Our hero, now, the people guided, And a new government provided. First Consul, _modestly_ he claim’d, Two others were Sub-Consuls named; But these were not in Boney’s way, For the first Consul had full sway. And now these Consuls took an oath, For Nap to swear was never loth. Thus elevated, Josephine Imagin’d she would be a queen; But she by Nap was harshly told, That six and forty was too old; His mother, who the lady hated, Advised him to be separated; By her persuasions, Nap, of course Began to think of a divorce. He ponder’d ev’ry afternoon, And rubbing once his forehead, soon The lady’s banishment decreed, Because--their tempers disagreed. In fact, her faults he recollected, And her caresses now rejected. But, as ’twill not improve our morals, We’ll pass these matrimonial quarrels. As Nap a love of pow’r betray’d, He great munificence display’d; For he rewarded with donations, His friends, especially relations. He to his mother acted handsome, As he bestowed on her a grand sum; For Joe, and Lucien, he provided, Who, at this time, in France resided-- How suddenly success awaits men! Both Joe, and Lucien, he made Statesmen. It was not probable that Napoleon would rest contented with the provisional position he occupied. A fresh government had to be constituted, of which he must be the head: and so the Constitution of December 13 was manufactured, and afterwards passed into law. Article 23 provided, ‘The sittings of the Senate are not to be public.’ Article 24, ‘The Citizens Sièyes, and Roger Ducos, the Consuls quitting their functions, are appointed members of the Conservative Senate. They shall assemble along with the second and third Consuls nominated by the present Constitution. These four Citizens shall appoint the Majority of the Senate, which shall then complete itself, and proceed to the elections entrusted to it.’