422 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



right to impeach the Ministers be- 

 fore the Peers, which alone are 

 competent to try tliera. — Art. 56. 

 They cannot be accused, except for 

 high treason or peculation. 



Of the Judicial Older. 

 Art. 57. All justice emanates 

 from the King : it is administered 

 in his name by judues whom he 

 nominates and appoints. — Art. 58. 

 The judges nominated by the King 

 cannot be removed. Art. 59. The 

 ordinary courts and tribunals actn- 

 ally 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 nomi- 

 nated 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 extraor- 

 dinary commissions and tribunals. 

 — Art. 64. The pleadings in crimi- 

 nal matters may be published, un- 

 less 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 con- 

 jBscation of property is abolished, 

 and cannot be reestablished — Art. 

 67. The King has the right of 

 pardon, and that of commuting 

 punishments. — Art. 68. The civil 

 code and the laws actually existing 

 not contrary to the present char- 

 ter, remain in force till they shall 

 be legally abolished. 



Particular Bighls guaranteed by 



the S*aie. 



Art. 69. The military in active 



service, the officers and soldiers 



who have retired, the widows, of- 



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 invio- 

 lable. — Art. 71. The ancient nobi- 

 lity 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 re- 

 gulations. — Art. 74. The King and 

 his successors shall swear at the 

 ceremony of their anointment to 

 the faithful observance of the pre- 

 sent 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 conti- 

 nue 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. 



President of the United States of 

 America. 



A Proclamation. 

 Whereas it is manifest that the 

 blockade, which has been pro- 

 claimed 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, 



