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4 A • 01 •~.~ w4r Treaty of Westphalia, Russia elm by suriiiio, a it were, into the system ot Europe. Ihe uaiAtier of power was der anged tov.yds the middle ot the elcr,hteenth century, when Russia, taking advantage of the blindness with which Austria had struck the trench Government, united with her to oppose Prussia, which the Cabinet of Versailles had attack .. ed with sn much folly, when it ought to him em ployed all its efforts to create in Germany the Pi us wan power, it it had nix already existed there. Could not RUSSIA better evince her solicitude for the equilibrium of Europe, than by undermining the in dependence of %roan, which was y Lived by the Revolution of 1772 ? or. by preparing the annihila tion of Poland. by the first partition, in which every observer beheld the germ of the most dreadful commotions ? Is it then. also, to insure the balance of power in Eutope, that Russia bas employed against the Ottoman Prat te the force of her arms. the resources of and repeated invasions? At one period {which can never be obliterated from the memory of all mankind), in 1791. the same Mi nister who governs Great Britain at this moment. raised a cry of alarm against Russia. There was nothing less than an opposition the most decided in public opinion, and even in the Parliament, to pre vent recceir se to arms.tor the purpose of defending against Russia the equilibrium of Europe. And what was the objeift then To obtain rme amelima- Linn in flavour of Turkey. in the conditions a peace. What, then, can the present Minister say now. when the Emperor of Russia is as well obeyed in Constan tinople as at St. Petersburgh " But the time of politicil rombinat;ons is passed ; It has given place to a jumflio s of hateful passions. It must be confessed, that the most perfeet harmony reigns, in this respell, between England and Rus sia. We reed no other prrof of this wonderful con cord, than the very mission of that Nogociator, whom they have affeeled to announce to Europe as the An gel of Peace ; who was every moment to set out and to remain; whoze journey was so tardy, whose re turn was so precipitate. " You have not forgotten, Gentlemen, what was the agony of Englani ; her ships wete wandering through every sea, to learn where the French ships appeared ; every try she saw the arrival of new battalion: •n our coasts ; the necessary barks to tramport numerous armies, united in those ports best situated for sending nut the expedition. All was prepared ; they only awaited him from whom arittory is never separated ; bur, in the midst of these most formidable preparations, his heart has not, for one single iastanr, swerved from tla• wish for peace ; he strove to cherish this generous hope so long as Austria was not ready to throw down the gauntlet. . I appeal to your memory, Gentlemen, that h srdly . had we learned that the Russian Negotiator had gone back, than we learned the movements of the Austrian troops. Thus they professed a desire for peace only, that they might the better prepare for war; and whilst they anuoom-ed the noble ambi tion of restoring triogoillity to Euterpe, they dis posed themselves to ;#1 ire it in .loud. " It is impossible ro dissemb4. Gentlemen, that England has obtained a great advantage ; but is it over us or over her own allies " Our August Monarch, in preparing to punish the perjury of the English, flattered himself, that the calamities of war would not be extended to the Continent. He had teen so ge.ierous ! could he have suspe.cted perfidy? He is so powerful! could he have imagined that they would dare to defy him ? When a coalition, conduitted as a conspiracy, cotn to interrupt the execution of his projetts. it does not result, that they must be abandoned. The whole of his forces will not be direned against England, but will &spine with her the sea, at the same time that he subdues the provinces of her allies. Perh3r, even she may prepare for him other triumphs. Has she nut made the flattering menace of employing a part of her troops upon the Continent ? " In a word, should the chances of a Continental war answer the hopes we are authorised to form, from that moment it will be decided, that the for tune of England