Star.
London, England, 1829-09-22 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

From the Messager des Chambres of Saturday Evening.
It is now rumoured that the Ministry have discovered a new
cause for fear : they tremble again—at what? Guess--at the
Royal Guard. Truly this is said, and the rumour is not so exagge.
rated as to prevent people from talking of it seriously. In the first
instance, it is notorious that the garrison towns eta* honoured with
a special surveillance—soldiers and °dicers are alike subjected to
the inquisition of an active police. Ministers wish to know
the opinions entertained by the army of M. Bourmosit—every
thing is watched, even to silence—they are militated at the
old prejudices attacked to the word Treason—prejudices which
are indelible in a well formed European language, such as
ours. It is said that during the fetes at Lyons the Minister
at War wished to send thither the Royal Guard, but that a more
wise counsel prevented the departure of a regiment which in fact
could not comprehend what business it bad in the midst of a
town so calm, of a joy so simple, of an obedknce so perfect to
the orders of the Magistrates. From all this many have coos
eluded that there is some foundation for the report of the Royal
Guard being ordered to the environs of Paris, to give place to the
Swiss Regiments, who are alone to be charged with the duty of
watching us. In this case, the Swiss Guards alone will
compose the garrison of Paris. This would be the greatest
step since the disbanding of the National Guard. It is reported
very seriously. Then let the King place himself at the window,
and shout, "Mont Joye and St. Denis!" with the oriflanune in
band. The citizens will run at the sound of that august voice ;
but they will be citizens without arms; there will be strayed in
order of battle only foreigners in our pay—not a national flag; and
M. Bourmont. at the head of an army which will not speak French,
will be astonished at having to learn a foreign language, in order
to be able to command his soldiers. This is a very short chapter
to add to the loos history of this frightened Ministry.
The most vile echo of the Ministry thus expresses itself re.
speedng the Anniversary of the death of the late King, Louis,
the XVIIItk :—" The Literals like Elms muck when they am
deed." Yes, dead or alive, we love our Kings when their lives
have been worthy of national respect. Yes, we are nut counters
with ungrateful beans who forget on the day of their master's
death the benefits which they have received; we have tears and
regrets for their tombs when they have been great or good men.
We do not cry, like madmen, to attract the notice of authority;
we have silent regrets and respect, without scandal or cla-
mour. It has been observed by one of our most clever writers,
that Louis the XVII Ith was in a difficult position. He bad not
distinguished his reign by warlike exploits, which frequently cost
so much blood and grief. He did not mount on horseback, bat
seated in his arm chair before his little table of white wood, at
Hartwell, he immortalized himself by the Charter. end by the
wisdom with which—recognising that all France had committed

faults—he to the last moment of his life kept within their duty
parties which were ready to tear each other to pieces, and a Court
which had audaciously declared against his work. He re-established
public credit by great exactitude in the finances. In short, he put
into practice those words so dear to his heart—Union and oblivion.
Yesterday evening, at the Opera, the following was stated to be
the scheme for a new Ministry—namely, M. de Polignac, Foreign
Affairs and President of the Council; M. de Chahrol, the Fi-
stances; M. de Belkyme. the Interior ; M. de Itigny, the Marine ;
General !Beard, War Department ; M. de Chantelauze' Justice;
M. de Vatismenil, Public Instruction and Ecclesiastical Affairs.—
The marked rise in the price of Stocks must be attributed to this
news, which had transpired on 'Change. We consider the report
as a stock-jobbing trick.
We hear that the Ammo! de Rouen has become the object of
Ministerial prosecution. Four of its numbers were seized yester-
day—those of Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. and Wednesday. The
Prospectus of the Brittany subscription bad been inserted in one
of these numbers, and defended in the others.
We are informed from Hamburgh of the failure of a stock-
broker, named Elias Ruben, who enjoyed the greatest confidence
with the bankers of that town ; he wastpossessur of the savings of
most of the retired people and servant% His failure is for a mil-
lion of marks banco. This event, which was made known at the
opening of Change, caused such a depression at Hantburgh, that
business was suspended for the whole of the day on Change.
The Portuguese vessel the Minerva, Capt. Figutira, having
lately sailed from the port of Santander for Gibraltar, with a cargo
of 260 barrels of flour, the crew mutinied when at sea—the Cap-
tain, mate, supercargo, and three passengers, were put into a small
boat with some provisions, and sent adrift, and the mutmeeri made
off with the vessel for America. These unfortunate people. aban-
doned nearly to a certain death, bare however had the good luck to
arrive, not without a great dell of trouble and danger, at Cadiz.
ST. PF.TERSBURGH, Sarr. 2.

