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SOLENI QUIS DICERS ALIDEAT

LONDON, AUGUST 9, iBoz.

WE this morning leceived.the P;iris journals. Of
the sth instant. The Afa,iiteur of that day 9n-
tains, what.we some time ago were enab:ed.tO'an-
notince, throngh,the medium, of our Private- Corres_
.
porident at Paris, as, likely soon to be given, a
NEW CONSTITUTION .FOR FRANCE, Such an

event did not seem to have entered generally into
the expeaationi of the French People, or at least.- it
- . -
is a circumstance which they have not presumed to
anticipate, if we are to Judge frOin_ the total silence
of their press. Since the accession of BONAP'ARTE,
hisiGoverni.nent being military, it has' been gene-
rally imagined that he had -power as absolute as
could well. exist ; but the New Constitution now
proMulgated, makes that power,. which . was
only' mi/itariy, so, now absolute by the Civil
Constitution. , To analyse this important Pa-
per, would be to repeat almost every sentence it
contains, we therefore refer our Readers to those
Columns ,of our Journal, in which it is,,given at
length. The Chief Consul, it will be seen, has power
to do every thing. He can name a large additional
number of Senators, at will ; he has the appointment I
of the two secondary Consuls, or- at least he ha's
so, in faa, fOr it will be seen that herpre,sents
them to the Senate, who can only-chuse upon his
nomination, and if they twice refuse,' the third
time they must chose the person whom he pre-
sents. The Senate can suspend the Trial by Jury,
and declare any place or distriCt out of the •
protection of the Consititution ; and it will be seen,
by the Constitution of the Senate, that this •
power in fait vests in the Chief Consul himself.
The most important privilege, however, while it
gives him all, which this new Constitution pro-
vides for the Chief Consul, is Ike right of nomivac-
iug his Successor, and that 4y Will, if. he pleases ;
so that the French People may probably remain in
perfea.ignorance of the Successor to.the Chief Power
in France till after the death of their present killer.
Many parts of thiS new Constitution are evident!)
taken from the model of our own 'excellent one,

and these wilt certainly meet with the'arprobatio

of Britons.

Of this number is the prerogative

extending Mercy in Criminal cases, t:vith which th

Chief Consul is iuvcsted, after the case shall halt,

been discussed in Pri,vy airNei/.

It is a .curious circumstance, that this Constitu-
tion, after having been framed by the Council of
State, should have been adopted by the Conserva-
tive Senate on the very same day on which it was
presented to them. This proves that they dia not
think that it required much of their consideration or
discussion.

The French Papers contain little else that is wor-
thy of notice. On the evening of the 4th, the Con-
versatory Senate had their Palace illuminated, 00
occasion of the Proclamation of BONAPARTE as
Chief Consul for life? -
It .is reported that GeWerdi'DzSSALINES had
landed at li'ochfort from St. D0,72-ii!g.

The. French Funds were much the same as before.

On the zBth ultimo an Article appeared in our
Paper, copied from The Times, relative to, the Dur-
ham Eletclion, in which a Gentleman of the name of
TWEDDELL is-mentioned in a very improper, and
. we are satisfied, in a very injurious and unjustifiable
,manner, and which has given great concern to his
friends. We avail ourselves of the earliest oppor.
tunitY of expressing our-regret
,that such a repre-
sentation of an individual -of great reaitude anid
respec=tability
:should IraVe crept into our Paper, and
we entertain the hope that this correaion of the
mis-representation, will be sufficient to wipe off the
aspersion so groundlessly made:
On Wednesdhy last the Election for the City of
Dublin finally closed. The numbers were for
Mr. BERESFORD • - - - 1883
Mr. LATOUCHE - - - 1585
Mr. OcLz 1252
Mr.:BARRINGTON - - 616
After some polling had taken place,. Mr. OGLE
and Mr. BARRINGTON both , gave up ehe contest,
and, Messrs. BERESPQRD and LATOUCHE were .re.

