Considering that, for all these causes, the Imperial Government established by the Senatus Consultum of the 28th Floreal, year 12, has ceased to exist, and that the wish manifested by all Frenchmen calls for an order of things, the first result of which should be the restoration of general peace, and which should also be the æra of a solemn reconciliation of all the states of the great European family—

The senate declares and decrees as follows:

Art. 1. Napoleon Bonaparte has for feited the throne, and the hereditary right established in his family is abolished.

2. The French people and the army are released from their cath of fidelity towards Napoleon Bonaparte.

3. The present decree shall be transmitted by a message to the Provisional Government of France, conveyed forth with to all the departments and the armies, and immediately proclaimed in all the quarters of the capital.

A letter, dated April 3, from the PRINCE of SCHWARTZENBERG to Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa, invited him to accede to the decree by which Napoleon Bonaparte is declared to have forfeited the Throne, and to pass with his troops under the new government.

MARSHAL MARMONT, in his reply to the Prince, expresses his willingness to contribute to the interests of France, which have ever been his first wish, but requires as a guarantee:

"That all troops quitting the standard of Napoleon Bonaparte, shall have leave to pass freely into Normandy.

"And that if the events of the war shall place Bonaparte a prisoner in the hands of the allies, the Prince shall guarantee his life and safety, and that he shall be sent to a country chosen by the allied powers and the French government."

In reply to this letter, the Prince of Schwartzenberg accedes to the demand of a guarantee, promises life and safety to NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, and compliments the Marshal upon the generosity of his character.

Marshal Marmont then passed with his corps of 12,000 men within the lines of the allies.

London Gazette Extraordinary. Saturday, April 9. Foreign-Office, April 9, 1814, Eight, P.M. Dispatches have been this day received at this office from General Lord Viscount Cathcart, K. T. announcing the abdication of the Crowns of France and Italy, by Napoleon Bonaparte, in terms of which the following is a translation :

"The allied powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon was the only obstacle to the re-establishment of the peace of Europe, the Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he re

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nounces for himself and heirs the thrones of France and Italy, and that there is no personal sacrifice, even that of life, which he is not ready to make to the interest of France.

"Done at the Palace of Fountainbleau, the April, 1814."

The conditions under which NAPOLEON made this abdication, and the immediate circumstances which led him to sheath his sword, have not yet been suffered to transpire. From loose paragraphs in the Marshal Jourdan, it is however collected, Paris papers, and a proclamation of that it was agreed that he should retire to the island of Elba, (we suppose as its Sovereign,) with a peusion of six millions of francs for himself and family, (250,000l. per annum.) It appears also that before he left Fontainbleau, on the 20th, he packed up his personal effects, and finally that his travelling retinue consisted of thirty carriages, and an escort of 200 cavalry, under his favorite officer Desnouettes.

The following are the circumstances, if at this critical moment we may trust the Paris papers on such a subject, which attended his departure. He spoke thus

to the officers and soldiers.

"I bid you farewell. For these twenty years that we have been together, I have been satisfied with you. I have always found you on the road to glory. All the powers of Europe have taken up arms against me part of my generals have betrayed their duty, and France herself has betrayed hers.

"With you and the brave men who remained faithful to me, I have for three years preserved France from civil war.

"Be faithful to the new king whom France has chosen, and forsake not your dear country, which has been too long unfortunate.

"Lament not my fate: I shall be happy when I know you are so.

"I could have been satisfied to die: no. thing would have been more easy for me; but I wish still to pursue the road to glory. I will write the history of our achieve.

ments.

"I cannot embrace you all: but I will embrace your general. Come, general."(He embraces him.)

"Bring me the cagle; let me embrace him too.-Ah! dear eagle, may the kisses which I give thee resound in the ears of posterity-Farewell, my lads! Farewell, my heroes!--Come around me once more!"

The staff then formed a circle roundhim.

Bonaparte afterwards got into his carriage, and at this moment, unable to repress his emotion, he shed some tears.

We conclude after all that the treaty with Napoleon was imperfect and reserv 3 B 2

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The king has the right of pardoning. 18. The courts and ordinary tribunals existing at present are preserved; their number cannot be diminished or increased, but in virtue of a law. The judges are for life and irremovable, except the justices of the peace and the judges of commerce. The commissions and extraordinary tribunals are suppressed, and cannot be re-established.

19. The courts of cassation, the courts of appeal, and the tribunals of the first instance, propose to the king three candidates. for each place of judge, vacant in their body. The king chooses one of the three. The king names the first presidents and the public ministry of the courts and the tribunals.

