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Chambers.—" When infidelity and bad Etith," says M. CITIFFLET, " are united in these Reports, it is nece-sary that they should be punished ; it too often happens, that when the public papers indulge in severe animadversion, they are actuated by party spirit, or by the hope of obtaining readers. The re= lapse will be punished by imprisonment added to fine. These fines will he augmented in case of of fence in the Report,, against the Chambers or Tri- ' bands, againq any of their Members, or against a Juryman or a witness. These provisions are in t h e spitit of the analogous Articles of the Law. In t!ese two eases of relapse or offence, the Journalist no longer desertes the confidence which he has abused. H e may be prohibited from reporting these debates. The Committee considers the expression .br the fu ture. to be of too general a nature; these offences are net a:I of the same extent: it proposes to substitute for t.is expression, the words " prohibited for a period, or for ever." But the violation of this prohibition is a new offence, aggravited by the con tempt of the prohibition, and by the quality of the Judges; it shall be visited with two-fold punishment. The punishment proposed is a fine of from 1000 to 6000 francs, and imprisonment of from une Month to three years." Articles 9, 10, and 11, propose to increase the plu l itlirneat of the following offences: 6. I. Sclitious cries, publicly uttered. •.:. The removal or degradation of the public signs of the jto; al authotity, done in hatred or contempt of that authority. 4 3. The publicly beating of external rallying signs, not au- " 4.:; ..as to these offences—the erpositioo in public places, tie tii.tribution and sale of those signs destined to propagate the spirit of rebellion and to disturb the public peace." The imprisonment for these offences varies from Eye days to two years, and the flue from sixteen to 4,000 francs. The 12th Article relates to engraved or litho graphed designs, published without the authority of the Government. The penalties for which shall not exceed an imprisonment of six months, and a fine of zao francs. Artic.es 13 and 11• preserve the power established Ly the ,aw of the 19th June, of doubling the fines upon the Journalists, and, in case of relapse, of ren crring those fi:;es fourfold. Tile 15:11 Article relates also to offences commit ted by Journalists; and contends for the necessity of ijving to the Judges the power of suppressing any Journal. The defence made by the Committee for such pos.ver is as curious as it is fallacious, as will be seen from the following extract: " It will be said, that by this means you are really establish ing a confiscation—it is violating property. In the first place,' the confiscat on which the Charter has suppressed, was that of the generality of the property of the condemned person; the ri.easure at present under consideration has reference to a par ticular object. Sentence of confiscation was pronounced for the benefit of the Exchequer ; but in the present case the State takes po;itession of nothing. But would you not annihilate the poison of hich a criminal may have made an improper use, and which be might :lain improperly apply ? Would you leave in the hands of a madman the weapon with which he has struck a deadly blow, and which will enable him to continue his crimes? " Is the poison frequently scattered through a Journal less subtile—are its weapons less fatal? Are not our neighbours under the daily necessity of destroying infected objects? The proprietor must make the sac, iliee ; and yet he is in no manner I:tameable for the virus which has tainted them. " Hut it is said, this would be depriving whole families of their property. And if these families entrust their prOperty to thwe who abuse it, are they not blameable for placing their tun& in such hand.? " It ie not correct to say that by this, private individuals are deprived of their property ; they are nut deprived of their pro. perty, but only of the illicit use that they would make of it ; th:y preserve their stock ; they may make a better use of their presses; they can only blame themselves for the loss of a greater Lenefit." 