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London, England, 1849-03-15 00:00:00

OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER.

6. The executive power belongs exclusively to the
King. His person is sacred and inviolable.
7. The King is the representative of the nation with
all foreign states. He has the right to make war and
peace, and to propose and conclude any treaty of peace,
of alliance, and of commerce with foreign powers.
8. He exercises in connexion with the Parliament the
Legislative Power—he sanctions and promulgates laws,
and makes the regulations and ordinances which are ne-
cessary for the execution of the law and the security of
the State.
9. He convokes, prorogues, and dissolves the Parlia-
ment.
10. He commands and disposes of all the forces of the
army and navy.
11. He superintends the internal and external com-
merce of Sicily, of all public works, and the public in-
struction.
12. He names and elects the public functionaries,
and those who are charged with the administration of
the same.
13. He confers titles of nobility and decorations, and
exercises the full right of pardon.
14. He confers all the ecclesiastical benefits which are
of Royal patronage, and makes the other accustomed
provisions and ecclesiastical nominations.
15. He exercises according to the Concordats the here-
ditary A postolic Legation.
16. The solemn act for the regulation of the succes-
sion of the Crown of the august King Charles 111..
dated the 6th of October, 1759, confirmed by the august
Sovereign Ferdinand 1., in the sth Article of the Bth of
December, 1816 ; the Sovereign Acts of the 7th of
April, 1829 ; of the 12th March, 1836 ; and all the Acts
which relate to the Royal Family ; remain in full force.
17. When the King does not reside in Sicily he shall
be represented there by a Viceroy, with such attributes
and such powers as shall be determined by his Majesty.
18. There shall be in Sicily a sufficient number of
Ministers, among whom shall be divided the depart-
ments of grace and justice, interior, finance, public
works, agriculture and commerce, ecclesiastical
affairs, public instruction, and police ; the Consti-
tution reserving to the King the disposition of the
army and navy, and the supreme direction of foreign re •
lations ; there shall be only one minister of war and ma-
rine, and one minister of foreign affairs, for the whole
monarchy, who shall both reside near the King. Mili-
tary and international questions which present themselves
shall be considered by a delegation from the King, either
through the Viceroy or through ono of his Ministers.
19. There shall reside, moreover, near the King, a
minister for the affairs of Sicily.
20. The Cabinet shall be composed of the Ministers
to whom it shall be in the power of the King to join one
or more of the Counsellors of State.
21. The aforesaid Ministers shall countersign, either
collectively or each of them for the affairs of his own
Ministry, every act of the executive power.
22. Ministers shall be responsible.
23. The King cannot grant a pardon to a Minister who
is condemned, except on the explicit requisition of one of
the two Legislative Chambers.
24. The administration of justice, and of all other
public administrations, shall be regulated by the organic
laws now in force, reserving to the Parliament, in accord-
ing with the King, the power to make modifications
which may be deemed necessary to bring them into
agreement with the present statutes, or to improve them.
25. Until these modifications have been made the laws,
the decrees, and the acts of the Sovereign, which are at
present in force, shall be fully observed as well in what
relates to the territorial boundaries, juridical compe-
tency, Government dependencies, as well as in every
other part of their dispositions.
26. The judicial order shall be independent, the Col-
legiate Magistrates shall be irremovable after:three years
of satisfactory exercise of their functions, and which
shall date from the day of their definitive election.
27. The agents of the public Ministry in the Courts
and the Tiameat eteouenl,J;gtlyirremovable.
28. The judges which are elected for life may be trans•
lated; the whole of these provisions being in conformity
with the Organic Laws of June 7, 1819.
29. Every promiscuous arrangement of functions be-
tween Naples and Sicily having ceased, the Minister, the
public functionaries, and all persons who are charged
with any administrative power, shall be Sicilian, and all
public benefices and ecclesiastical dignitaries which from
henceforth are to be provided for shall be conferred on
Sicilians alone.

