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'to 'be'jnit at first sight," saidlie,"but 'it is only specious. On
the day when the Ministry will be overthrown, on t'lse day on
which the Port-feuilies will come into our bands."-,—"On that
day," said interri;Ptirik him, " ever it arrives, you 'Will
recommence the• many i'purations Of 1815; you will get alt
those who adopted 'youi'maxims to side with the party in
power."—" We 11)01 not follow the example of the Ministry,
in allowing the Partizans of a system
,ditTerent from our
own 'to retain theit' 'Have I not remarked that what
supports our hopes, and compromises the fate of the Ministry,
is, that a party of its
.superior Agents are deVoted to us ?
Their conduct insensibly alienates the mind, and disposel-men
towards the most extravitgant opinions, whose character and
enlightened understandings might he expected to secure them
from such infatuation. Tormented by our- friends, feebly
protected by the Ministers,
,they behold the future with
horror, and endeavour to find in democratic InstitutiOns a
rampart against the arislocracy that threatens' them."—
"Again," said I, ".what will you gain by this diversion ? What
advantage will the Throne derive from it ? To inspire Better
torn with a disposition towards aristocracy, and strengnen
th. 6 hatred in which it is held by •Republicans, is a
sirighlar method of supporting a Monarchy'"—" When we
once obtain the Supreme Power we will stop the torrent.
M. de Chateaubriand has observed that -seven. men iu
Depart;nents, -and- we are 'Masters: "—" I have read 'the
political publications 'of this Peer," said t, " but I have
not 'forgotten Hisiory, and I Understand the age
which. I live:, I vainly seek among the ruins of our 1;i-

stitutions some reinaining vestige of your 'ancient au-
thority
: a Revolution cf tlitity years haS
crery ,thing.- Old • men scarcely can remember .that you
were formerly men of importance in your provinces. The
lands ot your ancestors have passed into the hands of your
vassals; each of your domains is now the patrimony of twenty
fathilies. You are suspected, because it is known that yort
were treated severely by the law; and it is imagined, not
without foundation, that you nonrish -in your hearts a hatred
4.4-the present order of affairs.. You not only torment those
who have profited by your misfortunes, but even those, who,
tit ed of anarchy and despotism, wish-to enjoy in peace those
laws which -were assigned to us at the restoration_ of
,the
Bourbons. Can you think that, not having the .support of
numbers, wealth, or opinion in your favour, it would be so
easy for you to possess the supreme power?"—" We were at
that point in is I's; and had it not been for that fatal Onion-
nance, weshould now he all-pOwevfol. The Ministry, by this
violent blots., retarded the accompllshMent of our plans."—
" It submitted to opinion—ought it to have .opposed it, and
supported its enemies to the prejudice of its 'friends? Yon
.would then have had the right of taxing, not temerity, but
ignorance and weakness. Until. the 5111 of September, the
Ministers were only a 'name ; laws-were despised ; regal au-
thority was compromised. Wino could have knosvu what would
put bounds to your ambition! What matters it from what
band you receive a blow, if it is .mortal ? The aristocracy of
Poland was less fatal to the monarchical system, than the de-
magogue ascendancy of 1793. the sth of September saved
the State, in surrounding the Throne with the flower, and
supporting it by the attachment, of the nation. From that
period you have made incredible 'attempts to overthrow
the Ministry ; but, as it was propped by 'opinion, your
endeavourS have been' fruitless ;:and in this uneqUal con-
test, its strength increases, while yours diminishes in the
softie proportion. Every endeavour on your side has given
them a new . triumph. It cannot resist, said you, the at-
tacks of independence, and we shall be at baud to secure the
victory.' ThUS
,you found
.your hopes on two conjectures,
which, thanks to Heaven, are equally,fallacious. Admittink
that you have obtained tine power which you desired—Well,
then, you arc now Mistters. A few steps have carried you
into Administratioir ; but something more, is necessary to
secure you there. Before the comrhericement of your enter-
prize you perceived the difficulty attending. your situation
and you thought of supporting yourselves, not on old props.
that would bend under you, but on the solid basis- of national
strength ;in a word, you abandon your own syst to adopt
that which you so much descried. But how will you retrace
your steps, nod not expose yourselves to public con-,
tempt ? now will you restrain that crowd of interested,.
impetuous, and injudicious friends ? How will you
make them comprehend that fur their advantage, as well
as your ' own, they must renounce their absurd 'pre-
tensions ? How will you. gain the confidence of a haughty
-people, whom you so irritated by outrages and menaces ?
you retreats you will lose the support of your friend', and the
concessions wrested from you by force will not regain the
people on lour side. If you persevere-, yOu seek your ruin,"
for the Independents, favoured by general discontent, Will
attack you with greater advantage than they did your prede-
cessors. Yetir fall then will be inevitable. -.We might feel
some consolation if the danger only threatened you; but thef,
fate of France would then be attain exposed to the hazard of
a Revolution. Public opinion, hostile to your-aristocratical
:doctrines:arrays itself against you with the most violent
pridciples of democracy. We see all those jealous and per-
turbed feelings which prepared and consummated the over-
throw of monarchy again in commotion. The most precious
guarantee of the Liberty of France, 'that Throne which
you invoke incessantly, is once more endangered; and
You, excellent Royalists, you alone are the cause! What
can you now do to stop the progress of the evil ! In 1789., at
an epocha when the ideas of liberty and equality were alain
tained by only a small number, you-sunk under. Re-
cover yourselves then, and reflect on your weakness. Throw
from your eyes the deceitful' film of self,loVe,.which prevents
you from seeing that what you take for strength is in reality
weakness. Do not dig an 'abyss in which you would be the
first victims."—" I confess," said he, after hesitating a men
went, " that the prospect is not very inviting; I tremble in
removing the veil which conceals it. I fear, as much as I
wish, the triumph of my Party. But what evil genius prompts..
the Ministers to pursue their advantages over us!" " Do.
not deceive yourselves, it is the Guardian Angel of France,
If tine Ministers, by an unpardonable error, were to throw
themselves into your arms, they would lose themselves, and
France would fall' with -them. They have no force but
what depends on opinion. ,Their credit rests on their popu-
larity. Let them declare for your cause, and all their
influence will be absorbed in yours."—" Alas !" said he,
" how easily are we bewildered in tine obscure labyrinth of
politics; and when the light shall begin to appear, it will be.
toe late to retreat"—[He pronounced, these words with so
mclancluily an air; that I could not but pity his feelingsl—
" Our return towards the Ministry," continued he, " is now
impossible ; 'the world would iMpute to ut shameful motives;'
it would not fail to compare our speeches of to-day with those
of the day before. Our friends in the Provinces, too fervent
to be just, will consider us as base deserters ; the people will
receive us with the ceuteonst due to apostate*. We Are WWI

