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of faith with the republican party, or any departure 

 from the stipulations which had been agreed upon that 

 their personal safety should be assured. There were 

 many circumstances connected with this memorial, 

 which, although written, had never been published by 

 Carnot, that were so interesting at the time, that I 

 took some trouble to ascertain the exact facts, in order 

 that I might give a correct representation of the case 

 in a review of the memorial which I intended to 

 write.* When the article was printed, I found an 

 opportunity of sending a copy to Carnot, and this 

 produced from him the following letter : 



" PARIS, Janvier 24, 1815. 



" MONSIEUR, Yotre digne ami M. le Comte de 

 Surakowski m'a remis la lettre que vous m'avez fait 

 Thonneur de m'ecrire, ainsi que le cahier de Novembre 

 du Journal d'Edimbourg. II m'a mis au fait de ce 

 qui regarde 1'extrait qui me concerne dans le Journal, 

 et m'a fait connoitre la personne respectable & laquelle 

 j'en ai 1'obligation ; je la prie d'en recevoir mes sin- 

 ceres remercimens, et d'etre bien convaincue du 

 plaisir que j'aurai de la revoir a Paris, comme elle 

 me le fait esp&rer. 



" Agr^er, Monsieur, la haute consideration avec 

 laquelle j'ai 1'honneur d'etre votre tres humble et tres 

 obeissant serviteur, CARNOT." 



Immediately on my return to London, I wrote as 



follows to Lord Grey : 



" TEMPLE, November 7, 1814. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, On my return last Wed- 

 nesday, I learnt, on calling in Portman Square, that 

 * Edinburgh Review,' No. XLVIL, art. x. 



