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MIRROR OF THE TIMES.
ANNIHILATION OF THE POP’ES
TEMPORAL POWER,
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Rome, June 10, 1809*
This rooming, at ten o’clock
has been published in the prin,
cipal places, at the found of the
artillery of fort Saint Atige, a
decree of his majetly the em
! peror and king, which unites ihe
States of the Pope to the French
empire. This happy change
has taken place wish the great"
ell tranquility* and the inha
bitants of Home have manilell *
ed great joy and a lively ac
knowledgement of an event
which puts an end ro all the un
certainties of its political exHL
ence. This dec.-te, dated from
the imperial camp at Vienna,
May 17, 1809, is conceived as
follow:
Napoleon, See.
Considering that when Cail
emague Emperor of the French,
and our augud pitdeccflor,
presented the bdhops ot Rome
with divers trafcis ol land (con
trees) they were grained 10
them as feudal tenure, to fe_
cure the repose of his fubjeds,
without Rome having cealea
on that account to make a pait
ol his empire.
Considering that since that
period ihe union of the two
powers, ipirilual and temporal,
have been, as it (till is at this
piefent day, the source ot !
ceminentai difeords; that ihe 1
Pope’s having but too often
made uleof the influence of the
one to luppoit the pretentions
o! ihe oilic-r ; and that in con.
lequence of it, the Ipirliual al
iens which by ihtir nature are
immutable are confounded with
the temporal, which change ac"
cording 10 circumliaiices and
the policy of the limes :
Confide ring lastly, ihat every
thing we have propoled to con
uiiale the ialety of our aimies,
ihe tranquility and welfare of
»he people, the dignity and inte_
gtity ot our empire, wiih ihe
itmporal pretentions of the
Popes, has been ptopofed in
vain :
We have decreed, and do
decree as follows :
Art. t. The States of the
Pope are re-united to the French
empire.
*• The city of Rome, the
“ llt Chriltian See, and so cele
brated by recollections which
"»e enforces on the mind, and
ihe monument she preserves, is
declared an Imperial and free
city. Its government and ad
uuniftration shall be regulated
by a special decree.
3. I he monuments of Ro*
man greatness shall be preserv
ed and kept up at the expence
of our treasury.
4. The public debt is declar
ed a debt of the empire.
5. I he present income of the
Pope shall be extended to two
i millions of franes, free from all
| charges and tenure.
6. 1 he properties and palace
of the Pope shall be fubjeCled !
to no impolt, jurifdiciion, or ;
visit, and shall betides enjoy
I special immunities.
7. An extraordinary ConfuL ;
turn (ball on the 1 ft of June next
lake pofleflion, in our name,
of the (tales of the Pope, ar>d
make lhe necessary arrange
menrs so that the constitutional
government be in vigor on the
“ HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE d'—Shakespeare.
firft of January’, J 810.
(Signed) NAPOLEON
By the Emperor.
The Minister Secretary of State.
'(Signed) H. b. maner.
By another decree of the
fame day 17th May, the extra
j ordinary Confulturv, inftuuted
I by the preceding deciee, will
| be composed of the follow
ing metnbers: 1 he*, general of
divdion Mioliisgovernor gener
j President : Saficeul. minister
of the king of Naples; !)ege
j rando. Jennet, and del Pozzo,
matters of requests ; de Blade
auditor ol the Hate council, Se
cretary- 1 his confujtum ifehar
gtd with taking pofleflion of the
Hates of the Pope in the name of
the Emperor Sc c. It will corref
portd with the minister of finan
ces of the French empire.—
The extraordinary confultum,
. as soon as eftabltfhed Sc formed
j audit fled the following procla
mation to the City and jffotnan
States.—
Roman’s,
The will of the greatest hero
unites you to the gicateft em*
' pire. Jt was just that the firft
people on earth should (hare
the advantage of its laws and
the honor of its.name, with those
who tn former times pu ceded
it in thepath of glory. When
your ancestors conquered th;
I world, Inch \vei e the counfcls of
j their generoficy and the results
of their gloiy.
