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vidence, and seemed to promise a long repose to
the continent.
But a great man; cabinets of Europe are sooner
or later influenced by England; and without a solid
peace with that power, our people will be unable to
enjoy the benefits which are the first aim of our
liberty. Thus, notwithstanding our triumphant si
, suation, we have been stopped in our late negocia
tions with England neither by the arrogance of her
language, nor by the sacrifices which she wished to
impose upon us. The island of Alalta, to which
was attached in a manner the honour of this war,
and which, retained by England in contempt of trea
ties, was the principal cause of it; we had ceded;
we had consented that, to the possession of Cey
lon and the empire of the Mysore, England should
add that of the Cape of Good Hope.
But all our efforts must have miscarried when the
councils of our enemies ceased to be animated with
the noble ambition of reconciling the good of the
world with the present prosperity of their own
country, and their present prosperity with a lasting
prosperity; and no prosperity can be lasting for
Eugland, unless it is founded upon an exaggerated
and unjust policy, which would strip sixty mil
lions of inhabitants, their neighbours, rich and
brave, of all trade and navigation.
. Immediately after the death of the principal mi
nister of England, it was easy for us to perceive,
that the continuation of the negociatious had no
longer any other object but to cover the plots of this
fourth coalition stifled in its birth. "f'
In this new position, we have adopted for the in
variable principle of our.conduct, to evacuate nei
ther Berlin nor Warsaw, nor the provinces which
the force of arms has made to fall into our hands,
before the general peace be concluded, the Spanish,
Dutch and French colonies restored; before the
foundation of the Ottorhan power be strengthened,
and the absolute independence of that vast empire,
the first interest of our people, irrevocably conse
crated.
We have put the British islands in a state of
blockade, and have ordered against-them disposi
tions repugnant to our heart. It has been painful
to us to make the interest of private persons depend
upon the disputes of kings, and to return, after so
many years of civilization, to the principles which
characterize the barbarity of the first ages of na
tions. But we have been constrained, forthegoodof
nur people and of our allies, to oppose tothecommon
enemy the same arms he made use of against us. These
determinations, commanded by a just sentiment of
reciprocity, have been inspired neither by passion
por by hatred. What we offered after having dis
sipated the three coalitions which had contributed
so much to the glory of our people, we still offer at
this day, when our arras have obtained new tri
umphs. We are ready to make peace with England;
we are ready to make it with Russia and Prussia;
but it can only be concluded upon such bases as that
it may not permitany power whatever to arrogate to
herself any right of supremacy over us, that it shall
restore the colonies to their mother country, and that
it shall secure to our trade and industry the pros
perity which they ought to attain.
And if the whole of these dispositions removes
for some time yet the re-establishtnent of general
peace, however short this delay may be, it will ap
pear long to our heart. But we are certain that
our people will appreciate the wisdom of our poli
tical motives, that they will judge with us that
a partial peace is only a truce which makes us lose
all our acquired advantages to give a rise to a new
war, and that in fine, it is only in a general peace
that France can find happiness.
We are in one of those important moments for
the destiny of nations ; and the French people will
show themselves worthy of the one which awaits
them. The senatus consultum which we have or
dered to be proposed to you, and which will place
at our disposal in the first dajs of the year, the
conscription of 1807, which, in ordinary circum
stances, should only be raised, in September, will
be executed with eagerness by fathers as well as by
children. And at what finer moment could we call
the young Frenchmen to arms ? They will have tp
cross, for the purpose of repairing to their colours,
the capitals of our enemies and the fields of battle
rendered illustrious by the victories of their elder*
brothers. , .
Given at Berlin, the 21st Nov. 1806.
. . (Signed) NAPOLEON.
By the emperour,
The minister secretary of state,
(Signed) II. B. MARET.
Report of tie minister for foreign affairs to his ma
jesty the emperour and king.
Sire,
A fourth coalition was formed. In less than a
month it has been confounded. In less tlmn a month
Prussia has seen her army, her strong places, her
capital and her provinces fallen into the power of
your majesty, and now she implores for peace.
