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III. Her dowry is fixed at an 

 annual income of two millions of 

 francs, on the revenue of the state. 



IV. All the assignments which 

 may be made by the emperor, in 

 favour of the empress Josephine, 

 on the funds of the civil list, shall 

 be obligatory on his successors. 



V. The present senatus consul- 

 tum shall be transmitted by a mes- 

 sage to his imperial and royal ma- 

 jesty. 



The two addresses proposed by 

 the commission were afterwards put 

 to the vote, and adopted. 



CONSERVATIVE SENATE. 



Skiing of the 16th Dec. 1809. 



At eleven o'clock in the morn- 

 ing, the members of the senate as- 

 sembled in full dress, in their pa- 

 lace, in virtue of the act of convo- 

 cation ; 



His serene highness the prince 

 arch-chancellor of the empire was 

 received with the usual honours. 

 His majesty the king of Westpha- 

 lia, his majesty the king of Naples, 

 grand admiral, his imperial high- 

 ness the prince viceroy of Italy, 

 arch-chancellor of state, and their 

 serene highnesses the 'prince vice- 

 constable, and the prince vice-grand 

 elector, were present. The sitting 

 was opened by reading the act of 

 designation. 



The prince arch-chancellor of 

 state had the parole to take the oath 

 of senator. His imperial highness, 

 previous to that ceremony, express- 

 ed himself as follows : 



" Prince, Senators ; — From the 

 time when the goodness of his ma- 

 jesty the emperor has called me to 

 sit among you, testimonies of his 



confidence have kept me dontinual- 

 ly distant from Paris, and I have 

 this day, for the first time, the plea- 

 sure to appear in the midst of you. 

 I am happy in beiog able to say, 

 that among the benefits which his 

 majesty has incessantly showered 

 upon me, I have been particular- 

 ly sensible to the honour which 

 was granted me, of forming a 

 part of the first public body in 

 the empire. Accept, senators, this 

 expression of my feelings, and 

 my assurance of the happiness I 

 experience in pronouncing, in the 

 midst of you, this oath, which is to 

 me that of duty, of love, and of 

 gratitude. I swear obedience to 

 the constitutions of the empire, 

 and fidelity to the emperor;" 



Theprincearch-chancellorof the 

 empire, president, replied as follows 

 to the speech of the prince viceroy ; 

 " Prince ; — When his majesty 

 the emperor and king conferred 

 on you the high dignity, whereof 

 you have just exercised one of the 

 most essential prerogatives, the 

 senate applauded this act of jus- 

 tice. They congratulated them- 

 selves on counting among their 

 members a prince whose brilliant 

 qualities excited such just hopes. 

 Now that these hopes are realised 

 by the glory of your last cam- 

 paigns, and by the wisdom of 

 your administration, the senate ex- 

 periences great satisfaction in see- 

 ing you in its bosom, to concur in 

 the important deliberation it is 

 about to enter upon. You show 

 yourself truly tlie adoptive son of 

 the hero who governs us ; in,nike 

 him, silencing'private affection, be- 

 fore the interests of nations. Your 

 first steps within these walls could 

 not be more worthily signalized, 

 than by this great testimony of pa- 

 triotism, of devotion, and of fidelity. 



I rejoice 



