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VIENNA, April 12.
Before his imperial majesty left
his capital, he was pleased to issue
the following
PROCLAMATION.
“ Francis I. by the grace of God f
Emperor of Austria, £?c.
Peopl* of Austria ! I leave
my capital to join the brave de
fenders of the country, alfem
bled on die frontiers for the pro
tection of ihe Rate,
“ For these three years past, j
I have made the uirnolt exer_ j
lions to piocure you, my be- ;
loved fubjc6ls, the blellings of
permanent peace. No lacnfice, j
any ways confident with your j
welfare, and with the indepen. j
dence of I be Hate, however pain
ful, have I Ipared to fecuie your |
tranquility and welfare, by a
friendly underdanaing with the
emperor of the French.
14 But all my endeavors prov_
ed fruitlefs. The Austrian mo
narchy was also to fubtnit to the
boundiefs ambition of the em
peror Napoleon; and in the
lame manner he drives to sub
due Spain, insults the facted
head of the church, appropri
ates to himfelf the provinces of
Italy, and parcels out the Ger.
man dominions. Auflria was
to do homage to the great em.
pire, the formation of which he
has loudly announced.
“ I have adopted ail necefTa
ry measures to alLert the inde
pendence of the state. Not only
have ye aulwercci rny rail, h** l
wf your native coun
try has prompted you to anti
cipate it. Accept my cordial
thanks; they will be repeated
by my pofierity and yours
Self defence, not invasion, was
our aim. But the conqueror
will not allow the sovereign of
his people Itrong in their mutual
confidence, to polfels fufheient
means to oppole his ambitious
views. He declared hitniell hol
me to Aultria, unless she should
rehnquifh her measures of de
fence, and prolfrate her fell dif
ai med at hss feet. The dilgrace
ful propolal was rejected, and
now his holts are advancing a~
gamft us, arrayed for battle.
I confide in God—in the
J valor of my armies, in the he
roic conduct of my brother who
leads them on to glory, in you
my beloved people. Our ex
ertions for this war arc great ;
but luch they rnufi be in older
to attain more securely the im
portant end of (elf prefervaiion.
“ What you have hitherto
done is the most unqueUtonable
pledge for the powerful aihfi
ance which I am to receive liorn
you. They who bear no arms,
will also fhate in the protection
of their country. Unanimity,
order, obedience, aciivity and
confidence, conltitute the leal
ft length of a nation. You have
evinced them, and to this alone
is it owing, that we Ifatt with a
fairer prolpefct of fuccels, than
we ever did. Fortunate events
will not unnerve your ener
gy, nor dilaltrous occurrences,
fhouid any happen, ihake your
firm relolve. Perfeverant vaior
overcomes all dangers, enhau
ches every advantage, and !up_ ;
plies all lofi’es. Our caule is jutt,
Providence does not for forlake
thole who do not foiiake them,
lelves.
j 44 1 depend on your love, ;
“ HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE.” Shakespeare.
your tried fidelity to your princt
and country. Depend ye 01
the paternal solicitude of you
monarch who founds aii hi.>
happiness art yours.
4 * Francis.”
PROCLAMATION BY DaVOUST.
'1 o the army of the Ki ine
Hemau, April 22.
“ Soldiers—His M ijestv the Ktn
prrtT of Austria has rommertced
hostilities on the Bth inst. This was
| announced by his Generals in Chief
jon the «ti>. They have taken up
, arms. The orders of the day deli
! re red to the Austrian armies art
1 merely the effusions of scurrility,
i This is not the way to anack the
j soldiers of the Emperor Napoleon,
i They threaten to overwhelm us
j with defeat and disgrace upon the
plains of Ulm and Marengo.—
i Pour conduct will show what right
they have to make use of these
threats. Soldiers, our beloved
Sovereign, when lie was Firs.. Con
sul, offered peace, tire Kmperor of
Austria reiused it——Marengo com
pelled him io accept of tern-6.
