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PARLIA MEN7ARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 7. Is the am of Stuart.. Booth judgment of the Court below &armed. the Salt Duty 8111, Seeds Duty Bill, the Silk Duty BIU, Vnte of Credit Bill. tie American Trade Bill, the Hackney Coackes Bill, and Militia ReguLtion Bill, were read a ►econd time, and COITIMitte4 tr t I). miNTOW. The lrikla coeststries Bill, and the Cgasolidsual Fend 818, were cedar:bud and reported. gwSPAPER STAMP DUTY. On the motion for the committal of the Newspaper, Pamphlets, &c. Stamps Bill, Earl S'rANHOPE said that one consequence would follow from this Bill to which the Noble Earl opposite could not be very friendly, and that was, that it' wmild ti:mirfsh the revenue. It put him in mind of a Bill which was once brought up from the Commons, imposing an additional duty on spirits.— That Bill passed, and the consequence was, (oat the revenue was diminished by no less a sum than re300.,060. Next f.i..ss;on a Bill w.,:s brought in to raise the revenue again, and it did so, simply by taking off the tax ; and he remembered that there was a great deal of laughing at this mode of in creasing the revenue by diminishing the taxes. But there was another effect of this Bill which Ile could not approve: it had a tendency to prevent the diffu sion of informatien, and to operate as a restraint on tlto freedom of the psess. Now he was decidedly friendly to the diffusion of information and light, be cause he. was convinced that this was the only way in which the condition of human society could he in:- proved. In this view the present addition to the tax on Newspapers was very objectionable; and he should therefore move several amendments, in order to ex clude those parts from the Bill which laid the addi tional tax on Newspaper Stamps. The Bill was be sides in some respects hardly intelligible, like a great Many of the Bills that came from the Commons. la one part of it the definition given of a pamphlet was, a writing containing one sheet ; in another part the definition was, a writing exceeding one sheet. This wa, inaccuracy with a vengeance. "'lie first amendment was negatived without a Eel 1 STANHOPE then observed, that as the first had here negatived without any thing being said by any other et their • Lordships than himself, he pre sumed the other amendments would meet with the same fate if they should be proposed, and therefore .he should not move them : but this was the conse qiunee of bringing up so important Bills at the close of die Session, when the attendance was so small. • The Bil: was they committed and reported. losw enoesitotNos. Upon the motion far the committal of the Law Proceedings Scamps DA • Earl STANHOPE said, they must take it for granted that it was correct, through; they did not know a word about it. From its size it could not be sufficiently examined, on account of the laze period of the Session at which it was brought up : but he only begged leave to mention to their Lordships the fact, that the Court of King's Bench had decided, that where a Stamp was higher than the proper value, it was equally invalid as if it had been lower. He • trusted that some method would be adopted by their Lordships to prevent this practice of sending up these loads of Bills at the close of every Session. They bad this year from the Commons a Bill for punishing the innocent along with the guilty (alluding probably to tie Hellestnne Voters Boll), and many other Bills in a crude and inaccurate state, and it was therefore •of great importance that.they should be brought up at a period when their Lordships' House could pay them the proper attention. The Biil was then committed and reported. FARM PROPERTY. The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved the corn mittal-ot the 8.11 for the sale of Farm Property taken in Execution. Ile did so for the purpose of introdu cing sonic amendments, with the intention not to pro. ceed furtht v with the Bid this Session. The Duke of MONTROSE suggested, that a se ;mate Bid on this subject ought to he brought in for Scotland, as the terms and proceedings of law in the . two countries were so different. Lord REDESDALE stated, that many acts had been passed since the Uilian, about which there was some doubt whether they applied to Scotland Dr not. The rule adopted by the Court of Session, he be lieved, was, that where the proceedings could be ap plied in Scotland, the act included Scotland ; and where the proceedings could not be there applied, they held, that Scotland was not included. It was diificelt to prevent this uncertainty in future, except by separate Acts, as' the Noble Lord suggested.