DAMBRAY.

_Paris, September 18th, 1816._

My Lord Chancellor,

I have the honour to forward to you a copy of the protest I have
entered, and the letter I have just written to the Minister of Police.

Is it not strange, my Lord Chancellor, that in open day, by force, and
in defiance of my remonstrances, the work of a Peer of France, to which
my name is attached, and printed publicly in Paris, should have been
carried off by the Police, as if it were a seditious or clandestine
publication, such as the 'Yellow Dwarf,' or the 'Tri-coloured Dwarf'?
Beyond what was due to my prerogative as a Peer of France, I may venture
to say that I deserved _personally_ a little more respect. If my work
were objectionable, I might have been summoned before the competent
tribunals: I should have answered the appeal.

I have protested for the honour of the Peerage, and I am determined to
follow up this matter to the last extremity. I call for your support as
President of the Chamber of Peers, and for your interference as the head
of justice.

I am, with profound respect, etc. etc.,
(Signed) THE VISCOUNT CHATEAUBRIAND.

6. THE CHANCELLOR DAMBRAY TO THE COUNT DECAZES.

_Paris, September, 19th, 1816._

I send you confidentially, my dear colleague, a letter which I received
yesterday from M. de Chateaubriand, with the informal Protest of which
he has made me the depository. I beg you will return these documents,
which ought not to be made public. I enclose also a copy of my answer,
which I also request you to return after reading; for I have kept no
other. I hope it will meet your approbation.

I repeat the expression of my friendly sentiments.

DAMBRAY.

7. THE CHANCELLOR DAMBRAY TO THE VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIAND.

_Paris, September 19th, 1816._

My Lord Viscount,

I have received with the letter you have addressed to me, the
declaration relative to the seizure which took place at the residence of
your bookseller; I find it difficult to understand the use you propose
to make of this document, which cannot extenuate in any manner the
infraction of law committed by M. Le Normant. The Law of the 21st of
October, 1814, is precise on this point. No printer can publish or offer
for sale any work, in any manner whatever, before having deposited the
prescribed number of copies. There is ground for seizure, the Article
adds, and for sequestrating a work, if the printer does not produce the
receipts of the