The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-19 00:00:00

THE NEW POLICE.

TO THE EDITOR 017 THE SUN.
—Few subjects ever engrossed more of public at-
tention, and none, anima the many that meet shortly en-
gage the attention of Parliament, are of greater impel.
caner, then that of the New Police. The weak grounds
en which it rests .or support is evidenced by the paltry
Plan eNPla".):,loins, and excuses, that have for some time
been the round of the. Press. I have no wish,
bowie'
.er, to detract from any merits the new force may
:arum, the observations now offered apply to the principle
on which it is founded, rather than its immediate conduct,
as I hold it an axiom, above all in political institutions,
that whatever is bad in principle cannot Joni/ be other.
wise in practice.
The system of the ancient watch, like some of the an-
cient dynasties of Europe, may have been worn out, but
it seems doubtful whether it could be replaced, by any, less
hi accordance with our institutions, the feelings or habits
of the people, or the spirit of the age, than the New Po-
lice. It, moreover, must never be forgotten; that what.
ever the English nation has enjoyed of civilization, internal
freedom, security, and happiness, hat been *gained under
a system of Police, of which the people not only bore, hut
regulated the expense, and discharged the duties, which far
ages formed one of the happiest and proudest distinctions
between the subjects of these realms and those of despetic
states, and that under it (whatever abuses have crew' 10
the Police duty has hitherto been, and still coritie:ues'eo be,
performed...save in the Metropolis.
It was matter of boast during the, last Seeder, of Pee.
liament, that the Government reduced the public ex-
penditure a million a Year .; but can the inhabitants of the
metropolis be said to share the benefit, when visited with
this new intlictioe,, in addition to the other burdens they
exclusively ht'ar, and the full share they also coritribute
to the Yraieral burdens of the State ? Great pains are
taken to snake it appear that the coat of the new police is
Tint 'more than that of the ancient watch,..4he public, how-
ever, are not likely to be mistaken in what they pay,—they
feel where the shoe pinches, and the cry is universal that
the rates are increased by the new poli:e, however inge-
niously mystified by being blended with those raised ler
sue poor. •
A great disposition has long prevailed to ape, the Ex-
Bourbon institutions, and the civilonilit,iry gcrid'ermerie,
ler,ewn as the new police, is evidently of that school ; its
patrons, however, ought to recollect, that though in France
at might contribute to increase the national discontent, it
proved powerless when opposed to the national will, and
tumble either to protect the Ministry, or save the dynasty.
This new force is not only unconstitutional in principle,
trot doubly objectionable front the attempts to disguise its
really military character—several and distinct from the
people—. nominated and controuled by the. Crown—the Mi-
ulster appointing two Commissioners (the double appoint-
ment destroying, by dividing, responsibility), who select
and nominate every individual of whatever rank employed,
by whom, whatever his conduct, a policeman can alone be
dismissed, who therefore knows and acknowledges no other
antburity—mostly selected from discharged military, at:-
..ustotned to military discipline and obedience.--and though
atw 'Jimmied in compliance with the public will, or to
disarm public jealousy, capable of being armed at any mo-
ment, and by previous habits practised in the use of them.
Your *ontemporary, the Times, on Saturday, when
Writing on this subject, asks, " Do the advocates of the
old system believe that the Secretary of State has any in-
terest in making an attempt on the national liberties by
means of the police constables ?" Does your contemporary
believe there ran be no tuber or better system than the an-
cient watch or the new police ? What interest lied Po.
lignac and his colleagues to destroy the national liberties of
their country? I enteitain a high respect for Sir Robert
Peel individually, but he may not always be Secretary of
State, and bare our national liberties no better foundation
or 'security than the personal respectability of a Minister ?
The new police, however, is not only military in prin.
ciple, but in number an army—the present force upwards
of 3,00 men ! (how many brilliant exploits worded in
history were Achieved by no greater force?)--and for
What ? Not to protect the metropolis from a foreign foe,
—htsppily we have none,—but against itself ! ! It would
be far better were the 'slithery openly employed at ones;
there would then be no disguise, and no delusion, but a
greet saving of expence ; the pay of a private soldier being
one shilling, that of a policeman three shillings per diem,
the pay erf %WO of the latter equal to that of 10,5110 pri-
vates in the line the metropolis contains a tenth of our
popoletion, and the system were extended no the kingdom
at !large, it would require an army of 35,000 police, their
pay ealual,to 10400 privates of the, line.
pul thennide of levying; the money to defray the charge
la not kali objectionable than the expellee or conatitutton
of the force itself. The supply for ;thn,rtgular army is
toted by Parliament before the experice is incurred or
money expended. In the case of the New Police, after
she money has been levied, by the Commissioners en the
parish rates and expended, WI account, as if in mockery, is
directed to be laid before the Legislature ! The poor
rates, . originally intended to relieve this aged and distressed,
home long been dishonestly perverted to pay the wages of
labour. Were the New Police system rendered perm-
mot, it would establish a precedent for their further per-
version, from the purposes of charity to those of Govern-
ment, and making the parish authorities a lever for levy-
big other parts of its expences, without an annual yote by
Parliament. The Alpha and Omera of the once boasted
privileges of Englishmen might then be expressed in two
words, ones' and rAv ; but such can never ho the ease
till Enkland and her eons shall be premed to sink into
that state, from which the nations of the continent are
now an proudly emerging.
• I sin, fair, yuur very obedient servant,
Oct. 18,11830. SENTINEL.

