The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-06 00:00:00

PRISON LAWS.

• Mr. W. COURTENAV moved for the appointment of a
Conmitte to examine the. Prison Laws. The necessity of a
general code of prison regulations 'was, he believed, generally.
admitted. lie should move merely for the re-appointment of
.the Committee which sat last -year, with the exception of the
addition of onemiune ; that of the Right lion. Secretary for the
Home department. The labour of- the Committee would be
directed in a great degree towards the devising of some mea-
sure which would
.be submitted for the approbation of the
House. The Hon Member then moved 'foe tar appointment of
the Committee; and the motion, after a few words from Mr.
WannE, waS agreed to. . .
The following are the names of the Committee.:—Mr. Peel,
Mr. Wilberforee, Nils Grey Bennet, Mr. Bragge Bathuist, Sir
Thomas Acland; Sir JOhn Newport; Mr. liolford, •Lord.
Viscount Belgravc, Mr. .Bransby Cooper, Mr. Agar .Ellis,
Mr. Caithorpe, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Chaplin, Mr. Ashhurst,
Mr. Tremayne, Mr. Hart Davis, Dr. Liishington, Mr. Evans,
Sir Eliab Ilarvey, -Mr. Davies Gilbert, Mr. Solicitor-General,
Mr., Cartwright, Mr. rowell Buxton, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr.
Henry Clive, Mr. Dawson, Lord Binning, The Lord Advo-
cate of Scotland, Mr. Wilitiot, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Dugdale,,.
MrelloOtle Wilbraham, Mr. Nicolson Calvert, -.Mr. Littleton,
Mr. Portman, Mr. Wolryche Whitmore, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr.
florriby, Sir Thomas Baring, Mr. Holine Sumner, Mr. Wane.
The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in a
Bill,. respecting the law of naturalization in -Scotland. We
could not distinctly hear the, nature •of the Bill mentioned.
by the Learned Lord, but. we understood him to say that
the Bill was a continuation of a former measure, and that its con-
tinuance was Occasioned by a late decision of the Court ofSession.
After a few words from Mr. KENNEDY, leave was given to
bring in the Bill.
Lord NORMANBY gave notice that on Wednesday the
13th inst.,_he should submit to the House a motion connected
with the office of Joint Paymaster-General.
Mr. SCARLETT -presented a Petition from the Land
'Owners, near Peterborough, complaining .of agricultural dis-
tress, -which the petitioners attributed to taxation. They stated
that they had • been unwilling to trouble Parliament with their
complaints, in the full expectation that Ministers would have
proposed an adequate remedy. .The remedy which Ministers
had proposed the Petitioners conceived to be altog,ether inef-
fectual, and in these sentiments he fully concurred. He
thought-the principal cause of the present distress was there-
sumption of cash.payipents. Indeed bethought the distress was
a necessary consequence of that measure. The argument of his
Hoe: Friend, the Member for Partarfington, was, that the ie-
,sumption of cash payments' had not made ,a difference of-more
than-five percentum. Even thia_rate upon a revenue of sixty
millions amounted to one million ; but it was his (Mr. S.'s)
opinion; that the measure in question, with the addition of the
three millions of new. taxes imposed since the resumption, made
a difference of at-least nine millions. lt. followed that, .as
the taxes were not nominally. affected by the currency, they
• absorbed a greater quantity 'than usual of the produce of the
soils He could not conceive- that abundant production could
be a cause of real distress, though it might be. ore of the low
prices. Tithe produce of the •soil- were divided into different
cnannels, andif the Government received its taxes in a share
.ofthe produce,•the Government, as well as each other receiver
of its share,-would.he the better for receiving a larger, quantity
than was customary. Abundance, he never would believe could
cause poverty ; and the alteration of the currency had .no other
effect than that of giving to Government a larger share-of the
produce.
• Ain 'RICARDO said, that in the case put by his Hon. and
Learned . Friend,. it . was true each person received a larger
share than. usual.; -but his lion. and Learned Friend went. no
further. The depreciation in the value of the surplus occa-
sioned distress, because there was no demand for it. Ile ad-
mitted, that the .resumption: of cash payments had, caused a
partial alteration, but, in his conscience, he believed that the
increase of quantity was the principal cause of the present
distress.

Dlr. LUSITINGTON moved the Order eif the Day for the
House receiving the Report of the Committee of Supply.
On the Resolution being pnt respecting the number of Land
Forces,
Mr. HUME said, that whether he should be successful or
not, he-was resoived to put upon record the sentiments of the
Hon: Members on his side of the HouSe respecting the amount
oldie Standing-Army. He should observe that he had been
misunderstood with regard to his opinion of the-present dis-
turbance in.•lreiand., He thought it ought to he effectually
put down ; hut he conceived that a' reduction of 10;000 men
from 6%802, would tot deprive Government.of.-the means of
thus putting it. down ; and this was ail the reduction he had
asked. Ile thought it difficult to-shape any proposition more
consistent with •the views of the other side of the House than
that which he had suggested. The expence of the Military
Establishment for the year 1792, was between, two and three
millions; at present it was between seven arid eight millions ;
a disparity which he considered to be too great, after making
every reasonable allowance. The Hon. Secretary for the Co.
kraal Department had called the proposed raluction a petty.
saving, and bad. called the House to reject it with dis-
dain. This petty saving amounted to half a million ; but pro-
bably the Honourable Gentleman, being in office, induced him
to think it petty. ; for the being a few weeks in office gave a
man notions of the very first consequence. The Hon. Gent.
had quoted Mr. Burke, and-regretted the passing away of the
days of chivalry. He was extremely happy to find in the Hon.
Gentleman an advocate for chivalry; but he should be more so
to find that we were in a situation to pay our engagements.—
( Hear !)—He protested against such conduct as that of the Hon.
Secretary for the Colonial Department (Mr. Wilmot), who in
his speech of the night before, treated with contempt his (Mr.
Flume's) proposition for reduction.. He' called a saving of
half a million a paltry, petty saving. He was sorry that a
Gallant General (General Gascoyne), who also treated him
last night somewhatin the same way, was rot there in his place.
It was extremely unpleasant to be met •in the way he (Mr.
Hume) had been last night. Ile was sorry that that Gallant
General had descended to make personal 'observations, be-
cause such a course was always a symptom of weakness in the
cause, to support which it was resorted to. As to his (Mr.
Hume's) profession, it was as well known as that of the Gal-
lant General's, and if he were to be asked whet part of his pro-
fession it was had procured him his r!ginient, probably he
could not answer it so well as any question that lie could put
to hirri (Mr. Hume). He repeated, that when penonal allusion
was applied to as a means of answering public arguments, it
was always with some improper object. The Hon. Gentleman
then briefly recapitulated the arguments he had before used,
and concluded by moving, as an Ainenttnient, " That 58,802
men be.suListituted for 438,8 e." ,

