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1 ray Council of State, your contract tracing the precett hessions, the zeal which animates you to the country, for gay person, at.: to me pledges of the ~uhinee which I d loana of you, and which I shall hod in you during the course of thi: Seaton." _ . Phis speech was listened to in the most profound silence ; but stately had his Majesty eeas...d speak ing, when the applauses, and the cries of " Long live the Emperor !" burst forth from all sides, and continued, even after the departure of his Majesty. The Imperial retinue was conduded back to the exterior gate of the Palace, by the same deputation winch hed gone to receive it. The twelve Senators, the Members of the Coun cil of State, successively retired. The sitting was adjourned to Friday at twelve Mat, JAN. 1. WITT INM Of THS 10th Ntlinfit, 3lst DEC. The President read the followiag Message : " At the Palace of the Theilleriea, 31. a Dec, " NAPOLF.ON. FNIPCROR OF THE FRENCH. We hav- named, an , l du name, M. M . eitampagny, M•nCieer of tit.. I . ~, , --elf:goaud and Limier, Counsellors et State. to re,,a6 L-reda.iv . dy this day, the 91st De•ree..er, and rolie 171.0 e th., tol:amuc erpotition of the iotumfos. of the SiSnrtl "NAPOLEON. "By the Emperor, t S.cretary of State, (544 4 ) "If. B. MARET." M. CH a 41A111NT Gentlemen, in conv_iiiriwe arise no. ennation or winch you have burn inf irined, I have the honour to My lief is you au Elliaos.ti,,n of the Present State of the French Empsto. " The internal state of the Republic is at the, day such as it hat been in the most tranquil times. No movement, that can alarm the public trarmuillity ; can crime, that belongs to the re membrances of tile Revolution ; every where, useful under. taking.; every where, the amelioration of public and private property, attest the progress of contirlence and security. f• The leaven of opinions no longer disturbs opinions; sentiment of the g !nasal interest, the principles of ericial Mee, better known and inure refini,l, have attached every heart to the common prosperity. 41 the aclininistiatots proclaim; this, the Emperor has 0b5,5.,..1 in all the dariartment. which he has traversed. This has been demonstrated hi the clearest manner. All the armies roe MCI at the seine time separated from their Generals ; alt the military corps from their Chiefs; the superior Tribunals deprived of their first Ma istrates; the public administration of its first organs; the ch of their principal pastors; the cities, the country stripped livery where, at the same moment, of every thing that coned have power and influence over the mind; the people every where left to tl.l heist isf tl:tir Men i,eitius, and the people have every where sheer,' thvaiselves attached to order and we laws. " At tWa lame moment, the 'sovereign Pontiff traversed ' , VW,. Foam the ban's the P 4 to tha banks of the Seine, he has be m livery where received with a religions homage, paid 0 hint With love a•i-I relief*, by that immense ienonity, ythieh, faithful to the old doArine, saw a cenemon latfer, and the centre of common faith, in hint whore all Europe reveres, as a So+emignrioss. - ,1 to a throne by hi. piety and his virtues. "Apews',frarne.l by an implacable government, was suing to te-pluirige iii the abyss of ciril wits and anarchy. Upon the discovery of alit horrible plot, el France was thrown into emo tion; *moieties iisperfe9lv lulled to slecy are awakenol, a every heart, at once, are found again thee principles have been always the principles of all wi , e awn, 41114 whets were constantly nun, before error and weakness had tilieuated the mind,and guilty receipt s pso/cited opinion. ' " It was fourd that the dividtd power was without concert, and without strength. It was Itit, that, counted for a 1111 , C, was l'OVAIII•tolv, and per iiitted nether lone labour-, nor vellections ; that, nitrated for the lire of 1 single man, it grew feeble with hi,s, sod telt after him only chalices of dis• cord and anarchy. It was finally decrwered that these was no safeiv for great nations, but in herritiary powe,, which soul t s-eur• the political lift and enibrace ap2.l mad genera tes." in •is &nation. _ " The Senate has 'won, ai it might to tlw corn of the comnvin anxiety. Thi , des.ie of othentaoce, wane. W4O in all heart • tinily French, 9000 mantle.t d ittw.l; a win proclaimed ba , the. talc.