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The Troops at Brunswick Are'inarc.Hin^ barrier still more insurmountable ? No oo ] Paris, knowing that Napoleon had hern re- Field-Marshal ; known in koow :\ cnoccusation.J This committee cannot report \ Brittany, Anjou, whether su'-h shameless pn: Vv X let all foreign domination be from there .is the title of L*n- and in La until ten after its expelled cognised preserving Normandy, Vender, throughout be followed by nr* conquests. The Kccca- I days appointment. the Italian soil. as peror, and Sovereign of the Island of El- the blood which be has shed—so of an a The act of impeachment cannot be pro- England,by ty aidunus struggle becomes new i. j Formerly masters of the world, hare ba, should have him these that he nounced until ten after the and you they designated by had prepared and rendered sure the point for ah Printer, ami nations, The 1 days reading that fatal an lying expiated glory by oppression of titles, and should not have wandered, either crime and in effect isolated assassins' distribution of the report. j ; many important consideration-, alone have made m. ■ ! twenty ages. To-day, your glory must be to in point or in form, from that re- have at Island 49. The impeachment being pronounced, respectable endeavored the ot Elba, to gain resolve to order the military measures tliatai. I have no longer any masters ! F.ac.h nation which the the house of | gard they impose. by murder ot Napoleon, the culpable ai.U necessary to act with the greatest representatives appoints five to retain themselves within the limits vigor, atui 9 ought They should have felt, that to shameful that was tuc n. commissioners out of its body, to prosecute according salary promised the application of which lias beta once mtea 1 which nature has and fixed to them. the laws of the weakest ei-* the before the house of assigned Napoleon, prince, 3d. The Duchies ot Parma and Placentia, crowned with the success'’ impeachment peers. 'File sea and dy happiest inaccessible mountains, are your ther the or the extent of his were in 50. The article 75 of Title Vi i I. of the by population given full property to Man a Louisa Brussels, April 24. frontiers ! Never dread to them, as his constitutional act of the 22d go beyond territory, enjoys, regards political and for herself, her son and his descendants ; and At the of the Duke of Frin.aire, year but the who comes request Wellington, I repulse stranger over civil character, those to ev- after refusal to b, declaring that the of the rights belonging long put her in possession, the English government has given fresn ,,rl agents govern- them, and him to re-enter his own. with ment cannot compel ery sovereign prince, equally the most consummated the an al»s*i- tiers ior a numerous > be prosecuted but by virtue of a they injustice by seudiug corps of 80,000 Italians of Naples, run to your Succor, powertulmonaroh ; and acknow- lute j cavalry decision of the counsel of state, shall be mo- Napoleon, spoliation, under the illusory pretext of to this country. The Hanoverians tnarciuni- under thecommar.il of their king ; they have ledged under the title of and in the an dified by a law. Emperor, exchange without value, disproportionate, by way of Antwerp, will be m their canton- sworn not to rest untill Italy is free ; and al- quality of a Prince, all the without TITLE V.-OK THE JUDICIAL POWERS. j Sovereign by pow- sovereignty, and without consent; St ments lietween Ath and Tourniy, bv the 3uth ready they have proved on several occasions, ers, was not more than of them the documents j 51. The emperor appoints ail the — any intpeach- existing with exterior relati- inst. The troops at Brunswick judges j that they knew well how their able, beiove the of are’inarc.hin^ arc irremovable and fer from they keep (justiciable J Congress ons, which tve have that towards Mens. Several of the They life, the oath 1 Vienna. represented, prove corps troops of time of it was, the the the are their appointment ; except the juchj- ! by solicitations, by iutreaiies empire now marching along the Italians in all countries ! Second their mag- The of these im- and ts of the peace and ttie of commerce, forgetfulwrs-x principles, intrigues of the Prince of llenevento, tout Meuse. The Prussian general Von judges nanimous efforts! Let those who have car- to Zeitber, who possible suppose in who Maria Louisa and h a shall hold as formerly, ’i he present plenipotentiaries, her son. ;ve been robbed. commands Prussian corps cn the left bunt ried arms, take, them up again ; let the unac- weigh the rights of nations with 4th. judges, appointv d by the emperor reflection, They should have given to the. Prince of the: Meuse, and has his H. Q. at