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2f6 SECOND JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE IN 1814.'frespass is weIl guarded against, under the heads domicile and cabane* ,R~ligionis secured in its rigbts, something more thantoleration; as i8fuHy experienced and felt by the Protestants of the south. Persona1assault is punished by imprisonmentand fine, very beavy too *. Il isnot, bowever, considered here ~breach of the public peace, but merelyas a wrong to an individual. Engagement i8 taken to prosecute. Inregard to the oratory of the bar: the French language, aJthough ad-, mimbly adapted for the fluency of ordinaryconversation, as its universaIintrod uction proves it, hasnot the rough;;eclget~quisite,forversificationor oratory. Walter Scott'sromanèe~withits teeth so filecl clown,wou1d not harrow us as at present ; and how much more' powed'ul1ywoulcl the same matter that IS delivered here impress us, we-re it conveyedin Spanishor in German! It is oQvious tothe stranger, however,that withjugede paix, maire, procureur, gendarmerie,andgarde,'tfor~ts t,there is no want ofmeans of waft~ng biscomplaints, should he have'any to make, to the bigher powers.There are tbree ways in which law, the emanation ofH.eaveu&reachesman. First, As on :Mount Sinai, whichprecludes aIl discussion; forlaw is a divine light, bowever perverted or refracted bere below: hencethe Numa of Rome, for Num in Scythian means tbedivinity. '2dly, It, .. '• Neither hiows nor homicide are punishahle in self-defence, or in defence ofanother. Offencesagainst decellcy are punished hy imprisonment of from three months to a year, and fine of sixteen totwo hundred francs. Personal assault, without arms, is pUllished hy imprisonmentof from one totwo yeaTS, and bya penalty of from sixteen to two hundred francs. Menace, however, does not giveus any illsight how the tine ie drawn hetween two outrl.l,gee, ofwhich the one treading so close on theheels of theother, it is difficult for a party aggrieved to decide the precise moment when he is justifialilyto assume the care of his caseinto his own hands.t Ttlis,'body is not only respectable hut formidable. Strong as it ie, it is Ilot heyond whata countryof such great extent and poptilation ought to have. It amoJ,lnts toeighte.en tbousand. What are&alled brigades, anSWer towhat Wc would denomiI)ate $f.Juad$.