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FOREIGN I.NTSZLIGENC.E.
.• .P.05t173, placiltegit. es. . •
' this clans contains semend notes on
the peed extfikibd finm.thq ,Anglish. papers. • Upon
' u parairraph in- ens of thim relative to the rise of the
funds, m coitsequenne of ttii irrival of a flag of truce,.
it observes No flag of truce has been sent front
France to England. Vessels have been placedat the
disposal of M. de Mettosnich, the Austrian Am-
bassador, to catwalks** with England.. Of what
use would Bags of truce. from France be ? Do
we not ksiow that the present Ministry have pro
claimed the principle of, perpetual War ? The refusal
of the inediatimt .of. Ruses, the massacre of Copen-
hagen, the present infamous Decree by which Eng-
land assimilates herself to the Dey Of Algiers--do
they not sufficiently make knosen that no peace is pos-
• sible whilst this club of furious oligarchs shall be at
the head of the English Administration ?" •
Respecting a paragraph relative to the recognition
of Christophe as President of Hayti, the Monitestr re-
marks, " That the brigands who have massacred the
whites at Copenhagen, should ally themselves with
the brigands who have massacred the whites at St.
Domingo, would not surprise any one : both are
equally enemies of Europe."
Adverting to the entrance of the Russian squadron
into the Tagus, the. Moniteur says The Itussian
squadron cannot .br surprised ; it is in safety, and hai
escaped all your snares. Admiral Siniavin, by his
manoeuvres, has spared your annals a new crinis,",..
On a paragraphm the English papers respecting
dee disposition of. Russia not being favourable to us,
the Moniteur observes :--" Search the Continent, the
whole world, which the atrocious conduct.of your oli-
garchs has roused against you, you will not find a na-
tion that does not curse the British name. We must
Except, however, the negroes of St. Domingo and the
Dey of Algiers. The latter • has explained himself
categorically : he has declared your law founded upon
justice and the law of nations."
An article in one of the English Papers haring
stated that Mr. Hill, who is going to Sardinia, is the
bearer of dispatches for the Austrian -Government,
announcing the acceptance of the Austrian and, Rus-
sian mediation, the Afordicur says, that " it is true
that the Emperor of Austria, upon the first intelli-
gence of the events at Copenhagen, demanded ex-
Planations from England, and, as the Emperor of
Russia did, demanded how far she intended to make
the world groan under the miseries of the preseni war,
and whether she imagined that all the Governments
of the Continent would longer suffer the vexations
offeml tn. their commerce, and the violation of their
flags ? To this Declaration, worthy of a great So-
vereign, what did England reply ? She replied by the
Decrees of the 11th November. At London, as at
Vienna and at St. Petersburgh, the people desire the
termination of this infernal war, which is profitable
only to pirates ; but the Ministers of perpetual war
will laugh at the evils which Europe is suffering,
until the avenging blow, from the hands of the
English themselves, tired with the odious part they
are made to play, or from the hands of the Continental
Powers, shall at length rid the world of them.". •
Dkr. 28.—The Moniteur of this date contains seve.
ral decrees, dated frOm Milan, on the 21st. By the
first, a Senate is appointed.: :The second increases
the number of Counsellors in the Section of the Le-
-gislative Body in the Council of State. The third
adds fifteen D*,niiaries, fifty Commanders, and 300
Knights;t6the number of Members of the Order of
the Iron Crown, fixed by. the -statute creating that
Order. On -die:2oth'his Majesty appointed the Duke
of Lodi Presidentiof the Commune to be extraordi.
narily convoked.it'Milan on the 23d.

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MILAN, DEC. 18.w-FOURTII CONSTITUTIONAL STATUTE.
. We, Napolion,.by the Grace of Gm, and the Con-
stitution of the Empire,- Emperor of the French and
King of Italy, decree as follows

Art. I. We adopt for our son, Prince Eugene Beauharnois, Arch-
chancellor of State of our empire of France, and Viceroy of our
kingdom of Italy.
2. The Crown of Italy shall be, after us, and in default of oqr
children, and male legitimate descendants, hereditary in the persists
of Prince Eugene, and his direct legitimate descendants from nvle
to male by order of primogeniture, to the perpetual eiclusigin of
women and their descendants.

3. In defauk of our sons and male descendants, and the sons and
male descendants of Princt ugene, the Crown of Italy shall de-
volve to the son.and nearest relative of such of the Prima clout
Blood, as shall then reign in France. •

4. Prince Eugene, our son, shall enjoy all the honours attached
to our adoption.
5. the right which our adoption gives him shall never, in any
case, authorize him or his descendants to urge any pretensions to
the Crown of France, the succession of which is invariably fixed. ,
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
A Decree of the 20th confers upon Prince Eugene
Napoleon the title of Prince of Venice. Another De-
cree confers upon our well-beloved grand-daughter,
Princess Josephine, as a mark of our satisfaction to
our good city of Bologna," the title of Princess of
Bologna. Another Decree declares the Chancellor
Melzt Duke of Lodi. After the above Decrees had,
been read, the Emperor made the following speech : •
" Gentlemen, Possidenti, Dotti, and Comrnercianti, I see you
with pleasure about my Tkrone.—Returning, after three years
absence, I am pleased at remarking the progress which my people
have made ; but bow many things remain to be done to efface the
faults of our forefathers, and to render you worthy of the destiny
I am preparing for you.
" The intestine divisions of our ancestors, their miserable
I egotism to particular 660 paved the way for the loss of all our
rights. The country was disinherited of its rank and its dignity ;
that country which in more distant ages had carried so far the ho-
nour of its arms, and the eclat of its virtues. I will make my glory
consist in regaining that eclat, and those virtues.
" Citizens of Italy—l have done much for you ; I will do much
more—but on your side, united in heart as you are in interest
with try people of France, consider them as elder brothers. Ai-
ways' behold tfikkource of our prosperity, the guarantee of our
inskitutkros, and alit of oar independence in the union at the iron
Croveif Iteith that of my,lmperkil Crown."
• Mu.i Dzo- 22. Yesterday Deputations from
the three Electoral Colleges were introduced to his
Majesty, 'ivho was seated. on his throne, with the Vice-
roy, the -Grand. Duke -of -Berg, and the Prince of
Neufchatel, by his side. To the address's& the Duke
of Lodi, President of the College of Possidenti, he
I replied, •-
" Gentlemen of- the College of Possidend, t am *peed with
the Sentiments yon have expressed ; the laws of propertyform the
compact between the ;sovereign and tie people—rely ahorays upon
my protection. 7 • • •
To the adeest-of the College of Dotti; tie replied,
Geniiiinhiat glireoliegeof Dotti, your adents have given
Toe a great sett the nation ; thee foe the ,
vastage..qttlit Aangktbe kws, oft* are the si'eportrifih
rag necessary to my.propie and iny giory.it
fplent tiara give ye* Proofs of way bewail-ft."