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LITTER TROWI U. TALLETRAND TO COIIIT C1111111:111,
ON HIS SENDING HIM ♦ MEMORIAL ti ANSWER TI MIS
ROTS OF SEPT. 3.
The underfigned has the honour to fend to his
Excellency Count Cobentzel the annexed Memorial,
drawn up in consequence of the Note of the Cabinet
of Vienna, which Count Cobentzel'addreffed to the
underfigned on the 3d September.
Since that Memorial received the approbation of
His Majelly the Emperor of the French, the Aultrian
army has paired the Inn and invaded Bavaria. If
the pacific fentiments with which his Majelty the Em.
peror of Germany and of Außria fays he is anima,
ted, be real, he muff b: aware that no negotiation
can he entered upon, that no propofition tan be liftcn-
ed to, unlefs the Anarian troops reefers the Inn and
return to their due limits. If the Court of Vienna
refufes to withdraw them, it is the intention of his
btijeßy to compel him to it by force of arms. The
calamities which muff be the inevitable coneequences
of fuck a war, will wholly redound upon the Houfe
of Aullria, and viftory will declare againft the op-
preffor in favour of the weaker opprerfed.
The underfigned has received from his Majeßy the
Emperor and King expels orders to declare, their'
no cafe his Majeity will Coffer Auftria to aggrandife
berfclf in Germany, or to make acquifinons in Ba-
varia, and accomplifh the projed the has often lie-
'rayed to extend her frontiers to the Lich; anJ to
drive the Eleitor of Bavaria to the left Batik of the
Danube. Such a projea is too decidedly Wile to
the interells of the Germanic Body, to thofe of
France, to the promifes in which his Majeffy the Em-
peror and King has bound himfelf, to the engage-
ments into which he has entered to maintain the in-
tegrity of Bavaria.
After this pofitive declaration ofa refolution which,
in every circunitiance that may arife, will be an in-
variable rule of conduti for France, it will be fo; the
Houle of Auflria to confider if it be her intereft to

incur all the hazards of war, merely becaufe the
wither, but without any well grounded hope of being
able to accomplith her with, to obtain a part of Ba-
varia ; for fruitlefs would be her efforts to conceal
what is now notorious to all Europe. that fuch in
reality is her only obje&. The underfigned requefls
the affurances of his high confederation, &c.
(Signed) TALLEYRAND PERIGORD.
MEMORIAL REFERRED TO IN THI pittrunito NOTE,
AND CONNECTED WITH THE DOCUMINTiO.9:
Without dwelling upon the allegations which per-
vade the Note of the Court of Vienna, (of the 3d
of September) attention will only be paid to the no-
tions of peace which that Note holds forth.
The Court of Vienna has made levies of men and
preparations of all forts : the now allows a foreign
army to enter her territory.
Her only obje& to liften to her affurances, is to
oblige France and England to make peace ; but if
fuch be the object of the Court of Vienna. how has it
happme4 that the forgets to make known the bath
upon which that peace ought to be concluded ?
Is the balls to be the Treaties of Luneville, or of
Amiens, or thefiattirkafein of the two Nations, as
feemed to be the with of Auftria when the fird over-
tures were made for the lah peace ? Or after all pre-
tenfions drawn from the fame fource as the allega-
tions now directed againa France ?
Erom an attansiva pcs Oil of the note of the Court
of Vienna, it would appear, that Auliria would af.
fume for the balls of furore negotiation, the Treaties
:of Lunevtlle and of Amiens ; but will Eogland, who
.not long fine refufed to re-eftablith peace upon thefe
principles, accede to them at prelent ?
The Cabinet of Vienna has Paid nothing upon the
fubjee, and Monti it happen that England would
not adopt them, his Majefty the Emperor of Ger-
many, who would not affume the charatter of medi-
ator, unlefs be were really iusefted with it ; a cha-
/alter which effentially confals in an impaffiblejuttice,
a perfect impartiality, has, no doubt, in concert with
other Powers, adopted ineafures for obliging
England to acknowledge his principle of acediation,
as he has taken to the fame effect to compel Fiance":
doubtlefs he has fleets ready equipped, cruizers
on foot—in fine, all polfible means put in force
which are indifpenfably neceffary to the attainment
of his objeCt.
The Note of the Cabinet of Vienna affords no
light upon a..• of chefs points. It is aftntial how-
ever to know :
tft, Whether the Court of Vienna is aware whe-
ther the Treaties of Luneviile and of Amiens are to
be taken as the balls of...the new negotiations, or
whether thole Treaties are to be abolithed ?
idly, In the latter fuppofition, upon what bafisdoes
the Court of Vienna underhand that the negotiations
are to be let on foot ? •

