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NEW tONSTITITTIO CONSTITUTIONAL : CHARtER OFktASICE UNDER LOUIS XVIII' X'fr.'"ACT MOM THE RE6ISTRit b?, THE •L:tGISLA= TM.; SENATE OF THE 6TH Arlin, 1814. The Conservative Sena:te, - deliberating uPon. the Projet ova Constitution which 'llas beeWpresented to it by the Provisional. Government, in pursuance tb:e. Act of the Senate of the Ist of this month, after having heard the Report of.a Special Coin -rnittee of Seven Members,-decree as follotvs ARTICLE I. The French Gorernment 'monarchical, and -Lereclitarl'in the avaleline, in the.order genttare. 'The French People freely call touts STANIS tAITS ST. XAVIER de France, Brother of their late ping , to the Throne of France, and after him the other Members of tilt House of nourbon, ac cording to the ancient Order,. The ancient Nobility shall tett:m:le their ti tles ; the new shall preserve theirs hereditarily. filieLegion of Honour is maintained with its pre • rogatives. The King shall determine the deco ration. The executive power belongs to the King. The Xing, the Senate, And the tegislati've . tody, shall concur in making laws. The projets of laws may be Oroposed, either in the Senate or the Legislative Body. The sanction of the King is necessary to the enactment ofa law. • There shall be fifty Senators at the least, - and Two Hundred at the most.- Their di;_mitv is irretnoveabie, and hereifitai T in the male line by primogenitur'e.: They are to be named by the -King. The actual Senators, with the exception of those who renounce' the quality of French eliitens, are now, and shall form p - art of that number. The actual emolu ments granted to the Senate and to Senatorships sh * all belong to them. The revenues shall be di tided equally among them, and shall descend to their heirs. . In case of the death of a Senator without heirs male direct, his portion shall return t 6 the -public treasure, and no Senatorwho shall be hereafter named shall have any sham; of the Fund now belonging to the Senate. VII. The Princei of . the Royal Family, and the Princes of the Blood; shall be, of right, Members of the Senate. ,/o one shat exercise the functions of a Senator before he attains full age. VIII: The Senate shall determine 't•'►e ► tl►er the discus sion of the subjects before it shall Le public of p riva t e. Every Department shall name to the Legis lative_ Body -the same number of Members that they now send. The Members who sat in the Legislative Body befo t re their last. adjourn bent shall continu e t o s it, unt il their Successors -e elected. All of them shall preserve .their salarie3. • For the future they shall be chosen itnine diately by the Electoral Colleges, which shall be p7 - eserved, liable, however, to stch changes as :nay be made _by, law in their organization. The, duration of the functions of th&Dernities to the legislative Body is fixed at fiv,e years: The new Erection shall . take place fol-, the-Session of 1816. The Legislative Body shall of right meet every year on the Ist of October. The King.inay,.how, ever, call an extraordinary Meeting ; he may ad j or dissolve them ; but, in the latter case a new Legislative Body shall be formed. within three rrimonths, at the latest, by the Electoral College's. The Legislative Body has the right of discus sion. Its sittings are public, except in the case where it, may think proper to form itself into a general coagnittee. XII. The Senate,, the Legislative Body, the Elec toral Colleges, the Assemblies of,the. Cantons, shall elect their President from among their own l~lcnibe - rs. • XIII. No Member of the Sen4e, or of the Legis lative Body, shall be arrested without a previous authority granted by the Body to which be be longs. The trial of Member s of the Senate, or of the Legislative Body, shall belong' exclusively to the Senate, XIV. The Ministers play he Menthers of the Senate, or of the Legislative 1.. ~,'~,-, Every citizen shallbn taxed in- equal propor tion, }L a matter c)f ri",.;ht. "f ax shall be int posed or lovLd, except it bail barc.been ftf,,ty caiswael is by ttie Flin4e and !tile Lesis!Aive Body. Tire Ladd Tax can only be 'established f . intraity. The Budget for the foln,Lising and the for'accounts' he lasi year,, shhtl'be every yOr laid before the 'Senate and the Legi , slativ... Body,.at the opening Of the Ses"sionof the Legi, halve Body. Ci. The, Law shall deterliti,u the'tiiode of eecruit