of the two places become va, the first consul presents to the e a first person. If he is not inted, he presents a second, and e second is not accepted, he ents a third, who is of necessity inted. 42. When the first conhinks proper, he appoints a citito succeed him after his death, rding to the forms prescribed in preceding article.-43. The ciappointed to succeed the first ul takes an oath to the republic, e administered by the first conassisted by the second and third uls, in the presence of the sethe ministers, the council of the legislative body, the triate, the tribunal of cassation, archbishops, bishops, presidents he tribunals of appeal, the presits of the electoral colleges, the idents of the cantonal assemblies, grand officers of the legion of our, and the mayors of the 24 cipal cities of the republic. The etary of state draws up the proverbal of the administration of oath.-44. The oath is in these ns: "I swear to maintain the onstitution, to respect the liberty f conscience, to oppose the reurn of feudal institutions; never o make war but for the defence and glory of the republic; and not o employ the power wherewith hall be invested, but for the happiness of the people, from whom and for whom I shall have received t."-45. Having taken this oath, takes his scat in the senate immeately after the third consul.-46. e first consul may deposit, among archives of government, his wish to the nomination of a successor, be presented to the senate after 5 death.-47. In this case, he monses the attendance of the

second and third consuls, the ministers and presidents of the sections of the council of state. In their presence he delivers to the secretary of state the paper sealed with his seal, and in which his wish is recorded. This paper is subscribed by all those who were present at the transaction. The secretary of state deposits it among the archives of government in the presence of the ministers and presidents of the sections of the council of state.-48. The first consul may withdraw this deposit, observing the formalities prescribed in the preceding article.49. After the death of the first consul, if his choice has remained in deposit, the paper containing it is withdrawn from the achives of government by the secretary of state, in the presence of the ministers and presidents of the sections of the council of state, their authenticity and identity being ascertained in the presence of the second and third consuls. It is addressed to the senate by a message from the government, with a copy of the procès-verbal, certifying the deposit, the identity, and authenticity.-50. If the person presented by the first consul is not appointed, the second and the third consuls present one each; in case of neither of these being nominated, they each make another presentation, and one of the two must of necessity be appointed. -51. If the first consul leaves no presentation, the second and third constds make their presentations separate, one first, one second, and if neither obtains the nomination, they make a third, from which the sente must of necessity nominate.-52. In every case, the presentations and nomination myst be completed within twenty-oť hours after the death of the not

consul.-53. The law determines for the life of each first consul the state of the expenditure of govern

ment.

Title V.

Of the Senate.

54. The senate regulates, by an organic senatus consultum -- 1st, The constitution of the colonies-2d, Every thing not provided for by the constitution, and which may yet be necessary to its operation-3d, It explains those articles of the constitution which admit of different interpretations. - 55. The senate, by acts, entitled Senatus Consulta -1st, suspends for five years the functions of juries in the departments where that measure may be necessary2d, Proclaims, when circumstances require it, certain departments out of the protection of the constitution-3d, Determines the time when the individuals arrested in virtue of the 40th article of the constitution, are to be brought before the tribunals, in such cases where they are not brought to trial in ten days from the period of their arrest-4th, Annuls the judgments of the civil and criminal tribunals when dangerous to the safety of the state 5th, Dissolves the legislative body and tribunate-6th, Appoints the consuls.-56. The organic senatus consulta and ordinary senatus consulta are deliberated upon by the senate, on the initiative of the government. A simple majority_suffices for a senatus consulta. Two thirds of the votes of the members present are necessary for an organic senatus consultum.-57. The projects of the senatus consultum, adopted in consequence of articles 54 and 55, are discussed in a privy council, composed of the consuls, two ministers, two senators, two

counsellors of state, and two grand officers of the legion of honour. At each meeting the first consul appoints the members who are to compose the privy council. - 59. The first consul ratifies the treaties of peace and alliance, after taking the advice of the privy councu. Before he promulgates them, he communicates them to the senate.59. The act of the nomination of a member of the legislative body, of the tribunate, and of the tribunal of cassation, is entided arrêté. —–60. The acts of the senate, relative to its police and internal administration, are entitled deliberation. - OI. In the course of the year 11, he will proceed to the nomination of 14 citizens, to complete the number of 80 senators, fixed by the 15th article of the constitution. This nomination shall be made by the senate, on the presentation of the first consul, who shall, for that purpose, select three persons from the list of citizens chosen by the electorate colleges. -62. The members of the grand council of the legion of honour are members of the senate, whatever may be their age. -63. The first consul may besides nominate to the senate, without the previous presentation of the electoral colleges of the departments, citizens distinguished for their services and their talents, on these conditions, however, that they shall be of the age required by the constitution, and that the number of senators shall not exceed 129.-64. The senators may be consuls, ministers, members of the legion of honour, inspectors of public instruction, or employed on extraordinary and temporary missions. -65. The senate appoints each year two of its members to perform the duty of se

cretaries.

ries.-66. The ministers have in the senate, but no delibervoice, unless they are senators. Title VI.

If the Counsellors of State: .The counsellors of state shall r exceed the number of 50.The council of state is divided sections. -69. The ministers rank, scats, and votes in the cil of state.

Title VII.

Of the Legislative Body. ). Each department shall have a iber of members proportioned to extent of its population, conable to the annexed table.—71. the members of the legislative y, belonging to the same depuin, are to be nominated at once. 2.The departments of the repubire divided into five series, connable to the annexed table.-73. : present deputies are classed acling to these five series. -74. by shall be renewed in the year which the series, including the artment to which they are ataed, shall be referred. -75. The Duties nominated in the year 10 il, however, complete their five rs.-76. The government conses, adjourns, and prorogues, the islative body.

