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They shire, agesallogiei-doWeibillilW, Ibe iilitibr'illesidovii ti Am from is name which deer seas. the Indameetsl law, because they retests, to t
s.istratinu of the water', WM" Mid el'urtweiyi tin have reedired illostrious in ha service. . State sekvices which it has a right to claim, and
with a epeeist bawd, whir% es street'. of its So4sna. • tam poises* of a liege fneltuire- rester, in land, Amiliensed and invariable rule', insusceptible
" :•,.,' received ferias the 6.4 fendemental !swat eon. teat I. thebrlse,..re usefully employel,in supporting any arbitrary or inconsiderate extension.
tiotial character which lie continued to it. 41115, •** oatietrid ikonsperste, will carefully vf.atchdiat shone Its speaking of die sacred' dub' of defending Il
. None of the blanches ag the provincial Ga. or rbowb;urees 'or pobrita wealth be obsteueted or. cnoetry, we havivilleld to mind ten celebrated eolith*
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• taco mow he foreign in the States. ' dried up. ' • t ,
4 OT nur history, the pacification of Oleo', which pre-
psis es it is of importance that the Members should 411,7 hrestid stee-bovveffeciently independent if tberf retied the unhappy seperstien of time seeentemt Pre-
isewsfleiently oeselmases, they eannot be always ap. ' were liable to be removed. We propose to nominate : winces, and the union of Utrecht, the basis of the na•
llemlifild. To exercise that part of owir authority them for life. Thilliwwwinittion must belotig.to the i linnet ititleptendence, the source of so much glory and
which isiquesee daily duties snit inespeset-case, th -p.,..‘10g. The spitit..ef s,votonarchicalg.etertintent pre. i'pronwitk (203). .
se,rtantolrotra among their own body • permanent dep.. , scribes it, the inflows( of the nation demandtvit-441. • One day our descendants will meal with just pride
Winn; which sires 1111911 an seeress' lit ite" lahoora. : This prerogative will give the Sovereign no influent!" 4~ memnrable days in which the Dutch and tt
MP. r 4 • , 1* Is 1 over the higher clayseh of society, which will be use. ',Belgians before they were formed into one natio,
The States and their deponitietrows resided 'hi te• fel to all. It has been the constant role of nor con- ! hot already suited by the bonds of esteem and Ira.
Cissemiseiest, named by the *III who watches over deco, the invariably guide of our labours, so bi ill our: ternity, have tinder the standards of lour va liar
the ittost of the province, owe those of the go.'' institutions to the essence of. limited M onerchu.t• pions rivalled the 'insp..' nn the !Hooks of the Santini
• ' tie, sad the eseeetion of the lairs: (1.311). • 1 The King proposes to the Chamber elected by the ,Beni on the plains of Waterloo,..those tines a he'
:. Allot tbe.siopoone Med of the iltdminietretion . Provincial States, the projects of la les which hare `!worthy to fight. arid''. .Princes of the liouse
i eerffli- informed of ell else, may &Serve been deliberated on in his Council of State (106). ' Nassau, they have acquired the esteem of your Attica,
jdtel flail:4or isia sentd, ley ettileining ; This Chamber examines them, a9d having adopted some glory and laurel, which are pledges of the i
:the'the'ruhlitesif. Various dispositions,- the Wen.; them, sends: them to the other Chamber, which has trephlity with which, the,' will at all times tierce
tacos rasp liblcis might be inistkiseit„ Webb a 'eery' use. ,to examine them in the same manner (109). The their country, their King, and a social compel
ftdbrnitl 01 union Wines dui Minis/terror the 'King chamber, whose Members are chosen for life, receives formed under such happy auspices. •
and the Provincial States. . .! ) and discusses the propositions which the other thinks' The independence Of a nation worthy to belree,
The Ilr findettirtitel lirsidid itibtifit fllerownposi. it .proper to make to the King. It never makes any. governed by a family in which prudence, and Salim
Lion of the Statea, it has been determined since by) itself (114, 115). ' , are hoteird down from father' to tan, will be re.
regulations made in iteiclo' pleviuce, ',bleb have se- ' . If it adopts the *position, ir transmits it to the aPected by itsteighbouri. •
tieired your Majesty's sanction.. ' They redl the an- ' King,- who gives or refuses his sanction (110... •. 41, The. Princes of your House 8111 exercise with pre
Heist institutiong ofemdiand, and hiedonething eon- . By not adopting, it will, for time most part, only deuce the right of making war and peace, which .
