The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-31 00:00:00

LAST night the Allniteurs to the 19th inst. in
elusive, were received. T:ley contain the Proceed-
ings of the Conservative Senate, and the anal achy_
tion of the Senatur Consultant, appointing BON A-
P ART E Emperor of the French. The new French
Constitution consists of 143 Articles, and is divided
into iG Titles. The whole of it is not yet pub-
lished, but the substance of that part of it which
relates to the Imperial D,giiity, we are enabled to
lay before our Reader•.

" The first title declares N.s.ro LEON Box 17ATITE Em-
peror of the French, and the 1 roperial Dignity Here:iitary,
in the dired, natural and legitimate descent, from male to
male, in the order of primogeniture, to time exclusion of fe-
males and their descent. The First Consul may adopt the
Children or Grand Children of his Brothers, provided they
have attained the age of IS years complete, and he himself
have no children. Adoption is prohibited to his successors .
In default of a natural and legitimate Heir of the First Con-
sul, or if an adopted Heir, the Empire will be transferred
to JOSEPH Bo NAFA ri and his Deecenlants ; and in default
of Jos Ep H and his Descendants, to Lou ma and his Descen-
dants. In case of failure of the Heirs of Josr.rti anti Louts
BON APASTE, a Cedistelli,m, proposed to the Senate by
the Titularies of the C,-eat D:gnitize of the Empire and sub-
mitted to the People, 311 hie appoint an Emperor.
" The Members of the Imperial Family, in the order of
inheritance, shall bear time title of French Princes. The
eldest Son of the EMPEROR shall hear the title of Imperial
Prince. A French Prince who shall marry without permis-
sion from the EteeE rt o , be deprived of all right to the
inheritance, unless he shall have no. Children by this mar-
riage, and the marriage shall be afterwards di,isolved.
" The Civil List shall remain regulated as it is by the tst
and 4th Articles of tne Decree of the 26th of May, 1791.
The French Princes los ree it and Louis BON APA RT F., and
the younger Sons of the EmeEROR, shall be treated conform-
ably to the Articles t, to, I r, Is, and s 3, of the Decree of
21st December 1793. The E:ill'EßOlt may fix the dower of
the EmeaEss, and assign it on the Civil List. His succes-
sors shall not be permitted to make any change in his dispo-
sition in this respect.

" The ENIPEP.Oa will 'o...it the Departments. Imperial
Palaces shall be ez;tablished at the lour principal points of

the Empire.

Cavalry; and tile Marine great Civil Officer!: oftl*Croveit
such as shall be instituted by the Statutes or: the kW TROR.
The Great Officers are immoveable.

" The Eteraikoa, within the first two rears after hissuc-
cession to the Throne, or attainment of full age, shall take an
Oath to the French People on the Gospel, and in presence of
the Titularies of the Grand Dignities of the Empire, of the
Ministers, of the great Officers of the Empire, of the Senate,
of the Council of State, of the Legislative Body, of the Tri-
bunal, of the Court of Cassation, of the Archbishops and
Bishops, of the Great Officers of the Legion of Honour, of
the Presidency, of the Orators, of the Consistories and
Mayors of the principal. Cities of the Empire ; he shall swear
to maintain the integrity of the Territory of the French Re-
public; to respe& and cause to be respeaed, liberty of con-
science and the laws of the Concordat, the ecitality of
rights, political and civil liberty, the irrevocability of the
scales of national property, nor to levy any tax but by virtue
of a law, &c.

" the Senate shall be composed, tst, Of French Princes :
2(1, Of the Titularies of the Great Dignities of the Empire :
3d, Of eighty Members, nominated on the presentation of
Candidates chosen by the 'EMPEROR from lists formed by
the Ele&oral Colleges of the Departments : 4th, Of Citi-
zens, whom the EMPEROR shall judge proper to elevate to
the dignity of Senator.
There shall be formed in the Senate, and from its body,
a Committee of Individual Liberty. consisting of Seven
Members, who, if any person is arrested and not brought to
trial after ten days from his arrest, may, on application from
such person, call on the Minister who ordered his arrest,
either to set hint at liberty, or bring him before the Tribu-
nals, which, if he refuses to do, the Committee may demand
an assembly of the Senate. to which the matter shall be re- -
fc r red.

