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uhabitanta of Nottingham and neighbourhood, complain ing of the conduct of the visiting Magist rates and Gaoler of that town. He said this was a very s ingular petition, and it had been in London for some time—it had even beco i u the hands of s everal Hon. Memhers of that House, and among others in that of the Hon. Member for Kerry. He would not complain of that Hon. Gentleman for not presenting the petition, for he believed be had never yet been in a gaol, and of course was unacquainted with the tortures that were there put in practice.—(A good deal of conversation was going on while the Hon. Gentleman was speaking, in consequence of which he turned round and said)—He was well aware that many of the Members of that House were Magistrates, and he always found that when the conduct of brother magistrates was brought under the notice of the House, there was very little atten tion paid to the speaker ; however, on this occasion 11.- entreated that they would give him their attention for only a short time, because the complaint he had to make was one of no common desc r ipti on , an d more resembled the practices pursued in the days of the Star Chamber than of the 19th century. The Hon. Member then read a state ment made by a prisoner in Nottingham Gaol, awed Cutts. He said he was taken up en suspicion of having set fire to Nottingham Castle, he believed, upon the information of a convicted felon ; that he was confined for five days without water to drink, and that when be asked for it, be was told that if he would confess, he might have as much as he wished, and would also be kindly and well treated beside. That on the fifth day he was obliged to drink his own urine, and after all he was liberated without even the form of a trial, being told that there was no charge against him. This con duet was most infamous, and called for vigilant in quiry. The petition had been in his hands for ten days, and be would have presented it sooner, but having given notice of his intention to the Hon. Members for the County, he had fixed it for to-day, and he was glad to see those Hon. Gentlemen in their places, as well as the Honourable Mesiiher for the City of Nottingham. He (Mr. Hunt) would perhaps have acted like the Honourable Member for Kerry, bad Le not himself been the inmate of a gaol, and seen the cruelties that were committed in them; he had even exposed them, and proved before a Commission of the Crown that cruelties were practised in some gaols that would have disgraced even an inquisition ; therefore he be lieved the statements made in the petition, and could have cre dited them even had they not been confirmed by upwards of 3,000 of the inhabitants of Nottingham. He hoped that the House would not allow such a case to go with out inquiry. Mr. A. DENNISON thought very much discretion was to be exercised before Honourable Members engaged to present such petitions as the present. Every proba bility existed against the truth of the allegations it contained, because in the first place, independent of the character of the gentleman against whom the charges were made, the Corporation of Nottingham had denied their truth, and the public Press of that part of the coun try had also disclaimed any knowledge of the transaction alluded to. But in the second place he held in his hand a statement of the most convincing character which, being a lette- from the solicitor of the prisoner himself, flatly contradicted the libellous charges which the petition con tained. The letter stated that the writer having conversed with the prisoner on the subject, ascertained that no tor ture, nor privations of any kind, had I een used for the pur pose of extorting confession, and that in fact, on the contrary, he desired him to express his grateful ac knowledgment for the humane kindness he had in variably received.—(Hear.) The letter went on to re fute at some length the various charges which the peti tion alleged. If it appeared at all probable, after such a statement to the House that the allegations were true, he should be the first to second the proposal for inquiry. But considering the statements unfounded and libellous, he would oppose the printing of the petition. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL did not think the petition at all entitled to further publicity, because he had no doubt that the charges were untrue. Among the numerous individuals who had signed the petition, not one of the names of the supposed victims of the injustice was to he found. Mr. LAMB thought the course which would have been most satisfactory, would have been to have informed him, on affidavit, of the particular facts of the case, in order that he might have made the necessary inquirits.— Bat certainly he had never heard more improbable, nor indeed more libellous, charges in any petition. The inquiries and investigation which had tAten place, as to the Ilche•`er transactions referred to by the lionourtib'e Member (Mr. Hunt), had completely satisfied his (Mr. L.'s) mind, that the charges then made were wholly false. He was wiling to make inquiries into the truth of the allegations contained in the petition, but felt himself called n to resist the printing of it. Sir E. SUGDEY gave credit to the Hon. Member for K rry fir having exercised a sound discretion in declining to p -esent the petition without satisfactory evidence of the truth of its charges.—(Hear, bear.) He utterly disbelieved the statements, but at the same time considered it impossible that the matter could rest where it did. A petition containing, like the present, the most serious charges against those who had the care of pri. soners,offered to be proved by affidavit, properly prepared and tendered, and refused by a Magistrate, deserved inquiry, in order that if the facts were untrue, an exposition might take place of the scandalous conduct of the propagators, and if true, that condign punishment might be visited on the heads of the guilty. Mr. O'CONNELL had been requested to present a pe tition, but felt surprised at having received a petition from Nottingham of that nature, while two Members had been returned for that place on the popular interest. He ex pressed great hesitation in believing that cruelties of so outrageous a description had been perpetrated. He had been asked by the person who brought the peti tir n whether, if he were satisfied of the truth of the alle gations in the petition, he would present it, and he said he certainly would. The person then promised to send bins soire affidavits of its truth, and he (Mr. O'Connell) (omtnunicated to the Member for Nottingham, and for the tount,, his intention, and also informed them that he would forward copies of the affidavits which were pro mimed him. However, no affidavits were furnished him, and he therefore felt disinclined to present the peti tion. It was said now that the Magistrates refused to accept the oaths of the parties to the affidavits but if the persons tendering the affidavits had gone to an at torney, or even asked him (Mr. O'Connell) they would have been informed that they could have gone before any Magistrate, or have got them sworn before a Commissioner of the King's Bench. He hoped, however, the petitioner would not be disparaged on his account, for he felt obliged by the Hon. Member for Preston's presenting the petition, and if an inquiry were moved he would vote for it. Mr. S. LUMLEY was understood to defend the con- duct of the Magistrates. Sir R. FERGUSSON denied most strongly that the Members for the town of Nottingham had been applied to to present the petition, and that they had refused. So far trona there being any ground of complaint on the part of the convicts towards the magistrates, one of the Members hid gone on board the hulks where they had been sent, and most minutely inquired respecting their treatment, the result of which was that no complaint whatever was made. Mr. HUNT felt it to be his duty to move that the pe tition he printed. If he thought that the copies of the petition were to be circulated throughout the country, he would not make the motion, but he wished every Mem ber of the House to be in possession of it. As to the promised inquiries by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Lamb), be (Mr. Hunt) knew what inquiries by Secre taries of State were of old.