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London, England, 1818-01-20 00:00:00

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES,, JANUARY 15.

The sitting opened at one o'clock. The Ministers
of War and of the Interior were present.
A Report was made from the Commission on Pe-
titions. The -Mayors of several of the Communes in
the neighbourhood of Lyons, who had been removed
from office by Marshal Marmont, demanded that the
inquiry into their condict which had been comm,enced
before their dismissal, should be continued, that no
doubt might remain as to the honourable manner in
which they had executed their functions in the difficult
circumstances in which they were placed. This Peti-
tion was referred to the Minister of the Interior.

M. Robert, formerly as Advocate, addressed se-
veral memorials to the Chamber. In the first the pe-
titioner complained of the Minister of Police, for
having prohibited the announcement in theJcurnals
of a work, entitled " Causes of the Principal Everits
that have taken place in France for the last 32 years,
with the life of the Author." In the second petition
he demanded justice for the seizure of his manuscripts
on the 11th of December, by the Agents of the Po-
lice, acting by a warrant from the Prefect of Police.
The Chamber decided that the. laws do not authoriie
the seizure of manuscripts, but that the cognizance
of such infractions of law is reserved to the Tribu-
nals. In his third memorial the, petitioner accused
the Minister of General Police of having exacted,
under the title of the Secret Budget of his Ministry,l
a tax of one centime and a half on every number of
a Journal called "Le Fidele Ami du Roi" over and
above the three centimes legally established by the
law of the finances. He therefore demanded as against
the Minister the restitution of the 40th part of test
thousand francs which he had unduly paid. After
some observations from M. Cornet d'lncourt, and M.
de Chauvelin, the tendency of which was, that this
charge was of so serious a nature as to 'demand fur-
ther inquiry into the truth of the alleged facts by the
commissien, the petition was referred to the Com-
mission on the Budget.

The Chamber then resumed the discussion on the
Law of Recruiting. - I
The Count Dorowr, Deputy from Charente, sup-
ported the Project, contending that it was absolutely
necessary. He concludedby proposing several amend-
menu, amongst which was one, purporting that the
Royal Guards should be recruited, half by meets of
men selected from the army, and the other half by,
voluntary enlistment. He likewise proposed an ad-
ditional article, that no Officer should be deprived
of his rank, except according to legal forms.

M. BARTHE-LABASTIDE attacked it, as unconsti-!
tutional, and above all, as encroaching upon the,
Royal prerogative.
M. DE CuwevigiaN spoke in favour of annually
voting the army. He saw no inconvenience that
could arise from each year legislating upon the bud-
get of men of the War Minister. He entered at con-
siderable length into the various details of the law,
and expressed his regret that he saw nothing in the
Project relative to the National Guard so necessary
to the support of the State and the security of liberty.

M. DE S.ALABERRY condemned the Project, as being
neither monarchical, constitutional, nor politic.
Discussion adjourned till to-morrow.
SITTING OF-JANUARY 16.

The discussion on the Project of Law relative to
the Recruitment of the Army was resumed.

M. ROYER GOLLARR. --France, surrounded by
powerful nations which maintain regulan-ttlnvek 'ls

in want of an army capable of making its indepen-
dence rented. The law whfch is now proposed
has for its object, by creating such an army, to &A*
in harmony witk the Charter. h is true the Charier has
abolished the Conscription ; but were this enactment
to be interpreted with too much rigour, the Army
would become a nullity. The difficulty seems re-
solved in the only manner it can be, by the prefe-
rence which the Project of Law gives in the first in-
stance to voluntary enlistment over forced recruit-
ment—by this preference the Charter is fulfilled.
In regard to the question, whether the vote for the
army should be fixed or annual, it is in truth a mat-
ter of no interest to Government ; for in voting thC
Supplies, which are necessarily variable, the Cham-
bers must, in spite of Government and of themselves,
virtually renew the vote of recruitment every time
they give a new grant of money to carry it into effect.
In every respect the Project of Law appears emi-
nently constitutional and national ; and it does ho-
nour to the Government which proposes it. •

