The Sun.
London, England, 1804-06-02 00:00:00

PARIS, M. it.

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"nElt volt THE );,AOC LA2:IAI iOl.l OF THE Sli-
NATI,I3 CO:CtULTUNI.
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In 'execution of the order of His Majesty the E meror,trans-
knitted by the Arch-Chncellor of the Empire for the Pro-
clamation of the Senaiks Consultum of the zBth of Floteal;
Ilay tB, the Chancellor of the Senate has this day decreed
the following order of Procession
1.0 meet at the Pa;ace of lie Senate; Sunday the 30th
Floreal, May 20, at eitht in the morning, to go out by the
gratid entrance of the Palace Rue de Touraon.
The first Proclamation before the Palace of the Senate.
The procession Passes through the street de Tournon, St.
Sulpice, Vieux. Passes
place de la Croix Rouge, street
de Urenelle as far as street de Bourgogne on the right, and the
place of the Legislative Body
Second Proclamation at the. place of the Legislative Body.
, The Procession-pa.ise through rue de Bouvelarcl, as far as
tut bridge de la Concorde, crosses the place and street de la
:oncorde as far as the Boulevard, goes along the Boulevard as
tar
as the
oe new street des Capucines, and enters into place
Vend.
Third Proclamation at Is place Vendome.
The Procession proceeds frani the place Vendome, passes
through the street St. Honor on the left, as far as the place
du Tribunate. •
Fourth Proclamation before the palace of the Tribunate.
The Procession proceeds through the street de Malte, as
far as the place De Carrousel.
Fifth Proclamation at the place De Carrousel.
The Procession issues through the large gates o e
Louvre, takes the quays on the left in a straight line as far]as
the place De l'Hotel de Ville.
Sixth Proclamation at the place of the Hotel de Ville.
The p
lice. rocession returns by the quay Pelletier, the quay da
Cevres, the Pont au Change, the place of the Palace de los-
Seventh Proclamation before the Palace de justice.
The procession passes through treet do la Barillere, that of
St. Lows on the right, the quay des Orfevres, the Pont Neuf
I" the lts. tile street Thionville, that of Saint Germain des
Pre the street l'Odeon, that ot'Vaugirard, and returns to
the Senate.
The Chancellor of State, (Signed) LAPLACE.
THE QUESTION To BE SUBJECTED TO T
FO HE PEOrLE
R. THEIR ACCEPTANCE.
The following proposition shall be presented
tile People for their acceptance, according to to
IC
iNtn3 establisied by the Decree of the loth Floreal,
Ycat to :
''ltzThe French People will the Imperial Dignity to be Here.
ry in the direa, natural; legal, and adoptive descent of
'APOLEON BONAPARIL, in the natural and legal descent of
tOZLPII 130NAPARTE, and Lou ts..l3or:Al'AitTE, as settled
Y the Organic Senatus Consultum of Floreal eith, year tz.
a great number'Yesterday t
2everal night, s public edifi of hotises were illuminatedces, and

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, ()11-CANIr SENATUS CONSULTUM.
ZTRACTED FROM THE REG/sTEAS OF THE CON.
SErtrATivE SENATE, FLOREAL, 'YEAR 12.
beThe Conservative Senate, assembled to the nub.
c r °F,Membeis presctibed by the 90th Article of the
"stilution, having seen the project of the Senatus
C?nsillturn drawn up according to the 57th Article
nit the organic Senatus Consultum, dated Thermi.
tior x 6, year io, and after having heard, on the mo-
”d tives of the said projta, the Orators of Government,
the Report of its Special Commission, notninated
ul the Sitting of the xoth of this month, and having
deliberated on the adoption of it, to the number of
yoiees prescribed by the,s6th article of the organic
enatus Consultum, of the 16th of Thermidor, year
10,-decrees as follow

