952 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



tations of Russia, fouivded upon the 

 solemn stipulation of Frarjce to con- 

 sider the kingdom of Naples as a 

 Dcntral sfato, and to enjoy all the 

 advantases of neutrality, have been 

 productive of no determination ia- 



Tourable to tjiut power The 



"vvhole of Italy has been chanf;ed by 

 the innovations wliicli the govern- 

 ment of the republic has caused it 

 to uiuicirgo, since the conclusion 

 of the pei{,cc between Russia and 

 France, without any preliminary 

 concert wi'Ii his imperial rtiiicsty ; 

 although it had been agreed upon 

 hy the two powers at .that, j^eriod, 

 that there should be an undiTStand- 

 ing between them as to the politi- 

 cal arrangements that were to be 

 adopted in that country. Hostili- 

 ties havino; been renewed between 

 France and England, the integrity 

 of tlie territory of the German em- 

 pire was violated, notwitlistanding 

 France had very lately-engaged .to 

 protedt it in common -wivh liis ma- 

 jesty the emperor. The cabinet of 

 St. Cloud thought proper to assert 

 that the dignify of king of England 

 and that of cle(5ior of lirunswick 

 Lunenburgh, being united in the 

 same person,, were not diUindl ; 

 though such distinetion was never 

 disputed by the republican govern- 

 ment duriuii the last years of liie late 

 •war; it was therefore contrary to 

 every notion of right and justice, 

 to make war upon a country which, 

 by the coiistitution of the Germanic 

 empire, of which it was part, and 

 the public proceedings by which it 

 Tt:as guaranteed, shoidd be totally 

 exempt from such a visitation — The 

 possession of Cuxhaven, which under 

 iio.protextcould have been consider- 

 ed as English property, was not- 

 withstanding CiTec^lcti by the French 

 troops, and the Hans Towns have 



been compelled to make forced loans 

 to avoid a similar fate. The re- 

 peated arid urgent applications which 

 the emperor has made to the French 

 government, to induce it to lulfil its 

 engagements with Russia, and to 

 put an end to all apprehension that 

 the neutral powers, who were anx- 

 ious' to remain in peace, may feel of 

 being involved in the war, have 

 biicn attended with no effeft. — To 

 those numerous causes of dissatis- 

 fa6tion, conne(5ted with the higher 

 interests of Europe, the government 

 of France ha^ thought proper to add 

 all those which it could dircttly of- 

 fer to the court of J?ussia, by the 

 oHimsive assertions which it advanc- 

 ed and circulated against ministers 

 honoured with the confidence of his 

 imperial majesty ; by the scenes 

 which the Russian envoy was com- 

 pelled to witness at the Thuiileries; 

 by the improjier perseverance which 

 the cabinet of St. Cloud displayed d 

 in persecuting, in foreign countries, " 

 persons who were employed by the 

 court of Russia ; and, lastly, by 

 that unexampled proceeding which 

 it took the liberty of committing, 

 v/hen it compelled the pope to de- 

 liver up a naturalizetl Russian, with- 

 out paying any regard to. the repre- 

 sentations and claims of his imperial 

 majesty on that point. — The recent 

 act of violence committed by the 

 French troops in the territory of the 

 elcrtor of BadL^n, having roused the 

 anxiety of the emperor, for the 

 security and independence of the 

 states of Europe which are within 

 the reach of France, his majestj' ex- 

 prcssod his opinion as to the neces- 

 sity of tranquillizing them on that 

 point ; and that he should make 

 such satisfaction as the empire had 

 a right to demand, and adopt such 

 raeasuBcs as might tend to calm the 



uneasiness 



