Star.
London, England, 1818-07-16 00:00:00

raW OF THE St 4 IT OF PEANC:Z.

(VnO3TTIIE FRENCH PAPERS.)

At the moment when propitious,HEAVEN seems to
be compenseting the earth for, the rigours of hitter,
seesonseewhen the fruits with which the hind is co-;
—*erect give and promise abundance : when the wished-
for epoch of the delivery of the French terriory is
. approaching ; the eye charmed* and the mind satis-
fied, repose with delight on the picture of France,
consoled for her past misfortunes, rich in the benefits
she 'enjoys mei in those she expects.
Where are those 1,200,000 warriors whose batta-
lions covered the.soil of France ? How have those'
nations, which erelong cherished resentments, abju-
red their hatreds and resigned their distrust? A po-
licy founded on good faith has dissiretted their
alarms, and French honour, always so respectable
on the field of battle, has received new lustre from'
the faith of guarded treaties. That people, who by
their courage had so long been the arbiters and per-
haps the terror of Europe, hive, by displaying other
virtues, and exercising a milder power, commanded
its esteem, and conquered its friendship.
If we torn our eyes to the intelior of France, what
changes within so few years! Two scourges, inva-
sion and sterility, afflicted our provinces; neveithee
lesa traverse their plains, enter their cities, and yon
find no trace of the fury of man; or of calamities
from Beeves. Never.did cultivation so far extend
its progress ; never did industry so multiply its pro-
ducts. At the
,sight of those fields to which labour
haS restored abundance, of those cities in which coin •
fort re-appears, the traveller with astonishment asks,
" Is this the country which has suffered so much ?
What hand, fertile in prodigies, has so promptly
healed its wounds, assuaged its misfortunes, and
made prosperity succeed disasters ?"
Bat, above all, are these the people whom an un-
- extunpled revolution, the shock of so great a num-
ber of opinions, the opposition of so many different
' interests, the fermentation of so many hostile de-
. meats, seemed to expose every moment to the dan-
gers of a new explosion ? Happily, that agitation
which belonged to parties did not exist in the ileum ;
to it our institutions guaranteed the liberty so con-
stantly celled for by its wishes; the Government pro-
mised the repose so necessary to its-wants; it placed
confidence in the force of the former, and in the wis-
dom of the latter; and the law and =equality now
reign on eve: y point of France.
The public funds, those moveable yet certain signs
of the re-establishment of confidence, daily increase
in value. The treasures which credit brings into the
coffers of the state, wisely distlibuted, flow through
a thousand channels, falouring labour and diffusing
plenty. Greet establishments are forming, and ex-
tensive speculations preparing. Commerce, eneou-
• raged by success, orders Agriculture to supply her
productions, Industry to open her mutant°, ies, and
• casting a look over the ocean. sinews our ships the.
read to the riches of boll worlds.
The Administration, attentive to that impulse
which it alternately receivee and gives, directs it to.
wards results favourable to national glory and pros-
perity. Our hospitals which the foreigner admires,
our sch .ols and institutions which he takes for his
model, are not the sole objects of its care. There
bridges ate erected on the Lie and the Dordogne ;
Isore-amids are opened which will bringtanguedoc
had the Pyrennees nearer to Paris and Lyons. Paris
raises a temple to Commerce ; and the town, which
the patriotic sacrifice of Eustache de St. Pierre has
immortalized, consecrates by a monument the first
footstep which marked on the soil of France the re-
turn of the Monarch restored to her wishes. Every
where the Administration is commencing, finishing,
or replacing monuments useful for the destination
given them, .or valuable for the events the memory
of which they perpetuate.
The sciences have lost nothing of the consideration
which environed their labours, nor of the happy di-
rection given to their study : less wrapped up in mys-
tery, they willingly descend from their elevated theo-
ries to ingenious applications; of which the artisan,
tle labourer, and the artist profit. The French, who
• blase had predecessors and masters in the arts, no
longer reckon any rivals in them. Painting, which
we have lately seen so fruitful and so rich, is prepa-
ring new master-pieces. The nun-ble, animated tin-
der the chisel of is about to re-produce he-
roes; and the bronze will soon present to the view of
the capital the .eloved features os Henry IV. the
adored image of a Prince, whose virtues furnish a
tliousand subjects of appro:sinuu.lon to the memory
and the gratitude of the 'Ample.
Eloquence has oh: ed for itscif new paths, and
prepared new triumphs for the natio-.-.31 tribune. A
oman of talent, '4llO has written like a statesman,
has bequeathed to us a work sperkiing with the last
rays :if her genius. Poetry has stru.tg her lyre to
repent the song of a great bard, and to celebrate the
exploits of a r.?at /sing. The press multiplies the
principal v. arks of our best authors, and spreads
tiirasuyh all classes that taste for liLeratarewhich ele-
vates the mind and plishes the teanners. A move-
ment so general need not surmize, in a country and
period in which the throne shirts with the lustre of '
keowledge, and gives out oracles of taste.
Theee benefits, the happy frchs cf peas:; that
commerce which it favours ; these arts which it en-
courage, ; that tranquillity v.-hich it procures, will
lung continue uralinurbed by arna. But in the bo-
som even of tranquillity, prudence guards against
perils, and prepares deienders for France, Schools
are opened for youth, where the:- v. ill I;:ara the art
of conquering under warriors who hate already
leaned that art from victory. Appointments made
with selection arc about to reward valour, services,
and meth, in all the ranks of the array. But the
State does not confine itself to recompenses for cou-
rare displayed in battle. That kind of heroism
Which rescues from the flames their prey ; from the
waves their victims ; that calm and nanquil courage
which maintains order in cities, and unich, though
without Splendour, is not without dan:,;er, also ,re-
ceives rewards, and obtains marks of honour.--
Thus, in pursuing.a grand idea, the Government, on
the one hand, associates the civic .virtues with the
qualities of the warrior; and, on the .-eher, draws
loser the bonds which connect the soldier with the
citizen.

This happy concord is necessary in a country in
which the military force exists for maintatainz, and