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BRUSSELS . 13RUSSELS, JANUARY S. 4 - • Vire learn that the resolutiOn taken by the Ale , Allied Powers, relative, to the individuals hended 'in the Ordinance of ; the 24th July last; has Win ju st made applicable to those who haie.come to seek an asylum in the territory of the Netherlands. 7-be. Gaverusnent;itis alErmed, has caused it to be sitinalicrio them, iliac a longer abode in the king dom caefiot be alloWed them. They write from Namur, that the Prussian ga'rri. son; composed of the regiment of Pomerania, which has been lodged and led by the citizens for these six months, departs the day after to-morrow to Sarre- Louis. Plater!, the Commander, has pub . lisheil a farewell proclamation, very honourable to the inhabitants. • BRUSSELS, JANUARY 4. Private*letters from-Amiens say that on the Slst December a corps of English troops arrived there to form the garrison of that city during the Winter.— This measure has caused tbe,more surprise as Amiens is not avithin the line to be occupied by the Allies. They write from Lille, that the disbanding of the trench army, which is now terminated, clearly shewed the spirit it still retained. When it was at tempted to assemble the detachment destined to con cur in forming the Royal Guard, most of the soldiers refused to make a part of it, and many had the ef frontery to add, that they did sot intend to serve the 13 •uibous. Of some regiments, not one than would cuminue to serve. FRSPICH PAPERS. PARIS, JANUARY 4. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. &TTINO OF YUE SD JANUARY. The discussion on the Amnesty Bill was resumed on Wednesday, the 3d, when lii. BECQUILY opposed the Amendments of the Committee. He corn nientcd generally on the prerogative of mercy, as being inherent in the Royal Authority, and de precated any modification of that Assembly in the exercise ct it. Considering the measure as one of safety, the King alone could judge of the extent of its operaticia.. M. DE CASTILBAJAC supported the amendments, on the principle that they only intrusted a power 'to the King, - which could be employed at his-discretion. He felt it necessary to remove the regicides from the French territory. s httrquis Malsoxtuar approved of the original Bouirun asked, whether any of the •Mem. ben,. approeclaing the urn with his vote, could say of the thirtx-tight persons mirk , :ki out for exile in the firija-4 4 upon my honour, and Lefore GOD and Wen, yvi, the thirty.eirTlit individuals are guilty r' ?L expressed great horror against the regicides, a .4 concluded a long speech, in which he was'often cllmorously interruptcd, by voting for the amended projet. M. DE Can, Minister of the Police, and M. Du roicr„ defended the original motion . ; and were an • swered ::by M. PA EDE.:3US, one of the Member" of the Comrnitt:•e, whose speech was loudly approved. The Cliambe: adjourned the discussion at five • SITTING OF THE 4•TII 31:WARY. The discussion oa the Law of Amnesty was re. sunned. M. COLOIIII ascended the tribune. He observed, that by the imprisonment of some , the death of ("then, And the voluntary exile of the rest, the power of the conspirators was no linger formidable, while the law against sedition secured the Government against every violence. Doubtless, however, the conspirators should be watched attentively ; but there had appeared in the nation a destructive ma , l.ady, which was making a dreadful progress. La valette had escaped, not according to justice, but to execute his work, and in this event were discerned traces of a conspiracy ! The eff:cts of false alarms should be dreaded ; if the country be in danger, it is caused by prolonging inquietudes.by which public credit is already shaken.—(Murnrurr.)—He com bated all the. amendments successively, and' voted for the original projet. M. BENOIST and M. MICIIIILLIIT opposed the . amendments, which M. Chinlet supported, and the Chamber adjourned the question to the following dap, SITTING OF THE STH JANUARY. The discussion on the . Amnesty Law was re sumed, when M. de Santa ascended the tribune to oppose the amendments of the Committee. He con i,.iered the good faith of the King as pledged to sup port the Proclamation of Cambray, with which the t .1.!,1 amendments were totally inconsistent,— (,Iturareer followed his speech.) M. ETIENNE FEUILLANT supported the amend. mews, which were opposed by M. Duimonane, at t!i• wrmivation of whose speech many Members se c aired the conch:tier: of the question. • The P 4 1; 1 1E/EN T having inquired of M. Corbiere, the reporter, it he desired to add any observations ? 