The National Register. — London, England, 1808-10-02 00:00:00

OCT. 2. Hundsrack ; the second marches by Keyserslautern to Metz and Verdun ; the third goes by Tuckheim, Newstadt, Saarhurg, Luneville, Nancy, &c. These columns go direct to Bourdeaux and Bayonne. The fourth follows the course of the Rhine, and passes through Worms, Spiers, Strashnrg, Colmar, Besancon, and will pass through Lijon to Perpignan. The columns which come through Wesel take the route of Belgium. A letter from Vittoria, of the Ist of September, contains the following :—" The 59th regiment of the line entered St. Se bastian on the 28th of August. It is also understood that 3000 men have come to Bayonne, and that the passage of troops out of all parts of France is incessant. Never were seen greater preparations than have now been collected of military store 3, provisions, clothing, &e. The Emperor has ordered to be in readiness 10,000 waggons, a la Marlborough, fur the conveyance of a sufficient quantity of provisions for the support of an army of 200,000 men during three months. Marshal Ney is at Bay nose. The latest intelligence from Bayonne is of the 10th of Sep tember. According to accounts which have been received there from Spain, the corps of the army are in the same positions. The division of the left wing, under Marshal Moncey, has its head-quarters at Logrono and Viaoa; its advanced posts have had several skirmishes with the Spaniards, who, as much as possible avoided fighting, and dispersed as soon as attacked. Marshal Bessieres, who has the command of the right wing, continues in the same positions, which extend as far as Burgos. Bayonne assumes more and more a military aspect. A camp for 3000 men has been pitched on the Clacis, and it may be so enlarged as to contain 8000 troops; the inhabitants are to he relieved from providing quarters. In the mean time the Mayor of Bayonne has required the inhabitants, by Proclamation, to receive with kindness the brave men, who have never ceased to conquer. The Mayor will be obliged for some time to increase the lodgings ; the proprietors of great houses shall accommodate the Chiefs of the army, and the absent must take care that their houses are not shut up. " Let us," says the Mayor " with all our means, contribute to the accomplishment of the great de signs of our illustrious Emperor, who has declared to his pen ple, that before the end of the present year not a village in Spain *hall he in a state of insurrection. We shall be the first,. he adds, " to enjoy the advantages arising from the restoration of order in that extensive country." On the 10th instant, a numerous corps of troops arrived at Metz, on their route for Spain. At the entrance of the city a costly triumphal arch was erected. The troops were enter tained; in the evening the city was illuminated, and the theatre was opened gratis. The King of Naples arrived at Rome on the 3d inst. at five in the morning. General Miollis, with his staff, went to receive his Majesty, and the whole garrison was under arms. SEPT. 16.—The Journal dc l'Emp;re of this day gives the present position of the French army in Spain, in an article from Vittoria, dated the 6th September. The principal corps of the army, where his Majesty is, holds the two banks of Om Ebro, and all the defiles of the mountains of Biscay, the head quarters at Miranda. The corps of Marshal Bessicres extends from Pancorho to Burgos, which la , t city is held by the light cavalry of General Lasalle. The head-quarters of Bessieres are placed at Santa Maria. Defiles in the mountains have been explored, which were hitherto unknown, and which will very much promote the farther operations of the army. All the troops await with impatience the signal for the combat, and burn with desire to meet the English. A great number of troops come here daily, who go to strengthen the Army of Spain. Marshal Jourdan is arrived at his head -quarters, and Marshal Ney is expected to-morrow or the day after. The Ministers and Members of the Junta of Bayonne are at Miranda with the King, as well as at Vittoria. Seer. 18.—The Monileur of yesterday has notified, that the Meeting of the Legislative Body is to take place on the 25th of October, and not on the 28th, as formerly directed. On the pith a Council of State w as holden at St. Cloud, at which the Emperor was present. On the day before his Ma .ii•sly was at Versailles, where he reviewed the 3d Regiment of Dragoons, on their march to Spain. Letters from Tours slate, that a column of the grand army is `p!i:dily to pas s t h roug h that department, and that its passage will occupy twel ve d ays, i n the proportion of about 2000 men a 4 1 "Y• In the like manner, 17,000 men of the same army are expected to pass through Nancy between the 14th and the 22d. — Preparations are also made for the passage of a vast number of