The National Register. — London, England, 1821-12-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, Dec. 4.-The King yesterday beard mass in his apartments CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, SITTING or Dec. 3. The sitting opened at half past one o'clock. The Keeper of the Seals, the Minister of Finance and Marine, Messrs. Cuvier and Jacquinut Pampelune, King's commissioners, occupied the bench of minis ters. The Keeper of the Seals, Dc Serre, mounted the tribune, to make a royal communication. " The hin d ," said the Minister, " has commanded us to offer you the two following projects of law:— FIRST LAW PROJECT. Lows, &c.—We have ordered, and do order, that the Law Project, the tenour of which follows, shall be presented to the Chamber of Deputies by our Keeper of the Seals, Minister Secretary of State fir the department of Justice, and by the Sicurs Baron Cuvier and Jacquinot Pampclune, Councillors of State, whom we charge with the exposition of its grounds, and the supporting it in the discussion. 'TITLE 1.-01 REPRESSION!. Art. I.—Whoever, by any one of the means pointed out in article 1, of the law of the 17th Aluy, 1819, shall have outraged or turned into derisiut: the religion of the state, shall be punished by an imprisonment of from three months to five years, and a fine of from 300 to 6,000 th..itcs. _ . The same penalties shall be pronounced against whoever shall have outraged or turned into derision any other religion, the establishment of which is legally recognized in France. 2. Every attack, by any one of the same means, on the Royal dignity, the rights or authority of the King, the inviolability of his person, the order of the throne, the rights or authority of the Chambers, shall be punished by an imprisonment of from three months to five years, and a fine of from 300 to 6000 francs. 3. The attack, by any of these means, of the rights guaranteed by articles 5 and 9 of the consti tutional charter, shall be punished by an imprison ment of from one month to throe years, and a fine of from 100 to 4,000 francs. 4. Whoever, by any of the said means, shall have excited to hatred or contempt of the Government of the King, shall be punished by an imprisonment of from one month to four years, and a fine of from 160 to 6,000 francs. 5. Defamation or abuse,by any of the said means, directed against the courts, tribunals, constituted bodies, authorities, or public administrations, shall be punished by an imprisonment of from 15 days to two years, and a fine of from 100 to 4,000 francs. 6. Insult publicly given, in any manner whatever, on account of their functions or their quality, either to one or several members of either of the two Chambers, or to a public functionary, or final,• to a minister of the religion of the state, or of one of the religions, the establishment of which is legally re cognized in France, shall be puniNhed by an impri sonment of from 15 days to two years, and a fine of from 100 to 4,000 francs. The same offence committed against a juror on account of his functions, or a witness on account of his deposition, shall be punished by an imprisonment of from ten days to one year, and a fine of from 50 So 2,000 francs. Insult given to a minister of the religion of the state, or of one of the religions legally recognised in France, in the exercise of his functions, shall be pu nished by the penalties enacted by article Ist of the present law. If the outrage in the different cases contemplated by the present article have been accompanied by abuse or violence towards the persons, the culprit shall be punished conformably to articles 228, 2 t 9, 231, 232, and 233 of the Penal Code. 7. Infidelity and bad faith in the accounts which the journals and periodical writings give of the sit. tings of the Chambers, and the proceedings of courts and tribunals, shall be punished by a fine of from 1,000 to 8,000 francs. In ciise of repetition, or where the account given shall be c frensive to either of the Chambers, or to one of the Peers or Deputies, or injurious to the court, tribunal, or magistrate, or to the jurors or witnesses, the editor of the journal shall be farther condemned to an imprisonment of from one to three years. In the same cases, the pmprietors and editors of the journal, or periodical writing which has been condemned, may be prohibited from giving in future any account of legislative or judicial discussions. 8. Shull be punished by imprisonment from 15 days to two years, and u fine of from 100 to 400 francs!-- I. All seditious cries publicly uttered. Y. Then moral or di gradation (lithe public signs of royal authority, eiinanutiAl iu hatred Or etnitetupt tit that dutilurity. 3. The external rallying signs, not authorized by the King or by police regulations. 