Star.
London, England, 1817-01-09 00:00:00

PARIS, JANUARY S.

His MAJeSTY continues to enjoy hit usual stare of
health, and so hear Mass in his apartments. His Ma-
nner precided over a Council of Ministers on Friday.
The Commission of Finance is said to have already
made great progress in its labours. MI the princi•
pal points are settled. The Commission has diviJ,.l
its work into` two parts, the Receipt and the Evto-
diture. M. Btugnot. has been named as Reporter on
the first part, and M. Roy on the second.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIIiS.
SITTING OF THE 2D OF JANUARY.

The discussion concerning the Elections was re-
:tuned.

M. BLANQUART-BAILLEUL supported the project of
the Ministers, declaring it conformable to the Charter,
to reason, and to justice ; and in adopting it, the
purpose of the Charter will be fulfilled, in uniting as
electors all the large proprietors, and persons inte-
rested in the maintenance of public tranquillity, as
well as all the warriors, at once celebrated for their
great glory and their great misfortunes.

M. LAINE, Minister of the Interior.—,, Ministers
have been accused of seeking to sacrifice one class col
another:. we have entered into,no conspiracy against
any class: we hav, Liken as our guides, fidelity to
the King, the happiness of France, Virtue and I+
`nour. The essential principle of the project is I lid
down ht the Charter : the words to s assemble t4,c•
then,' (concturir) embrace those who take a cl,rtct
part, as well as they who take an indircct part. 7rx
law has wished to employ the verb in general, for Ai
those who are called in ore manner or another. At
to the allegation that the electors will sell 01(.4 you&
such baseness does not belong to Ft enchareo. 11. c
law creates a grand electoral corps, which will re-
duce men attached to their country—men who rat
if necessary, place themselves in the front of 43
Witat will they, who propsse to reject tle
law, subskiStge in its place ? What the Cll.O ti r !Lis
expressed, hasrin the present law been followeJ."

His Excellency concluded a long speech in thil,;:pg
that the Chamber ought to adopt the project, as p' e'
seated by the Ministers.
The discourse of the Minister made a lively irD.
preuioa upon the assembly.
Several Members proposed the discoatinuanc,

dixu:Aion, which, after a few remarks fit= Iff.
cirri, was adjourned to Friday.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
HITTING Of THR SO OF JANUARY.
The order of the day called for the continuation of
the discussion upon elections.
M. Gomm spoke for the adoption of the project of
law, as conducive to the satisfaction of all parties.
M. CoRBIERE.—" Nothing is more important than
to know wtohat kind of pe:lsions those
contributors
will he-
-1 the
fty:es will become so, how will you know whether
they are such as arc deserving of the national con.
6dence ? I agree that to choose is to exclude. Yes,
if it deprives me of my rights ; but in the question
before us, it cannot be injurious—we are always
:00 ready to pass from one extreme to another.
Some exclaim that the project is too aristocra.
peal; others, that it is too democratical. The men
iho pay under three hundred francs, form nearly
tmo.thirds of the kingdoms and you deprive them
of their rights, you throw them among the class of
men useless to the State. Thir class, you say, has
in private interests—strangers to the common cause.
on the contrary, the middle class offers a picture of
every virtue, of kerning, of fidelity, and, above all,
of independencef How will it be possible to maim-
tin order among the great numbers which will be
called forth It will only demand some of the mise-
rable resources of the Police, to sow defiance and
stir up hatred. The greatist evil is the giving up the
elections to one class: rivalship will be the necessary
consequence. The Project appears to me to intro-
duce considerable evils into the GONCTIIDICiIt: I vote
that it be rejected."
M. Curia, Commissary of the King—" Gentle-
men, a Noble Member, my old companion at the
Institute, and one of the columns of the University,
be reproached me for quoting the Charter as the an-
cient philosophers did their matter, saying, • the
router said so.' That which is perfectly tree in the
arts end sciences Ido not apply to politics. I allow
that I have recourse to the author of the primitive
legislation. Yes ; we thief search the principle of
what is good, in Hue who calmed the waves of the
sea, and defined their limits. After two years of
misfortune, we are reproached for having recourse
to this sacred principle. When a great King has
given a Constitution to a great people, it ought no

longer to be compared to a but of savages, but to
place which cannot be overthrown without killing
'Naval* inhabit it. It is very tree, that the year
beM last the mode of election proposed was diffe•
rent it is because last year the 40th article of the
Charter has been revised. It has been repeated. that

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all interests are not represented by the Project: we
believe that they are. There are three possible sys.
tems—either to admit the multitude...go adopt the
Project—or to violate the Constitition. The Revco.
lotion has been atfriboted to the middling or lower
classes: it had very different causes. When there
was question of correcting the moral world. the great
set the example: then were seen the Nobles of the
country jealous of those of the Court—the magistrate
jealous of the warrior—the citizen of the man it:
place—the artisan of the manufacturer. Every one
hat been culpable, every one has been punished.
The tempest broke out—the sea rolled from is abysses
—and carcases floated upon it. There were those
oho shed the blood of the middling clasp, as well is
of other classes."
The mAtor concluded by supporting, that to put an
end to the regime of ordlipnances, against which so
Sal a Cry bad been raised, the Chambei Ought to
adopt the proposed Project of Law.
On an sides the discussion was demanded to be
dosed.

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Before the closing of the debate it was decided
that the Reporter of the Commission should speak.
SITTING Ow Tile 4TH 11l JANUARY.
The Chamber opened at halipast twelve o'clock.
The ROPORTRIL of the COMMISSION ascended the
Tribune : , ,
" Gentlemen—The Election by the contributors
ef SOO francs ought to prevail over all other methods
Proposed, not because it is in the Charter, but because
it ought to be there, naturally and simply. We
owe the prtfereoce to the system proposed, because
it i: Constitutional, Monarchical, aad if not Porgar?
at least in the interests of the people."—l'he Reporter
0 the Commission then ev.andied the several up-
lifts and opinions which had bees brought forward
io opposition to the Charter, and endeavoured to re-
late them. He then spoke is favour of the Amend-
awns proposed by the Commission. He concluded
b 7 inviting the Chamber to union, and henceforth to
have no tivalsbip bet for the maintenance of the
Chatter, to love the King, to serve him, aid, if or.
te44l, to shed their blood for him, and for this
tountry...
The PRISIDINT moved the question for the con-
'ithion of thP discussion.
l'be whole House rose up for the affirmative.
'Mu Paea:art then resumed the different Amend-
ments which had been proposed.
The first article of the ?Nett was submitted to
the vote.
M. Batmen de CUALA1111R......" I demand, is it
40 is it politic., to admit to be Electors every men
lte
44 an by the Charter t The questioo concerning
number of Electors has been lightly passed over.
is 4 fact, that lofty towns of the departments

***ld set be ebbe to beitt so& Ittibmieb MEOW

I cannot Pensive is this 'Project nit of the elements
of that happy docility *ilk+ is *dim the appendage

of ignorance, nor of that discernment which belongs
to instruction." The Orator diet brought forward

the arguments which have been so Often repeated in
the course of the diseusdon. He concluded by de.

*standing that this article be rejected as impracticable.

M. Barrow desired that a seasianna of Electors
should be established, and that this maxima be sof&

ciently extended, so as to balance the influence of the
large proprietors, and equally to remove the dangtrs
of aristocracy and demOcracy. The Orator was of
opinion that this limitation would counteract many
evils, and would be productive of great advantages.

Several Members—'' Seconded I seconded !"
M. de la BOYLAY, thought that the amendment of
M. Breton was in contradiction with the very article