Lord Melville is now likely to be exposed; for, while it keeps up their spirits, it keeps down their resentments, which, if suffered to break out, might, by possibility, prove daugerous not only to themselves but to their friends also. An accommodation" (oh! how much do "Ithank thee, Jew, for giving me that word!") is a drug of very potent quality; it keeps the patient easy and quiet; and, in short, the word is, as Bardolph says, a word of exceeding good command." Be the consequences of the impeachment what they may, however, it is now certainly to take place. On the 26th instant Mr. Whitbread, accompanied by about sixty members, amongst whom there was not one Pittite, went to the bar of the House of Lords, and there preferred the impeachment in form. A committee of twenty one members, whose names shall be given in the next sheet, was, the same day, appointed to conduct the prosecution. A bill is bringing forward for the purpose of qualifying Mr. Trotter to be an evidence; and, the articles of impeachment will, doubtless, be prepared in a few days. Thus, then, in spite of all the efforts to the contrary, here he is, safely brought up, at the end of a two-and-twenty year's career. Here he is, the great economist, reformer, and impeacher, the close, the inseparable associate of the heaven-born minister, at last impeached himself, and that, too, (oh striking instance of the justice of Providence!) upon the motion and by the votes, of his own partisans, associates, friends, and relations! PARTIES.The well-known divisions, the childish bickerings, in the cabinet, and the desperate state, in which the minister is placed, together with the desire of inany well-meaning men, but, certainly very weak politicians, of seeing an union of the Opposition with Mr. Pitt and the remains of his once numerous and powerful body of friends; all these circumstances conjoined gave, some days ago, rise to a report, that MR. Fox had, in the debate of Friday, the 21st instant, declared, that, finding there was, in a certain quarter, an objection to "himself, he would not stand in the way of the wished for union, and that he recommended to his friends To JOIN WITH MR. PITT! This was the substance of the report, as given in the Morning Post, and papers devoted to the Pitt part of the ministry; and, which report, I take upon me to assert to be entirely false; a complete fabrication, and for what purpose, those who are acquainted, with the situation of the Pitts, the Huskissons, and the Cannings will be at no loss to perceive. Mr. Fox's words, according to the report of persons who were very near him, and who, upon such a topic could not fail to listen very attentively to what he said, were as follows: "Who can expect, that we should give extraordinary confidence" (the question the vote of credit)," or that foreign nations "should give an confidence at all, to such an administration as the present I am, "perhaps, less sanguine than others, with respect to the good that could be done by "the best administration; but I feel my 66 "self sure, that an administration formed to comprehend all that is respectable for "rank, talents, character and influence in "the country, affords the only chance of "safety; and I trust, that nobody can suppose, that any individual (however he may disapprove, as I certainly do, the uncon"stitional principle of exclusion) would suffer any personal object of ambition, if "ambition he had, to stand in the way of "the formation of such a ministry." Now, what does this mean? or what can it be tortured to mean further than the words import? except, perhaps, to lay an inplied responsibility on Mr. Pitt, if he suffers consi derations respecting his power, or personal situation to prevent the formation of such a ministry as Mr. Fox described. As to the real state of the case, there can, it is my settled opinion, be no ministry, that would have any strength or durability, without MR. Fox. The thing is not practicable. Men may indulge their prejudices, and feed their hopes, as long as they please; but the state of parties, of political influence and wishes, is such, that no efficacious ministry can now be formed without Mr. Fox, and that none, which would not.completely eradicate the last remains of confidence, can be formed with Mr. Pitt. The readers of this work have heard, till they are wearied, perhaps, my reasons for wishing, as I long have wished, and as I yet earnestly do wish, that Mr. Pitt should no longer have the conducting of our public affairs. A year ago, I did, indeed, think, that, for the important purpose of insuring hormony at so trying a crisis, he might, and ought, to have been a member of the cabinet, expressly declaring, however, that he ought by no means to be at the head; but, the last twelve months have made a great change in matters with respect to Mr. Pitt, His imbecillity as a war minister; his childish whims about the army, the volunteers, and the catamarans; his miserable and yet odious taxes: these might all be overlooked; but, the discoveries made in the TENTH KEPORT and during the inquiries connected therewith, together with his conduct relative to the several propositions respecting Lord Melville, render it, in my opinion, IMPOSSIBLE for him ever to be admitted into any ministry not composed of men, who would, if occasion offered, do what he and Lord Melville have done; and here, I am thoroughly persuaded, I express the sentiment of ninety-nine out of every hundred men in the kingdom. [This subject shall be resumed in my next.] FOREIGN OFFICIAL PAPERS. GENOA UNITED TO FRANCE.The follouing articles, taken from the French Official Paper, contain an account of what has been done relative to the Union of Genoa with France- -1805. 