the house was resumed, and the report ordered to be received on Monday. Friday, April 28. On the third reading of the Manches ter water works bill, Mr. Patten moved to put it off for six months. A discussion took place, and the house divided, when there appeared, for the amend ment 49, in favour of the bill 98. The Westminster road Sunday toll bill (by which the toll was to be increased) was, on the motion of Mr. Hibbert, ordered to be read this day six months it is consequently lost. Lord H. Petty said, he had to call the attention of the house to a question, which, in point of principle, was one of the utmost importance. It appeared, by returns made to the house, that a sum of money had been issued to a foreign prince, and for the use of foreigners, without the consent of parliament! The uniform practice in this country, since the revolution, and adopted by our ancestors, as the practical lesson taught them by long troubles and contests, was to allow of no applications of money without a vote of parliament. The smallness of the present sum did not diminish the danger of the practice.There never was a case which appeared more calculated to attract the attention of parliament, and to meet the reprobation of the house. He concluded with moving, "That the applying any sums "of money to uses not voted by parlia"ment, is a misapplication of the pub"lic money, and an invasion of the ac"knowledged right and privilege of the "house of Commons." Mr. Perceval said, he would not differ with the noble lord in the principle laid down by him; but it was well known that in great and extensiye wars the principle had been repeatedly departed from. There were nomberless prece dents of its being done, and such things happened in the administration of the noble lord himself. He then concluded with moving the previous question. After a few words from Mr. Tierney and Mr. Huskisson, the motion was negatived without a division. On the motion of Mr. Huskisson, the house resolved itself into a committee of supply, to consider of the army estimates; when Mr. H. moved for a grant of 229,4501. for army extraordinaries, some of which was to be applied for the relief of emigrants, and for the payment of foreign officers and troops in our ser vice. Mr. Whitbread wished to know who or what a Mr. Roget is, who is one of the half pay officers of the Dutch troops, or whether he is now in existence or not? Lord Castlereagh could not tell any thing of him, but that he was a clerk or officer under General Sontag, the commander of those Dutch troops. Mr. Whitbread said, he was not yet sure, whether the name of Roget was a nomme de guerre, or the name of a man. Lord Castlereagh said, Mr. Roget was employed at the war office, under Gen. Sontag, and he knew no more of him. Mr. Huskisson said, he was a reduced lieutenant colonel of the Dutch corps; but where Mr. Roget now is, he did not know. Mr. W. Smith said, this was a proof how the public money went, that ministers did not know what is become of those who are to receive it! Mr. Whitbread thought the secretary at war extremely culpable, in producing army estimates, without being able to give an account of what they are for. Mr. Wardle rose to move for certain papers from the war office, in order to call the attention of the house to the sixth report of the committee of military inquiry. Great confusion, he said, prevailed in the accountant department, where, though 50 additional clerks had been taken, yet still the business was very much behind. Lord Castlereagh said, that as the report of the committee was now under the consideration of government, he hoped the hon. gentleman would not press his motion. The additional clerks were employed in bringing up old ar rears prior to 1797. Mr. Wardle took upon himself to state, that the regimental accounts were in the most scandalous state; many of them had not been settled for full thir teen years! The report had been in ministers hands ever since peace, and now, when papers were moved for, they talked of arrangements! Unless a com plete change in the system took place, the country must be immense losers!→ The accountant office cost 54,0001. a year, yet he would pledge himself to get the business better done for 30,0001. He should withdraw his motion for the present.-Adjourned to Monday. STATE PAPERS. WAR BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND FRANCE. PROCLAMATION BY THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES TO THE AURTRIAN ARMY. Vienna, April 6.-The protection of our country calls us to new exploits. As long as it was possible to preserve peace by means of sacrifices, and as long as these sacrifices were consistent with the honour of the throne, with the security of the state, and with the welfare of the people, the heart of our bountiful Sovereign suppressed every painful feeling in silence; but when all endeavours to preserve happy independence from the insatible ambition of a foreign conquerer prove fruitless, when nations are falling around us, and when lawful sovereigns are torn from the hearts of their subjects -when, in fine, the danger of universal subjugation threatens even the happy states of Austria, and their peaceable fortunate inhabitants; then does our country demand its deliverance from us, and we stand forth in its defence. On you, my dear brother soldiers, are fixed the eyes of the universe, and of all those who feel for national honours and national prosperity. You shall not share the disgrace of becoming the tools of oppression. You shall not carry on the endless wars of ambition under distant climes. Your blood shall never flow for foreign fleets and foreign covetousness; not on you