idly, Witether England has declared her readings
to adhere to the principles of hi; mediation ?
4thly, In cafe of refufal on the part of England,
what meatures have been taken by the mediator, and
what means has he at his difpnfal to compel her to
adhere to it ? •

If the Court of Vienna has not put there queflions
to itfelf, and if it requires time to anfwcr "them, this
alone fhould make it fenfible, that it has afted with
a precipitancy contrary not only to all the afrurances
it had given, but alto to the end it declares to have ,
in view; and it may further be attempted to obforvs,
contrary to what the enlightened policy nf the Houfe
of Austria would advife it to adopt. Be it as it may,
r,,rrnach;ng circumfiances will decide,whethet it has
been guided by a jolt conviClion of its own intciens,
or alba), by blind prejudices.
The remonitrances and alTurances to which the
Coon f Vienna here alludes.:'are mere
she made no obrervation, the preferred no complaint
—no, not mare than the Court of France has made
refpefting the incorporation of Lindau, and All the
other annexations that have been made by Attfiria in
Suabia. The threats of armaments, and the preten-
ded determination to uphold by force what the Court
of Vienna Myles innovations, have a Rill les real ex-
illence. The free and falutary organization of a
country previonfly governed by law. arifing oat of
accidental circurnftances, molt affuredly does not re-
quire to he fupported by threats, or guaranteed by
hoftile armaments. And how can it be Paid, with
any fh td,w of probability, that the Emperor of the
Fiench was threatening Anftria, at the very moment
of the -atett ativity of his preparations again*
•

ItlllOlllll 111110TATION1 TOM THI HOTt OP Tilt

COURTOT VIENNA, Of Till 3D sarramasa.
Upon this vague indefinite expolition, which fete!
out with mutinous and explanations, and which ex-
plains and proves nothing, there is only one
' doter's-.
lion to be made, and that obfervation will be peremp•
tot and recite.
Switzerland, Holland, and Italy, have freely ells-
hlifhed the Conititution which they walled for. In
what rape& does this legitimate ale of the primitive
tight of all Rates infringe upon the particular tights
ef Anti ria ? During the negotiations at Luneville.
Aullyia required the evacuation by the French troops
of the territory of the Italian, Helvetic, and Batavian
Republics, and France refuted to comply. France
required of Au Aria to guarantee the independence of
there Republics ; and Aufiria, it is true, manifetted
the nunoft repugnance to accede to this demand, but
at length contented. Thefe three" Rates therefore
ought. in the fenfe it was underßood by Aultria. to
remain free ; and neverthelefs Rill continue to keep a
French army on their territory. How can this inde-
pendence have been altered by the fpontaneous efta-
blifhment of that fixed form of government which
has put an end to former uncertainties ; and of- the .
federal fy Rem that has contented them in. alliance
with France ?
If Außria will go back to the times antecedent to
there new eflablifhments, the will find that France
was miflrefs of all Italy : the pottered every power,
even the legiflative authority ; and the power that
governed had been eftablilhed by the French Gene-
rals. In Switzerland, in Holland, the French ar—
mies costaituted the only organized force that fecur- '
ed the public fafety. Let Außria quote a tingle ar;
tide of the treaty of Luneville that has. precribed
the departure of the French troops. Let her cite a
(Ingle note of her's, or any one tingle Rep formally
taken by her fince the concluflon of that treaty, which
had for its ebjea to reqoire that evacuation.
If Aufiria confiders the prefent (late of things, let
her fay in what refpett conftitutions adapted to
times, to places, to.the interefts of countries, and al
ready approved from an happy experience, furnifh
grounds on her part for rev et at the pall, or unea-
liners retpefling the future. What fort of •intereft
is that which prompts one to deplore the happioefs
and the fccurity of nations ? What kind of benevo-
lence is it that would advife Rates to imagine them.
felvesoppreffed, when they are in poffeflion of laws
and ofa government, ;he work of their own will, the
refolt of their common fuffrages and choice ? Of
what nature in fine is that juttice which propofes war,
to bring back diforder and confufion to thole coun-
tries in which at prefent prceail order, tranquillity,
and confidence ?

