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VtIMINIMINIMMW CONSI7TUTIJN FJ 4 7 THE NETNiALANDS ..-.-:.--.- TO THE KING. Stan—The Commit , oe whom you had cbarged to revise the Fundamental Law of the Unit: I rrovinces, and to propose the modifications required by the in crease of territory, the erection of the Low Countries into a Kingdom, and the stipulations of the Treaties of Loncton and Vi nna, has applied to this work with all the ;cal inspired by its importance, and by the desire of justifying your Majesty's confidence. Y u declared, Sire, to the Notables assembled last year in the City of rsnwerdam, that you had ac cepted the Sovereignty on the express condition that .a lundanviit:!l law skald styjicient& :Faraatee merotral Merry, tle• security of property, and iq a coed 411 iLare ci stAti;dt claao act. rib a 14:1.1: relay free. these word., which Aratitude has engraven on every heart, from the manner and habits of the batino, from its puhiie ee.nomy, from institutions tried by the experience of ages, were derived with a CliArusf of diet.; y too w.... 11 justified by so many ephe ! mer 11 conititie,ions, the riineiy:es of this first I ter, which is n an ala-miction more or less ingenious, but a law adopted to 0:e salvation of Elolland at the tommencermnt 4.1 the 19th century. It.has Fn' rebuilt what was entirely worn out by time, hitt' it has raised 12;441 what might be preiretved with advantage. It is in this spirit that it has re-• estahli.hed the Proviiicial Assemblies, modifying their organization. In its relations to the geherul Government this oroanizatien had not always been free from just censure. • Tl•ese relations have ceased. But Cue l'iovincial Assemblies, as directing the in tern-3 •adininistration, had greatly contributed to the prosperity of ti.e country •, this administration has • been restored to' them.' The fundamental law has also restored to the cities and rural districts, all the indepandence compatible with the general welfare. It h is invested the Sovereign Authotity with all the prerogatives calculated to make it respected at Home and abroad. It, assigns the legislative power jnintly to :he Prince and the States General sleeted by the Provincial States, who aro themselves elected by all the inh4bi -tATItS of the kingdom, who are i;terested in its pros. perity. inch a system o' laws and instiorions well com bined t.i:;e.her, the Members of the Committee who belonst t• the southern provinces leave rt cognized the • bav:-; of their ancient constitutiim ; the principles of their • ancie.:t liLierty and independence; aid it has not boen oilrizt4it to in.‘clify the Lab. so as to render it common to &nit nations, united by bonds, the brcaliii4 of which has been followed only by their Bien zniAortimes and.those at Europe—bonds which it is their wish and the iatenest of Europe to render indissoluble. • Coot hied to tins task, and taking for the bases our laht•urs thiz first law, formed on liberal sod pa- i eeroal views, we have examined in succession its ge nera.l principle, and its particul a r di s positions. We nave endeavmsred, Sire, to imbue ourselves with our spirit, and to impress DO the Constitution which is to govern, yoUr line kingdom, that character of j:.rice and benevolence which is found in all your ictitins. 'in ale ye.tir scntisucioa. • Will tee not had the presumptuous pretension to foresee tu regulate every thing ; we have left room for future experience to contribute its part to the com pletion '.f the work; to have . only laid foundations on which your wisdom, enlightened by time and tither cc:Amu:Hort, will raise institutions, rather indi cated than fixed, and which will complete without useless delay, but without precipitation, the edifice of which we li the traced en: the dimensions and laid the fouredatien s. In dividing the kingdom into provinces, we have retained for the nor :tern piovinces the division sal:tell by the first it* ; feinting to each of them its ancient limits, slightly modified for their common interest. The same interest has made us prefer for the southern provinces a different principle. We have sticrult changed the names of the departments, (Art. if). A layse of more than twenty years has created be tween the inhabitants of each of these departments ties and conoections,_ which