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THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
VOL. 1.
MILLEDGEVILLE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1810.
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anti the Ambassador’s hot*-l preserv
ed and tranquility restored.
Prince Joseph Schwarzenburg was
engaged all the night in search of his
wile, who was not to lie found, either
at her brother’s, the Ambassador, orlcountry
at M. de Metternich’s. He was pays tri
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heroism of maternal love, she enter-lof the whole empire ; and if a reduc
ed the burning saloon, from which tion had been projected by the go-
moment we knew not what became vernment of the country, it would
ol her. flie fire was then got under, not have been in its power to give a
guarantee lor the inviolability and
permanence of such a measure, inas
much as the debt, if even reduced to
Holland, without meeting any onejof whatever rank, are confirmed in
view of your majesty. The obstacle
which, prevented it has now disap
peared of itself. Your majesty owes
it to your empire to take advantage
of a circumstance which so naturally
leads to the union.—-There can be
30 millions, would still be beyond none more favourable lor the execu-
the actual means and ability of that tion of your projects.
It is estimated, Holland
;u «i. ue lnettermcli s. lie was|pays tuple the sum that France pays. Antwerp a powerful arsenal. The
doutitlul of his misfortune till the day The people groan under the weight astonished Shcldt swells with pride,
oroke, when a disfigured corpse was.of 23 distinct descrintions of contri- to behold twentv vessel* of the first
Your majesty has established at
Antwerp a powerful arsenal. The
descriptions of contri- to behold twenty vessels of the first
tin employments.
title ill.—Of the Finances.
7, The present contributions shall
continue to be levied until the 1st of
January 1811, at which period the
country shall be eased oi that burden,
and the impost put on the same foot*
ingas for the rest of the empire.
8. The budget of receipts and
disbursements, shall be submitted to
our approbation before the 1st oi Au
gust next.
loundnear the saloon, which Dr. Gall buttons. The Dutch nation sinks tin- rate bearing your majesty’s flag, and) Only one third of the present a-
t1f ' * be that ot the Princess der its contributions, and can no lon-iprotecting its shores, that were for-j n ' lounl of interest upon the publick
ger pay them. jmerly scarcely visited by some trad- debt shall be carried to the account of
“ Nevertheless, the necessary ex- ing vessels. But the great designs
pences of the government require, ot your majesty in this respect can-
tliat this burden should be augmen-jnot be fully accomplished except by
ted. The budget for the marine a-jthe union of Holland. It is nfccessa-
mounted, in 1809, to three millions ry to complete so astonishing a crc-
tho’t to
Schwarzenbcrg. It remained no lon
ger doubt I ul when her diamonds, and
the medallion of her children, which
she wore suspended from her neck,
were examined.
Princes Pauline Schwarzenburg
was daughter of the Senator Arem-
berg. She was mother of eight chil-
deti, and four mouths advanced in
pregnancy.
Hanks of the Elbe, Juki 13—Pri
vate letters from Paris represent the
conflagration at the Prince of Schwar-
zenberg’s as much more terrible than
represented in the Moniteur and other
French Journals. Prince Schwarz-
enberg was several times in the most
imminent danger of losing his life, as
he would not leave the house till all
had retired ; his hands were much
burned, and many parts of his body-
bear marks of severe contusions. It
was supposed, that when the ceiling
of the room came doun, with 12 su
perb chandeliers some persons were
buried in the flames. Some letters
also, from the same place, assure us,
that since the 1st July, all public and
private coaches, as well as all persons
who leave Paris, are most scrupulous
ly searched and examined at the first
station from Paris, wheie their pas
ses are asked for.
July 26—There is a report that
ation. Under your majesty’s cner-
getick government, the ensuing year
will not terminate, before, bv calling
into action the maritime resourcesiif
FIRE AT PARIS.
Paris, fitly 2.—The fete given bv
the Prince Schwarzenburg (Austrian
Ambassador) took place yesterday,
at which the emperor and empress
were present. Twelve hundred peo
pie were invited. In order to re
ceive so large a party, the prince,
according to the usual custom adopt
ed at Paris, had caused to be erected,
xvith planks of timber, a ball room,
ornamented with pictures of gauze,
muslin, and other light stuffs. After
the cotillions, a scotch reel was dan
ced, during which their majesties a-
rose to make a tour of the circle, and
speak to the ladies. The empress
had returned to her armchair, and
the emperor was at the other extre-
mitv of the saloon, m-ar the princess
p inline of Si hwarzenberg, who had
presented her daughters to him,
-when the flame of ,i wax candle caught
the drapery of a window curtain.—
Count Dumanoir, chamberlain of the
Emperor* and many other officers
who were near him, endeavored to
tear off the curtains, but the flames
got higher. They immediately in
formed the emperot - , who had but
time to go to the arm -chair of the em
press, when he was instantly sur- , ^ . . ... , , ... . .
