LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q. No. XXX. WE

HAVE NEITHER LOST NOR GAINED, IPOR THE DOCTRINAIRES HAVE COME BACK AGAIN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

Pads, 19th November 1334.

SIR—We have neither lost nor gained by the events of the last three weeks in this country, for the Doctrinaires have come bade again. The BASSANO Administration, which existed when I last wrote, has died a natural death, after a most short-lived and unsatisfactory exist- ence of a few hours. The Duke of BASSANO " has been made a fool of " by the Doctrinaires. General BERNARD has been made a fool of by Lours PHILIP. M. PASSY has been made a fool of by M. TESTS. M. TESTE has been made a fool of by the Duke of BASSANO. M. BRESSON has been made a fool of, more sigrally than all the rest, by his nomination to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs when at Berlin, and by his being chased from that post without his consent be- fore he had time to say " Yes" or " No." CHARLES DUNN has been made a fool of by his brother, who advised him to enter the BASSANG Administration, and then laughed at his expense afterwards. And PERSIL has been the most amused and most wily of' all the party, for he has kept his post amongst all the changes ; and has been and still is MINISTER OF RELIGION, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, and MINISTER Or JUSTICE!

The Moniteur of this morning supplies us with the intelligence that

M. HUMANN has agreed to return to office as Minister of Finance; and will reach Paris in a few days to resume his duties ; and that, in consideration of his absence, the King will riot appoint any Minister of the Marine until his return. The secret of which is, that al' who have bad the Naval department offered to them have refused ; and the Doctrinaires are fearful of losing time, salaries, and other advantages, by waiting for a new Minister of Marine any longer. So the Moniteur contains the accustomed Royal ordinances, appointing Duke DE TaEviso (old and long MORTIER) President of theCoun- ell, and Minister of War ;

Minister of the Interior; — of Foreign Affairs ; of Commerce ; of Finance;

M. GUIZOT.... .................. of Public Instruction; and, until the Minister of Marine shall be decided on or procured, gives the post of the Navy provisionally to DE RIGNY; whilst DUCHATEL is ordered in like manner provisionally to act for M. R MANN. The Duke of Tasviso is the only new man ; and his antecedent; are so well known that I will not weary you with his biography. M. DUPERRE is spoken of as Minister of Marine; and as be is a good sailor and no politician, it is by no means impossible that he may return to office. The Ministry would gain by his name as a sailor and an Admiral; and the pens& immuable would find him most tractable and docile.

The proceedings of the last three weeks I have already so fully de- tailed in my last letter, up to the period of the nomination of the BAS- SANO Cabinet, that I have only to-day a sort of postscriptum to write to that epistle. with Duke of BASSANO was a ruined man, and no one would act spth him. This was known before he was selected ; and he was se- lected accordingly. The Doctrinaires and the Court wished to show that a Tiers Patti Cabinet was impossible. So, instead of selecting for the King men who could and would have stood for many months— such men, for example, as BIGNON, DUPIN the elder, BERENGER, ETIENNE, GERARD, and their friends—they selected such creatures as BASSANO, TESTE, poor CHARLES DUPIN, and BERNARD, the " mili- tary mason," in order that, on their downfal, they, the Doctrinaires, might be able to exclaim, " You see a Cabinet of the Tiers Parti is impossible !" Those who can think, see, and reason, are not of course deceived by such exclamations. They know full well that a BASSANO Administration was never named to last—that it was mere tom- foolery to call such a Cabinet a Tiers Parti Administration, with an old bankrupt employe of the Empire at the head, and a Doctrinaire Minister of Justice at the tail. Although, then, I consider the Tiers Parti, as dangerous, deceitful, and unjust in France, as have been and are the Whigs in England, still it is a fact, that a Tiers Parti Cabinet has not yet been tried in this country; and that when the Debats asserts that the fall of the BASSANO Administration proves that a Tiers Patti Cabinet is impossible, it asserts a falsehood, knowing it to be a false- hood, and alleges as a fact that which is quite untrue. Neither Doc- trinaires, nor Juste Milieu, nor Tiers Parti Cabinets will last long in France, I admit ; but the last would endure longer than the rest,—as such men as BioNoN, BEItENGER, and DUPIN the elder, have something about them and in them of patriotism, honour, and old genuine french character. To talk to you about the " principles" of the BASSANO Administra- tion, was an honourable exception, and he was too timid and two passionless

principles. Al. PASSY would be only to insult you. They had no M I'