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Under all the circumstances, however, and upon an under standing that the Under Se cretar y would substitute inqui ries upon the subject, he should not press the printing . of the petition at present. But if no satisfactory inquiry was instituted, lie should certainly feel it his duty to move for a public one. A message from the Lords informed the House that his Majesty would receive the address of both Houses on Wednesday next, at two o'clock. Colonel DAVIS brought up the Report of the Com mittee on Secondary Punishment. DIVISION OF COUNTIES BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order of the day for the third reading of the Bill. Mr. DIXON wished to put a question to the Noble Lord opposite. Ile was anxious to know whether his Majesty's Government were aware of the distress which the Orders in Council had produced in Jamaica. Lord ALTHORP said that Government had received no information whatever, to induce them to alter the course they had adopted. Mr. DAWSON wished to correct a tuistatement which appared in the Times of yesterday. He had been represented in that Journal as having stated that the most shameful misrepresentations were made in Mr. Hansard's Parliamentary reports. So far from having done so, he had star d that he considered that they were the most cor rect that were published, and that Mr. Hansard deserved the gratitude4ftivery Member of that House. Lord J. RUSSELL moved some verbal amendments in the Division of Counties Bill, which were adopted. Mr. MORETON then moved, pursuant to notice, the following amendment :—" That Wotton-under-edge be substitu ed for Thornbury, as the place of nomination for the wester a if:4u ict of Gloucester." He contended that . from its local situation, the former plsse would be mucl more convenient than the latter. Captain BERKELEY seconded the amendment. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET opposed the amend- ment, and would take the sen'e of the House upon it. Mr. HOWARD said that Thornbury would certainly be the most convenient place I or the freeholders. Sir B. W. GUISE supported the amendment. Lord 3 7 RUSSELL would vote for Thornbury, as Le had done before. The Hou.e then divided— For the Amendment Against it B3 Majority Sir R. PEEL moved that the poll for the southern division of the county of Safford should l,e taken at the ancient city of Lichfield, instead of at Walsall, as proposed in the Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL expressed himself ready to agri e in the amendment. The amendment was then put and carried. Several verbal amendments were then agreed to, upon the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Mr. BLAINIIRE rose to move an alteration in the Boundaries Bill rel itive to the boundaries of the town of Whitehaven. As those boundaries were proposed to be fixed by the present Bill, there were certain rural distracts which were proposed to be thrown into the borough of Whitehaven, but which would only add thirty members to the constituency of that borough. It appeared from the report of the Commissioners that there were 500 voters for the borough, and the number, therefore, to be added by the rural districts would be very a mall, while the laws which formed these districts were all the property of a Noble Earl, and might, therefore, at a subsequent period be made the means of giving him an overwhelming influ ence. He should recommend to the House that the boundaries of the borough should be confined to those limits which were described in the local acts of Parliament relative to that place. He called the attention of the Go vernment to this subject, as there were reports abroad in the town of Whitehaven that this scheme of the boundary of the borough was the result of a compromise with the other side, and that the borough had been thrown over as a sop to that party. He felt himself called on to make this motion, in order to satisfy his constituents. Mr. JAMES seconded the motion, and observed that the rural district at present contained but a small number of voters, but might at some future time be made the means of throwing an immense influence into the hands of the Earl of Lonsdale, who would be able, if be chose, to put his coach-horses into nomination for the borough.— (A laugh.)—There was also a matter to which he wished to call the attention of the Government, and that was, that it was reported at Whitehaven that the settlement of the boundaries as they now stood had been drawn up by an agent of the Noble Earl, and had been signed in his Colliery-office. So at least it was stated in a printed paper which had been sent up to him. He asserted that the present settlement of the boundaries would in fact make Whitehaveu a close borough ; and be therefore pressed upon the Ministers the adoption of the proposed alteration. Lord ALTHORP apprehended it was not necesssary for him to give any proof that the Government had en tered into no compromise with the opposite party— (Hear, hear)—for no ore who knew at all what was the state of parties could possibly believe that any such com promise had taken place.—(Hear.) The Hon. Member should at once be informed what were the grounds on which the Government had changed their intentions with regard to these boundaries. It hid been urged upon them, that in adopting the boundaries they originally pro posed, they should be creating an anomaly in this particu lar instance, and deviating from what they bad laid down as the principle of the Bill. They bad at first been in formed that the whole of Whitehaven was the property of Lord Lonsdale, but they subsequently found that that information was not correct, and that the influence he would possess there was no more than what property was on all hands agreed to be fairly entitled to. The objection which they felt to fixing the boundaries according to these local Acts to which the Hon. Member had referred was, that these Acts laid down certain limits, subject to be altered by sub st quest circumstances ; so that boundaries adopted by them would be perpetually shifting, as other places, under the particular circumstances stated in those Acts, came within their operation. With respect to the statement which the Hon. Member for Carlisle said he had received in a printed paper from Whitehaven be (Lord Althorp) begged to ob serve, that it was impossible to be correct, for the bounda ries were never decided on by the Commissioners, or at least their decision was never known till they came to London. He repeated, therefore, that the reports alluded to by the Hon. Member were without foundation, and he expressed himself satisfied that the boundaries decided on by the Commissioners were the best that the cicumstances presented for their adoption. