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Su6rae, n Rh ds Ivioad.-Rhode Island, as is well kno~n i, the only state in the Union which has no regularly formed Constitution. Her present govern nen is on the system devised in the old Colonial charter which granted her before the Reyolu- tion.

 Her lav of suffrage, of which much has of late been said, and about which some excment is begin- ming to be felt in that State, requires that every per- son shall have possessed himself SI34 worth of real estate bdfnrc he can he voter The present popula- ton of the State is l0S ,s37. Under the suffrage laws of the States generally there is voter every six inhabitants; in states where the suffrage is most tended it is to five inhabitants. The number of qufe voters at present in Rhode Island is, by some, estimated at ,000, by others 5000. Sup pose tn. number to be 10000, and allowing voter to six inhabitants the nmlersof would be ls, l39, which is g, l39 more than at present.

 The male population of the state over 2l years of age as ucar as it be ascerained by the census is over 25000; exclude from this number 4000 as per- sons who would be disqualified to vote under the suf- frge laws of the States generally, and deduct the l0, 900 qualified voters above mentioned and there re, main within the state 10000 persons not having the necessary qualifications to vote. Probably the law requiring the possession of real estate quafca- ton for voter cuts of 10000 persons, who under the laws of the other States would be legal voters Journal of Commerce.