STATE PAPERS. 



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sumption. It remains at present 

 to be ascertained who are to suc- 

 ceed the late ministry. 



" The United States are on the 

 worst terms with England, and 

 seem disposed, sincerely and seri- 

 ously, to approximate to our sys- 

 tem. 



*'I pray God, Monsieur my 

 brother, to have you in his high 

 and holy keeping. 



( Signed ) Na poleon. 



" Schoenbrun, Oct. 10, 1809.'' 



Treaty of Peace belvoeen France 

 and Austria, Oct. 15, 1809. 



Napoleon, by the grace of God, 

 and the constitution of the empire, 

 emperor of the French, king of 

 Italy, protector of the League of 

 the Rhine, &c. Having seen and 

 considered the treaty concluded, 

 determined, and signed at Vienna, 

 on the 14th of this month, by the 

 Sieur Nompere de Champagny, our 

 minister for foreign affairs, in vir- 

 tue of the full powers to that end 

 given him by us, and the prince 

 John of Lichtenstein, marshal of 

 the armies of his majesty the em- 

 peror of Austria, equally provided 

 with full powers— which treaty is 

 of the following tenor ; — 



His majesty the emperor of the 

 French, king of Italy, protector of 

 the League of the Rhine, mediator 

 of the League of Switzerland ; and 

 his majesty the emperor of Austria, 

 king of Hungary and Bohemia, 

 being equally animated with the 

 desire of putting an end to the war 

 which has arisen between them, 

 have resolved to negociate forth- 

 with a definitive treaty of peace, 

 and for that purpose have appointed 

 as their plenipotentiaries, namely, 



his majesty the emperor of the 

 French, king of Italy, protector of 

 the League of the Rhine, the sieur 

 Jean Baptiste Nompere, count de 

 Champagny, duke of Cadore, 

 grand eagle bearer of the Legion 

 of Honour, commander of the 

 order of the Iron Crown, knight 

 of the order of St. Andrew of 

 Russia, grand dignitary of that of 

 the Two Sicilies, grand cross of 

 the orders of the Black and Red 

 Eagles of Prussia, of the order of 

 St. Joseph of Wurtsburg, of the 

 order of Fidelity of Baden, of the 

 order of Hesse Darmstadt, his 

 said majesty's minister for foreign 

 affairs; and his majesty the em- 

 peror of Austria, king of Hungary 

 and Bohemia, the sieur prince 

 John of Lichtenstein, knight of the 

 order of the Golden Fleece, grand 

 cross of the order of Maria The- 

 resa, chamberlain, marshal of the 

 armies of his said majesty the em- 

 peror of Austria, and proprietary 

 commander of a regiment of 

 horse in his service. 



Who having previously exchan- 

 ged their full powers, have agreed 

 upon the following articles: — 



Art. I. There shall, from the day 

 of the exchange of the ratifications 

 of the present treaty, be peace and 

 friendship between his majesty the 

 emperor of the French, king of 

 Italy, protector of the League of 

 the Rhine ; and his majesty the 

 emperor of Austria, king of Hun- 

 gary and Bohemia, their heirs and 

 successors, their states and sub- 

 jects respectively, for ever.. 



II. The present peace is also 

 declared to be common to his 

 majesty the king of Spain, his 

 majesty the king of Holland, his 

 majesty the king of Naples, his 

 majesty the king of Bavaria, his 



majesty 



