Star.
London, England, 1811-01-09 00:00:00

PARIS, DECEMBER It
CONSERVATIVE SEWATE.
Kuala CONICIIPTIOPI.
The Counsellor of State, Count Caffarelilt -pre-
tented the following Expaais. t—
" Smt.roas—We are commissioned by his Ma-
jesty to present to you the project of a Senatsu Con-
sultant, in which you will take pleasure in remarking
the character of public utility, of energy, and of fore-
sight, which belongs to the vast conceptions of his
Majesty.
" The empire enjoys the most profound peace; the
nations which surronnd it, deeply convinced that the
surest plesige of their repose will constantly be found
in their alliance with the French people, every day
draw closer the ties which unite them to it, and ap-
pear to constitute only one and the same great fami-
ly, by their sentiments towards the august Chief of
}lance.
" And if the horrors of war still desolate the extre-
mities of Europe. if the miled portion of a neigh-
bouring nation, agitated by factions, still mistake its
true interests, you know, Gentlemen, that the cause

'joust be sought for in the perfidious machinations of
;that Government, the enemy of Europe, which, re-
felled and menaced on all sides, has no longer any
,thing but a single corner, where it is still able to fan
;the flame of discord and of civil dissentious.

0 England blockades the ports of Europe ; she
parades upon the seas her ships, every where the• oh-
lieet of reprobation ; she seeks openings for the pro-
duce of her manufactures, piled up in the warehouses
lof her dismayed inhabitants. Her criminal system is
'recognised ; her snares have lost their effect ; the ne.
lions at last know how to appreciate both her fatal
,alliance and and her disastrous services.
44 Amidst the calm which his Majesty has re-esta•
Wished in the Empire and in Europe, lie is occupied
jwith the amelioration of his marine ; and his genius
jsuggests to him efficacious means for opposing to his
!enemies upon the seas, numerous fleets, animated,
like his veteran and formidable phalanxes, with a de-
sire at last to conquer an universal peace. The will
iot his Majes.y shall be always that of destiny; for
power and genius never will in vain.
Already, Gentlemen, at the ,voice of his Ma-
jesty, maritime establishments are created; our coasts,
the extent of which is augmented, are every where
deleidcdsby courage, and fortified by art ; the arsC-
mals are provided with necessary materials; ships are
'rising in our ports, and our fleets will one day try
their strength with those of the enemy, and reign
lupon the seas,
'4 But to arm these vessels, to. equip them, his Ma-
Sat he stood in need of seamen. Those
man his squadrons would no; be suf.
greatness of his plans ; new means are
new views.
t, and the fisheries, which Were wont to
for the State, are at present too incon-
new system must be firiliwith resor-
lying the wants of the country.
of his Majosty, there issues from the
:meats a crowd of. young meth who,
sailors and soldiers, will shew them.'
vats of those who have raised so high
!arms of the empire. •
now unfold to you, Gentlemen, the
institution from which his Majesty ex-
:a.d,vantagePtis resalts.
l'he Emperor has perceived • that the mode. of
inscription can alone procure for the marine the/4
resouices in men which it rquires.; but he has felt
plat this mode 'could; not be4itent.led' through the
whole of our territory, for the inclinations of men are
renerally the fruit of their habits. , Thns, the inhale
Itant of the towns of the Interior never sees the •sca
r seamen ; a stranger to that element. to that mode
f life, fie forms to hir.selt only 4 monstrous idea of
: prefers the litici-serviee, for which the him-
-me victories"( our armies have already excited,

. . .
Its early euthusiasto. •
• 4e- The inhabitant of the votst, on the contrary, from
earliest years, is hearing the sea-service talked of ;
:end him every thing presents the image of it ;
hile yet a child he gambols io that element, upon
bleb he will one day brave the storm and the hat:.
e. Born on coasts adjacent to those Of,the enemy,'
e.feels the necessity of defending them, because he
as to protect.l.is family andllii property. He is ac.
a more than any other,with.the feeling of resist-
ice to aggression f he is et once a man and asitizen.
•• It is from the maritime departments, then, that
,e marine must be recruited; it is from the line of
)acts that must be made the selection of men tics..
Red to serve en the sea.
..4 But the profettion Of the seaman is liable to se
laity vicissitudes and dangers, that it is necessary to I,
=menet it from the most tender age, when the or. I
us are docileo.the body flexible, and habits are con--;
l without difficulty. It is nicestAry that the I
' 'should be early ascu*toioad -10, Peril' 44 1
.1 to face it with a smile. : 4
•• Young sailors shall therefore be selected at the
of from 13 to 1F; if .younger, die State would
Hit too long before it enjoyed their servkes ; if older, i
to physic 4 constitution of man could only be heat 1
ith difficulty-10 all the toils of seamanship. . I
4, Here, it is our duty ro communicate one of these
;re tho'ughts of the Entperor—that of initiating friml
le present moment, these young conscripts, in OW
treer which they are destined to run. 1
~ His -majesty has formed crews fir Opt and
tws.for flotillas. The former, composed of exec.
aced mariners, will mail the ships ; lot the latter,
Maier. ;s fitting out in his ports small vessels,
skilful officers ; on board whit!. will
manceuvres, io steering, in the use of
'gong seamen, whom the Senattix.Con-,
we present, sotnmons to the honour'
country.
Gentlemen, the experience which
in the navigation of the coasts and
will not be so great asithat coinnotai-
expeditions ; but they will thus. Le
th their state, they will see and will
icolties ; they will acquire a taste for
way, that it will present to them 06.
they will have to surmount; and in a
will be fit to serve In a more useful
1 the ships of his Majesty.
Anse time that his Majesty projected
training to himself seamen, he has ordered

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ate necessary Measures for fortnins the officers who
are to command them. Every thing is connected ii
his conceptions; their whole always bears the impres
sion of the. genius who presides over the prpsperity 01
the Empire.
PROJET OF THE SENATOR CONSULTUM.
ART. I. The coast-districts of the thirty depart-
ments hereafter named shall cease to contribute to the
conscription for the land-army, and shall be reserved
for the conscription of the sea-service.
IL The following areithe thirty departments in
which the maritime districts shall be reserved ;
Maritime Alps, Appennines, Aude, Mfritlis of the'
Rhone, Calvados, Lower Charente, Coasts of the
North, Dyle, the Scheldt, Fiaisterre, Gard, Genoa,
Gironde, Heranit, Ile and Vilaine, Landes, Lower
Loire, Lys, Manche, Mentenotte, Morbillan, Two
Nethers, Nord, Par de Calais, Lower Pyierinees, Eas-
' tern Pyrennees, Lower Seine,Somme,Var, Vendee. '
111. Ten thousand conscripts of each of the class.s
of 1813, 1814, 1815, and 1816, shall be immediately
placed at the disposal of the Minister of Marine.
IV. The present Senatus Consultur4 shall be trans-
mitted in a message to his :Nlajesty the Emperor and
King.

!VIP TriRY CONSCRIPTION.
The Minister of State, Count Repoli(' de St. Jean
d'Angely, read the following Repot :
IMPORT OP THE WAR MINISTER TO HIS IMPERIAL AND

FRENCH PAPERS.
PARIS. DECEMBER

L••• 4•4 fa&
ijesty has felt this
'who at present
ficient for the gi
pessary for nel
Commerce,
furnish seamen fi
siderable, and•a
ted to for suppl,
' "At the voice
maritime depaiti
Wing at once so
Ives worthy rii
the glory of the
" We' shall n
sasis of that ins
ects the most a: