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

GERMAN PAPEAS.

FROM THE VISFULA,DECEMBER 4.
They write from Konigsberg, on the 20th;of No
rember, that of 631 vessels which have sailed this

year from Pillau, 491 were laden with about 23.000
:Lifts 4 Coin. After they learned there that the bar-
_ Ist. had proved indlerehe in many parts of Ger-
-011/Id....rialfee. 'England, and the South,
cirrriye rose' from 70 to 80 per cent. and
llama to 100 per cent. higher than in summer.
'SWITEtit.f.AND, DECEMBER 17.
• ounweenunts an:loniser a fall 'in the prices 41
.-drurn-and otfier food. The markets the aburidandy I
veuppited;.and as the niimber of sellers• increases, that
the buyers diminishes from the great pdrehasea
lac every family has made within thew three months.
"his observation is applicable to all the Eastern part
Switzerland.
On thsporher point als6,•corn is falling. Conside-
eblesquantities from the North have arrivedin-the
ports-of Belgium. In all Gerinany the prices are
falling, even in Franconia, where the harvest has
'a bad, they fall at every 'mat ket.
This happy change lessens the attempts at mono.
ly, and pats 'an end to the sedi;ious movements
itch have taken place at Nuremberg, Landsberg,
temmiogen, &c. which, if they had become more ea-
!mire, threatened to increase the distreu.-

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1817.
Ctienatcnnott.—Holiday at the Bank, Fiche pier, and
South-Sea House.

FRENCH PAPERS.