must bend under the ascendancy of France. " If, then, the British Government, for the moment, diminishes its dangers, if it turn the thunder on its allies, it is only over their blindness that it tri umphs. How has it happened that Austria has so soon forgotten so many reverses? How does it hap pen that she is el completely ignorant of the differ ence of the epochs ? When she adopted this system of eternal enmity, of fallacious negociations, of wars incessantly interrupted and rekindled, she re garded time as a precious auxiliary. All was changeable is France, except the courage of her armies. Troubles incessantly starting up, threaten ed every day to annihilate the result of the most splendid vietories. Every instant abided reason to fear, that all the recourses of administration would be at once destrord. Too well ac quainted with our mi.f.irtiinet, to which they arc no strangers, Dtar enemies cl,soled themselves for the loss tif a battle, with the hope or the news of an in surreeion. But what have those times in common with the present ? Etcinal agitations hive given place to tranquillity the mou profound; the fury of change is converted into the spirit of perfeaing. The energy of the nation, which had been absorb ed in civil troubles, is aow entirely turned to useful labours. 'lle seiitimenu of domestic enjoyments is so much the more lively, as they have been so long ■nd grievously suspended. Every day, from one extremity of the empire to the other, vows are ad dressed to Heaven for him who has restor2cl to the state her splendour, and to her citizens, repose and confidence in the future. Our enemies have no snore to watch the play of factions, or to hope in storlria; this would be the grosse.t error of the strongest credulity. •4 If they cannot in this point deceive themselves so tar upon the state of the empire, they must know still Letter the armies which have left them immor tal remembrances. The boiling courage which dis tinguished them in the war of independence is not grown cold. Never was ardour more truly great, 'serer was the confidence of the troops in themselves mei in their leaders, carried farther. Those senti ments w:ich produced those exploits, those prodi gie4, which Europe cannot for a long time forget, exist in al! their force. Every probability unites to peenn:se us triumphs still more brilliant, if possihle Those warriors who have acquired the admiration of she ward, nave never been inflamed by passions arse ,ten-rous, or sequenced motives more pow e:.et over me be.uts of the brave. They go to . . combat under the eyes of their Heitareb, whom tatt y love as their country Ala their glory ; t:.% combat under the eyes of him, whom even his ene mies have named the first Captain of his age. "There is another title, Gentlemen, which he has not les, merited, and of which he has shewn himself yet mire jealous, it is that of Pacificator. The Comp:en-sr of Montenotte, of Arcole, and of Ri voli, rnght have conduded his army to the capital. Ile pi efet red stopping at Tolentino, to give peace to the Soveteign Pontiff. 'I he General, constantly vidorinus, who had subdued Friotil, Cann ile, Ca rinthia. and Styria, might have been tempted to one march farther, of two days, to enter the capital of Austria. lie preferred 'addressing to the Arch duke Charles the language of peace and philan thropy, which will secure to him, from age to age, the blessings of posterity. From the time he took in hands the reins of Government, what has been his first pursuit? lie proposed peace. After having borne refusal,, after having surpassed, in the bril liancy of Isis vidnries. the nation's hopes, he chewed himself still ready to negociate. Already we have had occasion to remark to you, what patience he manifested in granting successively to Austria the differect armistices which preceded the treaty of Luneville; with what alacrity he caught at the first words of peace, which escaped the Cabinet of St. James's. The strongest proofs might farther be adduced, to sh w to what an extent the lore of peace is invariably implanted in the b-art of leis hlaje•ty. Since the violation of the Treaty of Amiens, we have many times had to tremble at see ing part cider threaten his life, and we have been