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 Sp 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 violated 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 misfortuoci of his
country by his refusal 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 Government
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

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?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 viola
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