The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-08-21 00:00:00

togs s . people, permit us only to think elf 'end to use an expressiu. ten repeatetV•s.
alleviating them, till the anithent, not very distant 9 l'ibused, but which now seems less ideal , use
arrives, which shall put an end to them. Circum. more true, the political horizon is becoming Fen-
stanmetereeuch, that we have no choice of means : we sibly clearer.. Those sepulchral 'riles, thole howl.
most embrace that, which appears to present the least ings of rage and despair, which have, in our garde,»
inconvenience,.and to be the most proper to relieve and public places, sometimes trouble& with their
those of oureobjects who have suDted the Most, by . feeble but discordant sounds, ihe consort of general
calling to share their bettbeess these upon whom the . acclamations, are no longer heard. Politics, pro, --
requisitions have least pressed. , petty so called, that system which includes the retie '
We have, therefore, determined to establish, pro. I tions of the foreign Powers with us, audltheirdlspe. '
visioually, an extraordinary contribution, distributed lithium towards us, preterits the happiest prospects.
among the different departments in proportion to llt is expected that the joy which the return et th*
their resources, trusting that, however grievous ‘,l(ing's birilt.day will soon occasion, will be iug.
Ithese sacrifices may be, they will be less so than ' mented .by a declaration of a very coneolinr nature
the meintetiance of a regime without order or method. • from the Princes assembled in this capital. the ;ley
Full of confidence in the patriotism of the paha. l' mixture of niildneis and firmness, of severity and
Lint merchants, proprietors, and capitalists, we dr. Indulgence which chinite.ises some of the late we.
I sire to associate them to our solicitude, for the relief I sures of Government—the just severity displayed
iof their fellow.countrymen ruined by events, With. ' towards men to whom impunity would be a meal
out intending, however, that the sums which they public calamity, fortify and confirm all hopes. but
shall Lily beyond their contributive part, shall re. amidst so many favourable circansitancess none ape
main definitively charged to them, add only cent& pears'more assuring than the, happy and near per.
deribg them as loans, made to glee to the tatthetdh. I spective afforded by the new National Represents.
nary rerteipt an acceleration prOportionlid tti the ,'lions.
urgency of the necessity.
1 We lately expressed with regard to this Asseushi%
Considering that the evil which increeies *eery I a wish, which has been distorted by false ioterpreta.
day will not permit us to welt for the meeting of the ' tions. Struck with the necitsity of removing as fir
i two Chambers in order to concert with them the las possible, and avoiding in the elections those theft
;.mitamtross which meet be adopted ;
I called the inevitables, perhaps we have got sufficient. '
For these cusses we have ordained, and do ordain ly felt the restrictions a hich the enunciation . oft .
as follows : . . t teneral truth requires. Every absolute proposition
Art. I. There shall be levied extraordinarily, and i reqUires, especially in prectice, acidifications, With,.
paid Intelhe Royal Treasury as a requisition of war, I out which it would become a decided error ; In the
i sum of one hawked millions on the departments I lame manner es every rule has its exceptions. Whit*
.atati is the proportions determined by the annexed t we are persuaded that it would be deesroos and ime.
stalemate. Ifni now to set aside those men who, always reedy to
1. there shall be added to the contingent of each ! push themselves forward, always eager io take pose
department, a fund of not exceeding ten centime; ' session of the tribune, present names not only stale•
for each frank, by means of which, the whole of this , but compromised in our various assemblies, can we
contingent may be available to the Ttessury. I not at the same time acknowledge, that several debit
3. The sum which from this fund shall remain dis. , old beputies have not ceased throughout the whole
posibleehall belong to the Deparment, and shallim of their political career to Maintain an honourable
employed for its private expenres. in the case where' character?
the produce of ten centimes shall not be sufficient, : Beside we do not wish to reject those whose names
the deficiency shall be again levied proportiouably :re been marked, in merely some of our National
upon the departirient. _ . . .
i presentations. We 'even eirew that we shall %qt.
4. .TlaS-Peetect shall determine as to tholeinalgal.WitiLpbteausta an the hat of etar litinmoitiatiees,
pay- accordant to the liiiiition'or the Sub-Prefeet, . certain names to which public esteem is attached...-.
and on the report of the Director of the direct con- I Now, could it be supposed that we meant to Marin;
tributiorts. • . liu a general proscription, those celebrated characters
5. The extraordinary charge here refereed to, shall ! which were purified and aggrandized in Some .of our
he provisionally bound by the principal capitalists, Assemblies, and particularly in the Constituent
stiv
patent holders and proPrietois in each department. : Assembly ? The letter of the text kills, but its
8. The definitive mode of levying this war contri. ' spirit OS' lites• What, more did we wish to say, me.
bution and of re.instiorsing 'those sums which may apt that ft wesesseOtiel that Ogreat part of our nee
have been paid beyond the contingent, shall be fixed I National, kePresentaiion ihould be composed of citis
by the Legislative power is the approaching session lens who had never been the. iport of those changeis
,
of the two Chambers.
