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truest safeguard of liberty and of the Constitution.
This is absurd. The Deputies are chosen by the
People to preserve the Constitution, and surely the
ephemeral productions of the Peess, never can claim
such a distinction.
" England has been repeatedly quoted," observed
M. MONTESQUIOU; " I shall stop a moment at this
objection.

•' The English Constitution is a kind of phenc-
melion in its'results. It is the strongest Government
in the world; and yet it is a composition wbich chance
only seems to have put together, for the mind of
man never could have conceived it. The Parliament
exercises an over-ruling authority, before which every
one must be silent, and every thing gives way. This
power is exercised by the majority: it is this majority
which makes the laws—it seizes upon all places, and
engrosses all power.

$6 What strength can be greater than that which
holds all, which wishes to keep all, which escapes
from all responsibility, because it is always this ma-
jority which makes the law, the accusation, and the
sentence, and which finally executes it. It is =es-
sary to give to the people a kind of compensation
against such an energy of authority—against a Go-
vernment so vigorous, which, if not pressed upon by
another force, would no doubt end by destroying it-
self. I. admit that the morality of those who corn-
pose this.power, and who are worthy to command
such a nation, is a perfect model for integrity. And
what has a nation so powerful to fear from this boast-
ed liberty of the press ? .The Journals are neutra•
lized—responsibility escapes from their vain decla-
mations.—They have no power whatever against OIL
;strength cf the Goveinment they serve to amuse the
public : this is all.

" England mintains the Liberty of the Press by
means which we know not how to imitate. The pri-
soner there lives and dies in prison, abandoned by all.
You ought not, Gentlemen, •to envy such manners.
Here the prisoner is an object at interest ; he receives
the visits and tl.e consolations of friendship : in France
liberty is more moderate and our manners are gentler.
Let us leave the English those means uhich our na-
tionAl character abhors.

" It has been said that the Liberty of the Press, if
permitted, might at length make us insensible to its
abuse:. This would be a dreadful evil : when ca.

lurnny ceases to annoy us, what sill become of mora-
lity and honour ?
ia What is it that the advocates against the law
require—is it to protect the sciences ?No !—con-
temptible Journals, scattered like the books of the
Sybils—these are the trifles for which the representa-
tives of the people are contending. I figure to my-
self Louis XIV. and the Ministers who illustrated
his reign, now present in this Assembly, listening to
these animated debates for the sake of Journals, Pam-
phlets, dirty pieces at paper, still-horn children ! and
to these you would sacrifice the security of the State.
When the King has released you from the most.
dreadful tyranny, and introduced you into a mild and
peaceful regime—when he has operated this change,
has he not a right to ask you to giant something for
the security of the throne, and the preservation of
good order ?"
M. MONTISQUIOU concluded by conceding on the
part of the King, certain amendments to the effect,
that no censure should apply to a work exceeding
twenty sheets, and that the law should cease to ope-
rate at the end of the Session, 1816. He then asked

if the Deputies wished the King to declare that their
opinions should not be sul)ject to any censure ? The
Members with one voice answered in the negative,
considering it as unnecessary. One of. the French

journalists remarks with proper spirit, that this is a
matter of right inherent in the Deputit . Ind cannot
therefore be taken as a concession from the King.
M. RAYNOUARD replied at considerable length : his
arguments were chiefly repetitions. The Assembly
then broke up after coming to the decision which we
Piave already noticed. •

In addition to the above debate, the Paris Papers
contain some intelligence of interest.
Madame LETITIA BONAPARTE (formerly Madame
Mote) has set out from Rome to visit her son, in the
island of Elba. MARIA Lows.t was nut expected to
return to Vienna before the middle of September.

The PRINCE ROYAL of Sweden has formally taken
leave of the Court of Stockholm, for hisiexpedition
against Norway. A' commission of four Swedish
Counsellors of State will hold the reins of Govern-
ment witil his return.
An article from Piedmont states, that great part
of Italy is overrun by bands of rubbers, composed of
discharged and runaway soldiers. The article con-
cludes by stating, that the whole coast from Nice to
Naples is in tie possession of regularly organised
corps of banditti, who plunder travellers of what
they please. They have regular offices, where pass-
ports are given upon payment of a heavy contribn-
Lien. Can this have any allusion to MURAT and 111
Army
The allocations given- to Bavaria by the new ar-
rangements seem to have excited much dissatisfactioo.
Prince EVOaNE BantIHARNOIS gets the city of Treves,
and part of the Electorate of that name.
Louts XVIII. visited Versailles on Thursday last,
for the first time since his return to France.
M. DESBASSYNB has been nominated Intendant.
General of Pondicherry. He takes with him M.
LEZCHEMAULT, the naturalist, who sailed with Cap-
' rain BAUnIDt. From Pondicherry the mission xiH