The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-11 00:00:00

[MORNING POST.]

We received last night, by Express, French
Papers to the 9th inst. They are filled with the
lamentations of the Ultras at the dismissal of M.
de Chateaubriand from'the Administration. "The
Oroonnance which removes him," says the Quoti-
diennc, " seems to announce to France and t 0..,
Europe a policy so new, so unexpected, and, we
must say, so mischievous, that it is impossible for
us this day to develop all the ideas which
press upon our minds, all the considerations which
are calculated to afflict the friends of Monarchy."
Amongst these ideas and considerations, however,
the same Paper soon after informs us are the fol-
lowing—that the Royalist (Ultra) opinion will
no longer have a Representative in the Ministry,
and consequently " will no longer be able to ap-
plaud the labours of Statesmen who have sepa-
rated themselves from the man whom it loved to
designate as its noblest interpreter."—That it is
to be feared that the political existence of all the
other Ministers 44 will be placed at the discre-
tion of the man (M. de Villele) who may
domineer over the King's Council." That " all
wills, all talents, and all consciences may
be called upon to surrender their independence
to one of the Depositaries of the Royal au.
thority, and that enlightened- France ought
never to admit that he who was conquered should
command as a master, whilst he who was in-
vested with the confidence of the public should
be dismissed." And lastly, that the " disgrace"
of M. de Chateaubriand (for it is called by its
name), is particularly unfortunate at a time,
" when the relations of France with Spain be-
come more complicated ; when the situation of
Portugal demands peculiar attention ; when
Greece in flames may compromise the commercial
interests of France in the East, and above all,
when the projects of the Holy Alliance require a
series of plans systematically conceived and ex-
ecuted with perseverance." M. de Chateaubriand,
it is evident from this, was a man on whose assist-
ance the Holy Alliance relied for the execution of
those mischievous plans by which it is attempted
to prevent the birth of national independence in
the new world, and to extinguish the liberties of
nations in the old. The more painful his removal
must be to the Ultras, the more gratifying must
it prove to the friends of sound Constitutional
principles and liberal policy. Already have the
beneficial effects of his dismissal from the Coun-
cil of his Sovereign begun to reveal them-'
selves. In the Sitting of the 7th instant,
M. de Villele communicated two Royal Ordon-
nances to the Chamber of Deputies, withdrawing
or cancelling two Projects of law, one of
which (for the repression of offences in churches)
had been inspired by the Jesuits, and had al-
ready received the sanction of the Chamber of
Peers. That a great alteration will take place
in the foreign policy of France, and that it will
grow more consonant with our own, and that of
other free States, may also be anticipated. In
fact, the more we see the enemies of public free-
dom cast down or enrage at that event, the more
do we feel disposed at its occurrence. With
respect to the immediate cause of M. de Chateau-
brian's disgrace, it is that which we stated exclu-
sively last Monday to have been—" his opposi-
tion to the Ministerial Project" according to
the Quo/Wien/le, or according to the Journal
des Daats, " his having remained silent in
the discussion on the law for reducing the
Rentes," which was considered tantamount
to opposition. The Quotidienne complains very
much of the " rough and extraordinary manner"
in which he was aprized of his dismissal. " On

Sunday morning," says.that Paper, " the Minis-
ter for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Chateaubriand)
was going to the Castle of the. Tuileries, whep
he was informed that an important packet was,
lying for him at his hotel, in the-street of the Ca-
pucines. He immediately went back and found
the following letter from the President of the
Council :
" Monsieur le Vicomte—l obey the King's orders, and trans-
mit to you the enclosed Ordonnance."
An hourafter, Made Chateaubriand quitted the
Hotel of Foreign Relations, and retired to the
lodgings which he had occupied in the street of
St. Dominick, previously to being appointed a
Minister, having sent to M. de Villele the fol-
lowing note, written in the same laconic style as
that which he had received
" Monsieur le Comte—l have quitted the Hotel of Foreign
Affairs ; the Department is at your command."
Count de la Feroimays, French Ambassador in
Russia, and the Marquis of Talaru, who holds
the same post in Spain, are now mentioned by the
Ultras as likely to succeed M. de Chateaubriand ;
but other accounts state that M. de Villele will
keep the* situation for himself,• and will give his
own to Count Chabral.