The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-08-05 00:00:00

t . - z - r -7F^F'4llr i.~ .. 1 --.~-~ - . , 7 1 .‘"*"="'T ~"~ THE ATAT] AST. r , t ,1 ;. I, :, They shire, agesallogiei - doWeibillilW, Ibe iilitibr'illesidovii ti Am from is name which deer seas. the Indameetsl law, because they retests, to t s.istratinu of the water', WM" Mid el'urtweiyi tin have reedired illostrious in ha service. . State sekvices which it has a right to claim, and with a epeeist bawd, whir% es street'. of its So4sna. • tam poises* of a liege fneltuire - rester, in land, Amiliensed and invariable rule', insusceptible " :•,.,' received ferias the 6.4 fendemental !swat eon. teat I. thebrlse,..re usefully employel,in supporting any arbitrary or inconsiderate extension. tiotial character which lie continued to it. 41115, •** oatietrid ikonsperste, will carefully vf . atchdiat shone Its speaking of die sacred ' dub' of defending Il . None of the b lanc h es a g th e provincial Ga. or rbowb;urees 'or pobrita wealth be obsteueted or. cnoetry, we haviville l d to mind ten celebrated eolith* itiii • taco mow he foreign in the States. ' dried up. ' • t , 4 OT nur history, the pacification of Oleo', which pre psis es it is of i m po r t a n ce that the Members should 411 , 7 hrestid stee - bovveffeciently independent if tberf retied the unhappy seperstien of time seeentemt Pre isewsfleiently oeselmases, they eannot be always ap. ' were liable to be removed. We propose to nominate : winces, and the union of Utrecht, the basis of the na• llemlifild. To exercise that part of o w i r au tho r ity them f or lif e . Thilliwwwinittion must belotig . to the i linnet ititleptendence, the source of so much glory and which isiquesee daily duties snit inespeset - case, th - p.,..‘10g. The spitit..ef s,votonarchicalg.etertintent pre. i'pronwitk (203). . se,rtantolrotra among their own body • permanent dep.. , scribes it, the i n f l o ws ( of the nation demandtvit-441 . • One day our descendants will meal with just pride Winn; which sires 1111911 an seeress' lit ite" lahoora. : This prerogative will give the Sovereign no influent!" 4~ memnrable days in which the Dutch and tt MP. r 4 • , 1 * I s 1 over the higher clayseh of society, which will be use. ',Belgians before they were formed into one natio, The States and their deponitietrows resided 'hi te• fel to all. It has bee n the constant role of nor con- ! hot already suited by the bonds of esteem and Ira. Cissemiseiest, named by the *III who watches over deco, the invariably guide of our labours, so bi ill our: ternity, have tinder the standards of lour va liar the ittost of the province, owe those of the go.'' institutions to the essence of. limited M onerchu.t• pions r i v alled the 'insp..' nn the !Hooks of the Santini • ' t ie, sad the eseeetion of the lairs: (1.311). • 1 The King proposes to the Chamber elected by the ,Beni on the plai n s of Waterloo,..those tines a he' :. Allo t tbe . siopoone Med of the iltdminietretion . Provincial S t ate s , th e p ro j ec ts o f la les which hare `!worthy to fight. arid''. .Princes of the liouse i eerffli- informed of ell else, may &Serve been deliberated on in his Council of State (106). ' N assau , th e y h av e acq u ired the esteem of your Attica , jdtel flail:4or isia sentd, ley ettileining ; This Chamber examines them, a9d having adopted some glory and laurel, which are pledges of the i :the'the'ruhlitesif. Various dispositions,- the Wen. ; them, se n d s : them to the other Chamber, which has trephlity with which , the,' will at all times tierce tacos rasp liblcis might be inistkiseit„ Webb a 'eery' use. ,to examine them in the same manner (109). The their country, their King, and a social compel ftdbrnitl 01 union Wines dui Minis/terror the 'King chamber, whose Members are chosen for life, receives formed under such happy auspices. • and the Provincial States. . .! ) and discusses the propositions which the other thinks' The i n d e p en d enc e Of a nation worthy to belree, The Ilr findettirtitel lirsidid itibtifit fllerownposi. it .proper to make to the King. It never makes any . governed by a family in which prudence, and Salim Lion of the Statea, it has been determined since by) itself (114, 115). ' , are hoteird down from father' to tan, will be re. regulations made in iteiclo' pleviuce, ',bleb have se- ' . If it adopts the *position, ir transmits it to the aPected by itsteighbouri. • tieired your Majesty's sanction.. ' They redl the an- ' King,- who gives or refuses his sanction (110... •. 