London, Monday, March 1, ...
The Paris papers of Friday, which arrived last night, are more than usually curious to thos6 who take an interest in the internal politics of France. They contain the result of the first day's election in the capital-a result for which those only could be prepared svho have for the last two months been watching the manceuvres of the Government agents, or calculating the inflaence of Ministerial corrup- tion, in a kingdom where representative government is little understood, and where no independent bodies exist to op- pose Ministerial usurpations. It may be necessary to re- mind some of our readers, who are happily relieved'from the necessity of attending habitually to French politics, that in France there are two kinds of elective bodies-that of districts, and that of departments; that the former con- sists of all who pay direct taxes to the amount of 300 francr a year or upwards, and the latter of a certain proportion of the former who pay the highest census; that the electo- ral colleges of districts were convoked for the 25th of Fe- bruary, and those of departments for a subsequent day. The district or arrondissement colleges of Paris, or the depart- ment of the Seine, are eight in number, and the candidates pIJue~I iy je 14er-41, wrtit[, er! ejenerair oy, unt plUpUt=U Vy L"u 1,11), ilur LIICILI, r ena OY f late deputy; M. LAFITTE, the banker; M. CAssInals PER. raER, thebanker: M. BENJAMtINj CONSTANT, the politi- cal writer; M. BENJAMIN DELESSERT, the banker; M. DELABORDE, the author of the wvork on Spain; A. SALLE LON, and M. TERNAUX, the great manufacturer. The number of voters in each college was as follows :-in the first, 1,6502; in the second, 1,360; in the third, 1,305 in the fourth, 1,318 ; in the fifth, 1,080; in the sixth, 861 in the seventh, 1,118 ; and in the eighth, 456. In the first colloge General Foy, opposed to .MI. Le Bnuq, obtained 749 votes against 743, but neithex having gained the absolute majority of 752, the elcetion was declared incomplete, and a new scrutiny was fixed for the following day. A similar obstacle occurred to a perfect return from the second college, where iM. LAFITTE had 673 votes op. posed to 678, the absolute majority being 6S1. In the third, M. CASTMIL PaRRIERF was returned by a majority of 6i4 over his antagonist; and in the fourth .IM. B. C ONSTANT was declared deputy by a majority of 13S. But here the success of the Liberals was arrested. T.M. PELESSERT, DELABORDX, SALLERON, and TERN Aux, having lost their elections in favour of their respective antagonists, M. HARI- CART DE THURY, M. D? LAPANOUZF, Al. Coc111N, and IM. LEROY. WVho these latter persons are, with the ex. ception of M. de LArANOUztE, the government banker, we believe it would puzzle a skilful Parisian elector to state, but it is sufficient that they were proposed by the Treasury, and supported by the influence of AMinisterial corruption. Mlenaces, promises, direct interferenee, and even positive dishonesty in making out the list and returns, we are as- sured, have not been spared. The Quotidiennc tells us tnat the successful Ministerial candidates were proclaimed deputies amid cries of Vive le Roi. If tLe clainms ol their antagonists were thus to be considered as opposed to the existence of the throne, a republican, or an enemy of the BouRtoxs,could desire nothing better than afree election. It is stated in these papers that Ml. BERTIN DS VAUX has been returnedfor VersaiUes, and that General LArAYETTE has lost at Meaux. The following are extracts from the Afoniear of Friday, and the EIoile dated Saturday :- " PARTS, FEB. 26. L Ietters frorn Rorae of the 12th confirnm what is said in the Diario of the preceding day,in the amelioration of the Pope's health. His Holiness, kowever, still kept his bed, and was unable to go to the Vatican, as he intended. On the 12th, Cardinal Severoli had relapsed to sucl a degree, that his recovery was dcspaired of: he was said to be dying. Cardinals Rusconi and Fabrizio Ruffo are stiU in danger. Her Majesty the Duchess of Lucca received the ziaticum on the 11th, and it was expected that news would soon ar. rivc of her death. It is said that his Holiness wil make a promotion of Cardinals about the middle of Lent. ' DI. Paez de la Cadena, Mlinister Plenipotentiary from the Coart of Spain to his MIajesty the King of Great Britain, has arrived at Paris, and put ip at the great Hotcl of Castile, rue Richelieu. |From the 2toile, dated Saturday.] " FRANKFORT, FEB. 22. We have just received the Oriental Spcetator of the 15th Ja. nuary. It contradict the news of the landing of the Greeks at Scio, as well as that of a landing at Mitylene; and lastl., that of the tal;- ing of Caristo, which Odysseus was stated to have taken by storm on the 12th December. "TINO, DEC. 22. "Odysseus is before Caristo with 2.000 soldicrs. Oner Bey, who commanded it, has quitted it, leaving a sufficient number of mnen to defend it. Having been made Pacha of Negropont, be is marchiug againt Delyanopulo, in Attica. As the plague rages in the fortrcss of Caristo, Odysseus has caused a trench to be dug round it, to en- deavour to blow it up. Eight Ipsariot vessels blockade Negropoaqt. " SYRA, DEC. 23. " The Greeks hope to reduce Patras by famnine; but we know that it hasa good stock ofprovisions. Unless if be taken by storm, it will long remain in the handsof the Turks, as well as Coron and Modon. " ODESSA, JAN. 21. " By letters frbm Constantinople of the 26th of January, 1X. linriacky arrived there on the 17th, and was imeadiately com- plimented by an Oficer of the Foreign Department. The compli. rneflt'wss compeize4 nTith fioweraad preserved fruits, The ECeiS Efiendi is dangerously ilL The sultan has ordered his cbief phy- sician, on pain of his displeasure (that is to say, on pain of death) to cure the Minister without delay. The Physician is in consternation. "SEMLIN, JAN. 12. "Letters from Salonichi, of the 31st of January, say, that Cap- tain -Diamanti has landed for the third time at Cassa7ldra, with 3,000 men. He has cu: to pieces 800 Turks, apd returned to Volo with immense booty. - *, " SWITZERLANTD, Fell. 17. "The Kingof Spain hasordered the remains of the Swiss Re- giments to be re-organized, and placed again on the same footing as they were on the 7th of March, 1820. It is also desired to raise a Regimeat ofSwiss Guards." FREwcii FUNDS.-PARIS, Feb. 27.-Five per Cents. 100. 40.; Loan of 1823, 13.; Neapolitan 5 per Cents. 8G.t Rentes d'Esp. 24j. Exchange on London, one month, 25. 40.; three months, 25. 30.-Cou rs Autlcnt2ique. LONDON. MONDAY, MltARCH 1, 1824.