turned. •
The Right Hon. W. WicicH4m was expeEted in
Dublin on Thursday last. •
The'Sarutiny for Norfolk has been last week car-
ried on, by, both parties, with the greatest vigour.
The Court-`,met on Saturday, Wednesday, and
Thursday, and sat from nine itV the'.in'orti'ng till six
in the evening. On Thursdavrtiindteeti:-votes for
, Sir J. ASTLEY were Objeddtlgto• by'. Mr. WopE-
LIOVSE;.of which twelve were-Yotruck :off, and seven
established: And thirty-two votes for Mr. Wroree-
, HOUSE were objected to by the successful Candidates;.
of which fourteen' were struck off and- eighteen
established.
All.the difi'erent Banks (Caisres) which' exist in
France, are :o be melted down into one large Esta_
blisl:ment, somewhat similar to our Bank of Eng-
land. No other Bank is to have the right of put-
ting its Bills into circulation. This measure gave'
birth to some animated discussions in the Council
of State.

A Letter received from Bengal informs us, that
Lieutenant-Colonel WM. SCOTT is appointed Resi-
dent at Lucknow ; Jost Ax L.VE n LE, Esq. at Serin.-
gapatam ; -Lieutenant-Colonel,. J.
Court of Dowlut Row Seindinh ; Colonel.CL' osE, at
Poonah ; Capt. J. A. Ic.iRICPATRICKI at Hyderabad.
Bonds have been issued by the Madras; Govern-
ment for the paytne,nt• of the private Credits of
.
Creditors
. the late- NABOB of. ARCOT. His Highness was
greatly in debt to numerous individuals, and his
Bonds bore ,an enormous discount. Some..persons,
however, anticipating -the measures which have
been 'adopted-in the Carnatie, and which have ren_
dered the . India Company responsible for these
debts, have made extensive and successful pur-
chases.' .. , .
By theAn.na, arrived in the Medway from Alex-.
andria, there:are letters from that Port of the 6th of
May, at ‘vhich period perk& tranquillity prevailed
in Lower . Egypt, and our Troops were, with few
excepticins, healthy. On. the 6th General :BAIRD
left Alexandria, for the purpose of making the
necessary -arrangements- for the accommodation of
our Asiatic Troops on their march. to Suez, where
they were to embark for their ,several Presidencies
on the Toth or istli of June,
,thcqransports being
in readiness to convey them thitAer.. :,-.):;k:-.,-.,
The Be/Tides and Atlas transports? irrliovomber
last, sailed from Cork, with convias for New South
- Wales, having arming the number several per Sons
concerned in The late Rebellion.. On their passage
'our, the prisoners on board thefferodes formed the
proje6l of seizing the ship, and of carrying her to the
nearest French Settlement. They formed their plan
with, great. secrecy and system, and won over to
their purpose five of the sailors of the ship.
On the 2:oth December, off the island of St. An-
tonio, the prisoners rose upon the crew, and gained
possession of the quarter-deck ; the Officers and
such of their people,as remained attached to them,
made a gallant resistance ; and after a desperate
confli6l, -in which twelve of the mutineers were:
killed and ten wounded' (of whom two died soon
after), the Officers regained the ship—Of the five
sailors, one was dangerously wounded. On the
other side, none were seriously hurt. The liercuies
and Atlas arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the
1 zth April.
Letters from Perterara, to the beginning of
July, give the 'most distressing accounts of the
continued Mortality in that Country.. ' Natiyes as
well as Foreigners, now, by thousands, fall sacrifices
to the virulence Of the infedion. Surinam was
severely affiieted in like manner, but not to equal
extent ; Bcibice and Issequibo were comparatively
healthy.

The Rev, 114. r. ANDREws, of Russel street-,
Bloomsbury, we -understand, has been i*sented by
:!ze EiSLOp of LONDON ‘'vitil the liiluable Rectory of
Sc. James's, vacant. by 11-.. e t;1- Dr. PARKER.
Mr. ANDR E,WS is much atimire4 for his e;oquence
in the Pulpit.

We are sorry to learn that Mr. OWEN CA M-
Bit R learning and talents have long been
deservedly aOrnired,„,:and whose private worth is
c(p4aliy resliZted,,fs in a very d,eclining state of
health, at Richmond.

A new Frigate or 20 guns has been launched at
Copenhagen, and the Duck Ya.rdis busily employed
in constxuaing others,

PARIS, Auc. 5.

EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTERS OF THE DELIBE-
RATIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF STATE.-SITTING
OF THE 4-TH AUGUST, 1802.

PROJECT OF A SENATUS CONSULTUM FOR
ORGANIZING THE CONSTITUTION.

