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PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, APRIL 18.
PROJECT OF THE NEW LAW OF ELECTIONS, Pao-
POSED YESTERDAY IN THE eUAMIRER OP DL•
PUTIES.
Louts, by the Grace MCA. Ace.

We have ordained aad do ordain, that the project of raw
relative to a new mode of eh ction, which we carried to bi
presented to the Chamber of Deputies tra the 15th day of
the month of February last, shall be withdrawn, and ►eplated
by the following project, and that it shall he presented in
oar same to the said Chamber by our Minister Secretary of
Late, &c.

Art. 1. There is in earls department as electoral collies
of Ilse deparhoest, and electoral colleges of districts.
Nevertheleos, lit t►use departments which have hat oast
deputy to nominate, and in that of Corsica, all the electors
shall be united iu a single college.
2. The electoral college of tech department is composed
of electors who are most ►ighly taxed. The number of
members of each college is equal to the Seth of all the elec.
tors, provided that it be not less than lOtt, oor greater than
000, with the exception of the department of the Seise, die
departmental college of which consists of SOO electors.
S. The electoral college of each district is composed of
all the 'lettere'''. tame their political domicile within lM

district, sad *boils sot tortuug to the collep of the dersirt.
sliest.

At all times when there are not more than he electors its
• district, they join midi thuse of the neighbouring district
wipers the college is more numerous, and form with such
electors but tins sod the same college.
4. Each district college nonionic* by absolute majority
as may casdidates for the deputation as the department
has deputies to choose.
If the same candidate is nominated by several colleges of
districts, his electiou is acconated as of that district where
he obtained most votes, sad lie is replaced foe the a►er
districts by the neat eligible person who has obtained most
votes.

b. The electoral college of each departuseut somiaistes
deputies to the Chamber. It rbouses them from 'mous
the candidates uosnivated by the college* of district,.

6. Not itoportaet.

7. lo proceeding to the election of candidates •ad depu-
ties each elector writes his rule 013 the buret., or Caine/ it
to be written by a saember of the bureau on • slip of
paper prepared for the purpose. He gives it to the Presi-
dent, lobo places it in the urn.
Ai tiele 8 refers to the right i f voting derived from certain
species of property, sud Article 9 continues in operation the
dispositions of • law of 1817.

The withdrawing of the former project, •nd the
declaration of the President that the Chamber ac-
kuowledged the presentation or the pr.ject, gave
rise to a violent tumult in the Chamber. Some
members seemed disposed, if in the confusion
they could be heard, to (prelims the prerogative
hitherto enjoyed by the Crown, of withdrawing
whatever projects it may have once submitted
to the Chamber. The President exerted hi. in.
fiuence in vain. Silence could not be obtained,
and the President was at length compelled to
exercise his peculiar prerogative of suspeuding the
sitting of the Chamber for an hour. At five o'clock
the sitting was resumed ; and then, amidst •
re-
newed clamour, the printing of the new project
was ordered, said the Chamber adjourned.
The Five per Cents. ere 741. 16 c.—Bank Ac.
Lions, 1,475 f.

Cams, MARCH to.—The peke. of Gneiss the troops of
the lice against the chases had romillestions, bet the testi.
gators have not sneceeded email maims. On the 10th inst. the
virgin/teat of Valanray, at Xeres, declared forth, constitution;
400 dragoons of the King's regiment, as many sappers from
the regiments of Sufis, at first partaking: hi the same seen-
meats, were afterwards influenced in a contrary sense. Is
the leveeing the latter were iu full revolt, and wished to vet
Ire lo the lows, kill their own officers, march against the
battalion of Valaiteay, Ike. The firemen. of Coluorl Mon.
talvo Tal.ares, and the good diming's* of his rrgonroi, it.
straised the factions, and sued Xeres free a disaster equal
to that (I(Cafilit nearly at the same Sinn. All this soldiery,
thirsting fur blued sad wine, abaudoned the tows is seance-
ed detachnieuts, shear collected, shanks to the wise measures
of the Authorities. The regiateut of Valance, has mace
bees transferred le Cadiz, amidst the acclamations of the
iahabitents. The army of Ls lals observes the Ina
plies, and maintains an altitude as calm as it is heresies.
The ewers of Colonel lafanies is eitreted, met up to
Court to cesium to the orders of the Ling. The premed-
lugs isatiinted agaiast the authors of the snesesue of the
I@lb goes oreeitively. 4jeessral. Freyre, Valdes. sad Cos.
pare, ere at drebendiptarien el Yuri St Mere&

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THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY, Aram 12. Is4o.

