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be submitted to the deliberations of 

 the legislative body. The judicial 

 code, called for by every wish, is 

 ajt this moment undergoing the dis- 

 cussions which are to condudl; it to 

 its maturity. The criminal code is 

 in a state of advancement ; and that 

 part of it which circumstances ap- 

 pear to Gall for most imperiously, 

 are in a condition to receive the 

 seal of the law in the next session. 

 New chefs d'oetcvre are come to 

 embellish our museums ; and, whilst 

 the rest of Europe envies our trea- 

 sures, our young artists continue 

 still to go into the bosom of Italy 

 to kindle the fire of their genius, 

 with the view of its great monu- 

 ments, and to respire the enthusi- 

 asm which produced them. In the 

 department of Marengo, under the 

 walls of that Alexandria, which 

 will be one of the strongest bul- 

 warks of France, the first camp of 

 our veterans is formed. There they 

 will keep up the recolle(Stion of 

 their exploits, and the pride of their 

 vidlories. They will inspire their 

 new fellow-citizens with love and 

 respe6l for that country which they 

 have extended, and which has re- 

 warded them. They will leave in 

 their children heirs of their courage, 

 and new defenders of that country 

 whose benefits they will enjoy. In 

 the ancient territory of the repub- 

 lic, in Belgium, old fortifications, 

 which were no longer any thing 

 but useless monuments of the mis- 

 fortunes of our forefathers, or of 

 the progressive growth of France, 

 will be demolished. The lands which 

 had been sacrificed to their defence, 

 will be restored to culture and com- 

 merce ; and with the funds arising 

 from these demolitions, and these 

 lands, new fortresses will be con- 

 strutted ou our new frontiers. The 



tax for the support of the pub- 

 lic roads has receued a new in- 

 crease, under a better system of 

 adjudication. Farmers, from year 

 to year, were without emulation ; 

 flirmers of too small portions were 

 without fortune, and without secu- 

 rity. Triennial adjudications, and 

 adjudications of a number of bar- 

 riers together, have invited a greater 

 number of bidders, richer and more 

 enterprising. The tolls on the high- 

 way have produced fifteen millions 

 in the year eleven: ten millions 

 more have been appropriated within 

 the same year to the repairs and 

 completion of the roads. The old 

 roads have been kept up and re- 

 paired: sonivi of the roads have 

 been conneftjd with others by new 

 roads. Frotu this year forth car- 

 riagi'S can pass the Simplon and 

 Mounf Cenis. Three broken arches 

 liave been rebuilt in the bridge at 

 To rs . New bridges are erecting 

 at Cabei', Boanne, Nemours, and 

 on the rivers Iscre, Roubion, Du- 

 rance, and Rhine. A communi- 

 cation is to be opened between 

 Avignon and Villeneuve, by a bridge 

 undertaken by a private company. 

 Three bridges were begun at Paris 

 with funds cont ibiited by some of 

 the citizens ; two have been in part 

 completed with (he public mon<y ; 

 and the tolls to be colle«^ted thereon 

 aftord a security for the payment 

 of the interest and principal of the 

 sum advanced in a certain number 

 of years. The third, the most in- 

 teresting of all (that of the botanic 

 garden), is in progress, and will 

 soon be completed. It will^ relievo 

 the interior of Paris from a fatiguing 

 circuitous communication, and will 

 lead to a splendid space or square, 

 a long time ordered for sale, which 

 is to be ornamented with planta- 

 R r 2 tions, 



