Star.
London, England, 1831-03-12 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE-EXCLUSIVE.

PARIS, MARCH 10.
We have several times announced the dismission of the
King's attorney, M. Comte ; it is certain that the resolution
of that measure has been taken for a long time, and it is
with great difficulty that it has at last been executed. It was
very difficult to deprive a man of his functions who fulfilled
them in a manner so honourably, and to find a magistrate
who would consent to succeed him. M. Desmortiers, for-
merly Judge of Instruction, replaces M. Comte; M, Mo-
rilhou has ceased his functions of keeper of the seals ; M.l
d'Argout, minister of marine, is charged provisionally with
the portfolio of justice. It is expected that there will
shortly be a recomposition of the Cabinet. May the Go-
vernment be inspired by wise councils ! The present mo-
ments are grave and perilous; the fate of France is in the
keeping of a few men. Le Constitsaionnel.
The news of the fall of Poland, presaging the fate of
France, has struck all souls with indignation mixed with
stupor. The men who have allowed themselves to be se-
duced by the deceitful assurances of power, are more guilty
than the patriots, who for several months studied our destiny.
We know that the conduct of France in respect to Po •
land, was exactly that of an army who leaves one of its
battalions to fight singly a division of the enemy. The bat-
talion could not fail to sink ; it has done its duty; it has died
with glory. Let us honour its tomb and imitate it. This
sad but calm language is very different to that of the dupes
whieli the ministry has made, by the organ of its twenty
journals, a daily distribution of opinions and foresight.—
These, amused until yesterday by sweet hopes of peace,
appeared to awaken as from a dream, by the report of can-
non and fire. They understand, at last, that the country is
in danger. In the midst of this general anxiety, who made,
we will not say the ministry, for it is no more ; it is dislo-
cated, dissolved ; and, perhaps, to-morrow some of the men
who composed it will be found in dungeons; for they have
also their moments of patriotism. Who made, not the mi-
nistry, but the Gamarilla ? If we may believe accredited
reports, they pretend still to have hopes of peace ; they de-
mand it with great energy. Slaughter Poles, they say to
Russia; to Austria, slaughter the Italians ; to Prussia,
slaughter the Belgians. Slaughter ! slaughter ! but leave
me tranquil. What ! must we still do something more to
please you ? You hate the patriots of July, who gave the
example of insurrection? Well, have we not already two
hundred of them in prison ? We will imprison thirty others,
whom one hundred and fifty shall quickly follow. Tou hate
our journals which appealed to insurrection ; well, see how we
treat them. M. Persil —is he not for them another Diebitsch ?

M. Comte incoentea;ed them ; we sent M. Comte away.
• Could M. Polignac have done better? Thus, uost honour-
able sirs, do not cause :!-, to wage a useless war ; confide
in us as in the Carnarilla of Charles X. And how do tia.se
i honourable sirs reply to ail this slaughtering ? ‘1 by, Ly un-
prisoning, dismissing, persecuting the patriots ; that there
shall be less trouble to take Paris than Warsaw. Those
who can believe in the sincerity of any other re;thes, nee it,
themselves, a brevet of madness. That which has never been
doubted be is, is become evident to eyes the most prepos-
sessed. The Messager itself avowed, yesterday, that the
Ifall of Poland would be the commencement of a war of ex-
termination, between the north and the south. Thip, then,
there is no more subterfuge to be employed ; that which iu
France will be against liberty, and against its partis,::,s,
will no more pass for a concession made to foreigners, in or-
der to avoid war ; this will not manifest a means of defence,
to save the country in the struggle which is preparitr; ; this
will manifest treason. May Louis-Philippe open his eyes
at last; may he cause to be arrested and judged as traitors,
all men who dare to speak against the friends of the revolu-
tion ; may he set at liberty the patriots of July, who crowd
the prisons ; may he listen to the wishes of the p€ople ; 'Any
he assemble the true representatives, capable of embodying
these wishes in ow. laws ; may lie give to the soldiers and
to the citizens, chiefs worthy of their confidence, and the
enthusiasm of July may revive, and France may yet be
saved. But there is but just: time.—La Tribune.
Extract of a letter from Turin, of the 28th of February.—
"At Milan all is tranquil. There has n,t been received
from Vienna, the order to march upon Modena, Farina,
and Romagna, as was expected ; this makes us think that
the Austrian Cabinet dreads to agitate the question of non-
intervention, and makes us hope that all will be treated
diplomatically at London. The Austrians have to the
amount of 60,000 men in the kingdom Lombardo• Venitien,
but very tranquil. Our King is rather sick, but is said to
be a little better this morning. It is said that the Pope has
taken refuge at Florence, Rome having established a Senate,
in which abides the temporal Government."
The Gazette of Milan of the 26th of Feb. announces,—
" That the fortress of Ancona had capitulated, as well as the
fort of St. Leo. The insurgents being masters of these
forts, nothing is opposed to their march upon the City of
Rome. News the most positive, this evening, announce that
the City of Rome holds out still against the insurgents,
though pressed on all sides. The Court of Turin
has ahewn itself very satisfied with the measures of the
French Government, which prevented the revolution ready to
burst out in that country. The Prince de CA IZIGNas has been
sent upon the frontier of the side of Bellegarde, with a
mission to obtain the re-establishment of tranquillity.
At the moment of the departure of the courier from Turin,
there had been received despatches from Naples, announcing
that, although it was expected that the King would decide
to name a ministry semi-liberal, he had made, on the con-
trary, a choice directly opposed ; that is to say, in the sense
entirely absolute.—Massager des Chambres.
General Clauzel, who is now performing quarantine at
Toulon, bade farewell to the army of Africa by the follow-
ing order of the day :
" Soldiers !—Having to separate myself from you, I ad- i
dress to you my adieus, and the expression of any gratitude
' for the confidence you have had in me, since I had the ho-
nour
to command you. Your conduct before the enemy has
been most brilliant, and your discipline always perfect. The
old warriors are proud to see you imitate their devotion, they,
share in your triumphs, and see with pride that France. va-
liantly defended by you, will ever be the country of glory.
The King confides to a part of the army, the care of the
preservation of the conquest; and the conquest well deseiares
the price of the gratitude which Christianity decrees to
France, for having executed an enterprise so worthy of
these noble sentiments. Soldiers ! Count always upon me,
upon my constant affection, upon my care to cause your ser-
vices to be valued and recompensed. Adieu ! Soldiers, wo
shall see you upon the Rhine, the Alps, or the Pyrenees,
should France have need of you.—At the Head-quarters,
at Algiers, Feb. 19, 1531.
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(Signed) " Count CLAUZ EL."

