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rat a fiefrrmiited subject, they pretei in. I mote eilan italearv,, awl t.itirin f utt peiiod'r.atit.e
yoke the inirridire ?
the- ease it should tie ins- • has advanced pre' repdvely in consolidating the ari-
linctly ; for it ntivlit not to be prepaged .
vantaget of her new-bons Constit 1111011, ill °lVillg hfe
what wisdom the. King wrthl disphy iii a privy).
scrip activity to her trade, lu Ali quiritvg the couti-
sition Inc dining that which to him might appear
indipensuble. Bence of ii.rrign 11.41010/, 81111 proportionally
in-
Uururt; the two years that the Liry Mee. creasing the credit rind resources of her govern-
ment: She bas re-estahlislivil a numerous ip„,l
tions been execrited, has the cotsvocatimi l'tf the
well-appoiii•ed army, has brought her finances
Colleges nt the chief town of the Department been !
attended with inconvetireirries which demand prompt
i
remedies? No; every thing was conducted with "1" " 'vst"l"'lY °rgatilsed system, and her people
lacilitv, cairn and decorum. It appearseven that, [legit, to acquire a taste for the enjoyments of peace
in this point of view, as in man) others, it may be arid liberty. We hove witnessed the regular meet-
said in reference to France and England—Litton' hugs of the Legislature, And the itopresentative
la/loran.: contrari:t. At the same inoinentlltat Budv has been twice partially renewed under the
elections at the other side of the Channel displayed •
present Law of Elections. It would be difficio.l
scandalous and violent scenes, ours seemed to have I
opened a career to French urbanity, and to be. this picture, the fidelity of which our readers can
nevolence further resources for its exercise., I appreciate, to discover any sufficient motive fur

" Nevertheless, as one inconvenience of the as.
...folding of the electors at the chit f town of the
department, it is represented that a third of the
electors had no share in the last election•,
" Your Committee looked in vain for proofs of
this statement. Since there have hea elections in
France, the number of voters 11;1% never been in
considerable, in proportion to the number of el:c-
tors. as at the last elections.
" But during two years, has lint some contin.
gooey interferer! to interrupt the harmony of the
law ? Not one has been represented. The only
complaint is, that the extension abeady se liberal,
of admitting to the rights of elective franchise eve►y
citizen who pays for a patent 300.fratics, is become
the source of the most shocking abuses by the mode
of collecting this tar. As it is !mid by twelfths.
and that a determined time is not required, to ac.
quire by this channel political rights, it follows.
say thee•, that NO individitil may, by once paying
25 frame, vote in an electoral assembly.
" Your Commission demand where, and in
what Electoral College individnals have been re.
ceived, who have only been recently subject to the
t.sx on patents, and have only acquitted the twelfth.
Nothing of this nature, for instance, took place in
a here four patents only view delivered in the
interval between the convocation and th•rnlution of

a sudden lan intl.-I-41 could d proposi-
tion to that effect emanate Irons any body of meta
nithin France, hut from the Ultra-Royalists
or the I:ltra-Jacobilis, who alone are dissati•tied
with a hwitcd Momitchy : the one, because the
Court no longer present* a scene where the mere
prostiiiit ion of every honourable sentiment, and the
putty intrigues of a courtexan's chamber, aflordrd
the ready means of wealth nod power ; and the
other, beetinse the growing attaelimetit of the peo-
ple ton form of government r alculated to eosiire
the public happiness, oilers on prospect of another
Revolui. .
It is very possible that the Law of elections tnny
be capable of some modifications ; but the state of
public feeling does not at present admit of enter-
taining the question. The Report asserts, that tire
existing law is dear to the people. Was it then
wise to meddle with an institution s.:tictified by
their approbation? If laws be made for the peo-
ple, by the people must their merits be determined.
The apprehensions of the Commission, that the
law could nut be touched without danger, seem to

the Electoral Collee. Awl, neriltheless, it is
from is, and on the occaiim of the Elections of
that the first cries emanated against the
■buses of patents."
After dwelling upon the th-ficiency or all PrOelf
or the mischiefs attributed to the ioesent Law or
Elections, the Report states, that the Commission
hail anxiously iiireAigated the di-Nils which hod
been adduced in support n 1 its moilitic.ition, and
concludes by regretting th.it men should have ex.
cited general alarm by entertaining notion• of e tar,.
Berated mid unfnutirled evils, earnestly recom-
mend the Chaniber to hear the f VOI
ball been so strongly and energetically reechoed
from all quarters of the kingdom.
rims, MARCH 20.
On tie 17th inst. the King presided at IA Conn.
cil of Ministers, which lasted from one o'clock
until live.
To-rla3• (Saturday last) his Majesty, seated on
his throne, awl surrounded by their !loyal High-
nesses, and the Grand officers of the Crown, will
receive the Persian Ambassador.

