Star.
London, England, 1816-09-13 00:00:00

PHILO-OBSSRVER.

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It kas been remarked, that on the day before ese
publication of the Ordinance for dissolving the Cham-
ber of Deputies, the report that it was to appear
being circulated on 'Change, the funds rose a (me
and a half. On Saturday they, again rose to 57 francs
60 centimes. bargains wete even made at 58 francs
after the Exchange was shut.
On the 3d of August the Royal Court of Rout--
deans, the Chambers being united, came to a re-
markable decision on a question of State. This judg-
ment has decided that a natural child, recognized by
his father, cannot be adopted by him.
The Journal of Aix la Chapelle announces that the
Duke of Otranto is going to Italy.
The events which have distinguished this week
seem S 3 many triumphs obtained by public opinion
and national feeling over the prejudices and preten-
sions of a class of men, fortunately far from nume-
rous. We have seen the Tribunals doing justice in
the case of that indiscreet Pi lest, who, forgetting the
most sacred duties of a Ministry of obedience and
peace, and pretending to a pure Catholicism (for Ca-
tholicism has i:s purists, that is to say, its Ultras as
well as Royalism), had attacked at once the Charter,
the new basis of our social edifice, and the Concor-
dat, the new foundation on which the Galilean
Church has been constituted.

We have seen one of the King's printers, who had
obtained that honourable title as the just reward of a
courageous devotedness, lost it by a special ordi-
nance, for having cotnmitted to his press the perni-
cious work of the Abbe Vinson. Those who know
M. Michaud doubtless regret that this example of a
necessary severity should fell upon him, but the
greater the interest and esteem due to a man who has
incurred such a penalty, the more salutary rrt!lst be
the impression produced by the act which Inflicts it.
Bat how can we sufficiently praise. the Ordinance
of the sth inst. which, while it pronounces the dissolu-
tion of the Chamber of Deputies, directs that a new
Chamber shall be formed according to the regula-
tions established by our Constitution
By that Ordinance, and by the Executive measures
which secure its happy results, the Charter is replaced
on its bases, and Louis XVIII. is confirmed on the
'Throne; and it will nova be allowable to appeal to that
Charter a: the guarantee of the rights and interests
of all, without passing for a seditious subject or a
hired writer: By that Ordinance, the Prince and the
Chamber of Deputies of the Nation, obtain for the
future that popularity, without which there exists no
solid power in a Government which is constitutional,
and ~onsequenily subject to the influence of public
opinion ; finally, by that Ordinance, confluence in
the Government and between man and man will be
revived, and transmutations of property acquired in
virtue of a law of the State confirmed by the Charter,
will no longer be obstructed by apprehensions which
ill-disguised wishes for re-action have created in the
minds of too many citizens. Thanks to this wise
proceeding, the proprietor who is the father of a fa-
mily, will not have to complain of being unable to
make any disposition of his estate, or even to borrow
the slightest sum on its revenue, either to provide for
the education of his children, or pay the public bur-
dent. Money will issue from the coffers of the capi-
talist to re-animate commerce throughout all its
channels, and to fill the public treasury with those
tributes which are always paid without any murmur,
when men are able by easy transactions to improve
their circumstances or augment their fortune.
The public funds have already within these few
days experienced a considerable rise. May this ma-
nifestation of public opinion, which is unequivocal,
since it is founded on private interest, open the eyes
of those who appear not to perceive the benefits of
this Ordinance, and who thereby render their senti-
ments suspicious in the eyes of the nation.
By an Arret issued last month upon the report of
the Procurer-General, the Royal Court of Pans has
appointed M. Bretin d'Aubigny, Counsellor, and M.
Vandeuve, substitute, to proceed according w instruc-
tions against Charles Monier, Ex-Adjutant of Engi.
neers, his accomplices and adherents.
Monier is accused of being one of the authors of a
plot formed last spring, for seizing the fortress of Via.
cennes by a nocturnal attack, after having poisoned
the garrisop, taken away the artillery acrd ammuni-
tion in the place, and afterwards marching with
armed bands against Paris.