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FOiLEIC;N IN'IsEI4I,I6 ENCL. PARIS, JAN. 10.—fler Royal Highness the Duchess of Bourbon, Princess of Conde, who attended service this morning in the Church of St. Genevieve, was•seized with sudden indisposi tion, and fainted. She was conveyed to the Law College, where she received: the best medical aid, but the attack was at once sudden and fatal. The Princess breathed her last about four o'clock in the afternoon. The Duke . of Orleans repaired with all possible haste to the College, but the 'Princess had already expired. JAN. 11.—The body of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Bourbon, who expired yesterday :at the house of M. Grapp, professor of law, was :removed between 10 and 11 in the evening to .her house in the Rue de Varennes. Messengers have been sent to Chantilly. The Duke of Bour bon is expected at Paris. Yesterday at five o'clock in the afternoon the Duke of Orleans waited on the king, to an nounce the death of the Duchess of Bourbon. • The Court will go into mourning on the 15th, .for eleven days, on account of the death/of the Duchess of Bourbon. A commercial courier arrived on Wednesday with intelligence from Madrid to the 3d instant. At that period nothing of importance had occur red in the Spanish capital. FR ENCH FUNDS. Jan. 10, Five per Cents. Bank Stock 1535 f. c. Jan. 11, Fivo per Cents. CHAMBER OF DEPUTiES, JAN. 11. Coupigny reported from the Committee of Ptotitions. The first petition which produced debate was from the Sieur Spy, of Chalons-sur- Marne, who prayed that henceforth the offences of tile press should be tried by Judges, and cease to be submitted to a Jury. The Committee,' said the Reporter, proposes to refer this petition to the Committee appointed to ,examine the law project on the offences of the press.—(Murmurs on the left.) M. Foy and several others rose to speak on the left. The Reporter continued to state, that the ground of the petitioner's application was the contradiction which he had constantly observed between the conclusions of the public ministry and the opinion of the jurors.—(Murmurs.) Several - voices.—Those jurors are, however, appointed by the Prefects. The Reporter.—The petitioner thinks that juries are not capable of judging of offences of ;the press, and alleges that experience has proved the danger of imposing that duty on • them. A law has been presented on that subject, and your Committee proposes to refer this petition to the Committee appointed to consider. that law. MM. Foy, Benj. Constant, and Chauvelin,. again rose nearly at the same-moment. -- Several voices.—There is as yet no law pro ject against the jury. —(Confusion and agitation.) M. Foy.—ln cases of petition we ought always . to revert to the principles which govern the juris -prudence of the Chamber. Whem a citizen is injured and complains, you refer his complaint to the competent department of the Ministry ; and if the complaint, though well founded, should not be attended to, the refusal of justice might become the possible ground of a proposition for placing the Ministry in a state of accusation : in the - same manner, when a citizen propOses to you ',general views on legislation, you often, from re spect' to the petitioner, refer his views to the bureau des renseignemens. But this is nova case for referring the petition to any bureau; it is one in which the Chamber ought to pass to the order of the day, because the petitioner applies for a law diametrically opposed to the rharter.—(Mur moil and interruption on the right, and cries of ," The charter says nothing of that."—The peti tiober Prays for a. law directly contrary to the - vieivs disclosed by the King in the speech from the throne, and by the Chamber itself in that ad dress; which will remain memorable in the annals of representative government by the promptitude of its result.-- 7 (Laughter.)---Wh a t did the King sal: in his speech ? He' stated that France has begun to enjoy prosperity ; that the passions were every where calming; that the laws were respected; nad that every where the want of institutions was felt. What did the Chamber reply to this . ad dress It requested that the charter should be executed, and that laws in harnaony with the fun damental law should be promulgated. Well, gentlemen,. you are now asked to suppress juries for the' offences of the press—that is to say, a law 'which would withdraw authors from their natnral judges, and which would be contrary to the charter ; for such a law would destroy the jars which the charter has, formally established.. The proposition is_ an insult to the Throne, as i:e It to the Chamber, and you will reject i I , All contempt. • • M. de Chauvelin, and other voices on the left •--- , -(Supported, supported.) . Cries on the right.