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Remarri HfinH the A n -icon Fubiicaittn, mu
ll'd A ShMch f Old England i« u .V»
England- *an"-c,pieJ from the Edinburgh
Scotsman qfJanti nor 22, Itv2.t
Men arc selilon losers in the end by fair
oonduct, or gainers liy calumny and abuse
For many yean English travellers and Englivv
reviewers have found it eitlic pleasant or pro- I j^hui ms,beyond doubt, one great criterion
stable to let out thur iibheralily and pe ulnncu 1 „f (j, e e | 4 f c 0 f m orals : and whenever I see the
..pon the people of the United States. Honest ] *t age converted into a bear-garden for drunk-
isn a lit la received the ('(fusions of these jfet’- , ar ,)p, wild hc.asts, puppet shows, fit pantomimes,
a»a« with satisfaction, because they gratified, y lt | or ,, r . ln t c d thu audience must he
Til self love, and furnished him with reasons | pr etty much on a par with the exhibition
for despising those whom lie was rather inclin- , Above all, when people, called well educated
-sd to dread. Itu‘ these repea cd injuries and . and polite, are fond ol seeing murders, niatlmt n,
insults have roused a Nkw I.Svstsu llAS to i and extravagant caricatures of every human
kook » little more closely into John's Character passion represented on the ttagr, it in a sure
and pretensions, and the rosu’t is the two vol- s j Rn their taste approximates to that of the mob,
«mes now bef w, on the characer, manne s, I w |, 0 arfl mo ,t outrageously addicted to running
literature, and ltls“Uufions of E .gland, written , n f tcr executions and funerals
something in *j.e spirit of tlie U x laliorve. We •• | U1C .1 often to go to the theatres here, until
»r
ges about K ng,* Lordn*,* and t tommons in which I verely for others to he inclined to adopt Ins and finally notice of its discussion given,
ih nu hor hw visibly indulged I,is prejudn es, | doc ,rine. England, he contended, had Therightis.derevere impttranl that the
rather than exercised Ins judgment, the hook
might be re printed in London, and have some
good effect. The following extracts will give
| an i lea of the author’s manner.
V iiood taste in the relish for dramatic cx
the order of the day, which shall be alfixed
usu- to the walls.” Yesterday the President, in
made war at tiiut period"for the protection of al formalities should he dispensed with on the closing the sitting in the midst of tumult,
commen ial interests, which, as they were ground of extraordinary circumstances. The did not put as the order of the day for G>e
her chief support, so they were the paramount President persisted in his refusal, which ex- ' " * l :
*" cited violent disapprobation.
The President then said, in an elevated
tone of voice, “ M. Manuel has put a letter
objects of her policy. To promote these,
she did not hesitate to make peace with Na-
Englaiul spurned foreign stibscr
poleou. cu.jj.n..'. — — .7 ■ ,
vieney, and her soldiers were never led to , into my hands,
eombat for ancient prejudices. The minis-1 All the right side—“ We want to know
ter for foreign affairs had left no effort 1111-1 nothing of its contents.”
tried to Idas tin ir minds. Ik had revealed to
following day, the proposition of dl. de La-
hourdonnaye ; that proposition makes no
part ofthe order of the day placed upon the
walls. I demand, therefore, that the dev-
elopemcnt of this proposition be postponed
till to morrow. I do this, because it is of
the utmost importance that we should inain-
... .. Many members again demanded ofthe tain that trampiility so necessary to our de-
ihcmccrtiiinconfidentlaicoviv'ersations’which President to put it to the. vote whether they liberations, us lias been observed by M.
he had h id with a sovereign at Congress; would hear the proposition ol M. Forbin Hyde de Ncuville himself,
and this revelation had informed them, that d’Issatts ; he, however, wasinexorahle in his
cannot ■Oy that lie relurns *• measure lor mcas- ! j RrKW tired of tlx ir abominations —I'll? draui-
for, in vigour of intellect and talent as a 1
•writer, he is a gi nt among the pigmies who
have teased and goaded him by their imperti
nence into this act of retributive justice, lie
'hat shown, that however low our vanity may
rate the acquirements ol the Am.-r.cant, they
hive at least literature enough to repel io'ults.
Her uicn of 1. tiers, like her teamen, begin np
paren ly to thina ihat the time fo* tak.n ' kicks
is past, and Ihat tliere m.gbt possibly lie some
small chinks in her n'lversuries 1 ina.l through
wvliich a home thrust could Ik-made. Ia truth,
Sobody has he. n to much addicted to m.stake
his own i hnracter und dial of his neighbor’s—
to cry himself up lor qnabties he warned, an 1
to cry <lon others f.»r f-ilings with which lie
was himself charge able, as John Boll. Ce •
tninly it is not Ids ini' rest to provoke a censo
rious spirit, for he has his loll dure ol the vices
at well as the virtues, .he shame as well as the
•lory, of civilir.*'ion : aud what is wiong in
his character it is not easy to ronccal.—To say
nothing of more serious charges, such as c ur
hi..oily criminal oode, ourswacmt of bariknipl*
juid convicts our two millions of paupers —
ftstv much food for ridicule would an American
tinl in the fopperies of our courts, founded on
rxploJi'cl manners—in the forms, powers, and
pretensions of our c.vil and judicial tunctiona-
ncsli ouronlcorpor diom—in our i.lose burghs,
where the rr.w. s nti.tive elects bis coi.iti
en.s-ii, our faVg.e ■» -tie. <ur small duties, or
fio dotiev at all - id ‘bo*® matter 1 Wbu ro We
have ihrjv.n srnte rtanun bct<mcl »r«* in
<leerenc° k “the isr.’ont of our uncesto,.?’
