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CHAMBER OF DEPUTiES, JAN. 11.
Coupigny reported from the Committee of
Ptotitions. The first petition which produced
debate was from the Sieur Spy, of Chalons-sur-
Marne, who prayed that henceforth the offences
of tile press should be tried by Judges, and cease
to be submitted to a Jury.
The Committee,' said the Reporter, proposes
to refer this petition to the Committee appointed
to
,examine the law project on the offences of the
press.—(Murmurs on the left.)
M. Foy and several others rose to speak on
the left.
The Reporter continued to state, that the
ground of the petitioner's application was the
contradiction which he had constantly observed
between the conclusions of the public ministry
and the opinion of the jurors.—(Murmurs.)
Several -voices.—Those jurors are, however,
appointed by the Prefects.
The Reporter.—The petitioner thinks that
juries are not capable of judging of offences of
;the press, and alleges that experience has proved
the danger of imposing that duty on • them. A
law has been presented on that subject, and your
Committee proposes to refer this petition to the
Committee appointed to consider. that law.
MM. Foy, Benj. Constant, and Chauvelin,.
again rose nearly at the same-moment. --

Several voices.—There is as yet no law pro-
ject against the jury.—(Confusion and agitation.)
M. Foy.—ln cases of petition we ought always
. to revert to the principles which govern the juris-
-prudence of the Chamber. Whem a citizen is
injured and complains, you refer his complaint
to the competent department of the Ministry ;
and if the complaint, though well founded, should
not be attended to, the refusal of justice might
become the possible ground of a proposition for
placing the Ministry in a state of accusation : in
the-same manner, when a citizen propOses to you
',general views on legislation, you often, from re-
spect' to the petitioner, refer his views to the
bureau des renseignemens. But this is nova case
for referring the petition to any bureau; it is one
in which the Chamber ought to pass to the order
of the day, because the petitioner applies for a
law diametrically opposed to the rharter.—(Mur-
moil and interruption on the right, and cries of
," The charter says nothing of that."—The peti-
tiober Prays for a. law directly contrary to the
-vieivs disclosed by the King in the speech from
the throne, and by the Chamber itself in that ad-
dress; which will remain memorable in the annals
of representative government by the promptitude
of its result.--7(Laughter.)---What did the King
sal: in his speech ? He' stated that France has
begun to enjoy prosperity ; that the passions were
every where calming; that the laws were respected;
nad that every where the want of institutions was
felt. What did the Chamber reply to this. ad-
dress It requested that the charter should be
executed, and that laws in harnaony with the fun-
damental law should be promulgated. Well,
gentlemen,. you are now asked to suppress juries
for the' offences of the press—that is to say, a
law 'which would withdraw authors from their
natnral judges, and which would be contrary to
the charter ; for such a law would destroy the
jars which the charter has, formally established..
The proposition is_ an insult to the Throne, as
i:e It to the Chamber, and you will reject i
I,All contempt. •
• M. de Chauvelin, and other voices on the left
•---,-(Supported, supported.).
Cries on the right.—(Put it to the vote.) .
M. Pardessus was proceeding towards the tri
ban,e. Several members on his side called "ou

to him,' It was needless ;" and he returned to
Ida place.

.yoices on the left.—What! do you stop mere
bers on your own side from speaking ? You pre.
vent all discussion.

Ar.de Chauvelin.—,--I shall address the Chamber.
Pardesstis.—ln• that case 1 shall insist
capon my turn. -I proposed to speak before you
—(proceeding to the tribune)—l intend to sup.-
port the Conclusions of the Committee. When-

ever a citizen asks to change an order of juris-
diction, it is evident that his. views are not for

the maintenance of the existing legislation. .He
wishes to put an end to a jurisdiction _which he
considers bad: Others may consider it good ;
but that is no reason for rejecting his propositiOn
shout examination. It is said the. petition is
contrary to the' charter: that is an error. The

charter maintained the Jury as it existed. But
the Juries were instituted• for the trial of crimes,
not misdemeanours. For several years before
the restoration, the offences of the Press were

tried before the tribtinats of correctional police,
aud nobody complained of that.
Several Voices.-- Yes k every body complained
of it..