—(Put it to the vote.) . M. Pardessus was proceeding towards the tri ban,e. Several members on his side called "ou to him,' It was needless ;" and he returned to Ida place. .yoices on the left.—What! do you stop mere bers on your own side from speaking ? You pre. vent all discussion. Ar.de Chauvelin.—,--I shall address the Chamber. Pardesstis.—ln• that case 1 shall insist capon my turn. -I proposed to speak before you —(proceeding to the tribune)—l intend to sup.- port the Conclusions of the Committee. When- ever a citizen asks to change an order of juris diction, it is evident that his. views are not for the maintenance of the existing legislation. .He wishes to put an end to a jurisdiction _which he considers bad: Others may consider it good ; but that is no reason for rejecting his propositiOn shout examination. It is said the. petition is contrary to the' charter: that is an error. The charter maintained the Jury as it existed. But the Juries were instituted• for the trial of crimes, not misdemeanours. For several years before the restoration, the offences of the Press were tried before the tribtinats of correctional police, aud nobody complained of that. Several Voices.-- Yes k every body complained of it.. .• Mr. Pardessus.—The :petitioner wishes the trial of misde4leanours to be taken from the Juries, but not the trial of crimei. There is a commission appointed for the examination of a law project, which teridi to the maintenance of the Jury for trying offences of the PresS. It is, therefore, very natural to propose that this peti tion should be referred to the Committee on that law, iri order to its making such use of it as may appear proper. I therefore vote for the refe rence proposed. M. Chauvelin.—Gentlemen, I beg to call your attention for a Moment to the decisions „which you made qt the beginning of this Session. You have, already rejected, by the order of the day., 1 propositions similar to those which are now pre sented to you ; and you rejected them, because, as you said, it was necessary to follow the charter; but I would 'particularly direct your attention, 'Gentlemen, to the Sitting of the Bth of Decem ber, when you testified the most marked disin clination to the Censorship. Ido not believe that there exist any motives which can induce you to alter the decisions and resolutions which you then made. Yet your silence on the subject of the proCeedings of the new Ministry during the last month is •remarkable, considering that ,this Ministry proposes to you to reject that which is consecrated by the charter, and to sub stitute in_ its stead an arbitrary authority. If you receive the petition favourably, it is. plain that you wish to render 'more favonrabrethe auspices under which the new report on the law of the Censorship is to be made to you ; you wish to 'consecrate in some degree the measures proposed by the . " petitioner. .But the late Keeper of the SealS, whose successor, I hope, may never give us cause to regret his loss—(A laugh)—told ,you in a very remark able speech, that all the talents, all the sornmila (principal men) of the nation—(such was his phrase)—all parties were united in wishing that the jury should be employed in trying offences of the Press. This regulation was sanctioned by an immense majority on a law which is not yet reported. Yet, by a monstrous concurrence of two contradictory systems of legislation, it is proposed in one law, the report of which will be made next week, to increase the reference of offences of the Press to the Jury, anfl in another, the reference_ of offences committed by the Journals to Judges, who , doubtless will be the . first to regret such a proposition. An innovation is thus proposed to you, which was not even in dicated in that exposition. of motives, so short, so succinct, and if I may .so call it, so spruce,— (Laughter) --with which the, present Keeper of the Seals preceded the reading of his project on the offences of the Periodical Press. In that brief statement, the Keeper of the Seals said, that the new system finally adopted by the new Ministry was so important, that it would occasion necessary changes and modifications in the first law which had been proposed. We never ima gined, however; that these modifications were to have the effect of taking from French citizens the protection of a Jury in what relates to the crimes, or, if you will have' it so, to the offences or mis demeanours of the Press. This, then, is a new attack on the Constitution, and my Hon. Friend (General Foy) has done well in pointing it out, and in moving the Order of the Day on such a Petition. Do not, Gentletnen, by your approbation of this Petition, give weight to principles which you have already combated in the preceding Ministry, and over which you have triumphed-- principles so hostile to the Charter. 