The Sun. — London, England, 1806-10-30 00:00:00

From the FRENCH and DUTCH P.;IPERS:: OCT.I4.—At noon-this day, in obedience te•the orders of His Majesty the Emperor arid 'King, his Serene Highness the Prince Atch-Chancellbr re-, paired to the Senate. The Prince being -received with the usual ceremony, and having taken his seat, spoke as follows " Gentlemen, the •let-ter winch His-MA'jesty the Etnperor and Kiag writes to the Senate, and the , 'communications that I are about to make from him, I have for-their object a resolution, become tie essnry iirconsegance of the - condua of the Tinssian Go vrrnment. -It-is asked ; , What are' the catises of .a rupture, difficult to' foresee, 'after the good un&r standing that fir some `yehrs" has' reigned between France tut-Prussia -3 -and, above all, contrary to the mutual interests of the two nations. " The solution of-this questionjs found -in thelte ports made to His Majesty by-his MiniSter for -Fri-, reign Affairs, and in ! several Notes exchanged by 'the Ministers of the two Powers? , " The-reading of 'these pieces NALill convince you, Gentlemen, - that ills Majesty hivs negleaed nothing fdr theTreservation of peace,. and that he had for a long-titue that hope. You will also-see that - the dig nity of his Crown,- and tile obligations imposed. on him by tate .protec,tion and :guarantee he .affords to the 'Confederated States of the Rhine, onf,_ ,- ,ltt to de- termine him to oppose force to force.' .No Sovereign is less than the Emperor in as state tO-desire war none will be, at any time, more disposed to stop the effusion of blood, by'tiie re-establishment of peace. -- 7 4 n the war which is beginning, as in those which 'lave so gloriously terminated, his Majesty has fOr WitKe“es, Ids cOnseienee and the justice of his - arms: Ile counts upon the love of his people and the cou rage. of his armies : he places also an entire confi , deuce in your zeal, 5o often proved ter his service and the weli . ae of the State, winch are inseparable." His Serene Highness then laid before'them, 1:: A Letter from His Majesty to the President and Members of the Senate. 2. Two Reports addressed to His Majesty by the Prince of BVgENISNTO, Minister for F,oreign Affairs. 3. And other Diplomatic Notes, as folloW LETTER FROM THE EMPEROR AND KING. SLNA/ORS, • We have quitted our capital fb place our- I selves in the midst of our Army of Germany, at the moment we saw with certainty that its flanks' were , menaced with unexpected movements. Scarcely' arrived on the frontiers of onr States, we had an Opportunity of perceiving how much our presence was necessary there, and of congratulating our selves on the .defensive . measures that we had taken before we quitted the centre of our Empire: Al ready .t-he Prussian Armies, ready for war, were in motion in all parts ; they , had passed their fron tiers ; Saxony was invaded, and the wise Prince who governs it was forced to a& against his will, and against the interest of his people. The Prus ; sian Armies had arrived in the face of the canton /Rents ,of our troops. Provocations of every kind, and even ads of violence,-. had marked the spirit of lintred which animated our Enemies, and the moderation of our soldiers, who, tranquil at the aspen of all their movements, astonished only at receiving no orders, rested under the doUble con-: ' fidence of, courage and a just cause. Our first duty has been to pass the Rhine ourself, to form 'our camps, and' to cause the sound of war to be heard. It has spread into the hearts of all our Warriors. Rapid and combined marches have brought them, in the twinkling of an eye, to the spot we had indicated. All our camps are formed ; - We are going to march against the Prussian armies, and to repel force by force.'_ At all times; we ought to say it, our heart is sorely affeeted at this constant preponderance which the genius of mis chief obtains in Europe, occupied , incessantly . in traversing the designs we form for the tranquillity : of Europe, the repose and happiness of the present generation—besieging every Caleifiet by every kind of seduction --leading those astray whom it cannot corrupt—blinding them to their true interests, and • launching them into the midst, of disputes, without any other guide -than the passions it has known bow to inspire them with. The Cabintet of Berlin itself has not. chosen .with deliberation the part it takes ; it has been thrown iote,it, with art, and, with malicious address. ' The King haS found himself, all at once, an hundred leagues froin his,capital, on the frontiers of the Confederation of the Rhine, in the - midst of his army, and opposite the French troops; disperied in their cantonments, and who thought themselves justified in counting upon the ties which unite the two States, and upon .t he lavish protestations made in all circumstances by the Court of Berlin. In a war so just, in which we take arms . only to defend ourself, who have provoked by no - itt, by no pretension, and. of which it would be im possible to assign the true cause; we reckon entirely on the atipport of - the laws, and the pectic ; whom eircurn6tancs call. upon to 'give us new proofs of their love, of their devotion, and of- their courage. On our part, no personal sacrifice will be painful to _usereito danger will stop us e —whenever it is the ques tioa to assure the right's, the honour, and the pros perity of the people. , •' Done at our ficaa-quarrers i ia Banibcr. 