1816.] 



tcr testify liis affection for tlie Lyonnese, 

 than ill calling to perform the fuiictious 

 of the prefect of the Rlioue, the worthy 

 aud virtuous jnugisfratc whom he had 

 juever ceased to remember w ith esteem." 



LA TOUR D'aUVERGNE. 



This hero, called, by way of proud 

 distinction, "The first grenadier of 

 Franec," was covered with wounds, but 

 never would g-o into an hospital, ' which 

 (he said) should only receive those who 

 liad lost a limb." His company fre- 

 quently lost hair, and Fouictimes three- 

 fourths, of its number in or.e eiigaje- 

 ment, but the ne\t day it was sure to be 

 complcled to its full complement ; for 

 such was the reputation that it had ac- 

 quired, that f<jr every vacajicy after an 

 engagement, at least ten soldier., volun- 

 teered to till it, and several who were 

 refu--ed admittance shot themselves from 

 disappointment. In consc(jne>u;o, the 

 company was allowed to be ISO strong ; 

 and, during the time I^a 'I'osir D'Au- 

 vergnc commanded it, it lost 2,480 killed 

 in battle. 



Bonaparte's return from egypt 

 lias been cried out against as an act 

 of cowardly desertion The archives, 

 found since the return of the Rour- 

 Luns, discover that the expedition to 

 Egypt was only plaimed by the direc- 

 tory to get rid of Bonaparte, who liad 

 become too formidable. He was not 

 aware of it, but bis friends communi- 

 cated the fact to liim after his depar- 

 ture ; and the nation were prepared to 

 expect his return several montJis before 

 Jic arrived, by paragraphs in the Journals, 

 and papers cried in the street, stating 

 tliat he had lauded in Italy, &c. &c. 

 'J'he whole was, therefore, only a strug- 

 gle for the asceudancy between the di- 

 rectory and the general, who, in appear- 

 ing to obey, actually outwitted them. 



THE CLIMATE UNDER QUARANTINE. 



The present season in Paris has been 

 very Unsettled weather, and the climate, 

 m fact, perfectly English. Asking a re- 

 spectable old lady what slic thought was 

 the reason of it, she replied, she thought 

 it was owing to the vast intliix of Eng- 

 lish, who had undoubtedly brought the 

 climate with them into France, aud 

 ought to be put under quarantine ! 



THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. 



Why is there no more said about the 

 Duke of Orleans in France than if he 

 really did not exist? And why, when 

 the engravers groupod his head with the 

 rest of the rojal family, they were 

 «blig<d to take it out? And wlij is the 



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largo and elegant portrait of him, re- 

 cently engraved in Paris, prohibited 

 from being published ? 



THE MIMSTCR OF FOREfGN AFFAIRS. 



In the connnencenient of the revolu- 

 tion, when it was only recognized by 

 America and the republic of Geneva, 

 the committee of Public Safety thought 

 of creating a Minister for Foreign Af- 

 fairs, aud selected the celebrated Scipio 

 count du Roure for the minister — 

 " What (said tive count) do we want 

 with a minister for foreign affairs ? \\ ith 

 whom have we to negotiate? With f .e 

 powers of the north, and at the point of 

 the swtirti ! Instead of a minister send 

 a legation of 300,000 men to Austria, 

 300,000 to Prussia, and to every hostile 

 power in proportion to its dignity. Let 

 these legations nt^goliate for us, and I 

 will answer for the result." The count's 

 suggestion was adopted with acclama- 

 tions, and the instant the object was 

 known, a million volunteers ottered their 

 services in the space of a fortnight, 



JURIES, 



In the commencement of the revo- 

 lution, the civil and political institu- 

 tions of England fixed the attention of 

 France; amongst others, the jury, by 

 which they simply understand the un- 

 biased decisiou of twelve men, sworn to 

 declare the truth. Every thing was 

 now decided by a jury : — was a nostrum 

 proposed, a jury pronounced on its 

 merits ; — w as a statue to be erected, a 

 jury prescribed the conditions. Juries 

 sat on all cases, civil, criminal, political, 

 and philosophical; but their verdict was 

 decided by majorities which varied ac- 

 cording to the cases, and sometimes ac- 

 cording to the special determination of 

 the court ; but, after all, the duties of 

 jurors are ill understood in France. 

 The Act of Accusation, which answers 

 to our indictment, is merely a partial 

 ground of the process; it may be totally 

 abandoned, and fresh charges opened 

 for the first time in court ; the prisoner 

 never knows the extent of the charges 

 till the moment they are made on his 

 trial, and these charges may be mad^ 

 by letter from persons absent, not 

 sworn; hearsay evidence, too, is ad- 

 mitted; and, to crown the injustice, the 

 witnesses arc examined in the absence 

 of the prisoner, and he is then submitted 

 to interrogatories lesultiug from th<'-'e 

 ex-parte examinations, in order that ho 

 may criminate himself: when the whole 

 is concludtid, the jury is directed to Cud 

 on every di$tinct point ef accusation, 

 f And 



