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• *iv to me last night froM Reichenbach, the Court: Of Russia and Prussia hive officially rec,)gnized ;h. term of the 19th August next as the term of the ne' cation, and slat they do not on their part dent.unco• the armistice before th;t time. •It is evident that to ;rat for a prole agation of the armistice. according to ait-triformsi - belongs to the Commission at. New tuitrkt ' . I have with pleasure observed, by what the Duke of Itasystio has informed me, that orders have already •keoit* . i 4 isinitted to the French Commissioners, to cpviiinurucate with the. Commissioners of the enemy.' rhtg you to dischaige this commission * immediately, ] iii countnetiOn with the Duke of * Bassano, and to 5e..., calve the assurance of my highest consideration. ' • ISigned) METTERNICH* *O. 24.—COPY Or A LETTER FROM THE COUNT, DE MET• lERNICII TO THI& MEISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Prose, July 12, 1813. The Count de Narbonne yesterday transmitted me the letter which you did me the honour of addressing Mane on tbe.9th instant. Occupied in expediting a courier to the Count de Bubna, 1 have cbargeil diet tonere to inform your Escellency, that we have just! becti officially informed by the COurts or kussia and ?POP. that they have admitted the 10th of August es. the term of the negotiation. • i.:1; • The Privy Counsellor D'Anstaedt arrived here this mcireiug, as has likewise Baron D'liundieltlt, thin afternoon. It is with regret that we still find onto selves deprived of the presence of the person charged by his Majesty the Emperor of the French to assist in the negociations , wads flatter mpelf with ' his arri sing very shortly,. The Eintieror being et Amulets in the strictest in ignite, : this ,abode- of she. diolonaatic corps at this p4oefwhicla of other convenience than the stle,. ca.oteupied by his Imperial Majesty, cannot take place. We shall, be attach gratified in retaining. the Count de Narbonne here, inel .. 1 shall .be careful go continue with hull the most intimate connection. I beg you, &c. ( , Signet) . METTERNicH. 25.-.. COPY OR A =nun eamernot MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAULIMI.COUNT DE METTERNICH. • pre.een,. JUL] .16, 1813. I have received theletter which your Excellency did me the honour to transmit tome on the.l2th inst. I had proposed tp myself,to answer it: yesterday,' but idispitehes just aireivini to usfromNeuroarkt,anfltyhich I hastened to communicate to Count.de Bubna, caused spe to defer it till to-day. Fresh letters from the same Commissioners arriving at that 10612.111 announcing to MS, that Messrs. de Schouvalett and Kteusemark have arrived from the General in Chief of the 'Combined Armies, the necessary powers for concluding the convention, relative to the prolongation of the Ar mistice ; it is therefore probable that this important business may be terminated to-morrow. His Majesty having learnt that his Majesty the 'emperor ot Austria would have found it agreeable that the conduct ot Russia in the nomination of her Pleoipotentiary should not be imitated by us ; and knowing besides, - according to what you did me the honour to write me on the Bth, that the proposal of nominating the Duke of Vicence had been agreed to by your August Master, it would the more operate in fixing the Emperor'schoice. I shall this evening present for hit signature the powers which are to be transmitted to the Duke of Vicence and the Count of Narbonne for the negotiations of the peace. • The Duke of Vicence having provisionally united his office of Grand Equerry to that of Grand Mar shal of the Palace, the arrangements which must be tradsi'previoue to his setting out, requiring that he Should still remain here. His departure will not, however, be long deferred.—Accept, &c. (Signed) The Duke of BASSANO. NO. 26.••••CDPY OF A LETTER FROM CODNT DE METTER.. NICII I TO up EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. • Prague, July 16, 1813. • Desirolos of accelerating by every means in cur power the most speedy meeting of the negociators at Prague, I hasten to request younExcellency to lay beture his Majesty the Emperor of the French the of ficial declarations of the 29th June (11th July) and I.lth of this present July, which I have just received -by a courier, dispatched from trachenberg, which bring, on the part of his Imperial Majesty of all the Russias, through the medium of his Excellency the Secretary ofState, Count Nesselrdde, and on the part of his Majesty the King of Prussia, by his Excellency the Chancellor Baron de Hardenberg, the most for mal acceptance of the prolongation of the Armistice till the 10th of August next. The previous declaration which Lieutenant-Gene ral Couift de Bubna was charged to transmit on this subject to your Excellency, therefore, receives by the official note which I had the honour of addressing to your Excellency on the 12th instant, as well as by the present communication, the most authentic con firmation