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CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.

tence should be added :••-(4 The present regulation
*ball not interfere with the right of discussion and
censure with respect to the acts of Ministers."
M. Muriel': moved. that instead of the words
" the King's Government." thbse of " the Repre-
sentative Government. such as it is constituted by_
the Charter," should be substituted.
This amendment, supported only Iv the 1eff..."1111.

rejected by a very great majority.
The President then read the amendment of the
additional sentence of the article as proposed by M.
Duvergier Hauranne :—" The present regulation
shall not interfere with the right of discussion or
censure of the acts of the constituted body of the
Ministers, or other agents of the public authority."
M. Casimir Perrier moved, that after the word
" Ministers," should he inse►ted the following :
" nor of the acts of the Royal authority anterior
to the Charter."
Both these ansendinents were rejected, and that
of the Committee passed in the affirmative.
The 4th article was then adopted, and the Cham-
ber

adjourned to the 29th.
The following letter, dated the 18th of January,
has been addressed by the Prefect of Finisterre to
the Sub-Prefects and Mayors of that department :
" GUITLINSW—Being informed abet emissaries of the
mime party which was successful in exciting commotion at
Sommer nod Belfort, were about to proceed to Brest, and
that a proposition bad been already made to a■ officer to
miles into a conspiracy which was to break out on the 13th
or 14th, I instantly set out from Qulnaper, and arrived at
Brest on the 11th, at star o'clock in the evening. I imme-
diately assembled the different authorities, end i■ concert
with them determined on the measures of precaution neces-
sary to be adopted under the circumstances. In the coarse
of the night a proclamation was composed and•prinaed,
which was posted up at tea o'clock the next morning.
" Disconcerted by the vigilance of the authorities, by the
excellent spirit which animates the troops of the garrison,
and by the good disposition of the Inhabitants, those mu
who conceived the vain hope of misleading either the sot.
dicey or the inhabitants of this important town, soon disco-
vered how futile were all their attempts.
" In effect, none was openly made. The city of Brest
did not fora moment erase to be perfectly tranquil, and the
alarming rumours whirl, were beginning to circulate, sod-
denly subsided. Those who were is,. Clear-sighted, wave
acknowledged their absurdity.
" I•thought it my dely,Gentlemen, to make this commie-
nleatioe, in order to enable you to contradict the ridiculous
reports which I know have been circulated in different quar-
ters of the departmeut relatively to my journey to Brest.
" Make known the truth then to those wader your &Oho.
rity; amity them that the department, and the city of Brest
in particular, were never more tranquil, and that the at-
tempts which the enemies of the Government may still be
inclined to make, with a view to mislead the faithful
inhabitants of Finistere, and the brave troops to garrison
there, eon only have the result of affording fresh proof of the
good spirit which animates t►em all, and of their Ara snarls-
meat to the King and his august Dynasty.
"The Prefect, BARON DE CRAW., EU."
French Funds.—Five per Cent. Consuls, 81f.; Bank
Stock, 1,5311 f.

PARIS, JANUARY 30.
Yesterday the King transacted business with the
Marshal Duke of flellusio, Minister of War.
After mats his Majesty gave an audience to the
Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Saxony.
The Court will go into mourning on Thursday
the 3lst of January, on account of the death of his
Serene Highness Prince Clement-Marie-Joseph of
Saxony.

SITTING OF THC 29TH JANUARY.
The discussion of the law relative to offences of
the press was resumed. The President read the
sth article :•—" Defamation of or injury to the
courts, tribunals. constituted bodies, authorities or
public administrations, by any of the same means,
shall be punished by an imprisonment of from a
fortnight to two year►, and a fine of from 100 to
4,000 francs." The Committee proposed that the
line should be from 150 to 5,000 francs.

After some debate the article was adopted as
amended by the Committee. The Chamber then
proceeded to the 6th article :—lnjury publicly done,
in any manner whatsoever, on account of their func-
tions or quality, either to one or several members of
either of the two Chambers, or to ■ public func-
tionary, or finally to a Minister of the Religion of
the Stare, or of any of the religions whose eats-
blisliment is recognised by law in France. shall be
punished by an imprisonment of from ■ fortnight
to two Ceara, and a fine of from 100 to 4,000
francs.

‘• The ume offence to a Juror, with reference to
his functions, or to a witness on account of his tes-
timony, shall be punished by imprisonment of from
ten days to a year, and a fine of from so to 3,000
francs.

