The Sun. — London, England, 1813-12-04 00:00:00

INTERESTING LErl'Elt. The following Extract of a Leiter is front a Lady resident in Berlin ,:and attached to the Prussian - Court, to her Friind.in Enghmd. BERLIN, Ocr. 26, 1313. " Though public report} has apprized you of every thing relative to this part of the world, yon cannot • hope to be spared my extacies, which wcisiti be almost nn unnatural thing, alter haying torrored You for the space of seven dismal years with beart-reading accmiuts of our numerous snf , 'clings,: could. I remain. silent, when it plea , :ed Providenec to re‘Vard all our past sor ra ws Yet I must judge myself unequal to the 'My frame has been so shattered by this unexpected thnwer of luippinc,s, that in appear- auce I felt it like grief, an►l I think l:►nguage full as poor to - do justice either to such heartfelt de- light or to pip. . , " The first tidings of so signal a victory quite overcame me. I cried, and laughed, and jmnpeil, , clapped my hands, fell on my knees, wheo alone, to try to pray, without fluffing one syllable to utter—l had nothing but tears, and they have hardly been dried ever since. I was 'flying to all my friends, lancying to meet one at every •tep, shaking hands, embracing them all—every one as wild and grateful as myself. I never deemed, it possible that there could exist a reward for all' we went through,' and bad done hoping for it in its full extent. How much' I erred, and how my thanksgivings to Ileaven strive to atone far so culpable a cholla ! Not one day of our past mi series I now svi•Jh unfelt, since I am thoroughly convinced, that through such trials alone We could become what we now are. To deserve: it further ,I.tm►ost piously pray, and l am sore-every one of us does, feeling as I do. Not the victory of our brave veterans alone caused' me such rap tures ; but also their entrance at Leipzig, taken by storm, after three days of amparelleled exer,- thins arid privations of every kind—yet they en tered as if returning to a peaceable home, not molesting one of its unfortunate inhabitants, unfor tunate, from all they had previously; suffered. They were greeted with rending shouts, all the houses . from top to bottom filled with people innumer able, waving their handkerchiefs in token of joy. I am sure, their gratitinle must have been very great ; but bow could their Sovereign 'el:pose them to so great a danger one that must un doubtedly would in full force have Overwhelmed them, had their.Freneb friends been victorious— . but what a day for that unhappy though culpable monarch—to witness his oivo troops deserting a detested cause, though' sanctioned by his blind; ness, acting against his Allies, and his 'subjects receiving us as they ,did in his sight.' Such a pri nisliment exceeded his errors, and I pity from my heart his bleached head to, have lived to such a • day. To my great amazement I heard of his ob stinate resolution to he faithful to the cause of oar scourge, in spite of his country's unanimous I wdi, and his army's defection. • Ilis arrival is expected here to-night, accompanied by his Queen and daughter. Every measure has been taken to screen him from the insults of an enraged populace, and lie will be treated by our magnani mous King as best becomes his royal station. But I deplore his coming here; an humbled foe seems to me a foe no more. I am very sorry that the Sove reigns did not prefer sending him on to Prague ; yet, in compliment 'to our troops, who won the day, both the Emperors !bought that he should be sent 'hither. So great has been our victory, so past el-.pression the enemy's rout, that even this event has made much less impression on us than we thought ; certainly, taking a King _prisoner is .more than beret, even NAroLgori hint self, in all his glory, Who knows what his fate may yet be ; he is closely pursued by numerous troops, and, tmless he is much helped by disguise, be may see no more the boundaries of rt country whose pride he has sadly lessened. Yet these Vrench fought as if they valued him, or were strug gling for as sacred a cause as ours ; even of that we dare not complain, since it added to our, lau rels, I am sure you will forgive my so much ex ulting in,them ; thank God that we regained all that had been most cemtested. I am so delighted to think, that several English witnessed our seve ral battles, and could ' -e lir themselves how %%Pe fought. 