CHAPTER VI

The "year of trials"--The case of Potier and the director of the theatre of the Porte-Saint-Martin--Trial and condemnation of Magallon--The anonymous journalist--Beaumarchais sent to Saint-Lazare--A few words on censorships in general--Trial of Benjamin Constant--Trial of M. de Jouy--A few words concerning the author of _Sylla_--Three letters extracted from the _Ermite de la Chaussée-d'Antin_--Louis XVIII. as author