itig the Artily, dnd the niunber of recruits. xs'rr. The •iudependence of the Judicial. Power is kna'- ran teed.. No one shall be deprived of his u4tuial Judges.; institution of Juries is preserved, .ancl.alto publicity of discussion in criminal matters.. The Penalty of Confiscation of Goods is abo- lished. The King enjoys the prerogative of mercy. YVIIT. The Courts and ordinary Tribunals actually existing are preserved-; their nuinher shall Neither be 'dininfshed nor increased,' uttt in virtue Of a The Judges are for life, and irrerubveable, with the exception, of Justices of the Peace . and JudgeS of Commerce. The Commissions and Ex traordinary Tribunals : are suppressed, ands can never be re-established/ - XIX. The Court of Cassatioit; the Courts or 'Appeal, and the Tribunals where' suites are instituted (de premiere instance), propose tothe King three Can didates for each place of . .Ttidge vacant in their body. The King thusesone of the three.. 'The King nominates the first Presidents and Public Minister of Courts and of Tribunals. xx. The Military Force the Officers and Soldiers on half-pay, the Widows and Officers who have pensions, preserve their rat*, their ho-. nours, and their pensions. IZ*Rt. The person of the King is inviolable anti sa" eied. All the Acts of the Goveruntent are signad by a Miiiister. The Ministers are responsible for every thing which those Acts may,contain con trary to,•or infringing upon, the laws, public and private liberty, and the rights of citizens. XXII. ' Freedom of Religious Worship and Liberty of Conscience is guaranteed: The Miuileri of Worship are equally paid and protected. XXII I. The Liberty of the Press is intire, subject to legal controa over offences which nlay ensue from an abuse of this liberty. The Senatorial Cornmissions of the Liberty of the Press, 'and of the Liberty of Person, are preserved. XXIV. The Public Debt is guaranteed. The Sale of the National Domains is irrevo cably established. XXv. No Frenchman can be called to an _account for opinions or votes which he may have given. XXVI. Every person . bas a right to present individu-al petition,s:to any of the Contitut_ed Authorities. XXVI! • Every Frenchman -is equally ailuiissiblc to all • offices . , civil or military. xx vnr. All the Laws actually existing remain in full force, until they are legally repealed. 'The Code of the Civil Law shall be entitled; l'he Civil Code of the Frencl. _ X X I,X The Pre6ent Constitution shall .be submitted to the acceptani:e of the French People, according to a form which shall , be determined. Louts STAN!SLAUS XAyIE,II "shall be proclaimed KING OF THE FREN C H, as soon as he shall have signed amid sworn by an act bearing :—I accept the stitation; I swear to observe it, and cause it to be observed. This oath shall be repeated on the so jeihnity where he receives the Oath of the Alle giance of the French. (Signed) The Prince de BENEW:NTO, Priiirdent. The Counts de VALENCE and' de' PAS TORET, Secrtitaries; Le Prince ARCH I I-TREASoRIE B; les Corntes ABRIAL, BAREE-11ARBOIS, EMMERY, BAR THELEMY, BELDERSBUCH, BEETHOLLET, BEURNONVILLF:, CORNET, QARBENARA, LEGRAND, CIIASSELOUP, ,CIiOLLET, CO LAUD, DAVOTTS, DECROIT, DEPE.RE, DEMBARRETti!, DRAuBREsAERT, DESTUTT TRACY,'DITARVILLE, D'HEDOU VILLE, FABRE, (DE L'Atino PERIN°, DU BOIS DURAIS, DE FoNTANES, GAR AT, GAR noIRE: aERwyN DE I'y'EVELI.I3, JOVCOURT, KLEIN, JOURNH-AbB,ERT, LAMI3RECH T , LANJUINATS,.LEJEA S , LEBRUN DE RoCIIR MONT, LEMERCIER,IATERRMAN, DE LUSPI NAE, DE MAUTBADC.', LENOIR-LAROCHE, Itr.DoN, ROGER-Pucos,. l'Eitg,TAsci-rir.z,roßCHEEi DERICHEI3OURG, DE PONT?. COULANT, SAUR, RIGAL, SAINT ArAI:TIN, DE LAMoTTE,'SAINTE SUZANNE, iSTEYS, SCHIMmELPENNINCK, VAN-DEDE vA,,,,,,,GELDER, VAN DE i!OL, VE NTURI , VAuEois, DUC DE VALMY,, VILLETARD, VImAR, VAN-Z6YLEN-VAN-N YEVELT. (Extractedfi-bm the :11oniteur,.) ri'd LORD LIVERPOOL. " A SUCKING NilrliG." MAILN Giteruse, I,Jersey, 1 Dublin, 8 Waterford. DGE;-1 Matta, 3 Gotieliburglr, i Waterford. PIUCE OF •ST( C;KS DAY ,11 f:VEr.vF Consols ‘VATER AT 1,()NI).)S BRUME TO 7 NIOIIR9W. Itilprnittg, 51 witiute.i:artcr 6. 1 Eveuing, 17 iniutitcs isiter 9 t TN • S ,, f.F.NI Ql , ll lIICEILE LW:4 ? 'LONDON, • DA' ES DdY, .ll'll I 13, Wntsssmnou RG prisoner, whorn-be carried to Pon - tainbleau, and who was.present at his abdic;ltio.n. BUONAPARTE was very coMposed,and even chem.