'lie second part of this new Law relates to the anode of prosecution. Article 16 gives to each of the two Chambers the, ptosecution of the offences directed against itself ; ritlicr by affixing the punishment, or referring the idence to the Tribunals. Article 17 gives the same power to the Chambers, in regard to reports of their proceedings, which M ('iii FF I. ET contends ought not to be referred to Juries, which, he says, afford no guarantee to society. The 18th Article restores to the Royal Courts the cognizance of offences of the Pies!. M. Chiffiet was telex a: dent in extolling the superiority of tilese Tri bunals over Juries; and no wonder, as he is one of ti Members of the 11.)ya1 Court himself. Article 19 ordains that Journalists shall be tried by the Court within the jurisdiction where the libel has been published. The 20th and last Article proposes that offences against Diplomatic Agents accredited to the King than be prosecuted ex ecio. f;ucli are the blessings that an Ultra-Royalist Mi- ristry propose to confer on the French people, to whom they offer the pleasing prospect, first, of having lui ies superseded by a set of paid Functionaries, under t.i.e immediate influence of the Crown, in a class of cases, the most important of all which cae affect the sights and liberties of the subject ; and, secondly, of having the property of individuals made liable to be coy; at the will of the same arbitrary tribunal. The grand attack upon the Charter itself, and on the very foundation of those rights and free institutions sylisch it recognizes, is in the clause of the Report which propose , . to abolish absdulely Me Lial 40 Jury, in idi questions relating to the Press ! Are the new Ministers mad enough to think that ttt.Revolution has been so entirely abortive that they can reduce Frenchmen for the state of vassalage in which they were previous to that event? or that laws so indefinite, except iri punishinent—in which they are most monstrous and oppressive, will tamely be submitted to ? It is impossible t • they may, per har, annihilate the Press, but, unless they can extin guish every particle of public feeling, they can never prevent resistance to a tyranny so odious and so daring. The right of suspending or suppressing Jour nals is to be given to party men, for party purposes; and this, says the Ultra-Royalist Reporter, is not equivalent to confiscation, because there is no forfei ture to the Crown. But what matter how we desig-1 nate an act of total destruction to the fortunes and subsistence of families ? Is there any but a Jesuitical distinction between plunder from a rapacious, and ruin from a revengeful persecutor? The whole law is of a piece. It appears to have been suggested only by men whcifelt that they had to deal with a barba rous or hostile nation, who must be disciplined into slaves, before they could be edu:ated into free citi zens, or cherished into loyal subjects. The foreign intelligence in the French Journals of Wednesday is not of much importance. The Austrian Observer, of the 4th January, states that the Augs burg Gazette: still circulates false reports respecting Constantinople, and the rejection of the Russian ulti: matuns by the GRAND SEIGNIOR. An article in the Gazette de France mentions a vessel having left Con stantinople on the 13th January, the Captain of which said the city was then considered trahquil, although some Greeks continued to be sacrificed. The Nuremberg Correspondent repeats the report that the Persians had gained an important victory over the VACUA of BAGDAD. The news from 'he Morea confirms the accounts previously received of the success of the Greeks and the retreat of the Turks into their fortresses, which are vigorously besieged. Prince DEMETRIUS YPSI LANTI. bas been nominated Chief of the Greek States; twenty-five Senators have been elected to represent the principal towns. The seat of Government will, be at Tripolizza. Smyrna, which has been the theatre of such scenes of blood, is now tranquil; and commerce has re sumed its activity. A body of Greeks, amounting to 1500 or 2000, are said to have embarked on board merchant ves sels at Samos with the intention of attacking Scio and delivering it from the oppression of the Turks. French Funds, Tuesday, 16th January, Five per Cents. 87 1. 