The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-23 00:00:00

FOREIGK JAT,EI4.IOENCE.
FRENCH PAPERS.

Mora the GazePe de France, Nov; a 1 . )
Pants, Nov. 20.—The revolutionary journals (for
the language which they hold this morning does not
deserve another name) announce that serious dis-
orders took place yesterday eveningein the quarter of
St. Denis. In truth they know it very well, for it
is their work. The evening had passed very quietly,
and the authorities suffered the fumes of the short
and noisy joy of liberalism to evaporate. The troops.
only. appeared in' cousequence of the attack COM-
mitteri• upon a citizen, who, being pursued by some
desperadoes, took refuge in a guard-house, where he
demanded protection. The guard-house was besieged
by the rioters, who barricaded themselves, and
violence was necessary to force the barricades and
deliver the corps de garde. It will be seen in our
article Paris, and in the sequel by the narrative of
the events,- what measures were necessary to re-
establish order in that quarter, the only one where it
was seriously interrupted, for the disorders corn-
mitted.in the Place Vendome were immediately re-
pressed by the arrest of the rioters. And what are.
the causes of these troubles ? What are the in-
struments of them ? The Journal des Debats has
undertaken to inform the Constitutionnel. This
journal, which recognizes by the names of the elect
of liberalism, the silliness of the bargain which it
has signed as the price of the nomination of only one
of its friends, is already out of humour. " This
evening," it says, " about 20 ragged wretches were
seen running about the streets with torches in their
hands, and mingling with the names of the deputies
of Paris, cries of—' Long live the Emperor !'—
Invocations to this Emperor, who now lives only in
history, these invocations proclaimed by twenty dis-
gusting mercenares, forward but little, in the coun-
cils of the throne and in those of the country, which
has not yet entirely pronounced its judgment, the
affairs of the opposition."
Let us admire the prudence of this journal, which
takes care to remark that the country has not yet
entirely pronounced its judgment. For it divines, it
already knows, what the departmental colleges pro-
, mite to the friends of order; it knows this, and from.
the terror with which it is inspired, doubtless by the
joy of its new friends, we might believe that it is
reduced to the shame of desiring it at the bottom
of its heart, and that it is afraid of its own work.
Its work will remain incomplete, we repeat, to all
-flee friends of order. Their sentiments did not ap-
pear, doubtful on 'Change yesterday. In vain do
cur aeiversaries suppose that news from the East;
s in some city of the kingdom, had given
or disorel.er
the alarm. No news have arrived from Constan-
tinople, and ti:anquillity has not been interrupted at
Lyons. The troe cause, the only cause—of the
fall of.the funds yesterday, is the terror inspired in
the monied men, who Are friends of peace and of
the Government, and • enemies so confusion and
revolutions, by the Liberal elect.:;on: .‘ hich journalism
proclaims as revolutionary triumphs I This triumph
will be of short duration, and the disgrace of these
saturnalia, in which the apostacy of the Debuts is kill
more disgraceful than the popular intoxication which
it has denounced this morning—this disgrace will fall
entirely on the beads of those who make a sport of re-
"'solutions for the pride of one or two men.
.‘ TO 'THE ELECTORS.
We now know the greater part of the nomina-
nations made by the colleges of the arrondissements.
We shalt not imitate our adversaries byindulging in
classifications and enumerations, which in our opi-
nion are as indecorous as uncertain. Those who for
these two days past have been speaking of the mis-
calculations of the Government (du pouvoir) are
probably destined to find they have made many more
themselves when the sessions shall be opened, and
the %vied= of the deputies, and their respect for
the true interest of the country, shall disappoint
tha hopes ec threats which outraged the elected and
the electors.
is One remark on'y which is connected with general
considerations, and which in this view is worthy of
attentiotes results from the elections known up to this
day. It is irident that the epirit which haci directed
thore-of the great towns, and of places subject to
their influence, from vicinity or other considerations,
differs- fronx,the opinion which bas guided other eel-
leges. This fact as the more worthy of remark, t)e-
CAW, in spite ale wholly different electoral system,
and tinder' circumstances necessarily' different, the
same phenomenon appears in England. London and
Liverpool are accustomed to send to Parliament de-
puties in opposition to the administration of the
country, whatever it may be. This spirit of oppo-
sition, which is the natural attribute of democracy,
appears, therefore, to be inherent in all great Masses
of population. Crossing the seas, we find it' at
:New York and Philadelphia; and in antiquity the
same fact appears in every page of history, The
lama which govern society have, like those in nature,
their invariability. Lut, wherever society maintains
itself, this tendency has its counterpoise. In Eng-
land the elections of the boroughs and counties—of
which at least one half are under the influence or even
the direct patronage of the Upper Chamber—are the
corrective of this democratical spirit. In France,
where individual inflnences are nearly nothing, the
Jaw. has . supplied their places by collective influ-
ences ; hence the establishment of the great col-
leges. They represent the conservatory principles
and the permanent interests of society, while the •
colleges of. arrondissements are ehe more or less
faithful expression I.f what is moveable and variable
in the divers wants to which the country is subject
by the progress of ime. Unhappily, in France, the i
men and the things connected with the conservatory
principle have too often been wanting to society ar
the moment when it had the greatest need of their
assistance. 'lt will not be the same on-this occasion
enlightened as we are by experience.
" If, as the Opposition says, democracy and revo-
lution strongly repressed at the elections of 1824,
re-act upon those of 1827, And obtain successes
which might become dangerous to the country, this
is a warning given to the departmental colleges.
Their duties are moee strongly marked. Ie is the
results of their choice which must present an insare
mountable barrier to every guilty hope, to every
direction, to every seduction, which Might threaten,
even remotely, the tranquillity which we enjoy.
Before the stability of the throne and of aIP institu-
tions, many other plots, other faults, other efforts of
a day, will vanish. Ilut the strength of Govern. •
ment.and of society may. be better employed for the
-prosperity of France than in internal sttuggles, the
most fortunate issue of which would be to replace
us where we are. Let the votes of the great col-
leges, superior to every other consideration, be given
to tried men, whose devotion to the King and his
family is entire and absolute. Under the present
circumstances, this is the first of all guarantees.
The Ministerial questions are of such a preca-
rious nature, and so much out of proportion with the
interests which are agitated in tl!e Ales:toml colleges,
that we should not speak of them did not the jour-
nals of the Opposition ,eontinually recur to them,
Less exclusive than those violent papers, we:will say
to the Royalists, Do not inquire whether the can-
didate whom you bring forward has voted for or
against the Ministers, but ,examine which of the
Royalists offered to your choice has the most chalice
of being elected, and give your votes to him.' What
is necessary is, that the Deputies who are called to
discuss the dearest interests of prance he mei.' of
honour and talent, and, above all, faithful subjects."
Yesterday several streets in Paris were entirely
illuminated. Barricadoes were formed at the bottom
of the street of St. Denis; and thence stones and
petards were thrown, and pistols and muskets fired.
The troops of the line were not able to disperse the
crowd, except by making use of their arms.
- (From the Moniteur of Tuesday, Nov. 20. )

• PARIS, vov. 19.
" TO-THE ELECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
" The-.elections of the' College of the Aroodisse-
!stouts are terminated.. We leave the journals to
triumph in the language which is habitual to them,
3r the nomination of sot 4. Ilemos who are them-