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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE PARIS PARIS. JUNE 5. This day His Excellency Mouh►h Effendi. in vested with one of the great oifices of the Ottoman Porte, and Ambassador Extraordinary of the Sub lime Porte, had his first audience of His Majesty the Emperor and King. At eleven o'clock, His Excellency the Grand Master, a Master, and an Assistant of the cere monies, wish four Imperial carriages, with.* horses, went to fetch the Ambassador born his hotel. His Excellency proceeded he the palace of the Tuileries, in the order usual ifslmilar circum stances. The Ambassador was conduited to His Majesty by the Grand Master, the Master and the Assistant of the Ceremonies ; the Emperor's guard was un der arms. and formed a line. His Excellency the Marechai Colonel• General of the Guard received the Anshassad r at the door of the first hall. The Xisperor was on his throne, surrounded by princes. ministers, great nthcers. and officers of his household. and by the members of the Council of State. i The Ambassador, on arriving at the hall where the throne was, made three profound reverences ; the first on entering, the second in the middle of the hall, and the third at the foot of the throne. The Emperor then saluted him by taking off his hat, which he put on again. The Ambassador addressed his compliment to His Majesty in the Turkish language, and it was translated by she French interpreter : i , Sias—iiis Majesty the Emperor , Master on the two continents, and on the two INPAS, the faithful preserver of the twe holy towns, the Sultan Seism Han, whose reign be eternal I sends me to His Ins periat and Royal Majesty Napoleon the First, the greatest among the sovereigns of Cnristendbm, the bright star of the glory of the western nations. Who bolds with a tirrn hand the sword of valour, and the sceptre at justice, to transmit to him this Imperial letter, which contains congratulations on • the accession to the Imperial and Royal Throne, and * . the assurances of a pule and pence attachment. • •• The Sublimi Porte has never ceased to form wishes for the prosperity of France, and far the . ' glory which its sublime and immortal Emperor has acquired, and is desirous of strongly manifesting the joy which is fek en the occasion. It is with this view, Sire, that my ever magnanimous Sovereign has ordered me to repair to the throne of - ur Im perial and Royal Majesty, to congratul • you on your accession to the throne, and to in ' 1111 yen, I that as the ordindy communications are aidt ads. goats to seen a circumstance, he resolved to send a : . special Ambassador, to cadres' in a stranger man ear the sentiments of confidence, attachment, and adtuiratiou, with which he is filled for a Prince, whom he considers as the most ancient, the most faithful, and the most necessary friend of his Em pire." His Majesty made the following answer: ils Sir, your mission is agreeable to me ; the as moraines which you give me cf the sentiments of fielltan Saline, your master, make a deep impression •AM my heart. One of the greatest and most pre. ',.. -eine advantages which lam desirous of obtaining # • &bib slos *accesses gained by my arms. is to sup ! • • potirdi to aid the most useful, as well as the old •• 411.1 *iy allies. Of this I am delighted to give you I • : 'c and solemn assurance. Whatever is for * discs anus for the Ottomans, will be for as for Prance. Transmit, Sir, • , . itectarl:Sultan Selim, let him remember diet erherieser my enemies, who are likewise his, dill appear before him : He can never have My thing to fear from me; whea united with me. he will never have any thing to fear from the pow er of say of my enemies." • of His Majesty was likewise trans- I . illivirosteb interpreter. k , • rt e after having kissed the letter of litt etas resented it to the Emperor, who .. _. . .. deliverid it to tie Minister of Exterior Relations. The audienee being over, the Ambassador retired, • 'Soaking three profound reverences, and remained in Ike ball adjoining that of the throne, where the Grand Signior's presents were spread out on a Sable. The Emperor having received notice from the Grand Master of the Ceternonies, and being pre. seeded by him, proceeded to the Hall, and the Am bassador, after making a reverence to His Majesty, offered kiln the presents, consisting of a diamond wrote, and a very rich box set with diamonds, and embellished with the cypher of Sultan