The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-09-11 00:00:00

THE STATt9AfAiC

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much wonder, that so hapity an emblem of
has not been thought of by any one of the 100,000
" Pari*, septeno•erll, Priests imported and created by the fist of his
smoss
" ton no dotibt thought in England that the long Christian Majesty, whi has caused no bloat to he
list of denunciations of persons attached to the Ex- shed on hits account hut " the blond of Mtittoitz,
Emperor of France, was a sign of i;teat vigour in
!erns; tad gaaisi" except the blood of Laberloy,eri,
the nee Government; you hive seen a cur bark at who was
.shot op Ake 19th ult. ott the Plain dip
a mastif, and jog have seen the mastiff cock up his Grenelle. To prevent a crowd from aisemblittg, it
leg, &c. &c. in token of contempt; I assure you the was given hut that he was to be executed on M madly,
simile Irdlds good. Louis the Desired, it is true, the 'Ost. Ile only.received the confirmation, of his
would, if he dared, I
believe, Put every partisan of sentence at half past two o'clock. At three Madame
Bonaparte to death—a certain class of persons are de Lehedoyete begged his life of the King, who with
always sanguinary. Could such a case be possible, well-feigtied tears refused it. At live he was hairried
certain it is that he would not have subjects enough off to the place•Uf execution. the escort Sass 'Wet
left to cook fur himself and the order of Priesthood, by another, conveying Noy to Palk, for trial ; he
who are all mightily attached to so good (no one asked what it was; and on being told, lie threw
says great, not eren his friends) a Monarch. In- hiniself bark in the carriage; and preserved a glooitly
deed, to say the truth of him, he is a mighty quiet, silence until he reached his prison. Colonel Labe-
good snit of man; and I really smoggier how it hap. doyere was dress.ed in a plain suit of Mourning, with
pens that no nose seems to dimly appreciate his good. a great coat unbuttoned ; on feaCiting the destined
OM, not even the Allies themselves, whom he suf. spot,which he selected himself,thetiftive mut:queteers
fers to act in his capital exactly as they please, even or rather gendarmes drew up in two lines, within a
to post on the walls of his palace, that their cent few yards of him; his countenance was animatedand
tinels have ord.•rs to shoot any person who does cheerful, and, as had been concerted, he neither
not pay them (the sentinels) proper reaped. They kneeled, nor was bandaged, nor blind-folded. He
levy what contributions they like; quarter their"l stood befnre the men appointed to launch him into
Officers and troops where they•like, even in his own eternity in the attitude of an officer addressing hit
Palaces and the Elysian Fields, which now being itroops, whom he is going to lead on the instant
covered with tents, artillery, and all the parapher- against the enemy. He addressed them in a few
Italia of a camp,—soldiers feeding their horses. their words, ending with, above all take care yoo de
wives washing their liven, smoking, drinking, not miss me (surtout, rte me mangue: pas). He
cooking, &c.—the place much more resembles then gave them the word of command hitnself—
Tartarus than Elysium. Thee things dime by only the front rank fited—in an instant he was
Allies, one would imagine would be highly resented no more. It might bare been supposed that the
by the beloved Alotrateb of the .Tnetillerips; but i execution of the very first person who joined Bons-
limit XV 111. is "a man of sortO‘gssitt(l acquainted paite on his landing would have created a powerful
with grief," and he considers these things es merely sensation in ratia--no such thing; his doom was
squibs compared with the barrel of gunpowder he foreseen, and the Parisians, however rebellions they
has hero obliged to sit on, lets them poll down and may be in their hearts, are too wise to kick against
deface the monuments, and steal statues and pictures, the picks ; for the plunder of Paris was, it is said,
jest as they pleise, and remains as still as a mouse the threat held out, to deter any opposition to the
in the Thuilleries, avoiding the least possible offenceto acts of the legitimate Government'; and certainly
may one; so that, in fact, one %sould not know there there are abundance of foreign troops in and near
was so good a King in existence, if he did tint, from Paris, occupying two lines of circunitallation, and
' time to time,issue 0) ditsatices to prove he is alive ; and Montmartre covered with artillery, pointed at the
it is a great delight to all his loyal subjects le hear ; the using:tit of these Allied 'Troops is near
bawled out in the streets hog's: l'Ordounance du Roi 30:),c00, and they would all delight in such an op..
a dcux sous—llese dt the King's Ottlitiatice for a portuttity. If you had such a number round Lon.
penny, only a penny, nista will buy it. I very loyal- don, provisions could scarcely be pmncured at any
ly laid oat two-pence in Ordonnances du Roi, con- rate; but it is very different at Paris—ft, meet the
