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to I have been able to collect if, has been taking- a gra-
( ual but decided !turn - towards the side of' mercy, since
thit'publlcation7-of the preliminary depositions which
have idready• appeared in the English Journals. That
Publiention was, regarded by some as having a tendency
to injure: the .cause of the accused ; but this is an opi-
nion in which I have not been able to concur. It is
known that the upper classes of society, whatever their
opinions may be as to the climes, political or moral, of
which the Ex-Ministers have been guilty, are unanimous
in wishing that their blood may not be shed. The danger
of which the prisoners and their friends are most appre-
hensive is in a popular commotion, which might either de-
ter the King from interposing the Unyal clemency, or lead
to the more frightful alternative w }del, might he suggest-
ed by the disappointed vengeance of the populace. The
French people are known to he easily excited, either for
good or for evil ; but the publication of the depositions,
and the unquestionable impartiality of the whole proceed-
ings, have had the double effect of forestalling public
curiosity, and of assuring all classes that the result of the
trial will conduce to the elevation of the national character
r. 41, the eyes of the world and posterity. I have been re-
,Peatstdly to the Luxembourg both yesterday and to. day,
stif Antttuy gratification has only been succeeded by my sur-
strialnille in finding the immediate scene of due greatest mind-
koal: process of modern times so completely free from any
tff eihing which could be called an inconvenient crowd. In
4101040 m, the people assembled at the gates are not to be
XeMpared with what would be collected in many a pro-
•vincial town in England to witness the entrance of the
judge at the period of the assisee. The great majority of
• Ats,peuple •at the• gates consist of women and children,
Whose presence only serves to prove that the people are
;•..; a!nying awayfrom principle, and are not prevented by the
military. • There is, as their ought to be, a strong demon-
, 'oust* of the force which could be brought into action if
it were required, but there is no needless parade of it ; and
from all I have seen or heard, I am persuaded that the de.
monstraiion is all that will be necessary. The lower
classes are evidently putting a restraint on their curiosity,
'lest they should be suspected of attempting to intimidate
the Court. The demeanour of the prisoners while yester-
day under examination' has also bad its share in softening
the feeling of indignation which their conduct had so
• justly excited. I think myself safe, therefore, in bidding
you be assured, that the peace of Paris will remain un • .
disturbed, and discrediting the predictions of those who
talk of a Porteous mob and a popular execution.

• " • (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.)
Thstattpect of the capital is calmer this afternoon than
•• it WAS yesterday, but it is possible that it may arise from
the exCessive cold of the day, fur the alarm at the probable
result of the trial of the Ministers has not subsided. There
was no crowd ta.day at. the Luxembourg, no appearance
' of agitatitni,iWthe streets, yet various revolutionary pro-
, jecta• are 'spoken of, and every body, without exception,
' Precautions seems. to dread the catastrophe. have been
.taken r to preserve the houses 'in the neighbourhood from
lire, is it is asserted 'that the mob *ill attack the Luxetn-
bourg in case the Ministers are not condemned 'to death,
and that in order to facilitate their attack, they will fire
the adjoining house,.
In ca,e of a rising of the pedple, the national guard will
certainly not act agsin,t them. The dissolution of the
Chimber of Peers the suppression of the Peerages, the
assembling of the assemblies primaires to elect Deputies
to-meet in anational congress, composed of one Chamber,
are projects that are spoken of, as likely to be brought for-
ward by the popular party. The affair of the Ministers
iglu* botiiideied to be merely a secondary concern, and
that it will be merely the pretext of the movement. What-
ever may be the foil event, every person you hear sptak
• oat the subject expreitses alarrit and dread.
The funds have 'fallen again. The 3 per Cents. opened
it;,at tr7f. 200., 'and closed 'at 80f. 10e.

,1111:

