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FROM THE GERMAN PAPERe.
FRFNCII MI mORIAL.
The incorporation of Genoa with France, was, it
is well-known, the occasion of the present import-.
ant crisis. This measure has brought the differ-
eaces, which were then pending, to an open rupture.
Immediately after the union of Genoa with the em-
pire of France, the French Ambassadors at thr dif-
ferent Courts, delivered the following Memorial.
never before published, in which their Government
seemed to anticipate the renewal of a Continental
war, on accowit of Grnna and the other relations
of Italy. SuTijained is a translation of the above-
mentioned Nlemorial
After niaov vim elven itself the Genoese ,ieoele to main-
tain the independent exatieete which Fran& had guaranteed
them, arcade no the brick of dietructien, they unaeimously
ect dye upon the only nwesure left them for their preservation ;
the: decree, in the most solemn manner, their union with the
French empire, end canny implore the Emperor Napoleon
to receive them int., the number of Iris 40.11101 SJIVV,t,, he a
dentnate,n, the member. of which were directed not to I aye
Stolen, till they had, at test, obtained a promise of iii. les-
penal and Royal Majesty, that he would co.nply with their
desire.
" The most urgent niohyse induced all the citizens of that
republic, to make a proem.' which entirely changes their ou-
litical situation Important remain invited France not to op.
pose this wish. All the naval powers, could not but favour an
union, which, without angetenting the continental strength
of France, enables her, for the benefit of the commerce of all
events, so avenge the maritime encroachnietite and iosults of
Riteland It may not be amiss to ei.isid:r in varima points of
view, art occurrence which will soon be placed in a false li-ht,
by the panegyrists of that Government, by whose conduct it
was rendered iodispensib y necessary.
The Senate and people of Genoa had mide various efforts
to gi:e themselves a constitution. Ito without nieces.. France
herself had sincerely wished that this State might preserve its
rank among the Powers of Eunipe. She had defended it dur.
fog the war; the had le-conquered it from Austria; she had en-
deavoured in various negocations to stipulate for its advantage;
she had increased its territory, to alferd it new means of privstie-
Yin., and had sucomeively ceded to it the Imperial Fiefs, the
valley of Oneglia, Lasso, Serravalle, and other diorites, in
Wesel by its Minim!, which belonged to France, prevented a
free eonsrutinication, and were iniurious to its trade. It is still
(real in the ineneity of every epee, that France, after she had,
in the stb year of the Republic, reconquered Genoa and her
depen )ere, ies, from the Power which had taken posemeinn of
then, d .1 not insist on those right. to which she was entitled
by tiro (-sent. She wittin lad the wish uttered even at that
time by those who were best at with tlie etuation of
their country, and nee. te-I tic per,meal of an uiii...l, e hien
would hided ha.e emiriouted more effirtuall: the trate
quality and meurity of Genoa, but which would then have
appeared to be merely the e.fert of gratitude, and the reeollec-
titan of the calamities site hat endured.
" Since that period, Genoa has been conaineed that her
welfare is no tinge. e ,to ,atible with her indeiondence, and
th•t, in consequence of the change in the state of all Europe,
eh* had become too weak to make haul against the external
attacks of armies or fleets, and to suppress internal commo-
thins. After many year. of difficulty and inquietude, she im-
plored His imperial and Royal Majesty, who had, already, un-
dertaken to preside over the destinies of France, likewise to
Sires those of the Ligurian Repuhiic, and to unite all parties
noder a cnnstitution better adapted to the state of the country
and its old inhalniants. Genes, acceilingly, received a Go-
vernrneet whose form and regulations were sanctinned by the
experience of many centuries, and whose fundamental prin-
ciples were carefully examined and approved by the Repre.
bentatives of the. State of Genoa, who wave charged to take
upon themvalmei that lahnar. Rot this new attempt, made
wan the concurrence of ail, was net attended with any better
Genoa was incapable of baying either a government,
marine, foreign commerce, or internal police. She possessed
Tot even the power to exterminate a haeditti, who ore still
plundering a portion of her territories, and who even kept the
inhabitants of the adjoining French depeitments in &continual
mate of alarm.
" Fruit, all these Imitless exerthins to improve her internal
Ovation, Genes learned that the cause of her imbecility,
end the meant of preyeeting her total annihilation were to be
set ight abraail. Genoa, which subsisted entirely by com-
merce, has let it in consequence of the aggrandisement of all
the commercial powers. Numerous ports, which Sweaty years
ago were scarcely known, sad ethers which boast the peculiar
protection of their respective governments, have vied with
'each other in diminishing the prosperity of the port of Genoa.
" New maritime states were created by the late war. Venice,
whose trade had fallen to decay, is now the depot of the corn-
mid:ties of a great empire. The same Power has acquired a
meta extent of coast, and gives animation to the ports which
nature has fie richly distributed along it. The harbours in the
republic of the Seven Intends will soon he of far erea.ser import.
sere than they were under the government of Venice. The
angl_sh, now masters of India, have made Malta a new depot
due their merchaitilise.
" While this competitions arose round Genoa, she beheld
1)-, remnant of her commerce exposed to the depredations of
suet-A, and excited the envy of England, which nut only re-
told to consider Ge ina as an :nidependent state, but emnaoyee
every po-,ilear measure to drive her to despair; which inces-
eantly insulted her; winch, tieing the late war, cut out of
the haesour two French fr.gates, and leits•erehl their crews,
yid treated her jolt a. she ;deemed •liirig tile blockade.
" R.iiore F. .g'an I had &elate i this star against Genoa,
*hen Up der Italy was yet subject to 'seem! Sovereign., the
Moiritime commerce of Geolos, an.) her ceniosienoii-trade with
the Cratitirynt, was capable of preserving her from ruin. The
harmer is unit de.trepel„ and as England, besides throwing a
thermal ense.-les in tire way of itzirotatteit. likersiars seised
every opportunity of souding her commodities into her own
priro ei contraband, Hs Imperial and Royal Majesty,
*hese dominions sot rniaud Liguria, found slimed( rietemitetiel
to adopt a system fu: die whole of those freitherit, which,
while It pmtentftl the hitt...writers of English ennmodities
loin the rleptirtlrenta in France, likewise cut °Wan eommuni-
cett.rao ireuermii I hge-ie sea{ the ißealiesnete alai minsequestly