The SPEAKER reminded the Han.. Member that he was

premature in his Motion, as the Resolution had. not been read
a second time, which was then the question.
Mr. WILMOT beggedto.observe, with regard to what had
fallen from the Hon'. Member the Aberdeen (Mr. Hume), that
the observation he had just made would have been more in
place in the Committee last ni;;lit,-;-(Hear, hear !)—and above
all, if had taken theopportunity of the Gallant General's being
present to pronounce the deliberate *attack he had,indulged in
upon him.—(Cheeis fiorn.the• Ministerial benches.)--With re.
gard to what the Hon. Member had atrributeci to him (Mr.
Wilmot) he distinctly denied he.ving applied the words paltry
and petty to the motion of the Hon. (Jentleman. He might
possibly have found such an expression in some of the histori-
*cal fragments of the day ; but he referred to the whole course
of his argument to disprove his having used it. He had ee-
-1 marked upon the lion. Member's admirable qualifications for
! leading the people of England into error on financial subjects,
when he represented that the reduction .in the Colonies had
only been to the amount of four hundred men. Having shewn
the mistake, he said that a motion founded upon such calcula.
tion he iejected with disdain, as well as because he thought the
military reductions had reached theirminimum, and that to go
_below -that would be destiuctive to the interests cf the eoun-
try.—(Hear !)
Mr. HUME appealed to Lhe Honourable Member for Shrews-
bury.(Mr. Bennett) whether he was not correct in supposing
the Honourable 'Member opposite (Mr.'Wilmot) had made use
of the words he had attributed .to him. Since the Honourable
Gentleman had disclaimed them, I.e was satisfied, but he was in
error with many others. "The mistake of which the Hon.
Member sooke was owing to erroneous returns laid on the
table. of the House, and not to any misconception of his (Mr.
Home's).
The Honourable Member's Amendment was then put and
negatived withoUta division.
'he other Resolutions were then read and agreed to.
ANNUAL MALT TAX ACT.
The House went intoa Committee on this Act.

Mr. LUSHIN,GTON, in:moving the renewal of this Act,
said, that as it had expired on the 25th February, he should
move a Resolution that the tax of one shillinj.„per bushel on
malt cease from that day.
Mr. MONCE. asked whether any allowance was to be made
to the brewers on every three barrels of beer ?
LUSHINGTON said, that his Right Ilon. Friend
the Chancellor of the Exchequer had already explained the
matter upon which the Honourable Gentleman asked for in-
formation. It never had been customary to make any allow-
ance for beer, but an allowance 'of Is. a bushel would be made
upon all malt in hand, betwixt the 15th February and 4th
Alarch, 1822.

The Resolution remitting the Is. a bushel tax upon malt was
then passed. A clause was also inserted to make an allowance
to that amount, to be paid quarterly on all malt in hand, be-
tween the days of the 25th February and the 4th March, 1822.
These provisions were also. extended to Ireland, and with these
amendments the Resolutions were agreed to, and the Report
ordered to be be received to-morrow.
'The Circuit Commissioners' Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed to-morrow.
The Scotch NatUralization Bill was read a first time, and
ordered to tie read a second time on Thursday.
Sir J. NEWPORT moved, that there be laid before the
House an account, detailing the number of Grand Jury Pre-
sentments in Ireland fori. the last seven years ; and of all sums
levied in consequence by Baronial.collectors.
Mr. LI:SHINGTON brought up a Bill to amend the col-
lection of -taxes in Wales. Read-a first time, .and indent' for
second reading on Friday.—Adjourned.

THE COLONIES. ,

PARLLVAENT OF LOWER CANADA.

LEGISLATIYE COUNCIL, MONDAY, JAS. 14.

Resolved—That this Province has experienced great diS-
' tress in its Agricultural and Commercial Interests (which is
only partially alleviated by accidental circumstances, now in
a state of re-action) from the want of a market for its export-
able produce in wheat, grain, and flour, the admission
whereof into .the united, kingdom, for consumption therein,
depending upon contingent and variable causes, which, from
the nature of our climate, and our distance ft ow the Mother
Country, with the limited time when admissible, can only be
acted upon by us, at any time, with very precarious, and sel-
dom with beneficial effect.
' Resolved—That articles of the growth and produetiun of
-this Province, of all descriptions, when admissible. into the
United Kingdom, for„sale and consumption therein, are paid
for in Manufactures of the said Kingdom, exported to and.
consumed in this Province, thereby enabling the British Ma-
nufacturer to consume a greater quantity of British Agricul-
tural produce, and thus promoting the interests of both coon-
tiles, by a reciprocal exchange of commodities, to the great
-benefit of the labouring and industrious classes in each;
whereas foreign grain, and other articles, when admissible
fur British consumption, are in great part paid for in specie
or hills of exchange, and thereby encourage foreign industry,
without furnishing an equivalent to the British consumer, by
any stimulus to his industry, in the sale of its produce.
Resolved—That the laws regulating. Colonial intercourse,
assure to the Mother Country a-market in this Province, inde-
pendent of foreign caprice, for British Manufactures, 'to the
full extent of our provincial means of payment ; and there-
fore evert• measure which tends to increase such means, by
encouraging the augmentation of the exportable produce of
our soil, has as certain an itrlluence in favour of the British
Agriculturist, as if this Colony actually consumed the arti-
cles by him raised and sold to the home manufacturer, which
Such manufacturer, but for the produce of that part of his
labour exported to Canada, could not have paid far.
Resolved--That Debtors in this Province to Importers of
British Manufactures and Colonial Produce, have no sure
means of discharging their debts, aer such ImpOrters to pay
what-they-owe for such importations, but in the exportable
value of our produce, and in such proportion as that is de- I
pressed, so much the Farmer and Merchant suffer in their
transactions, and the conseq4ent distress be extended to
every ether inhabitant of the Province, and be st verely felt
by every British Creditor of a Debtor resident in Canada.
Resolved—That the experience of twenty-two years (as will
appear by the Custom-house Return of. Exports and Imports.
forthat period) demonstrates, that the greatest quantity of
Wlreat,'Grain, Flour, and Bread Stuff of all kinds, exported
from Canada to all countries, would suffice for the cottsump•
hors of the United Kingdom but for a very few days, and
could not affect the interests of the British Grower in any
perceptible degree; but, on the contrary, would benefit
as aforesaid, by increasing the means of consumption by the
Ironic manufacturer, exclusive of the direct benefit which
would accrue to the said Grower, by the well-known pro-
perty which the Wheat of this Province possesses, from its
extreme hardness, of ameliorating the Flour, by admixture
in grinding. with the moist Wheats of the British Isles, and
particularly in Seasons when the quality thereof is more de-
fective than the quantity.
Resolved—That the. British and Colonial interests are so
intimately interwoven and connected as not to be separated
wit bout danger to both, and the Colonist is fully entitled to
such favour, in his intercourse' with the Parent State, as is
compatible with the joint interests, and adverse to neither;
and that the Provinces of Canada,. upon every sound prat•
civic, have the strongest claim, in point of right, as well as
in justice and policy, to the admission, at all times, of their
Wheat, Grant, and Flour, int:: the United Kingdom, for sale
and consomption therein; and the snore especially as the
produce of the soil of the West India Colonies are admitted
thereinto, at all times, with those privileges.
Resolved—That such a concession to the joint interests
would have a powerful tendency to rivet and perpetuate that
loyalty and attachment to his Majesty, and the Mother
Country, which the Inhabilauts of the Provintes of Lower
and Upper Canada so conspicuously manifested .during the
late war with the United States of America.

