The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-19 00:00:00

SURREY INSTITUTION.

On Friday evening Mr. OGiOrte, whose Orato-
rical powers were much distinguished itt Ame.
rite, and who has exerted then with Considerable
success in this country, at the close of an elabo-
rate Lecture on Penal Law at this place, rendered
a tribute to the character, virtues, and memory
Of the late Sir SAstuat. Itotttru.y, which deeply
affected his audience, and which was highly ho.
nouirible to his owri feelings, as Well as to his
knowledge and talents. The following is an out-
line of this interesting eulogy on that lamented
Ornament of the Dar and estimable Member of
SoCiety

" Where shdt we find the man, where, let me
rather ask, shall we find ihe men., who, possess
the philanthropy and witdmit, the eloquence and
energy, the weight: of• character and autlibrity in
public estimation, to devitei
.propose,--mature,
urge forward, and carry into effect, in_ the face
and in the teeth of every difficulty end of every
obstacle, so radical, iinpottan•t, and beneficent a
Reform
Such, .and 1 trust not'•a few• such- men, ere
to be found iu this great country ; but . one such
man has left tit, never to ret-Uin rthilILLY is for
ever gotie. s •

" ' Ponr human nature '=—Welt Might even
Buttate What- shadows we are, and
what .shadowswe [mime !' r
" A few months ago I was one •of the immense
multitude who thronged the streets of this vast
metropolis, to behold this illustrious man, drawn
On a triumphal car, at the Close .of -a contest
which had conferred on hint the most unequivo-
cal token of public confidence, the highest ho-
nour, the most awful trust which the suffrages of
freemen could confer on the most beloved and re•
vered of their countrymen.
" August and memorable scene ! dear and in-
delible recollection !

" By the side of ROMILLY sat his son, and the
heir to the proudest Dukedom in Britain might
have envied his feelings.
" As the trophied pageant advanced, the mtil.
titude receded tits either bide, as the waves are
conceived to divide before the emerging car of
Neptune ; the air rung with acclamations, awl
youth and beauty, and rank and fashion, and
man and woman, at every stage of existence, and
in every coodition of society, waved in !heir
hands the symbol of purity, or bowed their heads
in sign of gratulation.
" To a spectator like myself, who had passed
half his lite in a foreign land, but recently re-
turned to his native country, and bad never before
witnessed such a scene, there was something de-
licious and elevating in the emotion Which. it ex-
cited, something indelible in the impression which

" A scene of this sort is perhaps essentially fri-
volous and fantastic—one of the a painted clouds
that beautify our days,' and borroW momentary
brightness and illusive attraction-from the,refract-
ed -light 'of truth. The Stiint and the Sage be-
hold, or hear of such things, with an indifference
not untinged with pity and' contempt.' They are
neither, the evidence, the ematration; nor the weed.
of true greatness or of, sterling worth.'
" FABRICiUS would.have.- despised, Ond Psto-
ClON•wonld have spurned such air4lown buhbles
and idle pomp. Truegreainess -rises to a sight-
less distance above such a spettaele,' and in the
estimation of conscious anif.nnostentatious wortia
it is 'utterly valueless and vile. .

• " Such things too• are liable to the most pre..
posterous 'and odious Misapplication', and °flea
evince nothing but the, stupid ignorance, the in-
con igible delusion, _the brutal abasement of the
infatuated wretches, by whom they are often la•
vished on those who deserve them least. As to-
kens lit .public confidence, they are notoriously
equivocal : the idol of to-day is often shiVered tra
pieces by the idolater of yesterday, who becomes
an ireful Iconoclast to-morrow.

" But in the instance to which I now advert,
these equivocal and phantastic honeurs were hal-
lowed, as the symbols and demonstrationsof
public confidence the most unshaken—,-a personal
worth the most exalted. The pageant was hail-
ed, as is the appearance of the rainbow in a ver-
nal sky. the pledge of the favour of. Providence,
and of blessings to mankind. . • .., :•••

" Sucli—so envied and so enviable-,--wal the
situation of RomiLLY a few months ago---and
few weeks ago!
' Hail, wedded Love, mysterious union, hail '

Never since ADAM disobeyed the command of
:Gun, hi sot row for the hapless fate, in comp/vi-
sion tor the frailty, in dread of separation (torn
the sole idol of 102
.heartr,—never, surely never,
0 tv;dded Love,' did tlsy, mysterious lotion
more direfully demonstrate the indissolubility of
its bond.

" Whilst stern tint] cogscientioni Moralists de-
nounce the audacity of the deed, men like me
(conscious of all the infirmities of poor human.
nature) can only deplore the catastrophe : whilst
sacred Preachers warn, men like me can fyily
weep and fnly indulge a hope drat a long !ife•of
unsullied purity, of active benevolence, of exem-
plary piety, may expiate the guilt of the rash
act, by which it was prematurely and tragically
closed."

