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PUBLISHED (WKEKLY) 3T ALL M AND AflL. -TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1605.
Ala. 457
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1.
. Late Foreign News. ,
V ' GES'OA, June2. ' J
, "A great event has just taken place here "
The Genoese senate, having formally declar
ed for an .union vitli the French empire,
the conditions have- been proclaimed ; and"
an approbation of the people required, by-th
' following -
DECREE: "
This decree "of the senate, states in its
r preamble, that tb'e Ligurian republic is with1-"
' out strength and means to protect its com
merce ; that since Piedmont, has been inxor--porated
with the French empire, the state
fLighria cannot exist, without being also
united to it; that the English government
had refused to recognize the independence
of the republic of Genoa ; that, of course,
it was involved in all the naval wars between
France and England; that on the one hand.'
,the Ligurian commerce was desolated by
the Barbary powers; and, on the other, by
the French land custom-house regulations
tint to avoid these evils, and to insure a par
ticipation of the commerce of France and all
her other advantages.' was to incorporate
themselves' with the French nation ; and
that to obtain this favor it was odviseable to
profit of the journey of the emperor and
king in Italy. The senate, therefore de
crees: Aut. 1. The union of the kingdom of Ita
ly with the Fren'ch empire, ahull 'be prbpos
" trdto his majws'y the emperor nnd king, un- ''
der the following conditions : " "
1st.. That all the Ligurian territory, svith
cut the least reduction, shall compose an in
.fegrHi'part of the -French empire. -
id. '.That the debt oftha Ligtirian repub
lic is to be liquidated in the same" way with
the Lbt of the French nation.
3d. That Genoa shall be a free port with
all the privileges thereunto annexed.,
4i!i. Tint in apportioning the land tax,
he regard will be paid to the barrenness
cf the Ligurian soil, and the expence of a
fcriculuire, more considerable than inuny ci
ther country.'.
5th. That there arc neither to be barriers
n r custom-houses between France and Li
guria. 6th.' ThatJLhe law. of conscription shall on
ly apply to sailors.
, 7th. That the export and import duties
, ball be regulated in the manner the most
I favorable to the agriculture and manufjctui-es
of Ligurit.
Sih. That U. civil and criminal suits hall
be ilrc'uUd eilhei at Genoa or in some of the
kdj ictnl departments of the empire.
9ih. .That fell the proprietor of national
property shall be secured in the pos4Uiion
and full enjoyment of the said property.
Art. 11. The present decree shall be im
Tnedtately submitted to the decision of the
people.
LAZOTTI LANV.OLA.
Chief Secretary.
The registers having btn immediately
crxrned throughout nil Ligoris, to receive the
sote cif the functionaries ;.nJ citizens, the dc
crte of the senate was in.t.i!i:J; ratified by
a prrat majority ofalfir'nitive votrs. The
revisers were collected at Genoa, andintius
trd tbih-puties. whnyeMcnl.iy et out to pre
tit i hem to the emperor rf the French, and
tntnt liis m.'jcsty ti giant the request
iprcscd. PnVtous to the departure ol the
-"J-pnicr. itr tiJTirl it rrromunicrninrnrnt mde
of the wiklKt tT the Ligumns to the Aus
triai t-iVoy, Huron Ghuti, in the foli'.wiiij;
Hofc
' The undersigned senator, minister for
fori . n wflYirs. hasliK h"ii ir to communicate
to liis.Vxcelleticy the envoy extraordinaty
ai- ft.ii.iMcr pb uipntet.tijiy of his majesty
the tm;?.tr i,f Gu-nVuiy 'and Austria, the
dtrrcif wh.rcby l'.,c setu'e has induced the
iin"ti of the I.h.rijn ri public with the
1 rmch empire ; a dene winch hs obtained
the 4tir',ii.n f the mpSe, ititd in virtue of
sthirh i .IcputA'inn hus been pjMin'td to l,y
li. fre his itnjjtjr the rmperui f the Ficitli
and ki i , f h4lv, the wislies of the wh.le
ratioii. IIi'ex-ri;tncy bis resided u;ricient.
