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eluded. The emperor of Ruflia in the mean while eva¬ 
cuated Moravia, and on tiie 8th of December his army 
began its march to return home in three divifions. The 
fird took the route to Cracow and Therefpol; the fecond 
by KaCchau, Lemberg, and Brodi; and the third by Tyr- 
nau, Baltfka, andUffiadin. The emperor of'Rufiia was 
at the head of the firft. 
While the negociations for peace were carrying on at 
Prefburgh, under the aufpices of M. Talleyrand, prince 
John of Leicluenftein, and count de Giulay, the emperor 
Napoleon retired to Schoenbrun, the feat of the emperor 
of Auftria near Vienna, after directing his army toafTume 
the following pofitions, till the final ratification fliould 
have taken place : Marefchal Bernadotte was to occupy 
Bohemia ; marefchal Mortier, Moravia ; marefchal Da- 
vouft, Prelburgh, the capital of Hungary ; marefchal 
Soult-, Vienna ; marefchal Ney, Carinthia ; general Mar- 
rnont, Styria ; marefchal Malfena, Carniola; and maref¬ 
chal Augereau, commanding the referve, Suabia. Maref- 
clial Malfena, with the army of Italy, was now made the 
eighth divilion of the grand army. Prince Eugene Beau- 
harnois was made commander in chief of all the troops of 
the Venetian territories and kingdom of Italy. General 
St. Cyr was ordered to march towards Naples, and occu¬ 
py a ftrong pofition, in order to cut off its communication 
with the interior. 
In the mean while the emperor Napoleon difpatched 
melfengers to Paris with information of the negociations 
for a peace with Auftria ; conveying at the fame time the 
fiandards taken at the battle of Auftei litz, which happened 
to be fought on the anniverfary of the emperor’s corona¬ 
tion, as fet forth in the following letterfrom Napoleon to 
the archbilhop of Paris : 
“ My Father, —We have taken from our enemies 
forty-five ftands of colours on the anniverfary of our coro¬ 
nation ; that day when the hol^ father, his cardinals, and 
the whole of the French clergy, offered up their prayers 
for the welfare of our government in the church of Notre 
Dame. We have refolved to depolit thefe colours in this 
church, as the cathedral of our good city of Paris. We 
have ordered thefe colours to be prefented to you, that 
they may be preferved in your metropolitan church. It 
is alfo our intention, that the anniverfary of our corona¬ 
tion (hall, every year, be celebrated by the performance 
of a folemn att of devotion in our faid cathedral, in com¬ 
memoration of the valour exhibited that day, and of thofe 
who died for their country in that important adtion. This 
is to be followed by a thankfgiving to the God of armies, 
for the vidtory which he has been pleafed to give us; and 
as this letter has no other objedt in view, we pray God to 
take you into his holy keeping. Napoleon.” 
The confervative fenate met in confequence of thefe 
difpatches, and unanimoufly voted a triumphal monu¬ 
ment to be eredted to “ Napoleon the Great;” and 
alfo, “ that the acquifition of forty (land of colours taken 
from the enemy at Ulm, and fourteen afterwards added, 
and the forty-five ftandards taken at the battle of Aufter- 
litz, fliould be commemorated on tablets of marble, and 
eredfed in the grand hall of the fenate.” 
On the 26th of December 1805, the definitive treaty of 
peace was figned and exchanged at Prefburgh, between his 
imperial majefiy the emperor of Germany and Auflria, 
and his imperial majefty the emperor of France and king 
of Italy; of which the followingare the principal articles : 
“ There fliall be from the date of this day, peace and 
friendfliip between his majefiy the emperor of Germany 
and Aufiria, and his majefiy the emperor of the French, 
King of Italy, their heirs and liicceffors, their ftates and 
fubjedts refpedtively, for ever. 
“ France (hall continue to poflefs in property and fove- 
ireignty the duchies, principalities, lordftiips, and territo¬ 
ries, beyond the Alps, which were before the prefent treaty 
united and incorporated with the French empire, or go¬ 
verned by the laws and government of France. 
