Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-10-06

tcnccu 10 Ten years UdHlsnIilcnt, anu H'S
accomplices have been acquitted. 1t is
hoped that the King, in the exercise Of
his power, will dismiss the corrupt Mag
istrates by whom he was tried, and his
Majesty is very likely to do so.--Just be-
fore his departure for Madrid he dismis-
sed all the members of the Council of
War whom he had appointed to judge of
the conduct of Nj. Sosio Carafa, relative
to the extraordinary expedition of the
Neapolitan fleet to Tripoli, which took
place at the beginning of the year
august IS, the city of Paris gave a
municipal banquet to Gen. Lafayette.
The company invited assembled at six
O'clock at the hotel Of the Preiect; a
mong them were the Kings ministers,
members of the Chambers Of Peers and
of the Deputies, the members of the Mu-
nicipal Council of Paris, Of the Court of
Cessation, the Court of Accounts, the
Royal Tribunal of Paris, Of the Tribu-
nails of the First Instance and of Com
merce, Of the Council General Of the
Departments, and of the Council Of Pre-
lecture. The Mayors and their Ad-
juncts, the Staff, the commander OF the
Legions, and principal officers of the Ma
tional Guard, the Commanders of the
Staff and Of the Division of Paris, the
commander of the troops forming the gar
rison of Paris, pupils Of the Polytechnic
School, of the Schools of Law and Med
icinc, members ofthe four Academies of
the Institute of France, and of the learn
ed, literary, and phlanthropic societies
of the capital, and great number of
men eminent in science, literature, and
the arts.
The banquet was for $50 persons. The
bust Of the King, surrounded by piles of
arms, surmountcd by tri-colorcd flags,
was placed opposite the banquet On
the other side of the hall was placed on
pedestal an engraving of the portrait of
General Lafayette on foot, surrounded
by streamers of the national colors. A
vast orchestra filled the extremity of the
hall. The pieces played by the band
were mingled with choruses performing
two cantatcs, and with couplets in honor
of the veteran ofliberty, and ofthe brave
men who have so gloriou-ly fought for
I it, These couplets, sung by M. Adol-
phe Nourri,, were vehemently applaud
ed. AT the dessert, Count Alexander de
Laborde, Prelcct of the Seine, rose and
proposed the following toast :-"The
French nation and the King of the
French" The company replied by an
unanimous cry and reiterated acclama-
tons.
The second toast was given by Gen.
Lehau, Senior of the Municipal Com
mission-"To General Lafay
After the accamations with which this
toast was received, Gen. Lafayette rose,
and in the midst of the most profound si-
lence expressed himself in the following
terms:
My dear fellom coleugues-it is with a
delicious emotion that thank you for
the manner in which you have received
the toast proposed in your name by my
honorable and patriotic colleague. When
tho population of Paris rose spontaneous
ly to repel aggression, and re-conquer its
rights, the rights of us all, the imper-
scripliblc rights of the human race, it
deigncd to remember an old servant of
the rights of the people in proclaiming
me its chief; in associatug my name with
its triumphs it has recompenscd the Vi
cissitudes of a whole life. This people,
so great during the combat, has shewn
itself still greater by its generosity. To
day it is, with the deep rooted sentiment
of its sovereignty, its true interest that it
must organize its victory. Already all
the patriotic opinions have frankly raj
lied round n constitutional and popular
throne. The acclamations of the capi-
tal-the accounts from all the depart
mcnts, testify a general assent to their
choice. There will be difference Of
sentiment on many other points--all o.
pinions are frcc--thc press is at hand to
enlighten, to warn, public men, and all
the citizens; but there is an observation
which my old experience ought to sub
NIT to you.
The nation had conquered in '89; ma
tional and social rights had been pro-
claimed and organized, force could do
nothing against us: then arose that fatal
1 system of division and anarchy, the de-
plorable consequences Of which you all
know, and have we not since seen agents
of that false system, emissaries Of Co
blentz and Of foreign powers, impudcntly
claim their salary' But the exquisite
good sense of the actual population will
preserve us from that misfortune. You
are no longer those generations of the
ancient regime astonished at learning
they had rights and duties; you are the
children, the pupils of the revolution, and
your conduct in the great days of glory
and liberty has just shown the difference.
II Surrounded by so many persons, for