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ed that they should be separated. 

 Rome was declared to be an im- 

 perial and free city ; the public 

 debt of the Roman state was 

 declared to be the debt of the 

 empire ; the monuments of the 

 Roman grandeur were to be pre- 

 served and maintained at the ex- 

 pense of the imperial treasury; 

 the revenue of the pope was to be 

 carried to the full length of two 

 millions of francs, free from duties. 

 The pope was to have places in 

 the parts of the empire where he 

 might choose to reside, particularly 

 one at Paris, and another at Rome. 

 The imperial prince (heir apparent 

 to the empire) to bear the title and 

 receive the honours of the king of 

 Rome ; and a prince of the blood, or 

 a grand dignitary of the empire, to 

 keep a court at Rome in the name 

 of the emperor. Possession was 

 to be taken in the name of the 

 emperor, of the ecclesiastical es- 

 tates on the first of next June. 

 The new constitutional govern- 

 ment was to be in full activity and 

 force by the 1st of January, 1810. 

 This edict was dated the 17th of 

 May. The court of inquisition 

 was abolished. The temporal ju- 

 risdiction of the clergy, both secu- 

 lar and regular was abolished, with 

 the benefit of clergy and every 

 other privilege of appealing on 

 the part of any particular class of 

 citizens to particular and partial 

 laws. The right of asylum was 

 also abolished, so that no criminal 

 or any accomplice in a crime, 

 should be beyond the reach of the 

 law. Civil justice was to be ad- 

 ministered in the different depart- 

 ments of the Roman states, by 

 judges or justices of the peace, and 

 tribunals of commerce. A court 

 for hearing appeals was established 



at Rome. Administrators of the 

 revenues belonging to communi- 

 ties of Romans, and for conduct- 

 ing their municipal police were to 

 be chosen by the inhabitants. The 

 city of Rome was declared the se- 

 cond in the empire, and to send 

 seven deputies to the legislative 

 body. Thrasymene, the other de- 

 partment into which the kingdom 

 of Rome was divided, to send four. 



About the middle of November, 

 a deputation consisting of a great 

 number of Roman dukes and prin- 

 ces arrived in Paris from Rome, 

 with an address to Buonaparte on 

 the late happy revolution in that 

 city. At the head of the deputa- 

 tion was the duke of Braschi, who, 

 in an elegant speech, neither too 

 long, nor much too florid, all cir- 

 cumstances considered, said, among 

 ether compliments, " your imperial 

 majesty's name resounds through- 

 out the whole earth. The Po, the 

 Nile, the Rhine, the Danube, and 

 the Vistula, submissive to your 

 laws, have more than once cele- 

 brated your astonishing victories, 

 and will transmit to future ages the 

 remembrance of your sublime vir- 

 tues. The Tiber, that has witnessed 

 so many renowned exploits, and so 

 many generous actions, raises with 

 gratitude his front in your presence 

 who are his tutelary support. Proud 

 of two great ages, so much cele- 

 brated in the history of the human 

 mind, the Tiber, under your for- 

 tunate reign, not less enobied by 

 the arts of peace, than by those 

 of war, hopes to see rising on its 

 banks, a third age equal, and 

 even superior to those of Augustus 

 and of Leo." To this harangue, 

 his imperial and royal majesty 

 made a gracious answer, somewhat 

 longer than his usual replies to such 



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