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HUMOU R I S T,
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LETTER FROM A CORRESPONDENT IN PARIS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
PARIS, OCT. ?.G.

Sts.—A Revolution which has half changed the Charter, the Peer-
age, the Chamber of Deputies, the Magistracy and the Ministry, but
not all the Clergy, neither Europe, neither the Press nor the country;
A Revolution without an army, in consequence of the difficulty of
choosing between those which have presented themselves ;
A Revolution which sends Charles X. to Lulworth merely to hasten,
as a compensation, the exhibition of Napoleon upon all our theatres,
as if one were not as repugnant as the other to the principle of its end;

A Revolution which is u yet only a Revolution of Dynasty, expects
on the part of sincere men, who admire its origin, and who wish its tri-
umph, something else than attacks or apologies in the style of 1019.
_ _ _

We were told that In tuture the Charter would be a truth. Until
then, and to attain that object let us make a truth of the Press. or of
one Press at lean.

I address myself to yours, and in offering you the truth, I merely ask a
vent for it. There is, perhaps, more courage in speaking it at this
moutentto the populace who triumph, than there was danger in publish.
ins it to exclusive parties, who despised it too much to be irritated by
it. But, again, it is by the enmity of the enemies of the revolution that
we must contradict our friends. All power must perish by its errors.
Flatterers are as dangerous for the people as for Kings ; and they are
more cowardly, for they flatter power.

Too many circumstances rush upon my mind to make it possible to
scare!' into any. I can only point out in haste the subjects of observa-
tions upon which I shall occasionally arrest the attention of your readers.
It is not that I pretend to form the outline of a plan ; facts would arise
to derange it. Truth is not methodical; it yields to inspirations. I
shall give myself up to it, with uo other rule than the love of doing
good.
Bat in the midst of the incoberences of public spirit, who knows
where it will stop; between passions which desire too much, and scru-
ples whichdarenotenough ; on the day after& revelation which ought:to
be finished, and on the eve of events which the law only ought to rule,
will the voice of reason be heard ? It is more to be desired than ex.
petted.

Absolved, by the epistolary form, from a studied style, and oratorical
precautions of a solemn article, I shall adopt simple expression, because
it is the most suitable and true ; I shall write upon grave questions as
v:e speak of them ar the fire-side. The time of circumlocution is far
from us; openness of thoughts and clearness of style, is the poetry of
Journals.—l essay.
Let us agree upon a starting point : the Charter of 1830, with its
principle, with its consequences ! the dynasty iof Orleans, with its
origin, with its prospects! Front thence, civil war, anarchy ; foreign
war, and ruin.

But no Court. The Court of tl:e Bourbons, with which Bonaparte
surrounded himself, Iwt him. The Court of Napoleon which Charles
X. had retaken, did not save him. The Chambers excluded the Anti.
Chambers.

While watching the Palais Royal, Lulworch, Vienna, and Brussels
must bor observed.
I shall entertain you with the rancour and foolish hopes of the
fallen family, which dreams of placing the education of its young
offspring under the shadow of the name of M. de Chateaubriand,
and a future Regency under the patronage of M. de la Ferronnays :
abusing thus the first movements of generosity which • great catas-
trophe had inspired in these two noble individuals, who severely
atone, by their indiscreet offers, for:a quarter of an hour of sensibility.
I shall tell you the dreams about La Vendee, which is going
to give the lie, by the choice of its electors, to the plots of its ancient
chiefs.

