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Meeting of the New Lezislature.—Stre ngth of the predominant Port; —New 
sand great Object afi Ambition among the amr edly oF ay = FS Gf the 
Members of the nex aly -estublished Direéory. — Pomp and Parade of the Di« 
ve Bory —Palicy of ke ping up a Taste for external Splend-ur and Distinisae 
—These hateful in the rigil Republicins.—The Terr rists, cilled nay the 
Society of the Pantheon, resume their primary Desigus.— [he Dire&ory, 
alarmed, yet judge it exp:dient tr court the Favour of ‘the Terrorists, —Res 
. gulations of the Direory, and Contests respecting the public S. ong s of. Paris. 
—The 8 pirit and Temper of the Purisians indicated by these Crntesis; a sea~ 
sanable dma ition. ta the Dire ory «—Deelire of Lerr_rism.—TDhe 1 pit ists, 
ar Society of the Pantheon, suppressed, and the House its: Lf shut up.—The 
Lerrsrists continue toassemble, and give vent to their rages ixsmall Parties. 
—A new Opposition to the Diredtory, more farmidable than the Society of 
? the Pantheon had been.—Redu@ian of the Galli ries in the Hill of the 
Comventisn, to a Space not containing more than Three Hundred SpeBator. rm 
—Uiility of dividing the Legislature into.two independent Badi:1,—Re- 
markable drtifice of vo Junior Council for commanding the App Yytment of 
all the Members of the izweBory.— Establishment of an Lnstituiron in #rance 
Sor the Advantement of Arts and Sciences,—And of Central Schisls. for 
Languages, Literature, and Phalasophys in all the Departments. —Perfc& 
Enjoyment of Rel oe Tolerati.n.— Bigotry and Presumption f the’ Roman 
Catholics. —Checked with Moderatiin by the Directory. —Treatirs of Peace 
Between the French Republic and sther Governments. —Public Mention of 
them hy different St.tes. 
ambition was now to occupy @ scat 
on the directozigl throne... All the 
great leaders of the ruling party 
“HE meeting of the new legisla- 
ture opened a scene of the 
The predo- 
) inant party held the reins of go- 
ernment in-their hands, and enier- 
tained no apprehensions that the 
Other would eyer be able to sup. 
plant them. The people, it was 
true, favoured their rivals; but 
Bhey were supported by that essen- 
tial engine of absolute power, an 
‘army, which they had so artfully 
sien that it was entirely at 
irdevotion. Still, however, they 
‘were agitated by those passions that 
§ accompany men of aspiring 
ispositions, The great object of 
were secretly exerting their interest 
for this purpose; and the public 
were suspended between the hope 
that men of parts and fair character 
would be raiséd:to.this high station, 
and the.féarthat the spirit of faction 
would All it unworthily. Had the 
wishes of the nation been consulted, 
the most eminent of the moderate 
party would undoubredly-havejbeen 
promoted to that dignity, or if wny 
of the others had been admitted: to 
a participation, in order to obviate 
the jealousies and complaints of tac 
be mud 
