The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-11 00:00:00

Ittiig of ''''Pra.Agh'iri3r*rs tntich: to 'cle.Are., Never

was - • •
tly'ertigma more aancult to be resolved.

't rthe.Cabinet orßerlin complains that the Treaty

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of Presburgh was entered into in favour of Vance.

This, indeed, is a very strange reproach I Is it not
the usual effe& of .viaory to: secure advaptges to

the conqueror ? WasJ?rance,.upon.coming.otst of a
strblggle in which her ruin liad,been conspired, to

.leave her enemies the means' of renewing the same

plots, and bringing bask the same calamities

However, these enemies. recovered almost all they
had lost, France contented hersellwith what was re-

quisite to guarantee her glory and their tranquillity,
whereas the leagued Kings shared among themselves
her spoils even before they took the field., The mea-
sures then take❑ by the Emperor i',Capoleon had for
their objea only a solid peace, and even an honour-
able.one to the vanquished. Other conquerors keep

their. conquests; hOrnade the ascendance 'of his arms
serve only for the good of his allies and the safety of
other Potentates. The Treaty of Presi)urghicontain-
ed:the.elemeuts,of a polit,ic,ll arganizatlon more ana-
logous to the interests of the respective States of Ger 7
'Many.. Their free Fill laid the baiis of it. The ar-
rangetnents. made.subsequent to the Treaty ofPres.-
burgh were only combinations judged necessary to
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secure their execution ; and as they were the fruits
of the wishes and meditations of a great part
of Germany, these
.arrangernents acquired a de
grew of. legitimacy and 'solemnity' still greater than
If they had been only snatched by vidory. The
EleEtors .detached themselves from the Germanic
Boclv, and the Emperor of Austria had a right to
abdicate a title which, for half a century past, has been
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only a source of contrarieties and occasion of wars for
his House. This affair was quite fofeign 'to Prussia,
who had often given the example of defeiaien, and of
a permanent-rebellion against her paramount head.-7-
Nothing can be more pleasant than to hear the King
of Prussia so kindly pitying the destrudion of a dig-
nity which he so long laboured to render a mere
mockery, the prerogatives of 'which he continually
opposed, and the humiliationsand disasters of which
be had secretly encouraged. Atistria may.-„yet an!.
swer the hostilities of this insulting pity. with—You
should have come to the field of /Austerlitz !
If the Envoy of Prussia was admitted to the-Ne-
gotiations which followed that battle, it will doubtless
not be supposed, notwithstanding the bravado of the..
Manifesto, that it was from the terror she inspired.
The French army was ready to return to France by
the way of Berlin. But France then thought to lay
the foundation of a lasting peace, and. she wished to
reconcile the interest of Prussia. The full and en-
tire execution of the Treaty was to be followed by
the evacuation of Germany by the French army : the
Emperor of the French had a right to-exped it.—
; However, the King of Prussia looks upon the forced
stay of the French troops as a grievance ; but he
dissembles: “. the King determined to continue the
. part he had. hitherto a&ed, for some time longer.—
He wished to preserve his force, now more than ever
;necessary to Europe.7'-7(See the Manifesto, pape 9.)
Thus the Treaty Of Presburgh.was no sooner signed,
than they foresaw the period when, they were to re!..
kiudy the war. They Waited only fora favourable
moment—they wished .to catch. the lion asleep.,
Thus
_France could only rely on herself. They jus-
tified before-hand every thing they would have done
for her. security. However, nothing Of all that she
might have done did she do. The proteditai which
she a year after, had given to the ConfederaCy of the
Rhine, was a sacrifice to the common safety. This
Pad, -freely consented to, did not concern Prussia;
it took nothing from her it encroached neither upon
her rights nor upon her territory, Which she found'
to be increased without her having drawn the sword..
The accessory grievances which she sets forth besides
the 'great interests of Europe, are trifles which be-
tray the weakness of her reasons. The pecuniary
indemnity which she solicited for the Prince—of
Orange, was only a private negotiation ; the loss of
the three Abbeys might have been compensated ;
the uniortof.Wesel. to the French. Empire was a free
cession, in which Prussia had no right to meddle.-
-Besides, she had just complainecl4 that the Conte—
derate Princes were only Vassals of France. 14 her
reasoning the union of Wesel made no alteration in
the state of things. •
Moreover, Majesty this King of Prussia pasSes
so lightly over those grievances, that they are not
deserving of 'a serious refutation. He expatiates
more at large upon the restitution of Hanover, and
upon the obstacles thrown in the way of a Confede-
racy of the North. He feels the futility-of the rest ;
he willingly abandons all foreign interests ; but these
two grievances are insupportable. Ire oreselratuing.
near the moment which Merinined leis
.M jelly.
We have already seen the King ,of, Prussia, after
taking possession of Hanover-as its Sovereign, mea-
suring' back his steps, and looking upon it only as
a temporary property. He now.got himself intreat-
ed to keep it.definitively. HP. wished to have the