Star.
London, England, 1801-11-06 00:00:00

LONDON.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBEP. 6.
PRIM; OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Cntlrols 6 i 681 i—Ditzo, fcbr ac,!ount,
677-4 ptr CC 'lt. I..4!—.New s per Cent.

01.1:1.11;2:92i.LL0ng

Thi, day we received Paris Journals to the tfl
in inclufive. The velfel which brought thcr
left Calais on Wednefday, but owing to the tern-
pefluous date of the weather, did not reach Dover
till yeßerday afternoon.
Tiers Confidid; 59 fr. 25 C.

By this veiTcl it.telligence has been received of
the ilth: landing cf Marquis CORNWALLIS at Calais
Cll cv n*l:7. Ile was rect.ivcd on thot-e
amidft the firing of guns an 1 tit ging of bells. The '
town was illuminated no the occafion, and the in-
habitants were not backward in teftifying, by every
demonfirati.in of joy, their Itappin:fs at his arrival.
The principal article in the Journals that have
rea:hed us is a copy of the New Batavian
tution, from wi.ich we have filYjoined an abitraa (1.
the viiiit in:pi:rant of its articles.
It is li.00,! that loch at r.itigtni.:;its ha^c t.:lten
place baucen tl.c Britifit and French Gent:tut:ems
as ill ptcvent Hanover from palling under the
yoke of a new matter. The P:uffian troops, it is
faid, ate f0,.:1 to quit that Elcflorate; but whether
his Prullian Nlajciiy has col-Anted to Otis arrange.
spent we are not infia.mcd !

A letter firm Friboutg, dated the inflant,
fir, We have received here certain intelli-
gen( c, that in cencecouicc of the mull urgent re-
prrkula:ions made by the Culla of Vienna, the
Der • of Moms 1 ill a (fides at Trevito,has
at hi.gth untf,nted to c.riatm to the difporitioni
of the treaty of Lor cvOlc, and to accept the in-
tip of tl-c hut he rill nut take ppr-
ti.;• it till thc ra.v, .hangcs about to he made
c• n any have 1,.,.11 fully carried into c xectitiGn.
Lov.Ls.r go to that country, bat
g cer-.rnmt it to his fun-in•law, the
Ar: FIKWISA/a), futmcoly Cuvc:-nor of Ile

OCTOBER 30.—Three hundred Englifh
palTports arrived here this day, to be difiributed
to trading veffels bound to diftant countries, which
intelligence of the peace may not yet have reached.
A like number of French pa frports have been fent
to London fcr the Britifh merchant-chips.—Mmiteur.
Oct-. 3 t.—The Confuls having thought proper
to fupprefs the place of Secretary-General to the
Confuls, and the FIRST CONSUL being defirous to
;ive a particular teftimony of his fatisfaZtion to
Citizen LACARDF, who hitherto held this Office,
has appointed him to the Prefealtirefhip of the
Department of the Stine and Matne.
HANOVER, OCT. 18.—Yelicrday a courier ar-
rived here from London, with difpatches, which
excited a very lively joy among the members of the
Government : thefe d:fpatches contain an affur-
ance, that the Prullian troops will immediately
evacuate our Eldlorate ; and that in confequence
of a particular arrangement between the 'Nu or
ENGLA s D and the French Government, this coun-
try will not pati under a foreign yoke.—journal
der Defilfrure de la Patric.

CONSTITUTION FOR THE BATAVIAN PEOPLE.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND DISPOSITIONS.

Art. 1. The happinef: of the whole iithrfirfi of laws :
Confequently no Member nor aiy feEtion of fo-
ciety, can receive advantage by any particular law
to the prejudice of others.
z. All the members of fociety are equal in the
eye of the law, without dillinCtion of rank or birth.
3. Each Citizen may do what he pleafes ; but
remains refponfible to, and according to the law,
both fur his aEtions and the fcntiments he propa-
gates.

4. The law cflablifhes the neceffary difpofitions
for bilaring to every Citizen an honed fubti:lence,
but all privileged bodict and exclufive affiliatiou,
are abolifhed.

1 S. Every inhabitant is maintained in the peace-
able poatlion, and enjoyment of his property.—
No one can he deprived of any part of his poffef
unlefs the general good imperioufly requires
it ; and in that cafe, he (hall receive a kill and
proper indemnity.
6. Every inhabitant is inviolable in his habita-
tion, no (we can enter it seithout his content, and
in virtue of an order ilfued by the proper authority.
7. No one can be arrelted but according to tile
law.—No one can be tried or condemned but by,
the Judge acknowledged by the Conftitution or
the law, and until after being fummoned ape
ably to what they prefcribe, and having obtained
all the means of defence uliich they determine.
8. Every citizen mull be heard in three day
aficr lie has been delivered into the hands of
natural Judge.—A copy of the motives of his ar-
reflation cannot be refuted to him ; the law de-
teimines the pinifhment of the Judge who flia)
offend againfi. thefe difpofitions. If the examina-
tion and motives of arrellation have not been
communicated within the time above prcfcribed,
the prifoner has a right to be releafed, and without
any deity.
9. All adds feverity in the guarding of pri-
toners is forbidden. All violent means for ex-
torting confeffion are aboliflied.
to. Every citizen has a right to addrefs in wri•
ring petitions and propofitions to the conaititted
authorities, provided they are figned individually ;
in any other cafe they cannot be made but by• th,
bodies conftituted by the law, and mutt relate on.
ly to objeas which have relation to the funaions
which they difeliarge.
1. All religious Societies, which acknowledg-
ing a Surat ma BEING, and rendering homage to
him, tend to favour virtue and good motals, are
equally proteaed by the law. Every religious fo-
eiety publicly profeffes its opinions, and grants
flee aeccfs to the daces coafecrated to the ex-:rcife
of its worfhip.
12. Every head of a family, and every inde•
pendent perfon of either fez, who has attained to
the age of t 4, mull infcribe their names in one
of theft religious focicties, which they may freely
pit to enter into another. Every Society re-
quires from its Members an annual contribution
for the ruainten inc.: of its Nlinillers and nl its pI o-
perty. TF.is clmvibution however, can nevel ex-
ceed the fum (Updated for that purpore by elle
law.'

