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''.'.',7;;7;..7_f-.f,','`,''-.-,1..-.•: - 74.01 . . :sutler to be eligible, shall have rrived at thirty years, antl-shall have resided five colony. • half the assembly, shall be renewed every kt4e,A t ., and no member can s•it six years in suc_ elation will be . tondueted In the :wing mar ri&i::F,;ery t‘tit.'ye'ars each municipal sinis'tration will name a deputy.on the rst March: 't „deputies will meet in ten tiqs after, in the f plates of their respeElive departMcnts, to form 'navy departmental electoral as"cemblies, and each tFt. will name, a deputy to the Central "1 he' first- eldtimi will ta-l - ce place on • ist March, of the eleventh year of the French ?:`public In case of the death or resignation of members of the 4 6 .imetubly, the. vacancy toe ‘3filed up by the Goxernor: -• . • I:1;• will; is appointy on the first renewal, the t:he..Central Assembly, .who .are to hold t!teir places for the two, succeeding. years. . .The Central Assembly will vote the adop . ... .1.,0n or rejedion.of the laws 'proposed by the. GO. vernor ; it will express its opinions on..the.prgpOsed regulations, on the application.6l the.lawS .already enaEled, On,the abuses to be correElid, and the'im. provements that may be made in all parts of the service, of the colony:- 25. Its sittings commence every year on 'the 22d March, and cannot continuelotiger than three months. The Governor can call extraordinary meetings. The sittings are not public. 26. After ha`virig received a 'statement of the receipts and expences, which will be presented by the Governor, the Centfal Assembly will deter mine the employment, the proportion, -the duration, and the mode of colleaitg tlit •taxes, 'as well as their increase or diminution. A summary of these statemerio shall be printed. . V I Th.-GOVERNMENT. The 27 . administration of the Government of the colonies is confided to the Governor, who cor responds wish the . Government of the Mother Coon-, try concerning every thing which relates to the in terests "of the colonies. 28. The Constitution names as Governor Citizen ToussAiwr Louv ER'TUR E, General in' Chief of (he Artily of St. DoMingo ; 'and, in consideration' of the'important services rendered by this General to the- colony in themost critical Circumstances-of the revnlation ) and „of his having a&ed to the satis faaion of. a grateful people, the reins of Govern -mei-It are entrusted to him for the whole of 'his glo. rious life.• 29. In future, every Governor will be appoint ed for six year; and if his;administratiod in that period be approved, he will, be continued in office. 30. -In order to secure the rrannuillity which the colony owes to the firmness, the aelivity ; the indefatigable zeal and rare virtues - of General TOvs sATNT LOU V E .r laE, ariaasapledgeoftheboundless confidence of the inhabitants of .St.. Domingo, the CcinStitution reserves exclusively to this General, in case of the cruel-event of. his de. , th, the right of chnsing:.bis immediat e . successor.• This choice shati besecret;..; it shall be, inclosed in sealed, packet, which shall be opened - only. Oiecentral,li.)semOly, in presence. of all-, the Generals of tl , e Army , 61" St. Domingo it., aatial service,. and, of clae Com rnandet the departments., General 1 . 0113 . ... 341,114 'will take all . the necessary - - - precautions to, enable the. Central Assembly „to .find the place w) - !ere be 01411 hoe . deposited this packet.. _ . 3 t..The'Citizen who shall be chosen by Citizen LouvißTU Rf' to. receive-the reins pfOoyernment - af. ter his death, will, in the presence of the central As— seml3lf, take - the oath . tO . execute thetonstirution of st. Domingo, and to remain faithful td.the French Government, and he will then be imniediatelY in- -- stilled. The whole will be done in the presence of the Generals of the Army in ai.lual service, and of the'Commanders in Chief of the departments, 'who' shalt ill, individually and colle&ivelY, take. the oath of obedience to the new 'Governor Without quitting the place. • 32. A , month or more before the expiration of the six years fixed for the ••adm . inisA'ationof each • Governor, he who shall be in office will convoke the Central Assembly, and an assembly of the Generals of the Army in actual service, together with the Commanders in Chief of the departments, at the accustomed place of meeting of the Central Assem blY, for the purpose of appointing a new Governor-, conjunction with the Members of the Assembly, or of continuing the one already in office. 