6 Genoa, June 2.—Some of our senators, who were sent to Milan to the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon, as King of Italy, having returned here on the 24th of May, with M. Salicetti, the French minister, on the next day an extraordinary sitting of the Ligurian Senate was held, in which the most important question which could be submitted to the consideration of that assem ́bly was discussed. The Genoese senate, in this meeting, formally declared for an union with the French empire, proclaimed its conditions, and resolved to submit it to the probation of the people. Decree. ap The senate, taking into consideration the actual state of the republic, and convinced that an independence, without strength or means to protect its commerce, the only source of its national prosperity, is of no advantage to the state of Liguria, and that it cannot exist without being united to the French empire, particularly since Piedmont has been incorporated with it; considering, besides, that the declaration made at the congress of Amiens, by the English government, that it could not recognise the republic of Genoa until it had resumed its antient form (a condition to which the Ligurian people could never consent), exposes it to the severe necessity of being involved in all the naval wars which may arise between France and England; considering that if, on one side, the Barbary powers, desolating the Ligurian commerce, make all maritime communication impracticable, so on the other our communications by land are as much interrupted by the necessary system of the French law of customs; considering, in fine, that the only means of withdrawing ourselves from a situation so critical, of reestablishing our commerce, of recovering all our rights and privileges, and of removing all the obstacles to our participating with the commerce of France, the immense advantages which peace will assuredly procure for her, is to incorporate ourselves with the French nation, and that to obtain this favour it is adviseable to profit of the journey of the Emperor and King to Italy: decreesARTICLE I. The union of the kingdom of Italy with the French empire, shall be proposed to his Majesty the Emperor and King, under the following conditions:-1st. That all the Ligurian territory, without the least reduction, shall compose an integral part of the French empire: 2d. That the debt of the Ligurian republic is to be liquidated in the same way with the debt of the French nation: 3d. That Genoa shall be'a free port, with all the privileges thereunto annexed; 4th. That in apportioning the land tax, due regard will be paid to the barrenness of the Ligurian soil, and the expenses of agricul ture, more considerable than in any other country: 5th. That there are neither to be barriers nor custom-houses between France and Liguria: 6th. That the law of conscrip tion shall only apply to sailors: 7th. That the export and import duties shall be regulated in the manner the most favourable to the agriculture and manufactures of Liguria; 8th. That all civil and criminal suits shall be decided either at Genoa or in some of the adjacent departments of the empire: 9th. That all the proprietors of national property shall be secured in the possession and fall enjoyment of the said property. ARTICLE IL The present decree shall be immediately submitted to the decision of the people. (Signed) LAZOTTI LANZOLA, Chief Se cretary- -Dated June 1, 1805. The registers having been immediately opened throughout Il Liguria, to receive the votes of the functionaries and citizens, the decree of the senate was instantly ratified by a great majority of affirmative votes. The registers were collected at Genoa, and entrusted to deputies, who yesterday set out to present them to the Emperor of the French, and to entreat his Majesty to grant the request expressed. Previous to the departure of the deputies, official communication was made of the wishes of the Ligurians to the Austrian Envoy, Baron Giusti, in the following note. The undersigned senator, minister for foreign affairs, has the honour to communicate to his excellency the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of Germany and Austria, the decree whereby the senate has induced the union of the Ligurian republic