could not be destroyed Without touching upon numerous interests, without causing numerous embarrassments to the Govern ments, and useleis and injurious to the governed. • tie have plice4 the provinces of the kingdom in the, order which had been adopted previously to th e ir separation by Charles V. and his predecessors. The province of Luxembourg; which takes the title at Grand Duchy, and replaces in your Majesty's your Gertuan States, is an accession uf the highest impoteance to thilcingdom. • • We have been informed, Sire, of the rights which farn•ly compacts had given to' your youngest son on thx`Statesuf Nassau. We have recognised, the just -clitim which that Prince has to an indertanisy ; but • serhave believed that it is for the States-General to popes either by the cession of &Mahn, or by same other nrans, the measures which &ill best satisfy what , equity commands. 'and 'what the gratitude of . timliation prescribes. _ We venture, Site, rcspectfolly to express the wish th:ri arrangeinents may be nt.ide in concert with yotir • Allies, that the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg may after 'upon any' atcount cease to make a part of the • kingdciti. •This wish, founded in the interests of the Stales • 5ien1111.6 . 136 to be likewise conformable to the interest of Euslope. All the suarantem which the fine fundamental law had given • tO 'individual liberty and'ilteperty have been setained. We . 14a*Totiad but little to add ' to them. - ' Every arbitiary arrest Is forbidden (Art. 166). If on urgent occasion the Government ciliate an individual to be arrested, be moat be brought within three days before the Judge whom the law assigns hint (169). • - . • No one can, under any pretext whatever, be withdrawn from the jurisdiction of tlift judge (167). 'lite unjust vei.aity of confiscation is abolished (171). judic•sl sentences muit be pronounced iii public (17).- 114 0 e to civil causes -must contain the grounds on which tiiey set lotoultd (17$); in criminal cases, they must declare tbr cir cumstances of the crime, Al the law applitxl•by tits judge (172). No one can be dept ice I o• his property, except foe the public b ewail , an d for a res.souable•intlemnity (164). Its *hod' of uvcry subject of the King Is inviolable (I 7o). t.gen of pediluning. duly regplated, is recognised by the laWkl6l).. • It admits of no ptiv..lege in respect to taxes (19s). ' ry subject.of clue King is eligible to ellemploymentsocoth outush....ticsion of birds, or religious belief (41 and.l9ll). , •.., ki reser vine the fast functions of the litotes to natives born of Parton I.inieeliated in the "'instils's (s), the laus.a.bitits cooties' eloployncests, both natives of the country and those who may be, • f naturalized ia It; this hospitable country will shays offer pro tection and Ilmlnen to those whom liberal laws, and a paternal gevernment, may induce to settle init; but the right of voting up4n its clearest interests, or of sharing in their direction, must belong to those aloft who have sucked in with their mother's mill: the love of their cottony. The liberty of the Press will have no other restraint titan the recponslhility of him whorrites, priests et distributes (e'27). We love placed among the first duties of the Government, that of protecting public instruction, which must spread among all elssses the knowledge useful to all, and among the higher c;aiees that love of literature and science which embellish life, make a pat of the national gran, and are Intimately connected both with the prosperity and security of the state (2t6). Few countries in Europe have done so much as our provinces for the Indigent classes—few have so many establishments where age and inf;rinity find an asylum and succour, and indigent yotelt gratuitous instruction. The lively itttereA which is excited in your Majesty by these monuments of the piety of the ehri.tian charity, of the benevo lence et oar anceitors, is also pointed out as one of the duties of our King (S..ts). The nom precious of all tight% 'hit of liberty of conscience, Ir paranteeil forotilly it Is po.,thle t., be (190). We venture to behave, sire, that :e divers dispositions will fulfil the condition whi. h y have so nobly imposed. The towns, the rural conninele.;, and the districts which frwro these communes, .1.a4 