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r Vol. 6.] RICHMOND, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1810. [No. 97.
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THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
A Now Theory,
7he DIURNAL ROTATION OF THE
EARTH:
Demonstrated upon Mathematical Principles,
fiom the properties of the Cycloid and the Epi
Cycloid.
WITH
AN APPLICATION Of THE THEORY,
To the explanation of the various Phenomena of
the Winds, Tides and of those Stony and Me
tallic concretions which have fallen from Hea
ven upon the surface of the Earth.
Ry JOHN WOOD,
Author of Elements of Perspective, prin
ted in London, in 1799.
December 14.
NOTICE.—All persons having claims against
the estate of John Iicveningham, Esquire,
dec’d. will please to lodge them with Mr. James
Brander of Manchester fur settlement, and all
those who made purchases at the sale at Summer
Hill, will make payment to Mr. Brander, who is
authorised to receive the money for all .-ales made
there, and to grant receipts for the same
THE EXECUTORS.
March 6. 2t
READY MADE CLOTHES.
THE SUBSCRIBEK intends keeping on
hand a constant supply of GARMENTS
ready made, for the accommodation of gentlemen
from the country who wish to be furnished at
short notice. Apply nearly opposite the Eagle
Tavern to
C. FAIRCHILD,
Merchant Taylor.
March 6. tf
LOST, between my house and Richmond, a
BOND on Pleasant Younghusband, dee’d
dated July 1808,endorsed to me by Wiltshire M
Lewis, for R 63 33, with interest from the date
A reasonable reward will be given the finder, or
returner.
JOHN P. BURTON.
March 6. 2t
PENITENTIARY STORE,
AND
DOMESTIC WAREHOUSE.
DJ. BURR, in addition to the articles ma{
• nufactured at the Penitentiary, offers for
6alean assortment of GOODS of HOME MA~
HUFiCTuRE, viz ■
Fine and coarse H ATS of every description.
A regular supply of Cotton CLOTfl.on con
signment from the Providence Manufactory, and
•will be sold In the piece at the mill prices, viz :
Bedticking, Stripes, Checks & Plain
Cloths, >pun Cotton, single and double,
home made Linen Sheeting.
RICHMOND GUN-POWDER by the keg,
warranted of superior q.ialitr
PHILADELPHIA PORTER St ALE in
casks and bott es, and BEER in barrels.
Harness Lather, W -- Calf Skins, Boot Legs,
Coloured and Black Roans.
Wanted to Hike, by the year, a good
COOPER.
February 13. tf
Tj'RESH CLOVER St GARDEN SEEDS.—
i JP For Salt, by the ai bscribers, at their new
Medicine Store near the farket Bridge, a quan
tity of CLOVER SEED and u general assort
ment of GARDEN SEEDS, consisting in part
of early and bite I’vas, do. IJeans, do. Cabbage,
do.Turnip; early Radish, Lettuce, Parsnip, Beet,
Carrot, Peppergrnss, Simblins, 8tc. Stc.
Also, Medicines,a Drugs, Paints, Dyeing,
Drugs, Etc. Etc.
VAIL 8c ROGERS.
February 10. 2awtf
HARI.ES BOSHER with cipcere thanks
for former patronage—respectfully informs
his friends and the public, that the Carriage ma
king St Blacksmith work heretofore carried on by
him, will hereafter he conducted under the firm
of Charles and Thomas Bosher—who hope by in
dustry and attention to business, to merit a con
tinuance of public favour. Fashionable Giggs,
Carriages, Single-riding Chair?, and all kinds of
Blacksmith work faithfully executed, at their
shop, three doors east of the Bank, on the street
leading from ths mainstreet to the Capitol.
CHARLES BOSHER.
THOMAS BOSHER.
Feb.’ 20. ' 6t
WANTED immediately, one or two good
workmen at the Coaph-making business :
io master workmen liberal wage? will be given
by Messrs. Wren & Robinson, just below the
Swann tavern, on Shockic-Hill, Richmond.