-1..,A1 Cilleg. y by the armies. 'fho Council of State, the Magistrate., the wine enlightened meta, were con ted, anal their mower has been unanimous. " The nee..voty of hereditary powe , , in a state .0 extensive a.. Fiance, had been for a Log time perceived be the Fur C 11., ul In vain did he resist the force a principles —in vain did he attempt to estakiiisb a system of election, which might be able to ;:e.petuate the authority, and transmit it with Out danger, and without tremble. " The palm inquietude, the hopes of nor enemies, blamed h s work. death was to be the ruin of his %boors. It was at this moment the jealousy id the f ireigner, and a spirit of discard and anarchy afsailed u•.—. Reason, sentiment, expo. rience, alike assured all the French, that there could be no certain transmission . of power, but that which operated without an interval; that there could he notranquil sticceision, except that which was regulated by the laws of nature. " When such motives 1111;yert-ti such pew-rag wishes, the deterroinatlon of the First Consul could not be dirobtrul. tie remised, therefore, to accept for himself, and for two of his brothers after bun, the burthen, which the necessity 4 enema stances imposed upon him. " Frosn he.. own meditations, matured ivy cotiferences with the Memhers of the Serrate, by de,:iiisions in the Councils, by the ohmervatious of the most enlightened men ' 1. formed a aeries of dispositions which fixes the inheritance of the Impe rial throne st Which as.;ens to Princes their riphei and their dither; . . . . " Which promises to the heir .1 the enipir, au ediscatie . re resift' by the and such As shall be worthy of his high dlNtimes ; hi d.iignates those, who, care Of minority, shall he cals.! t the ~e;ei.ey, and inarks the I.:int. of their power; " Which places between the tiirone atiJ the eititensdigniti, sad 'awes act:twits!. to all, encourageinvits snit reliant+ of late, vi (heat glee is men hollowed with great rii,:inetions or in •.sted with gloat autt.or.ty. "r.irtges, too great to brad before their aiAllotity, or before their di.tinction• t • Which give to crimes t the patine safety, ao.i the interest• ef the Empire, judges essentially attached to the %Jay or the Empire and to its intere.ts ; ▪ Which fluor more veldt and more we*tit in the relations of the legiatittor. more dr•selopeohont and extent tit the pub!te disres.ion of the law 4 ; " 1V hrch htinr• hick the ttibiinah and Their judgments to thnkt old denominations, whicn had obtained :he rele.cl of ‘• Whi , h, in fine, guarar.tees the rights of the prince and itf • , e people by oaths, the regrind guardians of alflutereos "These dispositions have been decreed by the Steals. emii ,, ..re af the 28th Flonsal (12th of May) ; the French people their frog and independent will.; thr hive wir` , . l l the Imperial riiltiitv to b^ h.:le:liters in the direct., legit, a. d adosive line of des..eridenc • of N.o.leon Bonaparte; i tire direct and legitinalte lioe a de...endow* of Joseph B ~ a• parte; in the direct and leg.:istiate line of dese:lideiice of l: a xis Bonaparte. " From that moment, Napoleon has b- it, by the most just of title Elll/Slllllll or To &Fiance. Nu other aft was ntces vary rove his titles and coesecrate la: authority. " Wit he wished to restore to Franc,, its micron forms, to ae call arnoer, us those inatitutlana whicll the Divi,iry seems to have and or impress Lpiin the eumnstmemmit of hi, r eign the 5".,1 of religion itself. To give to tic French a splen did proof of his pate-ual tenderises' Ow !Seed of tho Litutch ha , pka red to give his assistance to :his amp* cernoony. " What dela and datable irninessions it has left in the heart of the Finpero., and in the memory of the nation ! Whet conversations for funke generations, and what a sobjett of advnirvion for Europe' " Napoleon pmetrate at the foot of the alters which he has rtistsi ; the Sovereign Pontiff imploring upon France and upon h:rn the ble , ings of Heaven, and, in lila wishes for the felkdy of one nation, embraces the felicity dell nations ! ss p a st,. and priests, lately divided, wrong to Ilia supplica