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London, England, 1820-05-23 00:00:00

LONDON.

TUESDAY, MAY '23, 1 S2O.
tvinT-TursDAr.—iioliduy at the Bank.

STOCK EXCJSA NGE—ONE O'CLOCK.—Notwithstand-
ing this was a close holiday in the House, the Ex-
change was crowded early with Brokers. The pri-
vate
bargains niad.! yesterday had depressed the
Funds ; but this morning the report became so gene-
ral, that the Minister would send a message in the
course of the week, stating the amount of the Loan, and
the Funding for the service of the year, that immense
sales took place, and Consols for the Account day,
(Thursday next); were done at 69% :A. Several
Brokers, connected with Hoaxes supposed to be ac-
quainted with State secrets, were the principal sellers.

The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this forenoon.

Three retied 017Kers, N. M. JULIEN COMBES,
FLANZL.Ie, an.l BUCIL:;EOIS, have been arrested; the
t 0 at llicAncon, and the third at Lons-le-Saul-
nier. The re,:ort is, that they hare been attempting
to excite di turb.c.ces in Franche-Comte. COMBES
h:ld a co:nomad in tae Army doling the I-Id:idled
Days, and PLANZEAU had the rank of Colonel. A
v. az:ant is also out for the arrest of a Sieur Gun:
LLAAIS, who i, accused of a connection ‘‘ith these
parJe:., but ha hithat.o contrivel to evade pursuit.

CANIZTION.E has gone to Lisle, of which
he is s.lid to hare tecui7ed the command.

The C!:amber of D.•luuirs have had another day's
watan discussion on the Electio❑ L.tw.

Ti:e :ifonileur announces cfrit-ially, that the wi-
dowe2 Duchess (If BERRY is in the fifth month of her
v.egnancy.—Five per Cents. Fri Jay, 74 f. 35c.

rr.32.1 OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.
" PARIS, MAY 15.

c: TO-13V two invntant canc.es came on, botli
connected wiJ tLe it civil and political
liberty—the trial of th,:. Lc,:r.T!, and the
openim; of the dictission on the new law of clection.
As to the mon,te7, it is clearly asccitained that he
bad•no acconipik,:i: his crime was the act of a mad-
man, who ieaied neither Goo nor man, and the
sooner such a wretch is removed from society the
better. As to the law of electiow, if it passes, as it
will do, it. will be found in its effects to be like a
fi:.e-brand thrown into a powder magaz;ne. The
number of electors is now 100,000 to represent the
elect:re franchise of '29 millions, or rather 30 mil-
lions ; that k, one person out of 300 has a right to
vote for the cleztion of a deputy. By the new law,
the proportion of electors to the population will be
as one to 500 only, or about 60,000 ; and of these,
by the new law, 45,000 will be deprived of their
direct sutfr:eges. To make this matter clear, all per-
sons who paid 300 francs direct taxes, were, by the
old law, electors—by the new one, half of the 300
francs must be paid on account of real property. So
that a tradesman or a merchant, no matter how
much taxes he pays, has no vote unless he possesses
a freehold mate : this will exclude, it is believed,
40,000 electors, and those belonging to the classes
which make the State flourish by their industry.—
What will be their feelings we need not ask, for it is
a law that declares war against commerce, which is
the main pillar of the State. But this is not all—by
the new law the electors are divided into two classes:
those who only pay a certain sum have no direct
vote, they can only vote for candidates from which
the more wealthy electors select the members: nor
is this all ; a man who has the fewest votes has
perhaps a better chance of being elected than he who
has the most. The Department is divided into several
divisions, each of which has the right of proposing
candidates. Now, suppose there are ten divisions,
and 100 voters in each, A is a popular candidate;
in one division he has 90 votes, in another 80, in
,mother 70, &c.—by the new law he is only the can-
didate elected by the division where he has the most
vntes, and in all the other divisions, his votes are
thrown in favour of the second candidate ; so that A,
who had 800 votes out of 10001 is considered only
as if he had 90, and B, who had bat 15 in the whole,
having SO of A.'s-added to his, stands highest on the
list, and has, we repeat it, a better chance of being