.•
Mr. Pardessus.—The :petitioner wishes the
trial of misde4leanours to be taken from the
Juries, but not the trial of crimei. There is a
commission appointed for the examination of a
law project, which teridi to the maintenance of
the Jury for trying offences of the PresS. It is,
therefore, very natural to propose that this peti-
tion should be referred to the Committee on that
law, iri order to its making such use of it as may
appear proper. I therefore vote for the refe-
rence proposed.
M. Chauvelin.—Gentlemen, I beg to call your
attention for a Moment to the decisions „which
you made qt the beginning of this Session. You
have, already rejected, by the order of the day.,
1 propositions similar to those which are now pre-
sented to you ; and you rejected them, because,
as you said, it was necessary to follow the charter;
but I would 'particularly direct your attention,
'Gentlemen, to the Sitting of the Bth of Decem-
ber, when you testified the most marked disin-
clination to the Censorship. Ido not believe
that there exist any motives which can induce
you to alter the decisions and resolutions which
you then made. Yet your silence on the subject
of the proCeedings of the new Ministry during
the last month is •remarkable, considering that
,this Ministry proposes to you to reject that
which is consecrated by the charter, and to sub-
stitute in_ its stead an arbitrary authority. If
you receive the petition favourably, it is. plain
that you wish to render 'more favonrabrethe
auspices under which the new report on the
law of the Censorship is to be made to you ;
you wish to 'consecrate in some degree the
measures proposed by the." petitioner. .But
the late Keeper of the SealS, whose successor,
I hope, may never give us cause to regret
his loss—(A laugh)—told
,you in a very remark-
able speech, that all the talents, all the sornmila
(principal men) of the nation—(such was his
phrase)—all parties were united in wishing that
the jury should be employed in trying offences
of the Press. This regulation was sanctioned by
an immense majority on a law which is not yet
reported. Yet, by a monstrous concurrence of
two contradictory systems of legislation, it is
proposed in one law, the report of which will be
made next week, to increase the reference of
offences of the Press to the Jury, anfl in another,
the reference_ of offences committed by the
Journals to Judges, who , doubtless will be the.
first to regret such a proposition. An innovation
is thus proposed to you, which was not even in-
dicated in that exposition. of motives, so short, so
succinct, and if I may
.so call it, so spruce,—
(Laughter)--with which the, present Keeper of
the Seals preceded the reading of his project on
the offences of the Periodical Press. In that
brief statement, the Keeper of the Seals said,
that the new system finally adopted by the new
Ministry was so important, that it would occasion
necessary changes and modifications in the first
law which had been proposed. We never ima-
gined, however; that these modifications were to
have the effect of taking from French citizens the
protection of a Jury in what relates to the crimes,
or, if you will have' it so, to the offences or mis-
demeanours of the Press. This, then, is a new
attack on the Constitution, and my Hon. Friend
(General Foy) has done well in pointing it out,
and in moving the Order of the Day on such a
Petition.

Do not, Gentletnen, by your approbation of
this Petition, give weight to principles which
you have already combated in the preceding
Ministry, and over which you have triumphed--
principles so hostile to the Charter. 'Why is it ex-
pected that you should change so suddenly? What
events, what motives, can so soon alter the state
of the majority in this Chamber ? Can it be The
Moniteur of yesterday (containing promotions)
that has already begun to change the disposition
of the majority ?—( Violent murmurs on the right.
Cries of " Yes, yes ! that is true," from the left.)
Yes, gentlemen, the illoniteur of yesterday,
which, while giving still more hopes than re-
wards (laughter on the left), grants so marked a
premium to the authors of the Conservateur—

