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STATE PAPERS.

NUMBER I.

D:CLARATMN DELITI RID TO EI•ALBINT, IT COUNT
COLLORIDO, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE OCCUPA-
TIOV OF PAS'AU, SALABOURG AND BERCHTOLS-
WIDEN, SY •USTRIA.

44 When his IMPERIAL MAJESTY proceeded to
the opening of the deputation of the Empire, he
hoped, by means of that meafure, to preferve the
Germanic Empire from the extremity equally pre-
ludicial to its conflitution as to its independence,
of Peeing the important changes in its territorial
and conilitutional relations executed by unilateral
military occupations without the participation of
the Emperor and of the Empire, a participation
competent to them however, according to the
treaty of Luneville and the law of nations. But
his IMPERIAL MAJESTY had not the happintfs to
attain his paternal and patriotic obje4ft. Within
the time when the projets concerning thefe
changes were Dill myfteriouily concealed from the
EM4SROR, and from the Germanic Body, military
operations were executed in the Northern circles.
The difpofitions made at the fame inftant, with
the greatelt publicity in another• country, in the
centre of Germany, were relative to fo great a
rnafs of flates, that not only a great part of the
countries, affured by anterior negociations to the
Grand Duke of Tuscany, were comprifed in
them, but to replace them by other hates, was
rendered impotlible by other arrangements. His
Majcity learned at the fame time, that confider&
ble affem:llages of Palatine troops had taken
place along the Inn, and upon the frontiers of the
territory of Palau. The Prince Bifhop of PASSAU
apprifed him of the urgent danger to which he
law himfelf expofed, and of the approaching in.
vation of his refidence and poffernons with which
he v:as threatened. He invoked the proteaion of
Ails Majelly the EMPEROR and KING. His Majef-
ty refolved, in confequence, to prevent thefe enter-
prises, contrary to the authority and the intereft
of the Imperial Court, by fending his Co•Com-
miffioner to the Diet, and Plenipotentiary to the
Deputation of the Empire at Munich, with the
molt preventive inftruaions.
" He was ordered to make the mot friendly re.
prefentations againft thefe meafures, which gave
the fignal of general crininfion, and example of
violence, and which obliged the Imperial Court
to take energetic meafures of precaution to fecure
for his Royal Highnefs the GRAM) Duos, the in-
demnities which bad been folemnly pros:sited to
him by France and the Empire. M. de Hymn,
was, in confequence; authorifed to propofe a con-
vention by which the two Courts were to abftain
from all the occupations until the Deputation of
the Empire had entirely terminated its delibera-
tions. He was at the fame tithe authorifed to
open negociations with the Palatine Eleaoral
Court, to arras, and combine .the refpeeive
claims of indequuty, promifing,-on the part of the
Imperial 'Court, the moll fincere anctgreateft re-
oca for the interefl of his Elifitoral Highnds.—
But all thefe reprete.ntations atitpwpofitions were
thrown afide, . 'lire Palatine Eltekoral Court re-
- fufed to conclude an arrangement of nowoccupar
Lion even for three weeks. At the fame moment
the Palatine troops attempted, 'by pang the
Auftriah rettiory, to take, the city .of ilafrau by
furprife. The Court of Munich did not even
choofe to hind•itfelf to defift in future from filch.
matures. All there events confirard and augment..
ed the fearp of his IMPERIAL AdrAJISTY, and, act*
be learned xt.the fade tittle, that the entry, of the
Palatine troops into the city andlipiftsopric of Pal
fin was to take -place innnedittelyt his *kick'
could no longer abltain totake4tie necefiltry pre:
cautions to oceypy the ci.ty,sod principality of
Paffan, and to extend thefe wisdoms to the neigh.
bouring territories pf Salzburg and-of Berchtolf-
gaden.—His Majefty battens to make known thefe
events to his exseikates aerated at the Diet, and
ptincipally to.tbofe.whieh make part of the depu-
tation of.theEmpire ; adding, at the fame time,
that the moit'fliiet orders have been given to the
Imperial treoPsin the three principalities, not to in-
terfere in7the fmalleft degree, in the internal go-'
vernment of there States, or in the collation of
their revenues; Ms Majefty conceiving himfelf
jaftifiedby the aboVe events to protea the indem-
nities of his Highneis the Grand Duke of Tux-
CANT, yet, without conceiving hirnfelf authorifed
to take poffefllon of them before the entire com-
pletion of the bufinefs of the indemnities, in a
manner conformable to treaties, and the Germanic
Coniiitation."

NUMBER IL
THE INDEMNITIES.

AITLIC Itr:SCRIPT RECEIVED BY TOIL SLICTORAL
Mk-DELEGATE OF RONIMIA, 20TH OF AUGUST,
. AND DELIVERED TO THR DIRT ON TN? 26TH.
His Royal and Imperial Majefty has been but
jilt} informed by the Imperial Court of ituffia of
the contents of the fubjoined declaration which
that Court and the French Government intended
to lay before the Extraordinary Deputation, con-
vened for the Ourpore of regulating the points
which have not been fettled in the Treaty of Peace
d the Empire. His Majelly does not lofe a mo-
ment to give to the Sub-Delegate of Bohemia the
infinielions which, in this unlorefeen cafe; be
judges molt fit, in conformity *lt his folicitude
and cares conflantly direfted to the good of the
Empire. No reproach can 'be made againft his
Welty or the Germanic Empire, founded upon
the delay of the meeting of the Extraordinary De-
putrion of the Empire. More than nine months
have palled 'ince the nomination of that Deputa•
tion has been notified on the part of his Imperial
ntjelly and the Empire to the 'French Govern-
ment, and fume that Government•bas been invited
toappoint Plenipotentiaries to co-operate in its
name, and declare its.opinion upon the &telt time
for the meeting. So far from the convening of
the Deputation being urged upon_the pan of
Rance, a fatisfatiory anfwer never hai been given
npan the fubjed. Neither has the Amballitdor
. of his Imperial and Royal Majetty been able to
obtain from tin French Government to engage in
,„, a ElMiaratart .11Pnriviat;nn_with_thal

