Star.
London, England, 1830-12-24 00:00:00

an audacious insult to the church establishment, and'
having a direct tendency to subvert the laws,
and introduce general anarchy and confusion"—
LORD A LTHORPR made a few observations, which we
think highly honourable to himself, and creditable to his
colleagues. Ma. TREVOR ultimately withdrew his
resolution. We have, only left ourselves room to
direct the attention of the reader, to the subse-
quent debates, as given in this sheet, upon the subject
of pensions ; and particularly to the observations of Sir
JAMES GRAHAM, which certainly are highly calculated to
give equal satisfaction to the nation, as they seemed to have
given to the House.

We are reluctantly compelled to postpone our intended
remarks on Mr. BARBER BE•VMONT'II pamphlet till
to-morrow.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE- EXCLUSI YE.

PARIS, Dic. 22.

S a ,—After the feverish anxiety of seven consecutive
days, impressed with the feeling, that the ground on which
your footsteps pressed, was undermined, and charged with
explosive materials; after watching at night, and attentively
listening during its silent hours for the anticipated discharge
of musquetry, and the shouts of battle ; it is with great,
satisfaction that I sit down to inform you, that the eventful
drains is over, and that the popular fermentation is
rapidly subsiding. Thanks to a superintending Pro-
vidence, which dictated the most precautionary,
though conciliatory measures, the thunder cloud, which
hung suspended over our heads, is passing, and we
are unscathed by its anticipated horrors. Another day
will pass in the gradual lessening of our excitement, and I
hope that to-morrow's sun will see the busy affairs of man-
kind pursuing their useful and peaceable channel. We may
now almost venture to say, finis coronet opus, and that the
revolution is finished. The past week has been the second
grand epoch of 1830, glorious in the triumph of mercy,
tempered by impartiality and justice; and the revolution to
which France was driven, to preserve her political existence
as an enlightened nation, may ho termed stainless; literally,
sans peur et sans reproche. The enemies of the liberties
of mankind have assuredly lost the hope they fondly clung
to, that the trial now happily over, would have lighted the
torch of discord in the kingdom, and sounded the
tocsin of civil war. From the fatal experience of
former popular changes, they deem the deduction,
that a revolution without a scaffold in its back ground
was an anomaly, which every historical record declared
against; and they argued, let that scaffold be erected and
laved with blood, who can say when the torrent shall cease
to flow ? The despotic monarchs of Europe and their par-
tizans, when the magnanimous conduct of the French nation
to their fellow opponents has been cited, have replied—the
former revolution was bloodless in 1789, but its dreadful con-
sequences were not felt for years afterwards, when the Pari-
sians glutted themselves to satiety with the blood of the
most worthy, and dignified of their nation. Grateful ought
the friends of liberty to be to the Ruler of sublunary events,
that the late portentous trial has proved the fallacy of this idea.
Yesterday passed off more quietly than was expected.
The arrests of the previous day, and the overwhelming
force displayed by the citizen soldiery, and their temper
and firmness united, seemed to have convinced the agi-
tators, that they had a dangerous game to play. The least
symptom of timidity in the Government would have been
fatal to the peace of Paris. Under their various masks—
Carlists, Napoleonists, Republicans, Anarchists, and the
many who live by plunder, found that this was their last
stake. The golden opportunity now lost, all hope of a
counter-revolution will pass away. Aware that the passions
of the well-disposed of the populace were excited, and that
the rankling wounds of these, who had lost their dearest
connections in the glorious days of July, were hardly closed,
they endeavouroured to seize the opportunity of arraying
the National Guards against the people, calculating that
if a combat could be brought about, and blood be shed,
citizens in battle with citizen., that an interminable
hatred would take place between those classes, who
now fraternize in harmonious accord. This diabolical
cunning has been defeated. There has been no want
of money on the occasion, which has been freely distri-
buted ; and the communication I made you several
days since, of an extensive plot having been discovered by
government, is confirmed by the speech of General Sebastiani,
in his address to the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday last.
Some influential people were concerned in it, and be an-
nounced that they were known and at a proper time would
be punished. The government very wisely contented itself
with rendering the plans of the conspirators nugatory,
and having frustrated their dark designs, reserves
its vengeance for a period of less excitement than
the present. The Estafette which conveys this letter,
will carry with it the journals of this morning, which will
put you in possession of the conclusion of the trial, and the
sentence passed, on these conspirators against the freedom,
and consequent happiness, of their fellow-countrymen. Late
as was the hour when the sentence was promulgated, it soon
was known over the whole city; and if some were dis-
appointed at its comparative lenity, the more judici-
ous were made happy at learning its import.—
The night passed in great tranquillity. Strong bodies of
troops of all arms patrolling the streets, at the slow and
stealthy pace of soldiers upon that duty. The inner and
outer courts of the Petals Royal, were filled with
troops of the line, bivouacking for the night. In
the Fauxbourg Saint Germain, immense fires were
biasing in the streets, round which the troops slept upon
their arms. The frequent " Qui yin," and the clash of
arms, were the only sounds which broke the silence of
darkness. Paris bad all the appearance of a be-
leaguered city. The Ministers were conveyed to Vin-
cennes at four yesterday afternoon, end this morning
their doom has been announced to them. Brighter days, I
trust, will commence the coming year. The disconcerted
conspirators had slunk back to their concealed abodes, hope-
less, for the present, at least, of revelling in their native
discord. The funds will rise, there can be little doubt, and
Ouverard will not be able to his project into effect,
of bearing them down to 50. Time presses and I must
close ; on Saturday, I shall send the opinion of the Pari-
sians upon the sentence at large.
am, Sir, your's truly,
J. H.
P. S. Four o'clock.—l am just informed that a consider-
able assemblage of the people, it is said upwards of thirty
thousand, and headed by the Polytechnic youths, and the
students of law and medicine, are assembled in the Faux-
bourg St. Germain. I cannot learn their object, but
can have no tear of any thing rub or hostile, while the
Polytechnic scholars ate at their head, whose tried
ifiipodst
and precocious talent are so well known, although "
as Hobe's, their yet unresored lips."

