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London, England, 1824-09-28 00:00:00

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.Ez:tracts from the 119i:iiing: Papers) Sept. 2B.

[THE TIMES.]

The private letters' of Saturday from Paris, re.
ceivtll,l ,yesterday. by expresso continue to main:.
rain the opinion that the commencement at lehtt
fitilte. tie* reign will be distingu!shed by ttie
stria maintenance of a pacific policy, and infer,
therefore, almost as matter of course; that IvJ. de
rrtle:l9 Will remain in Office. The King; it is-Said,
is earnestly bent on securing his own popularity
with his subjects, before he ventures on any men.
gOrtk 'of IMPortance, either political or financial.
N. de Villele, whose wishes were not consulted
Itt, the introduction of the Dauphin into the COun.

Ministers, has been reconciled to that appa-
rent diminution of his influence byan arrangentent
which confines the 'presidency of the 'Dauphin to
• thiti questions inWhich movements of troops or mi-
litary operations are under discussion. The ex-Mini-
ster Chateaubriand is to be reconciled by a pen-
sion to his continued exclusion from office; :for
though no very strong objections are understood
to 'exist on the part of the King to his re-intro-
duction. to the Cabinet, provided a reconCiliation
could be effected between him and M. de Villele,
set, as that is impracticable, and the services'of
the latter Minister cannot at present be dispensed
the alternative of. a pension to M.'de Chao
Icaubriand alone remains to express the Royal
sense of his merit's When in power.: The'runount,
of the pension ,rixeck upon for M. de Chateau.
behind is said in the Paris letters to be 20,006
hands,. or about 800/. 'sterling' only—,it sum 'so
Moderate, that it is presumed he has only been
induced to accept it as a compensation for the sa-
crifice.he has been called on to make, by the hope
of exchanging it, at no very distant period, for
the solid' advantages of a sent and ascendancy in
the Cabinet.---We really rejoice at allindicationsl
of a liberal system of policy ; And the more so,
as there is nothing in the general aspect of
France,.or the ostensible spirit 'of, parties in that
kingdom, to induce 'the belief that his Majesty
actS,.Nom fear. ConcesSion, clemencyiand kind.
news, ere useful only when they appear: to pro.
coed- from 'the free will of hint who exercises
those virtues, and who might, if he were dis.
polled, pursue' a rigorous cOtirse, without ray at).
prebension'ot a 'disastrous result. Every: thing
that' the new King. has done appears to have.
been well done. But there is 'CAW measure
which we think his Majesty 'might adopt at the
commencement of a new reign, which would' at
once evince his own security, and gratify his
people's wishes. let him- withdraw the ten-
sOrsidp, atid. restore • the. press .to its late
freedom. What' has 14' to ' fear ? Attacks
uportihe Minister' tet'ithe Minister, then,.af-
ford,his adVersaries this method of assailing him ;
if , they owe their arms to his indulgence,
at least they cannot, dip them in poison.-'--
There is no measure by which he could so show
himself to be their superior. A cbrious circtirri-
stance was•remarked at Paris on Thtirsday lest,
during the translation, or the remains .of Louis
XVIII. to St. Denis. in the programme:of the
ceremonial to take place on that occasion, as
publiAted in the Moniteur, it was announced, ac-
cording to long-established usage, that " n num-
"be of the clergy, with lighted .tapers, will.
ccfollow on foot." At the funeral of the Duke
de lkrri there wore at least 800 ecclesiastics In
the firocesiioniand the number of professors.
of
the clerical persuasion has not diminished within
that period ; .yetOin the present Occasion, to the.
great scandal' of the good people of Paris, not
one was seen following ' the corpse of Louis
..VIII: t appears that this extraordinary neg.l
lt4t,'en the part.of the priesthood has.arisen from
a contested point. of • jurisdiction between the
Grand Almoner,, Who is wholly a'Jesuit, and the
4tchbiidiop of Parts, .who' inclines in favour of
the liberties of theGallican Church.- The qttarrel
brake out openly on Thursday, in consequence of
claimed by each, to perform, the service
o:tec,the, late 'King at St. Denis. Neither of them
would yield; and 'consequently all the Priests,•at-
(ached to either party,. absented theMselires from
.the !funeral 'proceision. This tenacious adherence
to .rights' long, considered obsolete,' is a tacit indi-
cation of the wishes and power of the priesthood,
who .testify their belief,' at' least; that with the
new reign the peilod 'of their asondancy is again
arrived.. •

[aiturrsu ems.]
The very important intelligence received yes-
terday from Colombia, by the• Lion schooner, can
leave no doubt, of the defection of the Spanish
General Ohmeta from the Royalists. It appears
Caratalla, whom he had previously defetteed,
Utade prisoner, was a Spanish General sent
agtritst, him .by the Viceroy, La Serna. The
ilit)"1"' of Valdez with the Viceroy, which
than success of Oleneta had rendered necessary,
weuld-lay Lima open to the advance of Bolivar
a..„114" :we' dare' venture to predict, that that
ikinetenti expeditious Captain would, on the arrival
°tithe reinforcement from Chagres, put an end
to.'tho war in Peru, by a blow as decisive as
tWat.efkearabobu. If the Royalists had continued
unPtttl,-1114 might have iirolonged the struggle.;
tiqe• dissensions have precipitated their down-
tall.-.alt is singular enough as 'we remarked a
se feelays agol and alcind of ietributive justice on
the SpOili Government, that the Decree of Fel.-
diipnd.Vll. for the 'annulment of all his acts
,dtlielig the Constitutional 'system, has over.
nifiekwit, ahilost' without air effort, his -transat.
!Mitie,-autbority, in the only colony where it might
"IN been upheld. An emit equally interesting
wilt chose in Peru, is the departure of Col. Camp.
b 4.110 411 e pc. the British Commissioners, on his re.
tu'rr,jr°'n liAgota to England, The unusual ho.
illtfitir 3 Piii4 t.ct him on leaving the' capita.l of the
..41,t14114S 3110 W the deep importance the Colom-
'"'L'lgAt.4o,ol to VA mission, and their confidence
eLit ability. and jestice with which he will ()is-
liis duty towards them. 'lite consolida-
li".4 the public instittitions:and the, order and
tratquil',l9 that elevail throughout the Colon,.
Won territory, lead us to expect that the recogni-
tiimof tire new, State by this,aountry is an event
not. flit' distant. The fortututte issue of the, enter.