The National Register. — London, England, 1814-04-17 00:00:00

APRIL 17. TILE NATIONAL ifiaISTER: _ of civil *air, remained only for the French to embrace the cane of our ancient Kings, and I repaired to-night to the Emperor Nailoleon to manifest this wish. The Emperor, convinced of the critical situation in which he had placed France, and the impossibility of saving her himself, has ap peared disposed to resign, and to give in his HI and entire abdica. tint]. To-morrow I hope to have from him the formal and authen tic act, and shall soon afterwards have the honour of waiting upon your Lordship. lam &c. (signed) Prince of BIOSKWA. Fontaiublean, April 5, half•past eleven at night. To Cie above letter succeeds the set of adherence of the Metro politan Chapter to the decree of forfeiture. The first siguatureis that of Cardinal Maury ! ! Archbishop of Paris. PAM*, APRIL 7.—Lyons, Bordeaux, Marseilles, and other towns in the South, have followed the noble example of Paris. Rouen and Caan are said to have done the same. Extracted from the Registers of the Conservitios Senate. SITTING OP APRIL S p VERNE' THE PREsIDENCY OF SENATOR MI COUNT BAItTRfI.EIIY. The sitting which had been adjonrned was resumed at fear o'clock, when the Senator Count Limbrechts, read the revised and adopted plan of the decree - which passed in the sitting of yesterday. It is hi the following terms : The Conservative Senate, considering that in a eonstittitional Minim chy, the Monarch exists only in virtue of the constitution-on ocial compact, ell That Napoleon Hnonaparte, during a certain perloitof firm and prudent government, afforded to the ►ration reasons to calculate tier the future on acts of wisdom and justice but that afterwards he violated the compact which united him to the French People, par ticularly in levying imposts and establishining taxes other ise than in virtue of the law, against the express tenor of the oath which he had taken on his ascending the throne, conformable to Article .55, of the Act of the Constitutions of the tBtli Florcal, ;*ear 12. _ _• _ _ _ Tlort he committed this attack on the rights of the people, even is adjurinin7, without necessity, the Legislative Body, and causing be suppressed, as criminal, a report of that Body, the title of which, and its share in the national repi:Nentation, be i disputed : That he undertook a series of wars in violation of article 50, of the act of the Constitutions ot the ved Frimaire, year 8, which por • parts, that declarations of war should be proposed, debated, decreed, and promulgated in the same manuer as laws ; - That he issued, unconstitutionally, several decrees, inflieting, the punishment of death ; particularly the two decrees of the sth of 'March last, tending to cause to be considered as national, a war which would not have taken place but fur the intersts of his howl less ambition • That he vio lated the constitutional laws by his decrees respecting the prisoners of the State : That he annulled the responsibility of the Ministers, confoondfil all authorities, and destroyed the indepeinlence of judicial bodies. Considering that the liberty of the press, established and conse crated as one of the rights of the nation, has been constantly subjected to the arbitrary controut of the Police, and that at the same time he has always made use of the press to fill France and Europe with misrepresentations, false maxims, doctrines favourable to despotism, and instilts on foreign governments ; The acts and reports heard by the Senate have undergone altera tions in the publication : Considering that, instead of reigning according to the terms of his oath, with a sole view to the interest, and happiness, and the glory of the French people, Napoleon completed the misfortu o ci of hi s country by his refusa l to treat on conditions which the national in terests required him to accept, and which did not compromise the French honour ; By the abuse which he made of all the means entrusted to him in men and money ; by the abandonment of the wounded without dressings, without assistance and without subsistence ; By various measures, the consequences of which were the riling of the town', the depopulation of the country, tatuive, and emitageous sli.eases ; Considering that, for all these ca►►se•, the I►nprial Govern m ent established by the Senalye Cuus►clt►un of the 28t1► Florcal, year I'2, bas ceased to exist and that the wish manifested by all French• men calls for an order of things, the first result ot• which should ►e the restoration of general peace, a►►d which hhuuld also be the I- '245 ?era of a solemn reconciliation of all the states of the great European Family— The Senate declares and decrees as follows : Art. 1. Napoleon Itrionaparte WA for cited the throne, and the hereditary right established in his Wilily is aboliShed. T. The French people and the army are released from. their oath of fidCty towards Napoleon linonaparte. 