The Sun.
London, England, 1818-04-18 00:00:00

PRIVATE AND AITTIIENTIC CORRESPONDENCE.

PARIS, APRIL 13.—A itimou'r has been in
cir-
culation these two days, that M. de la lloint-
LERIE had been removed from Ilk situation as

Under SecLetary of State. of the Finances', iid
that this important post had teen confided to
PORTAL, Deputy of the Gironde. It was said
that the trews world appear in the Official Gazette

this morning. • I have read it, but there is nothing
in it of the "kind. ,The'distnissAl of 1.11. de•la B.
would have produced an excellent -effect, and the
nomination of AT. PORTAI. would not. have been
less agreeable to all those who wish to see the
Government firm, jloyarat and Constitittional.
M. PORTAL, if I am not. Mistaken,,has never
spoken in the Chamber; biit I learn from those
who are well adyminted with hini, that he is. a

man of great cApacity, of known probitY' 'and
honour, and an enemy of all kindi of exaggera-
It is nwt the same with M. (1213. 'No-
thing, it is true, can'be alleged againSt his,pro-
bity, but he is a man of a little mind, and'com-
pletely sold to the par yof the Ultras. Born in
the middling class of, society, M. B. hall neither
titles or dignities to lose by the Revolution: he
was fOrmerly !he very humble and obsequious ser-
vant of BUONAPARTS, who employed him as
Upper Clerk in the office of his own Treasury ;•
it is therefore surprising that M. de B. should at
present affect the-airs of a Grand Seigneur, and
enter the lists as a Champion of tlristocratic Doc:
trines. The tea on, however, is very simple.
Thanks to his fortune, M. de B. has married a

tion.

young Lady of Quality, vain, active, and go-ar-
relsome, and who, in Order not to have to blush
for her husband, will make him a Courtier, in
spite of nature, and his star.s..
It is sincerely to be lioped, that ae'rumour of
M. ale 13.'s dismissal is wells'fOunded. This man
has smuggled into a multitude of places belong-
ing to the.Miuistry of Finance at Paris, and hi
tiie Country, the most violent partizans of, the
Ultra Royalist Faction.
.Now you will easily
conceive that in France the individuals Who fill
the places of Directors, Comptrollers, Receivers,
Assessors, and Collectors of the Public Revenue,
are perpetually in .contact -with Citizens of all
classes, front the highest to the lowest. They
have access to the hall of the rich, the modest
dwelling of persons of middling fortune, and in
the humble thatched cottage of the poor peasant,
and have a thousand means, resulting from their
situation, to act on public opinion, and give it
the Colour that suits their purpose' best. Nothing,
therefore; 'is more important than to confide the
post of Under S cretary of State of the. Finances

only to a man who is devoted to the King, and
strongly attached to the Constitutional System.
But it the French Ministry dismiss .M. de la

BOUIL LER fE, it will only have done half.its work.
It is praiieworthy to strike at the Ultras, but it
must not spare the Demagogues ; the interest of
the State requires this equal justice, and demands
the dismissal also of M. LAFITTE,
‘a man no led
dang6ous than 111. de la 13outt.LERIE: When the
French Ministry makes war against the enemies
of the present System, it should always be armed
with A tl% -e dged sword, so that each stroke may
give two wounds at once. It would not then be
expos-ed to hear that now it favours the Jacobins,
and now is. ready to unite with the Ultras—re-
proaches the more unfottunate, as it deprives the
Ministry of the support of the two extreme par-
tieS; without offering it that of the friends of the,
King and tie Charter ; for what. confidence can
men really attached, from principle, to• Gp'
ment, liav'e in the Ministry,-when they find it
perpetually oscillating between the two extremes,
without ever resting in the centre. where alone it
Would find strength and repose?

