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....-,_ 711ENCII PAPERS. PARIS, DECEMBER LI. the King heard mass yesterday, in his apartment. Two regimeits et the Guards are to march imme diately to go too garrison—one at Caen and the other at A 1111.7.11 S. Twenty-five Deputies have inscribed their names to speak sgaiiiiit the..Electit n_Project, and fifteen in favour of it. , It is understood thfi the proposition of the Baroo E r nout the Chamber of Deputies, which is to be discussed in Secret Committee; relates collie la Colonies. The case of M. de Fargues, who was Lately ad mitted a Member of the Chamber of Deputies, is rather a curious one. He was elected before he was 40, but did not present himeelf for achniisigis until he . was turned that age. The word in the Charter is admitted, not elected, which, if not a ltered may give rise to in conveniences. The Journ.il des I):3(sts has a hog article, in which it notices, that in various towns ot France the Ma. e oeracy are forming Societies, and opening Subscrip tions :••• o f the Nor. It leptObatell, how., ever, one mode gel., •estated to, n.irnely, that of l l forming Storer if Reserve for ete s ipply of local wants. This practice, it justly observes, by increasing the competition among the buyers, only tends to enhance the price of ohe Commodity. We learn from Constaetinople, undir date of the 10th November, tl.at M. de Ita;insky, the Russian Ambassador, has left that capital in a Russian vessel of 21 guns, and sailed for Leghorn. Nineteen persons are about to be tried by the As size Court, charged with having assOciatto for the commission of burglaries in Paris. Yesterday morning, a woman, living in a street be w - hind the Temple , in a su d d en fit of phrenzy thre two of her infant children from window on the third storey, and next threw herself. The children were taken up dead, but the mother was alives Mademoiselle GEORGES, the actress, who was fined 8000 francs 'or absence witholit leave, has sent iii her resignation to the Committee of the " ThOatre Franeeis:" if accepted, it will not have effect for a year. She loses also her pension of 1200 francs. FRENCH LAW OF ELECTIONS. The following is an analysis of the projet now be fore the Chamber of Deputies on this subject : M. BORDEAUt in the Report made to the Central Commission, stated, that the principle of a direct con tribution of 300 francs to entitle to the right of elec tion was the .only compass by which to steer in the analysis of the different plinsthat e ltad been proposed, and that in order to keep the question in view, it was necessary to confine the discussion to two principal points—" Shall there he electi o n s b y two de g rees, or direct elections by one degree only The election by two degrees comprehends too: Electoral Colleges ; the first' for the choice of the electors, and the second for the nomination of the deputies. With respect to die Electoral College, some have proposed to assemble in the Canton all those who pay a tax of 3W francs, and from them to choose the Electors for the ,Department, in number propor tioned to the population ; and they contend that these assemblies, Irons the smelitiess of their numbers, wnufd be mere exeerlitious in their proceetiingse But on the other hand, it Mi g ht lA. that itursooe would operate with a degree of activity, in propos. lion to the narrow limits of its sphere of action There is also a political objection, that in many Com munes, as well as Cantons, the number of persons that pay 300 francs is so small, that it would be a matter of ridicule t 3 unite them into one body. Be sides, even in Cantons where there are a sufficient nunibrr of persons that pay 300 francs, Electors of the Department would be nominated less by the election of themselves than by the exclusion of others. In some departments there are not from two to three hundred persons who pay 3uo francs, and con sequently all having a right to elect, the electors would proceed directly to the nomination of Depu ties, while in more populous or more opulent depart ments there would be an election ley two degrees. In many departments the number of those that pay 300 trams would not exceed that of the electors for the department, generally by more than a half, and in this case there would be less a principle of election than of exclusion. The assemblies of the district will be more liable to influence and intrigue, oa account of the smallness of their numbers. In short, the principle of election by two degrees is so encom passed with difficulties, that it is necessary to have recourse to the direct mode, or election, by one degree., This mode of election is so simple at the first view, as to stand in no need of regulation. it consists of two principles- I st , Th at all those who pay 300 francs and are of the age of