The National Register. — London, England, 1809-05-14 00:00:00

312 cess of your arms, should they anticipate your wishes. The self-devotion of your subjects will be conformable to the love and admiration they bear toward; their illustrious Sovereign." (Signed) " PA(iN Y. " Minister for Foreign Affairs." " Paris, March 12, 1809." ADDRESS OF THE CONSERVATIVE SENATE TO HIS MAJESTY TILL EMPEROR AND KING. ( Extracted from the Registers of the Semite, AprillB, 1809.) " Si RE !—The Senate hasteas to offer your Imperial and Royal Majesty the tribute of its respectful gratitude for the im portant communications your Majesty has ht'en pleased to make to it. Austria, Sire, has just ad%ance;l her armies into the ter ritories of lour allies. in the madness which misleads her, she begins a mar which she hardly dares to proclaim. To prepara tions so often carried on with m‘sterN and in the shade, ats pentled by fear, and disavowed by perfidy, have succeeded that rage .or faction, tho , e tumultuous agitations, and those violent con ulions, 'lief' are the precursors of the fall of thrones. Tre a rti i n f. ' l ll ation, weakness, error, and presumption, ha e the voice Of wisdom and given the signal of war on th , hanks of the Inn. Have then then forgotten, Sire, how ttf•t•-• the for of Austria has been in your victorious hands? Waster of Vienna and of the greatest part of the Austrian States, pou might have retained your conquest. Your mae - ,nnuimity laced the crown upon the head of the Emperor Francis. He se , 'n); to have fiirginten his oaths of grati!ode. The victory of Jena disconrerted the projects of hi , perfidious Councillors, and Ihe peace of Tilsit left hi.n surrounded lov 400,000 Frenchmen, 14' h., , 0 order from would have collected in the heart OF 11,. dominion . . _ When your Majesty quitted the walls of Erfurt, in order to bear your iiiberating:eagles to the shove , of the Tagus, your in vincihle legions still surrounded the Austrian territory. The geqer cb,ity of your Majesty did not permit you to doubt the sin terit‘: of the Cabinet of Vienna. And, -nevertheless, Sire, Aus tria imastening to violate the word she had given at Erfurt,cansed the cry of war to he resounded against her benefactor, and tears from their peaceful hearths every class of her subjects, sad victims ui formign and corrupting gold. She allies herself with the enemy of the continent, and does not blush to seduce secretly the rebel, of Spain, whom fanaticism misleads, and whose Juntas she deceives by fallacious promises; she inflames througimut her dominions the imagination of an ignorant and credulous mul titude, by ridiculous narratives and absurd libels ; she refuses the mediatiAn of the great and powerful ally of your Majesty ; rejects the doThle g uarantee of the integrity of her territory of fered by France an Russia; she leaves unpunished the insult offered to one of your Consuls, the arrest of some of your Ita lian subjects, the assassination of two of your Majesty's Couriers, and the violence done to their dispatches; she negotiates and effects the strict alliance of Turkey with England; and obliges you to suspend the execution of your formidable designs against the author of all the ills of Europe. With what astonishment *ill posterity be stricken when they shall learn. that in the course of conduct so disloyal, your linjesty, in your relations towards .Vmstria has made no demand, raised no pretensions, preferred no complaint, and manifested. in an interview worthy of admiration, dispositions so pacific, and sentiments so m ignanimous ! Yon proposed to raise your camp,: in Silesia, to dismantle the fortresses in that province, and grant every se curity w hich the most zealous foresight could desire. You have not ceased to evince a moderation and patience which can he justified only by the immen.:e power of your Majesty; and inia letter for ever celebrated, you addressed these remarkable words to the Emperor Francis :—" Let the measures of your 31ajesty bespeak confidence ; they will inspire it. The hest policy at the present moment is sincerity anti virtue. Do you Citrus( to me your disquietudcs. When they are imparted to in they shall be dissipated at once." You have desired, Sire, to amid to your phalanxe 30,000 Frenchmen of the conscription, of the year 1810, summoned since the last year, and from w hich In ;rent a number of young men have not been taken as from the preceding conscription. Your Majesty has been desirous that 10,000 conscripts of the four preceding years, should enjoy the di tinguished honour, so coveted by all the valiant, of sur rounding the triumph," car of your Majesty., in the midst of