33. The negled of - this convocation,, by the Governor in office;' shall be held a rnanifest,infrae. tion of the, constitution. In this case the General highest in rank, arid the oldest of this rank in ac. tual service in the colony, shall have the provi sional right of assuming the reins 'of. government. This Geneial will immediately convoke the other Grnerals_in adual service, the Commander's in Chief of the departments, and the Members of the Central Assembly, who shall be forced to obey this con: vocation, in order that -they may proceed in concert to the nomination of a new Governor. In' case of vacancy by death, change, or any other event, before the expiration of the, period Inniteri -for. each Governor, the Government •will call together, i'or the purpose already stated, the Generals in athial service, the Members of the Cen tral Aser. - 1‘ blies, and the Comtr.lders in, Chief of the Depirtments, A+. The , GOernor seals and promulgates the laws.; he .appoints to all offices eivil,an4 military he is speci4l ty.chaiged with "itre organization' of the army, of which he •is Comthaniler in "Chief; :the armed . Vessels,_ and those staar,ed the :Forts. of the ColO'fly„ subject to his orders; he will de. ferpinc the - di;isian of the territory, i n the manner bet ad. i!ed:L.tcy)(Sr. foreign relations. Regulating hitriself decctAitig to the lows, past observe and foresee evePp.rtthing' that concern, rhe foreign and donie'sticlANtritT of the GoTi}t4: ; re' co netji n g t h at a stare orArr: is a itate'oOc7;Siation, scarcity,'-:and •i,:retcheire.;s for theCol46!; , :: The Gov,e'rnor,'-under. theSeran=tances„': . lS , -e4 to take all 'measures' _ . . . . . . _ . . ,- N.:- j r,,, LONDON : Printed by 13tici-iAN,mq Nym [1.1,A 7 N,, (o Eow , ,strect, Covent-Garden) At the •SUNjOFFIC-F i • No. riz Strand ,•- where iidvertisementp Order: ) s • ) which he shall think proper to lqrnish the Co!ony ,wiith provisions all kinds. 35• He exercises the general police over the habi tations and manufalories, when it is necessary io ,require the observation. of their engagements- from rnprietors, planters, or their represerlatives, to the'cultivators• and-workmen who. have claims on the said proprietors, planters, or, their representa tives.' _ . 36. Heproposes. the laws to the Central Assem bly, and even such as may change the Constirution, if experienee should shes,v that to be necessary. "37. He direas and .inspeas the,colieaion, the expenditure, and: the application of the levenues of the Colony, and gives to this effet all orders what. soever, 38. He presents, every two years, to the Central Assembly, an account of the receipts and expendis ture of qch department, and the establishment of each year separately. - 3g, He will observe and 'condemn by his Corn inissaries all ‘vritings tending to disturb the order of the - Colony -he will suppress all those that come frotrt foreign- . dbuntries, 'which may tend to Corrupt molars,' or to disturb The Co lony : punish the: authors . Or circulators ,of such4rititigs',. - according to obc impoitance of the occasion. • - 4,0. the Governor 'has informaiion that-there exists any, conspiracy against the tranquillity of, the Colony, lie has a right to cause to be arrested on the i.isrant all persons is hn are suspetted of Icing the' authors or accbmpliCes ; ~ and, after , having made theni undergo an • extraoidimry interrogaiory, be will cause them to be 'transferred btfore the compe tent tribUnal, if there be one. 41. The appointments: of the Governor are fixed for the present at 300,000 . francs,; his ,guard of honour is maintained the expence of the Colony. 42. No person shall avail. himself of his right of Citizen for the purpose of accommodating a dispute by arbitrators of his own choice.. 