thirty years, possess the right of election-2d, 'Diet these electors ate to unite ot the principal town of Coe department, there to divide themselves into different sections, in order to nominate Deputies. Some, however, have appre hended that such numbers world assemble as to be of dangerous consequence, from their having the are a pp e arance of a democr atic meeting, while other of opinion that the electors taint the country would . not come to the College, and thus that the whole in fluence would center in the populous cities. All admit the difficulty of lodging. and maintaining for many days such a n umber of electors. But the de mocratic a ppearance aecribed to • this form of elec tion, is an objection more specious than solid.— With respect to all the power centering in the electors o f pm pulous cities, it proceeds upon a very doubtful hypothesis, that the country electors would be negligent of their duty, Thet effect, however, could never become general, and in some cases the, preponderance on t he p art of the citiervould ass! act of justice. The essential basis of a Represents. eive G o vernment depends upon the Monet system, and by the direct election a sort if moral responsi bility is formed betwixt the Electors and the Depu ties that ensures the goodness qt toe choice; the first will have more confidence *those tiny elect, and t ne second more authority the exercise of these functions. The principle of th e . law depends wholly upon that of the turret contribution of there hundred francs, as established by the Chance: The Report concludes dsus : That the Commission had at hist leaned to the principle of the two degrees of election,. And had only abandoned it from the con eietteli that it was irtecoacileable with the principle laid down in the 40tb Elia* theSbarter. 11'0 impracticable is 4t of execution. The Courant. sion had thee reve te artedd the advanta to the direct and happy ef ode of slessian, And justly a i fects arising P ir r o e t: it. • VIENN:MDECEMBIRA. Several rich individuals Some yea, ago established The received addition of some very costly machines from England. In the night of the 4th instant, owing to die impru dence of one of the workmen, the edifice took fire, and the wind being violent, made such progress, that, in spite of the proximity of water, and the greatest promptitude of exertion, all the,upper storey, as we de- ll 46 all the machinery w h ich it contained, were s troyed. Great exertions were made to save the ground storey, which was full of inflammable sub stances, and, fortunately, they were successful. The fire, however, extended to the great establishment used for boring of cannon, and which was only separated from this building by a rivulet ; and this snpeih establishment fell also a prey to the flames. It is yet unknown what the extent of the damage may be, but it is supposed to amount to not less than two or three millions. CONSI'ANTINOPLE, NOVEMBER to. The plague still continues its ravages in ills capi tal and its nrighhourhood. At Thessalonica, it has diminished considerably. TRIES FE, NOVEMI3ER 3n. A polacca from Smyrna has carried the plague to Tripoli. CARTA, DECEMBER 7. We have had most estraordinary weather here for some time. On the same day we have had the op pressive heat of summer; a storm, accompanied with lightning, thunder, and hail ; and in the evening, a sharp cold, with flakes of snow, just as if it were the month of January in Siberia. We have had some shocks of an earthquake in the direction of the North. Orders have been given for public prayers in all the churches ; the host has been raised : the relics of Si. Budget• have been carded in procession ; and the Ecclesiaseics have recommended a strict observance of fast ,during the Advent. _ . MONTAUBAN, DECEMBER IL For some days past the markets of ram department have experienced no alteration. Corn is brought hither, and is no longer demanded with that anxiety,', which caused an advanced price in the midst of abort- , dan,e. Tie hectolitre is now at 31 fra ncs, and i t' will soon WI, in consequence of the arrivals which are taking place in the Jiffereot ports of LanguedOc. The cloth manufacturers have agreed to purchase a stock of corn for the use of their workmen, by which means they will prevent any rise horn taking place in the price of bread. THE EVENING sTAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1816. CamsTata , VA T.