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balm fixed for the duration of the law propos-A, and *fluid thus furnish cause for its ulterior prnmulgation. " We cannot catnpletely answer this Oleos n ; for should tt e law taf suspension be toriher in t• soapy for a year, it w .111.1 be Iv) reason why it s hould not be now adopted. ll:iwever, as it is ceriain that in 1816 there have heen some steps t o wards improve ment, we are fotu.:ed in hoping gr-ate: still in 1817. ';hie nature of our constitution will be every day better tinders' , rid, its benefi.s better appreciate) by the nation. The laws to which you will co-operate will gradu illy place our institutions, tow manners, in harmony with the r.liresewative Nino:achy. Th e C;oveinmeht will arroach !Wafer to its pet fection, to that nn'ty of pi incipks, ol plan, and of action, which is the coruliiiim (.1 its exi-oence. " In a hole time, should a merciful llonvva grant us in 1817 a better harvest, and favourable itei,locia tions lighten our ton heal y burdens, we may hope that conlid.ence, credit, intrroal peace. and national independence, will have acquired sure guarantees; and we shall owe to our prudence, our sacriticep, that plenitude of constitutional lib-sty which would be evidently endangered by too liveiy ass impatience to enjoy it. 44 Your Committee next occupied itself with the enactments in detail of the plan of law. Iu com paring it with the law of the 29th of October, 1815,1 it has recognized die following restrictions and amendments. In the first place, the law of 1815 smbraces in its disposions crimes and offences. This might hive been necessary then, but at the presient dal it is only the prevention of great crimes that can famish cause for a detention not followed by imme diate process before the tribunals. This is the enact ment of Article la of the plan of law ; but as the nreehination, used in that article, is vague and not legal in the acceptation given to it, your Com mittee proposes to substitute the word attempt. 44 Secondly. The law of 1815 gave in less serious eases the power of placing ea surveillance, which was f evently a real exile, a mean more susceptible of abuse, although at first Wash it appears less rigorous. The same motive which excludes simple crimes from the plan of the lag, also rejects from it the placing in surveillance. The person charged with conspiracy should not be exiled bin seized. Individuals sent away from their homes will return to them ; but the new law apprises them, that if they return only to renew ti.cir plots against the State, the hand of Go. vtrnm.nr will be open them. " Thirdly. The p iwtr of granting an order of arrest is exclusively seserved, by the plan, to the Mi nister of General Police, whose signature ought also to be accompanied by that of the President of the Council. This implies, that the Council itselt will have approved of the grounds of arrest. The great number of functionaries on whr.m thus power of ar rest and detention was conferred by the law of 1815 i had excited the most lively representations against . that law ; and experience has proved how great must be the danger of investing with this extraordinary power, men too far removed from the Central G o . arernmens, and too near the persons charged. An arbitrary arrest, even when it is permitted by law, ought to be solely a measure of High Police t that is, die law ought not to confide such a power to any but responsible agents, who, under the immediate di. section of the King, are placed over the general con-, duet of the affairs of State. ' 1 If a power to dangerous must thus never fall into the bands of subaltern agents, whom confined ' views, hateful sentiments, or the spirit of party, *might too easily lead astray, we regard this ameliora tion of the plan of law as the greatest of all—as that which tends the most effectually to diminish the dan gers, and avoid the errors inseparable, perhaps, from such a measure. 4 4 Your Committee, desirous of admitting every amendment not militating against the principle of the law. have thought it of advantage, that the order of arrest should specify, that it is granted by virtue of the present law, for reminding those invested with this right of arrest, or who concur in the execution of it, that they ought 'carefully to confine themselves within the extent of the enactments of the law. We therefore propose to you this amendment, in conti. mutation of the Ist artiele.