of the entire execution, according to both its sense and letter, of the engagements entered into by us. agreeably to the fourth article of the conven tion of the SO th of June last. (Stned) METTERNICH. LETTER FROM THE COUNT DE NESSELRUDE TO THE COUNT DE STADION. Trachenberg, June 29, (July 11), ISIS. On my return from Ratisborsitz, I did not fail to submit to his Majesty the Eziperor, the proposal which your Eteelieney was charged - to make to us, ;dative to the prolongation of the Armistice . to the 10th of August, ~tlithlgl to his engagements of not coming to any detstmination on subjects of such great importance, without haviug first consulted on them with his Al -1110; his Imperial Majesty deferred replying to them, its he was about to have an interview with the Prince Rog al ufSwedeu, *hid) was fixed for the 9th of this month. his Royal Highness arrived the day before yesterday at Traebesiberg, His Imperial Majesty has bad skaksatisEattion of the dispo,sition of that Prince entirely cpiacitiu.g with his own, with re gard to Austria. In eopsequence, the two Allied Cc.urts have deter mined, with Lis concurrence, to give his Majesty the Emperuk of Me French a fresh proof or amity and confidence, by prolonging, even to the detriment of their military interests, the Armistice sill the 10th of August. bl. M. de Anstaedt and de Humboldt wil, !bib day receive orders to regulate every thing rel.,. lien to this p,cilcugation, under the mediation of ow Coutt.--4 have the honour, Etc. . -(Signed) count Da Nk#SELRODE. A A • : PI 1 II I 1 lb.. • Arm nal SAWN me si DE ~.tra! Traeheaterg, Joh On my !tiara' from Ratisborsits, I lost laying before the King Any master the 'prtsphi which your excellency bas been charged to make us, concerning the prolongation of the Armistice until the 10th of August. His Majesty deferred re plying thereto till he had conferred on them with his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sweden, with whom he was to have an interview at Trachenberg on the 9th, and with the English Ministers, . . [ . 1 concert with the two Allied Courts, he is happy in giving his Majesty the Emperor of Austria a new proof of friendship and confidence in prolonging the Armistice to the 10th of August, of which M. de Humboldt will in consequence be informed. I beg your EXcellency, &c. . (Signed) NO. XXVIL—COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE FRENCH COMmissiONEßs AT N EUMARKT, TO THE RUSSIAN AND PRUSSIAN COMMISSIONERS. Neumarkt,,)uly 11, 18.14.—half after two hi the Morning. GENTLEMEN—We have the honour to inform you, that his Highness the Prince Vice-Constable and :Major-General informs us, that his Majesty the Em {poor of Austria having offered his mediation, and Ale opening of the negociations at Prague on the 12th instant, and the prolongation of the armistice until the 10th of August, in order that there may be, an interval of 40 days between the commencement of their negociations and their conclusion, his Majesty the Emperor and King has acceded to-this proposal: we sre, therefore, authorised, Gentlemen, to propose that a convention shall be signed between you and us, relative to the prolongation of the armistice till the 10th of August. Accept, Gentlemen, &c. (Signed) FLAHAULT, Ds MOUsTIER. NO. XXVIII.COPY OF THE ANSWER OF M. M. THE COM MISSIONERS COUNTS DE SCIIOUVALOFF AND KRUSE SIARCE TO THE LETTER. OF THE FRENCH COMMIS ' STONERS. Fteumarkt, July 11. 1815. GENTLEMEN—We received the letter which you I did us the honour of addressing to us this 'day, at two o'clock in the afternoon. Not having any orders, or authorization whatsoever, relative to the important object of which you give us information; we must confine ourselves to assuring you, that we'shall has ten, without loss of time, to transmit your letter to his Eicellency the General-in.Chief.—Accept, &c. (Signed) The Counts SCHOUVALOFF and KRusEMARCK. NO. 29.—EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MESSRS. THE GENERALS DU MOUSTIER AND FLAHAULT TO 'WHIM!. NESS THE PRINCE VICE-CONSTABLE AND MAJOR-GE NERAL. Neumarkt, July 17. MoNsztosEme--We have the honour of transmit ting you the copy of a letter which the General-in- Chief of the combined armies has written to the Rus sian and Prussian Generals. Your Highness will thereby perceive, that the General-in-Chief does 'not admit of the prolongation of the armistice until the 10th of August.