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PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS. MARCH 3.

The King transacted business Ira evening with
the Chancellor, and subsequently with the Marquis
Piesident of the Council.

It as amiounced by au Ordinance, dated the Id
of March, that his Majtuity has nominated several
new Preis, among whom are—The Duke d'EscliK-
oae, Grandee of Spain of the first class, the Mar-
quis de St. Simon, Lieut.-Generals Maurice, Ma-
thieu, Dubottoo, and Digemi, Count Germain,
Count Germiny, Count di loudetot, the Marquis
d'Aragon, Count Claporede, Count Chantal (for-
mer Minister of the Interior), Count de hussy (for-
mer Minister of Commerce), the Marquis de Cata-
lina, the Nlarqiiit, de Talourt, l'olonel of the Lan-
cers Li the Royal Guard, Count Trugnet (Admiral,
and former Miiiister of Marine), Baron Bastard de
l'Etatie, Count Portalis, the M:tr,1 Disinpierre,
the Moguls d'Aelosse, C t tie Montalivet,
Liteut.-Greeral Itetue. Count Pelet de la Leaver,
Count Grainenolii d• Este (Niviiiimr of the Chamber
of Delimit-) —ll, all '23 Peers.
1 hey sre.ik also of the rceal of the Peers re-
rtnevett by the (Orelinatier of the el.ttli of July, 1815,
res. the C 1 Cletnent det Res, the Count Colehrei,
Count Coneuelet, II c Mareeleal Doke of ()music,
Count dr Latinit-Nlaulsourg, the Duke de Muslin,
the Duke de 194.1a:wee, the Marshal Duke d'Alhis-
f ea (Sachet), the Marshal Duke de Conegliano
( %loner)), the Allareelial Duke de Treviso, the Duke
de Cadets.. the Congo de Moutesquiou, the Count
Belliaid, 411141 some others.

CHAIIIII3I DEPUTIES, 11Ascii 3.
IN St CULT LOSIMITII.L.

51. Lafitte ascends the tribune and devrlopes
the propositiou of which he had read the conclusions
in the sitting of Monday lust, relating to the Lusa
of Hellions,. Ile timices the alarms that lima
been excited throughout tell France by the par
position made in the Chamber of Perri (by M.
13artheleut)), and the injurious effect it luau pro-
cloyed upon the public credit. lie gives every
praisse to the Ministers, who have openly
.rk-
lrre•ard their ispiisimur that no Eli isige should be
made in the Lam of Elect . There VI lib nothing,
then-fore, to be moire(' of the (lover 44444 eist, but
it is right that the wish of the Chamber should be
kilos's'', throughout France, without waiting Ilia
ohm fuirns which should he observed, brlure the re-
whom's' of the Peers could be defeated.

The Keeper of the Seals applsitili the inteittiosis
of the Honourable Speaker, but bus proposition is
lireinsturr. Iu su occasiou such MS lhiN. 11 is par-
ticsihirly tlesilable to follow the forum prescribed by
the Can't it ut • .

Al. Louie, in a brilliant .nd vatmpuraprous

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speech. tionsts on tne liberty that appertains to the
Members of the llereditary and the Elective Chitin-
bars to make every proposition tending to amelio-
rate the laws. The alarms of which the first speaker
had spoken are vain. A nation much inure wealthy
than ours has seen failures multiply. and has also
experienced in its funds a very great deterioration.
AI. mute then noticed certsin modifications, of
which the Law of Elections is susceptible, and con-
cluded by opposition to M. Lafitte's resolution.
Several other speakers delivered their opinions.
and the discussion mi the proposition was closed.
Soule further conversation arose on matters of form,
and the Chamber finally passed to the Order of the
Day.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,

MONDAY. MARCH $, 1819.