1 again repeat to you,' Sir, that the Charter is
in danger of perishing by the very hands who are
paid to defehrd it. MACHIAVPA., if '1 8111 not
mistaken, says, somrrrher that it is not'enough
t 6 strike a great political stroke. Yon must fol-
lowit.up it) all its developements and r►ritifiCa=
tions, and foresee its •'consequences ; and that
many Governments have.perislied for want of
those who were at the helm of affairs being able
to f►►llow up , pioperly a vigorous act,, in itself
wise and prudent ; and 1 fear that posterity will
find an afflicting proof of this.judgn►ent of Mn-

cut AV EL in -r he °Molina nee of the 6th September,
t 1 the pusillanimous conduct of Ministers after
that bold stroke. Up to the present moment,
this Ordonnance has been a dead letter, or tike a
tree that does not shoot forth roots. There is no

ODC can doubt that the Ottlonnance was not ne-

cessary : it bridled the fury nt a pHrty, which
threatened to destroy every thing; but thii party
still exists—it is every where, a'nd every where it

eXereisrs a sinister iiiiinence,- awl its Leaders ex-

claim, iu the laogiolge of -MILTON'S .Satoh--

Whai, though the field be lost,
All IS not lost; the ituctuiquerahle will,
And study of revenge., immortal lrtte, •
-And courage never to submit or yield ;
And what is el;4e not to be overcome.
That glory never shall his wrath or might
Extort faun are. •

The risen who•compose this party occupy the
;•renter ',Art of the places under Government; and
.hour without ceasing to overturn it they de-

•
ceive-and betray it, and excite the' public opinion

against it.

i 3 tiot-emongh rora-nation to have

good lows; it is indispensable that ihose who ire

chars ed
it•itir their execution respect and cause
th.cin to be• respected. The Ltw r,f IneCiiOnS is
atimirable'; but what aiails it; if the Officers of

Government endeavOur to produce monsters with
siicli au excellent instrument ? The Law on the
of the Army is equally goorl, hut I
already fea'rn thzit a
,geeiit number of Prefects,
Sub-Prefecii; wail other Agents'of Government;
endeavour to render iinigis6ible to be ,extz,kterl,

in arining against it the opinion of the. people;
which is easily red astr.i'y by the idea that the re*-
titiisitioni of 13tioNAPAri'm are going to be re-
stored, 'and '1;11.114e horrors of the

Copscrfption.

If the French Mitiist.ry reallS7 vt4i.l6 to 'coosoli:
, . .
i6te the throne of the BOURBON, i“ I ani

ed to believe, ht it turn its most SeriOns attention
•16 this subject. It is a matter of life and deatii
and *bile the same efficient and preserving prin-
ciple does Out animate all the agents, while the
wheels of the political machine do no follows :the
inilMlS-ion of . the first mover, while there is • re-
sistadee, frieti.on, repose, or breakage, the State
will be,in.danger, and Europe vvill have to dread
the revolittiOnary spirit of Fratice, as the inhAi7
tants in'the Vicidiq of a burning mountain dread
the iwteitno.

'AFFAIR OF FUALDES.

(Prom 14.1purhal des Debats, April 15.)

A new and important witness has now come
forward_ in this shocking affair, whose evidence
.throws great light upon the it►ysterious business.
After Many witnesses, who ativanced nothing
new,• M. France de Lorne was introduced. His
deposition is very inter•'sting. The Sunday atter
the decree of arrest -(said this witness). Messrs.
Dessufiriem, henry and Augustus Debonald,
Fra ysitie t de'Valady, Adolphus DOnse, and 1, had.
the curiosity
•visit Bancal's,child. These, are
the particulars 1 have received from Iter :—On the
evening of the 19th of March het. mother made
her sleep in a loom on the second story, and
where seldom any body slept. In the ,evening.,
before she went to bed, she was joined by some
Gentlemen, who bad supped and drank together.
When she was. in her room, she heard a great
noise in the street, which frightened het•,; she