1 hi at (iM.i be afisfie I of the im-j-d.ihty,
nndrr which this country labored,
of pirscrviniu iuJrjKudtlce amidst Cicnli
l.ith luic rhsr,;;cf tnt fice of Europe
T- wek to pmtect mr cumincrce and na.
itmn, wc luve constantly seen our fl-nj
iiMui'cd, and d ir roasts exposed In iic pil
liije l lltD-irbjry po vcrs.- While Hie
ftreat jvi P rs wr tv!cMpit in mkiii: their'
f 4 rrprcUl. they abandoned the weaker
cnes ti tlit MHrigrs r.f bc cncinu-s of the
C hri'isT n-m. O'tr interior p,ilic i
vas d lii.iitlf circunt,inr,M, ihjt a ban I of
r 'iets. wit had taken refuse in the tnom
liiiis, wre become an object of terror to the
tie ir, !!! ilip p.tU,
t'n thf nthtr hand, t'o-jlmd, in the no.
t!.n hnt which prrrr lc) the treaty f nnen,
Vo,:. ni Tcir.tiitrtlirtt?trnieofour new
a ie, it tp,r ct4it,trhic!i we h ul t.iuu 'it
p" ;!P i t mtVr Kio ir const iiu'imii. ly a'j
1st !.,rfite, in I hf p.tffriinH
aJot.ur i-r- iues, bat e ri d;ty of t'UU,
on whicb the prosperity of evcy commercial
nation is founded She has, in spite of our
; efi'ifts twthiJ contrary, included us in all her
wars with France,, and our maritime com
merce has always been a prey to hertyranny.
,0'n the land side, we were so surroinded by
the territory of the French empire, tut if our
ci ty -still possesses any commerce, we owe it
to the Emperor,, who has treated u? with so
mucli goodness, that he has made sacrifices
in'our favor, to the pojssi!)!e prejudice of Nice
and Marseilles. We had every 'eason to
iapprehen'd, that in the course of time, his
majesty would not be able to conthue to us
; these advantages ; and then, surnunded by
the French custom-houses, withoti. territory,
marine, or commerce, wc should have been
a most weak and miserable nation The de
cree which united Piedmont to France, had
already pronounced the union ot our territo
ry with the French empire, and of oar city,
which is only a part of Piedront.
" In 'this state of affairs, by an unanimity
of opinion, which is unexampled in any na
tion, anxious to show ourselves worthy of
our fathers, and unable, when left to our
selves, to give our flai; that splendor and
glory whi.di our ancestors have obtained for
it under different circuustaiices, we have re
solved to recover that splendor, and that glo
ry,' by incorporating ourselves with a great
nation, and by submitting ourselves to the
laws of a great prince, who has always mani
fested towards lis sentiments of friendship,
and hSs honored us with his particular pro
tection. " The deputation, who carry the voice of
the senate, of the Doe, and of the people,
depart this evening; and when they, shall
have passed the frontiers of our territories
we shall consider our independence at an
end.
" The government has thought it proper
to coin municate these circumstances-io-his.
excellency -the Baroivde Giusti.and to assure
his majesty the emperor of Germany and.
Austria of their gratitude for the, concern he
has evinced on sever.il occasions ; and at the
same time to accj iaint his worthy rpresenta
live" at Genoa, that his mission is hereby ter
minated. u In placing ourselves thus under the laws
of the French empire, we do not in the least
add to her conditional strength. Our popu
lation few in number, is far from warlike.
The produce of our finances will be entirely
absorbed in the expences of the defence of
our coast and the establishment of our arse
nals. France, by tins' union, will obtain an
augmentation of naval force ; and we cannot
but think that we arc doing what is the wish
of all the continental powers, namely, to cna-'
ble her tocon'.end with the enemy of all na
tions, anil the tyrant of the seas.
" The undersigned has the honor to re
iterate to hisexcellency the ministct plenipo
tvntiaryu.d envoy extraordinary, the expres
sion of his entire esteem, and dittingui'shed
consideration. t
(Mgntd)
nocciF.Ri."
THE r RESENT POLITICS OF
EUROPE.
From Bill's tftrklj Messenger.
