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at home and abroad, the prospe- 

 rity and dignity of the country. 

 I repose with confidence in the 

 powerful succour of the Most 

 High. He will inspire his minis- 

 ters with the desire of seconding me 

 by all the means in their power. 

 They will eulighten the people 

 by instruction, in preaching to 

 them the love of their duties, obe- 

 dience to the laws, and the prac- 

 tice of all the chrhstiaa and ciyil 

 virtues. Thev will call down the 

 benedictions of Heaven, upon 

 the nation, and upon the supreme 

 chief of the state. I Avrite you 

 this letter, that, as soon as you have 

 received it, you will caus(} Fe/ii 

 Creator and Te Dcinn to be sung 

 in all the churches of your dio- 

 cese, and that you may invite to 

 the prayers at your church, those 

 authorities that have boen in the 

 habit of assisting at ceremonies 

 of this kind ; and that you may 

 order a sermon to be preached in 

 all the churches of your diocese, 

 on the subject of the organic se- 

 natus consuUum of the 28th Flo- 

 real last : and assuring myself 

 that you will, by your own ex- 

 ample, excite the zeal and piety 

 of all the faithful in your diocese, 

 I pray God to have you, my 

 cousin, in his hply and worthy 

 keeping." 

 And a circular letter was address- 

 ed to them, on the same occasion, 

 by cardinal Caprara, legate a la* 

 tere, resident in France, which was 

 thus : — 



" My lord. Napoleon Bonaparte 

 *' having been appointed emperor 

 *' of the French, you are to make 

 *' use of the following prayer. 



" ' OLord preserve our emperor 

 " ' Napoleon,' instead of that which 

 " was ordained by the coTlcordat 

 " passed between tlie holy aposto- 

 " lie chair and the government of 

 " France. After this the foUoAv- 

 " ing prayer may be recited, as it 

 " has already been used in tlie im- 

 " perial chapel : ' O God, the pro- 

 " ' te6tor of all kingdoms, and 

 " ' especially of the French empire, 

 " ' grant unto thy servant Napo- 

 " ' leon, our emperor, that he may 

 " ' know and further the wonders 

 " ' of thy power, to the end that 

 " ' he whom thou hast appointed 

 " ' our sovereign, may be always 

 " ' powerful through thy grace ;' 

 " which I accordingly notify to 

 " your greatness, declaring myself, 

 " at the same time, yourgreatuess's 

 " true servant." 



On the 28th May, this event 

 was officially announced by the 

 French charge d'affaires to the diet 

 at Ratisbon, and a similar notifica- 

 tion was madt^ to the several foreign 

 courts. 



Regulations for the coronation 

 were laid down by an imperial de- 

 cree, dated from the palace of St. 

 Cloud, July 9th. 



This ceremony was then appoint- 

 ed to take place in the month 

 of November following (the 18th 

 Brumaire), and certain of the pub- 

 lic functionaries from the several 

 departments, together with detach- 

 ments from (he different military- 

 corps (all which are particularly 

 specified), were summoned to at- 

 tend at I'aris on the occasion."* 



Whilst the French government 

 was thus seriously engaged in mak- 

 ing arrangements for placing the 



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