under his auspices have assumed the attitude and character of true greatness. He is the pacificator of nations, and the restorer of France. His name alone is a tower of strength.

Already an administration of less than three years has almost made us forget that epoch of anarchy and calamities which seemed to have dried up the sources of public prosperity. But evils yet remain to be healed, and inquietudes to be dissipated. The French people, after having astonished the world by warlike exploits, expect of you, citizen first consul, all the benefits of that peace which you have procured for them.

If seeds of discord still exist, the proclamation of the perpetual consulate of Bonaparté will dissipate them. Every one will now rally. round him. His powerful genius will support and preserve all. He exists only for the prosperity and happiness of the French people. His constant efforts will be directed to increase the national glory and national greatness. What nation, in fact, better deserves happiness, and of what people more enlightened, or more sensible, can he desire the esteem and attachment?

The conservative senate will associate itself with all the generous maxims of government. It will second, by all the means in its power, every amelioration which shall have for its end the prevention of those evils by which we have been so long afflicted, and the extension and consolidation of those benefits which you have conferred upon us. It is its duty also to contribute to the accomplishment of the wishes of the people, which have been manifested in a manner so honourable to their zcal and their discernment.

The senatus consultum which the senate in a body now present to you, citizen first consul, contains the expression of its own gratitude. The organ of the sovereign will, it was of opinion, could not better fulfil the intentions of the French penple, than by calling in the aid of the arts to perpetuate the remembrance of this memorable event.

After this address, citizen Barthelemy, the president, read the act, of which the following is the tenor :

Senatus Consultum.-Extract from the Registers of the Conservative Senate of the 2d of August 1502.

The conservative senate, consisting of the number of members prescribed by the 90th article of the constitution; deliberating upon the message of the consuls of the republic, of the 29th ult.; after having heard the report of the special committee, charged with the verification of the registers of the votes given by the French people; sccing the procès-verbal prepared by the special committee, and which states, that 3,577,259 citizens have given their suffrages, and that 3,568,585 citizens have voted, that Napoleon Buonaparté should be appointed consul for life; considering that the senate, established by the constitution as the organ of the people, in every thing in which the social compact is interested, ought to manifest in a splendid manner the national gratitude towards the conquering and pacificating hero, and to proclaim solemnly that it is the will of the French people to give to the government every necessary stability and independence, in order to insure the prosperity and glory of the republic, decrees as follows:

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The first consul replied as follows: Senators, The life of a citizen belongs to his country. The people of France wish that the whole of mine should be consecrated to their service, and I obey. In giving me this new, this permanent pledge of their confidence, they have imposed upon me the duty of maintaining the system of the laws and institutions of the republic. By my efforts, by your cooperation, citizen senators, and that of the constituted authorities, and by the confidence and will of this inmense people, the liberty, equality, and prosperity of the people of France will be secured from all the accidents which arise from the uncertainty of futurity. The best people shall, as they deserve, be the most happy, and their happiness shall contribute to that of all Europe. Content with having been called, by the order of him from whom every thing emanates, to bring back upon the earth justice, order, and equality, I shall hear my last hour sound without regret, and

without any uneasiness about the opinion of future generations.

Senators, receive my thanks for this solemn proceeding. The desire of the senate has expressed the wish of the people of France, and is thereby more strongly connected

with whatever remains to be done for the happiness of the people. It is very gratifying to me, to be assured of this by the speech of so distinguished a president.

The members of the senate then

retired.

Circular Letter of the Minister of the Interior to the Prefects of the different Departments, dated Paris, 4th August.

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SEND you, citizen prefect, the senatus consultum, which proclaims the will of the French people. You will cause it to be proclaimed throughout the whole of your department on the 15th of August. That day shall hereafter be consecrated by the recollection of great events. It will recall to our posterity the recollection of the memorable epocha of public happiness, when the consciences of the people were set at peace, and when the people of France exercised the greatest act of sovereignty ever exercised by any nation.

The 15th of August is at once the anniversary of the birth-day of the chief consul, of the signature of the concordat, and the day on which the people of France, wishing to secure and perpetuate their happiness, have connected its duration with that of the glorious career of Napolcon Buonaparté.

What pleasing recollections to S s 4 excite

excite the enthusiasm of the French people! What a concurrence of great events to awaken in every heart those generous sentiments which characterize the French nation!

Let this great day be celebrated by acts of benevolence. I invite you, citizen prefect, to consecrate the whole of it to happiness, by uniting in marriage those individuals who are most eminent for their virtue.

(Signed) Chaptal.

Paris, Aug. 5.- Extract from the registers of the deliberations of the council of state, of the sitting of August 4.

Project of a Senatus Consultum for

organizing the Constitution.

Title I.

Art. 1. Each jurisdiction of a justice of the peace has a cantonal assembly. --2. Each communal circuit or district of sub-prefecture, has an electoral college for the circuit.-3. Each department has an electoral college for the department.

Title II.

