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tre..t. %%Intl be formed in ele resent ccnfiict.‘
ulg state of political rirtiin in Trance. The elerne.itE
of jisoid.2r are in motion; ard yet whi!e must
ehi.se before eV, .1 the most commanding combina-
ti:w. of genitts c:ni bring the pablic
affairs of a:ice into a steady and consistent ..ourse.

I'ILIVATL I. 1.1 T: .R

" I'ARI3, Dr.CEMBER2s.

4, Paris has been this last fortn;ght in a state of
great agitaticn ; neither tl.e King oor the Ministers
kn.:w hat %solid be the live of conduct they would
pursue on the mcrrow. 'fire open rupture of the Mi •
nistry is well kaor.•r—it was ruched ; or, as the
French say, p!nabroi ever ; and M. de CAZES re-
sumed, for the moment. hi.; influence; but the par-
ties v. ho sought to oust him, only appeared to be re-
concile.' in order to throw him off his guard ; and
he accepted that hand in f::endsl,ip, which the very
next hoar aimed a dagger at his I:olitical existence!
lr.dignant at thisbase ticatrr.ent he, on Thursday, sent
in his resignation, which was accepteJ. This si ill as-
tonish English readers, who learn that on 'Tat-417y
morning, the Government, that is, the part cf is which
remains, resolved to prc,pose, the very next day, a
varii.sty of laws agreeable to the Nation, and Lefc7e the
day dawned, die plar was changed, and a proposal
was made to continue the taxes of 1816, for the first
six months of 1619, without any Budget, or account
bel...g rendered to the Chambers; which, however,
we are persuaded, the Chambers will not be inclined
to grant ; for there can be little doubt of its being the
preirlf intention of the parties in power, after they
lave obtained this concession, to get the Budget
voted, adjourn the Session, and then dissolve the
Parliament. This is what it has to expect, unless, as
has happened a dozen times in as many days, the,
heads of the Government change their opinions, which,
on this subject is not at all probable.
"M. deCAZES, I-mg the object of their hatred, is
now removed. lie long preserved France from civil
war ; but because he would not adopt the colours of
either party, he was the butt of the malice and
envy of both. Those who professed to detest, and
t1.0..c who professed to cherish, the Charter, leagued
against him, and lie fell, to the sincere regret of the
latter, when it was too late. It will be his rare fate,
only to be duly appreciated after his career is mi.
Envy now will withhold her stings: he has no place
that she can desire. The Ultras will soon learn, that
the lEgis which protected them from popular resent-
ment is withdrawn; and 'the Independents will feel
that they have now no friend war the Throne to pro-

tett the Collltitaiollfrom the insidious attacks of its

nattu4l inNetnies, the Ultras.
" Thete truths will soon be felt, and al the pro-
fessed enemies of the Charm, of the Ordinance of
the sth September, the Law of Election, &e. have
gained the victory; it would not be too much to sup-
pose that die Charter, which the Ktw declares his
brightest title in the eyes of posterity, soon be
revoked, and all the salutary laws which have been
founded on it. So violent indeed are the parties, that
M. Late:, who ought to be dear to them on so many
accounts, is to be dismissed, because he supported
the Law of Elections, and the Lancesterian System of
Education in France. The Duke de Ittcurt.tan, and
the Abbe MONTESQUIEU, are preparing a new Mi-
ristry, in which it is asserted, that the Abbe is to be
Minister of the Interior and Police; LAUPIISTOW Mi-

