The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-10 00:00:00

(LEFT SITTING.)

FRANCE.
To show the probable effect of certain prcvisions
of the electoral law, the Opinion Publique gives
the following returns of the elections of the
present Assembly ;
The department which
nominated all their members by absolute
majorities were 29 only, the number of repre-
sentatives 244. In six departments not one repre-
sentative was elected by an absolute majority ; the
number of representatives returned in those six de-
partments was 58. In forty-three departments the
results were varied ; 203 representatives having ob-
tained the absolute majority, 162 the relative ma-
jority. From seven departments there are no re-
turns of the number of votes. Without, however,
counting the latter, it appears that by the provisions
of the new law the electors of forty-nine departments
would, at the last elections, have had to be convoked
a second time.
The Council. General of Agriculture, Manufac-
tures, and Commerce, yesterday resolved, in accord-
ance with the proposition of the Government, that
within six years the duty on the coffee of French
colonies shall be reduced from 60f. to 45f., and
on American coffee,
imported by French vessels,
from 95f. to 60f. It was resolved, after an interest-
ing discussion, that a duty of 25f. per 100 kilos
should be placed on chicory, which is at present,
even when adulterated, extensively used to replace
coffee. To encourage the breed of oxen, the Council
resolved that an annual prize show shall take place at
Versailles, and six others in different departments,
and that the annual show of meat at Poissy shall be
maintained, and six others be established.

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SWITZERLAND.
We read in the Suisse of Berne of the 6th :—" The
elections took place yesterday in the whole canto's.
At Berne the Government party has obtained only a
third of the votes. Such has been the case generally
in the electoral circles for some leagues round
the capital ; about fifty elections known yester-
day evening belong almost all to the opposition.
To-day nearly all the elections are known. The
Grand Council being composed o f 227 deputies, the
majority is 114. The Opposition reckons 110 or
111. However, amongst the deputies whom the
regime attributes to itself are some whom the Oppo-
sition may accept, particularly in the Jura. There
are in both camps many men belonging the party
decidedly democratic and liberal. A majority of that
kind may therefore be hoped for. Some distur-
bance has taken place in the electoral circles of
Gegenstorf and Schwarzenburg. It is said that the
Government party seeing itself in minority has
thrown obstacles in the way of the elections. In the
Jura, the opposition has had the advantage in many
circles. Moutler is particularly named where the
success appeared assured to the Government
list. At Delemont, Carlin and Greppin,
the candidates of the moderate opinion, have
failed ; eight or ten votes were only wanting to them.
eh, and
This result is the work of the Stockmanian Commit-
tee, presided over by MM. Feune, Hitsc
lemain. This fraction, pretended radical, has joined
the ultra-montanes. MM. Nouvion and Scaffter have
been elected. We cannot from want of space give
today the list of the returns for the capital. They
all beloull to the Opposition.