NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE bubble is burst at last. After keeping up in the mind of the Right the belief that the Comte de Chambord, in the Salzburg interview, had made great concessions to France, on the subject both of the constitution and the flag, M. Chesnelong had ran Thursday to read to his party an authentic letter of the Pretender's to himself,—which, by simultaneously sending it to the Union, the Count had put it beyond the power of his friends -to urge him to withdraw,—stating in the most explicit way that be would come back to the throne of France absolutely unfettered and with the White Flag, if he came at all. We have com- mented elsewhere on the most remarkable passages of this certainly dignified and eloquent letter, and on the curious cross- purposes between the Count and his ambassadors which it reveals. The Count appears to thank M. Chesnelong for the explanations given by the latter of his own firm purposes :— 4' I know that on your return you pronounced among your colleagues words which have earned for you my eternal gratitude. I thank you for having so well understood the anguish of my soul, and for having hidden nothing of the unalterable firmness of my resolutions,"—a gratitude which seems somewhat misplaced, seeing that "the unalterable firm- ness" of the Count's resolutions was reported as a virtual with- drawal of all of them. The letter concludes thus :—" Your comforting expressions when you left Salzburg are ever present -to my mind. France cannot perish, for Christ still loves. His own Franks, and when God has resolved to save a people, He takes care that the sceptre of justice shall be entrusted only to hands iirm enough to wield it." That is the cry of a faith trying to believe in a mission, and resolute not to be drawn into temptation by doubt, but it is not the language which will give a King to France.
