The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-25 00:00:00

petitions with which they were assailed. " Observe,"
he, In condom's's, " that public confidence is,
sl.;.ltee, thousands of electors are animated with ion
dienant feelings, as steals° the inferior classes, sOo
look to thee for support ; may I never witness Ai
t roubles to which this inconceivable attempt may lead."
M tic Bourtoon‘Alft deprecated the conclusions
of the ('null Beegnot, sad spoke in favour of the
Kesoletion. lie s.id the Commission had decided,
without diecussive the proposition seder the lets-
✓ue* of views foreign to the eistolers. A majority
it• Peers hail .:.riled epos the necessity of useful
hinges in the elective system, and this was a strong
pre.useptinn in reply to the rancorous epithets which
bld been lavished upon the proposed amelioration.—
/le could prove, that the present Law of Elections
was seise and arbitrary In Its t , and that it
enabled the King's Ministers to 'swiss, an influence
in that Chamber hostile to public liberty ; and in
support of this assertion, he referred to the abuse of
fraudulent patents, sod affirmed, that by payment of
95 freed, itiditideals were eligible to ccccc ise the
rights en Elector, by which means legitimate
Electors were deprived of their rights, inasmuch as
only a tenth of the latter presented themselves at the
E:ectoral Colleges, and consequently the patentees
were masters of the Elections.
M. Buts defended the Law of Elections in the
principal points which had been made subjects of at.
tack, end dilated upon the ill-judged reforms which
• were attempted. Insistiog *pen the danger of a di-
vi ;nt. of the Electoral Colleges, be said that it would
be cundeisielitg Mess lo death.
M. ea ViLizzA nest succeeded to the Tribune;
he declared, that he wished to appeal to the reason.
not to the passions of the-Chamber. He would re-
ject all discussion foreign to the subject. lie corn.
plaieed, that the first Article of the law of Elec.
tines was dangerous in its principle ; inasmuch as it
drove away real and adasmitted fictitious Electors;
it permitted, by patents, the parches* of the right
of voting, which the Charter had reserved to landed
proprietors: to judge of the abase of this system,
he referred them to the list : they would there see
the validity of the rights of the Electors inscribed.
After stating that the system of ceutraliestion by
Flertorel Colleges was inconvenient, and precluded
the @Umlaute. of numerous Electors, that Prefects
had too much irleence in the formation of the lists,
and that no means existed of verifying these opera-
thing, he concluded by toting in fates, of the Hew.
lotion.

M. DEiT. AULATINIC declared, that he did not as.
wend the Tribune to reason upon the grounds of the
.4oestio,.. bet to notice what had been advanced by
bide Villeie. ft was ',ideally the College of the,
(:srd to which that Hon. Member bad alluded ; bet
1,01. de ht. Astaire) protested that he was in error.
The Deputies of that department obtained at the
^Aro scrutiny nearly 1,000 votes on a total of 1,401)
Etcetera. It had been signified that 45 Electors were
ineligible. lie did not think that they were struck
off : but could it be said that they were introduced
by the influence of the Prefect? Of what importance
etas so ample ao addition ? The Administration was
pot without ind ; bet that influence was legiti-
mate: it bad been employed to persuade the Protest.
aids, that they could eaercise their elective ii4hts
'without danger; that they should be protected even
against their assassins. " You speak (said M. de
tit. Aulaire) of the Elections of 1818, and I naw
Terri. to those of 1813 ; they ought to hare 'okra
place on the 21st : on the 17th, 13 Protestant Elec-
tor. had their throats cot; the others, in dismay,
withdrer to the oseentains. List year, the same
D•paties of 1815, again presented themselves at the
Electoral College. The former crimes not having
been punished, the same (rows sere enterteioed ; and
the Administration were necessitated to adopt means
to allay them."
M. us Vir.t.st.a again needed the Tribune.-
46 If," said he, " crimes were committed in 1815,
the Government neght, and should punish them;
but crimes committed four years ago cannot repair
abases committed last year"—[(:rhea on the left
Ode, that the general order of the discussion ought
not to he Interrupted by the detail of such incidents.)
N. Guttman Deputy for the Department of Pi-
nisterre dainsed leave to state a fact. The Assem-
bly became: temellooso.
The PRESIDENT was called upon to pet it to the
vote whether the order of speaking as inscribed should
be observed.
M. Oa Conavotatee theeeht that M. Guilhem
eight not to be presented from communicating a
Biagio fact.
M. I the Kazeer of the Suns worsen.
moistly beard on this point.
M. CUAUTCLIN said, that erroneous statements
ought to receive a direct reply.
M. Gunmen ascended the Tribune, and referred
to an elector presented es not having the right of
voting, though he had shed his blond for the country,
oriel void 500 francs of taxes.—[The tumult increas-
ed, sod drowned the voice of the smelter. The gif-
ting broke op, and the Secret Committee was adjourn.
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to Monday, the 22d inst.]