Star.
London, England, 1830-08-12 00:00:00

it really makes him look darker than before, and forms
a striking contrast to the Queen and Royal Family, the
whole of whom are fair, the Princesses extremely
so, and are very pretty sensible looking girls.
I suppose you are aware that the Duke formerly super-
intended a seminary in Switzerland, and that during
the time he remained there, he was elected a
Member of the Schoolmasters' Society in London,
to whom he sent a sum of money, and acknow-
ledged the attention in a very elegant letter,
in which he stated that he should ever be pleased
with the reflection, that he bad contributed, as far as his
powers would allow him, to the enlightening of mankind.
With the bulk of people his elevation to the throne ap-
pears to give satisfaction—many yesterday in the throng
were expressing their pleasure in having a King who
could ride in the midst of his people, with no other guards
than his people : and oue assured me that he always had
a presentiment that the Duke of Orleans would be
King, for that he was present at the Coronation of
Charles X. that the Crown slipped from his head, and that
the Duke of Orleans caught it ! On making inquiry,
I understand that this was really the fact, and is some-
thing of a parallel with the tradition related of the Coro-
nation of George 111. when the largest diamond of the
crown fell to the floor—which was said to allude to
America, after America had become independent.
The Swiss Guards have been disbanded, and are to be
entirely dispensed with, and no guards are in future to
be within the palaces. All the duty is to be performed by
the National Guards. An order has been issued that
their buttons and colours are to bear the inscription
Liberte, Ordre Public, and on the point of the flag staff
is to be fixed the Gallic cock. You can scarcely imagine
a greater contrast than has been exhibited by the soldiers
during the last fortnight, to what it was prior. You
really could then scarcely walk the streets without
danger of being tripped up by the swords of the
lancers or dragoons, as they swaggered by—and
now—yoll can hardly look at a soldier as he slinks
through the streets, but his hand is up at his
cap, and he politely inquires whether you require any
information ? 1 have gossipped with some of them in
this way, and they describe the distress they experienced
while attending on the King very feelingly—that they
were without food, while the Court was wallowing in
abundance, and were obliged, in order to satisfy their
cravings, to dig up the potatoes, and roast them by fires
made from the fine trees in the park of Rambouillet.
They are, however, now, in the language of the Stock-
Exchange, looking up a little, but most of them appear
to be heartily ashamed of having been engaged in
shedding the blood of their countrymen.
The Chamber of Deputies have voted thanks to the city
of Paris, and have invited the Government to erect a
monument to transmit to posterity the event which it is
intended to consecrate, and to bear this inscription—A la
Ville de Paris, la Patric reconnaissante. This is to be
carried into effect—many of the streets, bridges, and
places, have resumed their former names, and others have
been changed. The ci-devant rue d'Artois, in which M.
Lafitte and Rothschild reside, is changed to rue Lafitte ;
the rue Charles X. is changed to rue Lafayette ; the
pont d'Austerlitz and the pont d'Arcole, are again to be
called into existence ; and the monument which Charles
X. was erecting on the spot where Louis the Six-
teenth was guillotined, is to be dedicated to the Char-
ter. This was to have been a kind of expiatory offering.
The marble base of it (which is of colossal size) only is
finished, and it was to have been surmounted with a sta-
tue of Louis XVI. at present, however, it bears the tri-
coloured flag, and an inscription a /a Charte. The place
in which it is erected has been for the present changed
from Place Louis XV. to Place Louis XIV. but it is
to resume its former name of Place de la Concorde.
In the rue St. Antoine there is an 8-pounder sus-
pended from one of the lamps, with this inscription un-
der it,—" 29th July, 1830, Charles X. to his people ;"
and on the Quay de la Greve, a fruiterer has ano-
ther 8-pounder, suspended by a tri-coloured ribbon,
with an immense cockade of similar colours, and
the inscription,--" Prune de Monsieur, 28th Juillet,
1830." The French, Ido not think, are very famous
at caricatures, but they have got a few pointed ones on
the present business. Charles X. hail not a very sapient
countenance, occasioned by an immense projecting and
hanging under lip...what in England is significantly
termed a dripping-pan: this feature renders it very easy
to catch a likeness. They have caricatured him kneeling,
holding his hat out and demanding pity on a poor blind
man, and another with his head on the body of a goose,
treading on the Charter,with the two words " Leur -oie,"
which are pronounced the same as " Le-Roi," and
means in old French, look, or behold the goose!—
There is also a very good one of Marshal Dour-
mont, receiving the baton at the hands of the people
—in which he is depicted tied up and getting a sound
threshing. The scholars of the Polytechnic School have
refused the twelve crosses of the legion of honour, and
also the grade of lieutenant—on the ground that they
would not wish to accept of any honor or promotion won
by the blood of Frenchmen. This is highly creditable to
their feelings—but they are the elite of France, and, asl
such, every thing is to be expected from them.
Never was there a more imposing spectacle offered
to the nation than yesterday. As early as seven in
the morning, an immense crowd assembled at the
Chamber of Deputies, and at ten the galleries were
opened. By twelve most of the Deputies had arrived;
among whom were but few of the cote droit, namely
Messrs. Berryer, de Larmadelle, de Murat, and Pad
de Chateaudouble. At one the Peers began to oc-
cupy the benches destined for them on the right of
die throne. The gallery of the Diplomatic Body was
entirely filled with ladies, except a few charyll d'affaires
and a general officer, who appeared to be an Englishman.
The Throne was the same as at the opening of the Ses-
sion, except that the fleurs des lis, had been taken away
from the purple velvet. Four large tri-coloured flags
floated on the right and left of the throne ; three stools
were placed in front : lower down on the right and left
were benches distinct for the Ministers. The national
guards alone did duty in the Palace of the Deputies. Two
seats, covered with red silk, were placed in the centre of
the assembly, on the left bench generally occupied by
the Secretaries of State. They were appropriated to the
Presidents of the Chamber of Peers and the Deputies.
The number of Peers present was about 90. Among
them were Messrs. Pasquier, president, de Richelieu, de
Montaille, de Montalivet, Chaptal, Dulreton, Dupuis, de
Valmy, de Vence, Barbe-Marbois, de Montmorency, de
Montesquiou, de Vlathan, de Choiseul, de Caraman, de
Talleyrand, Klein' de Mortemart, Delaplace, de Monte-
bello, Roy, Portal, &c. &c. At one o'clock, the mes-
sengers of the Chamber requested the Deputies to pro-
ceed to the Chamber of Conference, to draw from the
grand deputation to meet and receive the Prince Lieut.-
General of the kingdom.
The Ministers of Justice, the Interior. Foreign Affairs,
War, the Finances, and Public Instruction, entered the
Hall. M. Dupin, sen. met M. Guisot, and pointed out
to him the benches near the throne allotted to him and
his colleagues. Messrs. Giblet and Bignon, and Baron