--Holklay at all the Public 01Ices. If we may credit reports that are circulated with considerable confidence, the plan to be first resorted to, on the Meeting of Parliament, for getting over tiie difficulties of our financial situation, is to raise a Loan of Fifteen Millions, and charge the Interest on the Sinking Fund. If this be true, it may free Mini sters from a little embarrassment for the next year, by enabling them to meet the expenses of the Public Service, and the demands of Sinecurists, without Car rying the system of Retrenchment to an extent which would require the instant abolition of, any of the 'Faxes : but if it be true, the distress of the Country will be greatly agg avatel by the =assn. which wii.l only tend to perpetuate a to id which ought. by every means, to be lessened. If the produce of the Sinking Fund, which should be applied to the reduc tion of some of those Taxes which press most heavily upon Agriculture, Manufactures, and•domestic cora tort—if. we say , the produce ot this Fund, which ought, in sound policy, to be so applied, is to be thus mortgaged for the Interest of New Loans, the effect will be the same as if New Taxes were laid on to the same amount ; for every measure which per petuates the payment of any Tax that might be dis ' pensed with, is just the same in its operation as one which compels the levy of a new Impost. Such a project can only originate in a belief that, 'as some have asserted, the distress in which we are at present involved is only of a temporary nature. In one sense it may be termed temporary, but not, we tear, in the sense in which these people use that term ; it is temporary because it will pass away whenever the load which causes it shall be sufficiently lightened. but in no other sense, Out burthens are in fact our distress. These are convertible terms—they mean L the same thing—and he is * fool who can believe, or attempt to persuade others, that while the load re mains undiminished , the weight will cease to press upon those who bear it. To talk of the distress being only temporary is precisely the same as to say, thrit it exists only in imagination and has no reality. Are the taxes only • imaginary ? Is our great national expenditure only ideal ? When these absurdities can be proved, then it may be abewn that mere palliatives will meet the nature of our present exigencies.—Why will people continue thus to deceive themselves ? No remedy that goes not to the root of the evil. will or can pro duce a radical cure of the malady which palsies our Agriculture, daily sinks our commercial capital, throws our artisans and labourers out of employment, and is turning the balance of trade against us with all the world.—The bulk of 'mankind are generally silting to defer swallowing the physician's preirciip: dos till s.-morrow, but delnys are dangettiiiis' where the health of the patient is concerned. 'Ai milady i may beeping desperate. and the remedy, which, it resorted to in time, migiit have been effie.acions, will then be found useless.—ln one word, reduce the .... taxes or you are fumed. ----. The minor Frett:h Journals of Saturday atrived last night, but contain little of novelty or interest.' In another column we have given extracts of their' contents, also an abstract of the Project of the I.aw of Election, contained in the Monitcur of tlfe same date received yesterday morning. We have received New York Papers up to the 25:h (4 November. An extract which they contain of a letter from St. Bartholomew's, dated the 29th Octo ber, states, that a dreadful fever rages at Guada loupe, of which great numbers of people are dying I every day. The fever is reported to have been brought by a vessel from Malta. and is cAllcd the 1 black f var. At Montreal, on the 9111 ultimo, a severe shock of an earthquake was felt, and on the 16th another smut shock of about thirty seconds duration. SPAIN. Every fresh arrival from Spain confirms more and more the accounts before received of the deranged state of the finances—the absolute annihilation of tl.e credit of the G ivernment. It appears by letters brought by the Mail of yes terday, that a Junta was lately formed in Madrid, Attended by two of the Ministers, and twelve mer chants of the first character, for the purpose of weer. a'ning whether a loan could be effected of one mil lion of dollars, for the securit y and repayment of winch the export duties on wools, as well as the fu cure revenue of the bulls issued by the Board of La Cruzada, were offered in the way of mortgage. The merchants gave it as their decided opinion, that, under existing circumstances, the loan proposed could not be obtained ; and in support of their an swer, they added, that the last year's loan of half a million bad never been completely raised, since no more than 50,000 dollars had been paid into the Treasury. The new loan is required for the troops, who are represented to be in the most wretched si- citation. The Spanish Budget for the ensuing year has been presented to the KING, by which it appears that the arrears of 1815 and 1816 amount to S 5 millions of dollars. A deficit of ten milions also results from a comparative view of the estimated revenue and prc pesed expenditure for the ensuing