- ful in his conversation. Tie said to the Barm - 3, " I have done what I pleased with the Allies, and now I suppose they will do what they please with me.'! The3ron conytimented burn ,on loss forti- tuck: under such a reverse of fortune answer to which, he said it was wise to submit patiently to the course of events—adding, that,hc had com mitted one great error.—The Baron desired to know what it was— Why," sail he, an Austrian Princess when 'I. 0u,!,.,1it to have mar ried a li.ni;sian one. - - - Ine -Baron then asked. him how his active mind could tind•employment after so busy a life. lie said, that he should.t:ctire to the study of the Mathematics, or which he had always Peen . hind ; and,, poinrinz To some till books which he had taken with him, intimated that he had resumed lt.k studies' alrgady. " I mariied 'We this day lay beCore our Readers a most in -portant cloc,arnent—no less than the fituclainenta Charter on which the New French constitatioil is to be erected—Ltile:Magua Charta of regenerate Fiance. This Constitution Iras been tendered to Louts XVIII. for his acceptance, and %1-,e'are as sured that he consented to it without . hesitation a notifttation of which event has been dispatched to Paris. Prom the short period we have had to bestow that serious Consideration- upon this subject which . it, deserves, our Readers will, we are assured, pardon in us any crudeness of remark which.may be_ too apparent in what we now writes ' , But there are some very prominent points in this matter, which at once challeng►e, and• fik‘ our attention. The Charter consists of Twenty:: eight articles, neither very lucidly nor systemat,i cally arranged. The Abbe SIEYEs' pigeon-holes appear to'have been too much confused by recent events to be able to furnish any scheme for a Go vernment in the most connected and best matured State. The Ancient Regime" is - followed in so far as the restoration of the.Bouanos, and the esta blishment of a bcrerlitary, inviolable Monarchy, ; the depository of the executive power, and the right of pardon, in the King (see Artie 2,4, 17,•21), The Charter provides an indemnity for the patt (Article 2•i), and for the equal admissi bility of all Frenchmen to offices of honour and trust (27). The British Constitution (with which TALT,EY: RAND is well acquainted) has served as the model for the formation of,this of Prance. There is a He reditary Senate to answer the purpose of our House of Peers, and :an elective Legislative Body to supply the place of our House of Commons. To these three, King, Senke, and Legislature, The enact►n~nt of all laws Is confided, precisely in. the . _ - same Way as its the Legislature of this country. There is, .bowerer, a strikin g departure from the Thitish system, in the limitation of the uumbcr or the Senate to 200, which confers a nat.ich greater , • "Mr splendid effects of thf2 tibu of Lo i4l Idiwxesnoit's march to Pdi is of wklieli your Lordship may possibly bkie heard,. hai 'tiled tts with tin'd disti ay. thiit idea haS been a standing dish at all Wiiig Chibs for the last: a th - ;irig to langh at Olen every - . other 'merry topic failed, a Batt 5.1 r all the shafts of our its , and oratoii,ia verY excellent and goOd jest; i; , hieh never failed to preidpce a loiidlaugh, and Cheers of deriiioil'at Tory MAJness. 11ty l Lord, we are robbed of our theme; and if another can not be substituted, it, go bard to- eradkate Mirth from our ineetings, and extirpate bumour t'rom our specciies. 1 1 therefore appeal to your Lordship, as a libcril adversary, to furnish its with, a new top;c similarly tinitfal and prolific.-- By so doing, you 11 Much oblige 0;141 t Owainit.i The allowance to BuoNAPARTe is 30,000/. per annum.—'['he following facts may be relied upon, and form a Carious part of the history of BUONA PA.LCUP since his fall.. In his list attempt to get between the. armies of the Mies, he took Huron ships. With regard to the Legislative Body, See m to be fenced with neatly the %nue pii iiiT:cs 4lJ our Com Mons. Not to trouble our licaders:o tire expedients for present use, they are it ' 1 : 4 t o to be elected by the Electoral 'Col!e4j's td meet of right every 1 ., ,t October ( 11 Th l." continue five Sessions :Thiess dissolvekbl ercise , of the R oyal prevogative, in W hich' Cl. newly-elected Deputies Mast assemble. tvitiJu three months of the breaking up of the (;l a V itll d 'lnc King's Ministers may lieMembeN House (14), so that the doctrines of 01 ) 1 . 1. formers do not. prevail in F rance . 