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;een . proposed; three gradations have been prop.pieti, primary assemblies, colleges of districts, . , tn(l- - coM gcs of department. ;~~r~: We hare thought it oar, : dutr to. reject the primary Assemblies, where almost 'all the eiti . Zeus are assembled ; in. these cases, they are either tufwiltoOns,.or the citizens Come indiVidually, as we have secs for. years past,- to an office where their . rote is alwamdieta . ted by the Officers who rreeiwelt. This is n6t . ..;tim vote of an 'elector : it „• -3/!Ca vote onjkgested,'n'a'y dictated.- • Sire hare, there.: fore, tholigbfit our dotY to reject the election by three gi•adat ions. . A .yitem hail/ern pregentetl, which admits only of a single step. The name And talents of its author demanil its. att.entive_examination. 'nth - syste m , ..to which -.the district ' colleges, forinctLiii.Cktiiens paying 300 francs= of ta,xes; 'shill directly 'appoint the' Deputies, is se ducing from .its simplicity ;. but ,its results present a number of ineoneenirnees.. • clei•toral vowel- woold,:tiot.Ase :sufficiently tied( r the itt flu-ets:cc' of the,Attpreme,power. The great oillub6 : "olisresideirts,woild ,Rot gixe them the uecesstkq have remarked, the number of in • 16 bilantm taxed ar M . ) italics could, not. exceed 20 ,or individeals-1 : white-, in others, it would be ton 'considerable. Moreover, sortie depattntentS, very rich:and' isopirlou, have tuily.tn'o districts ; , others, fi f e. Bence it would result, .that a- very )ich and populous deptrtment, like that of the Rhone, or the Mouths of the Rhone, would bare , only twoorthree Deputies, White pooree'oepart . news, such as those of the Upper and .14ower 'Alps, would have five. IVe have, therefore, reiected this. plan, and bare combined a College of Canton Avitli the - College of Department. The College 'of Canton will be formed by 60 , Of the Mentheri Council ut District who pays the most taxes, - To them we add the toibtic ftniCtibriaries named in Article 2 of the Ilan. 'Thus ti'n'ge seen, the men euttusted with- education by - the side of the Ministers of all the thristian denominations. Tilt same principles have been applied to the Electoral Colleges of the Department, antl are found, as respects the several candida'es, to ex teT“l themselves over the entire surface of the De partment: - ' I.Ve.coneeived that they ought to-be, in the-first instance, formed of the chief Ministers of religion, of Archbishops and Bishops. It did not appear to its that they otOst to he subjeeted in the ordi nary say to the impost recptired_for the electors, by the 40th Article of the Charter. You well . know, • Geotlemen, it might perhaps be nug.ttory to attempt to impose conditions.— Generally speaking, this sort of - condition being nothing else than a required security, .can the le gislature desire istronger ortnore certain guarantee than is affurded• by the public' and- - .consecrated fnuctiotis with which they ate ineeited.- •We add to these the number of sixty, most ly taxed by the direct- contributions of the de partment ; the ten most taxed amongst , the mann factureri and meretiOuta ; and also, provided they fulfil the conditions required by the charter, the Members of -the General Council, the Presidents of the ConsistorieS, the Judges of the Royal 'Coatis, Attorney-General, &c. (Vi:dc 7th Ar ticle.) 