1 only regret, that they were not here yesterday on the King's unexpected arrival. That was again one of those days that make up for years of sorrow,' We bad only been apprized of it 'the evening'before ; the Princesses were told that We king expected to see ,them at church. Some how, .or other,. Princess Louts A's going was delayed rather late, so that we met the King and suite full gallop when he entered town the ear. riage we were.irillso—kautiike W'e had rable ; all the house's covered pechitor's', waving their handkerchiefs, and throwing f13%-ers out of the windows. It 11'16 i 1 most delightful' sight, accompanied with prolonged shouts of rapture. We mast luckily arrived at chnrch before the King, and on the last steps, in sight of nn enormous multitude; he was received by all the Princesses. lie had to pass me so cloic, that T could touch his coat, which 1 most %% illingly would have pressed to my lips". When be enteied ehiireh, • a 'universal rumour was heard, until the seme of the conse crated spot repressed every thing hut sobs. ,For a minute, on beholding him, every onswai nearly forgetting, that they were collected to hie..,s our lleavenlyFather, the Giver of every thing. That Te Dem was sung from the heart you may think. I really wanted to return home, and recruit my spirits in some degree, to enjoy , the delight of seeng him received in the evening at the Theatre, where after it, bad been most cla morously, done, your tine hymn, " that sa ve the King," adapted here, was sung, as it is in England. You know, how impressive, and fine it is, 'and add to it now, ;that n , beloved King really returned,'" Happy and Clorious."— You inay conceive what feelings ours were ; his nisit have been likewise of the most gra tifying .nature ; though he 'rather dislikes to be the object at universal applause, he most conde scendingly submitted, and bowed with the sweet est smile to the enraptured multitude, tears, not for the first time, glistimiug in his eyes, and adding soOething indescribable to the tioe,expression of his manly comiteuarn,e. I thongbt of all your royal heart would haVe felt, had you ,stood at my elbow, or rather been myself. I. was not two yards from him, and could closely watch his every motion, It is to tell you all this, that insteatl of re turning to the play again to night, I preferred staying at home. BM' Mistress of my, time now, that I must make the best of it ; all is not, in spite of my own happiness, cheerfully spent. Many were those who fell, and great the afflic• tion of their surviving' friends; to some of them devote my time, their sorrow throwing a damp . . over my joy. Nothing is or can he without alloy. If it were otherwise, I might perhaps be too hap py for a mortal. Certainly, I, who have parted with every thought of private happiness, am tho roughly rewarded to have substituted such, anxious wishes for my country's welfare. What a differ ence in what we feel to-day, from what we "(lid less than a week ago ! ~We had been sadly alarmed by, the enemy's aporoach here. It was tin,tlie 13th, this alarm spread abroad ; we expected no less than. to 'see than in a day's space, and all measures were speedily taken for our respective departures, perfectly confident, that though great the tem porary misfortune for Berlin, it would be of no Material consequence to the rest. Every one sub mitted with heroioresignation to a fate there were many reasons to dread. Some days after, our fears ' lessened, and we felt that all must depend