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STATE PAPERS.

PEOCLATEATION OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA, FRAM•

CIS 11. ELECTIVE EMPEROR OF THE ROMAAIt Hill.
DITARY EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA, &C.
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" The Emperor of France has compelled me to
take up arms.
" To bis ardent defire of military atchievements--
his paffion to be recorded in hillory under the title
of a Conqueror—the limits of France, already fo
much enlarged. and defined by facred Treaties, Rill
appear too narrow. He wifhes to unite in his own
hands 211 the ties upon which depends the balance of
Europe. The faireß fruits of exalted civilization,
every fpecies of happinefs which a nation can enjoy,
and which refults from peace and concord ; every
thing which, even by himfelf, as the Soya cilot of a
great civilized people, mull be held dear and Aim-
able, is to be deflroyed by a war of conquell : and
thus the greater part of Europe is to he compelled to
fubmit to the laws and mandates of France.

" This project announces all that the Emperor of
France has performed, threatened, or promiled. He
refpeas no propofition which reminds him of the re-
gard prefcribed by the law of nations to the facred-
nefs of treaties, and of the fir it obligations which are
sine towards foreign independent States. At the very
time that he knew of the mediation of RufEt, and
of every Rep which, direded equally by a regard to
any own dignity, and to the feelings of my heart, I
adopted, for the re-eftablithment of tranquillity, the
feeurity of my States, and the promotion of a Gene-
ral Peace, his views were fully difclofed, and no
choke was left between war, and unarmed, abject
fubmiffion ? _ _ _

66 Under thefe circumllances, I took hold of that
hand which the Emperor of Raa. animated by the
noblett feelings in behalf of the caufe of juttice and
independence, &etched forth to topport me. Far
from attacking the throne of the Emperor of France,
and keeping Readily in view the prefervation of peace,
which we fo publicly and fincerely Rated to be our
only with, we declared in the pretence of all Europe,
• that we would, in no event, interfere in the inter-
• nal concerns of France, nor make any alteration in
6 the new Conttitution which Germany received after
• the peace of Lnneville.' Peace and independence
were the only objets which we wifked to attain ;
no ambitious views, no intention, fuch as that Race
afcribed to me, of fubjugatiug Bavaria, had any (hare
in our councils. _ -

" But the Sovereign of France, totally regardlefs
of the general tranquillity, liftened not to Lb& over-
tures. Wholly abforbed in bimfelf, and occupied
only with the difplay of bis own greatnefs and omni-
potence, he collated all his force—compelled Hol-
land and the Elator of Baden to join him—whilft his
ecret ally, the Eleaor Palatine, falfe to his (acted
promife, voluntarily delivered himfelf up to him ;
violated, in the mock infulting manner, the neutra-
lity of the King of Pruffla, at the very moment that
be had given the molt folemn promifes to refpea it;
and by theta violent proceedings he fucceeded in fur-
rounding and cutting off a part of the troops which
I had ordered to take a pofition on the Danube and
the Bier, and finally, in compelling them to lumen-
der, after a brave refinance.
44 A Proclamation no lets furious than any to
which the dreadful period of the French Revolution
gave birth, was iffued, in order to animate the French
army to the highen pitch of courage.
46 Let the intoxication of fuccefs, or the unhallow.
ed and iniquitous fpirit of revenge, aftuate the foe :
calm and firm I Rand in the midi of 25 millions of
people, who are dear to my heart, and to my fatally.
I have a claim upon their love, for I &fire their
happinefs. I have a claim upon their aTiflance ; for
whatever they venture for the Throne, they venture
for themfelves, their own families, their pofterity,
their own happinefs and tranquillity, and for the pie
fervation of all that is facred and dear to them.
" With fortitude the Auftrian Monarchy arofe
from every norm which menaced it during the pre-
ceding centuries. Its intrinfic vigour is Rill undecay-
ed. There 11111 exifis in'the breaft of thofe good and
loyal men, for whole profperity and tranquillity I
combat, that ancient patriotic fpirit, which is ready
to make every facrifice, and to dare every thing, to
Pave what mull be fared—their throne and their in-
lependence, the national honour and the national
profperity.
46 From this fpirit of patriotifm on the part of my
fubjets, I expesfl, with a proud and tranquil confi-
dence, every thing that is great and gond ; but above
all things, unanimity, and a quick, firm, and cou-
rageous co-operation in every meafure that (hall be
ordered, to keep the rapid Strides of the enemy off
from our frontier, until thofe numerous and power-
ful auxiliaries can at, which my exalted ally, the
Emperor of Ruffla, and otter Powers, who have for-
merly and recently experienced the infults of the Em-
peror of France, have deStined to combat for the
berries of Europe, and the fecurity of thrones and of
nations. Succefs will not forfake a juSt caufe for
ever ; and the unanimity of the Sovereigns, the proud
manly courage, and the confcious Strength of their
people, will loon obliterate the firSt difirlters, Peace
will &with again; and in my love, my gratitude,
and their own profperity, my faithful fubjeas will
find a full comenfation for every fact ifice which I
am obliged to require ill their own prefervation.
" In the name, and at the rimers command of the
Emperor and King,
(Signed) " FRANCIS COUNT SAURAU.
" Vienna, October 28, 1805."
ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.