February 8. 2awtf
■-- 1 t - ■ - — — - - —
JUST received and for sale at the NEW
CHEAP SHOE-STORE, next floor above
the Rising S n Tavern on the cros street hading
to Mayo's Bridge-—six boxes Shoes, four barrels
do. containing 1800 pairs, well assorted, which
•will be sohl at whole sale on the most reasonable
terms, for cash or produce. — At retail, Ladies
Morocco Slippers—Gentlemen’s Morocco and
Seal skin pumps, right and lefts—Wax Calf &
Sealskin fine Shoes of a superior quality—A
good assortment of Coarse Shoes—Shoe-thread,
Irish potatoes, See.
Wm.H. HUBBARD.
March 6 w4w
N. B. Afresh supply from New-York, of the
1 est materials for boots which are executed with
i catness and dispatch.
NOTICE.—The subscriber beinff desirous to
close bis Executorship of the estate ol
Paul Graham dec’d. and whereas there appears,
by the will of the said Graham, a debt to be due
from the Estate of his Grandfather Duncan Gra
ham, to the firm of Liles flo^le £t Co —for the
payment of which, or a part of which, provision
is made by the v'ill of the said I’aul Graham ;
this is therefore to rripire the said (inn, or tlieii
afpmt to come forward, state their claim, and
establish the amount due, that the same may be
•ettled } otherwise the assets will (after tb/es
months from this time) be applied to the dis
charge of other debts due from the estate of tlx
s -id Paul Gi <'iam ; -<nd this notice will be plead
ed in bar to the said claim.
SAMUEL RURRUSS,
lix'r of I’aul Graham.
<.*r ijne County Virfja.?
JJa^iwry 27th, 130V. \ 4a»¥*«R
Europe*
F RAjYC e.
CONSERVATIVE SENATE,
Sitting of the \6th December, 1809.
At eleven o’clock A. M. the members of
the Senate in their robes assembled in the
Palace, in virtue of the act of convocation, of
which the following is the tenor.
Extract from the Register of the Secretary
of State.
At the Palace of the Thuilleries, Dec. X5,
IS 09.
Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King
of Italy, and Protector of the Confederation
of the Rhine,
We have decreed and do decree as fol
lows :
The Senate will assemble on Saturday the
X6th inst. at eleven o’clock in the forenoon,
at their usual place of sitting.
(Signed)
NAPOLEQN.
By the Emneror.
The Minister Secretary of State.
(Signed)
II. B. Duke of Bassano.
His Serene Highness, the Prince Arch
chancellor of the Empire, (Cambaccres,
Duke of Parma,) who was to preside, at
the sitting was received with the customary
honors.
His Majesty the King of Westphalia,
(Jerome Bonaparte,} hisMajestv the King
of Naples, great Admiral, (Murat, brolhcr
in law of JJapoleon,) his imperial highness
the prince viceroy of Italy, Arch chancel
lor of state, (Eugene Beauhornois, son of
Josephine, born in 1782,) their serene
highnesses the prince vice constable and the
prince vice grand elector being present:
The sitting was opened by the reading
of the act of designation of the following
tenor.
Extract from the Register of the Secretary
of State.
At the palace of the Thuilleries, Dec. 15,
1809. '
Napoleon, Emperor, &c.
We have decreed and do decree as fel
lows :
Our Cousin the prince Arch chancellor of
the empire wilj.preside in the Senate, which
will assemble on the 16th inst.
(Signed)
NAPOLEON.
By the Emperor,
The Minister Secretary of State.
(Signed)
II. B. Duke of Bassano,
The speech of the prince Arch chancellor
of state (Eugene) on taking the oath of
Senator.
His imperml highness on taking the oath,
spoke in the following manner:
Prince ; Senators—
“ Since the bounties of his majesty the
Emperor and King have named me to he
reckoned one of your number, testimonials
of his confidence have continually kept me
far distant from Paris, and it is for the first
time to day that I have had the honor of ap
pe.iring in your body.