— But even with regard to the past, something ought • to be done ; and he suggested fur their Lordships' consideration, whether an order ought not to be di. rected to the Judges•of the Court of Session to trans mit to their Lordships a List or Schedule of such . Acts, specifying those which in their opinion did Apt! to Scotland, and also those which in their of pion did floe amity; diViugttletnrilleet from others ? The Earl of LAUDERDALE stated, that it was • now a lung time since he tirbt procured an order upon the Judges of the Court of Session to send to the Haut their acts of sedentat : but • they had not yet 4liought proper to send them. He hoped the Noble Lord would be more fortunate with his motion. No body of men could be more respectable than the Judges of the Court of Session, but the orders of their • Lordships' House must be obeyed. ' After a few words from Lords ELLzxaoaouoa and Moit•ro*, and the Loan. CiLtwout.on, the amend ments were introduced, and the Bill passed the , . C•nrimittee. • • The Copyhbliers the Agent General of the Local Militia Bill, the Fowled MIA Bill, the' peotit emirs Bill, the Itinieepere itildwasice Bill, the Local. Militia Bill, the Irish Militia Pay and authors 13:11, the Bill fur preventing Frauds In the Manufacture of Sweet, ' the Navy or Seamen's Encouragement Bill, and the Captured Slaves Support Bill, were read a third dote and pawed 4. bet. was Laid yesterday publicly bium - Th yi a e ng that I.ools 4 the vrOuld be re•seated on ihniut before the 19ai Instant; the day the deawitig of `the tatei puce. The petiets laying dila bet An't 'have much Mince ups* tho' stations of the isti ti siltri: to` repEt 'the Ahs ' The bet *is 4or . Lotterrfloteti it reference to* the' elienl4' Oki% • cooptins Fleet eisequalled.ips . ' alai& add' sairetY, tt will be Niel' that db. sum whip"' tits/ be gained spoi this tient ' •, si•• 11.4.• V • *4.• I: 4 , 114 •.011••••611 L FRENCH PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. SITTING OF THZ IST JULY CONTINUZD. M. BORY DR ST. VINCZNT gave the following ac _count of his Mission to the Army charged with the Defence of Paris, in company with his colleagues, Garat, Mornay, Buguet, and Hellot " We repaired to la Villette, where were the head. quarters of the Prince of Eckmuhl. The Marshal had just come in from visiting the lines, which M. Carnot had visited in the morning. General Vandamme, whose fine corps was that moment traversing Paris, answered for the excellent spirit of his soldiers, who shared in his enthusiastic patriotism. " The General in Chief seemed to think that an affair of importance might take place to-day ; and through his modesty one could distinguish, that, far from dreading its results, he entertained from it the finest hopes frr• the honour of our arms: 44 We visited the works at many points ; the sol. diers and a great number of inhabitants were working there with zeal. We found them in the best state. Our colleague, Buguet, who, a year ago, like my self, formed pan of that brave army of the South, which, under the orders of Marshal Soult, so well de., fended the South of France against the triple force of General Wellington, remarked, that these works were even better than those under the protection of ,which our army at Toulouse dealt such horrible de struction among the English. Abattis were formed on all the great roads, ob. stacles multiplied, and the ditches covering our lines , inundated. A - Prussian party occupied some villages visible at a distance, and we advanced near their vi dettes. . We met a crowd of brave national guards and federates proceeding to exercise at sharpshooting, and thus familiarize themselves with dangers which they burn to meet. ai Many of these intrepid Parisians complained to us, that neither arms nor cartridges were given to them ; others complained that them. courage was kept back ; we promised to state their representations to he Executive Committee. 4 6 The gendarmerie, that chosen corps selected from other corps, accompanied us, protesting that they would also contb•it with the rest of the cavalry fur national independence. 66 We were every where received with transports : the soldiers, young as well as old, formed iv oupes ::round us, shouting, Vivi la Liked ! Vive Arapolon 11.1 Pivent let Refirtuniant ! Point de Bourbon: 46 On one return to the General in Chief we found him with Count Reille, who also answered for the patriotism of his troops. We next proceeded to the extreme r;glir, to visit the guards commanded by Ge neral Roguer, and the cerps of Count d'Erlon. These corps occupy the heights of Belville, which are crowned with excellent works. 66 In our way I met General Daricau, who as sured me, that should there be a battle, he mold ap. pear at the head of 7,000 tirailleurs of the National Guard and Federates he had hitherto been able to arm and clothe this number of patriots out of the many who had offered themselves; but these 7,000 were equal to troops d'ilith and their number was hourly increasing. 64 We may expect every thing from Frenchmen combating for national honour, when they are con. mended by one of our Generals to whom honour is so dear, and who so bravely defended Seville. 