tioos their iv.t.tude and their voice, ! " The Senators, the Legislators, the Trbunsa, Magistrates Warriors, Administrators of the people, amid those who preitd: user their assemblies, milting together their opinions, their hope., their wisher, Soversigna, Mucci, Ambassadors, strt:ck f-- T r with this grind spectacle of Trance, rescued upon her suti,-lit foundoions, end, by its repose, assuring the repose of counts,: "lit the midst of this pomp, and.unde: the eves of the Eternal, Napolcua, pronouncing thc immutable oath, which secures toe integrity of the. Empire, the stability of property, the perpetuity of institutions, the respect of the laws, and the hap pineen of the nation. The oath of Napoleon will be for ever the terror of enemies, crud the wg'ai 4.4 the french. If our ft-inners are attacked, it will hr repeated at the head of our ar.fties, and our frontiers will no longer fear foreign " It will he present to the memory of the delegates from authority. It will remind them of the object of their labours, .in.l the rule of their duties; and if it does not secure their admintittatioa from some error,, it will secure a prompt reps. ration. " The rinciples which it consecrates are those of our Is. Vi.lai.llll In fisturo, fewer new laws will he proposed for the M.:lilt-rations oil the Lezislative Body. the Civil Code has sctitißest tile puldic expectation. It is in the memory of the Citivnt, it enlig:tiens their atop., and their conduct, and every where it is celeorated as a blessing. "A Project of a Criininal Code, completed within these tore years, has been submitted to the revision of the Tribunals, and is, at this moment, undergoing the last discussions of the Council of State . _ "The Cide of the Pleading, and the Code►( Commerce, are still in the state its which the labours of the last year tel these. More urgent cares have called off the attention of the Em peter, and it is one of In; maxima not to propose to the deli beration of Legislators env projefis of laws but such as have ben natured by long 3114 sage diss-usnons. " The Schools of Legislation• are going to open; are appointed, who shall throw a light upon their precepts, and prevent it from deg.:lli-rating into vain and useless expaimelits: the Lyceei, the tileoirdary Schools, are filling with youth eager Cdr instruction. " Fontainbleau has already furnished s militia, distingu isl red M our antes for its high state, itsattainineuts, and regard to discipline. '• The Polytechnic School is peopling our arsenals, our ports, and our establishments. with useful hands. " At Compeigne, the School of Art; and Trades daily ob tains new success. That which is forming on the limits •.f La Vendee, is expected with impatience, and will soon be its full activity. " Prizes have been decreed to the science., to literature, and the arts, and, during a petted of ten years devoted to works which His Majesty is det •rmirted to recompence, he 11.1 s a right expe.t that the genius of the French shall produce master pier, a. lti the department of bridges and roads, the weeks already commenced have been prosecuted with vigour,. others have been planned, and each year prepares new projects for the prusperite of the State, to be executed in Use succe.ding ones. But the untowarduese ul the seasons has opposed the foresight and the seal of the -sdministration; rains descending in torrents have broker. up the road. with greater rapidity than their ra vages could be repaired; some works have been destroyed; other, have been for a moment suspended; great calamities htve overwhelmed sonie of the deportmeids, and particularly that orate Rhine Ana Momile. A judicious prefect, antici patios the ii.seitton•: of the Emperor, has given early assist .-uce to the unfortimate persons who 1.11 victims to it. His Majes7 y raised their courage by his presence, and has con sal. .l theirs by his favours. • The.courge of corn-unpin disease afflicted the' neighbour ing cuuntnes ; but the vicitan,:e of the Administration has pre saved out territore t rum itsef.