The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-19 00:00:00

;-!7re'ing-the liberty of indu§try.; rewards
cl-..creed by t.beEmperor himself redouble the emu-
lation oftl4c workmen; a drawing school will mAure.
the perfLxqion of the arts. Lyons communicating
with the "iyledierranean in the South, shortly with
the. Rhine by the Canal Napoleon, with the Ocean
and the Channel by the Soane, the Loire, and the
Seines, the outlet of Switzerland and Piedmont, will
enjoy a commercial depot; which, by developing the
lx-emefit of so fortunate a situation, will effe6tually
render,it the centre of a vast commerce.

'The. ancient .Savoy, along time oppressed by
the. policy of its Sovereigns, happy at being united
by its law's to a country to which it had already be-
longed by its manners, offers to the Emperor faith-
-fa' and well-tried hearts. Every thing is in motion
in its valleys; heretofore nearly inaccessible, soon
oßened to the most procluiitive communications; but
"the great operations of *which it is the theatre do
not suffer the most minute interest "to be negle6.ed.
The Castle of Chamberry rises from its ashes ; the
deserted/buildings are restored to public utility ; the
asyluMS. are opened for indigence; places of repOse
are secured for the traveller ; the germ of industry
is planted in the soil to which it seemed to -be a
stranger:

"The Emperor passed the Alps by that read
whiCh his genii's had concei-.-ed, and which his power
;:executed. new.scenepresents itself' to our
view.; -Piedmont 'still retains•sothe vestiges of a revo-
lution lesS terrible, but more recent, than our's. It-
does not seem to be entirely French, neither by the
serithnents' that prevail in it, nor by the advantages
which it enjoys : the Emperor, who had twice ap-
peared before the walls of Turin, at the head of a
v;6lOrious army, and r: he had not entered it out of
respea' either 'for its roisfOrtunes or its weakness;
, entered that eity'for the firSt tithe': he. shewed hirne
self there as the father of his new children, without
:soldiers, without guards, accompanied solely by the
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enefits which he broUght, greater and more power-
fill from this noble Security. The affedions to which
he entrusted himself burst forth en ali sides.
• " The people of Piedmont have slim's themselves
NsTorthyof the confideneo with which he honours them.,
Tlie public homage comes forward ,to adorn his train;
the great pronietors, who hitherto remained apart,
. press around' him -; the. unsettled Administrations,
enlightening theMselses by his genius, assume a more
firm and more regular' form; 'abuses are reformed ;
• languishing commerce rev ices;; new channels are pro-
mised to-it; uncertainties are fixed, opinions are re-
. coneiled,, and those who, in the times of -difficulty,
daoted themselveS to the interests' of -France, are
assured, that France will ever .faithfelly remember
...their services •• those:who; engaged by the benefits re-
ceived from ;heir ancient masters, have thought that
miSfOrtune gave new force to. the duties of gratitude,
learn that their new Sovereign is too generous to keep
anyremembrance -.but that, of the devotion of which
they have shewn ti.emsehres :capable. Services are
recompensed, ,whatever may -have • been the date of
them ; and the new Country discharges the debts of
the old. The principal families, admitted around
the Imperial Throne, -spread about them the splen-
dour of the honours they have received. The great
preprietors, without espeaing the return of any one
privilege, have rio exclusion to fear. Every thing
resumes the place wh;is wisdom and justice marked
out 'for, it. Piedrhont first conquered by arms, is
how naturalized by benefits.
•
• " From that period every part of Piedmont may,
date the establishment of them-lost valuableinstitu-
- tions ; but three Cities, • more especially, from their
nature, must have attraded the attention of the Em-
peror ;---,Turin, Casa]; Alexandria. Turin, hereto-
fore the residence of a Court ; Casal, the ancient
capital of Montserrat, long since naturalized by its
recolle&ions, its at-tedious, -and its customs e- Alex-
andria, round which, in times. of war, all -great mi-
litary operations must turn, as on their pivot ; Tu-
rin, widowed of its Kiirs°s, has the consolation
or an august promise : 'A brother of the Em-
peror will rule over that beautiful Country ; and
his known disposition is a pledge -of 'the happiness
which lie will shower doWn upon it; he wiil reside
at Turin ; an amiable and brilliant-Court will restore
_to that City more'than it has been deprived of. Its
magnificent palace' will become the abode of the
Graces and of beneficence---s•beretofore a gloomy
fortress, surrounded with enemies, who communi-
cating with France and Italy;• of which it seems to
be the . tie of union, it-will no -longer be ehvironed
but by friendly States, and Commerce arid the Arts,
eager to inhabitit, will carry. th<them their choicest
Savours. Casal, overlooked'until now, but ardently
devoted to the head of the; Empire, has only been
loud in its acclamations, and never uttered a com-
plaint : the Emperor has anticipated all its wishes ;
a -Lyceum, a Bishoprick; and Courts of Justice,
will restore life and aaivity to that beautiful city,
which will moreover be enriched by concessions.
These -benefits Will give a rapid development to the
advantages which it derived from its happy situation,
from its :indulgent climate, and from every gift of
nature. -Alexandria; .proud -.to. receive within its
walls those warriors whose victories it beheld, and to
.whom, it fell a conquest, celebrates their arrival as a
triumphant festivity; they are already assembled
within its walls. The Conqueror of Marengo is sur-
rounded by the companions of his glory on that
plain which afforded it so distinghisheda theatre;
the meed of valour is dispensed by the. same hands
who before directed' its exploits. A monument is
ereaed to the manes of those who devoted theth,
selves-for the sake of their Country ; the different
inhabitants of Italy, crowding to this spectacle, ce-
lebrate in concert with the French soldiers, the an-
niversary-of a clay that has fixed their destiny, while
it secured that of. France. In such plains France
be always sure to conquer ; there shall be estas
Wished the bulwark of the Empire ; there shall be
.to
the strongest fortress in Europe. Rivers are
to turn back their'course, to flow protection around
it; the/deepest combinations of the military art are
presiding over these immense, works, upon which
more than twelve millions of livres have already been
expended,. The Emperor has drawn up the plan of
them, and-followed ail their details: he makes Alex-
andria the seat of all the great military establish-
ments; but while, he assigns this high importance
to it in time of war, he is' anxious it should enjoy all
the blessings of peace ; lie re-established its interior
administration ; lie has created for it a trade of depot
and transit, which it will derive from the rivers that'
bathe t, aad from. the. .commtglications of which, it
forms the Centre : its plains, not long since ravished