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preventing the adoption of a measure which he was
convinced was contrary to the real interests and dig-
nity of the Chamber, it was still his duty to endea-
vour to regulate it in the least obnoxious manner
possible, argued that the proceedings of the Cham-
ber constituted into a court of justice ought to be
assimilated as far as possible to those of the ordinary
tribunals, and that the accused should be surrounded
by at least as much protection as he would have be-
fore a jury. He therefore proposed as an amendment
that the accused should be acquitted unless t tvo-
thirds c f the members voting pronounced him guilty,
in which latter case the President should put to the
vote the minimum of the punishment pronounced by
the taws.

buchatel, in opposing the amendment, drew a
.distinction between an ordinary jury and the legisla-
tive assembly uniting in itself judicial and political
functions, and concluded that there was no reason
for departing from the rule observed by the Court of
Peers, which established the majority of the Cham-
ber as sufficient to pronounce on the guilt or inno-
cence of the accused.
M. Odillon Ba:rot energetically deprecated the
idea of any political feelings being allowed to mix
themselves up in the proceedings of the Chamber
as a court of justice, contending that the moment
the Ch tmber had assumed its judicial character all
distitiell'ons of majority and minority ought to dis-
appear, and each deputy ought to become a dis-
passionate and unpnjudiced judge to pronounce, ac-
cording to his conscience, on the guilt or innocence
of the accused. If this position were admitted on
all hands—if it appeared that all were di'posed
fret kly to act in its spirit, it might be sufficient to
leave the question to the decision of the majority
only ; but as the contrary appeared to be the case,
as it was evident that the question was to he liewed
with party feelings, that the majority and minority
of the political Chamber were to be reproduced
without change in the judicial Chamber, by which
means the majority announced the preformed deter-
mination to sanction their own system as a point of
faction, not of justice, it became necessary to pro-
tect the accused against the cotrequences of such a
system, and he therefore, in the interest of impar-
tial juatira, supported the amendmen t of M. Merilhou.
buvergier d'Hauranne, protested against
the suspicion implied in the speech of M.
)3 arm against the judicial impartiality of the
majority, and maintained that it was absurd and
unjust to wish to submit the opinion of the ma-
jority to that of the minority, when not only
abstract reason hat all the precedents, whether taken
from the United States, the Chamber of Peers, or
the tribunals themselves, when judging offences com-
mitted against themselves, agreed in declaring a
simple majority to be sufficient for a decision.

M. Gaetan de Imitochefoucauld supported the
amendment of M. MeriThou, and, after urging argu-
ments similar to those of M. BArrot in its favour,
proceeded to examine the propriev of those inte-
rested in, or affected by, the question abstaining
from any part in the proceedings. " When," he
said," a similar case occurred in 1826, MM. Villele,
Peyronnet, and Corbieres, the Ministers present, re-
fused with dignity to take any part in the vote; in
the present instance, on the contrary, the Ministers,
who have the majority on their benches—(Violent
murmurs from the centres.)
General Jacqueminot—lt is an impertinence—
The President—Let the speaker finish his phrase.
The discussion, ‘vhich up to this moment had
been conducted with calmness, now changed into
perfect fury. Numerous members of the extremities,
particularly MM. Luneau, Demarciy, and Chara-
maule, violently accused the President of partiality
in not having called M. Jacqueminot to order. The
centres, on the contrary, vociferated that M. Roche-
foucauld ought to have been called to order for his
remark. The tumult continued until

General Jacqueminot succeeded in being heard
for a moment to disclaim havirg, intended any insult
to the speaker, and to declare that the opinion of
M. Rochefoucauld was, as he understood' it, an im-
pertinence towards the majority, of whom he was
one, and who were not in any manner chained to the
Ministers' bench.
The tumult here recommenced with increased vi-
olence ; at length
The President, who in the interval had been con-
versing with M. Rochefoucauld, succeeded in ob-
taining silence for the latter to complete his Fen ten ce,
which he did in these words—" The Ministers have
the majority in the Chamber, because the day before
yesterday the majority against the order of the day
v.as only eleven, among whom six Ministers voted.
If they had voted with us, we should have had the
majority."—(A general laugh.)
Gen. Jacqueminot, with great good humour, said
that he withdrew his observation.

The President—You see, gentlemen, how unjust
is the war you are waging against your
President. If you had heard M. de la Roche-
fnucauld to the end, you would have seen that
there was nothing disorderly in his remark; and as
for M. Jacqueminot, it was to M. Roehefoucauld
that it applied, and it was M. Rochefoucald himself
who wished me nor to notice it, as he saw it arose
from a misapprehension which would be removed the
moment he was allowed to finish his sentence.—
(Applduse.)
The discussion was then resumed with compa-
rative tranquility.

Extract of a letter of the sth inst. from Blaye
:
"Every preparation is making for the erecoechement
of the Duchess, which, according to M. Denetix, is
likely ?c) take place between the Ist and the sth of
May. This gentlem in lodges above the apartments of
the Princess, and is con.tantly near her. Biron Du-
bois is at the Cafe Francais, waiting for the moment
of witnessing the delivery, and M. de Meniere has
arrived from Paris for the same purpose. A new
telegraph has been established, and post-horses sta-
tioned from distance to distance between Blaye and
Bordeaux, acid from Paris to Blaye. The Duchess
Ends herself very well, in consequence of the at ten-
tions and care which have bten bestowed upon her.
To-day she took her usual walk in the interior of
the citadel. M. de B issac never quits her. It is re-
ported, ho•a ever, that although he is convinced of the
pregnancy of the Ditches., he refuses to affix his
signature to the act relative to the birth of a child.
Hence a report is current, that some agents from
foreign powers are to come to Blaye, for the pur-
pose of certifying the delivery, in conjunction with
the authorities. of the town, and with the pincipal
legitimatises, if they wish to attend. Cop es of the
proccs verbal will, it is said, be transmitted to the
Chambers, and rendered public. We also learn that
preparations are making on the river for the depar-
ture of the Duchess, who, immediately after her
delivery, will be at liberty to proceed either . to her
sister in Spain, or to her fatal), at Naples. That
she is anxiously waiting for that time, is proved by
the following incident :—To amuse her, a beautiful
water hen was given her a few days ago. After
having kept her one day, the Duchess said, She
must, like me, wish for liberty ; let her be set free.'
By her orders a gendarme placed the bird near the
borders of the water, and let it take refuge among
the reeds. The same gendarme, who was a rion.com-
rnissioned officer, and had always paid great atten-
tion to the Duchess, has just been promoted to the
rank of sub-lieutenant."

Napoleon, by his will made at St. Helena, left to
his S" ins arms, which he thus described :—" My
arms, namely, my sword, the same which I wore at
Austerlitz, the sabre of Sobieski' my poniard, my
cutlass,&c." MM.llertrand, Marchand, and other
companions of Napoleon's ex,le were appointed de-
positaries, and were to transmit the objects deposited
in their hands to the son of Napoleon on his attain-
ing the age of 16. When young Napoleon became
of age he was labouring under a mortal disease, and
died before he could receive his father's legacy.
The objects are still in the hands of the depositaries,
who have thought proper to rake counsel's opinion
as to what they are to do, in order ro
or ben legallyd dis-
Paty, an avo-
engaged from responsibility.
care of the Royal Court of Paris, has drawn up an
opinion, in which he proposes the following three
questions :—" Do the arms of Napoleon belong to
Maria Lowsa, that is to say, the Austrian ? Do