•als ; it is now abating in times parts where it extended it. ravages. By persisting in measures inquired by pru ten:•7 the pubic welfare, the attacks of this ;Ira will be prevented, without interrupting the cummusii:ation necessary ice supply of our commerce and manufactures. "In the midst ..a Vendee a size city is erecting, which 1, intended to the seat ••f the Administration. It will thence esteld tint and we.oly sn i ou istiendance over every quarter information will tot propag.ited throughout tin Acpartnienr, i•t %Otters ignorance and the want of instinktion have as ofteii involved simple and honest minds in the intrigues es the ,sal.:vok•mt. 0 The de,rees of the Emperor have recalled commerce to the 'eft txnk or the Nhiun, and given to Monts and Cologne all the adtant ages of actual eaivpma, without the danger of tutnalueitig contraband ciunrumlities Moo the inuirior of Fiance. " letiPmeentents are made in the massufictures, and, while in Moir vain dochnatiens, the mercenaries hired by the British Government bout of their distant end precarious resources, dis persed on the seas and in the Indies; while they represent our wcekshops as •orierted, and 0.. r artisans dying of misery ; oar industry is extending its toots in our own soil, drives the ma nufactures of England far trout our frontiers, has equalled them in what constituted tht.r glory and their success., the ;wife .:ion of their machitt.s, and will soon dispute with them the coil sumption in every quarter to which Cite. can or conveyed. " Agriculture, our principal manufacture, it daily acquiring greater and receiving new impernments. A system if ex I ortat well planned, that it can be extended ee con. traced, a ma ling to out watiti., ensures to the motivate the puce of he. labour, and the ',lentil& supply of our markets. " New encourigemermare paving the was te tile improve ment of the bred of our horses ; our wools have attained to greater perfeetion—our fights are covered with cattle, and teal wealth covers every pared our Empire opulente,—reviv ing see.irity lies gri.o MOM ample scope to active bencsoleine excited by ml.gion, and the rocollectitut of our misfoetunc,, it is tio les:Ler centined to temporary charities, it tetrads bathe future, and eon tides its treerinea to the gore, ammo, by which they are ciuployed conformably to its wishes. Newer were so malty kgacies mid pious olonettuna b-queatieel to Cm hospitals, and chariteble establishments Some of these institutiens line b., el created a erl ...stored by private individual*; never did stiff4tiet humanity (tad more Mende, nor indigene, more re lief. sru..l are distributed with equal judgment and zeal, and the hot;dtals, managed with an imellogence which increases their advant.iges„ by ecouonsiting the funds, aliFord relief to every want, a cure fot A multitude of d wanes, andare no lug ger timer übrele. of dinner:non which devoured their *mate lots, sod wretched isthabirents. Thus the number of the in &gent in the capital ia less, by Zi4,000, than it was in 1791 mei, by 2),110n, than in the year 10. " Religion has resulted lie empire; which it exercises only for the good of humanity it is accompanied with a Wile tit•. ration, and the miniatens of illiffarmit eersuasions, who adore the same (ton, honour ea h other with teati names n t recipm cal respect, and know no other rivabltip than that of virtue. " Nadi is our internal situ Mon. Abroad, Forsch coil rag., s..c.ilide 1 by Spanish faeh, preserves to es Santo Do ming*: Martittlqwe defies the menaces of the eneinv, and, under a patereel governmeat, more durable and stromzer ties of attachment to the another country are estasii Onadaloupe ha, enriched imelf by the spoils of commerce t a d G 114113 COLdilltleS Co punprr under an active and vigorous admimstration. " Tate Isles of Franca arid Reunion would now be the le. pot of the riches of Asia; London would be so conyulsition and despair, if inexperience or rreakona had slot defmted a plan most ably cote ented. Those **Lucia, at least, are enriched oy prises taken fro ti our enemies. " Oar emirs still continue to deserve the reputation ils,y *nor. %With the saint -ialutir and the same dociplinr, t t y have acquired that patience which waits witimut for uripoi latrines, and canticle in the prink:nee and deogii • of the Chief who conducts them. Our soldiers and tier oilizere learn to master the element, which separates Viers from that island which is the object of their resentment. '!Asir Audacity