THE REVUE RETROSPECTIVE.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 336, 18 October 1848, Page 3

THE REVUE RETROSPECTIVE.

We publish the continuation of the correspondence of Louis Philippe, from the R4vue Rttrosj ective : — "to the count de jarnac. "St. Cloud, December 14, 1845. " My dear Philip. — I am much obliged to you for theanforraation you have given me. " I beg you to be my interpreter to your uncle, the Duke of Leinster, of my sentiments for his obliging inquiries. " But I have another message to you, which, however, I have already entrusted to M. Guizot. I desire, however, to have it repeated in as many ways as possible, inasmuch as it comes from my heart and my mental convictions. It is to let Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen know how grieved I r am at their quitting the cabinet, and that I am the more so, because I had entertained the hope of seeing their ministry concur longer with mine in the support and perpetuation of that entente cordiale which they have so efficaciously contributed to found, and which has been so well cemented by the personal relations and affections jt pertnittted us to. establish. I trust, and thmton&&eaaejii^cgss&jiji that these sentiments will be preserVel, trhatever may be the unforseen fluctuations of the future. They will always be the means of repairing those evil chances that we may not have been able to foresee. " Tell Lord Aberdeen that I shall always preserve for him those feelings I entertained for him at the Chateau d'Eu, and that I shall take every occasion of testifying to him that nothing can ever efface them. " Reckon always also, my dear Philip, on those which I entertain for you. " Louis Philippe." [The Count de Jarnac is godson of Louis Philippe.]

"to her majesty the queen op great " BRITAIN. " Palace of St. Cloud, Wednesday, "Dec. 17, 1845. " Madame, ma trses chere Soeur, — I have to thank your Majesty for the excellent letter which my good Clementine has given me from you. It went to my heart : and I cannot express to you how much I have been touched by your kind wishes for my family, and by all you say to me upon the increase that it has pleased Providence to grant me in my eleven grandsons. " I was about to express to your Majesty that, however much I might regret it, I perfectly appreciated the mo tires that induced you to put off to another year, the visit I so much desired, and that I hoped to find a compensation for this privation in going again to offer you in England the homage of those sentiments I entertain for you, and that attach me to deeply to you, as well as for the Prince your husband, when I received the news of the resignation of Sir R. Peel, Lord Aberdeen, and all their colleagues. This nevrs affected me painfully. I had hoped that those ministers who had always agreed so well with mine in the establishment between our two Governments of that happy entente cordiale which is the basis of the peace of the world and of the prospeiity of our countries, would have long continued to support and consolidate it more and more. This hope has failed. It is nece/swryto resign oneself; but I hasten jfco assßre^ your Majesty r that, whatever be the" formation of, your new cabinet, that which is about me now, and which I desire and hope J ffgfttjjfrjjifi££ ? will not fail to use every effort

Majesty and to Prince Albert by so many ties and to see formed between us that mutual attachment, affection, and confidence, which are above and independent of ail political considerations, but which will always be able to exercise, more or less a salutary influence upon the action and proceedings of our Governments. I, therefore, openly declare to your Majesty and to your husband that I feel the necessity of relying upon it entirely, i»y requesting you to have the same confidence as regards me, and by repeating to you that this confidence will never be deceived in the future any more than it has been in the past. " Your Majesty will permit me to offer to Prince Albert the expression of my lively and sincere friendship ; and I beg you to receive that of the unalterable attachment with which I am, Madame, ma trZs chere scem\ " Your Majesty's most affectionate good brother and faithful friend, " Louis Philippe."

"to her majesty the queen of great BRITAIN. "Paris, December 28, 1845. " Madame, ma tres chere Sceur — Permit me to offer to your Majesty, upon the occasion of the new year, all the wishes I form for you, Prince Albert, and for your dear and precious children, in whom I take so tender and so lively an interest. " Permit me to congratulate you also on the maintenance of the rainisttyof Sir Robert Peel andjof Lord Aberdeen — and I also hope of the Duke of Wellington. I have witnessed with the liveliest satisfaction this happy termination of the ministerial crisis and of the uneasiness it must have caused you — no one is more able than myself, who have had to undergo them so often, to appreciate all that your Majesty must have suffered. I hope that you are now exempt from this for a long time to come, which I desire most earnestly. Appearances here are excellent. You know the value I attach to the maintenance of my present ministry ; I have every reason to hope that it will consolidate itself more and more. " I was most happy at the opening of the session of our Chambers yesterday to give vent to the expression of my sentiments towards your Majesty, and of the satisfaction I experience in the entente cordiale which so happily continues between our two g«>vnr.» ments. But what I was more particularly -te¥b*p6torh; thar'iny words were*^ceived by one of those demonstrations of approbation which are prudently forbidden in England, bat which the difference of our national character has consecrated among us, with advantages which are neither to be misunderstood or disdained. " Be kind enough, madam, to offer Prince Albert, the expression of all my friendship for him ; accept alsu that of the sentiments I entertain for you from the very bottom of my heart, and believe me always, Madame and dear sister, your Majesty's good brother and most faithful friend, " Louis Philippe."

"to her royal highness princess Victoria. "Paris, January 27, 1846. " My dearest little Cousin, — Your charming little letter has given me the greatest pleasure ; and lam very happy to have already received from you a proof of lhat precious affection which your illustrious parents feel for me, and which I entertain so deeply for them. " If I have been so long in replying to you, it is because I wished my letter to go at the same time with a little Parisienne, whose services I thought might be a little agreeable to you, without causing you any embarrassment, or exciting any jealousy on the part of those about you. The little wardrobe, however, which I ordered Madame Baraine to arrange for her, in order-that she might appear before you with all the fashion of 1846 in use among her fellow countrywomen, has taken so long a time to complete, that it is only just now that the Queen has begged me to come to her to see her before she is sent to Lord Cowley for her passport. I hope you will be kind enough to receive my little protigee. " 1 am very glad that your brother Albert has not forgotten me also, and I hope that he still 'uses his gun to go through the exercise. I do not know whether I can flatter myself "that Princess Alice has not forgotten me ; but as to Prince Alfred it is quite out of the question. But what is in the question is, that I love you all very tenderly, and that I take the privilege of kissing you all as your old cousin. " Louis Philippe." _