I shall give you the bulletins of the little war of the Fauxbourg Ger-
main:: a war whicht put down horses and carriages, fates and liveries,
to sadden our streets and afflict our retail trade; this is only a childish
sulkiness which will disappear again at the first ball given by the King.
If other wishes are leaning towards Vincennes, I shall point out the
error of it. Liberty has conquered glory; the mother has disenchanted
the son ; and the imminent independence of Italy keeps in cheek a cabi.
net which would be an instrument of a system gone by.
Some years back, Brussels was also a point to aim at. I shall save to
the patriots who dreamt of the conquest of France by Belgium, under a
dynasty which,las also slipped its foot in blood,eutbarrassing reflections.
Everybody was mistaken. Then let all the world be indulgent.
But 1 shall enlighten you on the danger of a more natural reunion,
that of Belgium to France, subversive of the principle of etas-isster.
rention upon which is founded the new public right of Europe! A
principle so necessary, so absolute, that to consecrate it at this mo.
meet, Ferdinand VII. acknowledged Louis Philip I. and Louis
Philip acknowledged Don Miguel; as if to attest by two examples,
so opposite, but so just, that the principle shall have no exception,
and that to all people is left the right and care of their own indepen.
acme! In this observation of usurping parties, Ido not pointout the
republican party, because it is composed, as I think, of ideas more
than of individuals. Many people have republican ideas; it driven
into discussion, they tell you : " In fact, France is a monarchy !" and
they confess that we cannot do without a King. Republicans in
theory, but not in application. Very well then ! their dream is ac.
complished. The Constitutional Monarchy is a republic which has
cast anchor. The republic in the month of July had but one possible
President, foreseen since 1789, who contributed to establish one on a
distant shore, and who presented to us our King !
The relations of the Chambers with the country ; the silence of the
clergy ; the deliberations of the clubs; the attitude of Europe ; the
embarrassment of an inauspicious public prosecution; the modifications
which 130 new deputies will bring to the majority and to the ministry;
the power of the press ; the liberties of the theatres ; the movement of
the National Guard, and the resistance of the departments; the incon.
stancy of popularity, which defends no longer from vulgar insults a
bust, saluted a month since by acclamations almost royal; the crisis
of commerce; the contradictory choice of the administration ; the in-
decision of power which gives rise to the encouragement of passions
and the fear of interests; how many faithful texts, if you allow me
to treat them w ith independence ! _ _ I

I am, &c.

B.

EXTRAORDINARY QUICK Yoviirde --The British brig
Fox, Captain Whyte, sailed on the 18th of August last from Graves.
end fur Smyrna, where the arrived on the 21st of September, unloaded
her cargo, loaded another. sailed again on the 2d of October for bon.
dun, and arrived in the Downs on Saturday, the 2sd instant. The
voyage out :aid home was thus completed in 63 days, and the pavane
home in 21 days. This is the quickest voyage on record from England
to Tqrkey, and back again.
DRBADELIL OCCURRINCE.-A shucking occurrence
took place on Saturday last in the village of Orpington, in Kent. The
wife of a labouring man, named Tucker, being unwell, made some
water gruel foe herself; she ate part of it, and hrr three children and
a man who lodged in the house also partook of it. In a short time they
became alarmingly ill, ~nd kir. Tucker, a medical gamleman, having
been sent fur, instantly resorted to the stomach-pump; and extracted a
portion of gruel from the woman's stomach ; he then turned his atten-
tion to the children, and succeeded in restoring them; but, meantime,
the poor woman died. On examining the contents et •the stomach fad
the remainder of the gruel, it was. found mbe strongly Inlregnated
with white arsenic. How the poison got into the house no one can state.
Yesterday an Inquest was held on the body at the White Hart, at Or-
pington, when the opinions of three medical gentlemen, who were exa-
mined, being at variance with each other, the inquiry was adjourned.