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the Amendment Against it St2 Majority against the Amendment -59 _ . Mr. G. BANRES moved an Amendment in favour of Dorchester, viz.—to extend the Northern Boundary of the Borough beyond the river Frome, so as to include the whole of the parish of Trinity, part of which divided by the river, bad been excluded by the Commissioners. Mr. PORTMAN remarked that the change would only add one house. _ _ _ Mr. BANKES replied, that it would add three cons' derable farm-houses. Mr. PORTMAN contended that the river Frome was the natural and definite boundary. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the inclusion of three farm houses was not a sufficient reason for altering the boundary as settled. The Amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. BEST moved, that the Isle of Purbeck be added to Wareham. _ Mr. PORTMAN admitted the claims of the Isle of Purbeck, but thought that it would be better to give it a separate member. He would rather suggest the addition of Corfe Castle and Bere Regis to the borough of Ware ham ; but he doubted the necessity of any change, as the inhabitants of Wareham were satisfied with the arrange ment as it stood. Mr. G. ROBINSON thought that Core Castle had been somewhat unfair!) overlooked. Mr. W. BANKES was of opinion that the Me of Pur beck had claims to be included in the borough of Ware ham, from the connexion between the two in trade and locality. Lord J. RUSSELL admitted that the case of Ware ham was extremely difficult to be determined. If the Isle of Purbeck were added, the effect would be, by the number of voters, to swamp Wareham. Mr. G. BANKES asked if the Noble Lord would object, then, to the extension of the boundary of Ware. ham, so as to include Corfe Castle ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that, personally, he should nor offer any opposition to such an amendment. He (Mr. G. Bankes) was sure that the proposition for the addition of Purbeck to the constituency of Wareham would have the support of the Honourable Member for Middlesex, be cause it would render the representation more popular. It was a strange objection to that proposition, to say that Purbeck was under the control of the Tories.—(Hear.) Load ALTHORP would not consider, in such a ques tion, what prticular interest might have an accession of influence ; but be would object to the addition of Purbeck to Wareham, as creating too extended a constituency. He did not think that the addition of Curie Castle was liable to the'same objection. Mr. WARBURTON was understood to say, that the addition of Corfe Castle to the constituency of Wareham would be advantageous. Mr. BARING WALL was more convinced, by the discussion upon the present question, than he had ever be fore been, of the advantage which would have accrued from the sending of the Boundaries Bill to a Committee up stairs.—(Hear.) The questions which it embraced were too complicated to be adequately investigated in a Com mittee of the whole House. But as that had not been done, he would pot consent to the addition of Purbeck to Wareham, because he thought it was inexpedient and unjust to enlarge the constituency of any borough, and be thought that no borough ougt to have a larger number of co9stitu ents than was necessary to secure its respectability.— (Hear, and a laugh.) Indeed, he would say, that small he thought the constituency of a borough ougas ht to be as possible.—(Hear, bear, and a laugh.) flat. truth as, the Whigs had divided the cou nties in such a way, a to g ive to the Whig families a preponderating influence. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had no objection to the ad- dition of Coale Castle to Wareham. Sir E. SUGDEN would support an amendment that should add Purbeck to Wareham. Mr. CALCRAFT, having just come into the House, was not aware of the arguments that had been brought forward in support of the amendment.—(Chetrs and laughter.) 'Whatever he should say, therefore, would be merely the expression of his individual opinion.—(Hear.) Ile thought that the addition of Cork Castle would destroy the independence of the new borough, and would preserve to the late proprietors of Corfe Castle—(Hear, Lear, and laughter)—to the proprietors, he would say, of the late borough of Corfe Castle—(A laugh)—the nomination, which it was the object of the Reform Bill to dt stroy. (Cheers.) If that proposition were acceded to, a consi derable portion of the other part of the county ought to be thrown in, to give the Whig proprietors their fair share of influence.—(Much cheering and laughter.) Mr. WRANGHAM said, that it was unfair to the Tories to iay that the proposition came from any Member be. ' longing to that party. The Member for Worcester, wh. moved the amendment, was a constant and consistent sup. porter of the Whigs. Mr. CALCRAFT said, that Purbeck was altogether in the bands of Tory proprietors.—(Cheers and laughter.) Lord G. SOMERSET said, that the Gentleman who had offered himself as a candidate For Wareham was pro prietor of Bere Regis. Mr. PORTMAN believed that the statement of the Noble Lord was correct ; and he thought, therefore, that the boundary of the new borough ought to be left as the Commissioners had settled it.—(Hear.) Mr. ROBINSON was disgusted with the exhibition of family and party polemics to wl ich his proposition had given rise. —(Hear, bear.) In making his proposition, he had not been influenced by any desire to support any party, or to give new influence to any family, Whig or Tory.-- (Hear, bear.) The only object which he had is viov was, to render the constituency of the new borough such as should exclude either family or party influence. _ . The House then divided : For the addition of Corfe Castle to Wareham Against it Majority Mr. TENNYSON then rose, in pursuance of the motion which he bad given, and having entered into some details connected with the borough of Stamford, he pro ceeded to state that the electors of Stamford, in attempt ing to effect their independence, had been turned out of their houses, and otherwise prosecuted, by the Marquess of Exeter. In reference to the boundaries of Stamford, as proposed by the Bill, by which it was intended to add the parish of St. Martin, in Northamptonshire, to the borough which «as in Lincolnshire, the lion. Member reverted to a petition which he had presented some time since on the subject, in which the petitioners prayed that, should this addition to the borough be carried into effeet, the House would disfranchise the borough of Stamford altogether, and that they would enfaanchise some other borough where the constituency might be rendered in dependent. He had hoped that his Noble Friends would have listened to this remonstrance on the part of his constituents, but in this hope be had been disap pointed ; not, however, that he imputed to them any im proper motives ; he knew they were incapable of them ; nor did he attach apy blame to the Commissioners, who had, no doubt, done the best in their power. But it was open to, and it was the imperative duty of, the House to correct any of the arrangements which had been made, and which did not secure an independent constituency. The old borough contained 6,000 inhabitants, and having ner4iy.soo 101. houses; St. Martin's contained 1,200 inhabi tants, and sixty or seventy 101. houses. St. Martin's was almost entirely the property of