Our party on Monday was perhaps a little too numerous. I hope you did not find us too noisy and controversial.
I am glad you have had an opportunity of seeing Miss O’Neill, and that you were so much pleased with her. She is a prodigious addition to the stage.
There are strange reports respecting the prevalence of the Jacobin party at Paris, and the state of coercion to which Napoleon is supposed to be reduced. It is said to be even hazardous for him to leave the metropolis. The Constitution is universally abused as being too monarchical; and Constant,1 one of its authors, is almost afraid of showing himself in society. On the other hand, the military preparations are said to be great and incessant. These circumstances afford strong argument for peace, but will have a directly opposite effect.