. The seventh Parliament of the United Kingdom
of Cheat Britain and Ireland, and the first of hie
,liijesty King GEORGE IV. assembled yesterday, in
Purimnice of his MAJESTY'S Proclamation. A coo.,
siderable number of Members of both Houses took
the (Nth, of allegiance, sbjeratioo, sod supremacy.
soon after two o'clock the Commission was read iu
tire House of Lords, and the Commons being sum.
[netted tb their Lordship.' bar, they were command.
ed in the KING'S name by the Lords Commis-
sioners to proceed immediately to the elective of •
Speaker. The Cannelons immediately obeyed this
injutiction, and their uoaniorows choice fell upon
the Speaker of the Mc KtlionCnt, Mr. CNARLLS
MANNERS SUTTON., The new Speaker will be pre.
rented this day at the bar of the Lords, to receive
the Kixo's sanction to the choice made by the
Commons, and to demand, in the name of tke
Commons of the United Kingdom, the undoubted
rights and privileges of freedom of debate—free.
dam from arrest—free access to the Royal presence
whenever occasion may require, sod that the most
favourable constructiou should be put upon all
their proceedings.

The stteudimce of Members in both Houses yes.
terclay was numerous.

The State Trials were resumed yeoterday at the
Old Bailey before the Chief Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas; the Chief Baron of the
Exchequer, and Mr. Justice RIEHARDSON. The
prisoness expressing their wish to be tried semi.-
ratrly, James lags was placed at the bor, in form-
ing a jury for the trial of begs, the names of those
jurors who had been challenged in the arse of
nisileserrad, either on the 'part of the Crown or by
the Prisoner, were passed over by mutual consent,
and of those who were called, 27 were challenged
by the Prisoner, and 19 on behalf of the Crown.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL conducts the prosecu-
tiun Jags, who is defroded by Messrs. Curt.
WOOD and ADOLPHUS. This trial will, it is
thought, close this everting.

The following notiee of the military operations
in South America, is extracted from a Jamaica
paper. The affairs of the Patriots, it will be ob•
served, continue to be prosperous
stite*rott, rueutaitt 4f.
" The following particulars respecting the ope•
rations of the coutending parties on the MaM, have
been promulgated in this city from Curlicue.
" BOLIVAR took Calaboza on the sth instant,
by surprising MORALES, the Spanish General, who
retired to Ortez, where the former followed him;
and after hard fighting took that place also.
MORILLO was wiwtiog at l'olencia, VI& 4,o(ter
troops, for MORALES and hhonielf I. node their
forces and stakes grand stood. Part of Rouv•a's
division had arrived at Savanos of Ocumare."

We have received Paris Papers of Tuesday last.
Fuither changes have taken place iu the Spanish
Ministry. ARGUELLES. one of the most distin-
guished speakers in the Cortes of Cubs. lies been
appointed .Minister of Grace and Justice iu the
routs of Jose GARCIA DE Tonics, who filled thus
office since the Yili of March last. JUAN JAVAT
appointed Minister of the Marine in the rosin of
Luis DS SALAZAR; and Garcia DS HERRsItos is.
charged with the Ministry of the Home Depart.
intr.( (goßensireitas de In Peninsula/ iii place cf
JACOB PARGA, who had held the office ad interim
for a few days. This intelligence reached Paris by
en extraordinary courier. who left Madrid on the
10th of April, and was directed to the new Spanish
Charge d'Affaires, on the supposition that the lute
Amba►sador, the Duke de FERNAN.NUNik was
on his route from Paris for Madrid.
The domestic intelligence from Paris pos.
acmes no inconsiderable shire of interest. A
New Law OF ELECTIONS was submitted to the
Chatitber of Deputies out Monday by the Couut
Simeon, Minister of the Interior. It profes►es
to be more simple than the former project oa tt
same subject, rad, in consequence of the ad.
vanced period of the Session. to contain no alter-
ations in the existing system, but such as seem to
be absolutely required. The Chamber will r,ottaio
as it is—its uumbers will not be increased. It will
continue, as at preseut, In receive its ; iiiii us' aißt
partial renewals; but the principal object of lhe iniNt
posed measure is to induce a greeter uniiiher #.4
thme who stow enjoy the right of' Election to 'dike
a more aclise part than they ack at present in the
choice of their represeppitiver. Count tirosurt, in
his Introductory speech. obscene that, groviolly
speaking, more than este-third of the electors
abstain from exercising their elective franchise. and
this negligence he attribute.; to their iiiiwillingne,s
to undertake the trouble and expense of a long jour.
airy from their usual places of residence to the chief
town of the department where the scene of election is
holden. To remove this inconvenietace. and bring
the elections home as it were to every man's door,
the project now sobroittecl to the chamber prepares

