The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-09 00:00:00

from an illustrious line of ancestors, whose names
adorn tile '.page ihf British History, o ,of u.ose
who have been ennobled themselves for the emi-
nent services which, they have . rendered their
country. Their immense lauded property, and
the advantages which they possess as a privileged
aristocracy, unite them at once with the King
arid the Peop!e, making it equally. their interest
to -defend the prerogatives of the one and pr iteet
the rights of the other. 'The Senate:of France,
we need hardly say, is composed of very different,
materials ; it is composed- of men not chosen
for their , birth, their wealth, or their eminent
services, BUONAPARTE wished to have t e
form, but not the substance of a Seuate.—
He wished to have ,men to assume the cha-
racter,
.and neglect the duties of Senators, and
he. chose •the present Senate; whether with that
acuteness for Which he has be,i celebrated, it is
for the People of France to determine: Are the e
the men, we , would ask, who are by the great
Charter of the Constitution to be made the he-
reditary, salaried Governors of France ? • What
-claim have they to this pre-eminence ?
They have not, as we before observed; high birth,
great landed property, or distinguished services,
upon which to found their . claim; they are
neither chosen by the People nor selected by
the King,—Are these the men,.. we again ask,
who ought to be invested in France with a
power far greater than the Peers'ot England .1
greater, because the number being limited,
there. exists no power in the State able to coun-
teract a majohity of them combining together. In
England the Constitution has given the King the
unlimited power of creating Peers, consequent!y
no such evil as that to which we have alitided
could exist. An attempt was made, in the early
part of last Century, to limit, by Act of Parlia-
ment, the number of the British House of Peers ;
but the. Commons, as might naturally be expected,
rejected the proposition. -

We' are prevented, by the great pre!sure of
inatter,from continuing our observations upon this
subject we•shall resume them the first opportu-
nity.

Dipatcbes were yesterday received by Govern-
ment, announcing the arrival of BUONAPARTE at
the Isiand of Elba. He embarked on board the
Undaunted frigate to be conveyed to that place.
Throughout the whole of the South of France,
wherever he passed; he was hooted by the popu+
lace, and in sonic places stoned. Sometimes he
was obliged to Mix with his attendants, and con-
ceal himself 'from the fury of the people, and to "
join in the cry, of Vivent les. Bourbons ;" -at
otber times, to mount the White Coe:lade; and, in
short, his whole journey was one of peril, and
had in several' places nearly been fatal to him.
7-On his journey he lyould not speak to any-
body but Colonel CAMPBELL: He expressed the
utmost contempt-of all Nations but Great Britain,
of which he uttered the wannest praises, and siAl,
that she,was the Most respectable Nation on earth.
He said, that lie intended to make France as lin,
portant a Nation as Great Britain, but that .the
petiole were unfit for such an elevation, and un-
worthy of. it. He persevered in not uttethig a
syllable to anybody but Col. CAMPLELL.

Dispatches were yesterday receive( from Lord.
W..BENTINCK and Sir E. PELLEW, spo.•.ir,' 'he
reduction of Genoa, which was this morning pub-
lished in a Gazette Extraordinary.

This morning a Bremen Mail arrived. Th.
KING of DENMARK has isstied a strong Proclama-
tion against Prince CHRISTIAN, and calling upon
him to surrender Norway to 'Sweden. The eva-
cuation of Hamburg!' has commenced.,

The insurrection at Milan has been of a decisive
nature ; but though it was unfortunately attend-
ed with murder, it was only of one person, and
demonstrates such a disposition in the people as
removes all fear of danger from the adherents of
BUONAPARTE. A Provisional Regency has issued
an Address to the People, comprising the outline
of a New Constitution, but we have not room for it
to-day. M. DE PRENA, the French Minister, but
a Piedmontese by birth, was killed by the pope-.
ace, and other persons escaped, who would else
have shared the saw fate.