nister at Ys art and Moeteas Minister of Finance.—
By the next post, perhaps, the waves of indecision
may have.subsidecl, and we shall perceive what ob-
ject is at the bottom of this trouble. sea."
The following, are copies of other Private Letters :
" PARIS, DECEMBER 28.
" Our Ministry has been for some time divided.,
It fell to pieces as of itself, onWednesday last. Three,
Members of it, the Duke of Ricitetitu, M. Later,
and M. MOLE, had sent in' their resignations to his
Mealsere on Tuesday evening. The tour others, in
order that the choice of his MAJESTY might not be
embarrassed, offered their resignetions at the Coun
cil of the following day (Wednesday.) His MA JE- T Y
'mere! all of them to keep, provisionally, their
pieces, and has since been engaged in endeavouring
to form a new Ministry. The D ike of Weeniest,
received a commission from the KING for this °Lite!.
M. le Comte de C A ZES had previously proeure.i an
order for the supp, ession of the Minigti y of Police,
and in consequence remained withoet office.
" It is said :her the Duke of Itteireierts wished t•'
!rive him nominated to a distant mission, on pr-
ecise to exc'ade him from ti-e numl:er of candideto.
Mr the Miniery, although M. de Cezes had °rely
expressed his design ro rtiire of himself, and to :e-
-tain only his Peerage.
e •t he Tstika of Rierteernu has since heel occit-
pied e ith the foenation of a Ministry, of which he
is to he the head. He fixed nvii M. ~,E.:.‘N !-..n. the
:11iristry of Justice; M. de Vieares. for the Marine:
'al. Moieeest for the Finsece ; M. lesw-lesUItISTON
for War; M. de l'ounsoe, Prefect r llourdeaux,
le: the Direction-General of Police ; and M.Cuvien,
try.- the luter:er. M. I. AI .e persisted m his design
to withdra,e.
r. This new Mieistry, wheie almost all the par;es
had a repreg..• tetive, pr seated no %trite re views or
principles. and these who were called to tom it felt
that they could not combine. Every one o'' them,
before accepting of office, seem of conditions, and.
no twa seecerred in their proposals. 'thus lite :di
successively declined, on different pounds. wilt the
exception, it ii said. of Count lestseisroe, who de-
clased, it is added. that he would enter into office
witi any individuals whatever, who would coeseut tc
abolish the law of promotion ale cf iecniiting.
" Von doubtless know that Ge .tr..l L.stinisaoN is
of Scotch extraction. He is a grandson of the eel&
I rated Mr. Lew. and was In eigeil one Cain :\ AP .A It T .-.: •
' Aides-de-Camp. His admieissretive talents hate not
es st bete. onpectee to exist, theseiere his nomiva-
tioaexcits,l rran-',l surprise. Thy ether ciedidates
are better ki.ewi. among you ; I shah lot, therefore,
enter iota at.; LZ":0Ullt ssf them. Ti:ey are, indivi-
daelly. estin..S.e„ but little (.4i:tiler:A ta proceed in
concert. M. de I:ICHELIEU was eneleyed or. Friday
;a a new attempt at forming a Mini-trs. Afraid of
not being more fortunate in I:is senoesi attempt, lie
clone to the iesolution of giving in his own resigna-
tion, when worn out with faro and anxiety of
' 'stied: he WAS seized on Saturday by a nephritic cholls,
from which he still suffers Mush, although he is sup.
posed to be in no danger from its consequences.
" By these events we have been left for four or five
days almost without a :'..tinist.y, and a door hes been
opened to all sot:sof rumour and conjecture, as well
as to the cembinations and intrigues of different par-
ties, each of which has, in imagination, got posses-
sion of the powers of the State, and distributed them,!
or directed their distribution, at its pleasure. Ido
nos sP.-; that the candidates for office have appeared
in great numbers. Most of them seemed rather to
dread the burden, than to desire the honour; and.
rather retired before the sombre humour of public
opinion, than advanced to grasp the helni cf power
but what they were ofraid to accept for themselves.;
,hey wished to obtain for their party or their friends.
" Our Ultras, ail whose speeches are only a com-
mentary on their nee secrete, and all whose wishes
arc limited to the repeal of the Ordinance of the Stn
of September, and its consequences, had began to ex-
press the most brilliant hopes.
" They began to sing victory, because they be-
lieved M. de Ceens ruined and disgraced. But the
delirium of their first joy was a good deal calmed
when they learned that M. de RICHELIEU did not
adopt even half their reveries, and that M. de CAElle
continued to have access to the KING, and to trans-
act business with his NIAJECTY, for the purpose of
completing the dismemberment of the administration
of the Police.
" Since the day before yesterday much credit has
been attached to a report, which, however, I would
not on any consideration guarantee—it is that the
KING, struck with the difficulties which the Duke of
RICHELIEU encountered, and with the expressions of
the public opinion, had proposed to M. de CATES to
foists an Administration, and to take the directionof,
it upon himself. It is added, that if this event has not
already taken place, it is because weighty motives of
personal delicacy obliged M. de CAus to refuse this
new proof of the. KING'S confidence.
" I will not prejudge any thing as to the result of
this ministerial crisis, during which the immense ma-
jority of Paris, which may be considered in this case
the interpreter of the sentiments of all France, has
declared itself, with an energy deserving the highest
attention, in favour of the system followed since the
Ordinance of the sth of September, and of the Mi-
nister who, after the KING, was avowedly its prin-
cipal support.
e Two-thieds of the Chamber of Deputies belong
irrevocably to this „system, in spite of the &heave