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t of of to PARIS, Ave. 22. MINISTRY OF FO REIGN AFFAIRS. )ra )rn. at airt LI2C REPORT PRESENTED TO THE FIRST CONSUL, IN SENATE, BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AF- FAIRS, SITTING OF SATURDAY, AUG. Zi. " The Treaty of Luneville has produced the re establishment of Peace between France and Ger- Inally.—lt has expressly and definitively regulated the general relations between the two Countries, and satisfied Francein evert' particular : the entire ex ecution of the Treaty, therefore, would require no ulterior adjustment, did it not provide by just and formal stipulations, that the cessions agreed to by the Empire, in favour of the Republic, should be ratified colledively by the Germanic Federation ; allowing, nevertheless the distillations relative to t'ie Hereditary Princes and the Ecclesiastical Occu. pants. " This principle, once fixed, it appears the duty of the Germanic Body, to proceed spontane ously and without delay to its application. " The earnest attention of the French Govern- Ment being uniformly directed to the affairs of the Interior, it did not participate in the regulation of the stipulated Indemnities ; it cbntented itself with frequently manifesting its wish that the Treaty of Luneville should be fulfilled solely by the provisions of the 7th Article. But her excitations remain without effect, and more than a year 'has elapsed without her being able to perceive that the business of Indemnification -has been little more than enter. ed upon. This non.execution of one of the principal stipulations of the Treaty of Luneville, leaves all Germany in a state of incertitude, which every day becomes more embarrassing. In consequence of its the Germanic Body is in a species of dissolution, which deprives all Europe of the_full enjoyment of the advantages of Peace, and in some degree affects the general tranquillity. The Government of the Republic does not alone perceive the danger, and while it receives from every quarter the remon strances of the parties interested, the Court of Rose sia testifies its urgency with resped to the regula tions of the affairs of Germany. The Emperor ALEXANDER, on his accession to the Throne, t sebly fel t an anx i ety to ma i nta i n the restored paci cati°h, and the spontaneou s agreement entere d i nto betwee n His Majesty and the First Consul, on principles the most generous, and with views the Bloat di s i ntereste d, h a d t h at great o bj e t i n view. ' t was recagnized by them that the Peace of the Con -1 tinent could not be perfectly re-established otherwise tthan by tl-e complete execution of the Treaty of uneville; and farther, that this could not be car-' tied into effed without the interference of two Neu tral Powers, whose preponderating influence could do away the various obstacles raised in the course of eightien months aga i nst t h e fi nal ad j ustment of the indemnities. " It Was, . therefore sol e ly i n or d er to esta bli s h' . the pacific at i on of Europe, and to ensure its stabi litx, that the First Consul and His Imperial Ma jeaty of Russia; determined with one accord to in. terfere in the politics of Germany, and by their Soint mediation, to accelerate the internal delibera tions of the Germanic Body. - " This prelimin:tty step being agreed upon, a itistussion took place between the two Cabinets, of the measures most likely to produce the desired tf feet. It was resolved that a general plan of Indem_ Ilification ehould be presented to the Diet, and in 'the drawing up ( f this plan, the most scrupulous i ttentionwas paid to the interests of the-various par. ties CODCei tied. 3" Nor Was this all : the effeas of the year had, b n a gieat mea su re d estroye d t h e I nterna l equili. 