shall the curse alight to annihilate innocent nations; and over the bodies of the slaughtered defenders of their country to pave the way for a foreigner to the usurped throne. A happier lot awaits you; the liberty of Europe has taken refuge under our banners. Your victories will loose its fetters, and your brothers in Germany, yet in the ranks of the enemy, long for their deliverance. You are engaged in a just cause, otherwise I should not appear at your head! On the fields of Ulm and Marengo, whereof the enemy so often remind us with ostentatious pride, on these fields will we renew the glorious deeds of Wurtzburgh and Ostrach, of Liptiegen (Stockach), and Zurich, of Verona, of the Trebbia and Novi. We will conquer a lasting peace for our country; but the great aim is not to be attained without great virtues. Unconditional subordination, strict discipline, persevering courage, and unshaken steadiness in danger, are the companions of true fortitude. Only a union of will, and a joint cooperation of the whole lead to victory. My sovereign and brother has invested me with extensive powers, to reward and to punish. I will be every where in the middle of you, and you shall receive the first thanks of your country from your general on the field of battle. The patri otism of many of the Austrian nobility has anticipated your wants: this is a pledge in the fullest measure, of the public gratitude: but punishment shall also, with inflexible ri gour, fall on every breach of duty: merit shall meet with reward, and offence with animadversion, without distinction of person, or rank, branded with disgrace shall the worthless person be cast out to whom life is dearer than his and our honour.'Adorned with the marks of publices teem, will I present to our sovereign, and to the world, those brave men who have deserved well of their country, and whose names I will ever carry in my heart. · There remains one consideration, which I must put you in mind of. The soldier is only formidable to the enemy in arms; civil virtues must not be strangers to him: out of the field of battle, towards the unarmed citizens and peasants, he is moderate, compassionate, and humane: he knows the evils of war, and strives to lighten them. I will punish every wanton excess with so much greater severity, as it is not the intention of our monarch to oppress neighbouring countries, but to deliver them from their oppressors, and to form with their princes a powerful bond in order to bring about a lasting peace, and to maintain the general welfare and security. Soon will foreign troops in strict union with us, attack the common enemy. Then, brave companions in arms! honour and support them as your brothers: not vain-glorious high words, but manly deeds, do honour to the warrior; by intrepidity before the enemy you must shew yourselves to be the first soldiers. Thus then shall I one day lead you back to your own country, fol lowed by the respect of the enemy, and by the gratitude of foreign nations, after having secured by your arms an honourable peace, when the satisfaction of our monarch, the approbation of the world, the rewards of valour, the blessings of your fellow-citizens, and the conscious ness of deserved repose await you. CHARLES, Generalissimo. on the frontiers for the protection of the state, For there three years past I have made the utmost exertions to procure you, my beloved subjects, the blessings of a permanent peace. No sacrifice, any ways consistent with your welfare and with the independence of the state, however painful, have I spared to secure your tran quillity and welfare by a friendly understanding with the Emperor of the French. But all my endeavours proved fruitless. The Austrian monarchy was also to submit to the boundless ambition of the Emperor Napoleon; and in the same manner he strives to subdue Spain, insults the sacred head of the church, appropriates to himself the provinces of Italy, and parcels out the German dominions. Austria was to do homage to the great empire, the formation of which he has loudly announced. I have adopted all necessary measures to assert the independence of the state. Not only have you an swered my call, but your love for your native country has prompted you to anticipate it. Accept my cordial thanks; they will be repeated by my posterity and yours. Selfdefeuce, not invasion, was our aim. But the conqueror will not allow the Sovereign of his people, strong in their mutual confidence, to possess sufficient means to oppose his ambi tious views. He declared himself hostile to Austria, unless she should relinquish her measures of defence and prostrate herself disarmed at his feet. The disgraceful proposal was rejected, and now his hosts are advancing against us, arrayed for battle. I confide in God-in the valour of my armies, in the heroic conduct of my brother, who leads them on to glory, in you, my beloved people, Our exertions for this warfare are great, but such they must be in order to attain more securely the important end of self-preservation. What you have hitherto done is the most unquestionable pledge of the powerful assistance which I am to receive from you. They who bear no arms will also share in the protection of their country. Unanimity, order, obedience, activity, and confidence constitute the real strength of a nation. You Have evinced them, and to this alone is it owing, that we start with a fairer prospect of success than we ever did. Fortunate events will not unnerve your energy, nor disastrous occurrences, should any happen, shake your firm resolve. Persevering vaIour overcomes all dangers, enhances every advantage, and supplies all losses. Our cause is just; Providence