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is to have his recompence from the fecu- - 
larizations in Germany ; and, the Empe- 
ror adds to his Venetian acquilition the 
iflands inthe Adriatic. This treaty, which 
recognizes alfe the Ligurian, Helvetian, 
and Batavian Republics, was announced 
to the Legiflative Body by a meflage, in 
which Bonaparte fyeaks with his ufual 
hoftility towards England : < All the com- 
merce of Afia,” fays he, ‘* and immenfe 
colonies, are no longer {ufficient to fatisfy 
its ambition... It is neceffary that the feas 
fhould be fubjeéted to the exclufive fove- 
reignty of England. It arms againft Ruf- 
fia, Denmark, and Sweden, be¢aufe Ruflia, 
Denmark, and Sweden have by treaties 
mutually guaranteed their fovereignty and 
their flags.” 7 
In our laft number we have given a 
fketch of the movements of the hoitile ar- 
mies till the armiftice was figned between 
GeneralMoreau and the ArchdukeCharies, 
on the 25th of December, in Germany. 
In the prefent we fhall endeavour to give 
a fhort account of the movements of the 
armies in Italy, till the peace at Luneville, 
In the Vienna Court Gazette, of the 3d 
of January, we find General Bellegarde’s 
official account of the action of the 25th 
ef December, on the Mincio, when the 
enemy (as we have before ftated) fuc- 
ceeded in forcing the ftrong lines of the 
Auttrians on that river, in which the lofs 
faftained on both fides is allowed to have 
been dreadful, though it is ftated as hay- 
ing fallen lefs heavily on the Imperialifts 
than the French~accounts reprefented.— 
After pafling the Adige and taking Ve- 
rona, the French pufhed on for Vicenza, 
palfed the Brenta, took Citadella, and ad- 
vanced to Caftelfranco, where a tharp bat- - 
tle was fought on the rzth of January. 
The town was at length taken, and the 
Auftrians, purfued to Salvaroza,where they 
encamped on a plain. It appears, that on 
the 4th of January, General Bellegarde 
requefted Brune, that a ceflation of ho- 
ftilities might take place in Italy, as well 
at Germany; towhich the republican Ge- 
neral replied, that he would cunfent to no 
propofitions for an armiftice, unlefs they 
fhould be preceded by the furrender of the 
fortrefles of Mantua, Pefchiera, Ferrara, 
and Ancona; but thefe terms were not 
agreed to. The Imperiali(ts had now on 
their right the formidable army of the 
Grifons, the divifions under Macdonald, 
Moncy, &c. (which had all advanced 
through the. Tyrol, and the Bifhopric of 
Trent.) The army of the°Grifons had 
taken Trent, and eftablithed acommuni- 
Cation with ¢he left wing of the army of 
State of Public Affairs in February, 1807. 
[Merch 1, 
Italy. While Brane was driving the 
Auttrians before him in the Venetian ter- 
ritories, General Murat, with the corps of 
obfervation, was in full march againit An- 
cona,, aiid meditated an attack upon the 
Neapolitan dominions. From this dif- 
aftrous ftate cf things, the Auftrian army 
and the territory of Italy have been at 
length relieved by an armiftice, figned ow 
the 16th of January, at Trevifo ; by the 
terms of which the fortreffes of Pefchiera, 
Ferrara, Ancona,and Sermin, are given up 
to the French. Mantua,like Ulm and In- 
golfadt before, was, by an article in the 
urmiftice, to remain blockaded by the 
French, and to he revictualled every ten 
days ; but this condition was foon render= 
éd null by a conveition figned at Lune~ 
ville.on the 26th, by which Mantua, as 
wellas all the other tortrefles, was furren- 
dered, ie 
The views of Bonaparte now feem to 
be, to induce the Emperor of Ruffa (un- 
der a promife of reconquering Malta for 
him) to threaten the Ottoman Porte; and 
by that means to fucceed in maintaining a 
footing in Egypt. This. conjeéture meets 
with {ome confirmation, from a note that 
has been prefented by the Ruffian Ambaf- 
fador, at Confiantinople, to the Divan, 
ftating, that the Ottoman Court muft not 
permit the landing in Egypt of the Britifh 
forces, under General Abercrombie ; and 
infinuating, that any difobedience to this 
injunGlion may lead to very fatal confe- 
quences, as it will be looked upon as an 
act of hottility on the part of the.Turks 
acainft Ruffia. In this dilemma, witha 
Ruffian fleet in the Dardawelles, nothing. 
lefs can be expeéted than the fubmiffion of- 
the Porte, under fuch a weighty combina~ 
tion of force. mA 
The Emperor of Ruffia has fent a mot 
{plendid embaffy to the Chief Conful. of 
France, and has banifhed Louis the 18th, 
and his niece, the Duchefs D’ Angouleme, 
from the. RuMfan territories. et. 
The Tribunal of Caflation aflémbled on. 
the 3cth of January to take into confidera- 
tion the fentence of Ceracchi and his ac- 
complices. Citizen Arnauld, Subftitutor 
of Commiffion, argued’ for fome time on 
the merits-of the cate. At oneo’clock the 
tribunal withdrew into the council-cham- 
ber, for the purpofe of deliberation. — 
Having returned tothe hail, it pronounced 
the rejection of the appeal made by’ Ce- 
racchis Arena, Lebrun, and Dumerville, 
who have been fince executed. 4 
On the r6th of January a Refiian officer © 
arrived in Paris, in feventeem days, from 
Peterfburgh. He was the bearer of a» 
letter 
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