on the decisive battle. Most anxiously were our hearts bent this Way, and complete was our reward. One very particular circumstance, which may perhaps be overlooked by many, and only known to few, is, that by chance the onlyOlevriteit spot near Leipsig, from whence NAPOLE . ON directed 'his plans was the gallows. Under its protecting shel ter:he stood for the whole day—l rend several most interesting' letters written of these clays ; but what a spectacle it must have been ; human nature recoils at it;-500,000 men, and 2000 can nons collected on the, same spot. , The action was SO bldody, that the streets in Lcipsig were . so. much encumbered with dead and ;wounded, that , our King had only to be the guide.of the Emperor of Russia, who, from being short-sighted, did not distinguish the wounded fromflte dead, and was stumbling hie horse over • •. " is JAMES WZIS the welcome, messenger of all these particulars to England; he merely passe through Berlin, and I thank him for his speed' ---f I dare say that he will he received with much pleasure in England,- where all loyal and noble feelings are at home. There they can prize our bliss, and the feelings of your Nation perfectly coidcidowith the rapture of ours. A. kind of ,prologue was performed at our • theatre yesterday, thronged with allusions to our bliss, which were, of course, not lost, upon the Public ; and when our brave tlllies were named, tO unite them in our gratitude, my heart swelled still more when mention of Enghind's exertion , was named ; and all these elevated Sentiments this mon ster called forth . hisoverwneumng the World with misery, they would have remained -hid for ever; short-sighted beings- that we are, to haVe murmured so-often against heaven for allow ing him such a away. " The Royal Family paid their respects this . . • e vening to the Queen of Saxot4v, who arrived at tour this morning, with her Royal 'Lord and atiughter,--They had been received with all the the finest part of the 'King's palace, every thing looking perfectly Royal, much more so than any thing we have Wan used to ever since Oar Mistor t:uae3. Much pleased I was .to find it so. I,,think one tonst" be more particular :to avoid any thing that ca Ladd to the pangs of so great a rtsfortnne. Ifany thingcan have diminished the cOn.cern of that sorrowful Queen at teeing•the-Pf.t4ssien Princfsses,, it must, no doubt, be the thought of everyone of . • them having lust as much as she lras ;L-:they all were driven, like herself, front n soaiutry they consi dered as their own. The two Princesses of ORANGIi, Princess of Hesse, and. Princess of lietrtcsw!cx, did not pass unheeded, and in the Queen's embrace, her thoughts Nrgro• fully dis played by her Way - of thrdWing both her arms round them, and pressing them to . fier agimized hcatt. :\l,auy tears,..were shed on .both Her daughter, • who is rather-plain, was. quite overpowered, ann . the poor Qiiien `herself very unwell, which is not to. be 'wondered.,iit7consi- ..... . tiering her mental sufferings, and. the ag9nies she has snstained this last fortnight. The• King did • not appear, and ant very:glad - lie did . not, we had enough of grief in seeing the Queen and Prin cesses ; his weight of sorrow mast be heavier still, and I can ill endure.to see that of any hu man being. His is so' awful, that I thoroughly feel what my misery would he on his account, ivere I born his .subject. Ile most anxiously vi,lses to see the King, awl has been expecting lieu the whole day. I have learnt since that IsTAPoLgON . , perfidious to the last, hail represented his situation in the most prosperous way until the 18th ; when all was lost, and 'flight alone was affording him security, he ordered the. King of SAXoNY to accompany him, which he sternly reinsed, prefering •to submit. to • enemies be may well hive judged in his heart better friends to him than the one from whom all his misery was arising. NAPOLEO N 'S parting sen tence to the