M. de Salla.bery.—You would prefer seeing
the authors•of the illinerce in place.
M. de Chauvelin.---1 he Moniteur of yesterday
ought not, however, to change the sentiments of
the Chamber of Deputies. Consider that vigour
does not consist in taking possession of power, in
making a conquest of every place, lmt.in the in-
dependence of the ChaMber of Deputies. Learn
to 'distinguish yourselveS from oppressive majo-
rities by a real independence, and you may rely
upon being supported by all the hopes Of the na-
I.have still further obsarvatiOns to make,
Which are not calculated to -fortify your 'confi-
dence -in the Ministry. It is my . duty to tell
yon".1low that censorship is exercised, the renewal
of which is already solicited. The Government
at present exercises it in -a manner too partial.—
It is not discussion which it permits. It tolerates
insults, .and tolerates them' on one side only.-
----(Mnrinurs.)—lieaven forbid that I should en-
gage
in a,controversy.. with the journalists. I re-
' spect them all.—(A laugh.---A voice, " All! that
is a 'great deal.")-I'hetexercise a- difficult em-
ployment.- They have a. hazardous task to per 7
form.. In the circumstances in which we live,
many would not have the courage to avow them-
selves daily-as the author of a political
(Laughter.)—Notwithstanding that, there are
Journals of a certain sort, which have within
these few days given themselves up to violent
declamations; and since we have the misfortune

now to speak on the subject, we may state that
the censorship is unmasked, and that its partia-
lity on this occasion has been odious. I have
told you that it. prohibited discussion, 'and here
is the proof in a circular, address©d by the Corn-
Mission to all the Editors of the Journals
" The Commission has the honour to request
MM. the Editors of the Journals, not to.submit
to it any article of discussion on the law project
relative to the police of the journals
Accident has thus furnished me with a new
and powerful argument against the censorship.
Examine all the speeches of its defenders, you
will find that they never meant that it shcuicl.

• prevent discussion. They -pretended, on the
contrary, that it was instituted .to favour discus-
sion—to purify it from whatever might be con-
nected with Passion and party hatred. It ap-
pears, however, that the censorship now inter-
dicts all discussion on the law project relative to
the police-of the journals. This is the height oL
tyranny. Can you boast of having a Itepresen-
tative Government•when such a circular exists ?
(Great agitation.)
M. de Poymaurin.—This,is not the question.
M. de Chauvelin.—But this is not all. Take
notice how the circular'concludem
" The Commission has found it -necessary to
refuse all articles presented to it since the 6th of
the present thouth.".
The Committee has found it necessary, That
implies that a superior authority has imposed this
obligation on it. Now here again, I must appeal
to the language of the defenders of the censorship.
Have they not stated that time Ministers were not
responsible for the faults of the censorship ? If so,
they must have allowed it to act freely ; but you
see that the censors declare inwriting that they are
bound to refuse all articles which have been pre-
sented to them since the 6th of this month. In order
that these last words might have the.greater weight
in the eyes of those to WhoM they were address-
ed, the whole of the passage which I have last
quoted is .underlined in the circular. Such, gentle-
men, is the proceeding of the Commission ; hut that
is not all : and here I purposely turn to that part
of this assembly (looking. towards the right). • A
journal published in Paris called La Quotidienne
has, notwithstanding the prohibition of the cen-
sors, been permitted to enter into a profound
discus'sion on the law relative to the periodical
press,