‘ In the preceding coalitions, evety enemy of France,
as soon as he was vanquished, also sued for and ob
tained peace. It was hoped that particular and
successive treaties of peace would lead to a general
one, at once honourable and secure. Three times
has this hope been disappointed; three times has
experience, proved that in following the same sys
tem of moderation and generosity, France would
be constantly deceived. Each coalition, upon be
ing destroyed, engendered a new one, and France
was menaced with an eternal war.
The French empire has attained a degree of pow
er and greatness which your majesty did not seek.
Attacked on all sides with unexampled fury, and
placed in the alternative of dying or conquering,
France has fought only for her safety, and, victo
rious, she has made rise of victory only to display
her moderation. She has not destroyed those who
wished to destroy her ; she has made immense con
quests, she has kept only a small number of them;
she would have kept still less of them, if the blind
passions which glowed around her, had not put her
under the necessity of aggrandizing herself for her
own preservation. . Nowuiat she is attacked for
the fourth time with the same spirit of hatred and
with the same views of destruction, your majesty
lias no other aim but to recover what is indispensa
ble to tbe prosperity of your people. Bat it is an
aim which you cannot attain but by availing your
self of all the( greatness of your advantages, and
by reserving your conquests as objects of compen
sation ii» the ariani’ements trf the general pence.
Two powers, enemies of the repose of Europe,
ha%e united for the purpose of perpetrating the dis
cord of wax. 'TBe objects'of their ambition are
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different, but the Same hatred animates tfiem'against
France, because they know that France cannot
cease opposing the accomplishment of their perni
cious designs. Unceasingly occupied in seeking &
.exciting new enemies against her, they employ for
this purpose every kind of artifice and intrigue, me
naces, carasses, corruption, calumny; and when
they aspire to invade, oppose, and enslave every
thing, it is France they accuse of pretending to it.
England pretends to the exclusive navigation of*
the sea. She arrogates to herself the monopoly of
all trade and industry, and whenever the irresistible
force of events has obliged France to intervene in
the concerns of the petty states her neighbours, and
to intervene in them for their Own repose. Eng
land has given the signal of accusations and com
plaints. She has first sounded the alarm, and be
cause a few towns or a few countries submitted for
centuries past to the influence of France were agaiu
submitted to it, she represented France as menacing
the independence of the great states. Was it upon
petty states, which were submitted for a century
past to her influence and in a manner drawn into the
sphere of her activity f Was it not on the contrary
upon slates considered at all times as the principal
ones in Europe, that England exercised her violati
ons, when the powers of the north, whohad united
for the purpose ot defending the eternal principles of
neutrality, were forced to subscribe to her monstrous
pretensions, and to sacrifice, -with their own inte
rests, the dearest interest of France ? At that time
the independence of nations <rasnot only menaced,
it was attacked, violated, pnd,* as far as depended
on England, annihilated. _ Of what use was it that
England had been obliged to acknowledge, by the
convention of Petersburg!], a few principles, which
neither her seduction tfor her menaces had beeiuble
to get abandoned f Taimed»tetfMu^^iBHH|v
trampled on them, o;
a manner at once the most. tv^BL
senseless, the rights of blogjkade^VL
u: according 10 ireaties, DCi
places invested and in dangetpf J
pretended, however, to ext
mouths of rivers, to wholi,
whole empire—Certainly,
ed and in danger of being
France has been declared j
acting in this manner, dg
claim that she acknowl
are nothing to her, a|
right but that of fo^
thing legitimat«|
The goveWp
solely taken tf
mensc states, ar
a wise legislation,’
the eriiue which, ij
rank of independ
aryl illustrious
vers and;
the Ottor
made use ofi _
Turkey. It Mov
sedition and revolt,
the Servians agamy
Moravia, the\tt
in 1788. VVi
by two tr
had dec;
posed the
an asylum,
and menacing'
she required the
had the grief of se
its declared ene;
own choosing
olated by an at
dignity of all
more the clioic
a sovereign; s
and Moldavia n
and these two great
by men sold to Russia
real conquest.
