The National Register.
London, England, 1817-01-27 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGIMR.

ings of our government. If the speculati9n be a suc-
cessful one, can it be supposed that. Messrs. Baring and
llnpe will divide their profits with the Cabinet? ter-
,tainly not. If on the other hand, such a loan be dis-
agreeable to the feelings of :my person in this country,
why blame the Government, who have nothing what-
ever to do with it ?

Since writing the above, we have received the
Paris Papers a Wednesday and Thursday. They
are of sonic interest, as they announce the tied-
nitive arrangements with regard to the organiza-
tion of the character of Deputies. The question
to be derided was how the chamber should be
removed—whether after a certain period the whole
Body should be dissolved, and all be sent back at the
same time to their respective constituents—or whether
only a determined portion of the members should va-
cate their seats by rotation at the end of each year.
The latter mode has been ordained by the King, and
from the minutes of the chamber which we have insert-
ed, it will be observed, that by an ordinance of his
Majesty, the eighty nine Departments are divided into
five equal series, each series is marked by one of the five
fi,..st letters of the alphabet ; balls with these letters
impressed upon them, are thrown into an urn in the
presence of the Chamber, and according to the order
into which they are drawn each series goes out. Thus
the Chamber will be renewed by fifths annually, and
while all the advantages of an elective Legislature arc
retained, the inconveniencies of a general election ate
avoEed. We give an article from Madrid, dated the
9th instant. It furnishes nn detisive intelligence with
regard to the capture of Monte Video. It represents
of course, the 'prospects of the inhabitants as desperate.
It is said, Unit agents have arrived in London, from the
North American Patriots, for the purpose of inducing
half pay officers of the army, and the navy to join
their cause.

An article from Nuremberg states, that at the
solicitation of Bernadotte, the Emperor of Russia
has requested of the King of France to send an
Ambassador to the Court of Stockholm. It app,:ars
that Louis has not yet recognized the dignity of the
Crown Prince, although his restoration to the throne
of his fathers was materially assisted by the conduct of
that General nt the celebrated battles of Leipsic. From
the German papers we learn, that the territorial ar-
rangements between Saxony and Prussia are at length
about to be perfected, at the earnest instance of the
Austrian Court. To the latter empire it is of course
an object of serious importance, that no subject likely
hereafter to originate any dispute, :lan remain unde-
cided among her neighbours.—The Princess of Wales,
it is said, will pass the approaching carniral ut
It is officially stated that the plague has broken out at
Tripoli.—Meetings for Parliamentary Reform have
been held this week at various places, both in the me-
tropolis and in the country. That theie is some room
for reformation and improvement in the House of Com-
mons, no man will deny, and we fully agree with those
who contend that all unmerited pensions and sinecure
offices should be completely abolished ; but we are by
no means disposed to approve of the plans which would
extend the elective franchise to all men over 21 years
of age. We fear that this would open a field to in-
creased corruption, because the distress and ignorance
of the lowest orders would eventually expose them to
temptations which they would not resist, and to impo-
sitions which they could not detect.
Louis, &c.
1. The 66 departments of the kingdom are divided into five

" During the session of 1816, the order in which the five series
a'l hr called upon to renew deputies shall, be determined by lot.
"3. The five series shall be placed according to tl•e lot, and nun..
bled ; the first drawn shall be first renewed ; the (idlers successively,
a cording to the order of their numbers.

"Dated Nov. 27, 1816. (Signed) • " LOWS."
A table annexed gives the five series, three consist-
ing of 52 deputies each, and two of 51 each.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIE6'.—SITTING OF THE 22D OF JAN.
M. Royer Collard, one of the Vice-Presidents, filled the
Chair.

A letter was read from the Alinister of the Interior, an-
nouncing the mode in which the members would go nut by.
rotation. The eighty-six departments are divided by the
ottlinanee into the series, each marked by one of the five
first letters of the alphabet, A, 14, C, I), E. A list of them
thus marked and classed, not alphabetically, but so as to ex-
haust the whole of the Deputies in five years, Was this d•iy
presented to the Chamber by the Government, and the Ch
tnt-
brr proceeded to deride, by lot, the order in which the dif-
fereat series are to go out.
'I he Viii -,,resident deposited in an urn, in view of the
Chamber, five balls, each of which had inscribed on it one of
the live first letters of the alphabet, A, /I, C, 1), E.
M. Blamptari de Hailleul, one of the secretaries, then FR
cessively drew the 5 balls, which made their adpearanee in
this order, C, D. E, H, A. It was therefore annonnerd th.t
the members of the departments placed under the letter C.
go out at the close of the session 1816; the next leant &wish
iu svcesaiou till the cud ct. 3 5Ch)iOM. The ciUmeiitt thus