0'ir readers will find under our firrign
head; ume pirticulars of thr progress which
11 tonaparte m making in Italy, nm l,v arm,t
but by the cheaper methods ofartihec'and in
trigue. It w is pl.iin from the first, iliat the
awcepim; title al kitiij cf Italy was n.t
"samcd-rorir.tM-rand the n;-mrco!nincs
every day to be less empty ; Sardinia is ex
tinct ; Gino i is inr orpora'ed ; and Tuscany
and NapE-s, pushed ii;mn their fiontit rs. can
only Impc to exist ilurin the pleasure of the
emperor. The pope, in his cci lesiasticul do
m tins, is a prisoner out upon hail, and must
surrcn lcr himself and his tcrri:o:ics upon
the mtn-late of his master ; whiht by the
possession nf Switzerland, and the great
avenues of It ly. Austria is effectually cut off
fr mi all access to Venice.
The plea for the Genoese f.r incorporate
i v themselves with Thiiicc, i snuicwlut
'.iuVt'!?" Il! )ckadcd in fmrpirts by thety.
ranny oftlr: Englih, th u! neutrnts. we are
punished asctUMiites, and can no longer md).
fcit by i hit commerce whirh ,C ,,njy
incins of our supporf. When the strong
oppress the weak, their n?ly refuse is in the
pnUxtioii r,;'.hc Mrun;trr. Kxcludtd (mm
the . s, wj are i!csM ,s of a continental
cooiKctj,n, an I in uniii ig onrschc s with
Fr. n-e," we sh ill he ser ore as tnemb.-rt of her
e;n o'.rr, anlp u take of its glories and itidia-tinK-s."
,
A tu'inn d p ,'1 is then ct on and ly
a so'e i.f tl.e p-.pnl.it inn, Genoa surrrtidcrt
herself ti Fniicc. Withnit any nicetxim.
instio t f lhf? n-omnts, Iionipirie ac
ceptithc nrrtiUri a etn'c U convened,
"l. cc'ic a,.t r ,(! ,n.nii . I. . .. l. i . .. i
, - ..... ,,, . . vi. li hi v IIHII'ITMIIIUUI II
sidts. a contitnK.n U nlc.l out from hi
iriiT-u-n tun i .io the gu n firr, the emp?.
ror it procUim-d, nd the mist commcrcul
pimince of ltly,.witJihc most Impregnable
city,B.i, te pupu!.niin,ff , million, Has.
tij-icd.anddUircrtJuto France, in half an
hour. ,
Whil i;nfci;gn i IhU tktl; to miU
If ,1,e continent. ; Rg.s.sia" has never dis
,i i,
f ' 1 1 -'"'' vvij j LSI sj.t.u lis.
(Lf-;..K:nf on IthftbTdcHMts4vpw that
f Bucnaparte has chalked on itTtliTnor'likely
nanarte
to subside. The case of Austria, as we have
observed, is noT improved by tls'W event. In
" adding tp this measure of insult and encroach-mentrBtionaparte-js
certainly adding to his
security ; in case of a rupture he is saved the
trouble of conquering Genoa ; it . is only to
be feared that he mayjiroceed so fiir in this
progress of peaceable "acquisition, that there
will not be room to make a stand in Italy or
any where else.
In the event of a continental war, which is
as certain as any' thing of speculation can be,
it natur.illy suggests to us here to take some
view of the several powers. '
The situation of the court of Vienna is
strangely equivocal ; its politics for this some
timr past hare been mysterious; with the
appearance of aversion to. the British cause,
it is said, by nice observers, to be on the eve
: of coalition, and with.'the shew cT.friendship
for France, it i3 believed that the word is
alout to be drawn. The suspicious conduct
of Austria has an excuse from her situation ;
the slightest movement of hostility brings ah
army upon Her, the hrst onset , or which she
i unequal to resist. Unable, but by open
and tedious solicitation, to rouse the German
states, she despairs of this assistance till too
late, and surrounded by powers, who, though'
involved in a common interest to resist-the
encroachments of France, are yet willing to
truckle to despotism to lengthen the span of
their existence, of-jealous of any confederacy
by which Austria may profit, she hesitates
even to negociate'for fear of detention, and is
unnpe for any independent or open action.