tear) to those of •Belgium.s. We lialit.thetight it ad. save the King from eserei,ing, not only oneeessery Inherent in a ,well constituted Monarchy. Wt
ramble to insert in'the funciatnetqalile* itself, the and indispensable tight, but w hies., if tee .often- re... here not restricted it ; but we venture to say to your
Composition of the States (129); * .!-4- 'tot prated, might weaken that reciprocal confidence le Majesty, that while we were employed in settling
-The Nobility which may o4:snelliht beenited in.' useful to the monarch, stud so fmmrtueitte for the poma'she prerogatives Of the Crown: we never forgot how
sei equestrian body, the cities and the 40'44 talc!'" pie, ..4n every die Om law is the result of the assent . much you hare at heart the liberty and the rights of
*bite in the Peiritileiaterigairbestrotolifti proportions of flue' King, 'and of the two Chambers (119). In the unties.
varying according to the circumstances:of 'wads .pro. mast of our provinces, sod esperiatly in the northern We think that the project of the fundamental Ito
rive (131). The 1.141.410 elonhavill be. fixed and ones, a great proportion of the inhabitants, took part' tires to the Crown all the power which the emends.
uniform, alt the rest may
.differ 'slegorttNng to local in the direction of affairs, by the effect of the or. of a monarchical government, the Patent of the ter•
eir•uttostsecrie, slid will be modjfied hp your Main- gatisatitm of the Public Authorities, and this per Mart, and an arose and safe protection of every
ty lifter the lessons of experience. Happy the wt. tieipatinn kept .alis,e public stirit, ,which •is the right, of every Interest, may render desirable, and
Win, Which, in ((nether, ids oonstlt4iihn, is not I most' powerful spring of Representative Govern. that it duly fixes the limits which your Majesty
tobtiged to preripitalte any, thing 4 to leave any Chill to mews. 'OW. oiR:1 mm, m ! would yourself wish to sot to the authority of a Mo.
chantie, because it can with confidenrie lease to Its The Government finds itself much stronger, It is emelt who, is the laps of time, might not resemble
Ello; the are of •cietrpliting end perfecting its: con- much better obeyed,- when it makes know.- to the 7 Ash
Otifullonsl laws. • • nation.the motives of its determinations; theobject 1 The reciprocal obligations and primula's of the
But we have thoeght that after a certain time,. .it ' of the sacrifices which it imposes, and of the efforts King and of hie people will be cemented by solemn
Was proper to put a limit to the.desire of .ameliorat. which it eoponaorls. Recent examples prose what oaths,
leg, and that the stability of what as acknowledged vast remuyees-orise to Government when the whole I The inauguration of the King shall be accompa-,
to be good, should he preferred to the vague hope of people follows from.couviction the greed measures it nied by every Aim that can give to this grand act.
perfection. We propose to ennakier after the lapse adopts. . i the character wjacil belongs twit ; performed accord-
at
ID ',Ass, as dekilitilrei and as making a port of •We .have thought that to preserve this precious hug to ancientrowes•in a public square, it will be I.
the fundamental law, the dispersitismi and the sta. ad,aniage it was necessary to render doe sitsiup of the presence eta greet 'number of his subjects, that
toes ernanating from year Majesty, or approved by the States General .polmlie, restrtining, however, the King will receive the oath of allegiance, which
you, relative to the eight of electing she. Members this publieity within the limits which may prevent will be taken to him by the nation, that he will him.
et the, weed Colleges (Aseenthlies) sad Om right of the abuse of it/ and remove all kinds of danger self swear to observe the fundamental law, to have
sktiog in them, that is to say, the exercise of politi- (108). , lat heart the happiness of his people, to imitate the
pal rights (7). . . To develop the :satires of therojects of laws, to founder of the national independence, atsd the first
• It is to the Provincial States that the project which make the view,' of the Government known and op- King of the Monarchy.
ere h] p
e year Mssty gives the election of the preciated, to facilitate useful modifications, the hoods i The transmission pfthe illustrious
in this illustrio
Mathes of the States General. of 'the department of the General Administradon Family has hoe* oigsdated by the Convention:
• An is moral Only beingiireetly formed of Mem. shall Ater both the Chambers of the States-Genmal.: which have pacified teripe. In inserting it in the
bele Mewed Miner directly or iodirectly by the na- But this right which is granted them to inform the fundamental law we have added to it the necessary
Aber, it was Imperiluites to organise another. This Assembly, does not sive them the right of voting upon developments, to prevent, in all cases, eloubts and
anode, hostiles, enters. lore ate general system of the resolutions which it is to take (91). We have .lverpretations, which base sometimes owe Muttons tau
the Crlnetnuinta, oldest makes ail powers emanate inserted in thefendemental Law, some dispositions dear.