'Why is it ex pected that you should change so suddenly? What events, what motives, can so soon alter the state of the majority in this Chamber ? Can it be The Moniteur of yesterday (containing promotions) that has already begun to change the disposition of the majority ?—( Violent murmurs on the right. Cries of " Yes, yes ! that is true," from the left.) Yes, gentlemen, the illoniteur of yesterday, which, while giving still more hopes than re wards (laughter on the left), grants so marked a premium to the authors of the Conservateur— M. de Salla.bery.—You would prefer seeing the authors•of the illinerce in place. M. de Chauvelin.---1 he Moniteur of yesterday ought not, however, to change the sentiments of the Chamber of Deputies. Consider that vigour does not consist in taking possession of power, in making a conquest of every place, lmt.in the in dependence of the ChaMber of Deputies. Learn to 'distinguish yourselveS from oppressive majo rities by a real independence, and you may rely upon being supported by all the hopes Of the na- I . have still further obsarvatiOns to make, Which are not calculated to -fortify your 'confi dence -in the Ministry. It is my . duty to tell yon".1low that censorship is exercised, the renewal of which is already solicited. The Government at present exercises it in - a manner too partial.— It is not discussion which it permits. It tolerates insults, .and tolerates them' on one side only.- - - -- (Mnrinurs.)—lieaven forbid that I should en gage in a,controversy.. with the journalists. I re ' spect them all.—(A laugh.---A voice, " All! that is a 'great deal.")-I'hetexercise a- difficult em ployment.- They have a. hazardous task to per 7 form.. In the circumstances in which we live, many would not have the courage to avow them selves daily-as the author of a political (Laughter.)—Notwithstanding that, there are Journals of a certain sort, which have within these few days given themselves up to violent declamations; and since we have the misfortune now to speak on the subject, we may state that the censorship is unmasked, and that its partia lity on this occasion has been odious. I have told you that it. prohibited discussion, 'and here is the proof in a circular, address©d by the Corn- Mission to all the Editors of the Journals " The Commission has the honour to request MM. the Editors of the Journals, not to . submit to it any article of discussion on the law project relative to the police of the journals Accident has thus furnished me with a new and powerful argument against the censorship. Examine all the speeches of its defenders, you will find that they never meant that it shcuicl. • prevent discussion. They -pretended, on the contrary, that it was instituted .to favour discus sion—to purify it from whatever might be con nected with Passion and party hatred. It ap pears, however, that the censorship now inter dicts all discussion on the law project relative to the police-of the journals. This is the height oL tyranny. Can you boast of having a Itepresen tative Government•when such a circular exists ? (Great agitation.) M. de Poymaurin.—This,is not the question. M. de Chauvelin.—But this is not all. Take notice how the circular'concludem " The Commission has found it -necessary to refuse all articles presented to it since the 6th of the present thouth." . The Committee has found it necessary, That implies that a superior authority has imposed this obligation on it. Now here again, I must appeal to the language of the defenders of the censorship. Have they not stated that time Ministers were not responsible for the faults of the censorship ? If so, they must have allowed it to act freely ; but you see that the censors declare inwriting that they are bound to refuse all articles which have been pre sented to them since the 6th of this month. In order that these last words might have the.greater weight in the eyes of those to WhoM they were address ed, the whole of the passage which I have last quoted is .underlined in the circular. Such, gentle men, is the proceeding of the Commission ; hut that is not all : and here I purposely turn to that part of this assembly (looking. towards the right). • A journal published in Paris called La Quotidienne has, notwithstanding the prohibition of the cen sors, been permitted to enter into a profound discus'sion on the law relative to the periodical press, Voice in the centre.