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London, England, 1822-11-19 00:00:00

soon enter.
It is stated that the Council 'of Commerce of
Paris, and the Chamber of Commerce at Havre,
have addressed to the Government some obser-
vations upon the subject of the warlike rumours
which prevail, and which disturb and alarm all
commercial dealings ; it is added, that the Cham-
bers of Commerce in the principal cities of the
kingdom are preparing to follow this example.
Madame the Marchioness de Villette, the
adopted daughter of Voltaire, who was called by
him the beautiful and good, died yesterday in Paris.
Madame the Countess de Pes;egattx, of the
family of Macdonald, died yesterday at noon.—
The Marshal Duke of Tarentum never quitted her
during the three weeks which her illness lasted.
Colonels Fabvier and Dentzel, confined in the
prison of La Force, received an order yesterday
to appear on Tuesday next before the Tribunal of
Correctional Police, as being accused of having
endeavoured to corrupt, by promises or gifts, the
gaoler of the Bicetre, to procure the escape of
the four individuals condemned to death, who
were in his custody.
The Loan opened at Paris for the pretended
Regency of Urgel, which now some go so far as
to call the Regency of Spain, has attracted the
notice of the 'Minister of Spain to the Court of
France. The Duke of San Lorenzo, newly re-
cognised in that quality, addressed himself at the
same time to M. Rougetnont of Lowenberg, to
know, whence he had his powers, and to the Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs, to obtain a reparation of
the injury done to the King of Spain. M. de
Rougemont replied, that he was only the agent
(commis) of M. Ouvrard ; that he would not
attach his name or fortune to this loan, of which
he guaranteed none of the political, moral, or
financial consequences ; that he had only been
promised a respectable commission. As to the
diplomatic part, M. Rougemont refers to other
sources for the explanation demanded, and ex-
presses himself as to the operation in a manner so
little favourable, as to give rise to surprise that he
could have consented to become the agent in it.
The temptation of a respectable commission,
even, doei not seem to justify such a proceeding.
All this,moreover,shews what should be thought
of the miserable negociation'set on foot in the
name of the Regency of Urgel. There is not a
respectable name in trade that consents to be
associated with it,,much less to guarantee it.—
(Courier Frangais.)
Yesterday the firelock of a sentinel at the Cha-
teau de 'Bagatelle went off while he was leaning
on it, and the ball passed through his arm. The
Countess de Goutant, the Governess of the
Enfuns do Rana', paid the greatest attention to
him, and caused him to be conveyed to the hos-
pital in a carriage belonging to the suite of the
Duke of Bourdeaux.
Great as was the satisfaction we felt at hear-
ing of the nomination of General La Fayette, as
great was the panic we suffered at not being able
to announce the re-election of M. Benj. Constant.
Our enemies may rejoice at this triumph. AI.
Constant is an enemy whom it is more easy to
avoid than to combat. Constitutional liberty
loses one of its ost energetic onlye in the
Chamber, but his nomination is , delayed.
His place is marked among the orators who are
devoted to the honourable and difficult mission
of defending public liberty. It is impossible
that France, free in the expression of its voice,
should not render justice to a courage which no-
thing could' conquer, and to talents which leave
such deep impressions in all hearts.—(Le Con-
stitutionnel.) ,
ELECTION OF DEPUTIES.
DEPAIITIIENT OF LA SARTIIE.
Arrondissement de Manicrs—M. Duschenay, a Deputy in
1815, and a Royalist candidate, has been returned by a majo-
rity of 192 to 83.
College do Mans—M. de Boisclaireau, President o
to f the Col-
lege, and Deputy retiring, has been returned by 1
31. de la Bouillerie has been returned for Fleck. He is a
Royalist candidate.
At St. Calais, 31. Rousseau, belonging to the Court of Cas-
sation, has completed the return.
SEINE AXIS
Arrondissement de Coulommiers—M.Huerne Ponunese,
President of the College, has obtained 182 votes, while u
the
Marquis de la Fayette has got only 124.
College de Meaux—M. de la Fayette is returned by a ma-
jority of 169 votes, M. Menager having only 138.
Arrondisement de Nehru—M. Roland d'Erceville, President
of the College, is re-elected : be had 190 votes. M. Paillott,
the Constitutional candidate, had 162.—Four votes were lost.
NIEVRE.
College de Cosne—The provisional Bureau is preserved by a
great majority. M. Hyde de Neuville was put in nomination
for the office of Secretary, in conjunction with 31. Bogne de
Faye, a retiring Deputy. M Hyde de Neuville has been ap-
pointed the Secretary by a majority of 42.
College de Nevers—';'he provisional Bureau is retained.
NORD.
A telegraphic dispatch from Lille has announced, that the
eight Colleges of Arrondissement have chosen their eight Pre-
sidents for Deputies, viz. --
Dunkerque—M Coffin Spyns.
Hazebrouck—M. le Comte de Blthizy.
Lille (ouest)—M. de Bully.
Lille (est)—M. Potteau d'Hancard erie.
Maubeuge--M. Preseau.
Cambrai-3i. Cotteau.
Douai—M. Durand d'Elecourt.
Valenciennes--31. Merlin de Beaugrenier.—(Deputation
complete.)

