The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1817-12-25 00:00:00

PdRIS. Micmac& Is.

The politics! ',location of Frenchmen advances
asilf the national character appeals to hr as
bet hut little forinral to constitutional Mlhit., and
as lord, ors it were, at the notrund cooporopitonces
11,1 a wprrersitplive govermla Is/. Ti
100 conrolsonsted by the oplanneo ,at the cln-r in the
clin•iiszoinsos Mtttttteltcrd sum the Clamitter of Draw-
tios. On both sides their are exatic,;erat ttttt 11 be-
hove of hopes or fetes, and env would Ihi 1k that the
safest• of the State. meal the existeeee of the Cau-
vet' 00000 rust. depended oilternAtt ly 011011 pram.
nonisord for or u. Mast the tan. The .:deems ler-
th em. and in the evarniiie:. lifter each sitting; there
are laersons who. relying upon the asiformstion of
swims- opposition ilember, thrum of nothing iris
than the overthrow of the i'llinister and lair syallern.
to Ilse other hand, the Nliasisttrialisis themselves.
not terry expert against their opponents. imaging
they behold revolutions in a MCI! fehhollee of
orris ; they utterly min? •tivr, also, the mil nil.
fonriance oil the oppontion sPerchest. Ittcause they
sin not yet exactly appreciate till the conditions of
11!E rtiorriornlnfose system. %Clot can he done, in
violin all their Ores ve,cence ? Come to the vote :
the majority then anytime. its functions, tlie white
balls prevail, mad the result of the scrutiny restore*
the rapsilihrium of the passions. and of Oink. pals
vate noterests witch dasappa.ar before the Metal.* of
ipmetal interest. Sonar years of constitutional ex-
perience, and above all. a marked lute of separa.
lion hetween the majority and the opposition, will
form the French character to this swum of things,
so nen to at at present, and which:it le unable to
comprehend.

For example, they do not. even at the present
moment. and oil the 'very Chno.lx r under.
*mid the ideas one attached to the words,
Represtotatire Governoltot, Crown, Minister. /le-
gal rower, l'reregatire. Issitintire datroultatent. &c.
It is con.etivently lint to he supposed they can agree
upon the consequences of piiiiciplea, adieu they are
lint agreed.. to the principle* theintelvett. Hence
it as tiiat we held, Mendell with every veritic du-
customs of particular que,ti 4444 &di/1111160M

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ul the true nature or powers and rights. We
a must expect, however, for malty years Ili come,
similar digressions, until alt the moguttuns become
s•twiiiitinate with the fundamental law, and lilt au
invariable Indiums is established iti the Chamber
upon die towhee and the relations tit the thrur ele-
ments of a representative gover 1111 l ent.
The discussion at this moment taking phi,-e,
Nam the law relative to the Liberty of the Pr•s-,
bas been !fruitful in.sueli digressions, aial the Mi-
nister reserved to I self the appropriate office of
roar-licitly defending the Royal Prerogative
award thk encroachments of the tttttt totters. So
early as 1615. the Chamber, hobnail' turd as-to its
functions, broached a doctrine with respect to
amendments subtersibe of all projas of law, and
mist 'luridly of the initiative right which Ow Char-
ter bestows upon the 51401111rCil. Thus doctriue,
which t•omisted in sithstututisig. iu the torus of
autendmenb, real projets of haw, and which was

LONDON.

1111'RSDAY, Dtxt:Nouß 25. 1817.

