Star.
London, England, 1815-05-20 00:00:00

GHENT, MAY 12.

The Journal Universal of this date contains, under
the head of Ghent, May 9, a Report upon the State
of France, made to the King in Council, by the
Viscount de Chateaubriand, Minister Plenipotentiary
from his Most Christian Majesty to the Court of
Sweden. This Report fills sixteen columns of the
Journal and Supplement. This document is divided
into heads—l. Acts and Decrees fur the Interior.-
2. Exterior.—.S. Reproaches made to the Royal Go-
vernment.-4. Spirit of the Government. The Re-
port begins thus :

d• SkiE—The only misfortunes which still threaten-
ed :urope, after so many miseries, have come to
pass. The Sovereigns, your august Allies, have
believed that they could with impunity be magna-
nimous towards a man, who knows neither the value
of generous conduct, nor the religious observance
of treaties. These are the errors which proceed
from elevation of character; an upright soul judges

but ill of meanness and artifice ; and the saviour
Paris could not comprehend the destroyer of MOLCOW.
14 Bonaparte, placed by a strange fatality betwee►,
the coasts of France and Italy, has come, Ike (`, e.
seric, whither the anger of Gon called lion—the I;cir,,
of an that had committed, and of all tt►at tm.ditatet,
a crime, he came—he succeeded. Men, loaded viti.
your gifts, their breasts covered with your crden,
kissed in the morning the royal hand WWI, in the
evening, they betrayed. Rebellious subjects
Frenchmen ! faithless Knights! while
tie oaths
had taken to you had scarcely exp:red in their lip:.,
they went. with the lily on their breast, to swear, a,
I may say, a perjury to him, who so often declared
himself a traitor, a felon, and disloyal."
The conclusion is as follows :

" One would say that Bonaparte, the sport of
that surrounds him, takes counsel only of tl,e rr
meat, a slave to chat destiny which he form,•tdy
peared to command. Licentionsmss roisilis at V 0,..
anarchy in the provinces; the civil and military 411.
thorities combat each other—here the people thr..oi.n
to burn the chateaus, and noirder the Priests ; tl:e•re
they hoist the white P. ag, and cry, ?he le Rol
in the midst of these disorders time advarr:es, and
events hasten to their developemeat. All I:uenl•i is
arrived on the frontier s of I:•raucc ; every people LA
taken its part in this army of 114;ms—they wait but
for the last signal..
" What will the 113t1:nr of so many calam;!;,, dr„
if he quits w:11 remain ttatiquil
he does not join his soldici c, will his soldiers fight
without him i Snecess may change his f3rtune ? No.
a success would hardly retard his toll. Can he, I.e.
sides, expect success ? The decree has i \sited from
high. Victory has declared itself—Donapane is A.
ready vanquished. By Murat, an appeal has bfe;
made ro the passions of the people of I taly, t iose
people have replied by a cry of loyalty. isl.iy !;,e
French imitate their example—may they alsandon ;;e
scourge of the earth to the justice of Heaven !
Ah, Sire ! let us hope that, disarmed by 'lie
prayers of the son of St. Louis, the Coo of Bettlss
may spare the blood of our unhappy country. Y.
will preserve to France har her happiness, the remairs
of that blood which she has tv,► much lavished ior
her glory. The moment approaches when your 34.
jesty will reap the fruit of your virtues and your 54.
crifices—when, under the snide of the white flog, na.
tions will at length enjoy that repose alter which thri
sigh, and which they have so dearly !dined."