compelled not to doubt but that the British Govern ment has vlcratrazed these frightful attempts. Has not the Emivror read his just resentm-nt, to listen to the voice of humanity? Never could his rights have been claimed with more eloquence and mag nanimity, than in that letter to the King of Eng land, the reading of which has filed you with such religious tenderness. The same sentiments inspired his Majesty in his late relations with Austria. Al ready a thousand circumstances combined to betray hastily intentions ; the Emperor fot ced himself to dount ; he demanded explanations front the Cabinet of Vienna ; he returned to the charge, to obtain new infurmation ; he endeavoured to open their eyes to their true interests ; he pressed all the neighbouring States to j i, their remonsti :airs to his. He went so tar as to impose silence on Its pride, to oppose instances t f reasoning to their injurious allegations; when the atmies of Austria, invading Bavaria, have annihilated every other resource but that of arms. " This heroic mod ration has then been fruitless for peace; however, it will not he altogether with out produce. The F.mperor will find his reward in the gratitude t.t his people. The more the Mo narcn has shewn hi. solicitude to spare it the sacri fices required by war, the more the nation will dis. play its zeal and energy to &tend the cause of the throne and of the empire. Those who now provoke us, are the same enemies whom we have already forced to acknowledge our in dependence. They now conspire against the glor y the Emperor and the splendour of France. The Emperor and France, more united than ever, by the ties of good will and fidelity, of affeCtioo and admiration. will oppose to an odious aggression, the irresistible alhance of strength and genius. " These sentiments. Gentlemen, we participate with all the French ; it is for us to carry to the Throne the affecting declaration of them. The Commission, of which I have the honour to he the organ, proposes to you to order. that there shall be drawn up an Address to His Majesty the Emperor and King, to express the indignation that his faith ful subjects have felt at the news of the hostile pro ceedings of Austria and Russia ; the gratitude with which they have been penetrated, in learning all that His Majesty has done to avoid the sacrifices insepa rable from a new war ; the dispositions they feel to multiply the alts of devotion, the most sanguine, so avenge their Prince and their country; to shot ten the war by decisive success ; and to place the Em peror in a situation to di9ate to his enemies a glo rious and permanent peace.' M. lathers (de la Gironde), M. Auguste Jube, and M. Albisson, followed in a strain of flattery to limaparte, of bombast respecting his power, and of abuse of England. Mcssieurs Delaisbe and Carrion Nizas were also heard ; after which all the speeches were ordered to be primed, and the Committee was charged to pre pare the Address. The Sitting then closed. STUTGARD, SIFT. 24. Letters from Munich, dated the 22d, bring infor mation, that the Emperor of Germany and Austria had arrived there the evening before at six. His Majesty was to continue his route on the 22d, by Landsbcrg. The Archduke Ferdinand had also arrived at Munich, and was making dispositions to proceed to Suabia. The Austrian Clmmandant at Munich has put the Eleaoral chest in a state of sequestra tion ; but it is thought that he cannot derive from it more than the sums that will be necessary for the payment of the Civil Officers. It is confirmed, that all the Austrian regiments, which are on their march, have received orders to halt, wherever they shall be, when this order shall be made k.lown to them. The motives for this un expeded measure are yet unknown ; but people are d;sposed to augur from it a favourable omen, a more fortunate turn of the negotiations for peace, which are known to be still carried on under the auspices of Prussia. A Bavarian Officer had arrived at Mu nich with dispatches from the Efettor, and set out on his return some hours after. Ile Austrians have advanced, in several direr:lions, upon Suabia.