that Imperial gnat& the name of which recals such noble destinies, and so -plendid a glory. The Senate, Sire, hastens to adopt t of the Senatus Consultum, which • sanctions these arrangements. Your Majesty does not,however,demaud any new conscription, ' "MAY 14. in order to conquer England on the territory of Austria. The British Government, which seeks only todivert the storm which threatens i►, has dug a volcano under Austria : it has just kindled its dames. Their terrible effects will fall upon the ally it has seduced. The destiny of Austria hurries her on. W iihin :4 few days she will have ceased to be subservient to the rage of England. Your Majesty will have established on imitiove,.ble bases, the peace of the Continent ; that peace, the great results of which, the eternal objects of the desires and sublime conceptions of your Majesty, will he the maritime peace, the emancipation of commerce, and the felicity of Europe. Accept, Sire, the vows of the French people for your sacred person, the expres sion of its. admiration, of its love, and its confidence ; and the homage of fidelity from the Senate, as well as of its reverence for your Impel ial and Royal Majesty. Hamburgh Papers to the Sti ult. and Vienna to the ?S 1, arrived yesterday as our Paper was going to pre4s. They bring intelligence of importance.—The insurrection in Westphalia is very serious.—The Westphalian Gazette no tices it, but evidently represents it as less serious than it is. The following is from that Gazette:— " CA SSE LL, APRIL 25.—Some inhabitants in the environs of Cassell hate been led away by persons sold t o the enemy. Those persons, without honour and resources, are already aban doned by almost all the peasants whom they had persuaded to l o;t their home , ;." 4• His Majesty having perceived at his aadience the officers of the Royal Guards, spoke to them in these terms :—" It is wished to give me Inispicions of your fidelity—l know the hearts of soldiers—l am not acquainted akb that of traitors.—Yet a man whom I have heaped benefits upon, has betrayed have passed my life in maps—if nisi of you repent of your oath of fidelity to me, I release him from it." A Proclamation hiss been published offering pardon to those who will lay down their arms. Dar.snus, APRIL 28.—Heavy cannonading was beard here yesterday and the day before. AUSTRIAN BULLICTINe...-ORIVIS OP THE DAY. " Head-quarters Sacile, April it. " On the 10th and 11th his imperial Highness the Archduke John, with the army under his command, entered the territory of Frio,'le, by Ponteha, Cividale and (forts. and after some opposition, advanced on the 13th to the Tagliarnento. The enemy retired across the river, in order to join wish the troops in their rear. This junction, which probably took plat-eat So• cite, made the hostile army five divisions strong. In the night of the 14th his Imperial Highness proceeded with the advanced guard towards Pordenone; the remainder of the army followed at day•break. The enemy's advanced guard was at Pordenone, and his army was posted between that place and Sadie, near Fontana. In this situation an action commenced, which, after a sanguinary contest of two days, terminated entirely to nor advantage. The vice King of Italy commanded the French army. The result was so decisive, that the enemy could not maintain themselves behind the Livenza, hut were obliged to retreat rapidly to the Piave. The pri , oners amount ;dread % to 6300, among whom are Generals Paze and Bressan. are constantly brought in. The loss in kilted and µ minded greatly exceeds this number, and we have taken 16 cannon and three eagles." Spanish Papers have arrived to the Bth. Their intelli crence as far as it goes, is of a pleasing nature.—The battle of Medellin, which the French state as the annihilation of Cuesta's army, we are assured, has had by no means the serious consequences apprehended from it. Of Cuesta's army we believe, that not less than a quarter were lost ; but the enemy also suffered in equal proportion. The Ge. neral retreated after this severe shock, and his advanced posts are at Almendralego; he has received a reinforcement, of 16,000 men, and we are assured his army is not in the destitute condition asserted by the French. Ile has since his defeat, been appointed by the Junta, Captain•Ceneral. The French do not appear to have advanced beyond Meri4a, to attack Badajoz ; that city must WI before Portugal ran he endangered, and Cuesta must be defeated before Andalusia can be threatened. The Canaries have sent succours of men to Spain. Two thousand men have been ordered to Cadiz; half of thew had alt.adv arrived. CIE NATIOI4AL REGISTER.