Of the Cantonal Assemblies. 4. The assembly of the canton is composed of all the citizens domiciliated in the canton, and inscribed on the commune lists of the circuit. From the epoch when the communal lists ought to be renewed in the terms of the constitution, the assembly of the canton shall be composed of all the citizens domiciliated in the canton, and enjoying the rights of citizenship.-5. The first consul nominates the president of the cantonal assembly. His functions continue for five years, and he may be reappointed indefinitely. He is 'assisted by four inspectors; two of

them being the oldest, and the other two the persons paying most taxes among the citizens having a right to vote in the cantonal assembly. The president and four inspectors appoint the secretary.-6. The assembly of the canton divides itself into sections for performing the operations belonging to it. At the first convocation of each assembly, its organization and forms of proceeding shall be determined by a regulation issued by the government.-7. The president of the cantonal assembly appoints the presidents of the sections. Their functions terminate with cach sectionary assembly. They are, each of them, assisted by two inspectors, the one being the oldest, and the other the most heavily taxed, of the citizens having a right to vote in the section.-8. The cantonal assembly returns two citizens out of whom the first consul chooses the justice of the peace for the canton. It, in like manner, returns two citizens for each vacant place of suplant to the justices of peace.-9. The jus tices of the peace and their suppleants are appointed for ten years. — 10. In cities containing 5000 pcrsons, the cantonal assembly presents two citizens for each seat in the municipal council. In cities where there may be several justices of the peace, or several cantonal assemblies, each assembly will, in like manner, present two citizens for each seat in the municipal council.-11. The members of the municipal council are taken by each cantonal assembly, from a list of a hundred of the persons paying most taxes in the canton. This list shall be executed and printed by order of the prefect.— 12. The municipal councils are renewed in the proportion of one half every ten years.-13. The first con

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schooses the mayors and assistants in the municipal counciis. They are to be five years in office, and may be reappointed.-14. The cantonal assembly nominates to the electoral college of the circuit the number of members assigned to it, in proportion to the number of citizens of which it is composed.-15. It nominates to the electoral college of the department, from a list hereinafter referred to, the number of members assigned to it. -- 16. The members of the electoral colleges must be domiciliated in the respective circuits and departments.-17. The government convokes the cantonal assemblies, fixes the time of their sitting, and the object of their meeting.

Title III.

Electoral Colleges.

18. The electoral colleges of the circuits have one member for every 500 domiciliated inhabitants of the circuit.---The number of members caunot, however, exceed 200, nor fall below 120.---19. The department electoral colleges have one member for every 1000 domiciliated inhabitants in the department; but notwithstanding, these members cannot be more than 300, nor fewer than 200.---20. The merabers of the electoral colleges are appointed for life.---21. If a member of an electoral college is denounced to the government as having permitted any act contrary to the dictates of honour or the interests of the country, the government invites the college to manifest its opinion thereon. Three fourths of the votes are necessary to make a denounced member lose his place in the college.---22. A member loses his seat in the clectoral colleges for the same cause which would deprive him of the rights of citizen

ship. He also loses when, without any legitimate obstruction, he absents himself from three successive meetings ---23. The first consul appoints the presidents of the electoral colleges on each session. The police of the clectoral college when assembled is exclusively under the direction of the president.---24. The electoral colleges appoint, at the commencement of each session, two inspectors and a secretary.---25. In order to the formation of the electoral colleges of departments, there shall be drawn up in each department, under the orders of the minister of finance, a list of 600 citizens, who are most heavily assessed to the landtax, the tax on moveables, the tax on luxury, and the tax on licenses. To the amount of the contribution must be added in the department domicile, such sum as may be proved to be paid in other parts of the territory of France or the colonies. This list shall be printed.---26. The cantonal assembly will select from this list the members to be appointed to the electoral college of the department.---27. The first consul may add to the electoral colleges of circuit, ten members chosen from among the citizens belonging to the legion of honour, or who have performed public services. He may add to each elctoral college of department twenty citizens, ten of whom to be taken from the thirty most heavily taxed in the department; and ten others, either from the members of the legion of honour, or citizens who have performed publie services. He is not limited to precise periods in making these nominations.---28. The electoral colleges of circuit present to the first consul two citizens domiciliated in the circuit for each vacant scat in the

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council of the circuit. Of those citizens, one at least must, of necessity, be chosen from among the members of the electoral college which appoints him. The councils of circuit are removed by thirds, once in five years.-29. The electoral colleges of circuit present at each meeting two citizens to form part of the list, from which are to be chosen the members of the tribunate. Of these citizens, one, at least, must necessarily belong to the college which presents him. Both of them may be chosen from persons not residing in the department.-30. The electoral colleges of the departments present to the first consul two citizens domiciliated in cach department for every place vacant in the council general of the department. One of these citizens, at least, must necessarily be taken from the electoral college which presents him. The renovation of the councils general of the departments takes place by thirds every five years.-31. The electoral colleges of the departments present at each meeting two citizens to form the list from which the members of the senate are named. One of them, at least, must necessarily be taken from the college which presents him, and they both may be taken from the department. They are to have the age and the qualifications prescribed by the constitution.-32. The electoral colleges of the departments and circuits present cach two citizens domiciliated in the department, in order to form a list from which the members of the deputation to the legislative body are to be named. One of these citizens is necessarily to be taken from the collee which presents him. There must be three times as many differ

ent candidates on the list formed by the combination of the presentations of the electoral colleges of the departments and circuits as there are vacant places. -33. The same person may be a member of a council of commune and of an electoral college of circuit or department. The same person cannot, however, be at the same time a member of a college of circuit and college of department.-34. The membe:s of the legislative body and of the tribunate cannot attend the sittings of the electoral college to which they belong. All the other publie functionaries have a right to attend and to vote.-35. No cantonal assembly shall proceed to nominate to the places that belong to it in an electoral college, until these places are reduced to two thirds.-36. The electoral colleges can assemble only in consequence of an act of convocation emanating from the government, and in the places assigned to them. They can take a cognizance of the subjects only for which they are assembled, nor can they prolong their sittings beyond the time fixed by the act of convocation. If they exceed these limits, the government possesses the right of dissolving them.-37. The electoral colleges can neither directly nor indirectly, nor under any pretext whatsoever, hold any intercourse with each other.

38. The dissolution of an electoral body necessarily leads to the renewal of all its members.

Title IV. Of the Consuls.

39. The consuls are for life. They are members of the senate, and act as presidents. -40. The second and third consuls are appointed by the senate on the presentation of the first. 41. For this purpose, when

any