The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-19 00:00:00

From the FRENCH and DUTCH I)..IPHRS.

' LEGISLA I'IVE BODY. -
PARIS, MARCH G.--,-The interest of the proceed-
ings. 9f the Legislative Body; after solemn open,
in; of their Session, *as confined to the 'result cif
the scrutiny for the appointment of 'the S!..ite-Presi-
dents and Secretaries, until the Mihister of the In-
terior yezterday satisfied the inpatient exOctation or
the Assembly, 'and of the Public, by entering mold
at large ,into the consideration of the impOrtanr •..16-
jeets that had been briefly teuohed upon in the Im-
perial Speech'. M. CHAMpAovy, the
compamed by the Counsellors' of State, Ca STET atd
,BIGOT-PRRASIk:ZIEN-, presented himself- at the lady
Sitting of the ,Legislative Body, and expatiated, in
detail, on the events that have taken place since the
Coronation of the Emperor. The following are the
particulars of this interesting Erpose:
EXPOSE OF. THE 'SITUATION OF THE EMPIRE.
t& -es If-111
" _ef at e n, eputi e
Departments
to the
Legislative Bodyi-I.an't ,e4arged- by 'his Majesty the
Emperor to give you:an account of the situation of
the Empire during the year,that' has just passed.
" Its tlestinies have Been established on an im-
movable _base ;..a .ceremonT; the' reniernbranCe of
which will form an epoch in .our annals', had raised
the Chief-of the State, and lii august family, to that

`dignity which the wished: anet,thj, wants 6f France
ealledfor., -:*when: last year, you assembled this
Hall, that had' been consecrated by his presence. It
was in the midst of You,4hat the first rays of that
immortal splendour shone forth, with which the
homage of the people and the.blessings of Heaven
have invested, him'i. happy Olin for those labours
.to which you were about-to apply yourselves : thin
your operations have answered his expectations, for
all of them have been useful.. - The love of 'public

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good, the-inspiration of genius have direlited all your
steps, .and the unity established' in the Empire, and
so solemnly proclaimed, have 2pPeared- to-pro-duce
still greater harmony in your sentiments and your
deliberations. •

The Emperor, on "his part,• had announced to
you, that he contemplated in, his new honours
weighty and important obligation. All his time ha,
been consecrated to the dischargt of it.. r you know

whether he has fulfilledlis promises,-and to what
extent he his surpasSed your expeecations ; you
know with what events,
.perk cps. you' say with
what miracles, a single year scarcely yet concluded
has.been.filled. I shall remind you of them, with-
Ont pretending to enumerate them, or to describe
their immense reSults., Europe, still Motionfess
with astonishment and:fear—Trance transported with
adiniration and affee:tion,--release. me from the task
of speaking 'What; should -irt'vain atternpt to ex-
press ! . •
" Scarce were Your labours terminated When the
Emperor endeavoured to visit a part of France. If
every place he had been hailed by the most lively
testimonies of public affeEtion----if the inhabitants of
the cities and of the country had hastened to
offer him the homage of their gratitude and affeCtion,
he did not feel hgratification less dear to his heart
when he beheld the etreas of an Administration itl-
- regulated, during six years, by the most ge-
nerous solicitude for the good of the people, and the
re-establishment of public order. He saw the traces
of our misfortunes eifaced, and the remembrance of
them nearly extinguished, ,the laws respeeleci, the
Magistrates devoted to their duty, public morals,
sentiments of religion, held in honour, the urbanity
of the French charaEter restored to its forther deli-
cacy ; if • any meliorations still remained to be ac-
complished, they were not those reparations, that
succeed grand disasters, but those measures of per-
feEtion which belong to a period of calm and prospe-
rity. Nevertheless the Emperor desired to be ac-
quainted with them, to accomplish them. He shin-
moned all those to attend him who from their func-
tions, or by their iuthrmation, could second his views;
admitted all, those who had favours to solicit, receiv-
ed their demands, heard and encouraged- their ob -
servations, rewarded their services; inspecled himself
the minutest details, and every where left, in the
measures of a sublime wisdom, lasting monuments
of his progress. •
" Troyes. received his first attention, and obtained
his first benefadions; these benefaelions promise to
it an existence worthy of its ancient celebrity. The
plan of a navigation of the Seine, to be carried on by
the same vessels from Paris to Chatillon, not far from
its source, has been formed; , the details of the work
have been already decreed: The improvement 'of
that of the Soane is projected; the cities which it
waters. are receiving embeliishments ; the quayS of
_Chalons, Tournus, and MaCon, are to be restored
and enlarged. Macoh is to .have a Cathedral built
within its walls, more beautiful than that the, de-
struelion of which it regrets 5 the Emperor has con-
tributed a conside.-_,6le sum from his private revenue
towards this erection. The Seille, rendered naviga-
,ble, will be a new advantage for the department. of
Saone and Loire ; the department of -Ain revived at
the sight of its Sovereign, wko gives iif to every
thing, and who occupies himself with interest, in
augmenting its industry, and in correcting Oa in-,
salubrity of a part of .its territory.
" Lyons, already covered with benefits by him,
who re-built its edifices, and re-peopled its manufac-
tories, thinks -it has no further wishes to forth, and
feels no want but that of encircling with its. just
transports, the Deliverer which it reveres. But the
solicitude of the Emperor . for this Capital of the
French industry is -by no means exhausted ; and
whilst he is entertained only with gratitude, his views.
still develope the means of accelerating the progress
of a prosperity that he has ever been augmenting since
the commencement of his reign.; the southern parts
of the city are rendered more salubrious ; the Rhone
is to be confined within its banks, and brought
nearer to the city, which it seemed to abandon ;
wise regulations establish fidelity in the manufactures,
and guacante; the confidence of the foreign e6nsurner,