The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-11 00:00:00

Vms the delusi,:n prevailed. A man might be insane
on one subject, and sane on every other, and if he com-
mitted en unktivful ac', which c•Jild have no possible
reference to the particular point of delusion, it by no
avars follovvi d that ho was irresponsible for it on the
gro.ind ot Thee were he principles which r ugi:t
t guide thtr jury in disposing ..f the Ares-•rt defence.
The L-arm d Judge, ate iecapitulating the evidence,
commenting upon it Si he wea:t t fur the jury
to say wLeth,.r th,y were clearly itaa the pri-
soner was suffering horn a disease of the mind, wlOch
incapacitated him from jadging whether the act which
he bad committed was right or wrong for him to do. If
they were convinced that he was unconscinus of what
he was about, they must acquit him ; but, on the
!Ater band, although they might believe him to be an
eccentric character, which made it a matter of regret
that he had not been taken better care of, yet, if they
thought he was sufficiently sane to distinguish between
right and wrung they must convict him accordingly.
The jury they, at twenty minutes past three
o'clock, r. tired to c,m-ider their decision, and had
sot returned when our teprirt Icft.
There appeatel to be no chance of their agreeing.
FORGERY.—John .Aneq, a respectably dres,ed young
mar, pleaded guilty to an indictment charguig him with'
rorgit,g a chequ! open the London and Westmin,ter
Ralik fir 2301, and was lenteuted to ten years trAmop-r-
-. tation.

PosT-OFFICE lloßßEßlEs.—Ja.eplz Hillier, aged 35, a
postman, ho was indicted for .ti a I ga;,vstletie=our, tiv.-
t hai,ov.reigni, the properly of the. Po•tma. tft-
General, having pleaded gutty, he .vas sentefice3 to ti,n
years' triiutp:irtation.
Edward Hawker, another p .stman, a;ed 39, pl. a 'ed
guilty to an indictment charging hits with stealing two
post rs, contaiuing two hal sovereigns slid a sove-
reign, the p 0 ,erty o' the Piwi; a ter-G!neral, and was
ientcnckd to tan trnroloor •t; _'r

THURSDAY EVENING, JULY l)_, 1850.

en his cruelty, fined juin at.d in deflult committed
hini for te.) eays.

FRANCE.

In the As*.embly 3-€serdav, the discussion of the
Law on the Press waii resumed. 'Die whole of the
firsr article w,s adopted.
Tine President then read thc second article, which
was siadlsrly voter!. Ic w:is faows:—
`• The pioprietors 4 f jauroals toot per iodieal publica-
tions, at present exis.lng, are allowing a tlel-y of one
tm.nth, foal the date of ttt, promulgt.tion of this 6w, to
,ccoalitnisli the above f ruialities."
" Art. 3 When the cAltor of a journal or periodical
publication shall have be, n sent for trial before a Cum t
of A,s,zes by a decision of the Court of Inquiry, fir
crime or on:knee committed by the press, it a new dest-
sion of the same I,intt should intervene against the edi-
tors of said publieati,4l betore• the ri cision 4.. f the Court
f A.oiz:?s, a sum equal to one half of the irii:ximum of
Ihe lines he may Ithvit iheurrvd for the new I if lice must
lotzt,,•o, within the three da) s of the notAica,!ion of
•.acts de, 1..b.n, even were th.- C..urt of CUSS+IIOII app, tiled
a,;,..1 the

dr l u uy moved the following amendment

" 01, I_,olitied, el,gious
clue: tlaa. s itt t rt, ti ni a j utnal. must tit- signed by its
au h, r. ur.di r tivui.liy 4.1 a filit• 4 f 500'. fir ill, tiist
ce, a:•d o rise s,•eeno„,"
1,, or th.r to preveat hake 1-.igtotturf, M. de Tin-
goy h:1;,.1 tre 4Uti-tof convicted •ol t bat frowi
,houl,l i,n rs,_ritei.. e i • 0 .1 tinF i.l I,ooof. nd an in,-
1,65 trri tit t t 1x In •Tittles.

14.t-role o-red t},e,aniendaiei,,, nut 43, the,
dition but t. cautiohnement ana %tamp be -up
1:4 prim h- said, was cull: ently re.
au.i he. (14i:neti for his p.iiiticai lei:
itliti,t.ve of a uleaure whie'7l tEI4 to raocalize
_ _

M. tieurtier cutnhated the amendment, which was
supported by M. Laboulie, who contended that if
j,,urnalisin was a ro.trum, as it was generally de-
scribed, the writer should boldly asctrid that rostrum
and Itarlessly present his breast to the man he at-
tacked. If he was obliged to sign his article, the vile
pMb phleteer, who insulted the National Assembly,
would consider before he dared to do so.

ALssrs. Lanett, L trochj acqueleiti, and Chasseloup
Laubat were next heard, atter which a division having
been called fur There appeared fur the amendment,
313; against it, 281. . _ _

Tne amendment was accordingly declared to be
uaj~red.

I'hi6 di-ci6ion occasioned great agitation in the AB-
- und the proceedings were fur a moment sus-

When the siting was resutned, M. Charancey, iu
the name of the committee, proposed the following
additional paragraph :
" D.° signature t f the author shall be affixed to the
original tuanu.cript or the at tick', the co,vieuutii( ation of
wnicb cult only be rt gum d by the Attorue-Get end
the month followt, g its publication."
The Asst-mbly being consulted, tock the paragraph
into consideration, and referred it to the committee.