The English broke the treaty ol
Amiens. Our Sovereign had col
lected his armies on t he French
coast, and the Emperor of Austria
availed himself of iliat juncture,
and without any previous declar
ation of war, violated the territory
of our allies, aud threatened ours.
Lim compelled the cucinv of our
Sovereign again to make peace. —
In the present instance the Empe
ror of Austria has threatened tne
territory of our allies, without the
least appearance of any difference
between the two powers, and con
ceiving himself in a situation to
undeitakc Imstiities, has actually
commenced war. The directors
rr tnc xvustrian caoinet navt »
ry great interest in the result of
fiittr libellous scurilitics. Woe
be to those who may dare to dis
tinmate iliem, and oy these means
excite disturbance \ the pYumpt ex
ecution of military law will be the
inevitable consequence.
“ bolditrs- in spite of these li
bellous reproaches, Germany |, rtS
done hoijoor ti your discipline and
good conduct. You do not m.ikc
war ; gainst tiie inhabitants ; tho e
unfortunate sacrifices to the views
ot the House ol Austria, whose
ambition has stained so many pa
ges o! history with blood, & whose
ignorance has again excited such
agnation among the nations.
“ A soidier of Napoleon must
not only be tree irom censure, but
without tear, if there are any ol
a contrary chara'-ierin our
and who shall so lar transgress a_
gainst tne fundatnantals of all dis
cipline a* to dishonour his cloth by
plunder or disobedience punisii
irietn half speedily follow.
The results of tins war are
certain. We shall be supported
by tha Emperor Alexander, who
is faithful to Ins engagement in
peace or war. VVstu his armies,
whom you highly respect; with
the confederate Sovereigns whose
wish is that we should avenge ilieir
cause, and secure them in future
against the ambition of our eter
nal enemy ; and lastly, through
tlie justice of our cause, vict »ry
must be ours. Your courage,
and the genius of your Sovereign,
when you see him in the midst til
you, will be the most infallible
assurance of vour triumph.
1 lie Marshal Duke of Auerstadt.
LONDON, May l.
Bonaparte, before lie set off
1 to join the army iflued a decree,
i containg the 3 following pro
visions : 1 All Frenchmen who I
have carried arms againil France
since September 1, are
! declared to have inclined the
punifhrnent ofdeath; 2. French
men in the fe(vice of any for
eign power arc to quit that fer,
vice the instant hcltilities arise
I 4
| between that power & fiance ;
All Frenchmen recalled by
his or other decrees, and con.
tintre refractory and disobedient,
are declared to have buffered ci.
vil death, and their estates and
eifehts are to be confiscated,
May 2. Ihe flag of truce
which laded from Dover for
Calais on Friday, returned with
the tide, not having been per.
mitted to land her dispatches.
1 be 111aIter of Ihe vcffel was in.
fonned that no dispatches would
be received, unless accompanied
by a mefiaiger.
I lie Dutch papers contain an 1
account of the treaty of peace
between this country and Tur
key. It is laid to consist of
twelve articles, of which the
following is the fubfiance :
44 The properly which either
may have in its poffefiion be.
longing to the other, and all
ships of private individuals un
der embargo, fhail be immedi
ately refloied.
44 From the moment of the
signing of this treaty all hollili..
ties fiiall ccaie, and the prison
ers of war on both sides fhail
be restored within 31 days suc
ceeding, without any ranfona.
<s Mutual accommodations in
regard to commerce, to be af
forded in its fulicit extent —the
tariff at Conitantinople to re
main as it is.
The nth article fays, that u as
it has been at all times forbidden
to ships of war to enter the Ca
nal of Confiantinople, viz. the
,lr -m of die Dai dandles, or that
of the Black Sea, ana as that
ancient rule of the Ottoman
empire mufi be henceforth ob
fevved in time of peace by ail
powers whatever, the Biiufh
court promiic to conform (cits
principle.
Amsterdam, April *4.