Selim. The Amb as sador, at the same time, 'hewed His Majesty the presents intended for the Empress, con- Miring of a collar of pearls, perhimes, and mag sittoeut stuffs. The Emperor examined these presents, and then went to a window, looking into the Court-yard, to lope& the very rich barnesees, which were likewise presented to His Majesty, and with which some Arabian horses were caparisoned. His Majesty having returned to the Hall, con traing the Throne, the Ambassador Extraordinary was constacted to 414 eurlions* of . .kdor Majesty, the Empress, who received him standing, sur rounded by Peincesses, and her lad:es and officers. He was introduced by the Chamberlain, who in troduces Ambassadors to Her Majesty, the Ein pms, and was presented by Her Majesty's Lady Of Honour. The Ambassador Extraordinary was re-conduEled to his Hotel by the same retinue which accurn- ibilied him in coming. At half-past twelve, their Excellencies the Ex traordinary Ambassadors of their High Mighti lyeeSei the States of Holland, were admits' to an audience of His Majesty the Emperer and King. A Master and an Assistant of the Ceremonies grant to fetch them from their Hotel at eleven o'clock, in three Imperial carriages, with six hones. The Extraordinary Ambassadors were conduced to an audience of His Majesty by the Grai.d Master, the Master And Assistant of the Ceremonies, awl received at the door of the fires Hall by His Ex-' eedency, the titsr.bal, Colonel-Geueral of tbg Guard. On arriving at the hall of the Throne, they made three reverences, aa.J icz-Adrui:al Yu- ..- .. Intel, President of the Deputation, ptarranoted slat [slowing discourse: " Ste a—The representatives of a people knoirn for its eoutageous patience in difficult torero, cele brated, we venture to say, by the solidify of its judgment, and by its fidelity in fulhlliag engage ments which it has contracted. base given us the honourable mission to present ourselves before your Majesty's throne. " This people has long suffered from the agita tions bf Europe, And diem its own. r 1 witness of the catastrophes which have overthrown some states, a 'idiot to the disorders which have shaken all, it is sensible that the, interests and relations which now unite or divide the great powers, im posed on it the duty of placing itself under the first of political safe-guards in Europe, and that its :very imbecility required that it should place its in stitutions in harmony with those of the state, whose protetlion elate can preserve it from the danger of slavery, or of destruction. " These representatives have maturely and so lemnly deliberated on the circumstances of the pre sent times, and on the alarming probabilities of the future ; they beheld even in the term of the calami ties with which Europe has long been afilifted, both the causes of their own misfortunes, and the re medy to which they ought to recur. us We are charged, Sire, to express to your Ma jesty the wishes of the representatives of our people: we intreat Yost to grant us, as the Supreme Chief of our Republic, as King of Holland, the Prince Louis Napoleon, brother of your Majesty, to wbom we deliver. with entire and tespectdul confidence, the administration of our laws, the defence of our po lijcal and all the interests of our beloved country. " Under the sacred auspices of Providence, under clue glorious proteCtioo of your Imperial and Royal Majesty ; filially, under the authority of the pater nal government, which we demand of you, we ven ture to hope, Sire. that Holland, inured fur ever of the affeßion of the greatest of monarchs, and closely united, by her very destiny, to that of your immense and immortal empire, will behold the re storation of its ancient glory, of its repose, of which it has long been deprived, and of its prosperity ; which losses, that will no longer be considered as irreparable, will have impaired only for a time." His Majesty answered in these terms : BILISIZORS, IIIeTRISINT•TIVES Of TUE BATA VIAN erianie, " I have always considered it the first interest of my crown, to proted your cou ry. Whenever I have been obliged to interfere in your internal af fairs, I have been struck with the inconveniencies attached to the uncertain form of your government. If you were governed by a popular Assembly, it would.bo influenced by intrigues, and agitated by the neighbouring powers; if by an elective Magistracy, every renewal of this Magistracy. would be a cri tical moment for Europe, and the signal of