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

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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 act ti wino; to the restoration of
the feudal ,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
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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 the 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;ailvd all
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., by
the Chamber to hi., Majesty in the niessage whichinforms him of theimovaolitilent.
XVII. Conformably to art. 61 of the Charter, the trial before the
Chamber of Pet 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 Pr v,itici 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 nrdt 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 bete,
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.

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