—(The Quotidienne has been referred, to the tribunals. It has acted in contravention( of the - law. The article was not submitted to the Censorship.) M. de Chauvelin.--Then the Censorship has two weights and two measures—( Voices in the centre, " No, no!")--There is partiality and op pression towards the journals of one party, and favour towards another; but this is sufficient to prove to you that the, conduct of the Ministry is not that which the law has prescribed. I there fore concur in moving the order of the day. M. de Castelbajac.—l ascend this tribune merely for the purpose of replying to one of the insinuations made by the Marquis de Chauvelin. (Murmurs ,on the left. A voice, " Why this word. Marquis . 2 ")—I was astonished to observe in his speech a charge destitute of that ingenuity which usually distinguishes him. It relates to the official article which appeared in the Moniteur . of yesterday, in which he-introduced in a very strange manner the authors of the Conservaleur, representing them as covered with the favours of the Government. I co-operated in the Con servateur, which always supported public li berty. It seems to me, that the only fact to which the allusion was directed, is the no mination to the English Embassy of a man of whom France is proud, and whom even foreign ers honour ; of a man who has shown himself great in persecution and in exile, great in adver sity, and always devoted to the interests of his country. It appears to me that in this respect the tribune ought to be free from personal attacks. M. Benjamin Constant.—ln supporting my ho nourable friend (M. de Chauvelin) I must notice what has fallen from the last Speaker. It is very natural that . a man who has assisted in a work that he believes to be useful should defend it, and be proud of it. To that I should have no thing to say, had. I not heard another periodical work alluded to. M. de Salaberry.—lt was I who spoke of the, Minerve. M. Benjamin Constant. —That work endea voured to promote the public welfare, and I shall always be proud of having con t r ib u t e d t o i t . But when the authors of the Conservateur de fended what they call the principles of the mo narchy * * (Voice on the right,—What, do You doubt that?)---At that period, those who believed that the constitutional monarchy rested on other principles did net call for the cen sorship • against the Conserz:ateur. They en-; deavoured to reply to it, but did not seek to -suppress it.—(Applause - on the left) , — This is what distinguished the principles of the Minerve from those of the Conservateur. 7 —(Mur. Hours on the right.)--These interruptions cannot intimidate me. The authors of the Conser_valeur .and Minerve profess opposite . it: may be honourable to have defended the one, but it will be alWays glorious and always: national to have defended - the other.--(Vio lent murmurs on the right, and applause on the left.)---I come now t o the petition.—(Cries . On, the right---It is time)--Yes, for the subject has been much departed from. I agree in opinion %OUT:. M. de Chauvelin, never at any time has the ceris6r ship been more vexatious or more scandalous. than' at the present moment. For three days past publk Journals—fortunately, however, those. which are discredited---have indulged in declamations un- . parelleled by any thing which has appeared.sinc . V: 1793. Even thi s day a journal—(Voice on the left—The Drapeau Blanc) has said that a little insurrection against certain men, whom he revolutionary jugglers, would be the most sacred of duties. A free people ought to be alarmed at such language. It. is true the journalist adds that he does not wish the death of any person:— (Laughter.)—B u t this explanation shows that . he: felt his previo us art i c l es to b e repre h ensible.— Ought such a censorship, then, to exist ? One observation more. All our powers, and all powers in France, emanate from the charter. Confusion of voices on the right—You reckon legitimacy as nothing. You acknowledge no sovereignty but that of the people. 31. de•Corcelles.—Every thing emanates from the charter. MM. - Bendist,-Josse Beauvoir, and other voices on the right —lt was the King who gave us the charter. M. Benjamin Constant. —Beyond the Charter, all powers, without exception, are illegitimate. (Violent agitation on the right.) M. de Corcelles.