’i’lic Vs iv C.noi/sh man hits ml neglected Ins
udvantngc*. It I * drawn n l'ortra t of Jons
Jicu, in which his false pretensions, tollies,
and ab.-urdities, arc brought out with every
adva-tsge of light and *h»de* , , not
oca 1, however, hat be visited E ig.and < n
purpose to onsr- present tlie cl.a aclei i.t Int
pemlc, hut (he fall hoods and calumnies so
. aioutlv propagated bv English writers a? tntl
America, had evidently given him a bail im
pression, both ofthe people who Uiim.1 gr.uM’
cation in them, and of tl e literary artisans w..o
prn.lcreil 10 ’he depraved appet.'e of die put.'-
Ire iiy manufacturing them lie has ’.<>t uoi.a
xi justice in some Hungs, unless we yi'e that
name to he retaliation ol injustice He has
m ule some mistak es in fans and c.rcunistan
c,;s; yet we behove Ir' ia in.1r.1Vly more accu
rate and better inf rawd than those English
travellers wh pars tor an liorities in every
thing relating to America. W here he docs err,
(h ■ e is 11 mucu truth mix. d up with liia errors,
and so much re .sun wi ll h.s vvrong judgineiils,
that the vi .nt of l.ia pictures have still veri-
aiinilunde en ugh to wound our national var.i-
t) . Dm he Audi much in E gland t > coiniunnd ,
and h a pr;ii». hat 1I10 m.rit of discrimination,
ile seems, tuo to describe our faults and vices
fully us much in pity and « row as in scorn or
eji/ur. He is honest n ugli indeed to tell his
b. other, to whom the I tters are addressed, that
*1* had been much beset by the b’ue devils
both in England and on the CuiAincnt, and
■ararns hi”i to de 'net three per cent, from his
descriptions of l..c and manners.
Ab nit one third of 1 lie book consists of he
.aarrative of our auth >r’> ,>i!g' image through En
gland and Walts, arid ’he other two thirds of a
c. riicRl description of our manners, morels, cus
toms, laws, judicial and civil esta''lUI,mcnl»,
elictions, taxes, charities arte, drain* amt lit
erature. lie takes a wicked pleasure in draw
ing parallels between our Parliament ami die
Cougrts* of ihe United Stale?, our king and
their president, our taxes aud tln ir no-taxes,
pur staiving farmers, an 1 their well fed labor
ers ; and though he is ‘ ;h bn American and a
r» ublxan, contrives ( he singularly blevcr.
Witty, and amusioff. He not only sayi ihat
’ll' re is more honesty and diligence iu t.oiigci cs
Ucin in onr Parli.ime 1. which »e would place
to tne account of Am. r. align iai.c; 1 hut af
ter witnessing many ,i bates, he 111 liuuins
there is more eloqueu , dign.ty and oruer. lie
has a respectable lino . odge of OU' his ory and
aiitiquiticsiyet such 1 he force of Ainetican
prejudice, that he cat 1 ,t d si over the beauty
v anit virtue of rottin lbs, sinecures, tithes
d standing 11 iniec, v h, accorjing t s one
no dem aatlioritnu, li the met el all that is
P S: » dlcut in the const t non. lie ia Infinitely
up 11 the stipe, .l ives of “ vaat” i.ud
1’’and ‘••tuneno «” beatiw. . by E g
1 0:1 r.u t. I.ill. s as Snow . , such
■v Severn, nr !« garde, c .trades
atic art is ce
countrv, owing
first is the indifference of the fashionable world,
who, one and all, prefer to goto sleep at the
Italian opera, to silting out onr of Shakspeare’s
best plays; the second cause I apprehend to
be the bigotry of a considerable portion of that | »'• tive.ige, and his sway was atro-
M imiele—Hc punished himself loo so- gistered, arierwards extuninedin the hureauk hour of bpenin^ at toe next session, 61,d , my soul and co.iicler.ea that those principftj
• r . .. . ■--* ' —1 a—n ih« nni»rnfih« ,(«t wbirh chnii h« aifivnl i sn d efforts compromise at once the interests
of the throne and the nation. But I ought
not to be deprived, by interruptions and by
a tumuli, which you even considered inex
cusable, of the right of being heard before I
am judged. I desire that it may not be per
mitted to impute tn me, even hypocritically,
the absurd design of basely insulting, without
motive, without interest, the misfortunes of
august victims, whose destiny afflicts all gen
erous hearts. When I shall have spoken, I
will brave the judgment of passionate men,
and 1 slnlt fearlessly await that of just men!
“ I have the honour to be, Mr. President
your very humble servant, MANUEL.” ‘
•Vofe of iht Editor.—On inserting this lct-
| ter. wo ought to slate that wo understood
| the speaker to s.iy unc forme .Youvelle, and
j not des fonts iwuvellts ; and we think it
1 r ight, subject to the correct ion of the' error.
1 to retain the former exptession in our report
1 of the sitting.
The President.-
I shall put to the vote
it* vv .i s' eVpeci'ed on the put of France that refusal, on the grmind that it was peremptorily the motion of M. C.issimir Perrier,
she should preserve herself from tho moral | incumbent upon him to maintain the regula-I On the left.—No, no, iris unnec
It was | ted order of their proceedings. Much tumult *“** J *“*
ensued, and the President, seeing his efforts
to restore orJer fruitless, declared the sitting
dissolved.
Great number of Deputies—“Bravo!
bravo ! Thus it is that the Chamber does
lioiihl pre
contagion ol the Spanish revolution,
proposed to them to sacrifice iheir armies to
re-establish, not peace, hut continual war.