“ I am happy ;o inform you, that in the
midst of the favors which his majesty has
unceasingly heaped upon me, I am particu
larly sensible of the honor accorded me in
making me a member of the first bedy of
the empire.
“ Accept, Senators, the expression of my
sentiments and the assurance of the happi
ness I experience m taking in the midst of
yon, the oath which is to me that of duty, of
love and of acknowledgement.
“ I swear obedience to the constitu
tions of the Empire andfdelity to the Em
peror.”
The prince arch chancellor of the empire
president, (Cambaceres,) replied to the
prince, in the following words—
“ When his majesty the einperor and king
conferred on you the high dignity, ane of
the most essential prerogatives of which
you have exercised, the Senate applauded
this act of justice ; It felicitated itself, in
reckoning amongst its number, a prince
whose brilliant qualities gave them such just
hopes. This day as these hopes are realised
by the glory of your late campaigns and by
the wisdom of your administration, the Se
nate experiences great satisfaction to see you
in its body, to concur in the imporrant deli
berations which are about to take place. You
have shewn yourself truly the adopted son of
the hero who governs us, in sacrificing as
he has done, your private affections, for the
public weal.
“ Your first step within these walls could
not be more worthily signalised than by this
grand testimony of patriotism, of devotion
and fidelity.
" I fe'icitate myself to be near your high
ness, ill e interpreter nf the Senate, and to ex
press to you the views which it forms for
your prospprity,
“ Gentlemen,
" " ue project wmcn wm ue suomitteu
in the present sitting., to the deliberation of
the Senate, contains a disposition which em
braces our dearest interests.
“ It is dictated by the imperious voice
which warns sovereigns a.id nations,that to
assure the safety of states, the counsels of
wise foresight must be listened to, to have
an unceasing remembrance of the past, to
examine the present, and to have regard for
the future.
“It is before these high considerations
that In this ever memorable circumstance,
bis majesty the emperor has sacrificed all
personal considerations and silenced all pri
vate affections.
“ The noble and feeling attachment of her
majesty the empress is glorious testimony of
her disinterested affections for the emperor,
and assures to him eternal rights to the ac
knowledgements of the nation/*
Count Kegnault de St. Joan d'Angely,
(President of the Section of the Interior,
'of the Council of State,) by lcav'- given,
submitted a project of a Senatus conuultum
for the dissolution of marriag** contracted
between the emperor Napu'eou and the em
press Joseph ire.
The orator developed the motives of the
project as follows*—
“ Airy lord.v. Senators,
“ The solemn act reported at length in the
senatus-consnltum which you arc about to
hear, contains its and only motives.
“ What can we add? In what language
can we address the French Senate which can
equal the melting language received from
the mouths of the august pair whose gene
rous resolutions you are about to conse
crate.
“They have mutually agreed to make the
noblest of all sacrifices. Their hearts arc
expanded to speak to policy and sentiment, a
language the truest, the most pursuasive,
the most convincing, and the most affecting.
“As sovereigns—as spouses, the emperor
and empress have done all—they have said
all. j
“It only remains for us to love, bless and
admire them.
“It is henceforth, for the French people
to make him respected. His memory is as
faithful as his heart, lie will unite in his
thoughts a recognition of the hopes of the
future, and a remembrance of the past, and
no monarch will ever have received more
respect, admiration, gratitude and love
than Napoleon, sacrificing the most holy of
his affections to the want of his subjects, and
Josephine sacrificing her tenderness for the
best of husbands, by devotedness for the
best of Kings, by an attachment to the best
of nations.