The Double Number of the United Service
Journal, just published, contains a list of original articles
of unusual extent and attraction ;,...INarrative,, Science,
Anecdote, Biography, Poetry, Professional Records, in
short, every topic appertaining to the peculiar pro Vince of
the Journal, and nearly all possessing a powerful interest
for the general reader are profusely blended. It reekons
amongst its contents an accurate Memoir of the KlSteil
service afloat, with an account from an eye-witness, of hit
intrepid conduct ashore when. as Duke of CLAItr he
joined Sir THOMAS CiftAllAllelii army before Antwerp;
accompanied by a portrait of his Manny, in naval uni.:
form p.. 110 authentic and detailed Report of the french
campaign aping storming of Bergen,op.,
Zoom, From the vivid recollections of an Officer present,
&c. Atc.

E 1 ght ung, Government steamer, sailed
L s' •
from Poole on Sunday, for Leith, with the Ex-King of
of Faawca, end part of his suite. Two other steamers,
the Echo and Coq/lance, were there to hike the remainder.
Jy the Magnet packet, which arrived at Fat-
mouth, froM Lisbon, on Sunday, we have !vitas from
thence to the 26th of last month. Arrests continue to be
made daily ; the greatest suspicion was entertained by Go.
woman ; almost all the letters froth France-and England
Were opened at the Poet-oilier, amid the newspapers were
constantly abstracted when they contained intelligence dis.
pleasing to the authorities. Severe' instances of oppres-
sion and cruelty are stated. Since &weather, 1828, there
were 1,004 pent:roe confined in the prisons of Oper to for
political offeneei,.or rather on suepiciou. Of these, 12
have been executed, 28 has died, 67,were banished, end
766 renmein iu custody; the remainder were discharged,
Amongst those detained are taro Englielminen, and 16 wis.
men; one of the letter is a lady 78 years of age. There
are4resides upwards of hop persons confined in the fortress
of Almeida. The Cygnet, which arrived at Falmouth,
(rain Lisbon, this day (Friday), brings nothing new—the
same wretched state of things continued to prevail; arrests
were daily made, but there was no appearance of resistance
to this tyranny. Within the 20 title before the packet
wailed, upwards of 00 persons bad been immured in dun,
genus on suspicion.—.. West Briton,
TI NEW 1.014D0s tint DOE.--Within
these 'sit few days the whole of the temperary wood-work
which supported the unfinished arches of the new London.
bridee has been removed, and the partial obstructions
whiCh they caused'done away with. The workmen have
also commenced putting on the close side wall of the
bridge: this last is much eoritptained of, as giving a very
heavy and disagreeable appearance to en otherwise unri.
vatted structure. The reason given for time adoption of
this in preference to an open halostrade--namelp that it
facilitates the pottage across the bridge, by holding out no
indueeMent to parsons stopping to gaze at objects on the
water,...will hardly compensate for the disadvantages as
werk. of art,' and an ornament of the metropolis ; partio
elderly when (tempered with the light open baltratrades on
all the other bridges. The series of arches .the northemn
*de, over which the approach of tbe hr.rige on that site
fe to run, semi ceinphaell last week, end the level is now
nearly filled imp. The church of St. Michael, Crooked.
the body of which is in the direct hoe of road to
the bridge, ie to come down liemediattly. His Grace the
At•eldrielsori of Caursiteultv, to whose diocese this alone
of 41 the churches in London belongs, inspected the lace
shout a week ego, attended try the Bridge Committee!
tine View of the lir'ulge is obtained front. the wharfs at
either side westwards, the old bridge obstructing the view
the other way. It is said the new bridge will be opened
to the public early in the summer; but it will occupy nearly
two years to take dowe the u 1 bridge, .