43. No authority can arrest or suspend the exe cution of the judgments pronounced by the Tribu nals. 4.4.. Justice is administered in the Colony .by Tribunals in the first instance, and by Tribunals of Appeal. The Law determines the, organizotion of both their numbers, their powers, and the bounds of their jurisdidion. These Tribunals, according to the degrees of their jurisdiaron, will take cog. nuance 'ot all cases civil and criminal.: 45. There- will be 'a Tribunal of Revision, which will decide on all central demands, judgments passed by the Tribunals of Appeal, and on all contests be tween one part of a Ft-lbw:411 and the other. This Tribunal will not take cogniiarce of the grounds of cases, but only of the pro,eedings in which the forms shall have been violated, or which shall'cocain some express violation of the Law, and u ill send the case hack to the Tribunal under the cog izance of which it should be. 4.6. The Judges of the different Tribunals shall retain their offs during life, except in case, of for- , feiture. The Agents of the Government may be, eh artged. The Military-Delinquents 'shall I,e cited 1);.; fore. the Special Trkbunals, and subjetted to parti lar forms. - of judgitient: .7rlitse Special Tribunals shall also take .conizance of all 'swindling, of all kinds of robbery, .burg.ary, 'ra4sassination, murder, burning, rape; conspiracy,. and rebellion. Their organization is particularly dependant on the Go vernor of the Colony.. : . • .k:•;.-MUNICIPAL MAIM/STRATTON*. :,There shall .. .be in each Parish of the Colony a' 'MuniCipal Admi.listration in thpse Parishes where, there are Tribunals of the'first instance,- the Municipal AdminiStratidri -041- be composed of : a Malor'and four Administratoti The. Commissary of the Government in • the Tribunal shall perform gratnitnusly the funttions of. Commissary to 'the Municipal - Administration. In the other Parishes, the Administration:shall be coniposed of, a: Major and two.Admint,trators, and the funalqiis.Of Coin missary shall be .perfnrmed gratuitously by the De puties of the Commissaries of the' Tribunals to which appeals iie from these Parishes. +9. The .'Members of the Municipal Adtninistra-. tions shall be named , every two years, and they may be continued for life. The nomination of theM shall be committed, to the Governor, who shall chuse, from a list of sixteen names presented by each Municipal Administration,. such persons as he shall find fitted to manage the affairs of each parish. _ 50. The duties of the Municipal Administration shall - consist in ke,:ping . thepolice of the owns and villages, and in examining .the increase of the reve nues, the manufactures, and the., additional tax of each parish. They are also specially charged with the care of the . registeri of births and deaths. p. The Major will exercise his particular func tions, as they are fixed by the Law. Xl.- , -'ARMED FORCE. sz. The armed force is in its nature obesiient ; it can never deliberate ; it is •at the di,posal of the GoVernor, who can 1. ut it in aftion only for the maintenance of publicorkr, and the protedion of the Citizens. 53• It titllvide<l into tbloptal Gqa;ds with pay, and Colonial GuarA without piy. • ..The, 'Colonial Guards serving without pay are,,never. to go beyond the limits of their parishes, except in cAsLs.of imminent danger, and then only, by the orders,'and under thexersonal.responsibility, of the tilititqp . ,;;Potnnvindaut or Commandants of the plate..,_Tcrond the-limits or their parishes tl,iey receive pay, and .t ben become stri , jca. to. military discipline ; in otheirettses .they are subje& only to the Law. ;Aft, .55% ;The Colonial Soldiers make - a part of the Armed Force, and are -divided intO troops of vairy aqd.infantry. The,C)vairy is established for the maintenance of the genefal police; and the secu- rity of the country : it is paid from the colonial' treasure. The, Infanay is for the police of the towns and villages:- it-is to be paid by the towns and villages where it is on service. S 6. The_ recruiting of tho Army is to be con.. dated according to the inopositiOns which.shall be made for that purpose by the' Governor to the Cen tral Assembly, and according to Ali - emode esta blished by the Law. xir.