Resolved—That 'Quebec being the Port of Entry for the
said Province., the Imports and Exports, by the returns of
the Custom-House for that Port, and the principles twin-
tained in those Resolutions, are applicable to both.

Resolved—That it is proper and expedient to prepare a
most humble Address and Petition to his Majesty, ((muted
upon these Resolutions, to be transmitted through his Ercel-
lency the Governor in Chief, praying that his Majesty would
be graciously pleased to recommend to his Parliament the en-
actment of a law, to be sanctioned by his Majesty, foi the ad-
mission, at alt times, inn) the United Kingdom, for sale and
consumption therein, of the Wheat, and Grain and Flour of
the growth and produce of the Provinces of Lower and Up-
per Canada.
An Address to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, found.
ed on the above Resolutions, was agreed to by the Hulse,
and presented to his Ercellcncy the Governor in Chief, vith
the following Address:—

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL" SATURDAY, JAN. 19.
Resolved—That an bumble Address be presented to his
Excellency the Governor in Chief, requesting' his ••Excelleacy
to lay the humble Address of this House to the King's must
Excellent Majesty, at the foot of the Throne, in such way asbe
may judge most expedient.
Tu which his Excellency the Governor in Chief was pleased
to return the following answer :

GENTLEMEN—I will transmit without any delay this Ad-
dress of the Legislative Council, and, in doing so, it will to a
_duty incumbent upon tie to express my hope, that the great
importance of the snkiect nifty obtain his 11.1ajesty's most Era.:
cious and favourable consideration. .

(Signed) DA LHOUSIE,

THE PRESS IN FRANCE.

TUE SPEECH OA' MONSIEUR DE TALLEYRAND ON THE
PROJECT OF LAW FOR REPRESSI'NO OFFENCES OF TILE
-PRESS.