TITLE I.
t ar f. The Government of the Republic shall be en.-.
thetrusted to an Emperor, who assumes the title of Emperor ot
French— lustice shall be administered in the name of the
Linperor by Officers whom he shall appoint.
Buhli2. N A Pol. EON BON AP A lurz, now I' iISt,COrISUI of the Re-
c, shall be Einperor of the Trench.
•rtxt.E. It,—OF lIEREDIT.AMENT.
3. The Imperial dignity is Hereditary, in thedirea , natural
"na ltzitimate descent of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE from,
Iriale to male, by order of primogeniture, and to the'
rpe-
-24,11 exclusion of females and their descent.
;r4nd4. NAPOLEON Lzo N 130 N APAR TE may adopt the children or
;children of his brothers, provOed they have attained
-(-) the age of ts years complete, and that he himself has no
Male heirs at the time of adoption. His adopted sons enter
In`" the line of his direct descent. If he has any male chi!,
`ren posterior to adoption, his adopted sons can succeed only
44er the natural and legitimate cl,:scendants. Adoption is
I,lterdittect to
,the successors of NAPULLON BONAi'ARTI,
"IN to their descendants.
‘,S. Failing a natural. or legitimate Heir, or adopted Heir of
•pito at, HON AP A ELT E, .the Imperial Dignity shall devolve
`. and be conferred on I OSEPII BONAPARTE and his natural
legitirmate descendants, in the order of primogeniture, to
‘le, Perpetual exclusion of females and their descendants.
ti:a- Failing, los crir BolvattAßTF. and his male descendants,
Lt, Imperial Dignity shall devolve to and be conferred on
~ nuts 1i0M....pA at x and his natural and legitimate descen-
44nts, in tht order of primogeniture, from male to male, and
to the perpetual exclusion of females and their descendants.
V4,01s 7. Failing a natural and legitimate Heir, or adopted Heir of
Aohßottasa att,tailing a natural or legitimate Heir of
loszrir BONAPARTt and his male descendants, of Louis Bo-
)4, initr c and his male descendants, at or Senates Con-
-6,,,l4lturn.proposed to the Senate by the Titularies of the Crest
tlf"ignitaries of the Empire, titheinitted te the acceptance
the People,. shall nominate Emperor, and regulate in
s Family the Order of Hereditament, from male to male,
t,O the perpetual exclusion of females and of their cleseett_
Mts.
tl.B Until the moment of the EleEtion of the ne* Emperor,
PloLne affairs of the State shall be governed by the Ministers,
shall form in Council the GovernMent, and who shall
lc,,eliberate by a majority of voices. The Secretary at State -".11! keep a journal of the delitxratiOliS.
TITLE. Ifl.--Or Tilt 14CER/AL YAMILY.
).. The Members of the Imperial Family, in the order of ,
t_t_teditamentt shall bear the title of French Princes. The eldest
4ittZt!he Emperor shall be styled Imperial Prince.
regulatretthehynVee et. education for the French Princes shall be
if. "rh,... -enutus the"consrn.
/tt Membe 1 Senate and of the Council of
State, when the 1. rs o
Y 14ve attained to their igth year.
tx. Then
cannot marry without the consent of the Ern-
Peror. 'he rna r; sLeznytttapf the Eroper-rear'te of a French Prince without the con,-
4',curs the privation of all right ot ii 7
I,,'_
ri
.11Ce, both tot flit: indiv'd al who has contratted it, and
1 u
4o his descendants. .
d43h• The Acts which attest the birth, the marriages and
mittetislMevnbers of the Imperial Family, shall be trans-
order m Y order from the Emperor, to the Senate, who shall
arno ell). to ba inscribed in their Journals, and deposited
ng their archives. tor,ii .Nnrottou bouAr All rE shall establish, by statutes
tie j ljell his sticcessors are bound to conform,
tion
ot.
th aimily,
•rnperial V- Ist, The du-
-1 0'
the individuals of both sexes, who are Members of the
t/re!hron:,l owards the , Emperor : An organizao-_
~`llltt'ettill',l Palace contbrinably to Otte dignity I
i, Ile ~ 9 grandeu'r of the Nation.
as ii. `-tyll List remains regulated in the same mannicr
z 6, "was by tilt.. ist and 4th Articles of the Decree of l`, ay
:ilia '.'79 • The Princes losE r ti and Louis BON AP A R TE,
iiihrlutur,e t lie younger natural and legitimate sons of tree
,:t r .r, ,i),kll lie treated agreeably to the Articles r, to, 11t
1,,!, !Id 13 of the DeLree of December 21, 1790, The t"1.1.1:
(~i'vli flay tix the jointure of tie Empress, and refer it !‘) t
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i1i5,,...,1-:.'t-, His bIICC,,SOrS can introduce no change in the
~..I>t!ons in;,tie in titi:, tesped.
pr,Ll°. Ihe Emperor shall visit the Departments : Imperial
im,iegs s.hall theiefore be cA:iblislied in the four principal
1; its 01 the Empire.
l'ir dependencies es a b l'irsll-I.tt:;l;e.byP alma ac
vs. shall be fixed, acid
(''t Ii , I.lii 1V•-.--OF THE RECENCY-
-7 Einpel-or is a Tilin'or till the age of eighteen years
il`Pkt l'iPiree ' The ;
during Ins innioriti there shall be a Regent of the
~,,18. The 1? e? must be at least tn entv-five years of age,
.'"'.q,p.iete •; terrines are L \ ciatt.,:d trona the Regency.
11‘-y1!.9. FL: Emp,ror chtiaes the P.- ,eilt from among the
,:,„iii Prines who have atl2.,it)e,i t3'6.the a.,-"els prescribed by
iPts:,iii,g article ; and failii:g them, tro:ii among the .1:i.
' triti,: of tine g,eat dignities of the Empir::.