frelliteadt other, sletwoodtbgeWithout the ineonveni. concerotine the manner of deliberating, which may Several religiose conetesnitiel/2 hare been;ettreeted
wile of porde, endow, ts those climes- of "I.' .rmper «ip b.. mere regulettons. They derive the im- to Holland by the mildness of its laws, are by it
dirty. whirls beer hut 'a smell port in the burdens of portauce which weattaeh 'Damn, from theadvantage protection which the Government afforded thete...s-
tho„etates, yet having otriaterest to defend, have a they offer of multiplying and facilitating the relation, This protection will 'remain the same (UM; •
right tons represented (133, 134 , between the Membevs elected by the different pre. j The taw might hate stopped here* and have left
The Member of DOvaties to be sent by each pro. view, of making all well acquainted with the mot to your Majesty the care of proving how greet it
Aimee the roams (Stolen' has been subjected to lives of the propositions, used with even the most des. your care for the Milliliters of Religion;' 4nt it
some dicmilip. at opinion. Some Members thought, Ikate considerations which may induce their adoption seemed to us that the fundamental law might' make
that jell iget jolt awl simple basis was the molt• to rejection (107 and 11 I). . . it duly for sitter successors, to take your.nable gen.
tie* .
... 1 It is also with a desire to keep op a perfect harmony, timents for the rule of their conduct (193), sod eon-
-I.l4llllllll,liellibus and numerous esamples were not that we have subjected to certain forms the vela- lain besides the assurances that no form of worship
wands% to estpprsitt this opinion; these reasons have tions of the two Chambers with each other, and Shall ever trouble the liberty of the rest, all being
been •cnotoeted, the justness of the application of their communications with the Government. (109, , equally georanteed.hy the laws of the State (196).
itheeetrxemples to the seniors of mar proviaces has been &c.) 1 We think, Sire, that a constitutional law which
disputed, and it has been abeteretti that the colonies We have no need, Sire, to give any reason for in. ,'consecrates all legitimate rights, whose principles are
'which acknowledge the northern provinces as their sorting in the project of file Fundamental Law, the ' derived from the manners and the character of the
nsotber e entry, the importunes of their commerce, forms of several oaths. Your Majesty reigns over a :*nation, may hope fora longer duration than one
aud the tease millions of inhabitants subject to the people who have a religious respect for the solemnity t founded upon •mere theory; but time changes and
law, of the metropolis, did not permit the adoption ..ef an oath, who take not... hut with due reflection, , modifies every thing, and a means of revision not
-a the European population es the only basis of re- and faithfully preform what they have sworn to ob. ' foreseen nor fixed at a certain period, but possible,
premestatno 1 that the only means of establishing serve. 1 of the necessity of some changes should be strongly
.tierfeeny aes for over an intimate and sincere union • The bases of the organisation of the judicial power felt, seemed to us useful, if attended with forms that
between the two countries, was to give each se equal in the first Fundamental i,svc, nearly approaching i,prevent or check all spirit of innovation.—('o,
representation. The mejoriiy-acteded to this opi. the ancient laws of Holland, did not essentially de- 233)
Won. The present somber of Deputies sent by the elate from the ancient legislation of Belgium. Wei The fundamental law had reserved to the Com-
uoithern provinces remains enclesnerml. That of the 1 have retained them.
sli mittee which has drawn it rap. the right of interpret.
southern provinces baa been Inegninted in " equi- : Its civil causes, the Judges in the first resort are4ing its dispositions for the three first years. We
•table manner, payini particular attention to their placed nearer to those under their jurisdiction (184). I have thought that to a law necessarily expressing
population, and to the proportional number of A Court of Appeal is for one or more proviticesi the unanimous sentiments of the king, and of the
Dopeties by which they have been already represent. (132). A High Court, superior to these tribunals, i two Chambers of the States General, this interprets,
ed (ni)• : regulates their acts, mid to this the law which will i den must be loft, which is no other than the just ap.