" There shall likewise be in the Senate a Committee for
the Liberty of the Press, which shall proceed in the same
manner, in case of any infringement of that liberty."
The Senaty3 Consithum contains various other regulations re-
lative to the Legislative Body, of the Council of State, the
Tribunate, the Eleaoral Colleges, and the High Imperial
Court, composed of the Princes, Grand Dignitaries, Great
Officers of the Empire, the Chief Judge, 6o Senators, and
other Members, who are to take cognizance of personal of-
fences committed by the Members of the Imperial Family,
by the Grand Dignitaries, and the Senators, as also of of-
fences of Ministers under their official responsibility. The
Laws shall be thus promulgated :
" N ro LION, by the grace of Con, and the Constitution
of the, Republic, Emperor of the French, &c."

The French People shall vote, in the forms appointed by
the Arrete of the aoth of Florcal, of the year iz, on the in-
heritance of the Imperial Dignity, in the direct, natural, and
legitimate descent of NAPOLEON BONAPARTY, JOSEkki 130-
NAPARTE, and LOUIS BONAPARTE.

The adoption of the above Se:lotus Consultum has
been announced to the Parisians by several discharges
of cannon. .

Last night Mr. `VII.BEItFORCE brought forward,
in the House of Commons, his Motion for the Abo-
lition of the Slave Trade. The Motion was sup.
potted by Mr. PITT and Mr. Vox, and was agreed
to by a large Majority.

This morning two Gottenburgh Mails
but have brought no intelligence of importance.
Tuesday night, about nine o'clock, the LoR4
CIIANcELLOR and Mr. PITT had Audiences of kits
MAJE3TY.

Yesterday, about eleven o'clock, Mr. PITT had
an Audience of His MAI vstY, who afterwards
gave Audiences to the Earls of WINCHILSEA,
DARTMOUTH, and AYLESFORD, when the latter
bad the. honour to kiss His MAjsSTY'S hitnd, an
his being appointed Lord Steward of the House-
hold.

About one o'clock fits MAJESTY, accompanied
by the DUKE of CAMBR I DC; E, in his post chariot,
and followed by the QUEEN and PRINCESSES, in
two coaches and four, took an airing to Kew.
Yesterday, at one o'clock, a Cabinet Council was
held at Lord HARROW B Y'S, was attended by
the Duke of PORTLAND, Earl of CHATHAM; Lord
NI v ILL E, the MAsT ER of the Ro Ls, and several
others.

The KI:to has been pleased to desire, that the
Berkshire Regiment of Militia, should henceforth
be styled Rojal.
Yesterday a Court of DireEtors was held at the
India House, when Capt. JAMES TIMB R ELL, Com-
mander of the Lcrd Harts:le:bitty ; Captain JoHt4
PATE RSON, commander of the Duke of Montrose,
and Captain JOHN MACKINTOSH, commander of
the Airly Castle, took leave of the Court, prepara-
tory to their departure for Madras. Captain JouN
MACINTOSH was sworn into the command of the
Ship Union, for St. Helena and Bengal. At six
o'clock, the Court adjourned till Wednesday next.

An Expedition iq said to be preparing to sail
against the Cape of Good Hope, and it is confidently
asserted, that Sir HOME POPHAM iS to command
the Naval part, and that Generals FRANCIS DUN-
DAS, BAIRD, and AUCHMUTY, will command the
Troops. It is further stated, that General BAIRD
anti SirkSAmuEL AUCHMUTY will proceed, after the
reduaion of the Cape, against Batavia, with a part
of the Forces, and the Squadron under Sir H. Pap.
HAM. Gen. FRANCIS DUNDAS, who will command
the Troops, is nephew to Lord ME r 5.1 L L u, and bro.
Cher to the SECRETARY at WAR. He will catry with
him the Commission of Governor of the Colony, and
there is no doubt the Dutch inhabitants will be
happy to have him restored to them, after an absence
of little more than a year and a half.

There cannot be a better proof of the genuine
Loyal which chara6terizes those Dinners which his
Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES thinks suit-
able to his rank, as Heir. Apparent, than the cir-
cumstance of giving " The Knic," as the only
Toast. The Meetings plainly mark the dignity of
his Royal Highness's. station in the Empire, and,
from all we have heard, no political discuisions, or
conversations take place, further than might be ex-
petted in any Society chat felt a proper interest in
the national welfare.