Star.
London, England, 1816-10-30 00:00:00

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Patti& OCTOBER te.k.
The Doke of Cambridge arrived here yesterday,
and was immediately prevented' at the Thuilleriezto
the King, and subsequently to the Duchess of An-
gouleme. His Royal Highness. though under the
title of Count Diephohz, is universally recognized
with all the honours of an English Prince ; his suite
is somewhat more distinguished than that of the
Duke of Kent; he is attended by an Officer in Bri•
tish uniform, two in the Hanoverian uniform, and
an English gentleman out of uniform.
64 The spirit and activity, and it is said the force,
of the Opposition Royalists, is every day iecreasing.
It is surprising, and indeed unaccountable, the length
to which their attacks upon the Ministers and the
King are carried, both in converation and Ana writing.
Paris is deluged with violent pamphlets gnst the
,King, the Chart, and Ministers; they are nut sold in
the shoo, but they are profusely distributed without
payment. This more than effects what could be
done by free publication. The mystery is, the daring
sp:rit. and the forbearance of the Police.
64 There is one pamphlet more distinguished for
its undisguised tone, than for talent. which has ex.
cited same attentiun ; the title is, 114 The immediate
Consequences of the measures of the Ministers," and
these consequences are stated to be a rising of the
population of France, in order to rescue the King for
his own, and the public good, out of the hands of
his present advisers. Every body asks why this
pamphlet, its author, and its distributors, ate not
seized by the Police, (for the author is said to be
known, and a clerical officer in the service of one of
the French Princes) a thing so frequently and so
.easily done.
4r An expedient to which the Ministers mean to
resort, will he, it is understood, an extensive creation
of Peers. A peerage has been offered to Kergolay,
a Member at the late Chamber, which he declined.
The attempts to gain over many other Members of
the late Chamber have been equally fruitless. The
first onset will be vigorous, and probably decisive."
ANOTUER LETTER, SAME DATE.
44 Ministers are preparing in every way for the
meeting of the Chambers, and, as the awful moment
approaches, the consciousness of their weakness forces
itself ors their minds. • This feeling will not impro.
bably give rise to some partial change in the Advil.
nistration ; for M. de•Cazes and M. Laine feel the
necessity of introducing into it some men of talent
and weight, men capable of giving them efficient
support in the Chambers. Thus, for these few days
it has been expected they would call in M. Pasquier
to their aid, by appointing him to the Ministry of
Justice. It may be recollected, that he held this de.
p irtnient in the Talleyrand Administration, and di-
meted the Prefecture for many years in the reign of
Napoleon. Upon the same principlei it is proposed
that M. Corvetto and M. du Bouchage shall make'
rum for more able auxiliaries in the struggle in which.
Ministers are about to engage. De Feltre's credit is
on the decline, that Ultra Minister ncW being obliged
to go alen3 with the prevailing system, in order to
maintain himself in office. As to the Foreign De-
partment. that of course must remain untouched, as
long as Russian countenance may be deemed neces-
sary. M. de Cazes and M. Lame may be said to be
the only Ministers et any inflUence ; the one with the
King, the other With the public.
The Chamber of Peers, though generally favour.
Bible to Ministers last yeae, seem to give some uneaii.
nes: at this moment. M. de Chateaubriand, who
'takes the lead among their opponents, is said to have
brought together a considerable force by embracing
the Constitutional doctrine (though no doubt for a
very unconstitutional purpose), and thus combating
them with their own weapons. But Ministers have
devised an expedient of foiling their antagonists in
this Chamber—that of creating a sufficient number
of Peers to secure therein a majority; an accession
of 90 votes is thus intended to be procured. Some,
however, assert, that the creation of Peers in contem-
plation, is merely a consequence of the Concordate
Just concluded s ith the Pope ; that 16 of these Peers
are to be taken from the Ecclesiastical Body, four
men of the revolutionary origin being added to them,
to serve them as a passport ; for it is apprehended
that the public will take some umbrage at this intro.
.duction of Ecclesiastical influence iato the Legisla.
tore. The latter are, Marshals Suchet and Mortier,
M. de Champagny (Duc de Cadore), who forfeited
.his seat in that House by accepting one is the late
Chamber of Bonaparte, and finally, M. de Caw ! •
" An addition of 10 millions to the Budget is said
to be decided upon io favour of the Clergy, in order
to reconcile that Maly to the disposal of the Church
lands, for the benefit of the State;
44 Public conjecture is much exercised at this um-
ment upon the tourney of M. Tabarie (Under Secre-
tary of State for the War Department), to the Duke
of Wellington's Wed-quarters. ' According to one
opinion, he repairs thither to compose some differences
that hive arisen between his Grace and the Minister
of War, Clarke, ivied*, to Movements which would
indicate en intention in the British force to oactipy
St. Omer, Bethune. and other places in that quarter.
It is added that theMieister of War having remota-
strated on this subject, the Duke replied. that he was
au horised to Milky at all times such movements as
he might deem necessary to the internal tranquillity
of France, and that he was not accountable for such
steps to any Government but his own. Another
version refers this journey of M. Tabarie to the sub.
sistence 'of the British troops, a point in which there
has been much deficiency of late.
44 The following fact, which you may consider as
autheotii, will give you some idea of the uneasiness
prevailing at. the Thoilleries t—a Painter who had
been commissioned to paint the portraits of the dif-
ferent members of the Royal Famfly, had obtained
leave to have them engravers and to publish. them ;
but, no sooner had he advertised their publication
than be was visited by the Police, who seized all the
impressions of the engraving representing the Dale 4i
°photo, and destroyed the plate. This, however, was
not dune without making some indemnity to the
painter in question. •
64 The harvest 'has been extremely dekieef, is
Italy. insomuch that the .Government bad iseued a
Pecree allowing the importation of Wheat,. Rice,'
nmir, Oats, and Barley, of all kinds.. free of duty,
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