M. DI VOOUE.—The only question is to know whe-
ther the Project before us is reconcilable with the
Article of the Charter abolishing the Conscription ?
I must have it proved to me, that it differs essen-
tially from that compulsory system, before I can
support it, and on this point I must say that nothing
has been brought forivard to make this difference
sensible. Voluntary enrolments properly organized,
will always suffice in France to raise such an army
as will vindicate its honour and independence.—
It is only necessary to appeal to Frenchmen, when
the hour of danger arrives, to have that appeal an-
swered in a way becoming a brave and patriotic
people. That hour has not yet come—the Ministers
have expressly declared to you, that it is from no
apprehension' f danger that this measure has origi-
nated—and the project being therefore quite as un-
called for as it is unconstitutional, I shall vote for its
rejection.
M. BounoitAu.—The question of chief importance.
seems to be, whether the contingent should be fixed
fora series of years, or voted every year? Ina Con-
stitutional Monarchy, such as ours, the rights and
powers are so perfectly balanced, that there is no
reason to fear the least invasion on the part of the
Crown, and the fixing of the contingent for a series
of years seems to me, therefore, a measure which
may he ventured on with the greatest safety.
M. DR LA BOU/DONNATIL—If you give to the Mo-
narch -the power, for a series of years, of recruiting
the Army without the concurrence of the Chambers
—if you accord to him an annual levy of forty
thousand men, over whom you are to have no
-controul—if you thereby furnish him with the
means of arbitrarily augmenting the army—you will
deliver up to him obsolete power—he will only have.
need of a strong will to disregard epiniop, to enslave
the 5.1 s. to command the purses of *lie Dooolp
-,-(Gratt stgi‘ntion in 474 Hal!).—Further discussion;
adjourned till to-mcrros-.
French 5 per Cents, January 16, 66 f. 95 c.
BERLIN, JANUARY I.

Lieutenant-General Deriike has published an Apo.
logy for the Prussian Noblesse, in which, with all the
feeling of a Chevalier of the age of Louis XIS'. he
endeavours to prove that these Noblesse, who were in
nearly the exclusive possession of all the stiperior
places of the Kingdom, both civil and military, until
1816, had always displayed a truly chivalric spirit,
and that it was by them the Prussian Monarchy was
carried to that degree of splendour which it possessed
previous to the battle of Jena. He adds, that though
betrayed by fortune in that battle, iniuhed by Jacobin
writers, and sacrificed to the blindhatred of the people.
they had arisen with a new lustre since 1813, and
lexcl rendered Prussia by their victories more power-
ful than ever, and insists that the Noblesse, with all
their ancient privileges, are essential to the existence
ofthe State. The Lieutenant-General seems wholly
to have forgotten that the King was under the neces-
sity in 1807 of forming a Military Tribunal of Justi-
fication and Pacification, which condemned a great
number of noble Officers to punishments of various
gradations. from perpetual imprisonment to cashier-
ing--he has forgotten that in 1813, 1814, and 1815,
a number of excellent Officers were drawn from the
third estate ; while in 1816, all the Officers, with a
few exceptions, were of the Noblesse.

PRIVATE LETTER.
" Pau‘, JAVVAIT 17.
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6, The Duke de Fitzjames is called from the Court
for having printed his opinion on the Law Project
respecting the Journals—an opinion which he had
not delivered in the Chamber of Peers, because the
Ministerial party in that Chamber had succeeded in
bringing the question to a vote, before several Mem-
bers whose names were inscribed for taking part in
the discussion had spoken. The opinion of the Duke
is now printed, and selling publicly in the same man-
ner as that of M. de Chateaubriand. The chief ob-
ject cf the Duke in this speech, which he intended to
have spoken, is to expose the political system of the
present Administration,; which he criticises with great
severity :—' The revolution,' he says, c engendered
Bonaparte, and Bonaparte engendered the Ministry:
As yet this disgrace has not had the effect of depriving
the Duke of any of his places, neither that of first
Gentleman to Monsieur, nor that of Colonel 'of the
Cavalry of the National Guard of Paris. Ministers
have made applications to Monsieur (the Count
d'Artois) as Colonel-General of the National Guards
of France, to deprive the Duke cf his rank in that
corps, but his Royal Highness refund, adding that
he would sooner resign himself. The Ministers have
gone the length of holding a Council to consider
whether the resignation of the Count d'Artois ought
to be accepted. Upon the whole, they have avenged
themselves cn the Duke only by halves, and that is
the worst sort of vengeance ; fur, instead of ridding
themselves of their adversaries, they only inspire
them with more activity and energy,"

SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIR

We have already informed our Readers ;Jai
new army destined for the re-subjugation of 5
America, and now collecting in tlie.provint..,,
tremadura and Andalusia, consists of seve.t
two hundred men, including two corps of ,„
and is commanded by Lieuten,int•Getierai c.,,.
LABISEAL. The hirelings of PERl:biz/4N: _
have such people even in Lon,lon—tl4
FERDINAND exult at the intelligence, and sv::
assured that the unnatural reLellson
down.