that colleg.4 of districts shall in all cases ciloow a
comber of candidates equ•al to that of the di-putiea
of their respective departments ; and these calidi-
slates so chosen shall be presented to the colire
of the department, and from them shill the depu-
ties be elected.

A Flanders mail has arrived, with pa;tees (Imo
Brussels to the 18th instant. They furnish fu►.
tiler intelligence of the exertions of the Match moil
tither Ctoititirtital Governments to r.s'r'in rrlhtiuur
The fUlkowing ore extr•te'e
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RRIPtOrI.•, 11.

The Court of Assize met yesterday after ...... gt. AL Vgo der
Straelm read • memorial, in which he protested the ig .... .
cence of his intentions. The Court retired to glehlwrate,
and after two hones consultation declared him godly, end
ordered him to pay a an. of 3,000 florins and cost., and be
set et liberty.

• subscription ►as been opened to pay the mini of 3,000
florins, as well as the expenses of his lung ►uit.

The Coarfitatiottel of Antwerp announces that :114Con-
staatin, the edituri and Nt. Jouatit the printer of that *spec,
have been au ntnioned befoiv a Itiliagistrate, in cons.
II complaint made against hies INythe Prussian tulaairai.or.
Prince Hairfeld, fur having Wanted an article begin:
sing thus—" Germany: Private Correspondence." This sr-
le was taken, word fur word, front the Ceases, Nero-
Na, sod relates to some private quarrels between Pries.
silos Of and ciliates of Coblesta. The article cis•
chides thus : " You may suppose that such orvirresicall do
tvot make us love the oppression odder which we grown ;
sad certainly we are excusable, if we expert that Germany
will also %hew its Quirogs."—Prince Hatzfelil has cousidercil
this article as an insult to the Prussian army, and su ietei.
tatiun to the armies of Generally to rebel against their
Governments.

We learn from Amsterdam, that on the Atli of ibis monde
M. Wibthrt, editor of the Utopia, was trd (this is the
second time) ; also the bookseller, M. rink, Ilse publisher ;
sad M.Spiu, the srietet of that Journal.

APRIL lA,

IL Michel de Brialrnunt, Editor of ibe weekly Journal
The Echo, arrested for having inrerted in tout Pnper +unit
articles extrartrd• from Ike liibliolkelre Ilistorique, is to
be put upon liis trial.
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The Count de Burhols has joss been arrested at I.eirs;e.
This y.,ung man's kilter was Counsellor of Mate sod Geared
Master of the Ceremonies to the Ea-Kisic of Westphalia.
M. de Bocholz has been seat to Berlin so give an account
of his condors. He is amused, mason other things, of
having distributed the Political Catechism.
M. Hsuuner, a yeast advocate at Cubit's.; has also beets
arrested.

Yesterday, at four o'clock, a Cabinet Council
was held at the Foreign-office, in Downing-wee'.
which was summoned by Viscount CAsILEII6AOH.

Letters from Gibraltar of the 2711 i If
_. mention,
that the Government schooner had returned, with
favoniable report of the state of the plague in
Af►ica. The deaths in Morocco did not exceed
200 or 300 daily. In Mogadore they were reduced
also considerably. and were from 12 to 15 dally.
The cordon, established by General Don, between
tile Spanish dominions and Gibraltar, was reinoted
on the 25th of Marcb. and a free iute►cour.e with
Spain was established.
Accounts from St. Sebastian, of the toth. •ta'e
that the different customs in the *evens' polls of
a pain wnnid not he established until the astembling
of the Cortes in July; business, it was expected,
would be inactive till that period.

According to information from Cadiz, of the
90111 ult, the duties on «ine, burins, &c. the moot
unnopolni Measure adopted by FERDINAND, ple-
‘inusly to his acceptance of the Ceiotitution, !we
herti rrmoved by the Onveristnent„ and BIS order to
that effect had resehtd Cadiz. With revert to the
oriotiercial affair', of Spain in general, nothing
Wol,;(1 be (trine until the deliberations of the Cortes
hail commenced.

