The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-12 00:00:00

specting the Danish question. The instructions
given to M. BUNSBN are (says the above journal)
naturally conformable to the intentions of the Central
Power to conclude peace with Denmark without
detriment either to the interests of the duchies or the
dignity of Germany; consequently his instructions
are in favour of the independence of Schleswig and
its inseparable union with Holstein.
The Parliament has enacted the following law for
the protection of personal liberty.
" Sec. 1. Personal liberty is inviolable.
" Sec. 2. With the exception of a seizure in flagranti,
an arrest cannot take place, except on the ground of a
written judicial warrant, in which the culprit and the
acts of which he stands accused are accurately defined.
This warrant must be shown to the culprit at the time of
the arrest, and a copy of it given him within the next
twenty-four hours. The person so arrested must within
the same space of time be produced before the judge of
the district.

"Sec. 3. The term ' in jiagranti' signifies the crime
while it is being perpetrated, or immediately after such
perpetration. Cases are considered as such in which
public opinion denounces the culprit, or when he is taken
flying, or when weapons, books, papers, or other objects
whatsoever which incriminate hint as perpetrator of or
accessory to the crime, are found iu his possession im-
mediately after the perpetration of such crime.

" Sec. 4. The provisions of section 2 do not apply to
cases in which the police arrest a person in the interest
of correctional justice, or for acts against public
order or the safety of a person or persons. But the po-
lice authorities are bound, within twenty-four hours, to
liberate the person so arrested or to deliver him or her up
into the power of the judge of the district.
" Sec. E. A hearing must be given to each arrested
person within 24 hours after the arrest.
" Sec. 6. All persons arrested shall be admitted to
bail, and the bail shall be fixed by the judge, with the
sole exception of the person arrested being obviously
accused of a great crime, in which case it shall be op-
tional to the judge whether or no he will accept bail.
The amount of bail shall in no case be excessive, and
even bail by oath is admissible. . . .

" Sec. 7. The arrest of a person for debt in the cases
in which such arrest is permitted by law shall take place
only on the strength of a written judicial warrant, in
which the person to be arrested and the object of the
liability are accurately defined. This warrant must be
shown to the person so arrested, and a copy of it given
to him within 24 hours after the arrest.

"Sec. 8. No one shall be withdrawn from his legal judge.
There shall be no exceptional courts or extraordinary
commissions. No punishment shall be threatened or
inflicted unless it be on the ground of e. law.
" Sec. 9. Dwelling-places are inviolable. At night
no one has a right to enter them, except in the case of
danger from fire or water, in the case of danger of life,
or in consequence of a cry or prayer for help having
issued from the interior of such dwelling. During the
day no one shall enter against the will of the owner
or tenant, except on the strength of some official and
legal duty or capacity, or on the strength of a writ-
ten warrant from competent authority. A domici-
liary visit is admissable only-1. On the strength of a writ-
ten judicial warrant, defining the cause and purpose of
such visit. A copy of this warrant must be given to the
owner or tenant of the dwelling so visited. 2. In case
of the prosecution of a person detected izjiagranti, as
above defined, by a legal officer, and in such cases and
forms in which officers are justified by law to undertake
a domiciliary visit without a judicial warrant. A domi-
ciliary visit must, if possible, take place in the presence
of the inhabitants of the house so visited. The inviola-
bility of the dwelling is no obstacle to the arrest of a
person under legal persecution.
" St c. 10. The seizure of letters and pap( rs, except in
the case of a domiciliary ♦isit or arrest, takes place only
on the strength of a judicial warrant, defining the can-e
and end of such seizure, and this warrant shall be shown►
to the interested party either on the spet or within the
next 24 liburs afterwards.

" Sec. 11. In case of an illegal arrest, or in case of
the illegal prolongation of an arrest, or in case of an ille-
gally instituted domiciliary visit or seizure of letters and
papers, the author of such illegal actions shall be ame-
nable to give satisfaction and damages to the person so
offended, and in case of insolvency of the culprit, the
State shall pay the costs and damages.
" Sec. 12. The term of night' in the present enact-
ment signifies, in the time from the first of October to
the 31st of March, the hours from six o'clock P.M. to
Six A.M.; and for the time from the Ist of April to the
30th of September, the hours from nine o'clock P.M. to
four ♦.M. But these limitations of time do not apply to
places which are notorious as haunts of gamblers and
other criminal, depraved, and dissolute persons, ror does
it apply to the dwelling -houses of private individuals
whom a judicial penal decree has placed under the im.-
mediate inspection of the police."