London, Monday, July 5, 1...
The Times, 1824-07-05T00:00:00

The Paris papers of Thtursday anid Friday, which arrive(d yesterday, thirow discredit on the report of Iiis MAJESTY'S dangerous indispositioni, while they leal us to suppose, from other facts which thev mention, that the Ministry is losing the confildenice of the nation as much as if about to be (deprived of the suipport of the KING. WVe described on Saturday the singular position in which -r. de VILLELE stood in the Chamher of Deputies when questionedl re- specting the Toulouse Commission for examining the ac- counts of the Spanish campaigiL He (lurst not deny that the vety Intendanit, whose negligence or fraud was to be one of the subjects of inquiry, ha(l been appointed hea(l of the inquest, and yet he refused to acknowvledge such a tlisgraceful fact till it was aveowed-bya colleaguewhose honour wvas less deeply involved in the appointment. Baffled in the Chiamber, he would appear immediately to have repaired to the Council, and the next day the proof of his defeat and submission appeared in the Moniteur in the shape of a Royal ordinanet, appointing a new commission, with Marshal MACI)9NALD at its head. 'I'his hasty anid ill- timedt expedietnt, while it betrays alarm, cannor fail to invite attack; and though it may disarm opposition to this particular law in the upper Chamber, will ernbolden examination atid scrutiny oti every other act of adminis- tration. It is evident to all the world, that the questions put by MT. de la BOURDON'NAYE, the leader of the Ultras, joined to the manner in which these questions were received by a respectable portion of the deputies, werc the cause, and the only cause, of this Alinisterial cotlOessiotl. M. de VILLELE could pretend to have attained no light on the subjcct. The appointmcnt of a high commission of inquiry, if proper and necessary on the evenirrg of the 30th, was not less proper an(d necessary oni the inorning of the 28th: but on the former day we have a decree of which the MIinister did not coirtemplate the publication on the latter, andl nothing had occurred in the interval except the discussion in the Chamber of De- puties. OUVRARD'S accouilts will now be examined by a less favourable commission than that headed by his accom- plice. The Royal decree will be found in another part of our paper. WVe copy the following ga conade which the k.atoile has published, as a set ofFagainst its patron's deCeat: " ST. CLOUID, July 2. " The King has hcard mass in his apartuents: in thc morning his Majesty was occupied in his Casbinet, and Count Villele and the Keeper of the Seals transactedbusiness with his Alajesty. " What is our actual situation ?-45 millions taken from the direct taxes have lessened the burden which bore on property. Our regenerated army has caused Europe to admiiire its devotedness, its discipline, and bravery. Religion has risen triumphant; the Epis- copul See rise from their ruins, and are furnished with prclates; the temples, formnerly deserted, are provided with ministers; public instruction, purified, is directed towards religiots and Monarchical ideas our flag is respected in every sea; all the French breathe equally under the aegis of the laws, and bless the hand which has dispensed among them so niany benefits, " The septennial duration of the Chamnber hlas been given us, and wvith that the institutions whichi we wanted, and which it is to create. The charges of registering public acts have beent reduced, arid this important amelioration is entirely to the advantage of pro- perty. The tax on liquors has becn rendered less burdensome in i the collection, and less tioublesomc to those wvho have to pay it. All the Ministerial departments, all the public Bo:irds, liave reduced their central expenses; and these savings have been applied to public worship and ob jects of gcneral utility. " The old age of the magistrates is honoured bv a iaeasure which places themn under the protection of tieir peers, and leaves nothing to arbitrary decisioTn Society claims modifications in the prnal laws: for its own interest, anti that certain violatiunus of its security might not remain unpunnished by the excessive rigour of soue enactmlents, it has obtained them. A viciotus organization of the a-rmyv endan- gered its pliysical and moral strength, while it iriposed on the youth liable to serve a useiless addition of obligations; provisions have been nsadefor both these necassities. Insteadof seeking with you the melan- clioly trophies ef Austerlitz ant IVagramn, we will show you the bridges thrown over our great rivers-the canals which animate com- merce and agriculture-the new roads which open imTprtant com- munications in the iliterior of B'rance. If the statue of Louis XV is not yet finished, we will offer tO your respect those of Henrv IV. and of Louis XIV., his predecessors. Louis Xll., L,ouis XVI., Mlarie Antoinette, Pascal, Racine, La eontaine, Pichegra,and Mo- reau, will seers live in bronze and marble, and elubellsiA our term- P FRENCaCl F'UNDs, PATxis, July 2._kive per Cents. opened at 102. 20. .closedat 101. 70..; Bank S:ock,' \,11. Neapolitan ive per Cents, in duests, 87k; Rentes d' Espacne, 113. Exchange on L,ondon, one month, 26 35.; three momsths, 20. 10.-Coiers Auzthleutiqee. T.OANDON. MOAND.4Y, JULY 5, 1B2I.