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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."
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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,
(5444) "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`,.ll
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: axis
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,
reign 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 past,. 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

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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 sniou 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 nt 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 maaauvressprepare 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. -
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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, ves.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

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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,