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London, England, 1814-10-15 00:00:00

FRENCH PdiPERS.

010INANCES OF THE ICING.

tows, by die Grace of Gon. King of France and
Navarre. to ell to whom these °presents shall-come,
greeting : •
Having regard to the necessity in which the Arch-
bishops And Bishops of our kingdom are, in the pre.
sent difficult circumstances of the Church of France,
of instructing, from infancy, young.persons who may
afterwards enter with advantage into the great semi-
naries; and desirous of procuring them the means of
accomplishing with. facility this pions intention; not
wishing, however, tliat schools of this kind should be
increased without sufficient reasons ; on the report of
our Minister Secretary of State of the Inteiior, we
have ordered, and do order, as follows :
Art I. The Archbishops' and Maher; of our kingdom may cm-
bltsh, in rich aepannierit, an eccleslactical schwa, the 'spacers
sod ft:tin...of which tlity may name, where they shall educate
sod ionrcet young people interi.led for the great seminaries.
H. Three schools rniy he situated in the country, and in place:
where there is no ly.ccurn, or commercial college.
When they.shall be shuated ih elite, *bete there is a ly-
teum co commercial allege, the scholars, after two yeare study,
shall take he ecclesiastical habit.
0. Jul shafl be etoneratcd from attending the lectures of the
a
a _1; L.,:tlniS

IV. To as much as possible, the expenses of thace
istablislunents, the scholars shall be exempted from fees due v.
the universlty frog: Scholars of lyceums, Colleges, institutions, and
bbsrding,ichoofi.
V. 11. e scholars *ho shall finish their course' of studies, May
istesetit tit...illative' to the examination of :he University, to ob-
Wit •the Degree of Bachelor of Levers. This degree 4111 be
ellorifetred grJtuirouslt on them.
VI A Isecond ecclesiastical school cannot be established-1n a
&pariahs-sit, except by virtue of our authority even on the report
out• Minister Secretary of State of the Interior, after be has
beard the Bishop and the head of the Untliersity.

Vfl. The Heilesiasilcal schooh ire perraitina to receive legit-
!les and &maim* in conformity with the tasting laws on this

to Whet relpedm out oral/nee of the 12d of June Iw,
4url:lth pruttits provislooally the &erect an:l regUlarions relative
the Usti/I:ratty, shall be observed.
AU the articles of the said decrees and regulations, contrary to
the present, are exceptLd.
IX Our Mioicer Secretary of State of the Interior is charged
oshh the execotion of the present ordinance.
. Gives at our Palace of the Thuilleries, the sth of October, in
the year 1614. (Signed) Louts.
(signed) The Abbe Da MoNvasnuton.

