Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-06
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
Paris, September 9-s p. ~.

Paris, September 9-S u. ~.
"'The exactness of the following state
ment, be assured, is unquestionable =
During several of the, late cabinet
councils, held on Wednesdays, the
Duke de Richelieu, Corvette, Lame,
and De Cazcs had proposed, and strongly
! urged, the immediate dissolution of the
Chamber. The other ministers as forcibly
insisted on the evils which must result
from such measure. 1t was not before
Thursday, after the midday mass, that the
various intercepted documents were sub
mltted To his Majesty. At the same time,
official communications, presented by a
leading minister, left some grounds for
apprehension, thatagreat powerwonld not
view with satisfaction the re-assembing of
the same Chamber; to these causes is to
be added the junction of the minister of
war with the constitutional party. for he
was not unaware that the Deputies, dis
pleased at several late nominations, were
preparing close Investigation into the ex-
cess Ofthe eNpencess OF that department.
Ills adhesion, however, was not absolute,
for he consented TO the project, only on
condition of their annexing to article 4.
that the adiunts should remain as they
were, united to the electoral colleges
But this amendment was strongly oppos-
ed by the authors of the ordinance, in the
dread that the electors thus composed,
would thwart all their views. The mon
arch himself then declared, that he would
sign the ordinance with tie amendment so
proposed, and the ordinance was thus Sign
ed. 1t is certain that the Princes and
Processes of the royal family were not a
ware ofthls measure before thep publication
OF the WOmteur, of Saturday morning,
containing the ordinance. The Due de
Damas, first gentleman of the bed cham
Der ithe Due d 'Angoulcme, put the Off
cIal paper into his royal highness's hands.
could but give you feeble idea of the
consternationtha has since reigned in the
palace. Atthe mass OH Saturday morn
ing the profound atfliction of Monsieur,
the Due d'Angouleme, and Madame af-
fected every spectator. The Duke and
Duchess of Berri did not appear at the
Ihuilleries that day. The court in gene
raj, composed of the different high off
GERS IN waltlngon the king and princes, or
permanently employed in the palace did
not disguise their grief, nor the part they
took in the recent unexpected disgrace of
the deputies. This feeling was so pow
ertul, that when his majesty at 8 o'clock,
after giving his usual orders to the autho-
rites on duty, enquircd of NJ Manso-
reau, P'erost Of the Hotel CThuiIeries,) and
fatherin-law of NJ. Blacas, ifhe had re-
ceived any news from Rome; M. Manso-
reau replied, the last letter is dated on the
22d; certain persons exclaimed aloud
-" ......, Long has Nj. de Blacas's pre-
sencc been requisite; iii him, the king will
at least possess friend near his person.
and the monarchy another protector"
should not omit adding, that great
hopes are entertained by the royalists of
the result of the elections. They are ma
king the most strenuous efforts, but it is
generally believed that they prove faith
less. The dlspassionate public Judge of
the future composition of the Chamber by
the nominations of the Presidents, of
which the great majority are decided mi
nisterlallsts. They are morally sure of
being elected-therefore there can be lit
lie question as TO the success of any mea-
sure proposed by theirpatrons. The in
tiuence of the late members, must prove,
however, irresisfably commanding in the
South and La Vendee. The ordinance
viii fall on these provinces like clap of
thunder, but the rcyalists of Paris doubt
not but their cry will be b" Pive le Roi,
grand meme" 1t is reported that NJ. -,
President of the Maine and Loire, has al
ready written to the King, to thank his
majesty for this new mark of royal favor,
but he felt thatthe functions were not indc-
pendent enough TO enable him to accept
them. The expelled deputies remark that
therOyal prerogative suffices for diSsolv-
ing the chamber, simply because lie Roi
Lcgont, Such is The wiH Of the Sovereign -
They consider the motive assigned IN the
ordinance as iniudicious, because if the
chamber has been composed of electors
returned contrary to the charter, that lie
gality alone, reduces To- nulllty all the
proceedings of the session. II is further
more observed, that the ordinance de-
clares that the charter shall be strictly
adhered TO, buftheadditiono of the adioinfs
to the electoral colleges is contrary To- the
charter, and the ordnance of the 2Ist of
June, 1915, on which their pTetensions re-
pose, is but the repetition of the imperial
decree, OF the month of February, ISOG.-
The ordinance requires the new members
to give proof of the present payment of a
thousand llvrns per aDnum for the assess
ed taxes. This injunction should have
had retrospective action for six months.
1t would then have prccluded a great deal
OF collusiOnand fraudulent arrangement.
IL II SlioHsiN dsStItcus tudJ vi. Lame has
not foot of land in France, and that the
whole OF NJ. Bonald's fortune arises from
a pension OF 10000. year, oil the profits
OF ----------. Some OF the most renarka-
bic deputies excluded bv the ordnance
from incorporating hamber. oHaccount
oflnsuificlcncy ofage, are, NJ. NJ. Rethisy,
Postum, Dlssari, Hunbert, De Sesmal-
sOrs, Sasthcne, DC RocheiOucault, &C."