711! of Oa. f 306. (siodd) ‘• NAPOLEON." nitsT REPORT TO lIIS MAJESTY BY THE :',IIN'IorER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS Odtober 3, 1205. • cr SIRE, T " Your Majesty, on the first news received of the armaments'of Prussia, was for a long time credulous. Forced to believe them, yeti attributed them only to a misunderstanding. You hoped that this misunderstanding would quickly' be cleared up; And that these armaments would then cease. The hopes or your Majesty had their source in yoUr constant love of peace. They have been deceived. Prussia no longer meditates war—she has made-it ; •from what motives ? • I am ignorant of them, and I know no one who does know 'them. If PruSsia had any cause of complaint, any injury, .any reason fur arming, was she obliged. to be silent? The Minister of your INlajesty- at Berlin—would not he have been made acquainted with. it ?' Would DM M. KNOBELSDORF have been charged to make - it known ? Quite on the contraryL-M. KNonims- DORF brought to your . Majesty only an' amicable Jotter ; and he has received assurances equally atesf).s ulster at Det,ii, whem the Emperdr had confided the. coil - it - hand of eiura rep - sate the preparations' carried thisvard—arrogaite the Allies, and of a corps of Baeerians, has arrived increased, provocations tmetiplicd, in , r lroporti(ti :. at Scitleitz, after having blockaded the fort of Culen as your Majesty sheaved more moderation and bach with one of his regiments. impassibility Criepassibi/itt). But if be asked what The enemy, cut off from Dresden, was still at could be the'ciunplaints of Prussia ? none were spe- • Erfurth on the th, and endeavouring to colleCt his cified, no explaration was given to him; solhat column 4 that he had sent towards Cassel and Wurtz his presence became uselessett• Berlin ; and lie was burgh-to act upon the Offensive, wishing to open the there on the. witness of Proceedings and measures, r campaign by an invasion of Germany. The Weser, contrary - to the dignity of France. upon- which the enemy had raised batteries, the “: I n supposing that absurd rumotits , spread with Saal, which he also made a slim of defending, and an inconceivable credulify, , had inspir'ed •into the the other rivers, are - all turned much in the same Prussian Cabinet %%ail alarms, your M.ijesty, who Manner as was praelised upon the Tiler last year ; so had done every thing to 'prevent them, had also that the French army line the Banks,of the Saal; done every thing to di'Ssinate• them. nigh Whet with their rear towards the Elbe, at the same time dangers was , Prnssiadegirous of -guaranteeing her- than they march against the Prussian army, which ? ' France, far from menacing her, lead e'er has its rear towards the R hine ; a p osition so whim given her - prods the mdSt signal Of her friendship.— sical cannot fail in producing events of great int -From what sacrifices did she wish to save herself ? portance. . Your Majesty has asked nothing . from her :of what. The weather, since we commenced the present denial ofjtstice had she'to complein ? All that she campaign,' , has been excellent, the country plenti asked, that was just,. your Majesi'v was' disposed to and,the soldiers full of vigour and health. We *gent her ; but she had made no demand, 'because • make eparches often leagues without having e single she had none to make. • , .straggler ; and never was the army in.afiner condi-. - ef Is it the existence of the Confederation of the -Kowever, the .Kine - of Prussia's intentions t • • Rhine ? Is it the arrangements • that have taken have been carried into efie.cl : he wished that the 'place in-the South of derMeny, which have ioduced French army shoeld evacuate• the territory of the PruSsia to take up arms ? One cannot even suppose. Confederation on the sth 'of Odtober, and they have it. The Court of Berlin has declared, t hat she had evacuated it; but instead of re-passing theilliine, they nothing to Object against these arrange meats. She have passed the. Saal ,has recognized the Confederation.; ;it has endea voured to unite with herself, j 0 a sinsitar Confedera tion, the States in her neighbourhood. . C't Your Majesty has declared, it is tree,• that the Hanseatic Towns should remain independent and isolated from any Confederation whatevor. You have farther declared, that the tother States in the North of Germany should be free to consult only their own • pOlicy •tnd their" own convenience : tint these de clarations, founded upon justice, and 'Upon the ge neral interest of Europe, could not furnish Prussia with a motive for war, nor even with a pretext which she dare avow. " The war, on the part of Prussia, - is,- therefore, without a real cause. " Nevertheless the Prussian armies have pass ed their boundaries ; they have invaded Saxony ; they tneeace the territory of the Confederation