. What benefit would Spaniards derive from
la nty nt (he lowest eh 1 m thu | r |,ange to which it was designed to snip-1
gjo a variety ^r.t causes. ^ _,j , ject llieni ? What vengeance would then j
follow! In 1811 Ferdinand VII. was re
placed on his throne by the Cortes, "ho hail
frame tlieexisiiug constitution. Tlu rewas
unnecessary
The regulation is decissive,
The President insisted on putting it to the
vote, and read the regulation upon the sub
ject.
On the right.—To the vote ; to the vote.
The proposition was then put, anil reject-
class, which furnished n vast many spectators
to tin theatres: I mean the respectable mid- i
dlingcluss, many of whom will not go to the
cions.
M. Fortin d’hsBrts (“ Order! order !")-—
Your assertions are atrocious—(turning
play because they are told that it is i moral; , the President) This language, Sir, is insnp-
and in-ny for no other leasnn, than hcrause it is portable ; we cannot hear a legitimate Gov•
111 longer fashionable It nc tually smacks of ra- eminent qualified as atrocious, the Govern-
dica’ism to go often to the theatre j meet of •> Bourbon * * * *
1 For these, and oilier reasons of lc*s cxhin- |) cll | ,my.—Have you not immolated
live operation,jt happens, tbat except^ win n a j nlnn j K . r ,, t jkoynli-ts ; the unfortunate Por-
lier, the officers ol the garrison of Cadiz?
On the right—Uecnllect the crimes of the
II unnicr-iishoeiatimi [Martuhros,) the mass-
1 acre of Vinuensu,tlic juridical assassination
1?he i ol Elio, Goillieus, and many other victims.
Violent tumult.—We (Journal des Debuts)
heard some cxcl niiaiions which we shall
abstuii) from ie|)ealiug. Loud cries ol
« O.ilei.’
Tho President observed, that had the
speaker tefei red to the conduct of King Fer
dinand, be "(iiilil have called him to order;
but Ins observations irlated to the conduct
of the Spanish Government, consequently
they rouhl not he considered ns a personal
insult to that monarch. Fresh explosion of
murmurs.
S( verul voiles—lie spoke of the conduct
ol the King Ferdinand.
On the right —llis language is dictated by
his haired nt tire Bourbons.
Tim Piesidoul having somewhat appeas
ed, the 111 nut 11, ohservo.l, that reproaches in-
ini' ting the condui t 01 Government could
not be altacl.ed as bring levelled at the prr-
tm
ftc. I'vrh. II: con.
or Iris ’ull’eri :it t ei
rt 'e.i h.s E i
. Vi an i 1
- • . r V D .'isge
bitterly if the
iken in bag’.and,
11 . leas to tom, aud
pt 1 . whom lie calls
II * "ven-utiy
0 he wa»
. • • ^ 1 i >1.7 1 upun
v * - >1 .outer ot
he 1 • lie i» so
st, ■ : -o r gov-
, ■ : \ \ • s i tragjd m*
s and ’.anli s
rn’, and vat
1 abroad His
, ,-.i\ ..cd l ; do viwiali’y ot e
j, , 1 - a :* ..1,0 la- msBcrilA -J with treat force tin.
dvluuoiu p act sej on Hie f.iitd-o hy booktel-
len. won e.-Jiu!-y h uama-ulrle arts to puff off
-wn author ami proem* mm a run for the « ns. n.
The !i".x is wri ten <v th greet taient. I ne
auncu- l ai the accutoc.i <1 of -tost* with tit
his lenidioux .cis vv.tli a gKXitCr grasp of in-
e v well bepufft d actor,—a wi II bepufft d plr
by some well hepuffed author, the king, the 1
queen, he efepliant, or some olhe' menster :it-
i.ncts them, the theatres cre hut li t!« visited
hy fash: liable people, l ire drama is no longer
a fushionahle topic of conversation
man who lectured to introduce Hie name of
8hajrspi'an< inlo die best society, won! I, hc-
y., .1 doubt, he voted li treat bore hy the
Corinthians and the young Indies of ton. The
tiiea’res are ccnsequentl, in posse»«iou of ttie
vulgar, who cm rolisi nothing but spectacles
01 hr >ad caricatures; country gentry that e. in>-
to town, and arc taken thitiic.- hy tl.eir fa‘h-
iooxblu friends, he one it is a sort of out of-
the-wnv-pluee, where, ’heir nwUwni riness and
old-fas’ii.i. el (!ru‘«#:i e in’i t disgi'ace them;
and strung rs ilnveii thither ly tho despeu'e
fi nd. Ennui, which is a n.vivc of London,
iheugti liapt'zerl in French, end liov- is rujfht
and dry nvc this e ve nf spleen. These last,
whatever tiev may think or mi}, i.n Hie
■u’ject, can ha'o little or no it Alienee in cur-
ri ding the cis’e ofthe town.
“ The result u as might 1 e exp. c e !. The
taste of the mob must he cousultc , as hy ’lie
nmti the theatres are principally tunpor'eil.
Every Bpccies rf monster, m rnl, rod intellec
tual, two Egg’d and four Irgee ’, riutv, on the
singe ll rsis, d gs, i ossaekv, elephant',
camels and dr<ii)iedanc» arc the heroes ol l e
dra a, s 1 ’lint l have ..f’en lieen tfinptcd to
cry out with Hie excellent mayor of Quinhor-
nitgh, “ Give me a play without a lu ast, I
charge you.”