But the Court of Vienna again reforte to generali-
ties : but from under the veil of Inch vague allega-
tions, one may difcern the views of a policy timidly
jefuitical, that would dexteroufly flip over recollec-
tions. and prepare Wilt' for difavowals. The Empe-
ror of Auflria has not hefitated to acknowledge the
changes that have taken place in Switzerland, since
he has a Minifter at Benie : nor thole changes that
have happened in:Holland, (ince he has accredited a
Minifter at the Hague : nor thofe that have arifen
in Italy, (ince his Majefty's own letters, as well as
thofe of his Minifter, M. Da COWIN rz EL, mien them.
But now the Court of Vienna would endeavour to
get rid of all thole previous meafures. It it to be fup-
poled that the King of the Romans would not recog-
nize the ads of the Emperor of Germany ? or does
the prefent afped of affairs appear to him more fa-
vourable, and from the confcioufnefs of being fup-
.ported, would he now difavow all raft engagements ?
It was thus that Austria tejeded the treaty of Cam-
po Formic.. Then, as-at prefent, she attributed to
the necellity of moderation, to delicate and critical
circumftances, to an anxiety to remove greater dan-
gers, flipulations formerly entered into, But it may
be neceffaty to fay, that the circumflances are not
wholly alike. When Austria declared that the peace
of Campo Fortnio was broken, the had gained a
battle. Now the thould at leaft have waited for a
vidory before the became fo oflentatious of the
Orange principles that have guided her condud. The
reflextons the here indulges in, are literally taken from
the Englith papers. Not one of them but furnishes
a text for the daily declamations of tirofe writers, who
doubtlefs did not flatter themfelves with being ho-
noured by fuch plagiarifm.
As to the imputation made againft France of her
endeavouring to exclude Ruflia from
.a participation
in affairs of general interefl, it appears fomewhat
extraordinary, after the well known Reps taken by
France to solicit the mediation of Ruffia in the out-
let of the prelatic war with England. This imputa
tion is pat ticularly new on the part of Anal ia, who
Curdy cannot forget that it was France, that in de.
fpite cf Auflria, brought in the intervention of Raf-
fia in the arrangements of the Germanic Empire.—
, Was it not Autiria who requefled a thoufand times,
and in the molt urgent manner, that Raffia should
take no part in the affairs of German), and it is
Aufltia neverthelefs that reproaches France with en-
deavouring to exclude RrilEa from every kind of inte-.
rell in the maintenance of the gene a! Itdance. Neither has
France more pretended to fuck influence with-re.
fped to England. Does not the Treaty of Amiens
contain flipulations with refped to objects foreign to
the two contrathng Powers, and cutely relative to
the general fyftem ?
Aultria freaks of the rights of ,Maary, after the peace
ha: pat an end to them ; rattly, and France likewife
acknowledges Chic principle, while Auflria not only
attempts to revive, bat to ufurp the rights of vidory
after the conclusion of peace; and, indeed, what
vitlory has given her a right to refufe paying the debt
of Venice? Had Austria conquered Venice? What
viaory gave her right to annex to herfeif, in Suabia,
a mnltitude of poffeflions, by fortifying which, fire
weakens and alarms the neighbouring States ? Had
Auftria been vidotious in Suabia? What vidory, in
fine, has given her a right to torment Bavaria with
pretentions, upheld by open force, and to ruin Swit-
zerland by fequeflrations I Had Auftria conquered
Bavaria or Switzerland ? Mott certainly vidory
Ihould not be abufed, but kali of all; would it be
jolt or reafonable, to take advantage of viaories
that have-not been gained.
It is potato that attempts may have been fucceff.
Belly made to alarm the Emperor of Germany, and
to perfuade him that his fecurity may one day be
threatened by France; burhe will feel, Arhaps, too
late, that the Power 'he has molt to dread, is not
France, and that his dangers are ;Bich an* nil