REtITIOCTIONS ON THE COAL. ThADE

From the tenor of the report of the Coat in., t.. 0 tt: t'i • flouts. of Com-
mons relative to the coal trade, it is expecteo that Nam.: eliaages will he
made during the present Session in the vexatious reg•r!iti.mg and res:ruc.
tions aid' which fiat bu-ineas is fettered In the p...rt of Lmotoo. It is
also expected that a modification, if not a total repeol, of the impolitic
and unjust taxes with which it is oppressed will li.iewise take place.
In our opinion nothing can be more unjust man a lax upon one of the
first necessaries of life. particularly when that tax is partial, as In
the case of seaborne coal ; but we very much doubt whether it w::1 be
repealed, notwithstanding the tenor of the report, unlesa petitions from
every quarter are poured into Parliament in support of the revam:a.
datum; eat the Committee. As has been observed, • the duty on coal
only occura when the coals arc shipped Lam one port to another, and
that coals conveyed by land are quite free of duty. It thus appears
that the coastwise coals, as they are called, are exposed to the romped-
Least the inland coals, which, being quite free of duty, of ceette
ye a great advantage in the market over the coastwise coals. Now
this is the height of injustice. What vasnn is there for
a distinction between coals carried in a ship. and those conveyed
on a railway or a canal ? The coals go to the saute market,
for the Staffordshire coal is sent up to London by canals ; but
because the Newcastle coal is taken by a ship and by sea.
and the other by craft and by inland navigation, a difference of 6..
per imperial chaldron is made ! This is decidedly unfair; eithet there
ought to be no tax at all, or there ought to be a general and an equal
tax. What there CID be in a ship to subject its cargo to duty, more
than a load conveyed in a waggon, we cannot conceive. The fact, how-
ever, is so, and so long as you can keep your coals off thefiennan ocean,
or any other sea which surrounds the island, then you are quite clear of
all the duties, and you may carry than from one side, and one end of
the island to the other. by canal or by railway, without being called
upon to pay any duties but so soon u you employ a ship to convey
your coals, then the duties become payable. If the shipping interests
were very flourishing, we might find a reason, or at least an excuse, for
a tax which operates as much against them as against the public ; but
as this interest is at present suffering very severely, we are totally at a
loss to Lind the slightest reason for to objectionable an impost." But
the injustice of the tax as tegards the shipping interest, and the proprie.
ton of the Northern coal mines, though great, is not, in our mind, the
greatest objection to it. It is cruelly oppressive to the poor, and to the
people generally, who inhabit the Southern and those other extensive
districts of the island which are necessarily supplied with sea-borne coal.
In these districts the public have not only to pay an enormous
charge fog carriage, but they are also oppressed with a heavy
tax ; whereas those who reside near to the coal-mines have little
expense of carriage to pay, and are altogether exempt from
the tax. This appears to us to be the height of injustice, and
its irnpolicy, as might be easily proved, is quite equal to its injustice.
In the neighbourhood of the mines coal may be had for sending for, or
for a mere trifle; but in London, and the South of England generally,
they are at once " the first of necessaries and the dearest of luxuries."
Those only can form an idea of this oppressive tax, as regards the poor,
who have suffered the double privation of the want of food and the
want of fire. Such sufferings, however, very rarely fall to the lot of
those who make our laws, or surely the tax would never have been im.
posed ; but these are not times to thus sport, as it were, with the mise-
ries of the indigent. The outrages which are now going on in Kent
and Surrey ought to teach our legislators that, if they wish to maintain
the peace cf the country, they must do something for the relief of the
poor; and we know of nothing which would more clearly show that
they are alive to their sufferings, and anxious to mitigate them, than the
repeal of this obnoxious tax ; at say rate we hope that the attention of
his Majesty's Ministers will be called to the question by the influential ,
classes of society, and that petitions in favour of the repeal from all
pans of the country will be forthwith presented to both Houses of Par.
lament. We perceive that the proprietors of coal- mines, and persons
connected with the shipping interest, are promoting measures for the re-
pal of the tax on coals exported. This tax is by no means so unjust
as the one on which we have been commenting ; but we are inclined to
think it is decidedly impolitic. We shall take, however, another op-
portunity for offering a few observations on this subject.

ANOTIIER CONFLAGRATION-CAPTURE OF MORE
THRESHING-MACHINE BREAKERS.

CANTEDISUAY, TUESDAY EVENlllO.—.This city and neighbour-
hood are both in a violent state of agitation. In the villages particu-
larly, such is the desperate conduct of the rioters, that the fears of the
inhabitants are completely aroused. At Ash, where several tumultuous
assemblages have already taken place, the labouring men have struck,
determined that no married man shall go to work unless he receives h.lll
a crown a day for his labour. Some of the farmers have resisted with
prudential firmness ; but they have been informed, that unless they
comply, their ploughs will be destroyed—thereby leaving them no al-
ternative but the spade. About four o'clock this morning I saw ten
men, leaders of a gang, escorted by a troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards,
to St. Augustin's gaol. They had been captured by a posse of comm.
bles, who visited their retreat from the various places where they had
despoiled property. Some of them were taken in bed. This afternoon
I saw 23 more brought hither, to be forwarded to the same destination,
about half a mile from hence. Generally they appear determined and
resolute men.

