The National Register. — London, England, 1816-01-14 00:00:00

JAN. i 4. zeroes. Some were in contlnimant, ' - of the Police ; some bad. fallen under the sword of the lair, and the rest had banished themselves. Vie army, which had excited so many fears, was also dissolved, and 4ts se-organization was .ear- Trim; into execution in a safe end promising manner. lie con cluded by voting fu r the law without any amendment. . . . „ M. Benoist disapproved of the amendments suggested, tboneh he did justice to the motives of the Committee. Ho voted for the original Projet of Law, with a single amendment, empowering -the King " during the two months which would follow the promulga tion of the law, to banish fsom France, or place under the sniper intendance of the Police, both the persons designated in the3el Article of the Ordonnance of July 24, and all other individuals who, having taken part directly or indirectly in the rebellion of Napoleon Buonaparte, might be considered dangerous to the safety of the State. The individnaN who should have been ordered : to. leave France, to obey that order 'within two months after having. received its notification, and not to re-enter their country, withoat: leaveathe King, under pain of deportation." • .1 M. Michela coinhated the amendments of the.. Commission, amok especially the proposed. classification. M. de Salabery spoke ag ainst •the Project of Amnesty, such mitt: had been presented. The civil conspiracy, he thought,.still existed, but waited. Marshal Ney had paid the penalty due to his crime; but the head of the civil conspirators had-escaped, and they hat not lost their hopes. Neither the chiefs nor theaubalteras•df this conspiracy were disbanded. 'Alley did not .tight swor4l in has spread around the poison of calumny. He concluded 4 voting fur the law as amended by the Commission. . M. Paquier defended the original Project. All that the Cham ber proposed would be useless. .He was persuaded that -the Kipz, having taken solemn engagements, the ctitegories wealal,be of no avail. How, therefore, could any thing useless• bedaemed a1r4114- vantage ? Whenever he should vote-for a penal law r itavoniti he' in order that it should be exeeuted. Ho-conclutledbysio&ivqg far' the law, such as it had been proposed bri-hisldajasq.:• -.• M. Chyle, chiefly examined whether theindemnity suggested by. the Conrnission, might be considered a real eoafiseation, 4adtos eluded by adopting the meaning.of the•Comuilssion, •. After some calls fur closing the discussion, it was adjourned to the following day at 12 o'cloek. . - JANUARY 5. 21f. de Sevre (Haut-Rhin). opened the discussion. He spoke strongly in favour of the originaL project—the measure; hat 101- lowed up the I'roclaination of (Nurtbray, . To those excepted, the King (who never promised in vain}lead pnnnised-pardon, • • M. Penillant was of opinion, that , thenseasure i asAtost:•under con sideration of the Legislature, was•ckarly and exekisively,wltisiii the province of that part of the Government. Take 'State he •iseld to be still mowed, and the lotting loose so matey rritninals would but aggrayskte the danger. Impunity. would bitt •encouta4.o the agitators and the disatteoted. He was therefore for the unload meats of the Committee. • .7 ••• . Mont. Douborwhage (Minister of the Marine) insisted that the right of Amnesty, as well as that of pardon, was vested-in the Crown.. The cause of the tuessare being submitted to the Chambers, was its unavoidably containing certain dispositions, whichnppertaisted to the functions of the Legislature, anti thitrefore rept ised its sanc tion. Among the existing civil functionaries there were no fewer than SO who were excepted from the Anmesti. He feelingly de. precated any counteraction of the royal clenteney and wisdom— the legitimate Sovereign to whom the great mass of the French were ardently attached. The Minister concluded amongst the warmest exolasuatioas of " Nee h. - Rol." THE NATIONAL REGISTER. • speakers have vied in meuifesting the iudignatiou with which they are filled by. such men; each seemed only afraid of expre ss i ng it i n too weak:terms. it his, nevertheless, been olreerved, that we act In-contradiction to our principles, to assume the power of judging ors that occepioe.. We are not at variance with ourselves, if we re , move men whose existence in our midit Will always be incompatible with cur safety, who discover nothing but an enemy in every good Firenelunanyand an accomplice in every man whom they can fiud meast•tomisleada if weitreat them as the members of the Buena parte family, who must be sensible of the complete legitiesaey of the measure which yon are about to pronounce against them.. But here, again, the great obstacle is the will of the King. " It is quite suf f icient tohave endeavoured to justify the motives whichaatnied to render it a painfulduty to follow our enusciensee, since we have not been se fortunate as to gain over the Ministers to our opinion.. Ldematiel the adoption of the Law Project, with our amendments." . • The Sitting was then suspended, on the requisition of the Minis. ten preeentfor an hour and a half. Those