4 1 , The. Princes of your House 8111 exercise with pre H eis t i nst it u ti ong ofemdia n d, and hiedonething eon- . By not adopting, it will, for time most part, only deuce the right of making war and peace, which . tear) to those of •Belgium. s . We lialit.thetight it ad. save the King from eserei,ing, no t on ly oneeessery Inherent i n a ,well constituted Monarchy. Wt ramble to insert in'the funciatnetqalile* itself, the and indispensable t ight, but w hies., if tee .often - re... here not restricted it ; but we venture to say to your Composition of the States (129); * .!- 4 - 'tot prated, might weaken that reciprocal confidence le Maj e sty, th a t while we were employed in settling - The Nobility which may o4:snelliht beenited in.' use f u l t o t h e m onarc h, stu d so fmmrtueitte for the poma'she prerogatives Of the Crown: we never forgot how sei equestrian body, the cities and the 4 0 '44 t a l c! '" p i e , ..4n ever y d ie Om law is the result of the assent . much you hare at heart the liberty and the rights of *bite in the Peiritileiaterigairbestrotolifti proportions of flue' King, 'and of the two Chambers (119). In the unties. varying according to the circumstances:of 'wads .pro. m as t o f our p rov i nces , sod esperiatly in the northern We think that the project of the fundamental Ito rive (131). The 1.141.410 elonhavill be. fixed and ones, a g re a t p r oportion of the inhabitants, took part' tires to the Crown all the power which the emends. uniform, alt the rest may . differ 'slegorttNng to local in the direction of affairs, by the effect of the or. of a monarchical government, the Patent of the ter• eir•uttostsecrie, slid will be modjfied hp your Main- gatisatitm of the Public Authorities, and this per Mart, and an arose and safe protection of every ty lifter the lessons of experience. Happy the wt. tieipatinn k e pt .alis,e public stirit, ,which •is the right, of every Interest, may render desirable, and Win, Which, in ((nether , ids oonstlt4iihn, is not I most' powerful spring of Representative Govern. th a t it d u l y fi xes th e li m its which your Majesty tobtiged to preripitalte any , thing 4 to leave any Chill to mews. 'OW. oiR:1 mm, m ! would yourself wish to sot to the authority of a Mo. chantie, because it can with confidenrie lease to Its The Government finds itself much stronger, It is emelt who, is the laps of time, might not resemble Ello; the are of •cietrpliting end perfecting its: con- much better obeyed,- when it makes know.- to the 7 Ash Otifullonsl laws. • • nation.the motives of its determinations; theobject 1 The reciprocal obligations and primula's of the But we have thoeght that after a certain time,. .it ' of the sacrifices which it imposes, an d of th e efforts Ki ng an d of hie people w i ll b e cemente d b y sole m n Was proper to put a limit to the.desire of .ameliorat. which it eoponaorls. Recent examples prose what oaths, leg, and that the stability of what as acknowledged vast re m uyees-orise to Government when the whole I The inauguration of the King shall be accompa-, to be good, should he preferred to the vague hope of people f o llows from.couviction the greed measures it nied by every Aim that can give to this grand act . perfection. We propose to ennakier after the lapse adopts. . i the character wjacil belongs twit ; performed accord at ID ',Ass, as dekilitilre i and as making a port of •We .have thought that to preserve this precious hug to ancientrowes•in a public square, it will be I. the fundamental law, the dispersitismi and the sta. ad,ania ge it was necessary to render doe sitsiup of the presence eta greet 'number of his subjects, that toes ernanating from year Majesty, or approved by the States General .polmlie, restrtining, however, the King will receive the oath of allegiance, which you, relative to the eight of electing she. Members this publieity within the limits which may prevent will be taken to him by the nation, that he will him. et the, weed Colleges (Aseenthlies) sad Om right of the abuse of it / and remove all kinds of danger self swear to observe the fundamental law, to have sktiog