13. Every religious fociety whatever remains
irrevocably in poirellion of what it podeded at the
commencement of the preterit century.
14. No eselufivc civil rights can be attached to
any of them. The Teachers, Minifieis, and Ec-
clefiallical Servants of the reformed religion, here-
tofrre the prevailing religion, who being paid ft-
larks or penfions from the public it-eau:ries, arc
aelualiy in excreitc, (hall continue to ciijoy their
inc,.:nes and penfions until the full execution of die
difpofitions pie by Article r
15. All the laws and difpofitionr, Core
:lie commencement of the year 1795, have ledened
the value of property or p01r4:1110TIS
are fiibjeft to rcvi:ion. 1.4, L.ca injure.:
by thcfc laws, may apply to the teg::ncy :.t the
Starr, which according to the exigency rl,llc cafe,
propofe to the I.rgitlat;ve Ilvd?

.• 1 A re

peal of the law, or its revilion, or a jua and pro-'
per indemnity.
16. Feudality is abolithed : ail fiefs are declared
alleJial. The law provides an indemnity for the
polfelfors of Lord lh ips.
17. The Batavian people dcfirc that the national
guard, eflabliflicd for the purpole of enforing li-
berty and maintaining the national independence,
(hall Lc encouraged by every proper means. No
citizen forming part of that guard, is obliged to
ferve beyond the ten itory of the Republic. He is
not. bound to any fcrvicc buyend his department,
without a decree of the Lcgillative Body, and only
in the cafe of an attack from the enemy. The
a rise fcrvicc of the national guard, in each de-
partment, is farther determined by the law.
18. The fame kinds of money (hall be coined,
and cii.culatcd throughout the whole Republic,
accordiug to the manner and value which the law
than cliabilth.

19. The weights and mesfitres already known
in the Republic (hall be uniformly regulated. The
law !hall fix the mode and the period when this
difpofition (hall be carried into execution.

OF THE DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY, AND THE

RIGHT OF St/I-FRAGE.
20. The Ilatavian Republic is Inc and indivi-
ti!.le.

21. Its European territory remains divided into
eight departments, the limits of which (hall he
thole of the ancient Provinces, the modifications
under-mentioned excepted. 'rite country ofDrcuthc
(hall remain united to the Province of Overyfrel ;
and B:ttavian Brabant (hall form au eight Depart.
meut ; Ameland (hall form part of Friefland ;
Wcddc and Weft Woldingerland of Groningen ;
Yttellicin of Holland ; Virile of Utrecht ; and
Kuilcnburg and Buren of Guelderland. The law
(hall further determine to what Department the
countries which are already or may hereafter be
annexed to the territory of the Republic (hall belong.
22. Each department (hall be, in regard to its
limits, divided into a certain number of difiriCts.
It is according to this regulation that the election
of the members of the departmental adminifira-
tion (hall take place.

23. The prefent divicion of the Primary
blies is maintained for the ele,ftion of the members
of the Legitlative Body.
24. Thole who unite the following qualities are
glive citizens:

ft, Thole who have infcribed the place of their
liab:tation in the National Regifter.—zd, Thofc
who have attained to the full age of 21, or who
form a part the national guard.-3d, Thofe
who have relided without interruption in the Re-
public for a year, if natives of the country, or fix
years, if foreigters.-4th, Th ore who can read and
write Dutch, a difpolition which, however, can-
not be applicable to citizens infcribed before the
23d of April 1799.-sth, Thole who have made
the following declaration : 4, I promife fidelity to
the Conftitution and fubmitlion to the Law."

25. The following are excluded from voting :
ill, Thofe who are in the fervice of any foreign
power, or who receive from it a penfion-2d, Do-
meßics who receive wages attached to perfonal or
houfehold ftrvice-3d, Thofe maintained in the
houfes of charity, oliihan-heurcs, and licfpitals-
4th, Thofe who during the Jail fix mind's have
!,_en maintained from the poor's box-sth, Thole
Ander tutcrfhip on account of bad conduet, di:Elia-
:ion, or mental derangement.-6th, Bankrupt., as
well as thole who have given up their property,
until their creditors are paid-7th, Thofe who are
in a Rate of accufation, or who in jußice are known
to be infamous.

z 6. The law fixes the manner in which the right
of fuffrage ought to be exercifed, :411,1 the quaiifi.
cation in regard to property rzquired to be elated.

27. The Minitlers of any woribip are not eligi-
ble to I-wit-lions depending on the Government.
el. The Military cannot exercife theirfunflious,
but in the place of their refldence, and in fo far as
it is diflittft from that where they are in garrifon.