''Le Courrier français'' was a Liberal French journal that appeared from 1820 to 1851. Following the

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in 1814, when censorship was lifted the ''

Doctrinaires During the Bourbon Restoration (1814–1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848), the Doctrinals (french: doctrinaires) were a group of French royalists who hoped to reconcile the monarchy with the French Revolution and power with liberty. Hea ...

'' were the only group without a political organ, since the ''Archives philosophiques'' had ceased publication. A group of writers and editors was formed to address the need including Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, de Barante,

Jacques Claude Beugnot Jacques Claude, comte Beugnot (25 July 1761 – 24 June 1835) was a French politician before, during, and after the French Revolution. His son Auguste Arthur Beugnot was an historian and scholar. Biography Revolution Born at Bar-sur-Aube (A ...

François Guizot François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (; 4 October 1787 – 12 September 1874) was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848. A conservative liberal who opposed the ...

Charles de Rémusat Charles François Marie, Comte de Rémusat (, 13 March 1797 – 6 June 1875), was a French politician and writer. Biography He was born in Paris. His father, Auguste Laurent, Comte de Rémusat, whose family came from Toulouse, was chamber ...

, Kératry and

Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy (; 11 June 1795 – 16 December 1856) was a French politician. He was born at Condom, Gers of a poor family of Irish extraction. He joined the army in 1813, and in the following year joined the household troops of L ...

. They founded ''Le Courrier'' on 21 June 1819 from the remains of the ''Annales politiques'', which it immediately replaced. The paper explained its mission in its first issue as being to combat the prejudices of the royalists and of the revolutionaries, to expose intrigues of both these parties, to carry the light of parties that supported the constitution, and to report the activities of politicians. The goal was not practical due to the divisions among the doctrinaires, and the original society was dissolved in the first months of 1820. The paper changed its name to ''Le Courrier français'' with the issue of 1 February 1820. It merged with the ''Renommée''. Subsequent writers or editors included Chatelain,

Benjamin Constant Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (; 25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Franco-Swiss political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion. A committed republican from 1795, he backed t ...

Étienne de Jouy Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne. Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to: People Scientists and inventors ...

, Jean-Pierre Pagès,

Casimir Pierre Périer Casimir-Pierre Périer (11 October 1777 16 May 1832) was a prominent French banker, mine owner, political leader and statesman. In business, through his bank in Paris and ownership of the Anzin Coal Co. in the Department of Nord, he contribut ...

, Louis Marie de Lahaye de Cormenin, Dominique Dufour de Pradt, François-Adolphe Chambolle,

Léon Faucher Léonard Joseph (Léon) Faucher (; 8 September 1803 – 14 December 1854) was a French politician and economist. Biography Faucher was born at Limoges, Haute-Vienne. When he was nine years old the family moved to Toulouse, where the boy was sen ...

, Fréderic Bastiat Xavier Durrieu and the exiled Swedish

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Adolph de Leuven (Ribbing).Adolph L Ribbing
''Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon''. Accessed 30-12-2021 The Italian journalist

Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina (August 28, 1815 - March 29, 1890) was an Italian journalist, patriot and politician. Considered one of the greatest journalists of the 19th century and a pioneer of modern journalism, he is mostly remembered ...

was another renowned collaborator. ''Le Courrier français'' became a leading journal, with a reputation for integrity and conviction. It exercised great influence until the end of the restoration and for a few years after 1830. It then went into decline. The last issue appeared on 14 March 1851.

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