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IMPORTANT STATE PAPER. TREATY OF AMITY, AND Of , DEFENSIVE ALLIAWCE, RE' TWEEN THE COURTS OE VIENNA AND ST. TETIES• BURGH, CONCLUDED AT TOSPLITZ, THE 9TH SEP. TENIBER, (AUG. 28) 1813. We, FRAKOS I by Ilivine Clemency, Emperor of Austria ; King of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmat'a, Croatia, Sclavonia, Gallicia, and Lodo. i rniria ; Archduke of Austria; Duke of Lorraine, Wurtzburg, and Franconia; Great Prince of Tran sylvania ; Margrave of Moravia ; Duke of Styria, Carinthia, Upper and Lower Silesia ; Count of Hapsburg, &c. Make known to all and singular whO are interested therein, by these presents : That since nothing is more anxiously desired by us, and the most Serence and Potent Emperor of all the Russias, than to promote by a stable peace the welfare of Europe, so long overwhelmed by the ca lamities of war, and towards that object having mu• tually joined our counsels to provide for that wished for order of things, which, we firmly trust, will arise from out reciprocal efforts to attain this end ; a Treaty, of which the following is the tenour, has beets entered into by each of the Contracting Parties: In the Name of the mutt Holy and undivided Trinity: His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of,! Hungary and Bohemia, and his Majesty the Empe. ror of all the Russias, equally animated by a desire to put an end to the calamities of Europe, and to se- , 1 cure its future repose by the establishment of a just ' equilibrium between the Powers, have resolved to prosecute the war in which they are engaged for that salutary object, with the whole of the forces which PaoviDENce has placed at \their disposal. Wishing, at the same time, to extend the effects of a concert so beneficial, to the period when the pre sent war, having obtained its full success, their mu tual interest shall imperiously requite the mainte nance of the 3rder of things which shalt be the happy result thereof, they have appointed to draw up the articles of a treaty of amity and defensive alliance, the following Plenipotentiaries furnishecl with their instructions; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and L'obemia, the Sieur Clement Wen ceslas Lothaire, Count de Metternich-Winneburg- Ochsenhatisen, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of St. Stephen, Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Joseph of Wurtzburg, Knight of St. John of Jerusalem, Chancellor of the Military Order of Mari.t Theresa, Curator of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts ; Chamberlain, Priiry Counseller, Mi nister of State, of Conferences, and of Foreign Af fairs, of Imperial Royal and Apostolic Majesty. And his Majesty the Emperer of all the Russias t the Sieur Charles Robert, Count de Nesselrode, Privy Counsellor, Secietary of State, Chamberlain, and Knight of the Order of St. Wolodimir of the Third Class ; who, have exchanged their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon' the * followii.g articles Article I. There shall be amity, sincere and constant onion, between Nilesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and ,Bohemia, and hip Majesty the Emperurof all the Russias ' their Heirs and Successors.' 'I he High Contracting Parties shall, in consequence, pay the greate s t At:tiiiion to the maintaining be tween them reciprocal entity and correspondente, by avoiding every t hat might subvert the onion and good understanding happily substweg between them. Art. 11. 11 , s Majesty the Emperor of Austria guarantees to his Majesty the I•Aperor of all the Russias the possession of all his states, provinces, and dominion , . On tie other. band, his Imperial Majetty of all the Russia, guarantees to his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, the possession of the states, provinews, and dominions, belonging to toe Crown Of his Imperaii, Royal, and APOstul c Majesty. - Art.lll. As a consequence of this reciprocal guarantee, the High contracting kart es void constantly labour in concert en the measures which shall appear to them Most proper for the main ' tenance of peace in Eurepe. ; and in case the States of either of them shall be menaced by invasion, they will employ their most effectual good olfiecs for the prevention thereof. • Art. IV'. As the good offices, however, -which they