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London, England, 1830-08-16 00:00:00

FRENCH CHARTER.

We republish this Charter in its altered form:—
CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER OF THE YEAR
1830, SWORN BY LOUIS PHILIP D'ORLEANS.

DECLARATION OF THE CHAMBER or DITUTIIII•

The Chamber of Deputies, taking into considera-
tion the imperious necessity whichis the result of
the 26th, 27th, 29th, and 29th of July, and the
following days, and the situation in which France is
at this moment placed, in consequence of this viola-
tion of the Constitutional Charter ; considering,
however, that by this violation, and the heroic re-
sistance of the citisens of Paris, his Majesty King
Charles X., his Royal Highness Louis Antoine, his
son, and the senior members of the Royal House,
are leaving the kingdom of France, declares that the
throne is vacant de facto et de jure, and that there
is an absolute necessity of providing for it.
The Chamber of Deputies declare, secondly, that
according to the wish, and for the interest of the
people of France, the preamble of the constitutional
charter is omitted, as wounding the national dignity
in appearing to grant to them rights which essen-
tially belong to them; and that the following arti-
cles of the same charter ought to be suppressed or
modified in the following manner :
Article I. Frenchmen are to be equal before the law,
whatever may be their titles or their ranks.
Art. 2. They are to contribute in proportion to their
fortunes to the charges of the State.
Art. S. They are all to be equally admissible to civil
and military employments.
Art. 4. Their individual liberty is hereby equally
guaranteed. No person can be either prosecuted or ar-
rested, except in cases prescribed by the law.
Art. 5. Each one may profess his religion with equal
liberty, and shall obtain for his religious worship the same
protection.

Art. 6. The Ministers of the Catholic Apostolic and
Roman Religion, professed by the majority of the French,
and those of other Christian worship, receive stipends
from the Public Treasury.
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Art. 7. Frenchmen have the right of publishing and
printing their opinions, provided they conform themselves
to the laws. The Censorship can never be re-establised.
Art. 8. AU property, without exception, is to be in-
violable ; of that which is called national, the law makes
no difference.

Art. 9. The State can suet the sacrifice of property
for the good of the public, legally proved ; but an indem-
nity shall be first given to those who may suffer from the
change.
Art. 10. All searching into the opinions and votes
given before the restoration it interdicted, and the same
forgetfulness is conunandei to be adopted by the tribunals
and by the citizens.
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Art. 11. The conscription is abolished ; the method of
recruiting the army for land and sea is to be determined
by the law.

TORUS Or THE IMO'S GOVERWMSN'T.
Art. 12. The person of the King is inviolable and as-
cred ; his Ministers are responsible; to the King alone
belongs executive power.

Art. 13. The King is to be the Chief Supreme of the
State; to command the forces by sea and land ; to declare
war; to make treaties of peace and alliances of commerce ;
to name all those who are employed in the public admi-
nistrations, tad to make all regulations necessary for die
execution of the laws, without having power either to
suspend the laws themselves, or to dispense with their exe-
cution. Nevertheless, no foreign troops can ever be ad-
mitted into the service of the State without an express law.
Art. 14. The legislative power is to be exercised collec-
tively by the King, the Chamber of Puns, and the Charn-
ber of Deputies.

Art. 1;5. The proposition of the laws is to belong to the
King, to the Chamber of Peers, and to the Chamber of
Deputies. Nevertheless, all the laws of taxes are to be
first voted by the Chamber of Deputies.
Art. 16. Every law to be freely discussed, and voted by
the majority of each of the two Chambers.
Art. 17. If a proposed law be rejected by one of the
three powers, it cannot be brought forward again in the
same Session.

Art. 18. Tile King can alone unction and promulgate
the laws.

Art. ID. The Civil List is to be fixed for the duration
of the reign by the Legislative Assembly after the accession
of the King.

OF TUX CHASIOCI Or rill"•

Art. 20. The Chamber of Peers is to farm an essential
portion of the Legislative Power.
Art. 21. It is to be convoked by the King at the um•
time as the Chamber of Deputies of the Departments.
The Session of one is to begin and finish at the same time
as the other.

Art. 22. Any assembly of the Chamber of Peers which
should be held at a time which is not that of the Session
of the Chamber of Deputies, is illicit, and null of full
right, except the case in which it is assembled as a Court
Of Justice, and then it can only exercise judicial functions.
Art. 23. The nomination of the Peers of France is the
prerogative of the King. Their number is unlimited.
lie can vary their dignities, and name them Peers fur life,
or make them hereditary, at his pleasure.
Art. 24. Peers can enter the Chamber at 25 years of
age, l,ut have only a deliberate voice at the age of SO years.
Art. 25. The Chamber of Peers is to be presided over
by the Chancellor of France,-end iu his absence by a Peer
named by the King.
Art. 26. The Princes of the Blood are to be Peers by
right of birth. They are to take their seats next to the
President.

Art. 27. The sitting■ of the Chamber of Peers are to
be public, as those of the Chamber of Deputies.
Art. 28. The Chamber of Peers takes cognizspee of
high treason, and of attempts against the surety of the
State, which is to be defined by the law.
Art. 29. No Peer can be arrested but by the authority
of the Chamber, or judged but by it in a criminal matter.
OF TIES CilAMßltft 01 DEPUTIIta OF TKS DIFAKTIERXTS.
Art. 80. The Chamber of Deputies will be composed of
Deputies elected by the Eleeteral Colleges, of which the
organisation le to be determiutd by the laws.
Art. 81. The Deputies are to be elected for the space
of five years. _

Art. B*. No Deputy can he admitted into the Chamber
till he has attained the age of 30 years, sad if he does net
possess the other conditions prescribed by law.
Art. 39. If, however, there should not be ia the depart-
ment 30 persons of the age specified, paying the amount
of taxes fixed by law, their number shall be completed
from the persona who pay the greatest amount of taxes
under the amount fixed by law.
Art. 94. No person can be an elector if be is under 26
years of age ; and if he does not possess all the other con-
ditions determined upon by the law.
Art. 35. The Presidents of the electoral colleges are to
be named by the electors.
Art. 116. The half at least of the Deputies are to be
chosen from those who have their political residence is the
departments.
Art. 37. The President of the Chamber of Deputies is
to be elected by itself at the opening •f each session.
Art. 38. The sittings of:the Chambers are to be public,
but the request of five members will be sufficient to form
a select committee.

Art. 89. The Chamber to be divided into secret cow-
mitten, to discuss laws which may be presented from the
King.
Art. 40. No tax can be established nor imposed, if it
has not been consented to by the two Chambers, and sanc-
tioned by the King.
Art. 41. The hind and house tax can only be voted for
one year. The indirect taxes may be voted for many years.
Art. 42. The King is to convoke every year the two
Chambers, and he has the right to prorogue them, and to
dimwit,: that of the Deputies of the Department,; but in
this case he must convoke a mew one within the period of
three months.

Art. 43. No bodily restraint can be exercised against a
Member of the Chamber during the session, nor for six
weeks which precede or follow the session.,
Art, 44. No member of the Chamber 'earibe, during
the session, prosacute4l or mutated ita a criminal wetter,