in them, that is to say, the exercise of politi- (108). , lat heart the happiness of his people, to imitate the pal rights (7). . . To develop the :satires of therojects of laws, to founder of the national independence, atsd the first • It is to the Provincial States that the project which make the view , ' of the Government known and op- King of the Monarchy. ere h] p e year Mssty gives the election of the preciated, to facilitate useful modifications, the hoods i The transmission pfthe illustrious in this illustrio Mathes of the States General. of 'the department of the General Administradon Family has hoe* oigsdated by the Convention: • An is moral Only beingiireetly formed of Mem. shall Ater both the Chambers of the States-Genmal.: which have pacified teripe. In inserting it in the bele Mewed Miner directly or iodirectly by the na- But this right which is granted them to inform the fundamental law we have added to it the necessary Aber, it was Imperiluites to organise another. This Assembly, does not sive them the right of voting upon developments, to prevent, in all cases, eloubts and anode, hostiles, enters. lore a t e general system of the resolutions which it is to take (91). We have .lverpretations, which base sometimes owe Muttons tau the Crlnetnuinta, oldest makes ail powers emanate inserted in thefendemental Law, some dispositions dear. frelliteadt other, sletwoodtbgeWithout the ineonveni. concerotine the manner of deliberating, which may Several religiose conetesnitie l / 2 hare been;ettreeted wile of porde, endow, ts those climes- of "I.' .rmper «ip b.. mere regulettons. They derive the im- to Holland by the mildness of its laws, are by it dirty. whirls beer hut 'a smell port in the burdens of portauce which weattaeh 'Damn, from theadvantage protection which the Government afforded thete...s tho„etates, yet having otriaterest to defend, have a they offer of multiplying and facilitating the relation, This protection will 'remain the same (UM; • right tons represented (133, 134 , between the Membevs elected by the different pre. j The taw might hate stopped here* and have left The Member of DOvaties to be sent by each pro. view, of making all well acquainted with the mot to your Majesty the care of proving how greet it Aimee the roams (Sto l en' has been subjected to lives of the propositions, used with even the most des. your care for the Milliliters of Religion;' 4nt it some dicmi li p. at opinion. Some Members thought, Ikate considerations which may induce their adoption seemed to us that the fundamental law might' make that jell iget jolt awl simple basis was the molt• to rejection (107 and 11 I). . . it duly for sitter successors, to take your.nable gen. tie* . ... 1 It is also with a desire to keep op a perfect harmony, timents for the rule of their conduct (193), sod eon -I.l4llllllll,liellibus and numerous esamples were not that we have subjected to certain forms the vela- lain besides the assurances that no form of worship wands% to estpprsitt this opinion; these reasons have tions of the two Ch a mbers with eac h oth e r, a n d Shall ever trouble the liberty of the rest, all being been •cnotoeted, the justness of the application of their communications with the Government. (109, , equally georanteed.hy the laws of the State (196). itheeetrxemples to the seniors of mar proviaces has been &c.) 1 We think, Sire, that a constitutional law which disputed, and it has been abeteretti that the colonies We have no need, Sire, to give any reason for in. ,'consecrates all legitimate rights, whose principles are 'which acknowledge the northern provinces as their sorting in the project of file Fundamental Law, the ' derived from the manners and the character of the nsotber e entry, the importunes of their commerce, forms of several oaths. Your Majesty reigns over a :*nation, may hope fora longer duration than one aud the tease millions of inhabitants subject to the people who have a religious respect for the solemnity t founded upon •mere theory; but time changes and la w , o f the metropolis, did not permit the adoption ..ef an oath, who take no t ... hut with due reflection, , modifies every thing, and a means of revision not -a the European population es the only basis of re- and faithfully preform what they have sworn to ob. ' foreseen nor fixed at a certain period, but possible, premestatno 1 that the only means of establishing serve. 