Queen was, I have but one word to tell you, your brothq is a scoundrel.' She is sister to the King of I.lavAatA, who, • thank God, though a little late, ,has- deemed it more hpnour able to be a German sovo'cign than a French slave. Report says that such is likewise the King of WURTEMBERG'S opinion. There arc several of the Polish corps wound ed in this "(loose . ; I could not help suffering for them in the midst of our joy ; the greater it was , the greater their sorrow. I shall not sadden my letter by dwelling on this truly melancholy subject, Or tell pan much of the way- in:Which I have spent . :' my time since last I wrote. I was More with the sick and Wounded than with myself, andtitOtikt not hardened by the constant "witnessing of so , lunch pain, I can go through it with much forti- . tittle ; the thought of, doing them some little good . strengthens me much. There is no'need of much exertion in our hospitals, where every one most willingly goes and gives ; but few do SP towards the French', and I, who never could bear their sight formerly, now frequently go there. It is impossible to send servants ; they would ltate to go., and, I dare say that mine almost think it an impiety in me. Yet their condition has totally/ removed the bar that divides us,' and though I 'Cannot argue the point, and am on the contrary glad, that such an opinion prevails amongst the lower classes, I exert myself as much as possible in their behalf. Poor unhappy beings ! their con. - dition is most piteous : many die broken hearted, and no wonder they should. You see that I 'cop ilot give up the solace of telling }rim most mi nutely. all I do and. feel. You may thank me that I did not write to yOu after our former vieto . Ties, and not tell Yon at the time the grief poor M 0... nEAU'S death caused me. Heaven punished our pre snmption by it in having looked upcin him us his. chosen instrument.to breath our fetters. ThOugh I would have acknowlt4.lgeil so great yr-ctei#,- , omr 'national' pride is far more gratified;. that this • great. deed vas .no foreigners doing. gad this hero lived,:thegcatefiii Prussians, as well as all Europe i had 'ascribed the Soleanerit to his genius. His last words were prophetie': he foretold such an event, and only recommended perseverance., have seen some of those who saw hint ately after he was wounded, awl since all praise his firmness to the skies, We ce , tainly owe Much -- to the Swedish CatoWm PRINC, yet this fine combined. plan, though agreed upon at Trachea . - .berg, where the Sovereigns met previous to the recommencement of hostilities, was no doing of bk. He bad made,tinother ; but on hearing this, hp ITO candid enough to prefer it to his. own, and bassinet: Most faithfully acted to achieve it. It is almost incredible 'that every thing Should have , • been carried on with so 2erfect a unison, as . if there had been but one' leader ; and who Can doubt the Q:ie presiding from above over all. To him all glory and' blesSings Are due. We would be unworthy such great.mercies, if for a moment we FRENCIT PAP PS. • VERONA, Nov. 19:—The enemy all his detachments, and collected his priaciii forces in the position of th e Alpuh,, madelin4 tack this morning oil Our advanced" p osts 10 Martin. The first line of 'our post being dam taelied by a very sitperior force, fell back av t a battalions were in fiOnCtiFSOdichilj affair was very warmly contested.,:abota ten ticidl, in the morning.h.etween the eneiny's bluvof eel our at i v't nc sisting of twelve battAiions , and , guard, composed of six battaliou& A very VI • • fire villain:ell till six lathe but not standing the repeated attacks .of_the.PKlo could not establish himself in t he village Of r did. As often as the e neiny: • approache: !toaue4'l` our l~ritt:ilioris, they t h t o ael e t i e i t g l I t ; t o l:p t, o l : s ' . (l6 sv ehdr i ll ; • •le be The six battalions long to the 20th, 53d, 101st, and 10:1d regimePt All . the troops behaved perfectly wtlit ° file bj f talions of the Istimssars made-severt,lurc° Charges. '4e did much Mischief to the „. t a , ;,► his loss rutty be estimated at . 