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and in legs than two days die ,e"..e.iat prefeeed .eee. uneasiness to teir neighbours, enjoy their forluhate
steroation succeeded the moo. I.olV,iit presumntiai, situation.
"'The Kings of Bavaria, Westphalia, and the rest
- "In the mean time, the -Bth rxrd 9; e. cote, weiee 1
formed the Auatriareartny
irl
.Maly, half serpesed . of the Confederation, will obtain an accession of. ter-
-
ritery. It would undoubtedly have been safe for
our troops, who were :era ',rum .expelling such
treacherous proceeeaaes, blotikaded- Palenau, Nova, . France to extend- her frontiers beyond the Rhine,
but that river remains the invariable
"limits of the
and Venice, alva reached, o the Math of April, the
Adige. , neighbouring States of her Empire. The Hanseatic
towns shall serve as means of the reprisals of . war
" The Emperor's plan was no longer doubtful.
i kith Eegland.
After -snavitig defeated the grand army tf the Arch-
" The peace with Sweden shall immediately be
duke Charles; and driven four of the corps- to Belie- i
concluded. Nothing shall be changed in the poli-
role, he purseed.the twO corps which fell back to the I '
tical gelation of the Contederation of the Rhineeand
Inn, marched to Saltzburgh, Lintz, Upper Austria, -
the Helvetic Coutederacy. For the first tulle sines
and Styria,. in order to turn the Austrian army of
Italy, and secure his own army and his dominions in the days of the Romans, all Italy will again
Italy, which are so
be subjecl -to the same . system. The re-union
dear to his heart. • One month
had scarcely
1--31..)sect .sillca ore
tiojust,aggresiion
of . of the Estates of Rome was requisite to ' ef-
the Austrian army,: when Vienna was bombarded feei this measure---they intersect the Peninsula
from the Mediterranean as far as the Adriatic
and compelled to open its gatesandhow to our vie-
sea, and listory has evinced the . importance of
torious arms'. The an army of Italy soon per-
an immediate intercourse between Upper- Italy and
ceived that its' flanks were uncovered, and felt the
necessity of falling back.: The Viceroy, who :de- the Kingdom of Naples. T hree centuries ago,
whilst Charles VIII. -was effeneing the cow-Nest of
teated the enemy on the batiks .of the Piave, on the
ju this kingdom, the Pope suddenly changed his opi-
Noric Alps, and in Carniola, })cashed on to the from- this
.formed a tormidahlealeague against him.—
tiers of Styria, and formed a Ction with the grand ,
The retreat of the King being intimated, be could
aimy. Shortly after be defeated the enemy in the :
interior of Hungary. The battle of Raab was the i only return to France by maiching.over the necks, of
celebration of the memorable Anniversare-of-Maren- !the-confederates headed nyt the Pope.
" But wherefore should we seek for examples in
go and. Friedland, which -induced the Emperor to
the !denary of Charles VIII. ; of Louis XII.; of
write. his adopted son—" Your victory is a grand- the
I. Have we not seeii, in our days, the
daughter of Marengo." The scattered eternains of Popeprotecting the English in his capital, who, from
the ditiereot enemy's corps could not -Italie Talbert,
hie asylum,. were agitating the Kingdom of Naples
and would have been taken and-disarmed, had nit a ad the Kihsdom of - balyi distributing money and
f p
ortuitous event, the rise of the Danube, which over- art
eauiares to theessassins, . who. slaughtered ouesol-
-flowed its. banks, - arrested the French army ; . the
thers in the values u; Calabria ? The Emperor has
genius_of war, and the effeeleof art, overcame those
demanded cat the Pope to shut his. ports against the
unforeseen obstacles. In the profession of arms, it
English. We() could have thought that the Pope
is at times necessary to join the courage and force of
would have rejected his :demand ? He has proposed
the lion to the canning and prudence of the fox.—a.
to , him to form a leave, offensive and defensive;
The battle of Wagrani, followed by the Armistice of
with the kingdom of Naples, and that of Italy.
Znaiiii, made the arms drop from the h .nds of our ;
"The Pope has rej Cud this propoaal. No cir-
ebeiny ; he had no other hope left than the genecro-
ctimstance has occurred since the Peace of Pres-
sliy. ef the. Conqueror, which he had .so ": i btargh, wherein the Court of Rotmt.has not evinced
Slighted:- . . hared against France. Whatever-Tower happens
,
" By the peace of Vienna, Vranee and her allies' ' its
in Italy, becomes immediately her
Piave, obtained considerable advantages, and the Con- ' enemy. Hence, before the battle of Austerlitz,
tirient of. Europe has regained tresoquiiity•and peace. betore that at Friedland, the Emperor received from
Let I.l.hope that. this peace will be more permanent Rome briefs replete with acrimony.
than That of Preebnrgh ; and .hat the men who de- I , ,
" .We next beheld the Pope complaining of the
leaded the Cabtriet of Vienna after the Peace of Pres- ' ' principles of toleration, sacred by the Code of Nepo-
buret:, will not succeed-. in deceiving it again after leon ; we beheld him rise against the organic laws,
that of Vienna,; they would pronounce the doom of i which governed the interior.of the Ethpire, and in
their Masters ; , for France, ever great, powerful, and which, under no title whatever, had lie any right to
sarong, will always know how to destroy and come- . interfere; we saw him cast fire-brands in our pro,
teract the-combinations and intrigues of her enemies. vinces, and thus endeavour to occasion divisions in,.
In the mean time, England, seeing that ow armies and to shake the great Empire; • and it is not to bey`
were employed in Germany, and being always ill doubted what he would have done, had any important
informed, 'notwithstanding the immense treasures Lunde been lost. The Court of RoMe has unveiled its
.
ihe wastes in paying spies, faecied that our veteran
troops had left Spain; and that the weakened French
artily would not be able to withstand their efforts.—
.Forty thousand men were disembarked in Portugal,
joined the insurgents, and flattered themselves
they al ould be able to march -to Madrid; they
gathered nothing but disgrace from their enterprise;
they were met ny armies in all places, where they
fancied to find only divisions. Forty thousand men
landed at the same time in Walcheren ; and without
• having commenced the siege, by means of a short
bombardment they rendered themselves in a fort-
night masters of Flushing, which was defended in a
cowardly manner. His Majesty ordered a report to
he made to him on this subject. The Emperor ge-
nerously rewards 'those, who, 'animated with his
sentiments; and sensible of what they, owe to the
honour Of France, are faithful' to glory and their
country ; but be severely punishes those.who calcu-
late the danger when violory alone should occupy
their Mind,. and prefer a disgraceful-flight to a glo-
rious death. In the mean time all the departments
were in arms : 150,000 men of the national guards
put themselves in .motion, while at the same time
25,000 troops drawn from the depots assembled in
Flanders, and the Gens d'Armes formed a corps of
8000, choice cavalry. The English Commander in
Chief, as a wise and •prudent man, would not ex-
pose his army to danger More destru&ive than the
plague ; he returned to England. All the depart-
ments gave striking proofs of their attachment to the
Government and Emperor. Some districts only in
the department of the Sarre shewed a contrary dis-
position. Commissioners have been appointed to
enquire into their' cOndua. The districts and. pri-
-vale individuals, who have miscondueted themselves,
shall be: deprived, during the space. of twenty-five
years, of the rights of citiiens, and subjeCied to a
double contribution. Over their doors shall be
written the words--` this is not a French Coin-