20. The military on service, the officers and soldiers on half-pay, the widows and pensioned officers, PRESERVE their RANKS, HONORS, and PENSIONS.

21. The person of the king is sacred and inviolable. All the acts of the government are signed by a minister. The ministers are responsible for all which those acts contain violatory of the laws, public and private liberty, and the right of citizens.

22. The FREEDOM of WORSHIP and conscience is guaranteed. The ministers of worship are treated and protected alike.

23. The LIBERTY of the PRESS is entire, with the exception of the legal repression of

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28. All the laws existing at present remain in vigor, until they be legally repealed. The code of civil laws shall be entitled, Civil Code of the French.

29. The present constitution shall be submitted to the acceptance of the French people, in the form which shall be regulated. LOUIS STANISLAUS XAVIER shall be proclaimed King of the French, as soon as he shall have signed and sworn, by an act stating, I accept the Constitution; I swear to observe it, and cause it to be observed.

This oath shall be repeated in the solemnity, when he shall receive the Oath of Fidelity of the French.

Signed by the Prince of Benevento, president; and sixty-seven members of the senate.

N consequence of a notice given by

City of London Tavern, for the purpose

would be illuminated for three nights, to celebrate the overthrow of Bonaparte and the restoration of happiness to the civilized world, the metropolis was very generally illuminated on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 11th, 12th, and 13th. The illuminations at Carlton House were among the most splendid exhibited, consisting of above 10,000 lamps. The columns in front were encircled with spiral lines of lamps. The cornices and other parts of the building were also studded with lamps; along the front were the following words: “Russia, Austria, Vivent les Bourbons, Prussia, England.”

An opposition is made to the intended branch of road from Povey Cross to Gatton Lodge, in which Loid Somers has taken the lead. A part of it passes over a long rising ground, and another part is intersected with boggy and swampy land, which must at all times be a heavy road to travellers. The cost too will amount at least to 55271. 17s. 6d. instead of 26501. as stated by the promoters.

A meeting was lately held at the

in the Lungs. It was honoured by the presence of the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, the Earl of Darnley, &c. &c. and attended by a very respectable company, among whom were some medical gentlemen of high repute, who came to promote to the utmost so benevolent and useful a design.

According to an account laid before Parliament, the number of three shilling tokens issued by the Bank of England, from the 10th of December, 1812, to March, 1814, was 3,008,983, and their amount in value 451,3471. 9s. each token weighing 9dwts. 11grs. the silver of dollar standard. The number of eighteen-penny pieces issued in the same period was 1,510,440, the value 113,2831. is. 6d. each weighing 4dwts. 17 grs. of dollar standard. No dollars were issued in the same period.

On Wednesday the 20th, Louis the XVIIIth, King of France, entered London in state from his late residence at Hartwell House, on his way to Paris. He was accompanied by some branches of his

family,

family, and by the Prince Regent and some other members of the Royal Family of England, and received and saluted by the applauses of thousands of spectators. On the following Saturday he left London for Dover, accompanied also by the Regent and many hundreds of persons of distinction on horseback and in carriages.

London has also been visited during the month by the Duchess of Oldenburgh, sister of the Emperor Alexander of Russia, who has fixed her residence at the Pulteney Hotel, in Piccadilly, and is much admired for her aniiable manners and superior intellectual attainments. MARRIED.

At Enfield, C. Moore, esq. of Mooresfort, in the county of Tipperary, to D. Woodcock, daughter of C. B. W. esq.

Mr. J. Welstead, of Stratford, to Louisa Porter, daughter of C. P. esq. of Lease Priory, Felsted.

At Godalming, Mr. J. Smith, of Cravenstreet, to Sarah, daughter of W. Hull, esq. The Hon. John Reginald Lygon, second son of Lord Beauchamp, to Lady Charlotte Scott, only daughter of the late, and sister to the present Earl of Clonmell.

J. L. Kirby, esq. captain in the East Essex Militia, to Mary Emma, youngest daughter of R. Jones, esq. late of Mansion-House-street.

At Croydon, the Rev. R. Bowden, of Islington, to Maria, youngest daughter of the late J. Humphrey, esq. of Stroudgreen.

Mr. John West, of the Strand, to Miss Shand, of Scot's-place, Islington.

At Bath, H. Fitzgerald, esq. to Lady Charlotte Rawdon, sister to the Right Hon. the Earl of Moira.

Mr. G. Stellier, of Feltham, to Miss Eliz. Sherbourn, youngest daughter of W. Sherbourn, of Bedfont.