—Do not speak of the charter before these gentlenien : it frightens them. M. Benjamin Constant. —The Kin: has wished, in con formity with the progress of knowledge, that his power should be limited by the charter, and those persons are ,his freatest enemies who assert that his power doespotrest upon the char ter:--:-(Murmurs on the right.)—Woe to the country if the Go vernment should be intrusted to a party who would wish to establish power on any other right than that of the charter.— (Bravo on the left.)- I can predict to that party, that whatever - is national would then be disquieted.—(Laughter on the right) —that there would be no safety nor confidence, and that their conduct would at last precipitate the monarchy into that abyss which they have long been preparing for it. M. de (iirardin (rising in his place, and addressing the Mem bers on the right).--Have youllowers ? The President.—lf M. de Girardin wishes to speak, he must rise after M. B. Constant has concluded. M tl. Lafitte, Pornpierea, Etienne, Acc., called out.—Then make the interrupters on the other side silent also. NI. de Lameth.—The President should begin by being im partial himself.: • - M. Lafitte.— These Gentlemen fight for office. They do not know how to carry on any other war.—(Violent agitation.) M. B. Constant.—Surely nobody will assert that our powers do not emanate from die charter.—(Voice on the right—You are constantly recurring to your favourite dogma, the sove reignty of the peo)ple.) President (turning towards the right).—lt is impossible to deliberate with such interruptions.—(A voice on the left—Then do your duty.) There can be no discussion in the - midst of such a tumult. It is net allowable for a Deputy standing in his place either to oppose or support the Speaker who is in the tribune. N. de Marcelltis.-1 wish to speak. M. Benjamin Constant.—l repeat that,, in my opinion, all power emanates from the charter. Those who will not believe this are at liberty to contradict it ; but they will at least ac knowledge that our powers emanate to us from the charter : when the charter is violated, our powers no longer exist; when the charter is violated, we are no longer legislators. We can no more create laws contrary to the charter, than the first hun dred of factious individuals who may assemble in the street can establish a legitilative body. The laws which we may institute in opposition to the charter will in no respect present the cha racter of laws ; we should be exercising an usurped power, and nobody would be obliged to acknowledge us as legislators.— (Still increasing agitation.) Thus, then, by seeming to ap prove petitions contrary to the charter, the basis of all our power, we should be compromising the interests of France__ Being well convinced that the petition which tends to deprive writers of the trial by jury is a violation of the charter, and that we cannot violate the charter without becoming usurpers, I demand that we should .pass to the order of the day; and I would wish that some stronger mark of disapprobation should be resorted to, to prove that we cannot suffer the least encroach. ment to be made on the charter. 111. de Marcellus.- 7 1 ascend this tribune, to protest, as a de. puty of France, against the doctrines which I think I have heard professed. I declare, then; as a deputy of France, that there is in France no authority save that which emanates from the only supreme and legitimate authority—that of 'the King ; that the charter itself exists only by the King; that consequently our poWers, which emanate, if it must be ao ' immediately from the charter, eroceed in reality from the King, for it is the King who has conceded and granted the charter to us. Lastly, I must add, that there is in France nothing national except what is monarchical.—.(Loud acclamations and plaudits from the right.) During this speech, M. Corbi4re arrived at the Minister s ' bench, and took his place near 31. de Villele: the Keeper of the Seals was not present at the sitting. M. de Lametlf —The protestation which you have just heard is a sufficiently clear manifesto against the charter.—(Noise and murmurs.)--It is a manifesto in favour of the old regime__ (Louder murmurs on the right.)—Support, gentlemen, if you will, the proposition of M. de Marcellus. We demand nothing better, for France knows what she has to hope and to fear from the meeting.—(New commotion en the right.)—This - is recur ring to. a system of tactics, which was last year very frequently employed against the side on which I have the honour to sit. Under the name of legitimacy it is wished to establish a totally new theory. It is necessary that we should explain ourselves clearly. Voice on the right.