732 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



cularly in the report of the minister 

 of war ; which the emperor has 

 ordered him to communicate to 

 you. 



The levy required is, moreover, 

 much less than his majesty could 

 draw from the classes by which it is 

 to be supplied ; besides, it will be 

 rendered as little burdensome as 

 possible. 



In this crisis the senate will be 

 anxious as on former occasions, to 

 forward the intentions of our august 

 sovereign, for the honour and glory 

 of the French people. 



Copy of a Letter from Buonaparte 

 to the Emperor of Russia, written 

 during the late Negotiations with 

 Austria. 



" Monsieur my Brother ; — The 

 duke of Vicenza informs me, that 

 your imperial majesty wished for 

 peace with Sweden, and that you 

 have obtained the advantages which 

 you desired. Will your majesty 

 permit me to congratulate you 

 upon the event ? 



*' The negotiations of Alten- 

 burgh have been transferred to Vien- 

 na. Prince John, of Lichtenstein, 

 conducts them with M. c!e Cham- 

 pagny, and I expect I shall soon be 

 able to inform your majesty of 

 peace being concluded with Aus- 

 tria. You will see by the treaty, 

 that, conformably to your wishes, 

 the greater part of Gallicia will not 

 change masters ; and that I have 

 managed your interests as you 

 would have done yourself, conciliat- 

 ing every thing wiJi what honour 

 required of me. The prosperity 

 and welfare of the duchy of Warsaw 

 required that it should possess the 

 favourable regards ofyour majesty ; 



and your majesty's subjects may 

 rest assured that, in no case, nor 

 mider any circumstances, have they 

 to expect any protection from me. 



" I have given Austria the most 

 advantageous peace that she could 

 expect. She only loses Saltz- 

 burgh, and a mere trifle on the 

 side of the Inn. She cedes no- 

 thing in Bohemia. On the side 

 of Italy she cedes only what is 

 indispensable for my communica- 

 tion with Dalmatia. The Aus- 

 trian monarchy, therefore, remains 

 entire. This is the second experi- 

 ment which I have been willing 

 to make. I have used towards 

 her a moderation which she had no 

 right to expect. In this I hope I 

 have done what is gratifying to 

 your majesty. 



" I send your majesty the Eng- 

 lish Journals last received. You 

 will there see, that the English mi- 

 nisters are fighting with each other ; 

 that there is a revolution in the mi- 

 nistry, and that all is perfect 

 anarchy. The folly and absurdity 

 of that cabinet are beyond descrip- 

 tion. Tliey have recently occasion- 

 ed the destruction of from 25 to 

 30,000 men in the most horrible 

 country in the world ; it would have 

 been just as well to have thrown 

 them into the sea ; so pestilential 

 are the marshes of Walcheren ! 

 In Spain they have lost a very con- 

 siderable number of men. General 

 Wellesley has had the extreme im- 

 prudence to commit himself in 

 the heart of Spain with 30,000 

 men, having on his flanks three 

 armies, consisting of 90 batta- 

 lions, and from 40 to 50 squadrons, 

 whilst he had in his front the army 

 commanded by the king, which 

 was of equal force. It is difficult 

 to conceive such an act of pre- 



bumption. 



