Star.
London, England, 1830-12-27 00:00:00

FROTESTATIOH OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW.

" The schools have been caluniniatttiith;y have—been accused
wishing to place themselves at the head of the promoters of trouble's sad
of desiring to obtain, by brutal force, the consequences of the princtyle
consecrated by our blood. We have protested 04,1.1110 y, and we, vilw
paid in ready money for that liberty which is granted us unwillingly.
have preached public order, without which there is nu liberty. illicit'
we do so to excite the thanks and the clapping of hands in the Chamber
of Deputies P No, we fulfilled a duty. Ah ! without doubt we should
be proud of the thanks of France; but it is in vain that we seek France
in the Chamber of Deputies, and we refuse the praises lestow«l en eon.
dition of disavowing proclantations, the terms aid the spirit of wino
we declare that we adopt in the most absolute manner.
" This morning the greater part of the pupils of the Polytecluie
School at present In Paris, came to the resolution of refusing the thanks
voted by the Chamber of Deputies. The resolution is as follows :
" A portion of the Chamber of Deputies has condescended to vat
thanks to the Polytechnic School, upon facts very faithfully reported.
These facts we partly deny--we' th the pupils of •e said school—and
we will not accept their thanks.
Our profession of faith is tial
which the balls of July imprinted upon tyrants, that proclainted hI
the generosity of the people, and the magic order established
after three days of universal commotion. We comptehend
necessity of this order, which appeared to give way to a lot
cry of vengeance, which generosity stifles with difficulty after to
much moderation. We all strove to maintain it by persuasion, and
by reasoning frankly with the most agitated amongst the crowds. Tha
heard as well as we did from the voices of friends, that the promos's
made at the Hotel de Ville should not be forgotten, and that this V
pular throne, with republican institutions, should be a truth. Time
necessary, without doubt, to bring projects to maturity . • but lice
months have elapsed since the setting of the sun of July. Doi
citizen expects daily that he will be represented in a Chamber where
interests are discussed, and he is not yet represented there. The natural
right which he conquered,—the right of being one in the state —was
disputed in the_geest week, since he was allowed the right of iiating
sovereignasovereign This Wile claim • this natural and republican ii.'
stitution fiat his proodesil him; and he has again withdrawn, as on
the great evade& with ealeaness and confidence. Too happy
tab
our comrades of the odor schools, in being the interpretersinterpretersuf titer
nun of liberty hi their sethetunications with the people, we spoke pub.
lady hi the peteximades dined by four pupils in the name of lbw
esmaisy widthle Brewed. it is sakl, but which was voted amidst se-
number of pupils. Such is the fact. Let the
'MON IR UM=hsefuniresented ; let the same deputies exclaim •
,cased litho no, ad We VW say to them, We thank you!
(Eighty nine Signatures follow.)
" TROTISTATION or TER PUPILS or Tot:CENTRAL SCHOot

OF ALTS.
" During the days of the crisis which has passed, we Wit
smog the Ant to proclaim our declaration in supply' 03

liberty and public order. Upon the Tuesday, our deputation
repaired to General Lafayette, and M. Odllion Barrot at the
Luxembourg, to offer the services of the SchooL These ea-
VMS were accepted, and on Wednesday we were employed at the Etat
Major of the National Guild, conjointly with its own officetv. Now
that eider is re.established, and our studies resumed, the scholars pro-
test against the denomination which has been given to them of the School
of Aru. and Commerce,—a name which confounds them with the pupils
of other institutions."

Tbey then quote the following letter, addressed to one of them, to
chow how they acted during the late troubles s

" Paris, Dec 29, 1830.
G. pray you, my dear Dation, to be the Interpreter among your
comrades of my thanks for the conduct you and they pursued at the
late crisis 1 have been deeply struck with it, and never shall I forget
to bear testimony to their attachment for liberty and public order, as
well as their friendship for me, which, believe me, is reciprocal. I offer
:hem all the best wishes of my heart, and I hope that an acquaintance
commenced under such auspices will always endure.
`• LAFAYETTE."
(There were other addresses from schools of the same kind.)

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—Smuts or Dsc. 24.
Tile President took the Chair at half-past one o'clock.
M. lluntaun brought up the Report of the Special Committee ap.
pointed to examine the law project relative to the sinking fund, which
recommended its adoption, as amended by the committee.
The President having announced that M. Balmy d'Anglas had laid
upon the table • proposition which would be referred to the committees.
M. de St. Aignan suggested that the proposition was extremely
urgent, and moved that the committees should take it into consideration
without delay.

