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high innour ent.f. tr. (I on him. In an thing which
receiv.tt ete si.probaton or the itllrtiuK. 1w
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tnerely been not bomblilr invtntturut in giving tlf-ct
t.r whit he knew to be the rimmmoorm sentiments of
Scoichmen.
Cu tit.eu Foams., r..q. M.P. their mitred the
Chink., or the Meeting to their Noble Chstrutim,
whirls wall carried mon iiiiiii
The Sleeting then broke up.
Among the gentlemen premPut we (merced the
vv. mot a 00. °Hp, (tirdim, 111 r. Ito.
nr„ o.erdon. I lumuos, It. A., &c.
b,„,d,, the NA& Lord, alitatly mentioned.

den!, left that city, being "agsured that projects
were forming ug.iinst hie Id,.
The Geriaan pipers further assure ON that ►eve-
rll writer.", tgliSitteirli of !Willi; in enrreilennlence
with n 'prat Monarch, r“r the propagation and
maintainaher of tlinseprotecting print *roles ofi
wluch
11,011Ciy oeposes, have feeel‘rti breset moires, m-
ean% them to correct themselt VS, NMI no longer
to betray the interests of Gel musty, otherwise that
they should be exposed to tel.tew thing, whielt
they alone would he capable ol perceiving or tip-
preeiating. 'lite letters thst conveyed these 111 ttttt y.
moos 'totters, contained these words as a motto—
Goff ise unser hort ! rivat Tegtonies! (Gad is our
support ! live Teutons'' !)

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Anti, 20.
The Chamber having assembled, and some pre-
limistary business being dispatched, the Order of
the Day was read fur resuming the discussion on
the law relative to the Press.
The 20th Article was read by the President as
expressed in the original project.
" Speeches delivered in either of the two Cham-
bers, as also reports, or other documents, printed
by order of either Chamber, shall not be made a
ground for action, either of defamation or
To this article M. LAINE proposed to add the
word opinions, fur the purpose of comprising in this
privilege the opinions which a Member may not
have delivered from the tribune, but which he
'night desire to make known by means of printing.
The Keeper of the Seals combatted this prupo-
idiot', which lie very justly considered fraught with
danger. Ills Excelimicy then suggested the erasure
of the words, " either of d-Irtnatioir or insult."
M. MANUEL conceived that the project vi Id be
conceived in t, rim " Speeches delivered in
either of the tw.• Cliarnic•rs, as also reports, &c.
shall not be marl... grornio for any action, no more
than the publication of these speeches, repots, or
rather documents."
M.CuVIEIt contended warmly against the danger
of giving to Members of the legi-lature a power
of pri • lug their opinious at their own discretion.
In the progivss of the discussion the Keeper
of the Seals, combatting M. LAINE'S proposi-
tion, remarked, that " frequently the Members
of an assembly, who could out succeed in convitic-
ing their colleague% or inducing them to adopt
their sentiments, seek to appeal to the nation, which
has been detiornitiated our supreme justice and our
arbitrary sovereign. I affirm, Gentlemen, that they
who act thus, deviate from their duty as Deputies.
I say more, I ray that they act in a disorderly
manlier, in a revolutionary manner.—(.4 slight
agitation.)—lf you grant them this dangerous in-
violability, they will quickly do what, iii times of
disorder, minorities and alutosi all our assemblies
have done—they will call on assistance from without,
and by such means they will agitate those within.
Every proceeding which would excite the action
of time multitude is unconstitutional. and opposed
to the nature of u representative Government—
(Applause.)-1t must be said for the honour of
France, that however disastrous may have been the
results of the numerous assemblies which have pre-
ceded us—however vicious the mode which regu-
lated their formation—under whatever injurious au-
spices the members who composed them may have
been sent, almost always the majority, the great
majority was sound; and when this majority was
free"--(Murmurs and interruption.)
M. DE LA BOURDONNAYE—" What! the COD.
vention itself ?"
The Keeper of the Seals, " Yes, Gentlemen,
and if the Convention had not voted under the
points of poniards, France had not been afflicted
by the crime of regicide."—/Lively applause from
the left side, and in the Tritinnes.i
Ttiese marks of approbation were censured by
the PRESIDENT, as being contrary to the Staining
Order of the Chamber, which prevents every ex-
pression of applause or censure.
The Keeper of the Seals then reverted to his
argument on the amendment, and concluded by
citing several passages hoot DE Lui.ste, to 'hew
that by the laws of England u Member of Par-

figment is responsible for whatever he may cause to
be printed.
After some further discussion, the amendment
proposed by the Keeper of the Seals, for erasing
the words, " either of defamation or insult," was
adopted almost unanimously. The amendment of

M. LAI N R was then submitted to the Chamber iu ■
new form, " Speeches pronounced, and opinions

printed distributed in the Chambers."—This
was rejected by u great majority, although sup-
ported by the extremes of b .th sides of the Chain.
her. The same fate attended a second and third
amendment proposed by M. MANUEL. The
Chamber then determined, that on the following
day it would take into consideration an amendment
proposed by M. B. CONSTANT, In favour of Jourua.
lona who shall publish an account of the speeches
of Member., and Actiumlled.
APRIL
Several petitions were heard and determined.
'flue Order of the Day is the continuation of the
discuss. on the project of the law for repressing
the crimes of the Press.
M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT proposed an addi-