the articles of the marriage treaty, SENATUS-CONSULTUM of the 17th of Feb. which are in the usual form. Title 1.-Of the Union of the Roman States with the French Empire. The Senate appointed Counts Garnier, Lacepede, Laplace, Jancourt, Cornet, Barthelemy, De Merode, De Fontanes, and the Duke of Valmy, as a Committee to draw up an address to his Majesty on this occasion. It is reported that the articles of the treaty relative to the Emperor's marriage, are with regard to portion, dowry, and jewels, in all respects the sanie as those in the marriage treaties in preceding reigns between the Kings and Dauphins of France and the Princesses of Austria. Berthier Prince of Neufchatel set off from Paris on the 22d of February, for Vienna, accompanied by a numerous enite, to conduct the fair Bride to Paris. Berthier carries with him a picture of the bridegroom, richly set with diamonds, and some magnificent presents, particularly of Gobelin tapestry, for the Emperor Francis. The Parisian jewellers, we are told, are busy in executing some extensive orders for the new imperial household. The French prints inform us, that this intended matrimonial alliance had filled all classes of people at Vienna with the most extravagant joy; and that in three hours after the news was known, the bank bills rose from to to 100. Whatever may be the feelings of the people of Vienna, we must consider such an alliance more mortifying to the family pride of the house of Austria, than all the defeats she has sustained in the field of battle. It is reported, that the proposal was made and strongly urged to the Emperor Francis, during the late negociations for peace, by that arch-intriguer, Champagne; and the mind of the unfortunate monarch was so depressed by the vast loss of territory the Empire had suffered, that he reluctantly gave his consent, in the hope of afterwards recovering from the goodwill of the tyrant some of his provinces. The Lady is of the first marriage, and was born in the year 1791. ITALY. ROMAN STATES. The Roman States have been finally incorporated with the French Empire, in terms of the following edict. Art. 1. The Roman States are united with the French Empire, and form an integral part of it. 2. It shall form two departments; the department of Rome, and the department of Trasimene. 3. The department of Rome shall send seven deputies to the Legislative Body; the department of Trasimene shall send four. 4. The department of Rome shall be classed in the first series; the department of Trasimene in the second. 5. A Senatorship shall be established in the departments of Rome and Trasimene. 6. The city of Rome is the second city of the Empire. The Mayor of Rome shall be present at the taking of the oath of the Emperors at their accession. He and the Deputations from the city of Rome shall on all occasions rank immediately after the Mayors and Deputations of the city of Paris. 7. The Imperial Prince shall have the title, and receive the honours of King of Rome. 8. A Prince of the blood, or a Grand Dignitary of the Empire, shall hold in Rome the Court of the Emperor. 9. The property of which the domain of the Imperial crown shall consist, conformably to the Senatus Consultum of the 30th January last, shail be regulated by a special Senatus-Consultum, 10. After being crowned in the church of Notre-Dame in Paris, the Emperors shall be crowned in the church of St Peter at Rome before the 10th year of their reign. 11. The city of Rome shall enjoy particular privileges and immunities, which shall be determined by the Emperor Napoleon. Title 2.-Of the Independence of the Imperial Throne of all authority upon earth. Art. 12. Any foreign sovereignty is incompatible with the exercise of any spiritual authority within the Empire. 13The Popes, upon their exaltation, shall make oath never to do any thing against the four propositions of the Gallican Church, as settled in the Assembly of the Clergy in 1682. 14. The four propositions of the Gallican Church are declared common to all the Catholic Churches of the Empire. cient commercial habits, after the French decrees were ordered to be strictly enforced. French troops, to the amount Title 3.Of the Temporary Subsistence of to take possession of all the towns and of 30,000, are marching into Holland, the Popes. 15. Palaces shall be prepared for the Pope in the different places of the Empire, in which he may wish to reside. There shall necessarily be one in Paris, and one in Rome. 16. Two millions of income in landed property, free from taxes, and situated in the different parts of the Empire, shall be assigned to the Pope. 17. The expenses of the sacred college and of the propaganda are declased Imperial. 