80 c. At a late hour this forenoon we received Madrid Papers to the 4th instant, from which we make the following extracts: SAN SEBASTIAN, DECEMBF.R t 7. Our General, Lopez Banos, has just returned to this city ; he returns on account of the total dispersion. of the bodies of insurgents, the extermination of which is to be completed by the troops retraining itr Na varre; but he will leave us again directly, having re ceived an express, with his Majesty's orders, giving him the command of these troops ; General gen dizabal keeping that of Pampeluna. Yesterday, the 26th, at eleven at night, there was an encounter on the Plaza de Vera, between the factious, commanded by Balda, and the mi litary ; it continued half an hour ; the first had three killed and many wounded, and lost also seventeen prisoners; the military had two killed and one wounded. At nine this morning the factious left Vera, pursued by the military, to the mountains of Alcay aga, whence they proceeded to those of Artienea, always with much loss. PAMPELUNA, DECEMBER '2s. The cloud which threatened us has dispersed. In fact, a great number of persons had united, 'tut they had neither money nor ammunition, nor even shoes, and thus they were beaten and dispersed at the first encounter. Though it seems there is a troop assembled which has not yet had any engagement, it will doubt less share the fate of the others; and as it is said they , are destitute of everything necessary, they will per haps al return home without any engagement. The day before ye.terday, in the evening, we had a slight alarm in this place, which is said to have originated in a soldier of the cavalry having struck some peasants with his sabre. A patrol of the mili tia coming past, told the soldiers to disperse, and they not obeying, one of the patrol fired. As this passed within sight of the citadel, it is said the sen tinels took the alarm and began to fire. The patrol answered, the people crowded together, and every body took up arms. A shot fire 4 from the citadel wounded a horseman of the militia in the arm, and another from the city, an Officer of cavalry, in the thigh, who was go;ng to tht: citadel. On the whole, three country people received sabre wounds, and one a musket ball, and moor three soldiers were wounded. We feared the disturbance would be renewed yester day, but, happily, everybody remained quiet. MADRID, DECEMBER :a. A dispatch from the Political Chief of Navarre to' the Secretary of the I nterior, gives an accownt of die defeat of the rebels in the province in various en•' )unters, in consequence of which tl , e remainder are dispersing and returning to their homes.—" These rapid and general victories have not only the merit of having /Rifled this great conspiracy, but also the good fortune that not one of the brave men who achieved them have been injured: TOItTOSA, DECEMBER 25. The Gove!nor-Geilei4l- of this place has inserted iu the Oider of the Day of tile 2Scl, au adthes.4 to thr soldiers, on oCiaiion of the coinP t letron of the qnctranz tine, the city being 'considered as free from the dread ful contagion which has desolated it. He highly corn .mends. the conduct of the 'soldiers throughout the whole of this terrible period, and that he has recom mended them to the King, requesting they may be recompensed as they merit. A letter from the Governor of Saragossa, of the 28th December, states that the insurgents of A rragon are not in a condition to excite serious alarm, being destitute of ammunition and other necessaries, and not above 600 in number, of whom 100 are unarmed. General Alava is said to have informed the Govern ment that the reinforcements of troops have joined him so promptly that all the insurgents will be easily put doses. The prudence and frankness of that Ge neral have gained him the affection of the Arra gonese, and the confidence of all the friends of order. MADRID, JANUARY 2. On the 29th of December there was a violent pa pular commotion at Murcia, in consequence of which Brigadier D. Gregorio Piquoro, Colonel of the Re giment of Infantry of Malaga, was charged, ad in terim, with the political government of the Province. No accident happened. The express which arrived this morning from that city to the Permanent Deputation, was doubtless dis patched in consequence of this event. T'HE ARMY. The 414 Regiment are on their march from Edinburgh for Chatham ; they are under orders to embark for India : all Regi ments and detachments are to remain at Chatham for inspection previous to their embarkation for the East Indies. Major EDWARD BAILY is appointed to the Plymouth Division of. Royal Marines, and Lieutenant-Colonel Tniuts to the Ports mouth Division. Last week, a soldier belonging to the Sappers and Miners fell over a precipice at Chatham, and was killed un the spot. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Lord Sidmouth, Mums., sailed from Bengal on the Bth August for the Mauritius, and on the 10th struck upon an an chor, which went through her bottom. She returned to Bengal very leaky, and was ordered into dock. FALMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind N.•-Arrived the Enigheden, PRDIRSON, from Marseilles, with loss of sails. Sailed the Mar garet, WILIKMOSE, for Grenada; Union &mealtime, for Lon don; and Moppet, Pawn, for Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Henry, AT VINSON, from Riga. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Wind W.—Arrived the Columbus, KIINSAIDY and William Byron, Davis, from London for Ja maica. Passed by the Radius, DIMINO, from London for New York. Sailed the Emperor Alexander, Waisras, for London. DEAL, Jaw. 18.—Wind W.—Sailed the Grand Sachem, for the River. Arrived and remain, the Hebe, MAITLAND, from Calcutta. Remain in the Downs, the Loyalist, from St. John's; Heworth, from St. Lucia; Favourite, for St. Domingo; Nancy, for Madras.and Bengal; and Barbara, for Pernambuco. MARGATE, JAN. 15.—The sloop Nelly, SHORT, from Bridge water for London, broke her anchor in the Five-fathom Chan nel, and in running for the harbour, drove up in the Bay, and re ceived considerable damage. She has been got in here very leaky. The Sisters, C , from the South Seas, is ha the Channel, and has sent on shore for an anchor and cable. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Mary, WATSON, from London to Sunderland, with loss of anchor and cable ;Veracity, Ilurciusson, from London to Stockton, with loss.of two ditto; Eupheinia, Roasow, from London to Sunderland, with loss of one ditto ; Eagle, GAIICOIGN, from London for Sunderland, with .loss of one ditto ; John, Nut, for Sunderland, with loss of one ditto; Lively, INNS!, from Hull to Newcastle, with loss of two ditto, and other damage. POOLE, JAN. 18.—Arrived the Carbonear, Srtirstrs, from New foundland,with loss of boats, stauncheons, &c. The Merope, Bat ?ERICH, IS got safe into harbour, after discharging part of her cargo. CLYDE, JAN. 16.—The vessel mentioned as otrshore on White farlane Point, was the Homer, Kelm, from Charleston, but was got off without -damage, and has arrived here. The Pictou !VP Laent.ax, for Genoa and Naples, has lost an anchor and cable in the River. HOLYMIAL JAN. 17.—The Elizabeth, GRAINAN has been got off the rocks and brought into this harbour. About two-thirds of the cargo landed in good order. AYR, JAN. 16.—During Sunday night and the whole of Mon day it blew a heavy gale from the N.W. On Monday the Thomas and Ann, MA It SU, of Liverpool, from Dublin for Glasgow, was driven on tie rocks near Turnberry—crew saved. Both vessel and cargo (wheat and Hour) are very much damaged. Comex-House, JAN. 18.—Skips Entered Inwards :—The Friends, from Liverpool; Nonsuch, from Stangate Creek; Sis ters, from ditto; Alargaretta, from Dublin; Lord Finington, from Waterford • and Vine, from Newry.—Entered Outwards: The Hero, for Leghorn ; Julie, for Calais; George, for 1)ort ; Tobago, for Demerara; and Marshal Blucher, for Rotterdam. i Cleared Outwards : The Euphemia, for Fayal; Waterloo, for Gibraltar; Duchess of Athol, for India; Samaritana, for Cadiz; and Mary, fur St. Michael's. AItRIVED.-At St. Kitt's, the Fortitude Increased, William Manning, and Selina, Dale, from London; Peto, Barnes, from New Brunswick; and Hope, Foss, from Bristol. At Tortola, Elizabeth Catherine, Smith; C atherine, Murrayne; Mary, Smith ; and John and Margaret, Best, from St. John's (N. B.). At Trinidad, Kitty, Wilson, from Gibraltar; and the William Peek, —, from New Brunswick. At Barbadoes Christo pher, from St. Audrew's (N. B.) ; Mary, from Quebec ; G 6-1 neral Brock, —; and Lancaster, Wildind, from Liverpool ; Marianna, Rowe, from Gibraltar; Sally, Stephens, from Fal mouth; Hawke, Rowe, from Cork; Foundling, --, from the Cryde ; St. Vincent Planter, —; Venus, Phillips; De laford, Young; Mersey, Beady; Sovereign, Nixon; Thomas, Bell; and Harmony, Currie, from London. At