His majefly the emperor of
France amved at Ludwigsburg
on the night of the 15th dc 16th,
and ptoceeded to Lnliengeii at
12 o’clock at noon. M. Duroc,
marfhalof the palace was with
him. His rnajelty has ordered
the Bavar ian Hoops to take their
ancient polition by Slrasburg,
that the army may soon be in a
condition to commence offen.
five operations with the grealelt
effeH. The French head quar
ters are to be removed from Do.
nauwerth to IngolcUtadi, arid
10 proceed forwards.
The Austrians appear, since
they have eroded the Inn, to
have daily foruhtd them lei ves,
and to be delirous to advance
slowly. some blow cannot fail
to be (buck before long. No
thing of the kind had taken place
on the departure of the iafi cou
riers, becaule the allied troops
had received orders to retreat
on the approach of the enemy.
April 25. —The following cir.
cutnflances are extracted Irom
(he French papers:
44 The emperor of Austria has
in his train icoo horses, which j
are to relieve the lofle* his 0111-
cers may fuiiain.
44 The whole force between
Liniz, Bannau, and Salzberg,
; has been estimated at 150,0001
men ; but this is doubilels an
exaggeration.”
Pams, April to.
44 On the 8;h April, intelli
gence was received at Munich, 1
that preparations were made by
the Auttrianx tor Palling over
the Inn, and that a budge of
I
[No.. XXXVIII.]
MONDAY, July 3, 1809.
boats was already made between
Biannauand Scharding.
“ On the 9th the Andrian
charge d‘aflairs at Munich de*.
manded of the minilter ofihe
emperor Napoleon an imeiview
for M. Wratiflaw, field oHicer
of the archduke, who brought
over the letter. * M. Wrattflaw
had at the fame time delivered
a letter to the king of Bavaii.?,
soliciting his majelty to attend
to the wishes of the Bavaiian
people, who as the AullrLn
princes affirm, behold in them
! only their deliverers*
I “On the lith, particular in
telligence was received of the
pafluge of the Auflrians, who
had come near enough to be (a.
luted by the centinels, but had
however not fired upon the J3a
vaiian foidiJrs. They iifiied
pretended proclamations to per
fuadc the Germans to make
common cause with them. The
Bavarian troops retreated to the
Lech. Ihe king of Bavaria
went on the 1 uh with his atten
dants to DiUcngcn.”
The archduke Charles has if.
sued the following address to the
German nation :
liis majelty the emperor of
Au(tiia is forced to take up
arnu, becaulie the Fiench em
peror will not tolerate the ex
illence of a lt«te which does not
acknowledge his lupremacy of
power, nor Itoop to become
fubferviem to his views of cott
oned : \ieca>'{“ !•>/» raq.;,., »u»4
Aultna fhdil renounce her in.
dependence, unbend her enerl
gics and lurrender at the con
queior’s uiferetion ; becaulethc
armies of the emperor of France
and of his dependent allies, ad
vance again!! Aultiia with hos.
tile views.
“ The forces of Aufiria have
nfen for feif defence and lelf
prelervanon, at the nod of their
monarch. l am j caciing them
onaga;n(tihe enemy, to prevent
the certain attack he prepared
againlt us.
We pals the frontiers, not as
conquerors ; not as enemies of
Germany ; not to deltroy Ger
man inltuutions, lawr, customs
and manneis, and impol'e for.
eign ones; not to appropriate
to ourlelves the property of
Germany, or to facrifice her
children in djftant wars, carried
on to dcltroy and subjugate for
eign nations. No, we fight to
alien the independence of the
Austrian monarchy, and to re.
(lore to Germany the indepenl
dence and national honors which
are due to her.
“ The lame prelenfion* which
now threaten u, have already
proved fatal to Germany. Our
alhltance is her lalt effort to be
saved. Our cause is that of Ger
many. United with Austria,
Germany was independent and
hippy : it is only through the
1 abidance o! Aultria that Ger.
many can receive happinefsand
independence.
“ Germans !—Confider your
dell ruction. Accept i e aid we
oiter, us for
your laivaton. We demand
iroin you no exertions, bur such
as the war foe our common
caute requires. Your property
j a,l(i your domeltic peace are
I by the dilcipline of our
I troops. The Aultrian armies
I will not oppress or rob you ;