Lord Exeter, and the addi• tion, therefore, would immediately enable him to over power the newly redeemed independence of the borough. It could not give representation (which is the pretext) to St. Martin's, but it would deprive Stamford of the re presentation it had now acquired. St. Martin was totally distinct from Stamford, nut being subject to the same mu nicipal government, or the same local rates and burdens. It was a well-built village in Northamptonshire. The Right Hon. Gentleman having entered into some other local details, then stated that the borough of Stamford was surrounded by commons and fields, that the Marquess of Exeter, who was lord of the manor, had refused to allow them to be enclosed, lest the creation of separate property should emancipate the borough. If he were told that in boundaries prescribed by the present Bill the Noble Lords adopted a general rule which they had laid down, be de nied the fact in this instance, and the effect of the pro posed boundaries would be to cramp the independence of the voters of that borough. The Hon. Member then pro ceeded to draw a parallel between the cases of Windsor and Stamford, and said he was quite at a loss to understand why the same principle was not adopted in both cases. It was as obvious to have added Eton, and more so than St. Martin's. In a measure which pretended to amend the representation of the people, no borough should be retained which could by possibility become a noniina- tion borough. If, indeed, it were the determination of his Majesty's Government to adhere to the Boun dary Bill, it would be necessary to have a new Re form Bill, or else to have another schedule A intro duced into the measure. It Was to he recollected that the voters in this case who had returned him into Perliament, were scot and lot vote's ; and they had returned him to that House for the purpose of supporting the Reform Bill, and he bad hoped that the Bill would have left them an independent body of voters. It was with grief, however, he found that, after all the suffering they had endured, they were to be placed under the nomination of the Noble Lord to whom he had alluded. When he looked around to the noble sacrifices which had been made by the owner. of nomination boroughs, they did not expect that the names of nomination boroughs would merely be changed when they offered them on the altar of their country. It might be true that he stood there as a suspected advocate.— as having a personal interest ; but he could truly say, that in all his political career he had never been actuated by personal or unworthy motives. The Hon. Member con cluded by moving that St. Martin's be excluded from the borough of Stamford. Mr. WILKS had been requested to second the motion, but if he had not been requested, he should have done it most cheerfully on behalf of all the constituency of Eng land. He would resist to the utmost of his power, an attempt like this, to frustrate the triumph of Reform. He opposed with reluctance those he was in the habit of sup porting; but in this instance they appeared to oppose themselves. Is the borough of Stamford there was a sufficient number of independent voters to entitle that place to retain its Members without adding St. Martin's to it, which would expose them to a repetition of those harassing and degrading contests to which they had been long subject, and from which they had almost emanci pated themselves. The proposed union was only calcu lated to deprive the electors of Stamford of the privileges they had long enjoyed, and most honourably exercised. He cordially supported the amendment. Lord ALTHORP thought it was impossible that the Commissioners could decide otherwise than to add St. Martin's to Stamford. They only followed, in doing that, the general rule. If they had not followed that rule, it would not only have been because Lord Exeter had in fluence in St. Martin's ; but to have acted so, it would have been contrary to all the principles professed by the Ministers. That was the only ground alleged by his Right Hon. Friend for his motion, and it was so contrary to justice that he could not support it. He would not be a particeps criminis in such injustice, and would give his vote for adding St. Martin's to Stamford. He thought, however, that the boundaries were too extensive, and his Noble Friend meant to propose an amendment to that effect. Colonel DAVIES meant to support the amendment of his Right Hon. Friend. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought, if the Commissioners had gone into inquiry into the influence poss. seed by in dividuals in particular places, and bad recommended the boundaries accordingly, this Bill would have been one of tie most partial and unjust that ever was presented to Parliament. Lnoking at Stamford, without reference to Lord Exeter's interest, it was found that St. Martin's was actually a part of Stamford united with it at least by the Militia Act and by the assessed taxes. It was a part of the town which had grown out of the borough. If the Commissioners had consented not to unite St. Martin's to Stamford, because it was Lord Exeter's property, they would have acted most improperly. He acknowledged the integrity and honour of the electors of Stamford, but adhering to the principles of the Bill, he should certainly oppose the amendment of his Right Hon. Friend. Mr. WRANGHAM opposed the amendment. He ex pressed his surprise at the new-born zeal of those who now objected to the influence of a Tory Nobleman, though they had never found fault with the influence of a mau of property when he was a Whig. The case of Sudbury was a case in point, and he thanked the Noble Lord for admitting that the Hamlet of I3allingdon was a part of Sudbury—a fact which lie had in vain endeavoured to urge upon the Noble Lords formerly, to prevent the un just disfranchisement of Sudbury. He gave his vote for adding St. Martin's to Stamford, became the Commis sioners had recommended it. Mr. C. PELHAM opposed the amendment. The House then divided on the amendment— ti L e s s l9 172 Majority against Mr. Tenny6on's amendment --1 53 On our readmission to the Gallery, we found M r. SANFORD, as w e un d erstoo d , objecting to the boundaries assigned to the city of Bristol, but the Hon Member Was i n the ll u l p d r a i . b r tiLe in 0 I f T TtthlLel Gallery. Mr. O h l a l N e b ry it s there of ants t teas district di s s a tis generally,f ac t o though there might be some individual objections. The inhabitants of the district proposed to he included wets closely united in interest with the other inhabitants of Bristol. Several other verbal amendnients having been agreed to, the Bill passed. SCOTCH REFORM BILL. The report of this Bill was taken into further consider tion, and the third reading fixed for Wednesday next. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in, and subsequently brought in, a Bill to abolish the punishment of Death in cases of Forgery. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and at a Quarter past One this morning, the House ad journed. _ , * y DIVISION OF COUNTIES' BILL. LIST OF T. OF TWENTY-ONE WHO Vt MOT That the Parish of St. Martin, should be added to the Boron; Lincoln. lamire, W.—Cumberland Davies;Colonel—Worcester Ellis, W.—Leicester Heneage, G. F. 7-Lincoln Hunt, Henry—Preston Howard, IL—Shoreham Hoskins, K.—Herefordshir James, W.—Carlisle Moreton, H.—Gloucestershire Noel, Sir G.—Rutlandshire O'Connell, D.—Co. of Kerry Paget, T.—Leicestershire LIST OF TH. OF TWENTY-THREE WH( WHITEHAVEN TO THI LOCAL ACT. Ellis, W.