1.1. COI:MERE demanded that the discussion. be du. lined to the day following. Several voices--" No! no!—Close it ! close it!" *; M. DORMINGON ue BRONSAC observed, that " the mono?, would be the feast of the Epiphany. A festival which I have celebrated in prisons under the tyrants of 4793.—(klureruts fro," goad farts).-- I demand, then, the postponement of the question until alter to-morrow. " • Several voices—,.. 6 This would he just." The PnEspAriT consults the Assembly, which de cides that the Reporter be beard on. the following • day. Adjourned. arritio OP TILE CITH JANUARY. 'lt appears that yesterday, at the conclusion of the Scree Committee, the Deputies had agreed to meet to -day at eleven o'clock ' • yet when, at.'half past e leven, the President (61. Lawn) called upon M. Corbiere, Reporter of the Committee of Amnesty, numerotts-;roices were raised against his being heard. It was observed, that' the Joutnals had announced that the sitting would not continence till twelve o'clock* and that halt of the Members were not pre sent. The sitting was in consequence suspended till is competent number of Membersehnuld 'be sernbled. • • • •At • b4lf - PZit twe4vri A / PirAsiliMAPPick4 i• . .. . tribune and said—g! TOO exp e ct not your It4parterl .to submit; to you- aAy new ideas after a disAisf,iots:l ieh seetisito• be fiaisbede I shall, tin-rehire,. 6oly, • • apitulate the prsactpat points. The King bas ' *used thot.ftreilt of a Law of Amnesty t' be taid *before yob . ; the majeri4 of the Committee charged With the duty, dangerous in so many respects, of first submitting to Tou its • opinion, ii of opinion that . amendments •were indispensably neceslary to, com *se the measese and-render it efficacious; that they were important tosupport the most jnit of causes, to which we Should be capable of makin't e very sacri fice after that which was dif fi cult, and which we are this darabnut to acdomplish. • 46 The first amendment is designed to prevent the law itself from decreeing the exile of the 38, and to leave to the King the task of deciding their fate.... Objections. have been made to the admission of even 'this amendment; there has been remarked a certain unity of principles in what is called our scruples and our severity. We are of opinion that this remark is well founded. We have been desirous that every thing should be connected in our additional articles. It seems, therefore, that all these amendments ought either to be admitted or rejected. altogether. 6 4 If 'we have formed classes, it is because we have been stopped by the fear of trying withoot power and condemning without trial. It is not the men, we have been told, it. is the measure alone that ought to be Considered. This is very right, provided we can se parate these men from the measure ; but this abstrac- tion would be ill calculated to enlighten our under. standings. Others have asserted that the measure is already adopted by. the King himself, and that he only proposes to obtain its approval. This argument has been sufficiently refuted. 66 The second amendment consists in adding to `the nominal exceptions those of certain kinds of crimes which have appeared most remarkable.— Here it is in particular that the opposition has been violent and the objections numerous. 64 We have, in the first place, been reproached with Wishing to retract the amnesty already. granted by his Majesty; to make, in order to repeat a pictu resque expression, the Royal Pardon retrace its steps back to the Throne from which it:has descended.— If this reproath be well founded, the amendment ought to disappear. If the amnesty be pronounced without our concurrence, we ought to be: the first to set an exathple of respect. Such has been our rule.— The Declaration of Cambray is fru an Amnesty. The Ordinance of the 2ith duly contains a first list of 19 persons, who are to be tried before Clonal; of W;1 ; and SR, who are placed 'tinder provisional surveillan:e. The 4th a:ticle says, that no tither shall be prosecuted except agreeably to the conaitutionil laws and Icrinalitie: we therefore prop , se that the goilty be proceeded ae;:;.inz.r. is a reolar and Legal , to ower. ..... " Tile first speaker whom you heard yesterday, M. de Serre, • is of opinion that we had resists ken the rae.:ning of this' art.itt. t ernept: you are capable of jtV.ging on whirl' side: the gtnuine intnpretaticia lies. 4. One word will be suilicii.nt respecting each class of crioies. first class comprehends those who %seri accomplices in aie return orbongparte, by cor responding with him or i.is agents at the isle of Elba, for