After a discussion, whether such a course would not be contrary to
the standing orders, it was decided that it should be immediately ex-
amined, and the members retired into the committee rooms accordingly.
After the laps of half an hour, the Chamber resumed. Groups were
funned at the foot of the tribune, and animated conversation took place
in all parts of the house.

The President announced that five committees out of the nine were
of opinion thrt 11. Bonny d'Anglas should read his proposition, but all
di.eurisiost or vote upon it was incompatible with the standing orders.
M. I•arubert said, that it could not be even read without violating the
standing orders.
M. Lupin observed, that, according to the standing orders, if three
committees were of opinion that a proposition should be supported in
public sitting, ii should be read in the bitting next after that when it
was laid on the table. It could not, therefore, be read now without
making an exception in its favour.

M. Roissy d'Anglas, who was already at the tribune returned to his
seat. (The object of the proposition was to demand that an enquiry be
instituted 11.10 the recent events.)

The Chamber then resumed the discussion of the law relating to the
National Guards.

Art. 47, submitting the appointment of Chefs de Bataillon to an elec.
don, which asst leered back yesterday to the committee, was read and
adopted.
Art. 52, which was also referred for consideration, was reported by
the committee in the following terms;—" The Majors, Adjutant.
Majors, and i•urgeon.llajors, shall be appointed by the King."
M. Vicnn, t proposed the suppression of Majors, or if persisted in,
that they should be nominated by the officers and sub-officers of the
battalion.

Air. At.lter rose to object to this amendment, and took occasion to
rectify some errors of the Minister of Public Instruction, in his state-
ments of yesterday tweeting the schools. (Interruption.) " I was
yesterday mentsoned in my absence (continued Mr. Agler), and surely
the Chamber will allow me to explain. (Hear, hear.) In the morn.
ing, and not iu the evening, as stated by the blinister, the Stu-
dents of the Medical School, united with those of the Schools
of Law, Pharmacy. and the Arts, and the pupils of the veteri-
nary School of Alrimt joined us on the Place du Pantheon, and
were very serviceable in repelling the attacks made upon the
National Guards, who were but few in number, and very
much fatigued. I ant enabled to relate their language. (In-
terruption ) Give me a hearing. gentlenten. for it Is important. Their
sandmen a were not only good, but admirable. I will not take up your
time in repeating their expressions. I love the youth of France, but lam
certainly not accustomed to natter. I found them deeply impressed
with a convict on that it was necessary to rally round a throne founded
upon the laws, and a liberty that can only be preserved by public order.
I at the same time saw behind this niass of the schools, a body of young
men, who w, re not of any of these institutions, and who wore no dia.
tinguislung mark that expressed opinions that were repudiated by
the schools with indignation, and were answered by acclamations
of " Vive VOrdre z' and when the King came to visit our posts
and review us on the Place du Pantheon, I will appeal to all who were
prat nt whether they heard any cries but those of Vire le Koh' These
brave and pa riotic youths ought not then to be confounded with the
agitators. It has been said that the schools have tarnished their noble
conduct by a protest. This I cannot believe. I am fully convinced
that if any protests were issued, they never emanated from the young
men of the schools, but from those whose only object was to stir up riot
and disorder. Again, nothing could be marked with greater propriety
than the conduct of the labouring classes. (Murmurs of impatience.)
Allow me, gentlemen, but a few words of explanation as to the conduct
of the labouring classes of the arrondissement, the legion of which
I have the honour to command. (Hear, hear.) These did their
duty as well as the schools, and all their sentiments were
of the most satisfactory nature, expressing a sincere attachment to
order, and a decided aversion to disturbance. All they required was,
that the government should display energy and firmness. It was the
universal cry, that it was time that scandal and riot should be put an
end to, and that the government should act without hesitation against
all who were guilty of exciting the existing agitation, whatever might
be their rank or station in society. (Cheers from the left.) The go.
vernment ought to employ none but men who enjoyed the general con-
fidence, and, to make use of the expressions repeated, it had become
necessary that the government should assume a real energy, and act
with firmness founded upon wisdom and the laws."
The President of the Council (M. Lame) then rose, and said—
" The hon. member who last addressed the Chamber calls upon the
Government to display energy, and take all the precautions required by
the present state of things. I render all justice to his good intentions,
but am called upon to answer what may he deemed a species of
reproach to the Ministry. To recommend firmness is in a measure
to declare that it has been wanting. (6 True, true,' from the
centre.) The country, therefore, ought to be made aware that
the Government has done all that it ought to have done. A
great agitation has prevailed. I have already said, that Go.
vernment had reasons to suspect conspiracies', and I admit that it
was absolately necessary, and that the Government was bound to
act as if they had been apparent. Public tranquillity has been endan.
gered. What has the Government done? list it exerted the full ex-
ercise of the power intrusted to it by the laws Has it triumphed ? Its
only answer and justitica•ion is fitund in these few words :—Tranquil-
:Sty is restored. You must have felt the deep impression made by the
prosceuiion of the ex-ministers. The National Gouda, in face of all
the attempts to exe;te disturbance, protected the independence of the
Judges, and insured their safe retirement from the place of their deli.
beratiun. An inquiry into the late occurrences has been mentioned : I
tint ready to give an account of the past ; but as to the future eon.
duct of the Government, I an bound to be silent. This Chamber
is not the seat of the Administration, which must be looked for
elvelsere. In the course of the late disorderly proceedings, a great
number were seized in the very act of their guilty attempts, and some
utders have been arrested since; and yet, as an inquiry is talked of, an
insinuation is thrown out that the ministers have not done their duty.
Yesterday there was a question of a placard that had been posted
up. To-day there are doubts as to certairs words that have been ut-
tered. As to the placard, I repeat what I have said already, that
its authors were unknown, and that it was posted tip without the au-
thority of the police, and those who have thus violated the law lately
passed with respect to bill-stickers will be proccuted. There has been
some uneasiness expressed on the ground that the Government has
not punished those who excited the troubles in October. But the
Government did bring before Justice those who were suspected of being
guilty on that occasion, and the tribunals have done their duty. Upon
the examination there did not appear sufficient evidence to place many
of them upon their trial, and they were consequently discharged. Others
have been condemned by the Correctional Tribunals to slight punish.
menu ; one alone was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The
rest were sent before a jury—it has not been the fault of Government, if
they have not yet been tried—they still remain in prison, where no grace or favour is shown. On the present occasion, as soon as Government
shall have acquired all the necessary information, it will be laid before
the Chamher, and all their duties, of which there is no occasion to re-
mind them, shall be performed." (Applause.)
This speech having excited considerable agitation, the President was
obliged to reniital the Chamber of the order of the day, and the number
or articles of the law of the National Guards that still remain for discus.
.10n. The members resumed their seats, and
31. de Marsnier resumed the discussion upon the organization of the
National Guards, when the li2d article was adopted.