FINISTEUE.
Quimper—M. le General Ch
einfr.eontaine, Royalist Candidate.
Pennaurun, W
Chateaulin-31. Pennaurun,
Brest-21. Keratry. (Deputat
AIN ion complete.)
Bourg—M. Varenne de Feuille, Royalist Candidate.
Trevoux-31. de 31ontbriant,- Mem.

Roanne—M. Meautire, idein.

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[From the Moniteur of Nov. 16.]
The situation of Spain is now matter of specu•
lation in all the journals ; and the discussions
into which they enter on this subject bear --too
often the impress of that spirit of error which
has its source iu the confusion of political prin-
ciples, or of that violence which interests hostile
to order excite among us.—The papers of the
Opposition have introduced into the question of
the intervention which it might he competent to
France to exercise in the affairs of the Peninsula,
the general maxims fabricated by that party for
engaging the passions in their cause. Doubtless
it would not be difficult to maintain a discussion
on this point which the events of our epoch have
sufficiently elucidated ; but it is not by widening
the sphere-of a discussion that its simplification
and solution are to he obtained. This would rather
be the way to render a question, simple in itself,
complicated and obscure. Besides it is not by gene-
ral questions that a particular question should be
decided. The best policy is that which is guided,
not by theories or interests of a universal kind,
but by motives which have their source the
positive interests of the country. It is not,
therefore, our purpose here to inquire by what
principles Spain has been brought into the de-
plorable state in which she is placed ; but what
is fitting to be ascertained is, whether the situa-
tion of the Spanish people does not expose
France to dangers of such a nature, that there is
occasion on our part—looking to the necessity and
the right of self-preservation attached to every
nation—to employ all the power with wl.ich
Providence has favoured us in averting those
dangers. Thus, on examining the question under
a single point of view, it resolves itself into that
right of peace and of war which is admitted
to belong to every regular Government ; and
since the right of France to Maintain an
Army of Observation on the Frontiers of
Spain, for the purpose of guarding against the
injuries to which her dignity or her interests
might be exposed by such a vicinage, has never
been disputed, it cannot but appear strange that
the right of putting an end to a state of things
acknowledged to be sufficiently dangerous to
warrant such expensive precautions should he
contested. Such is the point of discussion on
which the opposition journals have nut ventured
to touch ; but they have done their utmost, with
an intention which it is not necessary to cha-
racterize, to seek for their reasons against war in
a pompous display of pacific sentiments, and in
the exaggeration of the force and means of de-
fence with which they have been pleased to endow
the Spanish Government. With respect to the
first point, it is very extraordinary to see a party
which but yesterday exerted every effort to rouse
the west and the north in favour of the Greeks, now
placing the preservation of peace in the first rank
of the duties and the interests of Governments.—
As to the second, we leave it to the patriotism
of the readers of those journals to do justice to
the fear which it is endeavoured to make our
young soldiers feel at the name of the Spanish
militia. Besides being an insult to the cha-
racter of the French nation to hold up to it the
courage of an enemy as a reason for not engaging
in war, it is absurd to look back to the noble
defence of the Spanish people• ,against
.the
usurpation of Buonaparte for an,y example appli-
cable to their present state. There is a great dif-
ference between a nation from which its Kings are
torn by a signal violation of all laws human and
divine, to impose upon it a usurper by military
conquest and despotism, and a nation in which a
party, after violently possessing itself of power,
combats to preserve that power, against whole
provinces, whose laws, manners, and institutions
it in vain endeavours to change. May it not, on
the contrary, be reasonably asked, whence comes
this ostentatious parade of an army of 100,000
men, all ready to march into France if we ad-
vance a step upon Spain, when the fact is so
notorious of that Government being hitherto
unable to maintain its authority against the attacks

* The author of the letter seems, in fact, to be deceived in
the name of the person wbom -be mentions. We believe that
he means M. le Comte Achille de .loutfroy, Author of the
Vampire, who, it is said, has repaired to Verona.—(NOte of
the Editor of the Constitutionnel.)