The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-11 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY ELECTION.

CAMBRIDGE, MAY 11.—The election of a Repre-
sentative in Parliament for this University, in the
room of the present Lord Chancellor, commenced on
Wednesday last. Mr. Goulburn having retired, the
Solicitor-General and Mr. Bankes redoubled their
exertions to secure the votes which had been pro-
m; -ed to that Right Hon. Gentleman, and the inte-
rest of the contest evidently increased, it being well
known that both candidates would be powerfully
supported by their numerous friends. The poll was
opened at nine o'clock in the morning, and adjourned
at four in the afternoon, when the numbers were, for
The Solicitor-General 174
Mr. Bankes 173

The Senate House was again opened yesterday
morning, at nine o'clock, when the polling re-com-
menced, and continued until four in the afternoon,
at which hour the numbers appeared to be, for
The Solicitor-General 330
Mr. Bankea 309

The poll will be re-opened this morning, and con-
inue until five in the afternoon.

SIR HARCOURT LEES—Has called at our
Office, and requested U 6 to state, that he imme-
diately leaves town for England, to stir up its
loyal Protestants to petition his Majesty for the
removal of Mr. Canning !! ! We also under-
stand the worthy Baronet to complain bitterly of
the conduct of a cotemporary; which he formerly
fostered, but which he has, like most other Pro-
testants, abandoned, refusing to publish his
articles, or to return his manuscripts.—Dublin
Patriot.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Etoile of Wednesday.)

PARIS, MAY B.—The visit of the Emperor Don
Pedro to Europe, of which some Journals speak,
will not take place.
The Nuremberg Correspondent contains, under
the head of frontiers of Poland, some reflections on
the discharge of General Yermaloff from the go-
vernment of the provinces beyond the Caucasus.
This measure is ascribed to the journey of General
Diebitsch, and inferences are drawn from it favour-
able to the conclusion of peace between Persia and
Russia; for it is difficult to conceive that, if it was
intended to continue the war, a man of such talents
as Geheral Yermaloff would be set aside.

The Representative Council of Geneva, in its
sitting of the 2d of this month, adopted the, law for
the repression of the licentiousness of the Press, by
a majority of 102 to 13. It will be again brought
before the Council, to be revised in the Session of
December 1830. We shall take further notice of
this Sitting, in which very important amendments
were agreed to

The remainder of the Etoile is filled with extracts
from tile English Papers, and the Debates in the
French Chamber of Deputies, on the 7t:i May.
(Flom the Journal des Debats, of Tuesday.)

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—.SITTING OF Tric MAY.

The Order of the Day was the commencement of
the discussions on the Financial Law for 1828.

M. LAFITTE, in support of the project of the law :
Gentlemen, Budgets of 500 millions were presented
with anxiety some forty years ago. A deficit of 56
millions caused the liveliest alarms, and was inti-
mated with grief to the States-General. If it had
then been announced that France, after thirty years
of bloody discord, after thirty years of unexampled
wars, after the ravages of two foreign invasions,
would pay a milliard of general contributions, be-
tween two and three millions of local taxes, and that
they were paid without constraint, and without
murmur, what would have been the astonishment
of the Ministers, the Sovereign, and the Nation ?
Yet this phenomenon, then incredible, has taken
place. Every year a budget of near a milliard is
announced to us, and in case of necessity, no fear is
manifested on demanding a second, to satisfy for-
mer proprietors, and between 200 and 300 millions
for a political war; and all is demanded without any
anxiety, without pitying France, without doubting
of her means or her zeal, boasting at the same time
of her high prosperity. Yet our soil, our climate have
not changed. The physical constitution of France re-
mained the same. Whence come these mysterious
riches, by which the Government profits with so much
security and confidence? The secret of these riches is
easy to be discovered. It consists in the freedom
of the soil, the freedom of industry—in one word,
the emancipation of all the faculties. But this rea-
son the Government does not wish to avow, I con-
ceive. There is another truth which it also refuses
to avow, and that is the limit of these riches. Our
riches are great, no doubt, but they have their
bounds, which arise less from them than from those
who direct them. But it does not wish to see
whence they come, nor to see where they may stop,
and thus it falls into the most singular contradic-
tions. If we refer to their real cause, it is denied.
If the question is as to their use, they are declared
immense. Is the state of Europe encouraging?—
The ambition of Russia is in the presence of the
ancient pride of the Porte ; the tardy humanity of
Princes, by interfering in favour of Greece, is about
to complicate still further the state of the East.
Certain fierce passions are fomenting here and in
Spain, and would fain be let loose against England.
What have we to re-assure us against such gloomy
prospects ? Is it the firmness of the Ministry ? It
is not by outraging armed citizens—
Several voices—Accuse the Ministers, then.
M. LAFITTE.—If I had the honour, at this mo-
ment, of being Deputy for Paris, I should not he-
sitate to sign the accusation of the Ministers (pro-
longed agitation; several voices: " Accuse, ac-
cuse !") M. Lafitte (with warmth.)—Let any four
of you carry the act of accusation to that Tribune,
and I will sign it the first.
Messieurs B. Constant, De Condere, De Thiard,
Dupont, Labbery, De Pompieres, and others :—I will
sign it.

-M. MECHIN.—And I, also, for the Ministers have
committed an act of treachery.
Voices to the right.—You insult the ROyal
Majesty.
M. MECIIIN.—The King must be told the truth.
M. LAFITTE (after some moments of agitation.)
—lt is not by outraging armed citizens, who were
embodied for the maintenance of order--who in-
spired hostile armies themselves with respect—that
firmness is shown. Will the Ministry as easily re-
sist the spirit of faction as it resists the dislike-of
the citizens ?
The MINISTER OF FINANCE—As to the threat
which the last speaker has thought it necessary to
throw out in conclusion—(Movement of attention)
—as to that threat, of requiring our accusation on
account of the Ordinance of the 29th of April,
which was inserted in the Moniteur, I will tell him,
that I should have feared an accusation if I had not
advised such a measure.—(Movernent ill contrary
feelings : the President rings his bell.)
M. PETOU (at the foot of the tribune)-.-In strik-
ing the National Guard, the Minister has struck all
France to the heart.

M. DE MOUsTIERS, and other voices—" Order,
order !"

M. DE VILLELE—I should, I repeat, fear this
accusation, if I had not advised the measure I have
adopted. I should never fear an accusation for a
measure demanded by the interests of the country,
which ought not to fall into revolution by the debi-
lity of the Counsellors of the Crown—(Cheers in
one part of the Assembly, and murmurs in another.)
—I should have thought myself wanting in my duty
to the Monarch to whom 1 am devoted, if I had in-
sisted that the King should sign that Ordinance.
In that point, I flatter myself that I have merited,
not an accusation, but praises.—(Fresh agitation,
cheers, and murmurs.)
M. PETOU (returning to his place)—France will
judge you—(Noise, and cries of " Order.")