- -- - ambassador and offi.pht? Are at the’ Austrian Ambassador’s distressed a situation, what can be sing their private lortuncs.
only', ol florins, a sum scarcely suffi
cient to pay' the administrators, the
officers and seamen, and to defray
the expenses of the arsenals, and
which has not admitted of the equip
ment of a single ship of war. To
provide for the armament, ordered
in 1810, and which is the minimum
>1 the naval force necessary for the
Icfence of Holland, triple that sum
would he requisite. The war bud
get has scarcely afforded a sufficiency
lor maintaining the fortresses, anil
sixteen battalions ; and whilst two
branches of such importance, are so
far from having what is necessary
for supporting the honour and digni
ty of independence, the interest of
the publick debt has ceased to be
shall
Holland, a fleet of -10 sail of the linejdie custom-houses
and a great number of troops, shall
be assembled in the Shcldt and Tex-
el, to dispute with the British go
vernment the sovereignty of the sea,
and repel its unjust claims.
“ So that it is not the interest
trance alone that calls lor this union ;
it is that of continental Europe, who
applies to France to repair the losses
of her marine, and combat on he
own element the enemy of the pros
perity ot Europe; whose industry it
has not been able to stifle, but whose
communications it obstructs bv
expenditure for 1810.
The interest of the debt for 1808
and 1809, not vet paid, shall he redu
ced to one third and charged on the
budget of 1810.
C. The custom-houses on the
frontier, other than those of France,
shall be organized under the superin
tendance of our director-general of
The Dutch cus-
be incorporated
rounded by the
cers of the Austrian Legation, who
persuaded him to quit the place.—
The fire, extended* itself with the ra
pidity of lightning ; and his majesty
slowly retired with the empress, re
commending calmness, in order to
prevent all disorder. The openings
from the ballroom fortunately being
very capacious, the crowd could ea-
ball was not the effect of accident, but
the work of an incendiary.
ANNEXATION OF HOLLAND TO FIANCE.
July get into the garden ; but many
mothers lost much time in searching
for their daughters, from whom they
had been separated by the Scotch
red, and manv young persons in en
deavouring to find their mothers.—
The rapiditv of the fire was so great,
th at the queen of Naples, who fol
lowed in the suit of the emperor, hav
ing fallen, was only saved through
the presence of mind of the Grand
Duke of Wurtzhurg. The Queen of
Westphalia was conducted from the
saloon by the King of Westphalia
and Count Metternich. The Vice
roy, who remained at the bottom of
) the ball room, and who feared to mix
in rite crowd with the Vice Queen,
perceived that the fall of the lustres
and ceiling interrupted the passage
He had fortunately, remarked a small
door, which led to the apartments of
.tile hotel, bv which he got out.—
Happilv no-body has perished; some
20 ladies have been more or less
wounded. The princess Lavras,
wife of the Russian consul, as well
as the ladies of Gen. Batron thou
sand and the Prelect ot Istria, have,
cither in consequence of being seized
r nvith terror, or stopped in their get
ting out by some obstacles, been
grievously hurt. Prince Kurakin,
the Russian Ambassador, had th
misfortune to fall upon the steps
which lead from the hall-room to the
garden ; they were then on fire ; he
was fora moment insensible.
Princess Pauline Schwarzenburg
was among the last who remained in
the ball room She held one of he
daughters bv the hand. A piece of
burning wood fell upon this young
person which a man who was neat
fher took up and carried out ot the sa
loon. She was herself hurried into
the garden. No longer seeing h.u
daughter she. ran every where, cabin,,
her with great lamentations. She me;
the king of Westphalia, who endea
voun <1 to calm hvr. She addresse.
herself to P, ii\fc Borghese and Conn-
Regnaud. After searching for :
quarter of an hour, impelled by th
From the Moniteur of July 10, 1310,
report to the emperor.
