PUBLIC FUNDED DEBT. An Account of the PUBLIC FUNDED Debt of GREAT BRITAIN, as the same stood on the 1st of February, 1813. Charges of Management.. Annuities fallen in, or dead; grants by Parliament, and Annuities of 1 per cent. on part of Capitals created since 5th January 1793. Total CHARGE for DEBT payable in GREAT BRITAIN UNFUNDED DEBT. An Account of the UNFUNDED DEBT and DEMANDS OUTSTANDING on the 5th Day of January, 1813. FOREIGN STATE-PAPERS. Russia. Declaration.-At the moment of my ordering the armies under my command to pass the Prussian frontier, the emperor, my master, directs me to declare, that this step is to be considered in no other light than as the inevitable consequence of the military operations. Faithful to the principles which have actuated his conduct at all times, his imperial majesty is guided by no view of conquest. The sentiments of moderation which have ever characterised his policy are still the same, after the decisive successes with which divine Providence has blessed his legitimate efforts. Peace and independence shall be their result. These his majesty offers, together with his assistance, to every people, who, being at present obliged to oppose him, shall abandon the cause of Napoleon, in order to follow that of their real interest. I invite them to take advantage of the fortunate opening which the Russian armies have produced, and to unite themselves with them in the pursuit of an enemy whose precipitate flight has discovered its loss of power. It is to Prussia in particular to which this invitation is addressed. It is the intention of his imperial majesty to put an end to the calamities by which she is oppressed, to demonstrate to her king the friendship which he preserves for him, and to restore to the monarchy of Frederic its eclat and its extent. He hopes that his Prussian majesty, animated by sentiments which this frank declaration ought to produce, will, under such circumstances, take that part alone, which the wishes of his people, and the interest of his states, demand. Under this conviction, the emperor, my master, has sent me the most positive orders to avoid every thing that could betray a spirit of hostility between the two powers, and to endeavour, within the Prussian provinces, to soften, as far as a state of war will permit, the evils which for a short time must result from their occupation. (Signed) The marshal commander in chief of the armies, PRINCE KOUTOSOFF SMOLENSKO. Proclamation. When the emperor of all the Russias was compelled by a war of aggression, to take arms for the defence of his states, his imperial majesty, from the accuracy of his combinations, was enabled to form an estimate of the important results which that war might produce with respect to the independence of Europe. The most heroic constancy, the greatest sacrifices, have led to a series of triumphs; and when the commander in chief, prince Koutousoff Smolensko, led his victorious troops beyond the Niemen, the same principles still continued to animate the sovereign. At no period has Russia been accustomed to practise that art (too much resorted to in modern wars), of exaggerating, by false statements, the success of her arms. But with whatever modesty her details might now be penned, they would appear incredible. Ocular witnesses are necessary to prove the facts to France, to Germany, and to Italy, before the slow progress of truth will fill those countries with mourn ing and consternation. Indeed, it is difficult to conceive, that in a campaign of only four months' duration, one hundred and thirtythousand prisoners should have been taken from the enemy, besides nine hundred pieces of cannon, forty-nine stand of colours, and all the waggon train and baggage of the army. A list of the names of all the generals taken is hereunto annexed. It will be easy to form an estimate from that list, of the number of superior and subaltern officers taken. It is sufficient to say, that out of three hundred thousand men (exclusive of Austrians), who penetrated into the heart of Russia, not thirty thousand of them, even if they should be favoured by fortune, will ever revisit their country. The manner in which the emperor Napoleon repassed the Russian frontiers can assuredly be no longer a secret to Europe. So much glory, and so many advantages, cannot, how ever, change the personal dispositions of his majesty the emperor of all the Russias. The grand principles of the independence of Europe have always formed the basis of his policy; for that policy is fixed in his heart. It is beneath his character to permit any endeavours to be made to induce the people to resist the oppression, and to throw off the yoke which has weighed them down for twenty years. It is their government whose eyes ought to be opened by the actual situation of France. Ages may elapse before an opportunity equally favourable again presents itself; and it would be an abuse of the goodness of Providence, not to take advantage of this crisis to reconstruct the great work of the equilibrium of Europe, and thereby to ensure public tranquillity and individual happiness. Concordat between Napoleon and the Pope. His majesty the emperor and king and his holiness being inclined to put an end to the differences which have arisen between them, and to provide against the difficulties that have taken place in several affairs concerning the church, have agreed upon the following articles, which are to serve as a basis for a definitive arrangement : Art. 1. His holiness shall exercise the pontificate in France, and in the kingdom of Italy, in the same manner, and with the same forms, as his predecessors. 2. The ambassadors, ministers, chargés d'affaires of foreign powers to the holy father, and the ambassadors, ministers, or chargés d'affaires, whom the pope may have with foreign powers, shall enjoy such immunities and privileges as are enjoyed by the members of the diplomatic body. 3. The domains which were possessed by the holy father, and that have not been alienated, shall be exempted from all kinds of imposts, and shall be administered by his agents, or chargés d'affaires. Those which were alienated, shall be replaced, as far as to the amount of two millions of francs in revenue. 4. Within the space of six months following the notification of the usage of nomination by the emperor to the archbishopricks |