4. The exposition in public places or assemblaves, the distribution or sale, of any sign GT symbol des- THE NATIOICAL REGISTER tined to propagate the spirit of rebellion, or to trou ble the public peace. 9. Whoever, by any one of the means pointed out in article Ist of the law of the 17th of May, 1819, shall have endeavoured to trouble the public peace, by exciting the contempt or hatred of ci; isens against one or several classes ot'persons, shall be punished by the penalties enacted in the preceding article. 10. Every publication, sale, or offering to sale, exposition, or distribution, without the previous au thority of the Government, of engraved or litho graphed drawings, shall, for that offence alone, be punished by imprisonment from three days to six months, and a fine of from 10 to 500 francs, without prejudice to the criminal prosecutions to which the subject of the design may give occasion. 11. Article 10 of the law of the 9th of June is common to all the provisions of the present title, in so tar as they apply to the proprietors or editors of journal or periodical writing. TITLE rximEcuTiox! 12.—1 n the case of otiinice towards the Chambers, or either of them, by one of the means pointed out in the law of the 17th of May, 18 t 9, the offended Chamber may, on the mere complaint of one of its members, if it do not prefer to authorize a prosecu tion by the ordinary course, order the accused to be brought to the bar. After he shall have been heard, or duly summoned, it will condemn him, if there be cause, to the penalties enacted by the laws. The sentence shall be executed on ►he order of the Presi dent of the Chamber. 13. The Chambers will themselves, conformably to the preceding amide, apply the provisions of arti cle 8 relative to the account given by the journals of their sittings. The provisions of the same article 8, relative to the account given of the proceedings of the courts and tribunals, shall be directly applied by the court and tribunal in which the proceedings shall have taken place.. 14. Shall be prosecuted before the correctional and official police:- 1. Abuse in the cases contemplated by article 5 of the present law, and by article 19 of the law of the 19th of May, 1819. 2. Me offences provided by articles 6, 8, and 10 of the present law._ _ 3. Public instigation to crimes not effected, or to offences by the sale, distribution, offering to sale, or exposition in public places or assemblages, of draw ings, engravings, paintings, or etublems. The other offences provided against by the present law shall be tried conformably to article 13 of the law of the 26th of May, 1819. (Signed) - (Cuunterigned) 11. DE SEIIRE. Tuileries, Nov. 7. SECOND LAW PROJECT. Louis, &c.—Article. The laws of the 31st of March, 1820, and 26th of July, 18.21, relative to the publication of the journals and periodical writings, shall continue in force until the end of the session, 181(1. Tuilerioi, Nov. 7. LOUIS. After the projet was regularly cua•icd, a long and noisy discussion followed, and an adjournment wok place till Thursday. PARIS, Dsc. s.—.. The King heard mass in his apartments. During the morning his Majesty transacted bu sine.ss in his cabinet. After mass he received the corps diplomatique, who were introduced with the usual ceremony. After mid-day his Majesty transacted business with the President of the Council of Ministers. A letter from Barcelona of the 21st ult. states, that on the following day Te Donn was to be sung, nut that the malady had entirely ceased, but be cause its virulence had sensibly diminished. The number of deaths on the 18th, 19th, and 20th, amounted to SI, 32, 53. It is observed, that the greater pare of those who have either died, or who are at present labouring under the plague, are per sons who clandestinely entered the city last week, whose numbers arc said to amount to 8,000. M. Lopez, a celebrated physician of Barcelona, writes, under the same date, that there were only eight pa tients, and that they were all persons who had lately entered the city. Another letter from Barcelona, dated November 22, gives satisfactory intelligence which we hasten to make known. " The malady is at an end ; the number of deaths is only between 20 and 25. The French physicians departed two days ago ; they re ceived the most affezting adieus. A hope had been entertained that Dr. Bally would remain till the 30th with the young surgeon Jouarrv, ns he had expressed his intuition of doing, but on the 18th, either from the effect of his multiplied cases, or in consequence of' fatigue from his attendance on the hospitals, he was again attacked with contagion, and for a whole day excited the most lively alarm fir his recovery. His state being a little improved on the I9th, and !permitting him to be moved, his courageous friends, Frantois and Poriset, forced him into quarantine in spite of his entreaties and tears. It is difficult to form an idea of the kindness and generous devotion of this worthy apostle of hu manity." Onasits, Nov. 9.