The National Register.
London, England, 1808-09-19 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

598

MESSAGE OF TILE EMPEROR AND KING NAPOLEON TO
TIIE SENATE.

44 SENATORS—My Minister for Foreign Affairs will lay before
you the different treaties relative to Spain, and the constitutions
agreed to by the Spanish Junta. Aly War Minister will ac-
quaint you with the wants and the situation of my armies in
the different parts of the world.

" I am determined to carry on the war with Spain with the
utmost activity, and destroy the armies which England has dis-
embarked in that country. The future security of my subjects,
the prosperity of commerce, and a maritime peace must alike
depend on these important operations.
" My alliance with the Emperor of Russia extinguishes
every hope which England can entertain from her projects.
I have no doubts respecting the peace of the Continent, but
1 neither will nor ought to rely upon the false calculations
and the errors of other Courts, and since my neighbours in-
crease their armies, it is a duty incumbent on me to increase
wine.

" The Empire of Constantinople is struggling with the most
violent convulsions ; Sultan Stint', the best Emperor the Otto-
mans have had for a length of time, has just fallen by the hands
of his own nephews. This catastrophe has deeply affected me.
I impose fresh sacrifices on my people, confident of their sup-
port ; they arc necessary, in order to secure them from heavier
sacrifices, and to lead them to the grand result of a geneval peace,
which ought also to he considered as the moment of repose.
" Frenchmen, my projects have but one object in view.—
your happiness and the permanent well-being of your children;
and if I know you right, you will hasten to comply with this
new call, rendered necessary by the interests of the country..
You have so often assured me of your affection, I will behold
the sincerity of your sentiments in the alacrity with which you
a ill second projeets that are so intimately connected with your
dearest interest,, with the honour of the Empire, and with my
glory. Given at the Imperial Palace of St. Cloud, this 4th
Sept. 1808.

he authorized to call to your standatri, ilk. whole of the cnu_
Seri pt ion, not only of the last four years, hut even of the ante-
cedent years; and even were there question of a real sacrifiv.,
what sacrifice is it that your Majesty has not a right to expect
from the love of your subjects ? Who among us is 4;ilnrant that
your Majesty wholly sacrifices yourself for the happiness of
France, and that upon the speedy accomplishment of his high
designs, the repose of the world, the future safety, and the
re-establishment of a maritime peace, without which France
can never enjoy calm and tranquillity.
" In proposing to your Majesty to declare, that henceforth
no retrospective call shall take place on an antecedent corstrip-
lion, I only participate, Sire, your paternal wishes.
" I think it expedient, at the same time, to propose to ‘O,l.
Majesty to order out the conscription of the year lt4lo, ao:d to
determine the amount of it, from the present instant, at KM)
inert, to furnish the means, as occasion rett:, require, of I.,rniii-44-
camps of re,erve, and of protecting the coast in the sprilig
This conscription would be raised only under the apiorenen-
slim of a war with other powers, nor would it be called bof.ne
the month of January next._ _ _ _

" Sire, it is a misfortune inseparable from the present knife of
Europe, that when one power exceeds the amount of the fogies
proportioned to its population, the other pot% ers cannot dispewe
with encrea,ing theirs in the same proportion.
" England, independent of the immense number of her Qea_
men, has on foot an army of more than Voo,olio men ; nor is she
occupied in every session of her Parliament a ith an. thing ,0
much as with the increase of her land forces. The armies of
Austria hate been considerably encreased. France, althilign
she has armies more numerous than all the other Powers, tar:,
notwithstanding, fewer men under arms than ant of them, im-
p:ll.ml with her population.
. _ .

