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trial by jury; liberty of person, 
except in cases prescribed by law, 
freedom of worship, liberty of 
the press without previous cen- 
sorship, the general right of pe« 
titioning, and equal admissibility 
of all citizens to civil and mili- 
tary employments. 
Three days before this, Buona- 
parte had published a decree by 
which extraordinary commis- 
sioners were sent to all the 
military divisions, who were to 
abrogate the functions of mayors, 
adjuncts, members of municipal 
councils, officers and command- 
ants of national guards, and sub- 
prefects, and were to renew them 
provisionally onthe recommenda- 
tion of the prefects. They were 
also to renovate the members of 
the councils-general of depart- 
ment, and of councils of district ; 
and they were to transmit to the 
minister of the interior all the 
nominations which they should 
make. They were further autho- 
rized to replace provisionally all 
the funetionaries of the boards 
of public administration who 
should be absentfrom their posts, 
or unable to fill them. The 
object of this decree to place 
all local authority in the hands 
of persons devoted to the new 
order of things, is apparent. For 
the purpose of producing a coun- 
terbalance to the royalists of Brite 
tany, a federal compact was pro- 
posed to the five departments of 
that province, of persons devoted 
to the Emperor and the national 
cause, who were to form a part 
of the national guard ; and aconsi- 
derable number of signatures to it 
was obtained. That a spirit of op- 
ene to the government of 
Wonaparte: was ‘still active in 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
various parts of France was made. 
manifest by a report of the mini- 
ster of general police, Fouche, 
which notified that disorders 
had occurred in various depart- 
ments of the West and North 
and recommended that effectual 
measures should be taken for 
their prevention and suppression. 
In consequence, an imperial de- 
cree was issued on May 9th, cons 
taining various injunctions against 
intercourse and correspondence 
with the Count de Lille (as 
Louis XVIII. was termed), and 
the members of his house and: 
their agents, and against all who 
should insult the tri-coloured flag, 
or adopt any other rallying signal. 
In the beginning of May the 
French Papers made slight men- 
tion of disturbances renewed at 
Marseilles, Arles, and other parts 
of the South, and of royal procla- 
mations stuck up at Paris, all in- 
dicating the effects on the pub- 
lic mind of the certain approach 
of a foreign war, and the conse- 
quent insecurity of the existing 
government. A strong manifes- 
to addressed to the French na- 
tion by the King, drawn up by 
Lally Tolendal, contributed its 
aid to revive the Bourbon cause. 
The ceremonial of the Champ 
de Mai did not take place till 
June lst. Its purpose was by no 
means deliberative, as might 
seem to be implied by a title al- 
lusive to ancient practice, but 
merely to express the national 
consent to the constitution pro« 
posed to it by imperial authority ; 
hence the greater part of the 
electors who had come to Paris 
from the provinces returned to 
their homes previously to the so- 
lemnity. The pageant was con- 
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