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London, England, 1821-12-10 00:00:00

FIRST LAW PROJECT.

Lows, &c.—We have ordered, and do order, that
the Law Project, the tenour of which follows, shall
be presented to the Chamber of Deputies by our
Keeper of the Seals, Minister Secretary of State fir
the department of Justice, and by the Sicurs Baron
Cuvier and Jacquinot Pampclune, Councillors of
State, whom we charge with the exposition of its
grounds, and the supporting it in the discussion.

'TITLE 1.-01 REPRESSION!.

Art. I.—Whoever, by any one of the means
pointed out in article 1, of the law of the 17th Aluy,
1819, shall have outraged or turned into derisiut:
the religion of the state, shall be punished by an
imprisonment of from three months to five years,
and a fine of from 300 to 6,000 th..itcs. _ .

The same penalties shall be pronounced against
whoever shall have outraged or turned into derision
any other religion, the establishment of which is
legally recognized in France.
2. Every attack, by any one of the same means,
on the Royal dignity, the rights or authority of the
King, the inviolability of his person, the order of
the throne, the rights or authority of the Chambers,
shall be punished by an imprisonment of from three
months to five years, and a fine of from 300 to 6000
francs.

3. The attack, by any of these means, of the
rights guaranteed by articles 5 and 9 of the consti-
tutional charter, shall be punished by an imprison-
ment of from one month to throe years, and a fine of
from 100 to 4,000 francs.

4. Whoever, by any of the said means, shall have
excited to hatred or contempt of the Government of
the King, shall be punished by an imprisonment of
from one month to four years, and a fine of from
160 to 6,000 francs.

5. Defamation or abuse,by any of the said means,
directed against the courts, tribunals, constituted
bodies, authorities, or public administrations, shall
be punished by an imprisonment of from 15 days to
two years, and a fine of from 100 to 4,000 francs.

6. Insult publicly given, in any manner whatever,
on account of their functions or their quality, either
to one or several members of either of the two
Chambers, or to a public functionary, or final,• to a
minister of the religion of the state, or of one of the
religions, the establishment of which is legally re-
cognized in France, shall be puniNhed by an impri-
sonment of from 15 days to two years, and a fine of
from 100 to 4,000 francs.

The same offence committed against a juror on
account of his functions, or a witness on account of
his deposition, shall be punished by an imprisonment
of from ten days to one year, and a fine of from 50
So 2,000 francs.

Insult given to a minister of the religion of the
state, or of one of the religions legally recognised in
France, in the exercise of his functions, shall be pu-
nished by the penalties enacted by article Ist of the
present law.
If the outrage in the different cases contemplated
by the present article have been accompanied by
abuse or violence towards the persons, the culprit
shall be punished conformably to articles 228, 2 t 9,
231, 232, and 233 of the Penal Code.
7. Infidelity and bad faith in the accounts which
the journals and periodical writings give of the sit.
tings of the Chambers, and the proceedings of courts
and tribunals, shall be punished by a fine of from
1,000 to 8,000 francs.

In ciise of repetition, or where the account given
shall be c frensive to either of the Chambers, or to
one of the Peers or Deputies, or injurious to the
court, tribunal, or magistrate, or to the jurors or
witnesses, the editor of the journal shall be farther
condemned to an imprisonment of from one to three
years.

In the same cases, the pmprietors and editors of
the journal, or periodical writing which has been
condemned, may be prohibited from giving in future
any account of legislative or judicial discussions.
8. Shull be punished by imprisonment from 15
days to two years, and u fine of from 100 to 400
francs!--

I. All seditious cries publicly uttered.
Y. Then moral or di gradation (lithe public signs
of royal authority, eiinanutiAl iu hatred Or etnitetupt
tit that dutilurity.

3. The external rallying signs, not
authorized by the King or by police regulations.
4. The exposition in public places or assemblaves,
the distribution or sale, of any sign GT symbol des-

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tined to propagate the spirit of rebellion, or to trou-
ble the public peace.
9. Whoever, by any one of the means pointed out
in article Ist of the law of the 17th of May, 1819,
shall have endeavoured to trouble the public peace,
by exciting the contempt or hatred of ci; isens against
one or several classes ot'persons, shall be punished by
the penalties enacted in the preceding article.
10. Every publication, sale, or offering to sale,
exposition, or distribution, without the previous au-
thority of the Government, of engraved or litho-
graphed drawings, shall, for that offence alone, be
punished by imprisonment from three days to six
months, and a fine of from 10 to 500 francs, without
prejudice to the criminal prosecutions to which the
subject of the design may give occasion.
11. Article 10 of the law of the 9th of June is
common to all the provisions of the present title, in
so tar as they apply to the proprietors or editors of
journal or periodical writing.

TITLE rximEcuTiox!

12.—1 n the case of otiinice towards the Chambers,
or either of them, by one of the means pointed out
in the law of the 17th of May, 18 t 9, the offended
Chamber may, on the mere complaint of one of its
members, if it do not prefer to authorize a prosecu-
tion by the ordinary course, order the accused to be
brought to the bar. After he shall have been heard,
or duly summoned, it will condemn him, if there be
cause, to the penalties enacted by the laws. The
sentence shall be executed on ►he order of the Presi-
dent of the Chamber.