new maritime wars. All the e inconveniencies could not be obviated but by an hereditary government. I call ed it into your country by my counsels. at the time of the establishment of your list Constitution ; and the offrr you make of the crown of Holland to Prince Louis, is conformable to the true interests of your country, to mine, and capable of insuring the ge neral tranquillity of Europe. France has been generous enough to renounce the claims upon you which the events of war had conferred ; but I could not entrust the strong places which cover my nor thern frontier. to an unfaithful, or even a suspefted hand. " Messieurs, Representatives of the Betavian peo ple. I coincide in the desire of their High Mighti. nesse.. I proclaim Prince Louis, King of Holland. Reign, Prince, over these people ; their fathers ac quired independence, only by the constant assistance of France. Holland was rocterwards the ally of England, and was conquered; she was again in debted for her existence to France. Let her, then, be indebted to you for Kings who shall protect her liber ties, her laws, and her religion ; but never cease to be a Frenchman. The dignity of Constable of the Empire shall be possessed by you and your de scendants: it will remind you of the duties you have to fulfil towards me. and the importance which I attach to the keeping of the stong places that secure the north of my dominions, and with which I entrant you. Keep up, Prince, among your troops, that spirit with which I have seen them animated in the field of battle. Encourage, in your new subjeas. senti ments of union and love towards France. Be the terror of the wicked, and the father of the good : such is the character of great kings," His Imperial Highness, Prince Louis. then ad vanced to the foot of the throne, and said : " Sire, I had placed all my ambition in sacri ficing my life in the service of your Majesty. All my happiness consisted in a near admiration of those qualities which render you so dear to those, who, like me, have frequently witnessed the power and the effeas of your genius. You will, therefore, permit me to feel sonic regret at parting from you; but my life and my will arc your's. I will go and reign in Holland, sleet those people desire it, and I am ordered by your Majesty. " Sire, when your Majesty left France to go to conquer Europe, which had conspired against you, you wereidcazed to appoint me to prided Holland from the Invasion with which it was threatened on this occasion I learned to appreciate the charac ter of those people, and the qualities by which they are distinguished. " Yes. Sire, I shall be proud of reigning over them ; but however glorious may be the career which is opened to me, the assurance of the constant proteSion of your Majesty. the love and patriot ism of my new subjects, are capable of exciting the hope of healing the wounds occasioned by so many wars, and by events accumulated in so few years. " Sire, when your Majesty shall affix the lust seal to your glory, by giving peace to the world, the places which you shall confide to my care, to that of my children, to the Dutch soldiers who fought at Austerlitz, in your sight—those places, I say, will he well guarded. United by interest, my people will likewise be united by the sentiments id love and gra titude of their King, to your Majesty, and to stance." A t le- this speech, the Ettraordinary Ambassadors retired, making three profound reverences. F.•tipernr then proceeded to his apartments to givr audience to the persons there assembird. He was preeeded by hie Ittgrrst knerer, who was eh eout.ced by the duor-I::eper as tko, Aiag of Hoitud. • .%. • - • , The ExtraordinnreAnsbassacTors of Holiatd were comlnd-d to an audience of Her Majesty the Em press, in which the forms already described were observed. 