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1880.

We are again indebted to our Morning
Cotemporary (the Herald) for some important
intelligence respecting the movements of the
Constitutionalists in Spain. On the 14th they
had, it seems, passed, or were just in the act of
passing the frontiers, so that the revolution may,
at last, be considered as having commenced.
In common with the majority of our countrymen
we shall watch the progress of these brave men
with intense anxiety, convinced that if the justice
of a cause be a sufficient guarantee for its success,
this most holy, just, and righteous warfare, in
which is embarked all that is dear to man,
cannot fail to triumph. It gives us pleasure too
to find that the jealousies of the Constitutional
Chiefs have subsided ; that VALDEZ is at peace
with MINA, to whom the conduct of the expe-
dition is assigned ; and that but one heart and
0110 opinion animate the Spanish patriots. It is
impossible to speculate on the nature of the re•
sistance that this gallant band is likely to meet
with ; the Apostolicals, we know, are furious
in the extreme ; and the history of the world
shows that a priest, fighting, whether with
sword or pen, in defence of his pluralities,
is a bloody.—a desperate—an uncompromising
foe, to whom a tiger is a lamb, and a bywna a
sucking dove. But cruelty, however atrocious
--however grateful to their nature, on the part
of the Apostolicals, is of no use without intel-
lect, and alas, these Rev. State Pensioners are

clismally deficient in this requisite. They have

all of the demon but his sagacity. So far as
FERDINAND—who, according to somo accounts,

is inclined to moderation, would the church
party but allow him to conciliate—is concerned,
little opposition, we suspect, need be anticipated
from him or his schism. He is strong only while
leaning on the arm of the Apostolicals, and these,
thank Gon, are hobbling on crutches to the
grave of what is far dearer to them than life,
their pluralities.
ENTRY. OF TIIE CONSTITUTIONALISTS INTO

SPAIN.

PARIS) OCT. 17, THREE O'CLOCK, r. at.
The following communication bars just been received by
Colonel Pinto by an extraordinary express. The letter is
dated Bayonne, the 14th instant, and written by General
Mendez do 'Vigo, one of the constitutional Chiefs in this
quarter :

" Dear Friend —I have just arrived from Spain, where
I have had the satisfaction of leaving the bravo Valdez at
Viduo. As De Pablo and I were unable to enter :on the
seine day with our detachments, we resolved to ac6ompany
hint as individuals, which determination greatly pleased
him, and we urged upon him the propriety of not exposing
his valuable person, preferring to take the conduct of the
affitir on ourselves ; he wished us all three to enter with
our banners displayed.
" I congratulate you, my ft iend, upon this happy result
of your labours, with the most sincere and overflowing joy.
Adieu ; you may consider this as the official account of
the entry. (Signed) P. MENDEZ DE VIGO.
et TO Dan Ignacio Lopez Pinto, Rce."

(Frown our Spanish Correspondent.)
PROCLAMATION.