1 These exhibitions of quadrupeds take pre
i t douc e over all others, and co nmuid the most
oetr.iguc us plaudits i f the discriminating an
du nce. Tim next in public attention is the
.undo drama, wh re thepassi ns arcexpress.il
ny the fiddlers, and tic: author is saved the
jron'blc of at ending to such low matters. All
he hxa to do 19 to produce striking sitnat ens,
at nil fuxards, nt every risk of probability,
and hi defiance o< e.omoi .n s. nse. A Her these
1:0111.1 the legitime 1 te comedy as the excellent
critira cn.fi it, wiiictt owes nil its effect to a
drunken Irjs.'unao or seilor, two or three non
de-script and crngiuxl xu tnBters not to be luund
on iar li nor in the wait i'J under the earth ; a
sin >rt her-, comtJOu -deni .tl the* opposite cx-
trem s of tmreul (suarem Itnuruducc and pio
f un i scii'inie.iit, i ffellla r «fth a sentimental
young I idy, always e.oufy io a fool ol her
patents. I be dial, trn*: issif r.ui'sist i i cunt
I li u* s, gross slang, f‘tt nsne diMihle entendre,
hi id inflated sentiment o< 'h psrt of the young
ludy us als» her lover, whenever he has '-inn-
to tc in love. A fourth edits oi plays, xury
m u. li approved of by John k’ult at p •< seal, ae
those nut absolutely wri ten Ipf nny h d\. 1 hey
onsist of the united labels ot th, 1 scent-pa-ilite a
Ibe mechanics, the scene sh ffoU'S, ru..) the
tin at Unknowi',” whose works aie regularly
ilrsuHiliicd by an industrious jouriu yiuxa play*
tvrigh'.. Tire-V are made up of all the iu >xt nt 1 i
king inci !ents of the novel or poi m, crowded
as thick as hops and jumbled together pretty
min h nt rii’doai The whole maihinery ot
these (arag es is held togetln r by thu fiddler?,
wli> whenever Hit- playwright is at hie wits’
ends, nr»n the verge ol absurdl y ori uposti-
Inlily, flourih tli. ir hows, mid thunder away
in tie: very r.ick of time, \<hl‘J" the lucky w.ght
e.-i Hja 9 under thiur cover to the next incongrui
ty Tin: autlienci, which inr London always
g es to sleep while the music is: playing, forgets
v. h..t enure las-, and the n xt. s.'cnt commences
with nfi the advantages of an ut.er oblivion of I
the past. The nice taste of the uioli 19 thu ■ jier-
feclly rati-li' in « finessing a quick sneei. sfi.n
of s'riti ng ineiite <■:, without the leceivity of
those fatiguing efforts to make them appear
j prolmhle, dial have tliro'.vn uuch obotactes ju
the ny of ninny ilranrat c au'.hnra.
“ But the most popular of all chose inspired
w-iters, who luve lately ass.stcd ut the i-estli-
rectiou of tiug dy, is Mr. Matunn, an l-.rl.
el i"g . n an, win is in thu region of'ftction, * fiat
Uonnsellgr t’mlli|:s is ur tbnt of law. There is
certainly snmn ol (tie sumlie of eet.ius in this
writer, and wheie there is smoke, tticy s v,
then iiiusl be tire. But it seems to ! e a sort
ofduur v unpurpos.il und disc inrnate facul.
ty, oug.-ndored in horro s, am| nestled iu the
s:..ue cradle wfiti the great ‘‘raw head and
duo ly Iioiu-s” uf the nursery, lt tee-oil al-
w«yi lab in g "•:■!. s me mighty gndbend, and
v t produces nothing Imt shapeless monsters.
i> o cd l a men neeuiu ilation of horror up
on horror, e-xti avagancciqion exlravaganre, bis
e'Ciirts seem those of the Cyclops, Polyphemus,
bereeul of energy and blindness combined.
| Mis gemu, appeal,, in lac , en irely devo ed to
I the eal-n ary purjvose of exci ing a people, like
the ci ixens of London, ’lie gen eeler por ion 01
jiisuce to the regicida! maxims whiclr have : ed by a large majority, composed of the
been advanced within its wall
The Deputies formed in groups within, and
France.
In France the violent e of party was push
ed to its extreme. In pursuance to the rec
Chamber refused to hear.
Silling of Thursday, Feb. 27.
Before the opening of Hie Chamber, the
Deputies assembled 111 their bureaux to ex
amine the propositions made by MM. Du-
plessis de Gicnedau and Lahourdomiuyc.
Thev were worded as follows:
PI. Duplessis de Groncd ui.— I propose
tlialM. Manuel he expelled from Hie Cham
ber, as unworthy to sit in it.
M. do Lahourdounayo.— I have the honor
to propose to the Chamber that they use the
1 ielit possessed hy every political budy of
judging of the offences cumniitte.l hy one of
its members in the exercise of its functions,
and in the seat of its deliberations by expel
ling from its bosom M. Manuel, deputy for
La V r (!iidee.
The sitting commenced at a quarter past
one.
M. de Sabiberry read the proces verbal of
the silting ofyesterd iv. The most profound
silence prevailed. Scarcely w us the reading
finished when
M. Ilydo de N'uville demanded to be
heard ind expressed himself as follows:—
The sitting of yesterday was important—to
day it sliuuld he solemn and woi thy of you 5
vmsWKiugs'(i.m!l m'miimrsO'imt lie was | yesterday we debated witl. extreme agita-
right, and of the right centre
M. de Lahonrdonnaye then addressed the
in the vicinity of the hall; some engaged in j Chamber. lie said he had never appeared ; onmiend.itiim of the bureaux, Mr. Manuel
earnest, aud others in animated converse- I befoie it under more trying feeljngs; never j had been expelled from his seat in the
lion. j had lie more sensibly felt how difficult it Chamber of Deputies. The scene which
It is said that M. Manuel lias derailed upon ! wasto fulfil a rigorous duty than at that 1110- ' oecnred on the occasion was of the innst-
publishing the letter which he delivered to | ment, when he stood ill the tribune to oh- • disorderly character; and the debates if
the President, and the reading o( which the 1 tain reparation for a grejt otl'eiice. He j they may lie so railed, were more like tlie
»»• - “ . . .- i . ~ .... 11. 11 v II | |ll'| |UI| III
tellevt. and grea er but Incss and ... ct-ion o> whom are to used to boxing-ma'clics, aa-l he
clia'-vcter His s yle is dear, nert.'Ui, auoun-I lower classes 'o cxceui'iors, ha theirblun-
in figures and albisi ms, full ot vivacity bul ■ ■) mpathiei can only he nwakened on
«k x - flowing, and unlabored, Ho cnnuot be „ 8 „ 7 , llc lu .,„
lone • known, and wh»n lie cwues firth, will | ex ravelin: horron.