;CITY, ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 751 for the account,
opened at the same price, went up to 75i for money ; at
present they are 75g.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, which were done at 75i for money in the morn-
ing, continue steady at present at 75g fur the Account. In
the Foreign Market little doing.

Their Majesties entertained tie Duke of Sussex, Prince
Leopold, and a select party at dinner on Thursday evening,
at St. James's-palace. The Queen had a concert in the
evening, which was performed principally by her Majesty's
private band. Miss Cramer sang several pieces in the
course of the evening.
The Concert concluded at eleven o'clock.

The Duchess of Cumberland, the Duchess of Gloucester,
the Duke of Sussex, and Princess Sophia, visited the Queen
yesterday.
The KING and QUEEN left St. James's Palace, at a
quarter before four o'clock; in a travelling carriage and
four, for Windsor Park.

Lord John Russell and the Attorney-General were in at-
tendance at the Foreign Office during the time that the
Council sat in deliberation yesterday.
The Council broke up at half-past three o'clock.
The Russian and Austrian Ambassadors, and the Prussian
Minister, visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Fo-
reig►n Office.
The Landgravine of Hessz Homburg, dined with the Duke
and Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Queen, .the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess
Sophia, visited the Princess Augusta yesterday.
We understand that his Majesty intends giving a grand
entertainment to the Knights of the Bath, on an early day.
They will appear in the full costume of the Order.

At a recent s:plendid entertainment, Lord B—m appeared
in a suit of black velvet, of an antique cut, and his grotesque
appearance excited the risible faculties of a few who are more
initiated in the beau monde than the learned lord.

Among the Duke of Aledena's papers has been dis-
covered a correspondence between the Emperor Francis,
Prince Metternich, the King of Sardinia, and the Duke.
These papers are about to be published, and will, it is
said, produce a strong sensation in France. From this
we may infer, that they afford evidence of an intention of the
Powers to attack France when their preparations are sutli-
ciently advanced
In consequence of the repeal of the duty, the price of
seaborne coals at Norwich has fallen Bs. per chaldron.
POLITICS AND " TIIE SCHOOLNIASTER."—On Thurs-
day evening, the day on which the result of the Reform
measure was known, a schoolmaster at Walworth, a
warm espouser of the eause of the present Administration,
gave to each of his scholars the following three copies for
their writing lesson ,—Large hand, " Parliamentary Re-
form
;" German text, " Lord John Russell and Reform ;"
small hand, " Victory over the Boroughmongers—gained on
Thursday morning, at three o'clock, March 10. 1831."
It was a kind of Saturnalia throughout the school, only one
boy was flogged ; and that was for" smudging" " Parlia-
mentary Reform" in round hand.