Memoir Of Charles X.
The Times, 1824-09-29T00:00:00

(Front the rioile of Sunday last.) Thre K wng v ho is destineA to console tis under our afflictions, Charles Philip, was bor) nat Versailles on the 9th of October. 1757, -when he received the title of Count d'Artois; he was the yoU5yest son of t.r- then Dauphin), an(I was remyarkable in his early days for the tivacity of his spirit. Ile had the misfortune to lose, at a very ecarly a,e, one of the wisest of fathers and the most kind of mothers; Nnd thia dcuble loss deprived him of that advice anil authority so ne- c, ary-fer calming ai..d directing the ardour of the passions. his eoiueation being finished, lic was married on the 11tl of No- 'vephor, 1773, to the Princess l Maria Theresa of Savoy, who was 1--t. on the 31st of Janinary, 1756, and therefore was a little older than Ihimself. This tinion preduce(d three children-first adattghter, s: ho died in childhool, and ltso two Princes, who received the titles ct Duke d'Angottlerne antd de Berry. His frankness, t*e amiability < t'his manner-, the getterosity of Ins character, conciliated every one who had the honour to approach lim. It is evident froim the corres- Vuadence of JMadame Elizabeth, which has been published by Count 'varrand, what an exalted idea tils Princess entertained of her bro- ther. She had perceived in his ardent and sensible tnind whatever might be expected wshen a proper opportunity should present itself shr developing his brillinnt qualities. In 1777 tile Count t 'Artois paid a visit to the western ports, anti e-uring the American rar lie repaired to the camp of St. lkoch, in < rde, to take a part in the siege of Gibraltar. LIonrbefore theperiod *,! the Revolution, this Prince gave hiq dlecided opinion against the prtjects of the factious, wl)o oni their part considereti himn an obstacle so the accomplishment ot their views, and wvho coneqsuentilv made it n point to reprnsenl him in tihe nios' unfavorirable ligeht. The popu- lace were misled bv the mgoot absurd Tumlowurs; andl such was the tu,hulence iif the pubieC mnitid oni the 14th of tily, 1789, that Louis X I. himselt advisedI his brother to retreat for the niument fronm the .n)en.ling storm. ('-ant d'.Artois Eheii parted with the Princes liis 'ors, and repaired to Turin. where the King of Sartinia, his father- :i.law, give him an asylim. Tire ftollowing vear the Prince had an interview, ar Maninia, with the Emperor Lc6pold. In 1791 Ile re- p;dred to t-ormis with the Prince tie Conde and the Marshal dle Ltroglio, who %ere rereived at Brussels bv the Archdnchess Aftiria ChrriNtiaria, andl at Vicenna by Leopold. ?1lie interview at Pilnitz, 2?lr of August , 1791. wftli the Emperor and the King of Prussia, Nhorsed that itose Sovereigns had begun to concert measures for ,rtoppip.rs thc progress of the Revolution and in consequentce, the . onstituent . swetbl, and- tthLt which followed it, male several d.e -erees against tliie Prince. Ilis possession4 were seized. airl the al- !awance ot'fore millioti perannttm, due to htit by the Constitution, aa withidrawn. Louik XVI. was onlv able to give 200,000 francs a year for the support of his two nephews at Turiti. After the death of the King (Louis XVI.), Cotunt d'Artois was al0pointed by his brother lieutsat-General of the Kingdom. lie r"paired to St. Petershurgh, where he seas very handdsonsely received by the Empress Catlierine; lie tien rejoined h!is brother (:Monsieur) a -Hamm, and residted sucressively it diiflerent cantonienoEs of Ilest- tphahia. Touched bJv the situation of so many Frenchmen. who had !oss everY thiog in aRlhering to him, tite Prince (Cliarles X.) trans. nuitted to Alarshal de Brovgio, hi-i niedals, liis dianrotids, arnl even the wowrd of his son, clirecting hint to dispose of these treasures, and to distribute their produce amoneAt the poorest of tsie enmigrants. It