Star.
London, England, 1830-12-29 00:00:00

LETTER IN THE TIMES.

PARIS, StssiasT EvExtwo.
The disturbances in the streets have subsided, but I regret to say,
those of the Cabinet are far from bang so near their consummation ;
indeed, on the contrary, they tend more to provoke another crisis,
which will again congregate all the elements of order, and weaken still
more the bonds by which the present order of things is upheld in
France. Indeed, the King's personal popularity is the strongest hold
which this Government has upon the public &free:ions, for, with the
exception of the cry of Vive le Roi I in which every body joins, I
perceive no common link of union. between the people and the
Ministers.
You have seen by the French papers of yesterday, that the necessary
consequence of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies last Friday evening,
upon the new organization of the National Guard. was the removal of
General Lafayette from the command of that body, with, however, the
perfect understanding that he was to be forthwith re-appointed by the
King. The General and his friends, however, took tire, and deter-
mined not to submit to this piece of coquetry ; and yesterday, after a
consultation a ith his friends, the venerable patriot resigned his con:-
mission into the hands of the King, in a setter, in which he declared
that in resuming his station as a simple soldier of the evolution, he
was determined by all the means still at his disposal to support the
throne and the principles which had grown out of the events of July.
It was always understood, before the vote of Friday, that Lafayette's
appointment wait for life, but that the office would die with him. This
splendid mark of public confidence could only have been justified by the
patriot's long-tried virtues and purity of heart.
The King, upon receiving General Lafayette's letter yesterday, imme-
diately sent (as be called him) for " his old and long-attached friend."
The call was promptly obeyed, and a long interview was the result.
Lafayette declared that he appeared not as an unconnected individual,
but as a negociator, and in reply to time King's earnest entreaty tl:a: he
would re-accept the command in chief of the Guards from his hands,
said that he could never do so, without an infusion of popular strength
into his Majesty's present councils, and the introduction of such an
electoral law as would satisfy the people, and give solidity to the iLstilu-
tions of the revolution.

They parted late in the day in terms of warm mutual respect, and the
King held a Council of Ministers, which lasted till midnight. The re-
suit is. however, unknown at the hour at which I write.
The Government think a reduction of the electoral qu..lifiemion from
its present ratio of 300 francs to 200 francs, ought to be sufficient for the
fair representation of popular opinion, while M. Mauguin and the other
deputies affirm that such a diminution will make no real change in the
classes who at present vote; and that the qualification ought not
to exceed 100 francs, or at most 150 francs. There will on this
point be a severe struggle in the Chamber of Deputies to.rsorow
or Tuesday. An unpleasant discussion will also arise as to
the causes, of the late disturbances, upon which the reports
are various and contradictory. I was misinformed in stating that any
real suspicion attached to General Bertrand ; he was sent for twice by
the King on Tuesday; but it was as Governor of the
polytechnic
School. and to make inquiries respecting the feelings of t!.e youth of
that popular institution, which were most satisfactorily answered. The
arrests still go on, but I cannot learn that they comprehend any of the
names to which I have referred as in the eye of blie suspicion. The
fact is, that such were the apprehensions of during the recent dis-
turbances, that names were freely Whaled of every man of every
party which had ever attracted naleristv in petals Akin.
I referred you yesterday to the pososedings et the Weeds of this pat
city, to show the tea with AIM the efudeoes mix in the political
strife of the day. T are a composed et 12,000 young nice,
from every country in rope, ma have seemly se most occasions
sebS
been clubbists, but they have over the pimple an influence fa
grater than the mere force of their physical strength. I have just
heard from an authentic source mum curious of their mast
movements. They took us part in the disturl ass, beyond being. is
individuals, passive spectators of the tumult; but when the Dean of
the Medical School read the thanks of the Chamber of Deputies,
there was not the least bun of approbation, though the Dean
prefaced the perusal of the document with a flattering speech. One
student cried " Vivo le Rol," and all the rest repeated the same excla-
mation. They, however, OD the instant pencilled memorandums which
were passed through the ball to call the meeting of Friday, and the hint
to convene a meg pealed like an electric shock an hour after through
the schools of Law, the Polytechnic, he. When they assembled, in
obedience to this hasty nodes, in the Polytechnic Court, the number
present was head too pest for the space in that institution, and
they adjourned to the Football, where in a minute they framed a tri-
bune out of some loose eadrobilag, and four craters were speedily heard.
The first buohtees dens was to avow the oboadme placards wblcb bad
been amounted on the previous day in the Chamber of Defatiectsionsand
declared by Count ihntalivet, and others, to have bees