The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-06 00:00:00

papers, A pie of pistols* was delivered up to Deo. 1
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%Being- disfrireuva4l to thiirelrectiire of Police,
and afterwards to the Palace of Justice, he appear.
:ed before M. likelier, Jugs drlastneetion, who ex-
ereibed sfins. ors the subject el i plot against the
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But as 04 istaptlciiino of his papers and I►is ex-
amination gave rise to no charge against hnn, he
was sent back, under the escort of two gendarmes,
Without any inventory, or the restoration of his
effects, or even any iobtifeatiou of the rigorous ja►-
veillwce exercised aver his person.

On the other hand, on the day of his examination
ChuiHier, the boolseller, deposited with the Police
five copies of a limit, of which the Petitioner ac-
kuowledges himself to be the author, entitled Rep-
pe! des Bae►its, which, as he says, did not prevent
the Commissary of Police from seizing, at seven
o'clock the aim morning, 1,000 copies of the work
Mill wet from the tress.
This seizure was notified to the Petitioner on
the 29. h of the mane mouth, and followed by.in

order to appear [serum Mesher. the J.ge d',

lion. Hr underwent another examination

to the stiture of that wort; and though the

ration was made withirrthe prescribed tune. though
the five copies were deposited with the Police--
though the seizure took place before the delivery
of the receipt—and though trot a single copy of
the work had been distributed. the Joge d'lnstrme-
Sion nevertlielestissued a mandril de depot against
him.

The first stet► on his part was to present i Peti-
tion, With a view to obtain his liberty upon bail;
but he informs us, that it was refused by an Ordi-
nance of the Sth Mardi, founded on the law of the
3th November, Isis, relative to seditious acts and
publications.

The Petitioner complaint that the laws have been
violated in either of the predicaments, in which he
is itipposed to stand.
If he is convicted, lie says, of the affair relative
to the Duke of Wellington, justice ought to give
lam a legal notification of its proceedings; and if
he is issnoeetit, Isis papers ought to be restored to
him. These papers, which have nothing to do with
the new affair, are necessary fur his defeuce, and are,
besides, his property.

If, on the other hand, his apprehension is owing
to the work entitled Rappel des Basil, he main-
tains that it would be absurd to consider the depo..
Atinii of proofs at the Ministry of the Police as a
publication, which eau only result from the sale or
distributi of the whole or part of the printed
work. Such is the opinion which was expressed by
distinguished speakers in the Chamber of Deputies
itself, during the discussion on the Liberty of the
Press.

Your Committee did not think it right to enter
, into the subject of the alleged violations, imputed
as well to the Commissary of Police as to the
• /Mgt d'hutrwetioa, and the Tribunal itself. All
these facts belong to the province of justice, and
the Sieur Brisot Thivars himself acknowledges its
competence, since he says, iu the 4th page of his
Memorial, My jastOcation shall take place before
the Tribemals.—Ortler of the Day without op-
position.
The discussion on the Budget was then resumed,
and adjourned till the following day. The first
speakers inscribed are—for the projes, Messrs.
Mognier-Graudprez, Casimir Perrier, Camille Jor-
dan, &c. Against the projet—Messrs. de Camping,
de S .labery, Cornet d'llicourt, Xc.