Star.
London, England, 1831-10-15 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, OCT. 12. —While we are so deeply
taken up with the vote of the Chamber against the
hereditary Peerage, we are naturally led to con-
template what has just been passing in England,
where the House of Lords has rejected the bill on
electoral reform. Many individuals think that this
news arriving as it did, and the unfavourable gen.
sation it produced, at the time when the discussion
was at its height, had coasiderableeffect on our
Deputies, and tended to increase the majority on
that measure by many votes.
This opinionsis not enworthy of some credit ;the
universal disgust of which the English Peers are at
present the object, and which their blind obstinacy
so well merits, should be a lesson to all the aris-
tocracies of Europe.
We sincerely believe that our Chamber of Peers
as it is at present constituted, and which, like the
Chamber of Deputies, is associated to the Revolu-
tion and royalty of July, will not hesitate to chew
its patriotism and love of equality by the most no-
ble denial of their own private interests. The
nation will be delighted by an honourable resigna-
tion, and the Cnamber of Peers will gain by it a
popularity and esteem which will consolidate it, as
well as our new constitutional era.

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CHAMBER or DF.rUTIEL.—SITTINO Or OCT. 11.
The d late on the Peerage Bill was resumed.
The first Amendment discussed was that of M. Test;
which propos.d dint the eldest sons of peers et mild be ad-
mitted to s •ccced to their fathers' teat when they bad reached
the age of 30 years, and obtained the consent of the Eke.
total College of the department in which they were assessed
at the highest amount of direct gates.
M. &arctic remarked that this Amendment was merely
reproduction of the hettalltary principle, and thercfote
moved the previous question, which was adopted by an im-
mense majority, not more than 50 deputies rising in opposi.
don to it.

11. Dubois proposed an amendment, by which the Chem-
bet of Peers would be composed of 200 member.% elected '
for 15 yeah, in certain proportions, by various Electoral
Colleges.
This Amendment, not being eeconded, was not put.
Tire next Amendment was that of M. de Brigade, which
proposed to submit the existing Chamber of Peers to 801 l
election, and vest the right of nomination in the Electoral
Colleges of the Departments, Axing the age of eligibility at
40 yaws, and the period for which they should be elected at
16 yews.
11. Ludre seconded the Amendment, and Messrs. An.l
gpoesd nste G
it.ironde, Gaeta') de la Bocheteuesuld. and Banat op.
General Lafayette I Thp hereditary Malmsey has just
lost its last position in our social order ; and I cannot feria
the conviction that in its ambles of that question the Cham-
ber has eminently fulfilled the mission confided to it by the
LevolutMn of July. 1 approve of the amendment of :it.
de Befgode, becalm, althottih perhaps not perfect, it ap.
preaches nearer than' any other to the great object of uniting
the preservation of the proper prerogatives of the Crown
with that of the popular rights. The former is attained by
the right of dissolution, which could not be exercised if the
Peen were elected for life, and the latter by the election be-
ing In the halals of the people
M. &tenger opposed the amendment, arguing that the
destruction of the existing Chamber of Poets would tend to
throw a doubt on the validity of the laws sanctioned by the
two Chambers, and throw the whole State into confusion.
The amendment was rejected by a large majority. About
160 members of the two extremes rose in favour of it.
An amendment of M. Vidal's, proposing the elation of
Peers for life by departmental colleges, constituted nearly in
a similar manner to that proposed by M. Dubois, was re-
jected without discussion.
Baron de 3lonay developed an amendment, the object of
which was to hare 2441 Peers nominated for life by depart-
mental colleges, composed of electors pay' 400*. direct
taxes. This amendment, tat being se , could not be
put to the vote.

An Amendment by M. Allier, proposing to vest the eke.
time of half the number of Peers in the Xing, and of the
other half in the Electoral Colleges, met with a similar fate.
This was the last Amendment proposing a system of di-
rat election t and the Chamber, tWore, proceeded to the
discussion of those which had for their object the nomination
by the King hoot lists of candidates presented to him.
An Amendment by M. Tavernier, vesting the nomination
of candidates is‘ the Chamber of Deputies, was not seconded
and one of M. Mercier, proposing that the Peers should be
nominated for life from a quintuple list of candidates pee.

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seated by the Electoral Colleen, was rejected by a very
bre saajertqe—Adjoersed.
TVRIN, OCT. s.—The Sardinian army has
now received its final organisation, by which it
amounts to 65,500 men effective, which is 15,000
men more than the amount of the same army
previously to the Revolution of July. It must be
observed also, that at that time the furloughs re-
duced the number of the men actually under arms
to less than two-thirds, so that we may safely say
that our military force is now double. The army
is composed of six regiments of cavalry, 900 men
each, in all 5,400 ; royal carabineers and artillery,
4,500; sixteen regiments of infantry, 32,000 ;
brigades of 5,000 men, under the denomination of
Brigade of Savoy, ten regiments of light infantry
9,000 men ; five brigades of guards ten
thousand men. This account' is perfectly
correct, and it is difficult to understand
how your Ministry could say that Piedmont was
eAlucing its armaments. (Here follows an account
of the present station of the several regiments.)
It is affirmed that a considerable number (twenty,
it is said) of French officers, who emigrated in con-
sequence of the revolution of July, have lately re-
ceived commissions in the Piedmontese army.
PARIS, OCT. 11.—The forces which Spain is
sending towards the frontiers of France amount at
this moment to 50,000 or 55,000 men, without
reckoning the Royal Volunteers of Arragou, Na-
varre, and Catalonia, who are ready to march at
the first signal.
We have received to-day the following letter
from Totreow, dated October 6 :—Yesterday the
squadron of Admiral Hugon had made every
preparation for sailing to-day. It .made
provision
for two mouths ; the crews had been com-
pleted, and every thing indicated that another
expedition was intended ; but this morning,
to the great astonishment of our seamen and of
the public, urgent orders to disarm have been
given to the greater part of our vessels. It is an-
nounced that a telegraph dispatch orders the Ville
de Marseilles and the Superbe (of the line), and
several frigates and brigs, to be put into commis-
sion. Among the ships of the line that will remain
armed are only tie Algesiras and the Marengo.
The latter, it is said, will go to St. Helena to receive
the body of Napoleon, and bring it to France,
when it will be deposited under the pillar in the
Place Vendome. It is to take on board provisions
for eight months, and will probably sail in eight
days. It is commanded by M. Millard de Liscourt.
PARIS, OCT. 11.—M. de Chateaubriand, re-
called to France by the beautiful verses of Boranger
and Lamartine, will, it is said, return to Paris.
He is engaged in writing a pamphlet against the
proposal of De Baude, relative to the banishment
of the Bourbons. Is it for this that the popular
Muse would recall him among us?
DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS.
BERLIN, Oct. 7.—The Courier of Cracow
contains the following note, sent on 27th Sept. to
the Senate by Gen. Rudiger :