Dominica, Two Sisters, from Newfoundland; Peter Proctor, Chevy Chace, Loyalty, and Betsy and Sophia, from London. At St. Vin cent's, Princess Elizabeth packet, from Falmouth. At Pernam buco, Wellington and Blossom, from Liverpool; and the Mar quis d'Angega, from China. At St. Thomas's, Better Mind, from Genoa. At St. Lucia, Star, Lister, from the Clyde. At Tobago, Piggott, Thom, from London. At Trinidad, Vine, Webb ; and New Phoenix, Lewthwaite, from London. Yesterday the dispatches for Bengal and China, by the ship Duchess of Athol, Captain E. M.. DANIELL, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. Yesterday, Lord Mawm.LE entertained most of the Cabinet Ministers, and a large party of distin guished personages, with a sumptuous dinner, at his house in the Admiralty. Yesterday forenoon, the Earl and Countess of ABERDEEN arrived at Argyle-House, from the Priory, near Stanmore. His Lordship paid a vi it to the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, and the Countess paid' visits in town. In the evening they returned to the l'riot y. It is with reg, et we have to announce the death of the Duchess of Sr. ALBAN'S, who departed this at a quarter past nine o'clock on Thursday evening, at his Grace's house in St. James's-square. tier Grace has left twelve children to lament their loss. _ It has been recently reported in the political circles at the west end of the town, that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER means to propose, in the, cnsuitig Session, a tax on funded property only, of two and a half per cent. ~RRI.~?~`IS. ~ ' A few Nights ago, in tbe.county of Tipperary, an attack was made on the house of Darby Guiry, of Coleman, one of the tenants of Meade 11obson, Esq.. One of the assailants had entered half way through a window, when Guiry gave him a blow with an iron prong, or pitchfork, which caused him to fall back, wounded, as is stippthed, mortally. The villain; then thought proper to make off, without &log any l•rther injury, or effecting their base designs.-11 aterfbrd Chronicle. During the last week, Major Tandy has hein ac tively employed in searching for arms in the counties of Carlow, Kildare, Wicklow, and Dublin, and has, we are glad to learn, succeeded in obtaining 667 stand of arms, and 126 swords, pikes, and bayonets. attiaaon.—Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock, as Mr. Thomas Scott (the manager of John Bell and Co.'s cotton mill, in which there had been a partia/ torn-out) was going into the factory, some ruffian, who had stationed himself in the gateway on pur pose, attempted to throw a. quantity of vitriol in Mr. Spates face ; fortunately • the villain missed his aim, and the destructive liquid falling on the clopres, burnt ,them to a cinder, without inflicting any material in jury on Mr..Scott'S person. ,DESPERATE.ATTACK AT BANTRY. Friday morning last, at four A. m. a body of men, consisting of between 500 and .700, well armed and mosth mounted,, attacked the house of D. Mau.r; PONT, Esq. and also the houses of Messrs. DovLE am PATTERSON, 1,01711 all of which they took arms. Tilt Earl of BANTRY, with that promptitude and gallantry which mark his character, hearing of the circurostancf in about three hours after, proceeded with five or sia of his friends, with a hope of cutting some of them off before they separated, and made fur the Glen roae I leading to Macroom, where they overtook them abou day-light, beyond the Chapel at Ballingearing, cross. ing a mountain road leading to Lackavana, in Kerry ! about fourteen miles from Bantry. The insurgents having taken to the heights above the road, gave them a full view of his Lordship's little band, ant they thereby were encouraged to make an attempt to surround their pursuers, and they commenced a re gular attack, shouting from every. hill, and firing, alter quitting their horses. The party of his Lordshit retreated back on the Glen road, finding themselves unequal to contend with such superior numbers, firint slowly to cover their retreat; the insurgents, however, not only discharged their arms, but rolled and threw down stones into the Glen. Lord BANTRY had a for• tunate, escape, for one stone was particularly throw , at him, but Mr. Winne, his Lordship's brother, w;rt so successful as to shoot this mail, and two others are supposed to have been wounded. The party of