With such enemies,* whose
moderation has been unable
notwithstanding your victories,:
object, listening only to thaL,
pectingnjo, right, your majaply ii
the emotions of your generosity,
nation which leads you to wish for”
a law for you to relinquish none of yoi
before the entire and absolute independent
Ottoman empire, an independence whichf
interest of France, be acknowledged alLB*.„>u„-.
teed ; before the Spanish, Dutch, and French colo
nies, the loss of which has been solely occasioned
by the diversion effected by the four coalitions, be
restored, and a general code be adopted, conforma
bly to the dignity of allcfbwus, and capable of se
curing the rights of all nations on the high seas.
1 he justice and necessity of this determination
will be universally felt; it will be a benefitfor your
majesty’s allies, and for all commercial towns of
your empire, which have been despoiled only by fa
vourof these same wars, the events of which have
put so many vast states in the power of your majes
ty. In any other system, the interests of these al
lies and of so many populous cities would be aban
doned, the fruits ot the most astonishing victories
would be lost, and France, in the midst of unheard
ot triumphs, after so many exploits which have ag
grandized and covered her with gloryv would have
ho prospect of repose; she would.nut perceive the
period when she might lay down ier arms, betake
herself to the peaceful occupations of industry and
rommeice, to which nature calls her, and make
upon another theatre less shining, but sweeter con
quests, which she should not have bought by the
effusion of blood that is so dear to her, and which,
equalling her happiness to her glory, would cost
humanity no tears,
(Signed) Ch. Maur. Talleyrand,
_ , Prince of Benevento.
Berlin, Nov. 15, 1806.
Report of the Minister for Foreign relations to his
mqjesty the emperor and king.
Sire, ; *'.*_
Three centuries of civilization have bestowed on
Europe a right of persons, which, according to the
expression of an illustrious writer, human nature
: cannot sufficiently acknowledge.
This right is founded on the principle, that nations
ought*to do to themselves; in peace the greatest
benefit, and in war,' the least evil possible.
Conformably to the maxim, that war is hot a re
lation between one man'and another, but jr relation
I between one state and another, in whicli individuals
, •
■’V* *.. 'it.\s V*;<-*• *- y& V*v* **> j
areonlyenefflfcs accidttrtallj,*g^M mm,' not even
as members or subjects of the state, but merely as
its defenders ; tlic ■ rights of persons do not allow
that the right of war, and the right of conquest
which is derived from it, should extend to peacea
ble and unarmed citizens, to habitations and pri
vate property, to commercial merchandize, to
warehouses which contain them, to the waggons
which transport them, and to the unarmed vessels
which convey them along rivers and over seas, in
short to the persons and property of private indivi
duals.
• This right which has arisen out of civilization,
has favoured its progress. It is to it that Europe
has been indebted for the maintenance.and growth
of her prosperity, even in the midst of the frequent
wars which have divided her.
England alone has preserved or resumed the usa
ges of barbarous times. It is by her refusal to re
nounce privateering that this unjust and cruel prac
tice has been maintained in spite of France, who,
in time of peace solely moved by ideas of justice
and humanity, had proposed to abolish it.
France has done every thing to mitigate at least
an evil which she could not prevent—England
on the contrary, has done every thing, to agra
vateit. *
Not contented with attacking merchantmen and
treating the crews ot unarmed vessels as prisoners
of war, she has regarded as an enemy- every one be
longing to the enemy's stdte, and has also made pri
soners of war the merchants and commercial
agents who were on their voyage to transact their
business.
f- But it^was not sufficient for her view^4}ius to in
Property, to strip and oppress innocent
a^JPpablejirivate persons, havingJMmained for
time bchindkhand with the nations of the
Bill who preceded her in the road bf cjvilati
V receiv*! all the bene tits of. jt, she
HveaHErash project of beccmung the sole
>w - hi . declare that the
>le of Frauce drould be in a state of blockade,
tnce declare, in her turn, that the British 1s
are blockaded.
Since England looks on every Frenchman as an
enemy, let every Englishman or English subject,'
found m the countries occupied by the French ar
mies, be made a prisoner of atari' :-r ■■
Since England aims her blow; at the private pro*
perty of peaceable merchants, lei the property Of'
every Englishman and tubject of England, of whate
ver nation toner, be confiscated. . 4 ?
Sino® England is resolved on annihilating all in
dustry on the continent, whoever earnes bn a trade'
in English merchandise, favours her designs to the
uttnost'bf his power, and becomes her accomplice.
