The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-17 00:00:00

PARIS.

IVe have received the following Private Letter from the
French capital. It is not from our own Correspondent, but
as the writer seems to be sensible and well informed, our
readers will, we dare say, be gratified with the perusal of
his letter :
PARIS, DEC. 13.
The opening of the ('hamb:rs will soon diversify a little our
internal political situation.
For several weeks past nothing intereving has occurred to attract
public attention, which has had no object but some trials and some
receptions at the .teadetny. I say nothing of the project of the in-
demnification of the emigrants, because the question has Ion; since
been decided, as far as the principle of indemnity is concerned. An
immense majority of the two r.amhers will most readily receive 3
law, the ohitet of which will be to give to the Nobility additional
means of consideration and influence. The idea of strengthening
thin feible body, and of restoring it to its ancient splendor, has
much more weight in the scale in favour of the emigrants, than the
desire to perform a great act of justice, and to close the last wound',
of the Revolution. It is wished to restore the Nobility, who arc now
almost confounded with the other dunes, its lustre and power.
is of importance to the prevailing system that it should form a
distinct, independent, and superior cast; not that it may be in
harmony with the principles of representative government, as
established by the Chance, but to restore the inequality which the
increasing opulence of the middle classes, front the Revolution to
our times, has caused to disappear.
The indemnity will therefore be granted ; it will be as consider-
able as the rewriter-% of France will allow, and these resources are
now very great. Vet it does not appear that the 31inisters
agree with respect to the details of the law which in preparing.
The Council has been discussing the subject for more than two
months past; many plans have beta presented and withdrawn ;
sonic, which were well received at first, were afterwards rejected.
31. de Villele is the soul of these discussions; it is he who directs
them, and his opinion is the supreme law. He has exclusively in
his hands the springs of the financial system of France. Nobody
is, like him, acquainted with all its ntortinents; he has it at
heart that the proposed law shall be his work; lie desires, in
particular, to place himself in such a situation that the execution
of it shall be impossible without him. Such has hitherto been his
system, in subdividing the several parts of the administration, and
reserving wholly to himself the knowledge of the Ile
has succeeded in rendering himself indispensable to the direction '
of the Ministry which he occupies. In this system of tactics he
has hitherto been successful, and he intends to follow it with re-
spect to the new law and its application. As the 31inistcris have'
involved their discussions on this subject in the most profound '
secrecy, nothing certain is yet known respecting the plan which has
the preference, and I will not repeat all the conjectures that are
abroad. 11'hnt is certain is. that immense diificuhies, stertino' up
at every step. have impeded the preparation of the pnoject. The
Chambers will not discuss this important subject till towards the
end of the Session, which, however, is not expected to be a long
ore. 3leantime the Deputies art arriving, and are received in die
most flattering manner by the 31h:intent. The halt official dinners
are becoming numerous; and the vast kitchens of the new residence
of M. de Villele are in toil activity. What happy tMies, when
the most important allitirs are discussed in the dining-room ! It
is difficult to form an ides of the readiness with which the 3linist ent
meet even the slightest wishes of the Deputies. IDo they ask
place for a client or a friend, the pardon of a prisoacr, a lottery
office, or employment under the Board for Farming Tobacco. Int
some unfortunate person of their acquaintance, the request is im-
mediately grantad. It is in order to have much to give away, that
so many removals and changes have lately been made. Our
Ministers bare now a common magazine of favours, to be his.
tributed in exchange for complying suffrages.
What was foreseen with respect to Spain after the retreat of the
French army, begins to be realised in that unfortunate country,
where there is a general femientation. Ilatida of malcontents have
already collected in Navarre, Biscay, Galicia, Old Castille, and
Estremadura. At present their numbers are but small, but they
will serve as rallying points to the Constitutionalists, who will have
no other means to save their lives or their personal liberty. The
French soldiers who return from Spain are completely disgusted,
and almost blush when they speak of their expedititin. All agree
that the Constitutionalists could never have cherished such impla-
cable hatred towards them as that with which they are honoured
by the friends of absolute power.
Spain his been for these two years the theatre of many horrors :
we have not ken all.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

Dscrmnza 23.