'ium of Germany I they applied themselves to its re storation. The intriatitidion of new Princes into ,t . ba Gearnanic Body, necessarily reuired new - oinat ions. The real value of the i qndemnitiescorn does t '°" alone depend upon t heir ext ent ,- b ut f requ e ntly "Pon their position, and the advantage which would ' t -Psult to some Powers from the concentration of aotient and new domains . , was regzirded as an MlPuetant consideratien; The two Governments, therefore proceeded rUptiloushy to examine the question of Indemnity, respect to all th ose relations--they were aware 'he Policy of affordi ng com pl ete satisfaction to L'ke chief Pow •rs, and felt the justice of rendering the States of inferior rank a full indemnification fo r their losses. `` The perfed coincidence of opinion between r anee and Russia, augured favourably fin : the - WI. _ merit of the disinterested views of the First Con_ and which soon became those of His Imperial ajesty, who assisted at all the discussions they ';!greeti in ev er y po i nt , an d t h e p l an of Inprojectedfica leion projected at Pa r i s , received the approbation of th e Emperor of Russia and the First Consul re- S.Pedively. It was agreed that this plan should be presented to th e Diet by their respective Ministers Extraordi -I)a.ry, viz. on , the part of the First Consul by the . : Itiaen LA FOR EST , Mi n i s t er of the Republic at t e .aVaria, who h a d or d ers to repair to katLion for th at purpose ; and on the part of the Emperor Of ussia in like manner, by le Baron de BuHLER, " Minister at illanich. this declaration should have been presented some e ?s, and i t s commun i cat i on, w hi ch the First Cone su e _' has ordered to b e made to the Senate, goes to Evromulgate the pri nc ipl es upon w hi c h t h e two Go el t e vrhtnents have acted, and the anxiety w hi c h t h e y e evinced respeCting their application. Ivl. In fad, if the proposed plan is examined, it be seen that its principal objet{ is to consoli e dte the Peace of Europe, and, above all, to di th. the chances of the recurr ence of War. On o i! ground i t i s - t h at care has been taken to sepa. e t'he rho had Confines of the territories of the two Powers oftenest involved Europe in their sangui 7cuhtests, and who, trnly reconc il e d , cannot ; le v e a mor e earnest d es i re than to avoid all occa b 'I rival .of misunderstanding, which, bei ng env i rone d t r Iva' P owers, Must always be produative of 5e .004 co nsequences. b e , this pri nc i p l e , a d opte d , hot i n all its rigour, fairly d uce `; as circ umst a nces wou ld a ll ow, h as in • 4 the P l at - :: !n,ce . from the -: inag the Indemnities o f P russ i a , a t a confines of France and Batavia. BY such an arrangement Austria will derive • . . . immense advantage, by the concentration Of het. Territories. " The Palatine will also receive a more advan:. tagclus organization, and its means of defence strengthened! and Prussia shall continue to form; in the Germanic System, the essential basis of the necessary counterpoise. " The regulation ,af the Secondary- indemnities 1150 proceed upon principles of generalsand.,indi.! vidual accommodation, and nothing has been omit ted with resped to the consideration of ascertained losses. It will nevertheless appear, !bait. the . House of Baden has been m ore advantageogaiy„sircuma stanced than many others, but i t was jutgedneces sary to fortify the Circle of Sna'aia, ,which lies direttly between France. and the .great ..oerinan Powers. In this instance the First Consul merits applause, as such a line of policy. perfectly accords with the disposition of the French Government, which with pleasure sees an augmen:ation of power conferred on a Prince, whose virtues ha% e long since obtained the esteem of all Europe, whose Alliances so honourably distinguished his family, and whose condud during the War, has particularly merited the good-will of , the Republic. It is also with real satisfaflion that France and Russia, obliged to take the System of Seculari zation as the basis of Indemnities, perceive the pos sibility of preserving to the Empire, one Ecclesi astical Elettor, and that they have proposed to assign him a suitable Establishment, in conferring on him the title and funtlions of Arch-Chancellor. "It will be necessary farther to present-to the Diet of the. Empire some general considerations, as a proper basis for the internal regulations, which the New Organization of the Germanic Body will re. quire. In this view, the. First Consul and his Imperial Majesty of Russia, impressed, with a de., sire to 'chew their siticere wishes for the consolida tion of the