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Imik a Mop 416 the only trade which Eagland had left' the re.
public.
" Alarmed at a situation which could not fail, in a short
time, to involve her in utter ruin, Genoa was long convinced,
that she had no other resource than to unite herself more
closely with France. She daily renounced, from neces,i., a
portion of her indc.osndence, and was protected only by a
corp. of French troop% Fir which she had applic I. By the de-
preit ois of th- Birhary corsairs, that Istiverel about the
Wand iA Caprea, in order the better to molest her trod she
ea., at length, compelled to cede that island to France.

" (-action, unable to equip vessels fur the protectinn oilier
coasts, possessing dock-yards and magazines, unserviceable in
Nor exhausted state, having merchant vessels, which her ma•
-rte and lier flag were incapable ..f protecting, awl which
were obliged to bait under that of another power, to mcape the
privateers, Gerii.a could no longer pruoure knead for her nu-
merous population, dependiag for sulnistence on maritime en-
terprise, awl the industry that prevails in her ports.
" Not being in a condition to carry on, in a dire& manner,
the war an which England had involved her, she could do no
more roan ...end her sualuen on board the French squadrons,
and tinplure the French Government to make use in France of
her !steamer, fur whom she could nut find employment. In per-
petual apprehension of oral cominutions from the discontent
of pun, s, on account of the general poverty, which was conti-
nually inciessing, and the imbecility of the Government, which
could not firmly establish itself, she wa; plrsuadeded of the
necessity of forming a corps of Gem d'Arnats, to be command
ed by French Officers