" The voice of his Majefty, our moll gracious
y. mperor and Kin, has fpoken to his people with
opennefs confidence.
The meafures which his Majefty has been plea.-
ed to order, for the undifturbed maintenance of the
fecurity, order, and profperity of his faithful Ant
trian fubjeds, are contained in the public notice of
the Chief Chancellor Count UOAaTE. Undoubtedly
his Majefty thereby acquires a frefh claitii to the
love and the gratitude of every one of his fubjefts,
and he may expert with confidence frefh proofs of
devotion, obedience, and zealous co-operation on the
part of a people, who have -already given his Ma-
jelly fo many affeding proofs of their unfhaken at-
tachment, and whole profperity is the Cole objet of
his exertions.

" The Commitary of the Court, therefore, galls
upon the young men, both N‘bility and Citizens, to
iLcorporate tiounfelves with the City Militia, and

to do gertifon doty during the prefent cirenmhnees.
He likewife calls upon all other claffes of the inha-
bitants to appear at the call of the Maginracy, for
filling the divifions of the referve of the Auttrian
regiments, whereby they will claim the gratitude of
their country.
" Furthermore, all foreigners are hereby charged
to quit the city of Vienna in frx, and all Lower Au,
aria in ten days. on pain of imprifonment. Only
the fubjeds of the Emperor of Ruffia, and of the
Kings of Praia, Great Britain, Sweden, and Den-
mark, and of the EleBors of Saxony and Heffia, are
excluded from this mandate, by the exprefs order
of our Sovereign.
" All horfes and light waggons are alfo placed in
requifition, to be employed for the public fervice, &c.
(Signed) FRANCIS COUNT SAURAtt,
Court Commiffary of the Sovereign."
• Vienna, *Moller, igos."

His Royal Highnefs the Archduke Pita has pub-
liffied a fimilar proclamation :o the inhabitants of
the Tyrol, in which he reminds them of the noble
efforts of their forefathers, of their own more recent
exertions, and of which he reclaims a continuance
in the prefent crifis.

