der the presidency of Cambaceres, the second consul, decreed the organic senatus consultum, which conferred the title of emperor on the first consul, and established the imperial dignity hereditary in his family. After the close of the sitting, the members, accompanied by several bodies of troops, proceeded to St. Cloud, to present the organic senatus consultum to the emperor. Upon their arrival, they were immediately admitted to an audience of the emperor, when the consul Cambaceres presented to him the organic senatus consultum, and addressed him in a speech prepared for the occasion. He concluded his address by stating, that the senate entreats his imperial majesty to consent that the organic disposition, should be immediately carried into effect, and that, for the glory as well as the happiness of the republic, Napoleon might be immediately proclaimed 'Emperor of the French.' To this address the emperor replied in the following terms: Every thing that can contribute to the good of the country is essentially connected with my happiness. I accept the. title which you think necessary to the glory of the nation. I submit to the sanction of the people the law of hereditary succession. I hope France will never repent of having surrounded my family with honours. In all cases, my spirit will cease to be present with my posterity, the day on which it shall cease to deserve the love and confidence of the great nation.' The senate was afterwards admitted to an audience of her majesty the empress; upon which the consul Cambaceres addressed her majesty, on the part of the senate, in a speech conveying the homage of its respect, in terms of flattering congratulation. The organic senatus consultum was then proclaimed by the emperor. His imperial majesty nominated to the dignity of grand elector his imperial highness prince Joseph Bonaparte; to that of constable his imperial highness prince Louis Bonaparte; to that of arch-chancellor of the empire the consul Cambaceres; and to that of arch-treasurer the consul Lebrun. The arch-chancellor, the arch-treasurer, the con stable, the ministers, the secretary of state, and General Duroc, governor of the imperial palace, took the oaths before the emperor. On the 20th of May the emperor decreed the following generals to be marshals of the empire: Berthier, Murat, Moncey, Jourdan, Massena, Augereau, Bernadotte, Soult, Brune, Lasnes, Mortier, Ney, Davoust, and Bessieres. He also decreed the title of marshals of the empire to be given to the following senators: - Kellerman, Lefebvre, Perignon, Serrurier. Shortly after the rank and dignity of emperor of the French had been conferred upon Bonaparte, Louis XVIII. issued a protest against his assumption of the imperial title. This protest was dated from Warsaw; and it may be justly regarded as a singular instance of the audacity of Bonaparte's government, that, apparently with a view to an exhibition of defiance, it caused it immediately to be inserted in the Moniteur. It was through this medium that the protest was first communicated to the public. His majesty declares, that, in assuming the title of emperor, and attempting to render it hereditary in his family, Bonaparte has put the seal to his usurpation. This new act of revolution, where every thing from its origin has been null and void, cannot, his majesty says, weaken his rights; but being accountable for his conduct to all sovereigns, whose rights are not less injured than his own, and whose thrones are shaken by the dangerous principles which the senate of Paris has dared to publish-accountable to France, to his family, and to his own honour, he should consider himself as betraying the common cause, were he to preserve silence on this occasion. His majesty then declares, in the presence of all the sovereigns of Europe, after having renewed his protestations against all the illegal acts, which, from the opening of the states general of France, have led to the alarming crisis in which France and Europe are now involved, that, far from acknowledging the imperial title that Bonaparte has received from a body which has no legal exis tence, he protests as well against that title as all the subsequent acts to which it may give birth. On the 9th of July, Bonaparte issued an imperial decree for the taking of the oath, the coronation, and the accessory ceremonies, in the Champ de Mars. The 18th of Brumaire (6th of November) was the day appointed for this purpose. It will be recollected that it was on this day Bonaparte formerly subverted the directorial power, and established upon its ruins the consular form of government. On this day also, the signing of the preliminaries of peace with Great Britain was celebrated with public rejoicings. In order to give greater solemnity to the coronation, the pope, notwithstanding his advanced age and his infirmities, was commanded at the commencement of the winter to pass the Alps, in order to perform the ceremony of consecration. It has been generally reported, that his holiness manifested, on this occasion, a great degree of reluctance. Compulsion, in the shape of the alternative either of retirement or of consent, was resorted to. The pope submitted. In the early part of November he left the Vatican, and proceeded on his journey with a splendid