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A Me for the a&s of government fi r\v,d by t! ern, and for the exe* ci don nf the laws* 404 They can be impeached by the Hnufe of repreLntativesj and tried by the houfe of peers. 41. Any of the minifters ana officers or the army and navy may be accufed by the houfe of rep e- fenratives and tried by the houfe of peer<, for offences again ft the fafetj aid ho. or ot the nation. 42. The houfe ot peers, in this tafe, {hall have power to de lare the {Fence as well as to inflict a fa: ion (repeal) Cialt Be 3 the form of a law. CHAPTER VI. e uarion Rights of the Citizens^ 59. The French pe <ple ar6 e- qual in the eyes of the law, as well for the payment of taxes, and d f- t.„*, ,......----- charge of public duties as for the treaty of Chaumont. They have admiffion to civil and military e«i.- therefore a ?reed. by a foierrin trea¬ ts France of Bonaparte int6 France and the piefent fir of that kingdom, may have with refpeel to thefecurity of Europe, have determined, fo thrfe weighty circumftances to carry into effect the principles confecrated :ri the (hall have the rigHfc feeiproeajlv >a accredit with the generals, c;.m manders of their armies, officers" who fhall be allowed the liberty of correfponding with their g0v ernments. in order to inform them' of the military events, and of all that relates to the operations of the armies. ployment. 60. No one {hall, on ahy prc- text, betaken fr-mi b fore the judges afiigned to him by law. 61. No one {hall be pmfecated, arreited^ or held in custody* puniih^e't at their d;scre .on. but in cafes pn Vid-.d by law 43$ Before refolving to i.npeich and according to the prefenbed forms. a mini ft er, the houfe of rep efen- tatives fliall de fare tint there is reafon for their accufatim a^ainft days af- him. 44- This declaration {hall not be made un il after a report made by a committee of fLsty members drawn by lot. T his committee fhail not report ber re 10 .ter their appointment. 4c. When the chamber has de- \ c1 irb(J th it there is ; aufc of cxam- 5 p«Tj they may fummon the miri- i r to come befo.e them, and compel uimtoa fwerand explain, This cail cannot be made within te • days aiter the report of the comm ttee* 46. In any other cafe, the min- lifers of departments can- ot be called nor examined by die houfe. 47; When the houfe erf repre- fentadves has d.cl«red that there is caufe of inquiry again ft a mim ifteV? a new committee of 60 em¬ bers (hall be app ante J by lot, as befo e, which fhdl prepare and reno t charges f-r impeachment, lod.iysafter their appointment. 48. fhc i/peachment cannot be declared until 10 days after the read! g and promulgation of the 62. The liberty of worfliip is guaranteed to all. 6$. -Ml property acquired un¬ der the function of the laws, and all the (c edits ot) claims upon the ftate, are inviolable. 64. Eve< y citizen has the right to prin" & q publiih his thoughts, on putting his figoature to rheirt, wthout any previous fcftraint, excepting his legal fefponfibiiity after publication by the decifion of a jury, eveii if the cale fliould be fubject only to the fmallett pen¬ alty. 65. The right of petitioning is fecured td every citizen. Every petition is ind.vidtial. They ca:i be addrefied to the government or to the two houfes, in whieh . . m ' ' roor.- dared, the chamber of reprefenta- t:ves fliall ,-ppr int c commiflioners from 'heir body to manage the , t« ial before the houfe . >f peers. 50. I he 75 h artcle ot tale 8th of the conlfitutional act m 22d Friraire, 8th ;ctr. providing that tiief agents t f gove- nment cannot b: p-&\ utel but by v> tuc of a I decifion of the council oi'ftatv-, llud be nudified by a law. CHAPTER V< . . . OF THE JUDICIARY POWER. 51. Ihe emperor will app unt aM the judges. They are irrcmo- X'able and t>r lire, tiom tne mo- 7 ment of tneir appointment, e::- ceptincr the rw'dices of the peace i- r in. it 1 and of commerce, who ihall be ^appoinred as torm r«y.- The p -efent *iud^es named by the emperor according to the ie- iiatus co'iiukum of October 12th, 3807, and whom-he {hall fee fit to retain, will he confirmed for life by the firfl of January next. 52. The trial by jury {hall be preierved 53. 