J. N.

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.
SENTENCE OF THE EX.MINISTRRS.

The following is the sentence on the ex-Ministers, which
was read to them at the Castle of Vincennes, at 11 o'clock
on Tuesday night :
Precisely at ten o'clock the public sitting of the Court of
Peers a-as resumed. The President and Peers occupied their
usual seats. The Commissioners of the Chamber of Depu-

ties were also in the places allotted to them. The accused
were absent, but their counsel were all in court. But very
few persons were in the tribunes. The President, in a votes
of deep emotion, pronounced the following sentence :
" The Court of Peers, after deliberation, in pursuance of
the resolution of the Chamber of Deputies, having heard the
Commissioners of that Chamber for the accusation, and the
accused in their defence ;

Considering that by the ordinances of the 25th of July,
the constitutional charter of 1814, the electoral laws, and
those securing the liberty of the press, were manifestly vio-
lilted, nod that the Royal power thereby usurped the func-
tions of the legislature ;
" Considering that, although the individual will of
Charles X. may have influenced the determination of the
accused, that circumstance cannot relieve them from their
legal responsibility ;

" Consideringihat it appears from the proceedings, that,
Auguste Jules Armand Marie, Prince de Polignac, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Minister of War ad interim, and Presi-
dent of the Council of Ministers ; Pierre Dennis, Comte de
Peyronnet, as Minister of the Interior; Jean Claude Bal-
thazar Victor Chantelauze, as Garde des Sceaux and Minister
of Justice ; and Martial Comte Annibal Perpetue Magloire,
Comte de Guornon Ranville, as Minister of Public Instruc-
tion and Ecclesiastical Affairs ; all responsible in the terms
of the 13th article of the Charter of 1814, countersigned
the ordinances of the 25th July, the illegality of which they
themselves acknowledge ; that they took every means to en-
force the execution of them ; and that they advised the King
to declare the city in a state of siege, in order to subdue by
arms the legitimate resistance of the citizens ;

" Considering that these acts constitute the crime of
treason, provided against by the 56th article of the charter
of 1814;