13. The Chambers will themselves, conformably
to the preceding amide, apply the provisions of arti-
cle 8 relative to the account given by the journals
of their sittings.
The provisions of the same article 8, relative to
the account given of the proceedings of the courts
and tribunals, shall be directly applied by the court
and tribunal in which the proceedings shall have
taken place..

14. Shall be prosecuted before the correctional
and official police:-
1. Abuse in the cases contemplated by article 5
of the present law, and by article 19 of the law of
the 19th of May, 1819.

2. Me offences provided by articles 6,8, and 10
of the present law._ _

3. Public instigation to crimes not effected, or to
offences by the sale, distribution, offering to sale, or
exposition in public places or assemblages, of draw-
ings, engravings, paintings, or etublems.
The other offences provided against by the present
law shall be tried conformably to article 13 of the
law of the 26th of May, 1819.

(Signed) -
(Cuunterigned) 11. DE SEIIRE.
Tuileries, Nov. 7.

SECOND LAW PROJECT.

Louis, &c.—Article. The laws of the 31st of
March, 1820, and 26th of July, 18.21, relative to
the publication of the journals and periodical
writings, shall continue in force until the end of the
session, 181(1.
Tuilerioi, Nov. 7. LOUIS.

After the projet was regularly cua•icd, a long and
noisy discussion followed, and an adjournment wok
place till Thursday.

PARIS, Dsc. s.—.. The King heard mass in his
apartments.
During the morning his Majesty transacted bu-
sine.ss in his cabinet.

After mass he received the corps diplomatique,
who were introduced with the usual ceremony.
After mid-day his Majesty transacted business
with the President of the Council of Ministers.

A letter from Barcelona of the 21st ult. states,
that on the following day Te Donn was to be sung,
nut that the malady had entirely ceased, but be-
cause its virulence had sensibly diminished. The
number of deaths on the 18th, 19th, and 20th,
amounted to SI, 32, 53. It is observed, that the
greater pare of those who have either died, or who
are at present labouring under the plague, are per-
sons who clandestinely entered the city last week,
whose numbers arc said to amount to 8,000. M.
Lopez, a celebrated physician of Barcelona, writes,
under the same date, that there were only eight pa-
tients, and that they were all persons who had lately
entered the city.
Another letter from Barcelona, dated November
22, gives satisfactory intelligence which we hasten
to make known. " The malady is at an end ; the
number of deaths is only between 20 and 25. The
French physicians departed two days ago ; they re-
ceived the most affezting adieus. A hope had been
entertained that Dr. Bally would remain till the
30th with the young surgeon Jouarrv, ns he had
expressed his intuition of doing, but on the 18th,
either from the effect of his multiplied cases, or in
consequence of' fatigue from his attendance on the
hospitals, he was again attacked with contagion,
and for a whole day excited the most lively alarm
fir his recovery. His state being a little improved
on the I9th, and !permitting him to be moved, his
courageous friends, Frantois and Poriset, forced
him into quarantine in spite of his entreaties and

tears. It is difficult to form an idea of the kindness
and generous devotion of this worthy apostle of hu-
manity."
Onasits, Nov. 9.—For some days past the au-
thorities have been in possession of intelligence that
the Persians have invaded the Turkish frontier.--
This circumstance has produced a strong sensation,
and from it all the Greeks who are here predict the
fall of the Ottoman empire. We have letters from
Constantinople of the 211 hist, They assure us that
the Grand Seignor has ordered all the Persians who
were in the capital to be thrown into dungeons ;
that a part of the Janissaries had received orders to
proceed to Asia against the Persian invaders : and
finally, that messengers had been despatched to
Epirus, with orders of-recall for the Paella who was
proceeding against Ali. This Pueha is not diN4raecd,
his Highness has conferred on him the command of
the troops destined to repel the assassin of the son of
the Schuh of Persia.

We bear from Smyrna, the 28th of October that
every day there are massacres of die Christians.
VIENNA, Nov. 22.—The Regency of Lower
Austria has published u circular against the sect of
the Carbonari, in which it is said that their object is
to overturn existing Governments. Those who may
enter it arc therethre declared guilty of high treason.
FRANSVORT, Nu.. 27.—We are impatient here
to learn what effect the return of Prince Metternich
to Vienna will have on the public funds. For two
days we have vainly expected letters, announcing a
rise in the Austrian funds. Already we begin to
apprehend that the assurances of our bankers, who,
on the faith of Prince Metternich, persist in main-
taining that the peace will not be disturbed, will be
belied by the event.

We had learnt by former letters from St. Peters-
burgh, that Lord Strangford, who for some time has
exercised great influence over the Divan, had trans-
mitted to Count Nesselrede, by English diplomatic
agents residing at Petersburgh, a memoir in .iiiipt.art
of the note which the Reis Effendi have lately sent
to the Russian cabinet, a memoir in wi,ich the
of the Turks is defended by the ordinary arguments.
In reply, the Emperor commandJ Count Lievcn,
his minister at London, to communicate to the Bri-
tish Cabinet ►he ultimatum of which mention has so
often been made, and to assure it at the same time,
that his Imperial Majesty entertained the most sin-
cere and ardent wishes that Lord Strangfiml might
be able, by the preponderating influence which he
enjoys, to determine the Divan to accept the pro-
positions of Russia. It is generally thought, how-
ever, at Petersburgh, that the interference of the
British Cabinet in the differences between the Court
of Russia and the Porte is little agreeable to the
former.

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