The National Register. — London, England, 1813-12-12 00:00:00

2. the irreparable kralof their dear relation, • sod •vaisable &Wag, shall have been alleviated by tell:jou au:l time. Subscriptions are opened at Rotterdam for the relief of the sufl.rers at Woerdeu. GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, Nev. I.—Onr Gazette publishes to-day the following article :--The Confederation of the Rhine has ceased to exist. It bas been abandoned by all the members who composed it The Courts of Wurtemberg. Baden, Wnrtzburg, Hesse, Saxony, Nassau, Anita'', and the other princely houses have followed the example of Bavaria. They have all renounced a foreign yoke 'and have re jOined the cause of Germany • " All states . of tire dissolved Confederation are emnlonsly hasteaing to adopt ;peat measures for the defence of the rights and liberty of Germany:. All of them follow in this respect, the ener getic example of Bavaria.. Every where the people rim to arms, la a few weeks Germany will have forces of foot, such as she never Lai betore. All the contingents wi ll be put on the full establish ment : the Landwehr and Landsturin will he organised.• All are animated with the same spirit.—the conviction that it is only by such vtiiwts that liberty, independence, and • tranquillity, can be conquered : that momentary sacrifices arc really no sacrifices at all, when the object is to secure the enjoyment of those blessings which mitA ever be of primary importance. Nations animated with this determination can never sink ; and Germany, after many years o (sufferings, is again replaced in the rank of nations." DEPLORABLE STATE OF THE FRENCH AT DRESDEN. En iNKFORT, Nov. 26.—The tbllowing is'an extract of a letter from Dresden, dated the .17th inst : - " I seize the-first upportnnity presented, since out horison cleared up 3 little to give you some details of our situation for the last five wek4. " The Emperor Napoleon left Dresden on the 7th of October; the King, Queen, and Princess Augusta, went with hint. The corps of Marshal St. Cyr, about 22,000 strong, remained .in Zbecity anti its environs. But the Russian columns soon approached the city, driving before them the corps of Count de Lobes', which, made up of the remains of that of 'Vandamme, and still automating to about 20,000 men. had:been posted near Gieshubel. • It could leave only a small garrison at Somienstein, and it approached. to ..about two leagues from Dresden. In the mean time, Bit Russians were every day advancing, and soon encircled the city on all sides ; our ex ternal communications, which had been long very unfelt straitened, were maw cut off. We only now and then received intelligence, and could no longer obtain supplieg of provision; on theotheriaand , numbers of the country people sought refuge in the city, flans aug menting the large population which was there shut up. New en trenchments were incessantly thrown up around Dresden; all the streets, all time openings of the subuths were barricaded, intersected wit la palisades and traverses, and fortified in such a manner that our city Svemed transtormed into a new Saragossa. 'Mc city was soon inure strictly invested than ever; the corps of Count kienan ar rived under our walls, raised entrenchments, and commenced the, blockade in torah . O ur deplorable situation became every day worse. The number of sick among the French increased in fright lot progression ; more thaw 10,000 were crowded together in the hospitak: of whoM, at least 20(/ died daily. A mat number of others peraslard from want and exhaustion for flannel' the Govern ment wns compelled to furnish, by purchase or.otherwise, more Mats. 10( 0 casks of w inc, antl'6eo quintals of rice, the troops were hardly, the lest famished, bee.inse no order in the distribution of provisions was observed by the French authorities. In this distressed state, MarshaiSt. Cyr ordered the citizens or supply themselves with pro visions for two months, or fa "pit the city. The former was im practicable, because nothing could be obtained from without ; many families, therefore ' left Diesden._ But time besieging corps granted permission to this effect only for one day ; after which all-who at .tompted to pass the. Austrian advanced posts .wcre:Sent back, an • cortiing to t,ie rights of war. y _ _ . « New mengtres were taken in consequence. 'Lice inhabitants were compelled to ivt..1 . 