Private Correspondence.
The Times, 1824-01-02T00:00:00

lne TWBAperor Ale;at d&- khta stifie.iIF,s ' 'affcinentto 1ljevlJJfra politics o*Srrance, and his grateMil _;d to tlle authors of.tFe attack on Spain,in a manner W'1i1f iius; be no-lcss embarrassing to one member of the Frrn1ibCAbjinet thabi offensive to another. He has transmitted the Grantl Cross of tihe Imperial Order of St. Andrew to the present Minister for Foreign A,irs, M. de Clhateaubriand, and 'extended;the same honour to thie late Minister for the'same clepartment, AM. (le Montmoreney, to the omission of M. de Villele, the President of the Cound). 'This impartial dealing towards a diismissed and,an existing Minister, ard this distinction, in Voint of Imperial acknowledginent, between M. de Chateaubriand ard il. de Villele (who in t1e receipt of Holy Alliance decorations have hitherto like the twvo Kings of Bfentford, gone hand in band). has given much displeasure ih a high quarter. The King reckons it apoor compliment to bisdiscernment in dfimpnsn' e a eivi ol IuunCmorency, and asks what.the l;Euperor Alexander ~would saj if be sent the highest order of his kingdom to M. Capn- d'lstria, or any other dis- missed Minister of Russia ? ^ M.. de Chateaubiaiandljssaid to be alarmed lest it should he suspected that honours were refused to bis colleague on his suggestion; and the Presi- dent ofthe Council sees in the omission an attempt to deny him the credit to which he is entitled, and to separate him from the party to which he is attached. The intrigues of the extreme Ultras in politics and. religion are-supposed to. have pro.uced this singular embrogflo through the medium of Pozzo di Borgo. This arch-intriguer was to have re. ceived the cordon bklu on his return from Madrid, but in consequence of his understood influence in counteractinv the intentled honouirs of Villele, or of the gau1cherie of his Master in reeompensing a dismissed Minister, his Most Christian Mfajesty has altered his min(l. Pozzo must there- forewait the result o. some other intrigule before he ohtains the Order of the Holy Ghost. - The letter from the King to the Duke of Belluno, com- manding him to leave Paris, and proceed on his mission to Vienna, which was puiblished in the Tablettes UniverseUes of Saturday, is perfectly authentic. His Majesty is said to b? extremely displeased at the breach of confidence implied in its publication. It was of course intended only for the Duke, and not for the whole of Paris. lBy the way, this Weekly print contains frequently very accurate information on the intrigues of Mfinisters and the conduct of partie. Letters have been received from iMadrid to the 2.9d inst; They coptain a frightful pictuLre of the wretchedniess andy disorders of that capital, and-of the kingdom iu- general. The only persons who seem to enjoy the least security, orI who testify the least satisfaction at the late changes, arel the King, the monks, the smugglers, and gipsies. the lat- ter classes, joined to the immense number of persons dis-' mtissed from the ranks of the armv,or deprived of their civil em-ployments by the admninistration of Saez, commit the greatest disorders, and render all communication between one part of the kingdom and another either entirely impos- sible, or extremely dangerous without an imposing escort. I The Commander of the French Army of Occupation, Ge- neial Bourmont, is exerting himself to put an end to some of the disorders which the invasion has occasioned, but as yet has met with little sucicess. His orders are to disregard entirely the wishes or pre.judices of the Spanish Court., when in opp sition to the security of his troops. He is, in fact, the Sovereign of Spain at this momn nt. The French Am- bassador, Talaru, from his folly, has been rendered a cipher. *The foliowing are the expressions of his Majesty on the occasion :_ " jl a foi! j'aurois presque envie d'envoyer le cordon bleu A Al. Capo d'Istria: il est :trange qu'un Souverain de mes ans s'avise de reconpenser un ministre que j'ai cru devoir 6loigner de ma nersonne." prIVAIT - L-R EA "2VDCE. . .,, - , M.