“ The emperor of Germany and Auftria, for himfelf, 
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his heirs,, and fucceftors, recognizes the difpofitions made 
by his majefty the emperor of France, King of Italy, rela¬ 
tive to the principalities of Lucca and Piombino. 
“ The emperor of Germany and Aufiria renounces, as 
well for himfelf as for his heirs and fuccefiors, that part 
of the ftates of the republic of Vbnice, ceded to him by 
the treaties of Campo Formioand Lunev.ille, which fhall 
be united in perpetuity to the kingdom of Italy. 
“ The emperor of Germany and Aufiria acknowledges 
his majefty the emperor of the French as king of Italy ; 
but it is agreed that, in conformity with the declaration 
made by his majefiy the emperor of the French, at the 
moment when he took the crown of Italy, that as foon as 
the parties named in that declaration (hall have fulfilled 
the conditions therein exprefied, the crowns of France 
and Italy fhall be feparated for ever, and cannot in any 
cafe be united on the fame head. His majefiy the empe¬ 
ror of Germany binds himfelf to acknowledge, on the re¬ 
paration, the fticceftbr his majefty the emperor of the 
French (hall appoint to himfelf as king of Italy. 
“ The prefent treaty of peace is declared to compre- 
hefid their mod ferene highnefTes (he electors of Bavaria, 
Wirtemberg, and Baden, and the Batavian republic, al¬ 
lies of his majefty the emperor of the French, in the pre¬ 
fent war. 
“ The electors of Bavaria and Wirtemberg having 
taken the title of king, without ceafing neverthelefs to 
belong to the Germanic confederation, his majefty the 
emperor of Germany and Auftria acknowledges them in 
that charafter. 
“ Their majefties the kings of Bavaria and Wirtem¬ 
berg, and his mod ferene highnefs the elector of Baden, 
fhall enjoy over the territories ceded, as well as over 
their ancient eftates, the plenitude of fovereignty, and all 
the rights refulting from it, which have been guaranteed 
to them by his majefty the emperor of the French, king 
of Italy, in the fame manner as his majefty the emperor 
of Germany and Auftria, and his majefty the king of 
Pruftia, over their German ftates. His majefty the em¬ 
peror of Germany and Auftria, both as chief of the em¬ 
pire, and as co-eftafes, engages himfelf not to oppofe any 
obftacle to the execution of the aCts which they may have 
made, or will make, in confequence. 
“ His majefty the emperor of Germany and Auftria, as 
well for himfelf, his heirs and fuccelfors, as for the princes 
of his houfe, their heirs and fuccefiors, renounces all the 
rights, as well of fovereignty as of paramount right to all 
pretenfions whatfoever, actual or eventual, on all the 
ftates, without exception, of their majefties the kings of 
Bavaria and Wirtemberg, and of his molt ferene highnefs 
the elector of Baden, and generally on all the ftates, do¬ 
mains, and territories, compriiea in the circles of Bava¬ 
ria, Franconia, and Suabia, as well as to every title taken 
from the (aid domains and territories; and reciprocally, 
all pretenfions, aCtual or eventual, of the laid ftates, to 
the charge of the houfe of Auftria, or its princes, are, 
and fhall be, for ever extinguilhed. 
“ His majefty the emperor Napoleon guarantees the in¬ 
tegrity of the empire of Auftria in the ftate in which it 
ftiall be in confequence of the prefent treaty of peace. 
“ The high contracting parties acknowledge the inde¬ 
pendence of the Helvetic republic, as eftablilhed by the 
aft of mediation, as well as the independence of the Bata¬ 
vian republic. 
“ His majefty the emperor of Germany and Auftria, 
and his majefty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, 
ftiall maintain between them the fame ceremonial as to 
rank and etiquette as was oblerved before the war. 
“ Immediately after the exchange of the ratification of 
the prefent treaty, commilfaries (hall be named on both 
fides to give up and to receive in the names of their re. 
fpeCtive fovereigns, all parts of the Venetian territory not 
occupied by the troops of his majefty the emperor of the 
French and king of Italy. The city of Venice, the Langnes, 
and the pofleflion of the Terra Firms, fhall be given up 
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