Five o'clock...—An express arrived about a quarter of an hour ago, re.
quiringa force of soldiers in thelneighbourhood of Milton, in order to pro.
tect the inhabitants from the vialtings of a body of men who have struck
and are going about menacing others, if they do not follow their ex-
ample. Col. Clarke immediately ordered a detachment, which will
arrive there about seven o'clock. Gentlemen, prominent in point of
character and riches, in Chia county, are positively afraid to inhabit their
own mansions, seldom retiring to rest unless some of the domes.
ties are placed to watch the premises. At Hollanden farm, near Too.,
bridge, on Saturday night, about 12 o'clock, the stacks, five in number,
were fired by the hand of an incendiary, and completely destroyed.
Seven o'clock.—An express has this runniest arrived, bringing intent.
genet that the very extensive rick-yard at Selling Court, held byJ. Nemo,
steward to the Right Hon. Lord Sondes, of Lees Court, has hue
fired. Mr Notate was in this city when the express delivered hie Mu.
sage to the fire-office. In less than ten minutes, the eagles Wimp
ing to the Kent Fire-office, superintended by Mr. Edward Homey.
sham, and those belonging to the Phenix, directed by Mr. Smyth lido.
binson, were in readiness, and having four horses attached to each, they
will speedily arrive; the distance is eight miles. The streets ware
crowded with persona lamenting the terrible state of things ; and a ne.
merous dinner of the Philosophical and Literary Institution, at whir*
Mr. Nance was a visitor, is in confusion, many of them having left NO
proceed to the scene of destruction. I shall now offer you a few ro.
marks, and then endeavour, before post, to obtain a coriect account of
the property consumed
Strange opinions are current, sad the circumstance of one of the
nightly gang being furnished with materiae, whereby to regale his law.
less companions upon occasions of their meeting, rives strength to the
supposition that some seclet agency is prompting the misguided men to
acts of insubordination and outrage. The fanner looks upon it in the
same light; but the little he says upon the subject is accounted for by
the dread of being imagined inimical to the labourer. In meet places
there is &disposition manifested to thresh with the flail. Go where you
will, the welcome sound of it now meets the ear. The thresher performs
his wonted labour, ant receives a scanty pittance for his toil; but, at
night, his mind is bent upon demolition, and, with his fellows, he
assists in destroying the objects of his hatted. 'the rural Solomon
have treated them unlike human beings. The village ale-house is al.
moat closed against them ; games of every description are liwbidden
Ifs man perchance And a hare or a rabbit, he subjects himself to int.
prisonment. All these things, and many others, have so completely
estranged respect that a wide breach is opened ; in the meantime, :to
country getilleman is looked to as a vampire, robbing hint of all his
oomforts. These are undeniable asseverations ; and it were well tor
the rich to mix up their sympathies with eke poor, and imitate the
good feeling which is necessary to the exixttiice and risen:idea of
peace and good-will.
1-1•1.o-ratr Mx& o'CLocx.— Mr. 31inter, the proprietor of the
Lion Hotel, despatched a man to Selling Court on the hest intimation
of the lint. He has just returned. It appears that two very valuable
barns are consumed, together with their contents. Fortunately thelwind
shifted a short time previous to the arrival of the engines, or several
stacks of cora would have been destroyed. Some combustible materials
eti- to have been put near the barmdoors by saute incendiaries. and
these igniting; and a powertul wind blowing at the time, caused the fire
to rage with great fury.

•
A sleeting took place on Sunday lam., in Patrick-street
of the journeymen butchers of Dublin, when revelation► were adopted
respecting the fatal effects of the Union, and a petition agreed to, praying
for its repeal.