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eat freely thereof. I have known this
to cure when no other medicine would
—I am a witness of three who have been
perfectly cured by making use of the a
bove. If you think proper you may
with safety insert this in your paper for
the good of the public.
A friend to mankind,
To Mr. Harper. S. 15.
Extract of a letter from Providence,
Rhode-bland.
‘The cotton factories likely to pro
duce spun cotton by June n xt in this
state, and chiefly within a few miles of
this town, are thirty-four in number ;
and they are exneeted to move in all a
bout thirtn thousand spindles. That is
at least four times us many as have hi
therto been in operation.
‘ 1’he oldest water spinning factory in
these states is at Putucket, about five
miles from this town, it commenced in
1792, with trventif-tn'o spindles otilit, it
now moves about NIN E H U N DR E D,
and is the largest mill in the country.*
I ATE L LICENCE.
<[Thc follow in;; constitution ol the most
recently establish! <1 kingdom, under
the Napoleon dynasty, may be consi
dered as a specimen of the constitutions
which have been given by the Emperor
of l'rar.ce to all his dependent king
doms.]
Paris, January 4.
Constitution of the kingdom of Westpha
lia.
Napoleon, by the grace of God and
the constitution, emperor ol the French,
king of Italy, protector of the confede
ration of the Rhine, willing to give a
prompt execution to the 19th article of
the treaty ot Tilsit, and establish lor
the kingdom of Westphalia, fundamen
tal constitutions, whereby the happiness
oi the ] eoplc who compose it may be
guaranteed, and which may at the same
time ensure to the sovereign, the means
of contributing as a member;of the Klii
nish confederation, to the common safe
ty and prosperity; we base ordained
and do ordain as follows :—
Art. 1. l he kingdom of Westphalia
is to comprehend the following states,
viz:—Tli" states of Brunswick Wolscn
butlle ; that part of Aitinark, situate on
the left hank of the Kibe, that part of
the country of M idge.burg, situated on
*tbo Jtfi bank of the Tibc i the territory
of Halle ; the country of Hildcsheim
and the town of Goslar ; the country of
Hohenstein ; the territory of Quedling
burg ; the country of Mansfeld; Eichs
tieid with TrefFurth, Mulhausen, and
Nordhausen; the country of Stobberg
Wermigerode : the states of Hesse
Cassel, with Kintein and Schaumberg,
not including the territory of Hanau
and Catzeneinbogen on the Rhine ; the
territory ot Corry, Gottingen and Gru
benhagen ; bishoprick of Osnabruck, the
bishoprick of Paderborn ; Minden anu
Ravensbers ; and the country of Reit
oerg Jvanmtz.
2. YYre reserve to ourselves the half of
the allodial domains of the princes, to
be appropriated to the rewards which we
have promised to the officers of our ar
mies who hare rendered us the most
service during the present war. The
taking possession cl which domains
shall take place, without delay, by our
intendants, and the proces verbal drawn
up, conjointly with the authority of
the country, before the first day of De
cember.
3. The ordinary war contributions
which have been laid on the said coun
tries, shall be paid, or sureties given
for their payment, before the 1st day of
D ccember.
4. On the 1st day of December the
king of \Y estphalia shall be put in pos
1 session, by commissioners whom we
shall appoint for that purpose, of the
full enjoyment and sovereignty of his
territory.
5. 1 he kingdom of Westphalia makes
a part of the confederation of the Rhine:
its contingent shall be 35,000 men in
actual service, viz. 20,000 infantry,
3,500 cavalry,and 500 artillerists. Dia
ling the first year there shall only be in
pay 10,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, and
500 artillerists j the other 12,500 men
shall be furnished by France, and gar
risoned at Magdeburg. These 12,500
shall be paid, fed and clothed by the
king of Westphalia.
C. The kingdom of Westphalia shall
he hereditary in the direct descent, na
tural and legitimate, of prince J* roine
Napoleon, from male to male, hv order
of primogeniture, and to the perpetual
exclusion of females and their descen
dants. In default of natural and ligiti
mate descendants of prince Jerome Na
poleon, the throne of Westphalia shall
' devolve to us and to our heirs, and our
I natural, legitimate or adopted desivnd
| cuits. iu default ol these, to the natural
and legitimate descendants6f prince Jo
seph Napoleon, king of Naples and Si- .
cily. , In the default of the latter, to the
natural and legitimate descendants of
prince Louis Napoleon, king of. Hol
land. And in default of the latter, to
the natural and legitimate descendants
ol prince Joachim, grand duke of Berg '
and of Cleves.
7. The king of Westphalia and his fa
mily are subject, as far as concerns .
themselves, to the dispositions of the
imperial family compact.
8. In case of minority, the regent of
the kingdom shall lie appointed by us or
our successors, as chief of the imperial
family. He shall be chosen among the
princes of the royal family. The mi
nority of the. king ends at the age of
eighteen.
9. The king and the royal family have
for their maintenance a separate treasury,
under the title of treasury of the crown,
of 5 millions of Francs yearly income.
The revenues of the royal forests St part
of the domains, are appropriated to this
purpose. In case the revenue of the
domains should prove insufficient, the
surplus shall be paid, in twelve equal
parts at the end of each month, out of
the public treasury.
10. The kingdom of Westphalia shall
be governed according to the constitu
tions, which consecrate equality in law
to all the subjects thereof, and the free
exercise of worship.
11. I he states, either general or pro
vincial, of the countries of which the
kingdom is composed, all political cor
porations of that kind, and all privileges
of said corporations, cities, and provin.
ces, are suppressed.
12. All individual privileges are like
wise suppressed, in as much as they are
incompatible with the dispositions of
the preceding article.
13. All feudal servitude, of what na
ture soever, and of whatever denomina
tion it may be, is suppressed, every in
habitant of the kingdom of Westphalia
being to enjoy an equality of rights.
14. The nobility shall continue to ex
I ist in its various degrees and with its
j diverse qualifications, but without giv
ing exclusive right to any office, func
tion, or dignity ; or exemption from any
public duty.
15. d he statutes of the abbeys, pri
ories and nol le chapter. , are so modi
fied that < vi rv subj* ct of the kingdom
may bo admitted therein.