The interest excited in t...
The Times, 1824-09-21T00:00:00

'l he interest 'excited in the French capital-rath:r by the novelty of a Royal d(ath, than by any strong love bor the late KING'S person, or sympathy witli his sifferinigs- lhas already changed its nature and object. Little is now left to anilnate the public attention, but curiosity respect- ing the-measures of the new reign. Vith rogard to the inclinations of CHARLES X., in all que,tions between a liberal policy and( one the tendency of whichl would be to enlarge antd consolidlate lis own kingly power, there caninot exist much difference of opinion among men who have made history or the human lheart their stu(ly. The instinct of despotism cannot easily be eradicated from the soil of which it is a native; andl wve needl not dissermble th at a BouitBoN Prince, born, educated, and confirmed in those doctrines, or ratler habits, which prevaile(l at the French Court before the revolution-a Prince, moreover, (leeply wronged, as he hinself thought, by tihat revolution- wonudeet by it in his fondest prepossessions, and banished by lhis partisans from all his most favoured enjoymtents- was not likely, unless he had! been gifted with thie rare ca- pacity of tracing consequences to their morel causes, to become less monarchical with the course of those vicissi- tudes Nwhich have ended by raising him to a thronie. That CI-IAaLES X., peculiarly circumrstanced ashe has been, and in the seemingly flourislhing condition which legitimacy has nowv reached throughout Europe, shoiild conscientiously desire to see his kingdoom purged from every vestige of the revolution, by a retUTn as near as may be practicable to the point fromn whichi she started in 1787, it isless reproaoh to the feeflings than to the understanding of that 8overeign to conjecture. But vith suchl an end kept steadlilybefore Kingf,nA-Rtn s, the question comes as to whAt are the probabilities of any marked and immediate change in the systeni p ursued byhis predecessor. If His Mlajesty be not satisfied with the pr(gress towards despotism made Within tlhe last two o0 three years, we can only say that his expectations must be somewhat inordinate. The attempt upon the liberties of France has kept even pace witlh that upon the mi- serable Spaniards, ana(i the success has beert by no means less complete. The powra of election gone- of remonstrance gonie-of petitioi - reduced to a mere shadow..a debate in the Chamber of Deputies is the so)e res(;-drcc for an injured and cem plaining people. Seeing2 ho,Wever, what has' been/,none already towards the grand- triumph cd "r egoXr government," and how prothsiagg i$ the plan at this moimei)t in operation, it seems doqbb ful whether the new KING will at first dena/rO in his brother's systenm irther than by making .room in the Msfinistry for some or. his own p6rsonal frmitfi& I MI. Vsatsmz be sufferel to keep his place, heijj'Xo course pay the priee of such ahm indulgence, by pacri*Qf every thing but the office. It is surmised that the highef clergy,beingholders of stock anda1alpowerfldr the xin Moparch, will vigorously follow lp the opposition -to 4j VLI.EL-'s fiamicial rneasure, sand that lie will .iave the& courtesy to. abandon it. In the mean ti-ne, the-Prince de POLrGNAC is presumed to have been already ?l'estlatd- a leasing place iLi the Councilsof Iirg OH'ARL'Es. M.';Ie POJAIGS?AC, as the friend of, OD may' jXa4 his quarrel to reivenge -upoir VrTt.eS but as for the-e- it itiiFt- te a,bosld Ctbbiaet whjo )tto'ld 't"X 'itli;iiz after htll"t;Ii4tcljyml~ - indereet mt4nnxt t. 'b Ll,i,:;,St,edle ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -r,, a,psdh?olc$e fyrishcy h9Xt rdBr?WiX o;l.scikmnd t.rnd 6fi t'@ mises to maintain the charter-(so did LOUTS, and where,is the' hart)ow) ..To the Nt&cio cotnplimentigt his MA- JEST72 r'iinthae mime of the Diplomatic Body," and in the name of thtat body (noi includitng EFngland, we presume) calling upon !CHARLES to adherc to the principles of the Holy Alliance, be replies, that his sole ambition will be "to continue the policy so well pursued by his brother," an(d that " he desires to do so as well for the good of Franec " as for the peace and union of all Europe." He eontinues, therefore, to oppress and torment the Spaniards, and to de- prive his own people of the use of free diseussion. We do not believe that C1iAP,LES X. is capable of what he ktiows to be a bad intention; weonly dloubt whether lie can be very strenuous and determined in opposinMg the evil 'r foolish schemies of others; but to promise well, and, indeed, to mean well, is the part of every' Sovereign on his first acces- sion to the cfoivYh. It is gratifying to see that an act of real mercy lhasidistinguished this early period of his power, in the p:rYdon of 30 unfortunate Frenchmen condemned to death. for bearirg arms against their Government.