• t!. In order to determine the sum.which each capi. plarable spectacles? In fact, the Assembly which is
laid, patent-holders, or proprietor is to forniih, is .preparing must not have tee appearance of a machine
Codebittee Shall be relined in each Prefitiare, cont. I fer,Atecrees. This would. ,tot fail to: be the case
posed of the Mayor of the chief Settee of the Departs la* there to be found in it:. tiw? 'lien Who fpr 'lb
anent, the-Receiver-General, and of fire Member. ; irettl peat heee eetmeed tefbe the framers of rte.
chosen by the Prefect in the General Council, in the ereee it' every sense, androf themp'st opposite prin.
"Council of the Prefecture, and among the principal; iiplea.. A .kind ~of -auteriatoiT whom every so&
'proprietors and spitalitits. - . i coating Government has emus to per form conve-
ne Direitors of the direct and indirect Contribu. ' nient parts, and to assume those attitudes which the
thesis, and of the Registry, may he called by the , prevailing caprice required. Thus far only extend
Prefect to taken part in the deliberations. tear wish, which we believe to be the wish (trail
8. This Committee shall be charged— i Frenchmen who appreciate the existing circumstances.
I. With apportioning among the different arron- ! The condemned Labetloyere calmly heard his sell.
dissements the contingent which is assigned to the , tenre read to him in prison. Ile asked Capt. Viotri
department. ( whether he had not 24 hours to appeal ? On being
2. To arrange the individual proportion betweeh the answered in the affirmative, he said that is sufficicor„,
principal capitalists, patent-holders, and proprietors. We are assured that the Papers have this day been
O. In the individual assessment of the contingent deposited it the Office of the Council of Revision,
of the other arrondissement there shaft be formed a and that judgment will be given to-morrow. This
I Special Cominitttse, composed of the'Sub.Prefect, a proceeding is merely a matter of form, and M. de
IMember of the Ceencil of Arrondissement, and of Labedoyere will not he present.
two respectable inhabitants, all three to be nominated ' Letters from Avignon state, that Marshal Brune
by the Sub-Prefect.; also of the Mayor of the chief might have avoided his fate, had he not %sited for a
town of the arrondissement, and of the particular portfolio, which one of his Secretaries brtsight from
Recerreis ; Toulon. Seals have been put on this portfolio, as
The Seb.Prefect may call to this Committee the ' well as on the papers which he tore, but which can
Comptroller of Contributions, and the Inspector or be easily rejoined. . It is said that the multi( de were
Receiver of the Registry of Domains: chiefly animated against this General in consequence
10. The Committees of Department and Arron. of his being accused with having contributed to the
ilisse'ment. - assassination of the Princess Lambelle. lie replied
It. Relates to the tithe in which the reterni ire coldly to this accusation, not by a denial, which,
tribe made out. . perhaps, would have saved him, but by saying—.
12. The sum to be levied upon each of the prin. These were other limes.
tips' capitalists, patent-holders, and esoprietorsahall ' • Yesterday evening their Royal Ilighneeses firebe paid by four instalments, between the 15th of Duke and Duchess of Angouleme set off for Boer.
September and the Itth of November, at periods . deem
which than be 'determined by the Committee. I Yesterday, at one o'clock, the Emperor of Russia
paid a visit to the King of France.
respective di': wit*eronedivi:serBMGenentse,rsaillallillsol3earldrtiltisa,rpipaytabbeller The spirit of the French soldiers who are between
it
isu4c.hi Orleans and Chateauroux is excellent—they are re.
be indicated.
p':erile°ddsraafsts7aWyhen presented, are to be ac. markable for their.good discipline.
*pled by the !feriae upon whom thiy are drawn, and The Russian troops occupied Smissons on the 14th,
made payable either at the *sickness of their Re. according to the Convention concluded by the Mare.
ceiver.Getreral or Particular, or eta house in Perils, chal-de-Camp Orundler, with the Russian General
Its may be preferred, liable. to ellijudicial processes, Ouschakow.
' the same as in commercial transactions. I The Officers, Subalterns, and soldiers of the jar.
L 3. All refusal or delay in accepting 'the saih risen, who may wish to join the 'Army of the Loirsh
likitfts, shell betertified by a protest in the uSael are-allowed to march :sway with their arms and big.
Assess:nee and which wiil reader the tnnotint ef the gage, and to be fururshed with the means of convey.
theft in:inedialelf *eft : the stoner tiara{ so . Once VII the road.
al eby iesmitai. ' Theis le every season kabalists that Jerspelkoas..
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