11) 11: ti°tll,o Members may be arrested n'ithoot consent of tbuir t)tvu Body, and tried by ttl e mon LAW.---411 Paris they have decteed i t '9i wise (13). " cl 5 The ancient a nt i mo d ern No!ility t lO , down with their tides en faTitio. We sh' ulAe e ill gine that those abstracted l'rom Moslit.rtt , tic volantnrily laid d6wu by their pus s t . " s°l: ::lo They can neitl wr b e agreea bl e to the the restored GovernMent (3). roor c 'the other provision*. of this C hartcr gr e vla general, an d many o f them excellent:" ;13t.it 3 taxation acconhog to hLw (15)—the gwar d3 :o)-' any step towards a military despotistit the independence of the judicial lanctiuna rie l, %c, trial by jury, p u bli c i ty o f criminal juril°ll,.(c,:r Ind the abolition pf th e arbitrary pooPr • tg ' r fiscatiOn (17)- 7 -the responsibility oi' (21)—freedpin of religious worship, :of,:conscience -( 22)L-the right of . pctiti °l/ 1 3 free but, abo ve a ll, t h e i nest i mable blessing i olls ' press (22), are, grand and glorious iilstr to which, while obsened, preclude for ever 11 : e t i e ? tarn of such an arc h y , and bloodshed, '811(1veo potism, the fatal effects - of ‘Vilich, it 12115 our unhappy lot to witness: 4 ' 5 I • We have on ly t i me to add, that, by articletbe the possessors ot.propertv grow i ng out . °1 *volution, are secured in their sc 'OI - LcINC T E, WE DNESDAY , HALF - P . ' e fj ti Not a rum our i s stir T ring. hbC e Funds ar e it is and, as this is settling-day in the °militia !, ,viv i; supposed th e y w ill still imprOve. 'The I.°liu are the nearest prices :-- s per Cent: Consols, 683 C9l-1 • S•per Cent. Reduced, 611 63 4 per Cents. 84 5 per Cents. Nary, (.77 , thouiniu, 2,31 "24 , Consols for May, al 701 Exchequer Bills, 2s. ss. ludia Bonds, I Os, I) r . Long . Annuities, lq]c. The Post-boy who drove the celebrat ed t h? Da BOU RG Irani Darth)rd, is in waiting' 11) Committee-room at the Stock Exchange. • . There is nothh:g at th e Ad w i r ,,l t y about • A deans, and . the Ships, said to 1..“: zi urreud er.e ' our Naval News. - • Letters from Paris, Which reached totvly° - i ., e1l day last, say, ,that tLe CROWN PLUNGE Gad 9 .r ; in that city with his Staff. 0) 15 The Deputi es f rom D un ki r k l eave t(" s ret iol morniug on th e i r return thither. I,ley had a long audience of Lord INItavILLE , seeded to the Comte Ds Cu-taTREs% " °l 6to ER, of the Archer sloop, convey s from Deal. They take the reply of Loui s ' ,; l k.. to the address from the inhabitants of Dt l9- ;;.-vi),. His Majesty Lotng XVIII, whilst ill . takes up his residence at GRILLO: 4 'Sr in marle.street. He. Will embank at De/it f°r ; no" board the Royal yacht, and proceed to kirk. Her Royal Highness the D.trcltess. ° 00 1- GOULEME aecompanies his Majesty, togetl' er -: t he' several French Noblemen, aumugst, wh oa ' 'Archbishop of RHEIMS. A(W°SI LOUIS XVIII.,was waited neon with a n ~,/ 1 69 Of, Cong ra tulation, by the Mayor ard CorP °l ` O n of Ayl es b ury, which he received with much d"cension• fie is confined to s e gout"' c balj bac w inch Le is drawn from place to Pl'' e 05 - st:sfstioonth:f though under great bt).dilv pain, lie is 1.1 Nov( j Threst. packets have already been. orfter, 6 e ,mis, It Is said i t il 'ha e ics :iil tua ti ti c y :; ce : ti s 'ls a tric i c li s l : ),: i p )° l; v r er r i3d7 Y :- • I•otter upon the Oligarehy in Fiantie tbAn 1 5 P sensed by our Pge - rs (6). . Thei.e is also much tliSsithilarity in ~the tba .racters cif these bodies, highly in favour Of , British. Our lUpPer HouSe i 5 footled of the gll5 . 5 Land-ovt , ners of the counirV, hereditary tl and persOns who have the, largest stake - - • .ther genera! "prosperity.in France; on ti.le ° hatid, front the which .16(1 t°" DO° • possesSion of anthoi l ity by ail the Sen;iforslD existing; there titust necessarily 'be an 'ec ll°r° n er' Of these classeS Whose•plades are occupied 17Y sn.ls paid by th'epublic. This is, however, fair on which the FreriCh NatiOn alone has 34 0 1 to deternline. 7t is evident that the'authoritYo the ..Frencli tienate will trench WOO . ijr 3r ; the. I\l'onarelikal and bemocratical l i tr;lve r 111 1 , our Peerage, for tiny Party with uS be n e ' tf lined hy.a . pew creati o n on -th e part of the Cr° unalterably % ,1 while in n Frace the strength is with the possessors of th e Sen3t o l inherent An , I , lll Qr u re t tit l t ( f t tbtt gol d 1.11 ) ; (4,4