—Accept, my Lord, &c. (Signed) De MOUSTIER, General FLAHAULT. EXTRACT FROM THE ANSWER OF THE GENERAL IN CHIEF OF THE COMBINED ARMIES TO THE RUSSIAN AND PRUS SIAN COMMISSIONERS. Pak HARDENBERG. Reichenbach, 4 (16) July. GENTLEMEN — I had the honour of receiving your letter, bearing date the 3d (15th) of this month, as well as the projet of a convention which was thereto annexed. I see that two difficulties will prevent the conclu sion of the latter. The first is that concerning the . Jay on which hos tilities should recommence.. Having received very positive orders on this head fro'm the Emperor, pre vious to his departure from the army, I cannot ex actly conform myself to the proposal. We cannot consent to enlarge the term to the 10th of August (new stile), for recommencing hostilities, it the preliminaries of peace should not be signed by that time. The two modes of settling what relates to that point are, either to.stipulate, as is pointed out in Art. I, of your projet, that no mention shall be made of a denunciation; or to add, that it shall be i necessary to denounce the armistice on the 4th of Au. gust (new stile), to be able to commence hostilities on the 11th of August (new stile) ; that is to say, on the moment after midnight between the 10th and 11th, the armistice shall have ceased, and it shall be allowable again to act hostilely. lam able to make no change in this, if it were my wish : in consequence, it is useless to revert any more to this point. The second difficulty concerns the officers to be sent to pl'aoes occupied by French troops, &c. (Signed) The General in Chief BARCLAY DE TOLLY. NO. SO.—EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM THE COMMIS. SIONERS DUMOUSTIER AND FLAHAULT I TO HIS SE RENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE MAJOR GENERAL. Neumarkt, July 26. MONSEIGNEVE—We have the honour to transmit to you the supplementary treaty, relative to the proton gation of the armistice to the 10th of August.—Ac opt, &c. (Signed) The Gens.-Com. Dussonsula and • DE FLAHAULT. [Here follows the Supplementary Treaty, which has already appeared.] NO. 31.-.-COFY OF A LZTTIR FROM COUNT TO THZ BUZZ OF BAHIAN°. • • !rape, July 22. M. Ls Due—Count de Narbonne has communi catcd to me the dispatch which your Excellency ad. dressed to bim on the 19th instant, as well as the do cuments annexed to it, concerning the discussions which have taken place at Neumarkt, relative to the armistice. I have given an account to the Emperor of the new delay the arrival of the-Duke of Vicenza has experi enced. It is by express orders from his Majesty that I made directly to your Excellency, to beg of you to convey, to the knowledge Of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, the paintul impression which this de lay has produced upon him. The Emperor, in addressing the offer of his media tion to the Belligerent Powers, was not alone influ enced by the desire of peace, he was equally impelled to it by the necessity of causing, as soon as possible, those expences to cease, which frequently, even more than war itself, bear upon nations, during that inter mediary state which is neither war nor peace. His Imperial Majesty did not dera►nd the proton ' gatics of the armistice of Pleiswitz. He, however, did not hesitate to employ his good offices to induce .titiligl e owers to admit an adttlettaliatti po i; added to the presumetrterm of the nego. which, considering the distances of the re .s head-quarters, and the corifesfiens necessary lonian these same powers agree to file prolongation 'of the armistice, could scarcely be otiened *before the 12th of July. the engagement which; by Article 4'of the Con .slintion of the SOth of June last, his Majesty the Em peror of the French took to themediating Power, not it 4) denounce previous to the 10th of August, the ex isting armistice, was transmitted by us to the allied Powers. Their Majesties the Emperor of all the i'lLussias and the King of Pru ss ia, acceded to the pro posal olAustria ; and we did not delay conveying to his Majesty the Emperor of the French, the official confirmation of their formal engagement on this sub ject. What could remain to be wished by the Belli-, ' gereut POwers, to enter into a negociation at Prague ? By what other more legal means could the engage ment of France, and the counter-engagement of • Allies, not to denounce the armistice before the.loth of August, have been rendered obligatory on one side or the other ? What further assurance could Franca, have expected regarding the determination of do Allied Powers ? 'What more certain guarantee code' she, in fine, have received of au entire and perfectly reciprocal sincerity up to the time stipulated ? Orden; were, however, expedited to the French head quay. tens, to the Commissioners at Neumarkt. A new dis cussion took place, in this manner, by the side of the* . most formal guarantees. This fact was somewhat surprising ; but we were far from suspecting it would .occasion delays the most important to the cause of peace. How foresee the possibility that the Plenipo. tentiaries of the mediating Povier, and those of the Allied Powers, assembled at Prague, on the 12th of July, the day agreed upon for the arrival of.Plenipo. tentiaries from both parties, shoold be still there on the 22d of the month, not only without the French Plenipotentiary being there, but even in the most coma, . plete uncertainty respecting the time of his arrival , An official note which Baron d'Anstaedt has just addressed to me, leaves me in no doubt, that at Nets. markt the differences which had arisen between the Commissioners will be