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ed, caused this memorial to be secretly printed; and many copies of it were soon dispersed. A counsellor celebrated for great talents and public virtue, was deeply affected by the perusal of his history; and he was nobly ambitious of the glory of supporting such a singular and interesting cause. In spite of the influence and opposition of M. de Vilmore, he soon made the courts of law resound with the cries of the unfortunate St Andre. He enquired after the fate of Bertrand and he found that grief had put a period to his days, about six months before. Those who detained the young son of St Andre, were compelled to deliver him into his hands; and he obtained an order for the immediate enlargement of the unhappy pair. He then repaired to the prison where Blanche was confined; she was quite ignorant of the measures he had taken and in the agonies of despair, she expected from death alone the period of all her woes. The generous counsellor led by humanity, entered this dreary abode, where youth, beauty, and virtue in distress, presented a most affecting picture. He held St Andre's child in his arms; and, by