l'illessiunns,—We have for some time past heard proposi-
tions so singular, and assertion s seefash, that the minds of all
are troubled.. Happily, disputes of word are at an end, and
passion is exhausted before the. questions which excited it Sp-
pear before you. It is a great advantage for men invested with
a portion of the legislative power to commence their' inquiries
without the interposition of passion between them and truth.
Whatever clears up a subject, shortens discussion ; there-
fore, in order to be short, I think it useful to ascend to the ori-
gin of the question with which we are engaged. In a season of
tempest we miss our way ; • let us endeavour to regain it.
The senate of the empire, which has been condemned with a
croel levity, and, I must say, with great ingratitude, composed
in haste under the bayonets of Buonaparte, which Were not yet
all broken—a constitution, . imperfect doubtless; but one in
,which the dearest wish of France—the return of the House of
Bourbon, and the most important principle of all our liberties
—the freedom of the press, Were strikingly expressed.
A few days afterwards appeared the memoratle declaration of
St. Ouen. In this declaration, a monument of the personal wiss
dom of the King, which preceded the Charter; and which will
always be regarded as a faithful summary of it, we find the cons
soling solution of those hazardous questions sou impeudently
treated on light occasions. It commences by the following
touching expressions:—
" Recalled by the love of our people to the throne of our
_fathers." You see, my . Lords, that it was not to the vic-
torious arms of the allied ;Icings that Louis XVIII. thinks
himself indebted 'for his- retuen to his nativeland ; neither is
his gratitude addressed to a portion of the French people ; and
on what he says he has spoken as history will speak. it is to
the love of all his people that Louis XVIII. wished to be in-
debted. Ile tproclaims it ; he glories in being recalled by :it to
the throne of his fathers. Doubtless, during his long misfor-
tunes, he had abjured none of his rights ; and posterity will
take account of it. But this King, so wise; So versed iii the
knowledge of history, knew, well that the riglets of Kings, with-
out the love of the people, are often nothing else than a magni-
ficent testimony' of the vanity Of hurhan grandeur; and it is
because he was sensible of this truth, that Louis XVIII., in
addressing his people, adopts the sweet and .affecting language
of gratitude.
Farther on he adds, " Enlightened by the misfortunes of
the nation which we are 'destined to govern, our first thought is
to invoke that mutual confidence so necessary to our repose and
its happiness."
Ile- has obtained his confidence, and who will dare to refuse
it to a King who asks confidence in return fur what he gives—
who demands it because it is necessary to produce pod. He
has turned to account the long days of his exile; he is enlight-
ened by the misfortunes of his nation ; he knows the causes of
those misfortunes, both internal and external ; his wisdom is
applied to efface the traces of them ; he is not surprised at the
great changes which took place during the 2( years of his ab-
sence; he rejoices in finding. France more &Italia, more in-
dustrious, and above all richer in knowledge than when he left
her ; and hi feels that it is for this new Franeesfull of life and.
full of power, that he must reign.
My Lords, I am here only an historian ; I recite the works
of the King's wisdor. ; hear his own words—" Resolved to
adopt a liberal Constitution, we wish it to be wisely combined."
The words of a King such as ours deserie to be weighed with
respectful attention. Ile its resolved—resolved ! It. is because
he knows that he is the descendant of twenty kings. Ile knows,
likewise, that it is in 1814 that he speaks.
Farther on we find these expressions :--" It was incumbent
on us, after the example of the kings our predecessors, to ap-
preciate the effects of the continually . increasingSprogrhss of
knowledge,* She new relations which this progress has intro-
duced into society, the direction impressed on the public mind,
and the grave changes which have resulted from it. We ac-
knowledge that the wish of our subjects for 'a Constitutional
Charter is the expression of a real want." The desire of his.
people ascended even to him. He knowSthat this desire is the
expression of areal want—the necessary result of the progress of
knowledge. No longer does the successor of Louis XIV. hesitate
'to divest himself of a power which has ceased to exist in man-
ners or in opinion ; he wishes only to reign for a free people; he
wishes to give to his people a,constitution wisely combined—a
" Liberal Constitution," to use his own words; and I call atten-
tion to it because a miserable spirit of party, endeavouring to
blast she consoling doctrines of human perfectibility, has en-
deavoured to convert into a calumny the word which expresses
those doctrines. We are the defenders of the public liberties ;
and,we may boast, in full security, of possessing that title,
which, united with so many others, is placed in the crown of the
King.
He wished to give to the charter an imposing and sacred cha-
racter, when, after having sketched the rights and the duties of
a Prince, and the rights and the duties of the subject, he uttered
these fine expressions—" Sure of our intentions, strong in our
conscience, we engage before the assembly which hears us to be
faithful to this Constitutional Chattes, and we shall swear to
maintain it with a new solemnity before the altars of that Being
who weighs in the same balance Kings and nations." • This re-
newal of alliance; listened to with gratitudeand fidelity, con-
tains all the secrets of the fliture. With the Charter,. repose;
without.the Charter, misfortunes.
It seems to me, Messieurs, thanthis review of the past throws
great light upon the present state of France,. and will likewise
render more easy the solution of the questions with which we are
occupied. Are, then, thelaws presented to the Chambers suitable
to the mild, confiding, liberal spirit which presided at the forma-
tion of the charter—then our duty is to adopt them. Are they, on
the contrary, impressed with a bitter, -distrusting, and narrow
spirit—then it is our duty to reject them. The law of May, 1619,
fixed the penalties on outrages directed against the constitutional
authority of the King: The new law suppresses the word " con-
stitutional." 'Why this omission? Because it limits," it is
said, " the Royal authority." Because it leaves without defence
the Royal authority anterior tc, the Charter. To a qoestion so
grave such answers appear to me very feeble. 'Who has traced
the limits which are complained of ? Why, the wisdom of the
King himself. Zeal has been here ill placed, for it attempts
nothing less than to compel the King to withdraw the gifts. of
his bounty. He desired that his power should be limited by
law; and they desire that the expression of that poweieshould
he unlimited. The intentions of the King were,confiding and
liberal; do they entle.avour to preserve that charseter ? But I
hear it said that the authority of the King, anterior to the
charier, must not be exposed to the outrages of libellers. Who
doubts of it ? But does not the article of the law, which wisely
punishes outrages against the royal dignity, attain the object in
view ? And if that is attained, is there not reason to fear that
the imprudent suppression may cause France to believe chat the
war against words is a prelude to the war against institutions ?
The more I examine this law, the more it astonishes use. I
ask in vain whence coeies this spirit of distrust and of fear
which we perceive in every article? In the workshops of in.
dustry, as well as in the palaces of fortune, all 'feel that the
House of Bourbon is necessary to France. I have a right to
say, Messieurs, that a personal position, of which I have felt
all the value, placed use in relation with gill Frances—with in-
dividuals and masses—with chiefs of the army, and chiefs of
administration. Their minds were opened to me, and I have
seen in all that .desire which. I proclaim as the sentiment
of Frenchmen. To-day, as in 1314, as, 800 years 'ago,
the nation would elevate the same family on the pa cuir (great
shield, the raising on which was equivalent to a coronation) ;
the only difference between that remote time and our own is,
that,all hands—and not alone privileged hands—desire to touch
this august pavois to raise,it still higher. : I continue: the law
wnt
hei tehpsdpor
liarit heivtas
in,h
cfromho
fa jurysne a
tol
%d, t ria4r.visfe
is
of 1819 had directed a jury to take cognizance a offences of the
ofo
the Charter ? It has been said,
most
hr
oec sms
ts
c;t
oo thentfho er nniceonwr;lieeac wtt ioo
to justify this retrograde measure, that the Chatter only pres
served the jury as it existed before tire rest Oration--that the
cognizance of offences of the press (a jurisdiction entirely new) ,
was d erogatory of the Charter—a law of exception ;in fine, that
to re turnlo the Charter we must abolish the jury. ,What a
subterfuge ! Read the ti.sth article of the Charter, and judge.
" The institution of juries is preserved. The Changes suielt
longer ekperience may cause to be thought necessary 'can only
be'carried into effect by a laW." Well : experience had pro-
nounced, we had acknowledged that the offences of the press
could not be provided against in our precedingelegislation' be-
cause then there was no freedom of. the .press.' We had been
led to think that for the dignity of letters which do honour to
the human race, the writer whose name may perhaps be respected
over all France—over all Europe—could not with -propriety be
exposed to three, or rather two Judges of Correctional Police,
placed at the bar of that summary justice between a prostitute
and a swindler. It had been felt that a tribuual so inferior, and
by that means so little independent, did not offer to the accused,
nor to society interested in protecting the weak against the strong,
the necessary guarantees ; and that an appeal to the Royal
Court, although crowned with success, could not indemnify the
writer for what was humiliating and disgraceful in the original
procedure before the tribunal of Correctional Police. The change
effected in 1819, in favour of writers, was then only the Accom-
plishment of the promises of the Charter for the successive im-
provement of the institution of the jury. To see in it a viola-
tion, a law of exception, would be such a perversity as can
scarcely be supposed possible.
The liberty of the press must respect private life ; the interior
of families is sacred ; and the same disorders which sometimes
disturb it cannot become, under the pen of the writer, the food for
pubtic tllalignity.. The public functionaries are in this respect
under the protection of the law; like private men ; and that this
protection may be efficacious, every one invites the framers of
the law to give the rein to their imagination, to Multiply pre-