18. The present organic Senatus-Consultum shall be sent by a message to his Majesty the Empe. ror and King. The President and Secretaries, FRANCOIS, JANCOURT, CORNET, Signed and Sealed, The Chancellor of the Senate, HOLLAND. The annexation of Holland to France appears to be finally determined on by the inexorable tyrant, in spite of all the remonstrances of Louis, who is dethroned for presuming to allow any alleviation of a state of warfare to his subjects, by permitting them to follow their an Church, decreed in the Assembly of the Clergy held in 1682, and which are men. tioned in the above Senatus-Consultum. 1. God gave to Peter and to his suc cessors, no power either direct or indirect over temporal things. 2. The Gallican Church approves the Council of Constance, which declares the general Councils superior to the Pope in spiritual matters. 3. The rules, the usages, and the practices received in the Kingdom and in the Gallican Church, must remain unshaken. 4 The decisions of the Pope, in matters of faith, are valid only after the Church has accepted them. sea ports. The following letters and note have been published in the Dutch papers. Amsterdam, Feb. 28. "The regret which I have felt has been considerably increased by reading the unjust accusation made against us, of having betrayed the cause of the continent, that is, of having been unfaithful to our engagements; and I write this letter to you, to diminish the impression which so unjust and astonishing an accusation must make upon your hearts, as well as upon the beart of every true Hollander. "Whilst during the four years that have elapsed since the commencement of my reign, the nation, and you in particular, called to watch over her interests, have borne with so much difficulty and distress, but at the same time with so much resignation, the doubling of the imposts, so considerable an augmentation of the public debt, and armaments so great, and so disproportionate to the population and means of the kingdom-we little thought that we should have been accused of having violated our engagements, and of not having done enough; at a moment when the state of maritime affairs operates upon us with a greater pressure than upon all other countries collectively, and when, to complete our misfortunes, we are, besides, compelled to sustain blockade upon the continent. "It is the heartfelt consciousness for these considerations, Gentlemen, which should lead us to the exercise of patience, until the moment when the jus tiae of his Majesty the Emperor, my brother, shall make reparation for a charge which we have so little deserved. "I cannot ascertain how long I may yet be prevented from gratifying the first and most anxious of my wishes, namely, that of returning to my capital, and seeing myself in the midst of you at this difficult and critical juncture. "But, however distant that period may be, be assured that nothing can at ter my affection for the nation, and my attachment to her interests, nor lessen you in my esteem and confidence. Paris, Feb. 1. 18 ro. LOUIS." The following letter, addressed by his Majesty to the Council of State, was also this day read by the Minister, the Vice-President, at a meeting of the Council, which was attended by all the ministers and other members: THE KING TO THE COUNCIL OF STATE. "Though I with regret see the end of the third month since my departure fast approaching, nothing has yet been decided with regard to our affairs. "I cannot, however, suffer a single instant to pass, after my recovery, without repeating to you the assurance, that all possible exertions shall continue to be made to preserve the existence of the kingdom. "We cannot conceal from ourselves, that this costs us great and difficult sacrifices; but I shall not hesitate, if there be but a possibility of Holland, after all that can be demanded of it, being suffered to exist, to submit myself to the generosity of the Emperor, my brother, in the just expectation, that upoa the removal of all the causes of dissatisfaction, we shall receive those indemnifications to which we are so strongly entitled, and which will be more than ever necessary to us. "My intention in submitting myself to the pleasure of the Emperor, my brother, in every thing he can demand of us, is to convince him that we have any enemies; that we have been the victims of calumny, of petty passions and interests; but that we have never ceased, and still will continue to admire the Emperor, and to conduct ourselves a true friends and old allies of France, tried by numerous sacrifices and various events. Should I be able to succeed in this purpose, as I have every reason to expect, every thing else will follow, in as much as it must be both the interest and inclination of France to favour and aggrandise her friends, and not to depress them. "I therefore entreat you to unite all your efforts to prevent emigration to foreign countries, and every proceeding that might indicate despondency, and to exhort the nation to await the determination of the Emperor upon our fate, with that firmness which is so peculiarly their character, and which so intimately belongs to the justice of their cause. "I am not ignorant of what every individual suffers. I have done every thing to plead our cause in the most effectual manner. Neither the loss of time, nor the failure of my efforts, nor any other consideration, has been able to deter me from my purpose; and, accordingly, I have every reason to believe, that if we can come to any arrangement, which does not exclude the possibility of our existence, Holland may still escape the present impending tempest; particularly if, after all this, there remain not only no grounds, but even no pretext for misunderstanding and dissatisfaction, to which all my efforts are directed. Your loving King, LOUIS." Paris, Feb. 21. 