M. TITTERS M. DE RIGNY M. DUCHATEL M. HUMANN

'o contest with such a man as PERSIL. So, to talk to you about the principles" which led to the formation of the new Cabinet, would be king game of you. Such men as Timms% TIMERS, DE RIGNY, end l'Easit., have no principles—they have scarcely opinions. 'I hey have a system, which is that of disgracing France at home and hu- miliating her abroad ; but they have no principles. They would kneel to HENRY the Fifth with as much satisfaction as to Louts PHILIP; COL because they prefer a legitimate to a popular monarchy, but be- cause they would turn to the rising sun, it the Duke of BORDEAUX should be rising, as they would to the young Duke of ORLEANS, if Loris PHILIP were on his death-bed. The object they have in view is to eat well, drink well, sleep well, have large establishments and plenty of money, fatten their families and friends, and provide for their cousins and nieces. They are prepared to kiss the foot of the Pope— to embrace both checks of the Duke of WELLINGTON—render the highest honours and homage to Sir ROBERT PEEL—and cry " Down with Lord DURHAM !" rind " DoWII with Lord MELBOURNE!" not be- cause they approve of the principles of the Duke of WE' LINGTON, or disapprove the conduct or reasonings of Lord MELBOURNE, but simply because the former is to be the Minister, or is the Minister ; and the latter is the Ex-Minister, and their ex-ally. Living from hand to mouth, ad from day to day in politics, they rise every morning wondering what is to conic next ; and prepared to applaud all who will not push them from their stools. Talk to them of the approaching fall of the Ottoman Empire, and they rub their hands, and say, " Nous verrons ;" as though It WRA good fun. Talk to them of the progress of Don Ca 'mos, and of the probability of his early success, and they say, " It is very pos- sible; what can we do enjoying the joke of the Cortes being expelled from their Chambers by the bayonets of MERINO and ZUMALP- CARREGUY. Talk to them of the state of affairs in Germany and Switzerland, and they say, " The Germanic Confederation has the right of doing as it will in its own States ;" and " Berne must give in to M. DE BOMBELLES." Talk to them of the Anti-Liberal, and Anti. French policy of the Kings of Piedmont and Naples, and they smilingly ask, " What would you have ? How can you expect any Monarch to follow our example after the events of the last four years ?" Talk to them of Don Minim. regaining possession of Ifs States, and they say, " It is no affair of ours ; we have nothing to do with that." Talk to them of the progress of Russian arms in the East of Europe, and, gaping or yawning, they reply, " Turkey is so far off!" Talk to them of the project under discussion of establishing in Italy an Italian Confederation of Monarchs, similar"lo that existing in Germany among the Kings and petty Princes of that part of Europe, and they say, "Well! what can we do in it? Kings will have allies, and we cannot prevent it." Talk to them of the resolution of the Northern Cabinets to support the King of Holland, and to obtain for him Luxembourg and Limbourg, as well as a toll for the navigation of the Scheldt and the Meuse, and they say, " Indeed ! perhaps so : nous verrons." And finally, talk to them, as they were talked to yesterday, of the return of the Tories and the Duke of WELLINGTON to office, and they reply by a racuous stare, and by an unmeaning demand of " Did not the Duke of WELLINGTON recognize the Revolution of July before any other ML aster in Europe?" Just as though it was the Duke who re• ognized

that Revolution ; and just as though he was not compelled to do so by he then state of public opinion in England. Yes, yes, it is a fact—and iris one which you must not forget, during the course and progress of he great events which are now preparing—that the men who have re-

turned to office in France are men without principle; and that, with the sole exception of GUIZOT, they have no sort of political desire or fiction. GUIZOT is a real Legitimist. GUIZOT loves HENRY the i'ifth, and tolerates Louis PHILIP. GUIZOT would say, " Lord now attest thou thy servant depart in peace," if he could but once more be- hold the white flag of the Bourbons float on the Palace of the CADETS. All the rest are Orleanists, because an Orleans is on the throne ; and dl the rest would be Republicans to-morrow if a Republic should be established. Let HENRY the Fifth appear at the Barrier de l'Etoile, and they would say, " Vive Henri Qaint!" They have no principle. lie have, then, neither lost nor gained by the events of the last fifteen days ; for the same fellows, the same political jockies, the same cun- ning, artful tricksters, have all come back again, and are destined to dose the cortege of the Counter-Revolution.

As I know your columns will be necessarily much occupied

nth your domestic intelligence this week, I forbear from writing to- day at greater length. Still, however, I must add a few words re- specting the dismissal of the Whigs from, and the return of the Tories to office. Allow me, as an attentive observer and vigilant watchman, to address a few words to the Reformers. I say then to the Reformers—" It is all your fault !" When you, the Reformers, had the upper hand, you trusted in such drivellers as the Chronicle; and you supported such men as GLEY, BROUGHAM, and PALMERSTON. When you, the Reformers, could have dictated to the Throne, you said, let us wait—let us see—let us give time. Lord GREY means well, Lord MELBGURNE means well : we shall get all we ask by degrees ; and do not precipitate the moment. Against such confidence, and against such blind and mistaken hopes, I implored you, and so did airy others, to withstand. You listened not to our counsels. You said, now you had the Bill of Reform, all the rest would be got by degrees : and this you said—yes you, the Reformers, said it—notwith- sanding you had no ballot; and notwithstanding the motion for Triennial Parliaments was rejected, you, the Reformers, have gone on

your error ; you have persisted in your obstinate credulity. You

hive placed confidence in your enemies; and now you must suffer the consequences of such temerity. The arrival at power and office of the Tory party, excites in me no surprise. Whilst you, the Reformers, have been asleep, they have been awake; whilst you have been indolent, they have been active ; and whilst multitudes of you have been even applauding Lords BROUGHAM and GREY at Scotch banquets, the Tunes have been arranging both abroad and at home for their return to power and to corruption. It will take you seven years to gain back the time and the position you have lost; and your tears and your curses will not now avail. But still, be up and be doing; and let Lord DURHAM be your rallying-point.

Your obedient servant, 0. P. Q.