Let all trade in- English merchandise be declared il-.
legaland let all the produce of the English manu
factories or colonies found in the places occupied
by the French troops, be confiscated, w ^ 4
Since England is resolved on interupting naviga
tion find all maritime commerce, let no vessel co
ming from the British islands or colonies, be re
ceived, either into the ports of France or into those
of the countries.ocnipied by the French army, and
let every vessel which shall attempt J« sail from
those ports to England, be seized and confiscated,
Your majesty, I know, w.ill with regret adopt
such measures, and it is with regret that I propose
them; but the situation of Europe renders them
necessary,, and besides, as soort as England will
admit tl ff rights of persons, suchas are universally
followed by polished nations, as soon as she will ac
knowledge that the. right of war is one and the
same oitland as on sea, that this right and that of
conquest cannot extend either to private property,
or to unarmed and peaceable individuals, and that
the right,of blockade ought to be restrained to for
tresses really in vested, your majesty will cause a stop
to be put to .these rigorous, but not unjust mea
sures; for justice between notions is only exact re
ciprocity. • ; S V
• [Signed uCh. M. Tax.letm.xi>,
Berlin, SOth Nov. 1806.
Oa WEDNESDAY *heWfn«.:&rwr2
well'. Wharf, a, it o'clock, will ponltiveljpbe Sold, ‘
3<> Pipes, 7 hhds, and 8 quarter casks
l.ondon Particular Madeira WINE. " ,i*
Terms—approved Not*, at 3, 6, anil 9 months fin sum*
exceeding 600 dollan j under and exceeding 900 llollan. S
and 6 month, j under and exceeding loo dollars, go da vs.
and under 100 dollar, cash. • > ■
Francis Smith, V. M. .
Who fieri at Private S*le,
150 Kegs LARD; also for Rent se*
3 reral WARE HOUSES on Maxwell's Wharf.
Feb. II. ' ,
TO BE LET,
On Friday the 2tth inst. at 11 o’clock on tho
premises, all these several i
LOTS or pieces of LAND,
f!t“*te>!>rjne* *nd bfinKin lbe borough of Norfolk,, forme*.
^ the Glebe Land of the Parilh of Elizabeth River, but now
belonging to the Trustees of the Norfolk Academe—a plm
or the Lou will be ihewn on the day of letting, and ih*
tehns of the lea.es particularly made known •, at present it
will be sufficient to say, that the lease, will be for 81 yea*
renewable forever, or the improvements paid for at the exit)*
ration of each term. Feb. 11.—tdl *
Dismal Swamp Canal Company.' §
For publick sale, on Monday 2d March next
precisely at 12 o'Clock, before the Eagle Tavern, in the
Borough of Norfolk, * • •
Eighteen SHARES, “
belonging to delinquent Stockholders in said Company, eras
rfsixtydaysf** the r0*P«*Wedaims, oaicredit
William Charles Lee,
' ,r, Clerk and Treasurer O. S. Canal Ce.
January 12 ,2dM
I intend to leave the State for a few
months.
February is. Stephen Jlookey.
3w
DR. JAMES BROWN,
Beg$ leave to inform his friends and the miblick of Mmfcn, .~f
its vicinity, that he practice*
PMYSICK AND SURGERY, *
and hopes to merit publiek patronage.—He may be consulted,
at his shop in Main-street, and adjoining Mess. South rates’
‘tore- ... Feb. 18. flw
, STRAVED
From my yard on Saturday the 17th
January, a large red COW, with a black mouth, and horn*
turned in. She was seen since in Church street with * csrtfc
Whoever will return her, or give Information when she may
Be found, snail be haudsomely rewarded
F Feb ifth . Janoet Patterson,
„ NOTICE. . ^
... ons having demands against
lajesty’s Ship Chichester, Edward Stopfurd, Eso. com.
►f dm ronni^ul J aL._ • * .. . »
are required to send them in immediately to the
• , --— •••■•••vw.etvsj HI (no
Vtfs nntlnu Mill .L. .
