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2‘ b moderate fen aments, were
iot met by such fen timers on
ti e part or'h’s Majesty the Em
peror of the French, as to per
il;;! him ar.y longer to neglect
taking the necelihry mealures
for allerting his )ull rights, and
maintaining the dignity of his
Empire.
This is the caufc of his pre
fen t armament. The fatnedif
pofkion, however, which made
his Majefly so anxious to avoid
a recurrence of such mealures,
have also determined their pre
cise objcdE The Emperor arms
rot with hostile views: he arms
not to ope rate a diverfton against
a landing in England. Befidcs,
the execution ot this dekenr,
afrer two years menaces, does
riot seem to be exa&ly calcula
ted for the moment when France
provokes Authia and Ruflia,
by cnterpriks which have no re
lation whatever to the quarrel
with Great Britain. The Em
peror arms for the maintenance
of the peace existing between
him and France. He arms for
the maintenance of those pacific
stipulations, without which this
peace would become illusory,
and to attain that just equipoile
which depends on the modera
tiou of all die Bowers intertfttd,
and which is calculated to Ecure
the balance and the permanent
tranquility of Europe.
Ihe flop by which his Ma
jesty has at the fame time invited
ail the Courts interested to re
new the negocistions which have
been broken off, is directed to
the fame objedt. The unex
peded rejection w'hich his inter
position has expeiienced on the
pare of his Majesty the Emperor
of the French, does not prevent
l.i:n from renewing that invita
tion.
He has been more fortunate
in his application to the Empe
ror Alexander. This Monarch
who ldls so honorable and dii
tinguifhed a place in the ft-n.ue
of the Powers of Europe, whole
equity and general prosperity
form the objeds of his constant
solicitude, tefbfies intheanfwer
which he has transmitted, and
which is hereto annexed, a limi
lar wiili with that of his Majesty,
for the conclusion of a just and
moderate arrangement. He is
also convinced of the neccfiky
of an eventual armament: and,
on account of the distance which
he has to pass, in order to iup
port the caule of justice and the
iftuc of his moderation, he feels
it to be his duty to cause a part
of his troops to advance, for
the purpose ot conferring on the
laid-mediation all the importance
and all the eiteeft which are wor
thy of so great a Power.
Asa demenftration of the
reditude cf the sentiments en
tertained by the two Imperial
Courts of Auftiia and Ruftia, it
is hereby formally declared in the
name of both :
“ That they are ready to enter
“ into i negociation with Frar.ee,
tc tor maintaining the Peace of
(v the Continent on the molt
“ moderate terms which are
•* compatible w th the general
“ tranquility and security :
“ 1 liac whatever fnall be the
* c iflueofthe Negotiations, and
‘ c even ftiould the commence
“ rnent of hoftilitics become
“ they, at the fame
a t nr-, pledge thcmiclves to
u abstain from every procecd
<l ing tending to interfere with
(i the internal concerns of France
u or to alter the flare of pof
“ flefilon, 2nd the ]< gaily exist
“ ing relations in the German
“ Empire; or, in the flighted
<f degree, to injure the rights or
u interests of the Ottoman Por
u ,te, the integrity of whole do
“ rruniens they are, on the con
“ tiary, prepared to defend to
<f the utmost of their power :
** Finally, that the fentimerts
“ of Great-Britain are confor
“ unable with thol'c herein ex
<f prtfled, and th it flic has dif
u played the fame moderate
“ diipofiiicn for the restoration
cc of Peace between her and
<( France.”
His Majesty hopes that this
ft nee re and frank declaration
will serve to remove any doubts
which his Majesty the Emperor
Napoleon may entertain refpeft
ing his views and motives.—
His Majesty will be happy, and
his highest wilh will be gratified,
il this declaration tend to pre
vent those misfortunes which it
is not in his power alone to avert
ftorn mankind,
London September 28.
Letters yefterdav received
from Gibraltar, enable 11s to an
nounce that Sir Robert Calder’s
fleet lias actually joined that un
der the command of Admiral
Collingwood. The enemy arc
thus blockaded in Cadiz by a
British force of 26 fliips of the
hne, and in a fhorttime it is ve
ry probable we fhail be able to
announce that Admiral Lord
Nelson has arrived there with
an additional force. His Lorci
fnip’s million to that quarter
can be hardly thought to be
merely for the purpose of block
ading the enemy. It is proba
ble that a vigorous attempt will
be made to destroy them in the
haibor of Cadiz; and we have
llrong rcalon to believe that Sir
Sidney Smith, who is to have
the command cf feme fire-fliips
is destined for the fame lervice.
Declaration of WAR ! !
FRANCE,
CONSERVATIVE SENATE
SITTING ON SEPTEMBER ij.
Causes cf the Decree of the Senate
Jor raising Eighty Thousand
Conscripts, presented to the
Confer vat ive Senate , by Rrg
nauit (De St. Jean Angely.)
[Here follows the Imperial
Decree for raising 80,000 Con
fcripts.]
[1 he Counfellcr of State,
Segur, in a long address, pre
faced a projeft for a Senatum
Ccrfultum for re-organizing the
former National Guards, to
maintain the tranquility ot the
interior, to guard the fortrefl'ts,
and the coast, &c\]
SPEECH of the EMTEROR.
• c Senators,
<f In the present circumstances
of Europe, I feel ihe necefifty
of being in the midst cl you,
and cf acquainting you with my
in it nr ions.
tc 1 arn going to leave the ca
pstal to head the army, to bring
speedy afliiiance to my allies,
and to defend the tkardl uue
refts of m v people.