. s . j to take his place among the most |
,*!! ‘ writer* of the day in either continent,
i* '! m *» 1 States the work cannot fail to
n lie ii i iusly papular. II; has avenged
ec >me. p X -| ttl) d r) a stvle which must turn |
tjiei j........ E % ig m America, and would I
’f-lovetv the quick it it
sag hy .he most ditgtlifing exhihi ions of
French Chamber of Deputies, Ft l. £«.
the laugh against
prn'.ve J.'l.ii Hull’s s*,.
could reach hi in — U t
but'we think It'vuwHd'lje's* ***' to P»‘ hook lj»»* between France and England, in 1711:1.
,. .. Manuel proceeded to complain of the
"either adapt nor com- deficient know le.lge of the minister ol to
ions—far fr m it— reign affairs, in regard to diplomatic transac-
^.^i.w.Knn.l i,.|i„ m ,nx ion of that inor- 1 The declaration ofthe former power, on
dilute national pride, which blfix '* l '' m *? hU he ^ 1 j du Chateaubriand) had so con-
own detects,and makes him so if*. ^ ( ’i e fidently rolteil far a just.f.cat.or. of Hie war
foreigners. This, however, 11 nut
hasten, for without a special lii-ease h. 0,a ( ne
Attorney General, uo pri. ter would pm lUI
name to the work. To have our whole syitcix''
v/fih all its ancient and giotesque accoarpai.y- ,
incuts, anatomised by a most sag vcioui, able, ‘
oral thorough republican, who writes wi bout
thu (enrol prosecution before his eyes ( to have
all the ’U'dime parts of our constitution tested
by the hard and rigid rule ot democra'ie utili
ty, 11 evidently a species of political torture,
with Spain, did not appeur until the French
armies had passed their fiontiers, repulsed
Prussia, and attacked Germany, lie had
also cited the example of England, when
Lord Cas'lereagh demonstrated in Pailia-
rnx' ,u tl,at Austria might iuteifere in the
emm, ’Ottoit* of Naples and Piedmont. Min
isters tt, ought to perplex them with similar
doctrines,' bul ,he y had <jorgollei, the result
xy, is evioebtiy a species of political torture, °* this <hsa» ,rous *>piri»os ot Lord Cattle-
b’tngeth, r at variance with the modern rules 1 rca « 1 ' 1. be x hv.’ we ’J cr i judged and pumsheJ
ot civilized disputati.ia. The Americans are
hardy euough to reprint all the libel* we man
uf.' lure up »u their national charac'er and gov- bad faith
■rauvrtfi, Battkis u 6 njl* i*. 85* h»i M. Dudon«-Hoj.i.’’?'fl» li'-.J memory
linnsftli ioo sev6f«lf-
M. Forbin d’Issarts.—What monstrous
hound io hear the w hole of ibe sentence eie
ho called Hie speaker to order.
M. Manin I proceeded.—Foreign war
would, instead of suppressing the excesses j
ofcKil w in, only agciavaie them. If they
wished to save the life ot Ferdinand, he im- |
plorcd t|i-mu not to ienew ihe circumstances 1
w Inch hi.il leirriel to tlie sea Hold those vv hose ;
late inspired them with regie! so intense, j
M. B p 110.t.—So legitim ite!
M. Pardessus.— So I'-giiimate!
M. do Labuor'lonnayti.—So legitimate ! |
A voice mi the right —Tnis is dreadful;
we cannot endure such flippant language.
M. Mamie!.—So l“ginm >te ! You untiei- j
pated my att'-ntion. It was tnc interven
tion of foreigners in the Revolution that led
to the fateol Louis XVI.
M Lesmaisons—You arc justifying re
gieidc!
M. Forbin d’Issarts—It is the language of
the Convention,
M. Manuel,—What caused the fate of the
Smalts? It was the protection of France
which placed them in opposition with public
opinion, and prevented their looking 10 the
English nation for support. .'Inst I sav that
the moment in which the dangers of the Roy
al Family of France had become the most
serious, was after France, revolutionary
France, li lt that it was necessary to defend
herself by new strength, and by an energy
wholly new ?
[Scarcely had this iuconreivahlt sentence
been uttered than a general movement of
indignation was manifested hy the entire
right side, a id the sp- (-tutors in the tribunes.
Even some members ofthe left evince t their
disapprobation. The mciiiheis of the right
simultaneously rose, and demoided that M.
M niuel should be called to older.]
M. the Pit side d.— It is impossible to tole
rate such language. He has sai l, in allusion
to an event which all France deplores, that
the nation was bound to act with reJoulded
eiicrge.
M. Demariav, M. Foy, and M. Girardin,
successively —lie. did not sav so.
M. Foibin d’Issarts.—You do well to deny
it : yon blush tu avow.
M. Ilvde de Neuville.—It was clearly a
lent once of lion i Me iiopin t.