ankh greater on the part of that Pak, vitiate at.
he for the fecond time, had the imprudence to accept.
Is it Auftria that Tenpins to be taught if that Power
be formidable to its naighbourst If h hatact Barks
the aggranditement which feats to be /he objet of
its political fyliem ? if it be easy to agree With it, re-
(petting the operations of war, or the combinations
of peace ? if the maintenance of its armies be not
burthenthme to thole countries that admit them ? if
the difiance of the places from whence they come,
does not prolong their day and make their return
more difficult ? in a word, if the depredations com-
mitted by its light troops do not leave behind them
every where indelible veftiges of their paitisge ? But
this is the language of reafon; but the Court of
ettna has an ear only for the voice of paflion and of a
thoughtlefs refentment againd France.
It was hardly to be expeaed to have found among
the complaints of the Houfe of Audria, the rues of
the Empire, which was worth to her the Bitboprick
of Eitchted. of Saltzburgh ; territories which the
has not ceafed to extend, tights which the has conti-
nually endeavoured to exaggerate ; and in fine, of
indemnities which the had no reafon to copal from
the Treaty of Lunevil'e. Betides, was not that rem
the cited of the power which Auftria now conoeas
with her complaints and her caufe ? States of Ger-
many, it is to you that thefe remonstrances are addref-
fed. Should the Houfe of Aufiria prove fuccefsful
againß France, the rect.: will be annulled. All the
States of Germany mull coped to fee demands of
indemnity made upon them for the indemnities they
have received. Such is the refpea in which Aufiria
holds her engagements I Such is the protation the
holds out to feeble States.
The next article contains its own refutation. The
explanations given by France have been sanctioned
by events. It is a queffinn de faao, to afcertain if yin
lence was or was not done to the will of the people
in-the countries that have improved their conflitu-
tion? Allegations of conftraint in this refpeft cannot
well be admitted on the part of a jealous Power.—lt
was natural for France to have a/jibed that thole
countries thnuld be happy whom the had feparated
from a foreign domination; and the is well aware
that the only means of enfuring the happiness of a
country, is to leave it the choice of its inflitatinns
and its laws. The preponderance of France over
Italy and Switzerland is in the fiat instance the re
fult of her viBories; and in the next place it has
been cnnfecrated by the very Treaty of Laneviile,
fince it did not exclude the French troops, and that
at a time when thefe counttiei had no conditution.
At the time of the treaty, they were in the'pnlieffion
of the French army ; they did not exhibit a Repub-
lican, or any form of Government. The faired ufe
which ,France could make of her preponderance,
was. no doubt, to leave to the countries the time' of
I fettling theinown conditutinns. They have bellowed
their attention upon that fobjest for 'duce years, and
their time has not been mifpent. Since the Houfe
of Andria, who had only an internal regttlation
eflablifh in her Italian Provinces, did not succeed
in eltablithing it. The States of Venice are not yet
organized.
This allegation is no lefs falfe than the -preceding
ones. The Reps taken bye France toward, a peace
with England have been public. All the docurnentu
of this negotiation are confined.to a firlige kart, and
we may defy the Court of Vienna to find in this let-
ter, that the Emperor of the French hadlaid it down
as a chute of the pacification, that England fhuald not
interfere ia the affairs of the Continent:
Fngland has returned no antwer to the overtures
of France. Firff of all, the willed to afcertain whe-
ther it might be poffihle to renew a coalition. The
coalition is formed, and England is difpenfed from
anfwering. Thin refirittion is a chimera, and the re-
lations which then called between the Courts of
London and Peterlburgh, were by no means fo dole
as they have fince been. England had no other mo-
tive than the hopes of difeord, which the has had too
much (tweets in realifing. It was when the inttiga-
lions of England had acquired weight in Raffia, that
the yretended mediation between England and France
was determined on; and it was becaufr this media-
tion had not been founded on principles of modera-
tion and impartiality, that it was revoked almoll as
loon as announced. What the Court of Vienna al-
ltdges here, refpaling the political cadence of other
independent States, is a trite pretext. The organi-
zation of thefc States is a natural confequenee of their
pofition, their wants, and their dangers. This orga.
nization is as indifferent to England as to Aulliia,
and can excite only the regret of England. It but
ill becomes Continental Powers to defire that there
thould be no State on the Continent, which might
improve its marine, and protect itftlf againll the ma-
ritime npnreffion of England.
For the maintenance of peace, Anita* has begun
by the invafion of Bavaria. Thus it is, that the has
above declared, that the end of her meafures was go.
vented by pacific fertiments, and that the was not
arming with any }wade view.
As to the Emperor Azszawnea, if he had been in-
clined to peace, he would have known, that it was
not by intuiting great Powers that they were to be ,
conciliated. If he had *wifhed to be a mediator, he I
would have remained impartial between France and
England. We do not here canvass the perfnnal dif
volition: of the Emperor AzaIANDIR ; we do not in
the lead doubt, that they are jail, humane, and mo-
detate ; but the experience of all times has (hewn,
that, on every occafion, when they with, the diplo-
matic agents of Raffia depart from the principles of
their Sovereign, and pnrfue each their pahilons and
their individual political bias. Betides, the Court of
Vienna fhonld leave to that of Raffia the office of de-
claring what arc its intentions and views.
Every Power that appeals to general principles,
on its interference in a quarrel between two other
Powers, ought, it fhnuld teem, to hold the fame lair,
guage, and to employ the fame means with retpea to
both. As then, Auflaa and Raffia declare that they
have timed, in order to oblige France to filen to
terms of accommodation, why do they not make
known what they have done, in order to compel En-
gland to submit to their mediation ?—They fend ar-
mies againd France—why do they not alto fend squa-
drons againff England ? They fay, that the balance
of power on the Continent is changed; are the rules
of maritime law, eflablieted by England, fatisfaaory
to them ? Does it appear to them that the neutrality
of the fcas has been obferved ? Do they find that the
Enghfh fleets retpea their flags, and do their preten-
Sons witb regard to ;he blockade pf pone appear
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ttieik legitimate sigh ts ? When The condna of two
1 belligerent States is under confideration, differekr
itandardsof weights and meafures fhould not be tc i
forted to.