gaining a list of his New Couucillers of state, and demandlialf !Iris is converted into coffee-house.,
two-pence for a list of the new Chamber of Peers ; eating-houses, &c. Its London the eye meets scarcely
the last was a complete take in, for its two clays he any thing on the walls but lottery hills, inviting you
issued another Ordinance, slating that some errors to make your fortune. Its Paris the scene is changed ;
had crept in to the list of the Chamber of Peers. the posting bills are to invite you to a good dinner
These errors were, that the names of the infant soul at all prices, from 52 sous, 25.2.1. down to 20 sous,
of Berthier mid La Roche Jaquelin, whom he had MI. for which latter sum you are entitled to " a
created Dukes and Peers of the Realm, had crept oaf bison of soup, two very large plates of meat of your
of the first list, but were laid hold of vi et aratis own choosing, a pint gif wine, or a bottle of beer,
and thrust into the second. You heard of the King's a very beautiful and large desert, and as much bread
heroism, that if Blucher blew up the Bridge of Jena as you please. The bill of fare is greatly varied in
he would expire on the centre arch—fudge I—You fish, meat, vegetables, poultry, game, &c. and you
heard too, when that tyrant Bonaparte landed, that are served off plate and china, with clean table lineh
he would-die at the head of his brave army—bless and napkins." I have for curiosity copied and
you, he only meant it as sugar-plums for his " dear translated this bill literally, for the informatitoi of
Children," for the instant he got home he pocketed those who think every thing is scarce and dear at
the Crown jewels: by.the.bye, where are they ? It Paris, where a bottle of Burgundy, ' of the first
is said his Most Christian Majesty, while taking his quality,' may he hail for 25 sous, a shilling and.
Hop after dinner, had Isis pocket picked by tomi halfpenny,, and beautiful peaches at a shilling a
Dutch Jews.—l know they swarm its the Low ripwi, Ahoy persons in Kosiand talk hJwy Ira
thoentrtec—eild am" tint surprised at all• at the not why of the dreadful state of France
&c.ist
event. The good easy King made no disturbance .colture, The above is a conclusive as
about it, in which he was very wise, for it would umphant proof of -the contrary. I hate travelled
have been to no purpose—but this may he a meroro- upwards of 300 miles in Fiance, and I can state from
mour. As to dying on the Bridge of Jena, I don't the evidence of my eyes, that wherever I went, the
think he would senture so far to save the life even of land was in a very high state of cultivation, and
the Prince Regent, to whom he owes his crown, cleaner than I ever saw land in England in my life.
which is now so greatly deteriorated its value. He 'flie waste of the male population has been dreadful,
lives and reigns in the Palace of the Thuilleries ; he but its that they are bat on a par with the rest of
dare not even go to a window, lest his delicate ears Europe, and have the advantage of the finest court-
should be offended by some traitor beefing out, by try in all Europe, where love and war are the two
way of derision, lire Roper-cur ! In fact, so per- ruling passions of the soul, an that one makes up for
verse is the French nation, that they would rather the other, as there is no occasion. to have recourse to
Hock round Bonaparte to the tune of "Dille, the Pon, as in the time of the Hugonots, when
Dilly, come and lie killed," than round Louis of- every man was allowed by the church 'to have two
fering them all peace, 11:11,1111IPSS, amid prosperity, now wives to replace the population destroyed in the wars
and for ever, Amen. It is said that the king intends against the Ilugonots ;' added to which there are
to restore the Golden Age, when the lion shall lay 800,000 foreign troops in France, and we all know
down with the lamb, and the swords shall be turned the soldiers are devils its love, so that the 'next gene-
into plough-shares, amid their spears into priming- ration will be a mixture of all breeds, from the pit.
hooks.—" TheSonsuf Zeruiih be too hard for him." Ines of Hercules to Spitzhergen. I have now, Sir,
There is but our obstacle that I know of, the given you a melange of the serious and the comic,
Duchess of Angouleme, who is said, on high aotho- and have gone from ' grave to gay, from lively to
rity, to be the only max its the family, is too war. severe ;' indeed, there is a most ample field for the
like for a Royal shepherdess. flowerer, as a pre- indulgence of every feeling at Paris, which is ass ass
paratory step lie has disbanded the army, and the semhl lite of all that can enliven or sadden our nes
Duke of Angouleine, who is at Bourdeaux, fancies lure—of all that cats delight or disgust the content-
He sees something hostile in the peaceful professions plutive observer, -as I shall have an occasion of
of the just, generous, and magnanimous Allies, tells proving in tire course of my correspondence.
them they must all unite, amid that eery man in the 66 I am, Sir, your obedient servant."
kingdom must be a soldier. I do not pretend to
reconcile these ditieretices between the uncle and the

