Star.
London, England, 1822-12-31 00:00:00

ROYAL ORDONNANCE.

" Loos by the grace of GOD, &C.
" We have :mitred and do order as follows :

" AILT. I. Ile Viscount de Chateaubriand, Peer of France,
is appointed Minister Secretary of State for the Department of
Foreign Alfairs.
" 2.' Out President of the Council of Ministers is charged with
the execution of this Ordounance.
" Given at Paris, &c. Dec. 28.
(Signed) " LOUIS.
" And also by. the President of the Council of hihristers,
' - " iii. DM VILLELE."
ROYAL ORDONZCANCE.
•
" Lours, by the.grace of Goo, &c.
•
" We have ordered and do order as follows:
" The Duke 'Mathieu de 'Montmorency, Peer of France, is
appointed Minister of State, ands Member of our Privy Conned.
•' The President of the Council of Ministers is charged with
the execution of this Ordonnance.

0 Dec. 28."—And signed as the preceding.

The illonitcur likewise inserts two.paragraphs from
the Echo du Midi; one.purporting that an unprece-
dented fall of snow has cut off the regular commu-
nication with Spain ; the other, that it was a mistaken
assertion of the said Echo dm idi, that the Constitu-
lional troops of Spain had violated the line of de-.
marcation, and had been, fired pp by the French.
troops. On the contrail, it is new enabled to assert
that the French 'territory had•been respected.

'Rom TU JOUItItAL .Dlll DEBArS Or SUNDAY.
a They jourhali have bot tailed to fasten upon the
chaAsi which has jusi'Mken.place in the ,Ministry;
and .the saluntari retignittiert of a Minister, respect-.
ins whose' honburalne charade an opinions *tie.
if
united, itletiOnle a text lee re ections, which, -by.
Whatever' motives thel.bave b it iliCtated, do aciti
!ear to Its 14 heir'the stamp of Wisdom:rindjustik:
ei inoafturo., shill exercise the right of expreism
our opinion on a politiela event, the imptirfauceet•
which we. appreciate; and without being at4ious
;l c out a omplete refirtatian• dC the unpleasant conjea-,
tures which have been eagerly harmed, we shall cot
rect some important errors which we ba,ve noticed its
some journals with whieb-it Is Olaf Wish *hi* *1
agree.— We • find in' two Of these, journals a diidhlta
conlission, which froth its value appears to its to di-m
serve to be coneeted. *Theliast stillik4etkitisd.l7)l*.
i &Meth% testimonies arc those -WM& essille:*itp

-- • 4'4: •-••
adv -attba sriry.,lncg4.l4 of. the most earnest
and getkre
W have seen appear,' 'says one of these jottr
*th, men of sptitlees parity (dun Mahe sakr melange--+
',.of a • Arline •iiithoot: mixture), and. of a- demeanour
*Web floes: meson to, hope that they mill always
walk with the same step towards the
,same object..
It is not to be expected that a ctif&rence-
of readment shoUld arise -among Ministers heartily
devoted to the same cause, precisely on the-subject
7of JIL question on which it would seem ,thitt 'ell
' Royalistrmust concur.
" the last composition of our 11inistry; says ano-
ther journal, was such as must have satisfied all
Royalists.' .bad afterwards it is added-6 Thesarne
motive which ifithices us to deplore a pap tial change,
-would make us.deplorein change stilt more consider-
Able; and this motive is the interest of she monarchy,
which can only prosper by the .permanence
.of its
-doctrines, and which would soon become the prey
of .its enemies, if its defenders were to• be the 'first
•brrak.the tie by .which it is necessary 'chef sboOld
bt united.'

" After concessionsso.formal, it appears to us.that
Ithe attack on a Ministry, composed of Members so!
pure, and so truly Royalist, ought at least to be Mo;
derate, and that some expressions of doubt and mis-
trust would naturally fintt their place among the
complaints .and reproaches which are addressed to it.
Who, indeed,. will be persuaded that a Royalist •Mi-
, nistry could fear 'to yield to the will of the Royalist
opinion'of France ?' 'and that with respect to pru-
deuce and knowledge, a Ministry conititored in op•
position ' to the political Will of all the Cabinets of
Europe,' merits the regret which a more consider-
able change' than that which has taken place would
excite in the minds of its rigid censors?
4...Pasing over so singular a contradiction, and
limiting ourselves to reply, that at all times it has
been the practice to abstain from judging statesmen
by a particular transaction, because the causes must
readily escape the penetration and the actual-know-
ledge of persons at a distance from the helm of af-
fait s, but that, on the contrary, experience every day
teaches how to appreciate transactions by the tried
character and the acknowledged talents of • men Who
have the direction of measures, and who take. upon
themselves the responsibility, We inquire about -a
Minister as about Geheial. May he be, depended
on—is he faithful,•brave, skaftil ? And Whenthe af-