Peace of Europe, have not delayed to concert such a plan for the farther Indemnities al luded an, as appears to them to include a basis. and detailS as strictly conformable -to the spirit as well: as to the text, -of the Treaty of Luneville, as can possibly be frained; as well as analogous to' the Political interests of Europe, and favourable to the preservation of Peace. " The two Governments, France and Russia, are firmly persuaded that the time which they have allotted will amply suffice for,the discussion of the_ interests of Germany, and they will reap, in a long duration of Peace to. that Empire, :the most‘akree able as well as honourable reward for the eaertions which they have respettively made to procure it. (Signed) " C. M. TALLEYRAND." DECLARATION. The First Consul of the French Republic, ani mated with the desire of contributing to the cnnso. lidatinn of the repose and tranquillity of the Ger man Empire, has thought that no means were more calculated to obtain that effca of his solicitude, than those of fixing, by a plan of Indemnity, adapt. ed, as far as circumstanc, s would permit to the re- - spective interests, an arrangement proper to pro duce this salutary effec't ; and a concurrence of • views having been established upon this_ subject between the First Consul of the Republic and His Imperial Majesty of all the Russias, he has au thorised the Minister for Foreign - Affairs, to concert with the Miniver Plenipotentiary of His Imperial Majesty of Russia, the means best cal culated to apply the principles adopted for these Indemnities, to the different demands of the Par.. ties interested. The result of this work having obtained his approbation, he has ordered the under_ signed to make it known to the Diet of the Empire by the present Declaration ; a measure to which the First Consul of the Republic, as well as His Impe rial. Majesty, have been impelled by the following considerations : The Seventh Article of the Treaty of Luneville, having stipulated that the Hereditary Princes; whose Possessions are comprised in the Cession made to the French Republic of the Countries situated on the Left Bank of the Rhine, should he indemnified, it lii;s been agreed that,,,eonformably to what had been decided upon at the ,Cong.ress ot Rastadt, this Indemnity should be. effeded by,rpvans of Secularization ; but though . ' perfealy agreed upon the basis of the Indemnity,' the States in. retested have remained so opposite in views with resped to the distribution, that it has hitherto appeared to be impossible to proceed to the ex. ecution of the before-mentioned Article . ot the Treaty of Lunevilie. And-though the Diet of the Empire has named a special Commission to dired its attention to this important business,. we see, by the delays which its assembling meets with, what obstacles the opposi tion of interest, and the jealousy of pretensions place to the making the regulation of the Indemni ties the spontaneous ad of the Germanic Body. It is this that has induced the First Consul and the Emperor of Russia to think that it became two Powers perfectly disinterested to afford their media tion, and to offer to the deliberations of the Im perial Diet a general plan of Indemnity, drawn up: from the cakulations of the greatest impartiality, and in which the attention has been direCted both to compensate the losses recognised, and to pre. serve between the principal Houses. in Germany the balance that subsisted before the War. In consequence, after having examined with the most scrupulous care all the Memorials, both upon the value of the losses, and upon the demand of In demnities presented by the Parties interested, it has been agreed to propose, that the Indemnities shall be distributed in the following manner To the Archduke, Grand Duke—For Tuscany and its dependencies, the Archbishopric of Saltz burgh, the Provostship of Bertolsgaden, the Bishop ric of Trent, the Bishopric of Brixen, the part of the Bishopric of PaSsau, situated beyond, the Iltz, and the Inn on the side of Au,stria, except the suburbs of Passau, with a radius:Of 560 to ises ; the Abbeys, Ch a p ters an d Convents situa,te4,lll the abovernentioiteci Dioceses. • The above Principalities 