London, Wednesday, August...
WVe have received by express the Moniletr of Monday, the only paper published on that day, the previous day having been the festival of the Assumption, and whiots ^n- tains the following ordinance of the KING for re-establish- dhort-livZd 1t-ug an end t tthe short-lived and imperfect liberty before eDjoyed by the French press:- ORDINANCE OF THE KING. " Louis, by the Grace of God King of France and Na- varre, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Seeing Article 4 of the Law of 17th MIarch, i822, conceived in the following terms:-' If, in the interval of the sessions of the Chamnbers,serious circumnstances should render ineffectual for the moment the measures of guarantee an(d repression established, the laws of the 31st of March, 1820, and 26th of July, 1821, may be immediately put again in force by virtue of an ordinance of the King, de- bated in coutncil, and countersigned by three Ministers. " rhis disposition shall cease by full right oue month after the opening of(the session of the Chambers, if duriag this delay it has not been concerted into a law. " I It shall likewise cease by fuill right, the (lay on which an ordinance, decrecing the tissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, may be published.' Considering that the jurisprudence of our courts of juss tice has lately admitted for the journals an existence de jnre, independent of their existence defelo; "l That this interpretation furnishes a sure and easy meanls of elutinig the suspension an(d suppression of the journals ; T rhat it follows from this that the means of repres- sion, enacted by Art. 3d of the law of 17th March, mi22, are become insufficient Desiring, under these circumnstances, andl till the next ineeting of the Clhambers, to provide efficaciously for the maintrnance of public order ; with the advice of our Council of State,w6v have ordained, and ordain as follows:- "Art. iT'rhe laws of the 31st March, 1820, and 26th July, isl, are again ptut in force, dating frorn this day. "Art. 2'. Our Minister Secretary of State for the Depart- ment of the Interior is cliarged with the execution of the present ordinance. "1 Given at the palace of the Tuileries, the 15th day of Auoust,the year of grace 1824, antlof ourreign the 13th. lBy the King, LO1JIS. 'rThe iliniiter of the Interior, CORBIERE. 't The Keeper of the Seals, DE PEYRONNET. The Minister Secretary of State of the Finances; President of the Council of Hini4ters, J. DE VILLEI,E." 1.ONDON, WEDNVEVDAY, AUGUSr 18, 1824.