the purpose of facilitating the means of his re turn. The text answets those who have expsessed fears Ica the number cf die accused should be inde finitely txtcrit.led. , c The second and third classes except the high civil lunctionaties, who anterior to the 23d of. March contritiuted to form the Government of the Usurper. If the Committee. has stopped at that priod, it is because the Declaration •of Cambray rendered this its duty. The exalted wisdom of the King has no need of apology; his motives, besides, are evident; it was our duty to respect them. " If we have treated more favourably the Generals commanding divisions and sub-divisions, it is because the soldiers; aecustomed to a passive obedience, are not excusable indeed, but less guilty in their detec tion, when it took place after the occupation of the capital. As to the Generals-in-Chief who marched their forces against the Royal armies, we have not thought it our duty to spare them . It is said that they are not more guilty than the rest. Vain excuse! Ask the conscience of all the French ; they will tell you that it is an audacity undeserving of pardon, to have turned the French arms against a Prince whose birth, misfortunes, and bravery, ought to command the respect of his very enemies ; against those devot ed servants whom the country mty with pride con -I.trast with too numerous examples of cowardice and treason. They will tell you that you cannot judge *with the same severity those who have fought a ainst foreign armies only, and those who have shed 'Trench blood. The Reporter then defended the amendments of the Committee relative to pecuniary indemnities and the exclusion of the regicides. " Fortunately (said he) you need nn neat infor mation to guide your decision.. You are Acquainted with the crimes of those.men—you know, too, what will ever be their dispositions. Form tl.tir nerseie ranee, you cannot doubt that they will be incessantly placing thentstlires at the head of all sedition/; that tney will always be ready to revive animosities and to hatch new plots. Ail the speakers have vied in manifesting vie indignation with which they are fill ed by sto h men each seemed only afraid of expriss.! nig it in too weak terms. It his., nevertheless, been 'observed, that we act 'in contradiction to our prindi llples, to assume the power of judging on this occasion. We are not at variance with ourselves, it we remove 'men wlose existence in• our midst will elwlys be in 'compatible with our saibty, who discover nothing, but an enemy in every good Frenchman, and an accomplice in every man whom they can find means to mislead ; if we treat them as the members of the Bonaparte family, .who must be sensible of.the corn plete legitimacy of the measure which you are. abase to pronounce against them. But here, again, the great obsticle is the will of the King. 4 it is 'quite sufficient to have endeavoured justify the motives which seemed to render it a pain. ful duty:to follow our conscience, since we have not been so fortunate as to gain over the Ministers to 011 V opinion. I demand, the adoption of the laaw'Projet, with our amendments." Several voices +' Supported I Supported. Print the•gpetch I" Others- NO!. no I" The PAIRODUT- 7 - 0 In a precediggAcusefese (th* which :tuok 0449. i. ScVA 9941144145 , 94 ifif• 1% e. - 6 pp of the Reporters was hie an opinioU ni*lp4f . !Bicthey *ere at liberty to print at their ciera ex : pence." ' M. CLAUSE. DI COUSSERCUIR.wA s This speech is a sequel to the report; it forms part of it: it furnishes -an answer to all the objections that have been urged. M. de Booald had on a late occasion; the generosity to print his reply, but you cannot impose a similar sacrifice on all your colleagues." After some conversation on this point, M..de Cor blare declared, that in order to put an end to the discussion, he would print and publish his speech. Tile PitESIDVIT then observed, that it would now be time to proceed to the deliberation, article' by ord. cle, if the King's Ministers had not requested a sae.' pension of a few moments. The Sitting was accordingly suspended for hail an hour. M. de Vaublanc, Minister of the Interior;' M. de Caze, Minister of the Police ; and M.. Du - trouchage Minister of the Marine, were on the Mi nisters' bench. . The Duke de RICHELIEU, President of the Coun cil, ascended the tribune, and spoke as fellows : . 