1810. A long note follows, from the Duke of Cadore, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Baron De Roell, Mi nister of Foreign affairs in Holland.— After touching, at considerable length, on the Berlin and Milan decrees, the Minister proceeds to observe,- "The success of these great measures chiefly depended on their execution in Holland. Holland, on the contrary, op posed obstacles to it; she continued to trade with England, All the remonstrances of France on this head were useless. His Imperial Majesty was obliged to recur to strong measures, which proved his dissatisfaction. Twice were the French custom-houses shut against the trade of Holland. They are so at this moment; so that Holland has no longer any lawful communication with the people of the Continent, and the Emperor is determined not to open these these barriers so long as circumstances shall continue as they are. It would, in fact, be to open them to the English trade. The Dutch people, far from following the patriotic example of the Americans, appear to have looked to one object only in this state of affairs, namely, their wretched mercantile interests. "On the other hand, the Emperor sees Holland without the means of making war, or even defending herself.She has no navy; the sixteen sail of the line she was to have contributed, have been disarmed: She has no energy. During the late expedition from England, the important fort of Ter Veere, which was neither supplied with artillery nor provisions, made no resistance; and the more important post of Bathz, upon which the success of such great events might have depended, was evacuated six hours before the arrival of the enemy's picquets. Without an army, without revenues, and, it may be almost said, without friends or allies,, the Dutch consist only of a collection of merchants, with no other passion than that of their mercantile interest; constituting a rich, useful and respectable company, but not a nation. "His Imperial Majesty wishes for peace with England. He made advances towards it at Tilsit; they did not succeed. Those which he adopted, in concert with his ally, the Emperor of Russia, at Erfurt, were equally unsuccessful. The war will therefore be long, since all the attempts that were made to obtain peace have failed. The proposal even to send Commissioners to Morlaix, to treat for the exchange of prisoners, although suggested by Eng; land, miscarried, when it was perceived that it might lead to an accommodation. England, arrogating to herself, by her orders of November 1807, universal sovereignty, and adopting the principle of eternal war, has dissolved every thing, and rendered every means of resisting her pretensions lawful. If the change, therefore, that has lately taken place in the English Administration has produced none in the principles of England, which is easily to be ascer tained from the speech that will be made to Parliament at its next meeting; and if she continues to proclaim the principles of perpetual war and universal monarchy, in upholding her orders in Council; in that case, the undersigned is authorised to declare to the Dutch Ministry and nation, that the actual state of Holland is incompatible with the circumstances in which the extraordinary principles adopted by England have placed the empire and the Continent; in consequence, his Imperial Majesty proposes, "1. To recal the Prince of his blood whom he placed on the throne of Hol land. The first duty of a French Prince, in the line of succession to the Imperial throne, is to that throne. All others are to give way when they are in opposition to that; the first duty of every Frenchman, in whatever state his destiny has placed him, is to his country. "2. To occupy all the outlets of Holland, and all the ports, by French troops, as they were since it was conquered by France in 1794, until the time when his Majesty expected to conciliate all sides, by erecting the throne of Holland. "3. To employ every means, without regard to consideration, to compel Holland to engage in the Continental sys.' tem, and to wrest, once for all, her ports and coast from the Government that has made the ports of Holland the principal depots, and the greater part of the Dutch merchants the promoters and agents of British commerce. (Signed) "The Duke of CADORE." Nothwithstanding the above unmerciful denunciation, the last letters from is more promising; and it has been even Holland state, that the aspect of affairs intimated