That incomparable body of troops, which at
the beginning of the late war, had given her
so decided a superiority, no longer exist in
the samc pervms.. If her troops have deri-.
ved advantages from a long series cf active
services, thee advantages were equally on
the side of the enemy. Her armies have so
often been beuten, that it is no wonder if a uort
ofa weariness and despair have crept among
them, alter such an infinite train of unre
warded fatigues, when they, have seen that
.so many valiant exploits' have been only
productive of disaster;- Many of her best
iTincrals have retired, or have -been disgrac
ed; her. dominions; though .large, are not
equal to any exteniive subsidies; her popu
lation, though numerous,, is exlviusted and
dispersed. These circumstance have, pro
bably, made her more dilatory und cautious
than usual. Bat notwithstanding, Austria has
a strength somewhat unaccountable and pe
cuhar to herseir. More deficient in pectv
niary resources than any other great power in
Europe, she is bjtte- ablj to subsist and do
consid .Table things without them. Bv long
habit, the whole state is f irmed to its neces
sities, and the su'et is more ready to supply
free q-nrters. and submit to military licenre
than any othfr. The cjuntry is abundantly
fruitful in all its parts, and whilst the Avar is
carried on near home, an arhi'raiy govern
ment, operating nn .i extensive 'an object
fan Inrdiy fail of such resources, as must
crI- ! A'",r.i ar"y. which is still paid,
M Tncitus describes the troops of the ancient
Germans to lue been ; 1 ihej h-vt a plentiful
tay in lieu cf p.jy.'
Though slow isi her operations, Austiia
makes amends by her perseverance ; if she
doe, not play the game with suflioient spirit
she never throws up her cards ; and though
hy an error common to msny courts, but
rnnirnhrly fatal :othtTr 'she fs r.ccuitomed to
interfere too much and ton minutely in the
oivra'i ns oftlif tamn.i!n: ilmr. .
I, ,. . ii ii -.iii im
belies e that the prudence cf the Archduke,
tinder wli
Ii - h i lines n; prrsciH
j flre, his cfr.-ctually cured her of this follr.
.. .mils i. ui . n;s "i ra ncc,
advantages arc gained o er Austria before she
can rcuUi her resource or must.-r her
troopi ,i,t it Imsnlways bccis the deiK'n f
Austria that the issue of the war should ra
ther ari from the general result an I con
currcncc of all the ncrations Rra.hially pro
Juan a nolid though a Mow advantage, than
Imm thcefTcct of a bold, f-ukk, and nuslcrly
stroke. '
Russia entirely govrrnrd hy a pacific sovc-re;g-i,
and by ajfd, and thcrel ire cautious
minuter, it h,!y occop'.rd n hmbanc'ing
her rcsmirciP, and briuin.r hu acrr.ur.t hir
VaM extent of icnitnry. The phercoflnr
miinn is riot the south of Eun-pe j hcro?N
jett of ggjndimtne, if any, is mi the side
of the east. With rcsnatd to the European
p"htK she pmposcs but one end security ;
ud therefore has nit yet taken, nor will take
any fort her part than what is nee rssaty to tl,it
irji. It is tl t,at .e has hitherto pn fur
red counteraction n open forre; hut thouM
Aiistrn, for self dff:nte, he compelled to ri.
new the r, ltusi,i, from the-lame moiive
though not imhc same drgree, will come for-
Wan V 1 V"'1 hr 1 tm " hocrr,
will be Iimifd hy her original policy, and to
her ostn inmif i!ii.i inirrr-.t , :n . . . . r
r.ir Austria to he Mhc r.ve.skefieil j but tiri
ther cr the other h-md wdl she attempt an
es.ten.irc recoerjf t,t the farmer cotiuuciu
bl Ibum jpirtc,
.With rr;:r4 lo Cngtan-J, suth an iH; ai
this will be almost ineffectual, 1 '
Prussia, no on the edge of the French
territory, with a ministry, who already consi
der BuTnTapHfte as more their mister ihttk
their -own sovereign, with the name of a
French Ally, is almost as effectually a vke
royalty of France, as Holland itself.
in respect to tnejiorttiern powers, bweden
appears rising to that degree of consequence
and strength, as to be advancing into the sta
tion from which Prussia is rapidly receding;
I Id any event of a shock to the French power,
whether by defeat, or insurrection in some of
j tlie numerous provinces, the German powerg
I would nnd a rallying post in Sweden, and she
. mignt again become as in the clays of Gus
tavus. Denmark isnot so lost to the state
of its own interest-a3 may at first sijjht ap
pear. This state evidently only rests in her
present torpor till the commencement of ac
tion by some great power. We shall resume
the subject at a future time... .