1 of the necessity of some changes should be strongly . tier f ee n y ae s f or over an intimate an d s i n cere union • The bases of the organisation of the judicial power felt, seemed to us useful, if attended with forms that between the two countries, was to give each se equal in the first Fundamental i, svc , near ly approaching i , prevent or check all spirit of innovation.—('o, representation. The mejoriiy-acteded to this opi. the ancient laws of Holland, did not essentially de- 233) Won. The present somber of Deputies sent by the elate from the ancient legislation of Belgium. Wei The fundamental law had reserved to the Com uoithern provinces remains enclesnerml. That of the 1 have retained them. s l i mittee which has drawn it rap. the right of interpret. southern provinces baa been Inegninted in " equi- : Its civil causes, the J u dges i n the first resort are 4 ing its dispositions for the three first years. We •table manner, payini particular attention to their placed nearer to those under their jurisdiction (184). I have thought that to a law necessarily expressing p o p u l a ti on , an d to the proportional number of A Court of Appeal is for one or more proviticesi the unanimous sentiments of the king, and of the D o p e ti e s by w hich they have been already represent. (132). A High Court, superior to these tribunals, i two Chambers of the States General, this interprets, ed (ni)• : regulates their acts, mid to this the law which will i den must be loft, which is no other than the just ap. Bur there is a part of the States 6enerel, which organise the whole judicial system, may give more' Oration of.the Articles of the Constitutional Act of Ire hare thought ought not to be subjected to a pe. ' extensive attributes (180). the kingdom. eiodical election. The great increase which the In criminal matters the prosecution and punish. To effect, with a prudent circumspection, without State has received, the rank it assumes among the Men( o f crimes are comm i tte d, i n a c e rtai n resort, to shock or cellision,the changes which the fundamental nations of Europe, the diversity of the elements of Magistrates already invested w ith th e cognisance of! law makes necessary, it attributes to your Majesty, which it is composed, its more complicated interests civil causes, and tempering by this double capacity by organic dispositions, the care of successively in. Lave imposed it Olson us as a duty, not to disdain the the habit of severity which may be contlacled by um I traducing the divers institutions which it has created 'rooms of experience. : daily exercise of the right a p u nishing (183). or re-established, to name, for the first time, the We have thought that to hinder precipitation in. i A . ni g h Milit ar y C ourt , com p os ed or military i Members of the two Chambers of the States. Gene. the deliberelions, to oppose in difficult times a bar. persons and lawyers, is charged with the eatinialii fla g and all the ?lagistrates, whatever may be other; tier to the pas , ions, to surround the Throne with a of the sentences of Coerta-Martial t to lehlar nor lase the mode of nomination that it has adopted.-,.. lanai k which may baffle the attempts of faction, to nterous reasons make it proper to leave the caftan. (Additi o n a l A r t. I.) give the nation a perfect guarantee against all arbi. gaiters of all crimes committed by military persons j It maintains in force all the iztra which govern the nary extension of power, it was expedient, after the , (188). l different parts of the kingdom, till the marmot when example of powerful kingdoms, and flourishing re- : Codes common to the whole kingdom shill W I they shall he replaced with the desirable celerity, hot publics, blies to divide the Representatives of t h e nation formed of the Civil, Penal, and Commercial ial Laws, w i t h ou t prec i p it a ti on , by other laws maturely into two Chambers. ' and of the organisation of justice (163). • I weighed, and it thus gives itself the best support, i • ' To effect this division we have not adopted foreign' The independence of the Judges is guaranteed ; ! the noose powerful auxiliary it can have, your wis• institutions, which might not well amalgamate with ' th e y r e c eive f r om the public Treasury a salary fixed' dom, and your loie for your subjects.