tly fiir their internal administra timi all the indepietdime:: witice 1S inn :it variance with the gene ral good (15. i). lb* local euthoritks shall govern in their jurisdiction like good t4thers Of families; hut this jurisdiction is a part of the siva family, and they must not have it in their power to injure its interest.. • The 1 Provioaal States approve their budget (155). Ihe Government takes cognizance of them, and takes in tills respect the measures which the general good prescribes (159). it can aufpend or annul all the ACtb of the Local Administra tions which may be contrary to the laws, or detrimental to the generai - The rural districts shall have their ancient limits, limits re cently adopted or entirely new ; they shall have their ancient denomination, the name they have at present, er a new name, as circumstance' or local interests may prescribe. The limits and the iiutinigration of the districts and communes, both rural and urban, shall be regulated by statutes which the King shall nfake in his Council, alter the advice of the Provincial States, of the Municipal Government, or of a Committee composed of persons acquainted with the local circumstances of the district, and inte rested in its wellaie (ISI and 154). ,We have retailed to your Maj-sty's mind the good which has occurred to the country tram the administration of the Provincial States, free in future front all participation in the Government, it will be sail more useful. Equally regretted in the Northern and :Mullen' Provinces, where uutnerotis institutions, public works GI a most interesting nature, and constantly increasing prosperity attested their useful influence. Preferred to aU other modes of administration by enlightened men in a neighbouring country, where such a regime was not generally known, it will be for our Govcriiiitein a nholesome means, the more proper to make the laws lured and respec-rd, as lt will inspire more esteem and con fide...cc. Par, Si,., from your heart are these pernicious maxims winch separate the Interest of the Prince from the interest of his subjvcts, and mistake die streityth and the happiness which result tram: their constant and intimate union. '1 Pnwinchd :states w:11 lay at the foot of the throne the iapresidou tit their wants, the wt•hes tit your subjects (151). llutrg,e.l with et et y dung relative to the internal economy of the province, they tirilte, with the King's approbation, such 'reign latiuus and ordinances as they shall judge necessary (1464 They share, according to errtatti rules , the administration of the waters, bridges, and r.oisewavi, with a sprehd board, which, ea acclun: of its tnyurta::c., received from the first fundamen i.a law a coubtitutioNa cMitacter, which was continued to it (sIJ, r 1.5) None us the branches of the provitieal administration must be foreign to tie tit • es. Cur as it is of importance that the mem here dun;.: be audicieutly numerous, they cannot be always as sembled. TO isaercise that part ut their authority which requires daily dudes and Incessant caw, they muse from among their own body a permanent deputation, which gives them au account of its labours (153.) The Mates aed this Deputation was presided by a commission muted by she Mug. who., watclaamt over list. 48nOseest est lb* pro— vtnes, on these tit the Government, and the execution of the laws (137.) by him the supreme head of the administration will be in formed of all that may deserv.: his solicitude ' • this officer can thus by explaining the true nut:lves of various dispositions, the intention of which might b.: nitsraken, becione a very useful bond of union between the 11111ii•try of the King and the I'n:t -ett:rill tqa..s. The his: itadansental law did not fie the composition of the States, it has been determined sitice,by regelatiuns made in each prweime who have received your Majesty', sanction. They recal the ancient institutions of Holland, and have nothing contrary to those of Belgium. We have thought it a Iviaahte to insert tit the fundamental law itself the composition of the States (10 ) ftie nubility which may or may not he united in an eques trian hotly, the cities and the country take a si.are in the ;outfit:- cial &Ins iiiii . ration, in proportions varying aecoidieg to the cir ' cuinstances of each province (131.) lainaplr