th the Concordat,
and by virtue of the present agreement; previous information
concerning which shall be given by the archbishop. If six months
shall expire without the Pope having performed this institution, the
archbishop, and in his absence, where his duties are concerned, the
senior bishop of the province, shall proceed to the institution of
the aforementioned bishop, to the end that a see shall never be
vacant more than one year.

5. The Pope shall appoint in France and in the Kingdom of Italy to
ten bishoprics, which shall later be designated by mutual agreement.

6. The six suburban bishoprics shall be re-established, and shall
be appointed to by the Pope. The property now held shall be
restored, and similar measures taken in regard to that already sold.
On the death of the bishops of Anagni and Rieti, their dioceses
shall be united with that of the six bishops aforesaid, in
conformity with the agreement between his Majesty and the Holy
Father.

7. In respect to the bishops of the Roman States, unavoidably
absent from their dioceses, the Holy Father shall exercise his right
of bestowing bishoprics 'in partibus'. He shall give them a pension
equal to the revenue they formerly enjoyed, and their places in the
sees thus vacated shall be supplied, both in the Empire and the
Kingdom of Italy.

8. His Majesty and His Holiness will agree on some opportune
occasion as to the reduction to be made in the bishoprics of
Tuscany, and the province of Genoa, as well as those to be
established in Holland, and the Hanseatic departments.

9. The propaganda, the penitential court, and the court of
archives shall be established in the place of residence of the Holy
Father.

10. His Majesty pardons freely the cardinals, bishops, priests, and
laity who have incurred his disgrace in consequence of certain
events.

11. The Holy Father agrees to the above resolutions in
consideration of the existing condition of the church, and his
confidence that his Majesty will grant his powerful assistance to
the needs of the church, which are so numerous in the times in which
we live.

"NAPOLEON." "PIUS VII."

"Fontainebleau, 25 January, 1813."

It has been attempted by every possible means to throw odium on the
conduct of the Emperor in this affair. He has been accused of having
insulted the Pope, an