The National Register.
London, England, 1808-03-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

(mutt of London. In July, won after the signing of the peace.
the Prime or Stahretuberg again received orders to induce the
British Mini-try to cuter into a Negocrationt with I'r ace, ite
or,'er heat the Continental Peace might he corrected w kit and
confirmed by a Maritime Peace. Lost these propositions were
not neire successful t ban the former had been, and the answer
of Fog!aod tt a, twain es•asive. Ilk Majest:,, however, thought
it ri,;ht to reatru tee a subject. of the most material inthence on
the general system of Europe, as well as on tbe prospe-rity of
ti!e- l ustrian provinces in particular. Prince Stahremberg was,
therefore, for the third time directed, in September ISM, to
make some further overtimes counected with the forma- mea-
sures of the Court of Vienna. But before his Majesty's
bassodor reported the result of his communication, the Court
of (minim' declared ks sentiments with regard to a maritkwe
peace, in so po-hive a manner, refusing, at tae same time, the
mediation ear Russia, making an attack on Copenhagen, and
seizing the Danish fleet, without assigning any satisfactory
cause for thew violent measures, nay, eodeavouring fu jat,tify
these violent proceedings, their infringements of the unquestion-
able rights of Neutral Powers, by otticial declarations, which
evitletnly clashed with the principle's adopted tr• other great
Potters, that it was itnhossihle hot to p-reeit e in the course
pursued lax the British determination to remove the
u„s„ii,aity of prat., to a greater distance., and not to listen to
xt Imieter had any tendelicy to re-tore trantiaillity to Europe.
The impression et hid' this conduct, destructive of all the hopes
which hi' Majesty had fondly conceived, me.Je on hint, etas as
deep as it tea- painful. W mthout waiting for tint farther reports
of Prince Staaremberg, orders still more urgent aid mare posi-
tive were seta hies than he had before received. These instruc-
Guts, hearine date the Silth October, contaioed first, a reca-
pitulation of 411 former transactions, and directed him to repre-
sent to the ('cabinet of St. James's, io the strongest colours, the
tviavoidable consequences of it, conduct, and to insist, iti the
most earnest moonier, on an open declaration of its real senti-
ments with record to peace, and to avail himself of all possible•
means to lead back to semi:news of moderation fitted fur the
pre-eni situation, and meeting w jilt the wishes of Europe. The
tit-patches cloyed with tile precise order to apply once more on
this sothject in an official manner to his Britannic Majestv 's Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs, and to make to him the formal pro-
posal for a maritime peace, on such principles as answered the
interest of all the powers concerned. :Ad as a provisional proof
o: pacific disposition, to desist from the measures pursued
against Denmark. and retract the declaration vs hich Jarmo,-
pattied them. Should the Court of St. James's reject these
proorosils, or purposely protract giving any answer, Prince
Scatoremberg, was directed to demand leis passports and leave
with every person belonging to the Embassy. It wn-
kw Emperor's w ill that the above instructions should fro re-
st,-teted to points of general interests as were most likely
to ',love the British (*cabinet to receive his propreals with :Ikea-
trm anal kindne,s. And it' his Imperial Majesty ordered no
complaints to be inserted hy the numerous violations of his
rights, af. a Neutral Pow er----t iolations with regard to which
his Majesty had not been able to obtain ilos least redress or
e:tinpensation--the reasons It ill, no 4eintat, hr obvious, which
I:nuttee hi, Majesty to pass by in silence to hatcver concerned his
personal interest. Majesty's .Anilmssador in London could
but execute the positive orders which he received from Vienna,
to their full extent. But being of opittion that he might yet
"oilltige an hope of being able to prevail on the English Minis-
try to show more parities sentiments towards France, he resolved
to express at first only part of his orders, in a note addressed to
Mr. Canning. On the .20t heti\ oyember, the Secretary of State
:uewere'd that Note Ir. a mere repetition of the Declarations
mode to Austria by t,iiice the month of April ISO%
As further representation was now evidently ineVectiial. a
final notifeatioo was sent, on the 2'd of December, to Prima-
Stahro.ntber., which repeated the orders of the 30th of October,
and directed him, before his departure, to give in a Note, s-
ptaining the motives of the conduct eat' the Court of Vienna to-
wards that of L9llllOll. These dispatches did not, however, ar-
rive in London till Prince Stahremberg had applied for and
received lei; passe-, : oil he no Loner,- entail have comnottnicnt ion
with the Secretary f State, and deliver in the Note which had
been transmitted to him.
This representation. which is cons ned to the official eommu-
ntrations that have passed between the two Goveromients, is
sufficient to 'hew that tke Cabinet of SC. James's cannot mistake
the causes nor the motives 1%16(11 have induced his Apostolic Majesty to break oil' the connection whirtt b s hithey to erois'ed
between Austria ;111(1 Great Britain. The Emperor nevertheless

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.% i.ie s to see the moment arrive when the Court of London,
.ensiblv of its true inteiews, shall, w ith czamness and justice,
lunge of and cninpare the situation of Eogl:aid with that of
other powers, and thereby enable his Majesty to relle W with it
his former friondlyconpections.
I ienna, Erlt. IS, ISO!4.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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