30. The budget shall be entirely separated, and the
public expense of the Two Sicilies shall be apportioned
between the two parts of the kingdom in the numerical
proportions of tbeir population, and shall be fixed at
the sum of three millions of ducats annually (3,000,000
ducats).

31. Moreover, the extraordinary issues of the Trea-
sury of Naples which have been occasioned by the events
of the years 1848 and 184 k, which are valued much be-
low their real estimates, shall be fixed at 500,000 ounces
(250,0001. sterling). This sum, united to that which the
Treasury of Naples is creditor for shall form the debt
of Sicily, and being consolidated by means of an emh-
sion of rentes, inscribed with the corresponding sink-
ing fund, shall give the capital necessary to discharge
the aforesaid advances of the Treasury of Naples.
In the same manner the debts of Sicily contracted be-
fore the 12th January, 1848, and those subsequently
contracted, shall remain in charge of the Treasury of
Sicily itself.

32. The Sicilians shall have an equal share in the pro-
portion to the population of diplomatic employment.
The other public offices which are paid from the united
funds shall be conferred indifferently on Sicilians and
Neapolitans.

OF TEE PARLIAMENT.
33. The Parliament of Sicily shall be composed of
two Chambers—the one of Peers, the other of Commons.
34. The duration shall be for four years from the
date of its convocation. At the end of four years it
shall absolutely cease.
35. If a prorogation or dissolution take place, Parlia-
ment shall be convened within the year.
36. The two Chambers shall be convoked at the same
time, and shall begin and end their session at the same
period.
37. The Parliament shall exercise, unitedly with the
King, the legislative power. It has the right to impose
new taxes of every kind, and to alter those which are
established. The direct taxes shall be ♦oted for the
year by the Legislative Chambers. The indirect taxes
can be voted for a longer period, or for many years.
38. Whatever taxes and subsidies are proposed by
Parliament shall not have the effect of law if not sanc-
tioned by the Sovereign.
39. The formula of " placet" expresses his sanction,
that of " veto " expresses his refusal.
40. No proposals shall be submitted to the king for
his sanction unless they have met the consent of the two
Chambers.

41. A proposition which has been rejected by one
Chamber can only again be proposed in the session of the
next year.

42. Each Chamber is the judge alone, and without
any appeal, of the conditions under which its members
are eligible.

43. The discussions in the Chambers are public, ex-
cept when they are sitting in secret committee.
44. No member of the two Chambers can be molested
or proceeded against, or punished for anything said,
done, discussed, or deliberated in their respective
Chambers, and which is in conformity with the Consti-
tution,and does not violate the statute, reserving to the
Chamber the power of taking cognizance of any excess
committed by their members, and of punishing the
author with a vote of censure, and in cases of gravity by
forbidding to take a part in the discussions.

OF THE CHA➢IBER OF PEERS.
45. The Peers shall be named by the King and for
life. The number shall be unlimited.
46. No one can be elected a Peer if he has not reached
his fortieth year. _ _ _

47. The Chamber of Peers, in accordance with a royal
ordinance, shall constitute itself into a high court of
justice, for the purpose of taking cognizance of the crime
of high treason and of attempts against the Constitution,
and of which members of either Chamber are the
accused parties. The King shall appoint the magis-
tracy, who shall discharge the functions of public Mi-
nisters.

48. The meeting of the Chamber of Peers, at a pe-
riod when the Commons are not in session, is illegal and
divested of all right, except in cases contemplated by the
previous article.

Or THE HOUSE 01? COMMONS.

49. The House of Commons shall be composed of the
deputies of twenty-four districts, of deputies elected by
the universities of Sicily, of Palermo, Messina, and Ca-
tania, and of the deputies of the communes, according to
the number established by the Constitution of 1812.
50. The communes which, from their increased popu-
lation, have acquired the right to elect a representative,
or to elect more than one, and those populations which,
after 1812, were created into communes, and have the
number of inhabitants established by the aforesaid Con-
stitution, can mike a demand to the Chamber of the
Commons, who will take cognizance, in a legal manner,
of the truth of their exposition.
51. The two Chambers having agreed in their vote
and obtained the sanction of the King, the Minister of
the Interior shall give the orders for carrying the results
into operation.