The following is from the Gazette de Ci;tasaeree :
We are Informed from Nisi- Novogorod, that the fair was opened
on the 14th August. arid that up to the 25th 2,054 shop., and
1,436 booths were already occupied. The number of Persians and
merchants from Tiflis that have arrived Is double that of the two
former years. They have already purchased up nearly the whole
of the ordinary muslin goods brought by the manufacturers of
Schoula and hula', a quantity of nankeens, and a great part of
the muslin. from MOStow. Remezoff, and Schevelbine. There
have also been 21,500 cases of tea already sold, 38,000 caws of
which were brought to the fair from Kiacbta. without Including
that from Moscow. The inundation of the 12th of May lad had

clieafile character, and opinions which cannot agree together. N.
de Polignac and M. de Vatismend, M. de lielkynte and M. de
Chantelluze, are anomalies too revolting.
It is not at all strange, however, that the public should amuse
themselves every morning in forming new Ministries; their good
sense tenant allow them to believe hi the stability of such absur-
dity, and the possibil ty of things impossible. This is no doubt one
of the manoeuvres of the It:change • the funds had a tendency
decline; and as the Receiver.Generll's coffers begin to be nearly
exhausted, it is probable that the Ministry itself finds no otk-r
means of holding up the public funds than by having it spread
that it is going to be dissolved. However, we believe that the
Ministry is yet condemned to retain its power a little longer, and
that its expiring gasp has not yet arrived.
A letter from the French Cerdagne informs us as follows .
" Three companies of the garrison of Mout- Louis formed a sort
of cordon in the environs of Puycerda. This cordon was done
away with on the 26tb. Two merchants of Puyeerda, being sus-
pected of having made some clothes and several pairs of shoes i,r
rebels that never have been in existence, and knowing that a su..
pinion would be sufficient to cause them to experience all the se-
verities reserved for criminals, thought proper to put themselves
under the protection of France ; they were immediately arrested.
and conducted to the prisons in Perpignan. This act of authority
is not only against the tight of nations, but that of hospitality and
humanity, and more .o against the Treaty of the two Powers.
" These two persons in passing through Sallageuse, under the
escort of the gend'armerle, were accosted by a merchanti of that
town, who was of French origin ; this was sufficient to render hint
suspected, and on his return home be was arrested ; having been
fortunate enough to escape, his unfortunate wife was immediately
seized and put into prison ; his home was sequestrated, and his
children driven out of it.