'I he tnals in criminal cafes fliall be public. 54. Military crimes alone fliall be cried1 by mi'i'ary courts. $5. All, other crimes, even if co emitted by the military, {hall be recognized by the civil tribu- pais. hil cafe they mutt be addreff cl w the empcor. They fliall be prf* {'cn:cd to the chambers by a mem¬ ber who flidl fupr)ort the petition. "They fliall be read publicly, and if , the houfc takes them into conlid- eration th y fliall be prefented bf their prefident to the emperor. 66, No place or ponion o^ ter¬ ritory {hall be deel red in a it.it e of fiege, but in cafe of actusd inv I- fion by a foreign power, or a civ¬ il commotion. In the firfl: cTe, the declaration • fliall be made by an act of govern¬ ment. In the fecond cafe, it cannot be , fo, bu. by the law. At all times-, r when this may be the cafe, and the houfes arc not in feffion, the act of government declaring a ftate tit fiegt {hall be put into the form of a law within the firfl: fif- teen days of their next fitting. 6y. The French people declare, that in the delegation of power ere given or to be made, they did not and do' not underftand is -d«/- en 'he right to p:opofe the re-es- tabl-fhment of the Bourbons or a- ny bra.'xh of that family on the ti rone, even in cafe of the extinc- tion of the imperial dynifty ; nor the right to reinitiate the ancient feudal nobility, or the feudal or feigneural rights, or the tithes, or the privilege of any religious es- tabliflirncnt ; nor the authority to attempt to invalidate any tales \ lie national domains 5 all erop- ofitions to this elfecl being formal- ly prohibited to the government, to the two (legiflative) houfes, and to the citizens. Given at Paris, the 22d of A- pril, 1815. tv. mutually figned by each of trie four powers, to renew the engage- ment that they will defend the fo happily reftore'd order, erf things in Kujrone agamll all violation, and r0 adopt the moft effectual meafur'-s For carrying this en^ge- ment into effect, and alo to give it that neceffary exunfion which ex- ifting ctrcumftances irrlperioufly d' mind. [Here follow the appointments, in the ufual form, of the different plerlipotentiarics whife names are underfiorr->ed. 1 AcT: 1—The high contracting powers folemnly engage to unite the refoarces or tlieir refpective ftates .^or the m.untenmce of" the treaty of peace concluded at Paris on the 3Crh of May 1814, as well as that of the congrefi ot Vienna to carry into full cff;c"r. the db- pofitionj- contained in thefe trea¬ ties—inviolably to obferve their ratified and fubfcribedagre^fliients according to their mil import—to defend rheril againft the projects of Napoleon Bon >parte. Towards tills end they bnd themfelves, fliould the king of France defire it, and in the fplrii of the declaration idued on the 1 *fjj of March, with coirnvra o-nicnt and mutual' ag- ,•- • • Bv th gned, NAPOLEON. vmperor, << 5t>- All crimes and misdemea¬ nor w'ich were cognizable before the high imperial court, and of Which the judgement k not refer Ved by rhis aft to the houfe of peers, fliall be brought before the ordinary tribunals. 57. The emperor hns the right of pardon in criminal matters, and to grant amncfties. 58. The interpretation of the laws, required by the court of cef. The Mimfter Secretary of State,- Signed, The Duke of Bajam. . . STATE PAPER. . New treaty of the Allied Powers. In the name of the holy and un¬ divided Trinity : ' r 11heiTr me&™ the emperors of ah the Rufius, the Kmoeror of Auitna,theK}ng0f Pruffia, and theLmgoftheUnbed Kingdom of Great Bntiiii and Ireland, con fidenng the conibguenccs which 7— As the engagements entered into by the prefent treaty, have for object to maintain the general peace, the high contracting now. ers agree to invite all the powers bf Europe to accede to them..... 8— As theprefent treaty is sb. ply and folely entered into with:a view to fupport France and every other threatened country againtt the attempts of Bonaparte and his a^hevent,s, hi^ moft chriitian ma- jefty fliall be fpe-. tally invited to accede thereto—and in the event of his majefty's chiminT the force {perilled in article 2, he flidlmake known what afliftance hiscircum- ftances enable him to contribute towards the object of the prefent treaty. 