alum ilfbe fixed and uniforni, all the rest may et tier iseturiltng to local eiscunist.wcee, and will le.: mutinied by your Majesty after the lessons of experiettc:-. Happy the nation which, in forming its Constitution, is not ;t aged precipitate any thing, to leave any thing to cllai.ce, he. cause it can with confidence leave to its Kurg the care of com pleting and perfecting ha Constitutional l.aws. But we have thought, that alter a certain time, it was proper to put a limit to the des:re of amelenating, and that the stability in what was acknowledged to be good should be ptelerretl to the vague hope of perfection. We propose to consider, after the lapse of ten years, as defi nitive, and as making a part of the fundamental law, the dispo -41(1011$ of the Statutes emanating front your Majesty, or approv. d by you, relative to the right of electing the Members of the se veral Colleges (Aescnibl.ts), amt the right of sitting in them; that la to say. the eXerchte of ;clerical rights (7.) Is b to the Provincial Seats that the project which WC lay befure your Majeoy gives the election of the mates General. An Electoral Bony being already formed of Members eleeted either directly or indirectly by the natii.a, it was superfluous to orga nize ally other. This mode, bese' es, enters into the general .ys. tank of the Connitint iiii i witted' :stokes all Powers esti:mate tram each other, descending, withinit the incoovenience of popular elections, to those classes of society winch bear but a small part Mt theburthens of the states, yet, having ansinterest to defend, have a rielit to be represented (153-134.) 'lhe number of Deputies to be sent by each province to the States General has been subject to some difference of opinion. ti-me Members argued ill- the most just and simple proportion; plAu-.1:1e reac•us, iti:d numerous examples were not wanting to 1 support this of piton ; these reasons have been confuted, and the ' justness of the. application of these examples to the union of our e rovinces has been disputed, and it has been observed that the coloni,s winch acknowledge the non hern provinces as their Mo dear Cutititry, the importance of their commerce, and the many ut initabitairs subject to the laws of the metropolis, did not permit the adoption of the European population as the only ;basis of representation; that the only means of establishing per fectly,' end for ever, an Intimate and sincere union between the two countries was to give each an equal representation. The ma jority acettfid to this opinion. The present number of Deputies sent by the northern provinces remains unchanged. That of the Southern Provinces has been rezulated in an equi table tuantler, paying particular attention to their population, and the proportional number of Deputies by which they have been already represented (79.) gut there is a part of the States General wh'cli we have thought ciaght not to be subjected to a periodical election. The great itikrease which the Safe has received, the milt it assumes among the naitiois of Europe, the diversity of the elements of which it is 'coropowd, its nuke complicated hatreds have Imposed it upon 111 i LTU duty not to disdain the lessons of experience. W. have thought, that to hinder precipitation in the delibera• tint..., to oppose in ti.Gi.ult times a barrier to the passions, to sur round the throne with a bulitiark which may baffle the attempts u. !action, to give the natiou . s.perfect guarantee against all esti inky extetudepti of power, it was expedient, after the ea.usiple of powertul kingdoms and litiuritibing Republics, to divide the Re. presentatives of the nation ii.fo two provinces. • To effect this division, we have sot adapted foreign insdni. tioa, which Might not well amalgamate with.oUr national into& whine. We have sought the priticiplet of tilts division in the irk which induced it. adoption. Created tiatticulaity to hinder error or passiaaanay hate advised, this Oast of .the States Omani bar so risk to make any propositioo Os King— .• MIIIIIIIIIMIMMIIMMIIMMINk] .~ '.