./accept, genucmen, in tne name ot af
fectionate France, in view of astonished Eu
rope, this sacrifice, the greatest which has
ever been made on earth; and, full of the
profound emotion which you have proved,
hasten to the foot of the throne, with the
tribute of your sentiments, the sentiments of
all the French people, the only price which
is worthy of the courage of oursovereigns,
the onlv consolation which is worthy of their
hearts.” 4
The prince viceroy (Eugene, son of Jo~
se/ihine,) having obtained leave, expressed
himself in the following manner:
“ Prince ; Senators,
“You have heard the reading of the Se
natus-consultum submitted to your delibe
ration. I believe it a duty to manifest the
sentiments by which my family is anirnat
ed.
“ My mother, my sister and myself, owe
all to the Emperor. He has been truly a
father to us: he will find us at all times his
devoted children and submissive subjects.
‘‘It is important to the happiness of
France, that the founder of the 4th dynasty,
in his old age, be surrounded by a direct de
scendant, who would be our guarantee to
all, as the token of the glory of the coun
try. (.J7* That is, JVcfioleon marries a
new, that he may have an heir.—He will
marry a Russian Princess, that he may
more closely unite the destinies of Eussia
and France.)
“ When my mother was crowned before
the whole nation by the hands of her august
husband, she contracted the obligation to sa
crifice all her affections to the interests of
France. She has fulfilled with courage, no_
bleness 8c dignity, this first of duties. Her soul
I has often been softened by seeing exposed to
I painful conllicts, the heart of a man accus
I tomed to subdue fortune, and to proceed al
| ways with firmness to the fulfilment of his
great designs. The tears which this resolu
tion has cost the Emperor, suffice to the gin
ry of my mother. As she will be situated,
she will not be estranged from the new pros
per'ity that awaits us, and she will see with
satisfaction and pride, that her sacrifices will
have been productive of the happiness of her
country and of her Emperor.”
The prince viceroy having finished his
speech, Count Gamier,'the annual President,
proposed to commit the project of the Sena
tus consultum, to a special commission of
nine members, who shall be named, and
who shall make its report to the present sit_
ting-Agreed to.
Before the balloting commenced for the
nomination of commissioners, the Prince
Arch Chancellor ordered that two tellers
should be chosen by lot, to assist in opening
the vQtes.
The Senators pointed out, are Messrs.
Barthelemy and Lemercier.
The ballot w as proceeded to in the usual
manner. The Senators Gamier, Lacepede,
Semonville, Bournonville, Chaptal, La Place,
Marshal Duke of Dantzip, Marshal Serru
rier and Monge had a majority of all the
suffrages, who were proclaimed by the
Prince Arch Chancellor, President, a spe
I cial commission charged with the exami
nation of the project of the Sena;us Consul
tum.
A lit V/tmimi35juu ILIIICU iu UCMUcraie,
The sitting was suspended until its re
turn. At half past four, the sitting was re
sumed, and Count Lacepede, one of the
members of the special commission, by leave
given, made the following report :
“ Mu 1.*rda ; Senator», f
“You have committed to your special
commission the project of the Senatus Con
3ultum, which had been presented by the Cu
rators of the Council of State.
“ You have heard, Senators, the reading
of the memorable act annexed to the project
of the Senatus Consultum, and which his_
tory will transmit to posterity as a motm
mentof the most feeling affections, of the
most generous sentiments and of the mo9t
absolute devotedness to the first interests of
a hereditary monarchy.
“These memorable words, spoken by the
j greatest of sovereigns, and by his august and
j well-beloved spouse, v/ill long resound in
all French hearts.
“This day the Emperor has more than
ever proved, that he wishes only to re»gn to
serve his subjects, and that the EmpreM
has merited, that posterity should associate
her name to that of the imttiortul Napole
on.
“And such, then, is the condition of those
whom the throne has elevated above others
only to impose on them the most rigorous
of obligations.
“How many Princes, who, consulting only
the happiness of their people, have renounc
ed the dearest of their engagements !