TITLE I.

There shall be in each Canton a Cantonal Assembly, in
each Sub-Prefedure a Distria Ele6loral College, and in each
DePart:nent a Departmental Electoral College.

TITLE If.

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c4q+IJE9NAL ASSEMBLIES.

The amtenal4ssembly shall be composed of all the Ci-
tizens wlioare domiciliated in the Canton, and who are in-
scribed on the Communal List.

The President of the Cantonal Assembly shall be appoint-
ed by the First Consul for five years, and may be indefinitely
re-appointed. He shall be assisted by four Senators. The
President and the Scrutators shall appoint the Secretary.
The Cantonal Assembly shall nominate two Citdzens, from
whom the First Consul shall chuse a lustice.of Peace for
the Canton. It shall likewise nominate two Persons to fill
each Vacancy for an Assistant to the Justice of Peace. The
Justices of the Peace and their Assistants shall be appointed
for ten years.

in Towns containing goon Inhabitants, the Cantonal As-
sembly shall present two Citizens for each place in the Mu—
nicipal Council. In'Towns where there are several Cantonal
Assemblies, each shall present two in like manner. The
Members of the Municipal Councils shah be taken from the
most respeeable persons in each Canton.

The
_AI unicipal Councils shall be half renewed every ten

years

The First Consul shall chuse the Mayors and Adjunds in
The Municipal Councils for five years, but they may be re-ap-
pointed.
The Cantonal Assembly shall elc into the Electoral Col-
lege of the Distrid, the number of Members allotted to the
Canton, in proportion to its population.
The Members of the Eledoral Colleges must be domici-
liated in the respet.live Distrids and Departments.
The Government shall convoke the Cantonal Assemblies,
fix the periocticif their.duration, and the objet of their as.
semblitleri?

TITLE 111.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES.

The Distrid Eledoral Colleges shall consist of one Mem-
ber for every Soo Inhabitants dorniciliated in the Distrid,
but not to exceed 200, or be less than tao.
The Departmental Eledoral Colleges shall consist of one
Member for every too° Inhabitants domiciliated in the De-
partment, but not to exceed 309, nor be less than 200.
The Members of the Electoral Colleges are for life.
If a Member of an Eledoral College is denounced to Go.
vernment as havimg been guilty of any crime, the Govern-
ment shall invite the College to vote upon the business, and
three-fourths of the Votes shall expel the Member from the
College.
The First Consul shall appoint the 'Presidents of the
Eledoral Colleges each Session, who alone shall have the
care of the Police of the Colleges, when assembled.
The Members of the Eledoral Colleges in each Depart-
ment shall be taken from a List of Goo of the most respedable
'Persons in the Department, as to landed and personal Pp-
perty•
The First Consul may add to each Distria Electoral Col-
lege ten Citizens, taken from the Legion of Honour, and to
each D,.:;:?artmental Electoral College, 20 Citizens, so of
them from amongst 30 of the most respedable Inhabitants of
the Department, and the other to from the Legion of Honour.
He not be compelled to make these nominations at any
determined period.
The 'Electoral Colleges of Distrias shall present to the

First Consul two Citizens for each vacancy in the Distriel

Council, one of them to be a Member of the College; The
Distriel Councils to be;one- third renewed every five years.
The Electoral Colleges of Distriets shall present at each
Assembly two Citizens to be added to the List, out of which
the,Members of the Tribunate are to be chosen, one at least
to be a Memty:r of the College, but both may reside out of
the Department.

The Departmental Eleaoral Colleges shall present to the
First Consati v.vu Citiens domiciliated in the Department,
for each vacant Fibre in the Council General of the Depart-
ment, one lust tube a Member of the College.
The COuncits General of Department shall be one.third
renewed every five years.

'The Departmental Ele&oral Colleges shall present at each
Assembly, two Citizens tO add to the list from which the
Senate arc to be chosen, one at least to be a Member of the
College presenting him, but both may reside out of the Re-
partment.

The Eledoral Colleges of Departments and Districts shall
each present two Citizens domiciliated in the Department,
for the purpose of forming the List from whence are to be
taken the Members of the Deputation to the Legislative
Body, one at least to be a Member of the College presenting
him. There shall be three times as many Can4idates as there
arc vacant places.