'shall be possessed by the Archduke upon the conditions, engagements, and relations founded upon existing Treaties; the said principalities shall 'be taken out of the Circle'of Ba varia, and incorporated in the Circle of Austria, and their Ecclesiastical Jurisdiaions, both Metropolitan And Diocesan, shall be also separated by the limits of the twa eireet ; Muhldoit Shall be united to 13- varia, and its equivalent in revenue shall be 'taken fom thoSe, of Freisingen. To the c4-4 1 ,2-vaet Duke of Modena, fur the 1\,10.. dene%e . and Dependencies; the Brisgaw and the or ttnau, To . the Elelor Pala t i n e of B avar i a ; f or t h e D uchy o7Deux-Potits, the Duchy of Jailers, the Nlatinate of the Rhine, the•Marquisate . of BergenriPzoom, the Signory of Ravensteiqkia others situate in Bel gium and Aleace ; the Bishoprics of Passau, with tle reservation of the part of the Archduke ; of Wurzbourg, with the reservations hereinafter-Men tioned ; of Bamberg ; of Aughsted, of Freisingen, ald of Augsbourg ;. the Provostship of Kempten ; the Imperial Cities of Rothenbourg, Weissembourg, Windsheim,. Schweinfoit; Gochsheim, Sennefelt, Alithousen, Kempten„ K idf beuren; Memmingen, Einkelsbuhl, Nordlingen,Ulm, Bossfingen; Btichorn, Waugen, Leutkirch, Ravensbourg, and Alschatisen ; the Abbeys of Saint Ulric, Irsen, Weugen, Snoflin. gen, Elchingen, Ursberg, Rochenhourg, Welten. hausen, Ottobeuren, and. Kaisersheim. To the King of PrusSia, for the Duchy of Cleves, upon the left bank of the Rhine, and of Gueldres ; the Principality of Mars, the Territories sur rounded by Sevenaer, Huissen„ and Mahlbourg, and the Tolls of the Rhine and of the Meuse ; the flshopric of Hildesheim and that of Paderborn, the territory of Erfort and Untergleichen, Eichifeld, and the Mentz part of Trefort, the part of the Bishopric of Munster, situate on the right of the line drawn from Olphen, by Munster to Tecklenbourg, comprising within it the two Cities of Olphen and Munster ; as also the right bank of the Ems as far as • Lingen ; the Imperial Cities of Mulhausen, Northausen, and Goslar ; the Abbeys of Herforden - 3 Quediinbourg, Eden, Essen'and Werden. To the Princes of Nassau ; that is to say, Nas sau Usingen ; for the Principality of Saarbruck, the two-thirds of the County of Saarwerden, 'the Seignory of Ostweiler and that of Lahr in the Ortenau ; the remainder of the Eledorate of Mentz on the right of the Mein, with the reser vation of the grand Bailiiwick of Aschaffenhourg, and that between the Mein, the County of Darms tadt, and the Country of Erbach ; Caub, and the remainder of the Electorate. of Cologne, properly called, with the reservation. of the. County of Alt_ weld, the OtinVents of Seligenstadt and.Bleiden stadt, the Cottrityof Sayn Alten_Kirchen, after the death of the Nlargravc orAnspach, the villages of Soden and StStki:zbAelio . - • Nassau Wenkitirg-For the third of Saarwarden and the Seignory of Kircheiro-Polauden ; the re mainder of the Eledorate of Treves, with the Abbey of Arnstein, and that of Marienstadt. Nassau Dillenbonrg For indemnity for the Stadtholderate and territories in Holland and Bel gium ; the Bishoprics of Fulda and Convey ; the City. of Dortmund, the Abbeys and Chaptert situate in these territories,' with a charge upon him to satisfy claims subsisting and previously acknotv_ ledged by France upon certain successions conneded with the majority of Nassau Dillenbourg, during the course of the last century ; the Abbey of,Wein garten and those of Kappel to the country of Lippe, of Kappenbourg, to the countries of Munster- and De;kerchen. To the Mt ugrave of B idel—For his part of the County of Sponheim, and the territories and. Seig niories in the Luxembourg, Alsace, &c. the Bishop_ tic of Constance, the remainder of the Bishopric of Sires, Basle, and Strasburg, the Bailli wicks Pa laine of Ladenbourg, Bretten, and . Heidelberg, v.ith the Cities of Heidelberg, and Manheim, the Seigniory of Lalar, when the Prince of Nassau shall he put into possession of the County of Alten-Kir_ den, the remainder of the County of Lichtenhurg, u ton the right of the Rhine, the Imperial Cities of d'Offenbourg, Zell, Haynersbach, Gengenbach, Üb_ erlingen, Biberach, Pfulendorf, and