The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-21 00:00:00

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THURsiS4.4.I7, N OVEMBE It 21, 1816.

COaItESPOISDENCE.
RTZ S great prin-
cip employed man wltOse
sne to general esteem,
to compel action, execute .
sonic older, profession of some
opi reputation in the
yes of at any future
e :(111;1'11°lriirt_%011,147:"Iire
time flow quitting the service of his master, what- ,
ever new service might be exacted from him.
the present directing. Minister (I, do not rnean
the prime Minister) ,of France, bred up in the'
revolutiiinary schogio has of COUTO adapted this
principle and riot totting the difference which'
eilits between public bodies and individuals, em-,
pliVid on PriclayAl. to induce the ma-
jority t " present Chuitiber to show a subser.
viency to Inc will of the Ministry, for which the
respectiible pinta their partieals would certainly
be 'sorry the next day, hoping that these gentle-
men, having once thus committed themselves,
would support in future the Ministry through
thick and thin.

Though yOu will have seen the facts in the pa-
pers,. it is poisible that you may not have been
struck with -the decisions •of thelouse. it has
always been understood in Frituce,: that
.every
blank bulletin shotild be considered as proof that
the person potting it in did not choose 'to :take
any pair in' the - deliberation of the assembly;
consequently, when a certain number is necessary
to constitute a quorum, the blank bulletins have
never been counted this principle was consider-
ed as established.

In the depattrocnt of the Nord (at Lisle), the
Royalists, indignant at the nomination of tin!
Duke of Ttivise, either went away or put blank
bulletins at all the subseq►►ent ballots ; so that tl,e
effective votes not amouut to half the number
of the'whole Electoral College; awl you know that
in that case no business whatever can be dune. The
bulletin's iiefe 189, of which 25 were blank, rcduc-

ing the nuitmbor of voters: to 114, a number not
s4ltiLientl of these 114 At, . Mczy had .92 ; bur
the College unanimously decided that the Whole
was null ; nor did M. De Mezy make the least
recl4mation. On Friday M. Pasgoier did not
blush to getup into the tribune, and propose to
the Chamber to decide that M. De Mezy :was
'elected, and that the 25 Bulletins ought to be
counted, The astonishment was general. Mart
himself, pot feeling at first that it was a party
question, spoke against it ; and would probably
have been very violent on the principle, if M.,
Pasquier had not adroitly interrupted him, and
given him time to reflect on his imprudence; and
shortly afterwards At. llellact, better informed,
pronoancedr a recantation of his etrors. The
Chamber pronounced that M. Pe Mezy was duly
elected, and ought to have been returned : ti simi-
lar decision took place with respeet to the May-
, enne, where 78 electors gave in blanklitilletiris.
It is unnecessary to state, that M. De Mezy; and
the two Deputies of the Mayenne,'are Ministerial-
ists ; but 1 belie% e the object of the Ministry was

much more to accustom the Chamber to obey their
mandates, . than to obtain three votes more, I
suspect, .however, they have calculated badly;
they force those of their partizans who support
them through. principle 'to make very serious ie-
flections.

In the discussion about the election of the Lot,
ftl. Ilruzeres•Clialahne, a Royalist, after he .saw
that all the papers relating to the business would

necessarily he }published, thought it more respect-
ful for the King, whose name had been so Mills
erectly employed by the Ministry, not to pro-
tract the debate, lest in the beat of discussion
some indiscreet expressions should be used and
he moved that the question should be put. The
object of the Royalist is, above every thing, to
put real information about everything the is•
going on into the bands of the public,, and even
of those Members of the Chamber who, in their
provinces, have only !Nen able to sic the state of
affairs through the medium of R press subjugated
by-the police. They have no hobs of beating
,the Ministry on the first questions, hot they ex-
Iwo to be gradually reinforced by many of.tb(ise
.Deputies who have done nothing to be ashatbed
of. As to the revolutionary pally, it will rat'
eatrse remain film, and support, t.he Ministry, to
the last.--(Times.)