The Statesman.
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repelled or deceased Deputy, shall be annulated
The saint shall take plare if the deceased "....,..
Deputy had not his domicil within the dvisiirt,,,,,,74l
43. All provisions of the laws ui the 6th pr;
law,
and the 25111
nti Mnuearchin, Iforce.Bl9, nut abolished by theme

CHAMBER OP PF.E.RI. PER. Is.
At two o'clock, the Chamber usaetn:.:ed from A..:
ferent lioreatts, where it was occupied with the net.
nation of the project of the law pre.ented in the „vie ,
of yeaterdsv, relative to the Jonrnala. By the ord„.l
the day, the discussion of the project of the law we,.;
drred to be discussed by the whole Chamber. B„
place ofimmediately opening the discus.ion, it
hack fur the examination of a special comoisaioa, cs,
sitting of the Viscount Montmoremy, the Mery ,
Partoret, the Duke de la Rouchefourau It, and the ..t3;
Roisay, d'.Anglas, and Dam.
The Chanslter then separated ; but wag to re ewwii.
as soon es the Report of the Commisaimien wy
sente4l.

No public business was •l';ne in the Chamber of 6.
puties.
Falun-It Fenn*, Fan. I6,—Five per tents. nit:,
Bank Stuck, 1-130.

LIRERTY OF THE PRESS.
The following is the projrt of the law
journals, presented to the trench Chamber by the hit,
ter of the [ulterior

I. The free pnbliration of the journals am] peTii4.
writings, devoted either entirely or in part to nerNic
political matters, and appearing either an a 6sol
or irregularly, or in numbers, is temporarily susph,
until a period hereinafter nattier!.
2. None of thr said journals or periodical wribia
shall he published unless authorised by the Ring.
3. This authority will estend only to those oho ri,s,
be enabled to shrw that they Isavv conformed to the F.r.:
Article of the Law of the Rib INI9.

4. Mori. the publication of a whole iihcet or saoi.•
the toatimirript now he submitted, either by Pr
prietor er responsible Editor, to a prctions iV
Lion.

5. A Commission, composed of three Peers, saj dim
Deputies, chosen by the hick, out of a list of mead,
presented by their respective Chambers, and if oh, !
Magistrate, who are not to be removed, and irls• weal 1
to be appointed by the 'Ong, will have a power ofehlie
int and rejecting the Censors at their pl..asure.
6. This I 11111 l ission will be renewed at each Swiss
of the Chaiiis•rs. Its members may be re-circled jai,
finitely.
7. Avery Proprietor, or responsible Editor, Asikak
in future print. or distribute any sheet, or nnolet oil
journal, or periodical writ*, without having penift,
communicated it to the Censor, or who shall
any one of the said sheets or numbers, an artist at
shots n to, or not approved of, by him, shall 1* midi
(rorrrrtioncltroirmo by inspri..lmuirtit of how Iltb
six months ditricion. atul by line of from tuo wadi
hundred francs, indepeuilent of the share offs*,
bility which lie incurs by any subsequent pew*
upon the contents of the matter in such sheets, waits
Or Wide",
11'hen it shall happen that a Proprietor, tempo
si hie Editor, shall 'save been proceeded against Wane
of the Ist article, the l'otainiisbion are essipowalh
suspend the publication of the work until Apnea
9. In every case, where judgment of coisdramits
ensues, the Commission may prolong, (or any taut
exceeding six months, the suspension of the saiiijsmai,
or periodical writing. lei case of a relapse, it asylum
its final soppreesion.
111. The provisions of the laws of the 17iiitiA it
26th of May, and 9th of June, IMO, inasseriothei
are sot repealed by any enactment is this larosshathit
confirmed.
11. This law will cease to have effect es the It d
Jaosuary, 1921
Uivea at the Toilleries, the 13th Febroaw, 1901.
(Signed)' Lout
(Undersigned) Wears
zISSASSLVATION OF THE DUKE DE 1

Such is the illiberality of the Fltra-Royalist Janis
both of France and England, that they wrist Is
a catastrophe which ought to excite osily feelers
sympathy. The madness of an obeenre tndirilda
ascribesi.to the it ralizing rlfects of «elitism pl;
cations. Notwithataniling that the assassin of tall*
de Berri is ass ignorant onechauir, to whom the el
merits of literature are tstiknown, that his flapless
was such as to preclude the possibility of his or
Isis attention with publics! disputes, ur imbibing Ate
Mons promulgated My any parry; yet. to the Meg
of the prerogative of the Crown, of the libcrtiad#
nation, is attributed the conception of a crime tike
such a miserable agent has kern enjoined tossers
The assassin drelares, that for five years Ise ha le
meditated the completion of Isis revengeful purpeasl
that his resolution was so fixed that numerous Jibe
hail not hewn able to slater him from his asunlegai
signs; yet are we told by the denioniacs of factimisi
wi•h all the acrimony of party spirit, that the gird
Loner, ressilts from the dissernination of Libeglet
trines, of those ronstitational principles which p
writers, whi b the real friends of naunarchy, pesctili
liberty, have avowed and proclaimed. Surely
venal. writers, in their indiscreet haste to germ is
cause, forget that two years ago time press ass w rlrt
led its France, that no friend to truth dared to praM
gate or express his sentiments.
The assassin ronstaut Iv avers, that alone he reesisi
the crime, alone he tied it : that lie hail said"
instigators, nor reonfidents, woe accomplices
habits were solitary; he had neither associates ow*
passions. The plate where he' liVes/ was wart-kb°
documente were discovered; absolutely notWir
found which roulil in anyaise affect his
But if we are to believe the furious deelamatioaseir
calumniators, lamed has beets incited by the guy OP
tainers of order and stability; his friends are so!
where; conspirators inundate Feiner; the wholes.
are his confederates; the hundred tbonssnel pidd
for the maintenance of the Charter are his IWO"
and his coadjutors: all the partisaus of the ea..
tional doctriue become responsible fur the ed.
fanatic.
With equal justice might the religion of Mot:
geminated Henry the Fourth be implicated: o
fairness might all Christians be denonsinsus! IWO
declines Clements, and Itavaillacs; with elite
priety might he impnted to this same reNilefAr
atrocities whit+, in its name, have sallied solagw""
I m yds
every quarter of the globe. Political sea
religious seal, may engender fanaticism; the sill!,1
rhino may be produced by different cause': &awl;
imagination may he impelled on to similar esselll,
opposite ideas. It was a similar organisallssfli
human mind that, ender impressions su differoll'g
the incendiary of Ephesus, the murderer of 11101.11,
Henry the Third, of Henry the Fourth, of Iles
Fifteenth, of Kotzebue, of the Hoke the Drol,
alarmed the world with the nsasserrn of theme
American, and raised the ineral piles of the I
wolf:
It was that whirls armed the heeds of (11 mg
Ninth, who sacrificed so many victims M his
wrath, poisoned time consecrated breed stNeed'Y,,
salted even the tiara, in the person of Clewedmay/i
:tenth. To whet doctrine must we ascribe Mew'