The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-18 00:00:00

11)13CE SIXPENCE lIALFPENNY.

wite•tnar 'to:a while tut-
tilling the{r with- Ardent 'fidelity. • I ofi'argtty•43,
10 mike known this Letter to,ine 0 s,nd
it by a tii, of. truce to he 'Major-Genet-al 'of the
Emperor Nap ,LEOtt.

• t§igned) '" FRANCIS,"
" ‘Vdike'tsdort; May as, 18.,9 "

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"As soon as this 0(1' of the clak Caine to the
ktiovAeage of his M.tjesty, he ordered. the arrest of
the Prince C9LLIIKEDO, •Princr METTERNiCH,CoOnt
N4QETT, an I -Count FliztbDlck, and 'hat they
should ue conveyed to France, tO answer for. the
lives, of denerhts and FoiTLEns. The
Major-General wroteto'the Chief (4,,the Staff of the
Atilfriart ar ny, the following 1,.-ntr:
TO THE IdAJOR,!4•ENtERAL OP THE AtSTRT AN ARMT.

4, Sch. ephrunri, • i wit 6,- 1879.
" 4aitt str the -Einperor has been ma(!e
acquainted with an ordi±r given by the Emperor
FRANCIS, which ;Jeclares, that the French Generals
Dtt-aosWEL and fooLelts, whom the circum-
stances of the war hat'e placed in his power,
shill .answer for "the .puttishment Winch the laws
of justice May inflict on Mons, Cli-AsTELLAR,
who fAS 'put himself at -the head 'of the - In-
surgetits of the Tyrol, and who haspermitted ,the
murler of 700 :French p—riSimerS, and between 1$
and";t9oo Bavarians, a crime tuthearki-of in the hiss
tory of nations, and which might haVe caused a l'er:
ribte reprisal: on 40 Field-Marshal Lieuienant, 36
Major-G-•heraki,• more 'than 3OO ',Colonu:l9 sir Ma:
jot'', 1200 Otlic,-rs,' and :oldiers, if his
Majesty did not eoii4id,;r prisoners as placed nr:deF
his faith and honour, an had not.4sides pr,.(ifsthat
the Austrian Officers in the. Tyrol have been as in:
digoatki at the ;14:lion as ourselves.

-64 His Majesty, however, has ordered, that P• I,ce
CoLLORP:I),), Prince Asitritim4cu, Count. FREDB-
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£U& i-lAa6Orcic., and Count t'Exotcr,r, ar-
rested and con Veyed to France, toansWer for the safety
of Generals' Dtht-osNEr. and FouLuits, threatened by
.the order of the day. of your Sove\-eign: these Otti.
cers maY die Sir,-=-but they shall not die without
being revenged; this vengeance shall not fall on any
prisoners, but on the relatives of those who shall or-
der their death. , •

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Ai to M. Ciliksit,t.LAlt, he is not yet in the
power of the army ; but it he should be taken,, you
may be assured that be will be delivered toakmilitary
commission, and that his triA Will. take place.
" I request your EivelleriCe to believe the ienti.
aients 'Ot my high consideration.
,‘ The Major-General.

(Signed) " ALExANDRE.,•

The city of Vienna and the States of Lower
Austria solicited the clemency of his Majesty, and
requested to send a DeputAtion to the Emperot ,
Francis, to convince him 'et the impropriety of the
proceeding with reaped to the
.Generals Durosnel
and Foulers; to represent that Chastener was not
condemned, that be. was not arrested,' but only ac-
, tused before the tribunals; that the fathers, wives,
children, and
,property of the Austrind Generals,
were in the hands of the French; and that the
• French army was determined-, -if a single prisoner
was put to deitlie. to tnake an exaMple, •of which
Posterity should bug preserve the reutenahrance.--.
The esteem which his Majesty:entertains for. the
good in haoitants of Vienna and the. States deterinin•
ed him- to accede to his. request. He granted per-
mission to M. Colloredo, illetternich, Haddick,
and Pergen, to remain at Vienna, and to the Depot
tation to set out for. the head-qUarters of the Ern.
peror of Austria. This Deputation has returned.l-..
The Emperor Francis has replied to dike- represen=
tations, that. he was ignorant of the- massacre of the
French prisoners in the. Tyrol ; tha, he pitied the
miaeriesof the Capital and the PrUvitices; that his
Ministers had deceived him, eec.- Etc. eitc.• The de=
putiea reminded him that all prudent men saw with ,
, pain the existence of a handful of intriguers, who by '
the measures they advised, the proclamations; or-
ders of the day; &c. which they caused to oe adopt..
ed, endeavour only to. fvment passions and hatred,
and to exasperate an enemy who is the master of
Croatia, Carniula, Carinthia,. Styria, Upper and
Lower Austria; the capital of the Empire, and a
great part of Hungary.; that the sentiments of the
Emperor for his' subjeic.ls ought to incline him to
calm rather then irritate the. Cohqurror, and to.give
.towar the ,charaCier.natimil to it among civi!ized,
mations; sirite it is its the power of the Conqueror
to render more heaVy the evils whhehtypres on the.
halt of the Monarchy. It is said, „ippette Emperor
Franc-is answered, that the greater4vart of ,the p pets
mentioned, by' the Deputies were fictions, and that
those the eitisrence of which
.. was nut denied, were
more moderate; that the Edi!m-s were, •besides,
FiencleClerks, and-that even whet! r eese paper's did
contain 'some unpleasant things, they v.e'e not per-
ceived till the mischief was &tie. If this answer,
which i 3 publicly rdported, is authentic, we have
one. obserOtion to Make: It is impossible not to
perceive ir, this the influence of England ; fur this
small ittimber of men, traitors to thetr country; are
certainly in the pay of. that Power.
When the DepUties went to Boda, 'they saw
-the Empress. She had been obliged to leave this
city some days before. They found her dispirited,
and in consternation at the evils which threatened
fter House. The opinion of the nation is extremely
unfavohreble to the family of this Princess.
et It was thiS family which eXcited, the war. The
Arandtike Palatine and the Archduke Reenter are
the only Austrian Princes who urged the mainte-
nance of the peace. The Empress was tar troin
foreseeing the events that. have taken 'place. Sue
has shed many tears ; She has' tievvn great, warm at
the thick cloud which covers the suture; she spoke
of peace; she desired peace; she conjured the De-
PutieS•to speak to the Emperor in favour of peace.
, They reported that the- cOndud of the Archtluke