" Your Minister for Foreign Affairs assures me that a strict
alliance subsisted between your Majesty and nu,sia. The ar-
maments of Austria have often excited my solicitude. The smile
Minister assured me, that the best understanding was kept up
ith Austria, and that her levies should only he oh.mered
either as precautions, or as the effect of apprehce,ions, hich
are forcibly impressed on every Court, b. the numerous /I,..its
which England continues in pay on the Continent.
" But if it does not belong to the business of in deratmert
to dive into the views and interests of states, and t!ie
fortuitous labyrinth of politics, it is at least my duty to neglect
nothig to make your Majesty's an:jos maintain, at all pnint,,
that just superiority which they ought to posses,. The Atini,s
of Albania and Dalmatia, of Demtmrk, and of the Elbe,
not allow of any diminution, under ;he circumstances of the
moment.

64 What I have to propose to your Majesty will give ?Le
army of Spain 200,000 men, without weakening the other
armies ; so that, notwithstanding the angmentati.•n of our nirce
beyond the Pyrenees, when the conscription of 1.510 shall he
called out, sour Majesty will have increased vour armies of
Germany, of the North, and of Italy, by more than eo,ooti men.
" And when, in order to escape the crisis into which she has
been drawn by a false as w ell as an angry policy, the English
Goverment, exerting every. where its activity, does not hesitate
to comhine with the resources it draws from its inexhau4ible
finances and its formidable fleets, the arts of intrigue, of corn; p.
t ion and imposture, ould it be at all extraordinary that the
immence population of France should hold out the spectacle of
a million of armed Men ready to punish Loglaud and all tho,a
whom she may seduce; and present every where the same huge
mass of force, to protect with the same shield the honour aud
security of France.
" NN hat other result, Sire, is there to he expected from ar-
mies so numerous, and a position so formidable, but the speedy
re-establishment of the tranquillity of Spain, that of a maritime
peace, and of that general tranquillity, the object of your Ma-
jesty's incessant wishes? Much blood will has e been spared, be-
cause a great number of men will have been ready to shed it. A
tlarable happiness prepared hv the combinations of your power-
ful genius, will he the effect, Sire, of the new proofs ofallection
and attachment which sour people will afford you, and of the
noble aspect of that nation, w Melt your Majesty has pointed to
posterity under the name of the Great Nation.
" War Minister, and, under this denomination, the organ of
the French soldiers, allow me, Sire, to be the interpreter of
their sentiments for you. Your Majesty shall always see us
ready to sacrifice our lives for your glory, which is iaseparaide
from the national glory, to which you have so powerfully addetl,
mid for the important interests of the country.
" I am, with respect, Sic."

SEPTEMBER 19.

GERMANY.

REVOLUTION IN TURKEY.

rr vv 4. A va. 24.—Between the ISth and 29th of July,
• 0 is 'pie was the scene of remarkable events.
. • kth of Jul), the Aga of the Janissaries arrived in the
( • h 15,000 men, at Daud Pacha, where he formed an
t i LIVIA.