52. The mode of electing representatives shall be that
which was established by the Constitution of 1812, and
If the public offices by which the elections were con-

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to himself the appointment of public functionaries in
their place.

OF THE ELECTORS.

53. The representatives of a district in the Chamber
of Deputies shall be elected by all those who possess in
that district a net rent, for life, of 18 ounces by the year,
whether it proceed from freehold or usufract, or from
any rent or mortgage, as well as any other kind of pro-
perty. The representatives of the city of Palermo shall
be elected by all those who possess in the city or its ter-
ritory a net rent, for life, of at least 50 ounces by the
year, whether it arise from freehold or usufract, or
from any other rent or mortgage, or any other sort of
property.
The representative of every other city or Parliamen-
tary territory shall be elected by all those who possess
in that city or territory a rent for life of at least eleven
ounces annually, whether it arises from freehold or usu-
fract, or any rent or mortgage, or any other kind of
property.

54. The Professors of the Universities of Palermo
Messina, and Catania are alone exempted from the pos•
session of the aforesaid rents, and the necessity of prov•
ing them for the election of their own representatives.

OF THE PERSON TO BE ELECTED.
55. Those alone can represent a district who have in
Sicily a net revenue fur life, either from freehold or
usufract from rent or mortgage, or from any other kind
of property, amounting to 300 ounces by the y ear.
Those alone can represent Palermo who are in poses-
sion in Sicily of a revenue of the above-mentioned kind,
of .500 ounces by the year.
Those alone can represent a city or Parliamentary
territory who possess a revenue of the above nature of
150 ounces by the year.
If the professors of the university are elected, they
shall only be under the obligation of proving the revenue
which is prescribed for all others.
56. Public functionaries cannot be elected representa-
tives of the districts and communes comprised in the cir-
cuit of their jurisdiction.
The Provisional Government of Tuscany pub-
lished the following decree at Florence on the 6th
instant :

" Ist Article. The Tuscan Assembly is invested with
a constituent power for two distinct purposes, viz., to
decree on what conditions the Tuscan Government shall
be united with Rome, and likewise to compose the Con-
stituent of Central Italy with the deputies of the Roman
States.

"Article 2. After the nomination of the 37 Deputies
for the Italian Constituent Assembly and the contempo-
raneous but distinct vote for the Tuscan Assembly, the
same individual may be a representative in the Tuscan
Assembly and of the Italian Constituent.
" Article 3. The Minister Secretary of State for the
Department of the Interior is charged with the execu-
tion of the present decree.

" P. D. G UERAZZI.

THE BRAZILS.

By the Columbus, just arrived, we have received ac-
counts from Pernambuco to the Bth ultimo. Her letters
state that the supply of sugar and other produce at
market has been quite put a stop to these last three or
four days, in consequence of a daring attack made on
the city on the 2d ultimo, by a large body of insurgents
from the country, and who were aided by their friends in
the city. They were, however, completely routed by the
Government troops with great slaughter, and as most of
the ringleaders and instigators of this rebellion have
been either killed or taken prisoners, no further out-
break is apprehended. Trade will now resume
its accumstomed activity, and large supplies of pro-
duce, especially sugars, are daily expected. In freights
there was little doing, and with daily arrivals seeking
employment. Several vessels have gone to the northern
and southern ports for cargoes. The latest quotations
to the United Kingdom were 40s. per ton for sugar, in
bags, with five per cent. To Liverpool, for cotton, one
halfpenny, and five per cent. per lb. Exchange on
England, which had advanced, was quoted at 26d.
At Bahia, on the 19th January. exchange was firm at
25d. Freights to the channel, 50s. for sugar in eases.
At Rio Janeiro, on the 18th, freights were nominal,
at 355. per ton, and shipping abundant. Exchange, 24id.