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gress.—lt is upon them that the whole blame of the War mast
tall.—Your Majesty, who knows better thaw any person the wants
and the Sentiments of your subjects, knows, that we desire peace.--
However, all the nations on the Continent have a still
.greater
occasion for it than we, and if, notwithstanding the wish and this
interests of fifty millions of souls, our enemies. refusiag to treat
should wish, by instsositig conditions, to prescribe to us a sort Of
capitulation, their flillicions hopes would he rendered- abortive •—•
Frenchnfeu.will skew. by their devotion and by their sacrifices, that
no nation has ever better understood its duties towards the
Country. Honour, and the Sovereign.
To which the Emperor replied :-
16 Senators, I accept the sentiments which you express towards me.
" A year only has elapsed since all Europe was with is, ; now all
Europe is marching against us. It is because the opinion of the
world is formed by France, or by England. We should the Er :ore
have every thing to dread without the energy aad the power of the
nation.

" Posterity shall say, that if great and critical circumstances
presente‘l thcm.e:lve•, they were not above France and me."
It appears fl.om the above document►►, that the Tyrant is
at length humbled and desirous of peace. \' hat a contrast
does the above reply pteient to his har:ingtic of Felituare
last, when, after the dre.:dful mmtatity of the Russian cam-
paign, he came forward to &mart' new 'sacrifices. Then be
talked of "glory," and of tt the integi ity of his territot ies "
he repelled with scorn the idea of resigning, a single village
of the annexed departments: he pledged himself never
make a peace inconsistent with " the gt :indent. of his Empire;"
and be threatened England that she should become " the
fist Itnpetial Decree is inserted in these
papers, doubling the personal contribution and duty on pro-
perty, and increasing the duty on salt. Add;tioual taxes
are also laid on doors, windows, and patents.—The dc.uhling
of personal contribttions and dnty on property is re-
trwpcctive for the whole of the ptesent year.—Nothing, can
more strongly depict the pecuniary embarrassment of lluo-
naparte's situation, than his having recourse to this ruinous
measure.—The military intelligence in these papers of little
interest.

Monday, further Paris papers were receive d to the
.18th
instant. They contain three Piojell da Si-status CoaAutte,
calling on France for a new conscription of 300,000 men
in addition to the 280,000 so recently called for, making the
enormous total of .580,000 mm, over and above. the con-
scription in the beginning of the year. The first of these
Piwjets, which is extremely long, begins by referring to that
ulemorable sitting in which the Empress pointed out the
necessities of France; it states that France can only be safe
by proportioning her efforts to those made to subject her ;
that at that period the defection of Bavaria, and the deser-
tion of the Saxons, were unknown ; that circumstances had
rendered glorious victories bat ren ; that. the cry of alarm mid
for assitance of our children and brothers still in arms, stiil
-gloriously fighting ou the Banks of the Rhine, resounded on
the banks of :he Sein, the Rhone, the Gironde, the Mosehe,
and the L •ire. It_ then proceeds to ask, what would the
situation of France be, should the enemies who arc On he:
frow;eis penetrate into h'!r territories; asserts that the
meting rf Plenipotem.taries on tke part of the Allies *as
only to deceive ; rains to the partition of Poland, as a
warning to France; appea's to toe honour of Frenchmen,
and concludes by sa.) ing, that surrouud,d by the who
power of the nation, the Empei or as moderate as when he
gi awed nstria the pie tee of Leoben and Campo Formio ,in
the hope of signing that of Europe, may wisely prepare
pe.tee, balancing the conditions with justice, and signing it
with honour.--The second Pri?jet is for the 1 rotog vim)
91 the rowels of the Deputies to the Legislative Body of
the 4th series. It begins by proposing that the Deputies
to the Legislative Body of the 4th series shall exercise their

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functions during the iibOle-nfthe
on the 2d 'Dec. next ; assigning as
stances Would not t►dmi' of the delay for replacing t4ose
going out.---The. Sd Prv.),ict is, that his • Majesty shou!d
appoint to the presidentship of the Legislative body, in place
of choosing as• heietofure, from among five candidates
presented unto► him by the Legislative Body. Those three
projects were adopted.•—Bv a subscquept decree, 1,50.000 of
thiS nee•• conscription is of dered to be levied w>ith►►ut delay ;
the remaining i.50;000 to he levied only in case that the

eastearn frontier should be invaded.
Addiliot;al Paris Papers to the 2,2 rd inst. arrived onW ednes-
day. They prepare us for the speedy receipt of more glorious
news from the Rhine. A letter from Spire of the 15th, states
that there had been much obstinate fiOrtin4 for some days
between Cassel and Weeket"; and in such (ems as to
encourage the most sanguine hopes that the - enemy have
experieneed some fui titer serious disasters. Buonararte was
doubtless fully informed of the late events in Dolland; but
initcatl of acknowledging them, it is said in a 'pretended
statement from Amstet dam, of the Lbtli, that all went then •
precisely as he wished, thcnc,h it was on that very • day that
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'the glorious counter :evolution was effected in the Dutch
capital. The fallen Tyrant had decreed the formation of ;
two armies of one hundred thousand each, the one at Turin,
the other at llonrdeaux. Some private letters from France,
however, state in positive terms, that Lord Wellington bed
actually reached that city. Some French Ministerial changes
have taken place., the most jarticular of which is the
• appointment of Caulaincon:t, to be Minister fur Foreign
1 Aft'airs, in the room of Mark. The fears of Buonaparte again
I display themselves most forcibly in an exhortation to French-
men, which appear in their papers : --
i• "it is England which is boom n.; England is in mu enemy's
camps ; it is for her ; it is to satisfy her tmextingniiiiatile hatred
against France. that the nations of the Ninth h.ivt het.%) put in mn-
I 1". ititrcd attainst France is the patriotism of Englishmen.
Who i. the Frenchman that at this idea, ii nut icatly to seize
1 his arms and exclaim : No, ne‘cr shalt Frangt bend her neck to
England." . '

LTI3ERATION 110LIAND:
Holland is at length.delivered, awl delivered ton by the;
effinis of the people, who have, by a spontaneous movement,,
expelled their oppressols. At six o'clock on Sunday night, the,
Pa, k and Tower guns were fired, to announce a Counter-Re-
volution of the States of Holland to the House of Orange.
On Saturday evening the Yarmouth Telegraph announced.
Hollami to he its a of general revolt, and that a Legation,
wai on the way to England, to invite the Prince of Orange to
come over, and ass,one the ancient glove nment of his Royal,
House; and Sunday morning the Baron Perponcher and M.
Von Faize!, art ived as Delegates, and confirmed what the Te...
legranli had annlunced, with the further intelligence, that
the prinripal tow/is of lloi;and, viz. Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
the ilagne, &c. were entheiy emancipated from the tyrannie
• Oovernment of Fiance. Immediately on this intelligence
Beim; roce'ved, Bulk-tins were issued by Government, and
on ,Sundav evening thef;azette Extraordinary was published,
hP found in the preceding eolumnst.
'l'. Dut h Coni.ui•sioners Baton Perponcler and Mr.
James Pagel, brother to the :3reffier Bagel, came over in an
open boat to Admi-al Young, in the Downs, who sent his
Flal-1 diets tenant, Mtli it lop, on Saturday afternoon, in a chaise
and four, without waiting. fir pas9mrs. Having had an in-
terview with Vi,count Melville, they afterwards drove to the -
Prince of Orange's house, who lost n,, time in accompanying
them to Viscount Castlcreagh's house in St. James's 'square.
His Semite Highness and the Noble Viscount elen waited

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