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404 menaced by an expedition &Wady on its way, thus rendered fruitless, and which, on its returning voyage, capturing many considerable prizes, braved' ll storms, and exercised the crews during a difficult voyage of three months—if all these advantages have been gained, they mit be partly ascribed to the incorpora tion of Genoa, which numbers many of her sons among the good seamen of that squadron. " The Sons of the Arno are invited to the glory, his Majesty having decreed that Spezzia shall be a military port ; the docks, the works of the arsenal, and the forts, both on the sea and land side, are already marked out, and before the end of the present year, six ships of two or three decks shall be put upon the stocks. " It would not be proper to establish such considerable works at the extremities of the empire, if a foreign power were placed at the very gates of that arsenal. Spezzia shall become a second Toulon in the Mediterranean; on the whole coast there abound iron, timber, provisions, and useful hands s the provisions, the iron, and the men surrendered up, must become French. France and the continent, which are desirous of re storing the balance of power on the ocean, have the self-same interest in the prosperity of the new maritime department of Spezzia. The incorporation of Tuscany is a necessary conse quence of that grand plan. " This union is also the interest of Tuscany, which, under the sway of its little poinces, was governed without system, without vigour, and was perpetually infested by the Barbary powers. Men can now no longer be governed in a capricious and fantastic manner. There must be a certain rule, the Go vernment of the law, protected by a Prince sufficiently great and elevated above the passions of men, and inflexible, as the law is necessary for this purpose. The time indeed is passed, in which it was believed that people were made for kings, not kings for people. Lands, pastures, and forests may become pro perty, but no person can possess a kingdom as if it were a farm. These disastrous consequences can no longer take place in great states. It is in vain then that objections arc made to the great extension of the empire ; the communication by land, now that neither Alps or P.iipenines oppose it, is as easy from Leghorn to Paris, as from Paris to Nice. It has been the po licy of European states to subdue the most distant countries, in order to obtain new commercial and maritime resources : why then should we neglect those resources and acquisitions Iv licit are so valuable to us ? The territory of the Mcdicis, the coun try of the sciences and the arts, must form au immediate part of the French empire. " The dukedom of Urbino, Camerino, and the mark of Ancona, lying on the coast of the Adriatic, fall , inder the influ ence of Venice, and must necessarily be united with the kingdom of Italy. This is also accomplished, and the considerable works in the port of Ancona will afford the opportunity of fitting out there ten sail of the line, to secure the ft eedotn of the Adriatic sea, of which Ancona shall be the harbour, and Venice the naval arsenal. Before the end of this year five sail of the line shall be lying in the roads of Ancona, in that dangerous sea, which to the English presents only hostile shores, and where they will he obliged to maintain six ships of the line, if they attempt to counter-balance our power. No, the war shad not be eternal, in spite of the blind fury which cherishes that in human and senseless principle in the cabinet of London. Every where French squadrons are forming, find our naval power in the Scheldt is already considerable. In a few days there will be in the roads of Flushing and Antis erp a fleet of SO sail of the line : that on the coast of Brittany svill be still stronger. Besides that, we have the allied Russian squadron at Lisbon, where there are already a division of several new ships of the line in the best state, which the rapid advance of the army under General Junot placed in our hands. " The events in Spain have converted a declining and badly conducted monarchy into a constitutional and energetic govern ment; the dock-yards at Cadiz, Ferrol, and Carthage= have felt this already. Toulon, Spezzia, Venice, all the resources forthcoming from Holland, Spain, and Italy, arc in operation; we must have ships, and these last named countries have no de fciency either of iron or of timber and hemp, for building or rigging them. " A decree has been issued from the Emperor for the incor poration of Tuscany, on the principle of the necessity for corn plating the system of the great empire, nod for rendering the naval administration of France harmonious throughout all the members of the great confederacy. Without the incorporation for Tuscany, there could be ao immediate communication with araples, and our relations could not be maintained with her, but toilet tht itcdiwa of states oubsiitin under ober govvrnmcou, JUNE 27. from which it might be feared that the guidance and influence might be lost, which must be exercised towards such states, to place the coasts and sailors in a state of opposition to the com mon enemy." (Then follows the Decree of the Senate, passed in conse quence of this exposition.] THE NATIONAL REGISTER. .....m.... SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 44.