right to impeach the Ministers before the Peers, which alone are competent to try them.-Art. 56. They cannot be accused, except for high treason or peculation. Of the Judicial Order. Art. 57. All justice emanates from the King: it is administered in his name by judges whom he nominates and appoints.-Art. 58. The judges nominated by the King cannot be removed. Art. 59. The ordinary courts and tribunals actually existing are retained. Art. 60. The present institution of the judges of commerce is preserved Art. 61. The office of justice of the peace is likewise retained. The justices of the peace, though nominated by the King, are removeable. -Art. 62. No man can be taken out of the hands of his natural judges.-Art 63. There cannot, of course, be created any extraordinary commissions and tribunals. -Art. 64. The pleadings in criminal matters may be published, unless their publicity be dangerous to good order and morals; and in this case the tribunals shall declare it by a judgment.-Art. 65. The institution of juries is retained.Art. 66. The penalty of the confiscation of property is abolished, and cannot be re-established-Art. 67. The King has the right of pardon, and that of commuting ficers, and soldiers pensioned, shall retain their ranks, honours, and pensions.-Art. 70. The public debt is guaranteed: all kinds of engagements contracted by the state, with its creditors, are inviolable. Art. 71. The ancient nobility resume their titles; the new retain theirs. The King creates nobles at pleasure, but he confers on them only ranks and honours, without any exemption from the charges and duties of society.-Art. 72. The Legion of Honour is maintained: the King will fix its interior regulations and decorations. -Art. 73. The colonies shall be governed by particular laws and regulations.-Art. 74. The King and his successors shall swear at the ceremony of their anointment to the faithful observance of the present constitutional charter. Temporary Articles. Art. 75. The deputies of the departments of France, who sat in the Legislative Body at the time of the last adjournment, shall continue to sit in the house of deputies till they are re-placed.-Art. 76. The first renewal of one-fifth of the house of deputies shall take place, at the latest, in the year 1816, according to the order fixed between the classes. punishments.-Art. 68. The civil President of the United States of code and the laws actually existing not contrary to the present charter, remain in force till they shall be legally abolished. Particular Rights guaranteed by the State. Art. 69. The military in active service, the officers and soldiers who have retired, the widows, of America. A Proclamation. Whereas it is manifest that the blockade, which has been proclaimed by the enemy, of the whole Atlantic coast of the United States, nearly two thousand miles in extent, and abounding in ports, harbours, and navigable inlets, a cannot be carried into effect by any adequate force actually stationed for the purpose; and it is rendered a matter of certainty and notoriety, by the multiplied and daily arrivals and departures of the private armed vessels of the United States, and of other vessels, that no such adequate force has been so stationed; and whereas blockade thus destitute of the character of a regular and legal blockade, as defined and recognised by the established law of nations, whatever other purposes it may be made to answer, forms no lawful prohibition or obstacle to such neutral and friendly vessels as may choose to visit and trade with the United States; and whereas it ac cords with the interest and the amicable views of the United States, to favour and promote, as far as may be, the free and mutually beneficial commercial intercourse of all friendly nations disposed to engage therein, and, with that view, to afford to their vessels destined to the United States a more positive and satisfactory security against all interruptions, molestations, or vexations what ever, from the cruizers of the United States; Now be it known, that I, James Madison, President of the United States of America, do, by this my Proclamation, strictly order and instruct all the public armed vessels of the United States, and all private armed vessels commissioned as privateers, or with letters of marque and reprisals, not to interrupt, detain, or otherwise molest or vex, any vessels whatever, belonging to neutral powers, or the subjects or citizens thereof, which vessels shall be actually bound and proceeding to any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States; but, on the contrary, to render to all such vessels all the aid and kind offices which they may need or require. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at the city of Washington, the 29th day of June, in the [SEAL] year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States the thirtyeighth. JAMES MADISON. By the President, JAMES MONROE, Secretary of the Navy. Treaty of Peace between the Kings of France and Spain. In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity, his Majesty the King of Spain and the Indies, and his Allies, on the one part, and his Majesty the King of France and Navarre, on the other part, being equally animated by a desire to put an end to the long agitations of Europe, and the calamities of nations, by a solid peace, founded on a just distribution of strength among the powers, and containing in its stipulations the guarantee of its duration; and his Majesty the King of Spain and the Indies, and his Allies, not wishing, now that France is replaced under the paternal government of her kings, and that she thus furnishes a pledge of security and stability, to require of her conditions and guarantees which they would have felt regret in demanding of her under the late government; their said Majesties have nominated to discuss, settle, and sign, a treaty of peace and amity, namely: His Majesty the King of Spain and the Indies, Don Pedro Gomez Labrador, Knight of the Royal Spanish Order of Charles III. his Counsellor of State, &c.; and his Majesty the King of France and Navarre, M. Charles Maurice Talleyrand Perigord, Prince of Benevent, Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Golden Fleece, &c.; who having exchanged their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed on the following articles: Art. 1. Reckoning from this date, there shall be perpetual peace and amity between his Majesty the King of Spain and the Indies, and his allies, on the one part, and his Majesty the King of France and Navarre on the other part, their heirs and successors, their states and respective subjects. The high contracting parties will apply all their cares to maintain, not only between themselves, but also, as far as depends on them, between all the states of Europe, the harmony and good understanding so necessary to its repose. [Here follow the articles contained in the Treaty concluded on the 30th of May, between France and the Allied Powers.] Additional Articles. Art. 1. The property, of whatever kind, which Spaniards possess in France, or