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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

it is composed wilt alight (ram their eariages to accompany
the iii;ng.
After the Te Deum the procession will move to the Thuilleries in
the same order as before. He will there be conducted to the throne,
upon which he will se.it him Sell, surroended by the Prihnces of t
ee
B.lood. Marshals, Ministers, and Chief Officers. All te othr
persons who formed the procession, will meet in the gallery of Diana
and then pass through the hull of the throne before his Majesty,
making their obeisance to him.
The Grand Master of the Ceremonies of France,
The MarquisDE DREUX BREZE.

' IMPORTANT OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION.
Vienna, April 22.
The Corot Gazette of this day contai►s the following article :
In virtue of a convention between the Ministers of the allied
Courts and the Envoy of Napoleon, furnished with powers to which
the Provisional Government accedes, the ei-derant Emperor re•
Pounces formally all kind of pretension to fire Crowns of France and
Italy, and shall enjoy, in exchange, dining his life, the Isle of
Elba, where a pension will be paid to him and the members of his
family.
'' The Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Gnastalla. will be ceded
at the approaching peace, in Sovereignty to the Empress Maria
: she will transmit them to her son, who is henceforth to be
sty!ed Prince of Parma and Placentia."

MAY S.

" When he had done speaking, they passed into the Council
Room. The sitting was opened by the leading of a decree of
finance to be passed by imperial authority, without the sanction of
the Legislative Body, which was, however, convoked for the 2d of
December. The decree was. for nothing less than to raise the
taxes one half. It passed without any objection to the principle,
end solely after a short necessary discussion, in which the Emperor
expressed various contradictory or absurd opinions. " Taxes, .he
said, " have no limits—in general they present the idea of a fifth :
but they ma according to circumstances, be raised to a quarter.
a Hind, half, &c. 'No—Taxes have no limits. If there be laws to
say the contrary, they are laws badly made."
After this Decree, the project of a Senates Consultuns was read,
to place at the disposal of the Minister of War 300,000 men of the
ancient conscriptions, solemnly liberated or exhausted. The most
profound silence reigned in the Assetubly. The flatterers were in-
terrogated, remained silent for some time. A member, however,
at length said—" Sire, the safety of the empire." Another blamed
the expression in the projet of frontiers invaded, as being alarming.
" Why ?" replied the Emperor, " it is better to tell the truth now.
Is not Wellington in the South, the Russians in the North ? Do not
the Austrians and Bavarians menace the East ? Wellington in
France !—What a shame ! and they did not rise in a mass to drive
him out !—The Eeelish will lentil at the simplicity of our peasants.
Bnt the English have no ships there, tl;ey cannot practice their na•
val Maineurres ; they are ou our seri itory ; we must beat them and
drive them out. " All my Allies have abandoned me ; the Bar
variant have betrayed me I Cowards ! they would place themselves
in my rear • they pretended to cut off my retreat, but they were
well paid for it, they were mowed down and massacred : I killed
Wrede and all his relations with him. No : no peace till I have
burned Munich! A triumvirate is formed in the North, the same
that divided Poland. No peace till it be broken. Vienna next
year ! We shall see ! I demand 300,000 men. I will form a camp
of 100,000 at Bordeaux, another at Lyons, and a third at Metz.
With the former levy and what remains, I shall have one million of
men under arms ; that will do for the moment. I demand 300,000
men ; but I mnst have men, grown men. What are these young
conscripts good for? to croak up the hospitals, or die on the roads.
The French are always brave—so are the Piedmontese and Italians ;
they fight well ; but these men of the north (Germans) they ale
good for nothing—lt is not blood but water that flows in their
veins! I cannot really rely but on the inhabitants of ancient
France." " Sire, the Belgians," said one Member—" Yes, the Bel-
gians," replied the Emperor,' they love me perhaps. What signify
all these addresses they make them send? It is the height of ridicule !"
Sire," said another Member, " ancient France must remain to
—"And Holland," said the Emperor, turning short upon him ; rather
than give up Holland, I would bury it in the sea. As for Italy, if
she be not under France, she must he independent.
"Gentlemen, we must have an impulse ; all must march. It may
not come to that, but, in short, if it should, M. Cambaceres, you too
shall march ; you shall be Chief of a Legion.
" Counsellors of State, yon arc fathers of families; you are the
chief of the nation. It is you that should give this impulse. I
know it—you are effeminate, cowardly. They speak of peace—
peace ! peace ! I hear no other word than peace ! whilst all shout,'
cry out for war.
After this speech, the plan of Senatus Consultum was adopted.
The Emperor broke ep the Sitting, and every body withdrew,
agitated with different sentiments. As for myself, fill' of indignation
which I could scarcely conceal, I sat down to write this account,
sure, that in a short time, 1 should re-peruse it with pleasure.