The Sun.
London, England, 1813-02-12 00:00:00

TITLE ILK TIM RECENCY.

Witegeney of the State has nevi.r been bestow-
ed in.france.by virtue of the glly,n.al laws, one
wily was' granted by 'Charles the Filth, belt
which was neither executed, nor even acted on,
alterwarik. L .
The sulfrages'of the People, the vats Of the
Nobility, the 'resolutions Of the Cotnicil, the tes-
tamens of Monardis, the arrets Of the Parlia-
have successively and almost always tell
clue a the put lic htfluenee,: where secret- passions,
intrigue, seduction, cort uption, or force, bestowed
the Regency of the State.
lint to the addht of these var;tms examples it. is.
the regencies of Queen Mothers tlt3t mach. fre-
quently 44 !Tem' rift our annals, Rad whiah :have al-
heel) m9st continuable to the wishes of the
-I`t,:ation utid thu. iiiterot of the '.4ti-tte.

Gent,etnen, for bocial order, ill the wtnitige'si

of inutile that we !hid the to vacs' heca,ity
for' t'he politic:4a conclurt ; and tbi,
guartoitect given by maternal teurl( ruLss beeoi,les
still wore efficacious, as we 1.13VC before our eyes

the hlppy,e'dxgrop'a,. in ttt re4.iprtscat ahvectioll.„
which are broil 11114 streugthened inces,,antly. be-
tween-a pvopre ien,lible and good, and the august
Sovereign to whom tbq ivve it 'successor to ;Int
tintype. It is- on th.p., happy principle that the til'.4t
diNpoisitious of the ~.;enattts Consultem foundel,
which vants the rii;lits of Regency to the Zia-
press4lother, it ho i, cohsecrated to till the void
by interest, the love of per son,- and of her
people.
t_is_not sunicient.to have established this -first
rule; it is still requisite that in the failure of the
Illinpresi,. that this tlisposition of the limperot:,
by establi,hing a gradual ,order, fixed and inva-
111151eA for the e'6-3'clic of the Regency, shall
'provide against all incertitude; .end' in general
against all interruption in the movements of Go-1
vernment.

It is there provided that, in being called to the
Regency, the French Princes 'shall have obtained
the age of twenty-one years,according to the here-
ditary Order ; ;nisi in default of them, the Princes
Grand Dignitaries, in the order adixed by the Se-
tutus Consnituni.

The Vice Grand Dignitaries shallin this respect
exercise the rights of thoseTitadaries whom they
repreient. 'To posses not a simple Sovereignty,
but a Throne, a Crown ; to be in consequence
subject to the duties influenced by the affections,
animated by foreign interests, opposite perhaps to
the ditties, the affections, the interests which
ought to direct the Government of France, is in
the eyes of reason and policy, a motive of excht-
sioo filirn the Regency ; an two articles of the
Ist title pronounce this eXchtsion.

TITLE 5 EC7ON r).

or Tun REGENCY 1 1 THE EMPREOF.

'That, Gent ternea , which is establiSlied hy Title I.
as a general rule for the exercise of: the lie',..;eney,
may, nevvrtheless, the mottilied by the.will of the
Emperor, solemnly manifested,
it tvithout doubt that the interest of the State
derna nth that a stated order should Give a ii.ellency
to. ranee, at the eminent when she becomes the
widoW of her Mon:Lreh, without tiny charge heing
made: in mrder, •,etaliiMied by foresight' and
wisdom.' nut the interest of the State likewise
regnires,, that the Emperor, under .suth oireittn-
stanee h as the r :nerd views of the lwvs can nei-
ther foresee :l()r dcnin, may, after so ranch expe-
rienee Of VVeLltS,'.iit'4ittltitiOil 6f.aiLtir,, the know-
ledge of per :,,0n.., bring into the colin::.ort
difteatiot:s, dictated by his wi.idom, and inspired
by the interest of Ns snez:esors, and of hia.people.
'This wise restriction is sacred ; and the manna
of making known its object and extent is "deter-
mined in Titles 1 and finally in Ankle 23,
of Title 41, touching the Connell of Regency.

THItEE.---.TAI ENT AND. ir-TRATION CE TUE

I'OVER OF THE IitOBNCY.

After haying iwjtitiited the RegeAcy, it is ne-
cessary to fix itspo.iver.% •
It'eMbraces In its extent, and in the terms of
the Ist Article of Title 3, the whole picnitude of
the Imperial Anthority. it commences at the
nitiment of. the Emperor's decease, to the. intent
that the empire shall neither suffer weakness, nor
the interruption of its Government.
With regard to its duration, the power remains
in the.hauds ot-the EtnpreBs, in case of one of her
minor sons being called to the Throne. it passes
into the hands of a Regent,' if at the death of the.
Emperor, as a minor, •the Crown belO6g4 to a
Prine,d of another Inannh, Separated from the title
of Empress ; that of .Mother has not appeared suf-7
fleicrit to call to the Regency the mother of the
new ErnpOor.
This, part of the Senatits Consultmn, Gentle-
mend is drawn 'up as surplus,to show, that, ac,
corling to this principle; geneNlly:tcknowledged,
the exercise of rower should not change hands,
unless when absolute necessity or great interests
require it.