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London, England, 1809-12-27 00:00:00


FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

1 BENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS.

FARIS DEC. 17.
By desire of His Majesty the Emperor. all the
Members of the Senate essecubled yesterday, at
eleven o'clock in the moruing, is. full Chess, in the
Hall of their usual sittings. The sitting of the
Senate yestenlay, at which the Kings of Westphalia
and Naples, Grand Admiral the Prince Viceroy
of Italy, the Arch Chancellor of State, the. Prince
Vice-Grand-Constable,•nd the Prince Vice-Grand-
Elector assisted, and ut which the Prince. Arch-
Chancellor of the Empire presided, will form, im
account of the importance of the subjects which
were discused, an epoch in the annals of France.—
On that day was presented to the Senators, a Pro-
jet
of a Smarts: Cansuhunt, respecting a dissolu-
tuna of the marriage between the Emperor Napo-
leon and the Empress Josephine. This dissolution
of marriage, required by the two high parties, and
approved of by ia Family Counsel, at which all the
Primate and Princesses of the Imperial Family,
present at ,['aria, assisted, received, the same day,
the assent of the Senate, after having been the oli-
iect of examination of a Special Commission named
fur this purpose. After having read the contents
of the Imperial Decree, winch enacts the convoca-
tion of the Senate ; and of that 'winch directs that
it shell be presided by the Prince Arch-Chancellor,
and that the Princes of the Imperial Family, here-
lifter named, should be present in the Senate, the
Official Jouruel gives an account of this memorable
bitting in the following terms--(Here follows a
speech from the Arch-Chancellor of State, the
Piiuee Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, President,
end the Duke of Pattna.)—The Count Regnault.
Ie St. Jean d'Angely laid before the Senate the
I'o4o of the Senatus Consultant, and explained the
motives of it, which ale, that they mutually
sacrifice their conjugal happiness to the welfare and
nterest of their country.—(Here follows a speech
tr.cim the Prince Viceroy of Italy; after which, the
:otaiat Gamier, Annual President, proposed to re-
fer the Projet of the Serrates Gummi/tune to the exa-
mination of a Special Commission of niue Mem-
ory winch wastmaned, aud made its report (bu-
ng its sittin:.)
At half-past four, the Senate resumed; its sitting;
end Count Lacepede, one of the Members of the
ipecial Commission, made the report, which tenni-
rated in proposing the adoption of the Projet of the
kinetics Consultant ; and also the adoption of two
kcidresseo—one to the Emperor, and the other to
he Empress.
lITRACT FI/Old THE REGISTER OF TUE COMSERTA-
TIFE SENAFE, sir, SATURDAY, THE IDTII DCI.-
SEE, 11409.'
G. The Conservative Senate, assembled to the
lumber; of Meruberra prescrihed by Art. the 90th
of the Act of the Coustitution, and dated the 1311,
December, 1799 s bating seen the Act drawn up
he 16th of the present month, by the Prince
krek-Chancellor of the Empire, of which the fol-
awing is the substance
Its the year I biO, and the lath day of Dec. at
tine o'clock in the evening, we, Jean Jaques Re-
gis CamhacereeoPrince Arch-Chancellor of the
Empire, Duke of Pliat. exercising the functions
preseribed,to us by 'A'aeletbe .d, of the 14th Article
of the Statute of the Imperial Family, and in con-
mqueuce,of °Merit addressed to us by His Majesty
dmEmperer and limg. in his private letter, dated
'het day, of the following•tenor :
COUIISS--Litst desire is, that you. repair this day,
sine o'clock in the,esecning, to ear panel cabinet of the
Hire of die Thiiillern a,' attended by the civil Secretary of
Nitreoar Imperial Malty, to receive from um and from
thenesprem, bur %ear cnithirt, a es iiiiii lineation of gnat im.
potamee l for this purpose, we have ordered that this pre.
acekerate letter ahoiskil be seat to you. Wa pray God to
haver:rum; Celllial is Ivo holy and blessed keeping"
" Purl 1:4 Dime eatn 1809.”
On the 'back is weitten—.. To our cousin the
- gnat Xrelillrfign"Ceetfor" Duke of Parniii.4'—We
proms/ to the Hall of the. throne
hf the' riaace 0.4 Theailleriete attended by
Michel biniil:Etienue l!tegnaillt '(de, st. Jean
d'Angely) Count ol.thePnspire, Minister of State,
and Secretary of State' to the Imperial Fri'ani:y. A
quarter din hour ilieiwards we were introduced
to the Greed Cabinet "of' the Emprior„ where we
found His MajestY:ihe Emperor and King with j
Her al,ieety the Empress, attended by their
1116. t .ties, the tinge of I Ulan& Westphalia, end
Nudes; ha linperiall Highness the Prince Vice-
roy, the Queens of Holland, Westphalia. Naples,
and Spann ; M salaam. and her Imperial Highneta
the Princess Pauline. Its Majesty the Emptiest
and King condescended to address us Su thaw
terms :
couste Peweec liiittil•rNSSA-St.t.ol-1
patched terse a private letter, doled this day, to dime you
to repair to my Cabinet, for the purpose of communicating
to yogi the regolative which I, aid the &sprees, my dearest
consort,bavrtaken It ghee use pleases r, that the Kier,
titterer and Puncrsers. my brothers and sisters-in-law, my
daugliter-ie.law, tad my sou-is-law, become my 'dopiest
win, as wells. my mother, &Amid wititess what I am gulag
to consomme ate to you.
" The politirs of my Muoarchy, the interest and the wants
of my people, which have colossally guided all toy actions,
require, that oder me I should leave to chafers, inheritors of
my love for my people, that threw, as which Providence has
placed me ; notwtthstatiting fur several year' peel, I have
toot the hope of having rbildree by may gearviage with my
well-beloved eimeort, the Empress Jaerpliber This it
is, which Moots Nes to monies the emote* dhoti's' of
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