At a late hoot last night we received the Paris
Papers of StunLey 10.4. Tier gi 'tulle de .
inentions a revert of a negotistion now C:(11') nil
Irrtwrsaa Spits Slid het revolted I:olesoies, mad that
his Catholic Meiesty I. fieeptioed to Mike mutt
conce..inas in their favour. This tittriume of the
Commission of the linitt d Stott* to South Arne.
rico has elicited mods specolation. Any, op.
preach to a pubtiesl 11111118.,(s,sti oith the bossy.
gluts is held incot.eiortit • with the ortu4l rev
lotions belvisess Spoils end. the Sums of
Auserics,sud even s commercial ornnegentrot it.
considered soot eutisely free fermi' the Mine shire.
ties. .14 this itate-uf afisits May not the American
Governmesat be the auetlitmi through *Web the
.ether conotry has thought fit to open a negocia.
tine with her Insurgent Colooies ? 'I his.. however*
mere conjeature, sod ewers the ground of it
requires confirms( .
The long debate 11110 lb she prrjet of the law
utioli the I.ibrrty of the Press, so Per as it respects.
the Newspopets, has beets at letigtft brought to an
end. The clause directing that they shell nut be
published without the authority of the Klee. en.
til the end of the Session of the. Chambers of 1818,
IMO been carried by a majority of 1:11 to 97. This
letter would he cosoitLred its the Idntish Home of
Commons, .wlnch is systo oo oo tone wills the Chamber
of Deputies its the French Cutimitotik,o, a .trong
utinotity.

The new Dry of ALGIERS, threatened with she
fate of his predeces.or, lutely retired with his Mi.
tiisters to a place of safrty, and by his judicious
conduct the spirit of tiny was defrosted, and
the sacrifice of ten of the principal mutineers,
strangled by order of the DEv, sas suflicient to
restore tranquillity.
The Five per Cent. Con.‘,l. uu Saturday last
were li4 francs, Wilk AC! Vital 1,-1;5.
The follw%nig ale Extracts •

PARIS, DEC. .21.

Ilia Majesty took the air yestLi,l.ly oil the rua,l
to 'l' lucenter.

i There if a 11.1101 t that it negotiation is currying
on between Spain Hll4l her v.11;614141 Colotsirs,•lned
tlist his Catholit- Alsjesty is di-prised to make some
Iconcessiosis iii favour or the to•orgeots. coorone-
ably with the spirit of the times, and the preietit
sit datum of the Colonies.
The Genoa Gu:4 tie of the loth December, alder
the bead of Turin; cunt:nn+n letter flout Algiers of
the Bth Novembro, 110111 a hick the !Unfitting is ego
extract:—" The new Dry liesimcwitle acquainted
olds the bad ',visit which pievAilvil maittug the '
thery, quitted his Palace in the night between the -
2sl and 3il, and retired with Isis Ministers and all
Isis tteasures into the fort of Knotl)a, st loot.
Inch C atilli the city, awl is defended 11
I more than thirty C3llllOll 111 I aslant-. The
t new residence climes. isv Al., was that of Is:s
Ins .lecessors, until the 1711 i "4".
I" Ott the 3(1, at iltythre.slt, tie. Turks tieing mi-
lprized of this Change, te.thieil their dissatisfaction
in • MUM, that excited ntyrt•ltetwoil% sit enim-
I medime revolt. However, it did not Intuit out
I until the next day, when the %thole of list' polsliery

having left their barracks, itt arms, matched in a
nietiaring attitude towards Kas-Pa.
" The Dry, apprised of their approach, ium-
mooed the utast axed of the Turks, and called
utio.► them to declare opeuly the causes of their

" This firmness, which they did not expect, re.
dured diens to silence ; and the Dey. taking advan-
tage of the circuurstauice, invited thous to unite with
him for the purpose of restoring order. Not only the
Turks accepted this invitation. but a great number
of the inlatbitants kilo evaded themselves of it;
and the Turkish soldiers, abandoned by the old
earn, for whom they entertain the greatest venera-
tion, retunwd to their barracks, where ten of the
•ust mutinous were strangled by order of the Dry."

CHAMBER OF DEPVTIEN.
SITTING OF THE 20TH DRCEMBV.R.

. The proceedings of yesterday were read by M.
Bourdeau. and the Report of them was approved.
The Order of the Day was moved for resuming
the debate ass the Liberty of the Press.