--' The order of arrest shall always specify, that it is granted by virtue of the resent law' " Fourihty. Art. 2 of the plan of law better orga nizes a mode of appeal than the preceding one. The most natural fear of the arrested man, who is con scious of his innocence, and to tabom all resort to the tribunals is closed, is that of not being interrogated. This article is calculated to reassure him. But, to reassure him still more, the Committee have thought that the hearing of the person - detained by the King's Attorney should be matter of Oficial duty. withdut being called for t y the application of the accused. The Committee have deemed likewise, that the law should impose on the Minister of Justice the obliga tion of apprising the prisoner of the decision if the King's Council, on his reclamation. They, therefore, t ropose two amendments to Article the '2d, the first of which is the erasure of the words, If he should require at.' The second, the addicon of these words "Mt the end of the article, "rhe Minister of Justice shall in every case apprise the prisoner of the decision of the Council.' third Article appears to us to be a wisely graduated transition to the new law from that of 1815. 4 1 The fourth mid last article limits the duration of the law to the Ist of January, 1818. • Fat from being enabled to express - our Atm couviction that the law will be no longer wacessary, we, however, think that the strongest guarantee againif the abuse of such oc casionaliaws, is to grant them only for a short space of time; so that the Mining, even when they enforce them, may be aware of the amount which they must speedily render. It is with them amendments that your Committee ' recommends the• adoption of the law that has been proposed to you." No sooner had the Reporter pronounced these last words, than both sides of the Hall rushed to the tri bune to inscribe their names for the discussion. Fourteen have enrolled their names against the p i nt among wnoni arc MM. de Villein s Castelbajae, d'Argeoson , Cornet d'lnconrt, Corbiere, and Mac_ earthy Twelve have inscribed their names in sup port of the messes: a mon g th em are M. Camille . Jaunty' and Royer 'Collar d. Th e ississusiTasis •Tbe Report shall be printed nd distributed on Saturday, and the discussion be cpened on Monday." Several voices—" That is too soon—Tuesday." The vsiDENT- 41 The discussion cannot be ter minated in one day. It must commence on Monday." The Chamber finally determined that the discus - ,ion should commence un Monday. PARIS, JANUARY 10. ROYAL. ORDINANCE. 4 , Lolls, by the Grace of GOD, se. s. Willing in preserve to the Order of St. Michael the splendour it enjoyed under the Kings, our prede cessors, we have decreed, and do decree, as follows : " Art. 1. The Order of St. Michael is specially destined to serve as a reconipence and encouragement to those of our sub- jests who shall be distinguished In Literature, &letter, and the Arts, or by discoveries, works, and enterprises useful to the State. " 2. The nomter of Knights is limited to loo." A secntid Ordinance contains the names of thirty four ,1 persons admitted to this honour ; among wh o m are physiciai,s, merchant', advocates, bankers, pain ters, architects, fits. A third ordinance founds a Royal chapter of canons at St. Dellis, to include the old. titutir bishops, and •after eccle%iastrcs, in all Si , . The duties of these canons will h: to perform nine massrs for the dead daily, viz. three fer each of the three dynasties of the Fr nch monarchy. They will also daily say vespers tor the dead, and the service to be read will be con -ecrateci exclusively to prayers for the souls of all the illustrious dead, whose rem.iins are deposited in that church. The suit of 150,000 francs ont•atAxe funds of the Minister of the Interior, destine,' VI elk ex=' penses of the clergy, shall be annually appropriated to its maintenance ; and 60,000 francs for the expenses of its first establishment. But, in consideration of existing financial difficulties, the sum c.f 75,000 francs is only to be appropriated for the year 1817. • Yesterday morring the bureau of the Chamber of Deputies, x‘ith M. and their President at the r head, presented ti the King the plan of Law relative to Elections, adoptcd by the Chamber. Letters from Cadiz btille, 111.41 the merchants of that city had, at their own expense, fitted out the Esau.