Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-06-06
Foreign Intelligence.

Translated for the Commercial .adrer-
From French papers by the Boxer.
REPORT TO THE EMPEROR.
PAn1s, April ~.
SIRE-If prudence imposes upon me
the duty of not indiscrteely offering to.
your majesty spectre of chimerical dan
GERS. is is nevertheless an obligation on
my part not less sacred, not to allow to
slumber in false security the watchiul-
ness which is prescribed to me by the
care for the preservation of peace, that
atinterest of France, that flrst OBJECT
OF the wishes of your majesty. 10 esPy
danger where none exists, is sometimes
the means of provoking and produclnglt.
On the other hand, to shut the eyes a.
gaiast symptoms which may be It's pre-
cursors, will be an act of inexcusable
blindness. | ought not to dissemble, sire,
that although to this day no positive
knowledge is obtained of any determlna-
ton formally made, by the foreign pow
ers, which ought to indicate to US near
approach of war, yet appearances sulh-
GENTLY justify such solicitude: sone a
farming symptoms manifest themselves
on every side. In vain you oppose the
calm of reason to the transports OF the
passions: the voice of your majesty, has
not been able to make itself heard. An
inconceivable system threatens to pre-
vail with the powers, that Of preparing
themselves for the combat, without adj
hitting of preliminary explanation with
the nation with which they appear to
| wish to combat. BY whatever pretext
they may attempt to justify step SO IN
heard OF, the conduct OF your majesty is
the most striking reutation OF it. Facts
speak !; they are simple, precise, incon
testible, and upon the exposition alone
which shall give of those facts, the
| councils OF your majesty, the councils OF
all the soyereigns OF Europe, the govern
ments and the people themselves can
equally form an opinion On this great
subject.
For SEINE time past Sire, have been
sensible of the necessity of calling your
attention to the preparations OF the diff
ferent foreign governments but the
germs of troubles, which developed them
selves for moment, III some places in
our southern provinces, rendered our ST.
tuation complicated. Perhaps the senti-
ment SO natural, which led US to wish, "a
Dove a |, the suppression OF every prin
ciple OF interior dissention, had prevent
ed me, in spite of.myself, from consider
Ing, at time SO serious, the threatening
dispositions which manifested themselves
abroad. The rapid dispersion OF tie enc
mics of our domestic rep0se freed ne
from all cares OF the kind. The French
nation has the right OF expecting truth &C
the part OF its go, ernment, q never could
its government have had, as nsuch as at
this day, the will and the interest to de-
clare to it the whole truth.
! You have, sire, resumed your crown
on the 1st OF the month OF March. There
are some events SO far above the ca.cuia-
tons of human reasons, that they escape
the foresight OF kings and the sasacity OF
taeir ministers. At the first report OF
YOUR arrival on the shores of Provence,
the monarchs assembled at Vienna, only
saw the sovereign of the Island OF Eiba,
when already Jour majesty was reionlng
anew over the French empire. 1t was
only in the palace of the Ihui leries, that
your majesty learned the existence OF
their declarations OF the 18th. The sign-
ers of this ineXplicable act had already
learned themselves that your majesty
was absolved from the necessity OF re-
plying to 1t.
in the meanwhile, all the proclama-
tons, all the words Of your majesty,
loudly attestcd the sincerity OF YOU WISH
es for the maintenance OF peace. have
informed the French political agents en-
pioyed abroad ny the royal eminent,
that their iunCtions were terminated, ana
communicated to them that your maJes-
ty purposed to accredlt them forthwith
with new appointments. In your desire
not to leave any doubt as to your true
sentiments, your majesty ordered NE to
enjoin on these agents to make them
selves the interpreters OF them to the dbl
ferent cabinets. performed tins oraer
In writing OH the 5Uth OF Marcii, to the
ambassadors, ministers and other agents
in tie subjolned letter No. |. Not content
with this first step, your Eiaesty WISH
ed, under these extraordinary cncum-