firmative is not contested,then-Soldiers,eirrcers, even
Generals, match with...confidence under his orders.
The Journals which now ,Itttack the. Ministers have
relieved us from the necessity of replying to the
question propounded.
66 It is, then,. the consequence of new kind of
contradiction, that after a recognition. so explicit of
,the royalism and zeal of Ministers, an appeal is made
,against them to all the passions, and that some even
ii;cs the-length of *holding out -to' theiti the approach-
ing: meeting of the. Chambers as' an alarming pro-
;specs. Nol: kite noble Chamber of Peers harbours in'
;its, hosom no elements of opposition formidable-to
the present Ministry. The depositary of all conserva-
tive principles, the first Chamber of the kingdom
would, were it to be nee'iful, sustain with its august
influence, a Ministry who have known how to main
.twin at once public peace at home. and -the dignity
and independence of the Crown abroad.
" Butthe Chamber of Deputies ! 4 We have before
us (says the Journal we have already quoted) the as-
pect of a Chamber which is advanting with views
which 'are not doubtful.' Yes, doubtless, the Minis-.
ters have constantly present to their minds this Cham-
ber, which is advancing, reinforced with an. almost
complete series of Royalists, the election of whom is
in a great measure their work, and will become their
recompense. We also know this majolity, and we
are equally of opinion with our adversaries, though
in a sense diametrically opposite to theirs, 'that
6 its views art not doubtful; that, like the King's
Ministers, without dreading as without provoking.
war, it wishes for peace, but a peace reconcileable
with the interests of our Bourbons, with the safety
of France, with national honour, with.'the law of.a-
lions and :the -sacred rights of Royalty ;and of thr
.Royal Family. It is, the Chamber which,..seilLalso
have, in its high wisdom and in its legislative
sight, to decide which have the greatest elainis tOthe
gratitude of the country, namely, those'who 'without
ucorrect knowledge of 'facts would:not. fear:prima-
'turely to endanger immense advantages; ()ribose who,
placing themselves in an attitude at once imposing
and pacific, have the courageous prudence to leave
to time and reflection the care of determining wheh
it may suit the King's Government to 'seek for gua-
rantees* in measures-more elicacious than the coun-
:Eels of-good will andgood -neighhourbood.
4, Is there not, besides, on theyart of the opponents
of Ministers, a little presumption in wishing to asso:
ciate with their Opinion all the koyalistssof France,
and in characterizing as the enemies' of .Royalty all;
those who do .not fully participate in their opinion
on an important .question 2 It would. be 'better to
leave this nl* of inquiry, which is inerely a beg,-.
ging of the question, to adversaries Of another der
seription. 'What is irovedby an assertion whichle
is free for every opinion, •and•every shade of-an :opi-
nion, .to. ;take- advantage of ? When Tau.. have.
!twenty times repeated; All:Royalist Franca de.,
..sitous of War, shalkwft not be at liberty to say in:
OUT turn,all Royalist France wishes for peace? 'Who'
*shall decide between us ? And yet for once be con-
sistent 'you have said., the Ministry is Royalist, 'and
is.anzious, as for .as isoomparible with :honours ttßi
I:sbie4f Alsace ,fraDvlheitotefible 40~ .of war. We;
'skso,glory,in.thelonouta)allooor :of Roulist ; and
iMpitscnrnent, rifle epliAationso and parseCutions of
if kinds`hlive, thirty Years suf-
ficiently testified oar fidelity to the-King, and our
Ale 'station to legitimacy: use we tdiiffer 4084 you,
pa 4n. ilkspuseti ,p9i,nk of adsuitii.struiou asist ,fey:
. • Vas lease. 411trtuRnoldent of Os Coma 41141514314
;4016•04dar at