- raida, King's frigate, ani a brig, to truize against the Ansi:titan privateers which infest that coast. . , I 4 PARIS, JANUARY 11. Yesterday hi► Majesty transacted business for the greater part of die day. Marshal Belluno passed se veral hours with his Majesty. The celebrated General Leclerc died here yesterday. Authentic letters from Rio Janeiro announce that the King of Portugal is preparing to make a voyage to his European States, and that he will probably arrive at Lisbon in the course of the month of May. A French General, who had long the honour of having Polish troops under his command, and who has preserved the memory of their brilliant valour, and of their perseverance under all fatigues and priva tions, has rendered a well-merited homage to the me mory of Prince Poniatowsky. The General has had a tablet executed by Horace Vernet, representing the death of the Prince at the moment when already wounded he leaped with his horse into the Elster.— The following is the inscription : 66 Prime Poniatowsky died upon the field of honour at Leipsic. He was as intrep►d a midi.r as a good General, a loyal Chevalier, and the honour of his country." Captain Freycinet is about to set out on a new voyage solely in the interest of science. His princi pal object is the determination of the form of the hemisphere in the South. No expedition of this kind has been undertaken in France or England since that of Captain Baudin, in which Captain Freycinet was a party. A private letter from Petersburgh mentions that the Russian American Company is also preparing to dispatch a new expedition from Cronstadt for a voyage round the world. This expedition will be composed of two vessels, the Haanibal and the Suwarrow, and be plated under the command of Cap tain geyemeister, who made a similar voyage in 1806, iu the ship Neva. A tremendous storm did much damage at Aims in the night between the 4th and sth instant. Two houses were thrown down by the force of the wind, and eight persons buried in the ruins. On their being dug out, one was found dead, and the other seven were severely hurt. VIENNA, DECEMBER VI. The King of Bavaria has been here since the 23ii instant. His Kielty preserved the most strict in cognito on his arrival. The Emperor and Empress went es far as the first post to meet him. The He. reditary Prince has not arrived as expected: he is detained by indisposition at Munich. GAL LIPOLI, DECEMBER 91. The commerce of Provence is every day recover ing from the ruin occasioned by English monopoly. Most of oar imparts are now made in French bottoms, and at a greater advantage than heretofore. STUTOARD, JANUARY 4. l'he labours of his Majesty's Commissioners on the ,subject of the Constitution are far advanced. The principal difipositions of the ancient constitution will be inserted in the new. No longer will there be any question between the ancient and the modern pro vinces of Wirtemberg. The present King enjoys the general confidence and love of his subjects, The system of his government is et once firm and liberal. The nncipal employments are filled by persons who are generally esteemed. The beneficial changes which the King has already made since his aceeuion to the throne, are only a foretaste to those which he has in preparation. The Estates will not, it is understood, be later in meeting than the lit of February. G enera l Lamm, the Commander of the Prussian troops in France, vary frequently visits the different garrisons, in order to see that discipline is strictly ob. served, and to prevent, as far as possible, all com plaints s and is zealously sespnded in this by the Offi cers of his Staff. Some of tlkeTrussian soldiers e who go home co furlough. are replaced by others frogs troves and Cubism. • PORTUGUESE PROCLAMITION. "The Marqnfs de At Aeneas', of the Council of his Most Faithful Tvlajesty, Gentleman of his Chamber, Grand Cross of the Order of the 'rower and the Sword and of that ot I. twist, Camp Marshal ot the Armies, Governor at.tlCaprain• General ot the Captainship of St. Pedro of the Rio Grande. " Inhabitants of the Territory of Monte Video I—The Porto guest troop:, equally brave and well disciplined, are entering your territory ; and worthy men may now thank niers r PRO VIDINCE, which employing the power:ul and always propitious arm of the King, my Lord and Master, bani.hes the evils that assail you, punishes the Chiefs if they do not correct tlicrnselves, and, not stopping at such great benefits, will confer others winch you cannot appreciate until you et joy them. " Dn not abandon your houses, esc.:pr to seek a %Eche? from the banditti, and j tin the army; for every thing th.tt may he wanted you shall be punctually paid. In his Most Faithful Ma. j•stty's name I • promise you security for your persona and pro perty —Let then your lantemations and complaints CCAst —let them cease fur ever, and ntingling your vexes fraternally with ours, repeat a thousand times wt.!' that iviety which has .0 long forsaken you—Live the King !—Live the King !—Lihi the Kilt.!" " CtIARI.ES FREDERICK Ltcoa. Lieutetant•Genetal of the Ars nt . 