promise each other, may not have ;he desired effect, their Imperial Ma jesties bind themselves henceforward to assist each other with a Corps of 00,000 men, in the event of either of them being at tacked. Art. V. This army shall be composed of 50,000 infantry and 30"0 cavalry—it shall be provided with a corps afield-artillery, with ammunition, and every d other necessary ; the whole propor tioned to the number ot croups above attpulated. The auxiliary army shall arrive at the frontiers ot the Power who shall be at tacked, et menaced by an invasion or his pos.essions, two months at the iarthest after the requisition, has been made. Art. VI. Ihe auxiliary army shall be under the immediate eornmand of the General in Chief of the army of the Power re quiring it ; It shall be conducted by a General of its own, and employed in al the military operations according to the rules of war. Ihe ray of the auxiliary %my shall be at the charge of the Power requited; the rations and portions of provisions, fo rage, &c. as well as th. quarters, shalt be furnished by toe Power requiring, as .non as the auxiliary .irniy shall have pas.ed its own frontiers, and that on the same footing as the latter supplies, ur &hall supply, its own troops in the lido and in quarters. Art. VII- The order and internal rrtili.ary economy . of these troops shall solely flepend on their own proper Chief. The tro phies and the totAr y which shall be taken front the enemy shall belong to the troops which shall have taken them. Art. VIII. In the event that .he stipulated succour shall be in &efficient for 'that one of the two high contracting parties who shail have peen attacked, his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and his Majesty the Emperor I of all the Russias, reserve to themselves to come to a mutual understanding, without loss of time, en the furnishing of more considerable aids, according to the exigency of the case. Art. IX. 'the high contracting patties reciprocally promise each ether, that, in the event that either of the two shall be compelled to take up arms, he will not conclude either peace or trece vyf.hoot therein itctuding his Ally; in order that the latter May not himself be attacked, in resentment of the succour which be shall have furnished. Art. X. Orders shall be transmitted to the Ambassadors and Ministers of tbe high contracting parties at Foreign Courts, to afford each other reciprocally their good offices, and to act in perfect concert in all occurrences in which the interests of their blasters shall be involved. Arr. Xl. As the' two 11:gli contracting parties, in forming this Treat) of Amity red Alliance, purely detensive, have no other object but that at reciprocally guaranteeing to each other t h e i r Possessions, and of teeming, as tar as depends upon them, the general tranquillity, they not only do not mean thereby to inva lidate in the least the prior and particular engagements, alike de febsive, which they have contracted with their respective Allies, but they even mutoally reserve to themselves the liberty of Coll. chiding, rep in future, other treaties with other Powers, which, far' from causing by their union any detriment or hindrance to the present, may communicate thereto still more force and ellect; prtrifisii , g,'hoWeVer, at the same time, not to contract any en gagements contrary to the present Treaty ; and wishing raih.r, by con.mon consent, to invite, and admit into it, other Courts rhici. shall have the same sentiments. Art. XII. 1 lie'pt tient '1 reaty shall be ratified by his Imperial ana Royal Apostinic Majesty, and by his Imperial Majesty of sly the Rtissias • and the Ratifications shall be exchani,ed wit hi n he space ot a fortnight, reckoning from the day of the signature, or slner, it possible. lu testimony whereof, we, the undersigned Plenlio7entiaries, Ive signed, in virtue it our powers, the present Treaty ot L•••• 'Amity aad-defaaaisto ARV" 994 have gaud to ba affixed thereto the seal of our arms. Dana at To? 2, Sept. 9. (tholgth of Asput,) to the year of our ISIS. (Siintd) (Lb ii.) CLUIIItNTWINCISLAIIS LOTIMAIOO. Cabin Of 14111' Talk NICTI-WIO WISIIRO.OOOSVIMAOSZN. • (L. S.) Cum.,' lkosarr Gnat NiedILILODS. • We, therefore, having attentively weighed all and singular the Articles of this Treaty, have ratified end - held them agreeable in all respects; and by these