The French elections, so far as they are yet reported,
proceed steadily in favour of the existing order of things, and apparently in The French elections, so far as they are yet reported, proceed steadily in favour of the existing order of things, and apparently in favour of the Ministers. Some modification of the Ministry is not- withstanding said to he resolved on. M. GUIZOT, the Duke de BROGLIE, General GERARD, and Count MOLE, will, it is said go out. The persons by whom they are to be replaced are vari- ously described ; but the more constant rumours point, among others, to CASIMIR PERRIER, and Marshal SOULT. The Jour- nal des Debats of Tuesday states positively that M. GUIZOT and the Duke de BROGLIE had resigned. The agitation that prevailed in Paris in the early part of last week seems to have entirely subsided ; no further rioting or placarding has taken place. The declarations of ()DILLON BARROT and of the Prefect of Police, backed by the formidable display of the National Guards, seem to have produced their intended effect of quieting the fears of the mob that the Ex-Ministers would escape punishment. There may be some difficulty in bringing their crimes under such a category as would warrant condem- nation by a jury of lawyers ; but, tried as they will be by a popu- lar tribunal, there is not much reason for anticipating too great attention to technicalities where they stand in the way of substan- tial justiee. General LAMARQUE'S mission to Angers seems to have excited in that quarter of the kingdom some degree of anxiety, which the advocates of the new government are desirous to remove. We imagine that it is not among the present inhabi- tants of La.Vendee that the exiled family will find many adherents. The feudal reverence with which every thing royal was regarded in 1793, no longer exists in any part of France. With all its public severity, the sway of BONAPARTE was felt to be beneficial, by the relief it afforded against private oppression. It was in this way that the chain which had bound the Vendeans to the old monarchy was gradually weakened. It is true, that under the Restoration, their immunities were continued ; but even the Roy- alists of France cannot help perceiving that the tenure by which they are held would be insecure under a second restoration, made purposely not to confirm, but to subvert the liberal institu- tions of the country. The Funds are still low, and they will probably continue low for a long time to come. The French journals complain of the atteinpts made by the late residents at Lulworth to disturb the peace of the capital. It is asserted that the numerous orders and commissions sent over by the Duchess de BERRI for the sale of the property, are no more than excuses for communicating with the handful of Parisians who still cling to the cause of CHARLES and his grand child. By the arrests of the rioters of Saturday and Sunday, the new Govern- ment is said to have been put in possession of some important in- formation respecting the Fauxbourg St. Germain, and that the Royalists of that fashionable quarter are in a state of consider- able uneasiness in consequence.
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