'l'bcir. number,' as alipoititccl by the King, ought to to exceed 250-.; nor fall slinrt of 150. . %re have considered that - the De'piities ought to become eligible-at the age:6f 5- `_tars. Although this, article is ,at variance with the t3hartCr, the ita.ppy tripelificat;nus which - - - ctlta's`alicitly owlet .have induced us pay this tribute - to the actual assewhi'v. .. • " • • - - - . The number-Will be - confornrilile'to the ordon ranee of the, .13[4 but Paiis, •which has reyer, been-rerresented in proportion to its popu tit itv., wilkiert the it'd , litional number of eve. particular taode 'of eieetion has beta demand ed for the commercial Classes-. The ( - Inestian is Amtloubtedty .111)pol - talk, and has been maturely exttinined. We have not, however, determined it in the aflirinat ive. demand proceeds front. an error of reason ing, . The Depaties . being, say the adversaries of our ystetn; almost all proprietors, will naturally be the prote'ctori and defenders of property. Why shn'uld not commerce equally have its protecjors and defenders ? This objection, and others of the same nature, would •be just, if the sum of taxation required from candidates were more considerable, and could only be furnished by the land tax (I'imposi tion fonciere ;) but, from various considerations, the payment of a thousand francs is not deemed an exorbitant qualification. ' in England they require, besides the payment of direct taxes, the possession of a considerable landed property. It is erroneously said, that in England commerce has a special representation : commercial .cities enjoy the electiv e po w er, b ut she Deputies represent the city, and not its coin nierce. We therefore reject the system of a par-. sicular representation of commerce. Ile conduded in these words :—1 address my self particularly to you, who being still.young, have'seen only in your infancy the frighiful mit - les which have afflicted irs. Prepare yourselves the honour and happiness of one day saying, with a noble pride, " We were among those who stopped in its career the terrific car of the revolu tion." These words were followed by general murmurs of approbation, and his Excellency read the plan of ids law. It was ordered to be printed and discussed in the Bureaux. PLAN OF THE LAW. TITLE 1.-ELECTORAL COLLtQES Or CANTON,. 1, There shall he an Electoral College in each canton.— TI .e electors shall be the first 60 persons who pay the most taxes ; 2, the Islemberip of the Councils dinniciliated in the td,llloLlb j 3, the Presidents of Tribunals of the first resort, and the King's Atturnies ; 4, Presidents of Tribunals and Chainnera of Commerce, of the C•mutittess of Arts and Ma nufactures, and Trade ; 5, Justice of the Peace; 6, Mayors of Communes ; 7, Vicars General; 9, Rectors and Curates; 9, Ministers and other Christian persuasions; to, Governors inspectursof Aci;dcakies, Leans of Faculties, and Over- ‘2ers of 11,,yal Collegrs ; •It;. - Mentbert of CoUt4eils wed Nla nag•crs Of ligspitals and Fon dations. No mini eau he an elector tiii he is thirty years ohl alleast. The Presidents (4 the Colleges ate appointed byllie The CotLges are i;otiroked 1;y order of the King% The nuTheruf electors ind that arcandldates iv Pegulated.: by the Kin's ordi9ances, TITLE I 1,--EL.ECTPEAL COLLEGES bEPART. VENTS. The Members of thew Colleges are Archbishops, Bishops, the sixty persons most taxed in "the :departmcntal contribu tion, the ten most taxed of the merchasolsand manufacturers: Also if they fulfil the conditions required,bs the 4Jth Article of the Charter; the Members of the Conneit : General of the Department; e. The President of it;Consistaries General ; 8. The President;tuf the Royal Courts; 4. Attornies-General and the first ;AdrOtatet of the same Courts; 5. The Electors appointed by the Colleges of the CantOnsi. ,The number of Electors is regulated by the King, and. cannot exceed t5O, nor be less than 150. No wan can be .a Member of an Electorate College either. in a canton or department, Unless lie has resided there at le , ist a year, or exercises a public function therein, or pays iu direct taxes there the stun required of .electurs. ll ° there are not 500 persons aged 30 years, and paying 390 francs in direct t2Xe4, their number,shall by completed by the persons most taxed under the sutn 0 . 