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before and after the nomination of the Estraorili- '
nary Deputation of 'the Empire. Very far from
it,it has always anfwered in an evafioe and dila-
tory manner to the reiterated requeft made to it,
verbal and written, on the part of the Impeeial and
Royal' Court. As to the new negociation pro-
poled, at the end of laft year, by his Majclly, the
Emperor of Raffia, to take place in concert at
Paris, his Majefty has adhered, in the moll friend-
ly manner, to that propofition ; but, notwithßand-
ing that, his Ambaffador has neither been called
to that negociation, nor been in any way informed
of its progrefs and refult. After fuch proceed-
ings his ldajefly thinks that the meeting of the
Deputation of the Empire, whether more or lefs
tardy, cannot be a founded motive to reftrain the
right which the Emperor and the Empire, as prin-
cipal contraaing parties in the Treaty of Peace of,
Luneville, poffels, and have formally referved to
themfelves to immediately treat upon and regu-
late the bufinefs of indemnities, as alfo all the other
points which go to the completion of the faid
treaty of peace. His Majefty, on the contrary, is
perfealy affured, Oen the two Powers above men-
tioned, entertaining a juft refpea for the inviola-
ble rights of an independent State, fuch as is the
Germanic Body, will not difavow in praaice this
firft and principal attribution of independence.—
That it may be ken how well his Majefty is found-
ed in reckoning upon the jaftice of the two Powers,
he will give to the Empire a confoling explana-
tion, by communicating to it the official affurance
which was given to his Amharador at Paris, by
M. TALLIYILAND, Minißer for Foreign Affairs.-:
The following is word for word that affurance as
the Ambaffador has reported is:.••••4 You may be
affured that we have only agreed with Ruffia what
propofitions to make to you. We cannot even
call this a plan. It is but a fimple pro)et which
we fubmit to the deliberation of the Diet, as the
means which appeared to us as the beft calculated
to fatisfy all parties as much as that is le.
—lt will be propofed'
as a counfel, anillbno
Means with a tone of authority, or with an air of
a dirpofition to force the thing.'
" He is confirmed, therefore, by this, that when
even thefe Powers may deem their count& and
friendly interference necefary for the arrangement
of fuch a complicated bufinefs, they do not, there-
fore, in any wife intend to difpute the power. and
right of the Germanic Empire to regulate by it-
felf the claims to indemnities, as well as lb many
other points which nearly concern its ConAitution,
and on which depend its welfare or its decline.
" In this affurance his Majefty charges his Eke-
total Sub-Delegate of Bohemia to interfere, as far
melee is competent, in order that the Extraordinary
Deputation already affembled, qpen without de-
lay its fittings in the conftitutionaLform ; that it
enter into a negociation conformal& to Treaties
with the French Plenipotentiesti with.the in-
tervention and co-Oristion , 'of the leinter of
Raffia ; and that it deelare to thefe two Plenipo-
tertiaries, in the name ofilseEmpire,theconildence
which the Germanic Body has in tilt eqiiitable
views of the two Powers, adding thereunto .the
afurance that the Deputation . will take their
friendly propofitions into ferious'courttlerakilMery
The Eleaoral Sub-Delegate of
,Bohainlii-fella
charged to communicate thofefentinsents of his
Majefty to the Plenipotentiaries of Prance and
Raffia, adding that though according _to the Law
of Nations, and alto according to the Laws of the
' Empirel' the Deputation cannot be refrained even
by thenHescrof the Etipire within a peremptory
term, yet that his Maelly, in his quality of King
and Eleaor of Bohemia, will alccelerate, as much
as.pdffible, the termination of the paints Which are
to (militate thit cornplctiott of tb* haws!

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• mimr. •
• RATISION, AUGUST feconthfitting of
the Dies took .place the 06th. The Mai* of
BOheittia,, M. A. Scititteridelivered to'it'a Very
important note up4l theCleclarattimt sod CORT• 11:
tion Oven in the s4th by the Milliken of Frame.
and itulia.-411iltati Paith Or the its.
ai alms& •
This .declaration of the Court of Vienna, the
firil that it has publillted relative to the convell.,
tion ofj indleatmties has prnduced a lively Cenra-
-1 tion among the accredited Minifters. As yet,. the
Mini (ler of Bohemia is the only one who has votes,
%Ton the plan of indemnities—dna of the ntheral
are waking for inilrudions.- We are allured that
M. de GOIRTZ Wilt vote,' *t the next fittiag. M.l
Cottoarno, Milliner S
Olplia, his *depreted
to Sf.d'ALatat &very aiorig 4nd very inrponant
declaration, in the name of Coen, •upout the
fubjeet of the occuPatien of NEW, all_ rtglint
and Berr.htolfgaden. TM: dedarata b*i_Lbattb
carried to the PiEtatore.,n* Siatr Fitert.N.D*