We received
_tact night the Paris Papers of
Tuesday last, and this morning those of ‘Vednes-
day. Tlre preparatory examination of the P!ojet
'respecting the liquidation commeoced in the Bu-
reaux of the. Chamber .of Deputies on Monday,
when the following, Committee was alApainted
specially to consider it :=M:M. Boitst, DUPLEIX
DE Man', 13RSLAY, DeBIZEMONT, the Count de
CAUMUNT, USO.IYIN,'L/E, DONALD, and the Duke
de GAETE. It was supposed the Committee
wo•uld report on Welnesday. Tjte Chamber ,of
Deputies were' in the mean time- occupied with'
the, giuljet : they voted the loan for 113, and.
again adjourned thedi;cussion till Wednesday...:
There are two days further proceedings in these'
Journals of the trial at Albi, but disclo*tg •no
„, • . ,
new fact. _thego trial appears to. be, at length
draWing towards a close.
One of the Papers tOf Tuesday states, that the
Duke of WEL-LINGt(iN would', it w.as supp:,,scd,
leave Paris on Wednesday,y •
The KING received on Monday Madame CATA..
LAN!, she having solicited to be allowed to pay
her respects to his Majesty previous to her
departure.
A report is (footed from the German Papers,
that Russia means to become a member. of the
Germanic Confederation, by means of her Pro-
vinces of Courlandi Estlitinia, -and
.Livonia.

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We this day present to our Readers the con-
clusion of a Pamphlet which has excited a very,
great interest in the political circles of Paris, and
which must excite similar feelings in this Couptry.
Ii is so analagthis to the statement's and the rea•
'sonings of. our valuable Correspondent'in 'that
Capital, that, we have
,the' more reason toi'ely on
his representations, -and to assent, to his argil-
.,
ments. The Author of the,Pamphlet has veiled
himself in such mystery; that even our 'sagacious
'Correspondent does not appepr to guesS who he
is, and no other person has caught the- faintest
scent. The work itself is -highly interesting; be-
cause it developes not only the true state; but the
essential interests, of France.; and we trust that
it will hart.. pawerfril effect' in strengthen;pg
measures of sound national policy..--The length of