The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-10 00:00:00

FROM TH.E SEVILLE GAZETTE.

By a Decree of the Emperor of the FRENCH,
made at Bayonne 30th May, in conformity with a
Seizatus Coistritum of the 24th of the same, the
States of Tuscany, Parma, and Placentia,_, ave been
united to the French Empire. NAPOLEON may be
asked, on this occasion, if these Provinces were
threatened with avy revolution, which obliged him
to take them under his coonuand ; if there were in
the Royal Family of Etruria any dissentious injurious
to the people; if the King or Nation of Etruria had
committed any fault which deserved that the former
should be deprived of its sceptre, and the latter of
its- independenCe ?
.Bat - the King of EvluazA shall possess other
estates; yes, probably, some house of pleasure like
that of Valency. Unlucky the nation at whose ex-
pence this compensation is to be made ! Does NA-
POLRON regard nations as flocks of sheep, the domi-
nion of which may be transferred from hand to,haud
at his pleasure ?

Again, ivinay be asked, why is the Kingdom or
Etruria called the States ry Tuscany, &c: ? Does
NAPOLEON think to justify so criminal an usucpa-
Lion, merely by giving it a decent name ? Does he
think to recover the rights which war gave him
ever those estates, and which he ceded to the Prince
of PARMA, by merely giving them the name they were
called by at the epoch of their conquest ? He be-
lieves, Europeans, he believes only, that you are so
weak and silly as to suffer yourselves to be seduced
by his promises and subjugated by his power.
One expression, of one of the Orators in the Se-
nate, on the occasion of passing the decree before-
mentioned, is particularly remarkable. The whole
coast the Metliterraricau, says he, will becoiiie part
V the French territory; or of the lerritory V the Great
Empire. Yes, it is the interest of France, and there-
fore it must be so, at the expellee of all justice. But
what is this great Empire that is so- obscurely an
nounced to us. This is explained a little after, by
telling us that the coast of Naples make part
,f the
federative system of which France is the centre. Do
you understand this ? Nations of Europe, you are
invited to the French federation ; but at the same
time you are told that the Chief of Oka• federation
shall be your Monarch, your great Sovereignrof
whose great Empire you will be illustrious
.portions,
on which the sparkling of his glory will be, Sea t tered.
At present Etruria is added not to the Empire, but to
the territory of Fiance; to-morrow Naples will be
United in the same manner; then the Nlorea, &e.--
To-day it is the interest of NAPOLEON to take pos-
session of the coasts of the Mediterranean, and Etru-
ria has disappeared ; to-morrow it will be his interest
to take possession of the coasts of the Baltic, and
the names of Prussia and Russia will .be buried in
oblivion. Another day he will 'want to appropriate
the navigation of the Black Sea ; and Austria, Hun-
gary, and Turkey, will wonder to find' themselves
united under the same despot.- Powers of Eurdpe,
open your eyes; It is better to' die thaU4o sutler'
such debasement ! if - you have to fall at his feet,
fall gloriously, after having satisfied yourselves with
revenge. 'Where are the deliverers of Europe ?.
the epoch of the WILLIANts and the GUSiAVUSES
gone tot ever ?