"An offence committed against a Minis!er of the
Religion of the State, or of any of the religion. re-
cognised by law in France, iii the actual exercise
of his function., shall be punished according to the
provisions of the Ist article of the present law.
" If the offence, in the different cases within the
compa►s of the piemit *mete. has been accompa-
nied with excesses or violence, provided for by the
228th article of the Code. it shall be punished ac-
cordu►g to the said paragraph of the present
article.
" If the offence be accompanied by excesses pro-
vided for by the second paragraph of the 228th
article. and by the articles 249, 231, 232, and 233,
shall be punished conformably to the

article, which was discarsed by .eparate
then adopted, and the Chamber

'nutlet—Five per Cent. Coutols, 87 f.
Stock, 1,538 1. 75c.

Pvairicirios or Tor Vraors MARY.—Finlids, es th,,
Sauk, Exchequer, East laths and South Sea Horses.

THE BRITISH S.

LONDON,

SATURDAY. PRIMARY 2, 1821.

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We yes►erday received the Puri. Papers of Tam
day, and those of ‘Vednesday arrived last night,
with the exception of the Monitersr. They are
almost exclusively devoted to a report of the delmtv
in the Chamber of Deputies upon the project of
the law of the public press..

A Flandera Mail has arrived at our Office, with
papers from Brussels to the 291 h last. They contain
intelligence from Odessa to the 211 of January.
The answer of the l'•rte to the Rus►ian
taw, it is said, will ~,.t be uttered to transpire
until the rei.ly of the Etopitor of RUSH* shall
have been received. The belier, however, coutinues
to prevail that the answer MN favourable.

The accounts from Ireland are from day to day
acquiring a more distressing character. The pea.
sentry in various parts of the county of Cork as.
aemble in large bodiis, arid are the foremost in
the attack whenever they come within sight of the
military parties who patrol the country. The dis.
turbanees really begin to assume an sppesrance
which may well justify the name of a rebellion;
they have gradually advanced from small beg;u-
nings—from nightly robberies and the plunder of
houses fur tire-arms, until they have reached the
during height of exhibiting the peasants in arms in
the open day, and venturing, without arms or dis-
cipline, and by the mere impulse of their native
courage, to attack the disciplined troops who have
been brought to check them. The ailvices which
since our last have arrived at our office speak of
several skirmishes between the King's troops and
the insurgents. One affray of a very serious ns.
lure is said to have taken place ►tear Kanturk, in
which the military party was commanded by Sir
JOHN LAMBERT. the General of the district, and
the rebels are reported to have loot 13 men killed,
besides several wounded and prisoners. The in-
surgents had the audacity to attack the little tow.
of mill,thet, for the purpose, as it is thought, of
releasing from confinement some of their friends
who were there imprisoned. In this object they
did not succeed, in consequence of the firm resist-
ance which they experienced from a gallant little
'tarty of the 39th regiment, and a seasouaLle attack
from a party of the rifle brigade. There are us
stances mentioned in the Cork and Dublin Papers
of domiciliary visits in search for arms, and of the
service of threatening notices conveying instruc-
tions with regard to the disposition of certain lands;
and we also find that the principle of distuibsuce
has exteuded itself to the counties of Kilkenny and
Carlow. A considerable tract of the county of
Cork is in a state of insurrection, the mountainous
Places bring wholly occupied by the rebels ; but it
is intimated that the inhabitants of two parishes
bordering upon the scene of the effrsy between
Lord BANTRY and the peasantry, have made an
offer to Sir Joint LAMBERT to deliver up their
arms and to take the oath of allegiance. which the
gallant General has thought proper to accept.

In the present state of affairs in the south of Ire-
land. the circumstance that seems most calculated
to surprise us is, that the active promoters of dis-
turbance have not condescended to signify any par-
ticular ground of complaint which might justify
even in their own opinion the guilt of their enter-
prise, or excuse the blood that has been already
shed in their most foolish as well as most wicked
quarrel. The origin of the insurrection can
be easily and safely traced to the *lmre• prac-
tised in the management of Lord COURTENAT.i
estate in the county of Limerick ; and the suf-
ferings endured by the tenants might, and
doubtless did, receive sympathy from the gnat
mass of the little farmers and agricultural
labourers throughout all the neighbouring COIN.
ties. The bitterness arising from long and hope-
less endurance drove the people to devise seine
means of compelling their superiors to slice/ t
wards them some feeling of justice ; and the
disturbances, we are convinced, had no object 4
more public nature than the redress of some g:
Vi ilia flowed rather from the us.kiiti! em
duct of landlords or their representatives, dant fwini
any measures of the Government. The peasate•
of Ireland entertained no hostility Inwards the Gc-
vermin-tit ; they trouble themselves very little with
those political doctrine' which threw the *lurk
of the northern counties of England, and •
large portion of Scotland a few year, since, into
a slate little short of rebellion ; lint a feeling pre-
vails very generally among them. that they are not
regarded by their superiors with 'emigrants of re-
gard or affection ; that, on the cnourray, they are
wantonly exposed to injuries without the possibility
of redress, and that nothing but fear prevents their
enemies, who ought to be their protectors, from pro-
ceeding to root them nut of the country, as if they
were aliens in their native land. There is not iu
Europe a clan of men so unrelentingly crushed by
ill fortune as the peasants of Ireload. They are