The United States frigate Macedonian, according
to the Itt.t advice, front Jamaica, after her enrront•e
into the Lott of Callao. in drl•lNucr of it. Itiock:ole
by Lnrd COCURANE, took on board half a million
i.t dollars in specie, and proceeded with them to
Panatela. She there waive ye of her i .iitristimi to
proceed to St. Blast, and offered to take under con.
coy any ships destined on that voyage, f whence
the meditated bringing back her cargo of ►prcte
for the site of the merchants. flis Mak-att..' ship
J'appiiire was to bring the specie from the Illaceda-
hien, alter its traufrit across the Isthmus or Donau,
to Jamaica.

The troop of the 4th regiment of light dmrioons.
which lilts been stationed its the barrack• at Timm-
ton for •nme time. left that town on Monday fur
14irtunigham.
It is rrported that on the lr►r•rntatinn of the
Clinbmilge Univereity Mitres', us MAJESTY wall
he graciously pleased to rearrest that a term he
gi.ro to the members of the University, according
to the u•ssal rumen) nu the muss of a stew
Suvt•teign.—(C helinsford Chromirk.)
It is said that sister the Bank of England has
'keen compelled to pay in specie, there have hero
our three ingots issued from the Bank to the pultl!c.

Among the bizireti Representatives lately chosen
by the Scuts Peerage. we have oh d with prcu-
-I..ir the name of the Kiel of STAHL
itidetietident priociples have excluded I • fur
more than twelve years from l'ailiament ; yet there
use few mru in it who, from public services NMI un-
fisteotalitios d!..ititeresordsiess, have Cleiiiii
an the gratitude of their venom such. lie raised
r,','•,iTet.t American war, d with it
berth America mid the Writ fn.firs. Ile was after-
wards enculoytil as his 3lajesty's Eiiiroy at Berlin ;
hoe upon au.screding to his title and estslro in 1789.
unwilling that i l‘e public should be clewed with the
Priesieni of 2,000/. Iffier annum, to which he was en-
titled. but which wet uo Imager memory to the
maintresatice of his station ;it life, he wrote to the
Treasury to resign it. We hove heard thin the
Board of that (oy were so little eddied by such e
rare example of disinterestedness, that they did not
even dogs, to acknowledge the receipt of the letter.
Lord STAIR, however, whose object was indepen-
totteee mid not popularity, ass contented with haw.
lug relieved the public from the burden. sod him-
self from tbr ohilatiou which such a favour im-
posed.

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P.4SRIONARLR ARRIVALS.

The NI amok me 4 hlerrhimsese of Ch"lenoetleley. wA
Thos•tlay, at sh.ir mirlener see Puctedilly, Guts Ibeir eedr
Ch..hesin.leky Castle, Cheshire.

Earl yesterday. Gronverior House. Upper
Or,iavetit.raiireet. hunt his seat, Eaton Hall. Cheshire.
The Earl of ittwk,utitare. yesterd ty, at Clotho ......ley
Mims,. Mara*filly, from the Isle of %Vied.
Lady Healueute, at Ise, hula.. iu Giuswessur-square, from
rhgloiosi,
laird Ifielbdurue, yesterday. at liis I ..... huus
8. ish 00000 .

I...rdlimy Rood the ?khalifs Towin.hrood, at their luny,*
in tirlisarinn-wriare, fur the season, twin their Real, Frog.
nail. kraal.
ills. and !lie. Itonllr Gray and rimily, at ihrir house in
Oriltriry-sluarr, on, 1,4,1 in Wales.

haw Slittisrll, FaM iis his huthe iu Charice•dreti, Berke.
lepssieilitr,..frosn SCollaml

At "the tislteisity Hoist, Piccadilly snit Lady Ana
Norm., tOM Mtn' 'Wait is Lrieri.l4-r%hier; Jamirs Maxser
Esq. at dine, Irresa Melton Mowhr•y, Lricrsierfilior.
Arrivals at Ike thirendon Moir I, Bond s :—F►ankell
*widish, Esq. frail Groton; Sir John Frrilerork, 114.1. Irunt
Ns real, is Aertay ; Eh. ingion, Esq. from Parisi.