Voice in the centre.—(The Quotidienne has
been referred, to the tribunals. It has acted in
contravention( of the -law. The article was not
submitted to the Censorship.)
M. de Chauvelin.--Then the Censorship has
two weights and two measures—( Voices in the
centre, " No, no!")--There is partiality and op-
pression towards the journals of one party, and
favour towards another; but this is sufficient to
prove to you that the, conduct of the Ministry is
not that which the law has prescribed. I there-
fore concur in moving the order of the day.
M. de Castelbajac.—l ascend this tribune
merely for the purpose of replying to one of the
insinuations made by the Marquis de Chauvelin.
(Murmurs
,on the left. A voice, " Why this
word. Marquis .2")—I was astonished to observe
in his speech a charge destitute of that ingenuity
which usually distinguishes him. It relates to
the official article which appeared in the Moniteur.
of yesterday, in which he-introduced in a very
strange manner the authors of the Conservaleur,
representing them as covered with the favours
of the Government. I co-operated in the Con-
servateur, which always supported public
li-
berty. It seems to me, that the only fact
to which the allusion was directed, is the no-
mination to the English Embassy of a man of
whom France is proud, and whom even foreign-
ers honour ; of a man who has shown himself
great in persecution and in exile, great in adver-
sity, and always devoted to the interests of his
country. It appears to me that in this respect
the tribune ought to be free from personal attacks.
M. Benjamin Constant.—ln supporting my ho-
nourable friend (M. de Chauvelin) I must notice
what has fallen from the last Speaker. It is very
natural that. a man who has assisted in a work
that he believes to be useful should defend it,
and be proud of it. To that I should have no-
thing to say, had. I not heard another periodical
work alluded to.
M. de Salaberry.—lt was I who spoke of the,
Minerve.

M. Benjamin Constant.—That work endea-
voured to promote the public welfare, and I shall
always be proud of having contributed to it.
But when the authors of the Conservateur de-
fended what they call the principles of the mo-
narchy * * (Voice on the right,—What,
do You doubt that?)---At that period, those who
believed that the constitutional monarchy rested
on other principles did net call for the cen-
sorship • against the Conserz:ateur. They en-;
deavoured to reply to it, but did not seek
to -suppress it.—(Applause -on the left),—
This is what distinguished the principles of the
Minerve from those of the Conservateur.7—(Mur.
Hours on the right.)--These interruptions cannot
intimidate me. The authors of the Conser_valeur
.and Minerve profess opposite . it:
may be honourable to have defended the one,
but it will be alWays glorious and always:
national to have defended - the other.--(Vio-
lent murmurs on the right, and applause on
the left.)---I come now to the petition.—(Cries.On,
the right---It is time)--Yes, for the subject has
been much departed from. I agree in opinion %OUT:.
M. de Chauvelin, never at any time has the ceris6r-
ship been more vexatious or more scandalous. than'
at the present moment. For three days past publk
Journals—fortunately, however, those. which are
discredited---have indulged in declamations un-.
parelleled by any thing which has appeared.sinc.V:
1793. Even this day a journal—(Voice on the
left—The Drapeau Blanc) has said that a little
insurrection against certain men, whom he
revolutionary jugglers, would be the most sacred
of duties. A free people ought to be alarmed at
such language. It. is true the journalist adds that
he does not wish the death of any person:—
(Laughter.)—But this explanation shows that.he:
felt his previous articles to be reprehensible.—
Ought such a censorship, then, to exist ? One
observation more. All our powers, and all powers
in France, emanate from the charter.
Confusion of voices on the right—You reckon legitimacy as
nothing. You acknowledge no sovereignty but that of the
people.
31. de•Corcelles.—Every thing emanates from the charter.
MM.-Bendist,-Josse Beauvoir, and other voices on the right
—lt was the King who gave us the charter.
M. Benjamin Constant. —Beyond the Charter, all powers,
without exception, are illegitimate. (Violent agitation on the
right.)
M. de Corcelles.—Do not speak of the charter before these
gentlenien : it frightens them.
M. Benjamin Constant. —The Kin: has wished, in con-
formity with the progress of knowledge, that his power should
be limited by the charter, and those persons are ,his freatest-
enemies who assert that his power doespotrest upon the char-
ter:--:-(Murmurs on the right.)—Woe to the country if the Go-
vernment should be intrusted to a party who would wish to
establish power on any other right than that of the charter.—
(Bravo on the left.)- I can predict to that party, that whatever

