HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
the coalition, of having betrayed 
his master into a system which they 
consider fatal to the interests and 
derogatory from the honour of his 
crown, for so trivial a consideration 
as the prospect of removing the 
pressure of war from his own pri- 
vate estatesin Moravia. But, how- 
ever selfish the motives of the advi- 
Ser, it is clear from all the events 
which have since occurred, that the 
advice was most salutary and judi- 
cious; and, that to the promptitude 
with which this treaty was con- 
cluded, and to the fidelity with 
which it has been observed, Austria 
_owes the privilege of being still an 
independent state. 
The terms however of the peace 
of Presburg were much less favour- 
able to the emperor of Germany 
than those, which, in similar extre- 
mities, he had formerly obtained 
from the ruler of France. By the 
present treaty he was compelled to 
renounce his share of the Venetian 
territories, which, at the peace of 
Luneyille, had been reckoned no 
inadequate compensation for his loss 
of the Low Countries, and to con- 
Sent, that these valuable provinces 
should be annexed to the kingdom 
of Italy. He was also forced to cede 
the county of Tyrol and lordships 
_ of Voralberg to the king of Bavaria, 
of Baden. 
the hereditary enemy of his family ; 
and to abandon his possessions in 
Franconia, Suabia, and Bavaria, to 
be divided among the kings of Bava- 
tia and Wirtemberg, and the elector 
The only territory be- 
stowed upon him in compensation 
for so many losses, was the county 
of Saltzburgh and Berchstolgaden, 
which was taken from hjs brother 
the archduke Ferdinand, and for- 
mally incorporated with the empire 
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of Austria; while the archduke in 
return received the territory of 
Wurtzburg from tbe king of Hava. 
ria, accompanied by a promise of 
the emperor Napoleon’s good offi. 
ces, to obtain for him a full and 
entire indemnity ia Germany. The 
grand-mastership of the ‘eutonic 
order, with all the rights, domains, 
and revenues belonging to it, was 
also transferred in perpetuity to the 
house of Austria, to be held as an 
hereditary dignity in the family of 
any one of its princes, whom the 
emperor of Germany and Austria 
should appoint. The total cessions 
of Austria have been estimated in 
extent of territory at 1297 square 
miles; in number of subjects at 
2,716,000 souls ; and in loss of reves 
nue at 16,060,000 florins, or about 
L. 1,600,000. But these arithmeti- 
cal details give but a faint idea of 
the loss of power and influence, 
which Austria has sustained, if con. 
sequence of the part she took in the 
disastrous coalition. By the cession 
of her Venetian territories, she is - 
excluded entirely from Italy, and 
reduced from being the natural 
mistress of the Adriatic, to be the 
humble possessor of her antient, 
solitary port of Trieste. By her 
loss of the Tyrol and resignation of 
her remaining possessions on the 
Rhine and upper Danube, she is cut 
off from all connexion with Swisser- 
land, and removed one step farther 
to the eastward, from her antient 
aud natural allies.” She is become 
less formidable for offensive ‘War, 
and by the loss of a frontier, which 
covered a great part of her domi- 
nions, she is more exposed to the 
attacks of her enemies. The fo- 
reign trade of her territories is at 
the mercy of others, and in the only 
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