Wimpfen ; the Abbayes d'Schwaizach, Frauenalb, Aller-Heiligen, Lichtenthal„.Gengenbach; Ettenheim-Munster, Pe tethausen, and Salmansweiller. To the Duke of Witterriberg—For the Princira lily of Mnnibeleard, and his Possessions in Alsace, and Franche„q)mte ; the Provostship of Ellwangen, the Abbey 'Of tWiffolten, the Imperial Cities of Weil, Reutlingen, Eslitwen, Ro t hw ea l, Gi engen , Aulenhall, Gcmeindt, and b Hailbronn. To the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel—For St. Goar and Rheinfels, and as provision for his charge of the Indemnity of Hesse Rothenbourg ; the Mentz Territories situate within Amenebourg and Fritz_ lar, with their Dependencies, and the Village of Holzhatizen. To the Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt for the whole of the County of Lichtenberg, and its De pendencies ; the Palatine Bailliwicks of Lindenfels and Olzberg, and the remainder of the BailliWick of Oppenheiin, the Dutchy of Westphalia, with the reservation of the Indemnity- of the Prince of Wit genstein, the Mentz Bailliwicks of cernsheitn, Bensheim, Hoppenheim, the remainder of the Bishop ric of Worms, the City of Friedberg. .To the Prince of Hohenloe-Bartenstein ; to the Caunt.of Luc wenbaupt ; to the Heirs of the Baron of Dietrich for the allodial parts of the . County of Lichtenberg ; that is to say, to Hohenloe for Ober brOhn, the 'Bailliwick of Yaxtberg,' end the Por tions of Mentz and Wutzbburg, to the Bailliwick' of Knufelshaw ; to the others for,Rauschenbourg, Niderbronn, Reichsolen, Src. the Abbey of Rollen •Munster. To the same Count of Loewenhaupt,, and to the Count of Hillesheim for Reipoltx:.Kir chen, the Heclig-Kruenthal. To the Princes and Counts of Loewanstein—Tor the County of WirmbOurg, the Seigniories of Saar tenech, andotller Territories in the Counties united to France; • the part of Wurtzburg, as far aF, the Counties of Rhineck, and Werthein, on the right of the Mein, the Abbey of Bronnback. To the Prince of Linange The Mentz . Bailli wicks of IV.l:,itt6b6t, AmOtbach, Bischofsheim, IConigshofen, and all the parts of Mentz, comprised betheif 'the 7 ' May n, the • Tauber, the Neckar, and the Cotinty of Erbach, the parcels of Wurtzhprg, upon the left of the Tauber, the Palatine Bailliwicks of Boxburg, of Mosbaeh, the Abbey'of Amorback, and the Provostship of - Combourg, with territorial superiority. To the Count of_Linange Guntersblum•—Tho Mentz Bailliwick, or Kelicry of Billigheim. • TO the . COUni of Linmn - c.)-1-Teide.shciai Ment.l.- Baillitvick. or Kellen: of Neydoan; To the Count of Linang-Westerbourgithe eider branch—The Convent ofSchonthal, upon the-Yaxte; witli.:Terril Superiority the younger breitich, the Provostship of Wimpfen. To the Princes of Salm-Sahn, and Salin-lcirbcurg; to the Rhinegraves, to the Plinces . and,Cdunts Sziltn-Reif?rsheid, the remainder 6f the tipper gishoprie of Munster. -- To the Prince of Wie4Atinkel—Fli the Cotinry of Creange, the County of Aitwied, with the re.. servation of the Bailliwicks of Linz .t 'd To the Duke of Aretnberg.; to the Gaunt de la Marry, to the Prince de Ligne—For, the. Priecipa ;ity of Aremljerg, the pou'Aies of Saffenberg, Schleyden, and Fagno•les . ; the County of Ruckling_ hausen; with the Bailliwick of Dalmen, as far as the ,Country of Monster .• To the Prince and Counts of Solm)—For Rohr bach, Hirchsfeld; the Convents of Ainsbourg, and of IlbenstadC. • , To the Prince of Wilgenste3n—F,.r NeuMayen; &c. the Abbey of Graffschafft, the Distria of Zuschenau, and the Forest of Heilenbc; - gerstreit; as far as the Duchy of Westphalia. To the Cotint of Wartemberg—For Wartem: berg, the Kellery : of Neeke-Steinaek, that of Erenberg, and the Farm of Wimpfen, dependant upon Worms and Spires. TO the Prince of Stolberg—Por the County of Rocheforte; the Convents of Engelthal and Rciken. berg. . . - To the Prince of Isenberg—The part of the Chapter of Jacdbsberg as far as the village of Gemsheini.