The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-11 00:00:00

I'iIiVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE.

P4l"s, Dec, 7.—One of the long . expected
,
-ges in the Ministry has, we understand, at
'Pt" taken place, and the Council of State, held
"11 Saturday last, decided on replacing thepresent
Alniister of Finance by M. ROY, Advocate. We
hAti:-so frequently.declaVed our opinion of M.
-"vlrrio, that we'shall only refer to our former-
-I..lides for an account of his weakness, his.timi-
'l.q, and want of financial knowledge ; in common
thnes he might have done very well, but he could
foresee a crisis, nor when it was pointed
'at,' to
tutu take measures to prevent it ; what has
happened was foretold as far back as August
last.,
and if our information be correct, he was
‘rvanted against it. He is a perfectly honest tan,
oat
Larried the system of ;the Fatalists intothe
knistry that what will be, will be, and it is
no
.e to attempt to prevent it." We must yet•
him the justice to say, that when it arrived, no
Than
" Could slew a greater anxiety to repair the
".°l', 'but then be was so distracted with a multi-
tnde °f Counsellors, each of whom having a dif-
iet,
Itt interest had a different bias, and gave a
differ
erit advice ; so that not having any fixed or
:tied notions of his own, he was'more distracted
'111"er• M. ROY', his successor, is a very able
11, and profoundly versed in the Theory and
:::etice of Finance, to which we understand he is
;I:it:bile"' for part of his fortune, and which proves
"e has the foresight that M. CORVETTO
Ntante ,
(I• The Funds have got up to-day merely
°
th4/.the.report that the Minister of Finance was
1114144'd, and we may hope that just and vigorous
st,i4estires will restore that confidence which is the
Co
r forerunner of prosperity to a State. M.
1,,,w .tui who was sent to England to study the
jeer of Juries, has printed a hook on the sub-
Irtail'ich we hear hai been disapproved of as
ac,,,;ing too highly the English Institutions, and
tf.
I:ll.ngiy suppressed by order of the MiniSter
Iraeasollee ; we confess we did not expect such a
'lre to emanate from that Minister in parti-
Colir'. fle has always appeared friendly to fixed
tlieo 'notional principles ; if once he departs fromLe tit: it is not difficult to prophesy his fate. It
u'ks that °Ott France is not yet ripe for enjoying
4;t, tnivantages of Constitutional treedoui, we
Mt; Ptlrlettly of his opinion ; but if he wilfshackle
Jari: ress, if he will resist the institutions of
to all eases, and especially in cases of im-
ltai l 1161-he will loSe the ground hebas hitherto
ihrtlltatnell as a Constitutional Minister, and 'by
Itan:Avnlt; •hitnSelf into the anns fif the Ultras,
taar,rr"orate not only his own rlllll bast that of his
kti,c).EY• common sense Froace lb equally
AN from Feudal Tyranny and Dernocranc
*ott, eh, Y. France ;Sri!! he free ; she
11.4k,1 ,"' eves, from England she takes her
; hat it is only by degrees that this ft
/if "be granted, 'or'it would prilduce the ,ifect
Till ;tong light on eyes newly couched. Time
44nterate her passions, and. prove that those,
„,exketed on the departure of the troops that
Ihtl-"Id be confusion and anarchy knew but
kiass t the tilling predominant spirit of the great
of the Nation. '