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is national would then be disquieted.—(Laughter on the right)
—that there would be no safety nor confidence, and that their
conduct would at last precipitate the monarchy into that abyss
which they have long been preparing for it.
M. de (iirardin (rising in his place, and addressing the Mem-
bers on the right).--Have youllowers ?
The President.—lf M. de Girardin wishes to speak, he must
rise after M. B. Constant has concluded.
M tl. Lafitte, Pornpierea, Etienne, Acc., called out.—Then
make the interrupters on the other side silent also.
NI. de Lameth.—The President should begin by being im-
partial himself.: • -
M. Lafitte.— These Gentlemen fight for office. They do
not know how to carry on any other war.—(Violent agitation.)
M. B. Constant.—Surely nobody will assert that our powers
do not emanate from die charter.—(Voice on the right—You
are constantly recurring to your favourite dogma, the sove-
reignty of the peo)ple.)
President (turning towards the right).—lt is impossible to
deliberate with such interruptions.—(A voice on the left—Then
do your duty.) There can be no discussion in the -midst of
such a tumult. It is net allowable for a Deputy standing in his
place either to oppose or support the Speaker who is in the
tribune.
N. de Marcelltis.-1 wish to speak.
M. Benjamin Constant.—l repeat that,, in my opinion, all
power emanates from the charter. Those who will not believe
this are at liberty to contradict it ; but they will at least ac-
knowledge that our powers emanate to us from the charter :
when the charter is violated, our powers no longer exist; when
the charter is violated, we are no longer legislators. We can
no more create laws contrary to the charter, than the first hun-
dred of factious individuals who may assemble in the street can
establish a legitilative body. The laws which we may institute
in opposition to the charter will in no respect present the cha-
racter of laws ; we should be exercising an usurped power, and
nobody would be obliged to acknowledge us as legislators.—
(Still increasing agitation.) Thus, then, by seeming to ap-
prove petitions contrary to the charter, the basis of all our
power, we should be compromising the interests of France__
Being well convinced that the petition which tends to deprive
writers of the trial by jury is a violation of the charter, and that
we cannot violate the charter without becoming usurpers, I
demand that we should .pass to the order of the day; and I
would wish that some stronger mark of disapprobation should
be resorted to, to prove that we cannot suffer the least encroach.
ment to be made on the charter.
111. de Marcellus.-71 ascend this tribune, to protest, as a de.
puty of France, against the doctrines which I think I have heard
professed. I declare, then; as a deputy of France, that there is
in France no authority save that which emanates from the only
supreme and legitimate authority—that of 'the King ; that the
charter itself exists only by the King; that consequently our
poWers, which emanate, if it must be ao' immediately from
the charter, eroceed in reality from the King, for it is the
King who has conceded and granted the charter to us. Lastly,
I must add, that there is in France nothing national except
what is monarchical.—.(Loud acclamations and plaudits from
the right.)
During this speech, M. Corbi4re arrived at the Ministers'
bench, and took his place near 31. de Villele: the Keeper of the
Seals was not present at the sitting.
M. de Lametlf —The protestation which you have just heard
is a sufficiently clear manifesto against the charter.—(Noise and
murmurs.)--It is a manifesto in favour of the old regime__
(Louder murmurs on the right.)—Support, gentlemen, if you
will, the proposition of M. de Marcellus. We demand nothing
better, for France knows what she has to hope and to fear from
the meeting.—(New commotion en the right.)—This- is recur-
ring to. a system of tactics, which was last year very frequently
employed against the side on which I have the honour to sit.
Under the name of legitimacy it is wished to establish a totally
new theory. It is necessary that we should explain ourselves
clearly.
Voice on the right.—Bravo ! Make your profession of faith.
• M. de Lameth—l intend to do so : I wish to explain myself
clearly on the subject of legitimacy. (Ironical bravos renewed.)
In the first place, that the word may be well understood, it is
necessary to consult its origin. Legitimate is derived from iegi
iwinz.es—that is to say, inherent to the law. Legitimacy is,
therefore, an emanation from the law itself. Thus a child
whose birth is legitimate is one whose filiation is acknowledged
by the law. In old'times, which arc so much extolled, the I. -
&Irina, of a younger child was the portion, the petty portion,
which the law granted to the junior offspring of a family. The
law has always decided legitimacy. If we go a degree higher
—to that touching the succession to the throne—we shall find
that legitimacy has always been considered as the right of in-
heritance from male to niale, in the order of priinogenitureship,
to the exclusion.of females.—(Voice on the right—And in the
same dynasty.)—Well, this sort of legitimacy we are willing to
acknowledge.--(lronical plaudits on the right: a voice—What,
even during the lit ndred days ?)—But if, instead of this legiti-
macy, it is wished to establish a divine right, by virtue of which
people are to becothe the property of Kings—(negative mur-
murs on the right)---we can no longer recognize it. People
reason very justly, when they speak of legitimacy, with respect
to the right of inheritance ; but when they speak of it with re-
gard to property, they make declarations which are anti-national.
—(Latt&hter on the right.)
BignonAnd absurd.
M. de Lameth—The doctrine of divine right has been pro.
scribed in England.
M. de la-Lot—But we are not there.
M. de
.Larneth.—lt has been regarded as high treason against
the nation. Whenever a pretehded right may be appealed to,
Whicli at the Present moment is more than ever in favour, owing
to the success which ecclesiastical associations enjoy,(re-
newed murmuring)—and owing, to the protection held out
to the system of a society formerly banished from France,-
on account of its hostility to Kings, we shall always be found
opposer': to that divine right, because all powers are for and by
the nation.—(Laughter and murmuring.)—Consequently I vote
for the order of the day.—(Cries of " Close the Deoate.")
Pardessus—lt is singular to see those who declare them-
selves the exclusive defenders of the charter, profess maxims
which are most calculated for its subversion.—(Tumult on the
left, and cries of' order.)—lndeed the Charter fbrmally declares,
that before the King gave the Charter, all authority was vested
in him,--(Tumult on the left.)
De Corcelles —This is something new.
N. Pardessus--The charter
_itself says—" We have consi-
dered, that though absolute authority was in France vested
in the person, of the King, our predecessors have not' hesi-
tated to modify its exercise according to the differences of suc-
ceeding ages."
111. De Corcellea.—ln what article did you find that ?
.11.1; De ,Girardin—lt is in the speech of the Chancellor. . . .
Other voices—No. It is in the preamble.—(Agitation.)
The President-1 must again .repeat, that interruptions are
not allowable.. Even in cases when the speaker may commit a
mistake, it is necessary to wait until the conclusion of his speech
to refute hint.

