The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-05 00:00:00

DISCOURSE

PRONOUNCED BY U. JOLTY AT THE FUNERAL
OE Di. REGNAULT DI: ST.JEAN D'ANtiLLY.

[MON Tut lIIIIESVI, /RAW; MSC

GTNTLISICI.—If •e throw Our eyes round this re.
!Igloos elicit:sole, us behold mingling together all
that the present has ptodececl of excellence. It is
bete that the stormy day of life finishes for every
one : the poet of the Gardens, the victor of Bison,
the seeressor of Lavoisier repose tranquilly, protect.
•d by the esteem of mankind, ■ed it is among them
that one of the boss orators of the age is about to
take for ever his residence.

In thi, assembly of relatives and friends, it is less
the statesman obese loss +e deplore, thsie the moan
enclosed with the most transeendeot qualities. Let
•s leave to Ilistory, the in Ilesible organ of troth, the
duty of miss to the Minister a jolt tribute of pane-
gyric : it is sighs ■ad lien which the sight of his
tomb demands.

Invested with the highest dignities of the State, be
was stabilities of sitting among this literary body, in
which merit, not rank, determines elevation. May
big shear be sensible to the voice of a college, aoJ
a friend !

Louis Michel Etienne !teemslt de Saint Jess
itPAngely was at Etrgesu, whore bis father
vas president of the bailiage. Ile studied at Paris,
and the success of his youth already foretold the re-
rttlishie oa.•, who has since played so Important a
character. Ai the age of 17 he was sensed. by the
town of St. Jean d'Angely, Deputy to the Constitu-
ent Astembly. Ile distingoirher! himself in it by ■
Dr.:tient and ready el, que:.c.. sod by a courageous
attachment to the principles of Constitutional Me-
inst.-I.!. At the Federsititon of 179'3 he marched with
the National Guard to sage the King ; on the 10th
August, he exposed himself in the defence of the

Hosing re-entered private life, he maintained by
his writings the principles which he had soppotted
by his actions awl his oratory, and ep to the last
moment he defended the Throne and the Constite.
lions! Mniiirch, heftine it was defending the corn.
try_ After the 21st Jimmy, Al. Itognselt left
Paris : the Gendarmerie brooght him back ; he sue-
corded in escaping and was outlawed. A woman to
whom he was united by affection and the dearest
lies, his (list mistres4, the mother of his sou, con.
rested bins during his proscription, and, as we have
witnessed so many times during oar civil discords, it
us, rnurageo•s tenderness which send the victim
coin the cr-sel abuses of power.

On Ike 13th Vendtmiaire, Rev iewlt look pert
with the sections, and was again persecuted. The
Army of holy became his refuge; he was plated by
its Commander in Chief at the head of a Military
Administration.

Th. espedirins to F.s)pt was undertaken. M.
Renneslt embarked with it, bat a serious illness corn.
polling him in stop at Malta, he remaised there w ith
the title of Commissary id the Government. Re.
called by the Directory, sear dangers outfaced him,
when the 13th Brumaire affirm!.

Under the Consular regime, repo,* and happiness
word promised to France. NI. Regnvolt ranted
Nutmeg( on the then adopted by so many French-
men now invested with the most eminent dignities.

Resnaislt, subsequent!) created Omni, Grand
Critic's) of tle Legion of Honour, and downy foreign
eiders, owed these honourable divinctious to im-
portait services. 13 fro, lobo cau be ignorant of

the part Iv soak in these greet tiorks ot. Lechlotion
and Arknio.i.frailon, whisk no IMP less glorious Ulan
ear iteterirs?

As • nobles men, we have always seen him faith-
ful to the party of justice, imitate' power wit:•ftet
Irritating it, end giving to troth ell the charms which
she borrows from eloquence. As a private man, we
knew him anal, compassionate, active, inexhaustible
in hin.iness, and never enjoyirg a lively or pies-
parable sensation that had net been penalised by
conferring some benefit. If all those whom be bad
benefited were assembled at this sad ceremony, their
number alone would constitute the Noblest paoegyric.
After the ►etreat from Moscow, M. Repast' de-
clared himself wriggly for peace ; afte► bet of
lelp►ie h► persisted in Isis opinion, and succeeded in
postponing for a few da►s lb. measure which In dis-
solving the Legislative Body, triturated in the eery
moment of the crisis the Goternmert and the Na-
tion.