eel address astouish the old !st and most experienced emat.m. tt Our fleets, by theircontinuil maaauvres s prepare for corn. bat, and, while those of our enemies are battered by winds and teneve.ts, OUTS, without injury, learn to cope with theta. ' Lastly, since the cone mencentent of the war, we have g al !letterer, we are, more than ever, in a situation for strik in a dtvistve blow against our enemies. Our marine is in A better Stale than It hu been these ten years; by land, our army is noreIItIMPII.UI, in higher condition, and better provided with every reottivit rto insure rietorr, than it ever was. - •' la the Department of the Finances have prevailed the seine activity in the rereiots, the same regularity in the Ad nvol.tration, the mme urier m this expenditure of the pubis trr.t♦urr, and almost eithuut fluctuation the sante value the puhl e deht. 66 War has produced a nec.ssitt for extraordinary expene,s; but tie sums thus apoliA have been retained within our own territory ; they bare given us i.mts, v e s.eli, and all that is ne. cowry for the developement of our foie:s against cur eneinirs. . 6 The.e ~strat elitaryexpenees now cease—Anil :11.0 10.1' *alike attitude requires will beasceitortli be eareLted with - /._ .1 an economy, wl!:ch the urgency of the both for attack a iii der rice did not permit. " The revenues of the crown will defray all the ex:-cartes iii the Emperor's Coronation, and now , • which the splendor of l.ts throne will continue to demand, The pomp by which be i• surrounded will never be a burden to the nation. - " The situation of Europe has experienced only one im portant change. " Spain reposed in a neutrality to which Fiance had con sented, mid to which the British cabinet had agreed. Her re:_ eels weresaddenly attacked, and the treaty of Amiens was vio lated with regard to her, as It had before been for France. His Catholic Majesty has takan those measures required et the dig pity of his throne, the violation of public faith, arid the ho uour of a generous nation, whose destiny he directs. " The Emperor of Austria devotes to the improvement of his finances,to the prosperity of his overnice:, to the progress of their commerce, the repose which the loyalty of his character and the interest of his subjects recommend " The Radian Republic, adminieteredand governed by the tame principles as Prance, demands, like her, a definitive or ganisation, which shall secure to die present and future gene ratioas all the advantages of the Social Compaa united to this Republic, by the duties imposed upon hint ; and, as President and Pounder of that State, the Emperor will justny the confi dence reposed in him, and secure its der:tinier+ and independence in serviyg the interests of the /relicts people, t.i whom it also owes its existence, and in recent:ding the ilaterr.tc of the two fritndip nations with the real interests of the neighbouring Powers. By these changes, which the will of one Italian, and the interests of all dentate', will, at length, fall to tlw ground all absurd CAU11111lE! , , and France having herself raised, upon the spot where she had placed her limits, will no lams be ac cused of a wish to trespass beyond them. " Helvetia enjoys, in peace, the blessings of her comtitu lion, of the wisdom of her citizens, and of our alliance. " Batavia still groans uuder an oligarchical government, without union in her views, without patriotism, and without vigour. " Her colonies have bees sold a second time, and surrender ed, without firing a gun, to England but that nation lies energy, 'morals, and economy. She wants only a firm, pa triotic, and enlightened government. " The King of Prussia upon all occasions has shewn him self the friend of France, arid the Emperor has seized every opportunity that preowned itself to consolidate this happy har mony. " The Electors, and all the Members of the Germanic Bode, faithfully maintain the relations of friendship and pear; will, which unite them to France. •• Denmark follows the ecouneds of a policy always wise, moderate, and judicious. "The spirit of Catherine the Great will watch over the Councils of Alexander the First. He will remember, that the friendship of France is for him s necessary counterpoise, in the balance of Europe; that, placed