The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-05-10 00:00:00

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, MA? 5.

The Order of the Day was real for the
of the projet de /wt relative to the Journals.
The first silt Articles were adopted with slight
verbs' amendments, but so►ae discussion took place
on the 7th Article, which was thus proposed by the
Government :
" The Editors of every Juarnsl or periodical r4-tithe
shall be entitled to rabbet' an itecouut or the Secret Saltily
ur the Chamber* without (heir authority."

The Committee proposed to substitute for these
!art words the following:—" whenever the publi-
cation shall not be interdicted."

M. Hautrfeuille proposed the total suppression
Of tlii• article.

M. Moustiier-Buisson combats the amendment of
the Committee. The Chambers alone, he
traded, were to detcrwiue in what cases it should
be permitted to publish au account of their secret
sittings.
M. Manuel supported the opinion of the Corn.
miner. Experience had proved that the publica-
tion of the secret sittings had been attended with
nu inconvenience, and Islay not the practice be con.
tinkled. By what tueanr could the Journalists ask
pv41,1.011,11 from the Chambers to publish the re-
ports
The previous quertioil was then demanded by
M. nussisier.Buisson, was put to the vote, and
adopted by a feeble majority.
Tale JI1U111:111., therefore, shall not give any re-
port of the secret Wrings of the Chambers seithwit
their authority.

The reiriainiug A rt,cles were limo agreed to with-
out Hhjection.
M. M tinsel wowed. that " the dispositions or the
present law, relative *m the security to be given by
the Journal.sts, *IA out operate before the ist of
January; 181 i."

M. de Courvoisier did mot think that the mea-
sure of security should toe conditional or tramluny.
He r g urged it m 4 perpettaisl, end us perfectly
adapted to the nrspetssions thmt form our iistiooml
hiriscter. Whist a drirrence existed between eur
mad Jegiolstion and that the English, moon
u holm enurasous huts, 'wig iarprisousittit, Lid ereu

the infamous punishment of the pillory are inflicted
WI writers ! %Ville u.. ou the contrary, writers, even

when condemord.insvire

We know, fur example, that an Insurance Company
i% at this moment forming in the capital to establish
an indemnity for the offence.' of the Prem.—
( Laughing on the right side; riolent wormers oa
the Pft.)—Oise fact will prove to you the power of
the Journ.ils, nod how far they pervert truths into
the gros-est falsehoods. Yon all have heard of
(Nittim Velut, who was said to have In•en epo-
de aaaaa ed by the Ti 'lnitial of N'illefranclie, fur having
called his horse Cossack. The truth was, that on
the 7th ofJ tine, 1417, it) a moment of insurrection,
Velut nut only gave his horse the name of Cossack,
I,ut also profaned • name the most august and
sacred. lie was brought before the Tribunal, and
Acquitted.
The Keeper of the Seals said, in reference to the
Assurance Company, alluded to by the former
speaker, that it did not appear among those that
were inserted in the law. Fie opposed the motion.
M. Manuel said, that the story of the horse Cos-
sack proved nothing but the indifference of the Ma-
gistrates, who had the power of refuting the state.
mint of Vetoes trial. The honour of the Tribunal
of Villefrasirlie was interested in doing so, and the
silence of M. Courvoisier on that head, was a proof
to liim that M. Courvoisier was not so well inform-
ed on the subject, as he ought to have been.—
(Violrne murmurs.)
M. Courvoisier—l have but one word to reply.
It is true that the President of the Tribunal of
Villefratiche pressed me several times, as Attorney-
General of that Court, to insert a contradiction of
the first statement in a journal, but I replied to
him that it was below the dignity of the Magistrates
or of the Tribunals to defend themselves by such
means from the calumny of a newspaper.
M. Manuel's article was rejected by a great ma-
jority.
The law was then adopted on a scrutiny, by 153
white balls for it-45 black balls against it.—Ad-
journed.
RERUN, APRIL 26.

The turn which affairs appear to take in the in•
terior of France, attract more and more the atten-
tion of our Cabioet. It is said, that, as a measure
of safety, all Our strong places on the Rhine will,
in future, be provisioned for a year. Orders have
been slim gives§ to finish, as soon as possible, the
orks of uur ftatificatiosis.