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

nephew, only the fact is so : at Paris, however, the
work of p;.Ace goes on famous!) —1 mean the de.
struction of all the emblems and the insignia of
war. As a preparatory step to his Government the
Invalids burnt 1400 stand of colours which they.
had taken from the enemy ; and recently, in the
same place, all the trophies of Bonaparte, and the
immense marble tablets remered, on which the

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names of those were inscribed who had rendered
their fatneimmortal during the last twenty...five y ears ;
and in their place a magnificent altar is to be erected,
which every one will allow is a much better thing,
for instead of the Invalids surveying these tablets,
and saying to each other, Aye, Lewes, I fought
under him at 'Montebello, when I lost my arm.'—
Dessaix,' etclaims another, I was close to him
when we charged the enemy at 'Marengo,' &c. &c.
Now, being invalids, they have done fighting, and
ought to become men of peace ; and it is more pro-
per they should have something to look at, to re-
mind them of their latter end, than call back
the recollections of their sinful Uses : so far all goes
on well. The sit.ful trophies jot basso relievo in the
Triumphal Arch of the Carousel, are all pulli!ig
down, the Ns in every place destroyed, and the
Eagles every where replaced by the Lily, which was
never so appropriately applied to a French Monarch
as to the present one—" Observe the lilies of the
field, they toil not, neither do they spin"—which is
so happy an image of Louis XVIII. that it really
seems the text was a prophecy which is stow happily
fulfilled ; for no one can justly say of Louis the
Eighteenth, that be either " toils or spins," sod I

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Saturday advises were received from Paris, con-
veying information that an accident has befallen Lord
CASTLEREAGH at that City. The account.in circula-
tion is as follows:—
His Lordship was walking in the Champs nlysees,
when
.a Jed-horse passing by, launched out against
him, with both his legs, and struck his Lordship on
the two thighs, just above the knees. The contusion
on one limb is considerable, hut we understand his
Lordship is not likely to be confined by the effects of it
more than a few days. The accident happened about
half-past five o'clock, on Tuesday the sth km, sad
Dr. Gemsvit.t.to he gentleman who brotsght the last I
dispatches from Paris, left hi! Lordship .goed
health and spirits about 2P.M. t) folloori
There are no further accounts of the Vika!
fleet, and it is very probable that there be' Very
few arrivals for some time, as a greet,propoitiou of
the convoy have been dismasted, occasioning great ,
delay in rigging, jury-masts, &c. . Another vessel,
which sailed with the Leeward Island fleet, bas ar-
rived, viz. the Richard Smith, of lAncaster. Ai ship
was carrying all sail in company with the tiesit nit the
10th siH.,,she had the misfortune to carry away her
foretop.:toest; &c. Captain SMITH is apprehensive'
the fleet must have met with a gale of wind, as he
fully calculated on finding Urn all *nived before
him. Ire experienced: boisterous weather for the
fur the remainder of that Plissage.
On Friday the reduction of the Royal Marine ,
corps commenced, when a consirli•rsble number of
men were discharged from the Portsmouth Dlvi- I
lion. The entire corps Is to consist of only 00001
mem-1600 at each of the four divisions.