" The vanguard of my corps, under General Kramwski,
having defeated the Polish troops, puma! them to the fron-
tiers of the It-public of Cracow, where It halted. I have
this moment received an official note from Count Puke-
wirelt, in whh.h are the following words As the Repub.
lc of Cracow has, to a certain degree, participated in Inc.
guise proceeding), by which the kingdom of Poland has
been plun:iled into a revolution ever to be regretted, his
Majesty, in order to restore legal order in that state, has
ealhAl on the Courts of Austria and Prussia, as the only two
protectors of the Republic, to consak on measures for this
i purpo,. • but if in the mean time detachments of the Polish
army should enter the territory of the Republic, such a vio-
lation of neutrality would make it my duty to make use of
the .Ights of war, and to occupy that territory."
" The ease bete alluded to has occurred. Polish troops
have tote/ell it oo all sides. The Senate has not protested or
opposed it In any manner, sod these troops still remain %In-
d% r arms. I therefore suspend the negociations, and till fur-
th. r Instructions shall be received from the Field-marshal, 1
have ord,r,:d my troops to occupy the city sad territory of.
Cracow, there to look for and take prisoners the Polish in.
surgents which the Senate and city of Cracow, even with the
best inclinations, could not do. All private property shall be
respected. and all necessaries for the troops shall be unwind
only on the receipts of a Comothision to be appointed by the
Senate of Cracow."

STRASBURG, (West Prussia), OCT. 4.—To-day
the Polish Generals Pas, Malachowski, and Win-
gicrski, with a great number of officers, arrived
here and requested permission to await their farther
fate in the Prussian territory.
At noon General Wronieski, who came as a
Deputy from the Polish head-quarters, brought a
letter to the Prussian frontier authorities from the
Polish General-in-Chief Rybinaki, in which he re-
quests to be permitted, together with his army, to
pass the Prussian frontier in search of an asylum ;
appealing at the same time to the virtues of his
Majesty the King, which, be says, make him
confident that his wish will not be refused. That
the Polish army will therefore enter Prussia on
the sth; that it confides in the equity and
justice which have always been the principles of
the Prussian government, and is ready to submit
to the regulations which his Majesty the King may
have ordered for such a case, and that General
Wronieski is authorised to treat with the Prussian
authorities. Lieut.-Gen. Von Zepellen, who com-
mands the Prussian troops in the environs of Stras•
burg, has allowed the Polish army, said to consist
of 15,000 men, with 95 pieces of cannon, to enter
the Prussian territory on the same terms as were
before granted to Gielgud's r
The Polish army will, therefore,caa pass the fron-
tier to-morrow morning at eight o'clock, at Jobier-
sycyno, and on the road from Srutowo to Jastrsen-
hien, and lay down its arms. With this the Polish
insurrection may be considered to be completely
ended.

THE MISER ON MISSING HIS TREASURE.-
(The biters salve.) Thieves ! thieves 1 murder watch !
assassins ! justice !—Merciful power! lost. lam magi.
tented ; they have cut my throat ; they have robbed me of
toy money. Who did it ? what's became of it ? what shalt
Jo to had it P—Where shall I run ! where shall I not
run ? is it trot there? is It not bare P—Where is it ?—stop !
(seiriag hissed.% by the arm) return me my money.-1 wan.
r; al. ! It is myself !—• I know not where I am, or who
I am, or what I do. Alas ! my poor money, my dear
Mend, they have stolen you from me ;._and since they have
carried you off', my stratgth fails—my consolation and joy !
all, all is Ceparted. I have nothing to do is the "odd ;
witb.rst eke, life's at an esd•—all is evert I die; lam
dead, I an, burled—ls there as ore will bring mew life by
returnh.3 my maw, et ceslesolog wbo took lt!—
Whet do you say ?.—ah it Is Po am Whoever it was that
has dere It, chase his time well, sod took the very moment
I was talking to that traitor of Eska, my goo. I must go
and sorb justice anarre every body at home, men and
maids, daughter sod ems—oed my era self . . .
Away at Imes to the commimary,—to the or webel—:to the
gibbet—se the judgo—to eamertioser I anode Dies
faggot, sod dozy world have all the world
myself daces Intik est Ind my &agog 111msey—I will hang
myself siter—(Ho morn we)
L'Avere de Notiere. F. g.