-FINANCES, SEQUF.STRATIONS, &C. 57. The:Finances oldie Cott?ny are derived from the duties.i i rnposed on the articles of importation and - exportatiiin.; .from the taxes imposed on the houses the tvw . n,4 and villages, as well as on mantilae ture, agticupure, and salt.provisionsF from the venues of the port ; from fines and. confiscations ; from the right of salvage on shipwrecked vessels, and froM the issues of the colonial domains.; 58. The produce of the rents of sequestered properties, the Proprietors being absent, and not represented, makes a provisory - part of the Public Revenue, and is applied to the expences of Admi nistration. 59. Cireumstances will determine the . Laws which it will be necessary to make with respell to the arrears of the Public. Debt, the rents /levied by the •Aciministration on the properties confiscated after the promulgation of the present Constitution, and on those levied.preTious to,,the said promulga tion ; they may he deniandect, and shall be repaid on demand, the year after the sequestiation shall be takers off. 60. Foreigners admitted as heirs to their rela tio►is in Ffance, whether those relations are Foreign ers or Frenchmen, shall in like manner inherit in 'St. Domingo. They can OAS's. contrats, make put_ chases, take possession of their property situated in• the Colonies, and dispose of it as Frenchmen, in -every manner authorized by the Law. 6,i. The mode of levying and administering the finances, the domain properties, the sequestrated :and vacant estates, shall pe determined by the Laws. 62. A ternForary .ComMis3ion shall examine and, .I'gulate the accounts of the receipts and expences of the Colony. 1:h1§ - Coniinisiori to be chosen by the Governor, and to consist of three XIII.-r-GENt AL REGUL A TIONS. 63. 'rhe house of every person .is_an inviolable; ,asylum. .No one has, a right _to enter,. except in case fire,•innndation, or cries .heard from a chin.. In the day time, it cannoi be entered, except for, special reasons, whith the Law will : determine, or . by an order issued from some Public Authority. - 64. Before a warrant of arrest dire led against any person whatsoever can be put in execution, it is necessary; in the first place, that it should ex press the motive of the arrest, and cite the Law which enaels it. Secondly, ,that it be issuzd by some public Officer, to whom the Law has formally committed the right of arrest ; and, thirdly, that. a . copy of this . warrant be given to the person ar rested. 65.. Any ,person, who, without having received from the Law the power of arrest, shall issue, sign, execute, or cause to be executed, an as of arrest against any person whatsoever, shall be guilty of the crime of arbitrary imprisonment. 66. EVery person has a right to acidiess indivi dual petitions to all the Constituted Authorities, and specially to the Governor. -6 7 . No Society, or Corporation, inimical to Public Order, shall be formed in the Colony. No Assembly of Citizens can call itself a Popular Socie ty. Every Seditious Assembly shall be dispersed on the instant, first by verbal order ; and,• after waids, if necessary, by an -armed force. 68. every person shall have a right to form par ticulai Establishments for the. Education and In struction of Youth, 'with the permission, and under the inspeffion of the Municipal AdMinistrations. 69. The Law will obse,rve with particular eau., tion every species of occupation which can of ea the public morals, the security, the health, or the for tune of the Citizens. 70. The Law recompenses the inventors of every. machine useful to. Agriculture, and gives them an exclusive property in their inventions. 7J. There shall be an uniformity of Weight's and Measures in the whole extent of the Colony. 72. The Governor, in the name of the Colony, will bestow recompenses on such of its warriors as shall distinguish theinSelves in the defence of their country. 73. The Proprietors, absent for whatsoever cause, Shall preserve all their rights over the property be. longing to them in the Colony.. lii ,order to ob. tam the removal of the. Sequestration which' May haVe been laid 'on it, it will suffice to prodUce their titles,. or in default of titles, Supvlementary deeds, the form of which will be determined by the. Law, always excepting those who have been, or who shall continue to be on the list of French Emigrants : in this latter case,. their propetties shall continue to be managed as Colonial Domains, till they shall have obtained their b2storation. 