1300 francs. ' The lilcctorzd Collczei arc convoked hy the- and 'nett at the principal place of the Department. A SelectConialittee of six Members, appointed and pre sided or cr the Prefect, declares tlic list of Electors after autlienticating their titles. If aay object ions are inade agaiiist thri f t decisions, they be'cr:rrieil'bef: o d'hefoe the Electoral Colleges, which pronyunce defitiitivil:• 011 the question. ,TITLE 111.-40 F TIIF. ELECTIoN OF DEP - IfTIES, AND OF THKM{•SUBSTITUTES. 12. Every Departments elects to the Chamber the 'limber of Deputies fixe(l in the Royal Ordinance of the 13th op July, 1816, but the Department of the Seine shall have (if teemDeputies. The Deputies to;the Chamber may he eel' at the age- of 215. IS. The Prefects and Ntilitary Colninandants cannot he. elected Deputies• by the_( trlleges of Dellartinents where they exercise their functions. 14.. Nor any time .accountable to the Royal Treainry, tin out of office, and I.lis accounts hare been examined and ap-, prated. t 5. it: execution 9f the 37th art. of the Charter, the depart ments shall he divided by the King into fire series ; the order Of the series shall be desitnated by lot at the Cl,cos . e of the pre sent session. 'Tint functions of the Deputies of the first series shall 'cease at the end of this session; thoie of the second series, at the end of next session, and ;O 16. The Electorial Colleges, of the first series shall be con voked' before the next sessjon, fOr the election of new De puties. The other Colleges shall be successively con-rOlied according to the order of series. IT ru the event of a dissolution of the Chamber, the new Chamber shall be elect occordirq to the twee...ding forms. Every electoral College" appoints two substitutes, who shall not be called upon to act, unless the Deputies. chosen, delineto act, or die before the- opening of the-sessions, 19. The Deputies may be re-elected indefinitely. 20, The Depnties receive no salary. TITLE IV.--GENERAL AREAXGEMENTS. 23. Nolte can be Elector of canton Or depArtmen , t, onless be is a Frynclunan borer or naturalised; unless lie enjay civil rigfii.s; be must not lx a banlirupt. nor in' a state of isater diction, accusation, nor contumacy.. 24. None can be Elector iu two canto►:a. .two depart theigs at the same time. The functionsof the Elee - tati-are temporary, an4cease with the Session at the Colleges. gii, Their Session C*nnut last longer. than ten day;. 27. The King, if he thinks proper, 'in , Sy appoint their place of Atiecting iii ai•ruther spot than the thief town Of the depart iisnt or canton. elections to Le made by au obsohite majority of rote. 29. The President alOne conducts the internal police of the college. No armed force . Can - be intrOduced into the plate of meeting, nor pOited'at the entrance, without his requh , ition. The Commandant of th.e. armed force is bound to obey the President's orders., So. The electoral Colleges can engage in no other huss;nesc but that for which they are cunvoked. Their sittings art taut public. 3). Theyseparate the moment thevieetions are closed. .. 32. Tbe- Colleges cannot, under any p•retext, cOrrespond, with each other, directly OP indirectly. They cannot confer on ttw Deputies any parikul.sr mission, nor give them orders or instructions. The violaiitorx of the precedi•og article diisolvcs the Col legeoind renders its proceedings 34. The President r charged with the execution of these regulations. 3S. Ordinances of the King regulate the mode to be oh serred in the scrutiny of votes, and other operations of the Colleges that are not bxed - in the present law. 36. The amount of taxes paid may be estimated from taxes paid indifferent departments. The husband shall be entitled• to reckon the taxes paid by his wife, though not possessing property in common; the taxes paid by a widow may be placed to the account of the son whom she shall .choose ; a son-in-law may reckon those of his mother-in-law, awidow, if he has married an only daughter ; a son, or Son-in-law, those of his father, or father-in-law, if the latter - transfer theit rights. The last act abrogates all other laws on the *object of elections. PARIS, DEC. 18.