The Wilmington Gazette

              jmtjj ikmi%jtr ir pf\k r a7ptti7 published wkeknr)sy allmand uah tuesday september 10 1605 on which the proup rity of eve i commercial nation is founded — ihe has in spilt ol our . i'i 1 ■•,>; t • ; ',.. r itriv.ii liulcd tis in all her wars with france mid our maritime com inn e lias always been r i prey to bertyranny on the i itivi sid •, we wove io surroinded by the territory of the french t ■ : ; 1 , > i w dial if our rity iktill possesses any commerce we owe it to the blmptror who has treated in with •;'» much goodness tiiat he has made sacrifices in out favor to the possible prejudi'eol nice and m ir till s we had every eason to ; ihciid tliat in ihe course of time his nr.j.su would not !> .• able lo conthue to us these advantages and ihen surrtunded by the french custom-houses withou territory marine or commerce we should have been » most weak and miserable nation the de cree which united piedmont lo france had already pronounced the union ot utr territo ry with the frttnch empire n'.l ot oarciiy which is only a part of piedmont " in this state of affairs by a.i unanimity of opinion which is unexampled in any na tion anxious to show ourselves worthy ol our fathers nnd unable when left to our selves to give ur nag that splendor and glory wm.h our ancestors have obtained for ; it utv.lcr dift runt circu usticces we have re solved to recover th:it splendor and that glo ry by incorporating ourselves with a great ni ion and by submitting ourselves to the laws of a great prince who has always ni mi fested towards us sentiments of friendship and iv.is honored its with his particular pro tection 11 the deputation who carry the voice of tli senate o the doge and of the people depart this evening and when they shall have passed the frontiers of our territories we ihall cu:i lidev our independence ut an end %- t!i3 government has thought it proper to cotnmunicate these circunistnnces to ins excellency ihe baron degiu»ti and lo assure his majesty the emperor of germany and austria of their gratitude for the concern ho li.is evinced on several occasions ; and at the sairu time to acquaint his worthy representa tive i genoa that his mission is hereby ter minated " in placing oir-.iilves thus under the laws of ill french empire we do not in the least add to hei conditional strength our popu lation few in number is fur 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 irse nals france by th ; s union will obtain an a 1 of naval lorce ; and we cannot but think ihn we arc doing whut is the wis!i of all the continental powers namely to ena ble her to contend with the enemy of all na tions and the tyrant of the seas •■ l'he undersigned has the honor to re iterate to his excellency the ministei plenipo tentiary jin 1 envoy extraordinary the expres sion of his entire esteem and dutjnguished considci alien signed rogoif.bi the present politics of europe fr^-.ii bell's weekly messenger o'ir readers will find under our foreign head some particulars of the progress which 1 mnapurtc •. making in italy not by anus but by the cheaper methods ofartihee and in trique it was plain from the first uiat the sweeping ti of kitu i l.,!y was not as stiined lorn ithingj and the ncme continues every day to be less empty ; sardinia is ex tin t ; genoa is incorporated : and tuscany and maples pushed upon their frontiers can only hope to 1 xist during the pleasure of the et iperor the p >;>_■. in his ecclesiastical do ni uns is ii prisoni r out upon bail and must surrender hiinsell and his territories upon the mandate of his master ; whilst by the possession nf switzerland antl the great nvetiuet ol ii i!y austria 1 effectually cut off fr ii'.i all access to venice the plea for the genoese for incorporat ing themselves with france is somewhat pi nisi ! : ■• ulo .'. . ii tl in our porls by th ty r inny of th-j engli h th mgli neutrals we are punished i en mies and can 11 > longer sub fcijt by th.at commerce which is t h only means of our support when the strong oppress the weak their nnlj refuge 1 in the pi tccti in . he stn 11 jer kxcjuded from the s.m-v w are desirom i continental conuccti in an 1 in uniting ourselves with fr nee we h ii be ic m vnembjrs of her 6 lire an 1 p u like of its glories and its d:s tini ••'•" a n it.io->-il p ill is then set on foht ; and by a vole ■ i the population genoa surrenders hersell to fr .. u without sny nice exam ination f the^e arguments liuonaparte ac cepts the ■ emk-r a ien«!e i convened 1 ■ ' • ■ con p!i nents are bandiedon both idi . 