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added :••-(4 The present regulation i - -- - -
at::: r
TO;ohiffiaenyetrecua'oinsini;eitirhie:
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e with the right of discussion and i Pnatriciertow or TNr: VrlOrt StAnT.-Holiday at lb,
Bank, Exchequer, East ludic and South Sea theme.
sect to the acts of Ministers."
moved. that instead of the words —...3
ivernment." Oboe of "the Repre. ,
THE BRITISH PRE S S.
'mein. each as it is constituted by ... -.-.-....... ---...--
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- —......... —.........
could be substituted.
lent, supported only by the leftomt_.._ ____. ----- LONDON, .
ry great majority. ' •
SATURDAY, FEBROARY 2, 1822.
it then read the amendment of the
___......._
nce of the article as proposed by M.
We yesterday received the Paris Papers of Tun.
ranne :-" The present regulation
day, and those of ‘Vednesday arrived last night,
with the exception of the Ifforriterrr. They err
ere with the right of discussion or
stn of the constituted body of the ,
almost exclusively devoted to a report of the delmis
in the Chamber of Deputies upon the project of
her agents of the public authority."
Perrier moved, that after the word
the law of the public press..
should be inserted the following ;
...--.....—.
it of the Royal authority anterior
PI
papers
AlerFs lfarnondterßs
rNuisasiellshasto the arr2iir9eldh
nendinents were rejected, and that
intelligence from Odessa to the 211 of January.
tee passed in the affirmative.
drew.
iatnsiswesar
rid,
willthe I,::trtebetosughteerßedus
le was then adopted, and the Chem-
o the 29th.
E letter, dated the 18th of January, until the reply of the Empi,or of RUSSIA shall
have been received. The belief, however, coutinues
and by the Prefect of Finisterre to
to prevail that the answer was favourable. and Mayors of that department:
-Being informed that emissaries of the ----www—.
was successful in exciting eohmotiou at The accounts from Ireland are from day to day
ry were about to proceed to Brest, and acquiring a more distressing character. The pes.
sentry in various parts of the county of Cork as. •
had been already made to an officer to
amble in large bodice, arid are the foremost in
iracy which was to break out on the 13th •
ily set out from Qulnaper, nod arrived at
,at shoe o'clock in the evening. I ionise- the attack whenever they come within sight of the
the different authorities, end in concert military parties who patrol the country. The dis. r
i
planter fined on the measures of precaution ems- turbunees really begin to assume an appearance 4
robberies advanced
and fr o frown
the ,mall
d under the circumstances. In the coarse •
which may well justify the Dame of a rebellion; a
proclamation was composed and•pristed, they have . ..
up at ten o'clock the next minting.
nings--fromgracl nightlyuai
1 y
by the vigilance of the authorities, by the
licit animates the troops of the garrison, houses fur lire-arms, until they hive reached the
disposition of the inhabitauts, those near during height of exhibiting the peasants in arms in t
he vain hope of misleading either the sot. the open day, and venturing, without arms or din- i
hiiants of this important town, soon disco-
cipline, and by the mere impulse of their native
were All their attempts. courage, to attack the disciplined troops have •
me was openly made. 'The city of Reese .
who .
beets brought to check them. The advice. which
lent erase to be perfectly tranquil, and the
since our lest have arrived at our office speak of
I whirls were beginning to circulate, sad--
Those who were less clear-sighted, slave several skirmishes between the King's troops and
it absurdity. the insurgents. One affray of a very serious na-
wy duly,Gentkmeu, to make this commw- ture is said to hare taken place near Kanturk, in
wettable you to contradict the ridiculous which the military party was commanded by Sir
sow have been circulated in different guar.
meat relatively to myjoisrury to Brat. Ilse JOHN LAMBERT. 1 G rutted of the district, and
the troth that to those under your autho. the rebels ate reported to have lost 13 men killed,
i that the department, and the city of Bast besides several wounded and prisoners. The in-
re never mole trmaquil, and that the at- surgenta had the audacity to attack the little tows
enemies of the Government may still be of Millatreet, for the purpose, as it is thought, of
4 with a view to mislead the faithful releasing from confinement some of their friends
inistere, and the brave troops its poison
who were there imprisoned. In this object
they
lee the result of affording fresh proof of the
did not succeed, in consequence of the firm resist-
animates them all, and of their Gras 'Bach-
and his august Dynasty. ance which they experienced from a gallant little
to Prefect, BARON DE CHAULIEU." party of the 39th regiment, and a **amoebic attack
,-Five per Cent. Consuls, SIC; Bank from a party of the rifle brigade. There are us
PARIS, JANUARY 30. stances mentioned in the Cork and Dublin Paper.