—One of their columns has taken a position at Bothwell and its environs, and sent out patroles towards Kni bis, and iri the vale of Kaiche. This is the corps of General Aulenburg, who, after having advanced on the Banks of the Lake of Constance, has entered the Landgraviate of Nellenburg, and provisionally established his head-quarters at Stockach. ...... ORTOILPT. 25. The French troops of the Army of I lanover ar rived in the environs of this city on the 22J, and in the evening of the same day the Senate was assembled to consider of the demand that had been made of a email number of rations. 'rite first di v:sinn of the Galloaatavian army, which, after having passed the Rhine yesterday, had rested last night at Weil i..acher, marched thtougls this city this morning, LON DON. THURSDAY. (krona 10. Tie following communication was yesterday transmilteilfrom the Admiralty to Lt.oiro's C Alec- House : •I/MIIIAtTT-OT/tCL. 9Tw uCT..IIIIII, id intelligence c4sn,n,mic:oe.l by tin; Nbjesty's ship Dryad, and Ira...antra by Admiral Lnd Gmdiler, WI Cork. :34 of Uctober:—. ' On Pie Ist of Oztaber, at tihte •..N. spoke an Ame,icin ship that had i.e-n hoarded by the r:h tis French tr , g.iti-, in .a 4. 49. 4). I.nt 11. S.kturiay, 28tI Sei.te br•r, fell in with th,• F ench c insisting right sad. and one English 74 (Sfi) iw tow. Two French fiieatrs, eiiA one brig, uerring N wma E. The blig took Au Englith brig in ilea of u.. Fula( Euglisb ships in tuw i eight English yezet in all." A letter from Capt. Wat.corx, of the Isle, dated off Crookhaven, in Ireland, the lsz. insta.tt •• That he had brern closely pursued by a c art of the Rochefort squadron, hut provalent ally had map:A_ In the pursuit, he was obliged to throw overbrurd above 12 tons of his cargo, ch,efly sago ; and, as then were same slime put on there from the fleet otf Brest, he should embrace tite 0i..,..r_ twilit. , of that eorovny;to proceed to Portsmouth ; when he le :t the Calcutta, she was eiseee-4 by twe line of Kantt ships of the ele.ni, and conceived there could be no hopes of her es capt og." Extraft of a letter from Cork, dated Oft. 3 : " The Indus East Indianan arrived at Crookharen last Tues. day (Oct. 1). FrJrn %V. Perkins, her purer, whis arrived here this day, we !vain, that on the 21th nit in lat. 49. bJ long. 10. 04. the Calcutta, 56 guns, Captain 1 1 1.1616 ff, having under convoy the Indus F is, of London; and Sells*, of Milford, South Sea withers ; W lhelmina , Prow-an, detained by the Calcutta, near St. Helena ; Maria Casuisna, Swede; end Two Brothers Won Indwitsan ; saw fifteen sail, seven of which were supposed to be ships of WIN and on the following day, on. of thorn, a frigate, engtged the Crimnod who made the signal for the c , oiroy to .eparate, which they d accordingly, and all esca d ed, by the gallantry and skilful ma nouvres of Capt. Worairlf. " Before the Ildus lost sight of the Calentta, she sac a line of battleship beat down upon her, sad swims her with Eie bow chasers It is ronjecturesl, that the remaining eight .liips were part of the Leeward Island Suet which had been cadtured ; two of them west taken in sight of the links.. S itooley last, an English frigate, off Ushant„ was made a,qa, lilted with the action, with which information she preceded to Admiral Corn wal I is ." Another article from Cork, of the 2J, after men• tioning the engagement with the Cairosa, adds, " The remainder of Inc convoy were since teen safe at d•llferent times. Tb. Trench squadron were olverved to have opwarde of ten sail of merchantmen in company, supposed to be captured-.lii.t from this eirosinstinicc, much appro.. herivion has bees excited, that thry hid fallen in with a body of the Leeward Island inaneward.bound fleet, some advanced ships of which, as we already mated, passed this eaaina few days back, steering to the Zanward. " Admiral Lord 0...M0rt arrived yesterday at Cove, in the Tapue fririate,Cyt Lake. fits Lordship was saluted upon entering the harbour. by the ships of war sod batteries." I. Ertrad of a letter from an Officer Itelong'ng ta the Experiment, Botany Bay ship (last from Cismaj, dated Falmouth, 9th Oftober, 1 805 :- " ship Fix ;intent, touter the command of Witlrow, him' Chloe, with a cavity nf te a .. au 06 .t his Coo account, w captu:cd oo q., 27ili It. 37. S. lung. 22.31). P. after a cheer of thi.ly ho.irs, Ly th e Napoleon