ON PAR [As.
PROM TSE CIALETTIL Dli FiIAWCt.
*bet in a monarchy you hear say that there are
parties; be welt assured that what exists are only in-
bigues:
There are parties in a republic, because a popular
government is in fact a lottery of power, in which
every me acquires, as it were, a ticket, this man by
the rength tat his character--that man by the pliancy
of his mild—the onc try miiiiary success, the other
by oratorical talents, and sometirms by his virtues,
for talents and virtue are.of tame avail in republicsi
it it be bit to 11i. ptty•cuted: Power then comppses
the prizes, where each man may pain by his ticket;
the Ala is divided among the adventurers, the kilers
moird around the man from whose semis ttiel hope
to gain. The officer butir the geleral, the man of
letters uhrstiV on the si:le of the orator=men of in-
trigue bet on all sides—and thus are parties formed.
bra nicuarchy power is or ought to be withdrawn
frorn circulatirm ; it is the treasure of the nation,. of
which one family keep the keys, and preserves the
deposit secure from ambition, and even hope. • -
In these w)eernments the question is not therefore
to command the mailed, but to serve it; but at self-
love Eves always and every where, there are intrigues
whether this mart shall serve-in the north or the south.
a--with eft embroidered coat or a fringed one... With
two epaulettei or merely one—with a blue ribbon or'
ft red one—in the first anti-chamber or the *el but
these are not parties, because at bottotn'thefe is no
game for power, and when .power ie not.platurd for,.
the game is not worth the expense of she *candle.
• So when it is laid that there are ponies in-France,
We are quite deceived, and• mistake foOli and in:
tripes' for factious men, and competition for ambi-
tion. Can we call a party, the large or small num-
ber, it matters little, of those who expect that the
%lam of Abe Isle of Elba shall fall from the clouds at
the head of SOO,OOO heroes, and who think that an
.Adventurer can re-ascend the throne to which he had
glided; arid from which he has glided, as one returns
to the Opera by taking a ticket at the door, and ask-
ing one's neigtabour to keep one's place t This is
Sot a party, but a herd of silly wretches of the lowest
Classes of society, whom wags amuse themselves by
Shan We tail those men it party, who, thinking
themselves more profound and important than others,
save looked ottt f-r a Reg.-rcy, and thr•ught even for
a moment that the brat Hho is scarce out of leading-
eitrings Might maintain himself on a throne, which bis
fath, r, the ripeness of his a2e and talents; in spite
a the asceird.viey which his successes gave iiirh, and
the has-re el his glory, could not ke,.p. This is not a
party, but some dupes grilled by braves, who wished
tb gotait 4 Womin and child, And Ai, is they lay,
u troubled wain-. •

Float y. bhA4 we give the name nt a party to rlne
!most istcorr:giblat wretches wh!., dream of the repub.
Itc—,,ue mid who t. r p yti it regret at the
thott_!,ht; of 1793. :AO relish di evil which for 20
jeors •i,ey Live h;rit iontm;ttiog, as a tiger in the
rece,ses cat his den iegorges thelalood, his yesterday's
repast, and meditati,g some new prey, passes over
his lips pled tongue ? These men, with their
lean& full of rapine and murders, dare take up the
peal to subscribe their inf quoits names to productions
as iniani.uss 1 gars is it el,tt they inform us that they
have s:gitlicl the death warrants of our fathers, our
br.le.itis, or our children, cOnlidenzly and heedlessly,
tend that they have condemned to death innocence it-
self, as I physician sentences an invalid past remedy.
This is not a party, but a hotel of assassins. Asto-
nished them,elves that they are suffered to live, they
Will not believe in the pardon which has been granted
thems Like Orestes, hut more guilty in the lever of
their troubled consc;ences, they personify their re-
porse ; and turn it into furies, night and day fol-
lowing their steps so long as they see about them a
human being, they will see a victim to prosecute, or
an esecutioner to dread.

Nn— thetc ate iv, pArties in France. If there are
Some mal-contents, there prevails a general contem-
ns: nt, of which, like death, the privation is less felt
thin the possession is enjoyed. Thsre sfs slovbtless
snore nnisappy,
And theft lament the least lOW laic mos. Mole
gat there is lilac general happiness Which arises porn

•
repose, eoftAdence, the certaiaty of being able to Oft
or go, to rejoice, or even be aMicted, without being
subject to observation, without being suspected for
your joy, or even your affliction, by a Government
liable to take umbrage. This general happiness is
like'air Which circulates every where, fills every thing,
which we bieathe and absorb in a thousand manners
without our being able to say it is here—rit is there.
This general happiness is all we can expect from a
Covet nment—indieidual happiness depends upon
onrselvei. The good seek it in order, and certain of
finding it there, they too often forget that order in
'society does not establish itself without aid, but that
themselves are the means and the instruments. They
are less active because they are more tranquil respect.
in;; success. The ill-disposed, on the other hand,
seek their happiness in disorder; and this pursuit of
happiness vain, and always fruitless, throws them
into a state of moral fever, which is depicted in the
restlessness of their looks, the irregularity in their pro-
ceedings. There is nothing calm in their thoughts
or in their motions; they appear to be, and perhaps
are, more active because they are more agitated.

that the medium price for It• years, frost 17711 to
1739, was 18 fr. 59 cents. the hectolitre, while the
average price throughout the kingdom was only 15
fr. S cents. during the same period. The difference
was 3 fr. 45 cents.