“In passing in review the predecessors of
Napoleon alone, we see thirteen kings, whom
(heirduty as sovereigns has impelled lotlis
solve the ties which united them to their
I spouses, and it is well worthy to be remark
| cd, among these thirteen kings, we can
reckon four of the French monarchs, the
most admired and the most beloved, Char
j Iemagne, Philip Augustus. Lewis, XII. and
! Henry IV.
“Ah! that he who.se glory and devoted
ness surpass their glory and devotedness,
may reign a lon«r time for the prosperity of
France anti of Lurupc-——that his life may
be prolonged the thirty years which he has
desired for the stability of his Empire—that
he can see around the throne princes of
his own blood, raised with his a/tirita and
kia thought a, and worthy of their august o
rigin, toguaiantee to our latest posterity,
the duration of all the good for which our
country is indebted to him ; and that the
image of the happiness of the French peo
ple, which the present and future offer to
In in, be the recompence of his labors and the
price of his sacrifices.
mV,,..-.-__c___ __
ly propose the following ;
“First, to adopt the project of the Scna
tus Consultant which lias been presented
you:
“Secondly, to adopt likewise two addres
ses, which I shall have the honor to submit
to you, of which your bureau will present j
the one to his majesty the Emperor and King,
and the other to her majesty the Empress !
and Queen ”
It was moved to proceed immediately to'
vote by ballot for the adoption oi the pro
ject.
Tbe balloting was commenced. It res;;l
ted in favor of the project, agreeably to the
number of votes demanded by the 56th av
tide of the act of the constitution of the 4th
August 1802. Its adoption was conse
quently announced by the prince arch chan
cellor, who declared it to have become a
senatus consultant of the fallowing tenor:
Extract fromthe Register of the Conservative Sen
ate of Saturday, Tice. 16, 1809
The Conservative Senate, assembled to the
number prescribed by the 90th article of the
acts of the constitution, of the 13th December,
1799.
Having seep the act drawn tip, the 15th of the
present month, by the prince areh-chancellor
of the empire, of which the following is the te
nor :
‘The year 1809, ami 15th day of the month of
December, nine o’clock, in the evening, we John-!
James-Regis Cambaceres, prince arch-chancel
lor of the empire, Duke of Parma, exercising < be
duties which are attributed tons by title 3,art.
14, of the statute of the imperial family, and in vir
tue of orders addressed to us by bis m ijesty the
Emperor and King, in a sealed letter oi that day’s
date, of which the following is the tenor :
“ My cousin—our intention is, that you rep dr
th is day, the 15th December at nine o'clock in
the evening, to our great cabinet haK in the pal
ace of the Thuiileries, assisted by our secretary
ot state of tiie civil department of our imperial I
family, there to receive on our part and of that of
the Empress, a communication of great impor
tance. For this purpose, we have ordained that
the present sealed letter be forwarded to you.
We pray God my cousin, that he have you in his
holy and worthy keeping, at Paris, the I5th De
cember, 1809 ” And on the back ot' which was
written. “To our cousin the Prince arch chancel
lor, Duke of Parma.”
‘ We repaired to the hall of the throne, in the
Palace of the Thuiileries,assisted by Michxl Lew
is Etienne Rcgnault of St. John of Angely, count
ot the empire, minister of state, secretary of the
Imperial family.
•■At a cjuarter past four, we were introduced
into the great chamber of the Emperor, where
we found his majesty the Emperor and King,
with her majesty the Empress accomoHn'o-d by
their majesties the Kings of Holland, Westphalia
and Naples, his Imperial Highness the prince
viceroy, the queans of Spain, Holland, Westpha
lia, and Naples, Madam and her Imperial High
ness Princess Paulina.
