The Sun. — 1840-09-02 (London, England)

LOUIS PHILIPPE.  The following letter was addressed, in the year 1804, by the present King of the French, to the Right Rev. Dr. Watson, then Bishop of Llandaff, in answer to a letter of condolence written by his Lordship to the then Due D'Orleans, on the murder by Bonaparte of his cousin, the Due d'Enghien 0';  "Twickenham, July L'18; 1804.  •' My dear Lord,—l am extremely obliged to your Lordship for your kind letter. I regretted that I had not the pleasure of seeing you whitst you were is town. The moment I heard you were there I went to Great George-street very early, to be certain of finding you at home, but I was informed you had removed, and I could get no other direction but that it was somewhere in Albemarle-street or Conduit-street, they knew not which ; and as to a number, that was not to be thought of. Still, had I been a resident in town, 1 had certainly found you out ; but I have been very little in town last winter, and never had a house, or even apartments. I remained here in great retirement, of which I grow more fond every day of my life. " I was certain your Lordship's elevated soul had.resented with becoming indignation the foul murder of my unfortunate cousin. His mother being my aunt, he was, next to my brothers, the nearest relation I had, and as he was only a year older than me, we had been playfellows during our younger years ; you must feel it was a sad blow to me. His fate is an awful warning to every one of us that the Corsican usurper will never rest till he has erased the whole of our family from the list of the living. It makes me feel still more forcibly than I did before (though it is scarcely possible) the blessings of the generous protection and support granted unto us by your magnanimous country. " I have left my native country at so early a period that I have not much of the habits of a Frenchman, and I may say with perfect candour that I am attached to England, not only by gratitude, but by inclination and habit. It is in the sincerity of my heart that I say may I never leave that hospitable land! " But it is not only on account of my own feelings that I am so strongly interested in the welfare, prosperity, and success of England : it is also as a man. The safety of Europe, that of the world, and the future happiness and independence of mankind, rests upon the preservation and independence of England, and this is the noble cause of Bonaparte's rage against you, and of that of his gang. May God defeat his wicked plans, and maintain this country in its present glorious and happy situation, is the true wish of my heart, and of my most fervent prayer ! "Your Lordship must be equally well acquainted with my opinion respecting religious differences amongst Christians, and, in other words, amongst men who profess the same religion. I believe every man must remain true to the principles in which he was brought up ; but I equally believe it is not in such times as we live in that such differences can be a real cause of difference among Christians. The question is, not whether one is a Christian of this or that sect, but whether he is a Christian or not? This, in my humble opinion, is the only question, at a time when the vital parts of religion and morality are attacked with such force, when the melancholy experience of the latter years shows with what rapidity irreligion and immorality are spreading their baneful dominion over mankind. From the knowledge I have acquired of your Lordship's great mind, I thought your opinion should be what I am very glad to find it is. I hope you will allow me to say, that I congratulate you upon sentiments so worthy at once of an English Prelate and a true Christian. " Would you be so good as to remember me most kindly to Mrs. and the Miss Watsons, and believe me with the highest and most sincere esteem and regard, my dear Lord, ever your affectionate, (Signed) " L. P. P.