4^20 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



the service of his Prussian Majes- 

 ty, shall remain without eft'ect ; 

 as also the judgments which may 

 have been given in execution of 

 those decrees. 



- The present additional article 

 shall have the same force and vali- 

 dity as if it had been inserted in 

 those words in the treaty of this 

 day. It shall be ratified, and the 

 ratifications shall be exchanged at 

 the same time. In faith of which 

 the respective plenipotentiaries 

 have signed it, and affixed the seal 

 of their arms. 



Done at Paris, .30th of May, in 

 the year of our Lord, 1SI4. 

 The Prince of Benevent. 



- Charles Augusius Baion of 



Hakdendurgh. 

 Charles William, Baron de 

 Humboldt. 



FRENCH CONSTITUTION. 



Public Rights of the French. 



Arts. 1,'2,"3, declaieall French- 

 men, of Avhatever rank or title, 

 equal in the eye of the law, equal- 

 ly admissible to civil and military 

 employments, and contributing 

 without distinction in proportion 

 to their property to the burthens 

 of the state. — Art. 4 guarantees 

 personal liberty, so that no one be 

 prosecuted or arrested but accord- 

 ing to law. — Arts. 5 and G declare 

 the Catholic religion the religion 

 of the state ; but that every one 

 shall profess his faith with equal 

 freedom, and be protected in its 

 exercise. — By Art. 7, the minis- 

 ters of the Catholic and other 

 Christian modes of worship alone 

 receive their stipends from the 

 royal treasury. — Art. 8. TheFrench 

 are entitled to publish and print 



their opinions, while conforming 

 to the laws which will repress 

 abuses of this liberty. — Art. 9, de- 

 clares all property inviolable, that 

 called national not excepted. — Art. 

 11, prohibits all inquiry into opi- 

 nions or votes delivered before the 

 Restoration. — By Art. 12, the con- 

 scription is abolished. 



Forms of the King's Government. 

 Art. 13. The person of the King- 

 is sacred -and inviolable ; his mini- 

 sters are responsible. — Art. 14. He 

 is supreme head of the state ; com- 

 mands the sea and land forces ; 

 makes treaties of peace, alliance, 

 and commerce; appoints to all 

 public employments. — Art. 15, 

 The Legislative Power is exercised 

 collectively by the King, the Cham- 

 ber of Peers, and the Chamber of 

 Deputies of Departments. — By Art. 

 16 and 17, the King proposes 

 laws, either to the Peers or Depu- 

 ties ; but tax-bills must first be 

 proposed to the Deputies. Every 

 law to be discussed freely and de- 

 cided by vote By Art. 19 and 20, 



the Chambers are entitled to re- 

 quest the King to propose a law 

 on any subject whatever, and to 

 suggest what it should contain. 

 This request must have been dis- 

 cussed in Secret Committee, and is 

 not to be sent from the one Cham- 

 ber to the other, but after an in- 

 terval often days. — Art. 2L If the 

 proposition is adopted by the other 

 chamber, it shall be transmitted to 

 the King ; if rejected, it cannot 

 be re-introduced in the same ses- 

 sion. — Art. 22. The King alone 

 sanctions and promulgates laws.— 

 Art. 23. The Civil List to be fixed 

 for the reign, by the first legisla- 

 ture assembled after the accessibn 

 of the King. 