1 m tit ui ion is s trtetl out from his trn illin f port folio the gum fire the empe r r i'i pnx 1 ii ni d and the m st commercial ; ovince ol italy with must impregnable city iiiid tl • population ofn million is as • ■ 1 li and delivered up to france in half an hour wi.r impression is t'.iis likely to make i • uic continent russia has never dis ij | d she ii.o ■ 1 1 i if i i^.l y expressed her , ' nun on the old score und now that i bui naparte has i hulked nn it ii i noi likely i to sub e the case of austi ia us we hove observed is not improvi d by t!,i , event in adding to this measure of insult and encroach i menl buonaparte is certainly adding to his security ; in case of a rupture lie is saved the trouble of conquering genoa ii is only to be i en red that he may pr icei d so f*r in this progress f peaceable acquisition that there will noi j room to make a stand in italy or tuiv where else in the event of n continental wari which i as certain is rny thing of speculation ran he it natnr.illy suggests l • us here iu take some view of the several powers the bituitiiin f uil court of vienna is strangely equivocal ; its politics for tliis some timw pint h.\ru ijl-iri mysterious with t!rj appearance of aversion to the british cause it is said by nice observers to be on the eve of coalition and with the shew cf frien uhip for france it is believed that the word is about to be drawn hie suspicious conduct 01 ustriahasnn excuse from her situation ; th slightest movement of lion ilily brin a an army upon her the first onset of which she >• unequal to rjsist unable inu by open und tedious solicitation to rouse the german states she despair of this assistance till too j jate.and surrounded by powers who though ! involved in a common interest to resist the i encroachments of france are yet willing to truckle to despotism to lengthen the span of their existence orjealousof any confederacy by which austria may profit she hesitates j even 10 negociute for fear of detention and is i unrijie for any independeni or opi n action — j tliat incomparable body of troops which at the beginning of the late war had given her so decided a superiority no longer exist in the same persons if'her troops have deri ved advantages from a long series of active services theke ad rant ug a were equally on the side of the enemy her armies lave so often b en beuten that it is no wonder if a sort oi n weariness and despair have crept among thorn 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 . £• il!-.ik i,ivt retired or have been disgrac j ed ; her dominions though large are not : equal to any extensive subsidies her popu lation though numerous is exhausted and dispersed these circumstance have pro bably made her more dilatory und cautious than usual 5 it notwithstanding austria has a strength somewhat unaccountable and pe culiar to herself more deficient in pecu niary resources than any other great power iu europe she is bettei able to subsist und do considerable things without them 11 long habit the wh le state is formed to its nec s sitics and the sti!>j»ct is mo .■ ready to supply five quarters and submit to military licence than iiit othpr the c iinlry is abundantly fruitful in all its pnrts and whilst the war is carried on near home n arbitrary govern ment operating on s extensive an object pan hardly fail of such resources as must lervj an austrhn army which i still paid as racitus describes the troops of the ancient german • to have been ; ; ihej hcvt a ph ntlful table in lieu of pay though slow in her operations austria makes amen is by her perseverance ; if she does not play the game with sufficient spirit she never throws up her cards ; and though by an error c mmon to many courts but particularly fatal o this she is accustomed to interfere too much ami too minutely in the , operations o the campaign there is reason ; believe that the prudence of the archduke . under whose guidance her armies n present j are has effectually mind her of this folly by the celerity ofthe movemifntsol f-'rance i adv intages are gained (» er austria before she can regiilatit her resources or muster her tro->pa ; but it has always been the design f austria that the issue of the war should ra ■ ther arise from the general result and con | currence of all the operations gradually pro ducing a solid though a slow advantage than : from the effect of a bold quick and masterly stroke i russia entirely governed by a pacific sove i reign and by aged and therefore rautioui i ministers ii wlv lly occupied in husbanding her resources and bringing int account htr | v&ht extent of territory the sphere of h«r j ambition is nol the southof kurope ; her oh je i of aggiandizcment if any is on the side of the east with rirgnard to the european p litics sh ■ propo ■ , bul one end security ; and therefore lias nol yet taken nor will take any further part than what is net essary to this aim it is thus that he has hitherto pi i fcr red counteraction