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Norman yoke . When Louis the XlVtli broke the treaty with his Protestant subjects , they experienced it ia tortures , massacres and gallies . The French are now exposed to no small share of the suffering's ,
which in the hour of their pride they inflicted on neighbouring' countries 5 and they feel it the moie bitterly , as their country is in one of . he most extraordinary situations , that has ever 7 > een described in the page of history .
The capital is in the possession of Prussians , Russians , Austrians , Germans and English . The Emperors c ^ Austria and Bussia and the King- of Prussia hold there their courts , whilst the Thuilleries , the palace of their ancient kings , is inhabited by a Bourbon , who is decorated with all the ensigns of royalty , and is acknowledge
ed as the sovereign of the country by the allied powers . The country is occupied in various directions hy the troops of these powers , but several fortresses are in a state of siege , and whilst they are willing " to hoist the white flag , dread the entrance of their sovereign ' s allies within their walls , i ^ n arm y still exists , not
knowingunder what banners it should arrange itself ; and companies of marauders , the necessary consequence of such confusion , spread dismay in various districts . The supply merely of the allied troops would be sufficiently harassing , if managed uader the most friendly terms ; but what must be the situation of the wretched
inhabitants , who have among * them troops , exasperated by the injuries , they themselves received , when France was in the hour of triumph . It is impossible to pourtray all the complicated horrors that are now taking place in this wretched country : but it is some satisfaction to hear , that the English arc
every where acknowledged to be the most generous of its enemies . Long- may our island retain this character . The war waged by the sovereigns was declared to be against Buonaparte . He no longer is a cause of fear ; but the Bourbon was brought back by the bayonets of an enemy , and it is problematical , whether his stay would be secure , if these bayonets were withdrawn !
Louis the XVlIIth is King- of Fiance , and issues bis ordinances in consequence of that title ; but it is evident that nothing can be done by him which should displease * he real masters of Paris . He is calling about him his legislative body , which is to consist of a chamber of Peers and a cham
ber of representatives . Many peers have been named , and the dignity is made hereditary in the male branch . This ia a fatal blow to the old nobility of France , of whom there must be many , on whom this privilege will not be bestowed ; and their titles with those of the new nobility will command but little respect . It will require considerable time , should this net *
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constitution succeed before , their Chatuh of Peers will be held in the same estimating as our House of Lords . The represents tives also will not easily be brought to read liance with
y comp the views of tk Court and should they meet before trie allies have quitted Paris , their deliberations must be of a complexion to command little respect .
One only instance has as yet been presented of a judicial trial of one , who will be deemeM by the reig-ning party a traitor . Art officer of the army ha ^ been brough t before a court-martial , for going over with
his regiment to Buonaparte , and received sentence of death for the offence . He ma < le an animated defence of his conduct of which the parts most offensive to government were suppressed in the Parisian papers . He drew a parallel between the
landing- of King- William oa our coasts and his march to London , with that of Buonaparte ^ progress to Paris , and exemplified his own conduct by that of several distinguished English characters , who lived on the most familiar and friendly terms with James the Second , and left him for tie
army of the person , who was proscribed in tlie Gazette . The word traitor is applied in turns by each party , according to its success , and death or honour follow on the same precarious ground . Labedoyere met his death with great firmness . Be was shot in the preseivce of a great
multitude . The mercy of the Sovereign was in vain appealed to by his wife and mother , and it is supposed that similar examples will be made . Whether they tend to preserve the Bourbon on his throne , or still farther to alienate hig subjects , time will shew .
The liberty of the press is in the mean time completely shackled . Censors are appointed to each paper , and thus every thing that passes through this medium loses much of its due effect . It may be said , that in such a state of confusion this
is absolutely necessary , since the allied powers must be treated with great deference , and it is better to infringe for a time on liberty , than to run the risk of its being abused . But here the sovereign is a loser , and in fact , what with his allies and his doubtful subjects , no man perhaps ever
wore a more uneasy crown . But where is the great Hero , the mighty Emperor , who has occasioned all this alarm to Europe ? After the battle of Waterloo he gave a full account at Paris of his ill
success , and the dangers of bis country . His abdication was the result , and he became a fugitive . To remain in the country without heading the Southern army ^ impossible , and he took refuge on boara an English ship . This brought him to tnc shores of England , on which he was » ° permitted to land , and myriads < J £ themselves of the opportunity of viewnk
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530 4 State cfPnblic Affairs .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1815, page 530, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1763/page/66/
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