" Soldiers I—When unexampled treason, in 1823, made
us change the beautiful title of 'defenders of our country
for that of slaves of an ominous despot, I witnessed your
grief and participated in your emotions. Your enemies,
misconstruing your conduct, which had been the result of
4 snare laid 'to your good faith, attributed it to cowardice.
At Tarifa we undeceived them. There a handful of your
companions accomplished a noble enterprise, and washed
with the Hood of the invaders the outrages put on the
tumour of the artily.
44 Soldiers 4,--A new career of glory and hope offers it-
self to your patriotism. The gallant General Torrijos, in
conjunction with other worthy Chiefs, patriots, was to
have opened it two months ago, and was to have begun the
great popular movement. Extraordinary circumstances,
which partly have delayed him hitherto, strengthen and
increase the combination and the forces, improve our po.
litical position, and secure more efficaciously the triumph.
Well deserving Generals, patriots, soldiers of all classes,
who never were wanting to honour, resort to the frontiers
frotn the most remote climates, where their patriotism and
virtues had kept them confined. France and ether nations
have given us a subilme lesson; and the hearts of all
Spaniards, moved by'such heroic examples, expect from
us the signal to break their chains.

Sol;iier !—The French army, without disregarding
either duty or military honour, has heard the voice of its
country, and the World adjudges them applause arm 14u.
res. Desert, then, the ranks which dishonour you, and
came to moll the number:of the brave who follow
Come, soldiers ! and add to the name of citizens of a free
people that of liberators.
if Soldiersl—All thosa who assist the generous enter.
prise of giving liberty to the nation are our friends, he
their former party or denomination what it may; and
those• are cur enemies who, with arms in their hands,
oppose our march.' -The axe of the law only shall punish
the other delinquents.
(Signed) FRANCISCO VALDEZ.
Video, Oct. 13, 1880."
Thl* place and date are in writing, the rest in print.

(From the Precursor of Oct. 17.)

The following Proclamation, attributed to Colonel Alex.
O'Donnell, his lately beep circulated through the northern
provinces of Spain
44 Spaniards ! The just cause of national freedom must
triumph In spite of the dilute of the fanatic party, which
exerts .itselt- to_lisparage the merits of these who, in order
to support the iegitimate rights of the country, have suf-
fered all kinds of misfOrtunell, persecution, and even pro-
scription. Let them now return to their country, but not
with those sentiments which their mortal enemies attri-
bute to them—namely, a. determination to plunder, assas-
sinate, destroy, and sell revenge for the inprice they haye
experienced ; but, with a very different sprit, to embrace
their brethren, to mingle their tore of tenderness with
those of their fellow subjects, and by so doing renew the

memory of those days of tranquillity which ibey enjoyed
at a former period; and, in particular, that they may re-
turn to their homes in order to find their peace, to esta-
blish it where it does nut exist, to consolidate union and
concord amongst all Spaniards, and to aid in fixing the
Government in a permanent form, which spay conciliate
all interests, And make the people happy in every respect.
Spaniards, give no belief to any thing you may hear to
the contrary of this ; and persuaded that the exertions of
your fillow4ountryinen.are only directed to the formation
of, Spain Into rine great family, he reconciled from your
animosities, forgetting the past for the take of the pre-
sent; and above all, let the most perfect unanimity reign
among you, kilned to the most solid peace, tranquillity,
44140 r, and security. 1114ttt are their intentions, and the