* His Majesty the Emperor and King con
descended to address us in the following words :
“ My cousin the prince arch chancellor, I h ive
forwarded you a letter dated this clay, to order
you to repair to my chamber, in order to make
known the resolution that I and the empress my
dear wife, have taken. 1 rejoice that the kings,
queens, and princesses, mv brothers and sisters,
my brother-in-law and sister-in law, my step
daughter and step-son become my son by adopti
on, a* well as my mother, are present at what I
“ The policy of the monarchy, the interest and
wants of tny people, which have constantly guid
ed all iny actions, s«i// that I leave to my olF
spring, inheritors of my love for my people, the
throne on which providence has seated me. For
several years I have lost all hopes of having chil
dren by my marriage with in, well beloved wile,
tlje Empress Josephine : It is this which has led
me to sacrifice the sweetest affections of my
heart, to hearken to nothing but the we are 01
the state and tt> a dissolution of o.ur marriage.
“ Arrived at the age of forty years, I hope to
live long enough to raise up in my spirit and cha
racter the children which it may please provi
dence to give me. God knows how much this
resolution has cost my heart ; but there is no sa
crifice which is above my courage, when it ^de
monstrated to he useful to the welfare of France.
“ It is necessary to add, that f ar from having
ever given any cause ofcoinplaint, on the contra
ry 1 think it incumbent to praise the nltachr
ment and affection of my well beloved wife ; Site
has embellished fifteen years of my life -, theie*
membrance of it will ever be engraven on my
heart. She was crowned with my hands ; I
wish her t<» retain the rank and title of Empress ;
but above all, that she will never doubt my sen
timent, and that she hold me always her best &
dearest friend.”
* His majesty the Emperor and king having fin
ished his discourse, the Empress (,»ueeii spoke in
the following words :
“ With the permission of our august end dear
husband, it is my duty to declare, that having lost
all hopes of having children to satisfy the wants
of tlie policy and interest of France, I am pleased
to give him the greatest proof of attachment ami
devotedness which has ever been given on earth.
1 retain all his bounties : I was crowne d by his
hands, and, from the height of the throne, I have
received nothing but testimonials of the allcciion
and love oftlie French people.
“ I must acknowledge these sentiments, in |
consenting to the dissolution of a marriage which
is henceforth an obstacle to the welfare of Frnnr.e,
which deprives her of the happiness of being one
day governed by the descendant* of a great man,
ao • videnlly raised tip by providence to efface the
evils of a terrible revolution and to re establish
the altar, the throne and the social order. Hut
the dissolution of my marriage will in no way
chan.? the -'uiiimcn's of my heat t T|»« Empc*
ryr u -.11 always have in m- lu^ b* ft j
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knowhow much this act, commanded hv policy
an J so great interests, has rent asunder ;iis hearts
hut we mutually glory in the sacrifice we make
to the good of tbe country ”
“ Upon which their Imperial and Royal ma
jesties having demanded of ns the act of their
respective declarations even as of the mutual con
sent which they contain, and tli at their majes
ties give the eHect of their will to the dissolut’on
ol their marriage,as also of the power which their
majesties have conferred upon us, to pursue
throughout wbatt.trelse may he needful, and
to whom it may have appertained, yielding to the
orders and requisitions of their majesties, we
have given the sai.l act, amt prepared in conse
quence the present process-verbal, to serve and
make valid even as of right; t> which process
verbal their majesties have affixed their signa
tures which, after being signed by the Kings,
queens, prin -.esses and princes present, was sign
ed by us and countersigned by the Secretary of
Stale of the Royal family, written with his owq
hand.
“ Done at the palace of the Thuiller'tcs thq
rlay, I •our, and year as above.”
(Signed)
NAPOLEON,
JOSEPHINE.
Madam, Lewis, J.-rome Napoleon, Joachi'tj
Napoleon, Eugene Nap >1 •on, Julia, Hortenlia,
Calliatine, Paulina, Caroline,
Cambaccres, Prince arch chancellor,
Count Ilegnuillt of St. John of Angely.
Having seen the project of the Seiutus-Con
sultum in tlie form prescribed hythe 6fth article
*f the act. of the constitution of the 4th Aueust.
1802.