—Leicester Evans, W.—Leicester Evans, Col. De Lacy—Rye Gillon, W. D.—Selkirk, &c. Guise, Sir B. W.—Gloucestersh, Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire Howard, H —Shoreham Howard, P. H.—Carlisle Hume, Joseph—Middlesex Morrison, J.— Ipswich M‘Namara, W. N.—Clare Co. O'Connell, D.—Co. of Kerry Paget, T.—Leicestershire Rider. T.—Kent In the division on the clause open Courts, Mr. Chichester, der, for Kent, and Mr. Petre, jority ; and Mr. John Wood, fo the Committee, and could not the majority. MINORITY )TED FOR MR. SON'S 'ION in the County of Northampton, h of Stamford in the County of Rider, T.—Kent Stuart, Lord D. C.—Arundel Thicknesse, R.—Wigan Tomes, J.—Warwick Warburton, H.—Bridport Wood, John—Preston Williams, I,V.—Monmouthshire TELLERS. Tennyson, Right Hon. C.— Stamford Wilks, J.—Boston MINORITY VOTED FOR LIMITING LIMITS FIXED BY THE Stuart, Lord D.—Arundel Strickland, G.—Yorkshire Tennyson, Right Hon. Chas.— Stamford Th icknesse, R.—Wigan Warburton, H.—Bridport Williams, %V.—Monmouthshire Wilks, J.—Boston Wood, Alderman—London Wood, J.—Preston TELLERS. Blamire, W.—Cumberland Jame>, W.—Carlisle for the Coroners' Courts being olember for Barnstaple, Mr. Ri. for Ilchester, voted in the ma or Preston, was in the chair of vote, as he would have done, in FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 22. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Limit. and Captain M. Hay to he Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Cowell who retires • Ensign and Lieut. E. 1. Hobhouse to he Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Hay; G. Her bert, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant by purchase, vice Hob house, June 22. Sth Foot—Ensign It. Cheney to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gennys, promoted ; E. H. Greathed, gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Cheney, June 22. 13th Foot—Lieut. W. H. Baker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Nlailleue, who retires ; Ensign P. R. Jennings to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Baker; Ensign F. Holder, from the 55th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Jennings, June 22 ; W. A. Sin. clair, gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Irving promoted to the 28th Foot, June 23. 16th Foot—Lieut. J. Wood, from the 46th Foot, to be Lieu. tenant, vice Fraser, appointed to the 26th Foot, June 22. 19th Foot—Lieut. 11. F. Hawker to be Captain without pur. chase, vice Black, deceased; Ensign It. Lovelace to be Lieu tenant, vice Hawker; Sergeant-Major J. Forman to be Ensign, vice Lovelace, April 12. 21st Foot—Lieut. J. Fordyce, from the 94th Foot, to be First Lieutenant, vice E. H. Plunkett, who retires upon half-pay 14th Foot, June 22. 27th Foot—Lieut. J. N. Fraser, from the 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice \V. Johnson, who retires upon half-pay 46th Foot ; Hon. C. T. S. Foster, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hessing, who retires, June 22. th Foot—Captain C. French to be Major, by purchase, vice Crole, who retires ; Lieut. J. E. Acklom to be Captain, by pur chase, vice French; Ensign J. A. Whittaker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Acklom ; Ensign S. J. C. Irving, from the 13th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Whittaker, June 22. 48th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Charles Smithwaite, from the 46th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Anthony Donelan (Ist) who retires upon half-pay 46th Foot, June 22. 54th Foot—Ensign L. E. Wood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Schooff, who retires ; B. Moffat, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wood, June 22. 55th Foot—G. T. Brooke, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holder, appointed to the 13th Foot, June 22. 65th Foot—Capt. H. A. Morshead, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Stepney, who retires, June 22. Bothhoot—Lieut. J. West to be Captain, by purchase, vice Anderson, who retires ; Ensign G. Denshire to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice West; C. It. Ilderton, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Denshire, June 22- 9241 Foot—Lieut. B. Duff to be Captain, by purchase. vice O.Farrell, who retires ; Ensign R. Cross to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Duff; S. NV. Murray,Gent., lobe Ensign, by pur chase, vice Cross, June 22. 94th Foot—Lieut. T. Butler, from half-pay 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, repaying the difference, vice Fordyce, appointed to the 21st Foot, June 22. Rifle Brigade—R. L. Watson, Gent. to be Second Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Frazer, who retires, June 22. UNATTACHED.—Lieut. E. Gennys, from the Bth Foot, to be Captain of Infantry, by purchase, June 2 - 2. MEMORANDUM.—The half-pay of the under-mentioned Officers has been cancelled from the 22d instant, inclusive, upon their receiving a commuted allowance for their commis sions : Ensign %V. 0. Atkinson, half-pay unattached. Ensign J. Strong, half-pay, Unattached. Lieutenant H. Pierard, half-pay 41st Foot. Quartermaster W. H. Yellon, retired full pay Bth Royal Vete. ran Battalion. Capt. J. Kerr, half-pay Incorporated Militia Battalion of Upper Canada. Ensign Z. M. Phillips, half-pay Incorporated Militia Battalion of Upper Canada. Deputy Judge Advocate Edward Brabazon Brenton, half-pay I,te,,l.,atit L. Pauli, half-pay 3d Line Battalion King's Ger man Legion. The commission of Paymaster W. Leslie, of the SOth Foot, has been cancelled from the 22d instant, inclusive, he having re ceived a commuted allowance. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Worcester. Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. W. Fellowes, Gent., to be Cornet, June 18. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of M id-Lothian. John Bonar, Esq. to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 1. Archibald Hepburne Mitchelson, Esq. to be ditto, June 1 Captain John Donaldson Boswall, to be ditto, June '2. Robert Wardlaw Ramsay, Esq. to be ditto, June 1. William Henry Miller, Esq. to be ditto, June 1. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of the County of York, City, and County of the City of York. H. F. Walker, F.sq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 14. 2d Regiment of West York Militia. John Wilson, jun., Esq., to be Captain, June 6. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. PETER WOOD, Thenbald's-road, cabinet-maker. THOMAS SAUNDER.S, jun., Austinfriars, merchant. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. JAMES KENION, High-street, Poplar, linen-draper, from June 22 to Aug. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. BANKRUPI CY SUPERSEDED. NEWMAN NEWLAND and HENRY WHITE, Portsea drapers. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS SOWERBY, Blandford-street, Manchester-square, upholsterer, to surrender July 4 and Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nethersole, New Inn. WILLIAM CH ARLES HOLLAND, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, draper, July 6, at two, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Crowder and Mayna rd, Mansion-house place. JOHN WILDE, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, maltster, July 3, at one, and Aug. 3, a.t eleven, at the Court ot• Bankruptcy. Alexander, Gem, and Pooley, Carey-street ; Story, St. Alban's. BENJAMIN GARDNER, London-wall, pork-butcher, June 29, at two, and Aug. 3, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Smith, Charter-house-square. RICHARD HU MPHRYS, Winchester, woollen-draper, July 7, at six, and Aug. 3, at one, at the V. bite Hart Inn, Win chester. Hicks and Braikenridge, Bartlettt's-buildings, Lon don ; Hall, Winchester. JOHN JONES, Carmarthen, grocer, July 7 and Aug. 3, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Poole, Greenfield, and Gamlen, Gray's-Inn-square ,• A. and J. Livett, Bristol. JOHN NEWTON JACKSON, Manchester, nankeen-manu facturer, July 7, and Aug. 3, at ten, at the Palace Inn, Man chester. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedthrd-row, London ; Claye and Thompson, Manchester. WILLIAM HUNTER, Warwick, draper, July 6 and 7, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Perkins and Frampton, Gray's Inn-square; I.ewtas, Manchester. JAMES WATKINS, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, shop keeper, June 29, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Office of Mr. Thomas Davis, Abergavenny. Williams, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn ; Davis, Abergavenny. GRIFFITH JONES, Carnarvon, merchant, June 30, at ten, and Aug. 2, at ele ven , a t the Goat Inn, Carn a r von . Byrne, Took's-court, Lincoln's-Inn ; Horne, Denbigh. JAMES WALTON, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, slater, July 10, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Crown and Thistle Inn, New. castle-upon-Tyne. Richardson, Shield, and Hall, Poultry, London ; Fenwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ELI WISE PETERS, Coventry, wine -merchant, July 9 and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the King's Read Inn, Coventry,. Byrne, Cook's-court, Serle-street, Lincoln's Inn, London; Carter and Dewes Coventry, DIVIDENDS. J. Burke, Mitre Tavern, Greenwich, licensed victualler, July 17, at twelva, at the Court of Bankruptcy—G. H. Rickards, Cowley-road, Brixton, wine-merchant, July 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. It. Gladwin, Watling-street, smith, July 13, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Brettell, Bristol, cheesefactor, July 14, at one, at the office of Gregory and Smith, Bristol—C. C. Wclby, and A. W. and G. Bellairs, Leicester, bankers, July 16, at two, at the White Hart Hotel, Leicesiter— J. Binder, Leeds, butcher, July 14, at ten, at the office of Dun nn, . 14, a —J.,l „t ten,an and a t G t . h ß e ti iStpea Hartg , Lin colnshire, Spalding—S July Liverpool. ( %i h a i n i d e ,Kbeaniy bankers, Julyee (1 CERTIFICATES, JULY 13. J. Slater, King-street , Cheap si d e, warehouseman—T. and B. 1 L. and Capper, Beaufort -buildings, Strand, coal-merchants--T. and C. Greasley, West Smithfield, clothiers—R. Williams, Tottenham miller—G. Dean, Manchester, innkeeper. Court-road, chemist—T. Frost, Vine-street, Waterloo-road, PA RTN ERS II IPS DISSOLVED. G. Davey and C. Muskett, Bristol, booksellers—M. T. Hooker and W. Foale, Upper Southampton-street, Islington, builders— W. E. and H. Carter, Ripon, Yorkshire, jewellers—J. Chapman and I. Miles, Bradford, Yorkshire, woolstaplers—J. Eades and Co., Birmingham, wholesale chemists—A. Wozencraft and E. IL Thomas, Carmarthen, schoolmistresses--W. Ellison and Co. Bingley, Yorkshire, shopkeepers, as far as regards W. Ellison and R. Midgley—J. Woman and S. Stout, Norwich, carpenters— C. It. Roberts and Co., as far as regards 'l'. Pool—L. C. Barnett and W. F. Thomas, Nottingham, lace-manufacturers—R. Gibson and R. Bolton, Kingston-upon-Hull, tea-dealers---J. A. Beaver and W. Derbyshire, Manchester, cotton-spinners—K. Botten and co., Shoe lane, brass-founders, as far as regards K. Botten—J. Gamble, sen. and Co., Change-alley, Cornhill, provision -mer chants--J. Burrow and Co., Merton Bywater, Yorkshire, stone. bottle-manufacturers—J. Hassell and 'F. Roberts-Mincing-lane, s teel-mill.manufacturers—'l'. and It. Cash, Liverpool, builders— C. Boulton and 'F. Baker, Threadneedle -street, Norway mer ntLES SCOTT, Edinbur g h, coac h - b u il der, June '7 and July SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A ci lii ij , a at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. WILLIAM BLACK, Glasgow, manufacturer, June 27 and July 11, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. The carpenter of the New Strand Theatre was rated by the stage-manager fur having mislaid a door be longing to a side piece. " Dang it," sl id the mechanic, "Do you think I've swallowed the door?" " Very likely," replied the manager, " you were in the habit id Lolling it." The metropolitan parishes are one and all be ginning to complain, and not without reaso n , o f t h e enor mous expense of the new police, aggravated as it is by the fAct that no accounts are published, as at Manchester and elsewhere, showing how their money is expended, FRENCH PAPERS. (From Galignani's Messenger.) PARIS, JUNE 20.—The Nortvelliste says,—" M. Berryer, after he was conveyed to Nantes, made verbal communications, from which it appears that he had united with the three other personages now in the hands of justice in forming a committee, in the interest of the fallen dynasty. He made further disclosures, which will become public on his trial, but which we ought not at present to expose. It was in consequence of these communications ilia• warrants were issued against the Duke de Fitzjames, the Viscount de Chateaubriand, and Count Hyde de Neuville." ........._ Several domiciliary searches have lately been made at Bordeaux, and a plan for exciting the whole south to insurrection is said to have been seized. _ _ Geoffroy, who was condemned to death on Mon- day by the second court-martial, has appealed to the Council of Revision to have the sentence quashed, and to the Court of Cessation, against the compe tency of the court-martial by which he was tried. M. Odillon Barrot has undertaken to conduct his defence before the latter court. Geoffroy is also said to have addressed to the King a supplication for pardon. The official bulletin of the cholera for Monday, states the deaths in the hospitals to have been nine, and at home twenty-six. The new cases admitted into the hospitals were 14, and the patients dis charged cured 27. On the 17th inst. the editor of the Gazette du Main was condemned, by the Court of Assize at Mans, to three months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 francs, for having inserted in that Journal several verses extracted from the Saphir. M. Lundeen, a bookseller, was likewise sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and a fine of 500 francs, for having sold copies of the Saphir. A duel, arising out of political discussions, was fought in the wood of Vincennes, on Monday, be tween two officers of the 6th Regiment of the Line, when one of them received a mortal wound. Several persons were arrested on Monday, when mounting a diligence. Among them is said to be an ex-officer of the Royal Guards. _ _ SECOND - COURT MARTIAL. SITTING OF JUNE 19. The Court was occupied to-day with the trial of a man named Margot, who was accused of having. on the 6th, fired upon the National Guards and troops of the line. On being interrogated, he de clared himself to be a Belgian, and engaged as porter to a waggon-warehouse in the Rue St. Magloire. On being informed by the President of the nature of the charge brought against him, he declared that he did not fire upon the National Guards, but merely inteuded to defend the premises if they were at tacked by the Carlists; he admitted that he fired off