The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser

VIENNA, AUG. 17.

Declaration of the Emperor of Germany.

Although the emperor has not as yet taken any direct part in the different efforts which have been made in the course of the present maritime war, to reconcile the belligerent parties, and effect the re-establishment of peace, his majesty has not been the less ardently desirous that an object so beneficial should be obtained by the exertions of the power whose mediation was particularly solicited for that purpose.

This desire on the part of the court of Vienna was necessarily increased from the time that events, involving directly the interests and the balance of the continent were produced by subsequent consequences of the war between France and England, and from the time that his majesty the emperor of the French had publicly declared that the final settlement of the affairs of Lombardy should be deferred until the conclusion of this war, when it would be included in the negotiations which would take place on its termination. From that time the court of Vienna, who has possessions in Italy, and towards whom engagements were entered into respecting the important part of Europe, found herself immediately interested in the success of the negotiation of peace; and she has, in consequence, declared, on different occasions, how anxious she was to have it in her power to contribute to accelerate their opening.

It resulted from this disposition on her part, that nothing could be more satisfactory to her than the intelligence of the pacific proposal made at the beginning of this war by his majesty the emperor of the French to the court of London; and of that of this latter power, in which she referred, upon that point, to the interference of his majesty the emperor of all the Russias; proposals which announced, on the part of both powers, a moderate and conciliating disposition, which it was hoped the mission of M. Novosiltzoff to Paris, offered and accepted with equal alacrity, would realize.

It is, therefore, with the deepest regret that the emperor has learned that this mission has been cut short by the recent changes in the condition of the republics of Genoa and Lucca. Finding on his side, in these late changes, reasons of additional weight for desiring the speedy commencement of conciliatory measures, and not being willing to relinquish the hopes which he had built upon the spirit of moderation professed and solemnly confirmed by the French sovereign, the court of Vienna hastens to offer its good offices, in the hope that the general expectation which was entertained from the conciliating temper of all the powers, should not be again disappointed. She therefore invites the courts of St. Petersburgh and the Thuilleries to immediately renew the Negotiation which was on the point of being opened; being ready to lend her most earnest assistance to this desirable object, flattering herself that the court of Berlin will also contribute towards it on her side as a necessary consequence of the lively interest which she has always professed to take in the re-establishment of the public repose.

August, 1805.

The authority of this state paper is doubted. It ill agrees with the preparations for making war throughout Germany; and has not appeared in the Paris papers.