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PREkCH PAPERS.

CONSERVATIVE SENATE,

SITTING OF THE THIQD or oCrolitit.

ADDRESS OF HIS MOST SERENE HIGHNESStk
PRINCE ARci-I-CiIANCELLOR OF THE ENE..
MIRE.

" CrENTLEMEN,--HiS Imperial and -Royal MA-
jesty, taking in with a sinule glance the_ preSent.si-
tuation of affairs; . finds. it necessary to order a levy
of 36,00.0 men.

This is the purport of the Decree which is to
be submitted to your delib,-olion, awl by which the
new levy its imposed upon the new cias,ies of thet
conscription of. the-years 180 G, 180, 1 008, 1809,,
and 1810.

•
‘c Your Wisdom win a!ready have discovered the
twitY9t of this arrangement. You wilt soon be at-
silted that it is-the result of a prudent fOresight, al:d
:.te unceasing anxiety of his Majesty for the. public
interest.-

" Whatever, Gentlemen, may he the issue of the
negociations at Altenburgh, there are strong indica-
tions that the English, after having been driven back
from our territories; will endeaVotr to prolong the
war in Spain. The nutnerotis battalions whicti his
Majesty opposes to thew in i hat kingdom, need only
be kept UptOtheir full complerrient,.in Order to baf-
fle all the atterript of the enemy.
‘‘. If the peace -be renewed between France-and
Austria, it will be impossible; without great incon
venience, to suddenly transport the brave troopt
who will have conquered it; :froth the Banks of the
Danube to those of the Guadalquivir. , This remark
has not escaped,the.paternal attention of his Mlles.-.
ty 5. and let us be persuaded, that after such glorious
exertions, he is desirous, and-with justice, that -the
ConqUerors shdald receive the testimonies of public
gratitude and general admiration. .
tf These points, Gentle,Len; will, be explained to
yoU by the Orators of the'Council of State, and more
particularly in the. Report of the Minister at, War ;
which the EMperor has ordered him to coturnuni-
cate to ybu.. , •

ic The levy retiuired is, moreover, much less
than his Majesty could draw from the trlasses by
which it' is to be supplied; besides, it will be A-en,.
dered as title burihensome as possible.
In this crisis the Senate will be anxious, as on
former occasions, to forward the intentions of our
august Sovereign; for the honour and glory of. the
French people'

Report made to his Majesty the Emperor and King,,Profft:.
for of the Confederation of the Rhine, by his Excellency .
Count De liuneburgh, Minister of War, Sept. ts, iBO9.
" Stns,—lf the numerous viaories of your Mi..;
jesti, and the extraordinary_ successes of yeitir armjes;•
be at' the same time the workt of your genius, the
result of the most scientific military combination, of .
your inherent intrepidity, and 'the courage of so •
many brave men, these viadries arid successes are
no lenowing to yotit.admitable feiesight. It is this,
which has inspired your Majesty with. the idea of as-
sembling at first in the, interior of the Ernpire,What-
ever might be-the complexion.of affairs,•the youth of
France who are successively called on to .rve their
coentry,aed of making them constantly pay their
corerbution to the safety of the State, at the same
time that' they accustom themselves to arins.
." The temporary dereliCtion of this syMem would
be prOductive of some danger to the Empire, and It-
would he placing rather too great a reliance upco the
future, however flattering appeatances may be at pre.
sent, to suffer the'depots, in the interior of. France to
want the regular Ripply of recruits, whenever a part
of the young soldiers who fill them should be called
into actual service. •
A short glanee at the state of . your Majesty's
armies wilt be sufficient to show that the levy which •
I feel•it my duty.to propose.is sufficient at present..
" Masser of Vienna, and of more thin half
Austrian Monarchy, your Majestyis at the head,olini
the most fertnidable army. that France ever had be-
yond the Rhine ; and to judge of what it is capable •
of effecting, it is. only necessary. to mention that it •
was hardly formed when it conquered Austria in the •
fields of Thaun,s ot•Abersberg, and
.of Eckt-nuld,
Whether the negociations .at Altenfiurgh terminate -..
in peace, or whether the war continue. 7. r s 7.
jesty has in your depAtg trot* enough fit to take the_
iibld, to recruit your army in _Germany., .
" In the month of January your Majesty pur=
sled the English army While. Yoii
Were engaged in it,. your Majesty. was informed that
the Court of Viennaintended to break its engage- .
meats., Though such an event seemed to call,the
principal, part of your forces into 'Gertnany, your'
Majesty nevertheless thought. proper to- leave your
veteran aimy..in Spain; not that the whole of that
army was actually necessary to complete the: subjo-
gation of the Spanish rebels, but to deprive England
of the possibility of prolonging- that rebelliou, of
which she is the cause. `That piltrer, seeing in the
new system established in Spain. the presage of her
'own ruin, did not, boweter,. despair of overturning
it ; and her efforts upon this.occaiion,have greatly
surpassed all that we have .seen-her. Make upon si-
milar occasions. . • s :..
General. Moore had not been able to brifitt.
from Galticia the half of hiS troops. -The immense
losses
,which his army sustained, did not dissuade,
the English Government from sending
.a fresh army,
• consisting of 40,000 then, to 4isboo: . It penetrated
the centre of Spain, and raNd aro'and. it the
various corps of insurgents.. The banks of the Al- •
berche and the Tagus witnessed their flight and their
Confusion. Compelled to retreat to tie. further sidti•.
of that river; and pursued at thepoint of the bayonet; ••
they totally evacuated Spain, and the PortugueSe.gftWi
them return in disorder to their territory,. •
" At the same.period, an army of eqoal,force stid;.
denly made. its appearance at the entrance Of the
• Scheldt, with the intention of burning the dock-
• yards at Aetwerp; there our enemies were covered