When I arrived, with my friend, at the Palace of the Legislative Body, most of the members were already assembled in the apartments of their library. At noon, they thence repaired to the hall, preceded by the _huissiers_, messengers of state, and secretaries. The opening of the session was announced by the report of artillery. The oldest member, in point of years, took the President's chair, provisionally. The four youngest members of the assembly were called to the table to discharge the office of secretaries, also provisionally. The provisional President then declared, that the members of the Legislative Body were assembled by virtue of Article XXXIII of the constitution, for the session of the year X; that, being provisionally organized, the sitting was opened; and that their names were going to be called over, for the purpose of ascertaining the number of members present, and for forming definitive arrangements, by the nomination of a president and four secretaries. The names were then called over alphabetically, and, after they were all gone through, they were recalled. This ceremony being terminated, four committees, each composed of four members, whose names were drawn by lot by the President, proceeded, in presence of the assembly, to scrutinize the ballot. It thence resulted, that the number of members present was two hundred and twenty-eight; That Citizen DUPUIS was elected President by a majority of votes; That Citizens DUBOSC, BORD, ESTAQUE, and CLAVIER were individually elected, by a similar majority, to officiate as secretaries. In consequence. Citizen DUPUIS was proclaimed President, and took the chair. He then moved the following resolution, which was agreed to: "The Legislative Body declares, that it is definitely constituted, and decrees that the present declaration shall be carried to the Conservative Senate, to the Tribunate, and to the Consuls of the Republic, by a messenger of State." The President next addressed the assembly in these words: "Citizens Legislators,