year of 1817 ; and it is a knowledge of all these facts that has deprived the Gover invent of King FERDINAND of that credit ani faith "hie% many individual merchants enjoy on the Exchanges of London or Hamburgh. We are further advised •of another measure at present agitating in the Madrid Cabinet, which, if it cannot be corseilleted important, is at least curious, when we consider the unbending haughti- Gess with which Spain has hitherto acted towards her revolted provinces of the New World. The utter impossibility of the latter being recovered by the aid of Spanish armies, having daily become more evident, the Council of the Indies has at length proposed to the Kvso a plan of reconciliation, the basis of which is a free trade to be allowed to fo reigners into Spanish America, under certain restric tions. This measure is expected to have a double ef. fect, by first satisfying the wants of the revolted, and then by obtaining the co-operation of foreign nations in their pacification, to which they, would be induced by the benefiti offered. The plan has been referred to the Cadiz Board of Trade, as the KING could not venture to resolve upon it till, the arch-monopolists of that heroic city had been consulted. Their answer, however, had not been received when the post left Madrid, and it was anticipated they would urge more blood and thunder, as they have always opposed any interference in what they consider exclusive right:. Since the return of King FERDINAND, this is the first time we have had an opportunity of witnessing the exertions of the Council of the Indies, in an affair that long ago ought to have called for their strenuous interference, and we sii.cerely hope it will produce some material change of system. — The Colonial policy of Spain has hitherto resembled the system of restrictions adopted by Rome after the Latin war, when several States, besides being stripped of their lands, were interdicted from all relations of commerce, marriage., and councils; soon after which time instances were seen of Colonies peti tioning to be allowed the use of the Latin language. —Equal to this has been the illiberal severity with which the ultramarine provinces have hitherto been swayed, and beyond doubt it was the pressure of such a system that drove them into open revolt; but it is a question whether the remedy is not now tardy, and, at all events, it must be administered•by other hands than those of Spain, since, .after the past, the South Americans cannot trust to her. • The Marquis of LANSDOWNe ha. purchased at Rome, of Luca, BONAPARTIt, the tine statue of flaw, by CANOVA. The PRINCZ REGENT has made a splendid addition to his armoury from the Ire tin of the field of Wa terloo, coesisting of cuirasses, helmets, sabres, and carabines, some of which are beautifully inlaid with silver and steel ornaments. His Royal Highness's collection of ettrierst armour is• now the finest in the kingdom. Letters received from Senegal nsentiop l . that the. *epeditions to explore Africa would leave that settle. litent about the beginning of October. NATAL. M 77 LLICENCE FALMOUTH, DECEMBER it Arrived the Ann, PHILP, in !O days from Q 1 ,1,,, c Sailed the Sandwich, with a Mail, for the Inland. . and Mars, HottsewELL. for Teneriffe. Wind S.s.? PLYMOUTH. DEC.EMBER 23. Came in the Active, TREOARI HEN, from Mal,p, t; Resolution, HUIMItT, from Berbice, for Amsterdam; ; Alexander and Ocean transports , frilm Portsmoun for the Cape of Good Hope. —W ind W. s. W. ' PORTSMOUTH. DU:EMBER V 4. Arrived the Mercury, Croup, from Nevifoundh r d ; Hope, I'vNvox, from Youghall ; and Navi, A po . Rom Janiaii:A. Sailed the Agnes, Rms. ; ch„ r i:: Forhec, MILLER ; and Minerva, SHALT', for L nn d, The Mercury has on hoard the soldiers wh o srtre saved from the Harpooner uansporr. DEAL. DECEMBER 24. Came dnwn Inuit the Itivcr, and remain, Dockeofield Hall, and 1 , 4A-ilt, for S,. Vin:enr: ['dot, for Botaf itt l y i:y l ! A r y r. t .: ); :!it l n to c rn on: Q be u ,! be :r e J 6.... tV ier , l i the M W. S. W. • j+o .rp •ri • rd 1* *D 1.1 0 • : r • i , I Tbt van , C hats , The HARWICH, DECEMBiIt 24. ArT:.ced the Christinla Alida, LANING ; . BI ; and Vrow Gesinz, ilt:t.tnit, with t. ! lit at and from Amsterdam, London ; Henry. 13u:sEti, with wheat ant! OAS, hurl Rout. dam, for Lowden.—Wind N. W. ARRIVAIS. A. the M'ry, ; Alert, Windtr; Conimsvp, Rirt..crds ; Ilarimuny,!oil;; Kemp; aid Victory, 11`f...t1, !ront ; I St wtotindland; itiVett ; and Palinibter , t !u: , l ; Iron) Cork ; iron: Bri,tol; Ifaget.i., r S 4 :::::Pl u e r t:elLabt r ii e gilte rr y t i se .r .e r ‘ ; r 3 S: t u i :e r . .ir t . l ; ru ; Villanson, (runt lianit.ure; D.n —., Pcrvanibuco; Diana, Barra; htiVA tania, Santo+. from Rio Jant.ro; o do and Audorintha, --, from Maraiham . Dor do Pam, from Para; and William, Murch, fro n Ncwioundland. In Iht Tete!, America, /Omer, front Philadelphia; and ?y aws Gabriela, front Surinam. At Cadiz, Dec, Wid:ell; Ids, Weli; and Margaret, Bell, from Loneovi; and Sophia, ()lan& (rem Fredrrickshall. At Trieste, Speculation, Meyer, from Setv.; and Lord Oxford, —, front Cadiz. At Sur.nant, Conic lie* wagting, Buckman, from Amsterdam. At Smyrna, Primps.; Applcborn, from Rotterdam. At Marseilltt, Actve, Alan% from Gar. In the River of Abo, from Undo. At Flushing, Sisters, Dyer, from Loudon. At Figueira,Olencr, (torn Newinundland. At Bilboa, Cale fir, tcn,—...orce, Cape Breton. In the Clyde, Cy c, Ivl'Lauchlair; and Pert. lope, ---, from New Brontwick. In the t xcl (with km rd anchor and cable) 7tclost, Dr lloer, from London. At Ortc.l, Espoir, Duitsct, trait the Havatimit, and William nal Greenwell, from I.oadon. At Helene, Vrow Mugaretc,S k. kes; Vrow Ant?, Herrman, anti Gustal Fresh-rick, kieelltlrd, front London. Yesterday a Court of Directors WAS held at dip East India House, when Captain Y‘ os,Gisc sßAND was sworn into the command of the bhp 'Aid Coat reAgh, consigned to 13ongal direct. The following extract from the Bm3ay Courier, which records one of the quickest viiyAge, s o I n di a ever made, will be gratifying inttlligence to td friends of the passengers - - - — 4‘ Bombay, WednesSay,Aug.7,lBll. l Yesterday,arrived the country sh.p Lard Castle tea ; 11,.Catitain .1. B. LAIN, having let Portennat on the 14th of May, and having consequently per formed one of the quickest vo.yagec iron Englap ever known. The Castlereagh trade tee Island Mamie in sixty-nine days from the Isle to Wight, and but for some light w nds after passing Jothinta, would probably have reached Bombay fel days " The following is a 11. t of the Pi7s.engtits—Mr , . Rohtwei Miss Rawiins, Rev. John Ri..birtroit, Rev. 1 Rawioni, Caput , Grivener, Mr. Main, R. N. Mr. l.riden, Fret Meriner,M Richards, ditto, .Mr. Fawcett, ditto, P.lt. Simpson, writer, sr Mr. Hunt and child." The smugglers who were in the action at Algi have been released tram the Impregnable and Sop ach of them giving a personal bond of :4500 they will not smuggle, or be concerned three years. The late tempestuous weather has been fatal off the island of Guernsey. Three • heen totally lost near 'the same spot, the of Litton, on the western coast. The ere the vessels (the Sampson) from Gibraltar with several passengers, perished. The officer, (supposed Irons papers found on Lieutenant F. M. Soot'. of the 6Uth regi men, two women, and a child, have been the crew of another, a Prussian galliot, escaped ; the crew of a this d, a Dane, wf Fltol4 A CoitiItEsPONDENT." it is colonize the two Islands lying in a direct the Cape of Good Hope to Bass's Straits. Island now being inhabited, it may becot for ships to avail themselves of a ma course, and thereby mad the tempest! s° frequently met with off the Cape. Cui Navy may be serviceably engaged in sage to those who wish to e mi g rate to !and incomparable climate of Nev: Soutl late discoveries certainly placing kin a point of view. We would recommend meet only to permit those who a! e pun, played to avail themselves of this adv Albion transport made her passage ia and eleven days, and a ship lately arri Cipe of Good Hope in siz weeks. Thi Islands being settled, will add much cf the intercourse with New Holland, w 1 from its contiguity to the East Indies an unfit place to lay up a few of our surplus Os war." • The projected Canal betreen Edinburgh sod G l .' Row, which has hitherto been delayed bv vatiot.9 cc flitting interests, is at length about tn bs: can ied it execution, the opposing parties having united in AN ing a plan, the expense of which is estimated at AU 8300,000. This great work wilt of course afford e. ployment to an immense number, ri bourers. It is expected to be complete d in Eve Tears The Students of the University of Glasgt amounting in number to nearly workmen and 1700, met last WI ;n their respective class rooms, and unanima agreed to enter into a subscription for the relief the poor in that city, and a Committee was arP"in for the purpose of procuring subscri ptions. for happy to le.trn these meetings received the sperd, tion of the Prolessurs, who .:so subscribed Ultra in addition to a grant of £ lO5 from the funds of University. The !subscription in Glasgow prom to be very successful. aura Chri , wed sae this We asp' es t • gait '1 its ~~ therein, jll unum vessels b 40 little i LI .ew of one rto Load fit bodies of • on him to 'a• is r n b i ep r n u l l; found. ones n t oa d s ev e . t hdr th rect line f ttn u. Ascet►si► eo ome advito lore souther, k mous %matt is it unemplo, giving s P the beantif th Wales — very desirab 4 to' Gover . 1 nig and toe vanta};e•-G I three mont rived from t The above t•• co:;venience which perha .s would not “wnius ships • ~