Sta,—lt appears that the assignees of Marsh, S:racey,
and Co. have taken occasion to insert in the Times news-
paper of to-thy, certain facts—for facts I believe them to
he—respecting the intimacy or tl.c late Mr. nuntlerey
with a Mrs. C. D—, whom they descril.e as " a
married woman, Hying with her husband, at whme
house Mr. Fauntleroy was a conatant daily and nightly
visitor." What the listsband of this lady may say to this
statement I do not know, but certainly a man that suf-
fers any indis idual to he time daily anal nightly visitor of his
wife, will find very few, I am afraid, in this age, whose
morality is so straight-laced as not to profit by his indul-
gence. You could not travel, I should think, from lien-
nett's-lilt to Fary-place, without finding a good ten score
of gallants, who, in such a case, would say with llon-
veNs!ti, in the TAMING OF THE SHREW—
Petraehio, lie! you are to blame! Come, Mistress
Eats, I'll bear you company.''

Anytnan, whose mind is not strongly fortified by prin-
ciple, is very apt to become the melancholy martyr of his
own ill-regulated passions. This was, to a certain degree,
tbc case with the late unfortunate Henry Fauntleroy.
The circumstance adverted to, considering that both Mr.
and Mrs. arc living, is certainly not very ho..
nonrable, inasmuch as the information was obtained from
an amatory correspondence,f:and in tae lin lax: by Messrs.
rreshfield and Kaye. The married person alluded to was
ietroiferrd of emir/ about three years ago, and Mr. Fannt-
'cloy was so offended at Coe grin s paNie indecorum and insult
of this proceeding on the part of her husband, Mr. C.
that he from that time broke off' all connection
with them. As for the husband himself, he was pr,bri
ikirlens ; there was, therefore. no domestic happiness dis-
turbed% whith is, at East, some alleviation of his con-
duct in the case adverted to.

. _
RIOT AT THE LIVELPODL THLATITE.—A (Ls:Tr:ireful
scene of riot tau:: place at the Liverpool Theatre on Mon-
day last. Miss ('ranter, a young lady, who had succeeded
Miss Ilammersley, as the first singer it, the Liverpool
company, having transgressed a;utinst the rules of the
Theatre, by singing at a public concert without the Mana-
ger's permission, and in opposition to his WiS!ICR, Waft, con-
sistently with those titles, Lineal for her misconduct. This
step was resisttsi by the lady, and on the Xlinager's per-
severing in rc(:niring the penalty, she publishet, a hand-
bill, headed, Mir% Cramer's Appeal to the Public."
This fiTTI was plentifully placarded mu the walls about the
town, anal in ntsegnence of this rash proccediur. the gal-
lery, pit, and upper boxes, Were crowdol with young men,
who had, on her own statement, hastily espoused the
cause of Nliss Cramer. The play, Bet/omit-a, and the in-
terlude of T.'ree Trerks 'Oct- ,lieirria;.re, were sufFered to
proceed quietly, tut on the commencement of the after-
piece, the 1.,•1-18 Therm's, in which Miss Cramer had been
announcvl to perform, the uproar le-gan. and from that
time continued to increase in violence. Mr. Lewis, the
Manager, was called for, the performers were hisstd and
hooted, and finally pelted front the stage. B..veritl of them
were struck with oranges, pieces of mortar, and bricks,
anal even the ladies of the company did net escape
from this tit:Nan-like treatment. Mr. Vandetthoff then
came forward to read the Nlattaget's statement, but he was
not Twriiiiiied to say a word. lle was driven of: like the
.
ethers. Mr. Bass, ,aose benefit it was, braced the fury
of the storm, and earnestly endenvourtal. in vain, to obtain
a hearing. Nothing hut Mr. Lewis's arearance would
satisfy the malcontents. who at length proceeded to furious
violence. The beateintl I does chandelier over the pit was
the object of flair fury, and suffered much ; the bewitc..s
of the gallery wer,. taint tin and ti•rown on the stage and
into the pit, front which the audience made their v.iv
thrtmgh the boxer and dr:where as they could, with tine
utmost di:iiculty ; a,l u ,s confesion ; the gas lights in the
body of the Theatre w.re put cut, atel those in the lob-
bies only glimmered to slier: the company the best course
to est-op. ft.ro this slis,:raceful scene. Many persons were
slightly hurt, but it-- oust scrim:sly. The violence of the
rioters ..seecti,": any (hie:: before seen at Liverpael. The
Manver has shie:- peblished an answr to " Miss Cramer's
Appeal.- by %Inca it appears that the ladv's stattameit is
erroneotts. The tiamsee imstailied by this ill-advised
and seamis!Jus cutrise, will amount to several hundred
r