to open force but should austria for hell defence be compelled to ic new the war russia from the same motive though not in the same degree will come for ward to assist her i hika»m*tance how vvr will be limited by her original policy and io j her own immediate interest ; she will not si f fur austria to be furthei weakened ; but nri theron the other hand will she attempt an extensive recovery of the former conquest o huonup irte ,\\ ith regard to england such an ally tilt 4 will lie ilniost in i ■ til i prussia notf on the edge of the french ilmtii j i '. wi'ji i ministry who already consi der btiwttiptcf a us rm :<• their m/iater ilum their own so'vi reign with the name of .» french ally i almost s effectually u vice royalty of france s i1mi1.uk itself in respect to the northern powers j sweden appears rising to that decree of consequence and siit:i i'i ns to be advancing into the ta tion from which prussia u rapidly receding in nny event of a shock to the french pour whether by defeat or insurrection in n ime of the numerous provinces the german powen w mid find n rail ing post in sweden and she might again become an in the days of lus tivus denmark is not bo lost to the state of its own interest as may at firsi sight ap pear this state evidently only rests in hep present torpor till the commencement of nc tion by some great power we bhall resume i he subject il j fulure ti:r the progress that has already been made in tlit establishment of si minarius for educa tion throughout russia in the few years of the present emperor's reij*n may be judged <»; by the last report to the minister of public instruction from thii it appears that the schools amount to four hundred and ninety lour the teachers in these to one thousand four hundred and twenty-five am the pupils to thirty three thousand four hundred and thirty lour the maintenance of these sem inaries costs rnnuully about 1,927,723 rubles or 2 1 5,7661 sterling these seminaries are exclusive of various civil and military acade mies as v.vll is seminaries fur the education ol ill females a variety of institutions of a similar sort are at present establishing in the various province the sums distributed in the year 1804 from the royal treasury of russia for i support of places of public instruction amount ed to 268,650 besides 8 303 sterling given by government to establish an university it charliow private individuals emulate the government in their benefactions for the pro motion of public instruction counsellor sudwanskow has given 40,000 rubles cor tho erection of schools in little russia the no bility of russia have contributed 65,000 ru bles to establish seminary schools in that pro vince a numbsr of htmilar donations for the same purpose have been made in various parts uf the empire salem auguft 22 we are indebted for a complete file of french paprrs tocapt rice of the v iwin from bordeaux : they are to the 27th of june — by thefewe have later intelligence ; inn jhe 011i7 circumftance which adm t particular notice regards the tnifron at rhe ruffian anibaiftder gen winzige rode v.ho had been long at berlin and it was fuppoferi to lay a foundation lor a ge neral pacification in confequence count novoziupft'hns been appointed for france — a courier was at berlin and fet off foe milan the 13th of may tor paltports which were granted by the emperor na poleon ami on the 26'h of may the cou rier from berlin fel off with them for pe terfburg fothat thcruliian minifter wag expefted in france in july at.leipfic it was aliened thai the centre of negoci i ationa was to he at brulfcis and that prince jofeph was to negociau in the name of hit brother and the port of oliend chofen lor the communication with fug land ' s " nothing in fnare difcovers any relax ation t the military fpirit or of the i.a val preparafions spain is ftill a'aive for war and the late ol portugal is made a i bjedl of alarm to the britifh commerce the french and spaniards have multiplj c their privateers in which they me've ry adventurous the f.nglifli alfo in the mideteranean give grcal ernbarraf m ntsiocommeice the finglilh are pur chafingprovifions in the crimea fonheir mediterranean forces and obtain teefaud pork at ids than two cents per ib ( 1 ranslal ions peter/burgh may 22 tho embafty for china ia upon itsdepartue i mauh cs in three diviiiuns ai.d \< to unite at o renoury thence it is f continue itg ro'iie in a caravan clcorted by a t hoy land regular troops as j r as kiacta the | a ft ruliian town on the borders of china srtekbn'm miy 28 no f'.ipriz will be occaiioncdupon knowing lhal the kii g of sweden has choien the time of his prr fe.ice in the tump ot sisu.j to ptiblifh his orderi turtlic reform of many 1 h 1 regi ncnts j";c great poverty nf the pi.b lie