Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-10-06
DisteAanp.
COURT OF BONAP ARTE.
FRoM THE sEcRtT HISTORY or
THE COURT OF ST. CLOUD.
Tices Of the Court.

walton of the mott superficial travel
Ter Of rank, that at the Court of 81.
Cloud, want of morals is NOT atoned
for by good breeding or good man
ners. The hideoulnels Of vice, the
pretentions of ambition, the vanity of
/ rank, the pride Of favor, and the
flame of venality, do not wear here
that delicate veil, that glofs Of virtuc
which, in other courts, leilcns the de-
Il formity Of corruption, ard the fcan-
dal Of dePravity. Duplicity and hy-
poorly are here very common indeed,
more 70 than dillinulation any where
elfe /; but barefaced knaves and i'm
pofors NUT always make Indifferent
courtiers. Here the miEiiter tells
YOU, mutt have luch fun for
place and the chamberlain tells you
count down 70 mach for my protec-
ton. The princefs requires neck
lace of fuch value, for interefing
herlelf in your advancement; and
the lady in waiting demands dia-
mond Of fuch worth on the day of
your promotion. The lecretary for
fgning and the clerk for writing your
commilIions the GATHER for deliver
/ ing it, and the meaenger for inform
ing you OF it, have all their fixed pri-
ces.-Have you law fuit, the Judge
announces to you, thar 10 much has
been offered by your opponent, and
10 much is expected from you i you
deGre to win your caufe When you
are the defendant againt the crown,
the attorney or folicitor general lets
you know, thar fuch dsuceur is re-
quiGte TO procure fuch an iiIuc. Ev-
en- in criminal proceedings, not only
honor but life, may be faved by pecu-
MARY facri6ces.
A man Of the name of Martin, by
protection flock jobber, killed, in
1903, his own wife and for 1000
liyres, 5ooi. he was acquitted, AMI
recovered his liberty. In November
Taft year, in quarrel with his own
brother, he ftabbed him through The
heart, and for another fun Of 1900
lIvres, he was acquitted and releaf-
ed before ChriltmaS. This wretch
IS now in prifon again, on lufpicion
OF having poisoned his own daughter
with whom he had an inceituous
intercourse, and he BOATS publicly
OF the certainty offoou being liberst-
ed.
Another perfon, Louis de Saurac,
the younger fon of Baron de Saurac
who, together with his eldeR fon,
had emegrated, forged will in the
name Of his parent, whom he pre-
tended to be dead, which left him
the fole heir Of al the difpofable
property, TO the exclulion of two Gf-
tiers. After the nation had (hared
its part, as heir Of all emigrants,
Louis took pohef1ion of the remain
der. In 1907, both his father and
brother accepted the general amneity
and returned TO France. To their
great furprize, they heard that this
Louis had by his i'll treatment forced
his listers into fervitude, refuf-
ing them even the common ne
cefiaries of life. After upbraiding
him for his want Of duty, the father
dehred, according to the law, the ref
titutiou of the unfold part of his ef-
fates. On the day fixed for fettline
the accounts, and entering into hi:
right, Baron de oaurac, was arrefea
as confpirator and fent to the tenn
pie, he had been denounced as hav-
ing ferved in the army of Condo, and
as being fecrct agent TO Louis
AVIH. To difprove the frf part
OF the charge, he produced certih-
Gates from America, where he had
paHed the time of his emigration.
and even upon the rack he denied
the latter. During bis arref, the
eldeit fon discovered that Louis had
become the owner Of their pofIcfIious
oy means Of the viii lie had forged
N the name of ais father and thar