with all the territory belonging to them, under the condition that his highness shall engage to satisfy the existing and acknowledged claims. to certain inheritances appertaining to his house, in the course of the last century. This satisfaction shall be determined by arbitrators to be appointed by the two contracting parties.

IV. The inheritance in the new states which shall be assigned to the house of Nassau-Orange-Dillen burg-Dietz, shall be regulated in the following manner: the male line shall succeed to the exclusion of the female; but in failure of male heirs, the female shall enter into all their rights. This clause shall extend to all the legitimate offspring of his highness the prince in a direct line; and in case of the failure of that line, the above-mentioned territory, states and sovereignty, shall devolve to the royal house of Prussia.

V. His majesty the king of Prussia, and the first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French people, reciprocally guaranty, in conjunction with his highness the prince of Nassau-Orange-Dillenburg-Dietz, the indemnifications of the ceded or conquered countries, as they are stipulated in this treaty.

VI. His majesty the king of Prussia, and his highness the prince of Nassau-Orange-Dillenburg-Dietz, in like manner acknowledge the Batavian republic.

VII. Immediately after the exchange of the ratifications, his majesty the king of Prussia, and his highness the prince of NassauOrange-Dillenburg-Dietz, may take possession of the states and territories allotted to them as indemnities.

VIII. The present treaty shall be

ratified by the contracting parties within forty days, or sooner if possible.

Paris, May 24, 1802.

Marquis de Lucchesini.
General Beurnonville.

Definitive Treaty of Peace between the French Republic and the Sublime Ottoman Porte.

THE first consul of the French

republic, in the name of the French people, and the sublime Ottoman emperor, being desirous to restore the relations of peace and amity which have of old subsisted between France and the sublime Porte, have for that purpose appointed ministers plenipotentiaries, viz. the first consul, in the name of the French people, citizen C. M. Talleyrand, minister for foreign affairs to the French republic; and the sublime Ottoman Porte, Esseid Mahomed Said Ghalib Effendi, private secretary and director of foreign affairs; who, after exchanging their full powers, have agreed to the following articles:

Art. I. There shall hereafter be peace and friendship between the French republic and the sublime Ottoman Porte: hostilities shall for the future, and for ever, cease between the two states.

II. The treaties or capitulations which, before the war, defined the respective relations of every kind, existing between the two powers, shall be renewed in all their particulars.

In consequence of this renewal, and in fulfilment of the ancient capitulation, according to which the French have a right to enjoy, in the states of the sublime Porte, all the

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advantages granted to other nations, the sublime Porte consents that the French merchant ships bearing the French flag, shall for the future possess the undisputed right to navigate and pass freely in the Black Sea. The sublime Porte likewise consents, that the said French merchant ships, on their passage into and out of this sea, shall, with respect to every thing that can favour the free navigation of it, be placed precisely on the same footing with the merchant ships of those nations which now navigate it.

The sublime Porte and the government of the French republic will with common consent take vigorous measures to cleanse the seas, which the ships of both states navigate, from all kinds of pirates.

The sublime Porte promises to protect the French trading ships in the Black Sea against all kinds of pirates.

It is hereby understood, that the advantages secured by the present article to the French in the Ottoman empire, shall in like manner extend to the subjects and flag of the sublime Porte in the seas and territory of the French republic.

III. The French republic shall, in the Ottoman countries which lie on, or in the vicinity of, the Black Sea, both with respect to their trade and the agents and commissaries which that trade may render it necessary to appoint in such places, enjoy the sane rights and privileges which France, before the war, enjoyed by virtue of the old capitulations, in any other parts of the states of the sublime Porte.

IV. The sublime Porte assents to all that was stipulated with respect to it in the treaty concluded at Amiens between France and Eng

land, on the 4th Germinal of the year ten (25th of March 1801), or the 22d of Zillides, of the year of the Hegira 1216. All the articles of this treaty, which have relation to the sublime Porte, are by the present treaty formally renewed.