`+. rely passive, It rejects et adopte the propositions that ate jail, foro it. Piod4ce and wisdom are the chief requisites in its I Members. The projeg,requires that they shall be St least furry years old. They would not afford the whole guarantee That Is hoped fore If they had not the greatest Interest in tl, nrional welfare. They Are therefore di en among the it, rims ntost d-s -tittgui,lted by their services. their birth, ur their fortune (so). There are few things that men defend better than Ow prr•ho naJ consideration, the remembrance and the recninrivie of their service.. Those must be cordially attache., t r their country who dtrive the respect %hewn to them from a name which Lid,' utter I tore hive re:Meted illustrious in its service. I lie possessors of a large fortune vestal in land, lent to the State, or usefully employe.' in supporting thu national commerce, will carefully watch that none of these sources of public wealth may he obstructed or dried up. They would no: ler suffi ciently independent if they were liable to be removed We pro pose to nominate them tJr life. This nomination must cone front the King. The spirit tot a monarchical Government tre scribes interest or the nation demands ir. Tiii, prerrk;a five will give the 4overeigit an influence over the higher s ( it ' ,oder which wip h r i,seful to all. If has beep the ClltlStant rule r.f tour contLic r, the . eiiilalife guide of our lainturp, to brio; our instir4tioth to the encore r t a lhnitrd n 1111 l *1 be Kiog proposes to the Chamber rive:eel by the Provincial States, the projects of laws which have Wendt/liberated upon Iris (hewn of State (limo). This Chatub , r examines them ' and having adopted them,wrels them to the other Chamber, which has to examine them in the same :winner (109). The Chamber, whose members are chosen for life, reeeis es and discuses.' the proposeeies which the of her thelke it proper to , make to the King. It never makes any knit (I 14-115) It a,i,opr% the proposition and transmits it to the King, who eves or redlines his sanction (I 18). By not ;adopting, it will for the most part only save the King from exerelsiug not only a necessary, but indispensable right, but which, it too often repeated, might weaken that reciprocal cootoli,leuce useful to the Mouerelt, and so fortunate fur the people. In every ease, the IJW is the result of the assent ot the King and of the two Chambers (119). In most of our provinces, and especially in the northern ones, a great proportion of the inhabitants took part in the dirsctiots tit affairs, ey the effect of the orgaitrzetion of Use public authori ties ; and this perocipation kept :olive public spirit, which is the most powerful spriest of reiireseittattve governments. The government litio's *teen much stronger, it is mach better obeyed whets it makes known to the nation the motives of hi determinatititis, the objects of the sacrif:.T which it imposes, and ot the effor s which commands. Reccut examples prove what vast resources arise to Government, where the while people follow from comviction the grand insessures it adopts. We have tlvetelat that to preserve this prectous advantage, it was necessary to render the sitt.og of the Si ette.G.eici al puh•- 111 C, restraining. however, tuis publ.coty within the limits wiceit may prevent the abuse of it, and reuieve all kinds ot danger (ins.) To develore the motives of the projects of law., to make the views of Government known and ape:related, to facili.ate use ful modifications, the head, of the depertments of the teetierel Atltninistration shall enter bit Is Vie Citembers of the states Cc nerd. But thin tight, winds i, erented them to itsbeiti the sembly. does not give them the rigor of votieg :inns the resolu tions which it is to Lake (91). We have inserted in the fundemental law, some iliseosit ions concern.ng the manner of deliberating which may appear to be mere rept:shims. They &live the importance wince we attach to them, from the ad cartage they offer of mithiplyieg and eteiii tetitig the relations between the btrishers elected by the did' legit provinces, of snaking all well acquainted with die motives oif tee propositions, and even with the roost delicate cons .'eratious which nsay ioduceebeir a 'option or rejection (107 and I s I.) It is also with a desire 'o keep up a perfect harmony that we have subjected to certain hiring the relations of the two Chambers with ea.:ll 'other, and the r communications with the Govern. meld (It 9, &c) We have no nec,l, Sire, to give any reason for inserting In the pro