" Puycerda is in the most dreadful consternation ; these two
days past the gates have been closed ; two persons were arrested
and conducted to Barcelona, and several others have Bed to seek
refuge at Bourg Madame."
Since this Ministry has been in existence, It has Pad a very
sensible influence upon affairs. It is very difficult to determine
the results day by day ; but if it is not easy to calculate thine by
francs and centimes, a single observation will prove that in•it short
time they will be frightful. The substance of this observation is
as follows a budget of nearly a thousand million francs, the
land tax is only reckoned at two hundred and forty millions, and
therefore seven bundled and sixty millions must be demanded in-
directly from the different species of industry, in order to complete
the budget. And let it be recollected that this sum of 1,000 million
francs has hitherto not been sufficient to provide for every want,since
It was said at the Tribune, in the last Session, that more :bar. two
hundred millions would be required for the service, independently
of this thousand million, which proves how fatal the least alteration
in the receipts would be to the country. What multiplicity of
reports, activity of communication, and rapidity in the circulation
of the money, must be necessary, in order that the different spec es
of labour may give to the Treasury a sum of 760,000,000 in the
course of a year—a sum three times the amount of the land tas,
though even now this species of property cannot support the charge
Imposed upon it without the aid of the means which industry
leads to it. Their great development has alone enriched the
landed proprietors, and it is not necessary to go far back to find it
bunhened with an impost of from 30 to 40,000,000, which it
could only pay with difiiculty:
This state of things, the result of so many efforts, so gratifying
when obtained, so necessary, since alone it constitutes the prospe-
rity of all, while it alone can fill the coffers of the Treasury and
support the public service—this state of things, in a word, which
concerns all France, a Ministry has dared to attack in its principle ;
and it has stated its intention of destroying the foundation of it.
What can excuse such a foolish and criminal enterprise ? Have
not the Ministers before their eyes the exempt of the Villele Mi-
nistry, stupid Spain, and the fury and misery of Portugal? Let
them contemplate France, which they wish to treat as a prey, and
they will see what a fatal influence is already exercised upon every
pan of its territory by their presence in the Government. Thus
the lint result of this Ministry is a flagrant attack upon our pros-
perity.
An Electoral Bureau has been formed at Anjers, at which the
members meet every Monday for the purpose of receiving infor-
mation on all electoral questions, enforcing their right as electors,
and verifying the correctness of the lists.
BUCHAREST, Auc. 30.
We learn from the camp of Daja, the headquarters of General
Kischeleff, that the left bank of the Danube, which has been hi.
therto unmolested by the Turks, has been freed from them by
the rapid movements of the General. The places most threatened
were Tournoul and Kale, opposite Nicopolis. The 'Forks had
landed one thousand cavalry and about two thousand infan-
try ; but General Baron Lowenstern, at the head of his cavalry.
hastened to the spot with the rapidity of lightning, compelled
the enemy to a speedy retreat; and Kale, which had for a moment
been abandoned by the Russians. was again occupied by the in.
fantry of Gen. Stegmar. Though the Turks had above 40 pieces
of cannon. which kept up a well-supported fire, they could not
stop the Russians. Nicopoli., Sistow, and Rudschuk, receive am-
munition and provisions from Widdin. Baron Lowenstern being
informed that the convoy was to pass, erected a battery, which
damaged several boats, sunk two, and obliged the crews of the
others to By and aben.lon their vessels.
ZANTE, San. 2.
The Russians are probably at this moment at Constantinople, for
they were lately at Enos, and there is nothing to oppose their march.
We have just received to-day a piece of news of great importance
—viz. that the French and English fleets have entered the port of
Constantinople, at the desire of the Foreign Ambassadors, the Pore
having lately declared that the Sultan was going to depart to put
himself at the head of his army; and that the result nt the cum.
bat being uncertain, be could not tell whether he should he able to
return to guarantee the lives and property of the Europeans. In
consequence the two fleets were to take the most speedy measure s
for the safety of the foreigners residing at Constantinople.