THE COURT AT HOL-YR-0-0-D HOUSE,

(Front the Morning -Advertiser.) ,
• In What ,we are now . about to communicate to 0.. r
t.tosiers, extraordinary in some respects as the intelligence
`.olartre must pray them- to remember, in the first place,
Nutt We have nothing whatsoever to do with the Stock
tkbange;---in the second, that our intelligence, if °eel'.
s.,ottll
itelly scanty and less complete than that of one of our
eotemporaries, has always been found to be equally cor-
' tier;—.and, finally, that to what we are now to mention
we pledge otir veracity in every respect.
It appears then, to come at (ice to facts which are
linlelYbud eacluaively confined to our own knowledge, that
life harmony which has hitherto existed in France. espect.
lag the late revolution, but, as we know from personal eb-
wevation, has only been apparent, forced by circumstances,
Ilittfnotteal, is about to be broken in open by a series of
`Phitlamations in favour of legitimacy, which we well
htiaW must raise the ardent spirits of the south and west
.entatnit 'their more republican brethren, and, as we have
%de doubt,' lead to a civil war, not so savage, perhaps, as
'that of La'Vendee dining the first French revolution, hut
tonally Obstinate and difficult of quelling as that of the
Colignya, the. Condes, and the heroes who figured some
centuries ago in the most gallant and heroic, but extermi-
nating, Warfare 'of which the soil of France has, to this
illy, been the keno!
The Duke de Blues arrived at Holyrood House on the
ltitlt rust.—that is, on Thursday last—with news of the
/arlotta movements in gwitzerland, in Piedmont, in Hol-
land, and in-the &nth of France. The Duke was an old
%merit* of Loris XVIII., and hie presence had been anx.
tolY txpeeted 14 the- Court of Charles X., which liar
IktilY been deeply Occupied in political matters, in order
,to decide on some political movements, respecting which it
t°4!l not deemed proper to come to a resolution until his ar-
tlYaL The Council of Charles X., for, as our readers are
twara, the Ex-King keeps a Court, less numerous, indeed,
than that of the Tuileries, but equally observant of forms and
d.e.gire"niells—consiats at present of MM. de Capelle,
~-,:.'"titleas and Bourmont, all three members of the Mi-
''""Y which precipitated him from the throne—and of
4. de Illacas, whe has, since his arrival, been added to it,
and who is celebrated for having been the cause of the ex.
!,4/1,.°11 of Louie XVIII. in 1816. All these personages,
!kited in the letter of our private correspondent, pos-
.7ng great experience in revolutions by which thrones
overturned, and dynasties annihilated, are now about
ion.try their hand at the more arduous task of J.e-establish-
,•yoe, of which they believe themselves equally capable.
bf. ilreet question, in fact, on which these Councillors
v'e; ‘v4te have been" deliberating, is that of declaring the
Ilike of Bourdeaux Kiniof France, and of placing
tii;eptal tiglits to tle throne under the protection of the Con.
hs hewers. A diplomatic note is for this purpose to
ind'uto;iessed to them, if it has not already been addressed ;
ow: ile no doubt is entertained of their agreement to
%y t this remaining, but unfortunate, scion
. of legi-
t all little if imagined of the willingness of
open portion of his intended subjects to recognize his
104ito ss and employ their best efforts to enable him
et,„„et"too his rights. The only objection to this
sehnienteot was made, not by the Dauphin,
F.A4vi!. willing to confirm his abdication, but by th.e.
the himself, who was anxious to secure to himself
otiency (luring the minority of his grandson, and
141 entertains the idea that he would have less difficulty
..,eghlining the Crown-for him which he lost fur himself;hisone experienced in retaining it when it was in his pos.
; However, the Council of . Ex-Ministers deter.
4count"nfer the Regency on the. Duchess of Berri on
"limits of her not having, like Charles X., soy personal
trit,r; in France, and that if ebe succeeded in re-
Ji its she would . neither have pardons to grant,
~,Zlctttas on whom to exercise revenge.
pt4itne inreas Nit active measures,, in the mean time, are in
iffeet t 4 Carry the plans of the Ccurt of Holyrood into
10.1._.! an active correspondence is carried on between the
ilk 4to mhebitants. of. the: south and west of France, and
I,,enfurftwo,is:f Holyrood-house ; and a petition has already
liiteature r by the former, to which several hundred
4,1101 4 are appended, and which was brought by two
praying the Ex-King to appoint the
of here, -Regent, and offering their lives and
401.
rhea support, of the claims of her son. In a few
pilitttrti.notfure, our readers, as we have already hinted,
he surprised to heft' r of an inflammatory prods.
aaktnien(,)(lllar aotrespoadent styles it "sine piece fulini-
;, up by tile Council of the Ex-King,
~..!!_7,l:Pfiesrance, or to see, after a repose of only
eltr:
.._°l,llt. duration, the standard of legstirnsey once
:ribdust by artillery
not only by manifestoes and
artillery of a mote formidable cba-
h
tort 4t 44P$ Lan' Ph*
44,, dippe and the Government of this
ser-revolutionar.y.
tem,' "14Y be induced to adopt uence of these
IPlne
4 • The e• movements, we not pretend to
whibt
thatattair full of difficulty;. but there can be
. nit *,Ol, titre la a strong.party in France in favour
/Inter .' blike of Bordeaux, and that it only wants a
to In,k,
a formidable rising
rf in his favour.
tleesta of fit an event, and more especially in that
Aol it)s, u.tmelpotaltietuldSovereigna of Europe dieing induced to
Sr their protection, a general war would
alt :1?" 4 who Would undertake to predict the
thi ,'",'"n",!'l* Wbieh would necessarily be lighted
• Nita?

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