Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-22

A
wards Bonaparte difp patched his frG aid
de-clmp, Duroc, twho has been repeated
>ly employed in confidential miflions) &c
ST. Peterfburg. The fy bem OF the prelen,
Ruaian- Emperor ieems, therefore, TO be
real 0s1tr0liy, and perhaps he has il ii
view TO mediate between France aud En-.
gland.
The great Object of the emperor, witt
regard to his internal administration, ap.
pears to be, 10 reftore the fate of things
as it exited at the clofe Of rhe reign of Ca
tharine the fccond. On the 18th of this
month, he was prefent at ameeting of the
ienate, and heard the reading of6ve ukates
or laws, which have fince been publined
and bear that date. The frif, reltore.
and confirms all the rights and privilege.
OF the Ruiiian nobility, coniormably 10 the
principles eitablilhed by charter granted
In the year 1855; The fecond, re- eitab-
liihes an ordinance of the fame princefs,
for the police and government of the cites,
and thus iiberates the inhabitants of the
towns from innumerabe rearaiuts and vex.
ations, to which they had, in the courft
of the laf reign, beenlu bjetted The third,
grants general pardon OF all Offenders
and criminals, with certain exceptions ano
conditions The fourth, aboliGhes a fecret
inquiiirorial- Office, which fubGffcd as a
remnant of an inquiiitiop, chancery, tina,
Catharine the econd had already diGols-
ed: And the fifth, repeals all the prohibit
tions OF exportation OF Rul1ian productions
takes off all extraordinary taxes upon
articles Of expectation, and reforcs TO the
villages and parifhes in the country, the
right of holding pr perty in Randine
trees, which had been taken from them.
The purpoie OF the emperor, on this occa.
iion, was, upon his 6rit attendance in the
ienate TO copfer Important benefits upon
every clais and order of his flbie6as a
thing which the heedIels obfiuacy of his
father mad made quite eafy for him. Il
was only to remove the perncions oprref.
ions which Paul lad multiplied upon eve
ry rank and degree of his Nhiects. By
another ukafe, publifhed at The fame time.
the co'nmifion for the f>quc}raticn and
iale of property belonging TO Englifh
fubjetts, was ordered to ceaie its opera,i-
ons.
3o.--This couelxGum was taken at III.
diet OF Ratitbon, with regard to the nego.
tlation for indemnities in confequence OF
the peace ofFrarcc and Aufria. l he cleo.
toral college was at frf equally divided
apon the queition, whether the whole fur
her arrangement and concluGon fhould be
left altogether to the diicretion of the
Emperor, as head Of the empire; or whe
tier he ihould merely be requeRed to La,
bff1re fbe Gief, the plan OF indemnities
which he rropoted. For the fri of ,hele
neatures, Bohemia, and the three Ecrle-
fa!tical Eiett2rs voted; Bavaria, Saxony,
Bruniwick and Rrandenhurg preferred the
latt and being finally joined by the vote
or Mentz, their opinion prevailed, and
the further negotiations of the Emperor.
are only TO be preparatory, and fubiett
to the confirmation OF the diet. The
King ofPrnflia very formally teGi6ed his
diillkc of the concluGon of the peace of
Luneville without the participation of the
empire, and declared that nothing but the
extreme neceihty Of the cafe, could have
induced him to give his ratification of il.
This point of indemnities, France has
taken care to leave as bone of contenti-
on between the German Princes. The
contrlvance for the purpoie, is taken from
the practice at the peace of WeRphalia it
goes by the name of fecuarizasion. It's
eftest Is to change the contribution of GER
tain principalities under ecclefaifical eo-
yernment, by giving them as hereditary
property to the fufferers by French con.
queR. France will interfere in this dc
cuiiion at leait 70 tar as TO blow the Goals