• M. Pardesaus—These expressions are literally from the
preiu the charter. I am not one of those who wish to
have. t"he' charter_ without the words—" Louis, by the grace of
God. Far froth-blaming the:declaration of M. de Alareellus, I
say, it is conformable to the text of the charter. The King alone
had the power of giving the charter. Before any charter, the
King existed in the plenitude of his power, and he conceded it
• voluntarily.-.--(Cries of " Close the debate.")
GeneralsSebastiani—By these cries for the question, it ap-
pears to be wished to stifle the most serious as well as the most
important.f discUssions. 1 cannot, however, rise to oppose the
clostiag pi'. the debate, without entering into the subject tinder
consideration. I wish to make the Chamber sensible that it is
not-yet in a state to decide on the question, and for that pur-
pose it seems sufficient to call to recollection the language ad-
dressed.by President de Harley to Henry III.; namely, " Sire
the French Monarchy rests on immutable laws, which Kings
cannot infrirge without destroying the law which made Kings. '•
—(BravO on the left.)—The question is difficult and delicate,
but it is necessary to come to an understanding on a subject so
important. The point from which all ought to take their de-
parture is the charter. Since it appeared, it is strictly true that
_ .all powers emanate from it. The protest of M. de Marcelltit
is therefore out of place. He wishes to carry us back to times
anterior to the charter, but that is a principle which we, cannot
recognize. The charter was given by the King to satisfy the
most imperious wants of the nation, and hencetorth every au-
thority .in France proceeds.from 4. (Great agitation.)—With
more calmnesi it would pehaps be seen that we are not far from
a right understanding. • There is certainly much need for coni-
ing to an undeastandeng en this question, for the nation begins
to be aware—(Murmurs and interruption.)—Yes, for some days:
the charter has been completely abandoned. It is violated by'
every imaginable subterfuge.---( Applause on the left.)
The Chamber rejected; by a slight majority, the order of the
day, and referred the petition of the Sieur Spy to the Commit.
tee on the press.
.M. Coupigny then reported a petition from several Judges of,
tribunals of First Instance, praying for an increase of salary,
which he proposed to refer to the Keeper of the Seals.
M. Etienne observed, that there existed a tendency to render
the judges necessitous, in order that the hope of promotion
might have the more effect upon them. Power has need of the Judges, and wishes that the Judges should have need of it.—
(The petition was referred as proposed.)
The Finance Minister ascended the tribune, and read a law
project containing Modifications of the budget.
" Louis, &c.
" Article 1. —A credit in mites is opened for the Minister of
Finance in the to per Cent. Consols, of the sum of 3,413,958
francs, with inn rest from the 22d of March, 1822.
" The said inscription of remes representing, at 87 francs.
c. 3-stns, the melium rate of the 5 per Cent. Consols, dur•
ing the 6 st months of the year 1821, a capital in specie of 60
naives is specially appropriated to the reimbursement in specie I