to the Senate, that Louis may still reign, provided the Dutch will pay down to the Emperor a handsome douceur for this act of mercy. SPAIN. The accounts from Spain are of a most disastrous complexion. The eneny have passed the Sierra Morena, and so far from having met with any resistance, it appears that they continued their march, without encountering the slightest opposition, towards Seville, which they entered on the 29th of January. There is something unaccount. ably mysterious in this account. The retreat and non-resistance of the natives cannot be imputed to cowardice, treach ery, ery, nor even to panic; if those were the cause, immediate submission to the conqueror would have been the consequence. But that does not appear to be the case, and as far as we can collect, ro overtures of that nature have been made. The leaders, probably terrified by the disasters which the troops sustained in general engagements with the enemy, were unwilling to risk another, which, if unsuccessful, would destroy every hope. That they have therefore come to the determination to avoid every action, in which the French have so decided an advantage; and to throw themselves into garrison-places, in the defence of which, they have given such admirable proofs of courage and perseverance. It appears, on this occasion, that the movements of the French ar mies were bold and judicious, as usual, They turned, it would seem, the Sierra Morena, by which manoeuvre the defence of the passes was rendered useless, and immediately abandoned by the Sparish army of the centre, as soon as they learned that the enemy were in their rear. They afterwards fell back upon the kingdom of Jaen, in Lower Andalusia. The plan of the invaders appears to have been to push forward rapidly to Cadiz, without touching at Seville, in hopes of seizing the former aty, its shipping, and arsenals, by surprise. The Duke of Albuquerque, on being informed of the advance of the enemy, and their intentions, is said to have made one of the most rapid marches, and to have got the start of the invaders. He reached the isle of Leon with the greater part of his army, and has been since ained, it is stated, by the corps under the command of the Duke del Parque ; -a reinforcement more than sufficient to protect Cadiz, which is in a respect able state of defence, well supplied with arms and artillery. The situation of the town is naturally strong; and may be easily defended. The inhabifants received, a few days previous to the last accounts, a supply of 20,000 stand of arms from this country, and are making the utmost exertions to defend the city to the last extremity. All clases labour at the fortifications on the and side; and it was suggested by Adral Purvis, that the batteries commanding the harbour should be demoished, which was cheerfully acceded to by the governor and people. The Spanish fleet,, though not fully equipped, were ready for sea, and conveyed into the outer harbour, beyond the British division of the fleet stationed there, which consisted of three ships of the line, besides smaller vessels. Applica tion had been made to the governor of Gibraltar for assistance, and it is said that 1200 troops were immediately to be sent from that garrison. Additional reinforcements to our fleet will also, it is understood, soon leave England for Cadiz. The principal inconvenience, in case of a siege, would arise from the number of refugees, who have crowded thither on the first alarm. The accession of 30, or 40,000 persons to the ordinary number of the inhabitants and garrison, which amount to about 100,000 in number, might occasion some difficulty in supplying the place with provisions. No sooner was it known that the junta had fled from Seville, than the people there took up arms, and having set at liberty the Conde de Montijo and Don Francisco Palafox, who had been imprisoned on a charge of conspiracy against the government, they surrounded the junta of Seville, demanding the immediate appointment of a regency, and exclaiming against the supreme junta as traitors to their country, who had abandoned the passes of the mountains to the French, and then fled to Cadiz with the money which they had received from America. The junta of Seville refused to nominate a regency, but admitted Montijo and Palafox as members of their own body, and appointed the Marquis of Romana commander of the army of Castile, in place of the Duke of Parque. Romana, who had been named about a fortnight before captain-general of Valencia, but had not left Seville, accepted this com mand, and took part with the insurgents. The command of the army of the centre was given to Blake, while the Count de Montijo was sent to assist in collecting troops. Couriers were, at the same time, dispatched to stop the members of the supreme junta, who had fled to Cadiz, and arrest them as traitors to their country.-At Xeres de la Frontera, the Archbishop of Laodicea, president of the junta; Valdes, formerly minister of marine; and Oval le, |