treafury obliges his meafure whi h ix . itc-s great dikuntent among the offi cers mention is made of a new esniliion ot iron money and what s worle ot pa pel money the englilh fub.'idies v a t 01 great benefit to our financier ; but the kin ot piuhi . and the hinco ol ruf iahava unequivgcally given their opinion late foreign news genoa june 2 a threat rvcri 1 has jtut taken place here — the genoese senate having formally declar ed for an union with the french empire the conditions have been proclaimed and an approbation ot the people required by liu following decree t this decree of the senate states in i'=s preamble that tb'e ligurian republic i vj'li v strength and means to protect its c.o:n merce : lhat since piedmont has been incor porated with the french empire t'ie state l li.miri.i cannot i-xut without being also united to il ; that the english government li id refused to recognize the independence of the republic of genoa ; that ol cotirie h 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 t > avoid these evils and to in ure a p ir ticipation of the commerce of france and all ivm other advantages was to incorporate themselves with the french nation ; and i!i ' to obtain this favor it was odviseable to pi"fit nl h journey <•■!' the emperor and kinj in italy the senatei therefore de crees : am 1 the union of the kingdom of itn ly with the french empire sh ii be propos ■ tf<l n his majesty the emperor and u ; 11 , un der the 1 illov ing condition : — l<il that all the ligurian territory with out 1 li e kas reduction shall com post an in tegral pan of ihe french empire 2 that the debt ofthu ligurian repub lic is to be liquidated in the same way with tin debt of the french nation 3d th c genoa sh ill be a free port with ali the privileges thereunto anncxi d 4th l'lvit in apportioning the land u <] e reg.ird will be paid to the barrenness of the l.igurian soil and the expencei of a griculture mure considerable than in any n tlk-r country 5th that there nrc neither to be barriers r ir clutoin-houses between france a::j li gtiriu 6th i lint the law of conscription shall on ly apply to sailors 7th that the export aivl import duties hall be regulated in the manner the most favorable to the agriculture and nv.mufiicturbs of liguri 1 8 li that nil civil and criminal buits shall be it cidtod either ul genoa or in some ol the udjict.nl departments of the empire 9ih that ll the pruprielurt of national property shall be secured in tin possession anil full enjoj ment < < t 1 ',><_■ said pi;pp rty an r 11 the present decree shall b im irtedialely submitted to ihe decision of the lazotti '. anzola cn-t sec retary the registers having b'ttn immediately opened throughout all ligurir to receive the ■> >!(-■■ i ihe functionaries imj 1 itizens ' lit de cree r i t tie senate was insl mtlj ratified by a preat majority of ulfirm'itive voles tjie i 1 :' i ers were collected at genoa and intrus ted todt puties who yesterday set out to pro s nt tin n to the emperor ol the french and tn entreat his majesty t rant the request expressed pr viuus to the departure a ihc tl pu s i\n official c invmunicution wm made ol tl u withes cf he liguriaus to the aus trian i-'ivuy baron giubti in liic foil wing hot : — the undersigned senator minister for fort gn uftyirs hits 1 j hon ir to communicate to his excellency the envoy extraordinary ml niinutur p iiipotentiary nt ins imijusty the tmperor ni germain and austria the decree wh.reby the senate has induced the 11 mm of the i.i *, 1 m r p iblic u iih the french empire ; ideci u iich a obtained t.u 1 sanction l the ptnplc und in virtt e of which a leputatton has i tin appointed to ly i ire ins in ■ i hty the i 1 hi p ru 1 cf the f re 111 li am hi 1 ; o u4iv the wishes of the whole i lion hi ixceluncy has re«ided miilii ■ mt 1 !•■ !,: at ti •• r>a t 1 bu s ; i^v | ol the im possibility under which tl is country labored of preserving its itulcpc idence amidst events xv'.i ii luive changed the fnce i europe too we»k to protect cur commerce and na vigation we have constantly been our lag i ul'cu and i ir coasts 1 x|):i-ie.l u ihe ul 1 ,• l the !';•') rv powers hile the great powers were occupied in making their i ,. respected tliey abandoned the weaker ones t the murages of the enemies of the i hi ■■'■■! v mii ir interior police aho ■' <! rtictil'l circumsi inev'd that a ban i of r dbei .. u i 1 had 1 tk n n fn ,<■ in the moiin 1 ■ w re beco w . n object oj terror to the ' hi |< ■: :<,. 1 n the oth p hand en"jl ind in th • ne cia'inn « liii h pr ne led the tt ity of vmi ns > ' ■ .• • . nize the e list nt ■■ ol ur new ■■. liich « e 1 id titou hi i con ■• it ut nil '. v ab ■ '■ ! ■ •■ v an 1 by j eferring to uot.iei l,u .■ », [\ u \ e mality of rigliu vor.cvr ixi a'o 45 7