London, Thursday, June 10...
The intelligence from Paris yesterday was of more than usual interest. The reJection of the plan for the reduction of the rentes, wvhich gave such general satisfaotion iif that capital on Thursday last, has ended, strange to say, not in the removal of the Miinister who was its author and suipporter, but in that of another lvho had opposed it. M. DE VILLELE, who sustained the defeat in the Chamber of Peers, has triumphed in the Cabinet of the King; and his rival, CKATEjUBRIAND, who succeeded in his underhand encouragement of legislative opposition, has been turned out, to enjoy his victory with his opposition friends. Pri- vate letters state, that M. DE VILLELE ascribes the failure of his measure to the treachery of his colleague; and as the KING alnd AMoNsiEuR were as anxious as the Miiister to carry through a financial operation, from which the civil list would probably have derived advantage, this double- dealing could not escape with impunity. In the first instance, the Minister of Finance has acted wvith his uisual superiori ty, and has probably gained a permanent advantage. It is irnpocsible, however, as yet to foresee the result. CtRA- TE AUBRIAND retires with all the popularity of having pre- vented the spoliation of the small stockholders, and wvill be at the head of a party by tvhom he is warmly supported, and whom he can powerfuUy aid by his pen; while M. de VILLELE retains office anid the disgrace of defeat. There will, therefore, no doubt, be a severe struggle between these individuals and their friends. lVe lhave as yet little more information on this subject than what is supplied by the Mfoniteur, in which the following decree appeared on Monday:- ORDINANCE OF THE KING. Louis, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, &c. IWe have ordered, and order as follows:- The Count de Villele, President of our Council of Ministers, and M1inister of State of the Department of Finance, is charged ad interimn with the Portfolio of Foreign Afairs, in the place of Viscount Chateaubriand. The President of our Council of Ministers is charged with the exe- cution of this ordinance. Given at the Chateau of the Tuileries, 6th June. LOUIS. The President of the Council of Mlinisters, VILLELE. We order as follows:- Tha,$ieur Marquis de Moustier, Member of the Chamber of De- puties, our Ninister in Swisserland, is named, ad inzterim, Director of the Political business of the Ministry of Foreign affairs, in the place of the Duke de Rauzan. LONDON, THIURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1824.