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20. nti,ny On the. part of till:traperor, the
Regency shall devolve to the Prince nearest in degree in the
order of inheritance, who has attained to 25. years corriplute.
.1. In cases v here the Erupt:lor has not chosen the Re-
gent, if none of the French Princes have attained to tie age
of years.toMplete, the Senate shall chose the Regent from
the Titularies of the great Dignities -of the Empire.
22. When, on account of the minority of a Pririce called to
the. Regency iii theurder of inheiitance, it -has been conferred
on a more distant -relation, or on one of the Titularies of the
great Dignities of the Empire, the Regent who haS entered on
the exercise of his functions shall continue them till the
majority of the E mperpr.
23. No organic Se:3:u us Consulturn can be passed during the
Regency, nor befote the end of the third year attet the ma-
jority. . . .
24. The Regent shall exercise, till the majority of, the Em-
peror, all the attributes of the.' mperial Dignity 'he cannot?
however, nominate to the Grand Dignities of the F nipire,
nor to the places of the great Officers which may be vacant
at the period of the Regency, or which map become vacant
during the minority; nor use the prerogatiVe reserved for the
Emperor, of raising-Citizens to the rank of Senator. He
cannot dismiss either the Grand judge or the Secretary of
State.

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25. He is not personally fesponsible far ilia ads of his Ad-
ministration.

26. All Ads of the Regency are in the naive of the Empe-
ror under age.
2.7. The Regent can propose no projed of a law or Senates
Consulumt, and can adopt no regulation of public admini-
stration, until he hos consulted the Council of Regency,
composed of the Titularies of the Great Dignities of the Em-
pire. He cannot declare war or sign treaties of peace,al liance,or
commerce, until after deliberation in the Council of Regency:
the Members of which in this case only have a deliberative
voice. The decision shall be by a majority of voices, and if
there be an equality, that of the Regent shall determine it.
The Minister of Foreign Relations shall have a seat in the
Council of Regency, when the Council deliberates on affairs
relating to his department. The Grand Judge, Minister of
Justice, may be called to it by order of the Regent. The Se-
cretary of State shall keep a journal of the deliberations.
28. The Regency can confer no right on the person of the
minor Emperor.
29. The Salary of the Regent is fixed at a fourth amount
of the Civil List.

