He appeared to feel very little for the situation of his friend, but, however; determined to write to Merlin, the Minister of Justice.

I carried the letter according to its address, and met the Minister as he was coming downstairs, on his way to the Directory.

Being in grand costume, he wore a Henri IV.

hat, surmounted with a multitude of plumes, a dress which formed a singular contrast with his person.

He opened the letter; and whether it was that he cared as little for the General as for the cause of M.do Bourrienne's arrest, he replied that the matter was no longer in his hands, and that it was now under the cognisance of the public administrators of the laws.