The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-06-20
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IMPERIAL DECREE.

"Patace ot he 7hmiReries, Jkrcb q
"Neboton, EmberOH II Mc French, King ef halv.
Irotecfor cf the Conjeder1tio1 IF the Hyans,
.,fedfator Of The S,eiss COnytederacy &c
Upon The Report OF our Minister of
General Police, considering,
hat there is a CERTAIN number Of inlivid-
uals detained i'll the Prisons oil State, w,om
II is not deemed ADVISABLE either to carrybe.
fore the Tribunals or to set at liberty
" That several have at different epods
made attacks upon the security of the State :;
that they would be condemned by the Trib,,
ntis to- capital punishments I; but tha, super
iour considerations oppose theirb being brought
to tiial.
That others, after having acted as Chiefs
ot Bands IN the civil wars, have been tax en-
anew m.faSrdnn deheto, aud that motives of
general interest equally prohibit thei being
carried before the Tribunals. ~.
That several are either robbers Of coach
es or men habituated 20 crimes, whom our
laws could not condemn, though they nigh,
have the certainty of their guilt and whose
release would be contrary TO the interest and
safety OF society.
hat a certain number having been en-
psoyed by the Police in foreign countries, and
having been uniaiihiul, can neither be reieas-
cd, nor carried before the Tribunals witnout
compromitung the safety Of the state
Finally, that some belonging to different
countries that have been united to France are
dangerous men, who cannot be brought to
trial because their offences are either ooIit,.
cal or anterionr TO the union, and that tL,y
could not be set at liberty without comprom.
itting the interest Of the state.
COnhucrlnp. hDxy rho, ., ., -.
assured that such of our subjects as are de .
tanned in the State Prisons are detained f.,
Legitimate causes ! with a view TO publick
interest," and not from private considerations
and passions.
iha. 1t is proper to establish, for the ex.
animation OF each affair, legal and solemn
forms.
=" And that by proceeding to this examin,-
tion, by giving the first decisions in priv
council and reviewing anew every wear the.
causes OF detention, to see if they ought 70 b,
prolonged, we shall provide equally for the
safety of the state and the citizens
WE NAVE DEcREED WHAT FOLLOWS -
TABLE TIE yIRsr.
ART. l'--No individual shah be detained
ia stale prisoner but in virtue of n decisio,
upon tue report OF our Grand Judge, Minis.
"r oi Jus''ce, spd our Minister of Police. i,
a Pri,y Council. '' "'
ihe detention authorized BY pr;y,
y Souh'ii' Cannot extend beyond year. np,.s,
IL oe authorized by fresh Privy Counc;I
Here followed several articles ord.r;,,
each prison to be inspected once . wear. Facs
PRISON Is To DC under the administration ne IN
officer OF Gendarmerie the eaoier !, ~ y, -. @
"n"ef MN anu II he tavours a clandes,;n,
correspondence, on The part of anv prisoner
&c IS 10 be dismissed, and imprisoned for six
months There are to be eig ght state prisons
ot' Sebastians, our readers will ohser,. :. /
at the loot ef the Pyrenees, and ,b.refor.,d
'oining France, ans yet from that ouar,er -,
ne Following statement been brouvh, bv ~, |
american Captain He says, that :, The wo-
men oil the country, had, on various occ,s;on,
procured provisions, cloathinr, and numcr'
'us ", necessary articles, which, IN defiance q, |
'h ,emonstrances, they daily conveyed 10
',na'i !, oooics oi patriotick troops, who had |
,ncwn themselves in The neirbbourbood
MS was at length considered a. an oesnes