be coislirated by the accounts we hove recently
seen from several parts of Fraace, ahi6i spoke of
violent agitations basing arisen in consequence of
M. De BARtHELEMY's proposition. Petitions to
the Chamber of I)eputi.!.l were activoly prepared
against the proposed alteration, and the recent
alarming disturbances at Nisuirs have been attri-
buted to the some cause. To these agitations the
Report alludes, and thereby stems to confirm the
opinion it expresses against the Resolution of the
Chamber of Peers.
The qaestion will give rise to some worm dis-
cussions in the Chamber of Deputies. Seventeen
lletitlieis inscribed their names for the purpose of
speaking in favour of NI. I)E BARTHELEMY'S pro-
position, and fifty-five for the purpose of speaking
splint it. Among the former we find the Count
De LA BOURDONNAYE, and MM. CORNET
D'INCOHAT And DE Vti.hrt.c. Among the hitter

It is asserted, that the Divan conceives some
alarm on the journey of the Persian Ambassador to
Europe. The forte dreads a too strict alliance
between the Schell and the three great Powers to
whom 116 Minister is accredited. . .

MM. LA FAYETTE, NlsNr:Er,, LAINE, DE VII.-
LEYEQUE, and LAFIETE. The debate commenced
on Saturday.
Tranquillity is said to be completely restored at

..... ............
The name of M. Larne i. those inscribed
opium the Report of the (.:ontrni.sion on the pro-
proition of M. de Barthelemy.

Nisms., but a Proclamation published there by
the Council of the Prefecture and the Mayor, re-
preserits the disturbances awl the state of the pub-
he mind as threatening very serious results. It
state, that numerous bands of men, armed for the
most part with large sticks, assemble in the public
places, and usually parade the streets until ten
o'clock at night, atria that the authorities can with
difficulty succeed in dispersing them ; that the
quArrek which have taken place are indica-
tions of a ferment in the public riiiiitl, which but
for the exertions of the authorities might be
attended with dreadful consequences ; it then for-
bids person* above the member of ten to meet to•
getter in the streets : the curfew shall for the fu-
torr lw rung lit nine coffee-houses, ta-
verns, billiard-ronms, mid places of public retort,
hr doed at that hour, and all private houses
shall lie shut up at ten o'clock. These are severe
measures, and iiiihoite the magnitude of the evil.
The following is the state of the Funds :
ou the 1711,, Fite per Cents. 66 7.10 th fr.; Bank Actium,
1)-)00 fr.

Ou 111 e 18111, rive per Cents. 661, fr.; Batik Actions, 1,500
francs.
On the loth, rise per Cents. 68 fr. 65 c.; Bank Actions,

1;495 fr.

A Flettulers and Ilinnhurgh Mail has arrived
with l'avvr. of recent datev. The following iv an
extract :--

fIAVOITA, WARCR 12.

Pliimptimos cradles hive already arrayed here from Elig-
laud, tur the exprrterl arcouchemeist of their Royal High-
ors-es the Duchesses of Cbtreoce and Cambridge. The
mother of the Duchess of Cambridge is shortly expected here.

Yesterday the Duke of Volta, as Commander-
in-Chief, held u Levee at his office in the Horse
Guards.

The Duke of YORK vistirdthe PRINCE REGENT
yeoettley.
Vis Count CASTLEREAGH and Count MUNSTER
had audiences 4.f the PRINCE HEGENT yeptetdity.
Yeattrday the LORD CHANCELLOR had u long
sudietwe of the PR/NCI: REGENT, et Carlton-hou*e.

The Hight Hon. CHARLES CHANT. the 3 winger,
of %Viitertiish, Chief Secretory to the Lout Lien-
tenant mill General Governor 111 lieland, is re-
tousled to ►erve in Pothenn tit for the Shire of
invernevs.—/Gozeire./
The'Earl of CARRICK hos been elloven a Repree
Peer of Irtheittl, in Ilie loom of the lute
Lind NHR'IILAND.
1.01,1 H BEtttAV►:N 19 elected one of the sixteen
.I'.etv of Seto nd, in the r of the late Berl of
Eiuttm. The F.vtl of WWI the other
votes wrie—for Lord BEttiAv
IEN. '29; fur the !•:,rrl vf St.l4Littlg, 19. .