46 It would be difficult to describe what we were witnesses of at Belleville. All the old . guard was there collected—they at first saw us pass it . s . silence— inquietude was in their looks. Calumnious rumours respecting us had for some days been current in the army, that system of alarm and distrust which your internal enemies have adopted; the apparent indeci sion of some of our deliberations; in flue, the opinions ascribed to one of our colleagues, made the army for a moment fear that the words I national tafety,' and * country,' were in our mouths words which concealed a mystery. From the moment we assured the troops that it could not cater into our views to falsify your orders, and that you were determined to die for the cause of our rights . , a, burst of joy, the certain pledge of vic tory, Wilke firth from all quarters. The shouts of Vive ?Independence ! Yite Liberti !Yi ve Napleos I ! must have re-echoed even to the enemy's camp. Soldiers, officers, delighted to see the tri-coloured scarf again in their camps, swore to defend the Na. tional kepresentatives. We may answer for their fidelity to this oath. ' •' If the enthusiasm of the army was at its height, that of the whole population of the faubourgs was not less ardent. On being witnesses of what we saw yesterday, we may answer for the safety of Paris. 66 Gentlemen, the French soldiers are the most in telligent of all ; they reason very sensibly as to their true interests ; and the officers, who, like myself, is suing from their ranks, have risen to superior degrees, tell yoe that notoratre better indigos ahantAsaisitit Biers of all that affects their honour, and the - . ceish 'deuce due to their 'chiefs. The shouts which we heard, and the conversations we had with many of your defenders, made us acquainted with their - real sentiments—it would be criminal to conceal them..., you, Gentlemen, have sent ambassadors to the Fo. reign Powers :.you charged these ambassadors to re. mind them of the words they so solemnly swore, that they mean no attack on your independence, that they , make war on Napoleon alone. Well, Napoleon es ,now to you onlyalustrious and fallen. Place your. selves, therefore, in a position to await a reply which must be favourable to your liberties, if, as a King at France once said, good faith has its last asylum in the heart of kings.' • • a Proclaim the wish of the immense majority of ,the French, that your negotiators may not Jim it. 'said that Trance desires a coanter.revolution. 4 4' Recollect 'that in 1814, when Europe in league precipitated Napoleon from the throne, the initiative iwhich one city took in . the events made a Govern. went to be imposed upon you which Russia and Aus tvialad not thought of. ; gi It is not doubtful that an invisible hand endea. Tours to influence ° the negotiations of your Arnim. roadaril that invisible hand has weighed - upon the in ttrestinf Europe ; it has found them 'contrary to fhosdof th e ficklon which if 'ierves knowk . tho Europe can hrive' 'no 14keit tq ihipose tipon you IP goveriunriaitimiLir to that with which Ferdinand VI! a .• oppresses Spain ; it knows that Austria and Russia mar still pronounce for France; but that parricidal hand wishes, by a system of discouragement, false hood, and ambiguity, to render it impossible for you to await the result of your negeciations. 44 You have been told that you had no longer au army. and that all was lost; that your soldiers, dis couraged, were disbanding and would fight no longer —these reports were put into the mouths of certain Generals to give them weight; the report of your col leagues proves that all this is false. G , You have been told that one hundred thousand enemies were advancing against you by forced marches; this also is false. Even at the commence ment of the campaign, the English and Prussian ar mies were not estimated at more ; and the battles of . Fleurus and Waterloo cannot have increased their strength 46 Those who are the least acquainted with the art of war, are aware that they are only the beads of co lumns which now menace Paris. Your forces &rest least equal to those opposed to you, • and would be double, if you added to them the federates and the sound part of the National Guards. " With such elements, commanded by the &few der of Hambitrgh, can you not await, and save the glory of the French name .? Far from me be the idea of seeing Paris exposed to the horrors of a defence ; but we must not assume a suppliant attitude when there are still men who know how to combat, who can and will do so. We must not, besides, look upol Paris as all France. 46 Let us not conceal, gentlemen, what would Se the situation of France, if they succeeded in impo;ing upon you the Bourbon family. The head of that fa mily, however willing to do gO.;d, could not even effect it ; the multitude of creatures who accompany him would necessarily hold back his band. Promises would be given you, but would not be kept. All who for these 25 years have fought for liberty, those in particular who have combated latterly, would be considered as rebels ; their success, their misfortunes, would be passports to proscription. 66 The pur:ltasers of national property, forming so large a mass of tl,e nation, Would be violently de spoiled. The peasants would be oppressed by the petty lords. Do our enemies suppose, then, that the men of the revolution are cowards ? They have placed their hopes in Royal . Vemlees, and they do not consider that there will be patriotic Vendees.