• ,ne 19th, in the morning, the Grand7Seignior Mustapha IV:
41:.(1 1 his court, went out to meet the Sanghiaki-Sherif,
mil, standard of the Prophet. He met that ensign of the su-
-1 erge dignity of a Kalif between highly Koi and IMO Pa-
; and the instant he Sass it, he alighted from his horse,
momentarily prostrated himself on the ground' and then-pressed
Ile standard against his forehead. The Grand Vitier inirnedi-
atelv after introduced to the Sultan, the two subordinate com-
manders, Herein Pacha and the celebrated Pacha of Rudshurk,
Nu•tapha Bairactar. After conversing some time with them, he
rode back to the Seraglio, where he held a Rikial, or Privy
Council. He then set out once more to receive the standard
of the Empire, which had, during this interval, arrived at the
Porte, and which he deposited in the Kirkai Sherif Odassi,
Cm apartment appropriated to it in the interior of the Sertiglio.
On the same day a severe action was fought off the mouth of the
Dardanelles between an English frigate and several Turkish gun-
boats : the result was decidedly disadvantageous to the latter.
On the 19111, in the evening, the Aga of the Janisitaries died
suddenly in his harem, and was succeeded in his Office by Seituen
iase;li. The same day, Mustapha Bairactar sent tan body of
1000 horse to the relief Kentengi Oglu Aga, who formerly
::tt.Ackell the famous Kavaghi Oglu, and who was at that time
be,ieAed by the Tahiales in Fanaraki, one of the castles of the
Dardanelles; however, this happened too late, as this small
party having been overpowered the preceding night, was obli-
g,d to take refuge in the adjacent woods, and afterwards to re-
treat along the famous aqueduct of the Emperor Justinian to
Birgos. Here they again rejoined the army of Mustapha Bai-
raerer. The Tahiales, being struck with terror, submitted on the
fatlolving, day, and entered, partly on board the fleet, and part-
ly into the service of Mustapha.
On the 21st, Mustapha Bairactar, at the head of 1500 chosen
cavalry, made a formal visit to the Grand Vizier. The latter
hiotinted his horse, while Mustapha and his numerous cavalcade
w7tited for him. They then proceeded to be present at an Assent-
bl:. of State, held at the Palace of the Grand Seignor, when
Mufti Al Allah Effendi was displaced, and Arbzarl Arif Bey
oas apointed in his place. On the following day, both the Ka-
dileskers, and several Officers of the .Janissaries were also remo-
ved, as was also Muhib Effendi, and UI Ulema (President of the
Conferences with Foreign Ministers); and the whole of these
Officers were banished to Cyprus, Brussa, and Kutania. Not-
t listanding; these proceedings, all these changes appeared to he
too late, as a friend of Bairactar'., viz; Kaliang Oglu, advan-
ced from the Asiatic side with 5000 Natolian foot and 3000 ca-
valry, to Scut:try, where he formed a camp. The Grand Seignor
the day before, had a view of Mustapha Bairactar's force
froln a balcony, and on the 22nd, accompanied by several Officers
Of state, he went to attend morning prayers with Mustapha in
the (great Moscitte, near the new barracks, close by the entrance
tf Pera. On the five following days public tranquillity remained,
in a great measure, undisturbed.

On the 28th of July, the designs of Mustapha Rairactar were
pr,tty well unveiled. After the Sultan had, by his own liatti-
sherif, appointed him Generalissimo of the Sublime Porte, he
had the audacity -to surround the palace of the Grand Vizier ;
he demanded of him the Great Seal of the Empire ; after which,
he ',rot the Vizier a state prisoner, under a strong escort of ca-
valry, to the camp near Daud Pacha. Immediately after this,
the Grand Seignor sent two black eunuchs and eight trusty Moors,
% it it the silken bowstring, to his uncle, the deposed Sultan Sclim.
body was actually exposed in the Great Court of the Serag-
lio; till the object of opposing thespians of Mitstapha's dependents
11;.1 mit sticceed ; and in the evening at five, the cannon from the
St,ragiin, Tophane., and the fleet, announced a change in the
unient, and in the room of Mnstapha IV. his young brother
Ni:thomed 11. the last 6rauch of the race of Osman, was pro-
tla"hsd• lle bas born on the 20th of June, 178.5. The new
Sultan transmitted the Seal of the Empire to Mustapha Bairac-
tar, :old delivered the Moors beforementioued, for punishment,
int,, the hands of the Rostang Pacha, or Captain of the Guard.
Nwh:ng more remarkable has hitherto occurres in consequence
:h;; revelation) tttii the public peace seep to be perfectly
r-s:,;red.

599

FRANKFORT, Aua 27.—We learn from Stiabia;' that the
camp near Augsburgh will be pitched about half a league frotp
that city. A body of troops is also collecting at Rastadt. They
were at first about 2000 in number, but are now increased to
4000. They are ordered to be io readiness to march by the 14th
of next month.

