this reason among others—that the °ow-
Site' parties between whom M. de Villele's adminis-
**ion stands, are ethployedin a manner less hurtful
61im, by the bitter controversies which they carry on
s,. Aziiinst each other, than they would be if the Jesuits,
wo recommend the censorship, were, by its means
released from all uneasiness on the part of their reli.
i.'pns and political opponents, and thus enabled to
direct the whole of their fire against the temporal
-it-Vernment of the state. To confeSs the truth, we
enter but coldly into those elaberate subtiltiesthose
4Verwrought labyrinths of Court intrigue, with which
tOst intelligence from the French capital, whether
tSbliccaonrncootii
fdoernt rat) tnot
rueslyto be
understand embarrassed.
er
staiid
whate
solid advantage the Jesuit, or any other party, could
propose to itself from compelling in a manner the at-
tendance of Duke of Orleans at that silly ceremo-
nial called the Jubilee, for which, it seems, his High-
ness' had not the wholesome, orthodox, and courtly sto-
mach. We are told that the istirpose of these vindic-
tive meddlers was to humble the Duke, by making him
assist at laying the • first stone of a monument to the
Memory of Louis XVI., on the spot where that unL
fortunate Monarch had been murdered, and where the'
Duke's father, by a just retribution, had fallen a vic-
tim to the partners of his own bloody disloyalty. It
might, indeed, suit well with the nature of Jesuits, if
they be, what they are so often represented by histo-
rians, a body of vindictive and malignant fiends, to
shock the heart of an honest man by placing him in
circumstances which must inevitably renew his
anguish for the crimes of a worthless parent, and
for their disgraceful . punishment ; but what po-
litical end would be served by such a monstrous out-
rage ? It could not give the Jesuits any absolute
power over the Duke beyond what they already exer-
cised; nor would it fail to exasperate him more than
ever, to employ his influence, be it great or small,
against those who had thus' attempted to insult and
shame him. We are aware, nevertheless, that the
love of intrigue may become the unconquerable appe-
tite, independent of all calculations of profit ; and that
the meanest and most despicable caprices have, in an
age not very distant from our own, set in motion the
most ponderous machinery which Governtnents could
command, or which could, disturb the peace and
threaten the best interests of society. Ouvrard, the
oontractoroccused of corruption and rapacity in Spain,
liiiCfurned, it is said, upon his pursuers, and menaced
tjtem with certain disclosures, if they do not step in to
lie has published a volume which is looked
upon« comme une esp6ce do. menace fail au
"'lliinistere de decoder tout ce qu'il suit, et meme ce
" qk"fl ne salt pas, ai on ne se hate pas de le firer
E' des mains de la justice."