with the Printed by Cox and Baylis, No. 75, Great Queen Street, and published by R. Bagshaw, Bow-Street, Covent Garden, where former Numbers may be had; sole also by J. Budd, Crown and Mitre, Pall-Mali, French empire: a decree which has obtained the sanction of the people, and in virtue of which a deputation has been appointed to lay before his Majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy, the wishes of the whole nation. His excellency has resided sufficiently long at Genoa to be satisfied of the impossibility under which this country laboured, of preserving its independence amidst events which have changed the face of Europe. Too weak to protect our commerce and navigation, we have constantly seen our flag insulted, and our coasts exposed to the pillage of the Barbary powers. While the great powers were occupied in making their flag respected, they abandoned the weaker ones to the outrages of the enemies of the Christian name. Our interior police also was so difficultly circumstanced, that a band of robbers, who had taken refuge in the mountains, were become an object of terror to the neighbouring parts. On the other hand, England in the negotiations which preceded the treaty of Amiens, would not recognise the existence of our new state, nor the changes which we had thought proper to make in our constitution, by abolishing the aristocracy, and by preferring to all other advantages, that equality of rights, on which the prosperity of every commercial nation is founded. She has, in spite of our efforts to the contrary, included us in all her wars with France, and our maritime commerce has always been the prey to her tyranny. On the land side, we were so surrounded by the territory of the French empire, that if our city still possesses any commerce, we owe it to the Emperor, who has treated us with so much goodness, that he has made sacrifices in our favour to the possible 'prejudice of Nice and Marseilles. We had every reason to apprehend, that in the course of time, his Majesty would not be able to continue to us these advantages; and then, surrounded on all sides by the French custom houses, without territory, marine, or commerce, we should have been the most weak and miserable nation. The decree which united Piedmont to France, had already pronounced the union of our territory with the French em pire, and of our city, which is only a part of Piedmont. In this state of affairs, by an unanimity of opinion, which is unexampled in any nation, anxious to show ourselves worthy of our fathers, and unable, when left to ourselves, to give our flag that splendour and glory which our ancestors have obtained for it under different circumstances, we have resolved to recover that splendour, and that glory, by incorporating ourselves with a great nation, and by submitting ourselves to the laws of a great prince, who has always manifested towards us sentiments of friendship, and has honoured us with his particular protection. The deputation, who carry the voice of the senate, of the doge, and of the people, depart this evening; and when they shall have passed the frontiers of our territories, we shall consider our independence at an end. The government has thought it proper to communicate these circumstances to his Excellency the Baron de Giusti, and to assure his Majesty the Emperor of Germany and Austria, of their gratitude for the concern he has evinced on several occasionis; and at the same time to acquaint his worthy representative at Genoa that his mission is hereby terminated. In placing ourselves thus under the laws of the French empire, we do not in the least add to her continental strength. Our population, few in number, is far from warlike. The produce of our finances will be entirely absorbed in the expenses of the defence of our coasts, and the establishment of our arsenals. France, by this union, will obtain an augmentation of naval force; and we cannot but think that we are doing what is the wish of all the continental powers, namely, to enable her to contend with the enemy of all nations, and the tyrant of the seas. The undersigned has the honour to reiterate to his excellency the minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraor dinary, the expression of his entire esteem, and distinguished consideration. (Signed) ROGIERI. Dated Genoa, June 1, 1805. ANSWER OF NAPOLEON to the Deputies, upon receiving the Decree of the Ligurian Senate. You, the doge, and deputies of the se DIRECTIONS TO THE BOOK-BINDER. It is to be observed, that this sheet, which is the last of Volume VII. should not be cut open by the reader, but should be left to the Bookbinder, who will perceive, that the first half sheet, of which this page makes a part, comes at the end, and that the other half sheet, containing the Title Page, Avertisement, and Table of Contents, is to be cut off, and placed at the beginning of the Volume. Supplement to No. 26; Vol. VII-Price 10d nate and people of Genoa.Circum-ritime power, which is necessary