results cannot fail to be sueeesiful u hen they are tke work
of breve men, aided by General Mina."
A traveller, just arrived from Merseilles, and who kit
Cadiz about the middle of September, stated, that although
~.it that date the authority of Ferdiriaptl win not absolutely
abolished, the revolution might, in point of fact, be consi-
dered as effected, such was the state of "eiritement which
operated on the minds of all, end the ipirit
.of libertY
which existed, that persons upon meeting eaefi_ other
spoke with the gre itest confidenee, and announced the
approaching overthrow cf the tyrant.
Since the fall of Charles X. carried with it the destructs
tion of that system so baneful to the liberties and rights
of the people, it has been known that the English Mi-
nister, jealous of this spirit of revolution spreading to that
country (Spain), determined on counteracting the influ-
ence which France might exercise for suds an object. We
have already noticed the diplomatic understanding which
then existed between the Duke of Wellington and the per-
sons who were at the head of the Cabinet of Madrid. The
latter, from that moment requested his assistance against
the protection whirls the Constitutional cause might re-
ceive front France now regenerated, and the latter, re-
fusing to pass the barrier of non-intervention, which
formed the ground-work of its political system, drew
back from offering any other demonstrations of sup-
port than those outward signc of friendly feeling. No
doubt the Duke, imagining all the time tl at, with the
maturity which reconciles events, the French Ministry
would arrive at the height of revolution, neither
thought that it would be possible to impose upon
people's minds by political phraseology, nor, less wor-
thy of the French nation, that it should solicit its Go.
vernment to deny sympathy and regard to the Spanish
emigrants. But when subsequent acts plainly abewed
that the Councillors of the Citizen King were fearful of
adopting the consequences of the revolution, and refused
to the Constitutionalists of other countries even those aids
which, without compromising their neutrality, would
serve the cause of liberty in a great degree, and par-
ticularly when the appointment of Talleyrand to the
English Embassy gave them so eminent a negotiator, the
Duke no longer entertained any doubt but that it would
be easy to obtain (tom the French Ministry those com-
plaisant measures which his partiality for the Cabinet of
Madrid prompted him to propose, and which tended to
paralyse the efforts and preparations of. the emigrants as-
, seinbled on the frontiers. dila representations on this head
have been listened to by the present Ministers; and the
consequence has been that orders have been given to the
authorities in the northern districts to direct all the emi-
grants who are stationed near the skirt's of the Pyrenees
to enter into the interior of France. But in the present
state of that country, and considering the favour which our
cause receives from the inhabitants, what means can the
Government adopt to put such decrees into execution?
Will force be used No resistance will, of course, be
offered to its orders, but only a kind of passive obedience
will be the result.
(From the Indicateur of liordeota, dated Oct. 13.)

FRONTIERS OF SPAIN, OCT. 5.
The success of the long-wished for regeneration of Spain
only now commences to indicate a degree of probability
as to its results, which was not presented heretofore, owing
to the various contradictory accounts and the equivocal
situation of some of the actors in this new revolution.

Always ignorant of the views and the preparations
mina, Col. Valdez, assisted by some officers attached to
his cause, was acting in a a. me different from that of the
General. 'The firmness of the latter, the weakness of the
others, got the better of all trivial feelings of resentment,
and the egotist of Tarifa has not been able to withstand
any longer the influence of Mina. A junction of all
the officers at Bayonne toy c place the day before yester-
day, at the house of a military man in that town.
Mina presented himself to them for the first time. His
presence and discourse dissipated all their fears and irre-
solution. Mina MU proclaimed the chief and the centre
of all operation ; Pastor, Champelanzsra, and Valdez
recognized his tight of precedence. From henceforth
there can be no more apprehension as to the result of this
enterprise, as it is now under the direction of General
Mine.

Several detachments of refugees have arrived ; Lopes-
Banos is also here, with several other officers of distinc.
tion. A Proclamation of Mina, ofa very prudent descrip-
tion, was issued the day before yesterday. After that docu-
ment, the re-entrance of the Spaniards into their country
must follow as a matter of course, and without loss of
time.

Generals Butron and Espinosa are among the number
of the officers who have arrived at Bayonne.
Letters from Madrid, dated the 4th of this month, an-
nounce that Ferdinand is preparing to make an excursion
to Old Castile, and that he intends extending his journey
as f►r as the frontiers of Portugal. This project will ex-
plain the motive for collecting so large a body of troops
in Old Castile.