P: each privateer, cotton , niest b. Lavtein Af.l , L, t,el•stig:ng t, St. klalues out faur rouzitht. Iron, rake Bay (Cape of Go - id Huo-), mounting siateen potiuder., four 19-pounderi on the g r w sleek, tau 35%.0iine•r, six 61or slers on the upper deck, and cur)iita Wool, rame up, we cniag with,. ! al( pin*. Om, I • half an hour ; wheat our brace. awl tiler Win; shot any, • rigg rig shalt red, some thirty-twig shot, Isetwean vital a water, two feet waf er i n h er h o ld, w hi c h made the ship ; throe of o ur men were bad . , ohm inageable, obl ged Captain Withers, with reluflance, ~ order the . col ;t u i two,,,bethse cote trclt prise the N apo l eon had token Courson Withers, the Surgeon, land fourth Officer, were volt ta the Isle Franee, iis the Experiment. Nlyseq, the chs4 and third Officer, with the Purser, Wet, take, u hood tit • privateer, and *Gilt to the Cape of timid Hope, w 4 •r. w • matte friends, who prwcurod a cartel for -E • Helen, , .t•.,:. ? days After our arrival at the Cape; kern tkeuee, I g,t a pr.. uge in the Africaine whaler, which has escaped being tip. torsi, by the Rochefort squadron, which I attribute to the gal, lento , of Captain Woodruff, of Ilia Majesty's ship Coinage, who engaged the enemy, although superior, till wt had lane to make our escape It appears from the above extraels, that the Cal cutta has not sacrificed herself in vain ; and that by her gallant resistance of the enemy, she afforded her whole convoy an opportunity to die& their escape, It was impossible for the French squadron to get into port while the wind continued easterly; and there is every reason to hope, that one of our squa drons will fall in with them. We nu Jerstand Sir Ricit• an ST RACII•t4 was detached fram Cie Chan nel Fleet, with an adequate force, within twelve hours alter the aclion with the Cal:utter, and that Admiral Sr 'RUM emu sent a second time in pursuit of the enemy. On board the Calcutta man of war,we are sorry to learn, that there were several military officers, who took their pasaig2 fro.n St. ti p England ; among other names, ay.:. heard Cc q CAMP BELL Cat.Lamota, of the Bth Regiment. We gave yesterday some extra& from the Paeit Papers to the 2d, and the Dutch Journal, to tl:e 6th. The late hour at which we received ;bent NI 'Fnesday night, prevented us from extraCtiag t' at they contained worth notice. The respeaive armies upon the Continent continued to approach each other, but had not yet come to blows. The in tic body of the French Army has passed the Rhine, 1.1 etree divisons ; at Mentz, Strasburgh, and M tn heim. These movemeota took place between the '24th and 26th, inclusive. The last division of the Gallo-13.eavian Army m ached through Frankf,v; on the 27th, and proceeded to Asehairenhar ;h; whale the French Army from Hanover ads' incest to Carlstadt. A letter from Munich, in our Paper of yesterday, stated, that the A • rian Army had re, ceived orders to halt; but a Duch Paper, of the 4th, adds, that the halt was only for fotty-eight hours, upon the expiration of which the columns were again in motion, on the '2lth, and advancing through Suabia and Bavaria by force .1 marches. The Emperor of Gram aro( left Vie ma en the ISth, arrived at Munich on the 21at, and was expelled at Memmingen on the 23d. BOMAPARft: was still at Strasburgh on the 27th, and M ass Err • has taken the command of the army in Italy. and issued a Pro clamation to his troops. The proceedings of the Tribunate on the 26t1t, which. we promised to give yesterday, arc in the preceding column. The French Funds are 54 1. 85 c. Orders tame to town yesterday, from Eli, M :err it, to countermand the preparations that were making fora Privy Council, intended to have been held this day. Yesterday. a Court of Direftors was held at fLe East India-Clouse, when Captain JUNO 1,•)C K, ,t - AS sworn into the command of the ship David Scott, consigned to Madras and Bengal. The following extra ships were taken up, and thus stationed, vie. Sir W am Jtaana;ey, 547 tom, and Sovereign, frao (ono, lair M4.lraa and bongs% FAMO• 411 i ton., Capt. 3. V Rik., 1 Exprinv-w, Capt Pater ; Nlon..tc tiOO ditto, Cant and Alexanlet,GW ditto, Capt J k. Frank I.si, tw and Bengal. The Court adjourned at six o'clock, till