3. The pre.:( sit decree shall be transmitted by a Message to the Provisional Government of France, conveyed forthwith to all the departments, and iminediately proclaimed in all the (insiders of the capital. • your Lorasnip. Fontaiubleau, To the above politan Chapter that of Cardinal PAR'', APR] towns in the S Rouen and Caar Extracted SITTING GP API The sitting o'clock, when tt adopted plan of It is hi the folio , The Conserve Monet cliy, the ocial compact. That Napole prudent governr the future on at violated the con ticularly in levi in virtue of the lie had taken Article 53, of ;* ear 12. l'lutt lie corny adjurioirr, be suppress( of which , ani : That he untie the act of the C ports, that dech and promulgate That he ismr the punishment 'March last, ten which would sic less ambition • That he vio la the prisoners of That he annu all authorities, Considering t crated as one subjected to tl same time lie I Europe with mi to despotism, a The acts and tions in the pul Considering i oath, with a so of the French country by his terests require( French honour By the abuse in men and mei ky the ;than(' assistance and By various 11 the towns, the sli.eaNes ; Considering established by has ceased to men calls for be the restorat ACTS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. The Provisional Government, Hearin,{ with grief that obstacles have been made to the return of the Pope to his territories, and de ploring that continuance of insult, which has so long overobelmei the courageons Head whom the Church demands, orders that every obstacle cease immediately, and that all due honours be paid him on his journey. The Civil and Military Authorities are charged with the execution of the present decree. Given at Pars, April t, 1814. The Provisional Government considering how odious it is in itself, and contrary to the conventions :chicly have preceded the departure of his Majesty the King of Spain, to keep at P ere.guau his brother, thejnfant Don Carlos, order, that the Prince be conducted as soon as possible, with all the horronts due to his rank, to the firbt Spanish post. Given at Paris, April 2. 1814. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT DECREE:OI I: That all the emblems, cyphers, and arms, which have charac terised the Government of Buonaparte, shall be suppressed and effaced, wherever they exist. 2. That this suppre4siOn shall be executed exclusively by persons delegated by the authority of the Police, or Municipality, without the zeal of individuals assisting in it, or pi - eventing it. 3. That no address, proclamation, .public journal, or private writing. contain iqiurious expressions a.Tainst the Government overthrown, the cause of the country being t,io noble to adopt suck - means ! IMPERIAL COURT' nh PA 11 I.i. The Imperial Court has adopted the follow ite! Decree : Tim Court. feeling all the value of the efforts which have at lenzth delivered France from a tyrannie yoke : Penetrated with respect and admiration for the august Sovereigns, who are the models of disinterestedness and ie:ignanimity.: Expressiug also their prot'ound love for the noble race of Kings, who, fir eight centuries, have constituted the happiness of France, and who, alone, can bring hack prace, order, and justice, in a coun try to which the secret wishes of all have nevercealed to invoke the lawful Sovereigns : Decree, that they adhere unanimously to !he Decree of Dethrone ment of Ituonaparte and his family, pronounced by a Decree of the Senate of the 3d instant--und that. faithill to the Fundamental Laws of the Kingdom: they desire with oil their h; ortl the return of the Head of the House qf Bourbon to the Henditury Throne of .51. Louis. The First President, (Signed) SEGUIER. DUPLES. PARIS, APRIL 10.—As in a ceremony consecrated to peace. it is proper that. nothing should disturb the tranquillity of the citizens of the capital, and that they should not be in pit vd with a gromid less .alarm, it is thought necessary to acquaint them, that inaue diately after the Te Dow; which will he (haunted to morrow, On the Pace de Louis XV., one hundred pieces of cannon will be tired on the quay of the Seiue, between the bridge of Jena and that of Louis XVI. We have received from Messrs. the .Commissioners of Louis XVIII., the order of the day of Marshal Jourdan, eot n the 15th military division, relative to the events which are now pausing. fhe following arc the contents : ORDER OP THE DAY. FIFTEENTH MILITARY DI VISION. Soldiers !—Tile Emperor Napoleon has andicated the Iniperial throne, and i=4 to retire to the Island or Elba, with a peusaoo of Limo • The Senate has adopted a Constitution, which guarantees liberty, and iitsnres the rights of the Monarch. Louis Stanislaus Xavier, brother of Louie XVL is called to civil th t It.