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PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDI ME OF THE STAR.
PAUL Barr. 19.

Last. Monday, the Minister of the Interior produced the so
long wished for statement, upon the situation of France, and
his Excellency obtained numerous plaudits, because he ac-
commodated himself to the majority of the Chamber. But
those plaudits were far from meeting with an echo in the
nation; nor has the statement answered the general expecta-
tion and opinion entertained of the merit of M. Guizot. In
truth, his discourse has only been a concise summary of the
acts of the Ministers ; but has not taken the least no-
tice of the moral, agricultural, financial, and political
state of France. The only phrase that escaped, as
if by force, from the reserve of the Minister, has un-
veiled the embarrassment of Government. Ho felt obliged
to own at the Tribune, that if the facts were en-
couraging for the future, he could not conceal the appear-
ances of uneasiness in the minds of the people. There cer-
tainly exists uneasiness, and the sole cause is the presence
of some Ministers. The steps which they have adopted, or
rather the system they follow, is not in harmony with the be-
nefit expected from the revolution of 1830 ; it tends to
keep the national public spirit stationary, if it does not,
to make a retrogade movement ; in fact, the Chamber
and the Ministry have been overtaken by Consti-
tutional opinion. We only reckon in the French
Government, two Ministers who have well understood the
situation and inclination of the public mind—these are the
Minister of Justice and Marshal Gerard ; the others have
points in their past history which are far from being tokens
of security and firmness, in regard to political principles.—
M. Guizot cannot make us forget (nor has he attempted it,)
his voyage to Ghent in 1315, nor that ho has been censor
under the Bourbons : every one is astonished, and asks each
other, who could have elevated him to the Ministry—be who
was not seen in the three days ? M. Dupin and M.
Guizot, understanding that being out of the provisional
state in which we were, France would not want
them : so they hurried to create friends in the Chamber of
Deputies, and they have adopted a corrupt plan, which has
detached from them tile, c. two honourable colleagues, and
those who are the m.e t sincere patriots in France. The highest
places have been given to those Members of the Chambers
who have asked for them, ;:nd then to all their friends, rela-
tives, and creatures. No attention has been paid to rights
and titles, but to number and influence.
The merit of being adherent; and deputies was appreciated
above all others ! Gratitude, and the hope cf new favours,
has given to the Ministry a number of partisans, who only
made themselves known on Monday last. When M. Gui-
zot, in dexterously flattering the Chamber, has imitated the
audacity of M. Dupin, in daring to speak of the danger
which it had run, his falsehood, is the face of the na-
tion, has not met with any approbation in Paris, but has
stiengthened with material force the majority which alarms
the Constitutionalists. Before this declaration, the people in
vain wished for a dissolution of the Chamber; and now the
Ministry, who had not dared a fortnight ago to replace
the vacant seats in the Chamber, assemble the Colleges
of Electors! This displays the opinion of the Minister;
he is actually certain cf a majority in the Chambers, and
being aided by it, and his new creatures, ho is convinced
that the great majority to elect will also be devoted to his
views ; for that object he relics upon the gratitude, and
the system of fear, which he has put forward. He pretends
that the uneasiness which prevailsi in the peoples minds, is
caused only by anarchists, or heads too young for business.
He prepossesses the lukewarm, against that which is the
will of regenerated France. Opinion in the provinces is
formed upon the private correspondence of the actual ma-
jority of the Chamber, which dreads, above all, the election
of young men, ardent with patriotism, and brilliant with ta-
lent, in the face of whom that majority would tremble, soon
to yield. Another means of corruption has been employed :
it is the purchase of the Press: The editors of the most
influential and liberal Journals have obtained good places :
those Journals are now quiet—if they do not sound the
praises of those of whom they should be ashamed. A few
of the new papers, conducted in a good and patriotic spirit,
feel the danger of their situation, and hesitate on the means
to be employed, to get out of it. If they attack individuals,
they will be accused of discontent, or disappointment of
fallen ambition ; if they should attack their acts, they
will be capitally accused of wishing for anarchy ; and the
concurrence of the indifferent, the fearful, and the stupidly
ignorant, will combine closer together, in order to make a
bulwark in opposition to the power of public spirit. In these
circumstances they have only to adopt moderation, repetition 'I
even to satiety of their views, and ministerial influence ; they
have their safety to expect from time, which unveils false 1,
friends ; but in the meanwhile much evil might take place,
and the majority of ministers be strengthened.
A schism has already manifested itself in, the council.
M. Dupont (de I'Eure), and M. Gerard, wanted, to retire
and separate themselves from the course followed by M. M.
Guizot, Dupin, and associates ; but an august will has kept
them in office till now. The nation value them by their
acts, and it is not them who are the cause of the present fer-
mentation which exists. Several popular clubs have been
formed in Paris : Ministers who begin to dread light, have
taken the alarm and commenced prosecutions. In my next,
I will treat on the subjects of these clubs.
P. B.••••Y.

FRENCH INTELLIGENCE,

RECEIVED THIS DAY.

PARIS, SEPT. 19.

We have read in a private correspondence from Dresden :
—" The Government of Saxony have formally refused to
Charles X. the demand which the Ex-King has made, to
establish himself in that country."—Messager des Chambres.

A private letter from Darmstadt announces that a po-
pular commotion had taken place in that city.—Messager
des Chambres.

Le Tempt says, that the Count de Paez has arrived from
Spain by extraordinary conveyance. He is the bearer of
the Act of Recognition of Louis Philip I. by the Court of
Madrid.

A report is in circulation, which we consider as the
most malevolent absurdity that it is possible to imagine,l
against the actual Government. It pretends that M. de
Talleyrand is charged with a negociation, which tends to le-
gitimise Louis Philip I. Our Constitutional King is legiti-
mate King by the grace of the people. To seek other tides
for him would be an act of folly and of treason: for from the
moment those rights bear any analogy with those of the fallen
family, the great question of national sovereignty would be
compromised ; and, beware the consequences ! Notwith-
standing the extravagance of the rumour, an official contra-
diction, it appears, would be useful in the present state of
moral agitation in which France finds herself, even after the
report of M. the Minister of the Interior.—Constilutionnel.
The club, Amin du People, is preparing a statement on
the situation of France, in contradiction to that of the Mi-
nister of the Interior. It organises at this moment an elec-
toral directing committee, in concurrence with the club
Aide toi le ciel Caldera. The friends of the peopla so.