Frenchmen in Spain, shall be respectively restored to them in the state in which it was at the period of sequestration or confiscation. The removal of the sequestration shall extend to all property in this predicament, at what period soever it may have been sequestrated. The disputes respecting money matters, at present existing, or which may hereafter arise, between Spaniards and French, whether they began before the war or originated since, shall be adjusted by a mixed commission; and if these disputes fall under the exclusive cognizance of the courts of justice, the respective tribunals shall be exhorted on both sides to administer due and speedy justice. Art. 2. A treaty of commerce shall be concluded as soon as possible between the two powers; and till this treaty can be carried into effect, the commercial relations between the two countries shall be re-established on the footing on which they were in 1792. The present additional articles shall have the same force and effect as if they were inserted word for word in the treaty of this day. They shall be ratified, and their ratifications exchanged at the same time. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed them, and affixed the seal of their arms. Done at Paris, the 20th of July, in the Year of Grace 1814. (Signed) D. PEDRO GOMEZ LABRADOR. PROCLAMATIONS IN BELGIUM. Being called to another destination, and the time fixed by the high allies being arrived, for giving up the general government into the hands of his Royal Highness the Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands, I cannot take leave of your fine provinces without first expressing to you my regret and my wishes. Though the evils of war have been felt among you longer than we had hoped, I am at least conscious that I have neglected nothing to alleviate the burden. The peace, which has given repose to Europe, is going to confirm the happiness of the people of Belgium and Holland: already connected by the natural bonds of a common descent, of common industry and virtues, you will find the pledge of your durable prosperity in the strict conformity of your administration. Belgium, under the government of the Serene House of Orange, under a system the most favourable to its commerce, and with the preservation of its religion and manners, will soon be restored to its ancient lustre. Your fine cities, Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, Ant werp, &c. the monuments of your national industry, which languished in the late unhappy times, will again rival in industry and prosperity the first commercial nations. People of Belgium! the general interest of Europe destines you an enviable fate; an indissoluble union shall ensure its duration, under the most venerable guarantee that human power can give. Permit me, after having in these difficult times struggled with you against adversity, to indulge a hope that you will sometimes remember me in the days of your prosperity. Baron de VINCENT. Brussels, July 31st. At the same time the following was published in Dutch aud French: William, by the Grace of God, Prince of Orange Nassau, Sove reign Prince of the United Netherlands. To the People of Belgium greet ing. Europe owes its deliverance to the magnanimity of the allied sovereigns; soon it will owe to their wisdom a political system, which will ensure to agitated nations long years of prosperity and repose. The new destination of your beautiful provinces is a necessary part of this system; and the negociations which are going to be opened at Vienna will have for their object to have it recognized, and consolidate the extension of Belgium on a basis conformable to your interests, to that of your neighbours, and of all Europe. Called to the government of your country for the short interval which still separates us from the future so long desired, I come among you with the wish of being useful to you-with all the sentiments of a friend, of a father. I desire to be assisted by the most enlightened, the most respected aong you, in the honourable task assigned me by the confidence of the allied monarchs, and of which I hasten to acquit myself in Happy if, in multiplying my claims to your esteem, I shall succeed in preparing and facilitating the union which is to fix your destiny, and which will permit my love to make no difference between you and that people, whom nature herself seems to have destined to form with Belgium one powerful and prosperous state. Given at Brussels, 1st August. By his Royal Highness, (Signed) A. R. FALCK. Proclamation of the King of Swe den to the Norwegians. At the moment when our wellbeloved Son, the Prince Royal of Sweden, is about to put himself at the head of our forces, by sea and land, in order to take possession of the kingdom of Norway; we can not refuse to our paternal heart the satisfaction of once more opening the path of peace and conciliation to our misled subjects, before the calamities inevitable from the entrance of an armed force confound the innocent with the guilty. Inhabitants of Norway! Your political existence has been irrevocably decided by the great results of the war, and sanctioned by the most solemn treaties. A few factious persons, who would deceive your truth and good faith, no longer have it in their power to oppose obstacles to the establishment in the North of a new order of things, which has been unanimously guaranteed by all the preponderating powers of Europe. The incontestable rights of Sweden to the union of Norway have been too dearly purchased by the blood and patriotic efforts of our subjects, that we should hesitate a single instant to render them effectual, and to support them by all the means which Providence has placed at our disposal. For all the sacrifices by which we have contributed to the general deliverance of Europe, we have desired no other reward but the future peace and tranquillity of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It was to facilitate the happy union of Norway to Sweden, and to cement it by all the principles of honour and good faith, that we consented to restore to the King of Denmark the most valuable of his continental possessions, conquered and then occupied by our victorious troops and those of our allies. It was in consideration of this object, so much desired, that we hastened at once to put a stop to the payment of all the contributions which had already been imposed on the Danish provinces ; that we solemnly renounced all the old claims which we were entitled to make on the court of Copenhagen in favour of our subjects, and that we added to these disinterested conditions of peace offers still more considerable, and sacrifices very painful to our heart, as an ulterior indemnity for the peaceable cession of Norway. Unfortunately a single individual has hitherto disregarded all our efforts, and those of our august allies. That individual is the late governor of his Danish Majesty, who takes upon him to abuse your confidence, in order to make you act criminally towards the powers who have sanctioned the union of the Scandinavian states, and who have |