“ The .v.fhrs of the eternal
enemies of the % Continent arc
’ accomplished ; the war has. com
menced, in the midst of Germa
ny. Austria and Ruflia have
joined England, and the prelent
generation is again drawn into
all the calamities of war. A few
days ago, I still hoped that the
peace would not be disturbed ;
menaces and outrages had r no cf
fefl upon me j but the Austrian
army has pafled the Inn, Munich
is invaded, the Elector of Bava
ria is driven from h:s capita! j
all my hopes have vanished.
“ It is at this moment that
the malignity of the enemies of
the Continent has developed it>
felf. They fliil Ear the cljfplny
of my profound love of peace ■,
they fear left Auftiia, at the
fight of the ahyft which they
have dug under their fleet, should
return to flentiments of justice
and moderation. They have
plunged her into the war. I
flgh for the blood it will cost
to Europe j but the French
name will derive anew luftre
from it.
c< Senators, when in confor
mity to your willies and to the
Voice of the whole of the French
people, I placed on my head the
Imperial Crown, I received of
you, of the citizens, the en
gagement to preferv-e it pure,
and without blemish. My peo
ple have given me on all occa
sions, proofs of their confidence
and love * they wiil fly to the
colors of their Emperor, and of
his army, which in a few days
will have pafled the frontiers.
“ Magiftraccs* fbldiers, citi
zens, all will keep their country
Iree from the influence of Eng
land, who, if lbs were to prevail
would grant us a peace fur round
ed with shame and difgt ace, and
of which the principal conditi
ons would be, the burning of
our fleets, the filling up of our
ports, and the annihilation of our
industry.
<{ All the prorrufes which I
have made to the French peo
ple I have kept. The French
people, on their parts, have
made r.o engagement to me but
what they have exceeded. In
thefle circumstances, so import
ant to their glory and to my
own, they lhall continue to de
serve that name of 7 he Great
People with which I hailed them
in the midst of the field of bat
tle.
“ Frenchmen, your Empe
ror will do his duty, my soldiers
will do their’s, you will do
your’s.”
From a late London Paper.
STATE OF EUROPE.
The situation ot Europe at
this period, is, perhaps, more
critical, and, indeed, more in
tercfbng to the politician, than
it has appeared ac any other
fimee the commencement of the
French 1 evolution. On the one
hand, Fiance ft.il retains her
mighty power aim* ;ft unbroken ;
her councils under rhe direction
of one sovereign head, undifl
trafted by fadtion and with
inch a fleet as {he has never
p'/fiefie 1 flmce the victory of the
N le. On the orh:;r, from the
preparation i ac the Norc, as
, mentioned in c.ur paper, prof f
fedlv made with th? tLfigr. of
aflifting the-R .jiTiaos, there can
be little doubt but that power is
now serious in its intention of
curbing the rapacit/, insolence
and ambition of the French em
pire. From all that we have
l’een of the emperor Alexander,
we may faflely conjedltire, that •
knowing his inability to strike a
decisive blow at France, without
the co-operation of Aufiria, that
co-operation has now been ob
tained. The only reason, in
deed, why Ruflia so long declin
ed adlive operati ?ns again ft:
France, is now well known to be
that Auflria was not -prepared*
or was indiflpofled ro the measure.
The extensive military prepa
rations also of this latter power,
and even the language of the
Moniteur itfeifl, serve lufficient
ly to diew, that Auftriaherfelf
has joined the confederarion.—
Indeed, we have liu'e doubt rut
the fecal of M. NoviltzofF ie
pended more on the resolutions
of that court, than cn the im
mediate act of the seizure of the
Genoefe territory. That a£fc
might hasten the deciflnn of the
cabinet of Vienna, but could o
therwise make but lit tie altera
tion in the councils of Alexan
der, who knows Bonaparte too
well not to expefle aggreflions
whenever opportunity favours.*
With respect to Sweden, v/e
cannot cft’mate her affiftancc fi:>
lightly as fume of our contempo -
raries. Sweden alone has more
than once held the balance of
Europe in her own hands, u ier
Guftavis Adolphus I. and more
recently under Charles XIL—
Sweden, after having been in
deed exhausted under that imw
prudent Monarch, has had a
long period to recruit; Hie has
loll: but little in any recent war,
and her population has been for
years very rapidly increaflog.—
Above all the king of Sweden
brings into the conreft a willing
mind, ai ardent and a gallant
fpiritj. and Ihould his talents for
war prove equal to those of his
great predeceflbrs, his aid may,
in the end, be of the utmost im
portance.
We may then expect confi
dently a conreft the molt mo
mentous, and, on the whole, the
molt equal, that Europe has
witnf.fled flnee the days of Louis
XIV. In the late war, Austria
flood almost alo:ie opposed to
France ; she contended bravely,
but her natural force was inade
quate to the cc-nteft : for Austria
alone, flnee the days of Charles
V. has never been a match for
France; but fcconded heartily
by such a power as Rufli i, flic
must make an imprefiiom
On the part which Pruflia
may be expected to take, many
Ipeculations are yet entertained.
The politics of Pruflia have al
ways appeared to us to be con •
dueled on a very narrow fca{e,
to save expence, and to make
acqudLions of territory at as
fnall a silk and cost as poflUfte.
Perhaps this may be the line ot
j policy fuited to her circtim
ftances. But, however, Pruflia
riuy be d:fooled to wink at the
aggreflionsof Fr nv e, while no
power on die continent has been
oppoied to her, yet we cannot
conceive that the cabinet of
Berlin Can ever regard it as the
real interclt of th u ftace, ro en-%
£ >ur.ige and ib:; the undue a>.:<
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