hi Lordship maintained their ground as long as possible before they *turned to Bantry, o ith a view to get posiession of the killed and wounded ; which, we are sorry to say, they were not able to effect. We learn by letters from St. Domingo, received at St. Thomas's, that the Spanish part of that island making efforts for its independence, which had every prospect of being successful. The Independents, it is said, .have become masters of the city of St. Do mingo, the capital of the island, and the surroundinf country has united with them in asset ti ng their freedom, Saturday the Election of a R< p eseutative in Par liament for the County of Antr:m, took place Carrickfergus, o hen Lord BEAUCHAMP was elected without opposition. Yesterday, at twenty minutes U.erore twelve o'cleci his MAJESTY left his Palace in Pall-mall, in his car• riage and four, for his Palace at Brighton. Thirteen Malls were due yesterday, to the grew inconvenience of the merchants, viho bear of the ai rival of expresses almost daily to private individual , without being able to obtain their letters by the n gular conveyance. The want of the French Mai m which is included the letters from Spain, Ital , and the East of Europe, is most particula►ly felt. is stated, that when the Mails are put on board thi packets at Calais, they will not sail till they have pa! sengers, which, if true, accounts for the delay; we can scarcely believe that the public service can thus be allowed to give way to private advantage.— The French Mails of Monday and Tuesday arrivcr' yesterday, while that of Sunday did not come to han, until this morning. Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council, whi was summoned by the Marquis of Losnonneart was held at the Foreign Office, which was attendee by the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the CHANCELLOR of thi EXCHEQUER, the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, Ear BATIIURST, the Duke of WELLINGTON, Viscount M ATlLLE,Viscount Stomourn, Mr. ReEl N SON, Mr. PEEI and Mr. C. W. WyNN. The two latter Gentlemen were present at this Council as Cabinet Ministers f, the first time since their appointment to office. count SIDMOUTH was present, although he has re signed the seals of office ; so that it will be seen he re tains his seat in the Cabinet, although mot in office. The Cabinet Council continued in deliberation ti a quarter past three. After the breaking up of tL•e Council, the Duke WELLINGTON went to the Ordnance Office, and trans acted business for a considerable time. The Earl of LIVERPOOL left town in. his coach and four for his seat at Coombe Wood. The Archbishop Of CANTERBURY had a select part , at dinner yesterday, at Lambeth Palace. Lord HOLLAND entertained a party of friends . dinner yesterday at his house in Old Burlington-street. The Dowager Marchioness of DuroGal. had her usual select party of friends at dinner yesterday, • her house in Davies -street, Berkeley-s i• are. - Ramsgate having been dignified by his MATES.- with.the title of a Royal Harbour, a beautiful Stand ard of England, which for elegance and beauty never been surpassed, has just been completed, whim is to he hoisted on the Pier on the 39th inst. in honour of his MAJESTY . B accession to the throne. Last night, at seven o'clock, fourteen prisoners were brought to Newgate from Ipsw:cb, in the cam used ft r conveying transports to Portsmouth; the, wete all heavily ironed. They are charged with of fences on the high seas, and kill be tried at the ensuii Admiralty Sessions, which begin on Monday nest. John Jacobs, who sec soled sentence of death, and was ordered for execution on the :.'7th of November, but respited on account of its having been L.iscovered that the principal witness against him had eommitte," ier . ;ary, was this morning discharged fnem New gal , : , 1 at i • rlr Ti er 1, 4 A . es 11 s, • ,d . k, id 4 It' al n, 1 r- fr. , Lit • 4' .n, I nd • ,E;• nd he ice ;ix ad 11 lut ss- ry, nts Ive nd to • re- ' tg lip res ng er, ew or- • • ten • , vas , I are his ble • ' • ;et are I • at 1 is try it )o- I ,i ing ' 'ar- at ted , t ck, ar- rat ar- • als, re- ail, ay, l ei It the ' I , as- !an • vcd ind ich led the :arl EL, ten 'is- re- . Lill :It .;, Ins- Ind t • ' Irty at eet. her at t STY . • nd- • k 4 h s iitn our . 1 1 . I: .ere • in hey jog t. • , and ber, ., !red tted 2tte •