About 1819, a set of cleverly drawn satirical cards, with the marks of the suits introduced in the same manner as in Cotta's cards, appeared at Paris. Their satire is directed against the political party then in the ascendant; and in the Nine of Hearts, portraits of Chateaubriand and other persons, both lay and clerical, are introduced as advocates of the old order of things; in the background are the ruins of the Bastille, and at the foot is the inscription, "_Les Immobiles_." The coat cards of the suit of HEARTS consist of figures representing three popular journals: King, "CONSTITUTIONNEL,"--a figure in Roman costume, with sword and shield, defending a column inscribed: "_Charte constitutionnel. Liberté de la Presse. Liberté Individuelle. Loi des Elections. Tolérance._" Queen, "MINERVE,"--Minerva putting to flight certain evil spirits of the "Partie Prêtre."--Knave, "FIGARO,"--the character in proper costume. The coat cards of SPADES are: King, "CONSERVATEUR,"--a Jesuit with a sword in one hand, and a torch in the other. Queen, "QUOTIDIENNE,"--an old woman holding in her left hand a book inscribed, "_Pensée Chrétienne quotidienne_;" and in her right an extinguisher, which she is about to clap upon a figure of Truth seen emerging from a well. Knave, "BAZILE,"--figure of Chateaubriand, in clerical costume, but concealing a Jesuit's cap under his robe; beside him is a braying ass, on its knees. CLUBS: King, "DÉBATS,"--the Editor endeavouring to carry two large bags, the one inscribed, "_Débats_" and the other "_Empire_:" in the distance, two asses mutually caressing each other. Queen, "GAZETTE,"--a hard-featured old lady, with a pen in her hand, at a writing table: near to her a magpie in a cage. Knave, "CLOPINEAU,"--the figure of Talleyrand; towards the top are the signs of the political zodiac which he had already passed through. In the only pack which I have had an opportunity of examining, the Queen of DIAMONDS is wanting. The representative of the King is the "MONITEUR,"--a brazen head on a kind of pedestal, round which are stuck flags of various colours, indicative of the different parties whose cause the paper had advocated. Knave, "DON QUICHOTTE,"--the Don, with shield and lance, attacking a windmill: the person intended by this figure I have not been able to discover.[302]