On the tOth of March, M. Retina%lt, who was
bound by an enisesteent, resealed toe post is which
lie could onto wore be useful to his country. Dur-
ing the Runrired Days he bed occasion to sasifest
from the Tribune, sod in the Councils, his attach.
sent to Representative Governseat ; anti lifter Wa.
teflon. insets one of those whose •tort+ tended to
aptvese these very political hatreds of which he his-
sell soon became the victim.

lie who had assisted so many Frenchmen in mere
to their country was banished from it himself! Exiled
to a foreign sky, separated from his friends and his
family, deprived of thee, sweet affections which were
to him esistence itself, reduced to the impnesibi,ity
of doing good, his ►ealth declined. This cir commence,
joined to his inquietude as to the fate of a beloved
family, brought him back to Eerope.
I will not, Gentlemen, again detail the creel
rigours which abridged his days; I will not depict him
driven frees nylons to asylum, and reduced to seek
night by night, sod day by day, refuge from ihr
violent persecutions of the subaltern agents of power.
The *oil .f France became free—the Ministry was
changed—the cries of nor unhappy compatriots reach-
ed the Throne, sod the real of M. Regnault was
signed.

Some (flys of ►appiness might yet hero shone apron
him : the wife and the son, who had lavished aoc►
tender ears open him, accompanied him; his friends,
hie ►elation, awaited with impatience the hoer of his
a►rirel. Alas! he was no mote. Ili, ryes could
scarcely look epon the beloved soil of France, and he
came es if to salute it with his lest sigh. It was sere•
o'clock whew M. Itegnselt entered Paris, at lwe is
the morning he ceased to suffer.

Ilia country whic► ►e idolised, his eovntry which
►o served with se ranch renown. which he bewailed
with se mach bitterness, could offer his only a tomb.
May ►a repose in it in peace! May this earth, steep-
ed with the tears of friendship, lie more lightly upon
him ! May mar words, emaisatiog from our hearts,
softly rise op to him, and may hatred expire et least
opon his tomb! Mere happy than himself his ashes
are not •ailed, and his memory, enrages Oa our
minds, will live until the thy when we shall rejoin
him in this sad and ineritahle rend

Before we separate, Gentlemen, let as form a last
vow, may it, from the midst of these tombs, resound
'is the ears of the depositaries of power ! A near
relative of N. Regnaolt is wanting on this melsn•
choly oceasiow—the brotherhood which smite, them,
has been consecrated by that of misfartene—what
grief will it not give the author of Mari✓s to be de-
pri►ed of rendering to him, who was alike his father
and his brother, the last duties of a holy friendship?
lot as hope that the political impost, which has so
cs welly dispersed some families, is about to be allay•
ad forever, and that this in • hose sorrows we sow pot-
deities* will not be long deprived of the sad consols-
lion of mingling together their grief awl their tem.

TO CORN ESPON I)ENTs.
•: Rol Beefiest ontlite Murder of Krnau•■

1•141C1-. OF STOCKS Till
Hank Wert
I per ('ewt. Ned.
per Crow. Cemeali 75f
pre ('eM.
I....sesid. for Are. 15i
4 per G.M.

THR ST.ATESIVI AN.

LONDON:

■oSIDAT. APRIL 5, 1819.

Quid firei, •bi lapse..

Thus may tbe genies •f Great Britain palbelleally
esclaies.

While our Ministers are employing their time and
talents in defending a few worthless corrupt Mem-
bers of the House of Commons, that they say be
secured lo a majority, whatever may be the question
of debut., our rivals, the AMERICANS, lose not
a moment, osor a single opportunity, of gratifying the
eller wishes of the whole mercantilo body of that
Republic. We cannot be angry with them for !Wag
care of their town interests, and improving their con-
dition as occasion offers.

fis the Treaty of Commerce with the Usllea
States, their negnciators hive fairly beaten as is the
rap. They have given us the go by. N.y, we
may almost say, that they have joekied es oat of the
course in the distinguished field of the fisheries, that
hitherto wonderful source of poser and profit. We
Dave noticed this subject before, and yet the Go.
rettinipni Papers have been silent upon it titl Satur.
day last, when out comes the following paragraph as
• leading article io the Courier, with the imposing
date of

" The City, One o'Cinck.

It For a enarlderable length of time persons inte-
resied in the New roundlend fishery have sent in mi-
nimills to Government, complaining of the enferoer-
able state of their !rule, and pointing oat the imps.
licy of allowing the citizens of the United States any
farther ptivileges on this subject, which, it is stated,