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FRENCH PAPERS.

FARI3, AUG. 27.
Crkt'BEß Cr rEPUTIES, SITTING CF AUGUST 26.
M. Fonelza DE Sr. LAR7I Vice President, having
taken the Chair,..Z.l. DIeNIOLARD submitted a propcsel
for an address to the K;lig, praying his Ma.i.,sty to in-
veet the Judges immediately with the Itoyal.nomina.
thin 'and. institution, rendering thorn irremovable for
• life!, eccordine, to the guarante^ of the Constitutional
Charter. pteposal was adapted. M. Dunielard
will be head in detail iu the next Sitting. -
M.
FANE.7..— In the Constitutional Cherter his Ma-
jesty laid the basis of the prosperity of France. "
ft
is upon t!.is basis, (tui use the words of the Chancel-
'lot) that a durable edifice must be raised which thee
hand --e;f nee e:innot 'destroy." The inviolability of
the Sovereign—thet first principle of the Monarchy
only be solidly established by reposing on the
xespensibility of the Ministers. It is just that some
one be made respc.nsitilt: to the nation for attacks on
the safety of the State, for great violations of its
Charter, and abuses e.t. power.
He then quoted the language in which the declara-
tion of the 2tl of May and the Charter had fixed the
responsibility of the agents of the executive. It was
there declared, that Ministers could only he prose-
cuted for acts of extortion and treason ; that the
Ctiamber of Deputies were to be the accusors, and •
• that of Peers the judees but the crimes still remained
to be defined, and the mode of prosecution to be re-
gulated. It was nrc.bable, that as to the mode of
prosecution, the Chamber would follow a theory al-
ready consecrated by experience : and that, therefore,
the chief forms of criminal process already in force,
would regulate the proceedings before the Chamber
of Peers. Mey we, added M. Fareze and our suc-
cessors never experience the necessity of resorting to
the application of this law ! By confirming, how-
ever, the responsibility of Ministers, much ,would be
done to secure them from the illusions of power, to
render them weerthy of the confidence of the Monarch,
to increase the security of citizens, to bring to the
Throne the benedictions of the-people, and to acquire
for that Chamber new titles 'to the confidence of the
people. . •
The plan of leW presented by M. FARM consists
of 18 very long Articles, of which the following is
the sub:A:lnca: •
No crier of the King to be executed, unless signed
by his Mejestyeand countersigned by a Minister.
No or 1t r of the King, either verbal or written, to
exempt a Mir,is.ter from his responsibility.
A Minister becomes guilty of treason—lst, When
lie doe:, or orders, any ace, contrary to the internal
nr
exttrral safety of the State; 21, When he signs a
treaty of alliance, commerce, iFec. contrary to the in.
teeests of the French people; 8,1, When he cosinter-
Steli an act cf, royal author icy, whirl) ought to have
eineneted horn :he three braitches of the lecg-slattire.
coojeintly, or orders the execution of sech unconsti-
tulienal eict ; 4th, When he does or ceders arbitrary
ac:s, attacking the liberty of ind:vidual;, the liberty
of.wr-riship, of the press, or any other public rights of
the French, and the irrevocability of the sale of fla-
t:Li:lei property ; sth, When he does or, orders any
acts tending to the rested ation of the feudel syqecii,
of tithes, and of any other government, but shat
exists in the family of the sßourbons.
'Misdemeanours, and other abuses of power, dif-
ferent from treason and extortion, to be prosecuted
only by civil action; only, however, to be enforced
after having been submitted to the examination of a
Special Council, composed of a President appcinted
by the King, three Tiers of France, and three De.
pu.ks.
In the event of a Minister being accused and put
on trial, the mode of procedure followed in the
Chamber of Peers, to be the same as that prescribed
in the code of criminal process. The charge to be
conducted before the Peers, by an Attorney-General,
nominated by the King, from a list of 10 candidates,
drawn up by the Chamber of Deputies. The trial to
be public.
The Chamber took the proposal into consideration,
and ordered the speech to be printed.
M. BOIItOT made several propositions respecting the
carols, or municipal taxes of towns ; the object of
which was co provide, that each town should adopt
the. n.ode of levying them it deemed proper, and that
they shr.uld never be diverted from their object on
any pretenc,. After some discussion, the Chamber
adj turned the consideration of them till after the de-
bates on the Budget. • _ _ _

The Assembly then proceeded to the consideration
of. petitions. Among the mcst remarkable, were
those respecting persons drawn from the conscription
of the rent year, who had engaged substitutes, and
n:Ar refused to make good their engagements to
those substitutes. These complaints were referred to
the legal ti ibunals. There were also several petitions
ccmplairMlg of rbmiciliary visits from officers employ-
ed to ltvy the duties on liquors, and counter-petitions
from those eflicers. Both parties were desired to
await the decision of a new law about to be passed
on this subject.