M. Forbin d’lssarts.—lt was a nidi fur
tlie. dea'h of Ferdinand.
Tlie members on the right side quitted
1 licir places, declaring that they would not
.-■(Jain -it iu u Chamber where such a man
r.oiri ! 5pc. ill his sentiments, and he the apolo
gist ol regicide.
M Hyde de Neuville rushed to tho Iri-
bunc'. 1 Al. Manuel stepped on one, side.)
lie MMiimenr.ed amidst general 1 nnult to
vindicate Ft Hire and the tinny. Tnc Pres
ident called upon him to icsiltne his seat, as
Ills occti|*itii'li of the tribune was 11 regular.
M. Hyde de Neuville declared t at under
sueh circuiUManei s the observance i f lornix
was an ahsiridity.
During this contention, M. Manuel stood
with crossed arms, significantly surveying
the rigid sidr.
M CViv deSolire.—His unseemly posture
adds to ihe lioirm of his language.
M. M.ttmel was assailed with indignant
reproaches from tlie members on the right;
some of the members on the left recrimina
ted, and the Chamber was a scene of linex
ainpled uproar. The President’s efforts to
restore order were ineffet lual: lie put on his I
hat, and declared tne si’ting suspended.
M. Manuel rrpen’edly put up his eye glass,
and directed his looks to the right side. Tne |
Deputies withdrew to the bureaux, and the i
Mmistcis, Peers of Fi nice, remained in the |
Hall
M de Chateaubriand entered hi* rar- !
riage.— It was presumed that he proceeded
to the Tuillcrie
had passed the Chamfer.
At four o’clock tlie si’ting was resumed.—
Agitation was, however, visible on the coun
tenances of many of Hie Deputies. It was
announced that H10 members had decided in
the biuennx, that a commission should bo
nominated forthwith to devise some measure
to repress such scandalous deviation on the
port of any member of the assembly. The
Commission was uccordinglv appointed.
M. Manuel delivered a letter to the Presi
dent-
M. Forbin d’Issarti rose to make propos
ition.
The President declared that, agreeably to
( lb® rule.- of the Chanibe-, fi. must first be te
non— today, gentlemen, let our delihera-
j (ions li? tranquil. (Mnrniius on tho left.
I Speak to Hie question—the proas verbal)
M. Hyde do Neuville resumed.—Wn
| should he as cahn as justice, as inexorable
as the law. In listening attentive!v to tho
praers verbal, I perceived some inaccura
cies in its drawing up. The orator said
1 that the Spanish government was atrocious
j and upon the demand of a part of the chain
I her, he explained what he meant bv tltecx-
] pression. This phrase is not in the proces
I verbal, nor the solemn words pronounced hy
| the President, when the Chamber interrupt
ed the orator. They were as follows: “It
is impossible to pass without notice the
mannei in which the orator speuksof an
event which cost so many tears to France,
and which will be t j her a source of internal
regrd and trouble. I therefore call loor
dcr.”—I demand (continued M. Hyde de
Neuville) that those solemn words, and the
calling to order he inserted in the j'rnccs
verbal.
ill. the Pspsident—I pronounced, it is true,
tiiewords which M. Hyde de Neuville lias
just repeated ; and I thought it my duly to
call the orator to otdci who was violating it;
hut those whose words cannot have a place
in tin: proces verbal, because ibe Still aitirle
of your regulation? prohibits it. The Presi-
dontrent! the article.
M. Hyde de Neuville.—Since our regu
lations forbid that the solemn words should
he inserted, 1 demand fi on behalf of the ac
cused (nmrniers on the left)—ofthe inculpe,
if you prefer it.
The President.—The phrase which I yes-
teiriay pronounced had no other object than
to call to order tlie orator who was at the
moment in tlie tribune. Aswr. cannot in
sert the call to order, we cannot of course
insert the expressions ihat accompanied it.
On the right—Thai is tine—that is true.
The pructl verbal w as adopted.
The piosidcnt.—M. de Lacourdonnaye is
in possession of the Chamber for the devcl-
opemeiit of his proposition. (Violent mur
murs on the left).
M. de Girardin.— Gentlemen, it is c.oti-
tiary to the regulations to interrupt the order
of discussion. Yesterday, tvliat was the or
der of discussion ? An orator was iu this
tribune—he was discussing an important
law, and you interrupted him before he
could finish the sentence lie had begun.
Now, ldo not sec how you can interrupt
tho order thus, without violating tho regula
tions ; ami without regulation then: would
he no longer an assembly. The discussion
of yesterday was sufficiently important to l>c
resumed ur-dav.
M. Forbin (i’issarts—Head art. SCth ofthe
regulations.
The President read this nrticlo, and cited
precedents lie granted, in consequence,
the priority of speaking to M. do Labour-
ih n niye. M. de Laboiirdonnnyo ascended
the tribune. (L mid exclamations on the
left.) Tne President again referred to the
ri gnlatines which he had read, and to various
precedents connected » fill it.
M. Dcmarcay—Read with attention, gen
tlemen, t’.ie 10tli article of the regulations.
It is as follows “ F.acli member, after
having read his proposition in th" order of
the inscription, shall nanm tlie day when lie
intends to speak upon it. On that day lie
shall dtivelope tin grounds ofhis proposition,
and lay before the Chamber all in results
ami bearings ; and if the subject relate ton
project of law, conformably to article 19 of
ol the Courier, lie shall point mil what lie
thinks the latv ought to contain.” No day
has been fixed fur the developement ofM.
do Labonrdonnaye’s proposition tonse-
quentlv it cannot he discussed to-day.
Tho President.—Since there .iro some
would not recall the expressions which had
been used yesterday by an orator, to remind
them of a disasterous period of their history.
