The Sun.
London, England, 1816-04-10 00:00:00

PRIVATIi LETTER.,

PARIS, 4.PRIL 2.—A, Lady who dined with TALI:ARAI!9
last Sunday heard him say, when making some citrinus re-
Marks concerning the present state of this Country, " that he
.was not surprised at all in reading the.rejrction ,of the In-
. come Tax ; on the contrary be svould have been , surprised
indeed had, he rend of itiadoption,afterthe milliOns of Francs.
expended by the French Goverment to embarrass the British
Ministry." cpon the Lady'sassertion that no Foreign Ruler
could influence a British Parliament, Tit LLeiIIAKI) said :--" I
do not pretend to state thit Parliament has been influenced
'by French geld, 'but it may have been intlnencerl by tloise
poisy raters, buiy scribblers, and intrigningfactions, easily
accessible to foreign bribes: ',kits XVIII. has the list of all
the hirelings of NAeon.reot in England; but, notwithstanding
allilie obligations he has to tire present Administration, he
bas always reftisedacopy of. it, because it is the interest of
France to agitate England, and, if possible, to effect by plots.
and plotters, a rain she has been nnahle to effect by wars and
soldiers. Ever sine the organization al the Whig Faction,
peace has served France nears than tr to inmible and,con-
vulse England. The longer the latter. has enjoyed peace, the
nearer she has always been to her political annihilation.—
ITlad Louts XV. iu 1744, and Lours XVI. in 1776, been well
advised, and ably served, England would now haie been' of
less rank among nations than Denmark is."

iVe believe it is in the contemplation of Go
vernment to propose ran Adjournment of Varlia
Went for a fortnight, after tn,morrow.

Lord I.IoLLANn niAde another dash for his oh
hero, BIJONArARTE, last night, but WAS tgain de

Any, grant to RoyaliygOes sorely against the
grain with the Party, and- ghat they dare not at-
tack.openly for fear of general odium., they can-
not help impeding. and tlisfignring by side winds.
Thus, last night in the House of Commons, the
Vote of 60,000/, per ann. for the Princess CHAR..
Establishment, Which it was to haVe been
wished .Should have been gracetully, acecirded by
Parliament, was Made the subject of an in-
delicate and invidious disctission. It-is true the
LackloVei to the Royal I''amily'could7not directly
level chair attack at this popular [measure, but by
mixing it'itp with the question of the Civil List,
and future rourseOf life which it might please the
Princess'' and her husband .tp pursue, they oh.
tained what they wanted, an opportunity of vent-
ing their spleen„ and of disturbing; the unanimity
desirable on such an occasion.

We scarcely ever witnessed so much dirty and
contemptible party tact. If the opponents of the
grant thought it wrong to vote the sum proposed,
without clogging the Princes's' with conditions as
to the mode it) which she was to expend it, why
did they "not Manfully object to it on that grousid,?.
Why did they make a cant about the libcrality of
Parliament and their own generous dispositions,
and yet later suggestions which, if listened to,
would have placed the House in' the shameful pre-
dicament of pretending to make'a handsome prO-
vision, and tucking a shabby bargaining to it'
which would disgrace any bounty, and convert:
fasfOur into insult ?

It is discreditable to a nation to have such mat-
ters as we have alluded to carried too fir; The
miserable nreanness of proctiring'returns to spew'
volihber att Ambassador was presented with two,
or half a dozen of Siita-boxes cavillings at
the cost of salt or other articles tiled in the lowest
drpartmeni of the Sovereign's Household, are un-'
worthy arid miliecoming. They degrade the Prince,.
and they disgrace the country.- inquiries
SOLI such observations as are ttvo frequently in-
.dolged ‘Voirld be intoilerible to a' private Gen-.
item'', RIO miless for Ow baselt of purposes, ought
not to be endured Iviicu ilitned at the Throne.

Y;attultarsennight we tielivcred 01 sentiments
npun tire,Bilis for raising the ',lice orButter, and
asehowaver tuilell we di approve of these