jest tile famsam , iltal law, the forms of several (riffs. Your Maj. .ty reiges over a people who have .1 fell:Anis tc pact for the solroinry of an oath, who take teem hut with due reilee tint, a.IL:fll• hinny perform what they have sworn to observe. '1 he 141,14 of the orgenization of the,oe:ici.sl power its the tirst fundamental law, nearly approaching the ancient laws of eto .e.i deviate from the oncieut legislation of Le!giutn—we have retained them. In veil causes, the ju :et.s in the first instance are placed nearer to those end r their juri.diction (184). A court appeal is tor one or more Provinces (182). A high court, superior to these tribe'. d., regulates their ads, and to this the law which will organize the whsle judicial system, may give more extensive attribute. (180). In crinsimil matters :he presecte.on and put.ehment of crimes are comnsitted in a ceroain resort to blagist rates already invested with the cognizance or civil causes, and tempering by this double capscity, the habit of severity whtch may be contracted by the daily ex.:rare of the right of punishing (183). A high inilstary court, compowd of nuldary persons and law yer', is cherged mkt' the revision of the sentences of courts marn.ll, to w Inch numerous reasons make it proper to leave the ,:oz.itz-iice of all comes dining eel by military persons (1118). Cod• . ewer tttttt to the kingdom shall he 'corned of the coal, :111d to t •rcial laws, and of Ilse organization of justice s . s ) Ihe r oiled ender:et of the Judges is guaranteed, they receive from the prefix treasury a salary fixed by the law, asset are named by life Ktig, the mod of diens for life ' upon the presentation of the Provincial States, or ot the s..cond Chamber of the States 'Genet-Al (171 i, 109, 116.) Such, :lire; is the basis of a system of laws, which matured in your Council, and submitted to the satictiont of the States PC. astral, will be a new beutfit conferred on your people. We have adopted also all the principles laid down by,thti first law ; for the deience of the State, a permanent army will boas it were the advanced guard ut the nation (1204 ) A militia, wisely organised, will always be ready to fly to the defence of tier country (204 and t'2.) The nation, wholly tisclud,il in the guards of the communes, will defend in a mass, if necessary, its bbeity and its indepen deuce (el 3.) Some part* at the laws lately adopted for the mf l.tis have supeared to us proper to be incluJeti s in the fundamental law, because they 4ii..rsigee to the State services which it has a right to claim, and to funnies fixed and invariable riales,,instis cepulde of aiiy ouhitiefy or inconsiderate extension. In speaking tit -she sacred duty of defending the country, we have cal. 10 'Mud two celebrated epochs of our history, the pacification of Christ, which precede.i the unhappy separation of the Overlay...li Provinces, and the union of Utr.-cht, the bass of tier national independetiee, the swim of so much glory and pros perity (20.1). One day our descendants will recall with just pride thee me morable days its which the Dutch and Belgians, betore they were funned into one nation, but already united together Gy the hoods of esteem auth fraternity, have, under the seandarAs ot your 'n itwit SOO% rivalled the bravest on the batiks ot the herniae, and on the plaits of Warerloo, those days, whets worthy to fight tinder Princes t.l the House of Nassau, they have acquired the esteem ni your Allies, some glory and laurel, *lnch are pledges of the lutrepidity with which they will at dl times defend their Country, ther King, and a social compact, homed under such happy auspices. '1 he hidependence of a nation, worthy to be free, governed by a family, in which prudence and valour are handed down front father to son, will he, re.prcted by its neighbours. The Princes of yner Howe will exercise with prudence the right of making war sad peace, which is Inherent its a well con 'dieted Monarchy. We have not restricted It ; but we venture to say to your Majesty, that while iv, were employed in settling the prerogatives ot the Crown, we never forgot how much you have at heart the liberty and the rights of the nation. We think that the truject of the fundamental law gives to the Crown all the power which the essence of a Monarchical govern. meat, the extent of the territory, and at. active and safe protee. time of every right, of every interest, may render deorable, and that its duty flies the limits whis.h your Majesty would yourself wish to set tel the authority of a Alunarch, who, in the lapse of time, might not resemble you. 