What! Is this the first force that has
against " these vile Insurgent-,
been so many bands of armed mun . •
errand before, that we hare lost cl..r •-•
can we refresh our memories b;• •
hers as occupying the diferent r•nN.•••.-
America; for on looking to al' nu- •
that quarter, we find but a few
the hosts that have been sent acros. t 1.•
force the people again to submit to
Of FERDINAND, and the benic4.o ~!
quisition. What has become of then:
leave the abettors of Spanish tyranny
to answer the question.
But " the Spaniards will nosy possess ats7,2c.
naval force in that quarter, in c(..lseque.,.ce ~f
purchase of the Russian men of war.-.....‘V1h„,
to learn, however, by what means the
broadsides from ships of war can he mai....
on the Independent armies, which gees 2. • z.,
of the country. It is this possession of
that renders the Patriots so strong—:-.2r. -
nerable. How stand the Patriots anl
at this moment in Venezuela? The la:._-.
five isolated towns on the coat—:Le fo:r.c-'
seven provinces with all the:r resonrrec J.
of their tow:rs, the navigatic:-. of all r.nt
the command of all the cattle. R
obliged to. import all their supplie.
abound in every requisite—except
These they have the means v.-
this is the case there v-ili •
of the world, be found er.tcrprizire:
countries ready to supply them.
We have been exultingly rernlndei •-•
of the capture of MINA. If •
depended on a single arm, the nev-s s- .•
appalling : but the Patriots have it
MINA, and they will fight again.'
tion was so galling as to compel t!..c.r. •
of revolution when without a sin,.c
insult or take vengeance on an (Try-, -
be subdued with the arrriec, the
the means which they rixv poi, .-
Revolution co rime:iced in ..•
their forts with wooden caar:-.t
wet:• 1...41§;
Proclamations were printed Kith wo, - •
which they manufactured for the purpo‘:. 1.
be thought that the death of one v.-ar,i(.: .
any depressing effect on the energies of sue:,
But are we sure that JII cs w has fallen? Wee
that-on various occasions the Royalists ir.
have had a Te Deem for victory, when it
terwards that there had not even been a

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We have frequently been assured in t
Gazettes of the death of MAC CiRrCOR .
Commanders. whom we have min atterw
drubbing the Spanish Generals. The Ls::
death is doubted in the New Ycrk papers.

RAMSGATE, J.-JAW:Mr 14.

Arrived about half-past six last evening, from
lais, the Poll packet, of Dover, ('apt. Srviss, h.ll
on board his Grace the Duke of WILL/NGTO.
companied by Lord. ARTHUR HILL. Clionel Fl
MANTLE, and Captain HOOD of the 43d Regin
It appears the Noble Duke had given the Capta
the Poll express orders to land him at this port, 11
ing our harbour's mouth to be at all times ire! 7
a bar to obstruct the vessel's entrance ; and iaz
could get in or out at any time of tide. Sir 11
LlA.st CURTIS, with his usual public spirit. open in
ing the illustrious WEL L LNG TON had landed litre.
mediately waited upon his Grace, at the .tibic.:.!
tel, to invite him and suite to his hospitable 111.:
but from the urgency of the Duke's errand n:
country, he politely decliaed the invitation; 27:

. .
ter partaking of a hasty dinner. procoeJed
don, in hii own travelling carlia&e.,
ove:—. the gallant Duke bka% heartily
bje-standers, on setting off from the Altik

The REGENT is expected to hold a Lew.: C
ton House on the Nth, and the QUELS a
room on the ISth of February.
Last night the QUEENS tradesmen
houses in honour of the celebration ci the (4:-:
Birth-day.

Her :NlairsrY has beer. graciously t!easej
point Master R. l'Eacy 13mA:tits yin of Cc'.o
How.ti:D DOUGLAS, Bart.) to be one of her
l'arNs cf lionouiV
Lilts (iusNixo, Esq. of Lower Grosvc
cne (.1 the Surgeons of St. George-s II
atisointri to succeed the late Sir J
as Surge, a Extraordinary to his Nississi
The I)uke of YORK strained his left an
soy Forest, last Thursday morn:ilg, when 1
act of mounting his horse to take the
shootittg, acc. rnia:-.ied by Sir IlisNay Tr
on -account of tIT accident he did not
tended object. but returned to town. ()I
called at Chelsea College, and hi-c•ug!‘
M'GRIGOR with him to YLA-k House, w.u.
stantly attended his Ile al Highness.
the inqUirers yesterday was, " .His Royal I
better."—.The Duke °IM-ELLINGTON, who
townion Sur.day evening, galled at York
terdat afternoon, and had an interview with
Highness for about au hour and a ha:`.

The