From the Journal des Deliats of Saturday
After the victory of the 12th of June, the taking of Mistrial, of
Erzeroum, and Trebizond—after the passage of the Balkan, and
the entry into Adrianople, can we believe sellout's, that the new
levy ordered by the last Ukase will be made against the Sultan,
who trembles, and his armies which no longer exist ? Let us
rather see in it the first necessary result of a change of policy,
foreseen at Petershurgh on the day when it was known that the
Duke of Wellinron and Prince Metternich could no longer
rely that France would oppose an obstacle to the combinations
of their alliance. The manifesto of the 2d September appears to
be, whatever may be said to the contrary, a first reply to the
alloniteur of the 9th of August; in fact, bow can it be supposed
that the Emperor Nicholas is ignorant of the indisposition towards
and the hostile wishes against his cause, of the party whose agents
have taken power by assault. and whose organs hut a few months
axo placed the altar and the throne un•ler the protection of the
Grand Vizier? How hit that at 6'o leagues front Paris no mea-
sures are taken against the holisb foreign reveries of our political
adventure!, when we ourselves can hardly tell to wh.:t extremity
their madness will drive .hem at home?
Here we take front the constitutional arsenal the inf,ffensiv:
arms which the Charter has given us to defend ourselves against
our prevaricating Ministers. At Petersburgh soldiers an- raised.
and the service is placed upon the war footing. Our Miniahrs
have already thrown France into trouble that cone, roe our-
selves. and Goa knows we do not wont any but ournelees to bring
back to the country a repose so slightly compromised. But
they annoy all Europe, and in this view the power wh ch
has played the most active character for the last two years has'
certainly a legitimate motive fop putting infer( on its guard
'against a complication of events which may change the Lee or
affairs. This is the secret of the 300,000 men called to arms, for

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that is about the number of combatants with which its army has
been reinforced. Thus London begins to be sick of its own work.
As constitutional ideas finally prevail there over the ephemeral
combinations of the policy of a day, the Duke of Wellington and
his colleagues already feel that there is no way of venturing upon
an alliance offensive and deten.ive with Ministers who want the
first condition of existence and duration—the majority in the
country and in the Chambers.
At Vienna, though the institutions are not in such an advanced
state, proper names were immediately understood ; and it is said
that M. de Metternich believed, like the Duke de Laval, on the
day when the composition of the new Ministry was shown to him,
that a toystificaiiss was intended. At Peter.burgh they begin to
take things more seriously. All this was inevitable, anti in spite of
what May be said, the Polignac Ministry has had success no where
but at Lisbon.
Messrs. Bert, the director of the Journal dos Commerce, Berths.
ten. director' of the Journal des Debass, Chevassut, director of the
l'onstitufiossisel, and Lapelouse, director of the Courier Francais,
appeared this morning before 4sf. Gamine Gaillard, Juge d'lnstruc.
Lion. They are accused, the first of having inserted the article rela-
tive to the Brittany stociation, and the others with having copied
the same article from the Gazelle de France—l• Of exciting hatred
and contempt against the King's Government ; 2. Of provoking
disobedience to the laws ; 3. Of an attack against the constitutional
authotity of the King ; 4. Of an attack against the rights and au-
thority of the Chambers. Ihe Editors of the last three Papers have
declared that they only inserted the incriminated article because
the Gazette de France, after having given it in its morning's edition.
repeated it in that of the evening. They could only believe, that
if the article had appeared criminal to the Government, they
would have taken care to have communicated the seixurewhickhad
taken place by the Evening Papers.
NI. Gailard was to make his report to-day, and the Council
Chamber will to-morrow pronounce upon the validity of the

seizure.
We have to-day received news from the theatre of war, which
comes to the .23c1 of August. On that day the headuarters of
the Count Diebitsch were at Myna The General K-qrassowsky
had had a very serious engagement at Sebumla, with the Grand
Vizier. The latter had had a horse wounded, and General Eras-
snwsky a horse killed under him during the action.
Palmas RPM —Rade', Free per cents. 1071. 20c. 40c. 35c.
107 f. 35c. Three per cents. 811. 50c. 25c. 30c. Biak.Actions,
1842 f. 50c. 18451.
Fnaztou FUNDS.—Neapolitan Rentes, Cert. Fat. 871. 861. 95c.
Spanish Ilentes, 5. Royal Spanish Loan, 73,721 /. Interminable
Spanish Annuities, 49/. Il gytian Loan, 380 f. Exchange on Lou-
don, one month, 25f. 65e. three months, 9.51. 45c.