—(Additional our national institutions. We have sought the prin., by the law, and are named by the King, the most of A r t. (-2 ) •ciples .1 Ms diti/lon in the spirit which induced its them f or lif e , upon t h e pr ei e „t a ti on o f the Provincial May this fundamental law, Sire, after hiving been adoption. i States, or of the second Chamber of the States Gene- corrected by your judgment and meliorated by time, Created particularly to hinder what error or pas- : sa l (176, 132, 186). contributito the prosperity of the kingdom, add to • 5 10 to soy have orbited, this part of the States•Gene.l Such, Sire, are the bases of a system of latest the welfare of the nation, and nourish that attach rel hasten right to makewny propositions to the King' which, matured in your council, and submitted to relent between the Prince and the subject, so fruitful 'pure l y pass i v e, It rejects In adopts the propositions the sanction of the States General, will be a 041 W be' in it, consequences, and which, under your glorious that are laid before it. Prudence and wisdom are neat conferred on your people. dynasty, promises on the fairest destiny. t h e e mef reqeidtos in its filembers. The project re- We bare adopted also all the principles laid down [Here follow the Signatures.] quirea that they shall boot /east 40 y ears old. They by the first law, for the defence of the State. A Hague, July ls, 1815. • %mild not allied therwhelar patentee that is hoped permanent army will he as it were the advanced for,if they Mang the trestest interest in the na., guard of tho nation 004). A militia, wisely organised, will always be ready tional Wolfer& ' They art therefore chosen arriongi to the def of shag a. the persons distlegukhed by their services, Wilt to fl 1 Th y e nation whol ence ly in the countr cluded in a nd 212) rds of the • birth, or their fortes (fit)). The re are few tp,ings which men defend better dart Cousatunes, will defend in a mass, if necessary, its thei r p e rsona cuoskimatien, the remembrance, and liberty and its in (210). . tile leemerieea • 4 their services. Th_os e . mast bit 7.t Some parts of the laws lately adopted for the mi . Aare appeared to Its proper Wan incleded imi ertlialty *MOM% t• the country who derma totes re- t.itt, CounosEn's fxQUEST.—Yesterday afternoon there was an Inquest held at the Rose public house, on rho Fulham-road, before G. lioncsom, F,sq. the Co roner for Middlesex, on view of the body of James Byrne, who'met his (heath in consequence of being thrown out of a one horse chaise on Tuesday evening. Verdict—that the deceased came by ftis death ace!. dentrilly, end by misfortune. --'mar'- the it" mai AIL ig! ...* 0 . of 0 1 0 U .... ...... ... Malta n! .d 1 -Patto . d the 1 eh ' I re- re- PRICE oe NTOcKS TDIS DAY A r Oat. ''Chuck stae,t. (....n e . A nr. 14i 7-15 . e tut- s per Cent. red. 663 lndia Hoods 73 1 4 Ili ind ~ itPf Cern. l '''"- !Sii Er q xclauer F 41.1: .1 I d 4 'per Gent 714 1 oinniu., Si A hi !$ vet Cen t (Navy PH f Coniols for tee. 5 7i 7 ide the - rt i rm • THE 1 1 TATESIVIAN. •U ra. int ro, A . LO NRON : II t'll ! t I SAM ttIAY, ACCUST 5, , 11§.1 5. of . IP g, i n !- it hnq been stated in several letters from Plym out h , it( cad /fated the Zd east, that the Liffey frigate had sailed tee act' from theoce• far Prance, having all, band Gene ra l, r • I lieternitru,• S. wash and Lteeniege, who h are se : i ee r ' , 1 o heroically•shown their at tachment• . to Rotrarsaer., by II t acconipno3ing him in his voluntary exile. It will h e o I seen by reference to the Deal letter, dated yesterday, e ret 'n* l thist the Liftly had arrived in the Downs, end lOW le rm is ordered to the River to be paid off.-.-So mach Ye P i for the correctness of the Courie)ie:lnformatia n, ur ng which, notwithstanding all communication, not ab. tw solute!) , necessary, between the Bellerophon and the ere . .. LW of shore is strictly forbidden, yesterday put forth se he- impudent assertion, that the O f f i cers of that thip • 11 ge sent off their boats daily to Plymouth for the Cou. Its T- rkr, because NAPOLEON wishes to reed it! • 11-. e ry cause BoNAPARTZ rock pleasure in reedits; the fa. ha rid brications and abate or himself, which daily fill the ty . p a g es of the Courier! This meat have been too touch in P•• ff. le even for the readers d the Courier to swallow. or We deem it mate try to say any thing on the td he cruelty detach etkitte as the Ministerial Press has an PM here attributed tiilllte British Government, since the • a- ' la i assertion, wis lc gave to Its public acts neither the I [Et . character of delicacy,-merey,To - r justice, is fal se; tie but . we fannot help saying we are glad to find that .et I'' on a subject which so much involves the honour of our at t or country, and the present and tutu re intereets of nations eh . • to n . as well as of Kings themselves, the Minister, of the of re Pet scg Reeemeof England,who has now in his power IA 141 one of the greatest men that ever swayed a sceptre, o I lt are inclined to pante,send admit the propriety of not e MP too hastily eommittiteg their Royal Master to aV ep nil ns while's wisdom and dignity may not approve. .'ll'e I he have no advice of the Ex- &mama of Fossovbsinl .., r.ordered off to the destination assigned to him by late cad revert,. That destlnatil we may therefore suppose 1 ei Ts not. yet finally axed, though there seems no doubt u • 7! ad 44,114 megneniinoes enemies will not rest in quiet of r k t ! Is nearer to them, than St. Helena, and if •a be is. not .duteedsd is well is cenfined. It is still 4 r e 4174eTted, Alit 441‘0. sisitilion of sending him ti i 1 ifi _St. /Liens 4plillieti t oNci i lly communicated to tiro. ..i it S ime say, Ameba teetered the intimation with eale. is :e iposure. whitlll . oololl faucet; that he degiart4tim 1. treatment se most unjust and Unbecoming - amuse/4i I it , of one Crowned Head to another. A short,ise t eei- I g rited remonstrance against his .. • transportation,,signed , 14 by himself, as " Emperor of the French," & c . an d r 'h witnessed by BERTRAND, SAYARY, end L! ULLMANN NI is Mated to have been given in a most solemn me net te , e to Sir 11. Buesu tt e w ith his own bead. This protest e id disclaims his former abdication, which, he meet, : It was merely conditional, and maintains his right to '9 be treated as a Sovereign. That his abdication was k Y t conditional, and solely for the purpose of saving ), France and his friends and associates, we hive the authority of Gen. SOLIONAC (who procured the re- ~ 1 " signation from NAPOLEON, and carried it to the It I. Chamber of Peers) for believing. That General p g says, in a recent Letter addressed by him to the Editor .4 oof the Journal dls Paris, in vi n di ca ti on o f hi s own I 11. conduct, that these, and the condition of his so. '' I succeeding him, were the exp r e ss con diti ons u p o n i e tf 1 which N.tremeox consented to abdicate—The candi- a , t tions were agreed to—how have they been fulfi!led! 0 II I --............ ' $ r, ! The Paris Papers arrive as regularly as our inland to '' Mails. It might be inferred from this, that Frame et ewas enjoying the benefits o f t ranqu illity, an d th t ,„ ' her deliverers had brought in their train freedier, ';.• commerce, and all the blessings of Peace. Far dif- - r- fereat, however, from this is the state of France, I * from one end of that " ti ne country" to the other.— • n Foreign armies, faction', and war, a n d c on spi r acies, 1 a and the projects of ambiti o n, a n d th e ravag i ng h an d n y of plunder and revenge, have given up that unite.: nate enuntry a prey to all the evils which sock a t I. compiicatio.! of the causes of mischief cannot fail to d • produce. The generosity of the deliverers and the n gratitude of the delivered are now al, seen. Litt i ', year the conquest of Pais, as it hsit been called, o ended the war. It is not so this year : the ii,,ssos. . il mon of both Paris MO BONAPARTE are now not is enough to satisfy the modern ALEXANDERII—not be- , cause there are no more glorious enterprises of con- quest to undertake, but because the Allies find that . 1 ' they have extended the tent) conquest to alt France . e rather improperly, end because, though they hare 11 1 le got all they professed to seek, nod much more, they 1- are still in danger of beiii:, disappointed. ( 's Our Readers hare seen, by the official lettte. of ' g Foucue, Duke of Otranto, to the Prefects, in , %hic l / 4 I t• j he conjures up all his powe r ; t o p r e va il on i' " French people to be yeaceable, and to unite , wi 1-r 4 hi