— Da they suppose that the latter can be kept down by the presence of foreign troops' Al,i- Gentlemen, those who like ourselves were garaisaire: in Spain, know•that the presence of the best garr sons is insuiii dint to subjugate a people." He concluded with moving, that five Representa tives be constantly with the armies, not to intertei e with the military movements, but that the we ld might see that they knew nothing more glorious dim to die for the country. On the motion of M. GORRVA the above speech was ordered to be printed, sent to the departments and armies, and posted in Paris. M. JACoTOT then appeared at the tribune, in the name of the Corntnittee charged to draw up an Ad dress to the French people. He stated, that the Com mittee unanimously adopted the tollowing : 46 Frenchmen—The Foreign rowers proclaimed in the face 4Europe. that they went duly armed against Napoleon ; that they wished to respect our indepen dence, and the right which belongs to every nation to choose the Government suitable to its manners and its interests. " Napoleon is no longer the Chief of the State; he has renounced the throne, and his abdication has been accepted by your Represeutatives. He is re moved from us. His son is called to the empire by the Comititutions of the State. crlesced Sore. reigns know that. The war ought then to be semi noted, it the promises of Kings be not vain. 44 However, while Plenipotentiaries have been sent to the Allied Powers to treat for peace in the name of France, the Generals of two of those powers have refused any suspension of arms. Their troops have hastened their march, under the favour of a moment of trouble :old hesitation. They are at the gates of the capital without any communication having informed us for what object the war is con tinued. " Our Plenipotentiaries will soon declare whether 'we must renounce peace: In the mean time resist ance is as necessary as legitimate; and humanity, in requiring an account of the blood uselessly shed, will not accuse those brave men who only combat to repel from their homes the scourges of war, murder, and pillage—to defend with their lives the cause of liberty, and of that independence the imprescriptible tight of which has been guaranteed to them even by the ma. nifestoes of their enemies. 66 Amidst these grave circumstances, your Repre sentatives cannot forget that they were not chosen to stipulate fur the interests of any party whatever, but for the whole nation. Every act of weakness, while dishonouring them, would only serve to compromise, during a long period, the futute tranquillity of France. in the mean time, lten, that the Government is em- Pkliffg all the Wafts for obtaining a solirpaine. what more advantageous to the nation can be done, ‘ than to collect and establish the fundamental rules of a Monarchical and Representative Government, des tined to secure to all citizens the free enjoyment of those sacred rights whist) sacrifices so numerous and so great have purchased; and to rally for ever, under the national colours, that great body of Frenchmen, who have no other interest, and no other wish, than to enjoy an honourable repose and a just independence. " Meanwhile, the Chambers conceive that their duty and their dignity require them to declare,, that they will never acknowledge as legitimate Chief of the State, he who, on ascending the throne, shall re fuse to acknowledge the rights of the nation, and to consecrate them by a solemn compact. The Conti tutional Chart ii drawn up and if the force of arms should succeed in temporarily imposing upon us a master.—il the destinies of a great nation are again •to be delivered up to the caprice and the arbitrary will of a small number of privileged persons, then, in yielding to force, the National Representation will protest in the face of the whole world in support of the oppressed French people. Your - Representatives will appeal to the energy of the present and future generations to renew their claim both to national independence and the rights of civil liberty. Ter these rights they now appeal to tjejiistice and the reason of till civilised indigos." s ''l he sabre address was adapted amidst load sp- plause, and ordered to be sent to the Chamter o . Peers. SITTING OF TIM SD OF JULY. (In condonation ) The PRESIDENT—AImost all the Committees I , av; finished their labouts on the Constitution. The Ces. tral Commission labours without intermission. Thee being co other order of the day, I propose to the a; sembly to form itself into Committees. M. Fate I)ESIVETES-1 demand to be heard quieting rumours are in circulation. The formation of Committees was called for. M. Felix DESPORTES insisted. M. Saurr demanded to be heard on the ster taken to accelerate the work of the Can►trtntion. A number of Members called for tire format:o into Committees. M. PREMN—How. Gentlemen, one of your Cs leagues wishes to discourse with you on ti.e pal; safety, and you refuse to hear him. The PROIDENT—The public safety consists in t! speediest completion of the Constitution. The Chamber resolved that M. DtsroaTge sleet not be heard. _ The PRZSIDENT proposed to the Chamber to go ir. t Committee, and wait a message from the Governinez M. Sumer insisted upon an hearing on the ctiurt . of the deliberations. After some general remarks, spoke of the arrangement of a plan of a Constitutic, relative to the Peerage and Hereditary Succession. All Ades called for the going into the Carnality The hutstomr.