secret sentiments too much. She has not been able
to disown the services rendered by the Emperor to
religion ; but this motive of acknowledgment, Ix hlch
should have been so, po wenn! over the Chief of the
Church, could not O'vetCorne the hatred of the tern-•
poral Sovere;gn. Convinced of these truths, sacred
by the history of former times, and by our own
experience, .the Emperor had only two ways to
choose—either to create•a Patriarch, and separate.
France from every relation with a power inimical to
her, and which endeavoured to annoy her; or to
deStroy a temporal sovereignty, the only souree ot the
hatredot the Court of Rome against France.

Tnere was but one means to free it for ever
from such great dangers, and to reconcile the inte-
rests of the State with those of religion; it was ne-
cessary that the successor of St, Peter should again
become, undisturbed by. worldly concerns, merely a. •
pastor, lik.e St. Peter."
Under the article of ,War, a description is given
of the advantages obtained in Germany, Austria,
Hungary, and Splin, which is terminated by the fol-
lowing remarks :
" Holland is, in. fati, only a part of France; a ,
definitn.n of that country may be given, by saying
that it is an alluvton of the Rhine, the Meuse,'
and the Scheldt ; that is to say, of the great ex-
terior of the French Ernpire' The absolute inuti-
lity of her custom-houses, the disposition of -her
agents, and the sentiments of its inhabitants, which
tend incessantly to a fraudulent trade with England,
have rendered it necessary to exclude t hem from 1111
commercial intercourse with the Rhine and Weser.
Thus placed in a state of morbid Compression be-
tween France and England, Holland is deprived
both of the advantages which clash with our gene-
ral system; and which shin must relinquish, and of
those which she might enjoy ; it is time'that all this
should be set right.
" The Illyrian provinces cover_ Italy ;, give her a
direct communication with Dalrnati ; procure us a
point'of immediate conta& with the Empire of Con-
stantinople, which it must be the intention of Fiance,
for so many reasons, to support and prOtect.
" Spain and Portugal are the seat of a furious
revolution • the niumerous agents of England keep
up the conflagration which they have raised. The
forek:, the power, and .the .calm moderation of the
Emperor; will restore to• them -peaceful days:—
Should Spain lose her colonies, it .will be damp
her own fault. The Emperor will neve •
the independence of the continental nations of Ame-
rica ;t-tlat independence is in the natural order of
events ; it is just ; it agrees with the true interest of
11l "European powers. Shacild the people of Mexico '
and Peru wish to raise themselves to the elevation of
a noble independence,,France shall never oppose
them, provided they enter into no connection with
England. France- is: not under the necessity of vex—
,ing her neighbours, or imposing on them tyranniet,
r:Lt • ,
laws,- to ,securc her prosperity and trade.
" We have lost the Colony of Martinique, and,
that of Cayenne ; they were both badly defended.
The circumstances which led to their losi, form the
objet of a strict inquiry, although it is not of any;
weight in the general. balance olaffairs, since'they
will be restored to us in a inure fionrishing condi-
tion, at the general peace.
- " To conclude, peace, has brought back again the
Emperor among us. All the Estate-boc i s have laid,
down:their homages at the foot of his throne. I-Ls
answer is engraved on your hearts, Tlfat Monarcti,.
who excites the greatest adtniration—tlie greatest
enthusiasm—is he .who is also ',;:ortay of more love.
He has said so to us—He places, on. that which he
inspires, all his hopes of happiness. Frenchmen,

mune.'

"His Majesty has also ordered to be laid before
him designs of• monuments to be ereEted at Arras,.
Banger, and Lisle, tending to preserve the memory
of sentiments which have given him so much sails-
faaion.
" But the momentous influence* the everts of
the year nog on the face of the world, attracts
ail our attention. .