settled there. Ten precious, days have not, however, beets the less lost to the n& gociations at Prague : they cannot be laid, either to the charge of the mediating Power, which has fol. filled to the utmost extent the engageMents which* she had contracted with France; or the Allies, who in diplomatic forms have, accepted the prolongation• of the Armistice and whose negociators arrived here on the day agreed upon. The meeting of the respective Plenipotentiaries had no doubt been sufficient, not to leave discussions to be entered into elsewhere, upon questions before de- termined between the Cabinets. It remains for me to request your Excellency to let me know, as soon as possible, the time when the French Plenipotentiaries will repair hither ; his lon, perial Majesty earnestly desiring that no new inci dents may be assigned as a reason tor a loss of time which is irreparable. (Signed) strrreaw [ To be continued.] • PARIS, OCTOBER H. To-day, Thuesday, October 14, the Conservative Senate met at two o'clock, under the-Presidency of the Arch-Chancellor. - • The Senator Count' 4egir, in the game of the Special Committee appointed in the Sitting . of the 12th.of this month, made a Report of a 'wept of a Senator Coastline": presented that day relative to the bland of Guadaloupe. The Senatus Cotuulttan was adopted by the Senate. DECREE. Art.l. There shall not be concluded any Treaty of Peace be tween the French Empire and Sweden, till Sweden shall have previously renounced possession of the French Island of Cita daloupe. Y. It is forbidden to every Frenchman in the Island of Goa& loupe, under pain of dishonour, to take any oath to the Swedish Government, to accept any office under h, cr to afford it any assistance. s. The present Seamus Consultum, shall be transmitted by a message to his Majesty the Emperor and King. For the Emperor, and in virtue of the powers confided to us, (Signed) MARIA LOUISA, By the Empress Regent, (Signed) CAMBACERES, Duke de Cadore. Orr. 15.—Letters from Dresden, of the Bth, an nounce, that his Majesty the Emperor left that city on the.7th ; it is believed he has proceeded to the side of Leipsic and Wittenburg. The Senate had yesterday an extraordinary meet ing, under the Presidency of his Serene Highness the Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire. A letter from Cassel, dated October 9, contains the following details: a The day before yesterday ar saw the troops un der General Alix arrive. On the Bth he himself en tered our walls with a numerous infantry. Several columns have proceeded from Friedberg. to Castel ; all is now tranquil in that country, and 30,000 men are manoeuvring in every direction to protect it. a General Rigaud, who on the Bth October arrived at Rothenburg with 6000 men, has just transmitted official news here, that the'Swedes and Russians have been defeated upon the Elbe, and that they have suffered considerable loss." PARIS, OCTOBER 12. Accounts from the bead-quarters of the Army of Italy state as follows: " The enemy has but weakly acted against the movements of our • troops upon the great Laybach I road. His principal forces march by bye-roads with i the intention of endeavouring to find an opportunity of falling on our flank. The enemy has been silently reinforced from the. Fiume side. " Trieste was again menaced by a column of troops which debouched from Mattora, and some bands arrived from Istria, which appeared to increase; and, in fine, by the English (mixers which appeared within sight of the port. a On the Ist October the enemy advanced in force to reconnoitre a party of our troops which occupied Adelsberg, bot he was briskly repulsed. On the 2d October the I'rinceViceroy marched upon the heights of Private, and General Palombini upon Passawicza. The reserve division was on the 28th September at Briaen. General Giffienque announces on the 29th, that on the preceding day General Muzzuchelli had curled the enemy's post of San Sigesmondo a defend- ed by 800 men. The enemy precipitately refired upon Welbach." • Intelligence from Saxony of the 4th gives, upon the events which are passing in that country, or which are preparing in it, the following details : " The principal armies still occupy the same posi. tionsia the neighbourhood of Dresden, and upon the Bohemian frontiers; they continue to receive nume rous reinforcements of every description. " The town of Leipsic has suddenly become the very important centre of military movements. The number of troops there is. so considerable that it has ' been found requisite to lodge a part of them in churches. The neighbourhood is filled with cavalry forming part of the third corps el that army, com manded by the Duke of Padoa. " Troops which traverse Leipsic, coming from time side of Worsen, match by Halle and Weissenfels to- wards Dessau. The Duke of Ragusa's corps d'armee supports the operations of the Prince of Moskwa, who has driven to the other side of the Elbe all the enemy's corps which endeavoured to attempt the' passage of that river. " The communication between Dessau and Mag. deburg is completely free. " Including the Duke of Castiglione's corps d'ar. nice, the French forces between Jena anti Magdeburg , are estimated at 150,000 men. This imposing force• has occasioned irresolution in the enemy's projects, and the partisan corps under General Czern - lcheff io now endeavouring to regain the right bank of they Elbe; but it is possible his retreat will be cut otg from it. In the two attacks previously made against Dessau, the enemy had a great number of killed and. wounded. Hocarried off the latter to Interbock.