From 1802 to 1813, the tnedlem price ;n titer above
districts was 27 fr. 14 cents. while the average price
of the kingdom wasp only 21 fr. 66 cents, The dif-
ference was 5 fr. 48 cents,

Thus before the revolution, the price of Wheat was
one•frfth higher in the Southern departments than the
general price in France, And for the last 12 years it
was onc-fourth higher. It was not, therefore, with-
out reason, that the want of importation was consi-
dered as one of the principal causes of the dispropor-
tionate price of food in the south. In truth, as in
time of peace, that part of trance derives corn from
Barbary and Sicily, it could not be doubted that
the privation of such aid must have eansed a rise in
prices.
Upon the whole, and we ought to felicitate our-
selves upon it,. there had been a remarkable advance
in the progress of public opinion, since a law, which
in other times would have excited so many remon-
strances and unfounded alarms, now experienced ob-
jections from those only who wished to give it greater
latitude.

In order, howeter, to supply the wants of the South
morn completely from the resources of France, it had
been strongly urged that the highest price at which
export should cease should be raised front '23 to 25
francs. To this he objected, on the ground that it
' would expose the manufact❑rers of these exporting
districts to serious mischief by raising the price of
labour. These districts were, also, from their situa.
tion, exposed to a rapid maritime drain of corn ; and
the general interest required that export hold b.
stopped before they were exhausted.

The imposition of a duty, when the price of grain
approached the rate at which export is to cease; had
slim been objected to; but Government thought this
precaution necessary for the purpose I,f !A :c L'ninp;
the actFrity of purchasers at * period whes the country
had a very slight interest in the exp art of drain.
He then proceeded to defend the princ•plt rf im-
porting grain fr m foreign parts, duty free. At all
times this importation had lizen encouraged in France
by abrrlute freedom, and %Ant:times by bounties;-
and when we reflected on the vast extent of her ter-
ritory, it was evident that the harvests would not be
evert where equally productive, and that the most
distant ports could not always relieve each other
with the requisite promptitude and economy. At
present, also, it nitit be said that there wete kw
nations in a condition to pour corn into our country;
but even it they wetv, it woull not lower the pricel
(.1 corn ; for being stored in warehou.es, titere it
might tetnain as a reserve fund, at huie expense, and
an excellent resource against want. It w.iuld also
d_TanAe our commerce with Barbary and the Ltvan:,
were we to prohibit the free import of that corn weir
which they furnish the s uth in Trance in return for
our manufactures. The example of England, which
imposed'a duty on import, was not *Whelan to rebut
his argument. Her financial and custom-house
iegislat,ol was different from ours; besides, she co.
vexed the seas with her ships, and could supply her-
self at pleasure. Bread could hardly be considered.
as the, staple article of her subsistence, while 'in
France it was the staff' of life, and its dearness ope-
rated as a diminution of subsistence to the poor. In
our ease, then, neither justice nnr humanity wouli
admit that the people should he preveuted from re.
sorting to the,best market. The encouragement of
agritulture itself should not be permitted to swallow
up every other consideration.
Fle concluded with observing, that experience
would thew in what points the law was sLs..:eptib'e
of improvements; and when observed by Cove en.
meat, they should be recomtneneed to the Legi.ta.
tore. What was important at present, was to carry
into effect a principle, the effects of which would in-
crease the_ general welfare, and particularly that of
the labouring clines, who could have no steady em-
ployment unless the land-holders, who consume the
produce of their industry, were enabled to dispose tf
the produce of their lands at a fair price.
Atter some farther discussion, the whole of the
law was adopted by a majority of 120 to 20. This is
the first plan of law which the Chamber has adopted
without amendment.

THE EVENING SIAR.