—They are labouring to efface the monogram of Napoleon, which wab placed on the frise of the wall in front of the Chamber of Depraies. 'Phis cypher is to be replaced by fieurs de-lis. According to the Journal de Toulouse, the Duke d'Angoulente we* to quit that city on the 13th, to proceed to Bourdeaux. The same Journal states, that this Prince is expected to return to Toulouse in the month of March next, accompanied by Madame. There is a report in Germany of transferring the •Germanic Diet to Nuremberg. Letters tram Nismes of the 9th import, that the . greatest tranquillity continues to reign in thni city. Commerce is flourishing. The greater part of those individuals ‘vlio had quitted the city have re-appeared, and resume' their avocations with the greatest confidence. Tua iuvestiptiou of the CA3e vclikteritl Drouct is continued by the first Council of the War, and that of General Dabelle by the second. The Decree of the Court de Cassation, whie.l) rejects the Appeal or M. de Lavalette against the judgment which condemned him to death, was liotpublisllett last night. The Marchioness of Chastellux, originally Miss Plunkett, Lady of Honour to the Duchess Dowager of Orleans, died this morning of a pul monary consumption. Orders have been issued, that after the first of January there shall not remain at Paris a single Officer of the Allied troops. These orders ex : tend to all the Officers of the Line, of the Mili tary Administration, and of Health. It is said that Ws Majesty the King of Bavaria !Ms caused an application to he made to,onrSo vereign With a ie'tv to a mitigation of the sen tence upon M. de Lavalette. The pieces (ordnance) are replaced in the front court of the lintel des Juveniles. , 11tic.19.--,The debut of two Boxers from London attracted, yesterday, a great conconrSe of spectators to the Circus of the Franconi they ciimpletely . 64filled ;he exOectations of the •ea dons whn went to see them. Yesterday General Camoaceres was arrested : he was.coothieted . to the usual military inisou of the AMaye. . . The Duke of Luxembourg, Captain, of the King's Body Guard, is afipohited A►nhassador to the Court of Brazil. Madame de Lavalette went yesterday morning to, tile salMiti of the Niqlen the King passed, 'she threw h e r se lf . at his teet to implore the pardon of her husband, but his Majesty, al though much moved, did not accede tc,,ller re yuct. de.Lavalette, it is said, i.s . t)i) longer•at the Conciergerie, but, has .beeu transferred. cetines. t VIiNNA, DEC. B.—The advantages oftheTreaty of Pails of the 20th November . are already felt. Paper has gained more than 30 per cent. rovisionS have become cheaper, and commerce resumes activity. - Grasel has undergone several . examinations. He is frank, ,and Confesses his robberies. without any subterfuge, names and all the information required Of hiw It is thought that he had to do with Jews. a sort of gentry al ways ready to prOat by 0rr...-:-•:iniiks of gala. A Jew,-of Bruno, in . coneeit with his rnistress,-be traved hire. 1-ic will receive the .4,00 P florins. FRENCII FUNDS. 5 per Cent,' 611 f. Bank Actions. .le62if. BRUSSELS AND FRANKFORT PAPERS. LRECEIVED LAST NLGHT.] BRUSSELS, DEC. 16.—linglish Commissioners, appointed by the Duke of Wellington, have arriv ed at Valer.riennes, Comic, and Bouchain, to make all the necessary arrangements for the oc cupation of those places according to the. Treaty of Paris. Thus they will . now shortly be given . The Castle of Bouillon .trte, been evacuated by the French troops, mot deliveved np to those of his Majesty our King of the Netherlands. RetissELs, Disc. IB.