caution& and severities. Here severity is justice. They will,
applaud it because it Will beAd4antageous to public order, to
the honour and repose of flimilies, and, I may add, to true li-
berty. This is what the law of 1819 had not sufficiently done;
this is the most important improvement which could be de-,
sired; and we cannot comprehend. why the new law does not
provide for it. To make up for this defect, they have laboured
to secure the repose of public functionaries. The law of
1819 authorized oral evidence to be given against them, in re-
ference to the reprehensible acts of their administration ; the
new law abolishes the right of giving such evidence, and admits
only written proofs emanating from the hand of the presumed
culprit; and yet, Messieurs, you all know that prevarications and
abuses of power are committed, but are not written. A Prefect, I
shall suppose, has sold an exemption ; do you think that after
having accepted the price of his infamy, ie.givs a receipt ? A
Mayor of a village shaltordain an arbitrary detention against a
poor peasant will he be awkward enough to give his order in
writing, or leave traces of his petty tyranny ? If in, respect of
all these offences, and` many others, which it would be tedious to
enumerate, you refuse to the writer the right of producing oral
testimony, do not you soteimpimity, and by impunity, en-
couragement to'crimes ? And can a law which thus disarria
weakness, and scandalously protects the oppresSor, be a law cf
liberty--a law conformable to the Charter \o; It cannot be
believed ; and it is our duty to reject it.
I have the less hesitation about these rigorous conclusions, diet
I have in my favour the authority of an upright ,MinisteraWho
crowned a virtuous life by a glorious clezth—l mean Malesher.
bcs. near what this great man wrote 56'years ago, before the
Charter, to the encyclopedists who implored the severity of powt r
against the Journalists of those clays :—" My principle of r-
berty is not confined to literature', arid am much inclined .to
extend it to'the *cleric of Government, without even excepting
strictures on the conduct• of the Ministry. .I cannot give this
liberty as regards all other administrations ; but as for mire,
no one can complain that I refuse it. lr then there is any
part of my administration which is found reprehensible, those
who complain may give their reasons , to the, public. ' I beg
them not to name me, because that is not customary in France,
but they may describe me as clearly as they please, and I .)10.•
!Mae them full permission." Do you think, Messieurs, thatA a
maiLwho spoke so noble a language in 1758, 'would have me-
fused in 1822 to admit against himself oral proof ? :Ile would
have rejected with scorn such humiliating precautions—his
great soul would have felt indignant. Lvote, with Malesherbes,
,the rejection of the law.. _

If, however, it were posSible to hope tor -certain transactions,
I would ca, sent to adopt the law with three modifications :
I. That ihe word ConStitutional be restored to the second
article.

2. That the oral proof consecrated by the law of May, 1819,
be admitted against public functionaries in respect of the acts of
their administration.

3. That the trial by Jury bz reitored, instead of the Correc-
tional Police. .

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. ~
illartls, 5° die Martii, 1822. •
Boo.NOE. MARKET BlLE—Power to Committee to send for
persons, papers, and records.
SAK BARK . ,
}Returns ordered. .
pro N not.rit N 'RE C T 0R Y
- '

.ROADs—Chester and Whitchurch, Ruthin -and Mold,- and
Tetbury and Chalford—Bills ordered'. Guldeford and Farn-
ham, and Hundred House—Bills presented', and read a first
time. Wigan and Preston—Petition from Clayton-le-Woods.
and Vtriiittloe-WoodA, against, to lie on the tqble.. Ya.rpole
and Pr:steigae—Petition for Bill reported, Report to lie on
the table. Mineheal Roads Bill—Paittun from Cutconibe,
Exton, and. Brompton Regis ; also; from Cutcombe and
other parishes, against: referred to dr; Comthittee on the
Bill ; counsel ordered Voices.
DUBLIN FOUNDLING Petition for leave to present a Peti-
HOSPITAL tion for a Bill.reported; leave given;
PAVlNG—Bristol Petition presented accordingly, and
referred to a Committee.
GAS LlGHT—Bradford (York)—:read time, and committed.
COAL DuTrEs—Betition from Carnaivon, for a reduction of
the Duties on Coals carried coastways, to lie on the table.
AGRICULTURAL DISTREss--Petitions from Doncaster, and
Dorsetshire and adjacent parts of Hants and Wilts—to lie on
the Table. Petition from Soke of .Petetborough, to' lie, o
the Table, and to be.printett. •,_ •
Szwtns—Lord Wm. Bentmck, Sir Charles 11114 e, and"
Fellowes, to be added to the Committee.
S uoa
passed.n
, TOBACCO, &c. DUTIES BlLL—read third time, and
NV ERWortics—London Bridge—Bill ordered.
CItIMI tAI.. CAUSES—BiII to regalate the mode of choosing .la-
ries, ordered.
PRISON s—Select Committee appointed, " to consider of the
Laws relating to Prisons, and report their Observations
thereupon to the House." Power to send for persons, papers./
and records-; five to be the quorum.
ALIENS AND DENIZENS BlLL—presented, and read a first
time. .
RECEIVERS. GENERAL BILL-44 to amend the Laws relating
to the Land and Assessed Taxes, so far as respects Receivers
General in England and Wales," presented, and read a first
time, to be read a second time on Friday, and to be printed.

- NOTICE OF 'MOTION ihr-THIS DAY.
Mr. Grey Bennet,—The circumstances that occurred at the:
Funeral of her late Majesty the Queen.
ORDERS OF THE DAY for THIS DAY.
1. Supply—Report.
2. Supply—Committee.
3. Ways and Means—Committee.
4. Annual Malt Tax Act—Report thereupon.
5. Circuit Commissions Bill—Committee.
PRIVATE BILL—Second Reading for This Day.
Abingdon Road.

' TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We are sorry that we are allged to defer the last Letter from
TALTIIYIIIDs till to-morrow—The Poetical Dialogn be-
tween the PEDLAR and FARMER, also to-morrow.
*** For the Letter of SIDNEY, on the State of Ireland, see
the Front Page.

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH G, 1522.

It is iniPossible to regard, without some feel-
ings of anxiety, the accounts which haie lately
reached us of disturbances in so inflammable a
capital as Paris. The same riotous disposition
manifested in our own metropolis would occasion
comparatively little uneasiness, from the reliance
" h we habitually place on the steady execu-
ti'ohtitcof the laws, and on the love and good under-
standing of those laws prevailing among a great
Majority of the inhabitants. Even.in Paris, the
occurrences which have hitherto taken place may,
perhaps, notice rather as symptomatic
apprearasnces of a distempered spirit, than as indi-
cations. of an organized system, or .fore-runners.
of an approaching crisis. In that metropolis
itself, if we may judge by:the state of the funds,
they are not very seriously considered. Allow-
ing, however, (which is not at all certain,) that
the proceedings in question have'no tendency, to'
immediate danger, 'they shew the prevalence in
many, minds of that mischievous excitement,
which renders the transition rapid from feel,'
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'predominated in the. Parisian public ; that senti-'
merit has been concentrated 'into yarticular
scorn and hatred (increased, at the .same
by other causes) of the • Class of- devotees called
Missionaries ; and-uponra.public exhibition made
by these persons' in the,. Metropolis, opinion has.
broken forth into actiOn; prejudice intd inanual.
violence. Such moments' of popular' disorder:
must always be most anxiously watched, and
.
especially among .a people so hasty, and in that
haste so terrible, as the Parisians. As the pre-
sent riots shall he effectually quelled; or negli-
gently and partially-repreSsed.,, so we may, regard
them as a transient fever of the public mind, 'or.
as the commencement of successive outrages; tend,.
ing ultimately to the most fatal disaster. "
The case of the two Deputies whb were ar-
rested, and, as they state, ill-treated, by the
military, is too irnpecfectly known- at this dis-
stance from the spot of aUacaurate.
judgment on its rnefits. We. cannot help -Suspect-
ing, however, that it may bear •some resemblance
to the complaints of " outrage" which have-
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lately occupied • our own :representative body...
It seems, at least, something.singular, that these
two gentlemen, both on the way to visit pick re-
lations, should have found_ occasion to pass
through the streets occupied by military, and
should both haVe considered it so impoSsible
to take any other. route ; that notwithstanding
the urgency of their errands, they felt obliged
to attempt forcing a passage; and this too on the.
third day of the disturbances, and when the state
of the blockaded streets must, from their central
situation, have been generally known in Paris.
But no doubt the spectacle of two Opposition
Deputies in high contest with the police and gend-
armerie, was extremely edifying to. the by-
standers, and had, it may be concluded, the same
good tendency us the exhibition, in this country 7.
of a General Officer rebuking and questioning the.
military, not under his command, in the midst of a,
riot. One of these deputies was Gen. DEMARCAYji
the same who, in a debate on the Libel Laws,
declared, that of the two guarantees of
national representation and the freedom of the
press, one was already destroyed, and the other
about to be so ; and that if the Constitution was
not secured by sufficient guarantees, they would
be well purchased at the expence of a revolu--

We received this morning the French Papers
of Sunday, from the contents of which it would
seem as if the late cotntnotions at Saumur and
Paris were of a very alarming description. The
rebels who formed the plan of seizing the castle of
Saumur are said to be entirely dispersed; but it
is admitted that this band, which consisted of
only fifty men at its departure from Thouars,
gradually increased to one hundred and fifty, of
whom thirty were cavalry, chiefly officers; that
they had numerous partisans in all the neigh-
b outing towns, who were preparing to join
them; and that several villages and communes
_took! up arms at the same time, and only
laid them down when they found that Ge-
neral BERTON had been defeated, and forced
to abandon his enterprise. That the force of
General BERTON must have been of some im-
portance, may be inferred from the circumstance
of the whole brigade of gendarmerie of Thouars
having been made prisoners by his party, and
their continuing in custody until the guard left
with them were obliged to retreat on the failure
of their leader. It was reported on Saturday, at
Paris, that insurrections had broken out at Niort,
Nantes, and Angers, but this statement is con-
tradicted.

The exercises of the Missionaries have been
.continued with more- tranquillity than •the pre-
ceding days. The churches des Petits Peres,
Notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle, and St. Eustache
were filled with the faithful. No disorder took
place at the two former, but at- St. Eustache the
sermon Was frequently interrupted by coughing,
exclamations, and petards, which were discharged
at the lower end of thechurch. The military still
parade in the neighbourhood of these churches,
and an attempt ha-ring been made to excite dis-
turbance, twenty-eight persons were arrested,
and conducted to the Prefecture of Police. The
spirit of disaffection . seems to have pervaded
some high public functionaries. Two Chiefs of
Division in the office of the Minister of Justice
have been dismissed ; several changes have been
made in the Prefecture of Police, and of twenty-
four peace officers eighteen have been discharged.
The dismissal of 58 other public functionaries,
*ueh as Sub-Prefects, Secretaries-General, &c.,
is also talked of.

The arrest of MM. DEMARCAY and DE Cott-
CELLES was again brought forward in the Cham-
ber of Deputies on Saturday by M. DUDON, a
staunch Royalist, in order that he might have an
opportunity of animadverting on the disturbances
at Paris. On the P rocas Verbatof the preceding Sit-
ting being read, M. DUDON rose to complain that
justice was nO dome to, the two Deputies who had
been arrested. Departing from the question,
the PRESIDENT several times reminded him that
he ought to confine himself to speak of the omis-
sion of which he complained, At length he said
that the preaching of the Missionaries was not
the cause of the assemblages ; that every thing
had passed quietly at St. Eustache ; and that the
space about the Church des Petits Peres being con-
fined, was expressly chosen to make a copy (pla-
giat) of the first troubles of the revolution. After a
moment's in terraptiop he proceeded to say, that the

factious had,chosea this spot, because the church
was near to the Bank of France ; misled young
men, united with, the malefactors, were to come
by the street des Bans Enfans, to plunder.the
Bank.—(A cry of indignation on the lefl, a great
number of voices exclaiming, L 4 It is an atrocious
calumny." A silence ,qf dis-approbation on- ac'
left.)—The PRESIDENT declared to M. DunoN,
that the fact he stated not beingin evidence,
could not be brought forward "to rectify the
Proces Verbal; he. told 'M. D. that he . could
speak no lotiger, and that the ProCes Verbal
should be put to the vote. M. DanoN
attempted to speak, •but a -hundred -angry •voices-
drowned ,his words, and he reti:•ed to his'Seat,
where he did not seem to receive many congratu-
lations from his honourable friend's.