troops, both infantry and cavalry, at Doyn. A Portuguese •eipment of cavalry, about a we ago, marched through • Lyons towards Grai. A part of the French troops in the king• dom of Italy have received orders to break, up, and to prose d through France to Spain. Two divisions of Italian troops are also expected in France; but these, it is said, are not to serve against the Spaniards. Most of the Polish troops which have been taken into French pay, and which amount to about 8000 men, have already passed through Nlentz. It is said that early next month the Emperor will leave this capital for Saxony. The Dutch Papers already report, that the Emperor of Russia is to be accompanied on his journey by the Hereditary Prince of Saxe- W4..iotar, iu w hose capital he it soon expected to arrive. The jouenal tle r Empire has publish a particular account of the joyful manner in which the Kiog of the two Sicilitas was received on his entrance into Naples, on the 6th instant. Tie same Paper gives the following intenigence front Spain, in ft letter dated Vittoria, September 8:—•' The Duke de Frias is appointed Envoy from his Catholic Nlajesty to the Emperor of the French. The appointment for the Embassy to Vienna is completed, but is not yet made public. Don Bonito Pardo de Fignera, who was appointed Envoy to Petershorgli by Fer dinand VII. is continued in that character by his I:tjesty, and new credentials have been transmitted to him." His Catholic Majesty arrived on the 31st at Calahorra, where, as is stated in the Gazette de Prance, he was received with the most lively demonstrations of joy. The enemy, who have left Tudela, are pureed in their flight. SEPT. 19.—The .)Jonitcur of this day says. that yesterday, being Sunday, during the mass which was celebrated at tuts Palace of St. Cloud, the oath was administered to M. Fontaues, in his capacity of (;rand Master of the Imperial University, by the I'rince Arch Chancellor of the Empire. in presence of the Emperor, and upon the Holy Gospels. The formula of the oath is as follows : " swear in the presence of God, and of your Majesty, to fulfil all the duties which are imposed upon me ; and, in virtue of the office which your Majesty has entrusted to me, to devote myself to nothing else but to promote the attachment of the citizens to their Religion, to their Prince, to their Country, and to their Ance•tors,hy all the means which are in my power ; to cherish the progress of the sciences, of useful studies, and of good morals ; arul, as testimonies to the glory of your dynasty, to perpetuate the happiness of children, and the repose of fathers of families." It is thought that the departure of his Majesty the Emperor and King for Germany is very near at hand, for Ilk Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs will set out this evening, while his highness the Prince of Benevento a ill take his departure to• morrow. General Ondinot, Commander of the Grenadiers of the Grand Army, has already passed through Metz in the greatest haste for Germany. We are assttred that this General is appointed Go vernor of the City of Erfurth. Gen. Sebastiani goes to take the command of a division of the Army of Spain. A regiment of the troops of the Duke of Nas sau, 1700 strong, reached Orleans the Ilth inst. where it was re viewed the same day by Field-Marshal the Duke of Dautzic. On the 17th, this regiment set out on its march to Chateauroux. Other troops of the Princes of the Confederation of the Rhine are very shortly expected in that city. 1311.e° %, Sr:pr. I.—On the 26th. 27th, and 2Sth of August, was held here a general and extraordinary Junta of the Province of Biscay., amid under the Presidency (by appointment of his Catholic Majesty) of his Excellency Don Joseph Domingo de Massaredo, Captain-General of the Navy, Minister fur Maritime Affairs, &c. At the opening of the first Sitting, and after their full powers had been delivered in by the. Deputies from 113 Communities, which have the right of deputation to the General Atsembly, its which to the numtwr of 108 were present, the following speech was delivered by the President : `► Biscavans I—The unfortunate occurrences which have in duced the King to give orders for assembling the Deputies of these provinces, must, doubtless, be disagreeable to you, chiefly on account of the evils suffered by many of your countrymeo. But you have the testimony of your own consciences, and the happiness of seeing that this province has had no share in thp insurrection, s hich has keen excited only in the City of Pilboo, by worthless persons of ti weight, enemies, as well of your province, as of the public tranquillity, and who led astray the common people, as is generally the case for the purpose of t,:t tering the General Congress, and substituting a cruel anarchy iu its place. 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