M. Becquey, M. tenoist, M. Iftivieve, and M.
De Vollele, delivered their sentiments at consider.
able length.
After loud and repeated cries for the question,
the 47th article of *sr prsjetj ansendedif_by the
Committee, wits put to the vote separately from the.
projet, and adopted in these. worili :*•:—Atsfeek
:inivie —I, The jourtirls, mud other periodical works,
which treat of political matters and news. uhII nut
appear until the end of the s.iot. of 1618, with-
- snit the authority of the King."
M. the President said, that he was going to have
the mimes called over for the scrutiny. . • •
' . The following is the result of the scrutiny?.—of.
'l2ll voles, there is the urn 131 white balls, rod 97
10114:k 6411,. . •

it, The President then declared the dense adopted.
N.B.—lst the vequel of this.aitting, the'Clninahei
entered into a diecus.iosi of the l»ojet•uf the Lew
're•lative to the I'm:a, and adopted- 0*
Licks, with the aineedutextat of the Committee.

A part of the article. 7, of the rojecamended
isy Ate Committee. excited is very animated debate.
It related to the question, whether the writing could
.be seised before it was printed. its the case where it
icontained a direct pmeocation to crime? ' •

The Committee proposed to suppress
,this article.
Mews. Jaceluinot-Pamiwisne, Courvoisier, Pine
tinier, Raver. rod Bellard, sPolce for Mai ll i t sir the
uncle of the projet, and 'against the Committee.
They vomited 11mi:seeing . upon the nece-ssity of
giving to the Government and to society s security
signiori such provociatimvs.
: The recommendation of the Committee was sup-
ported by hinsarp. Bonn, Corbieres, and
Dupont de gore.

Thr recomoaesodatime of the Committee was car-
riesl by a majosity of 110 to 101.
0 The debate was adjournail to Monday.

We have'extracted front the Journal des Debuts
of Sumlay the solution:le of the Speech of 11w
SWEDLK, on the opening of Ile Diet on
tee lath last. It contains mach Intert•Anq
iufor-
itwt .

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I The Funds continue to experience great 'laicism-
qrs. but Ike cause that agitates tin in remains
itely a subject of speculation. Au of has !av-
ailed that an effort has been wide by souse large
Stockholders to dcprevti the Fonds, with a view to
buy iu again at a reduced price—thus attributing
the recent changes, to .the soklicy of 1,10,1" eOliVCr•
1111111 iu the susivagement or the markut. Among •
other speculations now started, it is that the
depression is the effect of the differences existing
lietween Spain end Portirg•il ; and iii corroboration
of this idea., it. is said that Lord C A all.Eltl'Afi II
; has been employed for several days, without init.,-
enption, in writing dispatches. and NI. PA 131ELA
tbe POltUritie Munster, hits left town on his way
to Paris, where a conference is to be held on the
stilairect. of the ditpqte. betireeis those two king-
doms. But altbough Lord Ciirtl.Ette.trut may
be bovily employed in writing &patches, it does
not. necessarily- follow that they must relate to the
dit>irutta betseeti Spam and Portugal, muds less
that. I:,y most he of a hostile character; besides,
these;dispiitesi have heels sinhinitted in the media-
tion of the five principal European States. An-
other rumour afloat on the Stock Exchange asserts,
that a mgociation• is nearly concluded for a Loan.
lay individuals in this country, to the French Go-
ver ttttt t, of twelve millions sterling; and that the
saute Houses that took the former Loan are the
in:noniron of the present one.

The letter which we published yesterday from
Mr. lions, where-in he stated his determination
iie‘cr to reprint the. Parodies. except as an indis-
pensable part of the Report of hi. Trials, and ne-
ver to write any other works of tire slime tendency,
Las afforded very considerable gratification to the
admirers of his nimbly and intrepid defence, sod to
the sincere lovers of is free press. it proves effre-
wally the sincerity of his assertions on the trial.
terlel that Ire hail really entertained no intention of
Tiolatitig-thessauctity of. Holy Writ, or the form of
public worship, in converting its solemn and im-
pressive language to political pinwales. lie seems
to have given his Parodies publicity in mere

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