of tte two-fiftlat of the notes of liquidation, calctlatpd at an
equal sum of 60 millions.
" 2. In substitution for Article 1 of the project of the 31st of
October,—by means of the credit in inscriptions Opened by the
preceding Article, the expences of the consolidated debt and of
the sinking fund arc fixed for the rear 1822 at the sum of
228,874,039 francs, conformable to the annexed account A.
" 3. In substitution for Article 2of the said project,—Cre-
dits are opened to the amount of 672,b'50,714 f. fur the expences
of the service for 1822, conformable to the 'account 13., and of
plicable as follows :
" For the general expences - - Fr. 534,00304
"For the Administration of Exports.
tion, &c. (as in the law project) 132,532,80
" For repayments and restitutions to be
made, &c. (as in the law project) . , 6,314,00°

• Total - Fr. 672,850,71.
" 4. In substitution for Article 14 of the law project of fig
31st of October. the receipts are fixed for the service of 182251
the total sum of 90'2,000,933 .francs;conformable to the annexed
account E."
A long debate arose on the questions whether this project,
should be referred to a Special Committee, or to that alresdY
appointed for the Budget. The Chamber lecided, by a large'
majority, for the latter proposition, and then adjourned 0
Monday, when another Report from the Committee of Petitivo,
and the Report on the law project relative to the offences of the
press, will be brought up. _

lIEIIMANSTADT: DEC. The Ottoman
troops have lately been still More. increased in
the Principalities of Walachia and Moldavia.--
The Asiatic soldiers commit the greatest r'
cesses ; they strip the peasants. of Their clothes,
and force them to take refuge naked, with their
families, in the forests, where most of them limo
died of cold and hunger. A troop which arrived
a few dais since at Bucharest set flie to a con-
vent, where several of the Monks perished in.
the flames.

VIENNA, DEC. 31.—The 'Klaiber of Turkish
troops in the two Principalities 'is estimated At
150,000 men.