The Frencli Five per, Cents. opened at 90
60c., fell to 90f.20c" and closed at 90f. 4.5 c.

Tiler'e is little intrlligence respecting the
question between Turkey and. Russia, but
that little is warlike. Several officers of
rank ,have arrived at .the different head-quar-
ters of the Russian armies from Petersburgh,
with orders relative to the approaching campaign
against the Turks, and the ArdidUlieS NICHOLAS
and 'MICHAEL left Petersburg!' on the 4th of
February to join the'lmperial Guard, which
formed part of the first army under the command
of General Count DE.S,ACKEN. ' '

The New York Packet is arrived (sailed 13th
February), by which we have received the fol-
lowing :
Accounts have been received from Pernam-
buco as late as the. 28th Dec., which state, that
the political concerns of that country remain
unsettled,' but the new Governor had arrived in
the harbour, and has declined landing until the
arrival of the European troops, who sailed from
Lisbon some time before him.—The markets at
Pernambuco were over-stocked with American
produce of all descriptions.
in the House of Representatives of America,
sth Feb., Mr. PLUM Elt laid on the table the
following Resolution :—" Resolved, that the
Secretary of the Treasury be directed to lay be-
fore the house the amount of the Public Funded
Debt of the United States held in foreign Coun-
tries for the last five years, stating the kinds and
amount of stock held in each.".

Halifax Papers were received this morning to
the 26th January.
ST. ANDR EW4.—We learn with satisfaction
that the merchants of this town have formed a
Society under the title of " The St. Andrews of
Commerce," for the purpose of protecting and
encouraging the trade of the port.
HALIFAX, J. 21.—Newfoundland Papers
received give a most melancholy description of
the trade of that Island ; it is represented as
almost wholly suspended. Fish will not pay the
expences and labour of catching them.

SOUTH AMERICA.—We have just' received the
following information from South America, which
appears iu the New Yurk Commercial Advertiser
of Feb. llth.:—

" SANTIAGO, OCT. 29.—0 n Thursday last, arrived per a
Chilian brig, the glOrious news of the fall of Callao. General
Cantarac and the Royal army, who had thrown supplies
into, the forts, remained but a few days under the walls ;
long enough, however, to consume all the provisions they
brought with them and to reduce the garrison to the greatest
want. The Spanish army then marched off' in the direction
of Jauja, and were.not molested by General San Alartin.—
linmediately afterwards the Governor (La Mar) of San Philip
sent a deputation offering to capitulate (the .terms of which were
accepted by the Patriots) as follOws :—The Spanish, garrison to
march out with the honours of war, to be allowed two months to
recruit their health in Lima, in which time they were at liberty
either to join Laserna or remain neutral ; the officers during
which time were allowed to wear their side arms. The capitula-
tion took place on the 21st and 22d Sept. The garrison is said
to have amounted to' 6 or 800 invalids. Ammunition and
every munition of war were given up without receiving the least
injury; amongst other articles, 40,000 stand of arms are said to
have fallen into the hands of the Patriots.

" At present, Guido is the acting Governor of Callao, and
the greatest tranquillity reigns at Lima. Vessels were, not
permitted to commence discharging till the Bth inst.
" When the report reached Lima of Cantarac's approach,
funds to the amount of 5 or 600,000 dollars were embarked on
board the shipping at L'Ancon. Lord Cochrane had for some
time been making every exertion to endeavour to procure motley
for paying off his sailors, without avail ;• upon hearing this
amount was on board the different transports, lie went to L'An-
con in the O'Higgins and Esmaranda, and forcibly took posses-
sion of the whole sum, notwithstanding strong representations
from the General. lie immediately commenced paying oft' all
the ships. Report says he has not dared to put his foot on shore
since."

Mr. DENISON obtained leave last night to
bring in a Bill for the purpose of. reducing the
expellees incurred in actions brought against the
Hundred for damage done by rioters. He men-
tioned instances in. which, an action beinc, brought
against the Hundred for 71. damage, the taxed
costs were 5311. Gs. id., and for 18s., 112/. 95.6 d.
He proposed by way of remedy, that persons ag-
grieved should be enabled to recover their damages
by application to the overse7 and two neigh-
bouring Magistrates, an Appeal being allowed to
the Quarter Sessions, and the Treasurer of the
County being enabled to levy a rate on the Hun-
dred for the amount finally adjudged. We do not.
think cases.of this class are amongst those in which
the hardship of heavy costs is to be la-
mented, as the expellee thus brought on a
Hundred is not only an indemnification to the
party aggrieved,. but a just punishment to the
community for its want of internal order and
discipline. As, however, no individual or
body can be expected to acquiesce in punish-
ments which are indirect, and bear no certain
relation to the•offence, we think there-is nothing
unreasonable in the attempt to mitigate the in-
convenience complained of. 'We are not sure,
however, that the remedy proposed, .of trans
ferring these cases from a higher to a lower'
tribunal, and from 'a Jury of the country
to Magistrates of the neighbourhood, is likely.
to prOve a salutary, or even a popular one.—
The .duty which it imposes on the Magistrate.
is likely to be both difficult and unpleasant to
them ; and the power which it vests in them
will, on many occasions, be odious to their
neighbours. And ,the decision on complaints of
damage suffered in riots is by no means-,a matter.
of course, a mere examination of bills ; there
May arise cases of this nature, in which
strong popular feelings may be interested,
and a variety of contradictory. evidence present
itself for examination. It may for instancebe
alleged, on occasions highly important in them-

•
selves, and strongly exciting to th© public niud,
-that 'a complainant has 'himSelt by his own
wanton act, brought on the, mischief for which he
".seeks redress ; or that he has proceeded in
such a manner as to prevent that interference of
the municipal authorities, which would have.sav-
ed 'big property froth damage. "point like
this,,vigorously contested, can safely or consti
tutionally be co-mnitted to the decision of Ma-
,gistrates, either in Quarter Bession, or at other
meetings_ it i's hard to say what questions 'shall
any'longer be deemed to require the Investiga*-
-ti On-of a Jury.