—His Imperial Highness the Grand Mike of Berg, as well as the Junta of the Government, having been informed respecting the desire of the Emperor of the French to see assembled at Bayonne, on the 15th of June next, a deputa tion of 150 persons, from the Clergy, Nobility, and State:- General, for the purpose of deliberating upon the interettn situation of that kingdom, the Junta is charged to take measures for expediting the execution of his Majesty's pleasure, and to give to the Cities and Corporations the necessary directions iu these respects. The Clergy shall he represented by two Arch bishops, six Bishops, named by the Junta, sixteen canons 07 dignitaries named by their chapters, twenty priests named by their Bishops, and six Generals of Orders. There shall be ten Grandees of Spain, namely, the Duke de Frias, the Duke de 'Medina Cell, the Duke de Hyen, the Count de Orgaz, the Count de Fuentes, the Marquis de Santa Cruz, the Count de Fernan Naunez, the Duke d'Ossuna, the Duke del Parque, the Condt de Santa Colonna, 10 Titulars, and 10 Knights of Castille, I two Deputies from Navarre, &c. 'lnset S.—This day was published, in the name of his Ma jesty the Emperor of France, &c. a Proclamation to the Sp:t.. nish nation. The following is a translation of the more import ant passages : " Spaniards ! after a long lingering disease, your nation sunk into decay. I have seen your sufferings; I will relieve them. Your greatness makes a part of mine. " Your Princes have ceded to me an their rights to the Spa nish Crown. I will not reign over your provinces, but I will acquire an eternal right to the love and gratitude of your pos terity. " Your monarchy is old ; it must be renovated, that you may enjoy the blessings of a renovation which shall not be purciased by civil war or desolation. " Spaniards ! 1 have convened a general assembly of the de puties of your provinces and towns, that I may know your de sires and wants. .__ • _ " I shall lay down my rights, and place your illustrious Crown upon the head of one who resembles me ; securing you a Consti tution, which will unite the salutary power . of the Sovereign with the liberties and rights of the Spanish nation. It is lay will. that my memory shall be blessed by your latest posterity, and that they shall say—he was the restorer of our country. " Given at Bayonne, 25th May, IhOS." " By virtue of a mandate of his Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Berg, dated the "ad inst. the existing Com mission of Consolidation of the royal Vales is abolished. The Commission is in future to be composed of the President of Government, of the Supreme Council of Castile, two Ministers of the same Council, a rsiiniAer of the Council of the Indies, and of the Council of the Factory, and a Secretary. The function intrusted to this Commission are to secularise and sell, as far 114 is requisite, the Church lands, and to dispatch all other pressins business. " His Imperial Highness has nominated Colonel Cabarrus ta he Interdant-General in Chief of the Consolidation of the Royal Vales, with the title of Master of the Accounts, and the functions of 'Moister of the Commission of the Govermnent. BAYONNE, JUNE 4.—The day before yesterday his Majesty received, at his Levee, the Deputation of the Grandees of Spain, and had a very long conference with them. Among the Mem bers who constitute this Deputation are mentioned Priuce Cas tel Franco, the Duke del Pastime, the Duke of Ossuna, the , Marquis of Santa Cruz, and the Count of Santa Colonna. es terday his Excellency M. d'Auzanza, Minister of Finance, pre sented to his Majesty the Deputation of the Council of the In dies, and of the Council of Finance. His Majesty conversed :vo hours with the Members of this Deputation, concerning the ..hinges and improvements which the welfare of Spain requirff, is the opinion of all intelligent persons. The Deputies of the Extraordinary Junta are daily arriving. The following Imperial Decree has been issued at Madrid : " Napoleon, Emperor of the Fri•nch, King of Italy, Pro tector of the Confederacy of the P &e. " The King mat the Princes of the House of Spain having ceded their rights to time Crown, as is known by their treaties of the sth and 10th of May, and Icy their proclamations publitih•