Some angry debating has occurred in the French Chamber of
Deputies, on a proposition to prosecute M. CARET, a member, for writing an article in a journal called Le Populaire, which he owned and published. M. CARET defended himself with spirit; and charged the Ministers with having purchased the Figaro for the purpose of directing the wit of its editor against the Oppo- sition. He called it the infamous journal of an infamous Govern- ment. A violent personal altercation then ensued. The Minister of the Interior, M. D'ARGOUT, called M. CARET to account for his language, but did not deny that Figaro was in the pay of Govern- ment. A duel was expected to take place between the enraged Deputies; but the seconds interfered in this instance to bring about a reconciliation, and both the gentlemen read personal apo- logies to each other from the tribune. The Chamber, however, decided to prosecute M. CARET.
An immense number of low-priced publications, some of them indecent as well as seditious, are hawked about the streets of Paris. In order to put a stop to the practice, the Ministry have procured a law to put the venders under their control, by forbid- ding them to sell papers or pamphlets in the street without a licence ; which may be taken away when the Government chooses to consider the article sold indecent or seditious. This is but a masked attack on the liberty of the press : the existing Ministry of France are not fit to be intrusted with such a power.
When the last accounts left Paris, the inhabitants were repos- ing from the fatigues of the Mardi Gras ; on which day, as usual, balls and masquerading formed the important business of life.
The complexion of the news from Portugal is on the whole favourable to PEDRO. There has been some more skirmishing between detachments from the main force of both armies. SAL- DANHA entered Torres Novas on the 25th of last month ; his troops slaughtered the fugitives with great barbarity, according to SALDANIT A'S own account. Don MIGUEL has written a letter to PEDRO, which the latter returned unopened.
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