The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-03-25

duct 1t 1t be ueceiiary our fquadrons to lew
triumphs.-Already, at the very moment
that thefe traitors lay their hottie plots,
does that God feem to have forewarned them
by the fires of Veiuvius, of the fate referved for
them by our veterans. .rss 81
The people of the kingdom of Italy will be
temperate in the expreiIion of their iult nllig-
nation, they will confide in the wifdom, and
forefight of their government. Who of us can
doubt that our auguf monarch and his worthy
Representative has taken every meafure which
they have judged neceGary to our defence and
our interetts -... .- -..- o. 3
Should the enemy attempt the fnolifh pro-
ieet Of marching againft us. they will be doubt
leis arreRed in their courfe, they will me-
yer reach the frontiers of our Kingdom, they
will be vanquifhed before their eyes meet that
happy and peaceable country, into which they
hoped to carry brutality. devaItation and ruin.
BRuNN, December 8.
NAPOLEON, Emperor Of the French and
king of Italy. We have deCreed and decree as
follows:
ART. /. A contribution of one hundred mil
lions of Franks fbal be levied on Aultria, Mo-
ravia, and the other provinces of the houfe of
Auftria. occupied by the FNnch army.
Cd. This;fu 70 be given by way of donation
to the army, conformabiy to the plan of diftri-
Sd. The amount of the value of all the ma
gazines, Of falt, tobacco, arms, powder and
warlike flores, which arc not found neceifary
to the equipment of ourarmy, and which the
commander of the artillery ihall not deem ex-
pcdient to tranfport to France, but which we
fhall order to be fold, f,alI be depolited in the
military cheft, belonging to the army, to be dill.
| tributed among it in rewards.
9Th. Prom the 6rlt fupplies of this contribu-
ton, and on that RATED upon Suabia, three
| months pay as a reward, ihal be beltowed on
every general. officer or folder, who fhall have
been or may be wounded In the preient war.
5th. The n,iniiter of war is charged with the
| execution of the prefent decree.
ANOTHER decree promulgated at the I'M
| perial camp at Anherltz, on the eth Dec con-
tains the following ordinances:
Arr. l. The widows of the generals han at
| the battle of Auitertz fhail enjoy pculion OF
5000 franks during their lives the widows of
colonies and majors penfon of 2,4oo franks !;
the widows of captains one of l 200 franks the
widows of lieuteuapts one of 800 franks the
widows of folders orc of 200 franks.
Q. The mnifer Of war is charged with the
execution Of the prefeut decree, which hall pats
into law from the prefent day, and be inherited
in the bulletin of the laws.
ANOTHER decree ofthc fame day contains,
ART.l. We adopt the children of the French
generals, officers and folders, lain at the battle
of Aufterlitz.
9. They fhalI all he maintained and brought
up at our expenfe, the fons in our imperial pa
lace at Rambouillet and the daughters in our
Imperial palace at Saint Germain. The fons
fhall afterwards be provided for by US, and the
daughters married.
3. Belide their Baptifnai and family names,
they ihall have the: privilege of joining to them
the name NAPOLEON. Oar chief judge fhall fee
that ITS execution be regulated agreeably to the
formalty required by the civil code.
The grand marlhal of our palace and our in
.cndant general of the houfe fhaI be charged
respectively with the execution of the prefent
decree, which fhaIl be made the order of the
day, and pats forthwith into law.
7svcn:y Millions Of Dollars,
s December Ii,
The fmall town of Nichol6urg, in which are
afembled the Auftrian and French Plenipoten.
tiaries, charged with the negotiations for peace,
between thofe powers, is lituated on the From
tiers of Lower Auftria and Meravia. The CAT.
tie, which is very fine one, belongs to the
Prince Dietrichftein. This place, heretofore
brit kttle known, at prefent, is about 10 become
celebrated in. hltory, as being the feat where
various treaties are TO be negotiated. The Pie
nipotentaries ofRuf1ia and Prufiia, are it is fad
to repair thither TO treat eparately ofthe inter-
els oftheir REFLECTIVE foversigns. IT Is general
W believed that the defnitiye treaty between
France and Auftria, will be concluded before
any arrangements are made between the courts
Of France and Berlin, and while M. de Iaug-
witt is waiting the return of Courisrs, which
he is obliged to difpatch for the intruetions of
his majefty. As to the ref, the battle of Auiter-
lit z will haiten the cohclufion.
The French armies pro6ting by the armifice
which has been 70 geDeroufly granted to the ene-
my, are about to enjoy that repofe they have 70
well merited. The different corps which COM
pofe the grand army, and the army ofItaIy, are
to repair to the different Aulrian Provinces con-
quered by the Freoch armies.
IS They write from Munich, that the army of
Martial MafIena 10 to be cantooed in CarDols,
Itria, Prioul, and the dp.chy of Venice. The
city OF fesice aud the fortified Hands in the en-
yirols, are to he occupied by the French troops.
Martial Ney is TO occupy Carinthia, the corps
under MARTIAL Davouf and general Marmont
are to be, fent to- Styria. Marihal Bernadot.e
and the Bavarian troops are TO occupy the circle
OF lgiau, and the CIRCLE of Bohemia, comprifed
in the line of Demaroation.. The corps under
martial Lannes and part Of that under Prince
Murat, are to remain in Moravis. The remais
der of the troops are to repair TO Upper and
Lower Auaris,
1t Is fad that the Arch Duke Charles is pofi :