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the present occasion , aud for once he sacrificed his vanitv to the views of his party . Monday is the day fixed for the final discussion ; but I cannot conceive that on Monday it will not be referred till another Monday , and so on from day to clay .

There is one extraordinary fact which I am not Avise enough to resolve . The majorities of the Democrats Avhen a question is decided by collecting the number of votes is always small , perhaps tAventy ; on the last division relative to the slave trade

the numbers were 315 to 338 , and on no division does it appear that the number of deputies who vote exceed 700 ; and yet all maintain that the Assembly consists at present of 1000 ; therefore , there are 300 whom when their opinion is likelto be

y publicly known , absent themselves . The Parliament of Bordeaux are ordered to the Bar of the Assembly . The Parliament of Tholouse have issued an Arret of the same tendency , but they are not yet denoiice . The Club des Jacobins is at

this moment divided in t-vo factions , that of Mirabeau and La Fayette ; the latter with all his insidious moderation , I take to be un plus grand scelerat than he is supposed

to be . Ihe night of the 6 th of October will always exist as a proof of his incapacity or his guilt ; that Mirabeau should be obnoxious to him I can easily conceive , but why Monsieur should be inculpated I cannot tell . It is true that in his heart

he is strongly attached to the Aristocrats , but too timid to act , he remains quiet in his own palace . He is clever , but his brother despises his abilities , and formerly the Queen and himself were open enemies . I have entered into a discussion before I

have given the argument on which it is founded . A report is whispered about from ear to ear that Mirabeau has received from Monsieur 300 , 000 ecus , but as" the foll y of the assertion would be too barefaced if any reason was assigned , none is

even whispered . Is it to couceal the past Monsieur had in the pretended plot of M . de Favras . For my own part I guess the report is spread by La Fayette Avith a view to cast suspicions on Mirabeau , aud to intimidate Monsieur to such a degree

as to make him fly , and then to reallume the sinking fanaticism of the people with new plots , new treasons and new murders . Paris again begins to swarm with those numerous banditti , Avho first began the

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revolution , and who had for some time past absented themselves . The return of the Duke of Orleans is mentioned . Even the neighbourhood of the capital is infested by large troops of armed smuggler AVIIO enter their goods by force , not by cunning .

Scarce a day passes Avithout some skirmish ; they are often repulsed , but never vanquished . Mirabeau declared the night before last at the Club des Jacobins , that he had un motion effrayant a faire . Un motion

which made his blood run cold . This man only Avants the coinage of Cromwell . As he neither mentioned tho time , or purport of this dreadful menace , he certainly has hopes that it will produce some effect which may justify his pretended regret . I certainly frequent the houses more of those inclined to Aristocratic than

Democratic principles , yet even in the latter I ahvays find a greater number of the former , though they , Democrats , are violent and intolerant . The tradesmen openly avoAv their discontent ; none think themselves obliged to any degree of moderation in their abuse of the Assembly . I can affirm

that I have never been in any house Avhere the majority of the company were not Aristocrats ; and many of those who professed moderate or Democratic principles have since joined the Aristocratic standard . The petition of the City of Paris relative

to the Caisse . D'Escompte is referred to a distant day . The politicians of the Palais Royal begin to dissent against it . The tumults of the provinces seem to diminish .

Bye-Laws Of The York Lodge, No. 236.

BYE-LAWS OF THE YORK LODGE , No . 236 .

BY THE EDITOR . FIRST NOTICE . WE have perused Avith much pleasure this valuable little Lodge History , and Avhich reflects great credit on its tAvo able

compilers , Bro . John Todd , P . M ., and Bro . William CoAvling , P . M . Bro . John Todd give , us a very interesting " resume" of the History of the Lodge " per se ; " while Bro . William Cowling supplies us Avith a very lucid narration of the Annals of the Grand Lodge of York . We will take them " seriatim . "