The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-22 00:00:00

ARTICLE UNIQUE.

1. The nomination of the Members of the Cham-
ber of Peers to belong to the King, who cannot
choose them but among the following classes :
(Here follows a list of the categories from which
the King must name, such as President of Chamber
of Deputies, Deputies, Marshals, &c., as proposed
by the Chamber of Deputies, except in Art. 21. The
commission proposes to leave out the words which
require that a proprietor, manufacturer, merchant,
banker, &c., paying 3,000 francs of taxes, shall not
be eligible, unless he shall also have been, during six
years a member of a General Council, or of a Cham-
ber of Commerce ; the Commission of the Peers pro-
pose to omit this, and to declare that a proprietor, ma-
nufacturer, &c. may be named a Peer by the King,
though he should not hare been member of a Gene-
ral Council, or of a Chamber of Commerce. The
object of the introduction of this qualification was
to prevent the King from naming sons of Peers of
France, simply because they were such, and paid
3,000 francs per annum, and the Peers, therefore,
desire to dispense with this condition.)
26. The conditions of the admissibility to the
Peerage can be modified by a law.
27. The ordinances naming the Peers shall be
individual, and shall indicate the services and titles
in respect of which the nomination shall be founded.
28. The number of Peers is unlimited.
29. Their dignity is conferred for life, and is not
to be transmissible by hereditary right.
30. They take rank among themselves, by order
of nomination.

31. For the future, no pension, nor salary, nor
dotation can be attached to the dignity of a Peer.

The 23d article of the Charter as it exists :

" The nomination of the Peers of France belongs
to the King. Their number is unlimited. He cin
name the dignities. He can vary them for life, or
render them hereditary according to his pleasure."

(Fromt:the Messager des Chambres, dated Deo. 20.)
LYONS. DEC. ls.—The following proclamation was
posted on the 12th :
. _ _

" Hotel of the Mayor of the city of Lyons.

" VOLUNTARY ENROLMENTS.

4‘ We, the Mayor of the city of Lyons, give notice, that
by virtue of instructions from the Minister of War, we are
authorised to receive voluntary enrolments, either to serve
in the army or to join the new corps which are forming
in Africa. In consequence such enrolments will be re-
ceived here from this day forward, from nine o'clock in the
morning till four in the afternoon.
" Lyons, Dec. 12. " PRUNELLE."
The disarming proceeds rapidly at Lyons. A great
number of muskets have been delivered up, and though
we are not able to give a decided account, we think there
must be few arms out of the depots.
" DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND PUBLIC

WORKS.

" PARIS, DEC. 17.

" TO THE PREFECT OF --.

" I am informed, that in a small number of departments
workmen in the manufactories apply to the authorities to
obtain an increase of wages ;—that for this purpose they
hold assemblies, organize themselves into corporations, and
appoint chiefs or delegates. These meetings are an infrac-
tion of public order, they may lead to offences still more
serious, as a recent example has proved.
" I am confident, Sir, that if such irregularities should
take place in your department, you would find means to
repress them. I think it proper to recall to your mind the
laws which exist on this subject. You will not hesitate
to apply them if need should be.
" 1. You know that no law gives authority to tax the
wages of manufacturing workmen.
" 2. The councils of prndhommea have no more juris-
diction in these matters than the administrative authori-
ties. Their office is solely to conciliate differences be-
tween the manufacturers and the workmen, and to decid clte-
tween them if they cannot make them agree; but they
have in no case a right to fix tariffs and such other regu-
lations.

" 3. But if assemblies of workmen or of corporations
have been held, if they have chosen delegates, if the pre-
sent petitions, in which pretended presidents, secre•aries, or
commissioners, make demands in the name of the profession,
you will state to them the enactments of the law of the
17th of July, 1791, which prohibits such proceedings, and
declares them to be illegal.
" You are not to tolerate such assemblies, nor to recog-
nize their delegates, nor to receive their petitions. Now
it results from the laws, that as the workmen and the ma
nufacturers cannot make a corps, there can be no conven-
tion between them binding on the whole profession. Each
individual is at liberty to make a contract at his o arn op-
tion, and the assent of any majority whatever cannot bind
the minority. This assent is invalid before the magistrates
and the tribunals.