" Declares le Prince de Polignac, le Comto ce Peyronnet,
Victor Chantelause, and le Comte de Guernon Ranville,
guilty of the crime of treason ; _

" Considering that no law has determined the punishment
of treason, and that the Court is therefore under the necessity
of supplying the deficiency ;
" According to the 7th article of the Penal Code, which
classes transportation (I)among the punishments stigmatizing
with infamy peines ajfietives et infamantes ;
" According to the 17th article of the same code, which
declares transportation to be for life ;
" According to the 18th article, which declares that
transportation involves civil death, and the 25th article of
the Code Civile, which regulates the consequences of civil
death ;

" Considering that there is not any place, out of the
Continental dominions of France, to which criminals sen-
tenced to transportation can be taken and detained ;
" Condemns le Prince do Polignac to be imprisoned for
life in the Continental dominions of the kingdom ; declares
him deprived of his titles, rank, and orders ; declares him
civilly dead ; all the other consequences of transportation re-
maining in force, as regulated by the articles before men-
tioned.

" Considering the facts of the case as appearing from
the proceedings;
" Condemns le Comte de Peyronnot, Victor Chantelauze,
and le Comte de Gueruon Renville, to imprisonment for
life ; directs them to be placed in a state of interdiction, con-
formably to the 28th and 29th articles of the Penal Code,
declares them equally deprived of their titles, rank, and
orders.

" Condemns all the accused, individually and collec-
tively, to pay the expenses of the proceedings.
" Orders the present sentence ' be communicated by
message to the Chamber of Deputies.
" Orders, that it shall be printed and posted up in Paris
and in every other commune of the kingdom, and transmitted
to the Garde des Sceaux, Minister of Justice, for the purpose
of being carried into execution."

Letter from the Minister of the Interior to the Prefects of the Dc.

penman).
" Monsieur le Prefet—The sitting of the Chamber of
Deputies of yesterday informed us that agitators sought, in
the trial of the ex-Ministers, a pretext for disturbing the
public peace, but that the government bad taken the neces-
sary measures, and that every preparation was made to en-
sure the triumph of the laws. This assurance ought to suffice
to silky all fears.
" The National Guard watches, with admirable modera-
tion, and with its habitual firmness, over the maintenance of
the laws.

" The Government has done, and will do, its duty, and
the enemies of liberty shall have no reason to rejoice.
" Receive, M. le Prefet, the assurance of my high con-
sideration.

44 DIONTALIVET.

" Paris, Dec. 22."

The Commander of the First Military Division has issued
the following notice:—
" In conformity to the directions of the Minister of War,
the lieutenant-general commanding the first military divi-
sion enjoins the officers belonging to corps not forming a
part of the garrison of Paris, who are in the capital with-
oqt any mission relating to the service, and on permission
or leave of absence for any cause except that of convales-
cence, to quit the capital within 24 hours, and rejoin their
regiment. The lieutenant-general also renews the injunc-
tion to officers, who do not belong to any corps, and whose
residence is not Paris, to gait the capital immediately.
" Pads, Dee. 21." PAJOL."
It appears that a disturbance, similar to that which has
been observed at Paris these two days past, had been pre-
pared and combined ig the
§outh. The government was in-
formed of it yesterday by telegraph, but it learned at the
same time, that by the zeal of the National Guards, the at-
tempt at commotion had fortunately been put down.—Jour-
nal du COMPIWYCO.

Messrs. Van der Weyer and Gendebein, members of the
Belgian Provisional Government, have arrived at Paris.
Not fewer than 5,000 workmen are now employed in the
environs of St. Denis and la Chapelle, in the preparatory
works for fortification.

The Journal de Rouen contains the following :—" The
Arccbisbop of Rouen has been here for some days. It ap-
pears that several individuals, in estate of complete intoxi-
cation, presented themselves at the gate of his palace, on
Thursday night, shouting—" A bat la Colette Mort
atm Afinittres 11" The servants, in alarm, ran to the
guard boas, at the Hotel de Ville, for the assistance of the
National Guard. Several ?lathed Guards proceeded to tle
palace, but hued everdgitgrant. The two sentry-boxes
at the gate Ist Ws

ZICHANOI_ OP PAWS.

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