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Avhich is obtained from the right hank of the river. Some of the 

 buildings, such as the Theatre, are in the highest state of external 

 beauty, and there is a very extensive Place in which some rows 

 of trees are planted." lie describes the company in his hotel, 

 " where politics were discussed with the utmost eagerness." 

 " At the table d'hote where I dined was a lady who had arrived 

 from Paris wearing a tri-coloured ribbon. She took the lead in 

 every conversation, was, in fact, the orator of the party. Nothing 

 can exceed the interest the French have taken in their Revolution. 

 They can speak of nothing else. If the conversation passes for a 

 moment to any other subject of local or personal interest, it soon 

 returns to the detail of the events in Paris. The same actions 

 are related over and over again, and followed by the same 

 exclamations of wonder and delight. Every article in the 

 constitution is received with a unanimous and cordial assent. 

 C'est hien cela ! C'est bien cela ! is repeated after every clause 

 and re-echoed by every voice. There is no diversity of opinion 

 on any point. Had each individual framed a code himself he 

 could not have been better satisfied with it. Such are the French 

 people. Scarce half a century ago they submitted without a 

 murmur to the most despotic of governments and tyrannical of 

 priesthoods. They admired their Government ; they adored 

 their King ; they loved their Church. Suddenly a wonderful 

 revolution took place in their government and in their religion, 

 and they regarded with equal veneration the new idol they had 

 set up. It, in turn, soon passed away — a reign of confusion and 

 terror succeeded, till a military despot seized the reins of the 

 Kingdom. The nation bowed before his feet, and, dazzled by 

 the splendour of his victories, regarded him in the light of a God. 

 A foreign force drove the usurper from the external throne in 

 France, but he still retained his dominion over their hearts. 

 This dynasty has now been expelled — for ever ? The nation has 

 had its own election and what has been its choice"? Not its 

 much vaunted Republic, nor still less its military despotism. It 

 has formed a limited Monarchy such as that of P]ngland, but 



