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uers of the latter is ^ ot yet developed , ttte-ttftute' 1 &iti £ m # time * ttiyhaving torn down ; all that he w ^ appointed by providence to lay waste ; he presents JiimseM in all his varied features to his astonished and humble worshippers . When it was prophesied , by an admired -writer in this country , that France was blotted out of the maptfof Europe , little had he considered the nature of the
former governments , little did he think that the order of things , settled in his apprehension on so firm a basis , should be so totally overthrown . Little did he think , tkat the empire of Germany should cease to exist , that the possessor of its throne should resign his seat , which should be occupied by another , under a different name , "but with increased authority /
The emperor of Germany on resigning his title to that empire , and dissolving the bond of allegiance between himself and his subjects , retired to the sovereignty of his hereditary states , and in them he assumed the title of emperor . This was allowed to him by other sovereigns , and the empty title kept up the appearance in his court of former greatness . But he was not content ; and ,
notwithstanding preceding experience , he ventured again to try his strength agai 8 St an adveTsary , by whom he had teen repeatedly humbled . His success was what naight have been expected ; but , notwithstanding the provocations given , the conqueror has not despoiled him of all his dominions , nor abolished
his titl es * Austria still boasts of an emperor , Vienna will again see revived within its walls the splendour of an im-Ijerial court . But the means of keeping « £ this empty dignity are much aiminisljfcd , and the empeior ha& no regal * a $ als to pay him their homage . Still he is an emperor , and his subjects will P ^ 7 dearly for the title . His imperial majesty as » mpoverished his domains ; attq , if he does not reduce ' very cpnslderabl y his state , he must live for ever in complete subjection to his lordly rival . Prussia and Austria , which formerly filled Europe with their contentions ,
aow present a similar picture of distress : OQth arc completely humbled ; they may y ^ PMthifie with each other on their de-P « ro 4 ^ e&ness . YH the treaty of peace does not pre ~ f > tn ? sucft harsh tei ? ms , as we expected , Austriari ^ ihdeed comjpUetely cut off from ihp sea . ffer Bag can jpcvsr » g **«
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be hoisted , for not a sea-port Is left to receive it * The former wars had taken from her alt her ports in the British channels : this treaty has severed from her Trieste , and the ports on the Adriatic . The Save is now , with a line drawn from the Danube * o it through Upper Austria , the western boundary ^ her territories are the remainder of
Austria , Bohemia , Moravia and Hungary , and a smalL part of Poland . Here is suf ~ ficient room for the exercise of regal talents ; but , when do kings learn wisdom by misfortunes . Instances however are upon record of such an event ; and we sincerely hope , that the Austrian , Cabinet will afford another example to > the world of reformation ; that it wili
no longer resist every improvement , and that it will study to meliorate tfef condition of its subjects . - The Emperor o £ Austria is not returned to Vienna , nor have the French evacuated his territories . Every thing i § r arranged however for the latter purposev Besides his losses to the west of the Saver
and Austria , he gives up to Saxony all the towns he possessed in that kingdom , a great district in Poland ; and Russia also is to take from him a district to b £ marked out by an extensive population There are also secret articles to this treaty , probably specifying sums of money to be paid at different intervals , but of these we shall hear in due time . The
kings of Saxony and Bavaria seem to have been the greatest gainers , as the latter comes into possession of a great territory in Saltzburg an $ i the Tyrol . - The unfortunate Tyrolese have not ad yet submitted to their fate . They are still in
arms , and their fastnesses in tne mountains wili keep up for some time the petty war . They must at last surrender , and probably in a \ Gry short time will forget their ancient lords , and rejoice in the change of masters . There is room for the formation pf another kingdom out of those territories , which lying on the top of the Adriatic , are to be called lllyrian . These with Dalmatia may give a title to another of Buonaparte ' s generals : and he > may have liberty to extend his dominions to the east , at the experice of the Turks . But this lies in the breast of
the French monarch , and his designs are not yet , divulged . He may probably choose to Bring Spain and Portugal under his . yoke * before he ' completely deteaM mines the number of hi * new ki « gd , < rt * is *
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^ Slate Public Affairs * 643
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1809, page 643, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1742/page/57/
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