The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-21 00:00:00

RENCH P.lr IRS.

CHAMBER OF PEERS, FEB. 16.

The Order of ihe Day was read for the dis-
cussion of the Projet respecting the Journals.
Instead, however, of opening the discussion ins-,
mediatrly, the Chamber decided to refer it to a
Special Committee of five.
The Committee was immediately appointed,
consisting of the Viscount De Montmorency, the
Marquess De Pastore!, the Duke de La Ruche-
foncauld, the Count De Boissy d'Anglas, avid the
Count Darts.

The Chamber separated without any fixed ad-
journment. It will be convoked as so►►n as the
Report of the above Committee is ready to be

esented.

PROJET OF LAW RELATIVE TO THE JOURNALS.

Lours, &c.
Art. ►. The free publication of Journals and Periodical
appropriated in the whole or in part to news, and to
political subjects, and appearing either on a fixed day or ir-
regularly, and by numbers,• is temporality suspended until
the period hereafter fixed.
2. None of the said Journals, or Periodical Works, shall
be published, except by the authority of the King.
This authority shall only be granted to those who prove
(hat they have conformed to the conditions prescribed by
Att. 1, of the Law of the 9th June, 1819,
4. Befare the publication of every Journal, or Number,
the manuscript shall be submitted by the Proprietor or re-
sponsib!e Editor to a previous examination.
5. A Connuision, composed of three Peers and of three De-
puties, nominated by the King out of a double list of Caerli-
dates presenter) by the respective Chamiters, and of three ir-
removable Magistrates, also nominated by the King, shall ap-
point the Censors, and remove them at pleasure.
6. This Commission shall be renewed every Session w
the Chambers. Its Members may he indefinitely re-ap
pointed. '

7 Every Proprietor or responsible Editor, who shall cause
o he printed or circulated any Journal, or Number of a Jour-
tal, or Periodical Work, without having communicated it to
he Censors, previous to the printing of it, or who shall insert
Ai any. such Journal or Number, .riny article not communi-
cated or not approved, shall be punished correctionally by
imprisonment for a term, from one month to six mouths,
and a fine of from 200 to 1,200 francs, without prejudice
to any prosecution which may be directed in consequence
of the contents of any such Journals, Numbers, or Articles.
8. When a Proprietor or responsible Editor shall be pro-
secuted by virtue of the preceding article, the Commission
Wray pronounce the suspension of the Journal ur Periodical
Work until trial.

9. On the sight of the sentence of condemnation, the Coin-
miision may prolong, fur a term not exceeding six mouths, the
suspension of such Journal cr Periodical Work. In case of
a second offence the Commission may Alcfinitively pronounce

the suppression.
10. The enactments of the laws of the 17th May, the 2etli
May, and the 9th June, 1819, which arc lint abrogated by
the allure articles, shall continue to be executed.
11. The present law shall cease to he of any effect on the
Ist of January, 1625.

(Signed)
(Cuuntergigned)
DAted, February 15, 1820.

LOUIS.
DECASES.

CHAMBER. OF DEPUTIES,

The Order of the D4y for to-morrow (Thurs.
aay) is the examination of the projet for renew-
ing, for one year, the law of the 12th February.
1317, respecting individual liberty, authorizing
the arrest of pet suns by warrants signed by three
Ministers, witbout !laving recourse to the ordina-

ry tribon'ttis.
The il';tnns4 ot the motives ot this projet has
been dist►ibuted to•day to the Deputies at their

esidences.

PARTS, FEB. 17.—1 t is at a moment when
the most profound and well-grounded affliction
has seized upon $ll hearts, and pre-occupies every
mind—it is in the midst of this general g: ief,
which absorbs other sentiments, and concentrates
on a single object the meditations, of all—it is at
such an epoch that the Ministry have chosen to
present to the Chambers two laws of exception ;
and a third, which subjects to the hand of power
our whole electoral system. These laws, which
ought to be maturely discussed, and tranquilly
decided upon, are Mixed with the mourning of the
country, and seem destined to form part of the
funeral procession of a Prince, whose deplorable
death excites the regret of every one, as if our
liberties were to ()ascend with him to the tomb.
One circumstance. alone affords us any hope,
natneiy, that a Minister (M. Pasqnier) has de-
clared that these laws, these extraordinary mea-
sures, have been proposed to the King, that their
adoption can only be attributed to the Councils of
the Ministry ; and thus, if the religion of the
Monarch, acted upon by the first emotions of his
paternal grief, has been tsken by surprise, it will
necessarily be enlightened by a more correct know-
ledge of facts, and by titt+ discussions in the Cham-
bers.

The whole of Ibis scaffolding of laws of excep-
tion rests upon a single idea, and that idea an er-
roneous one, an insult to reason. M. Pasquier
has told us from the Tribune The crime
which we have to deplore is the result of those
pernicious ideas with which the minds of the peo-
ple are infected, and to which they fancy them-
selves justified in giving them the title of opi-
nions.' We wou:(1 say, in our turn, to M, Pas-