“ Paris fitly 9.—I have the ho
nour to lav before your majesty an
act of the king of Holland, dated the
3d inst. bv which the monarch de
clares, that he abdicates the crown in
favour of his son, leaving accord
ing to the constitution, the regency
to the queen, and establishes a coun
cil of regency composed of his minis
ters. >
“ Such an ac% sire, ought not to have
appeared without a previous concert
with your majesty. It can have no
force without your approbation.—
Ought your majesty to confirm the
resolution taken by the king of Hol
land !
“ The union of Belgium with
prance has
dence
— ns in
paid. It is more than a year and a solent claims, and the vast number
half in arrear. of its ships of war. Finally, the union
|H, in such a state of things, your of Holland.augments tlu* empire, ii
majesty maintain the recent disposi- rendering more close the frontier she
lions, by assigning to Holland a pro-idefends, and in adding to the securi-
visional government, you will only ;ty of its arsenals nhd docks. Jt cn-
be prolonging her painful agony. Ifriches it by an industrious, thrifty
the government of a prince, in the vi-pnd laborious people, who will add to
gour ol lile, has left the country in soothe stock ot publick wealth, in increa-
There
expected from a long minority ? It ( are no people more estimable, or bet-
cannot therefore, be saved but by a ter adapted to derive benefit from
new order ot things. The period the advantages which the liberal po
of the power and prosperity of,licy of ycur government affords to In
Holland was, when it formed parrdustry. France could not have made
of the greatest monarchy then iTa more valuable acquisition.
Europe. Her incorporation with| “ The annexation of Holland to
the great empire is the only stable 1 France is the necessary consequence
condition in which Hollandcanhence-juf the union of Belgium. It com-
forth repose from hey sufferings, andiplutes your majesty’s empire as well
long vicissitudes, and recover her an-jas the execution of your bystem ot
cient prosperity. [war, politicks, and trade. ‘It is the
“ Thus ought your majesty to de-jfrrst, but a necessary step towards the
cide in favour of such an union, fur,restoration of your navy ; in fact, it
the interest, nay, more, fur the salva- is the heaviest biow which your ma-
tionof Hollald.—She ought to beas-jesty could inflict upon England.
sociated in our blessings, as she has
been associated in our calamities.—
But another interest still more impe
riously indicates to your majesty, the
conduct you ought to adopt.
“ Holland is, in fact, a shoot from
the French territory ; it constitutes a
portion of soil necessary to complete
the form of the empire ; to become
of the
ce has destroyed the indepen-J* u ^ master of the Rhine, Y. M.
e of Holland.-—Her system has' should advance to the Zuyder Sea.
become the same with % dtis means all the rivers, which
of the Scheldt, the commercial exis-
She is obliged to
necessarily
that of France,
ake part in all the maritime wars of
France, as if she were one of her
provinces. Since the creation of the
irsenal of the Scheldt, and the an
nexation to France of the provinces
composing the departments of the
Mouths of the Rhine, and the Mouths
As to. the young prince, who is
so dear to your majesty, he has al
ready felt the effect of your good will.
You have bestowed on him the grand
duchy of Berg. He has therefore no
occasion for any new establishment.
“ I have the honour to present to
your majesty the project of the fol
lowing decree.
“ 1 am, fc:c.
“ Chameagny, Duke ofCadore.
Extract from the Register* of the of
fee oj the Secretary of State.
toin-housej
therewith.
File line of custom-houses on the
French frontier, shall be kept .up un
til the first of January, 1811, when it
shall be removed and the communi
cation of Holland With the empire
become free.
10. The colonial produce actuallv
in Holland, shall remain in the hands
of thy owners, upon paying a duty
of 50 per cent, ad valorem. A de*
duration of the amount shall be made
before the first of September at far
thest.
The said merchandise, upon pay
ment of the duties, may be imported
into France, and circulated through
the whole extent of the empire.
TITLE IV.
11. i here shall be at Amsterdam
a special administration, presided o-
ver by one of our counsellors of state,
which shall have the supcrintendance
of, and the necessary funds to pro
vide for, the repairs of the dykes,
polders, and other publick works.
TITLE v.
12. In the course of the present
month there shall be nominated by
the legislative body of Holland, a
commission of 15 members, to pro
ceed to Paris, in order to constitute
a council, whose business shall be to
regulate definitively all that relates
to the publick debts, and to conciliate
the principles of the union with the
localities and interests of the coun-
try *
13. Our ministers are charged
with the execution of the present de
cree.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
By the Emperour.