T. J. Plat, of the Inner Temple, esq. to Miss Augusta Cuming, niece of G. C. esq. of Northbrook, near Godalming.

By his Grace the Archbishop of York, Lord Viscount Althorp, to Esther, only daughter and sole heiress of the late Richard Acklam, esq. of Weston Hall, Bawtry, Yorkshire, and niece of the Earl of Bandon.

At St. Mary-le-bone, Sir S. H. Clarke, bart. of the Island of Jamaica, and of Oak Hill, near Barnet, to Catharine Haughton, second daughter of J. H. James, esq. of the above island.

Mr.Joseph Graham, of St. Paul's Church Yard, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late George Hassell, esq. of Ripon.

Thomas Price, esq. son of Sir Charles P. bart. to Eliza Plumer; and Capt. Wm. Kearey, of the 4th dragoon guards, to Lucy Pinmer, daughters of Hall Plumer, esq. of Stockton Hall, near York.

Mr. Nicholas Smith, merchant, to Jemima, youngest daughter of the late Mr.

Francis Sillis, formerly of Hartford Hill House, near Norwich.

Mr. Richard Westhorp, of Cheapside, to Mary, second daughter of the Rev. John White, of Chevington.

The Rev. John Graves, to Mrs. Shaw, daughter of the late Sir James Dunbar, of Mockram, bart.

At Islington, John Wheeler, esq. to Caroline, daughter of Edmund Cotterill, esq. one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Middlesex.

D. Torme, esq. of Upminster-hall, to Miss S. Marthams, daughter of the late J. M. esq. of Shenfield.

Alfred Wyatt, esq. to Miss Ranking, daughter of G. R. esq. of Cavendish-square. Lieut. Furber, to the second daughter of John Dax, esq. of Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn.

C. W. Fenning, esq. of St. James'ssquare, to Caroline, daughter of J. Evitts, esq. late of Birmingham.

At Stoke Newington, Mr. W. Hawkes Smith, bookseller, of Birmingham, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late David Sweet, esq. of Hillersdon-house, Devon.

At Little Parndon, G. T. Nicholson, esq. to Anne Elizabeth, daughter of W. Smith, esq. M.P.

At Streatham, Surrey, J. Oliphant, esq. to Lama Maria, daughter of G. Darby, esq. of Upper Tooting.

Mr. Charles W. Charlton, of Doctors' Commons, to Miss Culliford, daughter of Mr. Thomas C. of Otterbourne.

At Spencer House, Lord George Quin, son to the Marquis of Headfort, to Lady Georgina Spencer, second daughter to Earl Spencer.

Lieutenant Robert Garrett, of the 7th or Royal Fusileers, eldest son of John G. esq. of Ellington, Isle of Thanet, to Charlotte, youngest daughter of Lord Edward Bentinck, brother to the late Duke of Portland.

At St. George's Church, J.H.Smyth, esq. M.P. of Heath, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, to Lady Elizabeth Anne Fitz Roy, third daughter of his Grace the Duke of Grafton.

At Hampton, R. Pusey, esq. of the Island of Jamaica, to Miss Caroline in desley, of Hampton.

At St. Ann's, Blackfriar's, P. Bartlett, esq. of Buckingham, to Rebecca, second daughter of the Rev. W. Goode, rector of the said church.

At Lambeth, Mr. D. Moore, of Ilford, Essex, to Miss Dent, of Kirkby Lonsdale.

At Cheam, Surrey, Mr. E. Wallace, surgeon, of Carshalton, to Miss A. M. Hovell, third daughter of the late J. H. esq. barrister-at-law.

Mr. H. Roscorla, of Brighton, to Ann, daughter of Mr. J. Chapman, of Bletchingly, Surrey.

Mr. H. Wayte, of Holborn-hill, to Miss M. P.

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M. P. Lowndes, of Queen street, Cheapside.

W. Thomas, esq. of Woolwich, to Miss A. Mouchett, of Mulgrave-place.

Dr. T. E. Munro, of Gower-street, to the third daughter of S. C. Ccx, M.C.C.

Mr. J. Ariccoll, of Findon, to Cordelia, and Mr. T. Tucker, of London, to Jane, daughters of C. Deudney, esq. of Gensing, Sussex.

Mr. R. D. Cabell, of the Hon. East India Company's civil service, to the second daughter of E. S. Jones, esq. of the East India Board.

Capt. Maitland, royal artillery, to the second daughter of Mrs. Miller, of Woolwich.