—Bravo ! Make your profession of faith. • M. de Lameth—l intend to do so : I wish to explain myself clearly on the subject of legitimacy. (Ironical bravos renewed.) In the first place, that the word may be well understood, it is necessary to consult its origin. Legitimate is derived from iegi iwinz.es—that is to say, inherent to the law. Legitimacy is, therefore, an emanation from the law itself. Thus a child whose birth is legitimate is one whose filiation is acknowledged by the law. In old'times, which arc so much extolled, the I. - &Irina , of a younger child was the portion, the petty portion, which the law granted to the junior offspring of a family. The law has always decided legitimacy. If we go a degree higher —to that touching the succession to the throne—we shall find that legitimacy has always been considered as the right of in heritance from male to niale, in the order of priinogenitureship, to the exclusion.of females.—(Voice on the right—And in the same dynasty.)—Well, this sort of legitimacy we are willing to acknowledge.--(lronical plaudits on the right: a voice —What, even during the lit ndred days ?)—But if, instead of this legiti macy, it is wished to establish a divine right, by virtue of which people are to becothe the property of Kings—(negative mur murs on the right)---we can no longer recognize it. People reason very justly, when they speak of legitimacy, with respect to the right of inheritance ; but when they speak of it with re gard to property, they make declarations which are anti-national. —(Latt&hter on the right.) BignonAnd absurd. M. de Lameth—The doctrine of divine right has been pro. scribed in England. M. de la - Lot—But we are not there. M. de .Larneth.—lt has been regarded as high treason against the nation. Whenever a pretehded right may be appealed to, Whicli at the Present moment is more than ever in favour, owing to the success which ecclesiastical associations enjoy,(re newed murmuring)—and owing, to the protection held out to the system of a soc i e t y formerly banished from France,- on account of its hostility to Kings, we shall always be found opposer': to that divine right, because all powers are for and by the nation.—(Laughter and murmuring.)—Consequently I vote for the order of the day.—(Cries of " Close the Deoate.") Pardessus—lt is singular to see those who declare them selves the exclusive defenders of the charter, profess maxims which are most calculated for its subversion.—(Tumult on the left, and cries of' order.)—lndeed the Charter fbrmally declares, that before the King gave the Charter, all authority was vested in him,--(Tumult on the left.) De Corcelles —This is something new. N. Pardessus--The charter _itself says—" We have consi dered, that though absolute authority was in France vested in the person, of the King, our predecessors have not' hesi tated to modify its exercise according to the differences of suc ceeding ages." 111. De Corcellea.—ln what article did you find that ? .11.1; De ,Girardin—lt is in the speech of the Chancellor. . . . Other voices—No. It is in the preamble.—(Agitation.) The President-1 must again .repeat, that interruptions are not allowable.. Even in cases when the speaker may commit a mistake, it is necessary to wait until the conclusion of his speech to refute hint. • M. Pardesaus—These expressions are literally from the preiu the charter. I am not on e of those who w i s h to have. t " he' charter_ without the words—" Louis, by th e grace o f God. Far froth-blaming the:declaration of M. d e Al areellus, I say, it is conformable to the text of the charter. The King alone had the power of giving the charter. Before any charter, the King existed in the plenitude of his power, and he conceded it • voluntarily.-.--(Cries of " Close the debate.") GeneralsSebastiani—By these cries for the question, it ap pears to be wished to stifle the most serious as well as the most important.f discUssions. 1 cannot, howe ver , r i se to oppose the clostiag pi'. the debate, without entering into the subject tinder consideration. I wish to make the Chamber sensible that it is not - yet in a state to decide on t h e quest i on, and for that pur pose it seems sufficient to call to recollection the language ad dressed.by President de Harley to Henry III.; namely, " Sire the French Monarchy rests on immutable laws, which Kings cannot infrirge without destroying the law which made Kings. '• —(BravO on the left.)