at a distance from her, he can neither attack her, nor disturb her repose, and, that his chief interest is to seek in his relations with her the market necessary fur the prieluetirms of his empire. •' Turkey wavers in hes politics, and follows, through fear, • system which her interest disavows. Mae she ant learn, at the expenee of her existence, that fear and uncertainty acce lerate the fall of empires, and, that they are a theasand times more fatal than the danger. and Imes% of an unsuccessful war ss Whatever may be the movements of England, the des tinies of Francs are fixed; grong in her union, strong in her riches and the courage of her defenders, she will assiduously cultivate the alliance of friendly nations, and will neither make enemies nor fear them. " When Englarol shall be couvineed of the iinpotence of her efforts to disturb the Continent ; when she shill be veil • sable that she can only lose in a war unsieraaken without object, and without motives; when she shall beconvinted that France will never agree to any other condition than those of Amiens,anil will never consent to allow her the right of breaking Treatie. at pleasure, by keeping possession of Malta; England then be retuned by pacific sentiments; batted and envy are the passions of the day." M. le President-a" Messieurs, the 111inister of the Inte rior, the Counsellors of State, and the Legislative Body, give you the Act (tithe Exposition which you have ju.t presented to it—it will forma a General Committee te coosider of this coin and will adopt a deliberation worthy of dell , and the Go.txn.iteut which eau& you." PAllla 1•K. 2. This day, at one o'clock, the Members of the Legislative Body and of the Tribunate repaired to the Palace of the Thuil'cries. They were succes sively condufled by the Grand Mister, Master and Assistants of the Ceremonies, and introduced by the Grand Master into the Hall of the Throne, where the Princes and Grand Dignitaries attended, as also Ministers, Grand Officers of the Empire, and the Ministers of the Senate, and of the Council of State : his Imperial Highness Prince Joseph, Grand Elec tor, presented the Legislative Body and the Tribu nate to his Imperial Majesty. M. Fontanes and M. Fabre (of Aude) read the addresses of the bodies over which they preside. n , ADDRESS OF THE Ltaist.ATivr. W)DY. 4. Sias—Your ver► faithful subjeAts, the Members of the Legislative Body, carry to the foot of theThrione the Address of thanks and cortgratulat:ols which they hare cold for the sentiments contained in the Speech of your Majesty. " The opening of tin. Ses.iors soil be a memorable era of our history. Never did the Throne and tha notion give, the stile to the ether, so much spleodroir and JiiIIIICIf t. " Thu right.' of the head of the Stat.. have acerrird from till the interest which he has sheen for those of the French People. " We already taste the good which the force of supreme power usurer ; aria, thanks to your car-s, we will be ',cured Gum the evils slick its exee , s might bring with it. " The national resources dev:do,:e themselves with sn much the more energy*. your Majesty promises to manage them with the more vigilance. " You do not propose new suhsidiea, notwithstanding the nmense military preparations. Yea deserve, Sire, that the French should never reckon their sources, SOICC yen so well reckon th-it wants. get people, allorzt of greet men, always nrecipi tates itself is, suit , ; 2RJ Wilell likl•l114 IS ciii. F. I it to battle, it 1e cu le. more necessary to ;chum its COIF 4: than its excite it. Filititful to your great detiana, it •wlll pi.itect !bit States which you have crested, and the existence of which it becomes a wise policy to oscura.. " But if, like yo,i, this generous people are prepared for war, like you they desire only ; soil, too wise to give up their legitimate rigt)t, they are too strong to overrate their pretensions " Your Mine:trimtares, that you do not wish to extend the territory of Franey, hut to mainta it its integrity. These wools mint deprive our 11111elltits of every pretext. In fact, Sire, sou have tee need of any farth'r glory troin comluels. You will be etre it in the details of the intrnial Ni I 4tivis, as upon the field of batii , .. Tha wort I will speak