's of li. Mo.' Faithful Majesty, Gent.ral-in-rhi..f of the Trirtpsdevined tor the paelcation of the Leit bank of the Hie cis. la Plata, &c. tits " Pe. pie of the I.ett Batik of the Rio de la • Plata !—The reiterated insults which the tyrant Artigas has given tithe pudic inhabitants of Mut:te Video, your own countrymen, and those of the Rio Gram& the aboaute prohibition of 'conisounicatiog on the frontier with your friends the Portuguese; and finally, the hostile disposHon it: which lie places his truo?s, directing them to the nrighhourhoosi of the ititi Pardo, are tacit which are notorious, and more than sufficient to prove the intentions or that Tyrant. They also suffice to prove incont stibly that there I can be so: stable Government among yourselves, nor security io the Portuguese dominiues while you rental, subject to his oppres sion.— fo a Tyrant, who,olitaimeg the controul of your .voted torte. dictates to you by it his own opinions—a tyrant whos conduct has been herd.. and inconstant, except In what relates tops interests, and whe v her your cesantry happy. nor afford your neighbours mays fab d tiltee In his political relations. " Inhabitants of the ydrovinc.e elf the North, terminate the stre of incertitude which ruins your country and disturbs the trainer of the kingdom of Brazil. To rt move these evils lam • scot by my Sovereign, with the troops which you see with me, and others who follow us, but who do nut come to conquer or to destroy your property. Oq the contrary, their only object Is to subdue the enemy, to deliver you from oppressim, to re-tsta • Nish your trinquiility, to put an end to the extraordinary contri butions imposed on Too, and to treat you all with kindness, those only excepted who shall henceforth attempt to disturb the public peace. Inhabitants! You,. who love the welfare of your country, remain tranquil in your houses, and plate con fidetscem the pro• anises which I make you in the name of soy Sovereign. lie has constituted inc head of a Wroth:tonal Government in this Pro vince, and I promise you on the faith of an old Officer aid Int subject, that I shall fulfil all the orders I receive from my au gust tueereip, who gives none but for your 11.1p,oness. (aligned) " CUAIILt% Fa to t KICK 1.1:COIL." A7JVCDOM uF TdiE TWO SICILIES. VIENNA, DECLMIIER We have just rece;ved by express the Journai 01 the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which contains the following important documents: " Felt DI ZIA ND I. by the Grace of Goo, King of the Kingdom 01 the 'Two eicilies. &:. Ate. Ste. " Desiring in confirm the privileges granted by us, and the Monarchs our illustrious predecessors. to our well-beloved Str.i• band, and to recnec!le the Inviolability of these pried, ges the unity of the politic:l Instituions, we have, by the present law, sancioned, and do sanction as itillnws: " Art. 1. All civil and ecclesiastic d employments in Sicily be- Toed the Straits shall, conformahly to the capitularies of the Mo narchs our predecessors, be conferred exclusively on Sicilians, without the other subjects of our States on this side the Straits being ever entitled to pretend to them ; in the same manner as the Sicilians cannot form any claim to civil and religious employ ments in our other dominions above-mentioned. We place among the number of the places exclusively to be given to Sici lians the Arebblehopric of Palermo, though our august Either, Charles 111. maned the disposal of it to himself, in the Great Chatter which he granted to the Sicilians. Art. 11. Our Meet= subjects beyond the waits shall he ad mitted to all the great dignites of the kingdom of the Iwo Sici nes, in proportion to the population of the island. " This population being a quarter of that of all our dominions, the fourth part of our Council of State shall be composed of Sici lians, and the other three quarters of subjects of our other do nsinions. " be same proportion will be observed for the places of our Ministers and Secretaries of State, the first &pities of the Court, and the places of our representation and agues at foreign Courts. " Art. 3. Instead of two Sicilian Camiliateri, who, according to the concessMis of our august father, were Members of the al e:tin Junta of Sicily, there shall be always in the Supreme Coun cil of tie Chancery of the Two Sicilia a number of skillet' Coun sellors, according to the proportion fixed la the preceding article. •• Att. 4. Officers in our army and navy, cur royal household, will be conferred on all our subjects, without distinction 01 the part of our domnions of which they are natives. " S. rhe government of the whole kingdom of the Two &ci ties shall