French Papers.
The Times, 1824-09-30T00:00:00

(From the Etoik, dated Monday.) We yesterday accompanied to St. Denis, the royal banner and the sword of France reverned the sceptre and the crown on a funeral c:r, the prayerr. for the dean accompanying that car. It was affecting to eee the poor of thc vil]age astemable in crowds, astonished, sad, arid hagrard in appearance. Tneir regret arose from the care which Louis .XVIII. had had to secure to them the advantages of living in peace. The great are awakened, on the occasion of this death, by a powerful voice, to consider that the earth is not their home, but, en the contrsry, merely the passage or voyage to a more happv abode- The pople and the army advAnced towards the sepulchre of thetr }iugs mentallyexclaiming-*- the King is dead !" To-morrowv we shshl again repair to the toot of the altar, but it will be *o Notre Dame, and we shall go thither amidst shouts of love froas a whole people. Our praycrs vwill be breathed in hymns arnd benedictions. The ancient walls of the metropolitan church ot Paris wil resound vvith songs of gladness. The 27th of September wFill rrsemble the 12th April, wi:h this difrerence only-that thie namnes of Mlon;ieur and the King will be mingled in the shouts of Vive le Roi !" Tbe King never dies in France; and Rovalty, in this, partici. rates in the etersity of the God fromn wlom it emanates. Nothing can shake rightsand duties. *-Raise again the banner of France !" This CTy will sooT re- sound throurh the vaullts of St. Denis. The helmet and the trun- cheon will be thrown into the grave, but the banner will be made only to bend over the son of France, descending to his last place of repose. Soon shall it be once more raised, and the cries of " Long lire the King !" will salute it again. How fratght with grandeur, minti, and wistlom, are all these usages of our fathers ! Alen wiso see in them but i.lle ceremonies rcsTCtO be pitied. It is to cnnoble the tomb that we there deposit the hel:et and the sword- It is toteach agreat an( loly lesson to the King who is about to reigr. that we say to hIim " Come, take thy crowin from the collin of the King who is no more." To prove that men pass away, but that kingdoms, founded on and defended by rclirion, do not pass aSway like them, we cry, " Raise again the banner of' France," andi tne banner will be rai!ed, antI the jfenr/ d-e li; will shine agaih ; the veil of mourning shall cover them no longer. Raige agains the banner of France !" Yes, Frenchmen, we wil raise it again. U'e will all surround it, and its shade shall give us happiness anti peace. Our divisions are terrminated; we are all united to mourn for Louis XVI1. LVWe are all united to loYe Cbarles X. His shall be a patersal sceptre, like that of his brother. Let us, then, press roand his throne; let our love console antI guard it; and if ever an enemy dare to menace our tranquillity, the son of the Bcarnais will rallv uis all-he will have bitt to exclaim Raise agaiin-raise again-th:e banncr of France ! " Behoklt t.e French :Monarchy, such as it has beent made by ages! How coild its grandeur be overlooked for a momenit ! But let us not recaU any tmournful recollection. The past and the present are no longer separateA by an abyss. It is filledl up. France is des. tined to be a niodel for thle rest of Europe, as it other times, when it was said of her, " tse Kingdomii of Fratnce has always beenl recog. nized by the general voicc of nations, a; the first andi nost excellent kingdom in Christendom, as well for its dignity anti power. as for tce autlsosity of hint who governs it. It% dignity appears in thtis, that it hias alwavs been free frout its origits, ond that it lias nevcr been rustained by any powcr bitt tltat of God alone-an advantage which many States ot Christendoonl have not enjoyed. i'dorrover, it is the most ancient kingdom wvhich at present cxiits having con-im meaced 400 and some few yeairs after the birth of Jesus Chr.st. Add to that, thiat is tas thc firtt to embrace the Christian religion, aboutairghtv Ye;ers afler it was establistecil, by whiich it legitimately acquired for its Sovereign tIe title of 1Eldest Son ot tihe (Church, there being no Prince, Potentate, ttr Kiiig(lotmi, waitlt could boast of having knnwn the Catholic Filith beforc it hi(l btctt received in the kingdorn of France. - Besides this prterogative, which is thIC iost noble anti illustrious that can be conccietd, another consideration strikes us, wihich is, that this kingdont. AlwoYs itcreasiig in greatness and strength, is tvc tirst whicl, by the vealour tltid merit of its King, Charlemagne, was hor-outed, not only with site imperial title anti dignitv, whicis was setained in hist family so long as it existeti. biut, still more, with tite surname of ' Alost (Ctristian,' wlhichl is preserved to this day in the person of. the King of France anid Itis saiccessors. FinallY, the cimstom of anoittirig Kings. hticilt od ottcomianded in ancient eimes fir the ltebrets Kings, anid wliicit is still retaineti hs three or fear Christian illotiarclia, cotimuencc(d in France in thc person of (Clovis, by a liqtit(i which was t.elt to be ittiractilous. from all these cAmsnidcrations (Surianao conclu(lc), the K;ing of France lias always obtained. ttitlostt dikp,te, the first place in dig. nity and honour over all the otitler Ntn,s in Clhristen(lom: andi ehough the King of Spail trcteids now tolave a right so contcat it with hin: kilte author speaks of tliat wvhicii happeneil at Venice and at Trenm a lit ite hefore lie wrote), tIerc i, ?levCTthleless, no nne oi hiti w'ats. nor ans- lk.tgdort, wlich, for tlic splendour ot its nobility, for itrs antiquitv. or <)r tlhc glory of its titles of honour. can legiti. matelv cor4parc itse!f ,-tht fite kingdomt of France." It is now that we can wlo'v in heing 1Frenciltien. Loouis had re- conclcd us so Europe: (Charles tseeIrCs Us its lovc. To our good lord (;hajIes, s o of Ftance, King of France_ safety, love, and honour ' FRENCIf PAPERS.