Oltcu, before, that orator ought tolnve been
called to order. The expression of which
lie complained was not one that h id acci
dentally escaped; but it formed part of a
speech Hid whole of which was criminal,
full of pernicious doctrines, and tending to
ll)-' justification of the most frightful crimes.
INI. do Lahotirdotmaye finished, hy siihmit-
tirig his propositions, which were iu these
words :—“ You will remove from the tribune
him who, having been sent on tin: faith of
his oath to he a loyal and faithful Deputy,
and to obey the laws of tlie kingdom, bus
■lever ascended it, but to attack them, and
to render (hem odious. Let him cease
to he the representative of the coni.liy for
ever illustrious hy the name of tin; classic
land of fidelity ; since ho lias not feared (o
make in your presence an apology for regi
cide ; for that crime which, rousing in a mo
ment all La Vendee, produced an army of
heroes. Let him cease to lie a Deputy ; let
him enjoy, on these terms, for the last tune,
the inviolability which that title ensures him,
anil let your decision remain for ever in
your archives as a monument to pieveut
tin: recurrence of similar attempts.
“Seconded ! ’ exclaimed a gieat number
of voices.
M. Manuel, in a v-Cry long speech, defen
ded himself from Hie imputation of advoca
ting regicide, lie had expressed a desire
that Spain might he spared evils like those
which had stained England and France with
blood, lie said that it was a foreign inva
sion which had placed those whose fall was
deplored, in so humble a position; and
that a foreign invasion was now proposed to
assist an august personage who was presumed
to be in serious danger. The orator asked
what good faith there tvas in accusing him
of preaching tlie doctrine of regicide, wlie’i
lie was exhorting the chamlier to prevent fi,.
There wassoinodifferenceofopinion whetji-
er lie now used the words “new (brers’*or
“ now forms.” The journals had repented
differently; he did not think it of much
importance, hut at all events, tb:,ught it
must he evident that those winds vtere the
wrangling of a mob than the discussions of a
deliberate body. The motion to expel was,
among others, supported hy M.de Nmvillc-r
who cited (to prove the powei of the linnse)'
the practice of the British Parliament and
of our Congress, in allusion to which latter
body, one of the membris, M. Giradin, re
plied that “ this might do very well tor sav
ages.” In the enurseofthe del ate M. Man
uel himscll ascended the tr.butte and nil-
dn s-ed the Royalists in the following Mroug
aud apposite language :
“ 1 behold in you, not my judges, Imt my
act users. I ex|rect from you, not justice,
but vengeance, and I will not submit. The
luumem resistance becomes a right, it al
so becomes a duty ; it will be so, for me ;
ain't I shall know how to take an example uf
courage from you, nolle Vendean*, whose
energy was so conspicously displayed in
sending me hither. I owe to them the ex
ample they have set me ; called, by the will
of those brave electors into the bosom of the
national representation, I ought not to quit
it except hy the violence of ihoss who have
made themselves my accusers.” (Bravo!
Bravo ! on the left !) 1
“ A member.—Tear him from the Trr
bnne !
“ M. Manuel.—Whatever may be tlie re
sult, I will yield only to violence : often tlie
field of liberty Las been rendered fruitfully
generous bltvj<|. (Cries of Bravo, on thw
Ii ft, and a | rofomid silence on the right.)
Much ru/nult ensued, and Mr. Foy again
addiessed the Chamber, imploring it not to
proceed in the business. M. Demarcuy from
the tribune, declared (hat ‘ without the pow
er to express Ifiuisclf equally well, he avow
ed 1,1s entire concurrence in all that had
be on said by M. Manuel. M. Girardin de
manded to be heard against the Presides,
'nut was refused. A.', length the proposition
ofM. Ilytie de Neuville was put, and adop
ted, by the whole of the right side and tiso
right centre. When the contrary was put
the. left side rose tumultuously, and with
drew, exclaiming ‘ We protest !’
On the following day M. Manuel made
his ajppenrance in thu Chamber, notwith
standing the avenues were blocked up hy >uK
sliory, an t evory usuul means of access had
premises of a proposition which he was not i R . en interdicted. The scene which fi llow
ed isot sufficient interest to he given entire.
Onr readers will observe that the h tt side is
composed of the Lihei.ds, the right of tlm
Ultra Royalists, ami the centre of the mod
erate, who me more or less inclined to e'f-
ther extreme.
allowed to dovelope. lie was, km said, more* !
a stranger to the revolution titan many of
those who heard him ; his age had not ado v-
cd liiill to take any parr, ex' e.pt in Hie rv.i-.ks
ofthe army, where it had beei.i said F’.ench
honour took refuge—a compliment which
lie would not accept Tor the urmjg, at the
expense ofthe nation. French hr mor was
every where. (Biavos on thu loft.) 31.
Manuel said his whole life was ar 1 answer to
the reproaches made against tir e. He did
not deny that Ire had sometimes shown great
warmth, and that lie soni<*ti r nos '.-ed expres
sinus w liicli might have, v.scaprd him con-
traiy to th’z dccurum w hrcli ought to he ob
served in the tribune : bur, with respect to
his thru; yhts, lie was fir from retracting any
thing liu. had said within tlm sitting, of yes
terday, or nnv preceding one.
Altec some fmiher ih/hate on the manner
in wdii.ch the question tumid be pul, ii was at
lengi’fi decided, on the morion ol 31. Laine,
that ihe proposition should he rt feired tu the
bureaux to-morrow (the £8th.)
From the Mcnitvur of TLwsday.
Vfc yesterday received the following letter
from M. M a mud :—
“■'Sir —The president not having been able
to read to the Chamber the letter which I
h id the honour to write 10 him, l beg that
\ ou will be so good as to bublish it in your
journal. Yours, £rc.