be always about our person. When we shall reside in Si. city, we shall have as Governor In our States on this side of the Straits a Prince of our family, or another personage of distinction, whom we shall choose among our subjects. " II is is a Prince of the Royal Family, he shall have with him one of our Ministers of State, who shall correspond with the Ministers and Secretaries of State who shall reside near our per son, and who shall hate wish him, besides, two or more Direc tors, to preside its those sections of the offices of the Minot. is andSectetaries of State which we shall think fit to leave on the spot for thy administration of tha part of our dominiotis. If the Governor is not a Prince, be shall be himself invested with the character of Minister Secretary of State, shall Correspond directly with the Ministers and S ecretaries of State whom we have with us, and shall have two or more Drectuae for that purpose. " 11. (Makes the same regulations as the Sib, lu respect to the government of Sicily, when the King reshlcs ma this side sat the Straits.) " 7. These Directors, in both cases, shall be chosen promima ously among all our subjects, us was fixed relatively to Sicily fur the ancient offices of Contadideer, of thiuervafer, which are re placed by the said Directors. " O. 'l'be law suits ut the Sicilians shall continue to be judged even in the last resort, by the Sicilian tribunals: inn consequeiice, there shall be established in Sicily a Suptenie Court of Justice, which shall be above allabe Tribunab of that Island, and inde pendent of the Supreme Court of our States WI this side of the Oiralts, as the latter shall be Independent of Sicily, when we shall reside in that Island : the organization of this Court shall be regulated by a particular Law. " 9. The abolition of feudal rights shall be maintained la Sicily, as in our ocher States on ibis side of the butts. " 10. We shall Si every year Use part of Sicily In the perma nent expenses of the State, and we shall regulate the manner of its partition ; but this annual part can never exceed the suns of 1,1147,687 ounces and 90 tail, which was fixed in IN'S by the Peruanient as the certain :avenue of Sicily. No greater somas by any means be imposed without the of Parliantent. " 11. Theo e shall be deducted every year from the said quota a sons which cannot be leis than 150,000 ounces, which shall be applied to the payntent of the debt bearing no interest, and of the arrest of interest of that which does bear interest, till the en tire extinction of both. V, hen these two debts art extinguished, this sum shall be annually employed in forming a stoking fund fur Ihe Sicilian debt. " Ht. 'I in the general ;system of the Civil and Judicial Admi nistration of our Kingdom of the Two Sicilies shall be promul- gated, all the branches of justice and administration shall conti nue on the same 1001314 1 1 a. hefeeelore. " We will nod ordain, that Use present law, signed by us, certiled by our Council and one Minister of State Affairs of Grace and Justice, couutersigned by our Council and 11w Chan cellor Minister secretary of mate enrolled sad preserved in our salmi Paucity of the Kin g d om ; of the 'lwo SiciMes, be pub oohed throughout the kingdom, with the ordinary sole:monies, by the competent authorities, who bball draw up a pryers wig!, and see to the execution et it. Our Chaucellue, Munster of the Kiugslum of do 'lto Skates, is epecially charged with this pub (*WA) " Fsaasmann. 0 Canna, N1..1% Inn" THE . EVENING .STAit. JAN DON. THIS DAY WEEK lila STATE. LOTTERY COMMENCE 4 DRAWING. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14. 11 1 17. PR ICF, OP STOCKS 1i '.S DAV Ar Tw EIVE (TCL' endured mo. 62!:—Cont fur ace. 641; 4 per Cent. 7911—‘ per Cligt. Navy 449 Exchequer 11111 s, ISs Is.. pr.-4aeia Bot.ds, tit. re. FRENCH PAPERS. We have this morning received the Paris P of Saturday, and have given. in our 9ther the principal articles of intelligence u hich contain. The Chamber of Deputies was nccuped on F in hearing the Repeal of the Commissi,n on proposed by Ministers regarding in,l;vida a l It is a proposition of law analog , nis to a with us, of our Habeas Corpus Act : and to Eng; men more need not be said to indicate its great hazardous importance. The measure, however, is to be regarded as one entirely of the present clisis, demanded by any thing new in existing circumstar —Ever xince the second restoration of the Kln7, suspension of the laws in favour of individual libc, has existed. and the Government has been • thy voters of an Extraordinary Police: the only question which Ministers now submit • Chambers, in propoAng this