" 4. The law of 1791 specially prohibits contributions
to raise or lower the rate of wages.
" Y,.0 have not only, Sir, to see to the execution of
these laws, which are the protectors of order, but also to
i►upress on the minds of those who might be tempted to
disregard them, that they are necessary and conformable
to the interest of the workmen themselves as much as to
Justice. For if competition,—if a temporary decrease in
the demand,—if the diminution of consumption which al-
ways follows disorders committed by the workmen,—or
any other cause, produces a decline in the selling prices, it
is evident that the manufacturer cannot employ workmen
at a loss, and that if he attempted to do so, his capital
would be speedily exhausted.
" Thence it is impossible to keep up a high rate of wages
for the benefit of the workmen, when the price of the ma.
nufactured article has fallen. It then becomes necessary
to choose between work at a reduced price and a total
want of work.
" Undoubtedly the manufacturer must have regard to
circumstances, and in moments of difficulty reduce his pro-
fits to what is strictly necessary. His own interests
prompt him to act thus, so long as he is not absolutely a
loser ; for his paramount interest is, that his business may
not be interrupted, that he may not lose his market and
his customers. The force of things and the common in-
terests of the workmen and the manufacturer lead them to
agree together. But competition alone, and freedom of
arrangement between the master and his workmen, must

ead to their agreement on the rate of wages. The
strates have neither the right nor the means to
in these arrangements, still less to fix: the rates
" Such, S r, are the rules which I send to yot
tion, and the observance of which, you will enfol
the greatest vigilance. " Accept, Sir, Bc,

" Count D'ARG

Tlie Prefect of the Isere, Prefect ad interim
partment of the Rhone, had addressed a circu,
Mayors of the department, exhorting them to
alarms which are spread by evil-minded persons,
nounce that on a certain day flesh boobies will
M. Von Pfuel, the Prussian commissioner
chatel, declared that town in a state of siege oi
inst., in consequence of the menaced attack by
On closing the session of the legislative body, h,
their thanks for the zeal for the constitution, and
fidence in th• Government, and declared that thi
ment looked forward without alarm to the ay
crisis, for there seemed no doubt that the rebels
rhortly Attempt an attack.
FRENctt FL-NM-P.lms, DLc. 19.-Five per Cents.,
35c. 30c. 50c. 40c. 35c. 40c. 45c. 50c. 97f. 60c. 55c. 50c
40c. 45c. 50c. ; Four and a Half per Cents., 90f. ;
Cents., S2f. 20c. 75c. ; Three per Cents., 60f. sc. 69f. 96f
69f. 10c. 69f. 6Sf. 95c. 69f. 69f 10c. sc. 69f. ; Bank Stock,
Rente de Naples, 78f. 90c. 75c. 70c. 55c. tiOc. 78f. 50c.
d'Espagne, ; Royal Spanish Loan, 79 ; Re'
tuelle d'Espagne, }‘ % ;34 .58Y, %
change on London, one month, paper, 25f. ;
2.5 c. three months, paper, 25f. 20c.; money, 25f.
Authentique.

(From the Morning Herald.)

We have just received the French Papers of
and the Gazette de France and Messager des
of yesterday.
These Papers are chiefly filled with the Repo]
Committee of the Peers on the Peerage Law, an(
in the Deputies on the affairs of Lyons. The
on the Peerage Law was fixed for this day. '
Peers had already inscribed their names to speak

The debate on the Ministerial communication
the affairs of Lyons commenced on Monday,
continued on Tuesday. At three o'clock on thi
M. Perier rose to reply to the attacks that had
on him by the Opposition—not so much rest
affairs of Lyons as the general character of his Go'
These Papers contain further accounts of
emeute probable in Paris at one period of Mond*:
three thousand students of the Schools of Law
cine had assembled at the Place du Pantheon,
proceeding with an address to General Bo nari
conduct in Poland, when they were stopped of
Neuf by Commissaries of Police, supported by a
of cavalry (Carbineere and Municipal Guards),
some difficulty dispersed. Some groups contin
Boulevards during the evening, but no distui
cowed.

The Oppo;itien Journals continue to conten,
Emperor of Russia would not concur in the '

The Duke de Mortemart, the Ambassador of
the C. urt of Russia, long since appointed, h,
Paris on Tuesday last.
FRENCH FUNDS, DEC. 20.—Five per Cents. 97f. 25c.
Three per Cents. 6Sf. 90c. 6Sf. 50c. ; Bank Acti
1,8:35f. ; Rent de Naples, 7Sf. 60f. • ' 78f. 40c. ; Rente
' 10% • Royal Spanish Loan, 79; Rente Perpetuelle
58% 59.—Exchange on London, one month, pat..
money, 25f. 25e,..; three months, paper, 25f. 20c.: money

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