9—The prefent treaty fhall be ratified, and the ratification ex¬ changed within the period of one * month, or f >oner if poffible. In teftimony whereof the res¬ pective rd en' pot ent.iaries have fign- ed an:l fealed the fame. Count Rasamofky Count Nesselrode ■ Prince Metternich LS Ls LS LS Btron Wessenberg ls Prince Hardenberg ls Baron Humboldt ls Wellington. ■• Euronean A I London, tpriH% M a hte hour this morning we . received Dutch papi {f}{g«J utt. from which U (,, J 'J « the foilowinSextrarts : ^ ' * U MF.NTZ APRi,, ,. r " ORDER OF TW. D $ .. - . * April%%, l8 ' "HlS majefty the emptor J A^naon concert with the hiJ allied powers, his named m ^ recment, to bring to fuliice all At Vienna, the 25th Marcn, i3if fuch as may have already joined or ili;li hereafter join the partv of Nap "con, in order to compel him to rclinqulQi his projects, and to render him incapable in future of diiiii'btftgj the trannudity of tui*- ope and the genera} pea'e, under the protection of which the rights the freedom, and the indenend- eirce of nations h tve besn cltab- lilTied and fecured* 2 —Although (o great and falti- tary an ohjecl docs not permit that the means deftined to its at¬ tain ment fliould be limited, and although the high contracting powers have refoived to devote to this object, all fuch refources as they can, jn their refpefti^e fitua- tioiiS. d fnofe of; yet thev have 4 '4 t nevertheless agreed, that everyone of them fliall conftantiy have in, the field 150,000 men complete, of whom at kaft one tenth {hall be cavalry, with a proportionate ar¬ tillery, (not reckoning gamibns) and to etrHoy them in active uni¬ ted fcrvice againit the common enemy. . j—The high coruTacYing par¬ ties folemnly engage not id lay clo\yn their arms but in agreement with each other, nor until th^ oh- jecls of the war affigned in the firfl: ar:icle of the prefent treaty fliall have been attained—nor until Bo¬ naparte flhall be wholly and com¬ pletely deprived of the power of exciting disturbances, and of be- ing able to renc.v his attempts to obtain the chief power of France, 4—As the prefent treaty prind* pally relates to the prefent circum¬ stances, the engagements in the treaty of Chaumont, and particu¬ larly that contained in the 16th article, fliall again recover their full force, as foon as the prefent object fhail be attained. $—Every thing relating to the command of the allied armies, the maintenance of the fame, &c. fliall be regulated by a fpecial conven¬ tion. • • ■•' errior of Meritz, and has confided to me the protection and fafetv of this important buhvirk nf Ger% many. , Proud of the deftinatipn* and full of confidence in the noble fentiments which direct the fab. jects of fo great a number of Prin. ces towards the fame ohject, and excite in them the fame enthofi. asm, I have hastened to come hither, and the firft moments I diave pafied here, have fulfilled my expectations, I have received wi:h emotion the tefiimony of the fin- cereft attachment to our common countrv, of fidelity to lawful fove- reigns, of the ftrictefl unio!-> for the prefervation of the moft faired rights again ft a foreign attack. My firft care Avail be, to nourifh, to direct, and to flrenethrn this en- ergetlc Amtirnent by the mad en¬ tire devotednefs. I am a ftraecr to any preference for fuch and fuch troops * my companions in arms will always have the ftme ciiims to my attachment: we have all fworn fidelity to thz ftandard of our country, and our Princes depend upon us ; we muft answer this confidence, and I fliall eftcem myfelf happy to {hare glory and danger with the brave fddiers whom I now fee allemhhd around me. • u The Archduke CHARllS."' ' I • ' Auffchi April'n> 6—The high contracting parties . "By order of tne duke of Wel¬ lington, a bridge is thrown over the Ruppel, to facilit^e the p* sage ot the German troops who