The National Register. — London, England, 1814-09-04 00:00:00

561 THE NATIONAL 1 !L st, When he summits or orders any act against the internal or eKt••rnal safety of the State, against the King and the Royal family, 01 C,ll4ltittiOtial Charley . ; zd, W hen he signs a T►eaty of Pr ace, Alliance, or Commerce, or any otlisT Treaty, contrary to the interests or the )nonotic of the VienCli people ; 3tl, When lie countersign• an act of the 'Royal Authority milk+ should not Wive emanated, except from the concurrence of the three (•ranches of the Legislative Antliority or when he tussle's the,. cxe vution of such uneonstiwtional act surreptitiously, having for it the signature ut the King ; 4th, When he does or orders any act that is arbitrary in itself, or repugnant to the liberty of the subject, the liberty of %%airship, the liberty of the press. 01 the other pubtie rights of the French, and to the irrevocability of the sale of the natienal domains Stii, When he does or orders any ac t ti wino; to the restoration of the f e udal ,ystem, of tithes, or of any other Government than that which exists its the family of the Bout bons. V. An Act of treason perpettated by a Minister against the state, or against the King or his family, provided the purpose his been . carried tub effect, shall involve ttie punishment of death : but it it has not twee ca: Tied into effect, the guilty shall be traw ported. VI. Treason against the Chatter or against the public rights of the French, provided fur by No. t, 3,4, anti the two first cases ex pressed in No. 5, of Art. IV. shall be pimisheil by banishmeet. VII. A Minister renders himself guilty of extortion or embezec meta (cot:tarsi/on), Ist, When he demands, orders, or authorises the receipt of duties, taxes, or contributions, which are not sanctioned by law ; d, IVlten he trespasses on public or private property, or moat , - ders the seventie destined for the expenses of 11w State. Sil, When lie accepts °llia's or promises, or receives presents or bribe, to perlbrm an act of his nis'ration. VIII. Evety Minister guilty of extortion or embezzlement shall be 101111i4led by lemishmeht, without prejudice to the interests of the State, or party iojered, in point of damages. IX. Breaches of oust and abuse* of :minority, not previiled for by articles .1 awl 7, fereish ground only for A civil ACtiol s'liielt cannot be cal ricd lain effect till after the prneceditets shall have been sidunitit d to Cie examination of a Coenril of conciliation or com promise, cemposed of a Presideht, noinimited by the King, Of three Peers ut France, and of three Deputies, chosen by their respective Chambers at the end of the session. A. If the parties cannot be brought to a compromise, and if the Colwell be of opinion that the action is well tomated, the claimant shall be at !iberty to carry the sea diteetly to the Court of Appeal, which Anil decree, the Chambers assembled, or shall delegate a Royal Court, sitting without the place where the M ini•ter ext reises his functions, in older to decide in like manlier, the Cuambers being assembled. XI. Every impeachment against a Minister, for sets of treason or embezzlement, it it he no: proposed by the King, must be pre sented and explained to the Chamber of Deputiee by one of its Members, in the turns prescribed in the regielatioes tur motions. It the Chamber take it into consideration, it is referred to the exami• nation of the proper bureaux. Each•of them MOW , : a Reporter to foint a Central Commission. This Commission, it it thirit it nvees sary to examine witnesses, or to adopt any other mode of impitrv, plum& to the investigation, and siterwatAs makes its repot the Chamber, which decides, whether there be ground to call upon the MiLister implicated in t h e charge. XII. It the Chamber decide that there is ground for calling, steel the Minister, it determines, on the proposition of its Committer, the questions which must be put to the Minister on the day of his appearance on Its trial. XIII. If the patty under accusation does not appear, or, if ap pearing, he does not repel the charge, the Chamber, if there i• grotuld for it, declares him impeached of treason or extortion. The Chamber, in a message, acquaints the King of the result ; to ttl, lions that moment, the Minister is, as matter of course, suspended from the exercise of Isis functions. XIV. The draft of the act of accusation is prepared by a Com mittee of nine Members, nominated by the Chamber. After the Chamber has discussed and adopted the draft of the impeachment, the President and the Secretaries sign it and transmit it to the Cham ber of Peers. If P SEPT. 4. ire an -siitocticy-(ieneral of the King and h% o asbistaias, u ; a ilv d a ll three for eve, y acetisittiott, from a double list ot• candidates taken in the body of lire Chamber of Drpoities. 'this list is pre.enie., b y the Chamber to hi., Majesty in the niessage which informs him of th eimovaolitilent. XVII. Conformably to art. 6 1 of the Charter , the trial before the Chamber of Pe t r.: i., polthc. Ihe articles 574 to .i''2 iiirlo%ivelv, of the Code of Criminal I'rores4, are there observed. 't - [e minute, a::d the is.iiing of the orde r of arrest• are sullied by the P r v ,i t i ci t and Secretaries of the Cltambur of Peer. The order is not suserp. tilit, ( its of ;Toed! or reference. XVIII. In ordinary cii!tirs and offences the Ministers are to IYe proceeded aeainst iti the militias) forma, and sitbjret to the ordioai v penalties enjoined by the penal rode ; but no ponce -officer can, aio t'(pt ill eases of the act. of committing the . otleticc,sa‘e any nrd t r of appe.aatice, or execute any arrest against a Minister, WililbUt the special :natio' ity of the King. VIENNA, AuG. O.—His Majesty the F.mpernr has declared the Older of the Iron Crown um. :t the Orders ot Mum., aid an nounced, At the -acne time, that he would be brand Mester of it. His Majesty will immediately publish the rhanaes which be propu.es to make in the Statutes of the Order The Members are to wear the decorations as they exist at present. We are as,nred that Lord Castlereagh will rive about the end of alit month in our capital, and that, after passing sow days b ete , this Minister, accompanied by Pinter! Nigh., inch, %%id proceed to Warsaw, where the Emperor nf Rossia and King of Prussia me ex pected About the middle of Siptember. A report has heel: spread of the approaching arrival of the King of Saxony at Vienna, to take a part at the Congress ; but it apiaars to be a false rumour. This Prince continues to lead a very tetik - ecl lite, at tile Cast!;: of Fliedericksteld, near Berlin. 'I va it vcow. XV. ; I . go.: ""fh* - • - • paittion, issues against the accwed ail order fur /:,..-• - s ..: A T •Q . iersou. The act of accusation is trap. iir''' : . 4. N ‘e.' F' l ' . 1 "...'..g 4 ;,..0 to the accused, and executed through , '`, •'..; 0 4, . '• ~ '' . 4 rf. .. \-... -cer. -- ' • ' I Pl'. ; di.. 4, ,of r , i • ''' - #), , 1 the Chamber of Peers is executed . •• j • . 4 c \ • ~. , - _,.,,+e ' ti" , . 4 .t.; e - : - .. • 11161116 . r. 5 THE INQCISITION. Roar, AUG. 12.—We dre assured that Ferdinand VII. has ad. dres,ed a long memorial to his Holilies., liia,ill i;1111 to iegidate the jurisprudence ot the Sr picnic Council of the It:wi•ition by a Kull. His Majesty proposes to aboli-h the code called birectorium um. (it is in that code, the author of which was Nicholas Rinses ic, a Dominican, that w,, read the following sentence :-- " Let no man say that he is condembied unjustly, nor complain of his ecclesiastical judges, nor of the judgment of the church ; but if he he unjustly condemned. let bin, make it matter of joy ICA he suffers for justice.") Mahometans, Jet%s, and oilier infidels, will no longer he allowed to give testimony in matters of religion a:ainst Catholics accused of heiesv, tic. Wives, children, re:ations, and domestics, are no to be admitted as witnesses in the first instant-e. The torture cannot be applied in any case. The charges art to he so spe , ..ific, that stied or riofiettt sIITICIOII of heresy cannot suf• fit e, %% idiom a coroneiteement of proof*, for ordering the arrest of alev i tu ti v ith i al. Jells may be ailowrd to employ Christian 'tenses it;!ont being called I areollni by the Inquisition. His 31ajuoy appears disposed to •nbatit criminal affairs, in matters of icbgron, to the ordinary - forms or erivni!mlitist see. The !weeper tv of the eon. & l imed cannot in one ease fa.e to the Inquisition. The I xpences of tl:e Supreme Connell ate to he their :pit by the Royal Treasury; the fins lies of the condemned are to he ddir:l MA to their into Ht. *nnets. This mvesporfil, tuli of wise views, and such as are in har mony with the atm y ot relixiun, aud the pre scut enlightered state of the world, has been well received by his lligtaress, who, it is .aid. has since had several conferences with his Majesty hius Charles IV. GOTrENBCRGH MAIL. ARMISTICE BETWEEN NORWAY ND SWEDEN. gi AUGUST W.—General Adlercrentz torecit the strong pmition of the enemy at I , mbro, with a trittitt.4 " Count E..sen is noiitioi,ted by the King, Governor Generat of Norway, to the great satisfaction ot the inhabitants of the parts occupied by its. '' AUGUST 11 —Hear Admiral Worseen took possessio* et' the port and batteries of floi ig. which the enemy had abandoned. " (it neral Baron Vegeseek, defeated at Ilogoriumi I, the em my, Who, being reititincett trom Kong!.tiengtin, had ant) men atitltell piece* of cauuou, W e took 2 1 )0 prisoners. Our lob %oh four kiiieti . r " _ . ,• "`~-. - .. ~. _.. _----- - -_,ter--=