The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-24

FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.

6isno;rs Of C.. M TaHeyrsni PsryissrS, of Bo-
napar,es principal fecretaries of fate, his grand
chamberlain, and grand officer of the legion of no.
nor, exhhop of Artun, ex-abbe of Ce.ics and St.
Dennis, &c.
tits OF the utmoh importance that the world
at large !hould be well acquainted with the cha
rater ofthe chief actor on the political ftage of
France, not only of thoie who fupported the
fcenes ofthe Revolutionary Tragedy which took
place in that unfortunate and degraded country,
but of thofe who figure in the Imperial Farce
which has fncceeded it. To the author of the
nreient work the public IRE indebted for THE
REVOLUTIONARY PLuTARCH, a production
that fully uayei'ed the characters of the
Corfican UpRart, and all his relations and i'm
mediate tools. The irccefs of that work has
iudacetithe author to conpofe thofe memoirs o.
the Appellate BiBtop, Talleyrsnd, WHO'S at this
time TIE principal inftrumsnt by which Bona
parte co,trives to rivet the chains Of the people
over whom he has obtained a military defpotifin
The author refers IN general to authorities fer
the accouu. which he gives of the French mi
nfer, and though he evidently writes with
decided an.ipathy to the revolutionary princi
Piles Of France, he feens TO draw the portrait
of his hero with firm regard TO hiRorical
truth, and rtainiy with the hand of mater.
We lately fuhu}tteed to our readers an account
ar the prefeDt Rate Of the police of France, and
muf be equally acceptable, as il win make us
more tepiible Of the hleiIinss we enjoy under
the protection OF impartial laws, while our IN.
fortunate neighbours are Eroaning under the
tel~ible inqIiiitiop and controul of the mof un
prineipled and arbitrary govcrnmen on earth.
Although the jacohn clubs are no longer
ftiiiionable in France, the fpirt of jacobnifm
there is not fuaaincd but improved. 1t CONT
nues even to extend its influence, and to exert
itlslf in mott other States. 1t now 70 perfect
iyidentifisd with the revolutionary governmen,
whatever appellation is nfurped by its chief,
TIE name ct q citizen fans culotte, or the title
ofan imperial monarch, that both mua rule or
PERTH together. This originates, in a great
meaiure, from the iaco5iu propaganda now or
gamZed into iecret external, As we;l-as inter
nal police, its hrhea and invariaole fnpoort.
bota the'e revolutionary and anti-focial inhitu.
tut'oaS acknowledge 1'alieyrand as their parent.
Ire plan he drew for the former, in 1859, was
improved by him fo' the latter in 1859, and
the inftruetons he co.npofed for the cmifiaries
oi the jacohn propay anda fix.een years ago,
with the exception of forne variations which
Bonaparte's confpiracy againt all ancient dy-
naities and lawful governments has made ne
ccn;ny, fefsev vet for the agents of the French
police. None hut raeyrand, Mirabean, ard
iomc other. principal chiefs, were initiated in
tie hidden views of TIE ;acobin propaganda,
Bona2arte, Taileyrand, and Fouche, are the.
onlYpsrfons at pretent excluively acquainted
with aud directing the intriguee, pots, and
crimes ofthe agents Of the fecret French poce.e
The following curious State Paper, the au-.
received, with feyersl Others, from loyal friend
at Paris, who though figuring at RonaDarte's
diplomatic levecs, and from policy partaking
of Taileyrand's Official dinners, holds in the
utr,oa detefation tl,eie guilty men watches
tteiT mosions, and generates into their plans
has temerity enough often to expofe their afro
cites, and courage, when location offers, 10
deliver mankind of its fcourgc.