The Minister Secretary of State.
(Signed) H. B. Duke of Bassano.
have their source in France, or which
wash the frontiers, willbclongto you| ; ‘Palace of Ramhoillet, July 9th, 1810.
as far as the sea. To leave the mouths “ We Napoleon, Emperour of the
of your rivers in the possession of
strangers, would in fact, sire, confine
your power to an ill-limi ted monarchy,
instead of erectingan imperial throne.
To leave in the power of foreigners
the mouths of the Rhine, the Muese
tence of Holland has become preca- and die Sheldt, would be tantamount
The merchants of Antwerp, 1 to submitting your laws to them ;
Ghent, and Middleburgh, who can ' 4 would render your manufactures
without any restriction, extend their an d commerce dependent on the
speculations to the extremities of the'P ower s who should be in possession tors, six deputies to the council of
empire of which they form a part,i ot those mouths; it would admit alstate, twenty-five deputies to thele-
aecessarilv carry on the commerce foreign influence in that which isgislative body, anti two judges in the
vhich Holland transacted. Rotter- most important to the happiness of court of cassation.
Tun and Dordrecht are already on|y°«r subjects. The annexation ot
French, King of Italy, Protector
of the confederation of the Rhine,
Mediator of the Swiss Confedera
tion, he. &c. have decreed, and
hereby decree as follows :
TITLE i.
Art. 1. Hollandis united to France.
2d. The city of Amsterdam shall
be the third city ot the empire.
3. Holland shall have six
the verge of ruin ; these cities have
lost the commerce of the Rhine,
which goes direct, by the new fron
tier, to the ports of the Scheldt, pas
sing through the Biesboch. The
part of Holland, which is still alive
to the empire, is deprived ot the ad
vantages enjoyed by the part united
'.hereto. Compelled, nevei theless.
> make common cause with 1' ranee.
Holland will have to support th
barges of this alliance without reap-
ng anv of its benefits.
“ Holland is sunk under the weigh-
,f her public debt, which amounts t-
•etween 8J at d 90 millions, that i
o say, a fourth more than the deb
Holland is still necessary to complete
the system of the empire, particular
ly since the British orders in coun
cil of November 1807. Twice since
that period, vour majesty has been
obliged to close your custom-houses
to the trade of Holland, in conse
quence of which Holland was isola
ted from the empire and the conti
nent. After the peace of Vienna, it
was in your majesty’s contemplation
io annex this kingdom.
You were induced to abandon this
dea from considerations that no lon-
jer exist. You agreed with reluc-
rnce to the treaty of the 14th March,
h'rch aggravated the calamities ol
4. The officers by sea and land,
of whatever rank, shall be confirmed
in their employments. Commissi
oners shall be delivered to them signed
with our hand. The royal guard
shall be united to our imperial guard.
title ii.—Of administration for
1810.
5. The duke of Placentia, arch
treasurer of the empire, shall repair
to amsterdam in the capacity of our
lieutenant-general. He shall preside
in the council of ministers, and attend
to thi despatch of business. His
function shall cease the 1st of Janua
ry, 1811, the period when the French
administration shall commence.
6. All the publick functionaries.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENT
THE KING OF HOLLAND TO THE LE
GISLATIVE BODY.
“ Gentlemen,
“I charge the "Ministers to present
to your assembly, the resolution
which I find myself compelled to
take in consequence of the military-
occupation of my capital. The brave
French Soldiers have no other ene
mies than such as are enemies to the
common cause of Holland and my
self. They arc and ought to be re
ceived with all the regard and civili
ty possible ; but it is ndt lc$3 true,
that in the actual situation of Hol
land, which an entire army, a crowd
of Custom-house Officers, and when
even the National army is taken
from under the power of Govern
ment ; when every place, with the
:xccption of the Capital, wns under
the orders of a Foreign officer, I
thought it right to declare to Mar
shal the Duke of Reggio, and the
Charged d’Afl’aires from the Empe
ror, that if they occupied the Capi
tal and its vicinity, I should consider
that occupation as a manifest violati
on of" the rights of the people, and
the most sacred rights among men.
“ It was this which made me re
fuse Custom-house Officers entrance
into Meudon, Naardcn and Daman.
I was right in doing so ; because the
treaty did not authorize the presence
of Custom-house officers,, but upon
the banks of the sea and at the
mouths of rivers,"