'They then returned to their hotel with the same retinue as attended them to their palace. This day, at twelve o'clock, the Prince Arch• Chancellor of the Empire repaired to the Senate, which bad been convoked, and which assembled under his Presidentship. His Serene Highness, after he had opened the sitting, made the following speech and commu nications: 4 Gentlemen, I come by the command of His Majesty the Emperor and King, to acquaint you with various regulations, which will be, to the Se nate, both a new subjeet for applauding the great and generous views with whiali our Sovereign is animated, And an authentic testimony of the re instant confidence which all our neighbours have placed in the Imperial House. "t After many successive changes in its Govern ment, the Dutch nation, so delinerate in its mea sm es, so steady in ite resolutions, seeks to fie its des nies under the ugh of a throne, and causes for its first monarch, His Imperial Htghness Prince Louis Napoleon. His Majesty, the Emperor and King, consents that Isis augnst brother shall comply with the wishes of the Dutch nation ; and when he w Sad . ti , as f i t his dearer affedions to the public weal. His jes ty thinks It his duty to indemnify himself An site French people, by seeming to His Highness the dignity of Constable, and confiding to his isecing the Northern fronti-r of the empire. " His Majesty likewise consents that his Emi nence Cardinal Fesch shall comply, by his accept ance, with the choice made by his Eledoral High ness the Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Germanic empire, in appointing him his coadjutor and suc cessor. " L istly, His Majesty has conferred the Princi pality of Benevento on At Ile Talleyrand, Minister of Exterior Relations, and that of Ponta Corvo on the Marechal Bernadotte " Holland, whose relations with France have ne ver been impaired, but in consequence of false con ceptions, is now re-attached to her by this great Alliance, which becomes a pledge so much the more sure of the establishment of peace, as it de prives ambitious and turbulent neighbours of the hope of deriving advantage from the troubles in separable from an uncertain government, and an eledive magistracy. " The assiduity of Monseigneur Prince Louis ; his military talents ; incessant labours, which, at an early period multiplied for him the means of in strudion ; a perfect morality, which makes him discover duties to he fulfilled, where others would perceive only prerogatives to be exercised ; such, Gentlemen, are the omens of the success of the new monarch, in the career to which Providence calls him, as well as the guarantees that he will tender his authority useful and dear to the people who are desirous to live under his laws. " Cardinal Fesch, Gentlemen, is so intimately connected with .you, that you cannot behold with indifitrence the reward conferred on his virtues. The elevation of that prelate to the electoral dig nity, will multiply for him the means of doing good, as well as the opportunities of giving his Majesty new proofs of his fidelity and of his at tachment. tt When the Emperor determined to establish peat hereditary fiefs, he told you, Gentlemen, that he found in this institution the means of conci.iating the interests of the dignity of his throne, and the sentiment of his gratitude for services rendered him in the civil and in the military career. Such are the motives of the .distindion conferred on Messrs. Talleyrand and Bernadotte. The first loss 11:.g I been the depository of the confidence of His Ma jesty in the direction of foreign affairs ; the second has snare than once, and on recent occasions, powerfully maintained the glory of our arms. ti I deliver to the Senate, with the Message of His Majeity, various documents relative to the events which occasioned them. These papers will be deposited in your archives, and transcribed on . your registers, destined to become in future the re cords of the nation, from the multiplied comtntini ' cations which the Emperor and King is pleased to make to you, concerning all that relates to the great interests of the state." FIESSAGR OF HIS MAJESTY Tilt !NITEROI AND LINO. " Senators—We charge our cousin, thl Arch. Chancellor of the empire, to inform you, that incom pliance with the wishes of their High l e itighltilleesess we hare proclaimed our dearly bolo vect laiarhar. Prince Louis Napoleon. King of Holland, that the said crown may be hereditary, in full sovereignty, in order of primogeniture, in the legitimate male de scendants of his body ; our intention being, at the same time, that the King of Holland, and his de scendants, retain the dignity of Constable of the Empire. Our determination, on this subject, has ap peared to us to coincide with the interests of our subjeas. In a military point of view, as Holland , possesses all the =cuss Plaits which defead our . northern frontier, it STAG of importance to the secu rity of our dominions, that the keeping of them should be entrusted to persons, of whose attach ment we could not entertain any doubt. In a com mercial point of view, I loiland beirg situated at the mouth of the great