Aftei having heard the orators of the council
of state, the report of the special commission, ap
pointed in the sitting of this day, upon the mo
tives of the said project,
Its adoption having been resolved upon by the
number of voices prescribed by the 50th article of
Lite act of the constitution of die 4th August,
1802, decrees.
Art. I. The marriage contracted between ‘he
Emperor Napoleon and the Empress J mp hi i iq
Unsolved.
Art. II. The Erqpress Josephine w.ii ; re
wrve the tide and rank of a crowned Empress
[btcen.
Art. III. Her dower is fixed at the annual in
Conri<* of two millions of francs to be paid out of
the state treasury.
Art. IV. All the provisions, which shall have
been made, by the Emperor in favor of the em
press Josephine, out of the funds of the civil list,
shall be obligatory on his successors
Art. V. T'»e nresent senutus-consultum shall
he transmitted by message to his Imperial and
Royal M.ijesty.
The President and Secretaries.
Signed, Ca.mbacp.ues, price I’ch-cbancellorof
the empire, President.
Signed, Semo.iv i i.le, Bournqn vi ilk, Se
cretaries.
C*_-_1 C- l ]
The Chancellor of state.
(Signed} C-mnt L. A PI.ACE.
The two billowing addresses proposed by
the commission were voted for and adopted.
address of the Senate to his majesty the
Emfieror and King.
The conservative senate, assembled, to
the number prescribed by the 90th article of
the act of the constitutions of the 25th Dec.
1799.
Resolving upon the report of the special
commission appointed in the sitting of this
day ;
Decree, that an address shall be made tq
the Emperor of the following tenor:
S*RE.
The senate have just adopted the pro
ject of the senatusconsultum which has been
presented in the name of his Imperial ami
Royal majesty.
Sirk,
Vour majesty could not give tq France
a greater testimony of your, absolute devoted-:
ness to the duties which a hereditary throne
imposes.
The senate sensibly feels the necessity to
express to you, how deeply it is impressed
with all that which r.as proven tlye great
ness of your majesty’s soul.
Sirk,
The most splendid power, the most
dazzling glory, the admiration of remotest
nges cannot recompence the sacrifice of your
dearest affections ; the eternal love of the
French people, Sc the most profound regard
for all that you nave done, can alone console
the heart of your majesty.
The Senate decrees, that the above ad-r
dress shall he presented to his majesty the
Emperor and King hy the President and Se
cretaries of the Senate.
(Signed)
Camhaceres, firince arch Chargeellor of
the Em/iirr, President.
Semonville and liournonville, Secretaries;
Address of (he Senate to the Em fir ess
Queen.
The Conservative Senate, assembled to
the number prescribed hy the act of the con
stitution of tile 1.1th Dec. 1799;
Having resolved upon the report of the
special commission appointed in the sitting of
this day;
Decrees, that the following addrrss shall
he presented to her Majesty the Empress
Queen.
Madam.
Your 'Imperial and Royal Majesty
made to France the greatest of sacrifices.—
History will preserve its eternal remem
brance.
The august husband, the greatest of mo
narch* could not have rendered his glory
immortal by a more heroic devotion.
Madam,
The people of France have long re-’
ver^d your virtues. It cherishes that aft
feetionate munificence which animates all
vour language as it directs all your actions /
it will embellish your sublime devotedness *
it will ever command for your Imperial and
Royal Majesty a homage of acknowledge
ment, of respect and of love.
The Senate decrees that the above nddrr9.
*es be presented (n her majesty the Empress
Queen, by the President and Secretaries of
the Senate.
The President & Secretaries.
(Signed)
Cambucerc*, prince arch chancell # of tho
Empire, President.
Somonville and PcurnonviUe >
Secretaries. \
The orators of the Conor-J of Sfal, w;th«
drew. The prince arch chancelloradjoqrr -
ed /he sitting. At hi-, departure his serene
highness was r.nndtjctfd with the same In
i-4>* .thit-u were paid him on his arrivur
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