If the two imperial Courts were really dirpored t.:
peace, if their intention was to place the negnciatiqu
beyond the influence and didation of England;
Read of employing vague aad indeterminate exprci.
lions, loch as "ea she moji ramkrate :emu, compatible mitt
the paeral roofi and ficarity," they would have Paid,
that their intention was to obtain. by an bonourabl:
and fincere mediation, the full execution of the trek.
tie! of Amiens and Luneville.

• We are too far removed from thofetimes, when
Powers arrogated to themfclves the right of interfer.
ing in the internal Alain of France, to fet any value
on the :enunciation of this right. The fole mention
of this tidiculJus retention fo long abandoned; is in
itfelf an indecency.
If the fentiments of England be analogous to thole
of :he Imperial Courts, we ought then to judge of the
feptiments of the Court of Vienna by chore of Clig-
gland ; of its jnfrand impartial policy by the uniform
coodull of England ; of its bewevolence to the feeble,
And of its juake to neutrality, by the moderation of
England. If England entertained pacific fentimenti,
if the was jiift and nloderate, there would be At pre.
tent no war upon the Continent, becaufe there would
have been no maritime war.

• The doubts"cif the Emperor Naroiton are wholly
removed ; you with for Bavaria; but it is neeeffiiry,
that you too flionld not remain in doubt refpeaing
the intentions of the Emperor tiapokeon • he will
inset fuffer you to retain Bavaria. As to te gene.
ral queßion, it is not more complicated. When
Raffia, [hall make a declaration of her intentions, we
(hall be able to judge of them, and there will be no
dilfunky in anfwering her ; fo far as England is
concerned, it would be vain for A:lariat° endeavour
to reprefent her as kill in her pretentious, or mode.
rate in her views. We !hall give credit to the jut
tice of England, when (he (hall have contented to
come back to tbufe engagements which (be entered
into by the Treaty of Amiens, and which the h 4
violated.