1 he love of your prof peril y
has alone delated the deciee ol
your union. The moment cho.
leu for its accomplishment, uru.
folds to you the motive that in
fpue 11. \ou become a pan
cf the I’iench empiie at a time
when every facrifice required
sot eflablifjiing it, is perfected ,
you ate called to the triumph,
without having partaken in the
dangers.
i brow a glance over the an
nalsof your hi deny ; f or a long
time they contain nothing but
the recitals or your misfortunes.
Your natural weakness ren
dered you the eaiy conquest ol
any warrior intent to croft the
Alps.
United to France, her strength
becomes yours. All the evils
which relulted from your weak,
nels have ceased.
Unhappy as a nation, you
were not lei's so as citizens.—
The wretchedness and unwhol
fomenefs which exilled in) our
cities and country, have lor a
long time back proved to Eu.
rope and yourlclves that your
sovereigns divided between cares
so opposite, found themselves
unable to procure you that
felicity you are about to ob
tain.
Romans! Not conquered,
but u n iied; fellow-citizens and
not enslaved, not 01 by our
strength becomes yours, but our
laws will inlure your repole, as
they have insured ours.
Whilst by this union you
I reap every blefTing you were in
i need of, >OO lole none of those
; you pofleffed.
Rome continues to be the fee of
■ the visible Head of the church ;
j and the Vatican richly endowed,
& secure forever, from foreign
influence, as well as above all
vain terrettial confider3tions will
exhibit religion to the univefe
more pure and surrounded with
more splendor.
Other cares, will prefer ?, ir
your monuments the inheri
tance of your aucient glory ;
and the arts, the offspring ot
genius, encouraged by a great
man, enriched wiih all the ex
am pies and models, fhaii no
hmger be con (framed to leek
eifewhere either the opportunity
01 reward of their devine inlpi
rarioir.
Such Romms is the future
prospect that opens before you,
and of which the extraordinary
confultum is charged to pfe
pare the foundation.
Fo guarantee your national
debt, enliven agriculture and
arts, improve in every refpeft
your prelent dell in v ; in (hurt,
to prevent and dilpel the tears
which the reform of abuse has
so many limes cauled to be
filed ; luch are the orders, fuel)
is the intention of our august
fovercign.
Rotnans! by seconding our
effon.;, you may render to
youlelves more prompt, and
to us more cafy, the faiutarv
effects of the talk we are char
ged with for your welfare which
we have much at heiirt.
Rome, June 10,1809.
(Signed)
Salicetti, Janet.
*1 he Count Mioliis, Cor.
General President.
For the Confultum, C. de
JBalde.
(Gazet a Romana.)
Latest from England.
Received by the ship Piscataqua
from ( srk.
London June 22.
The re-occupatjon of St. Andcro
by the Spaniards, is confirmed.—
Ihe Revenge ariivrd at Ply
mouih, brought a brief detail of
the particulars arid about 100
h rench pi isoners, out of 300, who
swam from the shore of St. Ande
-1 o & saved themselves from slaugli*
ter by throwing themselves into
the arms ot j,he English. They re
pent tl>ac t| IC Spanish patriot, Don
he Po.it r, a yo ulJ g m;m of 22, who
l ouk the field some time ago with
a few followers, armed with pi
kers, fusjls, a nd other weapons,
had now with him Jooo men—that
he had set out with the avowed
put pose ol giving no quarter to the
invaders of bis tommy whose atro.
cities had roused the spirit of iusa
tibie revenge. He had succeeded
in every skirmish, and excessive,
ly harrassed the enemy. He took
•'■it. Andcro by a >s**ilt, aud of the
gjrrison of 800 men lie put Joo
lotlichword. The remaining bo
dy had got on board the Stutira,
which lay in the roads ; and as we
have 6tattd, above 100 of them
areanived m ihe Revenge sloop
of war.
