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

VISCOUNT C ATEAU AN D.

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[SIaTCH OF LDS LIFE.] .
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'During the reign of terror, he with difficulty
esc.,ped to England, itivOlVed in the deepest me-
lancholy for the loss of hisAlearest relations, who
bud fallen outlet- the axe of the guillotine. Ott
the accession of Iluomtparte to power, M. (le
LnArkAutiatkicb; Itkes.6 many other IltlytilistS,
seeine inoto another /think, whoie only object
was the restoration of the legitimate Grivernment,.
Lastetia to promote the return of miler by his ser-
Viers , Bump. part e seni him on a diplorbat lc Mi4sion
to Switzerland, where he was who) the fAtol news
flie death of the Doke of Enullieu reached him.
ThAt instant the delusion vaniihed: lie saw the
fi-nd in his tine colours.; and before he slept, sent
off a letter resigning his entployinent; and break-
off flit intercourse with the tyr:int. Ile
afterwards wandered many yeafti in voluntary
exile. f li. literary talents afforded hitn a cons°.
and obtained for him a brilliant reputation,
which perfOree Obta.ined a plice, foi him in .the
lustittoe. lie was it Parii the..:first time the Al-
- the. capita.- Foreseeing, the re-
sult, he slit ticiwo to compose a work in favour
(if. Bourbons, whose .eause.the Allies. haft not
ti, yet pobliely espoused; but events succeeded
rapidly. AlsXatiller entered'Paris'When the work
of de Chateanbt hold. was scarcely completed.
it howeVer, initantly sent to the press, and
its apptarance electrified all France, and probably
had nu small share in influeocing the .dicisiopa
of the' •Ritiiatt MOnarch. It is needl&'s to.
add; that M. de Chateatibriand followed the
Xing to Gin to. Ills Ittport on
,the .:fate of
.'ranee, writteo at that time by. his Mttiest:lt'
mder, is well known ,in England, lo3ving been
kinntediately translated and ptiblishedin London.
Every produetion of this accomplished Nobleman's
pen bieatlied loyalty to his Sovereign, and de-
volt:4111(.1i to the cot.stitotional government of his
country. It Was he who, in the Chaitiber of Peers,
tittered that happy excliwition, Which Irns
suite
b<emae provernial— La Clwrte et les Ilonnetes
(kns! None of his works was ever more It lily con-
ceived in this spirit. than that which has ju,t b'een
seized, on the frivolous' pretence of a want of
some trilling- formality in the publication, hut
really because it exposed the folly and ignorance
of a'miserable faCtion, of Who'll certain Men in
the 'are the dopes... The reason alleged
for striking hint out. of the lilt of Ministers'of
State is still oiorp absurd. It is, that he
.attribut-
ed the anhailpv dis,i.olininn of the Chamber to
the Mittibt, WI not to the King.' Here, then,
' is a pietence of great delicacy .tttvariflie King
personally : and yet the Minister who leels this
extreme delicacy keeps in his pay, and emPloysin
the direction of the,puhliciour,ils, none but per-
son:, notKions for their reeplutiooaryprinciples.
lie emuloys the infamous antltor,of the ntost
an-
dacutu, attack on the person4l charact.ettt of the
Jiang win of all the royal family ever ptibliShed, as
is witnessed by the tollowiug passage, published
by this man on the :2sd of May, 1815
the. F;;OlteentO hits liltvays.limb st favonrii-e avOW7
eilly such ; and that favourite bits always had a
greater a.secutiancy er lint than his friends, his
iclatiOns; even than his brother. If you du not
know the favourite, there is up hope of yourget-
ting at the King. ,A jealous wile. is not a more
persevering, spy on the actions of her hus-
band, The ;Monarch cannot admit an indivi-
dual to his presence, receive a paper,. open a
4tter, but in the presence,
,and by the inter-
vention of the Minister. LouisX.VIII. feels that
Die is sultingated. lie is sometimes indignant at
it. He secretly hates the authOr of this habitual
violence: he despises hint ; and yet he keeps hint.
Not having-Owergy enough to shake off the yoke,
he gives Way to a moment of ill humour in the
absence of, the valet who tyrannizes, over him ;
but belitissently resumes his acelibtOmed chain.
The ascendancy which may be acquired over this
•Prince is so strong, that he would resist his land-
' his friends, flay, the Allied' Soveceigns;of
if they:wished la prevail on hint to distuiss
leis favourite.'" is it possible lift a Matt of M..'De
Chatettubriand's dignity, of character
.and tried
loyalty to say any thing a thotasaudth putt so
li-
bellous'-of the Acing,' as was published Only: 16
Iniiilths ago Ly one of the very men now.eafploy.
ed by M. De Gat to infittence and enlighten. pub-
lic
opinioul- .