retinue. He was escorted by a strong guard of French troops, and two hundred and fifty French hussars were ordered to meet him on the frontiers of the French territory. The cardinal archbishop of Paris directed prayers to be offered up in all the churches for the prosperous journey of pope Pius VII. Previously to the pope's departure from Rome, he addressed an allocution to a secret consistory. The object of the allocution was to state to the venerable brethren of whom it was composed, that his holiness had made provision for the administration, during his absence, of the duties of the papal office. There are many passages in this address, which, without forced construction, may be considered as strongly indicating the reluctance of the pope to undertake the journey, and the presentiment which he entertained that he should never return to Rome. The interests of religion, and sentiments of gratitude to Bonaparte for the re-establishment of the catho lic religion, by the concordat, are represented to be the just and momentous causes of the journey. We have also,' his holiness says, formed great hope, that, having undertaken it by his invitation, when we shall speak to him face to face, such things may be effected by his wisdom for the good of the catholic church, that we may be able to congratulate ourselves on having perfected the work of our most holy religion.' Circumstances had arisen which made it necessary to defer the ceremony of the coronation till the 2d of December. Early in the morning of the first of December, the senate proceeded in a body to the Thuilleries, where they were presented to Bonaparte by Joseph Bonaparte the grand elector. To use the language of the French account of this ceremony, which, indeed, it may be proper for us to preserve throughout, the president Neufehateau addressed his majesty in a long complimentary speech, to which the emperor replied in the following terms: 'I ascend the throne, to which the unanimous wishes of the senate, the people, and the army, have called me, with a heart penetrated with the great destinies of that people, whom, from the midst of camps, I first saluted with the name of great. From my youth, my thoughts have been solely fixed upon them; and I must here add, that my pleasures and my pains are derived entirely from the happiness or misery of my people. My descendants shall long preserve this throne. In the camps, they will be the first soldiers of the army, sacrificing their lives for the defence of their country. As magistrates, they will never forget, that contempt of the laws, and confusion of the social order, are the result only of the imbecility and indecision of princes. You, senators, whose counsels and support have never failed me in the most difficult circumstances, your spirit will be handed down to your successors. Be ever the props and first counsellors of that throne, so nocessary to the welfare of this vast empire.' The tribunate, on the same day, complimented his majesty; and the senate, the tribunate, and the council of state, delivered congratulatory addresses to the pope. The ceremony of the coronation of Bonaparte was performed on Sunday, the 2d of December, 1804*. The military de * This ceremony which placed a new dynasty on the throne of France is thus described by the accurate and learned Mr Pinkerton, who was then at Paris :-The weather was remarkably favourable, considering the time of the year; but Bonaparte is proverbially happy in this respect, and, after long rains, he has only to appear on the parade, according to the good people of Paris, to restore sunshine. It was said with exquisite beauty of an ancient hero. O nimium dilecte Deo! cui militat aether, The roaring of the cannon at the Invalids set all Paris agog at an carly hour, yet the streets were not so crowded as was to have been expected from the Parisian love of any thing like a show, many having apprehensions of suffering in the press, and, in their eyes, the ghosts of those who had perished on a similar grand occasion under the monarchy, seemed to hover around. Yet there were empty windows even on the quays; and a goldsmith said that he could have placed eight more persons in his first floor. The streets were lined with soldiers, leaving room for a depth of three or four persons, behind their ranks. The ends of the streets, entering into those of the procession, were secured by cavalry, behind whom appeared groups mounted on tables and ladders. Some of the houses towards Notre Dame were hung with tapestry, or festoons of artificial flowers. The grand western gate of the cathedral was decorated with some taste, and a sort of harmony preserved with the rest of that gothic fabric. Under a temporary arcade were paintings in cameo of the chief cities of France. A long festoon of green leaves, perhaps laurel, was rather frivolous; but, above, an object, simple enough in itself, impressed ideas of majesty. For from the battlement between the two towers, that is precisely over the grand gate, was suspended a crimson gonfanon with the eagle of gold, which sometimes reposed, and sometimes gently unfolded its length before the wind. As the form of this standard is ancient, it was in strict concordance with the venerable edifice, and its form recalled the days of chival |