JANUARY 9.7.

continues constantly full, and there are only partial elections
going on in France annually.
In the list of the members going ant at the close of the ses-
sion, but may of course be re•cicrted, we bee Messrs. Try,
Pasquivr, IHlart. De Scrre, D'Argenson,
A mesrage was then received commonicating the King's
orders, that the Chamber should proceed to choose a list of
tive candidates, out of %%honk the King might choose a new
President, in We room of M. Pasquier, called to other func-
tion•.

The Chamber proceeded to the olection, by ballot; awl
the following was the list of candidates chosen: MM. de
Set re, !tame, Fagot de llama, Belton, and Rover Collard.
91:e. Chamber then in ale some arranneutents in the order of
their business, and adjourned.
Mannin, JAN. 9.--. Our Gazette is stufA•d with nothing but ad.
dresses. The Government seems busy in sending off reinforcements
to oar different colonies threatened by the insurgents; we helie%e
that, generally speaking, the cause of the mother country is far from
being desperate; but the Ministry affect to publish nothing without
official dispatches. It is certain, that both in South America, and
in Mexico. constant jealousies among the insurgent chief, nearly
paralyze their efforts; and the capitals are all 'Vended by firm and
vigorous governors. The insurrection devours itself. Artigas, on
the river Plate, does nut choose to fight under the colours of Govern-
men', and the Portuguese and Buenos Ayres troops take advan-
taNe of these divisions to extend their enterprises. A crowd of
adventurers flock to the insurgents, of whose tunnels they
arc ignorant, and w!,cr only receive to expese them to the first fir: ,
racy cannot agree together; what can foreigners hope who do nut
understand even the language?
There seems to be no truth in the report that the King of Portu-
gal nuns to return to Europe.

A French paper states, that Mr. Mnnme has been
elected President of the United States, by 17(1 against
40. The King of Sw•calcu is said to LC dangerously

By au American ship from Sumatra, and last from the
Isle of France, we have received the melancholy in-
telligence of the burning of great part of Port Louis, in
that Island, on the .25th September, by which the great-
est wealth and resources of its inhabitants have been
consumed. Dispatches have been received from Gen.
Farquhar by General Don, to be forwarded to Lord
Bathurst.
PORT-Au-PtuNcr.—Captain Henfield, of the brig,
Sa ah, reports, that the latest accounts from the Spanish
Main represented the affairs of the Patriots in that
quarter to continue successful. A vessel had arrived at
Port-au-Prince, with an invitation to General Bolivar
to return to the Main and resume a command in the Pa-
triot army. Barcelona and Cumana had surrendered to
the Patriots, and (araccas was reported to have been
evacuated by the Roialists.
On the dissolution of the present Parliament, it is
understood Mr. Curran will offer himself as one of the
candidates for Westminster.

r FORM.—The Dublin Chronicle received yesterday,
informs us, that the Common Council of that City,
have divided, by a majority of 20, to petition the Par-
liament for a repeal of the Union. An attempt was
made by the Giffard party to carry an anti-reform
measure, which was defeated.
Lord Sidtnouth has addressed letters to the Loral
Lieutenant of the counties of Chester, Leicester, and we
believe, to the Lords Lieutenant of several other coun-
ties, recommending the enrolment of the inhabitants
as Special Constables, fhr three months at least ; and
also suggesting the propriety of the Yeomanry Corps
within the county holding themselves in readiness to
assist the civil Power at the shortest notice.
In the night of Saturday week a Russian gentleman,
charged with dispateles for the Russian Ambassador 11
here, was stopped between Abbeville and Montreuil by
an armed banditti, who robbed him of his watch, money,
several packages fir the Ainkssador in London, and all
his effects, excepting the dispatches, which, in the most
spirited manner, were retained. The robbers were
about 12 in number, and it is supposed intended to have
attacked the diligence from Paris. The packages, it is
said, contained some valuable presents from the Dupe.
ror Alexander to the Prince Regent.