The Sun.
London, England, 1816-02-27 00:00:00

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PARTS, Fin. Depettation- from the
Chamber of Peers was this. day Online(' to an
audience of his Majesty. The Chancellor address-
ed the King in these terms •
Stez,—Your Chamber of. Peers, profoundly
affected by the comxittnication which your Ma-
jesty has deigned to make to them,. mkt-have
wished to have laid aside the farm which your
wisdom has prescribed, in order to bring, without
delay, the homage of their respectful gratitude to.
the fctot of the Throne.
" Horror was mixed with admiration at the
reading Of 'that' writing, miraculously preserved,
which paints so admirably thb great'ioul'and the.
heroic character of her -Majekty Qneen Maria
Antoinette, the itinotent victim of the most hor-
rible outrages. She is altogether devoted to her
God and her Royal Family ! What wonderful
courage ! What angelic resignation ! appears in
' the employment of her last moments.
" How sublime does she appear when tracing
With a • firm hand . her last thoughts !---thoughts
ftal'ot -sorrow and tenderness for her children, of'
'benevolence and affection for her friends—and
•thoughts, such as our holy religion and the me-
.ticiry of the martyred King only could inspire, of
indulgence and pardon to, her
.murderers.
Their impious audacity has not dared to de-
stroy this precious monument of the highest vir-
tue it is at 'this moment in which Crime, too
long unpunished, begins at length the, expiation
of its recent revolt, that it is forced by Providence
to restore to its Royal Victim this ancient title of '
glory, which becomes to her a neW \pledi;e of int-
mortality,. andloall France a fresh subject of eter-
nal 'admiration.
". Your new subjects, the rcers of France,
eaanol be too thankful to your .Majesty for hay-
tag deigned to admit them to a participat;ort of
emotions of ;which they are worthy ; we sei,ze.
with ardour this opportunity of, adhesaing with;,
heart and.soul to the sentiments expressed, as to
the oath pronounced .by the Chamber of Deputies
-relative to the crime of the 21st of January.
" We may be equalled, Sire, hut can never beg
surpassed in sincere deotion, in respect for your
person., and in fidelity to yuur august dynasty.
" We 'beg your Majesty to permit, .that the
,name' of .the Chamber of Peers may not be for-
gotten upon the monument which shall serve to -
eternize the grief and mourning of France."
The KING answered, " 1 feel much affetted by
the sentiments you have expressed, in the name
of the Chamber, of Peers, in consequence of. the
communication of the writing, than which no'. '
thing in my life has more, affected:mo.. 1 wished
them to 'partake of the sorrow and admiration
, which it has excited in my WO. .• •
ff, I receive with Ocelot* the' deslre you 4i f.
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press to'tee, of,secing your name-eegraven on Ai •
Monument; .which .is to testify for ever our grief
and veneration ; it is thus' you best prove to sue
your attachment."
The
.following is tke Address Of the' Chamber
:of,Depaties
1i Stes,—!After the profound grief
.ceosed by
the communication which . your Majesty has
ideigned.to make to the Chainher, our first seriti-
• merit was:ttiimiration of Providence n hid) has
permitted -in our timeothe discovery of the last
thoughts of.our Princess.
" Why *the tomb alone inexorable in retein
ing for ever. time .august victim we deplore ! But`
no, she .is not entirely dead, to us,. Her religious
and royal soul liVes in tbet Wife')
seems ,to add, something to, the testament which
has , bequeathed to you virtues the most heroic
because they are Christian.
" We thank. you,
,Sire, for the gift which your
goodness bestows on each of us, of time letter of
which art reproduces the original truits, bat in
which our minds better disc Over the image of the:
heart of
.Marie Antoinette.
" We shall transmit this Letter as a legaCy to:
Aar children it will teach them that there. are
virtues superior to the changes of time, and that
,religion,which inspires these virtues, is in the heart
of a King, the stireskplealge of the 'People'sto-

pour."
ANSWER Or VIII XING.
" I am sensible of the sentiments of the Chint.
bei of Deputies expressed On this occasion. No
event las 1;110re deeply affected tns Oin this dis.