.4 Thus the union of Genoa was imperceptilily eff•fted by
her sitnat, This measure was d aired hy her inhabitants.
Nothing m e was, there( we, tiecesvarv, than that it should be
taken moo conaiderrinii hy those parts of the Government
which suffered the most frum this state of uncertainty, the ex-
pellees and burtheris of witmli renJured the condition of Li-
guria still more oppressive. !lance proceeded the sudden en-
univiasin, the eager zeal, of the people of Genoa. to subaciibe
to the wish fur an incorporation; when the Senate, after mature

consideration, thought it their duty to propose it, and regard-
ed that as the favourable moment, in which His Imperial ntd
Royal Majesty could behold, with his own eyes, the distresses
of a gauntry to wroth arms had rester its independence, but
which, in spite of all its efforts, could not again recover its
former prosperity.
" As Piedmont, Parma, and Placenta, by which Liguria is
encompismid, form a part of the dominions 4 His Majesty, as
the Kingdom of Italy is in his hands, and has received a Soy.-
reign front him, &stile Republic unilenoa, which was forgotten
by England in the Treaty of Amiens, perceives that both the
sea and the laud are shut against her, she could not have form-
ed a resolute., better adapted to her interest and her dignity,
than to incorporate herself with a great nation, and that with
an impetuosity so enthusiast;.:, as perfectly answered for the
sticce<s of the measure.

His and '.tnyal 'Majesty, *Welted by the motives
which induced Gziiiia to adept this resolution, was obliged
proviwrily to comply with a wish, that was th" result of lung
experience and the ain't mature deliberation. The annihila
unit of the hopes of a people who were determined ne longer
to be denied, might have been productive rut the mot serious

" The Continental Power of France has not, in fact, been
augmented by this union. A narrow tract, so cooped up by
the sea and by mountains, as to leave a free communication
only at a few points, which dues not produce core sufficient to
support its 500,000 inhabitants, which is exposed to the havoc
of annual inundations in its must fertile districts, and oppressed
by the burden of a prodigious debt, without any prnbability of
its ever being paid off; the incorporation with His Imperial
and Royal Majesty's State, of such a country, which has but
little communication with the Continent, and is incapable of
restoring its naval power, on account of the alteration which
has taken place in the situation of all other States, cannot af-
ford any pretext for Continental discussions, and its union with
France cannot possibly produce any remonstrances by whicb
peace is likely to be endangered. Should England succeed in
creating discord on this subject, no alternative will be left His
Imperial and Royal Majesty, but to prosecute with vigour the
unjust war that will be declared against him.

" Enjoying the satisfaction of having rescues a State which
threw itself into his arms, he will have in his favour the good-
ness of his cause, the public opinion, and all the motives of
dignity, neighbourhood, and benevolence, which have hitherto
induced him to protect Genoa.

" Far more important consideration•, of great interest to all
Europe, excepting Entland, co-operated on this occasion in
the resolves of His Majesty. France, which, by her political
and geographical situation on the Atlantic and Mediterranean
Seas, is destined to check the usurpstiva of the ocean, and to
vindicate the rights and independence of the Maritime Powers,
has not Coasts so extensive as England. Without enlarging
her Continental poeseuions, she will obtain by the union of
Genoa, 6,000 seamen to supply the place of those whom she
lost during the Lite war, and will thus be enabled the better to
cope with a state, the sole object of whose efforts is to usurp
the dominion of the inn, which exercises an universal moos,-
poly, which strives to make with every nation, commercial
treaties in her own way; which is extending her power in India,
only with a view to employ it against Europe; which violates
all the rights of neutron, and whirls will not viaduct herself
with more moderation weenie them, till France shall have
acquired a more formidable navy.

" Were the English to resto•e Goa to the Portuguese, Cey-
lon to the l)utch, the vast puees.--ists of TippooSaib to ois
heir., and the empire of the Mahrattas to it, irvieliendeac.:, it
would better beietne them, than to reintmostrate against the
union of a na•row tract of cw.y which is already surrounded
by the French territory. But :Lem exaggemtiug alarutists,
who will infallibly raise a prodigious outcry against a measure
which they have them.elves rendered necessary (or Genoa, for
France, and few tin security of Europe, will, it is to be hood,
not make any trapresiennpn the wiser Cabinets of the Coate
omit. To all the States of E.rope the situation of Liguria
must be • matter el endrifertnes. They have lung seen that
this counts, ie separated from their territories by the dom..
nMrei of His Imperial and Riiyal Majesty, and, from it.
position, cast have uo communication with theta, but
by sea. They as already actiist.nleci to the intimate re-
lations subsisting between the tleimese and Fiance, to the
mutual interest, and intatuel operation, which have rendered
rho two nobvna amlieniale. Tledr meson must appear to all