London, Wednesday, March ...
By the French papers which arrived last night, we have the cornmnencement of the operations of the departinental Dr great colleges in Paris. These collges are composed of the fourth part of the electors, who pay the highest rate of direct taxes, above 300 francs, and who thus, by their wealth, acquire a right to a double vote-one for their dis- trict (arrondissement),andanother for their department. The qualification for the latter in Paris, on the present occasion, allounts to 1,297 francs. The college is divided into five sections, which return four menmbers, anid the total nmun- ber of electors on the list is only 2,0.59 ; or about 500 voters for one representative. The nministerial candidates are Messrs. OLLIVIgR, BarETO, BUTEX, and BONNET-the first the banker, and the last the barrister ; the two others " unknown to fame." Their constitutional antagonists are Mescrc. MANUEL, LAFITTE, TERNAUX, and DELES- SERT, wvho were all in the last Chamber, and with whose names most readers are familiar. The first day's operations are always limited to the confirma. tion of the bureau appointed by the Crown, or the no- mination of a new one; and according as the electors evince their opinions and their strength, by confirming or over- thrtwiilrg tius appoiutult, theW wini'terial oi oppositior bias is shown. Judgilig by this test, we calt #Uticipak thz return f only one constitutional candlidate out ofi the fout wvhich compose the deputation of the great coilege of Paris, as osly one of the bureaux has been changed. The Paris papers of Sat-drday contain no other intelligence of thc slightest interest, if we except the follor the Etoile ing Paragraphs from "The wife of General Mina arrived at Havre four days ago, on board a vessel from Lisbon: she is accompanied bY her father. They will proceed directly to London by the packet-boat, without going to Calais, as they at first intended. " Tle first nuwbers of the Greek Gazette, printed at Missolon. ghi, have been received at Corfu: they are read with extreme av-idi ty It is announecd, that a French journal will shortly be printed in the same town. Europe will at length obtdin information of what is paSsing, from other organs than those of the Turks. "LI ord Byron isi still at Missolonghi, where-the' rights of citizen- ship vere coenferred on him in full Senate. His new poem, TAr 7ri- ,nnpA of HelJa, has been translated inte Greek." LOIN'DON, WEDNESDAY, jMAIR CII 10,1824.