The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-13 00:00:00

NAPOLEON BONAPAJ?TE AND BOIL

The following Imperial decree was proclainled
by order of the Emperor Napoleon I. at Rome on
the 10th of June, 1809, fifty years ago nett
month :

"Rome June 10 18097,
"This morning, at ten o'clock, the following Impene
decree, dated Vienna, the 17th of March, 1809, was joe;
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" ' Napoleon, Emperor of the French, &c., taking te
consideiation that when Charlemagne, Emperor of
French, and our sublime predecessor, endowed the
of Rome with various lands, they were given as fiefs to
maintain the peace of his subjects, and that Rome did not
therefore cease to form a part of, his empire ; considering
further, that since that time the union of
spiritual and tens'
poral power has been, and still is, the source of dissensiel%
that the Popes have but too frequently availed themselves
of the one to support their pretensions to the other, and
with spiritual concerns, which are in their nature 01,muta-
ble, have been confounded worldly affairs, which chi
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with the circumstances and politics
of the times ; consider
with
ing, finally, that it is in vain to attempt to reconcile wi..
the temporal pretensions of the Pope all that we have con
ty
certed for the security of our army, the repose and prosper
of the nations over whom we reign, and the dignity see as
violability of our empire, we have decreed and do decree
follows :
" ' Art 1. The Papal territory is united with the French
empire.
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Glared to be a free and imperial city ; its government
administration shall be fixed by a particular decree.
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" 3. The monuments of Roman greatness shall be
tamed and preserved at the expense of our treasurY. , the
4. The public debt is declared to be the debt or
empire. •
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" 5. The revenue of the Pope shall be fixed at 2,000,
free from all charges and contributions.
shall be " 6. The property and palaces of his Holiness
„d
subject to no imposition, Jurisdiction, or visitation, .••••••
shall besides enjoy special prerogatives.
" ' An extraordinary consulta shall take possession at
a‘ ue„urn
name of the Papal dominions, and adopt measures that o
the Ist of January, 1810, the constitutional goverel9,
take effect. NApoLsoN.

The horses, carriages, and baggage waggons °r
his Majesty were sent off on Sunday by a special train' as
were the carriages of Prince Napoleon. The riding and
other horses of the Emperor were 200 In number.
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A CHILD B 1 ITS
Pinuat.—Yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon considerable
excitement was caused in Holbeck, by the attempted fors
der of an infant, five months old, by its father. The
of the case, so far as we were able to ascertain up he
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time of going to press last night, were briefly these:
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man named Joseph Reed, a shoemaker by trade, liv°aWlha
his wife and family in that part of Holbeck known as
Town-gate ; though a cripple, having only one leg, he '-
conducted himself in a very disreputable way fora
years. Ho has been several times before the justices ni
summarily punished for assaults. On Tuesday h° seized
his youngest child and bit one of its arms in a very brutal
manner; and yesterday between four and five o'clock he
took it by the heels and dashed its head against the wall,
apparently with the intention of dashing out its brains'
He was prevented from repeating the inhuman act, but the
child was thrown into convulsions, and we believe it. IN
doubtful whether it will recover from the injuries thus
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in-
flicted. The neighbourhood was immediately raised T
or 500 men, women, and children assembled 'Tana he
nately, however, the chief constable (Mr. English)
house, and vowed venge. nce against the father. Fdrorotvu-
up at the time, and prevented any actual disturbance.
with
took the man into custody, and had him removed
some difficulty to the central police-office at the Tocu-PA",
where gtill remeauge--Ze4o arcrOgeM