was not until tire end of' the vear 179!4 tihat thc Etiglisir Giovern. moent had assured the Prir.ce of a suitable iainiteniance. The fol- lowing year tihe Prince was eniabled to rel-air to England. He em. hiarked the 2fth of July, l793, at Cuxhaven, a!id after a short stay in Esgland, he satied from i'ortnsoutlr on the 25thi of August on hroard htie Joa,or frigate. Ile was accompanied by' a great number of Roy. :tists, aitrong whomn was AI. tle I I.aturencie, Bishop of Nantes, ' w'hev Y.ere scronipanifed by 140 trantsports. But the disaster of (Qaiberon had already talien pl;ce, ar,d the tragical fate of thosenmi. Irants who hirst latirled limo- was known.Alonsleur landed at the Isle Dieu, where lie received depsitations from irlorbihanb mHe caused a ser. vice to be performaed for .dle Sombreuil,and f or theotsher Frenchmen -l ha hnd perishfd nearAtrrsy. C(iarrette and Stoffiet sent deputations 10 the Pritice. and a descent was in agitation at Noir .loutier; liut eie Engiishi tlid not consider it practicable. On the 29th ot Septenber the English atichoreml at tie Isle Dieu with 4,000 trorops and 800 Royalists on board. wiich were afterwards augmented in nuTnber. Ahlonsieutr la:led on the 8th of Octobrer anti propiosed to (CharTette to join himT but a foreign policy diii tnot theu allow a Frenich Printee so place himself at the heasl of Vendide. The Isle Vieu was in consequence evacuated in a yery short time, an(i Alon- zicur was carried back to EngaInd. 1-ere the ancient palace of the Kings of Scotland, called Holyrood House, was assigned tor his residence; and it was in this asylum that the Prince passed some years, togetbier with a fet Frenchmen who were devoted to hins. Al. de Conzie, Bishop of Arras, and the Bar-n de Roll, enjoyed the greatest thare of his confidence. In 1799 Alonsieur vent to London, where he received communications from the Rovalists of Brittany; he did not return to Edinburgh till after the signring of preliminaries of the treaty of Amiens, an d he repaired again to London on the renewal of hostilities. *Vhen the Abh6 Edgoworth escaped from Fratnee, he repaired to the Prinee,and Passetd a weck with him at Edinburgh. When at London, Alon- isieur received the French refugees with the greatest kindness; he assisted at the services in the French Chapel, and visiteti the esta- blishments of the Abbe Carron. We mieht well apply to this excellent Prince what Bosuie said of the great Conde_." The hour of God has arrived, the hour ao long expectet, she hoer so long desired, the heur of compassion and of ;race. AVitliout being admotnishe3 bv sickness, without being press- cd by tinie, ie performs whiat he had meditated, under the influence of a wise religion, which alwvays regulaled his conscience. lIe con- forms, with Christian humility, to this decision; and nobody has ever doubted his good faith." It was at this very time that Mlon- sieurr gave his entire cowfidence to a distinVitlted ecclesiastic, who wars formerly Alinister of St. Sulpice, and whio now occupies an emniient see in the church of France. We have thus witnessed this Prince's fidelity to all the practical paris of religion, and who, as it was asIo said of the great Condi is seriously engaged in conquering himself! Prayers, good example, works of Christian charity, will .r, display all that reniains to snoble a character; and even foreigners cannot help being struck with the profounrd attention paid by this Prince to all pious exercises, and his exemplary exactitude in ful- filling the mninutest duties of the church. It is in this tnanner that Monsieur did honour te. his misfortunes, that lie renderedt them useful to Heayen, and prepared himself in sUence to accomplish the *iews that Providence has as3igned to him. Such has been this Prince during his exile-such has he shown himself whilst sarong us. MIREMlIOIR? Or CHIARL,ES X.