The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-09-08
Important Foreign Ne,os.

The arrivals nom E0rope during tne past "eeA I
have brought the accounts of the commencement
and rapid progress of most important
tREV0EUTTON IN FRANCE.
The result of the late elections so favorable to the
liberal party and inauspicious to the designs oil
the ultraroyalists, could not fail to satisfy the min
listers Of Charles that they either yield their
places, and suffer the king to throw himself into
the arms of the liberal party, or resort to exraor-
dinarv and unusual means to retain their power
With an nfatuaton, for which it is difficult to &C
count, they chose the latter. report on the state
of public affairs, and on the means necessary to
provide for the public safety, was drawn up by the
ministers and presented to the king. Accompany
ing the publication this report, were three Ordi-
nances of the King, in conformity'with the recon-
rnanda4ians- aaAa~iAAa4 is..s las.- ----'---'-
Which suspended hs liberty Of the press I; the sec
ond DISSOLVED the Chamber of Deputies, which had
just been chosen and the third ordered new
election, to be made By small portion, only, Of
the constitutionally qualified voters /!
The report occupies two close columns,
and is signed by Prince de Polignac, Presi-
dent of the Council, and by the Ministers Of
Justice, the Interior, Marine, Finances, Ec-
.clesiastical Affairs, and Public Works. 1t
is very spirited and ably written. 1t speaks
of signs of disorganization and symptoms of
anarchy manifested upon almost every
point of the Kindgom: describes the exist
ence of a spirit which threatens the foun-
sdation Of order, and to deprive France of
the happiness which for fifteen years she
has enjoyed under the sceptre of Kings !;
which foments among the people a dispo-
sition of defiance and hostility against gov.
ernments, and every where to sow the seeds
of discord and civil war. These and nu-
merous other evils are attributed to the lib
erty allowed the periodical press and its
effects on the law of elections, presaging
new connections, did not the King possess
the power of remedying the evil. In this
TRADE against the press, it is described as
the source of corruption which threatens
the Kingdom with destruction as :having
infused a turbulent democracy into the
laws. as a substitute for legitimate power !;
and as being the parent Of falsehood, mis-
representation nd terror II than AAAl--A-,
- II Is time, It is more than time, to arrest
its ravages." 1t asserts, that no government
can be stable, if il has not the right TO pro-
vide for its own safety; declares that the
18th article of the Charter has given to the
King full powers to provide for the public
safety; and cites the law of 1914, enacted
in the infancy Of the Charter, as prece-
dent most accordant with its spirit. The
DEGREES then follow -
DEGREES OF THE KING.
CHARLES, &c. Art. i. The liberty of
the press is suspended. 10 Then follow
the regulations of the Censorship, with the
exceptions; aud re-enacting three articles
of the lawsof 1874.
SECOND DECREE.
Charles, by the grace of God King of
France and Navarro. To all those to
whom these presents may come, greeting /:
In virtue of the Fiftieth article of the Con-
stitntion, having been informed of the ma
neuvres practised in many parts of our
Kingdom to deceive and mislead the cleo
tors during the last operation of the eleeto.
raj colleges, our Council being heard, we
have ordained and do ordain:
Art. l. The Chamber of Deputies is dis
solved.
2. Our Minister of Interior is charged
with the execution of the present ordi-
nance.
Given at St. Cloud, the 25th day of July.
in the year Of our Lord 1880, and the eighth
of our reign. CHARLES.
By the King: ca. DE PEYRoNNEr,
Minister of the Interior.
10 Then follow the new qualifications
of the electors ana eilgIOles.
THIRD DECREE.
CHARLES, by the Grace of God King Of
France and Navarro. To all those TO whom
these presents mayceme, greeting Having
resolved to prevent the recurrence. of meas
ures, which have exercised pernicious in.
fuence upon the late operations of the cleo
foral colleges; wishing, in consequence, to
reform, according to the principles of the
Constitution, those rules of election of
which experience has taught the inconyen-
ience,-we have recognized the necessity
OF employing the power in us vested, 10
provide by acts emanating from US, for the
security of the State and the suppression
of every enterprise directed against the
dignity of the Crown. For these reasons
our Council being heard, we have ordained
and do ordain:
Art. j. Agreeably TO the 18th, 26th and
Both articles of the Constitution, the Cham.
Der of Deputies viii be composed only oil
Deputies of Departments.
BY the law on the Elections, as il stood be.
fore the publication of the new order, the Dep.
uties consisted Of two divisions, one chosen by
the electoral colleges Of the arORdisemeafs or
sections OF departments, and the other by the
electoral colleges of departments. The cleo.
tors composing the former or inferior colleges
were all persons paying an annual tax of 300
francs, or about 60 dollars and the number in
France was about $4,000. The superior col.
ieges were composed in each department of the
fourth part paying the highest taxes, of the
electors for the inferior colleges in the same
department. The number of this class Of cleo.
tors for all France Of course about 20 600
and by this arrangement they had the privilege
Of double yote-frst in the inferior, and az.
forwards in the superior colleges.
BY the effect of this order, the election is
thrown entirely into the hands of the superior
colleges, which, in the language of the order,
elect the deputies The inferior colleges are TO
have no further voice in the matter, than to
present to the superior ones twice the number
of deputies they formerly chose, out of which
candidates the superior colleges must choose
one half the deputies As nothing is said Of any
change in the number Of deputies composing