. - The progress that has already been made
in the establishment of seminaries for edca--lion
throughout Russia, in the few years of
the present emperor's, reign, may be judged
of by the last report to thefniinister of public
instruction. From this it appears , that the
schools amount to four "hundred and ninety
four, the teachers in these to one thousand
four hundred and twenty-five, and the pupils
to thirty three thousand four hundred and
thirty four. The maintenance of these sem
inaries costs annually about 1,927,723 rubles"
or 215,7661. sterling. These seminaries are
exclusive of various civil and military acade
mies, as well as seminaries for the education
of all females. A variety of institutions' of a
similar sort are at present establishing in the
various provinces.
The sums distributed in the year 1801,'
from the royal treasury of -Russia, for. the
supportofpLicesof public instrnction,amount-"
edto26S,65()l. besides 8,3G3I. sterling, given
by government to establish an university at
Charkow. Private individuals-erhulate'the
government in their benefactions for die pro
motion of public instruction. Counsellor
Sudwanskow has given 40,000 rubles for the
erection of schools in little Russia. The no
bility of Russia have contributed 65,000 ru
bles to establish seminary schools in thatpro
T'mce A number of similar donations fop
the same purpose have been nude in various
parts o( the empire. .
iw;;;;t:0;!"t:
SALKM, Auguft 22.
We are indebted for a complete file of
French -aprrs toCapt. Rice.ofihc Edwin,
lro.n Bordeaux : they are io the 27th of.
J uuc By thefe we have later intelligence ;
but the only tircumflance whirh adm ts
particular notice, regards the miflion ct
the Ruffian ambiiTular, Gen. Winzigc.
rode, vhohid been Ipng at Berlin, and it
was f.jppoled to lay a foundation lor a gc
ncral pacification. In confcqncnce, Count
rsovoziUprthas been appointed tor Krance
A ccuricrwis at Berlin, and fet nffloj
Milan the 13th of May, for nairponi;
which were granted by the Kmperor Nal
polcun, and on the j6h of May, the cmj.
ner from Berlin fet off with them for Ve.
tcrfourg, faihatthcRulfian Minifler w3
expceJ in France in July. At Uipfic
it was alTerted, that the centre of necocl.
attons was to be at Bruffels, and that
1 rinrc Jolcph was to ncgociate in the name
t)f hit hritihfr an. I tl. i
cJioicttlot-xlic cumtnunicatioa. with Ene.
land. ' 6
Nothing in Fraace difcovcrj any relax,
ation 4 the military r p i r i t , or of the na
val prcpraiions. Mpain is n 111 aaie for
war anJ ilu, late ol roftug.l j, rna(.ca'
h.bjea ol alarm to the Brit.lh commerce.
I he I; tench and Spaniards have muliipii
t,. their. pnnatecrs, in hiih they are ve-ry-aJvcnutou..
The KnKlilli, alf,,, In
the Mideterancan, give great tmbarufi
rnuititocommeicc. The fclnglilh arc nor.
chafing profifluns in the Ciimca, for their
Mcdntnaiicanforccf, auJ obtain led and
pork at Kfi lhan tworenit per lb.
translations.!
foiCh,ai$uponinJepS,tue. Itmauh.
ei in three cl.vih.ns, ai d it to i,n;,e a, q.
icnburg. Thence it ii m continue ii
route in a caravan, clcortcd by a ihoand
regular troopi, as far as Ki-cla. the Lft
isui.Minimn on the bordos of China.
Stttkb:mt M,j a8. No forprite
be occalKit.t.1 iipun knowing thai U.e kii i
of Sweden has cholcn 1 he lime of his orr
fe..ce In the camp ol Scama, to putlifh
hn ordcfi for the icfotm'of many of hi
rrgi.neno. The gieat poverty .f the r,b.
lie trc.fufy ub!i,;ei this meafufe, sshi h
tx.itci gnat diUontent atnorg the oil.,
cut.. Mention is ma le of a new cmuhon
of iron money, and what is woife, wl pa.
pet money The Kngliih fubfidics will
he ol gfeai benefit to our fmancio lut
the km; of Piuiha simI thc Pii.tctol Kuf.
(uhiri uscqmtgcally gic0 their opi(1iyrt