The persecution against the French has commenced in
Spain. Amongst several of our countrymen who have felt
the rough hand of despotism, may be mentioned M. Lace.
tome, a large proprietor at Moron, who lately arrived from
Madrid, and who only escaped the brutal throcity of the
Spank!' populare by a hasty flight. On arriving in a
village not far from Burgos, M. Lacabaue, accompanied
by his wife, was there :wailed by the populace, who pur.;.
sued him with the cries of " Death to the French !" and
fired several gun-shots at him. lie has, however, been
able to effect his map into France, but he heard on his
way several reports of various outrages committed on
French subjects in the provinces. M. Lacabane, who is
a man of great respectability, made a representation to the
authorities, on arriving at Bayonne, and gave them the
whole puticulars of the transaction.

The.Ambaahador of Sardinia at the Court of Madrid
has arrived at Bayonne, on his route from Italy. Be sett
out to-morrow for Spain.

(From the Courrier Froucais of Sunday. )
MADRID, OCT. 7.

(PRIVATt CORRESPONDENCE.)

The liberal feeling which reigns at Cadiz keeps the
King and his Ministers in a constant state of inqui,tude;
the latter, in order to quiet their master's fears, have just
sent him an address, which was presented by a Commit,
sion composed of the Marquis of Caw Yrujo, the favourite
of the King, of the Count Venadito, of the Count Cluaqui,
and the Duke of Hijar. This address was' dirt ,ted to the
municipality and the commercial Junta of Cadiz by the
above persons, and was to the effect that the inhabitants

of that place entertain the greatest loyalty for his Majesty,;
But although they thus endeavour to lull the-King's fears
by such protestations, not a day passes without obstinate
rencontres between -the royalist volunteers and bands of
men, whom our journal designates with the appellation of
robbers, and who form the party of the discontented.
. The faction of the Apostolic Carlists is at present ac...
tively engaged in inducing the King to annul the sentence
of banishment against its principal Chiefs. It is very pro.:
bable that Calomarde will obt.iin tie pardon of his coh
leagues.

two events now engross the whole attention. of tho
King,—the approaching =troche:leek of the Queen, and
the reunion of the emigrants upon the frontiers.

(From the Messayer des Chambres of Sunday.)
AFRICAN EXPEDITION.

ALGIERS, trawl 27.
To-morrow the first regiment will leave this place for.
Toulon, in five vessels belonging to the division, and, as
soonAtio other transports can be obtained, the other regi,
went. will be sent home.

There are at present in all the military hospitals about
1,400 tick, and about 000 in the regimental hospiteli:
We have enough of corn to last for two months, t quan-
tity of brandy, a good supply of forage, and our,markets
are well stocked with cattle. Several vessels have been
sent to Naples and Sicily, to procure straw and bedding
for the troops. MI the soldiers will be under cover of
comfortable houses as soon as the wet season sets in. The
horses of the artillery and those of the regiments of the
African Chasseure will be placed under cover. In fine,
every precaution has been taken to protect the troops from
any injury from the climate. We, however► apprehend
that, in the next month, the number ill from fevers wilt
be greater than at present.

The Commander.in-Chief has announced the kind in-
tentions of the King towards the army► This communi-
cation was received with joy and gratitude. The army are
flattered in thinking that the King relies upon them Ai
they do upon his Majesty.

A serious accident has just occurred at the old maga-
iine. It appeared that proper ore had not keen taken of
the powder left in that place; and an older had been given
to convey it to the magazine belonging to the army. The
conveyance of it had been nearly concluded, when one of
the workmen, in endeavouring to raise a plank from the
door, in the joining of which some grains of powder bad
fallen, let a spark accidentally fly, which caused an instant
explosion. A number of workmen have been seriously
injured, and twenty so severely burnt that they have since.
died. The greatest precautions have been taken to pre-
vent the recurrence of any similar accident.
(From La Quotidienne of Sunday.)
The Prefect of the Seine has expressed a wish that the
Cbamber of Commerce thnuld hold an extraordinary meet-
ing to-morrow, at which he intended to preside. It is said
that the Deputies nominated by the City of Paris have tete,
been invited to attend this meeting and take part in the
discussion. It appears that one of the most important
questions relating to the commerce dike capital is to fora)