Functionaries then re tired, and before the expiration. of two hours . returned, when : .The Doke de Richelieu stated, they had waited on his Majesty in theinterval, and recited- to him : the -nature 91 the discussion, in 4 t p e ie l s . o w ya ii l icii ay.biels so ardult a-love for jnotiee, Wended with so much %eneration far crii h clemency, was appa rant.. Touched w ith the honourable so many of pin have evinced, the leing consents to the interatinction into.the 3,1 Article, of the power of hanislenen t &eat heought -before the Tribuuals) with respect to the 38 indi viduals cempriseil in the 2il Article of the Ordinance of the .21th of .Majosty also approves. the new modelling of the 4th Article,. relative •to the family of the Usurper, in expunging the word•t'ree,iete," which, perhaps, may be ill-interpreted, anti which, in the natural sense, is eiguitied by the evpression of" &sondem." Oise thfle.ure the. wily anienboents which the King has ehargid4 IMnogive his . osseml ! The Minister afterwards pointedly obseragd, at the 4th Article of the Project of theCommission r so improperly r4llO an Amendment, superseding many classes to the excep tions in, the proposed law, appeared entirely to exclude the idea of an amnesty. The Duke de Richlieu proceeded farther to observe, thatatelernand indemnities, would be, under a differeut name; to melee ,eplOsentions, which had been abolished for ever. Since the reign of Tiberius to that .of Brionaiyade, confiscations had always been slenominated intUnnilles. Confi sc ations were forbidden by the Cherteri which they hid sworn to obey. They rendered late ' parable the disasters Occasioned by revolutions. By punishing 41eigC.iitlants; they bequeathed hatred anti vengeance to generations, and deselated the earth, : like the conquerors in whose train they 4etnie. :With reVect to the Regicides whom the commission pro pesed to eapel tor ever from the Preach soil, his Majesty, had exPfesSe4 hie will to forgive them; and who would attempt to do yiblencic to his heart, by imposing iipoo him that great sacrifices as beeeesary condition. of the Law of Amnesty : His Grace con cluded by recommending that a Law of Forgiveness should not prevv a source of diseord. • 'The President having recapitulated the opinions expressed oft both sites of the qeesiton, the Ist and 2d Articles of the Law were successively adepted. Oh the 4th Article, respecting the family 9f Bnonaparte, some dist:es - ion took:place on, the proposed ins.ertipn of the words de scearkottl instead of children, but the latter was ultimately allowed to remain. The sth Article passed equally. M. de Trine/it/ague proposed an amendment to the 6th Article, eetending the Amnesty to the crimes and offences collimated ue to bat present time, and which were the result, either of the enter prise of ibe Usurper, or of tie re- action which it occasioned. He meant thk as a protection to the Royalists of the South. Afteesenie conversation between Messrs. de Serre, Try, Hyde de Neuville, and M. de Caw, Minister of Police, this amendment was rejected, and the 6th Article adopted in its original state, which closed the whole of the Law as presented by the Ministers. The Preaident then read the 4th "Article, according to the Conte missime forming its liist amen4ment. Daverzter flaw-none moved the previous question. When put to 'the vote, the result appeared donbtful. scrutiny was then regorge to; the number of the voters was 359, and there ap peared lei white hells against 17a black. fire previous question was therefore carried, amid the amendment lost by a majority cif einc.—Cries of " Roe /t ll;)i!" resounded' ttitough the haft). The. President then passed to time seeond amendment relative to Indemnities. After soine conversation between Messrs. Clansel de Coussergees anti Bellart,. M. Cornetarlneourt proposed as an additional amend : ment, " That the 01ex:taunt of the condemnations should never .110111 MI6 Zdc walles JANUAILV G. At half-past 12, M. de Corbiere ascended the Tribune, and said— " Yon expect not your Reporter to submit to yen any new idea after a discussion which seems to be tiaitthed ; I shall, therefore, only recapitulate the principal polnts. The King hiis caused the projet of a Law of Amnesty to be laid before you ; the majority of the . Committe charged with the duty, - ;,dangereus in 60 tnany respects, of tirst submitting to you its opinion. is.conviueed that amendments were indispensable necessary tivomplete the measure and render itetfieacious , that they were idtittortant to support the most just of canoes, to which we should beapable of making every sacrifice!' The Reporter.defended the amendments of tho.Committce rela tive tu pecuniary indemnities and the exclusion of the regicide.. "Fortunately (said hel you need no new information to guide you's. deeision. You are 49*w - tinted with the ernues of those meat— you know, too, what, will ever be their dispositions. From their perseverance, yon cannot doubt that they will be incessantly pla cing titeinselves at the head of all seditious ; that they v. - ill always be ready- to revive animosities; aud to hatch new plats. All the .