The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-30 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, DEC. 25.

N. Raves, President of the Cheatber of I)epu.
ties, is confined to his house l'y an attack of the
gout. Oil this accourit, the Vice-President,
M. Courvoisier, read the Address of the Chamber
to his Majesty.
Madame de St. Morys, and Madame de Gaudy-
chard her daughter, had obtained from the Court of
Premiere Insulate a judgment against M. Plefayr
(Mayfair) editor of au English journal printed at
Paris, under the title of " Galignani's Messenger."
In gisiog an acconnt of the deplorable event winch
deprived these ladies of a husband and of a father,
Plasyr had allowed I elf to impeach the
'bravery of M. de St. Morys, and thus to sully his
memory by an imputation of all others the most
dreadful to a French officer. For this offence
M. Plefayr had been sentenced to three months'
imprisonment, a fine of 300 francs, and damages
and costs to the amount of 10,000 francs more.
Yesterday fits appeal was heard before the Coar
Rojal, which confirmed the judgnivitt of the in-
ferior Court.

On the days of the sti, and 9th inst. two shocks
of an earthquake were experienced at Genoa. The
second, which was the most violent, lasted fourteen
seconds, and finished by a slight movement of
oscillation from south to north. A remarkable in-
crease of water was at the satne time ob•ervrtt in the
harbour. It is presumed that this earthquake was
more violent towards the south, that is to say, in
Sicily, or on the coast of Barbary.
Leiters have been received from Madrid up to
the !gib, which allay all uneasiness as to the state
of Spain. The movements of some bands of rob-
hers and deserters in Andalusia had been over-rated.
Court, so far from having lied, had been cele-
brating with great pump the anniversary of the birth
of the Queen-1110111er. The accouchement of the
gurru-Cutisort was daily expected.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

The following letter from Paris contains some re-
ports respecting changes in the French Ministry :

" PARIS, DECFMIER 26.

" The KING, at the close of the Council, on
Wednesday evening, is reported to have used every
effort to engage the Ministry to act with concord,
but the views of the two parties at the head of af-
fairs were too divergent to admit of any understand-
ing. Incapable, therefore, of conformiug to the
wilirts of his :MAJESTY, the whole Ministry, with
the exception of tile Utl4! de Mote Lieu, offered
their resignations, which were accepted at eight
o'clock on Thursday evening. It was expected
that the 3loniteur of Friday would have contained
the nomination of the new Ministry, but (a circum-
stance almost unparalleled) it wa• perfectly silent
on Ins MAJENTY'S choice, as well as on the cities-
trophe which all Paris knew had befallen the old
Ministers. M. ROY said to his friends on Thurs-
day evening, I receive you not as n Minister, but
enfumille,' and M. CAZES made nu secret of the
event which had taken place.
" I wrote you on Thursday evening that the ex-
change had risen to 64) ; It MIS quoted at this price
at three ~clock, which is the last hour of its legal
business—but in the tirriere bourse, from three to

LONDON,

W EDNESDA Y. DECEMBER 30, ISIS.

A private letter has been received from Paris,
in which the writer very confidently affirms, that
on Thursday evening last the whole of the French
Ministers, with the exception of the Duke de
RICHELIEU, had tendered the resignation of their
places to the KING, and were permitted to with-
draw from the Cabinet. It is remarkable, how-
ever, that the Paris Papers of Friday last are alto-
gether silent upon the occurrence. which, if it
really took place, must, we think, have been ge-
nerally known in Paris. or would at least have found
its way to the newspaper off►ces, particularly as it
is said that some of the reputed Ex-Ministers made
no secret of their retreat. It is well known, how-
ever, that the Ministers who are now said to have
resigned did not perfectly accord in their senti-
ments upon some important points, so that some
changes have been very generally anticipated by
the political intriguers and speculators in Paris.
The divisions in the Cabinet have been a source of
great uneasiness to the KING, who exerted himself
to the utmost extent of his personal influence to
prevent them. His exertions, however, have been
opposed by two energetic parties in the State, who,
though influenced by different principles of general
policy, agreed in combating a Ministry which held a
middle way between them. Should they succeed
in. displacing the Duke de RICHELIEU and the mo-
derate party, we Gar their triumph sill bring no
advantage to their mildly. Whether the Liberator
or the Ultra-Ito) mhos assume the reins of Govern.
meat, serious evils, thoot4ll of it nature dirt etly con-
trary, way he spinehetialerl, iiiilesm indeed the zeal
of either party be tempered by the moderation al'