Star.
London, England, 1830-09-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS.

CnaoxicLz.—A gentleman of distinguished ability, who has been
above a month in Paris, where be had EMI to the first characters in
that mennpoUs, assures us that there is no party in France not attached
to the King, in whom the greatest confidence is reposed. It is said in
Paris, that the King is in advance of the Ministers, and the Ministers
in advance of the Chambers. He assures us that there is no disposition
in France towards a Republic, pprroopperaly so called. He believes that
hereditary Peerage will be abolished; but one great reason for this
is, that Peerage for life only would give greater strength to the Charter ,
than hereditary Peerage, in a country in whi eh' there are. no large
estates, and no rotten boroughs to give political power to in.
&Mush; and in which, consequently, personsl reputation and
character are such important elements of authority. A Hereditary
Peerage would throw-Into the House individuals without talents or elsa.
reeler, and consequently lower the House in general estimation. In
order, however, the Peers for life might not be mere creatures of
the King, a qualification was suggested of having previously served in
certain distinguished situations, or been a certain number of years a
Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Our informant says, the present
Chamber of Deputies are naturally averse to the extension of the fran-
chise ; for they at present have the whole patronage of the departments,
and be believes that the patronage is now employed in managing their
constituents. Great hopes are, however, entertained that the Members
about to be returned to fill the vasancies will give a more liberal corn.
plexion to the Chamber. The slily fear:of our informant is, lest, if the
people should be disappointed in this expectation, they should become
impatient, and have recourse to violent messages. However, he has so
much confidence in the good sense and honesty of the King, that he be-
lieves, long before matters could come to melt an extremity, be would
dissolve the Chambers. It is a common saying among the people of
Paris, that the King and M. Dupont de rEure are the only Liberals in
the Government. if Franc* were even to be a Republic, he believes
the King would be chosen President by acclamation, such is the attach.
ment to him.

Hmtaen.—There have been of late divers rumours in circulation with
regard to a total or partial change in the Ministry. They have been of
the most varied and opposite description ; and, improbable as many of
them were, so little opinion have the public of the stability of the present
administration, that they appeared to gain very general credit. There
were many persons who were ready and, perhaps, anxious to believe that
a coalition had really taken plate between the remnant of the old
Tories and the Whig party, in order to effect the complete ousting of
the Duke and the whole of his estaldiehwieni. While the most preys.
lent report was that of the accession of the Canning or liberal party to
that Administration, whose head, so short a time back, dbeed in
so abrupt anti unceremonious a manner one of its leading Members.
Which of these reports may be the most likely to be verified we will not
pretend to say ; but we may observe that it L now very genteelly coned.
ered as certain, by persons of nearly all parties, that, unless the Duke ire.
mediately arengthen his tanks by consenting to act with more able
and efficient officers than those whom he brought into the field
during the last campaign, he will be unable to stand a month's
campaign Wow the new Parliament. And this becomes by no means
the less probable, when we consider that there is little chance of our
again seeing the singular phenomenon, which so much astonished and
perplexed the uninitiated at the commencement of the last sessions—via.
that of a ministry being preserved from destruction through the con-
sideration, and, we may say, self.devotion, of their opponents. Foe
our present most gracious Sovereign, having no personal hatreds or pri-
vate piques to gratify, is only anxious, it would seem, that the affairs of
the State should be conducted on a liberal and enlightened policy, by
men who really possess the confidence and support of the country ; and
for the Duke to expect that he can in any way face Parliament with his
present collagnes--particularly after having seen the result of the late
elections—can be nothing else than the most perfect infatuation. Un-
der these circumstances, every one is asking what is likely to be done ?
For our own part, we can only say that we feel confident that
some change must and win tare place. Times such as the present,
when so many difficult and intricate questions, both of civil and
commercial policy, must be brought under discussion, call for a very
different ekes of men to those who have endeavoured to work the vessel
of the State during the last two years. The times call for men both
more desirous and capable of acting, whose whole time will not be oc-
cupied in contriving how they may keep their places. The principles
on which the present Ministry have acted we have been totally at a loss
to discover. We have heard them called a Tory Administration acting
on Whig principles. This, probably, may mean an Administration
acting on no principlle at all. The only principle which has been ap.
parent is that of self-preservation; for we shall find that nearly every
measure which they have earried bas been either thrown out as " a sop
to Caberus," or yielded to the threats of their opponents—or, as pa.
laps, they would term it, to the force of circumstances.