'FAF. DitOPPRD CHILD.—LAst night Ann Sy-
mons, the midwife, xeßs' brottalit up on a Bench
Warrant, in the custody ot Join). Limbrick and
lOward Read, office's, beforehthe•Niting
rare at Hatton-garden Police-oft-6, trite -bill
having been found against her at tbepte!..tent Ses-
!ions a Cleikenwell, oft the prosectianri ot the
Overseers ot the Upper Liberty of the ratisti of
St. A whew, Holborn, for wickedly and iiitiltoionsly
exposing a inaie bastard child in the pilblit•street!
The Magistrate informed the prisoner that the
Professional Gentlemen who atteotied tor thelno.
se,,prioa would require to re"eiye twei.iy-tour
bonus' ooiice of hail, herself iu "_-?Ulil.aud her SWAM"
ties iu 1001, each.

MEMOIRS OF COUNTY DE CAZES,

THE FRENCH MINISTER OIP THE INTERIOR.

the s!a►e. I France and the conduct of its

Government most alwaysi.ber.ihteresting not only
to this Country but to all Europe, and, therefore,
as it is necessary that the character of the person
entrusted with the management of its affairs .should

be fully understood, we have taken an account of
ti!e, present French Minister of the Interior, from
!he British Monitor of Sunday last, the Editor, of

Which most have had peculiar opportunities of ac-
-9 -icing a profound. knowledge of French affairs,
and is not likely to hiizArd his reputation by er-

roueolis St arementS.

At a moment when Europe has manifested a considerable
degree of uneasiness on the internal state of France, it may
brewer neeessat v to lay before :sty Readers souse particulars
respecting the actual Leader of the French Ministry. Every
friend to,the peace of Europe, which is connected with the
tranquillity of France, cannot slew with indifference the
man to whom his Most Christian Majesty confided the task of
forming the new Ministry.
De Cazt. (Count Elie) was horn at St.'Martin-en-laye, near
Libourne (Guienne), the 28th of September, 178 e, and edu-
cated for the Jaw at the. College of Vendome. He was Judge
of the Tribunal de Premiere Instance of the Department of
the Seine, when he Was promoted to a similar office in the
Court of Appeal, at Paris, in December, 1810. He presided
as Chief Judge in the.almvv Court duringethree assizes. - Be-
fors this period he !lad !wet! Member of the Council of
Lott!, I:min:Tarte (King of do land,', and of his mother. On
the King's first restoration he •Petaineul.his situation. On the
return of Buunaparree in Mareh; late, iii headed a eons-patty,
of National Guards, of which he was Captain, who had re-
solved to Combat intat-our of the Bourbons. This cu .piny
assembled'at the King's Library, On Manday, 20th NiArcli,
after the departure of the King, and separated amidst the
cries of " Vise. to Roi!" after their Commando- had read to
them the Proclamation by which his Majesty took leave of
his faithful subjects. Oa tine follewing Saturday the Cham-
bers of the Royal Court were assembled to receive M. Gilbert
des Vossins, who had been .nominated First President, to
reelect- M. Seguier,, and to del berate on an Address to Bust-
naparte. M. de Cazes assisted at this meeting, and opposed
tits' tkeption'of the newly- nominated First President, de-
daring that he looked upon iluonaparte as an Usurper.-se
Is there-any other pried molting," said one, " to esta-
'Nish his legitimacy, than the rapidity of his march ? Could
any other than a legitimate Sovereign come from Cannes .to
Paris in the space of twenty flays ?"—•c —" I never heat d,"
re-
Irlieal M. de Orzes, that leeitimac, was like the prize for a
race." Exiled the same day to luny leagues distance flow Pa-
ris, he sotieht a retreat in the hustaen of his faultily, and re
appeared at P-uri* some days before' the sway of the
Ills Majesty appointed.hiiu PEY!kct. of Police oe the 7th Julys
and he gave orders far the dissolution of the Hoc :e of Repre-
sentatives. Soon after he was Created Contsseller Statee
The functions of Prefect of Police were then, as may be sup-
posed. extremely difficult, on account of the occupation of Paris by fort ign armies.
Its the month of Auzust, IRIS, he was elected Member of
the Chamber of .Deput its, for the Department of the Seine.
In the '!ton b Of Sept,- ether fallowing, M. de Caz,s.sueceed-
e,l Fooche as Minister. if On the lath of Octo',er,ht .
presented to the Heus'e of Deputies, a law for provision.'
cliv Suspending the Habeas Corpus Act. On the 23d:M. the
Cazes maintained, the eroject against Ihe objections which
had been made. ". It is not the suspected," said he, " it is
only the Whom we wish to reach." The law passed by
a great majority, and Cite '2sth he presented it. to the Chain-,
her of Peers, who adopted -it by a majority of 128 epices
agaiest 19, in 'spite of tile opposition of M. Lanktinais. On
the anth November, M. de Gazes forwarded a circular to the
Prefects, in cumsequeure of this law, " This measure," says
be, " wtll,assitre the tranquillity of the State, if wisely- apt
_plied ; it would be the fore-runner of trouble, if the Magis-
trates were to substitute arbit rasy proceedings to just sere.
rity ;if they rends-red themselves the involuntary instru-
mesas of private passions, or of private pique,'; &c. &c. &c.
On the llth, 'l3th, and 17th- of November, M. de Cazes, mid
all the Ministers, presented themselves to the' House of
Peers,- and delivered the ordinances and acts, its virtue of
which that iks,•tubly haul taken cognizance of the affair of
Marshal Nev. On the 23d and 2,lth, the Ministers of Police,
and *sl. Barite Marhois, Minister of Justice, were warmly at-
tacked in the Chamber of Depot ics, respecting the evasion of
Eat alette. It was proposed in these two sittings to oblige
the two Ministers to furnish some account of this event.
Although the proposition was sent to the Bureaux, the Cham-
ber pasted to the Order of the Day.
Onthe PSd January, 1816, during the discussion of the Am-
nesty Law in the Chamber of Deputies, M. de Bouville said,
" the Ministers tell us of political circumstances, others
amuse us with cold theories, and we speak in the name of
honour!"—Made Cazes replied, " And the Ministers also
speak in the name of humour ! for they speak in the name of
the King—they speak blahe name of the nation! for they
speak in the :lame of the King—they speak in the name of
lemon, for they speak in the name of the King!"
At the sitting of the 711', M. de Cazes, speaking as a De-
puty, opposed the amendment of M. de Trinquelague, who
proposed to extend the atunesty,o crimes against individuals,
when these crimes haul been occasioned. by the enterprize of
the Usurper, or the re-actions resulting from it. "Of what
aunnt,ty do you speak ?" said M. de Gazes, " of an amnesty.
riAatiee to the crimes of the rebellion or of the usurpation,
we cannot join thereto any other facts. You have been told
of reprisals, made by the victims of the partisans of the
Usurper. Aid Gentlemen, can you believe that any bri-
gands, any assassins could he found under the Royal ban-
ners ? Reject such a horrible supposition; if there were any
/melt characters among the defenders of the throne, they
would be instantly disowned."