—The Committee has rectived se verttl insendsnents on the subject which M. Sibu,. wishes to discuss: it is employed about them : tl:. will tie the object of its first report. A Constittitir:: ought to be a whole. whose separate parts are cr.. ordinate. Every part of it ought to be ess:ntiall.- eon elative. • M. llsuasor.a, and other Members, insisted on 2, hearing. Tile Chamber determined to go into Commie: and wait the message from Government. At five o'clock the sitting WAS resume!. The PRIIIDENT.—I come from. a co:iference the Commission of Government, of three quarters • an hour. An interesting Message will be :Address: to you. Affairs are not yet regulated they will pr.. study be in order. I propose t the Chamber meet this evening at half-past seven o'clock. A great number voices—No; no, a perm:me:l sitting. M. Cassam: demande t that it should be first asect. tamed whether they were in sufficient iniint.z.ts t.: deliberate. rlp P.m:tot:NT renewed the assurance which he !I id given relative to the expected Message from C. vet nment. 'flu e Chamber suspended its sitting till half pa:.: seven. At eight the sitting Was resumed. Tim l'itLstor.—There is yet nothii.g def.uitivy. there is nottring determ ned. Several Islea.bers J.tmattded to be he.trd. The PRESIDENr.—Several Members have made fr.' observe that a great number of strangers hive traded into the hall, and have taken their seats amonr the Representatives of the people. 1 order them it • scantly to depart : the persons she sfjall be found at to belong to the assurAly shall be conducted to tl P QUard.hgair- A long disturbance prevailed in the assembli The ushers passed along the lines of the benches. The PBSIUDIMIL.There is one certain method determining that there shall be no strangen amoi us : I call upon the whole assembly to go out tro. - their teats : nobody shall enter except on :hewing yo the ushers the medal of 1815. This arrangement was adopted, and immediate' ] put into execution. All the Members of the assembly having re.rnterro ana resumed their places, the President ar.n.,unce the arrival of a message from the Government. wl demanded that it should not be laid before the Char'. bar, any more than the documents which accompanit. it, eseept.in secret Committee. . The PRESLIMNT called upon the spectators to wits draw from from the galleries. The Chamber went into secret Commit? th Committee did not rise till two o'clock this mcrnin„,. The result has not been made public. - NATIONAL GUARD OF PARIS: TO Tit torroz Of Tie BIONITICUL " Parts, July S, ISIS. " Mr. EDlTOR—Pamphlets and addresses, withot , L signatute, attributed to the National Guard, have been spread abroad with profusion for some days. The agitators, no doubt, hoped, that by calum niating its intentions they should succeed in destroy ing the estimation which it has acquired, and whit.: keeps . them in awe. a But it is in vain that they have flattered them. selves with success in this culpable design. A stunt i to all parties, essentially interested in the maintenanc .. of order and public tranquillity, the National Guard of Paris will constantly fulfil the object of its institu tion, and will never shew itself factious. 66 I call upon you, therefore, Mr. Editor, to soak. .k4Virli by 'means of your hlarnal, that it formal) sr _disavows all such produCtiims. * ' " The Major. General, Chief of the Staff, a Baron Da Boanct ' FROM A GERMAN PAPER. FRADIKFORT, JUNE SO. It is reckoned, that the Sovereigns, who were co: to be at Nancy, till between the sth and Bth of July. will reach that place on the Sd. The following is a sketch of the position of the armies : Count Bubn ; has passed Mount Cenis ; General Frimont has ell. tered Geneva and Lyons • his Imperial Highness the Archduke Ferdinand is between Vesoul and Langres; the corps of the Prince of Hohenzollern and Cou.:• Jerome Colleredo have passed the Rhine at Bask. and hare entered Alsace; the Prince of Wirtember.; is marching upon Luneville, where he has In , • likely arrived; Prince Wrede is at Nancy; Fier , ' Marshal Barclay de ToUy at Deux Pants; the inAc fatigable Count Czernicheff. who kit this place or. the 294, is already in the line. and maintains wit% his usual intrepidity and activity, the connunick.- lion between the army of Count Barclay de Tylly and Prince Blucher. The Prussian Life Guards, the . Hussars, and tlif IChasseurs on foot of the guard, passed through th i s city today: All these corps, remarkable for th• • finisets of the men, bad a magnificent appearar;e; A public print announces, that General ir.c.itPli' has arrived "at Vienna, and is going to Vraisaw.