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their mediator, and thus putting an 

 end to all the uneasiness endeavour- 

 ed to be spread among that brave 

 people. 



Holland, placed between Eng- 

 land and France, is equality bruised 

 by them. Yet she is the debouche 

 of the principal arteries of ray em- 

 pire. 



Changes will become necessary ; 

 the safety of my frontiers, and the 

 well understood interests of the 

 two countries, imperiously require 

 them. 



Sweden has lost, by her alliance 

 with England, after a disastrous war, 

 the finest and most important of her 

 provinces. Happy would it have 

 been for that nation, if the wiseprince 

 that governs her now had ascended 

 the throne some years sooner I 

 This example proves anew to kings 

 that the alliance of England is the 

 surest presage of ruin. 



My ally and friend, the emperor 

 of Russia, has united to his vast em- 

 pire, Finland, Moldavia, Wallachia, 

 and a district of Gallicia. 



I am not jealous of any thing that 

 can produce good to that empire. 

 My sentiments for its illustrious so- 

 vereign are in unison with my po- 

 licy. 



When I shall showmyselfbeyond 

 the Pyrenees, the frightened leo- 

 pard will fly to the ocean to avoid 

 shame, defeat, and death. The tri- 

 umph of my arms will be the tri- 

 umph of the genius of good over 

 that of evil; of moderation, order, 

 and morality, over civil war, anarchy, 

 and the bad passions. My friend- 

 ship and protection will, I hope, 

 restore tranquility and happiness 

 to the people of the Spains. 



Gentlemen, deputies of depart- 

 ments to the legislative body— I 

 have directed my minister of the 



interior to lay before you the his- 

 tory of the legislation, of the admi- 

 nistration, and of the finances of the 

 year just expired ; you will see that 

 all the ideas I had conceived for 

 the amelioration of my people, have 

 been followed with the greatest ac- 

 tivity — that in Paris, as in the most 

 distant parts of my empire, the war 

 has not produced any delay in the 

 public works. The members of my 

 council of State will submit to you 

 different projects of law, and espe- 

 cially the law upon the finances; 

 you will see in it their prosperous 

 condition. I demand of my people 

 no new sacrifice, though circum- 

 stances have obliged me to double 

 my military means. 



I 



Sentence apainst General Monnet. 

 From tlie Moniteur, Dec. 9. 



The council of inquiry appointed 

 by his majesty the emperor and 

 king, convened by his excellency 

 count de Huneburg, minister at 

 war, in obedience to his majesty's 

 orders, dated Schoenbrunn, Sept. 

 7, 1809, and assembled at the ge- 

 neral military depot, closed on the 

 25th of last month its deliberations, 

 and pronounced the following sen- 

 tence : 



That general Monnet, contrarj' 

 to his duty, did not fulftl the orders 

 of his Imperial majesty, in case of 

 his being pressed hard by the ene- 

 my, to cut the dykes rather than 

 surrender. 



That he surrendered the fortress 

 at a time when it had only sustain- 

 ed a bombardment of thirty-six 

 hours, when the garrison was still 

 composed of more than 4,000 men, 

 when no breach was made in the 

 rampart, and the enemy was yet 



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