This morning we received the Paris Papers of the
%h. 28th, and 29th ult. They are chiefly occupied
Debates in the Chamber of Deputies upon the
w of Election. The important point on which
discussion seems to turn, is—Whether, in the
words of the Report, " the Elections should be by
• degrees-=or direct Elections; by one degree only r'
in plainer terms—Whether the Chamber of De.
ties shall reptesent the itrisioesse, or the Peapie of
once? For it will be understood, that should the mode
Election by„two degrees be adopted, the People ge-
nerally will only have the privilege in the. first instance
c electing a certain numb*: of persons, who are after-
wards of their own will, and wholly independent of the
'ople, to elect the Deputies to the House of Represen-
tatives—a sort of arrangement, of which the obvious
consequence would be, to shut the people out of all
concern in the matter, and to throw the whole
power of Election into the hands of the few posses-
'most influence among them.; or, in other words,
aristocracy of the country. The manner in which
opposing parties in the Chamber have marshalled
themselves on this important occasion, is remarkable.
the side of the doable scheme, or `ratifying.
scheine, as they would have it—the ashen* of MA,
and the groat—the Oppositionists, including
the ultra Royalists of the Chamber, are
displaying their whole, strength ; while, not un-
.strange to tell; the side which• boasts of no mysti-
&radon; of no state machinery—the plan which
,111 tin simple in use, most direct in applies-,
doe, most faithful to irs purpose, is that which the.
Ministers of Government (and a Governmett too not
yet considered very favourable to popular right)
hfure espoused and promoted with all their influence.
The Ministers have made a great option; they have
thrown themselves on the open support of the people
hrge ; and set at an honest defiance all hereditary
iafloences; all ariptocratical jobbing, and managing
juggling.
, hot too many, things, as Telsave had occasion
observe, the Ministers of Louis may have acted
ijnrionsly to the interests of Liberty in France; but
is much in an act like the present to redeem a
deal of error and of folly. Let the People have
a House of Representatives, freely and directly
chosen, and alielse that is necessary to complete and
embellish a noble fabric of Liberty, may most
assuredly be hoped from the superior intelligence of
\ pare Represeutatioh.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OF THE 26TH OF DEMMIIIin.
The Chamber opened at twelve o'clock.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs ascended the Tri.
and proposed in the swine of the King the
Project of Law relative to Divorce, with the amend.-
menus assented to.by the King, and adopted by the
Chamber in its Sitting of the 24th. . .
The discussion was opened upon the Project
relative to Elections..
Count CAusteUT contended, that it wits not under-
by the Charter, Asa every individual paying
francs of taxes, and aged SO, should pollee the
*MU of being •an elector; bat that It Imo Onlir
among them that electors were to be ebsoubt,.s.
enjoy the liberty which is given to us -
lot us give the right of voiles to
only.' ' Let es remember what 'hair • . jusinot
espoie Ourselves to new dangers. The itratathee
brought forth arguments in reef that every *him
pale too frapca taxes, and is SO year* ef age,
sot the right of being an elector. k(e then voted
agalust the whole of the Project. •
it Item Commutn--4' The Charter is not as
smolt/ sismobiage of words, the meaning of "Ma
am 6e passed over.: ; demand, why have wit
- ammemeeke a Chamber of itreputies s his no-
Wog Alt don se have ewe Chambers, two delibera-
.. aideirevotes t It is not indifferent that the
saber of (*toe be great, because askew* mt-
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merous the electors, the greater is themorel authority
of the Deputies. Is it to much, that ode hundred
thousand electors should choose Deputies for 30 mil-
lions of people ? I wire for the Project o 4 Law." -
M. Vanua—se Shall we. under the vain pretext
!of attachment and fidelity to the Government, violate
the Charter which the King has given us ? In the
last Chamber the Ministers openly announced their
intention to make the electoral power dependent upon
the Ministry. We shall see whether they adhere to
their intentions. The project which we discuss is in
no interest for which we should consult—it is neitirer
to the interest of France, nor to the interest of them
King. The King has not established a Representa•
live Government to make a mere show of it. This
project appears to me to place the elections of the
Deputies under the infinence of Ministers, and to
place the Government completely at their disposal.
But, however, it is necessary that Ministers should
emarn themselves within the limits of the Charter.
They were Frenchmen like us, before they were Mi-
nisters—and they will be Frenchmen again when they
quit the Ministry—therefore, they should not pro-
pose a law destructive of the liberty of suffrage. I
ewe against the law."
M. Causue-Jono4o followed, and spoke at consi-
derable length in support of the same argument as
that of Royer Collard. His speech was extremely
long, embracing a line of argument in favour of the
law and the capability of electors. "It is not true
(sdid he), that the assembly of the electors would be
simply an invitation. Their country has a right to
command the presence of those whom she calls. The
office of an elector is as sacred as it is simple ; when
confined to a small number, the greitest evils will be
the result. I should propose, Gentlemen, to declare
incapeble of every public function, and unworthy of
civil privileges, the Elector, who without any evident
cause, has failed td attend the College."
M. the Viscount de CASTEL-BAJAC combated se-
veral of the articles of the project. 44 Where (said
he). shall we find halls large enough to contain such
a number of electors ? Nbat an enormous length of
time will they not consume in their deliberations ? In
fact, suppose that only six hundred electors were as-
sembled together for ten hours—these ten hours will
only make 600 minutes :—thus, each elector will
only have a part of a minute to give in his oath, to
write his tram, to inscribe his bulletin, and to place
it in the urn I Let us confine ourselves to ameliorate:
shall we never cease to innovate ? The law, under all
its ramifications, appears to me incomplete.
" The nomination of a Bureau (as it appears to
me) ought to be the work of the Assembly. This is
the only way that it may be independent. I exclaim
against these principles, inasmuch as they have been
so violated in the late Elections. I have beheld the
moss Inkblot sailjeits, and the OMR devoted) painted'
as the factious, in pamphlets distributed with proln2
sion about the country. The Presidents themselves
solicited Decrees of arrest against them ; the orders!
6f the Police drove away men whom the prayers of
she country called for. Derftire ohs blira-Rvafirtr.'
was the general maxim." The Orator concluded by
voting against the Project.
M. FAVAIIT DI LANGLADI spoke in favour of the
Project. since he found, it to be quite in harmony
with the spirit of the Charter.

M.Jossa Bzwuvota was called to the Tribunes when
the House desired that the discussion should be put
so end to on account of the late hour.—A(!journed.

HITTING 01/ Till 27TH OF DIECKAHIIIt.
The Duke of RICHCLIEU, M. Litlig, M. BECQUIAY,
and M. le Baron Covina, took their seats on the
Ministerial Bench.

. The Chamber proceeded to the Order of the Day
for the continuation of the discussion upon the Law
of Election.

M. Joan BIBAUVOIR spoke at considerable length
against the Proja. He wished that the ancient mode
of election by arondissements and departments should

be preseried : nor did he consider the interpretation
given to the fortieth Article of the Charter just; for
though it established 300 francs as the seining* of

contribution, it did not say'that all who contributed

to that amount should be electors.
M. de Sena' supporl. the Prfiet. If he had any
Objeciion to make to it, it -Was that of being too de-
mocratical. He was afraid that thi new Electoral
Colleges would be too independent of that influence

whisk the Government has exestised since the Resto-
radio —an influence always attacked, but which events
havoillsewn'to be useful, and even necessary for re.
pet the intrigues of faction. He concluded by
propeAstg, in place of Article'? 6f the Pr.*, -the
fotiowiag Regulations.:
M'lyat fn tee Pronoun's which new bat one Deputy to the
,ttha,sad lallulDepartommt of the Seine, there shall be but
eve Eititesal COP*, composed .of all the Electors of the De.

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