The Paris Papers of Wednesday end Thursday
last, which have arrived at our Office, are somewhat
more interesting than usual. The proposition made
in the Chamber of Peers by M. DI BARTHELEMY,
relative to the propriety of making certain changes
in the Law of Elections was adopted by the Peers
on Tuesday last, by a majority of 43. On the fol-
lowing dry, M. LAFITTE, in pursuance of a pre-
vious resolution of the Chamber of Deputies, was
permitted to develope his proposition for eta Ad-
dress to the Crown of a directly opposite tendency,
declaring the maintensuce of the Law of Elections
unchanged to be necessary to the safety of the
Constitution. In his speech, M. LAFITTE attributed
whatever of commercial distress now prevails in
France, and the recent fall in the price of
Government securities, is the alarms excited
by M. DE BARTHELEMY'S proposition, and warmly
urged the Chamber to express its opinion de-
cidedly on the point, to determine the pub.
lic anxiety. In this he was strongly supported ;
but the Ministers who were present, although they
wholly disapproved of the resolution of the Peers,
and declared their determination to oppose it, re-
presented M. LA FITTE'S proposition as premature,
and riteommended the. Chamber to await the com.
m u oicat ion from the Peers, according to the regular
fermi., before it expressed a decided opinion. The
majority concurred iu this temperate view of the
question, and passed to the order of the day,
which has the effect of getting rid of the sub.
ject, without the necessity of expressing the
sentiments of the Chamber, Io the mean time
e Royal Ordinance has been published, by which
twenty-three Peers have been appointed, with re-
ference, it may be presumed, to the determination
of this matter. Such a measure had been expected
as a device of the Illittisters for crushing the pro-

position.
The Moniteur of Wednesday contains an Ordi-
nance of the KING. dated the 28th of February.
It recites, that the deputations from the Depart.
motto of the Finisterre, the Rhone, the Sarthe,
and the Lower Loire, have become imperfect
by the election. for other places, of MM. MA.
NUEL and CAMILLE JORDAN, and by the resigna-
tion and death of others. fur which cause it sum-
mons the Electoral Colleges of the►e Departments
to assemble out the 25th of March, for the purpose
of choosing deputies.
The 5 per Cents. were. Oh Tuesday, 68 f. 40 c. ;
Batik Stock, 1,487 f. 50 c. On Wednesday the
5 per Cents. fell to 67 f. but closed at 67 1. 50 c.;
Batik Stock rose to 1,490 f.

A Flandrra Mail arrived last night with Papers
flow l;ru►vtls to the sth instant. The following
are extracts :--

lIIIUN, FEBRUARY 1?.

The Officers who have Leen so long imprisoned, and who
were implicated in the conspiracy of Lacy, Kenovales, and
Purlier, will at last be brought to trial, which they have
constantly solicited, but have not till now been able to
obtain. Among them are several brave officer., who have
more than once shed their blood in the field of honour in
defence of their country. There Is reason to hope that this
consideration, and the long confinement which they have
sidles ed, even supposing that their conduct has not been
free from reproach, will have great weight with the tribunals
before which they will be tried. As fur the plot at Valencia,
we learn that several individuals who were arrested at the
begi iiii ing have been set at liberty, but that there is still a con-
siderable number in the prisons of that city. The Govern.
mint continues to observe a profound silence on the situa-
tion of our Colonies; we no More know what is passing in
Peal, Chili, and Mexico, what General Morillo is doing,
than if those vast and rich countries had no connexion with
the mother country. Even the commercial letters are rare and
insignificant ; its the last of them there is a tone of uneasiness
little calculated to inspire confidence. We have the cruel
certainty that several vessels laden with troops and arms for
America, anti others coming to Europe with rich cargoes,
have been captured. Thus the merchants suffer enormous
losses, and are in continual anarchy.

WIFSKA, YESRUARY 20.
Field-Marshal Baron Koller, who areumpanied Napo.
k•un from Fontainebleau to Elba, has arrived here from Italy.

Acrouuts from Rome say, that by virtue of a commis-
akin whirls Cardinal Fisch tins received hum St. Bekaa,
Madame Letitia Bonaparte has sent thither a complete set
of plate, anal tither Oflilliments necessary fur a chapel, the
value of which is estimated at many thousand a udi.—
Two Fecleaiasties, tine of whom is invested with thu 411t-
amity of a Bishop, as sell as a cook, and another permit,
are also said to liars departed to St. littena. It is added