Star.
London, England, 1820-06-14 00:00:00

at the rite_ entire fehtsvai of the Chamber, yet they
have gaine.l.more than the great majority of the
nation are dispoted to grant theme BY assigning to
only one-Eokrth of the existing botiY bf Elector's the,
power of returning 172 Deputies, they hlvegreatly fa-
cilitated the process of putting the nominations to that
exten► into the hands of the French Treasury ; and'
when that is -effected, they must, indeed, be very
bungling operators in the cause of corruption if they
cannot obtain the permanent support 0144 of those re•
turned upon the ad system ;.and that is all that is
quire(' to secure ar► absolute majority in the Chamber.
Still the Government is far from having effected
what it was labouring at the hazard of its very
existence to aecomplish. The change which it ori-
ginally proposed would have had the effect of dis-
franchising the Revolutionary interest entirely, which
our Readers need not be-told is the predominant in-
terest in the country. The moment for making this
daring experiment was well chosen.—France was
terror-struck at the murder of the Duke de BERRT
by what may be called a political assassin, and the
odium of a participation in his crime was thrown
upon all who should raise their voices in defence of
the interests or principles of the Revolution. Yet in
defiance of this torrent of prejudice, there were not
wanting men of sagacity and spirit enough to see and
ward off the vital blow which, under the funeral
pall of this lamented Prince, was aimed back at the
national Constitution. Almost half the Chamber
not only resisted this sinister attempt of the Govern-
ment, but, by the studied violence of their speeches,
(for such is the fact—a fact more to their honour
than discredit)r raised such a ferment in the Capital,
and even in the Provinces, as to cause the Project to
drop from the trembling hands of the servants of
the Crown.

If the French Ministers are wise enough to respect
the Charter, both the CHARTER and the BOURBONS
may probably take root in France. But ;f that sys-
tem of meddling with, and paring, and patching the,
Charter, which has been more or less at work ever
since the restoration of Louts, be persevered in, all
faith in the sincerity of the restored Dynasty will
speedily be lost, and between such an alienation of
confidence and an everlasting separation, the step is
generally but short.
M. de GIRARDIN spoke patriotically and well,
when, in the Chamber 45f Deputies, on a late discus-
sion, he thus addressed them :—" It is on the basis
of the Charter that we will meet the Ministers: it'
is there that they shall always find us ready to confer
with them : it is on that basis, and that basis alone,
that conciliations can take place with advantage to
the public liberty. It is because they have wandered
from the principles of the Charter that discord has
reigned amongst us ever since we assembled. The
Ministers, who complain so bitterly of their position,
would never have been placell in it, if they bad never
indulged in projects contrary to the spirit and to the
letter of our fundamental law."

The Spaniards have an article in their new Con-
stitution which it would be well the French had in
theirs. It is High Treason to attempt the slightest
alteration in the Constitution till it has had a ten years'
trial. Were this the case in France, it would be
spared that incessant agitation of party questions
which keeps the public mind in a state of feverish
exaltation, and utterly retards any approach to a
consolidation of the new order of things.

The KINO of SPAIN, with the view of restoring the
public credit, which everybody kpows had sunk to
nothing during the period that he was under the in-
fluence of Councillors who had sold themselves to
do evil," has declared in full force two Decrees of
the Cortes, which had guartnteed the faithful repay-
ment of all pecuniary advances made for the benefit
of the State, according to law. The Elections in
Spain continue, it is said, to ip in favour of men
distinguished for the moderation of their political
sentiments.