according customed youth be trained up to use them ; let wisdom and has Jeruuppe. to the tertus of tf e Seuatus Cousulttnn of the maturity, nothing astouishing Eugene, the adopted son ot who has Gen. Borstel's are at Bine he. From citizen to his his about Napoleon, the 12th every friendly country, raise it, when it is manifested certain honored which to Oct. 1807, and whom he shad deem pro- by France, gave hiii* birth, and Meuse Mons our j srtieu are covered bv generous voire for liberty ; let the whole f reach ministers, whose conscience per to retain, shall receive for life reproach- conquered the affection of Italy, who adopted Prussian troops. There t/iU be communi- provision of the nation be in es them ot more than one betore the 1st of next strength finally displayed treason—among him, a suitable establishment out of France— cation with all the that January. all its armies, they may act various energy. It is to be known whom fear has and w hose 52. The institution of juries is maintained. produced passion, and he obtained nothing. in union with each other. Priuce Bernard rj whether Italy shall be free, or if it will re- remorses shake their reason. 5th. 53. The discussions in criminal cases are The Einjieror had, (article 9th in the Saxe Weimar commands a of Sax'-as main for to come, bent under the 1 hose men regt. ages yoke m.ty have risked the fabricati- in favor of the brave men of at Namur. public. of treaty) stipulated 4 slavery ! let the be decisive, and on—the of a as 54. crimes alone arc struggle publication piece, such the the army the of their allotted Military judged by we shall have the preservation Apr.l "5. laid foundation for a long pretended declaratiou of the 13th in on citt reason. March, gifts the Mount he had re- his our military tribunals, {xont J time to of the of Napoleon; Yesterday morning majesty sovc* 55. come, happiness our the hope to arrest the progress of taerved in the Domain? All other crimes, even committed bv Napoleon, Extraordinaire, & in r^ign, with the Duke of Wellington and seve beautiful country, of that which although and to abuse the French he military men, are to be in the civil people, regarding funds remaining from the civil list, the ral officers of rank, went to view the Nether- cognizable tom and is full of ardor and the real sentiments ol tribunals. bloody, yet foreign powers. means to rccompence his servants, to the land at Nieueiles. Our to recover pay troops army, which strength, her independence. But it is not allowed to them to as it soldiers who 56. All the crimes and offences were judge attached themselves to his* des- is very str mutt receive which The men of ail already ng, a enlightened countries, the deserves—the merit of a nation, which tiny ; all has been referred to the they taken, kept Lark by the reinforcement of 25,QUO men within a week. (attribves J high imperial nations that are of a liberal have worthy govern- disowned, and delivered to ministers of the so court, and whose is not reserved betrayed up Bourbons. An agent of the It is posted, that in 24 hours a judgment by ment, the who themselves the of the very large the princes distinguish army stranger. of force cm present act to the house of peers, shall be military France, Monsieur Bresson, went be collected. The positions me in by the greatness of their sa.1I This brave and nation revolts a- tried before the good qualities, generous ugrlestily to \ ienna to reclaim for the ruths as follows from to ordinary tribunals. in general Clmrleroy Nieu- rejoice your enterprise and applaud your gainst all that beat s the character of coward- most 57. The emperor ha* the of sacred of properties, the price of their port. Tne extreme positions are right pardon, Can to her ice and : its guarded by even in a triumphs. England refuse you opprcssiou affections exalt it courage and their blood. an chain of correctional matter, and of ? That uninterrupted strong corps of ca. granting suffrage nation which shows to all when it is threatened nr attacked a 6th. amnesties. by signal Fhe preservation of the goo's, mova- valty and infantry, which are cantoned alon? others the model oj a national and constitu- ir>justic«—and the assassination to which the ble and 58. i he interpretations of the laws immovable, of the family of the em- the positions, and connected with each otiiei\ requir- tional government—that f ree nation, whose first phrases of the declaration of the 13th of is ed tiie court of peror stipulated the same The towns which lie behind me in a by appeals, (cassation J shall to by (article fith) good finest glory is spend her treasures and March shall not find an arm to ac- audit be in the form of a law.
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