his musket once, but protested that lie directed it in the air, and not so as to hit any person ; the gun was put into his hands by another man whom he did not know, and he returned it when he had dis charged it ; he had 18 cartridges and 13 balls, with a gun-flint, which were found in his pocket, for the purpose of defending the premises. M. Levesque, the prisoner's Counsel, then protested against the jurisdic tion of the Court, and demanded the usual certificate of his having done so. The President replied, that the Court had already sufficiently signified its de cision upon this point, and that it considered itself bound to proceed upon all the cases that were brought before it, and therefore that it was useless for Counsel to renew a question which could have no other effect than to lengthen proceedings, which were equally painful to those who had to preside over them, and those who were the objects of them. The Court then called the witnesses for the prosecution, who, though they were numerous, were uniformly consistent in establish ing the fact, that the prisoner repeatedly and de hberately fired upon the National Guard. M. Bourget, the director of the waggon-warehouse, on being questioned as to three carbines which the National Guards had found concealed on the pre mises, declared that they were placed there with out his knowledge ; and that Margot having been employed in removing goods from the barracks of the Ist Hussars, at St. Germain, had on that occasion obtained the cattridges and balls found upon him. He declared that he had had no apprehension as to the safety of the premises, and had given no orders to the people employed to arm themselves for their protection. The prisoner called but one witness in his defence, named Lagres siere, who deposed that he was with him during the whole of the morning, till twelve o'clock, when they parted, after taking a glass of wine together. The firing in the rue St. Martin was just com mencing, and Margot said—" There's a crash. I should not be sorry to bring down a Carlist my self !" After able addresses from M. Michel, the reporter, and M. Levesque, the Court retired, and after deliberating for three quarters of an hour, re turned, and declared the prisoner Guilty; but as there were extenuating circumstances, they sentenced him only to fifteen years' hard labour without being exposed in the pillory. A letter from Ferrara, dated June 8, says—" The miiltary positions assumed by the Austrian troops in Italy, indicate that war with France is about to break out. The regiments that formed the camp of Montechiari have moved towards Ticino. The for tresses of Mantua and Peschiera are fully provision. ed, and new levies are being raised in Lombardy." " The Spanish Cabinet," says the Temps, " has intimated to the English Government that it was about to send officers to Lisbon, for the purpose of watching the movements of the English squadron. The Cabinet of Spain declared, at the same time, its intention of succouring Don Miguel with troops, in case the English should act in favour of Don Pedro." The Journal du Commerce has the following : " The general opinion at Brussels is, that the augmentation of the Belgian army has been re quired by France. If so, we must conclude that our Cabinet has not much confidence in the good intentions of the Northern Powers. This levy of 20,000 men must be a burden upon the Belgian fin ances, but the Chambers will not refuse to supply means for executing a measure which France con siders necessary for the common interests of both countries. France and Belgium will not be the only sufferers from keeping large armies upon a war footing; the Prussian treasury is also exhausted, and it is rumoured that M. Rother, President of the Committee of Maritime Commerce, is about to take a journey to London, for the purpose of negociating a loan on accout of the Government." On the Ilth inst., two extraordinary couriers from General Sebastiani passed through Brussels on their was to St. Petersburgh by Hamburg!). The following are extracted from the Quolidienne " TO THE EDITOR. " Prefecture of Police, June 19, 1832. " SIR-I had first addressed the following letter to my old friend M. Bertin, senior, but have had it sent back to me, thinking that it might be contrary to some opinions which unfortunately separate us at this moment. I now have recourse to your well known kindness, and request you to publish that letter in your journal. It explains a situation which a part of the public appear not to have well understood, if I may judge from articles inserted in divers jour nals. I have the honour to be, &c. " CHATEAUBRIAND. " TO M. BERTIN, SENIOR, EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL DES DEBATS. " Prefecture of Police, June 18, 1832. " I relied, my dear Bertin, upon your old friend ship, and it has not disappointed me in the hour of misfortune. Companions in exile and prison are like school-fellows, for ever attached to each other by the recollection of common enjoyments anti lessons. Lcould wish to call upon you and return you m y thanks; I could wish al so t o ex p ress m y gratitude to the journals that have displayed so much interest towards me, and have remembered the defender of the liberty of the press ; but you know that lam a prisoner —a captivity, however, which is alleviated by the politeness of my keep ers. I cannot speak in two high terms of the kindness and attentions of the Prefect of Police arid his family, and I am happy herein to express to 60 1 my lively gratitude for the same. One thing deeplY afflicts me, whi c h i s the g r i e f I cause to Madame Chateaubriand. Indisposed as she is, having formed/ suffered 15 months' imprisonment for me under tie, reign of terror, it is t oo h a rd th a t my destiny should add to her past sorrows. But, my dear friend, it II not my fault. I have been placed by my arrest iii one of those fatal positions, which, perhaps, ought to have been well considered beforehand. I re, fused my oath to the existing political order 0 , 1 things; I sent in my resignation as a Minister 0 ' State, and renounced my pension as a peer. I cant therefore, be neither a traitor, nor ungrateful to tht Government of Louis-Philippe. Do they wish tc consider me as an enemy ? Then lam a loyal ane disarmed enemy, who, being conquered, support dig necessity of a fact without asking for grace. NO: I am apprehended and examined upon a pretentier . political offence or crime, of which I am accused 0 having been culpable. But if Ido not reeogniV the political order established, how can it be es' pected that I should recognize, in a political cast the competency of a tribunal emanating from th same political order ? Would not this be a gro§ contradiction ? If I reject the principle, how shout' I admit the consequence ? It would have been prt ferable to have simply taken my oath in the Chair ber of Peers. On my part there is no contempt e justice; I honour the judges and respect the trr bunals. But there is in my mind a persuasion e one truth and one duty from which I can never de viate. You see that Ido not argue upon illegality. the flagrant illegality of martial law. Igo back t an anterior source. The declaration of martial !al is a very trifling incident consequent upon the fin grand illegality, and this incident is a necessar consequence of that grand illegality. I stated in n 1 late writings that I recognized the social orde existing in France, that I was bound to pay tax& &c.; whence it is clear, that if I were accused of social crime (murder, robbery, an assault upon pet sons or property, &c.), it would be my duty to ar swer, and to acknowledge the competency of 0 1 tribunals in social cases. But lam accused of political crime, and on this I have nothing to rep!: I admit, however, that in case the Governmel should suspect me to be culpable in its eyes of political offence, its own defence would induce it f proceed against me, and to prove, if possible, 0' guilt. But I, who acknowledge the Government a Government de facto, have a right, at my risk ar peril, to refuse to answer. My accusers would eV ( find in my silence an advantage, as I should volt)" tarily relinquish the most powerful means of fence. I have founded my refusal on two reasons 1. The present monarchy does not derive, in 0 opinion, its rights by succession from the an ds' monarchy. 