Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-01
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lth of March, 1908. the Code Civile deS FranCais was completed and publish cd. II consisted of twenty two hundred and ciShty-ono articles. These wero ar ranged under three heads: The Rights tho Methods of acquiring Property. In tho code the clements of Roman Law and the law w-cuStoms of the French peo- pie were blended with singular skill.
 Tho Code Napoleon became tho basis of juri>prudrnco, not only in France, but in Sicily, Holland, Belgium, the Rhino provinces, Switzerland, Poland, and in all tho countries dominated by the Latin races in Europe and America.
 Al tho datc of his coronation. Napo- leon wa$ thirty five years, three months and seventeen days of age. He was in his vrry prime. Physically, he had tri- umphrd over that attenuation and utter Swarthincss which had marked his younger years. On his first issuance to public notice. and down to the time of the Consulate, he had worn haSgard look, which, added to his thinneSs and his low stature, made him almost q spectcr. In the year of his marriage, he was described by an obsorvant lady-as reported iA Steudhal-as the thinnest and QueercSt being I ever met" In another place the same authority says of him: "Ho was so scrawny that he inspired pity" But with the gratifi- cation of his ambitions and desires, he became plump and beautiful.
 Of all tho descriptions of the person of BonaQartc, that of Meneval, his sec rctary. is doubtless tho most correct and satisfying. He says of the Emperor, that. though small of stature, his per son was well knit and symmetrical. The bust was longer relatively than tho legs The head was large. and the skull fine ly developed, The neck was short, and the shoulders proportionally broad The chest was round and full. indicating q robust constitution Tho limbs, both arms and legs. were perfect Tho Elm prrur was aS proud as was Lord Byron ut his small plump hands and taperiug fingers. His forehead was broad and high; his eyes easily kindled with pas sion and flashed lightninGS. His com plrxion was pallid; bronzcd at first; al ways If the Italian hue. His dark hair became thin on the top of his hcad and the height 0f the forehead was seeming ly lncrva>,rL Mvnoval. for thirteen years intimate with his lnastor-ubsory. ing closely hIs every mood and feature says: His head and bust were in no WAY inferior ill nobility and dignity to tho most beautiful statue of antiquity. ''
 The new Imperial system quickly diff, fused itself abroad. Wherever the influ. ence of France extended, the political transformation was easily effected The Cisalpine Republic was converted into the kingdom of Italy. This Napoleon would make an appanaSo of his own. For four months. sixteen hours daily, ho wrought at the establishment of the new regime i'll France, Ha then sped tC Milan, and on the 26th of May. 1905, was crowned King of Italy. The cere munial was in the great cathedral there. second only i'll magnifcence to St Pc. ter'S Tho old iron crown of the Lom bard kings was brought forth from its dusty keep, and was given by the arch bishop of Milan to the Emperor, who putting it on his head, uttered tho ia l nous mot, Dieu me Ia donnee-Gare { qui Ia touche God has given 1t to ma -Beware who touches itr'-an aphor ism which became the motto of the Or der of the Iron Crown.
 The Empire brought four years of con tinuous war Napoleon became tn, trampler of vineyards His armies mad Europe into mire, England-agreeinl at Amiens not to fight-fouGht Pitt now in tho last year of his life, used al of hIS resources to bring about leagu
 against France He persuaded Alexan l der of Russia. Francis of Austria, an' Gustavus of Sweden-all easy dupes o 1 greater than themselves-to make ! new coalition. Ho tried to induce Fred | erick William of Prussia to join his for 1 tunes with the rest; but the last t-name' 1 monarch was for the time restrained b ! tho weakness of prudence. Tho agent l of Napoleon held out to him suggestion | of the restoration of Hanover to Prus
 sia. But Austria and Russia and Swe 1 den pressed forward confidently 10 over 1 throw the new French Empire Ina l Empire should not see the end of tn
 first year of it's creationI
 The Austrians were first in the field
 The Russians. under Kutusoff, came O
 into Pomerania from the East Out C
 Sweden, with a large army. came dow
 GustavuS. tho Don Quixote of the North
 to crush Bernadotte who held Hanover l Napoleon for his part sprang forth fC
 the campaign of Austerlitz, perhaps th
 most brilliant military episode in tn
 history of mankind. With meredith
 facility he threw forward to the Rhin
 an army of hundred and eighty thor