A X•LA PELLE, .1- AN. he following'
news have been transmitted to Warsaw from
Berlin :—" An order- dispatched from Consul].
tmople enjoins the Pachas and other Commanders
of the European Provinces of Turkey to proli'
sion their fortresses with the utmost expedition,
and to place strong garrisons in them, capable es
defending them.
CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 1 8.----For some day 3
past tranquillity has been a little restored At
Constantinople, although the streets are crowded
with armed Mussulmans. The Ministers Of
Austria and England continue their negociations,
but nothing. decisive is known. The Porte has
published that the Sella!) of Persia had disavoic-
ed the declaration of war on the part of his son,
and tire latter's invasion of Kurdistan ; but little
credit is given to this intelligence, the Persian'
being still encamped near Kast and Erzerum, orl
the '26th of November.

LtutionN, DEC. 30.—The allied army of
Epirus attacked the Turks an the 23d NO'
vember, in their positions at Maraty, and dc-
feated them with great slaughter. •
Letters. from Mesolongi state that the• Con-
gress of Greek Deputies had proclaimed
Constitutional act and independence of the nation,
MADIZID, DEC. 31.—The king repaired
day before yesterday, to the Council of State, IP,
be present at the .discussion on the message of
the Cortes relative to the dismissal of Ministers.
The debate was very warm. it e ems to havr
been decided that the authorities of Seville and
Cadiz shall first be restored before any change'
in the Ministry are made. The Council,' ho*s-
ever, separated Without coming' to any positivg'
determination, and the discussion is to be rt'
sunned to-morrow. •

•
We expected accounts from Andalusia to-tilt
but the overflowing of the rivers has, no doubil
delayed •the courier. The couriers from thg
north of Spain are arrived, but bring no news. .

Extract of a Letter from Quebec, Dec. 4 :----
" The navigation has closed. The first Iloatiug
ice on the St. Lawrence made its appearance ofi
the 29th Nov. On Tuesday morning the 81417-
sure left this city on her last trip for lliontre:,f;
and the same day the London, being the last ves-
sel ready for sea, sailed for Liverpool. 'U".
steam ferry-boat has been laid up for the win-
ter."

Extract of a Letter from St. Thomas's, hitter
end of November :—" Porto'Cabello was still
in possession of the Royalists on the '2(l Nor'
The inhabitants and troops were dying verf
fast of the dysentery, which wa's caused by alai(
not being able to procure fresh provisions, vegr'
tables, or good water."
Extract of a Letter from Bermuda, Nov. 20 :
In consequence of the accounts from No'
York of the failure of
,the crops in England, flour
has advanced in th m e arket to 88 shillings po:
barrel by retail, corn one dollar per bushel, wilt
other dry provisions in proportion ; but within
these two days we have had a direct arrival from
England, which contradicts the above account_
froth New York, and we. may expect a fall 0f
the present prices."

A letter from Demerara of the 24th of Octo-
ber mentions an extraordinary instance of the
violence with which lightning acts, on th:
explosion of electrical clouds. Itoccurrllfnil
board a vessel called the Susan, on the voyage
from New Brunswick to Demerara. On the 16th,
all hands being on the fore topsail yard, the dap:-
gerous 'fluid struck the vessel with' terrible
force, coming down by the wedges of the- fore
mast, which it carried away iri a moment„.about
IR feet above the deck, along with every soul
aloft, and shattered the main-topmast and jib-
,boom into splinters. It also burst the ship co
the starboard bow, two planks from the deck.----f
One of the crew was in a manner annihilated by
the thunderbolt; no mark remained of him but
spots of his blood on the sails and rigging. The
rest were more or less hurt by the fall, when the
masts and rigging came down.

REDUCTION or RENTS IN IRELAND.—We bear

• -
that several Noblemen and Gentlemen of t!-..
county of Tipperary, following the example of
the Earl Fitzwilliam, are determined to make
considerable reductions in their rents ;--The
Earl of Donoughmore, Lord Landaff, Lord Dun-
alley, Lord Norbury, Colonel Bagwell, Mr.
Holmes, and Mr. Vaughan, have taken the lead-,
and we trust the example will he followed by
the other landt.,,tl proprietors of the South o'r
Ireland,

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