— Beyond Dresden the French army remains concen. traced, ready to act on the first notice. It daily re. ceivet reinforeetnents, especially in cavalry. " His Majesty the Emperor continues to enjoy chi best health. " The Prussian army, commanded by Genet* e' Blucher, has entirely retired." • CASSEL, OCTOBER O. The allOViiiig has been published here : " The order and tranquillity which we enjoy in our city and its neighbourhood are owing, as each !of our citizens has convinced himself, to the activity of our national guard. But it would be unreasonable to expect from those who compose it a longer service, as that would keep theta from exercising their pro fessions, whilst others who profit as much, and even more from this service, would continue to be exempt from co-operating in the general safety. a In consequence, we summon all the inhabitants of this city, no matter of what condition, to perform the service of the national guard, and for this pur. pose, to present themselves to Count de Heldring. who will point out to them the mode of arming, and the part which they must take in the service. As the mounted national guard- is at-present of the greatest utility, those who can produce a.horse are requested to enter themselves as hocaemen, and it is expected of those who can give horses that they will hasten to eperatelb the general good. The Municipalities and Commissioners, " Car 944, 11; 1 9: ' - Waiter", Watt 154 numneas• OF SAXONY, OCTOBIR s. :The Prince . of Moskwa continues to obtain advau. rages over the enemy's army of Berlin. The Prus sian corps of Bulow, the Russian corps of Winaia gerode and Woronzow, and the Swedish corps d'ar. mee, have successively fought and suffered a great loss. Many prisoners have also been taken from them. We aro assured that Thielman's partisan corps made a great booty between Leipstc and Weimar, and among other things, took Prince Poniatowski's plate, but that all has been retaken by General Le. tette Desnoustte's light French horse. It is the Austrian corps commanded by the Au. strian General Baron de Mohr, which is stationed itt the Erzgeburg. It forms part of the army uncle! General Klenau. The Russians attempted to destroy the bridge of boats established at Liebenstein, but did not succeed is that enterprise. RASTADT, OCTOBER 9. It was on the 34 that, the Russian General Czer. nicheff, who had penetrated to Cassel, at the head of a corps of partizans, preeipitately abandoned tha town, on learning that the French and Westphalia troops were marching against him. He at first re tired upon the heights of Sangerhausen, and thenc, by Munden upon Gohingen, where we are assure, he was overtaken and beaten. He saved himsel with what escaped the French sword on the side o Halle and Merseburg, to endeavour to gain,the Elbe but it scarcely appears possible that he will be abb to avoid the French troops which are on that side' we therefore expect to hear intelligence of his coml plete defeat. Many persons who bad retired at the time wheti Czernicheff's corps entered Westphalia ale now re. turning to their homes. The corps d'armee of Marshal the Duke of Casti• glione being now posted on the Saale, and immedi ..ately joined the French corps d'armee which are in Saxony, there is no longer any fear of the comma nication being interrupted. BAYREUTH, OCTOBER 3. The grand head-quarters of the enemy's army is still at Toplirz. For some days nothing important has taken place upon the frontiers of Bohemia. The corps d'armee of Marshal the Duke of Casti glione has arrived upon the banks of the Saale, and appears to be marching upon Naumburg. The Swedes have lett the positions which they had upon the left of the Elbe, to intrench themselves upon the right bank of that river. Extract from the Berlin Gazette of the 17th ult. 66 Letters from Naples state, that the King was by no means disposed to take a personal part in the cause of the Emperor Napoleon, , who shortly before the expiration of the armistice, wrote to him, that he might consider the peace with Russia and Prussia as gt od as concluded,through the mediation of Austria, and desiring the King to repair as speedily as pas.ible to Dresden, than he also might sign this important treaty. When, however, the King of Naples arrived at Dresden, hostilities were on the point of recum =tieing, and the Emperor Napoleon insisted, in very energetic terms, ou his .taring a command at all ieveam in this war."