“Feb. 86. MANUEL.”
“ Mr. President—The state ol irritation in
which part of this chamber is at present plac
ed, makes me fear that 1 may not bo able to
find in this sitting a moment of silence to
complete the expression of an opinion wnich
I hope will no longer meet with any honest
reprovers, when in is derliircd as 1 intended to
utter it, as it ought to have been presumed fionr
what I had before, said : finally, as you your
self could not without injustice blame, it you
had permitted 113c upon this, as upon a lor-
mer occasion to finish the whole piirase.
“ The minister pretended to discover a
ground for war in lire necessity of preventing
in Spain the oc tirieuce ol those catastrophes
which stained the Engli-di and French revo
lutions with blood. 1 replied that the means
which he would adopt appeared to be pre
cisely those which were best calculated to
augnie nt, instead of diminishing the dangers
which were supposed to menace an august
Chamber of Deputies.— Silting of Tuesdayt
March tlh.
The President < pencil the Sittine at one
o’clock. The public and private TribunfJ
were thronged, and much agitation prevail
ed within aud without tin: Legislative bail.
It was remarked that almost all lire num
bers of tin* left side had assembled in the
anti-chamber of I’as Hindus, with the view,
as was 1 pmted, iff estnitii.g 31. Manuel,
and accompanying him into the Chamber.
In fact, ai half past one o’clor k they entered
the Hall in a body w ith M Manuel at their
head, who scaled himself in his usual place
Tlie minimus, which commenced on his
appearance, increased every moment atic
were participated iu hy those in the tribunes-
Tire principal lluissier wentnptothe Pns»
idem, who addressed him some repioailie?,
us tlii* lluissier, excused himself by saying
that he could not prevent Hie entrance of
M. Manuel.
Seveial Deputies of the right side ap
proached the 1’icsident. They were ini lose
conversation fora short interval. Aniniense
imitation prevailed amongst the 31cmbcrs
of the rigid side, who appeared tobeiO'u-
certing amongst themselves.
The Minister of War entered, filiortly
aftei wards the Minister of the Interior civ-
tered ; be spoke to the Minister of War, ami
they both withdrew together.
At two o’clock tlie 3Iiuister for Foreign
Affairs entered. M. Dudon advanced u>
meet and addressed Ins Excellency, w ho then
withdrew and went into tho conference
apartment.
A moment afterwards, the Keeper of die
Seals entered. M. Dudon spoke to him.
I Its excellency also retrred and joined
colleagues.
At two o’clock, the President rang his
bell. Profound silctn e ensued, and all the
eyes were directed upon Manuel.
Gentlemen (said the president), the
article of your regulations states: 1 1
maintenance of order iu the h gislative Ha*-
■la 7’oll’ce) is vested in tlie Chamber. An*
personage ; and in support of my argument, thorny to thi* 1 ffVrt is exercised in its name
by the President, who gives the necessary
orders to the guard on duty. The result
of U;e deliberation of yesterday’s sitting " a b
that yon excluded M. Mannei from y our T
*• to inform the king ot what I difficulties as to the interpretation of the | necessity
regulation, I shall consult tlie Chainhci. ' strength (nouvtlles forces) and energy
On the left—No, no ; the regulation is
definite.
The President.—No, gentlemen ; yrm
have precedents that prove, the contrary.
We are not Considering a project of law,
and whenever any difficulty arises, it is for
the Chamber alone to decide it.
M. CasMiner-Pcrricr.— I demand to he
heard upon the order of the day. Tlie
President founds himself upon precedents;
I rest upon the regulation itself. Read
Chapter III.. Ait. 10.— 11 The President
opens and announces the closing of the sit
ting*. Ho indicates at the end of each, and
aftet listing consulted the Chamber, tjie
I referred to the events which had led to the
overthrow of the Stuarts, and the death ofthe
unfortunate Louis XV 1.
u I asked whether it was forgotten that
thrs misfortune in France iiafi been preceded
by tlie armed interference of the Prussians
and'-Austrians, and recalled to recollection,
as a fart known to all the world, that it was
then that revolutionary France, feeling the
of defending herself by new
* * Here 1 wax interrupted. If this had not
happened, my sentence would have been as
follows: ‘Then revolutionary France,feeling
the necessity of defending herself with new
forces and energy, set io motion all thc-inas-
st , roused the popular passions, and thus
cusioned dreadful excesses, and adeplora-
tancc.
“ No person could be more prepared than
I was belorehand, to give way to all the pre
judices, and even to the violence of a part
of the members of this chamber, whose prin
ciples and efforts I have considered it my
duty stt*:rg!.y to oppose, h-janse ! V , 'i'W‘> in
sittings during tlie course of this session,
had, in consequence, written to MM. ff‘ e
Questors that they might give ordeis toths
Huissiers not to let M. Manuel enter t 11
Ii .11. The order was given agreeably to in.;
instructions ; but it lias been violated, #••■*
M. Manuel has been introduced. , .
31. Girardin (vehemently)—Intro® 110 * 1,
that is not true ; lie entered.
On the right—Silence.
31. de Girardin—Why should I be silc"
The President—I invite 31. ManiK
withdraw. f ,„ n .
31. Manuel (addressing tlic|Presulent i-
hie catastrophe in the midst of a noble reals- his p!ace)l stated yesterday t ' ial
only yield to violence
my word.
to-day I shall ket?
th®
The President-1 shall now suspend
sitting, for the space ol an hour. I *'’* 1
Deputies to assemble in their rcs P ett1 ' , sa
reaux. Meanwhile, I will give the nece
rv orders. (Cries of Bravo ; oil the rig"