Vienna, OCT. 30.—After the Royal Propofitions
were made to the Hungarian Diet, his Royal High-
nefs the Archduke PALATIwe addreffed them in the
following words—
" Every one mull perceive in what difficultftimes the
Adminiftration of my office, the firft in the kingdom,
conferred upon me by the free voice of the Magnats
and the State, and confirmed by his Apoftolic Ma-
jetty, has fallen. The execution of the firft arid
greateft duty impofcd on me of watching over
the prefervation of the Conftitution of the Coun-
try, could colt me little pains, while the fceptre
of Hungary is held by a Prince fo generous, fo juft,
and fo devoted to the interefls of his fubjeds, that
from the tendernefs of his confcience, and from love
to his. people, he never, in circumftances of the
great& preffure, adopts any meafures of his own
royal authority, which would deviate in the leap
from the conftitution of his Empire. He always
' expels with confidence from the wifdom and gene-
rolity of the Hungarian Nation, reprefented by its
Magnats and Deputies, that they 'never will leave
one of his willies *unaccompliflred, which has for its
object to cover the neceffities of the State, and to
ward off every danger which would threaten their na-
tive country, their old Conftitution, and the exilic=
of the Monarchy.
"At the prefent moment the Conftitution of Hun-
gary, and the very exiftence of the State, are ex-
pofed to the molt imminent dangers by the deltruc-
live plans of the enemy.
"Hoftile plans in times pall have been counteraCted
by the wifdom, providence and generofity of the
States, and by the valour of the Hungarian Nation.
Now, however, the enemy having increafed his ter-
ritory and his power, is become much ftronger, and
wishes haughtily to fubjed us to his pleafure. He
no longer confiders the Hungarian Nation, which,
before, he knew how to refpeit.
" Whence this infolence ! Does he believe that we
(I have the right fo to fpeak, for Hungarian blood
alfo flows in my veins.) Does he indeed believe, I fay,
that we, unnerved or difpirited by fear, have given
up all hope of faring our Native Land—all care for
the fate of our pofterity ? Does he believe that we
are become traitors to our deareft interefts—to our
worthy Monarch, to the Crown and the Kingdom,
to our,ppfterity and to our honour ? I would rather
die than undergo this national dithonour !
" So. will every Hungarian think and feel; this I
know,)not barely from hiftory, but from experience.
From'ray own obfervation I know the valiant deeds
of the Hungarians. I will not here mention them in
detail; for it is a trait of our national charseer, never
to boaft of our exploits; but when they are in danger
of being forgotten, always to renew the recolledion
of them by fomething greater than has been before
achieved. This too is not the time to relate what
we have done,but ferioufly to Yelled on what remains
for us to do. As to what concerns myfelf, I am
firmly refolved never to defert my King, my native
Country, and the honour of Hungary. I will march
with thofe who will follow me • and fhould it be the
termination of my days, it will in my laft moments
be matter of Tweet confolation to me, that I have
difcharged a leered duty to the King, the Country,
and my fellow Citizens.
" I fear not that the numberof thofe- who follow me
will be fmall. I am ionfcious that the welfare of the
kingdom has ever been my firft objeCt. I hope Ido
not flatter myfelf in vain that I am not indifferent to
the Hungarians. Therefore I hope with confidence
that their numbers- will be greater than even the &n-
-ation of the country. can require. Thofe who are
abfent, and much more thofe who are prefent, and
who knotv me better, will be fired by this holy zeal.
Let us therefore confider what the circumftances of
the times, what nor love to our King and Country,
and what our own welfare demand. Let us ga to
work without lots of time, and complete by our per-
feverance what we have begun."

FROM THE coricr GAZETTE.
MILITARY OCCURRENCES.

OCTOBER 30.—His Royal liighnefs the Archduke
CHARLFs, Minifier at War, and Commander in Chief
in Italy, has communicated advices from his head-
quarters at St. Stephano, of the date of Oftober 19,
that the enemy on the itith, at five in the morning,
commenced hoftilities, by a brifk fire of artillery and
fmall arms, on feveral points of the Adige. His
objeft was to engage the attention of the army at
feveral places, and attempt a page ; and he, in fad,
fucceeded in paifing the River, near Verona, and
likewife at Bonavigo. The ;mirage at the former of
there places could not be contetted, on account of his
advantageous fituation, proteEted by Cartel Vecchio,
and at the latter it was favoured by a firongly forti-
fied Nand in the Adige, and the ;Mance of feveral
mills and boats.

His Royal Highnefs judging that his right wing
refling again(' Caldiern, would- be firong enough to
refill the enemy near Verona, and feeling more dif-
quietude for his left wing, proceeded on the 18th in
the evening with the centre of his army towards
Caldi Setto, in order to attack the enemy at day-
break in three columns at Albatcdo, Petaßro, and
St. Stephano di Minerva, near Ronavigo. He did
not, however, wait this attack, bet left the Bank of
the Adige in the night, and deflroyed pis bridge.
His Royal Highnefs, on his return tt. St. Stephana,

learned, that the enemy bad in 'iikettnattner sban.
cloned the heights he.had occupied near Verona, and
retired under the artillery of Calle' Vecchio ; and
that he had left on thi. fide only one poft, under the
protalion of his batteries, which his Royal Highnefs
propofed to attack the ncxt day.
The enemy has as yet attempted nothing againft
the Tyrol, nor againft the troops ported on the Inn ;
the battles he has been obliged to fight in the envi-
rons of Ulm have greatly weakened his army.
His biajefty the Emperor and King, Pays the fame
Gazette, accompanied by Count LAMBERT!, has fet
out for the Ault:a-Ruffian army on the Inn, in or-
der to make, in perfon, fuch d;fpofitions as circuit).
• fiances may require.
It is faid that the Archduke Cffaitzas will leave
Italy, and likewife repair to that army, whence he
will return to this City with his Auguft Brother, to
receive the Emperor of Ruffia.
The head quarters of this army, which has been
joined by a strong Ruffian divifion, are at Brannan. The
principal corps of the. Ruffian army is more in the
rear, and General Kurt, sow has his head quarters
at Ems.