41 Gentlemen, we have reported to his Majesty on this discussion, in which there is so much sincerity with such disagreement i in which such love of jus. lice is mingled with such veneration for the clemency of the King. Touched with the honourable scruples which cause many of you to believe, that they are called upon to pass sentence on men already stricken by the poiver with which necessity invested him, the King consents to insert in Art. 3, the authority to banish, if they are not brought before the tribunals, I the 38 persons comprehended in Art. 2, of the Ordi nance of 24th July. His Majesty approves also the new wording of Art. 4, relative to the family of the Usurper, and die suppression of the .word children, which might be wrongly interpreted, and which in the natural sense is included in the term descendant:. But these are the only amendments to which the King has commissioned us to give his assent. The Chamber ought to know, that this would be rather to exercise the faculty of amending a law than of changing the economy alt, and of adding so much to its disposithns. Yes, Gentlemen, it is undoubtedly a Projet of a Law that is presented to you ; but you have easily perceived every thing in it extraordinary or peculiar. It is a law which departs from the com mon rules of legislation, and is at once a sovereign and legislative act. By an almost unanimous assent, [ the Chamber has recognized the right of amnesty to be an attribute of r0y..1 power, and even some la mented that his Majesty had made any communica• don on it. But the King felt that the amnesty would become a more Solemn pledge of reconciliation, if the Deputies were associated. in this great act of Royal munificence. You must be aware, Gentlemen, on vinsidering the essence of a law of amnesty, of which the characteristics have been so well defined, that it lis a treaty of peace promulgated by Sovereigns. The M.nisterz. will never pretend to restrict your discus sions. This proves to tare world that your liberty is complete. But, .Gentlemen, is this a reason for not expressing the wishes of his Majesty, when he has ordered us to announce them on his part ? The fourth article of the Committee so improperly called an amendment, in adding several large classes to the exceptions of die proposed law, steins ar us to exclude the idea of an amnesty.—The persons comprised in, these classes would be sent before the tribunals by a law which detlares them authors and instigators of the revolt ; and the law would say to the tribunals, 4 You shall apply to these authors of the revolt, the punishment assigned in the penal code, which is death.' Wouldnot this proceeding. contravene the dignity both of law and justice? •Che sth article proposes a disposition which gives rise to more vri. nut observations. Without observing that this avti , de, under the name of indemnities re-est tbli4bes con fiscations, you should remark that those are sub jected to it, who are to be sent before the Tribunals ; those who shall depart the kingdom by virtue of as tick 3; these who will be expelled by article 7 ; that is to say, on the one side, put of the family of the Usurper; and, on the other, same men whom it is impossible to resolve to name. In this France would receive no real indemnity, it would only renew con. fiscations. From the days of Tiberius to Borra t rarre confiscations have been pronouncdd under the namr of indemnities, and this word is actually found in the speeches of those orators who, presenting the penal penal code, had filled up the articles of confiscation which his Majesty has removed. Let us leave to the august House of Bourbon the solid glory of having abolished this ; and let us not make a law of mercy a cause of discord; and after the deluge of evils which has inundated unhappy France, Let this law, appearing in our pOlitical horizon, be a sign of re- conciliation and of rallying for all Frenchmen." Several Voices—" Supported! supported!" The Pazsmenv proposed, that the discussion, with the Projet of the Law of the Ministers, should ter minate with the amendments of the Committee. This proposal was adopted. . • The first and second articles were adopted in the following terms: Art. I. A full and entire weeny is granted a ell those who directly or indirectly toot part in the rebellion sad oserpation of Nspoleon lienaparte, earns the following exceptions. ' x. The Ordinance et the sub July shall continue to be SW cuted with regard to the permits comprised in the first article of that Ordinance. . . ~ M. de Rozotertoues—P I have proposed a' new wording of the third article. The Committee agree Stith me. It ingpriits to alloW the King a power. of revising the second list, and. ,of keeping in. it thosi whom be may judge proper. We cannot Acmes) .that the original designation of the 38 persons niay have been