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EUROPE. FRANCE. Assassination of the Duke de Berri. The intelligence received from France is of a highly important character. The Duke de Berri, the presumptive heir to the throne of that country, has fallen the victim of an assassin. This atrocious act was committed by an obscure person of the name of Louvel, who was employed about the King's stables, and who, according to some accounts, belonged to the household of Bonaparte, while at Elba. It appears that he had been long meditating this barbarous deed, and at last he unhappily found an opportunity for the successful execution of his diabolical purpose, just as his Royal Highness was leaving the Opera, on Sunday night, the 13th February, to step into his carriage, where the Duchess was already seated. At that moment the assassin struck him a blow with a dagger on

the right side. The unhappy victim of his malice uttered a loud cry, and fell senseless on the ground. He was immediately con veyed into the saloon of the Opera, followed by his distracted Duchess, who was covered with the blood which sprung from her husband's wound. Every aid which professional skill could administer was applied; and it was at first thought that the wound was not mortal, but this hope proved unfounded. His Highness was removed to the Louvre, and at six o'clock next morning he breathed his last. The assas sin, who was immediately apprehended, discovered the most hardened indifference, and gloried in what he had done, from po litical motives. His intention, he openly avowed, was to extirpate the race of the Bourbons, whom he considered as the enemies of France. He seems, in short, to be a desperate political fanatic, alike inaccessi

ble to humanity or remorse. During the frequent examinations of the assassin, which have since taken place, he has persisted in having no accomplices, and acknowledged that he had meditated the foul crime for four years past.

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Both the Chambers addressed the King next day, in terms of condolence on this melancholy occasion, and the King, in his reply to the Chamber of Deputies, concludes with these words :-"I shall adopt every necessary measure to preserve the State from danger, of which I am but too forcibly forewarned by the crime of this day." In the Chamber of Deputies, on the 15th, a long and stormy discussion took place as to the notice taken in the minutes of the proceedings of the previous day, of a charge brought by M. Clausel de Coussergues against M. Decazes, of being accessary to the murder of the Duke de Berri. It terminated in leaving the minutes unaltered; but M. Clausel persisted in his charge, and submitted the following proposition for the consideration of the Chamber:-" I have the honour of proposing to the Chamber, to direct an impeachment against Count Decazes, Minister of the Interior, as being guilty of treason, according to the terms of the 56th Article of the Charter. quest that the Chamber will fix the day after to-morrow for the developement of my proposition, if it cannot hear me to day." Election Law. When this affair was disposed of, M. Decazes presented the new Election Law. The projet for changing this law consists of six heads or titles. The first regards the number of Deputies. They are to consist of 430 Members; 258 of whom are to be chosen by the Colleges of Arrondissement, and 172 by the Departmental Colleges. The Departments are divided into Electoral Arrondissements, each of which has a College composed of Members residing within the Arrondisse. ment. The Departmental Colleges are composed of a number of Electors, of which 600 is the maximum, and the minimum 100, named by the Colleges of Arrondissement. There is thus a Representation within a Representation, quoad 172 of the Deputies to the Chamber. Every Elector of the Departmental Colleges must pay one thousand francs per annum of direct contributions, (L. 41, 13s. 4d.) The second relates to the quotas, or contributions of the Electors, and of the eligible; the third to the formation of the Bureau, or Presidency of the College, all Presidents being named by the King. The fourth head prescribes the form of voting, which is by writing the name on slips of paper, the scrutiny remaining open five days. The fifth title presents some general dispositions, of which the most striking seems to be, that, in case of a dissolution of the Chamber, all the Deputies, after being newly elected, shall

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hold their seats for five years-so that the renewal by fifths (which is preserved in the Projet) shall not commence until after the expiration of the fifth year-thus one-fifth of the body of the Chamber will retain their seats for nine years. The 6th head contains what are termed "transitory dispositions," or such as provide for the manner in which the new Projet shall affect the composition and duration of the existing Chamber. The 172 Members wanting to complete the 430 are to be chosen by the Departmental Colleges, between the pre sent and the ensuing session.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs then submitted a project of law, the chief effect of which is, that it allows the arrest and detention of any person accused of plot or conspiracy against the King, the safety of the State, or the persons of the Royal Family, by an order deliberated on in a Council of the Ministry, and signed by three Members at least, without the necessity of bringing the accused before the public tribunals. This law is to cease of itself, if not renewed in the ensuing session.

Change of Ministry.-In consequence of the proceedings above detailed, M. Decazes has resigned his office of Minister of the Interior; and on the 24th the King issued an ordinance accepting of his resignation, which had been given on the ground of ill health. Another ordonnance, of the Same date, creates him a Duke of France, and it is notified in the Moniteur that he is appointed Ambassador at the English Court.

Count Simeon has been appointed Minister of the Interior, in the room of the Duke Decazes; Baron Mounier, Director General of the Departmental Administration of Police; and Count Portalis, Under Secretary of State to the Minister of Justice; the Duke of Richelieu is appointed President of the Council of Ministers.

The law for subjecting all political writings in France to a previous censorship has been adopted by the Chamber of Peers, but with some amendments, the chief of which is that which provides for the expiration of the law at the close of the present session of the Legislative Bodies.

SPAIN. Every means appear to be adopted by the Spanish Government, to prevent a knowledge of the actual state of affairs in that country from getting abroad. The intelligence which has been received since our last is extremely contradictory; but this much we now learn with certainty, that the insurrection which broke out in the Isle de Leon on the 1st of January, so far from being crushed, appears to have gained ground. The insurgents seem to be gradually but constantly increasing their strength and improving their circumstances. There is now no doubt that their numbers amount to 16,000 or 18,000 men, and that a division of 2000 troops which