does not forsake those who do not forsake themselves. I depend on your love, your tried fidelity to your Prince and country. Depend ye on the paternal solicitude of your monarch, who finds all his happiness in yours. Vienna, April 8. FRANCIS. The Archduke Charles has issued the following address to the German nation: His Majesty the Emperor of Austria is forced to take up arms, because the French Emperor will not tolerate the existence of a state which does not acknowledge his supremacy of power, nor stoop to become subservient to his views of conquest; because he requires that Austria shall renounce her independence, unbend her energies, and surrender at the conqueror's discretion; because the armies of the Emperor of France, and of his dependent allies, advance against Austria with hostile views. We pass the frontiers not as conquerors; not as enemies of Germany; not to destroy German institutions, laws, customs, and manners, and impose foreign ones; not to appro priate to ourselves the property of Germany, or to sacrifice her children in distant wars, carried on to destroy and subjugate foreign nations. No; we fight to assert the independence of the Austrian monarchy, and to restore to Germany the independence and national honours which are due to her. The same pretensions which now threaten us have already proved fatal to Germany. Our assistance is her last effort to be saved. Our cause is that of Germany. United with Aus tria, Germany was independent and happy; it is only through the assis. tance of Austria that Germany can receive happiness and independence. Germans! Consider your destruction. Accept the aid we offer, and co-operate with us for your salvation. We demand from you no exertions, but such as the war for our common cause requires. Your property and your domestic peace are secured by the discipline of our troops. The Austrian armies will not oppress, not rob you; they respect you as brethren, chosen to fight jointly with us, for your cause and for ours. Be worthy of our respect; such Germans only as forget themselves are our enemies. Depend on my word, which I have more than once pledged, and redeemed, to save you! Depend on the word of my Emperor and brother, which has never been violated! CHARLES, Generallissimo. FRANCE. The forces of Austria have risen for self-defence and self-preservation Paris, April 18.-The Archduke at the nod of their monarch; I am, Charles has established his staff and. leading them on against the enemy, head-quarters at Lintz, and com to prevent the certain attack he pre-mands in chief the army which is pared against us, ordered to attack Bavaria. The letter which the Prince has sent to the General commanding the French army in Bavaria is to the following effect: "According to a declaration of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria to the Emperor Napoleon, I hereby notify to the general in chief of the French army, that I have received orders to advance with the troops under my command, and to treat as enemies all who shall make opposition. CHARLES, General. From my head-quarters, April 9." Nuremberg, April 14.-The Marshal Duke of Auerstadt has issued the following order of the day : TO THE ARMY OF THE RHINE. threatened the territory of our allies, without the least appearance of any difference between the two powers, and conceiving himself in a situation to undertake hostilities, has actually' commenced war. The directors of the Austrian cabinet have a very great interest in the result of their libellous scurrilities. Woe be to those who may dare to disseminate them, and by these means excite disturbance, the prompt execution of military law will be the inevitable consequence. Soldiers-In spite of those libeilous reproaches, Germany has done honour to your discipline and good" conduct.--You do not make war against the inhabitants; those unfor tunate sacrifices to the views of the house of Austria, whose ambition has stained so many of the pages of history with blood, and whose arrogance has again excited such agitation among the nations. Hemau, April 12. -Soldiers-His Majesty the Emperor of Austria commenced hostilities on the 8th inst. This was announced by his generals in chief on the 9th. They have taken up arms. The orders of the day delivered to the Austrian armies are merely the effusions of scurrility. This is not the way to attack the soldiers of the Emperor Napoleon. They threaten to overwhelm us with defeat and disgrace upon the plains of Ulm and Marengo. Your conduct will shew what right they have to make use of these threats. Soldiers, our beloved sovereign, when he was first consul, offered peace, the Emperor of Austria refused it-Marengo compelled him to accept of terms.-The English broke the treaty of Amiens!-vereign, whose wish is that we should Our Sovereign had collected his armies on the French coasts, and the Emperor of Austria availed himself of that juncture, and without any previous declaration of war, violated the territory of our allies, and threatened ours.Ulm compelled the enemy of our Sovereign again to make peace. In the present instance, the Emperor of Austria has A soldier of Napoleon must not only be free from censure, but without fear. If there be any of a contrary character in our ranks, and who shall so far transgress against the fundamentals of all discipline as to dishonour his cloth by plunder or disobedience, punishment shall spee-. dily follow. The results of this war are certain.' We shall be supported by the Em- . peror Alexander, who is faithful to his engagements in peace or war. With his armies whom you highly respect;-with the confederate so avenge their cause, and secure them |