for the stances and your wishes have often called upon me, for the last ten years, to interfere in your domestic concerns. I have always endeavoured to procure peace for you, and to introduce those liberal ideas which could alone confer on your government that splendour which it formerly enjoyed. But I early had convincing proof of the utter impossibility in which you were placed to atchieve any thing worthy of your forefathers. A great change has taken place; the new principles of maritime law, which the English have adopted, and compelled the greatest part of Europe to recognise; the right of blockade, which it is in their power to extend to places which are not blockaded, even to whole coasts and rivers, and which in effect is nothing else than to control at their pleasure the commerce of the world; the increasing depredations of the Barbary powers; all those circumstances presented to you only a nominal independence. Posterity will be grateful to me for having endeavoured to establish the freedom of the seas, and to compel the Barbary powers to refrain from molesting the weaker flags, and to live at home as agriculturists and honest men. The welfare and the dignity of the human race were my only objects. At the treaty of Amiens, England refused to co-operate in those liberal ideas. Since that time a great continental power has shewn as much repugnance to the same principle. Alone to maintain those principles, I should have had recourse to arms; but I have no right to spill the blood of my people, except for their own peculiar interests.- -From the moment that Europe could not obtain from England, that the right of blockade should be restricted to places really blockaded; from the moinent that the flag of the weak was unprotected, and at the mercy of the piracy of the Barbary powers, there was no longer any maritime independence; and from that moment every sensible man must have foreseen what is now come to pass. Whenever a commercial-nation has no maritime independence, it becomes incumbent on it to place it support of their lawful rights against the ty rants of the seas. In the union with my people you will find a continent; you, who have only ports, and the sea before you will in this union find a flag, which, whatever may be the pretensions of my enemies, I shall support throughout all the seas of the universe, free from insults or attacki, and against the right of blockading, which I shall never recognise, but in such places a are really blockaded by land as well as by sea. In short, in it you will find yourselves protected against that shameful slavery, which, contrary to my wishes, I am obliged to suffer weaker powers to endure, but against which I shall always protect my subjects.Your people will always find, in the regard I have ever had for them; and in the parental sentiments I shall feel for them henceforth, the assurance that every thing which can contribute to their welfare shall be done for them.--Doge, and gentlemen of the deputation of the senate, and people of Genoa, return to your country; I shall be there ere long, and will confirm the union which you and my people are about to form. These barriers which separate you from the continent, shall be removed for the commen interest, and things will soon be in their natural order. The signatures of all your citizens, subscribed to the request which you now make to me, dispel every objection. I might have had to make. They constitute the only right which I consider as legitimate. In causing that law to be respected, I shall only establish the independence which I have promised you... KINGDOM OF ITALY.-The following articles are taken from the French Official Paper of the 5th of May, 1805. The solemn expression of the wishes of Liguria to be united to France, has been already followed at Milan by new ceremonials of the most important character. The first having taken place on the 4th instant, the Emperor and King presided in person on the 7th, at the opening of the legislative assem self under protection of a more powerful flag.bly of the kingdom of Italy. This event has I will realize your expectations; I will unite you to my great people. I shall thereby acquire additional means of rendering that protection-more powerful which I have always been so well disposed to extend to you. My people will, with pleasure receive you. They know, that at all times you have been friendly to their armies, and that you have assisted them with all your force, and with all your means They find, moreover, in your territory, ports, and an increase of ma been rendered remarkable, by the communication of a third constitutional code, which completes the monarchical government; and, as an additional support, confers upon it the Order of the Iron Crown. The meeting of the Italian legislature was also distinguished by the presentation of Prince Eugene Beauharnois, as Viceroy of Italy. His Majesty the Emperor and King, addressed the assembly in the following terms: (To be continued |