Star.
London, England, 1819-04-27 00:00:00

FRENCIIPAPERS.

PARIS, APRIL ss.
Yesterday the Chamber of Deputies again met,
when the Order of the Day called for the discuslion
of the second project of Law which relates to the
, mode of pr:oecutton- and judgments for rnisdemea-
lion is—Or the .PTl:e;s.
No- ;Mtinbeir .had inscribed his name to speak
against tits Plea, but two iNfembers, M. LEGRA.
VAREND and. nowt]) de LANGLADE, were suc-
cessively heard in its favour. The general discussion
was then closed, and the Chamber ptoceeded imme-
diatelf to tte examination ofs.he Project in detail.
Article Ist being merely.introductory to the Pro-
je.4 proposed without. observation,
Article 2, proposed, that in case of offence towards
either of the Chambers. through the medium of the
Press, no prosecution shall take place till the Cham-
ber offended shall have presented an Address to the
KING, begging him to 'disect the Attorney-General
to prosecute.
The Commission proposed as an Amendment to
this Article, that the Chamber offended should itself
have the power of at once ordering the prosecution.;
without any Address to the King.
M. de hi 13OURDONNAYE opposed both the original
Article and the Amendment as equally contrary to
the dignity and independence of the two Chambers.
The Chambers, he observed, are two powers of so-
ciety; every power of society is necessarily indepen-
dent ; and to submit to the revision of the Royal
Power or of the Courts and Tribunals which has in-
stituted the decisions of the two Chambers, would be
to treat as subordinate and justiciable two powers
which are recognized as independent. From the mo-
ment that the interest of society requires that they!
slsOuld be these independent powers, it arms them
. with the right to make themselves respected. The
Chambers ought, therefore, in the opinion of the
Speaker, to have in themselves the power of punish-
ing all offences against them:committed through the
medium of the Press. He accordingly proposed that
Article 2d should be referred back to the Commis-
sion, with instructions to amend it to the effect of
establishing this power in the Chambers.
M. BEUGNOT contested the positions laid down by
the preceding Speaker. The Royal power was as
much one of the independent powers of society, as,
the two Chambers are and yet the Sovereign is ob-
liged to descend from his throne, and sue before the
Tribunals for the redress of all injuries to his dignity.
The Chambers ought no more than the Sovereign to
have the power of judging in their own cause—a
power, in theory absurd, and in practice pregnant'
with the greatest danger.
M. De CitoSAIGNOLES, Reporter on the Project,
followed on the same side.

The motion of M. de la Bourdonraye for the remit:
was then put to the vote. and rejected by a large
majority, only five or six Members on the right cising
in its favour.

The Article as amended by the Commission was
afterwards put to the vote, and passed.
The four succeeding Articles were also passed,
after some slight amendmer.ts.
Article 7, which relates to the provisionary seizure.
of works under pro,.ecution, was expected to have
given rise to soma discussiOn, but it passed, without.
any observtiOn as did also Article 8, on the same
subject.
Article 9, was the subject of a pretty warm discus-
sion. It proposed to enact that the warrant of sei-.
zure should not be recalled, except by, an unanimous
judgment of the Council Chamber.
MaxuEL, and other Members. thought such a
provision extremely severe—placing it its the power,
as it did, of a single Magistrate, to prolong, by his
vote, a seizure, which might ultimately turn out to
have been most unjust.
M. BOURDEAU and M. DE LAZE contended that
the enactment was in perfect accordance with other
parts of the Criminal Law, and that the unanimity
required was a matter of very salutary precaution.
The Article was ultimately adopted by a large
majority.
The discussion on the additional Articles was then

adjourned.
The Chamber of Peers had also a public meeting
on Thursday. Baron Bastard D'Estang, one of the
new Peers, took the oaths and his seat.
Count de Scsov, in the name of the Commission
appointed to consider the project of law on tobacco,
made a Report, recommending its adoption. The Re-
•port was ordered to be printed, and the discussion on
it .tppointed to take place on Saturday:
A second Report was made by Count Conran:ors,
on die propovition for a law to substitute some other
punishment for transportation. Ordered also to be
p-anted and distributed. The Chamber adjourned.
The Chamber nest proceeded to Article '2l of the
project which exempts from.prosecution the publica-
tion of whatever is matter of judicial record.—(Some
slight.tuudiiicatitm.)
• A Note has be,. officially communicated to the
Ministers of trance, Spain, and Austri•► announcing
that the Divan cannot consent to the immunitie*;
which these Powers have solicited in favour.of the
Catholics of Asia Minor; that it belongs to the Dachas
to regulate their treatment; and that any interference •
on the part .of the Porto would ;be an Infringement
of the privileges conceded to these local Authorities.
• French per Cents. Thursday, 6d ft-. 80 c.
. BADEN, Atsitti. s.

. _
Since some circumstances have been discovered
which induce a belief that Kotzebue's murderer did
nut act quite as any insulated criminal, but that he
really was a member 0 a secret society, a Special
Committee has been appointed to examine this affair,
which proceeds with )lill, possible care. Sundt has
been conveyed to the 'House of Correction, his health
uedinese and it seems hu• will probably die of con-
s tmpttan: he has notict given any information.
few days ago• his brother,. came to Manheim. An
unfounded report says, that.an attempt was made at
Dresden to assassinate .4h fitourdza, but that the
Student, when he saw that he could not execute his
Lorrid purpose, killed hifuself.

