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friendly shores. There patriotism and loyalty
were felt, and were honoured. ,He collected a few
loyal Frenchmen : be was an'imated by the imp.
Valise of the NitYce Regent's Government : he
was furnished with arms anti konmunit ion for. im-
mediate use, and Father supplies were promised
him, to be tart as *occasion shtluld direct.—You
saw him depart.
,€ I will irot attempt the 'recital of events,
Irbich Loon bt illustrated by a far more intr.
Testing pen: >i will say nothing of the loyalty
which, iu a few weekv, had raised, as by nmdgic,
an army of 80,000 Royalists in La Vetogr,—,l
will pass over the diabolical treachery of Fouche,
*kith tothrived to paralyse their operations, even
Imy 'Means of his commneications with CA:enc.—in
fine, I will be silent _on the unhappy, but too cus-
tomary dissensions of the iientletor Chiefs. Louis
La itoche Jaquelio, akeays. foremost In Alaitgef,
)ell nobly oq the'4th of June, Isls---only a single
fortnight before the battle of Waterloo--.a single
fliniihl,'and La Roche ,Jagurim,might have been
lii•eserved td ilk' country !--The ways of PrOvi.
.depce are hiscrutable; but they are wiser thatt our
pall judgment calm conceive.
"'!'he following is the substance of D'O---r's
• abOrt narrstive:--‘ One unfortunate General,'
aaid•he, ' was killed within" fifteen paces from the.
enemy; our people were ; and'it was not
possible to rally theM„ until we ,received a rein,
orceinent of 400(men of the iittorais; then we
drove the enemy from the field of battle,. and put.,
sued them for time spice of two leagues. IC seemed
,as,if. these same-Blues, who' massacred our pri-
soners at L'Aignillon, and who killed them even
•-afterwerds, soldier and
.officers indiscriminately,
:with the bayonet, .at La Roche Servii.'re, ‘vere
..struck with respect at tile rof the bleeding
body of this victim of heroic re,ignation, and too
great bravery. They did not strip him, but only
plundered him of his sabre, his watch, his papers,
and the money which he had about him. When
the Duke de Bourbon went to Nantes, he passed
the three first cotes of the Royal Yendean_Army.
The fourth corps, that of the department of the
two Sevres, sent to compliment him by a deputa-
tion, of Which I made a part. We were twelve :
we found General Esteve at Nantes; he com-
manded the enemy on the unfortunate hut memo-
rable day of the affair of Mates, on the 4th of
lune. With one consent we resolved to endea-
vour to rescue what bad been taken from our un-
lucky chief. We; went to find EstZ‘ve, who re-
tched us coldly, though politels% He said, that
be only knew of the sabre, which be "mad in his
possessioe, and the watch, which a soldier had
sold to a Major : after many pretences to gain
time, and get. rid of us, he showed the sable. At
this sight, our feelings were not to be described.
As to me, _the tears were in my eyes ; .and I -was
not the only one who wepei the Chevalier de
13-- 'stamped with his feet, and, taking hold of
his sabre, cried-out, " Good God !" A younger
person, who was With us, could not contain hint-
self, and muttered An instilting, but gross term,
as descriptive of our enemies, in the very hearing
ut Esitve and his Aides-A-camp.
" TbeycomprehendCd his meaning well enough;
but there was a calm after this ebullition of rage
—a eel:if of respect, terror, and veneration, which
they could not avoid participating, and which
they durst not interrupt. We all crowded around
this sabre, .turoing our eyes from beholding it,
for it was- quite stained with the blood of the
General; our conversation grew animated, but
somewhat loaded with invective; the words we
used were no longer disguised.; and timings almost
proceeded to extremities. At last we found out
the Major, who had purchased the watch--he
sold it to us for triple its value ! We paid the
money, looking astonished at each other; we
returned to st. Aubin, to present these precious
relics to the ladies La Roche Jaquelin, sisters
to the General. It was to them and to us the
InOtt appropriate present that could have been
of
" Such is the statement of my friend D'O—, and
I need-not assure you that every fart, and every
feeling which it paints,-are painted with as much
fidelity as clearness. It may afford some illustra-
tion of the characteristics, which you often hear
attributed to the different parties in France.
'Those characteristics are forcibly marked in the
first "Number of The Correspoadent, which I have"
read with great plea Sure. Perhaps, however,
the following shorter sketch by the Baron de
will serve to bring the exact state of our
political parties more distinctly within time com-
prehension of an English reader : and if you
think so, you are at liberty to poblish it, 'toge-
ther with the other contents of this letter.
We may consider France as divided into
three diffetent parties.

" The Royalist party, properly so called, is
that which In good earnest de;ires the cud of
the ReVOitltiall. It is not (as people wish to
make it be imagined) composed of r small numb
her of emigrants, whu, constantly attached to
their legitimate Sovereign, have grown old in
exile, and lost all, except houotir, As little is
it eXchiSively made up of people, who sigh after
the restoration of the old regime. On the con-
trary, it is composed of old proprietors, and
of people, who, riot baying profited from any
cif the depredations su common in the Revolu-
tion, have more or Jess been its victims ; it
is coMposed of men who have never quitt
France, during the most violent troubles, and who
LaVe been forced, for their personal safety, to
study the events, and follow the progress of that
Bevoltition, with which they have often struggled ;
in short, it is composed of men of all professions
end ages, united by a desire fur the public good,
the retueinbisnce of some virtues past, and the
hope of tranquillity to 'come these people, of
course, are determined not to-become a second
time the victims of a smut' number of adventurers,
enemies to religion, social order, the country, and
its legitimate Government, This party can reckon
in its body nearly tour-fifths of the population of
France ; it is confident in its strength, and extent
of means ; it is more moderate
_than is generally
believed ; and only wishes to act in cases of most
extreme moment and urgency ; this party, above
all things, -Wishes to establish the peace of
rope, and the legitimacy of the Throne.
" Another party, more dangerous for France
and the repose of Europe, is that which the