Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-06-06
By last Nights Mat.
Late from France.
NE.W-YORK. June 5.

Boston on Thursday last. 1he faii"'il-
UNI saws. the French papers to April 90
are filled with paragraphs respecting .le
infant King Of Rome and his mother. AZ
change had occurred favorable to Aneri-
ca. The people of France were IN sla'c
of wretchedness. and confidence destroy
ed. MANY troops had returned from spanl'
but conscripts were collecting. ana were
freouentlv marched through the e!ty Ill
chains, The Z. S. frigate John Adams,
had arrived ont.
This following address wascc!ivered by
the emneror Napoleon, t. a reputation
from the Council Of Commerce. Manu-
seript copies Of it were in possession ofin-
d;vislua!s. but as it haa not appeared in
the Moniteur. no printed copy OF 1t could
be obtained. 1t was handed to our CORES
pondent. says the Palladium, by mer-
chant in France. and its authenticity may
be relied on. We have the French ma
nuscript.
ADDRESS delivered by his Imperial
Majesty Napoleon. to the Council Oh Com
merce in Paris, S1st March, 1911.
The DEGREES Of Berlin and Milan are
the fundamental laws Of my empire. For
the neutral navigation, | consider the fiaS
as an extension of territory. The power
which suffers its flag to be violated, can
not be considered as neutral.
The fate Of the American commerce
will soon be decided. / will favor it, il
the United States conform themselves to
these DEGREES. In contrary case, their
vessels will be driven from my empire.
The commercial relations with England
must cease, tell it to you very loudly
Gentlemen merchants, who have any bu-
siness to settle, and funds to withdraw,
ought to do it as soon as possible. gaFe
that advice to the inhabitants OF Antwerp
and they profted by it. :,
1 wish for peace, but not on a frail
foundation. I wish for it in good faith,
and such that it will offer sufficient qua
rantees, because do not lose sight OF A
miens or St. Domingo, nor the losses that
commerce has experienced by the declara-
ton of war---I should not have made the
peace of Tilsit. should have gone to
wilma and further, had it not been for the
promise Of the emperor OF Russia, to
bring about peace between England and
France. Previous to the Reunion OF Hol-
land, made overtures of peace, but the
English ministry did not even listen to
them. The continent will be shut a
gainst the importation from England. l
am armed cap pee to enforce the exc
cutions of my orders and to Illustrate the
intentions of the English in the Baltic:
There exists yet some fraud, but it shall
he DESTROYED. know the dealers in Eng
lish commerce those who think only OF
escaping the laws, and those who by eX
trayagant speculations have become bank
rupts but if they succeed in evadins my
officers of the customs, my sword Will
reach them sooner or later, lii three, four,
five, or six months then they cannot
complain. listen to what is said on the
part Of the merchants. l know that they
censure loudly my measures they say
that am badly advised. cannot blame
them, nor be angry at their opinions, be-
cause they are not in situation to see
and to calculate as do. Those who have
lately arrived from England, and who
have seen the effect, the interruption oil
the continental commerce had nthat coun-
try, cannot help saying that it is possible
1 may be right, and that may at last
succeed in my undertakings In my en-
pire Nc commerce of the interior or eA,
change is above fourteen millions, equal
to fourteen thousand millions Of francs7l
1t is on this basis that its sources and its
prosperity ought to be combined. know
that Bordeaux, Hamburg and other sea-
ports, suffer by the interruption OF mara
time trade. The late municipal resula-
tons made by the emperor of Russia, have
hurt the mandatory of Lyons. These
are individual losses, l will try to miti-
gate them. The expectation Of Russia,
which did not exceed twenty five millions,
when the profits on the total amount did
not exceed two per cent. cannot impede OF