Title VIII.

Of the Tribunote. 77. From and after the year 13, è tribunate shall be reduced to 50 embers. One half of the 50 shall out every three years Until is reduction be completed, the embers who go out shall not be placed. The tribunate is divided to sections.-78. The legislative dy and the tribunate are to be holly renewed, immediately on eir dissolution by the senate.

Title IX.

Of Justice and the Tribunate. 79. There shall be a grand judge, minister of justice. - 80. He has a distinguished place in the senate and the council of state-81. He presides in the tribunal of cassation and the tribunals of appeal, when the government judges it proper. -82. He has the right of vigilance and superintendence over the tribunals and justices of peace. -83. The tribunal of cassation, when he sits as president, has the right of censure and discipline over the tribùnals of appeal and the criminal tribunals. He may, on serious complaints, suspend the judges from their functions, and send them before a judge, to give an account of their conduct.-S4. The tribunals of appeal have the right of superintendence over the civil tribunals within their jurisdiction, and the civil tribunals over the justices of peace of their district.-S5. The commissioners of government to the tribunal of cassation, superintend the commissioners to the tribunals of appeal and the criminal tribunals. The commissioners to the tribunals of appeal superintend the commissioners to the inferior tribunals. -85. The members of the tribunal of legation are appointed by the senate on the presentation of the first consul. The first consul presents three candidates for each vacant place.

Title X.

Right of Pardoning.

87. The first consul has the right of pardoning. He exercises it after the deliberation of a privy council, composed of the grand judge, two ministers, two counsel, and two members of the tribunal of cassa

Buonaparté, first consul, in the name of the French people, proclaims as a law of the republic, the senatus consulte, of which the following is the tenor :

Senatus Consulte for organizing the Constitution.-Extract from the Registers of the Conservative Senate of the 4th of August 1802.

The conservative senate, consisting of the number of members prescribed by the 90th article of the constitution; having seen the message of the consuls of the republic dated this day, announcing the sending of three orators of government, charged to present to the senate a project of a senatus consulte for organizing the constitution; having seen the said project of senatus consulte, presented to the senate by citizens Regnier, Portalis, and Dessolles, counsellors of state appointed for that purpose by an arrêté of the

first consul of the republic, of the same date; after having heard the orators of government respecting the motives of the said project; deliberating on the report of its special committee appointed in the sitting of the 30th ult. decrees as follows: the present senatus consulte shall be transmitted by a message to the consuls of the republic.

(Signed) Barthelemy, president.
Vaubois and Fargues,
secretaires.

By the conservative senate,
The secretary general, Cauchy.

[Then follows a table of the number of deputies to be chosen by cach department to the legislative body, amounting in the whole to 300. Also a table of the departments of the republic, divided into five series.]

Let the present senatus consulte, sealed with the seal of state, be inserted in the bulletin of laws, and inscribed in the registers of the judiciary and administrative authorities, and the minister of justice is charged with the superintendence of its publication.

Paris, August 5, 1802.
(Signed)

Bonaparté. H. B. Maret.

The following Article is taken from the Paris official Paper, the Moniteur, of the 9th August 1802.

Times, which is said to be

Tunder ministerial inspection, is

filled with perpetual invectives against France. Two of its four pages are every day employed in giving currency to the grossest calumnics. All that imagination can

depict,

ct, that is low, vile, and base, is hat miserable paper attributed e French government. What s end? Who pays it? What it wish to effect? French journal edited by some rable emigrants, the remnant e most impure, a vile refuse, out country, without honour, ed with crimes which it is not he power of any amnesty to 1 away, outdocs even the

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leven bishops, presided over by atrocious bishop of Arras, rebels heir country and to the church, A assembled in London. They t libels against the bishops and French clergy; they injure the ernment of the pope, who has tablished the peace of the gospel ngst forty millions of Chris

S.

The isle of Jersey is full of brids, condemned to death by the unals for crimes committed subJent to the peace; for assissima1s, robberies, and the practices m incendiary.

The treaty of Amiens stipulates, t persons accused of crimes, of rder, for instance, shall be rectively delivered up. The assass who are at Jersey are, on the itrary, received. They depart m thence unmolested, in fishing ats, disembarked on our coasts, assinate the richest proprietors, 1 burn the stacks of corn and the

rns.

Georges wears openly at London red ribband, as a recompense the infernal machine which deoyed a part of Paris, and killed irty women and children, or peacee citizens. This special protecon authorizes a belief, that if he

had succeeded he would have been honoured with the order of the garter.

Let us make some reflections on this strange conduct of our neighbours.

When twogreat nations make peace, is it for the purpose of reciprocally exciting troubles, or to engage and pay for crimes? Is it for the purpose of giving money and protection to all men who wish to trouble the state? and as to the liberty of the press, is a country to be at liberty to speak of a nation, friendly, and newly reconciled, in a manner which they durst not speak of a government against whom they were prosecuting a deadly war?

Is not one nation responsible to another nation for all the acts and all the conduct of its citizens? Do not acts of parliament even prohibit allied governments, or their ambassadors, to be insulted?

It is said that Richelieu, under Louis XIII. assisted the revolution in England, and contributed to bring Charles the First to the scaffold. M. de Choiseul, and after him, the ministers of Louis XVI. doubtless excited the insurrection in America. The late English ministry have had their revenge: they excited the massacres of September, and influenced their movements, by means of which Louis XVI. perished on the scaffold, and by means of which our principal manufacturing cities, such as Lyons, were destroyed.

Is it still wished that this series of movements and influence, which has been productive of such calamitous. consequences to both states, for so many ages, should be prolonged ? Would it not be more reasonable, and more conformable to the results

of