2. The present monarchy does not rive, in my opinion, its right from popular soy' reignty, as a national congress was not called tor ther to decide the form of the Governme Whether I am right or wrong—whether the theories may be more or less hazarded and CO tested, is not the question. I have a convictio which I maintained, and to which I will fnal every sacrifice, even including that of my life. TW nothing is more logical than my conduct towards t examining magistrate. I could not have, and I cant' answer his questions ; for it I had even told him my naB' when he asked me it judicially, I should thereby have reel nized the competency of a tribunal in political matters, 8' when once the first question had been answered, Pshoo have been forced to answer all the subsequent questions.' I have offered, and am still willing, as an act of courtei and in the form of conversation, divested of legal foil to give all the information that may be required, but I yond this I cannot go. But what are they going to with me, and the excellent, kind-hearted, courage°. and honourable Hyde de Neuville—the genuine prey the dungeon and of exile, who, at the close of his lifer, about to suffer over again the persecutions be sustaineri 4 his youth on account of his fidelity ? What are they go' ) to do with my noble, loyal, brave, wise, and eloqu e nt colleague, the Duke de Fitzjames ? What will they with the last of the Stuarts defending the last of 1 ' ) Bourbons ? Though they may drag me before their ceptional tribunals for 20 years, they shall not even 1 0 , me to say that my name is Francois-Auguste de C 1 teaubriand. If they transfer me to Nantes, to conill me (for such is the phrase they use) with M. Berryer') will, as the interests of a third per son are involved, e 4 I know of him, and he will come out of the inquiry as P, as the unsullied snow. As to my person, I give it up vi; out a word ; and to my present silence they may ad°' they please, the silence of eternity. Captain Lanoue 91! Breton, as well as myself. I have no other relation my illustrious fellow-countryman than the esteem / which I have been honoured by all parties, and w ide] the pride of my life. Lanoue had not visited Britt:l4 many years when Henry IV. sent him to combat ags' the Duke de Mercceur. He was killed at the ass cult ° castle. He had a presentiment of his fate, and on eo t , ing Brittany, said, lam like the h a r e , I s h a ll di e oo: form.' My form is ready. The small town in which was born has done me the honour of preparing my to which it has raised at its own expense on a small islet lected by myself. This is the whole secret of my rious correspondence with the Chouans of Brittany it not a most abominable conspiracy ! ! Adieu, my 1 ' friend, and Liberte si vous pouvez. " CHATEAUBRIAND', The Prefect of Police received yesterday from the D ° of Fitzjames the following letter and protest " Sir,—l have the honour of sending you an se t ' which I have carefully exposed my sentiments as V I situation in which the Government has placed me. act, which I have settled with the advice of M. G. P 3 nequin, for whom I sent as soon as I was arrested, my opinion, a duty I owe to my fellow citizens as vie to myself ; it will prove in case of need my confidetic e k p the laws to which I am subject, and my f a ith in - celebrated declaration—' Henceforth the Charter s 1 a reality.' " Duke de FIT ZJAMES' PROTEST. .) " The undersigned, considering that the law of the Brumaire, An 5, defines by its 9th article the 1 1 classes of persons who are amenable to Courts-0 0 that as to citizens who do not come within any of categories Courts-martial are but tribunaux exception l that the Charter of 1830, in Art. 53, says in inspef terms, ' no one can be withdrawn from his vg judges ;' and in order that no doubt might be left the real sense of his article, the Chamber of 1830 . . t article 54, which declares that In consequence I cannot be created any extraordinary commissions 0 t bunals under any title or denomination whatever by article 70 of the Political Compact, which the o° o , meat promised to respect, all the laws and ordinaue e e j so far as they were contrary to the provisions contsi° the Charter of 1830, have been and are to remain sn u and abrogated, that hence it follows, that the 141 , hating to the declaration of martial law are repeale. of , far as they may have the effect of subjecting to the diction of Courts-martial those citizens who Old, within their ordinary authority; that the inteooo" the constitutional reform, effected in 1830, w a s to the Government of a power which was consider unnecessary for its p reservat i on , an d dangerous to ,4, public liberty; that it was in this spirit that 14 of the first Charter was modified ; that 00;31 ciple of the freedo m o f th e P ress was re li eve d f r° l: restriction ; and that it i s pronounce d b y A r t. '7 ier , reformed Charter, and the censorship shall never 1. established ; that these guarantees of common 10' the introduction of extraordinary tribunals co nstit u o. has already b een j u di c i ous l y o b serve d , t h e or l ' ° 0 1)' the victory of 1830; and the Government now rules France cannot annihilate them, witho ut C. ing its origin, and the very principle of its existenee'v sidering that if the military jurisdiction, as appears jl answer given to the counsel of the prisoner, by 1 . 14 ,./ dent of th e secon d C ourt mart i a l , can on l y be J oe, upon the laws of the 30th Prairial, An. 3, an d f'd Vendemi a i re , A n . 4, t hi s j ur i s di ct i on can on ly be " 6 to linen taken with arms in their hands. BesiP;01 ( 1 laws, which a re m a d e to meet temporary circulo . 4eill as is proved by their very text, were afterwards r epe' ep te, those of the 13th Brumaire, An 5, and the stb ber, 1808, forming chap. 6 of tne criminal code' 0 0, sidering also that the law declaring that no citizen to arrested, prosecuted, or condemned, but acc ordiut e ti established forms, and the penalties existing a t t when the act for which he was accused was COnSlW itte otV' acquired and constitutional right, which cannot be f tl . o o by any act of power; and to submit to any 103`1' Eby lion, without protest, would be to violate that masiT has been received by all civilized nations, 10 1 0 ",. was formerly admitt e d b y ar ti c l e 2 o f th e Civl or; The law makes provision for the future onlY' es e, no retroactive operation.' The undersigned sg re io t the Moniteur o f t h e 7 t h i nstant , an d a dmits; De, person can h ave acqu i re d r i g ht s w hi c h place I ' l _ r ofi t ? the reach o f t h e l aw ;' b ut b e , a t th e sam e titose_, his conviction that every man is placed undo "