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promise, that it shall be inTiylably 

 obvTvwl. Jri faith of wliich, w<; 

 have ^iveri »hiri<: present'*, signed 

 with our hand, rountertiigncd and 

 scaled with our irrifx-rial seal. At 

 tlic pala-ce of Sf hocriLiiniiri, 27th of. 

 JJecemhcr, 1805. By the emperor, 

 Napoleon. The minister nee. of 

 state, M. li. .Maret. 'J'he minister 

 of foreign relations, Ch. Maur. 

 Talleyrand. 



Nev) ComlHuiion of Holland. — I'fie 

 folloicin/f in a Sketxh of the Plan 

 oj the New ilonytUulion of Hol- 

 land, arul an /Icrount of the nic 

 ccmive I'rocecdin^s relative lo the 

 Adoption oj llw iiuid Plan. 



JJa^^i/e, March \bth, 1805, 

 This day the Ic^M-btive body rc- 

 ceJTed, from the htat<: dircdfory, a 

 note containing the following pro- 

 poiiiionb :— 1. 'i'hat the plan of the 

 Batarian Constitution (in<*ert"d in 

 that note, and of uhi'h an ab-itract 

 \% t^iven below) shall be proposed to 

 the Hatavian people, for their ap- 

 probation or rejerfion : and, 2. 

 'J'hat it be proposed to the iJataviaii 

 people, at the same time, to appoint, 

 in the event of their a<lop'ing this 

 conitilution, Kut^jer Jan SchimmeU 

 penninck, first pensionary of the 

 council, with such powers as are 

 more fully stated in the syid pro- 

 poiial : and, '.!,. '1 hat both the above 

 thall be propr>sed to the liatavian 

 peo[)le, in eonformity to the prc- 

 «Cfiplionii piiblir.hed Sept. 14, \W)\ . 

 'J'he said note was, by the legislative 

 body, refHrred to citizens Vandtr- 

 muylen. Van Hoof, Van Rhemen, 

 Sideriuk, De (lnu\i-, Repelaer Van 

 Spykenissc, De Jonchcere, Da Sit- 

 ter, and Dc Lange Van Wynu'ner- 

 den, to take it into coDjiUcratio/j, 

 Vot. XLVil. 



and to report their opinion to the 

 assembly: 



The plan il divided into eighty- 

 BCTcn articles. Articles I to fi, in- 

 clusive, contain general regulations: 

 byarticls 10 to ]i, the Urritorial 

 division of the republic is (ixcti, 

 which h to be comprised, as hitherto, 

 in eight departmenis, subdivided 

 info districts. The exercise o( the 

 right to vote is to remain provi- 

 sionally upon the present footing. 

 No clergyman of any persuasion 

 can be elected to any political of- 

 fice, and military persons ans not to 

 vote, but at the pla* e of their lixed 

 habitation, separate from that where 

 they are in garrison. Articles 15 

 to .'J7 treat of the legislative body, 

 which u to be styled their higli 

 Tnit:htineg»e«, representing the Uata- 

 \iafi commonwealth : the avijerntjly is 

 to be addressed, high and u.ighty 

 lords. Thi« asiwmbly, with the 

 pin!-if>nary, represent the supreme 

 power ol the Batavian people, and 

 the fixing oi laws belongs to them. 

 The assembly is to consist of nine- 

 teen menibers, elected for three 

 years, and nominated by the admi- 

 nistrations of the deparmientH : viz, 

 tseven for Hollufid, one for Zealand, 

 one for Ctre<h(, and two for eiich 

 of the other departments. With re- 

 spect to their qualificatiftn", thejr 

 must be citizens who have a right to 

 vote, be upwards of thirty years of 

 age, born within one of the eight 

 departrnenlfi, Or the colonics of the 

 state, and have refolded, for six yeari 

 preceding tlieir election, in the de- 

 par Ifnent for whifh they shall sit, 

 unles« absent in the serrice of the 

 republic ; and they muvt not b<' re- 

 lated to each other, up to »be fourth 

 degree of consanguinity. For each 

 election the departmental adminis- 

 tration is to send lour names lo the 

 X I peBjiooary, 



