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advancement of science, or the instruction of Ljs 

 suojects ; and they were rendered still more ber^fe- 

 ficial, by the judicious manner in which they were 

 performed. Honours were thus heaped upon him , 

 and in 1814, a still greater mark of confidence was 

 hestowed, in his appointment of " Counsellor of 

 State." 



We have now reached the period when the affairs 

 and prosperity of his great master and patron were to 

 assume a more chequered train ; and nothing places 

 the upright conduct of our naturalist, in all his political 

 and official transactions, so high, as his constantly 

 retaining, not only his civil appointments, but be- 

 ing sought to take a part in the councils of each 

 monarch, as in their turn they succeeded to a tem- 

 porary rule of France. From this it might perhaps 

 be alleged that he was variable in his opinions, and 

 wavered with the feelings of the times ; it was the 

 reverse. He was a firm supporter of order and 

 subordination, but he saw that, alone, he could do 

 little to stern the torrent of revolutionary principles, 

 and he hoped that his assistance and advice might pal- 

 iiate some of its attending miseries. His abilities were 

 widely known, and it was known also that he would 

 use them only and conscientiously for the good of 

 his country. Upon the first ejection of Napoleon, 

 Louis XVIII, continued him in his office of Coun- 

 sellor, which had the same year been conferred on 

 mm by the Emperor. The return of Napoleon from 

 Elba for a time banished him from the Court ; but 