Law, is, Whet'', elements of trouble and disot der, which were so nacing at the end of 1814—so active, so violent, 1815—are now, at the close of 1816, •so pert . , subdued, as to make it safe to withdraw from G , ment any of the power which it possess opinion of the Commission is decidedly in lavot the continuation of the suspension ; and in the sition of their reasons, they enter into A VAT;et' details on the internal and relittive state of 1 . , which are in the highest agree interesting, and sufficiently excuse the 1-n,; , 11 to which we have in traosterring the %stole of the Rerrt Of the nai•Ainn to our columns of to Jay. When t: e r ing of the Report was finished, fourteen Met inset ibed their names to speak aga;nst the law, twelve for it, including all the principal speakri the Chamber. The debate is expecied to be tracted during several sittings, and when brooch' a close, vie shall be better able than we are at , to form an opinion on the policy of the measure. In the view of the state of France, to which have just alluded, the Commission make a rem• able allusion to the contributions to the Allied Pow, " They (the Allied Powers) had calculated," said, " on the wealth and abundance of France, the revival of its commerce, on the growth of it; dostry such as they had seen it at the end of 181 , and had these calculations been realized, certain it they say .'that it would have been painful,but for France, by an encrease of imposts, by alienati domains, to meet an annual augmentation of hundred millions (ae12.500.000 sterling) of penses." Events, however, it is added, have disappnintcd these expectations. " French (Instil and commerce, like those of all Europe, in a state of languor And stagnation." And t is subsequently expressed, that the public burl may be alleviated bi t favourable negociation:." Fr these hints we may learn at least two things—t:, that it is quite true, as was reported, that the Fri Ministers have been negocialing fur some relief hi the claims of the Allies—and second, that no au, relief has . a* yet been conceded. UU l'Cli MAIL. A Mail arrived thii n►urniug with papers anJ ters to the 12th instant. "J'he Ivilqwing are ext VIENNA, DECEMER 28. According to accowits tram the Tut k;sh fro ti there are still appearinces of the plague in some? , of Bosnia, SetVil, and Bulgaria. In Moldavia it spread so much, thit. in October last few parts -.4 country were free from it. ft. November it silo itself at Jafry, the Capital, where the symptoms came frequent, and in consequence, all the Cxy. left the city, and since that time all interto , .rse the city is interrupted. In WallacLia they are m fortuitate. That province has not only retaained from the plague, but the harvest has been abundant. The cordon which Aasttia has •fial in the Buckowina towards Nioldavia, and which lately been so much strengthened, will suffice, hope, to preserve our frontiers from tl.e infection, lIRU . SELg, JANUARY 6. Credible travellers, who have come through" gondy and Champagne, say, that the voltage 'entirely failed ; but that, in comparison with e! parts, corn is plentiful, and has not risen there a 50 per cent. In all Burgundy, where peop!e's were so agitated, the must per:ect trarquili:ty prevails ; people do justice to the intenttons of King. In Champagne, peopl: are in general nr. attached to the Bourbons. In the nerghOmltho of Charleville, Givet, and Rocroi, the poverty distress is very great. In the tawns where thoe garrisons of foreign troops, the strictest distil:.': maintained ; but let the Open country it is not so on account of the continued want of provision., which reason people prefer settling in the town•• Every thing seems to announce that his naje 'WI to Luxemburg will base A happy result 1: TERY TCLOcic th. pr e . Iris Pa! , Ino Fria 1 'a the Lo r 141 v suspeni en k :o EngLs!, z' great ar. ever, is 2 ;, t it Cli3ll, o, unistance: le Kln 7 , a ren area 'olice: e )mit to th ether tt.; rere so Mt violent, , pelf. cl m Guyer , srs n favour r the (-4; a varlets r of Ler: , 7, and v.i. have g• I tl.e Cl:rn e real I'dert te ar . Ipeala-s to be r .- broue.t at presrr. .asure. which a remr's led Power, ted," it France, r h of its ie of 18R;' main it i Ha yinsslbl.. on of ;lire ) of ex , ve cruelly 7 reuch arope, Alt Old is bud, m tr." Fr m. the French chef hum it nu such rs anJ extras:,: ) fro lien, some peal Atria it!.as arts :its it diewe.: looms br.• Con suss (p.rse %1.11 ' are men rained r seen rr.os AS +line Vih;ch hat ;office, ft tection. ough 11 . r. ikta7,e las with here r t e ' s cis ikes of :lc trial much liboinhoak: overt" an? e hc. 1 e Illibt :0W11•• I.ajest!' , Ilt I