presents do declare and profess them to be ratified and agreeable, promising and etigaging on our *royal Caesarean word, that we will faithfully perform ail that is therein matained. In testimony whereof, we have signed the present Letters of Ratification, with our own hands, and caused our Royat Czsa rean Seal to be appended to the same. Given at Toeplitz, in Bohemia, this 20th of September, and 22d year of our reign. (Signed) (Countersigned) Fawners. CLaM. WENC. LOTIIMILE Count METTERNICII. By order, (Signed) JOSEPH ac HUDCLIST. [At Toeplitz, on the 9th of September, a Treaty was also con. chided between the Courts of Vienna anti Berlin, with precisely the same stipulations as the above. Count Metternich and Ba ron Hardenberg were the Plenipotentiaries.] FROM THE GOT7'ENBURGH MAIL. ADDRESS TO THE SAXON SOLDIERS ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE ELBE. SoEDigas !—You who, since the occurrences of the 6th September, have been separated from your parties, would not return to them, because that you. would no longer be made the implements of the tyranny under which your country suffers, feel, like. wise, that it is unworthy of you to wander about in the woods, and become burthensome to the farmer, to whose safety and protection you do not contribute, by making demands on him which he cannot satisfy.— Have you fully determined (and who can blame you for it ?) not to return to the army, which is in alliance with the French ; and do you believe that the time is near approaching when the yoke of tyranny will be I broken, and the neck of our country be freed from the foot of its oppressors ; when your parents, brethren, relations, and friends, will no longer be tributary, with their sweat and blood, to those foreigners ? Take, then, courage and will to seize the advantage of this period, and fight in the cause of liberty and of your fellow-citizens, which is your crivn, with the armies of • the noble nations who are shedding their blood in and for Germany. " Already have a number of your allies and com rades, of the troops of the Confederation of the Rhine, entered the ranks of those who defend our common cause, who are fighting for the liberation of Germany; and, according to intelligence received, the Bavarian and Wurtemberg army may perhaps at this moment have shaken off the French alliance ; and on the te3d of this month, the Saxon battalion of Koenig, whose Commander is the undersigned, had already separa ted itself from the corps of Regnier, and joined the Swedish army. " Here, under the protection and command of the illustrious Crown Prince of Sweden, who was known and adored by you in the Austrian campaign as the 'Prince of Ponce Corvo, and as your Commander, to I whom you were bound by the ties of the most lively attachment and gratitude—who praised your valiant : exertions on the days of the sth and 6th. Jone, 1809, land who will now shew you a nobler point of view, lund give you more suitable employment. The bat- Italion of Koenig forms here the first battalion of a 'Saxon Legion, which we expect will be joined to the Saxon troops. 46 Return then here, to us, to your comrades ! Assemble here, where you will again Lind the greater part of your captive brethren in arms, to carry them against the enemies of German liberty ; and the gra titude of your countrymen, the blessings of your parents, and the happiness of your tanathes, will re ward you. 66 Officers who read this Address, and who had earlier quitted the service, or who possibly were led by accident into those parts, even to them does the sacred cause of humanity appeal ; and to them like wise is the road now opened for following their noble desire. (Signed) " The Commander of The Ist Battalion of the Royal Saxon Legion, of the former Battalion of Koenig, " Major VON BUNAU, fg In the name of the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and soldiers of the said Battalion. " Zerbst, September 28, 1813." - - SECOND COLLECTION OF INTERCEPTED LETTERS. A second French Courier, who was to carry the Emperor's letter-bag to Paris, was attacked on the 16th September, near Artcrn, in Saxony, by some of General Thielmann's partizans. This capture, in a military point of view, is of great consequence. We shall here confine ourselves to publishing some of the I kart s, in extracts. They fully confirm the idea which WAS given by the former ones, of the condition of • the French army : • NO. 1.