'I he reciprocal obligrtions and promises of the King, and of his peo.ole, will be rxmemed by solemn oaths. 'the inauguration of the King shall be accompanied by every thing that can give to this grand act the character whlsh belongs to it ; performed according to ancient usages in a public square, , it will he in the presence sit a great number of his subjects that the King will receive the oaths of allegiance, whtch will be caked to him by the nation; that he will himself swear to observe thy fund.unental law, to have at heart the happiness of his people, td inmate the founder of the national independence, and the first King of the Monarchy. traninaihlon of the Crown In We illustriooo holly liar .- - beds regulated by the conventions which bro. paclficd Len In inscribing t. ;Le fundamental law, we have added I.s it neceosary 'evelearementa, tor...vent in all Cases doubts and in:, L which have unnetinter Lint a nation 10 dear. religious communities have been attracted to Hull.e.t Ly the usikliieei edit. law., and by the pro.:ction which the vetnntent afforded titan. This thontetion will rentaiii the saes, (191)• The law might have Mc); pool Mere, and have lel. toy,. Mojetty the care of proving how treat is your oars; ter the ninety of religion; but it seemed to us that the fundantlntl law might make it a duty fur your miccenew4 to take your sentlineins for the 0.1.• I,f their conduct ti:;:, and contai n sides the a4surances that no form of washy :ball rurr t 6,, the liberty of the rust, all bdug eipiahy guaranteed by the of the state (19‘;). We thaik, iu e, that s Coustitutiarol Ltw which constitutt., legitimate riglits, wlmse print•pl:.* •ferive.l from the mann ~ and character of tht riatiao, may hive Co a loAge: - due pion t1.1,i u:te Winkled upon, mere theory ; Let tsar ela.oap 6 ioU too,;;;,., every thin,-; ' and a means e•ireati.iiii. uto; fares:ea nor Ertl ab certain perlod, Litt possible if the necenity of some should be st rope y • selmedm tit sinful if .oeneled with that p7event or check all s liii of inivreation 9, u !ft). The itnidanientat law bad reserved to the (*.mute:tee ed:!,. has iltawn it Lin, the right in iu•erprettrig Its 1 t • three brat year.. We Lave thought' that s lac pressi.4 the unanimous sentiatetit at the Knig and of eye two Chandler* of il:e Stares4,renerat, it it to the law oat pretation roust be left, wins:hi+ tit, other thzti for ~t the articles of the constitutiatal act of the hirr(lor.l. I'o ttfx [ %snit a prudent ciretenseeetion, without stock e t collition, the cha nge. which the iamb:m:4o4 Ito tr. the. sary, it attributes ty )oar Mljesty, by ore,: ) q ti e CM of succe4sively int:uilosieg the dlvers wiati:tititgps it has crewed or re:-established, to name, fir the Gr,t rime , tht two Chambers of the States-general, and all the Ma t ; whatever may be otherwise the ramie of houtinatiou th 4 it hie adopted (Octillions,' Art I.) It maintains in fin•ce all the laws which govern the MI ttrt par s of t: e kivrtit.u, tea the moment when they sisal , hr r • placed with the desirable celerity, but without precipita(on, ether !au 4, maturely weighed, and st thus gives itself the ti-e.r .eproc t , the most powerful auxiliary it can have, your avniLit.. and your love fur plot eubje.t. (Add. Att. tt) Ma; this itinda•neinal law, Sire, ater Lava t= hr t carreeti .3 by your kolgruein, aril ameliorated b; time?' cuntritnite tut th proverity ut the kingdom and to the welfare of the tiatfol, aril iii , urish that attachmeht b:tween the Prince and the .uhje:!, 5.) 'miffed iu its cul:s,•eoi•vces, and which, under your slaloms :1y • nasty, l irt,ihisv; its the fairest destiny. IL L ue, July 13, • tiLte follow the Signature* t MARIL* IQUE GAZ::7TE, JUNE PROCLAMAI TON. PIERRE-RENE MUNE, COXITZ VAUGIKA:"Th, 1 uk- IbLE 11Aftl'INIQUe4 ICC. AND LoUIS FltANc 'ls DC INTEAJANT •To all l oud anJ loyal Subjects of the MHz, ant to tti. ! , :.tirc 1 soldici.And .)e.IIIICII dais Cathy. 