a, much e 4 your in kit utions, ito, of our %tansies. " A lime time is before you. Every thing which your Majest► meditates, f his happiness of F. Amu, will be cirri. into %died. The destiny will n ut interrupted i and, besides, it is a kind of g ory that never dies. " Treaties may be abolished by new treaties. The fruit of victories is sometimes lost ; the greatness itself of Emit rev im pairs their duration. But lose and admiration perpetuate the examples of those who have founded or re.establahcd suchty upon the triple basis of laws, morals, and religion. The work of ihe,e great men Lists ler a long tune, and their spirit governs posterity. " This glory, Sire, will one day bs yours, and your actions „ a. yon r words give us assurance of it. " This day the voice of all the departnnsits is hear I by you, Majesty. They are t temblesl , in a manner, around rs.i in the persin of their deputies. Each of is has berm able only to con:ur by his individual opinion to this great act, which has g.ven you the Crown. We new manifest the same wish ill A ►udy. The people arid their deputies will nsver repent of haying formed it. They will serve with the same zeal a power of which your genius proves more and more the advantages, and of which your wisdom has dlicerned all the :hu,ti." His Imperial Majesty, in his reply to this Ad dress, expressed himself nearly in these words : He Lad he acquiesced in the sentiments of the Legisl4- 1 tire Body ; that these sentiments would save as a guide fn' the sFictiss:sios and der02i.,:t 7 ,4),-, s of that body, in the same manner as those which he 1, 4 ,1 expr ess ed, when he ope:,ed the Sessicn, should the rule of his Government. ADDRESS OF THE TRIBUNATE. " Stu... Your very faithful snbjects. the Memb ers o f Tribunate, hare hsurd with emotion the speech which your Majesty has pronounced at the o;saning of tn.: Session of the Legislative Wyly. It has been much affected by tl, clisp oi ,. timis which you have manifested ti maintain the honour and Flory of the French nation abroad, and to secure WS Itappale.; and tranquillity at home " You lure declared, Sire, that you win rneserve the tegrity of the Empire, but that you du nut wish to rite s: , I‘ Territory. Tins solemn declaratiun will he to Euriiett the a t sonwl pledge of the sentiments of moderation and lilac, which have consjantly winute.l you. . . " Your 161.U,sty 116 i also ,1-dare I, that you undid fee its right:, tow the bowls winch cutoted t wlto tut St..p which you hays created. " Sne, the glory of the throne upon which you seated, the honour of the French people, their rah intera,t ; , thosc even of all Europe, require that you shall nevar renoun,e our interest, which is the guaranty dale C.mtetiantal " You have farther antsouit,:eil, that tnnt wer: s i w. the prmipernut state of the C0t0..., a, and that no would be demanded of the nation. " Sire, in doing homage to the vigilant and wise ad. nisi-ation which has prat/treed this happy result, the 'frihmr, thinks did( cowetent to assure your Majesty, that you sn always find in the devotion of the nation the resource-, nee sary to disconcert ambitious views, awl repel uninst agerrn " Your Majesty has claimed tout the Tribunate the sa. assistance, and the same zeal when you have experienced on preceding Sessions. Sir.% in seconding vs r Majesty, wad. its mean, and all its influence, Or: Tribunate will only oa., the sentiment of its dutiei, the wish of tha French pau,.le, and the affections which connect it irrevocably with your sacred person, and your august family." The following passages were in the reply of tlo Emperor : His Majest recolle6ling the proof s devotion given by the Tribunate to the country, an, his person, upon the most impoi taut occasions, An , a long time acquainted with the sentiments of that body, said. that he could add. nothing to the senti meats which he had manifested at the opening of the Session, if it were not the expression of his panics lar regard for each of the Members of the Tribis• nate. YZILSAILLES, JAM. 23. This day, at eleven o'clock, the Hely Father ats rived at Versailles: he immediately repaired to ;1 1( Catholic Church, where he was received and corn. plimented by the Bishop. His f loliness offered in cense to the sacrament, and