Star.
London, England, 1818-07-31 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this morning.'
The intelligence they contain is not of much interest,
and we shall therefore be the more readily excused
for directing a little of our attention to an attack
which is made upon us in the lifinerva for the part
we have taken in communicating to the Public the
first accurate accounts of the late Conspiracy. The
Ati..erva is one of the few Papers which affect to
Treat the Conspiracy as a mere device of the Ministry
to cast an unmerited obloquy on their opponents;—
and, following up this idle estimate of the matter, it
accuses the STAR of having devoted 'itself to the
French Ministers for the accomplishment of this
most improper design.

The short answer which we have to make to this
charge in point of fact is, that it is untrue. The pri-

which we have received from

Paris on this subject, and to which the Minerva al-1
hides, have come from a quarter, wholly beyond the,
reach of any influence on the part of the French Mi- I
nisters ; and the best prof we can give of the strict
and impartial regard td truth, by which our Corres-
pondent has been uniformly guided in his observa-
tion of the events passing around him, is the perfect
corroboration which every thing he has communica-
ted on his own knowledge has subsequently received.
So much for the fact : and, looking for a moment
to the vraisemblance of the charge, we should have
thought that we had combated long enough in the
cause of constitutional liberty to prevent any one
from hazarding so ridiculous an imputation against
us. It really becomes not those who espouse the sa-
cred cause at the eleventh hour, to asperse those who
have toiled through the heat and burthen of the day.
We chuse to proceed with calmness, because we know
no greater enemy to liberty than the violence of some
of its partizans. We have not espoused it as a mere
theory, but from principle ; and wherever we find a
man, or any set of men, acting consistently with such
principle, we shall always pay them our tribute of
just and merited approbation to confirm them in the
right way.
The case of M. Ferret, the Editor of r Homme Grit,
was decided in the Cour Royale on Monday. The
sentence of the Tribunal of Police, finding the matter
charged libellous, was confirmed ; but, in considera-
tion of the youth and inexperience of the author, the
punishment has been mitigated to imprisonment for
one year.

The offence of M. Ferret consists, as our Readers
will perhaps recollect, in some- strictures which he
made on the famous speech of onr Lord STANHopz,
at the commencement of last Session of Parliament.
Among other things, he spoke of thefireurs of the
personage who is now making such a figure in the con-
spiracy—General CANCEL. " The Ministry," said his
Advocate,M.MEnrusow, gg have just furnished us with
some ground of extenuation on this pat t of the charge.
The General, there can be no doubt, had prcjected to
abandon himself to some rouvc7-I.,levurs, if there is
any reality at all in the plot of which he is accused."
M. MELILHON proceeded to argue from this, the
great probability of there being nothing calumnious
iu imputing to the General, the practical eremplifica-
tion at Lyons of a sort of exhibition which he is ac-1
eused on high authority, of having had in preparation
for the people of Paris.—The case of M. Ferret has
doubtless had other aggravations in the eyes of his
Judges, when a defence such as this was of no avail.

The Funds still continue, to the surprise of every
body, on the rise. The Five per Cents. left off on
Monday at 77fr. 4.1 c.

PRIVATE LETTER.

" PA RIB, JULY 27.

" The disgrace of Baron de Vitrolles in being
struck off the list of the Privy Council, has surprised
nobody. The only wonder generally expressed is,
that it should have been so long deferred. The dis-
missal of the Baron is said to be merely a prelimi-
nary step to his arrest. But they manage badly here.
They are shocking sportsmen ; they always flush
their game, so that they cannot be expected to bao
any worth notice.
Marmont is off to Germany. He has taken the
'route by Carlsrnhe.
" The King and the Princes set off to-day on a
porting party to Rambouillet. The King ordered
a shooting jacket for the occasion, but as he cannot
'walk he must have the game driven up within 0/14'
shot of his barouche.

The fact is now considered as beyond all doubt,
that nothing less than the subversion of the Govern-
ment was ibtended by the Conspiracy. I have seen
the copy of a letter, said to have been written on the
occasion by MONSIEUR to the Km; but have no
doubt of its being a fabrication, invented to gratify
public curiosity, which is feelingly alive on the sub-
ject. It is quite certain, I believe, that a letter was
written, but the contents of it have as certainly been
kept secret."

The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, according
to present arrangements, will leave England for the
Continent before the expiration of the ensuing month.
They will, in the first instance, take up their residence
at the Fursteinhoff, in the New Town, Hanover, which
has beep prepared for their reception at considerable
expense.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, another Cabinet Council
was field at the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S
house, in Downing-street, which was attended by the
CISANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Earl of LIVER-
POOL, ViSCOlla CASTLEREAGH, Viscount MELVILLE,
Mr. Rosmaox, &c. The Council sat till about half-
past three.

THE ARMY.

The Sd Battalion Rifle Brigade are at present qnar;
tered at Birr, Roscrea, and Maryborough, in the
south of Ireland.

The 82d Regiment, five companies at Armagh.
The 81st Regiment, four companies at Innisklllen.
The 97th Regiment, at Clonmell.
The Ist Battalion of the Ist Regiment, or Royals,
under the command of Colonel BARNES, 20th, 50th,
and 93d, or Sutherland Highland Regiment, are
quartered in Dublin.

The 94th Regiment are removed from Dublin to
Belfast, and the 92d Regiment are removed from
Belfast to Castlebar and Ballina.

The 45th Regiment are quartered at Cork.
One troop of the Ist, or Royal Dragoons, is to be
quartered at each of the following places, viz. Long-
ford, Sligo, Dunmore, and Roscommon.
The 42d, or Royal Highland Regiment, are quar-
tered at Dundalk.

The 96th Regiment are quartered at Limerick.
The 41st Regiment have been removed from Dub-
lin to Londonderry.
The 7th Dragoon Guards are at present quartered
at Clonmell ; and two troops of the Ist, or Royal
Dragoons, are quartered at Ballinrobe.
Detachments of the 12th Regiment are quartered
in the neighbourhood of Limerick.
A Court of Inquiry, consisting of a Field Officer
and a Captain of the 88th Regiment, and the Inspec-
tor-General of the Barracks, North Britain, are to
meet at Fort William and Fort Augustus, to investi-
gate into certain alleged circumstances and com-
plaints in those garrisons.
A rescript has been received at Hanover, addressed
by the PRINCE RRGENT LO the Duke Of CAMBRIDGE,
in which the Patxcit REGENT declares himself Colo-
nel in Chief of the Hanoverian Guards, Infantry and
Cavalry, and appoints the Duke of CANtafttnoz_Co-
lonel en second.