went down stairs in-her shift, withotit shoes, and

got into the bed, which is at the door of .the
kitchen. She tis'w thinn,,-,;11 a hole 'in the-curtain.
some men dragging in a Gentleman. - She recog-
nized among them Bastide, whom she knew be-
fore, and also•Jansion, who was named by a tvo-
man, .who, together with another woman, was.
shutting the door; one of these women was taller
and more robust than Madame Manson, and wore
, a white hat with green feathers, IVher,the door
was shut she became unwell--they gaste her some
brandy, and made them both -go out of the win-
dow, which is nearly even-with the street. They
then sat the Gcntleman near the table, and pre-
sented him with hills to sign, saying, " You must
sign aim and then die " It was Bastide and
Jansion who presented the bills., They then laid
_him on the table, and with a large sheath knife,
(such as they. kill pigi, with) which Ba's-
tide brought tinder his cloak, they killed him.—
Jausion struck •the first blow, but was horror
gtruck, and retired. Bastide continued, and at
last Missonnier gave him several blows. Collard
-And Bancal held the feet, Anne Beioit the bucket,
and the wife of Bancal stirred .the blood w;th her
-hand as fast as it fell. (A sensation of horror pre-
vailed in the Council Chamber.) A lame mall 'Odd
the light. As.soon as the crime was- perpetrated,
Bastide heard a noise in the closet at the end of
the kitchen ; lie asked, " if any one was there?"
Bincal's wife, replied, " a woman." Bastide
said she must be • murdered. Madame Manson.
came out, and thi:ew herself on her knees before
him.. Bastide wished to see if one was in the
bed ; little Madeleine pretended to be asleep.---
b Bastide- said to Bancal's wife that she must rid
herself of that child; she consented for the sum.
of 400 fratics. The plan was, to carry the tuur-
dered gentleman to his hed, and place a. razor on.
-his_ throat, Bistide, Jansion, &c. went out to
Consult on this plan. They came back; saying
that it was impossible, for some one was at the
_window. Tite,y then determined to throw him in.
the river. Bincal's wife then washed the table
and, every thing which might be stained with.
blood. Bancal did not return that night. Bancal's
wife sent little Madeleine next day .to her father
in the fields with "tothe soup, and desired her to
tell her father to do he knew What. She found
him digging a hole; sire thought it Was intended
fin her ; she discharged her commission ; her fa-
ther kissed her,
,saying, " No, bt .a good girl,
go?'

M. Dnbernard rose, and objected to Madeleine
6aneaPs eVidence, as it was contrary to her writ—
ten-deposition, which; he desired might. be read.
The Proentenr ,General objected to this, ana
the 'Court !taring deliberated, resolved that is
should not he read.

'M. Doh'ernartl.,—Mlow me to shew (bat Ala-)
tkme K0n47.-,,n and Bancats chilq manifes ly Con-
trtnlict each other. Mad Ame Manson declares
thßt she was dressed t Bonears as a/in ; Ma-
deleine, on Abe contraty, that she was dressed in
woman's clothes, v,ith a black veil.

Madame Maoson.—You have read my answers,
and yet it seems the tnost essential has escaped
you.—l shall speak the truth at 4111,i.
M. Duberriard.--1( you have sp(iken the troth,
little Madeleine dots not kno•.v what she says, and
that is just what wante4 to prove. •
M. Combettes de eAtimorit.—Cannot you, Ma-
clime, relicat your declarations, that we may see if
they coincide with tilechil•d's ?.

gindameNiansoa.---1 think I have said enough;
he trial has already been too long.
The Court was adjourned till to-mot:row.

THE WILES OF PARTY.

FOR THE SUN.

" ;lieu me in niayorem.

-PL I

Mr. Borroß,---1t is impossible for dissimulation
to practice its fraudulent tricks, for any length of
time, without eXposing itself,
.by some gross in-

advertence or inconsistency, in its trite colotirs to
the eye of the most ordittAry observer. Some

Principle recently avowed, some act recently per-
formed, is sure to jostle with violent collision

against those assumed virtues which are put on
only to serve some present purpose, and are laid
aside the moment the interests of their wearer
can be better promoted by qualities of an oppo-
Sincerity,however minutely scruti-
nized, will ever be found consistent ; but the nu-
merous shifts and expedients to which hypocrisy
is obliged to resort, in order to conceal its real
aims,, must of course be, replete with incon-
gruity and extravagance. The grief of those ►rho
were l►ire:l to act a part in the funeral proces-
sions of the ancients was always noisy and
frantic,

site nature.

" Ut qui conduct; plornnt in funere dicunt
" Et faciunt grope plura do!entibus ex animo."