Bur there is a part of the States 6enerel, which organise the whole judicial system, may give more' Oration of.the Articles of the Constitutional Act of
Ire hare thought ought not to be subjected to a pe. ' extensive attributes (180). the kingdom.
eiodical election. The great increase which the In criminal matters the prosecution and punish. To effect, with a prudent circumspection, without
State has received, the rank it assumes among the Men( of crimes are committed, in a certain resort, to shock or cellision,the changes which the fundamental
nations of Europe, the diversity of the elements of Magistrates already invested with the cognisance of! law makes necessary, it attributes to your Majesty,
which it is composed, its more complicated interests civil causes, and tempering by this double capacity by organic dispositions, the care of successively in.
Lave imposed it Olson us as a duty, not to disdain the the habit of severity which may be contlacled by um I traducing the divers institutions which it has created
'rooms of experience. : daily exercise of the right a punishing (183). or re-established, to name, for the first time, the
We have thought that to hinder precipitation in. i A . nigh Military Court, composed or military i Members of the two Chambers of the States. Gene.
the deliberelions, to oppose in difficult times a bar. persons and lawyers, is charged with the eatinialii flag and all the ?lagistrates, whatever may be other;
tier to the pas,ions, to surround the Throne with a of the sentences of Coerta-Martialt to lehlar nor lase the mode of nomination that it has adopted.-,..
lanai k which may baffle the attempts of faction, to nterous reasons make it proper to leave the caftan. (Additional Art. I.)
give the nation a perfect guarantee against all arbi. gaiters of all crimes committed by military persons j It maintains in force all the iztra which govern the
nary extension of power, it was expedient, after the , (188). l different parts of the kingdom, till the marmot when
example of powerful kingdoms, and flourishing re- : Codes common to the whole kingdom shill W I they shall he replaced with the desirable celerity, hot
publics,
blies to divide the Representatives of the nation formed of the Civil, Penal, and Commercialial Laws, without precipitation, by other laws maturely
into two Chambers.
' and of the organisation of justice (163). • I weighed, and it thus gives itself the best support,
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To effect this division we have not adopted foreign' The independence of the Judges is guaranteed ; ! the noose powerful auxiliary it can have, your wis•
institutions, which might not well amalgamate with ' they receive from the public Treasury a salary fixed' dom, and your loie for your subjects.—(Additional
our national institutions. We have sought the prin., by the law, and are named by the King, the most of Art. (-2 )
•ciples .1 Ms diti/lon in the spirit which induced its them for life, upon the preie„tation of the Provincial May this fundamental law, Sire, after hiving been
adoption. i States, or of the second Chamber of the States Gene- corrected by your judgment and meliorated by time,
Created particularly to hinder what error or pas- : sal (176, 132, 186).
contributito the prosperity of the kingdom, add to
• 510 to soy have orbited, this part of the States•Gene.l Such, Sire, are the bases of a system of latest the welfare of the nation, and nourish that attach-
rel hasten right to makewny propositions to the King' which, matured in your council, and submitted to relent between the Prince and the subject, so fruitful
'purely passive, It rejects In adopts the propositions the sanction of the States General, will be a 041 W be' in it, consequences, and which, under your glorious
that are laid before it. Prudence and wisdom are neat conferred on your people. dynasty, promises on the fairest destiny.
the emef reqeidtos in its filembers. The project re- We bare adopted also all the principles laid down [Here follow the Signatures.]
quirea that they shall boot /east 40 years old. They
by the first law, for the defence of the State. A Hague, July ls, 1815.
• %mild not allied therwhelar patentee that is hoped permanent army will he as it were the advanced
for,if they Mang the trestest interest in the na., guard of tho nation 004).
A militia, wisely organised, will always be ready
tional Wolfer& ' They art therefore chosen arriongi
to the def of shag a.
the persons distlegukhed by their services, Wilt to fl
1 Thy e nation wholence ly inthe countrcluded in and 212)
rds of the
• birth, or their fortes (fit)).
There are few tp,ings which men defend better dart Cousatunes, will defend in a mass, if necessary, its
their persona cuoskimatien, the remembrance, and liberty and its in (210).
. tile leemerieea• 4 their services. Th_ose. mast bit
7.t Some parts of the laws lately adopted for the mi-
. Aare
appeared to Its proper Wan incleded imi
ertlialty *MOM% t• the country who derma totes re- t.itt,

CounosEn's fxQUEST.—Yesterday afternoon there
was an Inquest held at the Rose public house, on rho
Fulham-road, before G. lioncsom, F,sq. the Co-
roner for Middlesex, on view of the body of James
Byrne, who'met his (heath in consequence of being
thrown out of a one horse chaise on Tuesday evening.
Verdict—that the deceased came by ftis death ace!.
dentrilly, end by misfortune.