11 a statement of all the provisions they had, and int medi*.itely to deliver into the French magazines,• a third .of gibe flour. meat, beer, and dry vepserables, of -Alia they had made deciaration. An this, however, mas itn•alici( wa n e for the hoses was peculiarly scarce, flour was farried off at the mill. the suburbs were thrown open was the situation to which we e struetiuu Itild fast approaching, ~ 'i . • • . r . I` . . • .! f. from four in the morning by thousande, demanding breed Arils Odd cries, and often cowing to blows about who should be first served. " Meanwhile the French soldieis, like spectres,• were wandering about the streets, and had often scarcely strength, to.begi others were seen laying old of the corners of streets, falling dow"wn through., weak ness, and doing on the spot. Everyday more than a serve of these victims were found in the streets, on the dunghills, or under carrhwes. Pious Catholic priests were often seen kneeling by the side of them in the streets, and giving them the extreme unction. The pen refuses to trace in detail the means which these unhappy men resorted to, to k up a little nourishment, in whatever possible way. " The dreadful filthiness. of the streets, during a month of had weather, contributed rapidly to propagate d)sentery and, nervous fevers, to which many respectable inhabitants have fallen victims. The deaths, which were at first only thirty a-week, rose to more than two hundred. These diseases still continue their frightf..l ravages. Such was our dreadful situation. when a report Will . yread that a capi tulation had been concluded, and that we might sow, hope r . obe de livered. Our hopes have not been. "deceived : the capitulati on took place on the 10th, and the first itolunins of the French troops .left Dresden on the lith, when they were replaced by; Russian and A 1.120. tri n troops." Hit nrstirtm, Nov. 6.—ln virlue of a convention between his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of England and the King of Prussia, the principality-of Hi!desheim has been re-united to the states of his Royal Highness in Germany. Count Wallrnoden has been charged to take pessesigion of it. TRENT, Nov. B.—The army of Italy, considering its force, has made great progress. Not only has it conquered what f-rniefly made pnrt of Carniola. Carinthia , Frioul, Istria, great part of Daltimtia k and the Venetian territory, as well as the Southern Tyrol, but in a shun space of time it has taken prisoners one Gener.tl, B staff Officers, 72 Officers, an5t.,5,782 privates; it has taken 14 colours, and 11 eann•m, besides 47 found in the fortresses. In the above calculation we dn.not comprehend 2000 deserters, and 4000 men, formerly subjects of Austria, who have pasted over to us, and who are consequently lost to the enemy's army. We leamilisit.ti detachment of. General Tomasicles corps has taken the Isle of •Sebenico, on the DAlmatian coust•; and that the town of Spalatru has beet& taken by the Etiglish naval Captain Hume... THE NATIONAL REGISTER FRENCH' PA PElti. PARIS,• Nov. 30. • Prom the Palace of the Thnilleries Nov. 19, 1815. Nityinicon, Emperor of the French. King of Itay,• Protector of the Conti , deration of the .Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confedera tion, &e. • • •• .: - • We have decreed, and do decree as follows : Art. 1. The opening of the Sittings of the Legislative Body, tlsed by our decree of the inch of October la 4, foi the til of tocxt December, shall take plate on the i 9th of 'December.' Art. 2. The present decree shall be inserted in the bulletin of the laws. (Signed) NAPOLEON. By the Emperor, The Minister Secretary of State (Signet!) ' The Duke of BASSANO. PARIS, Mt. f. , We have received good .news tium omse Ro. A Camp has been formed before that city, sletinided by above 1(10 pieces of canncn. The enemy Tics not dare to advance ; he Isla want of provisions, Had is itr . the must deplorable • situation., Lettere from Cologne state, that .the Dake of Tarentem is going with his army to another point; that he ‘Atsplaced by the Prince of the Moskva with his corps.; and that they. beve never been in such a state of .•••transpiiility at Cologne,• and aloft the whole line. Wesel is provisioned far nine. months, as well as rollers. The Garetto of Cassel, ()Utile 11tli of November, gays, that nego eiations• are an footwhich interest all Exope. The hospital fever makes _great ravages at Hanan and Frankfort. In The latter city 47 of tire inhabitants died of this fever between lbeedriod heir of November.. , • SPIRE, Nov. tit. All continues quiet before the Fort of Cassel, opposite Mentz. The, enemy have made no Indiehient or any importance they 'ell; 3,b .re ter ''.eir Fat`' ;••• ••ed in. ptormitig. •r - - - 1, of which they had made declaration. ii The enenty , , man e stave ave no morcinctit og ....y ••• . ient for the wants of the troops ;. forme' to,4,repoitikno after their fatigue:, and to he pritieipaltl; en.plOycd !nee, One halt of the hakers' ,, torea of I in,palacuri t g. yraykitins for their troopq. We pee ert!tte oppopite Ilq-; the magazines of. straw and hay itt Myth poly- mall toalttignti in the interior °tile detaeitnienti;county, un the troops of the euemv arc in can- o . nd abandoned .t o the troop% Socit .rd their Chic . ' fhree seems were reduced ; and w e beheld itosefhle •to taeconeenfratet l between the Luhn and . the Necker. i . Vrosehint. ' • .tl .).; .I)ctachntcuts of troops of the line, coborts of the National . . .. . I, . • . . • .. . . . . • ' - .. , •., 787 , wed 011.1 . ' •