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London, England, 1804-12-27 00:00:00

P)RAIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ret:urk EXTRACTS
FROM ME FRENCII PAPERS.

PARIS, ,«. 18.
MESSAME To THE SENATE
Toes—rho Cnn.tituti,n of the Empi,e having ap•
' the Atte which dtclare the bi,ths, martegei, and

deaths nt the members of the Impend Family should be trms.
siitte.l by All of the Emperor to the Senate, we ha‘e
charged stir Collial the ArCh.Challeentlf 111 the Elllllllll tel pre-

Mee to you the Acts which elect ate the birth of Napoleon Charlet.
Urn the 1 Oth of Or+riber MO?, and of Napo!cum Louis. born

the Iltii of °Rubor 1804, SOIIII of Prince nur brother;

end we tusks the Senate to order, conforicably to the Consti-
tution, their traitscriptfain on its register, and to deposit them
in its archives. Their Princes will inherit the attachment of
their father for nit person, his love fi.a hr Jukes, and that chief
Sentiment which eiight the satiate every Prince called to so high
dastiay, that of censtandp considi"ing the interest of the
country, artil the happiness of France, as the ,ole objeß of hk
rife.
‘` (in-cense Gs-Palace of iheThuillaii.i, th,l...'th Dec. 1304.
(Signed) " NAPOLEON.
"sv the Empen.r.
" Thy Secretary of State,

H.B.NfARET"

A CURIOUS FREN:H LOVE TRIAL.
An the 26th Vendemaire (year XIII.), or leth of
November, 1804, a curious trial in a love affair
was decided by the Tribunal at Toulouse, of which
the following are the particulars :

A young peasant of the name of L• FAY, of the
department of Arriege, fell in love with MARIA
Amass% in the parish of Cassaigne. She was a
young girl of in cperty, and LA FAY possessed no-
thing : he dared, therefore, not pay his addresses to
her, and demand her in the usual manner. Love,
however, inspired him with a fraud to make her
"his wife, both without her own and her relations
consent.

Accompanied with a person dressed
.in woman's
cloths, he went before the M A YOR of St. Gisors,
and pr, sensed a certifisate, stating, that the banns
for himself and for Matsu Aatunt had been pub-
lished, according to law, in the parish church of
Cassaigills. L• Kav was, in consequence, mar-
vital to the person 4 his company, and took out the
certificate of his marriage. With this in his hand,
be went diredtly to Cassaigne, and demanded of M•-
ai a's relations, to hay his wife given over to him.
Tie whole family, and, most of all, the girl, were,
as might be expo:fed, greatly surprised. M•RIA
insisted as knowing nothing of this pretended hus-
band, and declared that sbe had consented to no
marriage, and, of course, was not married. She
protested, therefore, before a public notary, against
6 this act, and signed a power of attorney fur her
brother to prosecute L• F•v before the tribunals.
Med to procure her justice and protesiion from the
laws.
Upon inquiry, it was fiend out that the certificate
of the balms being published was a forgery, and
the Imperial Attorney General ordered, therefore,
L• Fa yto be criminally prosecuted. In the mean
Par L• FA Y concealed himself, and three months
passed over in inquiries, to find nut whether MA
et• Atte•t, or who else, was the person to whom
be had been married. During this period, L• F•s
procured himself often opportunity to see M•RI•
is 'octet, who, after pitying, forgave him a fraud.
the consequence of his love, and declared her de-
termination to reward the latter with her hand and
fortuse. Sbc • Iped, therefore, from her hrother.
house, and joined her lover, whose wife she ac-
knowledged herself to be, and it was in her arm.
that the swig tames found him, when they went t
arrest him, after his retreat was discovered. Car
triad before the tribunal, Masts stood by his side.
ani repeated that she was his wife, and that nit-
t!...,17; but death should separate them. 1.• F• r,
in Milburn, declared, that \f. a tis was the person to
whom be had been married bclore the Malcom at
Bt. Gimes, and that it was from her that he re-
ceived the forged certificate. Thi:M•RIA affirmed,
recalled the protest signed before the Public Notary,
vsgether with the power of attorney given to her bro-
ther, in saying that both these a.ls had been signed by
who had threatened to
The certificate, sh.
;known person, Ar,,,
She added, c!-.At.
openly aa against her
ruse of het having
mud an opportunity
arms.

acid Ole tribunal
arrested, .I.ld, alter a

s L• F•'.. WAS ear-
uulc•use. MAY Or
lour other persons
marriage. were all

deuldua;:oti thin Ma-
Viarri.age with La Fa T
intisteJ ng t.:e
the fur mitt: re ef the
,ion., in whici. they
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44 her from fear for her brother, whi
. l' her in case of refusal. 1'
(es .J she procured from an oak
11 lexd compassion on her situstion.
t,
is dough of age, she dated not op
Wbrothor's will. which was the cat
',behaves? as she did, until she foi
0! riline "Ito her husband's arms
4• •
In consequence of this dcclar.
tnrderecl even Pits IIIII• to be erne
4opace of tight rroaths, she, with
ltd before their J.:Ages at Took'
St. Gismo, his Seclieltary, and
Amitz *sing the cererhoßT of the,
Pl
:present, and unanimous -in their dt
Ais w.is not the girl sebnite Ilearti
othey ha.l se?n. MARIA,. hoveVer.
arras y She gave a description ;t I
room at the Mianicipa'.ity at St. G.
'oat married. She relate •.. tae