1 *?° notice will be taken of any that may anoear
ship leaves the harbour. 7 er***
William Gray.
tf
'■ , « THE subscriber
Beg« leave to inform his friends, and the pub*
*" Seuerali that Mr. Wiuiam Smith, has taken hie
~ Store iti Gosport, Where he has commenced
Th^ Ship Chandlery and Grocery Bu
nessj buys and sells all kinds of Lumber, wholesale and re.
tail. Storage for all kind of Goods, at his usual tow rates.
every attention to receiving and delivering will be paid b»
Himself 5 he will be thankful for all orders in the above lines
of business.
John Cox.
Gosport, Feb. 1#.
lilt
TOR SALE,
BILLS OF EXCHANGE,
P”*;Edward stopford, Esq. commander of HU Male**
ty sMwp Chichester, at 30 days sight, od the Coulmiattoa.
era of the Navy, for repairs to said Ship. Apply to
F . .. William Gray.
Feb. 18._ ,v ■ ■■ tf ■ jte
_ Qrfnac?a Sugar, fttoleutts, and Cocoa,
1 o-Morrow will commence landing on Lee's
)*haif, from the schooner Cruden, apt. ShenAan* ■
36 Puncheons Grenada RUM,
’n''tierces and barrels prime Sug.r,, . '..l-'
109
hhd*. retailing Mole****; Is asks CocAe —For Sale by
84
’■ Donaldson, Thorbufn, 8c co.
February 19. gt
E SHOES,
• STURTEVANT, Main-Street, next door t0
Mrs. Cox, has received per schooner Lydia, from Boston, '
“ trunks of SHOES, and among which are those Of the lat
est importations from England and Franc*.
Hit auortM4*i un> emuiiti qf
Ladies’ English Kid Slippers, Spring, Win*
temburg, Italian, and Block Heels, all Colours knd figure* 1
American do do. warranted equal in quality tn English, af ft
much less price; black Morocco Slippers, Spring, Wedee.
and Italian heel*; black, blue, green, red, and purple Mel
mcco Slipper*} do. same colours to tic 5 Coik Solid, Hw
rocco, Bootees; do Shoes.; do. Pump*} Lather Slipper*
lined and bound ; do. Short to tie} do. Bootees do ; Mo4
rocco Slippers spangled ; Gentlemens’Shoes of finest qualL
ty, warranted equal to any made on the continental 13s fid.
do. ofinfcrior quality front 7s. 6d. to l2s. 5 do. purposely,
made tor old geutlenieB w ith straps) Mistess’ English and
mericanKid Slippers, plain and fancy colours; black, bltlp.
green, red, and purple Morocco Slippers; same colours to
tie; leather Slippers do. to tie; do to lace t Boy* Show
first quality ; do. of second quality lined and bound; day
coarse and common; do. for children; Childress’ Morocco
Pumps, red, green, blue, yellow, and black, to lace 1 left. >
ther do. to lace f do. to tie,—Also, Nats Lather, Calf
Skins, Boot Legs, red, blue, and black Morocco Skin* ; 60
trunks Portmanteau and common Ornaments for Ladies’
Shoes; silvered, silk, and Camel’s Hair Shoe Tia t ia«
»es of Ladies’ Hats and Bonnets, all of which will.be told
wholesale r* retail on at reasonable terms as can be procured,
at any store in the Halted States. r ■
Fdt>- *V', ’ 6W
Campeachy Logxeood. . at.*
37 tons Campeafchy LOGWOOD, if
; an exoeilent quality, for Sale by ' ’
. ^i||uii.Pw45
* • y 'j -V;4? , - frUiangBmlUmgt .VL'-V
:I00 crates Queen's Ware andChj
well assorted. Feb lfi. * *’ ®w
PRIME SUGARS.
•Landing.tkia dap a parcel cf superior quality is lame Bom,
J»Wd», tierce*, and barrels, from 00 board the British Stboeftr
er Cruden, and foa Sale by 7
■ lit Stoss, • V.-,M
S000 bushels Isle of May Skit* Anti.
gu* Rum; Jamaica Coffee; Madeira Win# fit for oatmotiat
which we will dispa** of as liberal teems. .
Feb. tfc . >. • 4 "
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IUMT. PftCkftt wUtMOl fiM BftS*
Fridayamu - ;•*, , ' “ *