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, and even of having threatened him, all of which is most signally false.  Everything was arranged in the most agreeable manner.  M. Devoisin, bishop of Nantes, an ecclesiastic who was highly esteemed by the Emperor, and was his favorite mediator, in the frequent points of difference which arose between the Pope and his Majesty, had come to the Tuileries on the 19th of January, and after being closeted with the Emperor for two hours, had left for Fontainebleau.  And it was immediately after this interview that the Emperor entered his carriage with the Empress in hunting costume, followed by the whole suite, similarly attired.

The Pope, forewarned by the Bishop of Nantes, awaited his Majesty; and as the most important points had been discussed and arranged in advance, and only a few clauses accessory to the main body of the Concordat remained to be decided, it was impossible that the interview should have been otherwise than amicable, a truth which is still more evident when we reflect on the kind feelings of the Holy Father towards the