•••
se King transacted business with the of domiciliary visits in search for arms, and of the
of Helium), Miuister of War. service of threatening notices conveying ituoritc-
his Mrjesty gave an audience to the hens with regard to the disposition of certain lands;
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potenitary of the King of Saxony. and we also find that the priuciple of thstuihauce
will go into mourning 011 Thursday lies extended itself to the counties of Kilkenny aud sl,
tuarv, on account of the death of his Carlow. A considerable tract of the county of
cos Prince Clement-Marie-Joseph of i Cork is in a state of insurrection, the mountainous .A
__ places bring wholly occupied by the rebels ; but it re
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IA:118ER OF DEPUTIES. is intimated that the inhabitants of two parishes
(I OF THe 29TH JANUARY. bordering upon the scene of the effray between
ion of the law relative to offences of Lord BANTRY and the peasantry, have made all .1
resumed. The President read the offer to Sir JOHN Laminar to deliver tip their
.1
.4, Defamation of or injury to the arms mid to take the oath of allegiance. which the
1.. constituted bodies, authorities or gallant General has thought proper to accept. 4
.1
arations, by any of the same means, In the present state of affair. in the south of Ire- 1
bed by an imprisonment of from a land, the circumstance that seems most calculated
wo year., and a fine of from 100 to to surprise us is, that the active promoters of di.- !a
The Committee proposed that the turbance have not condescended to signify any par- 51
from 150 to 5,000 francs. titular ground of complaint which might justify
debate the article was adopted as even in their own opinion the guilt of their enter- -1
se Committee. The Chamber then prise, or excuse the blood that has been already i
he 6th article :-Injury publicly done, shed in their most foolish a. well as most wicked •
whatsoever, on account of their lime- ' quarrel. The origin of the insurrection con 1
f, either to one or several members of be easily and safely traced to the abuses prat- c
two Chambers, or to a public func- tised in the management of Lord COURTENAY'II 1
illy to a Minister of the Religion of estate in the county of Limerick ; and the sof-
of any of the religions whose este- ferings endured by the tenants might, said rt
,cognised by law its France. shall be doubtless did, receive sympathy from the great ti
in imprisonment of from a fortnight I mass of the little farmers and agricultural (
and a fine of front 100 to 4,000 labourers throughout all the neighbouring COW.,
ties. The bitterness arising from long and hope. d
! offence to a Juror, with reference to less endurance drove the people to devise sane
(
or to a witness on account of his tea- means of compelling their superiors to slier t
be punished by imprisonment of from wards them some feeling of justice ; and the . :.• , I
rear, and a fine of from So to 3,000 disturbances, we are convinced, had to object .: 4 it
more public nature than the redress of some g: to.. d
e committed against a Minister of the suede, Which flowed rather from the us•kiiii! ern • e
e State, or of any of the religion. re- duct of landlord. or their representative.. limit honi
4W in France, in the actual exercise env measures of the Government. The peasaiii• A
h
la, shall be punished according to the of Ireland entertained no hostility towards the Gc- s.
be Ist article of the present law. vermin-tit ; they trouble themselves very htile With h
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nice. in the different cases within the those polluted doctrines which threw the whole
le present intuit., has been accompa. of the northern counties of England, and a
so
awes or violence, provided for by the large portion of Scotland a few year, since, into
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if the Code, it shall be punished ac- a state little short Of rebellion ; hot a feeling prr- 11
he said paragraph of the present veils very generally among
them.
thiat they are not 4I
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regarded by their superioes with sentiments of re-
4,
ence be accompanied by excesses pro-
d ff 'fon • that on the contrary. they are
gar or a et. 1 . ~ . ‘
the second paragraph of the 228th
t the articles 229, 231, 232010C1 233, wantonly exposed to injuries worthiest the poschility 44
all be punished couformably to the of redress, and that nothing but fear prevents their sel
enemies, who ought to be their protectors, from pro- C
t
icle, which was discussed by separate ceding to root them nut of the country, as if they
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as then adopted, and the Chatuber
were aliens in their native land. There is not iu
tit
ids :-Five per Cent. Consols, 87 f. Europe a class of men so unrelentingly crushed by Pt
Stock, 1,538 f. 75c. ill fortune as the peasants of Ireland. They arc Cm
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