74.. The Colony declares, -.under the guarantee of the PUblic Faith, that all the -taFx legally con firmed by the Administration, shall continue to have their full effeti, unless the persons "to whom the propetty is adjudged, prefer entering into Negotia tion with the Proprietors who have obtained the removal of the Sequestration, or their representatives, 75:: It declares, that St is from a respea for per,: sons and properties, that the cultivation of the land, all its produaions, all the means of making them prosper, and all social order, must depend. 76. It'cleclares, that every Citizen owes Ms ser vices to the Country which has given him birth,: to the soil which teeds him, - and to the maintenance of liberty, and the just division' of property, "as .often as the. Law calls on him to defend thent • • 77. Tbe General in Chief, TOUSSAINT LOUV ER TUR E, is charged with sending this Constittition to he presented tor the sanetion of the French Govern ment.—ln the mean time, convinced of the kiangers orenr s"-tuation, of thEtvant_that we are in of and of the nece , sii?..6Can fitinvediate re.establisl ment of agriculturei . - ffitli — eomplying with the uu niinous wish of the Inhabitants of St. Domi.go , we invite the General in Chief,.in the name of Public. to cause the present Constitution to be j ,ll in force in the whole extent of.the Colony. Done at Port.Repuhlicain, May 9, ninth year of, . the French Republic, One and Indivisible. . (Signed; BoRGELLA, President. .NAi l / 4 40N0. LACora. COLLET. NAXAS. • • GASTON: MU9NO%. NOGFRGE, MANGELIO. V/ART, Secretary. . _ • After. having examined the Constitution, I give, , i't my approbation : the invitation of the. Centtj Assembly is in my eyes an order, ;in consequen ce of which I will transmit it to the French Governmear to obtain its sandion ; as to its execution throukh• ou.t the Colony, the wish expressed •,1;y the Central, Assembly shall be fully executed. Given at tape Francais, 24 July, 9th year of th' Frencl. Republie, One and Indivisible. The General in Chief, ,(Signed) Tot:SS4INT LOUVERTITILS. STA4SFORD,77The . Rev. Dr. B. O'BrtrEN, Or dinary Chaplain to Louts XVIII. of France, dis tinguished himself here by the illumination of his lodgings on the happy event of Peace. Being ask, ed what he thought now of BONAPARTE, l replied.' that he always was convinced the education of ti General would engage- him to prove his humanity and that his religion,. good sense, his self-int - erect, as,well as the public good, would soon determine bito . to ..become a lifonc4. When•men of ability devote their time to public good, it is, reasonable to hope that , a remuneration, suited to the -advantages reaped from their experi ence, will be the result. ' -This has been happily lustratcd in the, case of Dr. Solomon, of Livefpool, in the extensive sale which the Anti-Impetigines and Cordial 13aIrn of Gilead haVe experienced, and incontest i s- 14 --prove-that they are the _be-41 Medicines ever discovered for those disorders which are not become ,o prevalent in this Kingdom, and ,Whicht for a length - of time, have baffled the skill and efforts, of the myst eminent Physicians=—we mean Scrophalit and Consumption.. These Medicines have - stood the test, and answered the expetaations not only d a long private .practice, but also of , those who had recourse to'them since their being made public for universal, good. . - • MARRIED.• • Yesterday, at Mary-le-bone Church, the. Rev. Sit Tolv j Head, Bart. to Miss Walker, of Russell-place. On Monday last, at St. Mary's, Colchester. Dr. li'laeki.r . " tosti, Miss tiaugh.w. 1.51' of that place. liitlCE 0 YESTE . . . F .STOCKS, India Stock itoi 211 Excheqber Biils6s. its, dis• New ditto New S. S. Stock 3 per Unt. 1751, Omniuin.2l±~ 22-2 j Imper. 