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have yots *eight to'cleity,stlid blot out our
But
.know,.hoiveyer? that if you svere•evetu top stoeich
not have LltilanPcPedial.?st.ini to stklech-' :tern e.14e41E-,ter37114.0"4"y0g
hearthe sentinlawallppitessed:.4y, Royalists net And
tiiiidihawoorselie.s.4l.bray.teeen who hajoshiced
all the misfertehei •Of eittr.-PriaCes-Lby; Depilies
,thiise talent is' it ttelLhistiWerfs.thiießctriliAprin-
eiPles-4roM allthel'rovineeti yid tecene
'demonstrktions(tif attachment to ihektirilelgisithich
the Minister pmfesses' and which we halveiteitilitahtly
defended ; andidiheie;clemotlstflitleiftififtitaie vela.
tore to affirm are addressed:lo '4l27ll.6innkittfilfg of
interest for the)Thefiee and. thel leglefetiater Ilfeiry.
•We thee efore. enigh t isisoksiesnif -a *ONTO-tall R'ffklist
opinion in consonance with our .oien;, uttv-we4pill
OV4Mitialialle: ifeillistitif of our- adeersaifts, -we--Av ill
not tell them that they 'have ceased-to be.Rolttlists.
We admit that most of-the--persons opposed to us
yield totthe•.tinpulse•of a%very horlOnfable. feeling;
.we -will only add, that this too-exclusive •feeling,
IhiCh is deslgnedli inflamed by the jiberal -oppoii-
tiOn,.•ttfutt itievitably have Me result of dividing mon
'and opinions whom the necessity Of'-a common *de-
fence ought always to unite. We would inform them,
that however just may be their -confidence in their
own talents, there is, perhaps, a little arrogance in
believing that they alone are wise and enlightened,
and that they alone can take a comprehensive view
of a-subject, especiallY when the prospect is not be-
fore •them, and ,when their position deprives them
-oldie power svSich they cannot deny the 3linibter
possesses, of embracing the whole political horizon
at one glance.
" The Ministers of the-King, therefore, certain of
the purity or their intentions, as well as of the motives
of their definitive resolutions, have to await the can-
vocation of the Chaeibers in the greatest tranquillity.
The majority of the Chamber of Deputies will not he
tempted to accuse them of weakness; they have too•
long had proofs of the courage and "monarchical de-
votion of M. de Villele and AI. de Corbiere. They
know the talents and the zeal of these two statesmen
—they have heard them speak from the Tribune, and
they have-since followed with.their eyes the acts of
their.. adminiitration.
..Royalist. France- applauded
their elevation to office, .as well as that of their ho-
'nourable mingles; and the fruits which it now
"'caps from their achninistration`are too-precious ever
to be forgotten. In their hatidt 'France has seen the
Royal authority consolidate and develope itself; con-
spiracies hive been stifled without costing a single
sacrifice on the part. of public liberty ; the frontiers
have been protected by a faithful and courageous
army. assembled under the standard of the Lily
courage ‘and honour in adversity have been welcomed
with the kindness due to misfortune, and respect for
humanity has been nobly exhibited, consistently with
the observante of -litriet neutrality. Nci ,he is not
a weak man who has•directed, by his counsels, so
many acts in which prudence and energy are united ;
he .will not' be considered a man of ,carroty and timid
policy. who has •s•liewn.himself capable of compre-
hending the profound wisdom, and of soaring to •
the height of the.viewS of the most enlightened
Monarch id Europe."

FROM THE ,GAZETTE DE 'FRANCE.
On the 13th of December, in the evening, a courier
who left Paris on the 6th, brought dispatches to Ve-
rona from the French Government.- They were com-
municated immediately to the illustrious personages
who remained in that city, and gave rise the same
evening to a meeting of the Diplomatists. These diq
patches caused the most lively sensation. They •con-
tained, it is said, some observations on the affairs of
Spain, which appeared, of a nature to.induce the be-
lief that France, while approving-the noble conduct
•of MM. de Montmorency arid de Chateaubriand at
the Congress, and acknowledging the necessity of
rifting -an end to the evils and inquietudes -caused
by the revolution of that country, hesitated neverthe-
less to have recourse to the expedient of war; and
;that she hoped to obtain by-negociations-and menaces
(menaces) a result favourable to the security-of :Mc:
nattily and of social order. Very shortly after 'the
:communication of these dispatches, a courier, ad-
dressed to the French Ministry,-set out far Paris, and
it-wasventarked, as we have before noticed, that im-
mediately after the arrival of this courier in the capi-
tal, the ultimatum of the Courts of Russia, Austria, •
and Prussia, was sent in 411 speed to Madrid.

