till he has read Swifts "Art of Sinking," as well as some little of Prosody.* Now for Mr. Pray, Sir, how long has minu tia been of the singular number? And if Fortitude be of the feminine gender, how comes it to pass that Temperance and Prudence are of the masculine? I suppose the animals you saw in the "bowers of Pleasure," who had forsaken their guides, were Birds (who had been Men ;) for you say they were laying--did you see any of their eggs,? Deadly Chalice, I find, was the name of one of them. But notwithstanding I have turned over the whole System of Ornithology, I cannot discover any such Genus or Species. I have forgotten also in this case, as I did in Amanda's (confound such sloth!) that what you saw was in a dream: otherwise I should have inquired, by way of conclusion, how skeletons suspended by cords and mouldering into dust, were kept together? I am, Mr. ADventurer, Yours sincerely A SUBSCRIBER. * We think that a lively resemblance may be traced by the poetic imagination, between a dew-drop glistening in the solar ray, and affording its humble portion of refreshment to the earth, and the tear of sympathy dropped for another's woe from the eye of benevolence, reflecting as it falls, a beam from that Fountain of Compassion, Heaven: and that the comparison founded on it is very beautiful. The Prosody of "the Tear" may be faulty. 4 ་ SECTION VII. -0000000 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A Circumstance of brutal cruelty in two farmers of Ivybridge, occured early in May last. We mention it only to record it with detestation. These two wretches, started their horses against each other (rode by themselves, both heavy men) to go from Ivybridge to the Seven Stars, St. Thomas (Exeter) and back again, a distance of sixty six miles over a very hilly road for a stake of fifty guineas. They arrived at the Inn in two hours and a quarter. After resting about ten minutes, they proceeded on their return; one of the horses with great difficulty reached the top of Haldon hill, but continued to be forced on by his merceless rider, suddenly dropt down dead near the eighth mile stone. The other reached Ivybridge in the course of the evening but in a dreadfully harassed state. It is lamentable, that the inhuman owners of these useful animals, thus prematurely ruined by wanton cruelty, cannot be legally punished. A third Amateur Performance of the Officers of Plymouth Garrison for the benefit of the Proprietors took place on Thursday May 4th at the Theatre Royal, when Colman's Play of the Mountaineers was represented with the Farce of Raising the Wind. Lieutenant Armstrong was the vetarran of the night. The performance throughout was much applauded by a crowded and fashionable house. A most disstressing accident occured on the evening of the 18th of May, off Sidmouth. A party, consisting nine females and six males, were returning from that place to Otterton by water. Two of the party had been married in the morning, and the wedding had been celebrated with too much conviviality. Having sailed a little distance, the hat of one of the men fell overboard, when in the eagerness of those nearest to recover it, the boat was overset, and the whole were plunged into the sea. Three boats immediately went off to their assistance, but could only succeed in taking up five persons, persons, who by medical aid were restored to life: the other ten (including all the females) were totally lost. -00000000000000000000000000000000000000000 SECTION VIII. -000000 STATE PAPERS.* NEW FRENCH CONSTITUTION As given at Paris, by Nepoleon Buonaparte, April 22nd 1815. Art. 1. The Constitutions of the empire, particularly the Constitutional Act of the 22nd Frimaire, year 8, the Senatus Consulta of the 14 and 16 Thermidor, year 10, and of the 28th Floreal, year 12, shall be modified by the arrangements which follow-All other arrangements are confirmed and maintained. 2. The Legislative Power is exercised by the Emperor and two Chambers. 3. The first Chamber, called the Chamber of Peers, is hereditary. 4. The Emperor appoints its members, who are irrevocable, they and their male descendants, from one eldest son to another. The number of Peers is unlimited. Adoption does not transmit to him who is its object, the dignity of the Peerage. Peers take their seats at 21 years of age, but have no deliberative voice till 25. 5. The Arch-Chancellor of the Empire is President of the Chamber of Peers, or in certain cases a Member of the Chamber specially designated by the Emperor. 6. The members of the Imperial Family, in hereditary order, are Peers of right. They take their seats at 18 years of age, but have no deliberative voice till 21. 