The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-09 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—JAN. 5.
M. Dupin, Aine, President.
M. Sapey—Gentlemen, a great number of petitions,
some from individuals and others from collective bodies,
helve been addressed to the Chamber of Deputies nn the
subject of the arrest and captivity of Madame the Duchess
of Berry. Your Commission of petitions has thought it
right to class them in the same report ; to place at once
before your eyes the different points on which the peti-
tioners have viewed the question to which those two acts
have given rise. It is this report which I have been
charged by the Commission to place before you. On ac-
cepting this mandate I have reckoned on the Chamber's
indulgence. Being aware, from the nature of the subject,
and the style of the petitions, of the angry feelings to which
such a discussion may give rise, I think it my duty to state
refore the Chambers the care I have employed to reduce
bese petitions to mere questions of right. The petitioners
till congratulate themselves that their organ, by with.
sawing from their demands some passionate digressions,
least improper, has rendered the expression more
lerable. I shall commence by giving you a succinct &c-
-unt of the petitions of individuals. Count Adrain de
Tonne, at Paris, demands that the Chambers pass to the
er of the day upon all the propositions which the
vernment may make on the subject of the Duchess of
ry. Count de Tocqueville, at Paris, does not ac-
wkdge the right of the Chambers to pass sentence on
fate of the Princess. Sieur de Berry de Levvielle,
evvielle, department of Gera, demands that registers
sened in all the communes, that the people may reply
s and no to the following questions s--" Has Madame
turebess gone beyond her maternal rights and duties
ving contested the crown in favour of her son ? Had
te. happiness or misery of her country in view ?"
ieur Lafitte of Pan, after having contested the right
Chambers to decide on the fate of the Duchess of
demands that she be immediately sent out of
The Sieur de Ronville, that the Duchess of
e sent into England, Spain, or Italy, as she best
The Sieur Felix Mercier, of Douhs, demands that
tuber declares itself competent, and pronounces a
'y decree of imprisonment against the Duchess of
a fortress. The Sieur Millard, President of the
trt of Dreux, protests with all his might against
mesent, or future measures of detention of the
f Berry, who appears to him like St. Louis in
of the infidels. "If hostages are required they
nd," says the petitioner, and he offers himself.
e inhabitants of Montpellier express their hope
;tench people be consulted on the fate of the
Berry. This petition, says the Rapporteur, is
es of disguised protest against the Revolution
is the theory which the Duchess of Berry has
ice, and consequently the petitioners have
asulted the interests they pretend to
inhabitants of the communes of Claret,
aires, Vacquieres Saturangues, Aleirac,
mpagne, Garrigues, give their ad he-
ttizions of the inhabitants of Montpellier.
of Rennes invoke the 54th Article of the
the right of individual jurisdiction. They
hat Napoleon, in 1815, did not judge the
tie, and that he in his turn was not cited
f Assizes, after his fall.' He concludes by
the Chamber declare that there exists no
an judge the Duchess of Berry, and that
be set at liberty. The inhabitants of the
kudemer, department of l'Eure, protest
ure adopted by Government respecting
rry. In their opinion this Princess
save us from the disgrace of a third
sabitants of Rodez pretend that Madame
ry, belonging doubly to the blood of
in their inviolability, and is therefore
a Court nor to the Chambers them-
/tactless, in the name of her son, has
ms to the throne, it cannot be consi-
ither law or precedent. They quote
es the Seventh. A rebellion can only
t the Sovereign. If the Prince of
in the citadel of Antwerp, who would
icing him before a Belgian Court ?
,ss of Berry is only reproached with
in, the law of the 10th of April,
se apply to her, gives no penalty;
opinions of the petitioners, the
ninated for the assumption of an
If the question is only political
netitioners, the crown alone can
•egards one Power towards ann-
an individual. The intervention
be an invasicn. It is therefore
3 to take a part without the
aonsibility. The reasonings of
Rapporteur, contain assertions
t being refuted. The question
tese terms. It is not whether
subject to the younger, but
1 say that be is exempt from
a Frenchman can deny the
In the eyes of tl.e re-
neither elder nor younger
which reigns, and a branch
being consequently subject to
to as ourselves, cannot over-
'port in these terms s--" I
Chambers that a great pat
an unintelligible manner,
lone by the same hand ; st
it names or numbers. It
specting the different peti-
efore, and the observations
cur of your Commission,
act. But to whom be-
' Petitioners think that
nission that it is to the
to say, to the responsible
tw that any individual,
er, who should on our
the Government, is to
nevertheless, be aware
yainst the Duchess of
of the ex-family who
e determined by con-
sal peace. It, there•
on, after having ex-
pose its conclusions.
tard to some of these
a established by the
indation and denied
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her there were not
thors. The Com-
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to same Minister;
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