30. The care of the minor Emperor is entrusted to his Mo-
ther, and, failing her, to the Prince chosen for that purpose
by the Predecessor of the minor Emperor. Failing the Mo-
ther of the minor Emperor, and a Prince chosen by the Em-
peror, the Senate shall entrust the care of the minor Empe-
ror to one of the Titularies of the Great Dignities of the Em-
pire. Neither the Regent, nor his descendants of females,
can be chosen to take charge of the minor Emperor.
3t. In case NAPotEorsr BoNAPARTr, shall use the faculty
conferred on him by the 4th Article of Title I I. the ad of
adoption shall be performed in the presence of the Titularies
of the Grand Dignities of the Empire ; shall be received by
the Secretary of State, and immediately transmitted to the Se-
nate to be inscribed in the Journals, and deposited among the
Archives ; when the Emperor nominates either a Regent tor
the minority, or a Prince to take charge of the minor Emperor,
the same formalities shall be observed ; the ad of nomina-
tion, either of a Regent for the minority, or a Prince to take
charge of the minor Emperor, are revocable, at the pleasure
of the Emperor. Every at of adoption, nomination, or revo-
cation of a nomination, which has not been inscribed in the
Journals of the Senate, before the death of the Emperor,
shall be null and void.

TITLE V.-OF THE GREAT DIGNITIES OF THE EMPIRE.

32. The Grand Dignities of the Empire, are those of Grand
Elector, Arch Chancellor of State, Arch Treasurer, Conitable,
and Grand Admiral.

33. The Titularies of the Grand Dignities of the Empire
are nominated by the Emperor. They shall enjoy the same
honours as the French Princes, and take precedency imme-
diately after them. The period of their reception determines
the rank which they respeelively hold.
34. The Grand Dignities of the Empire cannot be removed.
35. The Titularies of the Great Dignities of the Empire, are
Senators and Counsellors of State.

36. They form the GralTd V
Council of the Emperor; they
arc Members of the Privy Council ; they compose the Grand
Council of the Legion of Honour. The present Members of
the Grand Council of the Legion of Honour sh ill rttsin,
during life, their titles, functions, and prerog.itive,
37. Ine Emperor presides in the Senate anti C of
State. When the Emperor does not preside in toe Seii.ite or
Council of State, he shall nominate one of the Titularies of
the Great Dignities of the State to be' President.
33. All Ads of the Senate and Legislative Body are passed
in the name of the Emperor, and promulgated or published
under the Imperial Seal.
39. The Grand -Eledor performs the fundions of Chan-
ceilor-Ist, In convoking the Legislative Body, the Eleelo-
Ld Colleges, and the Cantcnal Assemblies ; ad, In pro-
mulgating the Senates Consulta for dissolving the LegislAtive
Body, or the Electoral Colleges. The Grand Eletior pre-
sides in the absence of the Emperor, when the Senate proceeds
to the nomination of Senators, Legislators, or Tribunes. He
may reside in the Palace of the Senate. He makes known to
tile Emperor the remonstrances presented by the Eledoral
Colleges of the Cantonal Assemblies, in regard to the pre-
servation of their prerogatives. When a Member of an Elec-
toral College is denounced, agreeably to the asst Article
of the organic Senates ansultum, of the 16th of Thennidor;
year to, as having committed any ad contrary to the
honour or the good of his Country, the Grand Eledor
shall invite the College to manifest its will. He shall report
the will of the College to the Emperor. The Grand Elector
presents the Members of the Senate, of the Council of Stare,
and of the Legislative Body, to take the oath before the Em-
peror. He administers the oath to the Presidents of the Elec-
toral Colleges, of the Departmental and Cantonal Assem-
blies. 1-16 presents the solemn deputations of the Senate,
the Council of State, Legislative Body, Tribunate and Elec-
toral Colleges, when admitted to an audience of the Ern.
peror.
(To be continued.)