Nor: do I .donht that the ejaculations of the hired
groaners at Lady Huntingdon's Chapel were au-
dible above those of the rest. of the Congregation.
In the serio-comic exhibitions of those, who, act-

ing under, the public eye, endeavour to create
false impressions by a display of fictitious emo-
tion, the ridiculous and humiliating are frequently
so commingled as to provoke, successively, our
laughter and our compassion.

Such, Sir, is the alternation of feeling with
which I am affected when I contemplate • the ex-
traordinary conduct of certain perverse- persons,
who have undertaken the important task of -illu-
minating and guiding the people by the agency
of the Press ; and who,. having long ago arm:
gated to themselves all the patriotism, now seem
to claim the exclusive possession of all the hu•
inanity, in the country. I shall not soon forget
the exquisite and inimitable fact with which a
late attempt in the Rouse of Commons to'sub-
stantiate,a charge of cruelty against Ministers, by
a mi.nute and revolting detail of incidental bodily
suffering, was justly exposed to the derision of
the public ; .who answered the whining, the
canting, aTpeal of those writers, who accused
t%vo or three hundred Senators of laughter at the
infirmities of " God's creatures," with merited
contempt.• 'The people (properly so called) saw
clearly enon.gh, that if Ogden did not wish to be-
come a fair and legitimate object of ridicule, -he
should not have consented to make his ailings the
instruments of party artifice. 'flit, people know
how to gauge the feelings of the tilCll of exclu-
sive humanity ; for they have not lost the i-r me-
The plaintive and piteous accents of
commiset anion in which they expressed their sym-
pathy with the "-unfortunate" (for unfortunate
read lucky)- Ogden cannot drive front the recol-
lection of the people the disgraceful amid un-
it cling nse which was made by these . very
:nen of the grievous _calamity which lately
overwhelmed us with affliction. The degree of
sensibility to distress, which these pretenders to
humanity really possess, will be estimated, not by
their lamentations over fabricated sorrows, but
by the calumnious insolence with which they were
seen, on that occasion, to approach the couch of
real affliction. If that detested miscreant, who
'with brutal indecency sported with those suffer-
ings to which it pleases the Altnigkty to subject
our venerable Sovereign,----who, assassin-like,
has slunk away from the indignation of his native
country, having planted a- dagger in her bosom,•----
if Cobbett himself, .I say, were here, he. would
be the noisiest of all the Declaimers 'against the
cruelty ! of Mr. CANNING.

ruori(.s

.011 e of these directors of popular opinion, who
is sedulously employed in sowing dissection be-
tween the labouring classes and their employers,
seems to , have directed his attention, for some
time past, very particularly, to a certain manu-
facturing district of the first importance, which he
seems to regard as a promising field for future
exertion. He appears to be favoured with a re-
gular succession of authentic intelligence from
some respectable individual, resident in that quar-
ter, upon whose testimony he can rely; and upon
the ex,parte information forwarded by his private
Correspondent, founds the most silly but mischiev-
ous imputations against the Gentlemen of that
neighbourhood. The opulent manufacturers are
charged by him with designing to establish over
their dependants an'intolerable despotism,- and to
render their .condition little preferable to that of
slaves. ft is affirmed by him, that the laws are
deflected from their proper course, and made 'sub-
servient to the arbitrary will of the master, for
whose benefit alque they are contrived to be ad-
ministered.—" The ' law, says he, where it is
good, exists not to the poor." It is asked if
there is " any tiling to be wondered at in the re-
volutionary temper of the manufacturing orders
Some foolish story is entirely invented, or some
fact is so disguised as to retain scarcely one feature
ot truth,—and we are then desired to say " What
/notices or iiiducemelos to affection and allegiance
are there in such prHfiks as these ?" and we are
infofmed by this Writer, who seems to possess
the confidence of the discontented, that if certain.
c(llaniniated persons were to " intrigue with the•
coluhlistible materials of the orders, there is
an ex wosion at hand which-no suspension of law,
no vigilance of despo-Ostn, can prevent."
I h0pe.,;(04 ;trustki-)is Writer's long-confirmed
habits of exaggeration have led him somewhat to
magnify this imminent danger : but no mail who
has resided at all in some of the provinces ot