—For some days past the au thorities have been in possession of intelligenc e that the Persians have invaded the Turkish frontier.-- This circumstance has produced a strong sensation, and from it all the Greeks who are here predict the fall of the Ottoman empire. We have letters from Constantinople of the 211 hist, They assure us that the Grand Seignor has ordered all the Persians who were in the capital to be thrown into dungeons ; that a part of the Janissaries had received orders to proceed to Asia against the Persian invaders : and finally, that messengers had been despatched to Epirus, with orders of-recall for the Paella who was proceeding against Ali. This Pueha is not diN4raecd, his Highness has conferred on him the command of the troops destined to repel the assassin of the son of the Schuh of Persia. We bear from Smyrna, the 28th of October that every day there are massacres of die Christians. VIENNA, Nov. 22.—The Regency of Lower Austria has published u circular against the sect of the Carbonari, in which it is said that their object is to overturn existing Governments. Those who may enter it arc therethre declared guilty of high treason. FRANSVORT, Nu.. 27.—We are impatient here to learn what effect the return of Prince Metternich to Vienna will have on the public funds. For two days we have vainly expected letters, announcing a rise in the Austrian funds. Already we begin to apprehend that the assurances of our bankers, who, on the faith of Prince Metternich, persist in main taining that the peace will not be disturbed, will be belied by the event. We had learnt by former letters from St. Peters burgh, that Lord Strangford, who for some time has exercised great influence over the Divan, had trans mitted to Count Nesselrede, by English diplomatic agents residing at Petersburgh, a memoir in .iiiipt.art of the note which the Reis Effendi have lately sent to the Russian cabinet, a memoir in wi,ich the of the Turks is defended by the ordinary arguments. In reply, the Emperor commandJ Count Lievcn, his minister at London, to communicate to the Bri tish Cabinet ►he ultimatum of which mention has so often been made, and to assure it at the same time, that his Imperial Majesty entertained the most sin cere and ardent wishes that Lord Strangfiml might be able, by the preponderating influence which he enjoys, to determine the Divan to accept the pro positions of Russia. It is generally thought, how ever, at Petersburgh, that the interference of the British Cabinet in the differences between the Court of Russia and the Porte is little agreeable to the former. CHARLESTON PAPERS. HAVANNAH, Nov. 3.—By the arrival of the schooner .llargareita, in fonr days from Campeachy, news have been received in this city as late as the 25th ultimo from the Mexican capital, and to the 4th instant tom Vera Cruz. These accounts men tion the approaching entry of Iturbide into the me tro Polis of New Spain, and the nomination of the individuals vvho were to compose the SupreineJunta of Government, until the convocation of the Cartes. IVe have also received a tile of the Iticateco (a pa per published at Merida), anti from it we colica that that province declared itself independent on the 15th of September last, and was determined to low the hirtunes of the imperial leader of the army of the Three Guarantees. There is no longer a doubt that the imperial cause, which has already reached the banks of the &thine, would extend through vast and rich provinces to the Isthmus of Darien, the boundary of the Spanish dominion in North America, which, in the cause or race of in dependence, has, through the cunning of Iturbide and inquisitorial priests, far outstripped the southern dominions of the same power in the New NVosld. Capt. Couthony, late of the brig Aristides, states, that it was reported that the pirates had captured a French ship off St. Antonio, and murdered all Ulm board, including a lady, passenger; and the fact of a lady's clothes being found on board of one of their vessels, stained with blood, is a strung confirmation of the report. Extract of a letter from La Bahia, Province et Texas, Sept. I.—" The mail arrived from the inte rior this morning •ia St. Antonio. Mexico has not surrendered, but was still closely besieged, and no doubt is entertained of its filling into the hands of the Revolutionists, who were redoubling their ef forts. All is quiet in the interior, and the Inde pendent Government is firmly established, with the exception of Mexico, Vera Cruz, and Durango. The new Government promptly confirmed the pro ceedings of the old one, in regard to my grant of land. It has already furnished me with guides, &c. fir exploring the country; this labour I shall com mence in two t three days."