• FROM THE COiISTITUTIOSIVEL.
- The Etoile of Saturday contains-the following ar-
ticle:-‘. From this date, the management of the
Etoik passes into other hands." For our parts, we
believe that the . Editors* have merely changed .their
gown.; •

FROM TUE JOURNAL DU COMMERCE.
The Etoile of last night informs us that another
hand is idtrustedivith the direction of its vagabond
course.' 'This annunciation occupies only two lines,
and kis the only article in the paper that k worthy
of credit. One might be puzzled to conjecture whist
-the future course of the Star (Etoile) would be, did
we not know that it is always turned towards the
rising Sun. . . .
• The Qubtidieune of Sunday has a long article-(un-
ilerstood to be from the penof the Baron Vitrollits)
Innen/Mg over. the dismissal of Montmorency as, a
rational calamity. The .same paper asserts, that
Count 'Pima° di liorgo dispatched a courier to his
•
Court (Russia) on 'Friday.
Winifit THR COURIER FRANCAIS.

The diplomatic notes sent to Spain 'by the different
Altnisiets at. Verona, With the object of claim-
ing,greatet power for the CrOwn, will arrive about
the time that the King. of Spain was exercising' one •
of the Most itnportaut. prerogatives of roy ; y—that
'colts/fusing ito sanction a'decree of the Cortes. --Such
.a.faceisitys 'snore than all the declamations .eit oettain
.11susrpisla, argl t.bau all the insinuations of diplomatists.
• The wilt is Empoied to be connected with the Ekreign..
()face ;hanged trom. Pacquier to Montinoren4, and will
again change with Chateaubriand.
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E K VENlritt STAR.

LONDON.

'ThESDAY..EISCEMBER 31, 1822.
• it THE FUNDS.
• -STOCK EXCHANGE, HALIP-PAST TWELVE.
Vic market entwine steady at 80; to Si:

TORSION )(A3 IT.

New Spanish Bonds opened this morning at ssl—were done
at hi, at which prices they remain steady, with little.doing.—
This is account-day for an the foreign securities; we do not
Inez of any defaulters, in council-wee of most of the business
is this Account having been dons for money.
Current Pricel:—Chniin TS, New Spanish 561 A, Old 88 to
i 4; -Ntir Pririsiafi iI6C told 86, "Russian 84, Danish .91, Co-
lombian 'in,' Peruvian 'nothing dime, Neapolitan IN, Spanish
Scrip si ais
. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
8. per Cent. Reduced 80 Vs 79A
8,14.0er Cent. 92 1/4 shi —4 per Cent. Old, 98 97%
BrinitLon# Annuities 2054—India Bonds 395. 435.
Old Annuities 79%
Exchequer Rills.( 1,000) ss. 75.-ISniall 6s. ss. pr.
Consols for Account 81 80% S.

The French Papers of Saturday and Sunday have
reached us, the latter by express; The official Note
of M. de V.H.Lat.E excites as .‘tich discussion with
the French Journalists as i 4 *does among our con,
temporaries, and the general opinion i 4 that it is pa-
cific ; and although it is certainly by no means an
explicit document, yet, the circumstances titat have
attended it--;the defeat of the otgarc of the wit party--
his resignation, and the appointment of one of lessi
hostile principles to the office, are many colla-
teral proofs of the pacific tone of the French Cabinet.
The Note of M. DE VILLELE is quite as pacific as
could be expected, and, we may add, as unmeaning as
any document paving the way for negotiation could
be wished; and unless the French Minister at Ma-
drid has private instructions to explain, we should
not be surprised at the Spanish Ministers sending to
M. na to'know What it really means. There,
however, is littiedoOit but.that the Ffeao Ambassa-
dor in Spain has authority to treat on a more liberal
and specific basis than even this Note might appear
to warrant.

The French Goiernment had, by its blustering
menaces, so far committed itself against Spain, that,
it was not easy to retrace its steps; and it would cer-
tainly have been too much to expect that, after the
Fiend) Ministers had asked permission of the Holy
Allies to go to war--;got consent, and. threatened.to
get upon it, that they should all at once say either
- that they were in jest, or that they are now afraid.
That there are some- threats in M. de ViLLELE's
rote c will admit, but they are Conditional ones, and
a; e only a backing out, with as good a grace as pot!
• sible, from that menacing position the French Go.
vernment had assumed.
•

a preceding page we give copious extracts from
the French Papers of Saturday, which will be read
with interest, as exhibiting the feelings entertained in
Paris on the subject of M. de Vtct.aLe's note, and the
changes in the French Cabinet. M. de CVATEAU•
BRIAND has been appointed Minister for Foreign Af-
fairs, in the place of M. de MCVTMORENGY, who has
received the usual compliment of an Ex-Minister,
that of being appointed one of the Privy
Other changes in the Cabinet have taken place, as
• will be seen by the following