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TRANCE.

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ID ooking over our files Of foreign !.
pers, received by the late arrivals f, -
Liverpool, We find our attention drawn ~ =
the situation Of France. The seed. y y
discomfort, which were left in that a..
country, at the period when the ali;.S
powers forced upon the French nation =
old, worn out. powerless and therefore 4
The eyes Of great proportion Of the Fren.S
people, contemplate dynasty, are now j..
ginning 10 germinate.v ~
From the manner in which The Bourbo.
Dynasty was replaced upon the FrensI
throne, il was always reasonable to con,'
der the tenure Of its seat very unstable
There is principle in human natun
which revolts at compulsion, and thoO,S
Louis the 18th, with all bis govt and H.
firmities, might be The best ruler and Il.
greatest benefactor that France ever wiz
messed, still il would be ever remembers
against him, that be was Indebted for Il,
throne, not to the tree will Of The FreneI,
nation, but to the bayonets Of invading :.
nemies. Under such circumstances ~
consider il morally impossible. thai h.
could ever gain any powerful hold upm
the affections of nation. constituted III,
the French, and to which love Of milt..
ry tame had become. and still is, the ruIiDs
passion.
The policy pursued by Louis lsih b,
Of itself been calculated 10 encrease II.
number Of the disaffected and to eneou.
rage their hopes.-The revolution, which
overturned the Bourbon Dynasty, bad +.
introduced into France an entirely newo.
der of things, had made new distribution,
of property and had annihilated the tynr
ny of The nobility and priests. Since tia
return Of Louis rs; constant attempts baM
been made by the Ultras, and have partiaI
" succeeded, 10 restore the old order Of
things. The impoverished priests and no.
billy, who have shared the misfortunes Of
the Bourbon family, look now TO the same
family in its prosperity and power, for SUP.
port and for the restitution of the rights
property Of which they have been strp.
ped. Their importuna,e and perseyerins
efforts have alarmed the great mass Of de
French land-holders, and have prepared
them, II not 10 engage actively in a new
revolution, at least to view any change
without great apprehension.
1t appears TO US very obvious that thex +
and many other causes Of political chang.
have long existed in France, and We Be.
lieve that nothing but fear of the "hdy
alliance" has so long restrained them from Z
active operation. If Alexander should
find full employ with Turkey, a. tkE
French people say he will, we may then
look to the internal situation of France 10 f
the daily expectation Of witnessing he Z
most important events.
We will add but one more remark.
appears that TalleyranG, TO whom the ns !
turn Of the Beurbons is owing, pehsN }
more than to any other man in Europe, BIZ /
now ranked himself in the. opposition b
the pres ent French ministry and has $3.50
ciated himself in this opposition the 6n
talents iE France Talleyrand has aIvsr 3
had a remarkable faculty at "rattioe," b.
which we mean, of deserving 10 good,ei. j
son sinking cause, and he has also been
honored with the compliment. thai "he
always brought misfortunes upon bis enc
mics The present French ministry Wa
forced upon Louis 18th against his own
better judgment by the violence Of The Ut z
tras, and from present appearances W &
should apprehend. that their measures &
were neither calculated to add to the ss
bllity OF his throne nor to the happinesd I,
the French people.
Patriot