die Bishop perform e d the salute. The church being too small to contain the population of this city, all of whom endeavoured to gain admittance ; the Bishop requested his Ha ness to confer his apostolic benediction from one the balconies of the gallery of the chateau, and de sired the people to repair to the terrace. Nothing could be more imposing than that ceremony. The Pope appeared, preceded by his cross, in his pon tifical robes. and with Lis mitre on his head. On his appearance, the people, when receiving the bene diftion of his Holiness, gave every testins , ny of faith and christian piety, and immediately m tnitest ed their joy by exclamations of " Long live are farther The Holy Father appeared ertoemely gratified with the testimonies of religion in the inhabitants or Versailles ; and, the paternal goodness of his Holi ness, the divine chai ity which shines in all his a.r.tions. penetrated them with veneration. The Pope dined with the Bishop at a table to himself, according to custom. The Bishop after• wards gave a dinner to all the attendants of the lic; r Father, and the Principal Authorities of the City zi.ti of the Department. His Ilolmess left Versailles at four o'clock. The Mayor, who complimented him on his entrance into the city, saluted him again on his departure front the barriers, whither he repaired with the Municipal Body and tle national guard. The Pope Ve as in . coach drawn by eight horses, followed by two other coot t carriages, drawn by five horses. A nunserut. corps of cuirassiers and dragoons, of a fine appear• since, accompanistsi him to ti.e bottom Of Seer and a picquet of the guides of the imperial gnat, escorted him to Paris. The Prefea of the Stine and Oise this morning complimented the Holy Father at Scves, during tha relay, and accompanied him all the time that he re mained in his department. CADIZ, DCCEMDCII_ 16. The decision of the Court relative to the im portant object which kept the minds of all in sus. pease, is at length known : war is declared. 114 intelligence. has occasioned no surprise in tis.. place. Had the intelligence been of a contrary nature, it would have surprised every one, so PJ tural does it seem t! at we should, at, last, ay.m) ourselves of the infamous condo!!. of England ' wards us. Undoubtedly tlr• English, before they lasultt us with such extreme eliontery, had calcuLur that, is surprising us between pesti!enc_ and law; they would find us without re istance, and duces!, by the very nature of of r siasat:oll. to c • dute all the insults which they hose to heap up.,,t us. But, perhaps, they did lOt s ifficiently tu:e• we the slc4ree of cond•lence ail force which we might obtain in the alliance and fiie.alshi? of Fiance. It is still thought that Gibraltar will soon be come the objet of a combined expedition. 'I lo: possession of that fortress by England has long been a kind of reproach to our weakness; and, should the war which has just been declared, promise us no othe r result than that of attaining so important point, and which, in the present state of things, resembles an amputated limb, we should still hasp cause to rejoice in the event which has tales place. The Deputations from the Italian and Ligurian Republics, and the Deputy from the Senate of 1.1,- beck, had an audience of leave of the Emperor, on the 30th oh. Alter the celebration of High Mass, on the I t ii;st. at die Thudlain. audience was given by the Emperor to all the Foreign Ministers, .ii,d the Ge.ind Constituted Authorities.— .Eitrset j,..an the Journal de Corm rce). Flto TUE DUTCH PAPERS SCIIIEDAYI,J•X. -1. SATAVI kN REPUBLIC The Jouraals havi.i • •iven various diititils of the decree of November ~ last, of its suspension, ai:,l of its rescinding : it appears necessary to state i.e; Gat as they occurred. No sooner had his Majesty, tLe Lmperor rf tLc hat rem iad re be ati at Ch the row 1. the "' • amt el Tt - uc nit at. ssa k WC. are Nty. In mot ist; e. ip, rteh 1.10. .11111 • r i.„ 1 I • Jlt . ).!V yeJ itt the of t ind ' 11d Iti- the cu. bu- ar- the tn- in- led all red ! oli- of de- ing "he nn- On ne- of ied of as. by ter- ,,;, 'he ay.) rift pal n a bet ,Ili !UT' ( 4, Ida ing the' IC- lat • toe- Tit ihi; ary Yam rig" to- 'tett tett. i.l i.- e.% - pint D7C- we of be- a