3. per .Cent.. 671 Ditto And. 1215-0 1 3 -16 - dank lbr Op . !' India tbr OD. Consols for 'Oa. 6,71 6S 7 S N4ll'S. Passe ' d by,-thel 'rowfrom Bremen' ; Ch r i s tiatO GRAVESEND, OCT. 7. • Peterson, and One Sister,. , from Norw:iv.; Bannister, Fawelcs, from Petersburgh ; Lord Duncan, Ein baus, from 11 mel.; Queen, Wright, from Hambro' ; Drie GesUsters, Mark, ,trom - ItQtterdam, Sailed—the General Oglethorpe, ---, for iTharlestown ; Union; Aor Martinique ;.. Magdalena, — 7 - 7 , for t. Vallery ; and Potzdam, for Antwerp: • DIED. At Bothwell Park, on Saturiay . se'nnight, Mr. :farad Hamilton, one of the Partners of the Houle of Messrs. Your Trotter, Hamilton, and Trotter. • Suddenly, ‘ lt Portsmouth, Mr. Hawdv, Potter of the Doc k Yard, at that place. Bank Stock shut Navy 5 per Cent.. tozi/ sper Cei - it. t 4747, shut Jrrsh 5 per Cent. shut 4 per Cent. Con. shut 3 per Cent• Red. shut perCent.Con. Ditto Sciip Bank Ldng Ann. shut Ditto-Srfort Aim. shut Ditto Scrip ; and Published by WILLIAM ARM GER SCRIPPS (ot: Horse-ferry-road, Westminster); for the Pater, Lette; tOr the lidiror, &c, (fort paid), must be adc4essed. • • . 1 'WHEN• Profe”ionai, Men of Education atici Responsibility deviate from 'the general System V the seledion - of a peculiar branch ; the Sandion Of long ,;("'" tinned success is the best` criterion of. superiority.. Eight yearS have I devoted My 'practice 'to the exclusL y ", , treatment of Three Disorders; and the successful resrllt my plingiVes rite additional at - riot-Jo ii - ippose, - as far as I 3 1, — , able, the ravages of- those Complaints which are the important io the Catalogue of Human Infirmities. - After initiation into every 'Branch, as an Army Surgeon , I formed a wishat an early period of Practice to rescue in dividuals•from the ignorance of uneducated men, or the equally. dangerous -precipitancy of genera LP radi toners. The Threellisorders, 'to the Cure of which 1 -have de voted my attention, comprise every species of VENE REAL INFECTION, whether ofra recent or liing du ration: kinds of debility, whether arising froin the habitS of school-boys, or the indulgences of mature age: And, lastly,. that derangement of the system in eta— men`whicll is nailed BARRENNESS, or STERILITY , , Numerous lliseases,aie the restrlt'of ignorance, or liast` in the treatment •of a . simple Gonorrhoea; and it not tl; frequently happens that, the seeds of Lite are poisoned b 1: the indiscretion of an. *plat - tied hour..—By a +4,e Tio r co% thod such Complaints.art_easily cured; and, - even others have failed, . that I may presume to olie radical' re.estahlishment.' EeW., however,'are .the cases of complicated distress '1 this •disordc,r, compared 'with the ,calatmious situatiob", Mert,,.who, from an indulgence in a solitary , v ic e , or . prevgent gaieties of a. fashionable life, acquire that 5 1 - 3 ), of Debility, which is the unavoidable; consequence. of , 511 C pernicious habits. , Where the unhappy'su'Orer Broods over his triiseiY, caretatily - cosiC eats his misfortune it may be' some cob ° . latiotf for him •tri know; that although it be an, oblezt doubt or uncertainty With other .Prattiti!-ners, the teistOf ; of these De,ticiencles by 'tile 'gradual progress of Resto ., „si tiort, is -the-acquirement - of. E n xpeence. It the ri'`,„ of Bacchus or, Venlis : have began to reduce Manly Arie,",, ;much anxiety will be preVented by an early Counten.,: it , tion or . this languid State t • .'aiarl in_ .these cases,. no go' i (!itficuity will occur.' -; - • • • Hut where this Pefkiencyttas for years e.isteti, 3 1 11.1 ] ) i i .. • perseverance is' indispensably •equisire to revive 0e 5 "" stitutt~tl t ai ; vv .- aa. , to w t ho e-ai h t a i v n e ia l t o e n t g he bc C e r in their escpcctations of a Family, irciv be assured, 'most distances, -such defeds are curable by M.:;dica! The secresy which is so essential to my and,the qualifications which 1 nave presumed to Suitt!, the'basis of mypretensions, apd in coincidence w itn , u ' ic il thts intimation is given, that Mr. B. may be c an 7, personally, .or - by Letters (inclosing a 'small No te),4 , house, .No. 29, Arundel street, strand, near Tempi s c„ e ,,• There is an additiOnlil Entrance in Water- I°7 adtOtning;,and the Name is on both the doors. M. B—, Member of the Royal College of S Cot"' urg X Iti ti , _.,,;~ ~y ~T NU : Cpe I Who Po ILe The ex ( Tde bore Ga Pt tux , baTfTl and t Uhic 01 • 0 1 Ron, Tn , ~hii I) ante Itif t me n Die; 6 ; ,--_, EX the. rior arr a , apps Off} of c tos 11 ,eW etir