-FROM M. TO MADAME E. AT PARIS, SEP.. TEMBIER 5, NEAR WITTENBERG. " One should think, my dear friend, that this un fortunate period of time had been kept in store for ns ; in all our wars. there is no example of armies acting so very separately, and divided from each other without any connection between them, as is now the case with ours. Rut yet our situation is of that nature, that it might be altered by a favourable campaign ; but I fear that I shall run mad in the meanwhile." NO. 2.—m. R , TO THE BARONESS AT BESANCON, SEPT. 10. og We arrived at Dresden on the 7th. It was most dreadful weather. I have searched about the vicinity of my train of artillery for a but where I might shelter myself. At eight o'clock in the evening I was enan bled, but HEAVEN knows how ! to get quarters for myself. I have employed the whole time since in drying and cleaning myself. 66 Scarcely had we moved out of Dresden, when the enemy approached the city at the distance of one or two miles. The Emperor came back, and the enemy again retreated. Our whole artillery, with the exception of the train, is gone with the Emperor to Pirna, on the road to Bohemia, and is now at five German miles distance from hence. As they have let me be quiet, I inter that it was merely a diversion, and no actual movement forward, and that the Emperor will shortly establish himself at Dresden. This unlucky city has become the central point ef all our operations. d! The greater part of the army is rila i rching here and there, but always through Dresden. Our' sup flies decrease, and every thing becomes scarce and . . • • henna flea. The Emperor is here, and that is enough for -, :se; for where he is every thing goes well, if only his is (Lieutenants) did the same, but • • • *. For all the rest, we know nothing of the corps d'ar 'we except just where we are ourselves. You will, perhaps, learn more by the newspapers than comes to our ears concerning the connexion of the opera. l , - IP tiOnS• NO. 3.—TO MADAME AT PARIS. [Of no consequence. The 'writer complains of marches and countermarches, and mentions that his Secretary had fallen into the hands of the Cossacks, by whom he is well treated.] NO. 11.-- TO MAD. U. AT ST. CLOUD. Dresden, Sept. 12, 1813. [Of the same contents with the former. It states that the Emperor's presence is necessary in all points.] NO. TO ME. B—.-, AT MENDE EBEILSDOREF, THE 12TH SEPTEMBER. , g Since the recommencement of hostilities, I have not had a moment's time to spare. We must be al ways either marching or fighting. Our cbrps de fended Dresden, and now forms the van-guard of the army, which is entering into Bohemia. For the last 14 days we have been tumbling about in the moun tains, thoroughly soaked with the rains ; to morrow we go down into the plain ; every thing is ready for the attack. The enemy is concentrated at Toplitz, about a German mile from us ; 150,0(X) Russians, Prussians, and Austrians, are waiting for us. .1 he battle will be dreadful. The Emperor was with us yesterday ; he is gone to the left wing to make all the necessary preparations; we must hope that we shall conquer, for we stand much in need of it. I wish that it was all over, for my health can stand it no longer. According %o all appearance, the campaign will not be long either the one way or the other." No. 6.—. FROM THE SAME TO MAD. AT PAWS. " Ebersdorff, Sept. 12. " For 22 days we have been fighting about in con. tinual rains. We defended Dresden four days toge ther, and saved it. We are now in pursuit of the enemy. I am writing to you in , a miserable hut, on one of the remainderhighest mountains in Bohemia."—(The is of the same contents with the last letter). Na M " Dtesdrn, Sept. 12, ten o'clock in the evening. " The whole of the. guards have this day returned with the Emperor. We made appearance as if we in tended penetrating into Bohemia. It is well th-4t it did not take place; it is an abominable country ; where, in case of our being unfortunate, we should hay • been lost past redemption. I believe that we shai remain here the day after to-morrow." NO. B.—( Without any name.) " From Dresden, Sept. 19. Our affairs do not stand well—tar from it; but we :nust hope for the best." NO. 9.