The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-12-06 00:00:00

S'I'MA'ESMAN.

a moral reconciliation between France and the coon. I want no favour from them, nor to he treated
tries sloe itiverled, are not necessary to record the with more than the common civility due to an
eapleits r f ler armies, which,notwithstandiog the English Gentleman; but as I do trot much covet
.aete i,, e hick liaPy were achieved, must ever mak*, such a mode hf reception, I AA not go near
t!re benrtr of the oation respected abroad. Hat .vi hilts . them again: When I march away the British troops,
I lir ye r.Ljerts remain .at Paris, conteitttling, as it i they will begin to recover their senses." Seme hint
sieve, the Hrie deeds of thecoantries which have beers of this conversation got wind in Paris, and reached
giver, up, the septimente of re-uniting those couteries the circle of the Thuillet ire. A courtir r was dis.
Perin to France, will never be altogether extinct; patched to soften his Grace, who was not to be Si
it.. genius of the French people ever corn- easily mystified, but repeated nearly the same sentie
8-soriate itael‘f with lbw more limited (ast- ' meets, in nearly the same terms. lie was their sent
' mice assigned to the stagiest under the Boerlions. 1 for by the K. himself, aho tried to talk him erer.--
Neither is this /OMAN given with any disposition The D. was courteous and respectful—but perfectly
on the pact of the Prince Regimt to slum:hate the unmoved. And how do you think ih:s iater‘iew ea;
French Nation. Ilk Royal Ilighneas's general polie reported to the inmates of the Palace ?--" Eh bien!
'ey, the demeaursor of his troops in France, his having Le Duc de IV. a rte iii. 11 m'a
,fait l'amende ho-
-1 Weed the first moment of 1.3-otaparte's surreirder to ?zombie, et je lui ai pin-donne tout have learned
restore to Fiance the freedom of her commerce, and, these particulars from no mean authority ; and-you
above all, the desire he has recently evinced to pre. cannot, therefore, be murk surpii.ed at my deprecat.
serve ultimately to France her territor;al integrity, Ina, on the part of our gilloot countryman, the ac-,
with certain modification,' essential to the security of cep/erica. of such an atonement as a foreign ritentud,
neighbouring State, are the best proofs that,.consi. : which will surely be reckoned up to him as an racer.
.
deration of justice to others, a desire to heal the whelming obligation, frem the varier wheece he is
' reminds inflicted by the Revolution,- and not any Mi. said to have received it.
bend sentiment towards France, have alone dictated Swift, in speaking of himself to a friend, assured
this decision. him that he felt too proud lu be ruin; the converse, I
The whole question resolves itself into this :—Are trust, of that acute remark, need not be asserted of
the Powers of Europe now forming iti sincerity a the Doke of W —n. Bart you tell us that the gift
permanent settlement with the Kiee?—Aed if so of the estate of Grosbois has been superadded to the
triton what principles shall it be concluded ? honour of the cordon bleu. In the ararne of wonder,
Shall :t be upon the conservation or the abatelonment by what' recent confiscation of property, has this
of revolotionary spoliatioes ? demesne fallen in to the crown of France? Of the
Con the King feel his own dignity eanPerl, or his estate of Grosbois the papers have given nut imperfect
i title improved, in being surrounded by monuments , history, and one which does some injustice Rota.
lof sit, which records not less the sutfarings of his Moreau was not paid the value of Grosbois,
Illustrious House, that, of the other nations of V 'tot Napoleon, who was to blame.—
rope ?—lf the French people be desirous of toe' u's exile it became the property of
hack their steps, cat' they rationally desire r I it is the first time I ever yet heard
SP! % e this source of arrimcsity between there of personal dishonour. In the
other natious ; and, if they are not, k was the business of the Emigres

fl titer their vanity, and tt' keep seii•
which the contemplatimi these_ trnid
culated to excite? Can even the arm)
desire it ? The recollection of their cam.

never peil.'i. They are recmlled in tht
annals of Europ. Tt,ey are enotilazottei
public monuments of their nwn country :
necessary to associate their glory in the fiel.
system of plunder, by the adoption of which, its
trkrention of the laws of modern war, the Chief that
led them to battle, in fact, tarnished the lustre of
their arms?

If we are really to return to peace and to ancient
masims, it cannot be %sise to preserve just so much
of the abuses of the past ; nor can the King desire,
out of the wrecks of the Revolutioo, of which his
family has been 011 P of the chief victims, to perpe.
tuate in his House this odious monopoly of the arts.
The splendid cellectiou which France possessed pre.
pious to the Revolution, augmented by the Borghcse
collection, which has siuce been purchased (one of
the finest in the 'A-mid), *ill afford to the King ample
means of ortmmentitte., in its fair proportion, the
capital of his empire : und his Majesty may slivest
himself of this landed nurce of distinction, withov
prejudice to the due cultivation of the arts in Frans
In applying n remedy to this offensive evil, it di
not appear that a,:y middle line can be adopts
hich does not go to recognize a variety of spoliation,
under the cover of treaties, if possible more flagrant
•tl Ir -ter than the acts of undisguised rapine,

scheme of an absolute restitution
lands. To this effect, a variety
cd off in the public Journals. A
said to have been complimented

woprietors in one of the South
th a return of the title deeds
had purchased the extensive
.amily. This whole report was a
....I—but no newspaper dared to contradict
a story that held out to the other national purchasers,
" so touching and devoted" an example. It was
likowive pompously announced in the Journal des

Deems, that Mar/ilia! l3erthier had thrown himself at
the King's feet, and tendered to his Majesty the ti-
tle deeds of Groshois ; u on which Louis XVIII. at
his return from Mass, had graciously restored them
to the Marshal !" Every one exclaimed, What a
beautiful anecdote ! but no editor hut courage to call
it by its real name. The effect of such statements was
extremely mischievous to the Court ; first', because,
a• - engine in the hands of
•••KI .without the
when the
was obsti-
►t purposes
am apt to
rd In Grois-
., -IV. still more
iris ; by holding him
the Royal Family,—ss
meror, affecting French

iu their cliatac ,guy wt.
by 'which these remains were in general brought to-
gether.
The principle of property regulated by the claims
of the territories from whence these works were
taken, is the sorest and oil► guide to justice : and
perhaps there is nothing whic!: would more tend In
settle the public mind of Europe nt tbis day, than
such an homage, on the pert of the King of France,
to a principle of virtue, conciliation, and peace.
(Signed) CISTLEREAtiII.

.8, COlll

tiVt:'• 'J.... . •'• vs ..ig
ornaments, and avaricious of French gift.. Can his
M. he absolutely blind to the humiliating attitude in
which the House of Bourbon is placed by these ma.
naeuares ? 1 see it suggested in yesterday's courier,
that Russia has attained to the highest point 'Gf favour
with the Court, and of popularity with the French
nation. flow this has come about, and what may be
Its consequences, depend upon it, the English States.
man cannot consider too deeply.
• 1 am, Sir, &c.