—The question is diffi cu lt an d d e li cate, but it is necessary to co me to an understanding on a subject so important. The point from which all ought to take thei r de parture is the c h ar t er . Si nce i t appeared, it is strictly true that _ .all powers emanate from it. The protest of M. de Marcelltit is therefore out of place. He wishes to carry us back to times anterior to the charter, but that is a principle which we, cannot recognize. The charter was given by the King to satisfy the most imperious wants of the nation, and hencetorth e ver y au thority . in France proceeds.from 4. (Great agitation.)—With more calmnesi it would pehaps be seen that we are not far from a right understanding. • There is certainly much need for coni ing to an undeastandeng en this question, for the nation begins to be aware—(Murmurs and interruption.)—Yes, for some days: the charter has been completely abandoned. It is violated by' every imaginable subterfuge.---( Applause on the left.) The Chamber rejected; by a slight majority, the order of the day, and referred the petition of the Sieur Spy to the Commit. tee on the press. .M. Coupigny then reported a petition from several Judges of, tribunals of First Instance, praying for an increase of salary, which he proposed to refer to the Keeper of the Seals. M. Etienne observed, that there existed a tendency to render the judges necessitous, in order that the hope of promotion might have the more effect upon them. Power has need of the Judges, and wishes that the Judges should have need of it.— (The petition was referred as proposed.) The Finance Minister ascended the tribune, and read a law project containing Modifications of the budget. " Louis, &c. " Article 1. —A credit in mites is opened for the Minister of Finance in the to per Cent. Consols, of the sum of 3,413,958 francs, with inn rest from the 22d of March, 1822. " The said inscription of remes representing, at 87 francs. c. 3-stns, the melium rate of the 5 per Cent. Consols, dur• ing the 6 st months of the year 1821, a capital in specie of 60 naives is specially appropriated to the reimbursement in specie I of tte two-fiftlat of the notes of liquidation, calctlatpd at an equal sum of 60 millions. " 2. In substitution for Article 1 of the project of the 31st of October,—by means of the credit in inscriptions Opened by the preceding Article, the expences of the consolidated debt and of the sinking fund arc fixed for the rear 1822 at the sum of 228,874,039 francs, conformable to the annexed account A. " 3. In substitution for Article 2of the said project,—Cre dits are opened to the amount of 672,b'50,714 f. fur the expences of the service fo r 1822, con f orma bl e to the 'account 13., and of plicable as follows : " For the general expences - - Fr. 534,0030 4 "For the Administration of Exports. tion, &c. (as in the law project) 132,532,80 " For repayments and restitutions to be made, &c. (as in the law project) . , 6,314,00° • Total - Fr. 672,850,71. " 4. In substitution for Article 14 of the law project of fig 31st of October. the receipts are fixed for the service of 18225 1 the total sum of 90'2,000,933 . francs;conformable to the annexed account E." A long debate arose on the questions whether this project , should be referred to a Special Committee, or to that alresdY appointed for the B u d get . Th e Chamber lecided, by a large' majority, for the latter proposition, and then adjourned 0 Monday, when another Report from the Committee of Petitivo , and the Report on the law project relative to the offences of the press, will be brought up. _ lIEIIMANSTADT: DEC. The Ottoman troops have lately been still More. increased in the Principalities of Walachia and Moldavia.- - The Asiatic soldiers commit the greatest r' cesses ; they strip the peasants. of Their clothes, and force them to take refuge naked, with their families, in the forests, where most of them limo died of cold and hunger. A troop which arrived a few dais since at Bucharest set flie to a con vent, where several of the Monks perished in. the flames. VIENNA, DEC. 31.—The 'Klaiber of Turkish troops in the two Principalities 'is estimated At 150,000 men. A X•LA PELLE, .1 - AN. he following' news have been transmitted to Warsaw from Berlin :—" An order - dispatched from Consul]. tmople enjoins the Pachas and other Commanders of the European Provinces of Turkey to proli' sion their fortresses with the utmost expedition, and to place strong garrisons in them, capable es defending them. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 1 8.