the subject of diseusslon.—namely, that wits► respect to the
entrepot ; and it is also stated that the Prefect has con-
voked this meeting with the view of counteracting by the
opinions of the Members of the Chamber of Commerce,
all those objections which have been brought against the
existence of the entrepot at Paris.
A young man named M-7-, who about two months
since came into the possession 14200,000 francs, and who
lately lest the entire of that sum, blew -out his brains the
day before yesterday in the Rue Monthahor.
(From the Constitutionne/ of Sunday.)
A pamphlet entitled " Reclimations into Francais,"
and attributed to the pen of M. Nugent, has just been seized
by order of the King's Pracureur, who has required an
accusation, and who issued against the anther a summons
to appear, and another against the printer.
(From the Gazette de France of Monday.)
CHAMBER OF PEERS, OCT. 16.

M. D'Argout brought up the report upon icy oral peti-
tions. One of them gave rise to a long discussion. Se-
veral of the petitioners state that, being the bearers of a
sentence against one of the heirs to a peerage, they pre.
sented an Address to the President of the Tribunal of
First Instance, who considered it indispen.able to have the
sanction mentioned in the 29th Article of the Charter, and
sent them back to the President of the Chamber of Peers.

These qu►stions, observed the reporter, are painful and
delicate, and they have been twice solemnly discussed by
the Chamber. It is asked whether the authorization
should he demanded by petition or requisition, and how the
discussion should take place? Should the Chamber be
constituted into a Court of Justice, to j9dge of the plead-
ings, or upon the production of docuuumts? Should it
examine the justice of the decisions which are sought to
be enforced, or pronounce a simple exequator Y And,
finally, are the officers of the Chamber to be called upon
to act. A Special Committee was appoint Al to inquire
into those questiotw, and, upon the report of M. Laney, it
was determined that no general decision was to he pro-
nounced, but that it should be guided by the facts of each
case, which, of course, might be different. The close of
the Session put a stop to the application for this decision.
At the end of two years a new petition was presented on
the same subject, and, upon the above mentioned decision,
the Chamber passed to the Orders of the Day with a weak
majority; and the interest excited by the debate showed
how deeply the Chamber was connected with this tines.
tion. Twelve sittings were devoted to its discussion, and
70 orators were heard ; however, the Chamber remained
divided by three opinions, the least absolute of which re-
ferred to the examination of particular cases.
In this state of things, observed the orator, a proposal
was directly made to the chamber to refer the examination
of this delicate question to another Commission. These
conclusions are adopted, and a Commission, composed of
MM. Leine, Portalis, Molien, Brissac, and Mortemar, has
been appainted. The Minister of Justice presented a
project of law relative to the suppression of the Juges
Auditeurs.

A discussion upon the credit of thirty millions was then
commenced.

M. Le Comte Roy observed that the dispositions of the
project, however generous, were, he was certain contrary
to public prosperity. If it was a certain maxim that the
State ought not to interfere with private fortunes, ignorant
of the success of individual speculations, it ought also to be
ignorant of the chance of losses. The English Govern-
ment never interfere under such circumstances. If he
was to be referred to examples of this nature during the
empire, be would answer, that the evil once committed
did not authorise a continuation in such a line of conduct.
Besides, those succours, the inutility of which was now
acknowledged, were drawn from a particular fund, which
was the fruit of the conquest. It hag been observed that
this was a measure dictated by policy; but was the object
to procure occupation fur workmen? If so, the State
would give the measure its support ; but such was not
the cue--this fund was to be distributed to merchants to
relieve them from speculations already of an old date, and
to manufacturers who would bu enabled to cope with
others who had not a share in the distribution, They
could not thus create an unjust privilege, besides there
would be no advantage for these who would take part of
the distribution, as they would be only changing creditors,
and substituting the State for those who would be paid
out of the public treasury. There were many other ob-
jections to the measure, and he therefore thought it his duty
to vote against it.

After a debate, in Which MM. Mourrier, De I3arante
lake, and Guizot took part, the law was adopted.
The Chamber also' atlopted the ltw upon the importa-
tion of corn, and thus terminated the sitting.