Richard Jennings, esq. Cheapside, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Joseph Devey, esq. of Bankside, Southwark.

At Hackney, James Augusta Lamb, esq. of London, to Harriet, third daughter of the late Mr. George Robinson.

Mr. Charles Cunningham, solicitor, Frith street, Soho-square, to Mary, the youngest daughter of Mr. Moore, of Park-street, Grosvenor-square.

Gugbon Damant, esq. of Hatton-garden, to Miss Harriet James, daughter of the late Thomas J. esq. of Hunter-street.

At Christ Church, J. K. Harris, of Winchester-place, to Ann Durrant, second daughter of Wm. Quincey, esq. of Holland

In Aldermanbury Postern, universally beloved and regretted, Mr. John Horker, late of Cheapside.

At Turner's Hill, Cheshunt, J. Shepherd, esq..79.

At Harrow-weald, Mrs. Roberts, wife of Mr. J. R. late of Oxford-street.

In Hill-street, Lady Glyn, relict of Sir R. G. bart. and mother of Sir R. C. G. an alderman of London and an eminent banker.

T. Andrews, esq. of Old Brentford, sincerely lamented by his relatives and friends, Lydia, daughter of Dr. Sequeira, of Mark-lane.

In Weymouth-street, Portland-placé, 81, William Tripp, esq.

In Bartholomew-close, 84, the Rev. Owen Perrot Edwardes, forty-five years rector of St. Bartholomew the Great.

In Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, 14, Anna Sophia, eldest daughter of W. Horne, esq. M.P.

In Dartmouth-street, Westminster, Mr. Pilliner.

Mrs. Colton, of Brampford Speke, relict of the Rev. Wm. Colton.

Mrs. Cecilia Taylor, wife of Mr. John T.

371 gent. and daughter of the Late Rev. Dr. Uvedale, of Louth.

In Addle-street, 80, Susan, the wife of William Hardy, esq. and sister to Thomas Kinder, esq. late of St. Albans..

Catherine, wife of Mr. Henry Greathead, formerly of South Shields, boat-builder.

In Mary-le-bone, 76, the Comte d'Escars, a nobleman of the old French regime, respectable and respected. He was descended by the maternal line from the royal house of Stuart, his mother, Lady Emily Fitzjames, being third daughter to the marshal duke of Berwick.

Charles Timothy Cobb, esq. of Tudorstreet, second surviving son of Thos. C. esq. Rachel, wife of Colonel John Bladon Taylor, of Devonshire place, Mary-le-bone. In Seymour-place, after a long illness, at the advanced age of 85, the Right Honorable Thomas Bruce Brudenell Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury, K.T. treasurer of her majesty's household, and one of his majesty's most honorable privy council. His lordship was brother to the late Duke of Montague and Earl of Cardigan, and was twice married; first, to Susannah, widow of the late Viscount Dungarvon; secondly, to Lady Ann Eliza. beth Rawdon, daughter to the late, and sister to the present Earl of Moira. By his first wife, his lordship has left surviving two daughters, and an only son, Charles, who succeeds to his titles and estates. The present earl married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Noel, the late Lord Berwick, by whom he has two sons and four daughters.

Mrs. Bologna, the wife of Mr. B. jun. of Covent-garden Theatre,

Miss M. Magdalen Barnes, 53, eldest daughter of J. B. esq. of Lincoln's-inn fields.

Colonel Kennedy, formerly of the 10th light dragoons; he was sitting at breakfast, at his house, in Allsop's-buildings, Newroad, when he fell suddenly back in his chair and expired.

In Whitechapel, 72, Mrs. Exeter.

At his sister's, Lady Calder, Portugalstreet, Grosvenor-square, William Osborn, esq. late lieutenant-colonel in the 7th light dragoons, and son of the late Admiral Osborn.

In Knightsbridge, Bernard Cologan, esq. of the island of Teneriffe.

At Stockwell, 51, George Vandiest, esq. Frances Coats, youngest daughter of James Hamilton, esq. of Hunter-street, Brunswick-square,

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In Portman-square, after a short illness, the Elon. Mrs. Cecil Jenkinson, sister to the Earl of Liverpool.

In Piccadilly, Mrs. Grimstone, widow of the late Hon. George Grimstone.

At Turnham Green, 70, T. Secar, esq. At Sydenham, C. P. Crawfurd, esq. of Verulam buildings, Gray's-inn, 40.

At Islington, 87, Lady Lyde, relict of the late Sir Lyonel Lyde, bart. of Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts..