London, Tuesday, March 2,...
The French papers of S:iturriay contain the results of a great nrUnber ore of thc elections, the commencement of which in Patis we noticed yesICTdaZy. The telegraplh has becn put in motion on all the lines of telegranhic comnu- nication by which France is intprsected, an thle victories of the Mfinisters in the Electoral Colleges have been trans- mittcd with the same zealous rapidity as their military triumphs in the Spanish campaign. Nor is this the only point of resemblance betwveenl the two contests. In both the Mfidstry have fought against constitutional tights, so- lemnly guaranteed ; iin both:they have exerted the wvhole foree of the Government in opposition to the laws which aught to have prevailed in the respective cases; in both Lney have prartised a systern of delu,ion, and laid the foundation of ultimate success in a lavish employmnent of the means of seduction and violence. Unhappily, too, in both cases they had to contennd with antagonists undis- ciplived, acting without concert, and unprovided with the m as of resistance. The consequence has been, thatout of l 12 returns, (nearly a tlhir(d of the wvhole representation.) which will be found in another column, only nine are in favour of the Liberals. Paris, whose deputation was nearly altogether Liberal at forner elections, and wbere the most confiAdent hope was entertained of a similar result in this, returns five Ultras from the eight small or rr0ondisement colleges of which it is com- posed. In the srnall colleges of the provinces, the rcsult is still more striking in favour of the MNinistry ; and there is almost no doubt th)at the great or departmental electortil bodies vilU send to the Chamber a very scanty. portion of Opposition candidates. What will become of public dis- cuLssion in the next session, -when the merr.bers will be nearly all of one opinion ? The phTaseS formerly em- ploycd in speaking of the Chamber roust be disumed; for instead of having a-t-ight and left sidte, there will be only one side. The Liberal or Opposition deputies vvill not be more nthmerous than the door-keepers, and equially ineffl- cieut for the purpose oF resisting obnoxious measdres, or onitrolling.a violent majority. LONDON. TUAS4L r V fMARC! 2, 1824.