FRAM THE FIUINCH AND DUTCH PAPERS.
AUSTti/141 Vastoma, SIFT. 13.Tb.0 French here
hue taken down two bridges on the EMI, in Ve.
rona..an4 the third is guarded by a Irong corps of
Itifantry auk Artillery. The Commander of the
Italian Verona has given notice tb•Cretteral BM).
GIAILDe, that henceforth nobody coulsrbe allnwed to
pats, bebridgr. Marlhal Massass• is Kill in Italian
Verona. His army has been reinforced with 4.bao
car
VAKUke, Seri'. 154—The pjale of troops con.
-doom uninterrupted, and the number of thofe whirls
had been brought hither by lea from Krain and
Hungary is very cenaderabie. Our Lagunes have
chartged•their appearance; every (mall itlind looks
likca (mall fort.

LUCIIIII BONAPAIMII left. Pefaro lately to pay a
AG( to ate Pope at Rome.

'FLOM TH I TYROL, S PT. .14.—r There are in this
province -4c5,000 troops, of ;OA the Archduke Jolts
the centre, Feld Mar (hat Lieutenant Nit-
La's, and Field Marflial Lieutenant Jazzacnics, tits
Q.
. . •
-The Atillrfan fitio3s from the Venetian,States, are
advanced in great firce on the Adige, and are fol-
lowed by a numerous train of battering artillery....
I STO C ItHdt.ll; St FT. 17,r-711M are now the
port of Carlfcrona twelve (loins of the line and tight
frigates ready to fail, and &Wiled for an expedition.
R•TtS Split So PT. 20.—Our neutrality has been
formally acknowledged by Aufiria and France. The
Imperial head-quarters are not, as the newfpapers
affect, at Nrmphenburgh or Getting, but they-were,
on the 18th, at Huhenlinden, and bad orders to
break up. The Ichduke Fermium:, oar, expeited
there en the fame day..
It appears not very dubious that Praffia has ac-
cepted the mediation between France, Auttria, and
Raffia, and that a Pruffisn Mellinger Extraordinary
has left Berlin for Vienna. It is even afferted, that
the first condition is, that fuch troops as have ad-
vanced shall go back to their own territory. It is
not known whether this is meant to refer to the Ml-
trians alone, or whether the Ruffians are included.
Thus mach is certain, that it is afferted npon good
authority, that the propofals made at Berlin, on the
part of the Fiench Emperor, have not difplearcd the
Prutlian Minillry, and that the King has littered to
them with pleafnre. A Pruffian Courier from Berlin
mull have arrived at Vienna fo early as the isth.—
The refult thereof, which will probably be notified
to the French *mbaffisdor at Vienna, and tranforiti
ted from that capital direa to Strafburgh, where the
French gmperor will arrive about the asth, will del
scide tho cineaion whether hostilities (hall commence,
or be.finpped until affairs are finally fettled.
The,srencle Envuy at Rati(bon expels a Courier
from Vienna to-morrow, whofe, diTpatches will be
,forwarded to Strafburgh. The decifive moment
draws- trey siear. It is uncertain whether the con-
tents of the difpatches will be fuffered to tranfpire
here on their arrival, or whether they will 0,,1y be
made public-after they (hall have been laid before the
French Emperor,
PA Mil, Seri. zo.--Auflrian rerments contione
to arrive daily .from the interior of the Empire, to
follow the army. To-morrow the tan troops are ex-
paled, when the army in the Brifgau and in Ger-
many will confift of one hundred and tweoty.Sve
thoufand men, whereof thirty-two thoufand are ca-
valry. According in official intelligence, the tau
first columns of Ruffians, crmlliting of thirty-eight
thoufand men, of whom eight thoutand are cavalry,
ate expeaed at Lintz on the 16th and sad of Oflober,
which will make the c..mbined army amount to ene
hundred and hey-three thouland men,'who will forna
a line froth the Lake of Conaance to the Palatinat:,
under the command of the Arc duke FFRDINAND.
Our army has advanced by l,.ng marches fince the
17th, and Weezpeet to hear that it has taken the po•
fitiou of Stockach, where batteries will he ereaed,
and the army will not advance to the Rhine before
they are completed. This itation at Stockach will
be notified to the different corps, as a point d'anpuit
where the army, if, after having advanced, it thould
be obliged to retreat, thall take its appointed pofition.
Upon the whole, the Aufirian plan, for the precut
campaign, appears to be to aa merely on the defer.-
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