Should the Princes of the League of the Rhine call out the
whole of their quotas, their combined force will consist of
118,000 men. Of the original members of this League, the King
of Bavaria brings into the field, 30,000 men; the King of Wird
temburgh, 12,000; the grand Prince of Baden, 8000; the Grand
Duke of Berg, 4000; the Duke of Hesse 9000; and the Duke
of Nassau, with the remaining Princes, 9000. Of the states that
have joined the League, Saxony furnishes 20,000; Westphalia,
25,000; Wurtsburgh, 2000; Saxe Weimar, 800; Saxe Gotha,
1100; Saxe Meinungen, 300; Saxe Cobourg, 900; Saxe Held-
burghausen, 200; Anhalt, 800; Schwartzburgh, 650; Waldeck,
400; Rensz, 950; Lippe, 650; Meckleoburgh Schwerin, 1900;
Mecklenbargh Strelitz, 400.

Da Esoci, MTG. 27.--L.On the 25th, 4000 French infantry
passed through this city, and yesterday C 000: four thousand
more took up their quarters here for the night, and marched till*
at five o'clock this morning.. In all, there have passed throtOt
this place 24,000 infantry, and 7,500 cavalry. Each of the sub..
diers was treated by the city with a refreshment of beef and
bread, besides beer and brandy. The officers had a covered
table, and an allowance of wine. All the above troops are pro-
ceeding by forced marches in waggons. They require daily two
thousand waggons and eight thousand horses. It is said that the
fifteen thousand of our troops under orders to take the field, will
join this army.

FROM THE SPAA ISE PAPERS.

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN.

The Junta of Seville have published a Proclamation, in which,
after chewing the absurdity and danger of disputing :theta the
successioa to the Crown, in the event of the demise of Ferdi-
nand VII. and his brothers, bin sheaving also that the rettenci-
ation of Charles IV. in favour of Joseph liohaparte, gave hint
no claim td the Crown of Spain, they take into consideration,
whether a Supreme Government, which may unite the sovereign
authority of all the Provinces till the restitution of Ferdinand
the Seventh, be necessary. ? :The Junta declare decisively that
it is.—They then discus the question, whether the Cortes simuld
he assembled had be convoked hy the ()hi Coentil of ?
The old Council of Castile never convoked the. Cortes.—Ot4ht
it then to possess an authority which it never did pose's; after
having violated the fundamental laws, and riflOrded every faci-
lity to the enemy to usurp the Sovereignty ? The convocation
of the Corte:: is the peculiar and exclusive privilege of the King,
—The King being absent, could not exercise the to is ileg6 ; the
Provinces would not submit to any other authority, would not
unite, and there mild be uo Con es.--The Junta, therefore, de-
clare against convokiwz the Corti s.—The kingdom found itself
suddenly withouta K ieg and a tiovenimemt.—T he People there.
fore legally resumed the power of appeintio,...o. a Government—a
truth openly avowed by various Juntas.—The people created
these Juntas, and the legitimate power therefore is deposited
with them. The junta of Sesille then recommended that each
of these Juntas should select from their ow n Members two De-
puties to form the Supreme Ciovernment.—The Supreme Govern-
ment to elect a President, who should only continue in office it
limited time, a fortnight, a intoith, or any other time deemed
most agreeable. Either Cuidatl litsal, or Almagro' in La Man-
cha, is recommended as the most coeyenient City fur the seat
of Government.—The Junta conclude as follows :

" It remains only that we speak of this Supreme Junta of Se-
ville, upon which point we shall not say much. Certain per-
sons, either ignorant or malevolent, have endeavonred to spread
the persuasion that we affected a :,uperiority u%er the e ther pro-
vinces. Any such thought has kern far from us, although the
general good of the nation has been our guide, and as it were
the s ►ul of all our determination . We possess:A the only
&tindery for cannon in the kingdom, and arms and ammunition
in a c •rrain degree of abundance. Various Captain- genera!,,
acknowledge us from the commencement, and veteran troops
were more numerous in our province than in any other parts
and thiq we formed an arm v in a shorter time, and have harrassed
the eu•tny, who have surrendered pi ',loners of war, with their
General, Dopoot, and have capit slated for the divisions of
Generals Vcdcl aunt Oobert, who are to be conducted to France,
1111101111 ting altogether, to 17,000 men, so that there doesnot

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