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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



with the imperial dignity, and that 

 this- title and this dignity are to 

 be transmitted to his descendants 

 in the male line-diredl; and in 

 default of such issue, to the male 

 line dirc6t of their imperial high- 

 nesses Princes Joseph and Louis 

 Buonaparte, brothers to the cmpe- 

 Tor. In making this notification, 

 the undersigned thinks it necessary 

 to remark, that all official commu- 

 nications are to be suspended until 

 ■the former titles shall be replaced by 

 those of the imperial protocol, as 

 well in the credentials of the minis- 

 ters accredited to France, as in 

 those of his imperial majesty the em- 

 peror of the French accredittd to 

 foreign courts. The confulcntial 

 communications necessary for the 

 commencement and progress of bu- 

 siness, may still be made in the usual 

 manner. 



The undersigned is, in the mean 

 time, instrufted to declare, that tlie 

 important law which has completed 

 the organization of the state in a 

 manner suitable to the dignity of 

 the French people, will produce no 

 change in its political relations. 

 France, in placing them under the 

 protection of a government invested 

 with greater splendour, and sur- 

 rounded with a dignity more anala- 

 gous to the nature of circumstances, 

 confers greater force and consisten- 

 cy to the reciprocal advantages that 

 friendly nations have c right to ex- 

 pe<'^ from her ; and, at the same 

 time, she gives more consideration 

 to the rcspe(5t that all governments 

 shall receive from her, and which 

 they, in their turn, are bound to 

 manifest towards her. 



Letter from his Eminence the Car. 

 dinal dc Capraroy Legate a la- 



tere^ addressed on the 9th of June, 

 1804, to the French Bishops. 



My Lord, 

 Napoleon Buonaparte having been 

 appointed emperor of the French, 

 you are for the future to make use 

 of the following form of prayer : 

 ' O Lord, preserve our emperor 

 Napoleon,' instead of that which 

 was ordained by the Stli article of 

 the concordat, passed between the 

 holy apostolic chair and the govern- 

 ment ol' France. After this form, 

 the following prayer may be recited, 

 as it has been already used in the 

 imperial chapel : ' O God, thepro- 

 te6tor of all kingdoms, and especi- 

 ally of the French empire, grant 

 unto thy servant Napoleon, 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 al- 

 ways powerful, through thy grace.' 

 Which I accordingly notify to your 

 greatness, declaring myself, at the 

 same time, your greatness's true ser- 

 vant, 



T. B. Card. Caprara. 



Circular Note of General Bruncy 

 j'imbassudor at Constantinople, ad- 

 dressed to Baron Bicl/icld, Prus- 

 sian Envoi/ at the same Place. — 

 Dated Constantinople, June 18, 

 1804. 



The nndersigned ambassador 

 from his majesty Napoleon, empe- 

 ror of the French, does himself the 

 honour to notify hereby to baron 

 Bielficld, that a senatus consultum 

 has definitively settled the organi- 

 zation of France, and firmly estab- 

 lished for the future, the denomina- 

 tions, forms, and exercises of the 



severeign 



