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cess of your arms, should they anticipate your wishes. The
self-devotion of your subjects will be conformable to the love and
admiration they bear toward; their illustrious Sovereign."
(Signed) " PA(iN Y.
" Minister for Foreign Affairs."

" Paris, March 12, 1809."

ADDRESS OF THE CONSERVATIVE SENATE TO HIS MAJESTY

TILL EMPEROR AND KING.

( Extracted from the Registers of the Semite, AprillB, 1809.)
" Si RE !—The Senate hasteas to offer your Imperial and
Royal Majesty the tribute of its respectful gratitude for the im-
portant communications your Majesty has ht'en pleased to make
to it. Austria, Sire, has just ad%ance;l her armies into the ter-
ritories of lour allies. in the madness which misleads her, she
begins a mar which she hardly dares to proclaim. To prepara-
tions so often carried on with m‘sterN and in the shade, ats-
pentled by fear, and disavowed by perfidy, have succeeded that
rage .or faction, tho,e tumultuous agitations, and those violent
con ulions, 'lief' are the precursors of the fall of thrones.
Trearti inf. 'lllation, weakness, error, and presumption,
ha e the voice Of wisdom and given the signal of war on
th, hanks of the Inn. Have then then forgotten, Sire, how
ttf•t•-• the for of Austria has been in your victorious hands?
Waster of Vienna and of the greatest part of the Austrian States,
pou might have retained your conquest. Your mae-,nnuimity
laced the crown upon the head of the Emperor Francis. He
se,'n); to have fiirginten his oaths of grati!ode. The victory of
Jena disconrerted the projects of hi, perfidious Councillors, and
Ihe peace of Tilsit left hi.n surrounded lov 400,000 Frenchmen,
14' h.,,0 order from would have collected in the heart
OF 11,. dominion .

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When your Majesty quitted the walls of Erfurt, in order to
bear your iiiberating:eagles to the shove, of the Tagus, your in-
vincihle legions still surrounded the Austrian territory. The
geqer cb,ity of your Majesty did not permit you to doubt the sin-
terit‘: of the Cabinet of Vienna. And, -nevertheless, Sire, Aus-
tria imastening to violate the word she had given at Erfurt,cansed
the cry of war to he resounded against her benefactor, and tears
from their peaceful hearths every class of her subjects, sad
victims ui formign and corrupting gold. She allies herself with
the enemy of the continent, and does not blush to seduce secretly
the rebel, of Spain, whom fanaticism misleads, and whose Juntas
she deceives by fallacious promises; she inflames througimut
her dominions the imagination of an ignorant and credulous mul-
titude, by ridiculous narratives and absurd libels ; she refuses
the mediatiAn of the great and powerful ally of your Majesty ;
rejects the doThle guarantee of the integrity of her territory of-
fered by France an Russia; she leaves unpunished the insult
offered to one of your Consuls, the arrest of some of your Ita-
lian subjects, the assassination of two of your Majesty's Couriers,
and the violence done to their dispatches; she negotiates and
effects the strict alliance of Turkey with England; and obliges
you to suspend the execution of your formidable designs against
the author of all the ills of Europe. With what astonishment
*ill posterity be stricken when they shall learn. that in the
course of conduct so disloyal, your linjesty, in your relations
towards .Vmstria has made no demand, raised no pretensions,
preferred no complaint, and manifested. in an interview
worthy of admiration, dispositions so pacific, and sentiments so
m ignanimous ! Yon proposed to raise your camp,: in Silesia,
to dismantle the fortresses in that province, and grant every se-
curity w hich the most zealous foresight could desire. You have
not ceased to evince a moderation and patience which can he
justified only by the immen.:e power of your Majesty; and inia
letter for ever celebrated, you addressed these remarkable
words to the Emperor Francis :—" Let the measures of your
31ajesty bespeak confidence ; they will inspire it. The hest
policy at the present moment is sincerity anti virtue. Do you
Citrus( to me your disquietudcs. When they are imparted to
in they shall be dissipated at once." You have desired, Sire,
to amid to your phalanxe 30,000 Frenchmen of the conscription,
of the year 1810, summoned since the last year, and from w hich
In ;rent a number of young men have not been taken as from the
preceding conscription. Your Majesty has been desirous
that 10,000 conscripts of the four preceding years, should enjoy
the di tinguished honour, so coveted by all the valiant, of sur-
rounding the triumph," car of your Majesty., in the midst of that
Imperial gnat& the name of which recals such noble destinies,
and so -plendid a glory. The Senate, Sire, hastens to adopt
t of the Senatus Consultum, which • sanctions these
arrangements.
Your Majesty does not,however,demaud any new conscription,

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in order to conquer England on the territory of Austria. The
British Government, which seeks only todivert the storm which
threatens i►, has dug a volcano under Austria : it has just
kindled its dames. Their terrible effects will fall upon the ally
it has seduced. The destiny of Austria hurries her on. W iihin
:4 few days she will have ceased to be subservient to the rage of
England. Your Majesty will have established on imitiove,.ble
bases, the peace of the Continent ; that peace, the great results of
which, the eternal objects of the desires and sublime conceptions
of your Majesty, will he the maritime peace, the emancipation
of commerce, and the felicity of Europe. Accept, Sire, the
vows of the French people for your sacred person, the expres-
sion of its. admiration, of its love, and its confidence ; and the
homage of fidelity from the Senate, as well as of its reverence
for your Impel ial and Royal Majesty.

Hamburgh Papers to the Sti ult. and Vienna to the ?S 1,
arrived yesterday as our Paper was going to pre4s. They
bring intelligence of importance.—The insurrection in
Westphalia is very serious.—The Westphalian Gazette no-
tices it, but evidently represents it as less serious than it is.
The following is from that Gazette:—
" CA SSE LL, APRIL 25.—Some inhabitants in the environs of
Cassell hate been led away by persons sold to the enemy.
Those persons, without honour and resources, are already aban-
doned by almost all the peasants whom they had persuaded to
lo;t their home,;."
4• His Majesty having perceived at his aadience the officers of
the Royal Guards, spoke to them in these terms :—" It is
wished to give me Inispicions of your fidelity—l know the hearts
of soldiers—l am not acquainted akb that of traitors.—Yet a
man whom I have heaped benefits upon, has betrayed
have passed my life in maps—if nisi of you repent of your
oath of fidelity to me, I release him from it."
A Proclamation hiss been published offering pardon to those
who will lay down their arms.
Dar.snus, APRIL 28.—Heavy cannonading was beard here
yesterday and the day before.

AUSTRIAN BULLICTINe...-ORIVIS OP THE DAY.

" Head-quarters Sacile, April it.

" On the 10th and 11th his imperial Highness the Archduke
John, with the army under his command, entered the territory
of Frio,'le, by Ponteha, Cividale and (forts. and after some
opposition, advanced on the 13th to the Tagliarnento. The
enemy retired across the river, in order to join wish the troops
in their rear. This junction, which probably took plat-eat So•
cite, made the hostile army five divisions strong. In the night
of the 14th his Imperial Highness proceeded with the advanced
guard towards Pordenone; the remainder of the army followed
at day•break. The enemy's advanced guard was at Pordenone,
and his army was posted between that place and Sadie, near
Fontana. In this situation an action commenced, which, after
a sanguinary contest of two days, terminated entirely to nor
advantage. The vice King of Italy commanded the French
army. The result was so decisive, that the enemy could not
maintain themselves behind the Livenza, hut were obliged to
retreat rapidly to the Piave. The pri,oners amount ;dread % to
6300, among whom are Generals Paze and Bressan.
are constantly brought in. The loss in kilted and µ minded
greatly exceeds this number, and we have taken 16 cannon and
three eagles."
Spanish Papers have arrived to the Bth. Their intelli-
crence as far as it goes, is of a pleasing nature.—The battle
of Medellin, which the French state as the annihilation of
Cuesta's army, we are assured, has had by no means the
serious consequences apprehended from it. Of Cuesta's
army we believe, that not less than a quarter were lost ;
but the enemy also suffered in equal proportion. The Ge.
neral retreated after this severe shock, and his advanced
posts are at Almendralego; he has received a reinforcement,
of 16,000 men, and we are assured his army is not in the
destitute condition asserted by the French. Ile has since his
defeat, been appointed by the Junta, Captain•Ceneral. The
French do not appear to have advanced beyond Meri4a, to
attack Badajoz ; that city must WI before Portugal ran he
endangered, and Cuesta must be defeated before Andalusia
can be threatened.

The Canaries have sent succours of men to Spain. Two
thousand men have been ordered to Cadiz; half of thew
had alt.adv arrived.

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