deposit ordered by the preceding Article.

All infractions of this law (Art. 20) will be proved by the reports of
the inspectors of the book-trade, and the Commissaries of Police.

You were probably unacquainted with these enactments when you fancied
that your quality as a Peer of France gave you the right of personally
opposing an act of the Police, ordered and sanctioned by the law, which
all Frenchmen, whatever may be their rank, are equally bound to respect.

I am too much attached to you, Viscount, not to feel deep regret at the
part you have taken in the scandalous scene which seems to have occurred
with reference to this matter, and I regret sincerely that you have
added errors of form to the real mistake of a publication which you
could not but feel must be unpleasant to his Majesty. I know nothing of
your work beyond the dissatisfaction which the King has publicly
expressed with it; but I am grieved to notice the impression it has
made upon a monarch who, on every occasion, has condescended to evince
as much esteem for your person as admiration for your talents.

Receive, Viscount, the assurance of my high consideration, and of my
inviolable attachment.

The Chancellor of France,

DAMBRAY.

No. IX.

TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL REFORMS EFFECTED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF FRANCE
FROM 1816 TO 1820.

MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR (M. LAINE).

_From May, 1816, to December, 1818._

_Sept. 4th, 1816._--Decree for the reorganization of the Polytechnic
School.

_Sept. 25th, 1816._--Decree to authorize the Society of French Missions.

_Dec. 11th, 1816._--Decree for the organization of the National Guards
of the Department of the Seine.

_Dec. 23rd, 1816._--Decree for the institution of the Royal Chapter of
St. Denis.

_Feb. 26th, 1817._--Decree relative to the administration of the Public
Works of Paris.

_Ditto, ditto._--Decree for the organization of the Schools of Arts and
Trades at Chalons and Angers.

_March 12th, 1817._--Decree on the administration and funds of the Royal
Colleges.

_March 26th, 1817._--Decree authorizing the presence of the Prefects and
Sub-Prefects at the General Councils of the Department or District.

_April 2nd, 1817._--Decree to regulate Central Houses of Confinement.

_Ditto, ditto._--Decree to regulate the conditions and mode of carrying
out the royal authority for legacies or donations to Religious
Establishments.

_April 9th, 1817._--Decree for the assessment