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senatus consultum, drawn up in the form prescribed by the 57th article of the act of the constitution of the 4th of August 1802; after having heard the motives of the said projet, the orators of the council of state, and the report of the special commission appointed in the sitting of this day: the adoption having been under discussion by the number of members prescribed by the 56th article of the act of the constitution of the 4th of August, 1802, decrees

"Art. I. The marriage contracted between the emperor Napoleon and the empress Josephine is dissolved. "II. The empress Josephine shall preserve the title and rank of empress queen crowned.

"III. Her dowry is fixed at an annual income of two, millions of francs, on the revenue of the state. " IV. All the assignments which may be made by the emperor in favour of the empress Josephine on the funds of the civil list, shall be obligatory on his successors.

"V. The present senatus consultum shall be transmitted by a message to his imperial and royal majesty."

ADDRESS OF THE SENATE TO HIS

MAJESTY KING.

THE EMPEROR AND

"The senate has adopted the projet of the senatus consultum, which has been presented to it in the name of his imperial and royal majesty.

Your majesty, sire, could not give a greater proof of the absolute devotion to the duties which an hereditary throne imposes. The senate feels in the most lively manner, the necessity of expressing to you how much it is penetrated with all the great soul of your majesty; it experiences that the most extensive power, the most illustrious glory, the admiration of the most

remote posterity cannot, sire, compensate the sacrifice of your dearest affections. The eternal love of the French nation, and the profoundest sense of all you have done for them, cap alone console your majesty's heart."

ADDRESS OF THE SENATE TO HER MAJESTY THE EMPRESS AND QUEEN.

"Madame-Your imperial and royal majesty has made to France the greatest of sacrifices. History will preserve an everlasting remembrance of it.

"The august consort of the greatest of monarchs could not unite herself to his immortal glory by a more heroic act of self-devotion.

"Long have the French nation, madame, revered your virtues; they revere that affecting goodness which inspires all your words, and directs all your actions. they will admire your sublime self-devotion: they will for ever decree to your imperial and royal majesty an homage of gratitude, respect, and love.

"The senate orders the two above decrees to be presented the one to his majesty the emperor and king, the other to her majesty the empress queen,, by the president and secretaries of state.

"Signed

"CAMBACERES, prince arch-chancellor of the empire, president. "SEMONVILLE and BEURNONVILLE, secretaries."

The orators of the council of state withdrew, and the prince arch-chancellor terminated the sitting. When his serene highness withdrew, he was escorted with the same honours shown him on his arrival.

MANSION HOUSE,

27. A case of a singular nature was heard before the lord mayor

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and alderman C. Smith on Friday. The stewards of a benefit' society were summoned by the widow of one of their members to show cause why they should not continue to pay her an annuity of 201. per annum, according to their articles. Mr. Alley attended on the part of the plaintiff, and Mr. Bollond for the defendants. The circumstances were as follow:-The rules of the society provided, that the widows of members should be entitled to an annuity of 201., and that, should they marry again, the society, on the payment of 201., should be released from any further claims being made upon them. The husband of the plaintiff had been dead upwards of five years, and she had received her annuity till about eighteen months since, at which time she married; and on producing the certificate of her marriage to the stewards, they paid her 201. and took her receipt for it. Some time afterwards she discovered that the man whom she had married had a wife and several children living in Cornwall; and in fact, after having spent her money and made away with her property, he went back to his wife, and is now with her at Penzance in Cornwall. On this desertion she applied to the stewards, demanding to be again put upon the list of widows, on the ground of her having been deceived, and that she was still, in fact, a widow. On the part of the defendants it was contended, that the plaintif could have no further claim to the society, they having, in compliance with the rules of the society, on the production of the marriage certificate by the plaintiff, paid her 201. and taken her receipt for it. Several witnesses were called on the part of the plaintiff; and the first wife of the man being proved to be alive, his lordship and the

worthy alderman were of opinion that she ought to be reinstated on the books of the society.

27. The Harlequin sloop of war, having under convoy 23 sail of ships, sailed on the 5th inst. from Plymouth. Last night the wind blew strong from the S. W. with a heavy swell; and it being very dark, the Harlequin with the six headmost ships ran ashore in Seaford bay at five minutes before four. Signals of distress were fired, and a number of sky-rockets, &c. exploded by the convoy. The remainder of the fleet now hauled their wind, and with difficulty cleared Beachy-head. The inhabitants of Seaford and Newhaven were prevented from rendering much assistance by the extreme haziness of the morning. At day-break the scene was such as can hardly be described-six of the vessels were lying close together, and the other was under the high cliff, about half a mile to the east. Between six and seven part of the crews were got on shore-others were floating on rafts, &c. until so completely exhausted that the waves washed them off, and they perished. Several of the vessels were completely dashed to pieces. Thirtytwo persons lost their lives. The following are the names of the ships which were lost: the Weymouth, 4 of her crew lost; February, 14 lost; Metbedacht, all lost; Traveller brig, Albion schooner, and Unice, crews all saved.

EAST INDIES.

29. Private accounts, received by the late arrivals from Bombay, communicate intelligence of a most unpleasant nature: these not only confirm the previous information of the existence of a serious misunderstanding between the civil government of one of the Indian presidencies and the military, but add

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a particular not generally known in this country, that one of the company's regiments had forcibly possessed itself of the fort of Masulipatam. The commanding of ficer of the regiment is said to have been previously placed under arrest by the soldiery. The accounts do not state whether the fort had been subsequently surrendered by the mutineers, though mention is made, that after a vain attempt to divide the regiment by ordering small detachments from it, col. Malcolm had been sent to the northward with conciliatory proposals, and had returned to Madras without effecting the purpose of his mission.