• To the . Prince of Totir-TaxiS—For. indernnity of revenue of Imperial posts in the ceded provinces and domiiins in Belgium,. the Abbey of Buchans, with the city, those of IVlarelithal and Nernheirn, the Bailliwiek of Ostrach; dependant upon Salmari sweiler. To the Count of Sickingen—For the County of Landsthul, &c. the Abbeys of Ochsenhausen and of Munehroth: To the Count oiLeyen—Foi Blieseastel, &c. the Abbey's of Sehous . ienried; 'Goutenzell, Heybaelt; Bamdt, and Bouxheim. To the Prince of Brezemheith—The Abbey of Lindatt with the City. . . To the Countess of Colloredo—For Daschtlial the Abbeys of Sainte Croix de FiJnawerth. To du: Countess of Sternberg,—For Ilandersheid, Blankenheim, the Abbeys of Weissenau and larty, with the City. • To the Prince of Dietrichstein—For the Seigni ory of de Tr asp, which, will he abandoned to the Grisons, the Seigniory of Neu-Ravensbotitg. To the Counts of Westphalia, of Basienheirn— For 011bruck, of Sinzendorff; for RLineck, of Straesberg; for Kerpen, of Ostein ; fir Mi:len donek, of Quadt ; for Wickerade, of Plettenbera for Wittem, of Metternich. ; fur Vv'ennebourg, of Aspreniont ; for Reckheim, of To'iriog ; for • Gronsleld, of Nessalrade ;. for Welri, &c. the lower Bishopric-of Munster. To the Grand Prior of Moita-LLFor tie Coturnan deries on the left of the R.bine ; the Abbey of Blaise, with the County of Bondorf and Dependen cies ; the Abbeys of Saint Truperr, ,of Schultern, of St, Pieire, and of Tenebach The First Consul of the French Republic, and His Majesty the Emperor, of Russia, irfter having priposed to regulate thus the demal;dable indemnities of the Hereditary Princes, have acknowledged that it was at once possi'Ale ,and fit to 'preserve, in the first College of the Empire; an Ecclesiastical Elee. tor. They propose, in consequence, thlt, the Arch.. Chancellor of the Empire should be transf e r re d the See . Ratisbon, with the Abbeys of &int Eineran, Ober 'Munster, and Heider Munster, keep_ irg of his old possessions the Grand 13ailliwick of Aschafrenbourg, on the right of the Mayik. and that there should be united to it besides, a sufficient number of mediate Abbeys, so as to Make Up to him with said-la n d s , an annua l revenue of a florins. And as the best means to consolidate the Ger . manic Body is to place in the first College the Princes of the greatest influence of the Empire, it is pro posed that the electoral title should he granted to the Margrave of Baden, to the Duke of Wirtem ' ' berg, and to the Landgrave of Hesse-CiNsel. Moreover, as the King of England, in his quality of Elector of Hanover, has raised pretensions to Hildes. beim, Corwey, and Hoexter, and as it would be of interest that-he should desist from his pretensions, it is proposed that the Bishoprick of Osnaburgh, which now.. belongs alternately- to the Electoral House of Brunswick, should devolve t o him i n P er _ petuity, upon the following conditions -• First, That the King of -England, Elector of Hanover, shall renounce all his rights and preten. sions to Hildesheirn, Convey, and Hoexter. Secondir, Thai lie shall likewise give up to the Cities of fiarniiurgh and Bremen, the Rights and Pro perties which he exercises and possesses in the.said Cities, and within the extent of their Territory: Thirdly. That .he shall cede the Bailliwick of • Wildchauseh to the . Mike of Oldenbourg, and his rights to the eventual succession of the County of Sayn, Alteukirchett . to the Prince of Nassau- Usingen. s_ In consideration of the Cession of the Bailliwiek of Wildliatrsen, to the Duke of Oldenbourg, and the s Secularization.that shall be made for his advan. cage of the-BiShopric, and of the Grand Chapter of Lubeck; the toll of Elsfleet shall be suppressed, and shall not be,te-established under any pretence -what_ ever, and ',the .Rights and .Properties of the mid Bi shopric And Chap•er in the City of Lubeck shall be united to the Domain of the said City. The- Pitkositions Made with rel a ti on t o t h e In demniti6;'.)ead to . sey.eral general conS4ier a ti ons , which ou4lit to occupy the attention of the Diet, and on which they, Will not fail to 'mike the ne„,. cessary deciSions. :It appears then— First, That the Ecclesiastical' Property of the Grand Chapters and their Dignitaries, ought to be • incorporated With the Domains of,the Bishoprics, and pass with the Bishoprics to the Prikes to whom they are allotted. Secondly, That the property of the Chapters, Abbies, and Consents, as well of men as of women,