The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-05-17 00:00:00

Joretgn anD Colonial Intriltigncr.

FRANCE.
THE REGENCY IN FRANCE.

The Monitear of Tuesday publishes She following
Imperial decree :

Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will
Emperor of the French, to all present and future greet'
lug:
to give to our beloved wife, the Empress, the
marks of high confidence we place in her.
And considering that it is our ii.tention to assume
the command of the Army ef Italy, we have re-
wired to confer, as we confer by these presents,
upon our well-loved wife, the Empress, the title of
Regent, to exercise the function, of the saute during
our absence, in conformity with our instructions and
our °Mtn, such as we shall have made known in the
General Order of the service which we shall establish,
and which shall be inscribed in the Great Book of the
State. •
Let it be understood that cognizance shall be given to
our uncle, Prince Jerome, to the Presidents of the
west bodies of the State, to the members of our Privy
Gotincil, and to the Ministers. of such orders and
instructions; and that in 1110 case can the Empress
deviate from their tonour in the exercise of the functions
of Regent.
It is our wish that the Empress should preside, in our
name, at the Privy Council and at the l'ouneil of Minis-
ters. However, it is not our intention that the Empress
Regent should authorize by her signature the proluillga-
tion of any sesuress eousidenst, or any law of the State
other than those which are actually pending before the
Senate, the Legislative Body, and the Council of State,
referring ourselves in this respect to the orders and in-
structions above mentioned.

We charge our Milliliter of State to give communi-
cation to the present letten patent to the Senate. which
will have them registered, and to our Keeper of the
Seals, Minister of Justice, who will have them published
in the Bulletin de, Lois.

Given at the Palace of the Tuileries this 3rd of May,
1858.

NAPOLEON.
(Countersigned) A( 'H I LLE FOULD,
Minister of State.

The Moniteitr also publishes the following :
Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will
Emperor of the French, to all who may see these
presenta greeting :
On the point of starting to take omuniand of the army
of Italy, we have by our letters patent of this day con-
fided the Regency to our well-beloved wife the Empress,
and we have regulated for the time of our absence the
order of service by an Act inserted in the State archives,
and made known to our uncle Prince Jerome Napoleon,
to the members cf the Privy Council, to the Presidents
of the Senate, of the Legislative Body, and of the
Council of State. . _

Desirous of giving to our uncle Prince Jerome marks
of the high confidence we place in him, and, by the aid
of his intelligence, expenence, and devotion to our
person to facilitate the task of our well-beloved wife, we
have decided and do decide that the Empress Regent
shall take, on the resolutions and decrees which may be
subinitted to her, the counsel of the Prince our uncle.
We have, moreover, conferred upon him, as we confer
upon him by these presents. the right of presiding, in
the absence of the Empress Regent, at the Privy Council
and at the C.mocil of Ministers.

Given et the Palace of the Tuileries this 3rd of May,
1839.

NAPOLEON.
(Countersigned) AC H I LLE FOULD,
Minister of State.