The same person may be a Member Oa Council of Com-
mune, and °Lao Eledoral College of Distria or Depart.

men t.

The same person may also be a Member of a District
lege and a Departmental College.
The Members of the Legislative Body and the Tribunate
cannot assist at the sittings of an ledoral College of which
they make a part, but the Public Funtionaries may assist
and vote.

Cantonal Assemblies cannot proceed to nominate to seats
belonging to them in the l7.lthoral Colleges, until those not
vacant are reduced to two-thirds.
The Electoral Colleges can only assemble in virtue of an
Act of Convocation from Government, and in the place as-
signed for that purpose: they cannot occupy themselves with
any subject for which they were not convoked, nor protrad
their Sittiogs beyond -the time fixed by the At of Con-
vocation. 'lf they do, the Government has a right to dissolve
them. .

The:Elecloral Colleges cannot, either dire&ly or indirelly,
under any pretence whatever, correspond amongst them-

S. lie S.

TITLE IV.
THE CONSULS.
The Consuii are for life. They ue Members of the So-
Nte3 and 9114 of tboui Preside,nt.

The Second and Third Consuls shall be appointed by the
Senate, on the presentation of the First Consul.
For this purpose, when one of the two places becomes
vacant, the First Consul shall present one to the Senate;
and if he is not appointed, he may present a second; and if
he is not appointed, a third, who must be appointed.
When the First Consul deems it convenient, he may pre-
sent a Citizen to succeed him atter his death, according to
the forms prescribed by the preceding Article.
The Citizen appointed to succeed the First Consul, shall
take the Oath to the Republic from the hands of the First
Consul, assisted by the Second and f bird Consuls, in
the presence of the Senate, the Ministers, the Council,
of State, the Legislative Body, the Tribunate, the Tribunal
Cassation, the Archbishops, the Bishops, the Presidents of
the Tribunals of Appeal, the Presidents of the EleCtoral
Colleges, the Presidents of the Cantonal Assemblies, the
Grand Ottiers of the Legion of Honour, and the May Ors of
the 24 principal Cities of the Republic.
The Secretary of State shall prepare the 43 rooes-Verbal.
of the, taking of the Oath.
The o:th shall be as follows :

" I swear to maintain the Constitution, to respeft
liberty of Conscience, to oppose the return of Feudal Insti-
tutions ; aever to make War except for the defence and glory
of the Republic, and to employ the Power with which I
shall be .nvested, only for the happiness of the People, front.
whom aid for whom I have received it."
The Oath being taken, he shall take his Seat in the Se-
nate, immediately next the First Consul.
The First Consul may deposit in the Archives of Govern-
ment, his wish as to the nowinatiot, of a Successor to be
presented to the Senate after his Death.
In that case, he shall summon the Second and Third Con-
suls, the Ministers, and the Presidents of the Sections of the
Council of State.

In their presence he shall deliver to the Secretary f State,
the Paper sealed with his Seal, in which his Will is contain•
ed.. The Paper shall be subscribed by all those present at
the aft.

The Secretary of S tate shall deposit it amongst the Archives
of Government, in the presence of the Ministers and the Yre.
sidentsof the Sections of the Councils of State.

The First Consul may withdraw this Dept:, observing tile
formalities prescribed in the preceding Article,
After the death of the First Consul, if his Will is deposited,
the Paper which contains it shall be taken from amongst the
Archives of Government by the Secretary of State, in the
presence of the Ministers and the Presidents of the Se4iopi.
of the Council of State ; its integrity and identity being_re..':
cognized in the presence of the Second and Third Cotisuls.
It ilarbe addiaied ro the Senate by a Message from Go-
vernment, with the prods verictux respo4ing the DepGt, and •
its identity and integrity.

if the person presented by the First Consul is not appoint•
ed, the Second and Third Consuls shall each present one
and in case neither shall be appointed, they shall each pre?
sent another, one of which last two must be appointed.
lithe First Consul should not leave any Presentation, the
Second and Third Consuls shall make separate presenta-
tiops ; one first, and the other second ; and if neither is ap,
pointed, they may present a third, who must be appointed.
In every case, the Presentations and the Appointments
rtiust be concluded within 24 hours after the death of the
First Consul.
The Law shall fix for the life of each Fist Consul,,
the expences of