Star.
London, England, 1815-09-25 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

After our Paper was at press oh Saturday, we re-
ceive/4 the Paris Papers of Wednesday last, of which
we gave the principal contents in a Second Edition.
Yesterday those of Thursday came to hand, and this
morning those of Friday. •
It is confirmed' that FOUCIIE . has been dismissed
from office—a circumstance that has given very ge-
neral joy in Paris, especinlly among the Journalist:,
who charge him with being the greatest enemy to
the liberty of the press. He had personal reasons for
restraining it : they might have spoken more freely of
his o:vn conduct than he would have liked to hoar.
They will now use bun with less ceremony ; indeed
they hare begun already to attack the ei-deviant Mi-
nister.

NE.: has net yet been brought to trial, but it is not
true that he had escaped from prison, as reported in
private letters. Vengeance matches with quicker
stria..: against men of lees note. Two common sob
dies,-implicated in the rebellion, have been executed
at Dperdeaus, and others scutcnced to ten years
oo.orrient.
A Treaty of Comirerce is, it is said, on the eve of •
sitiattito between France- and this country.
Every tiOrig is ready for the opening of the Session
4 tiw two 1-I,iett's of Leg.slature ; and for, the de-
r.tr:zete of thy ns, who, it would
take their renr.,val that tEcre may be no pretest
of attic having intert,red t h influence the deliber.t:
tiurA of the Chan.h!r7. The Cri..iii!,ers meet this day,
A I::cittration on the Stat France, signed by
Pitnipozcotiaries of all ±e Powers, is ahout to
he the Document so ic.ng es.
; ected, and which has peen hitherto designated a
reaty cf Fcaet, we know not. The •ptiVitte letters
s7eak very. conFidently of the terms pacification
being no.v compietoy arrat:gcd, and givt the•fol-
lowhig as tl-:e •
" Fiance is to pay to the Allies, by irstalmonts, as
a war tontrintr,ion, the sum of 600 of francs,
of whic;i England, Austiii, •;ssia, t^d Pro:,:iia, are
each to Lave o:se-fifth, and the remaining filth to go
to the minor States. In add:titia to tl:is contribution,
France is to defray the equipnie.it of 1,070,(Ju0 mei!,
at the rate of V2i) francs per roan, which will amount
to 150,000,000 f. The fortresses on the Sambre and
Mtuse are to be ceded to Holland, with an cx
tent cf territory ct ntaining 1,950,000 inhabitants.—
France further cedes to Prusssia, Saarbrua with
100,000 inhabitants, and to Austria, Hun;nguen,
Landau, and part of Savoy ; which latter cession will
be restored to the King of SAIWINIA, in exchange for
a district bordering on the Milanese. The Enelisti
will occupy Calais awl another port ii the Channel.`
until the fast instaitnent of the contriliution is pith,.
In consideration of the new acquisitions secured to
the King of ihz NeriirttLAxirs, he restores the for
tress of Lusetzthurgn and its its territory to the King
Of Pitussta." ,

S,nce the dismissal of Fouctie, the Royal Orison •
nu.ces in his d-rattrnent of the Ministry have been
Barea PAAUILIt as Minister of the Interior
ad interim.
PARIS, SEPTEMLET: 22.

The Linke of Otranto (pitted the Hotel of the
Min,stry of General Po:ke in the evening of Wed.
nestldy. I fis miccessor had not made his appearance
inure )esterday morning. Ir is generally supposed
that the new Minister is M. Angles.—(Journed de
i )

The Duke of Otranto is no longer Minister: all
the journals have already announced this•fact ; we
would have anncunted it ourselves yesterday had it
not been for a circomstahce which deserves a word
of explanation : it behoves us now to explain where•
fore we Are the last to publish a piece of intelligence,
to which eiery person, for various reasons, seems to
attach so great imp(:rtanee.

Cvery body knew (or slither some persons only
) ,
clew at there is a Commission for the Like the
ciiatetl expressly to watch over it, at the Flea-
sure, and•iecording to the individual caprice of the
Int:tuber* who compose the Commission, and in order
arbitrarily to restrain the -exercise of the press : now
thee kinds'of institution's have some eclat in the first
moment after their b)tthi but they soon fall into an
•

obscurity with which they Ipya to envelope them.'
selves, because this obscurity serves as veil to what-
ever they have in- thorn of irregularity. We shall
therefore make a kind of revelation by informing the
public, that it was this Commission, almost mysteri-
ous, which in its wisdom thought proper, as a special
favour, to prevent us hum making public what was 1
no longer a secret, and what all the other journals ,
must have announced next day,
It would be difficult to •account for this conduct on
any other ground than brrefertini to the vices and
inconveniences necessarily attached to every establish-
ment of this kind : the arbitrary, here • shews itself
without disguise, and a fact of this nature would he
sufficient to demonstrate how important it is not to
substitute even for a moment, instead of the Jaw, the
will of individuals ;, for this will can never be alvrays
exempt from fantasies : and however uptight or firm
we may suppose h, it is imposale that it should not
sometimes bend to considerations which equally con-
travene the duty of the censors and the interests of
public writers. . •
We should have the air of be;ng too much inspired
by our own interests, and to give way too mvich to
the eersonAl discontent which we feel at thin moment,
i: vie were now t.) develol.eall the reflections strbicli
this subject gives birth to : we shall return to this
sulject, and we prefer for- the present indulging in
the hope of !nen seeing these irregularities give
place to Constitutional order.
We are this evenime assured that the Duke of
Prranto is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the
of Saxony.--Journal de: D..berft.
A Jettraal asserts that the Treaty between the
Alhes and France was signed yesterday. We do not
believe this intelligence, and, as we have already said,
it is probable that the Treaty will no: be signed until
:titer the opening f the Cleiroheis.