PARLIAMENTARY :PROCEEDING ..
•
HOUSE OF LORDS, APTLIL .26.
Counsel were fully heard relative to the Scots gauge, sek
P. Whchell-and limper," after which their Lerclehips affirmed:
the judgment of the Cutlet belOw, with .C5O costs.
Counsel were. then heard in part on the case
;of " Get's, r.
Wallace."—To proceed again on Vresinesday.
The Marquis of queestearanr, the Earls of .VILECTOM and
CHAMLZMONT, and Lords Um. and Dtt.usvett took theoaths
and their pests, as did the Bishop of Ditusionr, one of the Irish
Representative Prelates.
The Earl of COVENTRY presented a Petition frost the
Borough of Tewkesbury against any further extension of privi-
lege to the Roman Catholics.
Lord ROLLE presented a Petition from the City of Deter,
agaiust the Roman Catholic Claim..
The Excise Licences and the East India Custom Dutiesßilis
were brought up from the Commons by Mr. Baocoes: and
others, and read the first time ; as were a few private orlocal
Rills, presented by Sir ItoseavV.secutax, Mr. H. "SUMNES and
other Members.
The Duke of NORTHEIMBERI. AND presented Peteons
front the Towns of North and South Shields, against the tette/al
of.the present Insolvent Debtors' Bill; and, secondly, his. Crate
presented Petitions from the same places, praying that whaiver
regulations may be adopted with respect to the subject of Debtor,
and Creditor, provision should he male for the due protetion
of the honest trader, against the fraueleisait and unprinciled
Debtor.
Certain Accounts were presented by Mr. Msnox, fromihe
East India Hotise, respecting the Company's sales of Cotton nei
other articles, within a given period; which, on the nt9tl of
the Earl of LAVDE.RDAI.F., were ordered to be printed.
. Earl FITZW I LLIA M presented a Petition from the Chi of
York, complaining of the present weight of taxation, and prang
fur relief.
The Noble Earlpresented a Petition frcen Wakefield aga:ra;
the continuance of the Insolvent Debtors' Act.
Mr. Simplot presented atthe Bar an Account of the Tonnage
Duties paid at Dover Harbohr for the last year. •
The Earl of LIVERPOOL briefly referred to the Mineral
Alkali Duties' Bill, which Mood before. their "Lustisbip for a
third reading. For a due understanding of the measure it would
he necessary to enter into some considerations of tetal, and as
that may not tie convenient to some of their Lordships, he won't
' therefore propose that the third reading of the Bill should stand
over till this day tennight; which was ordered accordingly. '
Viscount GRANVILLE moved the second. reading of the
Canal Felonies' Bill, which 'accordingly took place.
The Earl of MORTON presented a Petition from a numerous
and respectable Meeting of the County of Fife against the impo-
sition of any farther Duties upon Coal.
The Earl of ESSEX presented a Petition front Leominster
praying for a revision of the CriMinal Code. ,
The Marquis of LA NSDC.W NE presented a Petition from
I number of Unitarian Christhuss in Liverpool and its vicinity,
respecting certainparts of the Church of England marriage ern,
mony, as inconsistent with their tenets and doctrines. The Peti-
tioners stated that the Jew, and Quakers were relieved by law
from the necessity of atiarrying, according to those rites; and
they expressed their hopes that at some future oppertmity a re-
laxation of a similaetendencr would. be extended to them.
The Noble Alarquis then presented a Petition front the Ro-
man Catholics of the City of Limerick', praying for a Legisla.
tire allowance of their Claims.' And also a Petition to a similar
effect from the united Parishes of Balrudday and Ballyskeane, in
the ° Counties of Dublin and Wicklow.—The above Petitions
were respectively ordered to lie on the table.
. TRIAL BY JURY IN SCOTLAND..
. ,
The' LORD CHANCELLOR rose, pursuant to
his notice, to move the second reading of the Bill he
had brought in upon this subject. Their Lordships,
he observed, were aware that a few years back (in
1808) an Act was passed to extend the Trial byJury'
in Scotland to civil cases. A measure of the kind
was generally desired in that century; and the Act
then passed may be regarded in a great measure as'
temporary or piperimental. It was since deemed
likely to prove. expedient or beneficial if those regu-
lations Were made more extensive, and further powers
given to the :Coott.'. In this .view it was proposed by
the Bill, as one of the provisions, to empower the
Lord Ordinary to send certain issues, to be tried by
a Jury in the firstinstance, without being obliged to
send them -previously lb the Inner House.. There'
were other:provisions:in the Bill calculated upon a'
similar view of improvement, and especially as re-
garding the:powers- of the Lord Ordinary. What he
would novilirOpose was, that their Lordships should
give a secondreading to the Bin. On an examina-
tion as to the terms proper to be used, be found that
some alterations in thelanguage of the clauses would
be necessary and' he shMild therefore propose that
their Lordships would consider the Bill in a Com-
mittee on Wednesday, when the necessary alterations
could be Made; and the Bill, if it were deemed pro..
per, could be recommitted on some future day. This
arrangement seeming to meet the concurrence of their
Lordships, was tacitly assented to, and the Noble
and very Learned Lord having so moved, the Bill
was forthwith read a second time, and committed for
'Wednesday next.—Adjourned till to-morn ow.