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London, England, 1813-09-14 00:00:00

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, .omciOPORDNANCE, Sete.l,
THE PRINCIIW OFFICERS q HIS lei-
JES77's ORWIANCE, de Nerdy got Mile.' •
That ktoposalswil be received at their Me, in Pail Mall,
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on or before Friday, the 24th instant, fropt such Persons
as may be wiling tq,undertake the Supply of FORAGE for
the ORDNANCE HORSES, stationed in the following Dis-
tricts, to be delivered at the .=pence of the Contractor;
NORTH BRI.TAIN.
NORTHERN.
YORKSHIRE.
EASTERN, exclusive et WARLEY.
SOUTHERN, exclishe of CHATHAM.
WEEDON, Northamptonshire.
SOUTH WEST, Including PORTSMO
WIGHT, and CHRISTCHUR
WESTERN.
WOOLWICH, with its Dopenoteidese
WARLEY and CHATHAM.
for a period of Six Monthi from the Ist October next.
The Oats to be *good, sweet, dry, and clean, wit hOot any mix•
cure of Foxy or Mo*bernt Gate, and must not weigh less than
37th.. per Winehegter boatel; the Hay to be sweet and Ark, and
delivered In Trusses of Who. weight. The Straw to be
good, clean, and dry Wheat or Rye Straw, and delivered in
Trusses of 361 be. weight. The Prices to be pad for the respec-
tive quantities of each Article which may be delivered, at the
following rates, viz.
For the Oats at per hindred pounds, Avoirdupois weight.
For the Hay at per hundred and twelve Pounds.'
For the Straw at per hundred and twelve Poonds.
The Proposals may be delivered separately or jointly for two
or more of the said Districts, and it is expected that the Contrac-
tor shall rective the Stable Dung, which, during the period of his
Contiact, tray accumulate, making an allowance for the same
after the rate of per Horse per Week.
Fareser particulars may be known upon application to the
fleets Commanding the Royal Artillery in each District, and also
at the Secretary's Office, in P.ll-Mall aforesaid, any day between
the hours of ten and four o'clock, where the Proposals must be de-
livered sealed op, and endorsed " Proposals for Forage ;" but
no Proposal can be admitted aster the said 24th instant, at 12
o'clock at noon of the same dirodliter will any Tender be no-
ticed unless the party making it or an agent in his behalf shall at-
tend. Hy Order of thn Board,
R. IL C4+lll/7. y.

AUSTRIAN DECLARATION against• FRANCE.

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MANIFESTO
OF FRS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OP AVSTKIA; KING
OF HUNGARY AND BOHEMIA.

The Austrian Monarchy has been compelled by
its situation, by its various connections with the other
Powers, and its importance in the Confederacy of
European Stetes, to engage in most of those wars
which have ravaged Europe for upwards of twenty
years. Throughout the progress of these arduous
struggles, the same political principle has invariably
directed his Imperial Majesty. A lover of peace
from a sense of duty, from his dwn natural feelings,
and from attachment to his people; free from all am-
bitions thou ;hts of conquest and aggrandisement ;
his Majesty has only taken up arms when called by
the urgent necessity of self-preservation, by ar anxiety
for the, fate of contiguous States inseparabl.! from his
own, or by thedanger of beholding the entire social
system of Europe, a prey to a lawless and absolute
rower. To promote justice and 6rder have been the
object of his Majesty's life and reign ; for these alone
have Austria contended. If in these frequently unsuc.
cessful contests deep wounds have ben inflicted on
the Monarclfy, still his Majesty had the consolation
to reffect, that the fate of his empire had not been ha
zarded upon needless and violent enterprises ; that all
his decisions were justifiable before 001). his People,
his Contemporaries, and Posterity.
Notwithstanding the most ample preparations, the
war in 11309 would have brought the State to ruin,
had not the ever-memorable bravery of the army an(
the spirit 'of true patriotism which animated all parts
of the Monarchy overbalanced every adverse occur-
rence. The honour of the nation and its ancient re-
nown in arms, were happily upheld during all the
mischances of this war; but valuable provinces were
lost ; and Austria, by the cession of the countries bor-
deriag upon the Adriatic, was deprived of all share
in maritime commerce, one of the most efficient
means of promoting her industry ; a blow which
would have been still more sensibly felt, had not al
the same time the whole Continent been closed by
general and destructive system, preventing all com-
mercial intercourse, and almost suspending all com-
munication amongst nations.
The progress and result of this war fully satisfied
his Majesty, that in the obvious impossibility of an
immediate and thorough improvement of theoli:
cal condition of Europe, shaken as it was to its very
foundation, the exertions of individual States in their
own defence, instead of setting bounds to the general
distress, would only tend to destroy the little strength
they still retained, would haste 'n the fall of the whole,
and even destroy all hopes of future and better times.
Under this conviction, his Majesty foresaw the impor-
tant advantage that would result from a peace, which,
if secured for sonic years, might check this overgrown
and hitherto irresistible power, might allow his Mo-
narchy that repose which was indispensable to the re-
storation of hii finances and his army, and, at the
same time, procure to the neighbouring States a
period of relaxation, which, if improved with pru-
dence and activity, might prepare the way to more
fortunate times. Such a peace, under the existing
circumstances of danger, was only to be obtained by
an extraordinary effort. The Emperor was sensible
of it, and made this effort : for the preservation of
the empire, for the most sacred interests of mankind,
as a security against immeasurable evils, as a pledge
of a better order of things, his Majesty sacrificed
what was deare.:t to his heart. With this view, ex-
alted above all common scruples, armed against every
misconstruction of the moment, an alliance was
formed which was intended by a sense of some secu-
rity to reanimate the weaker and more suffering
party, afer the miseries of an unsuccessful strug3le,
to incline the stronger and victorious one to a course
of moderAtiou and justice, without which, :he coma