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PIRIS.

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PAN'S, OCT. 13,
The I evee which took place at the Tuileries on Stu.
day, was squally brilliant and well attended as file to,
and it was remarked that a great rumber cf the Oppciitkt
were present. I :eat ral VINCENT being placed nese Li
Majesty, the Duke de Ft TZ4AMES Cattle lip to him
said, " General, have the goodness to give your place!,
General as his Majesty wishes to speak with his.
lie is somewhere in the rooms, and you will, perhaps, at
tkt
same time, oblige me by assisting t find hiul•" Theyae,
cordingly both went in search of him, and the Duke, on per,
ceiving him, said, " General, the King ix desirous to srak
with you." The General hesitated for a moment, at
if distrusting that lie was the person intended, when at
Duke immediately added, " Ceat rota menu., Grand
Ge►ard, tine le Roi firif demander." The Gencralimise.
diately followstl, and the King, on his approach, sa,irm,
ing him very graciously said, "General, I was inquiring fee
you, and am most happy to see you. I wish to cameo.%
you the high sense I entertain of your exalted services, and
I have not forgotten, that on my return to France it slat°
you I forwarded the first commission of G.:paid-la.
Chief." (El je teal point oubli,l go' d mon rasa► re
France, eest d rows quefai erpedii: la premiere commiss(wi
(le General en Cher)

You will perhaps recollect, that in 1814 his Modesty,
then Count IrAavots, and Lieutenant-General of the
Kingdom, sent General Gs/Ann, with the title of Gem rd
in Chief, to Marnburgh, to fetch the corps of the French
army that was in that place. It is well known that he was
twice named Deputy for Paris, and that he always took his
seat on the Opposition side. N. BENJAMIN CONAPAET
was also prevnt at the Levee, and was received by the King
in the most gracious manner; the DAUPHIN likewise ael.
dressed him with marked affsbility, expressing, at the same
time, his wish to sec him oftener.

All these, as far as they go, arc favourable indications,
but still, the new reign makes no progress towards the in.
troductian of a just and liberal system. We should, how.
ever, be guilty of injustice if we ascribed this either to the
agency or to the influence of Cis A 'LEI X. His views and
his wishes are in favour of his people, but they are detested
by the machinations and intrigue of his Ministers, who
feel that they cannot maintain themselves in power but by
preventing the truth from reaching his ears: they are ac-
cordingly leagued together for that purpose, with a watch-
fulness that makes their success by no means unlikely.
What they consider as of the first importance is, to verify
their prediction at the Council-table, of the consequeoCes
which would follow the removal of the Censure. They
then declared, that ere three months had elapsed, the Jour-
nals would run into such excises as would make Govern.
ment repent the having deprived itself of the power it hal
abandoned. The fact is, that the Ministers are themselves
the unprincipled agents for accomplishing their own pro.
phecy. M. Dexteoe, ei-derant Secretary of the tbjialle
Cotten ade Censure, is appointed to pick out every
morning, from the Opposition Journals, particular phrases
and fragments of passages, which he alters and JO:sifter,
and forthwith proceeds to come-.• rat upon them as gessise
extracts, and to show how fatal a tendency they have to
restore the rebellous regime of 1793, to revive the doctrines
of regicide, the massacre of the priests,—the abolition of
the nublessr,—in a word, to give hack the Revolution, with
all its atrocities, and with all its horrors. An extract from
this precious Remted appears every evening in the Etude,
under the tide of Esprit des females lib'rales. Care is taken
to bring this daily before the eyes of his Majesty, who,
having no time to read all these journals, is artfully in-
duced by M. see to believe that be has here a
sample of what that part of the public press is, which
calls itself liberal, and he is left to reflect at leisure upon
what must be the inevitable result of Ais systematic scheme
la undermine the MONARCH r, and to subvert social order,
if strong and decisive measures are not adopted to suppress
it. Ile hopes by this means to succeed in prevailing on
the King, either to approve some measures of this cast,
which he has in contemplation to bring forward at the
opening of the Chambers, or to induce him to consent to
the re-establishment of the Cr y or rt.
The devoted adherents of M. Pi. Ytr ens r have formed
a coalition, for the purpose of paralyzing the influence of
the Duke D'Aricsour.eme, which lately overswayed them in
the Council. Their leading of is to defeat every pro-
position which die Duke may bring forward, either tend-
ing to expose the acts of their administration, or favouring
any measure of indulgence, or of compromise. What they
have most at heart is, to preclude any beneficent interpo-
sition on behalf of the unfortunate persons transported
from MAII et N IQ!' P., anti to prevent the passing an art of am-
nesty for political offences. The Duke has more than oece
expressed himself favourable to both these objects ; but
the Ministers joined with one accord to assure his Royal
Highness, that he had been sorely imposed upon on these
important points; that advantage hail been taken of hit
humanity and love of justice; that they could produce
clear and legitimate proof of this; and they accordingly
drew from their portfolios a mass of pretended dal-timed,,
to testify the fact. The Duke has, of course, no ,Gunter-
documents to produce. The King concludes fur the pre-
sent that his son is deceived, and there the matter rests.
But is it not monstrous thus to deceive the Sovereien, on
whose goodness and justice it is that the people of France
must ultimately rely? Is it not lamentable that all the
best intentions of CHARLES X. should be frustrated by the
ambition and selfishness of his solviwrs? It is confidently
hoped that these men will be dismissed front the councils,
and that others will be chosen, under whom a manly,
dignified, and honest system of policy, may be pursued,
which will not seek to be supported by corruption, or to he
screened by a Censure. But this event, essential as it is
to the best interests both of the King and the people,
becomes every day more problematical.
I must not conclude this letter without mentioning the
sad blunder which the Marquis DE Darez-Bricze made
the other day, in excusing himself to CIi•RILLS X. The
Marquis is Grand Master of the Ceremonies at the Tuile-
ries; and is well known not to be overburthened with
sense—to be, in short, an homme de feet peg desprit.
the day of the removal of the body of Louis XVIII. to Si.
Denis, CHARLES X., after the ceremony was over, ex-
pressed to the Marquis his extreme displeasure at the irre-
gularity and huddle with which it hail been conducted.
" Rico," said the KING to Vim, " n'etait en ordre ; per-
nme ne cannuissait k rang derail lerendre, jamais Ca
n'u its plus de rmfusion duns us curter."—" Sire," replied
the Marquis, "it must be remembered that this is the first
time that I ever hail a procession of this nature ro arrange ;.
but I assure your Majesty, that at the next ceremony of
the same kind that I have to direct, every thing shall be
touch better managed ;" (tout ira hien mhos.) "RI fie K-
M: AD." Ulster) sail the •KM St
upon him.