Trams..—The death of Mr. Haddam will be deeply felt throughout
this country, as the loss of one who exercised, whether in office or in
opposition, a powerful and protecting authority over one great branch
of the national interests of Oust Britain. Mr. Huskisson, beyond all
contemporary politicians, deserved the praise of being a practical states-
man,—one whose knowledge was conversant with realities,—whose rea.
sowings on matters of political economy and on finance, might be taken
for a manual by those who desired to render the mercantile intercourse
between men and states as productive, and the fiscal regulations as little
oppressive, as the nature of things would allow,—one, moreover whose
industry and sagacity were made available to the kingdom by gent bold-
ness and steadiness in his measures, and whose good fortune it was to have
almost lived down, within the short periodlof four or five years, the loud,
confident, overbearing, and dexterous—though in some cases igno.
rant, in others factious—clamours with which the country resounded
from end to end, against the introduction of that new sys-
tem of navigation laws, and of importation duties, which were falsely
represented to have for their motive a preference of foreign over British
ships and goods, but which are now admitted by ninety-nine out of
every handfeed well.infamed men throughout the empire, to have been
dictated by an accurate in the mind of Mr. Huskisson of
what foreign governments it in their power,to accomplish against
England under het former policy, and of their probable reluctance, as
well as raisin incapacity to make war sumidully upon her maritime
and commercial greatness, should that policy be abandoned or relaxed.
Mr. Madison has been much calumniated for a measure by which
England appeared to give up her ancient defences against foreign ship.
no longer denying them, by means of prohibitory duties, admission
to Bdthih ports. The answers of Mr. Huskisson were two, and both
triumphant. He sahlZthat first, many neighbouring Governments were
on the point of retaliating upon England, by excluding her vessels
from their dominions : second, by his precasting that retaliatory eye.
teat, and inviting other states to oneof reciprocal hospitality and unre-
asant, the shipping interest of England bad not merely escaped the
setae punishment then in store for them, but that British vessels had
tovetswrineratind and throu
mercanWe rival: which gh the amo
bad rodationeased irwteed
that. in a far less proportion. So with the silk trade. Furious and
Implat—,and now as the event has proved, quite scandalous—were the
ispomnbes cost in tie teeth of Mr.thiskisson, foe breaking up the close
by which that menu/setae had been retarded, and the
reterysillal:/mUend disgraced. The public, it has for some time been
have in consequence of the relaxation had better gads
at lowa prime than before. France. instead of furnishing our mar.
ket wie dB% is actually, in some instances, supplied with those of
Bapjesel, made to imitate completely the silks of Lyons; and the silt-
mantalisatiang establishments of this kingdom have extended into nu.
JON** where the article, as a home-made fabric, never war
M hag as the monopoly existed. We have. *elated two
UM. WEISS they are t and important, of Mr. Holds-
Mee scubas to the nation in that department of public affairs
ow which no man of the present age has presided with any
ring like equal credit to himself, or solid utility to the pub.
Ms. Looking at the materials from which the vacancy left
by its bummed gentleman is to be filled up,—we mean the vacancy in
rid "MB as to the amplitude of his knowledge and resources—oe
cannot =bat k will for years be sunned. The political career
of Mr. regains but little narnave or comment. He was
as of tie 0111111111d1111 et the Treasury under Mr. Pitt, and is suppned
needy base lofted the confidence of that celebrated Minister, bet
to bow drawn from Mr. Pitt's suggestions or avowed intentions the
which Mr. Hasklmon many years afterwards developed
ediarstes for establishing what is called the " Free Trade System.

The following is e statement of the expenditure of the
MaarAlse Railway, lacaned to Jaw last, as word in Gores "
egrim 5.... _ _ _

Zari et die taws, Weft aihrbs, and anticipated a-
ea beim ado esaphsion, abase ... 1820,000
pno
Tin
12= Tama elm, imbibe dent INL comPaniatioe te
h e bassi, deneapp, aa. O
about ... ... 44.770
8 ... ... ... ... ... ow
Tbe
Nantes Sankey Viaduct
ditto
Idabel ditto .. .. .. ... 3,700
herd bhp, about .. ... .. ... 000
Lod, 130,000
Cnnizazd 16;banbinet; ... ... 10.0°"00.
=Ere bridges; andheidee nail, salt h;, wawa, he. he•
he maining swum