—THE DUKE OF V—Y TO M. —. • " September 12. We are arrived at Dresden, but shall not re main here long. We must again make good what others have spoiled. We suffer muchirom the cold and wind." NO. 10.—SIR. C. 11-.- TO HIS WIPE. " Plena,. Sept. 12. 44 We have penetrated into Bohemia. It has s nasty entrance,.and if the interior of it be no better, it must be a country cursed by GOD. Picturesque enough for the painter, but for the warrior it has only trouble and distress : my horses will go no further. Fancy to yourself impassable mountains, where, if a miserable—or unhappy—fellow recovers his fears, he tumbles into the abyss, and, as one may say, into the very bowels of the earth. We are returned back with the Emperor; but must- see forward again to-morrow, to make an end of it. Could I but always procure bread !" NO. 11.—TO TILE DUKE OF 11-•••••••• " Dresden, September 12. ". We did our business well at first, and were for tunate, but afterwards committed many blunders, which we must endeavour to repair, otherwise the gentlemen of the 6;h cores d'armee will have some tine results to show. They have behaved well, and have not sustained tne least misfortune." NO. 12.—Ma. G. -• TO MADAME L. ---.. - " Dresden, September IS. " It is reported that we must t.•-day; or early to morrow, enliven the courage tit the corps d'armee, which stands at Torgau and Wittenh.ag, and which had no luck on the road to Berlin. Perhaps we may afterwards go, for the fifth time, to Silesia. This depends upon circumstances." NO. 13.—THE pa— OF TO THE A—. " Dresden, aeptember IS, " We have to do with a numerous enemy. Never yet had the Emperor to deal with so many enemies at once. The theatre of war is of an immense ex tent, and it is our misfortune that he cannot be every where at once.—The Emperor has enough to do, in repairing the faults committed by others." NO. 14.-M. DE LA T. TO MR. L-. " Leipzie, September 14. " The Emperor is again at Dresden, where there is a talk about conferences and peace. Con grant it soon ! My affairs are critical. The roads are co vered with the enemy's squadrons. lam exposed to commit many blunders." NO. C. F TO MAD. ••-•-.••••1 AT PARIS. • (Without date.) " The Emperor is continually going from one of the armies to the other; is always on horseback, and bears the toils without complaining. He is in very good health. We have again drove the enemy back into Bohemia, and seen the great Kettle, from the tops of the mountains, but we dare not venture through the passes into it." NO. TO MR: A.•••••••-, AT PARI!,. " Dresden, Sept, tuber 12. 44 The Emperor has entered Bohemia ; he passed last night at Toplitz, with the army. De Coutcy is made General of Division. General Dejean no longer commands the_Guqd of Honour; he is again about the Emperor's person. The 4th regiment of guards are joined with the 4th regiment of cal/Ally of the old guards, and put under the command of t:te Colonel the guards." NO. 17.---FROM CIENIiRAI. " Ebersdotff, Septembor 12. " Sooner or later we shall lose all our equipages and baggage. To-morrow we are to give battle—if we lose it, we are lost past aft hope ; but the Empe ror with us, and we reckon on gaining the victory. We have been fighting every day since the 22d of Au ust, and are every day on the march . The cam pai n cannot last long. Continual rains, and come quently great sufferipgs i &c."—Brran Gazate, Ott. 5. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY'. MONDAY, OCTOBLR 22. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCTOBER t.. 1. I Dispatches, of which the following are extracts, have been received by viscount CASTLEREAGH front his Excellency the Earl of Aaximenn, cad from Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir C.W.•STEWART. EXTRACT 011 A DISPATCH PROM TIIR EARL OF ABM DEEM TO LORD CASTLEREAGH, DATED COMOTAU. ocToutat 9, 180. The Army has-advanced in a direct line towards Leipzic, near which town the bead-quarters of Prince Schwartzenberg are established. The Prince Royal and General Blucher having advanced towards t it. same point, the allied forces have nearly effected their junction ; a ridea#, therefore, is drawn across this part of Saxony, extending from Dessau to Marienburg oa the Bohemian frontier. In the mean time General Bennigsen, with the'corps of Colloredo, has driven the enemy frnm his entrenchments at Gieshubel i and his advanced towards Dresden on the great road from Toplitz. The actual position and intentions