. .
BtiONAPARTE'S.PROPERTY.—M...IiArtrrE, the
banker, has addressed a letter to the• Editor of
The Gonstitutionnelt stating, that, .as Liquidator
of the former house of PEIUtEGAUX, LAFITTE,
and Co. he has an account to, settle with the
heirs of NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE. • 'COfl,.
plains that incorrect statements of the case bad
appeared in several Journals, WhiCh he did not
think it proper to contradict, trusting that the
facts would come before the. public, -when, the
case. came to "be heard before the Tribunal of.the
Seine; but now that the Tribunal h:is determin-
ed to hear the proceedings with closed doors, he'
thinks it right to place the real state of-the case
before the Public. In--18.15i he su.s;-'NAPOLEON
BuoNApAitTE, at the moment of his quitting
Paris to go to North America (such having been
his intention if he could have carried Writ() ;fleet),
paid into LAFITTE'S house a sum of 44.20,000.
francs, which, with sums to be recovered, was to
make in all five millions of francs. The banking-
house gave him in return---4st, An acknowledg.-
ment for the 'five millions, the terms of which
were, that the sum was payable at sight : and,.
2d, A letter of credit for the same sum, also at
sight, on the. bankers at Philadelphia. Thus
NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE had two ways of dis-
posing of this sum at his will, either at Paris or
abroad. The sums which were to have been re-
covered
to complete the five millions, never were
realised, and the 4,220,000 francs, which were
alone paid into his (LArri-res) house, have been
reduced to about 3,149,000 francs, by divers
partial payments made to the order of NAPO..
LEON BUONAPARTE. N. LAFITTE concludes by
saying; that he must have the, concurrence of-the
-real heir of BUONAPARTE, before he can pay this
money to the executors and legatees, as other-
wise he may have to pay it twice.

We are informed that Mr. FINESAY, one of
the Extra Messengers at the Foreign Office, has
just arrived with despatches from -Vielma of a
recent date.

Yesterday the Duke of Yonx. as Commander-
in-Chief, held a Levee at his Office in the Horse
Guards.

The F::INCESS SoPut.t visited the Duke o
YORK yesterday.

Earl BATHURST came to town last night from
Brighton.

The Gazette of last night contains an order in
Council, held at Brighton on the 28th of Fe-
bruary, for dispensing with the training and ex-
ercising the Militia in the present year.
The Finance Measure at the Bank of England
attracts very little attention. The office of the
Secretary presents the usual routine of business,
which is at all times very inconsiderable, as far
as relates to the number of persons calling.
Mr. Justice BAILEY. opened the Commission
for the Spring Assizes on Saturday, the 2d inst.,
both at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and at the
County Courts for Northumberland. There is a
good deal of business, we understand.

Sir Cu.int.,Es MoxcK, Bart., of Belsay Castle,
Northumberland, has given 1001. towards the
Fund for erecting the new Building for the Lite-
rary and Philosophical Society at NeWcastle-
. uPon-Tyne. Mr. Alderman COOKSON has pre-
sented 251; for the' same object.
CITY BUSlNESS.—Yesterday, a Court of Al-
derthen was held at Gnildhall, which was at-
tended by the LOR'D MAYOR, sixteen Aldermen,
the two Sheriffs, and City Officers. The Bishop
of Landaff and the Rev. Dr. Goddard were re-
quested to preach the Spital Sermons at Christ
Church, before the Governors of the several Ho's-
pitals, on Monday and Tuesday in Easter week.
The horse, a bright chesnut, with a flowing
tail, about 13 hands high, which belonged to
BUONAPARTE, and which attended the remains of
his master to the grave, is now in the KING'S
stud at Brighton. He was forwarded by Sir
HUDSON LOWE, to his, MAJESTY, from St. He-
icon.

DANDY SOLDIERS.--A letter from St. Peters-
burgh, dated theSth ult. brought •by a ilamburgh
-Mail,- states that General El wAttoN, Coinmander
of the Guards, has issued an Order of the Day,
in which he makes known the Emptaott's will
respecting regulations for preserving the health
of -the army. Colonels of regiments are espe-
cially enjoined " by no means to allow of the
soldiers lacing themselves." The smile attention
is recommended to" young officers, who, from
false notions of elegance in dress, injure them-
selves by thiS custom."
PEDESTRIANISM.—Lieutenant Fairburn's match, to do 20
'miles in two hours and a quarter, was undertaken yesterday
over a two-mile piece of ground on the Colnbrook road, for 40
guineas. Betting was 6 and 7t04 on time. His first two
miles wirs performed. in four seconds under 12 minutes, and
the four miles were completed one minute within the half hour.
The next five miles, half the distance, was accomplished in one
hoUr arid three minutes. The pedestriaU went on at a. win-
ning rate, and performed the 15 miles in one hour and 40 mi.
nutes, when his speed forsook him. He had 35 minutes left
to do the last five miles, and he did two in 14 minutes and a few
seconds, when he broke down, and was obliged to give in.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Last night an inquisi-
tion was taken at the Joiners' Arms, Joiner-
street, Southwark, before THOMAS SHELTON,
Esq. Coroner for London, on the body of Mar-
garet P'Brian, the wife of a cobler, who met her
(bath in consequence of blows she received from
John O'Brian, her son, on Saturday night last,
the particulars of which were given in our Paper
of yesterday. From the evidence of the surgeons
who examined the body of the deceased, it was
Considered that her 'own exertions and the irri-
tation of her mind might 'lave produced her
death, more than the blow she received. - A long
discussion 'took place amongst the Jury :.some
were for sending the man to teal for the murder,
but at 12 o'clock, there being twelve persons of
one opinion, the Coroner took their verdict of—
" Natural Death."