Star.
London, England, 1831-04-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
FRANCE.

In the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, M. Casimir
Perier rose to make a communication from government.—
" Gentlemen," said he, " the King's ministers have not
concealed from you any thing of the state of things which
their predecessors had bequeathed to them. The first
and most pressing claim upon our attention now, is the
maintenance of public order. A preventive system in that
regard is permissible, and offers at once the best and
cheapest guarantee for good effects. We count upon the de-
votion of the Chhmber for the adoption of a project of law.
We require a credit of 1,500,000 francs for secret expenses.
This demand was originally fixed at 1,400,000 francs. It
was successively raised to 2,000,000 and to 1,500,000, but
this sum was found insufficient, and in August last we were
obliged to ask 500,000 francs more. It is proposed to esta-
blish Commissaries-General of Police in certain stations, in
order to carry the repressive measures into effect. We there-
fore ask your confidence. You must look to the results for
the true exposition of our motives." The Minister then pro-
posed a project of law—" That there be opened at the Mi-
nistry of the Secretary of State for the Departments an ex-
traordinary credit of 1,500,000 francs, in order to make good
the secret expenses of the year 1831, and for other urgent
and unforeseen purposes."—Ordered.
The Chamber then proceeded to the secret scrutiny upon
the totality of the law of riots.
M. de Corcelles —I desire to know why ministers have
not brought down the Electoral Law.
M. d'Argout —lt is in process. It was only two days ago
that the law passed the Peers, and it will reach here in due
time.

M. Dupont (de I'Eure) We want to know, if we can,
what it is we are about ?

M. de Podenas—l think the Chamber ought to see the
Electoral Law before it votes a single franc by way of credit
to the Ministers.

The Chamber, however, proceeded to the scrutiny. The
result was—

For Ministers .
Against them ..
Majority Mr Ministers 178
The bill was then passed, as was also the hill respecting
offences of the press, without any alteration in the amend-
ments of the Peers. M. Dumeylet, as the Chamber was
rising, moved that all discussion upon the supplies to the
Crown be postponed till the Chamber had voted the Electoral
Law. (Cries of No, no.) The motion was not even se-
conded, and the Chamber adjourned at a quarter to six.
We are positively assured that General Bacbeler has
tendered his resignation to the Minister of War, " wish-
ing to return to the half-pay he enjoyed in August last."
—General Semele has likewise declared that he would
sooner quit the service than withdraw his signature from
the Act of Association. General Subervich is said to
have made a similar declaration A credit of 1,500,000
francs was called for on Saturday, by the President of
the Council, to enable Government to extend the sys-
tem of police, in the repression of insubordination, parti-
cularly in the western departments. We approve of the
Ministers' anxiety to be prepared to put down any demon-
strations which might become dangerous, if they were not
viorously and quickly repressed ; but we regret that it
should select the moment when the situation of La Vendee is
said to be alarming, to deprive itself of the services of Ge-
neral Lamarque, who had acquired such high reputation by
his firmness and the prudence of his conduct in that country.
—Gazette.