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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>.:< Os V - •