rivers that water a considerable portion of our territory, it was necessary that we should have a guarantee for the faithful execution of the treaty of commerce we shall conclude with her, in order to reconcile the interests of our mann faftures and of our commerce, with those of the commerce of that people. Finally, Holland is the first political interest of France. An eleffive Ma gistracy would have been attended with the incon. venience of frequently subjefling that country to the intrigues of our enemies, and each eleetion would have been the signal for a new war. •• Prince Louis, being animated by no personal ambition, has givens us a proof of the love he bears us, and cf his esteem for the people of liollanJ, by accepting a throne which imposes on him such great obligations. The Arch-Chancellor of the Empire of Ger many, Elector of Ratisbon, and Primate of Ger many, having roadie kern, to us that it nes lilt intenti7r. tc tak, a coadjiitn.., and that, in ennjii.,.:- tion with his Minister., Arai the principal lliauvcrs of his CThapter, he 7•ad thought it fot the good u i" religion, and o: . the Ge' manic Empire, to nomin 4 , to that poet our uncle and onto in, Cardinal our Grand Almoner and Archti::,op of Lyons, We hive accepted that nomination in the name of the CHrdin4l. If this &stet mination of the Eledur Arch-Chanceilor of the Empire, is usef.:l to G er . many, it is not less conformable to tae polities France. "t Thus the str►ice of the country calls away from us our brothels and. our children; but our dearest ofrealoits centre in the happiness arid prusp. rity our people. " In our Palace of St. CI-otd, June 5, 1806. .(signed) tt Nairot.som. '• 1 y the Emperor. " Tl.e Minister Scurfy,' of State. (Signed) "H. B. MAKLT." TREATY. 11.. 1 dvor;eland Reysl Majesty Napoleon, Emperor of Me Fr.-rich add K.og of hely, and the As-em of their Hieu Migraine:l4es repieseitting the &Leven 'o e uvre?, ender me pre-ideocy of Ilia Ea the Graod Petweinary, ~.erred by the Ceu. c.l State, acid by the DA JJJJ t et: *MI Ss comae. o. State, co.;s4en• pea I. That in en...widens' or the reiteiat state of mint, end the re... e at orgeois a ties tit L• ampe. a govern.rent witheet eon. sistency, and withoet certain dug:shoo, cannot fu.r.i the obit@ of Eta : g That the veridical .:hange of the chief of the sate o r,i elevate be ill Il4l:atlti it ',outlet or aird t•ie.iiisly a rentstaist subjed or aguation and des: .rd between tire pow.:s ,br inimical to Hodunt : 8 'I hat an hisiedetary rev tytwttett a'oae ran ensure the tranquil prradwetien • all that is de, 1 , . the Leineh poopte, the filsitegercini in thew religiou, the present:Amu of their their polrthan arid civil Mle i ntudeitc.. : 4 That the moat inijmnant tie its ;Mere:its is to inure for Itself a poweind protertoni, under t:.• eielier of which it may OTT!? .aercin its itedustry,suirt maintain itself in t h e te•7itary, its co newton and Its conmies : '. That Flatlet is orneittr..lly ietermted .n the averaze or the Dutch people, in me prosperity of the !tali, and the .t.ibata of ill institutions, as well in etnemeration of the Nurt...r o Frontiers of the Emore, hid open and ilestiiine of ther•ie places, as with regent to th- ororciple. and ii.terests of g •arc. tat Rohde", As Miniateis P:eitnicrtroitiey iure berth By His Majesty the Kaineria of the V.ench and King of It a ;., M. Chedes Main. e Talleyraud , Grand Chattaberlem, bin n i., rer or E ‘ t e nn t R,lations, li.anl C...tlnn of the Leine of He tour, Knight of the of the Rol and Black Prua.ia, and of the (helm of St Haber% de. dire. By H.s Excellency the G..aud Ptrisionary Charles Heart Vshuet , V:ce Admiral, arid Minister of the Mvintie of the gatasian Republic, deck/hod Strth the. Grad Eagle of the Legion of Honour ; Isaac John A.exam!er (:1 reel. hl muster of the Finances; John Van Styrian, Member us 1..* Assembly of their li.gh Mizlionenes '„Villia.n six, Member of the C'uuncil of Sete; and Gerard der Bra./th a., Monster Pledipetentia, of the R.rtavian Republic to Ida e,.al mad Royal Majesty, decorated wall the Gard Fasts of the Legion of Honour; woo, alter estcbang•ng their full powers, agieed to the followieg Attlee,: Aar. I. Alts Majesty, the Finance of the Vend , . sod King of hale, both for himself and his H, rev and Sec.:metre for ever, easrantees to Hul•aod tire inabitionanee of her con stitutional rights, her independence, the interny of her possessions in the two world., her political, Civil, and religraus liberty, as saiiSiunal be the lawa et present estatillascu, ar,l the abolition of every privilege in the way id iinpost. 