The obnoxious officers, who were supposed to have taken an active share in the circulation of memorials within their respective commands, and who, according to foregoing accounts, had been, in consequence, ordered to the presidency, for the purpose of taking their passage to Europe, had arrived at Madras; and one of them, an officer of distinction and family, had been sent in close arrest to Poonamallee, the depôt of the French and Dutch prisoners.

The governor-general had deemed it necessary, in this state of things, to address a detached order to the coast army, consisting of 68 manuscript pages, conveying his sense of the late acts of that body, in very energetic language.

Letters from Bombay mention, that the pirates in the Persian Gulf had increased to a most formidable body, and had carried on their predatory warfare with unusual success, and more than usual barbarity. A naval and military force had in consequence been ordered to proceed to the Gulf. Three frigates, with numerous transports, and a part of the 65th 1809.

regiment, with a detachment of sepoys and artillery, had been destined to this service. The pirates are stated, in round numbers, at 12,000 men.

Saturday, Dec. 50.

General Orders.-The following regulations have been substituted for those notified in the general or der of the 20th March last, which had been found not sufficiently explanatory of his majesty's inten tions: "No officer shall be promoted to the rank of a captain un til he has been three years a subal tern.-No officer shall be promoted to the rank of major until he has been seven years. in the service, of which he shall have been at least two years a captain; and no major shall be appointed to the rank of lieutenant-colonel until he has been nine years in the service.-No officer shall be allowed to fill any staff appointment (that of aid-de-camp excepted) until he has been four years in the service.-No subaltern officer shall be considered eligible to hold the appointment of aid-decamp until he has been present with his regiment at least one year."

A LUNATIC.

An inquiry was held at the Mermaid inn, at Hackney, to ascertain whether Mr. S. Bell, a merchant and ship-owner, of Cheapside, was a lunatic or not, as directed by a decree of the high court of chancery. Sayers, esq. appointed sheriff by the lord chancellor, presided. The commissioners were Mr. Evance, and two other magi strates. There were fifteen jurymen.

The evidence adduced to prove the insanity of Mr. Bell was, that, in the month of September last, several proposals for contracts were

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sent in to the commissioners of the navy board, to supply them with sail-cloth and canvass; most of the propositions were for two shillings and five pence per yard; but Mr. Bell sent in a proposition for two shillings and two pence per yard. Mr. Bell called several times at the Navy-office, requesting to have an answer to his proposals. On the morning of the 6th of September Mr. Bell went to the Navyoffice and inquired for Mr. secretary Nelson; and not being able to see Mr. Nelson, or obtain an answer to the cheap proposition for the contract he had made, he behaved in a very disorderly manner, abusing the clerks, throwing books at them; and his conduct was so extremely violent, that H. Adkins, belonging to Bow-street office, who attends at the Navy Pay-office, was sent for, who at last succeeded in taking him to Bow-street. Mr. Nares conversed with him for some time, and entertained no doubt of his being deranged. He was taken to the Brown Bear public-house, to be under the care of Adkins, where he went to bed, and Adkins sat up with him. About one o'clock he awoke, and told Adkins that there was no occasion for his sitting up, that he was sensible of the state he had been in, but he was then perfectly composed, and desired him to go to bed; Adkins agreed to this, provided he would let him lock him in, assigning a reason, if he didnot, some person might come into the room and inspect his papers. Adkins went to bed, but was called up again about three o'clock, in consequence of the violent conduct of Mr. Bell,-when he discovered that Mr. Bell had broken every pane of glass out of the window-frame; and it is sup

posed it was only the iron bars which prevented him from getting out of the window. Adkins went for assistance, and, on his return with a man, Mr. Bell had broken down two doors and two wainscots, and was then in the act of breaking down a strong door with a chair; they, after a desperate struggle, succeeded in securing him; and, having got him on a bed, fastened hand-cuffs on him. Mr. Duff, Mr. Bell's solicitor, went to the Brown Bear public-house the same morning, and, being satisfied, from the variety of circumstances that occurred, directed him to be taken to Warburton's madhouse at Hoxton; which was ac cordingly done. Mr. Bell remained there till the 3d of October, when he broke out of the house; and in the course of that day he called at the Brown Bear publichouse, Bow-street, and had a pint of porter; he drank it very quietly, and when he had finished it, he jumped over the table and ran out of the house. He went from thence to Islington, where it was discovered who he was, and he was conveyed to Mr. Duff's house, his solicitor, in Nicholas-lane, who sent him. back to Warburton's madhouse.-In consequence of the afflicted state of Mr. Bell's mind, his father came to town from Scotland.-On the 7th of November Mr. Bell was considered so much recovered, that his father took him out of Warburton's house. He remained quiet for several days, till he was walking with his father in Oxford-street, when he contrived to give him the slip, went directly to his stable, mounted his horse, and rode off full speed; and it is supposed went at such a rate, that he passed through all the turnpike gates from Hyde Park-corner to Longford,

Longford, without paying, where the gate-keeper stopped him for the toll: he told the man he had no money, but the latter refused to let him pass. Mr. Bell dismounted, and walked back towards London, till he came up with a hackney coach, which he hired. Mr. Bell got out of the coach in the city.

The coachman demanded his fare; Mr. Bell told him he had no monev, but if he would follow him he would get it. The coachman accordingly followed him to Mr. Warburton's house at Hoxton, when the coachman was paid.—The jury decided, that Mr. Bell was insane.

The LONDON GENERAL BILL of

CHRISTENINGS and BURIALS from December 13, 1808, to December 12, 1809.

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There have been executed in the city of London and county of Surrey 16; of which number 6 only have been reported to be buried (as such) within the bills of mortality.

BIRTHS in the year 1809.

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The hon. Mrs. Courtney Boyle of a daughter.

18. The lady of the rev. C. Raw lins of a son.

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