—A partof the Staff of the 'Duke of Wellington is arrived at Cambray.— The head-quarters %vitt ,be established there -at the end ..).f this week ; it is already eery difficult to tind lodgings there, most of the houses being engaged fOr the bureaux of the army, as welt as for the numerous garrison which iS• to occupy Cambray.—At an early hour this morning five wag , guns, loaded with chests, containing precious ef fects and M.SS. recovered at Paris, arrived in this• city ; two of them have been unloaded at the Masentn. They contained sever4l effects belong' ing'to our country, and among them, it is ass s ured,,, a great number .of works. which were seized by order of Louis XV. hi 1746. The other 'three waggons arc in the great square, ;ind belong, it is said, to Prussia. Sonic days ago there-arrived a - numbeF of cases, containing papers belOng to our State Chancery-. ANTWERP, _PFC. 16,-4he pictures, the anti quities, and the obiects ui natural historv, be longing to the King of Spain, have .jot arrived here under the care cif Chevalier Mininssi L who was woinidcd at 'Waterloo. This beautiful And rich collection was carried off from Spain by-Jo seph Iluonaparte, and it is especially to the in-,' terference of the Duke of. Wellington that the re storation of it is owing. - This treasure, which, ‘vithout any exaggeration, may be estimatel at above 100 millions, is entrusted to the care of Chevalier Hernatidy, the Spas!' Consul, here, to be forwarded to Spain. FRANKFORT, - DEC. 14.—We have this moment received the news that the 4s - trim' troops have occupied Landau, WURTENIBERG. STUTTGARDT.—...Cin • the 15th NoveMber, the Assembly .of the. States voted an Address of Thanks, .drawn up by Count Waldeck, to the Ar my, on their return from France, and sent it to the Commanding General Count Frauquemont, and at the same time, a copy-of it to the king's Ministers. The Address was as follows . " Right Hon. Goa' nt,—While the States of the Kingdom convey to your Excellency as Com manding General of the Royal Army, on its return from an enemy's country, in the name of the whole country, time feelings of sincere and warm thanks with which every Wurtemberger is pene trated towards the royal warriors, on account of their brave, steady, and honourable conduct, they at the same time perform a duty which is as sacred as satisfactory to them. `-` All ,Wurtember , thankfully acknowledges the meriq.which the Royal Army has earned iu regard to King and Country, to German freedom and independence it honours the sacrifices which the army has thereto made, and it recognises the possession of such brave and universally respected defenders as a part of its finest property. "•While the states of the kingdom fulfil, in the ugnie of thecottotry, towards. uur giceilco7 and the Royal warriors, they beg you to communicate these their e. 11( ments to all the divisions of the Royal Army,, and at the same time to accept per ( sona' fly the assurance of their highest consi deration. " .04tLgar"d, Nor. 15, 1815." To this address the following reply was 'nada by Count Frauquemont : " A letter in the name of the States of the Kingdom has reached the undersigned... " As, however, by previous orders, all imme diate communication of military officers with tfie Assembly of the States is prohibited, 1 have with due submission laid the above 1-etter before his Royal Majesty.; of which the 4ndersigned deems it his duty hereby to acquaint the Prince of Ochringen as known President of the Assembly of the States. "Count FRAUQUEMONT, General of Infadtry." • " Nor, '2'6, 1815 r There is little doubt _that this proceeded entirely :from the Court, fur the•well known character of Count Franqueinont sufficiently guarantees that he would not, of his own accord, have sent such an unseemly reply to an assembly in 'which sit Princes.and Counts, who otiiy 10 years ago Were co-estates of the kingdom with his Majesty, and whoar'e of equally high birth :wi t h hi mse lf. The reasons of this .barsh answer tray evident ly be ascribed to the .fears n the Minister, - lest the Assembly of the States should form any friend ly connection with the army, which - has hitherto appeared to regard the States-General as a htig-• bear, and the cause why none of the English sub-. sidiei, nor French contributions, have vet been given by way of gratification to the troops, and why, in particular, they have yet received nu! equipment money ; although, in fact, the Asstin bly of the States has not hitherto had the disposal Of a sir gle kreutzer, and, with the exeeption.of the Spiritualty, who have had their salary from the politic treasury, has not only maintained it self, but also their Secretaries,,otit of ,their own tueani. I.IILS. AnntvEn- : 1 France, a Waterfuni. Franee I Hai-. iind; I Lisbon, 2llamburgb, 4 GotteulPlr4ll, 1 Guertisti and Jersey, 2 Dublin. PRICE 0 T/113 DAY AT T' Bank Stuck, per Cent. Red. 5911. 3 per CentXuns. stud 4 per Cents.. 7414 bpQr Cent. Navy Ann. shut Bank L. Ann. 14 15-16ths 15 'k' STOCKS 'WELVE o • CLOCE. i. India Bonds, Is. 2s. dii. Excheq. Bills, 3s. dii. Is., pr. ()anum, 13i 14 134 Ditto fur Payment, 14iii I Cuns. fur Opening, 61i/i- COURSE OF EXCHANGE, FRialT, Du. 22. • Amster!Jam ..... —.. Ditto, at Sight • 36 t Au/sterile:kW . . Ditto; at Sight Rotterdam Antwerp ll 10 Exc. M. ' Hamburgli • 34 3 21 U. Altona . - 34 4 24 Us- - i! "then'"" '''' • ' . - 34 4 21 Us. • Paris, 1 Day's Date •. . i - 0 Ditto'- . ' - 'hull de•ttax, ditto - F, aniifort on the Main l'iladrid • 33 Effective • Cadiz 34j - EireGti vir • Barcelona Wiwi' ~. 36 St. Seliastiares • • " 34 Cortinfia . 84 Ciiiiraltar ....._. ~ - 32 Leghorn 4 ' :. 5 , Geff0a...... • ...... 47 ---- V en i ce Malta 4S—Naples Palermo Lisbon.... . . - , . Oporto Rio Janeiro Dnblin .... 13--Curia..... 13 per Cent. • Agio of the Bank on Holland.... 2 Portugal 'Gold, in Coin L. 4 - 2 0 per 0/0 Foreign Gold, in Bars 4 2 0 /ti,,,iii..!ouliloulis .... ..... .... 3 17 0 Nctv te,fllars 0 5 3 HIGH IVATEIt AT LONIMN BRIDGE TO-MORROW- Morning, - IThittuutesafver 8. I Eveniug, 50 minutes after a- TqE SUN • ULYIS DICEUS PALSUAI AIiDEAT ? LONDON. SA TUR DAIY C E .11 R 23. 13t5. We have Frat,kfort Papers to the IGth, auto French and Mussels to the 20th. A very itu= portant law on the subject of the National Elec tions has been proposed to the Legislature bythc Minister VAILELANC. Its motives and enact meats are- clearly developed in his Speech, to which we therefore refer our Readers. if we may judge from the progressive rise of the French' funds, the people are becoming daily more assured of the stability of the Government. II must be observed, however, that though the Five per cents. have advanced nearly 10 francs, they are still comparatively very low, viz. upog a par wi;b our Three per cents. Landau ," 5 been given up to the Austrians, with a 1 . a. " cbryuiose cale. Valenciennes, Conde% and 13 011. " chain, are by this date in the hands of Britons. Phillipeville has been formally annexed to the dam minions of the Netherlands. In short, theTreal of Paris is receiving its execution. LAvAieTT 4 has not yet submitted to his on the contraiy,.it is said, though very improbable, that the King of BAVARIA has interfered in his favour. It wotild: be a strange act of any of the Allies to interpose in any way between the laws of France and the Traitors %Orion' they have given up to be., judged by them. The Austrian Observer has pubi4lied at article on the Treaty signed at Paris on the 20ih of No-; retnher last—an artiVe &i tined, as that paper sap, to corrtet (nu lash and ,hasty opin:on4. 1 ca foi lilt or Nv h belt 2or the care Co/ %tr o 11 , e. c trtE *Or 341 3 7 3 Of ti kiith Full, to 11 .tie tu Crui te st i 330 U; of tl ticid e 'Ve; to rt •11 from e x is t Eillcf to tid e Ptis,,