11 From the tirzt moment of the crisis which ag :a agitates Europe, the King has c. mst ititiy 'iv:a his A tention on the tate of his children, hots ever grea• :way he the s;, ice which separateg theth flog' nint..ln2 is united wi•i: hi. ail:es to preserve you from :very di,. aster. '1'11.: effects of his powerful intervention its your favour have 9uic.ly been manifested. Faithful to treaties, the t; , :ti.ll Government does not wpm: her c.tose front flirt of the Most Christ:4:: ' Their Ex:ellencies Sir James Leith and Sir C. .UIVI Durham have been oidervd to join us in till; art!;i pi.i for the purpose of preset ving the sovereiglity of Martinique to the Crown of France, under the in:. mortal banner of its legitimate Sovereign. 44 They come in tile name of their own Soverei t tn and of your's, to assure to this isl And, tavoutea by H 'PROVIDINM the repose which these Princes, and their Allies have given to the world, but whicii the woad has not been able to preserve ; they come to ai.l us in guaranteeing from the scourge of war y• ur ture, your commerce, and all the kinds of pro.pc:•;:y of which your country is susceptible.; they come ;n fine, to support with you, on the same soil, the gi , rtr of the French name, which is n'w irrevoc A Way' a:l4tlied to tho destiny or Louis shs De;ired, and his House. a Yon will read the noble conditions under whi..% these generous auxiliaries approach your cm: T.:. y wish no other reward for their important service: than the happiness of having rendered tl.em. Receive them with gratitude. 411 d rememac: that it on the one hand the factious 'f our di% s rt.. semble those of the league, on the other the Sow. reigns of France and England, in uniting thri: co. lours, present to our view the consoling aspect 01 t:•c worthy successors of Henry and Litz i'.eth. " Count tie VAeOIitALD, " Du Bi.o. " Given at Martinique, Juno 4. tuts." TENNIS ON WHICH I PROPOSE TO AFFORD TIDE AS.UTAXCZ OF A BRITISH LAND FrillElN TO I,IP/ICILD THE SCI . E. MONTY OF His MOST CIIIIIsTIAN MAJESjY LUVIS XVIII. OVER TIM ISLAND or XIAIITINIQUE. " Headivarterb, Barb4does, Miv '2O, 1 15. " I The entire Sovereignty of thr Wand shall rennin ht the name and under the nag of Lout* XVIII. King of France and Navarre. "2. The British troops shall be put is possesiion Fo:t. Royal, Poet Bourbon, Bounty Redoubt and Paget... Island, a 3,1 shad in every respect act as an au:diary force to Ilsc;I li:ncy die Comte de Vans.' aud, iu carryino on the for Ida Sovcrei,ti. " 3. The British troops shall be maintaineditt the rcrece ot the British monarchy, receiving however every friendly in procuring provisions, for which they will pay as Is cubtuiliAry " 4. The British troops shall be under proper disesp me, ~, ,J any act contrary to good order shall be promptly puill•lied by h British Military Laws. ihey shall not be subject to the Colonial Laws, and on the other hand the British troops w.li pod to the Uovernment of his Must •Cbrisnan hilajesty, it t h t should have any cause of complaint against any ot his subj.... •• whose perscus and properties will be completely respecteJ by tS and soldiers ot hi. Britannic Majesty. " This stipulation I subscribe in the 'mine of my Soverevi , i and prondse to maintain, being reciprocally guaranteed by a. , Excellency the Comte de Vaugiratid, who i s to remain in the ill possession and exerdse of the Government. " AU attempts to raise the tri-coloured flag or the standard (.i Bonaparte the usurper, being mutual.y resisted by arms, and ;I:J' wins would snake such attempts being treated as enennes Anted Sovereigns of Great Britain and k.rauce. • (signed) " lamas I.l[llll, Captain-General and Contmander of liis liritamuc Majesty's Land Forces, dtc..." THIC FLORIDALThe following extract (1 a letter from a Gentleman in St. Mary's, to the Executive of Georgia, leaves little doubt of the timid .s having been secretly transferred by Spain t) Great Britain: • "SF. MAMYS, JUNE IN 44 It is proper your Excellency should know, dist on the 7th instant, a brig :aid transport arrived at Amelia Island, seSth Colonel NiChols, Captain W bitty, in Indian Chief, and his son ; they have h tin aske.l it they were prepared to take possession 4)1 me province ? One of them replied, they were ii t ye" sappiied : with Money And provisions tor the purpose: that was the only cause of the dtila7--thc supply wed scssist expected." 7,, I• I