V. The French republic and the sublime Porte mutually guaranty the integrity of their possessions.

VI. The restorations and indemnifications which are due to the agents of the two powers, or to their citizens and subjects, whose effects have been confiscated or sequestrated during the war, shall be regulated in an equitable manner, by a particular agreement to be concluded between the two governments at Constantinople.

VII. Until by common consent new regulations shall be agreed on, with respect to the tolls or customs on which disputes may have arisen, these shall in both countries continue to be regulated by the old capitulations.

VIII. Should any prisoners be found in the two countries, who are detained in consequence of the war, they shall immediately be set at liberty, without ransom.

IX. As the French republic and the sublime Porte, by the present treaty, wish to place their states re ciprocally in the situation of the most favoured powers, it is expressly understood that each state grants to the other, all the advantages which have been or shall be granted to any other powers, in the same manner as if they were expressly stipulated in the present treaty.

X. The ratifications of the present treaty shall be exchanged within eighty days, or sooner, if possible, at Paris.

Done at Paris, the 6th of Mes

Message, July 29, 1802, of the Consuls of the Republic to the Conservative Senate.

ENATORS,-On the sixth of May last, the tribunate expressed a wish that a striking pledge of national gratitude might be given to the first consul. That wish was applauded by the legislative body, and repeated by a spontaneous movement of the citizens.

The senate raised its thoughts still higher; and in the accomplishment of that wish, it hoped to find the sure means of giving to the go ́vernment that stability which alone can multiply the resources of the nation, establish confidence without, and credit within, inspirit allies, discourage enemies, extinguish the flames of war, permit the enjoyment of the fruits of peace, and leave to future wisdom the task of executing every thing that can be conceived as contributing to the happiness of a free people.

The first consul was of opinion that the circumstances of his first nomination prevented him from accepting the proposed reelection, unless it should be specifically conferred by the French people, thereby giving a proof of their attachment to, and permanent confidence in, the magistrate who had been the object of their first choice.

In this manner we have thought it our duty to carry into execution the ideas of the senate..

The French people have given their answer; the government has received from almost all the departments, the acts which contain the expression of the will of the people. It is to the senate we have thought, in this new case, that it belongs to collect and promulgate the wishes of the people. We have therefore ordered the minister of the interior to place at the disposal of the senate, the registers in which those votes are contained.

We invite the senate to take those measures which shall seem to its wisdom the most proper, for the purpose of stating the result.

The second consul,

Cambacerès.
By the second consul,
The secretary of state,
H. B. Maret.

The audience of the corps diplomatique was interrupted on the 3d August by the introduction of the conservative senate.-Citizen Barthelemy, the president, spoke as follows:

Citizen first consul, -The French, grateful for the immense services you have rendered to them, wish that the first magistracy of the state should be irrevocably placed in your hands. In thus conferring it upon you for life, they only express the opinion of the senate, as stated in its senatus consultum of the 8th of May. The nation, by this solemn act of gratitude, confides to you the task of consolidating our institutions

A new career commences for the first consul,- after prodigies of valour and military talents, he has terminated the war, and obtained every where the most honourable conditions of peace. The French people Ss3

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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 zeal 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 people, 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 1802.

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; seeing the procis-verbal prepared by the special committee, and which states, that 3,577,259 citizens have given their suffrages, and that 3,568,885 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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Art. I. The French people do appoint,and the senate do proclaim, Napoleon Bonaparté first consul for life. II. A statue of peace, holding in one hand the laurel of victory, and in the other the decree of the senate, shall attest to posterity the gratitude of the nation.

III. The senate shall convey to the first consul the expression of the confidence, the love, and the admiration of the French people. (Signed) Barthelemy, president. Vaubois and Fargues, secretaries.

By the conservative senate,
The secretary general,
Cauchy.

(Signed)

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 immense 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

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

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 de partment 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 Napoleon Buonaparté.

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