----For some day 3 past tranquillity has been a little restored At Constantinople, although the streets are crowded with armed Mussulmans. The Ministers O f Austria and England continue their negociations, but nothing . decisive is known. The Porte has published that the Sella!) of Persia had disavoic ed the declaration of war on the part of his son, and tire latter's invasion of Kurdistan ; but little credit is given to this intelligence, the Persian' being still encamped near Kast and Erzerum, orl the '26th of November. LtutionN, DEC. 30.—The allied army of Epirus attack e d th e T ur k s an the 23d NO' vember, in their positions at Maraty, and dc feated them with great slaughter. • Letters. from Mesolongi state that the• Con gress of Greek Deputies had proclaimed Constitutional act and independence of the nation , MADIZID, DEC. 31.—The king repaired day before yesterday, to the Council of State, IP, be present at th e .di scuss i on on the message of the Cortes relative to the dismissal of Ministers. The debate was very warm. it e ems to havr been decided that the authorities of Seville and Cadiz shall first be restored before any change' in the Ministry are made. The Council,' ho*s ever, separated Without coming' to any positivg' determination, and the discussion is to be rt' sunned to-morrow. • • We expected accounts from Andalusia to-tilt but the overflowing of the rivers has, no doubil delayed •the courier. The couriers from thg north of Spain are arrived, but bring no news. . Extract of a Letter from Quebec, Dec. 4 :---- " The navigation has closed. The first Iloatiug ice on the St. Lawrence made its appearance ofi the 29th Nov. On Tuesday morning the 8141 7- sure left this city on her last trip for lliontre:,f; and the same day the London, being the last ves sel ready for sea, sailed for Liverpool. 'U". steam ferry-boat has been laid up f or th e win- ter." Extract of a Letter from St. Thomas's, hitter end of November :—" Porto'Cabello was still in possession of the Royalists on the '2(l Nor' The inhabitants and troops were dying verf fast of the dysentery, which wa's caused by alai( not being able to procure fresh provisions, vegr' tables, or good water." Extract of a Letter from Bermuda, Nov. 20 : In consequence of the accounts from No' York of the failure of ,the crops in En g l an d, flour has advanced i n th m e arket to 88 shillings po: barrel by retail, corn one dollar per bushel, wil t other dry provisions in proportion ; but within these two days we have had a direct arrival from England, which contradicts the above account_ froth New York, and we. may expect a fall 0f the present prices." A letter from Demerara of the 24th of Octo ber mentions an extraordinary instance of the violence with which lightning acts, on th: explosion of electrical clouds. Itoccurrllfnil board a vessel called the Susan, on the voyage from New Brunswick to Demerara. On the 16th, all hands being on the fore topsail yard, the dap:- gerous 'fluid struck the vessel with' terrible force, coming down by the wedges of the- fore mast, which it carried away iri a moment„.about I R feet above the deck, along with every soul aloft, and shattered the main-topmast and jib ,boom into splinters. It also burst the ship co the starboard bow, two planks from the deck.--- -f One of the crew was in a manner annihilated by the thunderbolt; no mark remained of him but spots of his blood on the sails and rigging. The rest were more or less hurt by the fall, when the masts and rigging came down. REDUCTION or RENTS IN IRELAND.—We bear • - that several Noblemen and Gentlemen of t! - .. county of Tipperary, following the example of the Earl Fitzwilliam, are determined to make considerable reductions in their rents ;--The Earl of Donoughmore, Lord Landaff, Lord Dun alley, Lord Norbury, Colonel Bagwell, Mr. Holmes, and Mr. Vaughan, have taken the lead-, and we trust the example will he followed by the other landt., , tl proprietors of th e S ou th o' r Ireland, ~_ ERTIATI the 7a favour in favc 3 per Cer a per Cen 3i per C( 4 Per Cer HIGH Iletning -- -~-,~._ \V hi t Weell Mined, strainil is knot the Gr t" • raw c ruu.sal Novi; ?iser th ese ble ad, preval i T Very 4 Daps d interva 411 but .t mate', that .a deliver the stri t hernse baps it the cot Place i st ruggi St prof been c( 11lay e, bane bl fired l 'lllevti It i 9 t} t 0 Shal al len stain 'ltte frly Atinihil to be S errib r,. joy it - Nwer: Unless " 1 Y r 4 .11e‘v It tllol.^- 'urks 11 Th e in ~~~i(;}3 tiori ou of hos 41 1 d, „' .tlosi ty tr4 elt ' if Ak ertis 4 W ' dre Nrrov, '1:11a of l ion s n h eai 14tied t t ltrl tel eve sup tri uttpi ! °ll flict their st em , 4 ct , ive ' e l" it ut °Pe, (he eP _ o g ;it mtt o l di ces " crl) to .I; oreti,