11. tin the formal d;uvaid made by to Nisi Migh.i. nes.m, representing the hatavoin Republic • that ranee Lon Napoleon be nominated and crowned hereditary and eonsriti.. venal King of Holland, /Ca Nleje.t.. compile.. with this ant onshore, a rrinc‘t 1.31114 laktflethille to wwee:n the Crow.. • r fin - land, to be phetietted by Min sod his legitimate and main deszehdaa:% in aide of prirergentture, bi the perpettlal ex cursion ..f.f.,:ma'os and their dencetulait,... In consequence of this anthorls aim:, the Prince-I.mill Ni p/Ikon will ;tosses. that Crown is in.e tide at E-ig, and w,t.t eli the power and all the authority that shell he deter/31P be the constituthnial Was, which the Srapeiar Ilepoisow ii.a guarantee.. vi tire pospeding article. • It i., nevertheless, decreed. that Cie Crown. of rime. and Holland cell never be united tin the Lime head. 1,1. The domains of the Cr.", tt emit son7posa : • ' 1. A Palowe at the il.gue, which stall be itihrti4 for the rea.deece of ire Royal (err .y I tau, Lee home ire thcberies.: three, tire dmstain of Soendi Is ; four, a Reve, ue. ,a futiv property of Santee. Toe law of the St de prog to the King a farther andual suns of i. 490,00 florins money tit flatland, payable one twelfth mancay. IV. to cove of minority', the keg nry height. by rightlo the Qtre•o, and if there he none. the limpet., of the Feeoet, his qt,shty of perpetual Chicrof the f.nherial iC.rmiiy , sh.ll nominate the Regent of the Kiogdom. whir shati beelines.' from am -nit the Pr.nces tarthe loyal family, or. in fe.Aaso of them, front among native, of the country: • The minorhy of Kiags shell terminate on the oorepletion their elideei.tli Vett. . - V. The Qattin's dowry shall be determined by her marliage cont-act. Fir Tat time it is greed, that this dowry f.xed at the annual sum of :.O 001, dorins, itt.icts dull be take from the domains of the Crown. 11,t i e the deduction of the sum, balf of the rentsinder of the revenues of the Creisn *ail be egrende I no the filellteilailee Of the h..withuid of tie minor kit;; the Mlles half shall defray the siiiPeeiCeli lei lin Regency. VI, The King of Holland shall be in perpetuity a C,tnil Dignitary of the Ein d ite, be the title of Conetable Ihe faitetious elf this high cl.enity m iy , nelerth.less, be futhiled, at the pleasure of the Ein.rerat of the French, by a Prince Vice-Condab:e, whet tie shall lino: proper to create th.t dignity Vll. The Members of the reigning House in Holland shall remain personally sohjea to the thins:ma n. of the Comore tinsel Star lite of thentnn of March lan, haulms the La of the heateinal Family of Fume& VIU. The oMc s end emmleements cattle Stare, whet than those co meekest with the pen mat service tit the Meuse bold, shed be conk red only on 11311tet. IX 'rite arm, of the King shed hit the ancient arms of Hof taint, qiianered with the I.nperial Eagle of France, sail sot. eneunted with the Royal Crown. X. A Treaty of Comment' snail be immediately ccuelud.d b.etween the cont•acting Powers, by vials* ref which thy s of Hollend shall as all times be treded, in the ports as in the tetritory at the F.eiieb Em he, as the mn,t t. vuorednatiost. His Majesty, toe Emperor, moreover envier haersanley Asia . 11.tauferenee ia.Wl she Sorban. Powers. that me Dutch flag may he me‘pectei by them, at Well as that of Ms Majesty the Emperor of :he /tench The ratiti•stioc.. of the present treaty shall eitehonyl at Paris in the space of tta days. Pater a May 24, IN ri ‘Signed) CH. M. TALLEYRAND. CH. HENRY VERHIJEI.. J. J. A. Gt./GEL. JOHN VAN silfifiAlm, w. SIX. BRANTSEff. (A correct Copy.) The Minister of Extereor Relations, (signed) Cll. M. TALLEY'RANI)r, Translation of the letter adel-esned to the Crete:44llC Diot: s. the 27th on . May, by the Baron to Hite rj: the trade br bis Seraue Highness the Elector ..Vet.•ChanecCei, Of his Eminence, Cardinal Penis, for its, zondiauca SUCCeSSOf 's The recess of the sleparitian (Screed ice after calamitous wars, arid enneetteld. into a fair:-.:s mental law of the empire, had anoint exzited in al. aermany, the hope, that by its execut;pn„ trsn-, Ruillisy arid crder would be restored, that ths Ilea between the states of the empire would to strengthened, and that the eanttitution Would t':r maintained in ks ets-nrial 1%4 , ts. But new w:'- 71 .• IA Which thr ertyire liar titolathe thg that:'