made, if not in an arbitrary manner, at blast with much carelessness. In a word, it is neces•l wiry that the list should become the work of the pre sent Ministry, which merits our confidence and . that pf the . King." • M. R.tr,uaktio declared his Majesty's assent to this llinetidment. , 4. The article was adopted in the following terms: The King shall be empowered, la the space of two months; dating from the promulgation of the present law, -to remove from France those individuals com prised in the second article of the said Ordinance such as he shall maintain on it ; end that they shall not be brought before the Tribunals, in case they shall depart tram Frapo, within the time prescribed co them; por shall they return to it, without the ex pita authority of his Majegy—the whole under pain of depottatios, . The King 40 . 101111tewite be empow. [ered to deprive them of all granted to them gratuitously. [The projet of the Committee to don of titles. The Count de Rolle dog of the ad, that this would be an infamous punisimtan, which, ea a aid.] Tile PRZSIDENT-0 Articii ilex's T-be. Ministry a Committee, and exclude the After a Jew observations was pre•servf:d, and the articl art. 41 The ascendants children; Bonaparte, his u: Iles a nd aunts brothers, thcir wives and descend& bands are excluded from the kir bound to depart from it in the sp perhiltia denoenced by the 9ltt arl cannot enjoy any civil rights, pose pensloci, gran:ed to thew gratuitc be bound to sell, within the space every description that they ptitsrss TIA fifth and sixth article: 5. The present amnesty is not whom prosecutions have been ci tainrd, before the promulgation of tions shall he continued and the ju to the laws. C. Are not comprised in the prt meaner: against pavan:persons; 2 hav been committed. The persit secotod awarding to law. This article completes thi Ministers. , The Pres:dent read the a' tides of the Committee, tb4 exceptions divided into five The previous question se; the vote. Of 3,59 voters, 1 quesuon, and consequently were of a contrary opinin were rejected by a majority The second amendment ties, gave rise to a long disc M. CLAUSEL DS COUSSI ',opted, by murmurs, and ei substance, Is that it was the Electoral Colleges, that the of the war contributions. title of the Constitution of Order!) During the three hastened to retore confiscat the advantage. The Chan proclaimed the Charter, ant Krug, saw their property s. M. Bat Lear — 44 It is im a disposition of the Charlet M. COIL\ gr d'INCOUIST— toIIoWin aduitiJn to the A Nevertheleis the maximum never amount to more than the property of the condem be s questrated by the Adn and there shall be mutual] mony, the amount of wt Administrative Authority, and children, or of the ail be not condemned to capita The previous question, c d:tioa, was put to the vot majority ; and the discussil Mesirs. de S :rre, aklyde aithe successively against t contenda, would be nothi M. VAOILANC, Musisu is the import.ttwe of the gill clot it is impossible for the c ,ntiwue s legit. rhe Artii itsat in a very clear multi confiscation ; it cannot be lotion in the Charter to gr. petty of the criminals npot This goes:wit temis to an i ter, winch could not have is a question which ought tot solemnity. I conjure I moment, 4 question or su it of you in tt,e tianie oE. th have not ceased to nattnites us by the King." Ist. ksesuisi— r . , Such h 20th of March can be appl the fribun ALA t'zisting at thy p-riod,Ths indetnnities. I, tneretore. c article as not betag within The article of the Ca vote, was rejected by an el The last amendment cot then read. Severalllemt speak upcin it. M. de Be discussion upon'this point I speech, delivered with vim gret our inability to give a few passages. M. Di 131111 V -14 It ea us to be in opposition to tl can we make •such a •sact menu t If the good King. mortal Diable a Qua - ire hat assassins, would the ear= passed with impunity I 1 even the faithful servants , affliction, we would say, La Vendee, in the midst west cruel privations.; we 'theii• blunt but expressiv paid wage." The Article was put to • Here the division wt during the discussion, cea gic. All the Deputies cc shouts - of-6 , Vire le Roi selves in the nibunes i thusiasm. The gIaSIDIJITqw-" I tive of the proposition." • flute Members only rt that they did so our of set Thus the banishment from that very same Tri since, sonrt of them still their larious - declamatiou vereignty. This disposition forms which runs tuus: 7. Those of the Regicides rneu wituuntbounds, have In septa:claim:tsar empkyasents 1 have: 4echU,s4 theosslire sad-of teststasate Geverameat