Star.
London, England, 1830-08-20 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

CA 1..115, Ati6. l9.—The Proclamation of Louis
Pii tt. i r of Orleans, as King of the French, took place
on Tuesday. A very numerous procession, consisting of
the Mayor and Civil Authorities, the Clergy, the Troops
of the Line, and the National Guard, paraded the town
with music, tri-coloured flags, and cockades, and at the
principal crossings of the streets, the Mayor formally
announced the recent triumph of the cause of liberty,
and that the voice of the people had called Louis
Pll I LIP to the Throne. The populace responded by
shouting " Vive le Roi !" in the most enthusiastic man-
ner. There was not a house in Calais, or a vessel in
its harbour, in which the tri-coloured flag did not wave ;
and in the evening the town was brilliantly illuminated.
Every one here is unanimous for the new Government ; at
least so far as can be judged from words and actions.
A large subscription has been collected for the victims
of the Paris struggle ; to which the operatives em-
ployed in the lace manufactories here have alone contri-
buted 700 francs. A benefit took place at the theatre
last night for the same object, and it was filled to excess.
There are very few English crossing either to or from
England at present. Many families, who left Paris for
the coast, are now returned, there being no probability of
any further disturbance.

The Paris Papers of yesterday state that a letter has
been received front Polignac, dated at Altona, on the
10th inst. and that he is on his road to Russia. On the
other hand, it is reported from Dover that the fugitive
is actually at Walmer Castle, where the Duke of Wel-
lington shelters his former friend. This latter rumour,
it is to be hoped, is unworthy of credit; but the proba-
bility is, that the person in question is in England,
where he has many connections, and much property.
Though he may escape from justice, he will never be
able to remove the brand which history has fastened on
him, as the enemy of his country and of mankind.
All persons from Paris speak with delight of the con-
tinued eagerness of the King to please all classes of
his subjects—of his kindness of manner and familiar
deportment to every one— of the deference he shows to
the most trifling wishes of the humblest individuals—
and of his endeavours to prove himself at all times and
places to be truly "un Roi Citoyen." Looking at the
Roi Citoyen" on this side of the water, walking alone
about the alleys of the Palais-Royal, and the " Roi
Matelot" on the other, mixing with the populace in St.
James's-street, we may expect all men now to become
Royalists. And what else would one wish to be, when
Kings are so anxious to proclaim themselves to belong
to the people ?

A suspicion which we always had in our minds, but
to which we did not give vent, not wishing to be conducive to his
arrest, has been verihed. Prince Polignac had not escaped out of
France : his blends probably circulated reports to that effect in order
to slacken the pursuit of him. He, with 31. Montbel, another mi-
nister, have been taken at Granville. We know not whither they
have been conveyed. Granville is a dull country town near the
coast, and at not more than seven English miles from the opposite
shore of Jersey. It was hardly possible that strangers should enter
such a place without exciting suspicion. The judgment of these
wretched men seems to have failed them throughout.—Times.
The Duchess de Polignac never was in Great Britain,
and died shortly after the revolution, at Vienna. The Duke de
Polignac, the father of the Prince, died in Russia. The Prince's
Christian name is " Jules," not " Louis." Instead of being " a
wild French boy in Edinbagh," he was at least 20 years of age
when he came to this country. and was a few years after tried in
France as one of the members of George's conspiracy, found
guilty, and sentenced to death, which sentence was commuted at
the instigation of his sister-in-law, the present Duchess de Polignaa
The whole of these circumstances can be unquestionably proved.
It is rumoured that Mr. Davies Gilbert will retire from
the Presidency of the Royal Society, and be succeeded
by the Duke of Sussex. Of Mr. Gilbert's qualifications
for the office no difference of opinion has, we believe, ever
existed ; but bis not having an establishment in London,
at which literary men, especially foreigners, could be re-
ceived, has always been looked upon as detracting from
the dignity and usefulness of the office. Mr. Gilbert,
wo believe, invites the members once or twice during the
season to a conversatione at a tavern, where coffee, muf-
fins, and literature, are discussed con amore, and with
equal gat.
Want:moat or KING GEORGE IV. The late
King's Wardrobe has been selling, for the last fortnight,
at the warehouse of Mr. Bailey, the King's Upholder, in
Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. The property was im-
mense : it was the perquisite of the Pages of the Back
Stairs, six in number; and we hear that the sale realised
fifteen thousand pounds. The Earl of Chesterfield gave
two hundred guineas for a sable pelisse, Which has since
been valued at six hundred, and was a present from the
Emperor Alexander. The Marquis of llertford was
among the purchasers. There were many pairs of boots
and shoes, which were sold at five shillings per pair, one
with the other, to a person in the trade. There were
numerous pairs of silk stockings. The cambric and silk
handkerchiefs produced a guinea each, although the
Pages said they were not worth more than seven shil-
ings. The cellar of snuff was bought for 4001.
Tim BERK Il AMPSTEA D FAVOURITE OF LOUIS
X% Ill.—The Berkampstead innkeeper's daughter, lately
mentioned as the sprightly, chatting, entertainer of Louis,
while halting at her father's house, has been as remark-
able for meeting with extraordinary occurrences as for
iiiitaining an irreproachable character in the course of
her life. Some years ago she was addressed with a view
to matrimony by a young man of the neighbour-
hood, and, after a due term of courtship was mar-
ried. The young man was possessed of handsome pro-
perty ; and bis next of kin, being averse to the union,
applied to the Ecclesiastical Court for a dissolution of
the match, and obtained a sentence of' nullity, on account
of the young man being under age, and not having had
die concurrence of guardians at the period of his mar-
riage. Not very long afterwards the young man's love,
suspended only by the ecclesiastical process, revived with
all its pristine vigour, and he sued his former bride to re-
new her union with him. She consented ; and he again
pledged his vows to ner in epistles as well as conversa-
tion. But invidious fate had decided that the parties,
determined as they once and again had seemed to blend
their hearts and being, should never, uninterruptedly, be
one. The young man, from what caprice or cause it is
difficult to ascertain, was pleased to halt in the pursuit
of his original object, and take another fair one as his
second wife ; and she continues single under her resumed
name of Miss Page. She, however, possessed a spirit
which could not submit to its renewed mortification
without seeking for some solace or redress. Miss Paze
brought an action against her quondam husband, Mr.
Monck, for breach of marriage-promise, subsequent to
the dissolution of the prior marriage, and the quandam
wife obtained a verdict against the man who had
formerly been her husband, with considerable damages.
To complete the character of these singular proceedings,
which, romantic us they appear, are not coloured, it may
be added, that the latter proceedings were, it is said, pro-
moted and assisted by a character no leas curious than the
occurrences themselves the late eccentric Earl of
Bridgewater.—Morning Paper.