7. The *As National State Papers are of the first importance to those interested in Politics (and who now is not?) and as Newspapers, taken in and shared often between many, are liable to be lost, mislaid, defaced, or otherwise destroyed almost as soon as read, we propose in future to enrich the Devonshire Adventurer with every Authentic Document of this sort. 7. The second Chamber, called that of Representatives is elected by the people. 8. Its members are 629 in number. They must be 25 years old at least. 9. Their President is appointed by the Chamber, at the opening of the first Session. He retains his functions till the renewal of the Chamber. His nomination is submitted to the approbation of the Emperor. 10. This Chamber verifies the powers of its members, and pronounces on the validity of contested elections. 11. Its members receive for travelling expenses, and during the Session, the pay decreed by the constituent assembly. 12. They are indefinitily re-eligible. 13. The Chamber of Representatives is of right wholly renewed every five years. 14. No member of either Chamber can be arrested except in flagrante delicte nor prosecuted in any criminal or correctional matter during a Session, but in virtue of a resolution of the Chamber of which he forms a part. 15. None can be arrested or detained for debt, from the date of convocation, nor for forty days after the Session. 16. In criminal or correctional matters, Peers are judged by their Chamber, according to prescribed forms. 17. The Office of Peers and Representative is compatible, with all other public functions, except those of matters of account (comptables ;) Prefects and Sub-Prefects are, however, ineligible. 18. The Emperor sends to the Chambers, Ministers and Councillers of State, who sit there and take part in the debates, but have no deliberative voice unless they are Peers, or elected by the people. 19. The Ministers, thus members of either Chamber, or sitting there by mission from Government, give to the Chambers such information as is deemed necessary, when its publicity does not compromise the interest of the State. 20. The sittings of the two Chambers are public. They may, however, go into secret Committee, the Peers on the demand of ten, and the Representatives on the demand of twenty-five members. Government may also require secret Committees when it has communications to make. In all cases deliberation and vote can only be in public sitting. 21. The Emperor may prorogue, adjourn, and dissolve the Chamber of Representatives. The Proclamation which pronounces the dissolution convokes the Electoral colleges for a new election; and fixes the Meeting of Representatives within six months at the farthest, 22. During 22. During the recess of Sessions of the Chamber of Representatives, or in case of its dissolution, the Chamber of Peers cannot meet. 23. Government has the proposal of laws; the Chambers can propose amendments; if these amendments are not adopted by Government, the chambers are bound to vote on the law such as it was proposed. 24. The chambers have the power of inviting Government to propose a law on a determinate object, and to draw up what it appears to them proper to insert in this law. This claim may be made. by either chamber. 25. When a bill is adopted in either Chamber, it is carried to the other; and if there approved, it is carried to the Emperor. 26. No written discourse, excepting Reports of Committees, of Ministers on laws, and accounts, can be read in either Chamber. TITLE II.-OF ELECTORAL COLLEGES, AND THE MODE 27. The Electoral Colleges of department and arrondissement are maintained, with the following modifications :— 28. The cantonal assemblies will yearly fill up by elections all the vacancies in electoral colleges. 29. Dating from 1814, a Member of the Chamber of Peers appointed by the Emperor shall be president for life, and irremovable of every electoral college or department. 30. Dating from the same period, the electoral college of every department shall appoint among the Members of each college of arrondissement, the President and two Vice-Presidents. For that purpose the meeting of the departmental college shall precede by a fortnight that of the college of arrondissement. 31. The colleges of department and arrondissement shall appoint the number of Representatives fixed for each in the table adjoined. 32. The Representatives may be chosen indiscriminately from the whole extent of France.-Every college of department or arrondissement which shall chose a Member out of its bounds, shall ap point a supplementary member, who must be taken from the department or arrondissement. 33. Manufacturing and commercial industry and property shall have special Representatives. The election of commercial and ma nufacturing Representatives shall be made by the electoral college of department, from a list of persons eligible, drawn up by the chambers of commerce and the consultative chambers united. TITLE III.-OF TAXATION. 34. The general direct Tax, whether on land or moveables, voted only for one year; indirect taxes may be voted for several year. |