The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-15 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

, me, I returned to Lyons, where I soon after saw Cap
tain Labaune, who had received a letter from 131:-
ranger, which announced that on his arrival at Gre
noble, and before he had had time to wait on Genera
Ledrau des Essarts, he (M. Beranger) had read the
journals, which announced officially that General Pam-
phile Lacroix had been appointed to the 7th military
division, in the room of General Ledru, who had been
appointed to another post.
" Such an unexpected event did not, however, pre-
vent M. Berangcr from calling on the General, whom he
found with the Illoniteur, which announced the change,
in his hand. The General wept like a child at seeing
such a favourable opportunity of again raising the na-
tional colours watched from us.

"It was thus that, through some indiscretion, some
denunciation, or, perhaps, only by some providential act
of chance, that the restoration was preserved from this
formidable conspiracy.

"On my return ro Paris, I continued to attend re-
gularly at the meetings held at the residence of Gen.
Lafayette, where the questions which formed the sub-
ject of discussion had for their object the overthrow of
the Government. There was sometimes a conversa-
tion as to the Government which should succeed it,
and several voices were in favour of snbmitting that
point to the decision of the entire country. The name
of the Duke of Orleans was then also brought forward,
but it was easy to perceive that the most influential
members of the Committee were desirous that this
point should not be the object of any discussion.
" At one of the meetings, I believe in 1825, a young
man, a delegate from the unionists of the south, pro-
posed to the assembly in the most serious manner to
blow up the church of Notre Dame during the cele-
bration of mass on a certain day. He was, he said,
possessed of information which would render the ope-
ration easy to him, and he only required six weeks to
collect a sufficient quantity of gunpowder to accom-
plish the deed. The barbarity of such a scheme was
pointed out to him, a scheme in which so many innocent
lives would be sacrificed, including, perhaps, many who
were friendly to our cause, and his proposal was scouted.
" Such are the principal facts which came under my
knowledge, and in which I took part as member of the
Association which was formed in the year which fol-
lowed the conspiracy of Didier. What I have related
is of a nature to establish the fact that the idea which
directed the movements of Didier did not die with him,
and continued until 1830 the chain of conspiracies of
which I have only given a faint outline.
" The same leading parties—viz., Messrs. Lafayette,
Dupont (de l'Eure), &c., were always concerned, and the
same theatres of action, Lyons and Grenoble, fixed upon.
Why would men, such as I have mentioned, contem-
plate the ruin of one Government without knowing what
they would put in its place ?
" Can it ba supposed that they had fixed on the
Duke of Orleans as the future head of the State, with-
out consulting him ? Did they act under his instiga-
tion ? Did they act with his consent ? Besides,
what plans could have Messrs. Lafayette, Dupont (de
l'Eure), Beranger, Merilhon, &c.? It its easy to solve
these questions.
" Three alternatives presented themselves after the
revolution. The first was to proclaim Napoleon 11.
Will any of the above personages say that such was
his intention? The most considerable among them,
General Lafayette, had for a long time constituted
himself, in some degree, the personal enemy of the
Emperor and all his family. As for the rest, not one
of them thought, in 1830, of raising his voice in favour
of the son of the Emperor.
" The second alternative was to establish a republic.
It is not well understood what Lafayetto meant by the
best of republics,' and as for the other before-named
persons, they would look upon it as a calumny if they
were accused of wishing to establish one of another kind.
" The third was to place the Duke of Orleans upon
the throne, and that was in fact the aim of every conspi-
racy for 15 years. What has passed since July, 1830,
furnishes more than sufficient proof of this conclusion.
" Therefore, the persons named in this pamphlet and
their adherents, who organised the revolution, after
having prepared it, accomplished it. After being suc-
cessful, they immediately came into power. What use
have they made of that power ? What advantages
have they not gained to themselves from it ? Indeed,
when their work was done they rested.
" Thus reasons and facts concur in deciding upon
this point of contemporaneous history.
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