The Sun.
London, England, 1816-09-28 00:00:00

111. DE CHATEAUBRIAND'S WORE.

.Tlie•Postscript (the first part of which We pith:.
liitcd yesterday) concludes in the fuilow•ing Man-
ner :

" It is hark to see the fate of unfortunate country vii
ways brought in question : our destiny is al ways'sported with
on the turn of a card : credit, which every shack dite;,
ways and depresses, has received a blow; ren4lartiing Insta-
bility is given tOutrr institutions; and by the contradiction
of the ordinances the rimiest), of the Throne would be com-
promised, were not the sceptre in the hands of
,Crile of those
'Kipp who with is single took rt-establish order around them,
end, %boric character is wisdom, calmness, and dignity. itself.
' What will be the result' of these elections, in which the'
passions are agitated, and i;arties opposed to each other ?
prescience I On the .1d of April, speaking hi the Chamber
ui reqrs, on the. law Tespecting.the Elections, I An
ordinanee, Gentlemen, tutted for the commencement of the
present Session, because there was that a superior power,
because events comtuauded those extraordinary measures
which article 14 of the Charter authotiaes in titues of danger
but what urgent necessity is there now tojtutifyrsuch an act
of State policy s Are you huh! ettough,Cientle-
men, to take up your responsibility all that may happen in
lite interval between one iession and another if yt>u refuel the
election law? Ah, should Ike Colleges, wieu rignio
_ romwerry4iiiw login/
prove dangerons' to France, haw much will you have ee.
proach yourself t May you listen to' your country's cri of
sorrow ! and may you have no reason to fear the lilg-
Ment of posterity r This speech, which I delivered in the
presence of the Peers of- France, I uaw address to. the
Alioisterst let them observe the consternation of all ho-
nest , men, the triumph of the IlevolUtionist3, and
will then brave them to be themselves Mt' Judges of what they
have done. If the Electoral .c.:olleges should give ibirth to a
Emig ninftry daughter of the Convention, how would- they not
'egret that Chamber whisk might Oppose their systems, but
‘ebicb contained the true flower of the French people, in
in sharing the exile of their
which were 'toile found men who,
had retained some of the antic of their; master The
Minisres 6 would then learn to their cast, oral unfortunately
tothe Cost of all France, that their pretended friends are
more difficult of manogement than their pretended. cue
miles, They would soon: learn which is tlreroure•couvenietit
to hare tie do with; an Assembly of Atutsitiousitivoltiffoniiis,
or eh' a Chausher, the Deputies of whichrlie King regarded
as unahtainelt, as a benefit bestowed by Pcovidence.

44 And if the Revolutionists do not carry all before then
in the new Chanilier,-wili:aut tlie Ministers hare to fear that
an aysenibly divi,feil into ►twn violent parties noty prement,lo-
linrope the spectacle, and threaten the result‘ of a Diet of
?

" Yon will dissolve it again; what, new elections every

month!

the, new Chamber he composett only of
rota of a null and,passre ch,racter, ineapable,if you please,.
of doing evil, but alsoincepable of, opposing It, should it.bc-
COMIC the blind instrument of the faction which aims at
gitiruacy, I ask again what will then become of our traur-
tunnte country?
" What imperious snotiret could then induce Mirristett to
have recourse to the royal. prerogative ? Whitt acirintages
can boa initae the incur:veil:woe** whies the to VI.
cation of the Electoral Colleges at this moment present ? This'
is the great reason for whiehthe fate of France is again placed
in a lottery. The party which is hurrying France to her ruin
wishes above ell things the sale of the woods of the Clergy
this that party wisher, not es rt good sytent oF finance, but,
as a good revolutionary measure; net to pay the Atiics,, hint
to consuerate the Revolution r and as it is well known that
the Chamber of Deputits would never have evinsented ro that
sale, the party profited by the -unfounded
terror* of the Ministers, to persuade theist, eery inappro.
priately, that their gauntry:viva.) incur:iv:albite with that of
The Chamber.

"It was tented-that the Chain Ger might yet hive enlighten-
ed the King as tor the real opinion of France. In one, I have
already observed, the, party could riever partliin the l)eputies
for detecting their projects, and striking, in the Regicides,
the princ'es of theitevolution.

ei However, let, not good Frenchmen be discotiragedi. let
them not withdraw tilers:Ores; teL thettaapPiie in crowds at
the elections. They wilt &Stagiest have, to Jinitrceme Wally
obstacles: they must struggle agalnst•the pme'ee of ~ party,
which, not even deigning to take the trouble of dissembling
its intentions, manifests them by the choice 01' men, iv
acts, and by measures- of authority.' But still,' let good
Frenchmen' support ciiat tither, letWeitt Hot he cast down,
though, there shOuld be created around them * momentary
disgrace, a false opinion. Wben they read in the Journals
time articles on the ditsiuktion of the Ltrambo.' ihani

T IEE SUN.

co;gs tI.sUM RUDEk

LONDON,
S.T7'URDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 181 6.

REPORTED ROYAL DIVORCE.

The obvious hints continually thrown out upon
this delicate subject, induced us a few weela ago
to lay before the Public a full statement of the
rumours afloat, a comment upon their pretensions
to authenticity, and some hypothetical arguments
upon.a matter so deeply interesting to the British
People. We were induced to pursue this course
from a conviction that.the plain story, such
as it was told, could do no mischief, but,
on the contrary, prevent the mischief which
Clark inuendos and confident conjectures were
eminently calculated to produce. Since that
period, linwever, the' assumption of the fact
that a Divorce was really intended has super.
seded the earlier form of a supposition that such
measure might be in . .