1 lie capture of two of the
prizes taken by the Statira and
Amelia was occasioned by ihe
above events at !st. Andero.
Letters from Madrid dated the
25ih, txpress in confident teims
the hope, that the French will
soon leave Madrid, and that a
couespondence between the ca
pital and London will be restored.
“We expect,” s?y» one of these
letters, “ to communicate direct
with London in the course ot two
months.”
i he court martial on admiral
Gambler does not take piate this
day, owing to the absence of ne
cessary witnesses.
Charles I V, hisJfTieeti, and the
Prince ot Peace, aic still at Mar
seille* — they inhabit one ol the fia. .
e-t hot* is in that city, and live at a
vtry expensive rate.
Prince s:ahiernuerg has recei
ved dispatcher Uatcd the 26th u-t.
MONDAY, September 4, 18^9.
~ mm——a—cm ,n m n i»
roni the Austrian armv. They
fate the Important fact, that the
Hungarian levy, tothe amount of
60,000 men would join the Arch-*
Juke Charles by the 19th inst.
June 28.
The following extract of a letter
from Memel, sec ms to give the
negative tc the rutnou- that Prus
sia had declared aguinst France.—
“ Me MEL, May 21.
“ War has now actually been de
clared by our government against
Austria, and a Russian army is
marching east through Persia a
gainst the corps of the Archduke
Ferdinand who is retreating front
j the Vistula. The king oj Pius*
sui remains neutral , and seems to
be entirely influenced by the Rus
sian government.
It is tdded in this letter, “ In
case no alteration should take
p ace in the Russian harbois, the
import# as well as exports would
be attended with difficulty 1 , since
tl e paper# and documents of every
cargo must be sent to St. Peter#,
burgli lor examination.
\ Ext tap oj another letter, ]
“ Yeltciday the corps under
the duke of Brunswick entered
Wuttzburgh, driving ih t two
Fiench divilions belore them,
the prince primate, king and
queen of Saxony, with iheir
luites, having arnved ihe day
before for I'aleiy. The Fiench
party are packing up all iheir
moveable property, and we
are in hourly expectation and
dread of the anival of the Auf
iiians, whole number cannot be
well ascertained, and all that is
known on that head i s ,hat ac*
coiding as they move their for,
ecs augment rapidly. It , s
now reported that the Andrians,
under one of the archdukes has
gamed a gieat victory."
Sweden.— The new Swedish
conlliiution is ready for prelen
tation to the D, c t for its adop
tion or rejedion. It confifls of
104 articles, and seems to be
sou nded upon the principles of
the conlliiution of England,—
1 he nooks, contrary to expec
tation, have relinquiflied some
of their privileges, which, it was
lugge.ttd to them, militated a,
gaiuU the general inirefts of the
country, lhe elded lon only
ts to have the title, & to enjoy
the privileges auauhed to the
otucr of nobility, Sc notas here.
iofore claimed and enjoyed by #
the younger branches of noble
families. The exemptions of
idMCl> lhe property of the nobiL
•iy, whether obtained by defeent
or by pure hale, from the pay.
,nt nl cen ain taxes—a griev
ai,ce which produced much dif
content and inconvenience to
the government itfelf—is de
clared to be abolifbed; so that
landholders of every deferip.
non will in future contribute e
dually to the exigencies of the
“ate, and the cotmnercial inte
relt wnl be relieved from the
neceflity of paying beyond their
proportion to iupj ly the defi
ciency. Ihe new cmftitution
ailo provides, that the king is
to be invelted with the preroga
tive of declaring war and mak
ing peace. l hat a national
court o( judicature, wholly in,
dependent of the executive, is
to be ed-.bullied for the decilron
of all caules between subject
and lubjett ; but whether Uate
and ciiminj offences are to be
tried by tins tribunal, is not
known.
July 2.
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