1 ; 2 0' c " b o e r li w n o g u i n n d g et t i,;nd we took more thao-200 Benewski, ant t l : ) D ie ei l i . t e s g c i l l i% enl l i e ts ist B er i32l.clllllil:eCt`".7l(::tt regiments have recently arrived at the atop regime of lienewski has prticalarly satlcre'r} nt It bus left about 60 killed on the hold 1)1 1 : e t : in front of a,battalion of the 2,oth of tbc it:rs 600 men P". Our less has been about combat. . , IMPERIAL, DECREE. • FALACE OF THU VIIJIGLEIIII:,S,.:O%.• . 1.7 ' a , 1 Napoleon, &e. We have ; M decreed, and 4O'''' lows : - • ,'„,,,0 ii ) '' f ' I Art. I. There shall he placed at tbs , '"' ' 1 .9 Nlini,ter,' directOr of. the inlotipistratiop oi the ‘ v : re f ' ,.,0 credits pf the budgt.of 1.-,i3,. the sun] of 2 ,f ' 6 n liosil The said sum sha..ll.be-carried to diitributioy Wceho, S. It shall In. Aisttilnited timilog the dill . er e 'A , n uro the budget- of the. adannistratitni of the wa r ''''' litidget of the Ulterior ...... Ditto of Oa Grind.'Aioy.. . 11 •• • 0 •' 5 • ;i I • Total .................... .• • . .' l ii, ,ii 3. The said total , am ount of 27,569,96,6.f0r4e11,;;:tat:vi1l ,o t i te department s . confortnablylosllo.l , P , On the Prodtwe of the. 3o Centimes lesi,..d 3e.1 ' e.l• :,0.1, , ~ cording to our Decree of the lith in,;t. • • •••• And on .the produce of. the L,und Tax, for 1614 ..,,,,,,,,,,, saidrn e 4 l; tpiTull stall, i , e : , t ittiii,,iyttit::::::,:it:pnifiog: : s h i olielfoieltqa.(l:ii theil li;i:ilitlin.reeaf;teti:i. i:(si,:ti• ti..1,0.0;:iiluil;;:,11:,:::rtil:).':1,:1! .: , ' . 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'f. t „al)) I ',,,! resolved to cause then( to be respec - . , . ti l t): e c t e r t e e l' . t t ii l i li t l in t‘j t v e :: l l: t .'4. :;:t c Nov. e of f ' t b 2 e B ' ti .:"- e t : trrilitel i t} le • (-- , r ) e , ac tti; : :.1 ; ...' . ' .;. , 4 try, passed unanimouly by.the extrao'111.1010:::, pr,k.t, has every it here ex;:ired the ili` l4 i 'f i ,:;'-' 'he alsL.nts of the coalition-, had in v: t ' ir ,,r'':: all" S.witzerland 111010 cl done their 01.,;(t:t.,'''. • '.. -if:l t );( e l l )*l . 7e t a i . t H iee i tl i i i : t e t 'll:t' s .6:llce) :l rfil:dg- j i l.°l : e t .'e : . r.r: i s li • r l :ll e lll . lt‘ e 'leiti' f le i if t ); ! ll.l l 'l l i lt)tief' s : ll l l?': ; ;:7l!E:l i litYl : ll l llCl e t.l(l((te:;t- g tiftt'ri:.4l o 3ct;:i' t ;( ; sg:tte.YsiPilie'.ll'llt:'il:rf:' ' '::ell'lltiv‘l'le' , hlvelritinr:ilted vv ,' t f e4 ° „.. trigue. I t 'is a liirineki , t l i ai` poputi o . 0 ..f.'' the liciafi-quartcri of the. belligs rcilt.l l ll ‘ii ; announce thero.. the decWiltion,of tilt' 3 ,,t , : EKcelleney the Lantlanitnar;.bas bce.ken.4l//:' tin put itt motion 40,01h7tnen, %vll O " q o pn; part of the frontiers of Switzerlaa“ 04...,.. 'nearest to the: th ea tre of tear. Soo -l e 11 - t it i !,,lci,!•' are to repair' to the front'icri of t '. ' iii ' f'-. ' trOops will go to the:Northern fee((((l : 0 ~. of the troops of the codederatiou ~. Basle. - o it:_ - 43C)Itcum, Nov. 16 YV . ‘ •pect Gelle'., l ' . • , .-- L. L). ~,, ~ nowt. It unpen, with many troopi, er e, '::- 2i' has yet been seen on ' the . ..v., SSel.s"l' ) 3 '... , troops nee tationetl• •'; .- i : doe, - ~,... . ItAes'(Department of the ,t t troop of the enemi has s hevyn itielf a iii elc/ had bespoke tittariers for 4,000 men : 00 , ~,,,:, precipitately; aud the. tickets, 1113ile ~. /. . c .-.: used. we -are toed. to thee:bravo to ...;: 1, . i , ;pertly, ... .... be N • . . ~ -1: - '' ci 1 c coral . 1 ' ±,,,,,, IMLGUF,N, 110%' ..., ''''' • 1 4 nt .. '''; i t • 11Pre. Gelteriil Schiffer''``r) ictri!" l ifild Ceneral.Anteyll(ll.AiLiiiO.V;-.0,10 ore, '':.: Alt; uss , Nov. '2l .t:-.-."l'liq: : . ty slVelit'" 1 here. The Rhine i i prinlig:' '' strong_be -': -..---- -t:,: ,_... '