From Fe Meesager de* Chartibres, dated Dee. 25.
Letters from St. Petersburgh of the Bth of December announce, that
As soon as the news of the insurrection in Warsaw was spread in the
capital of Russia, a violent irritation manifested itself among the young
!nen, and that in a short time 20,000 inscribed their names to make
t,“rt of the army which the Government intends to send to Poland.

" WARSAW, Ec. 9.
" The Polisb army now amounts to 140,000
men, na Dmely, 45,000
r ..ular troops, 20,000 disbanded soldiers who again take up arms, and
4rly 80,000 recruits.
" On the :id inst. a deputation from the Polish corps, placed at the
rrier called the Moscow battier, consisting of General Mulbtsg, and

Lieutenant-Colonel Wylerynaky, waited on General Chlopicki, oaring
him troops for the defence of the Polish cause.
" EPERNAT (MAR NE,) Dec. 21.
Correspondence of the Messages des Ch. beer.
" A riot has taken place at Epernay, where a great number of factions
persons went to the house of the receiver of the indirect taxes, broke
open the door, carried away the account-books, papers, and furniture,
and burnt them in the market-place. They were going to proceed in
the same manner at the house pi the inspector, but the sub-Prefect, the
Mayor, and some citisens, succeeded in dispersing the mob. The Na-
tional Guard was not assembled. Vine-dressers, who belong to it, are
among the rioters.
" TOULOUSE, Dcc 16.
Corrsepowdersee of the Messages des CAinsebres.
From the 26th of November to the 27th of December, about 700
Spanish refugees, of whom 110 were officers, t►avelling singly, or in
detachments, and coming from the four departments of the Eastern Py-
renees, the Arriege, and the Aude, successively passed through the de.
partments of the Upper Garonne, to go to Bruges or Limoges. Most
of them were obliged to stop one or several days at Toulouse, either to
take some rest, or to receive the allowance made them for the expenses
on the journey.
Provisions were every where given to them, and lodgings assigned
them, and the presence of those foreigners did not any where cause any
disorder.