Cazus was created at Count by an ordinance of the
King, of the i7th January. The following is the substance
of the Ikeree

" Louis, &c. t&C. wishing to give to our faithful and well-
beloved subject, the Skov Hie de Cazes, Ecuyer, our Mini-
ster Secretary of State fur thi• Department of General Police,
a distinguishing proof of our satisfaction, and recoMpense,
in the most honourable manner, the devotedness of which
be has never ceased to give as proofs, and the signal services
which he has rendered us in the exerciie of the high functions
which we have coAfided to him ;
,considering the act of no-
bility, granted in 1595, to the Sieur Raymond de Cazes, one
of his ancestors, by one illostrious predecessor, King Henry
the Fourth, we have conferred, &c.

On the 2241 February, M. de Cazes, accompanied by the
Dukc.de Richelieu, came by desire of the Kiug to commu-
nicate to the two Chambers the letter which the Queen Marie
Antoinette, on the eve of laying her head on the scaffold, had
written to Madame Elizabeth the King's sister. This letter
had been found amongst the papers of the ex-conventional
Couttois, exiled as a Regicide. in Itls. M. de Caxes read
that document in the Chamber of Deputies, and added, " Gen-
tlemen, when the King entrusted we with this communica-
tion, he very kindly authorised me to say, that in letting his
choice fall upon me, it was as much the Deputy as the Mini-
stet .whom he wished to honour."

However, at . this period, the Count de Cazes was often
attached at the tribune. On the 2id. of March M.,.'de Kergo-
lay, in a Secret Committee, accused -him of organizing in the
Journals a system of defamation against the religious and mo 7
narchio-1 principles of the Chamber. During the discussion
of the Budget,, M. de Labourdommie made another accusa-
tion against him, not less absurd ; that of-consecrating the
tax of a centime, recently imposed on the Journals, to the
purpose of giving bounties of encouragement to the Journal
General, to the /Innales Pulitisjues, and to the Journal des
it/aires. These accusations were combatted by M. Lizot, and
by M. Puymaiirin. The latter asserted that this revenue was
einployed,-by the, King, in acts of charity towards distressed
authors and literarymen, amongst whom be cited M. de Bo-
nald, an Ultra, and one of the leaders of the Anti-ministerial
party.
Never was the Minister more-eloquent than at the sitting
of the 9th Apri.),swhen he opposed the amendments of the
Commission enOnsted with the report on the Law of Elec.
" His`kajestv (*aid he), expects that his Prefects will
exert theieWirts to keep away from. the elections, the ene-
noes of triPhrone and legitimacy, who would wish to over-
throw tit* Ltie and set aside the other, and those over-zealous
friends: wilco would shake the support of both, by serving the
King than he wishes to be served; who, in their
blied dare dictate laws to his wisdom, and pretend to
overn4ar him," &c.

tise.igth November the Count de Cazes was accused by
Messt.. do Est tiourdonnaie and Corbieres, of attainting
t' .dual, liherty„ and Nebo presented the petition of a Miss
de'la Bortrdonnaie proposed that the Minister
inould be oreicted to the bar to give an official 4-xplanationo