of Bonaparte are entirely unknown. A strong force, pot less thaa 50,000 men, is opposed to Prince Schwartzenbtrz ; and the general belief is, that Bonaparte himself has made a rapid movement with the mass of his arm] to attack General Blucher, before his junction with the Prince Royal is completed. Be this as it may, it is not likely that any partial advantage wilt materi. ally improve his prospects, or render the ultimate, success of the Allies more doubtful. His communi cation with France being totally destroyed- .his army in considerable distress—his Enazatines :wady ex hausted, and the country in which he is utterly with. out the means of replenishing them, be must shortly find it necessary to break through the circle which has been drawn around him : in this attempt he may probably succeed, but there is every reason to hop. thai it will be accompanied by the destruction of ; great part'of his army. Full justice is done to the military talents and able combinations of the Prince Marshal ;—b;d be been leu prudent and circumspect in his movements, we should not bare been placed in the formidable and commanding attitude which wp are now enabled to Mati me, P. S. By intelligence received this morning, it ap, pears that Prince Schwartzenberg, with the main body of his army, is at Chemnit; and in the neigh bourhood. Bonaparte left Dresden on the 7th with the King of Saxony and his family, and is at Roch litz, where his army is chiefly assembled. General Benningsen has advanced to Dresden, in which it is said Bonaparte has left but a feeble garrison, consist. ing, according to report, of not more than three tboq l sand men. (Signed) A. ILXTR ACT OF A DISPATCH FROM LIEUTIMMT-CIEVERAL TILE HON. SIR CHARLES STEWART, 8.8. TO VISCOUNT . CASTLEREAOH,DATRD HEAD-QUARTERS PRINCE *OSA OF SWEDEN, ROTTENBURO, OCTOBER 11, 1815. In conformity to your Lordship's instructions, being sufficiently recovered from my wound to travel, I left the head-quarters of the allied army at Toptits on the 3d instant, and arrived at those of the crown Prince of Sweden at Radegast, near Zorbig, am the Bth. Mr: Thornton has fully put your Lordship in possession of the interesting military intelligence to that period. I have now to inform you, that, after the brilliant passage of the Elbe by General Blucher at Elster, in which both decision and judgment live been pre-eminently displayed, and the consequent passage of the same river by the Prince Royal's army at the points of Rosslan and Acken, his Royal Highness the Crown Prince conceived a movement of the whole allied force to the left bank of the Saale would force the enemy either to a general battle, of would be the most effectual mode to embarrass and harass his retreat, if he should determine upon a measure which the combined movements of the armies of Bohemia, Silesia, and of the North of Germany on his flanks, and on all his communications, seemed to render so indispensably necessary. Napoleco, it seems, had manoeuvred from Melting, according to reports, with a large corps of cavalry . on the right, and all his infantry on the left bank of the Elbe, as far down as Arcblau: a strong depon. striation of g 0 or 30,000 men was made fromTargau towards the point of Elster, on the Bth, where Gene. ral Blucher passed, probably with a design of mena cing that General, and forcing him to repass the river. The bold determination of the Allies was not, however, to be arrested by demonstration, and the whole army of Blucher, being now in dose commu• nication with that of the Prince Royal, the former marched from Duben on Jesnita, on the 9th, and passed the Mulda ; and the Crown Prince concen tr,,ted his forces between Zorbig, Radegast, and Pit terfeld. The enemy, according to accounts, appeared nqw to be collected about Eulenberg and Oschati, between the Mulda and the Elbe. On the 10th, General Blucher moved from Jesni;z to Zorbig, and the armies of Silesia and the North of Germany were here assembled ; the determina don being taken to pass the Stale, orders were issued in the night, and General Blucher moved with the Silesian army to pass the river at Wettia, bridges being constructed for that purpose. General Bulow, with his corps d'armee, was in like manner to pass at Wettin ; General Wsnr.oge rode, with the Russians, at Rothenburg ; and the Prince Royal, with the Swedes, at Aisles's% and