this Jay. The Porrkir sloop of war, with the fleet under convoy, for England, sailed from Lisbon, on the I 4th ult. The Inrourimet frigate, with a fleet from England, arrived at Lisbon on the 17th. A Letter from Captain &ACK, from Oporto, ar. lived at Falmouth, states, that he sailed with the fleet, in company with thirteen or fourteen sail, un der convoy of the Orp4ers, frigate, on the 15th Sep tember ; on the 28th passed a fleet of vessels, sup posed to be the outward-hound Lisbon convoy, and made Scilly the following day. Adm;ral Lord Gain:ince arrived on the IA inst• at Cove, in the Tipaac frigate, Capt. LA It Z. H.. Lordship was saluted, upon entering the harbour, by the ships of war and batteries. A few days will determine the doubts entertaii;rd for sonic time past, respeCting the Meeting of Par liament before Christmas, fin the dispatch of bus , - nest. The time for the Meeting, according to the last formal prorogation, nearly approaches. A pro clamation must, of course, speedily isst e, and which, in all robability, will be in SattV.l yi. G - tette. am! pr,3:erded tnwaras Offenbach and 3eligenstadt Ile second division wi:l arrive here this evening. VERONA, stet. 13. His Excellency General Massena, Mat shal of the Empire, Commander in Chief of the Army of Italy, has established his Lead-quarters at VAlsggin. Hr reviews the different cot ps in succession, accordir•.g as they arrive. On the 10th, the following pro clamation was inserted in the enters of the army " S•ildlers of the Army of Italy, Ilis Majesty the Ein..emr and King hat appointed toe your Geis oit in Chi 4 It is gra n:ring to me again to behold my former companions in arm•, and to find in them voitinsmtv, which I knew them to possess, attachment to disciplioe, and devotion to their duty. I will ever address to them the language of thee., sentiments; and I fondly believe, that they will be read► t , 3 answer it, if political circumstances should compel His Majesty tho Evrt;mror and King to give the signal for battle, in spite of the dzeire, which lie has ever manifested to maintain peace. So'dicrs, you will boar iii mini, that you are oii a field of battle, rendercil trious by his victories, and that, at every step, we shall meet traces of his magnanimity and his genius. Iwo sunstituted at your head, in the place of a General, distinguished by his ser vices, who is called to another dedination, •hither, without d,uht, your wishes will accompany him. Upo.i whatever theatre His Majesty .hall place us, Soldiers, let us justify hit choice, and let us have but one thing in our thoughts, our Country and our Emperor." (Eigne.l) MASSENA, Ma , ehal of the Empire, Gen. in Chief. STK ASSURCIN. SEPT. 27. We have had Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress in this city since yesterday : they arrived at half past five in the evening. Several couriers that had arrived in the course of yesterday brought the intelligence, that Their Majesties had slept at Luneville. All the arrangements for their reception were made; the Counsellor of State, Prefnet of the Lower Rhine, the Mayor of the City, and the Guard of Honour, proceeded to the stations in which they were to wait Their Majesties arrival. The Cavalry of the Guard of Honour advanced to join that of the Imperial Guard, which was waiting for the Em peror near Eckholsheini. At the head of the Im perial Guard were, Marshal Bessieres, General Le val, C immandant of the fifth military division, and several other Generals. His Highness, Prince Mu rat, who had returned from the right bank of the Rhine, proceeded also to meet His Majesty. The grand triumphal arch, ereaed between the two bridges th ft separate the Fauxbespg Blow from the city, had been finished only that morning. Four young coopers, dr e ssed in white, were to present to Hi. Majesty, near the triumphal arch, the honorary offering of wine; and four young fishermen to present him with some fish; Their Majesties arrived about five sealo:k at Rcamashosen. The Mayor, at the head of the Municipal Council, presented to His Majesty, the Emperor and King, the keys of the city, and addressed him with a speech. The Emperor con descended to reply in the most affable manner. THE BRITISH PRESS. swim 441 c)1 ein a 8 I .