The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-02 00:00:00

PARIS.

raom OUR CORREIIPONDENT.

PARIS, Nov. 29.
The preparation for the assembly of the Chamber; te
what at present occupies the Ministry, and engages e; the
same time the chief share of the public attention. I reee.
tioned to you in my former htter, the nature of the k,
that the Ministry purpose bringing lb: ward relative to the
Liberty of the Press. It is not, lioneva, on this law Ake,
that their united labours are cc:n[l;cl : the project 01,
ds
indemnity to the emigrants occasions equal solieitno..
they have revolved this important question a tbouse;ti
ways, to find whence this indemnity is to be taken, go'
OK to excite an outcry among the contributors; but sh,
a great many efforts, they always retreat upon the sitiel
fund (la Cuisse dAmortissement). It appears, theme,
that this establishment, which has been hitherto made
pliable to the support of public credit, will, as emergent,
call for it, be doled out in the shape of reward to eye,
grants; as it is now pretty well determined upon by'
ILLELE, that he will draw upon this fund of corrupt%
(dotatinst)—for under any government it is little better-4
the 28 or 30 millions de rente which this indemnity: -
quire. It is whispered also, that he intends withdrawing'
this investment the money arising front Sorest crown'
(les Buis) which belong to it, and assigning it ,
Clergy. One of the first measures that will be proposed
the Chambers will be that relative to the civil laws
State, as connected with the ceremonies of religion.
pears that this is precisely the same project which they
intended to brie; forward the last Sessions, but which
not prepared in time to be submitted to the Churl
According to this law, " Les registres de rEtut ciel
'neurone entre les mains de l'autorite municipile ;
turte civil sahordonne d la ci:relmGnie reliieuse
pourra plus, contme maintenant, en etre &:frire."
know that with us at present, the marriage cereinon!,
legal rite, is performed at the municipality, with

many satisfied their conscience, without confirming
sacrament, by the religious ceremony of the church; wham
by this new law, the marriage civil cannot hereafter;
contracted unless the betrothed parties can produce,
tificate of its canonical celebration : the same will alio ,
required for the registry of births. By this arrange=
the fees of the church will not only be augmented, but,
cured. The church is striving to extend its jurialietisa
once more into all the concerns of civil life; it is aiding
every day a cubit to its stature. :Chose eftizens,—andthat
number is considerable,—who have, as it were, lengthen
their spiritual chains, and relaxed in their devotion •

tholic discipline, will be brought back, by the proixtetl
to a due sense of reverence.. If they are desirous to

a wife, or to baptise an infant, the priests will bai
in their power to hinder a refractory member of
Church from taking to himself a wife, or, if inarrie 1,

registering the birth of his offspring. This power will
be permitted to grow feeble for want of ext•rcie.
already witnessed, under the present leg'slation, a Itisi:ep
expressly forbid one of his curates to baptise a child, to
whom M. Ma seam. was to stand godfather. The risk
of consecrating an infant republican, or of waterlog a
sprig of radicalism, was quite sufficient to justify is
rejection from the font ; and accordingly, when the punts
presented themselves with the child, they found the doers
of the church shut. You may judge from this smalle
to what these Pt:naffs will carry their dominion, when :It
law authorizes their fanaticism and their intoleramsad
the rites of marriage, baptism, and burial, are left Nadi'
at their mercy, to grant or to withhold.
Although M. nu VILLELE has almost resolved to of
the ensuing campaign with the present Minis:ors, if he
cannot mend the muster-roll ; he feels, nevertheless, how
much it would be to his advantage, to be supported, if
possible, by colleagues less unpopular than:those by whom
he is surrounded. The difficulty is tc disengage ..inael
from those who have been hitherto connected with
him ; this perplexity is not great with respect to Hu
PzvooNNET j it is almost decided upon to shake him el;
but the knotty point is, how to dispose of M. De Cos-
slant, to whom M. DE VILE LEE is very partial, but who
has rendered himself so odious as Minister of the Intense,
as to create a greater drawback on the joint-stock of pops-
larity than the small fund will admit. He has been offered,
it is said, le 211inlstere de la Justice, which he lagra-
ciously refuse]; a Peerage has Len held out to him, and
with the office of Grand lit•prendaite, now occuF;eil by
M. DE SIMON VILLE ; but M. DE Colostrum, in the true
Caesarian spirit, replied, " Mimi:ire de I laferierr on r:en"
" Minister of the Interior or nothing." M. De Vitertt
is anxious that the Duke nu MO Nrm oat KC! should come
into Administration ; he would then be in better condition
to combat the opposing power of MM. ter LALOCUVOI.
N AVE and CIiATEAV BitlA ND. N. DE 31ONTMORINCI
has been off.rttl the Ministry of Fordgn Afiairs, which le
refused, and declared he would accept no appointment ba:
that of Minister of the Interior. It is on this ac;nant the
M. Ds Vratz LE wishes to induce M. ye COEDI ERE to sur-
render with a good grace. Ilut, at all events, it arre-
bahle that N. DE MON TNIODEN CY will succeed to :is:
station. In the mean time the business of intriime roe
steadily on, and various changes arc in contemplation; ba:
no change will do much good ; it matters not how !ea
shuffle the cards, there is nothiug but knaves in tlx
pack.
It may appear surprisirg that M. Di: CORBILIit slentd
be offered the employ of Grand 11:11r.—alairt., bat
Dr: Sisanxvizze. has not been far some time past on
terms with the Minister. When the first symptoms m op-
position discovered itself in the C'raihre dee Pairs, M. v_
N ET, conversing one day with M. ce SI NONVII
1i
in him to recruit for veres in support of the n:retr.
but as lie did not impels to manifest much z.ml in tb"
cise of Ids coin:rim:on, DF tin N Nl.l* Slit!, in tutors::
ing him, " mine, S:r, that thee:nuloyment you

is revocable; happily for tl:c rot arm
able." " Nor, happily for F,Tncc., is vo.:r

replied M. Ti:: rho I,
nothing. will not pr.; by an; o.TJ:tr.iiity which
sent itself, o: repayiiig this.

We learn from a resnectald.• 1..”-r:7-noad-sr.. that
strange accounts which :t I, in the r..(,:•!. •
pets, stating that a father and hoin a,: •
the murelt r and t-• er,d a s;:1!:• 101;31., , t!I s •
tive, in mistake f•r r.rother, it but to,)
young lady who r 3 mira -u!ottcy C-. -red the di..!,•1,..11, •
of these mieird;:ht was., cs hz.f..!r..• tea:: W"'
Iler getardi!:n, a pro,mr. ur, r-
pos,! a Inarzia!:o nut) 4:11 tits vs•ZIZIrT laderc't"
the °trig, they tornwd th,. horrid !den oldestroying h, r.
Protecting Ita:al of i'rovi.knu, howev:..r, was over
fetnalea had that tvening exehani.7,.l it s!ecin:: •
and by that accident the intend:el victim eFcapc.l•
titer dug the ;rave for his own daughter, and thc 1:70;
became thc murderer of his only sister ! Tins: uretr:'
arc in the hands of justice; it :s said titt7 belong to a F.:
family.