of the Rhine, of the inviolability of which your Majesty is the • guarantee.. Even your Majeste , 's troops are Menaced : hardly arrived before our out-posts, the . Prussian troops :have entered on the service of war. They have refused French Officers to enter into Saxony, and war is fotind in its commencement, without the Court of Berlin . having made known what causes of discontent she pretends to have—without having tried the means of conciliation—without having done any thing to avoid a rnpture. A silence. so obstl mate, so unnatural, so incomprehensible, -on the one Part-;--on the other, a precipitation no less in conceivable, prove, that it is not necessary to seek for even an apparent motive, for what is only the result of a deplorable intrigue. . " Two parties, of whieh the one desires war, the - ether peace, have for a long tithe divided Prussia. The first, whose attempts have been con stantly expoged, feeling that it could only succeed through artifice, had only one thought, one design, oneend ; ' it was, to excite mistrusts, to make mea, sures.appear necessary which should force France to adopt similar ones, to set aside all explanation, to pre vent the two Governments from being able to under stand each other, and to place them in such a situa e tion that *War should become the inevitable conse• quence—un fortunate projeal executed with a success . that the authors themselves will one day be able to call fatal " No : :the present - war has no other cause.— There does not exist any other than the blind pas sions that have so much misled Cabinets; from which Prussia was long preserved, but of which it seems , that Providenee has condemned it also to be the viitn, in giving ,it up- to the counsels of those who count for nothing the calamities of war, because they are net to partake of its dangers, and who are always ready to sacrifice to their ambition, to their fears, to their 'prejudices, to their weak nesses, the repose and the happineS's of the people If these' pas;lons are riot only the, leading Motive of the Cabinet of Berlin, aihcl if sol-ne'vno tive of personal interest has 'led it to take up arms, it is unquestionably , the desire of enslaving Saxony and 'the .Hanseatic Towns, and of setting aside 'or surmounting the obstacles which your Majesty's Declaration has rendered it fearful of meeting,in the execution of its designs. The war then l - what ever may be the regrets that your, Majesty feels * in having been unable to 'prevent it; 'Will offer to you 'a prospe& worthy of yourself ; since, in de fending the rights and the interests 'of your people, you will preserve from an unjust domination States' whose independence concerns not only. France and its Allies, but even alleEurope. (Signed) •: ," C. M. TALLERYANI " Mentz, Oct. 3, . Priuce of Benevento," lOURTI - 1 BULLETIN. Cerait,:oe. 1 3 , ten in the morning. Events succeed each Otherwith rapidity. The :Prussian army is taken by surpriSe, its magazines carried off, and it is turned._ -Marshal DAV° us•r ars -rived at Nauinburgh on the 12th, at nine in the cven ing; where be seized the magazines of the enemy, Made some prisoners, and got possession 'of a superb train of 18 .copper pontoons with their appendages. It appears that the Prussian army is marching to gain Magdeburgh ; but the French army has gained three Marches Upon them. The anniversary of the affair at Ulm will be celebrated in the history of France. The lett& annexed, which has been intercepted, will inforni you of the real state of the public mind but the battle of which the Prussian.Otficer speaks will take pike in the course of a few days, and the . result of it will - determine the fate cif the..war. The French should have no Uneasiness respecting -the . result. LETTER FROM A PRUSSIAN OFFICEE, TO ONE OF,IIIS FRIENDS AT j3F.RLIN. " Nuremburgh, Oft. '2. MINISTRY. OF RELIGIOUS WORSIIIP, THE'mxsisi - hR GI! RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, GRAND OF-. FICF.R OF VIP. LEGION OF HONOUR, TO M. M...THE . RISHOPS'CIF..FRANt,'E.. THIRD. BULLETIN. GERAtt, OCT. 13. The- battle of Schleitz, with which the campaign opened, and- which has been veryfatal to the PrUssians, and that of Saalfeld,which folloWed on the next day, have spread eUnsternatiOrt , among the Enemy. All the intereepte 4 l e tters sa y* there was much alarm at ErfUrth, •where the' King, the Queen, the Duke of BRUNSWICK, Re. were con sulting upon the measures that should be taken; 'without being able to agree. But while they are deliberating, the French 'army continues its march. To this spirit of effervescent and excessive boasting, critical observations begin to succeed upon the inutility:of the war ; the injustice of breaking witlFrance; the impossibility of being assisted; the rdisaffe&ion of the soldiery; upon what they have not done, together with a thousand other observations which are always in the mouths- of the multitude. when Princes are weak enough to consult them upon matters of great politisal hitetest, which are above their reach. However, on the evening of the 12th, the scouts ' of the French army were at Leipsic ; the head quarters of the Grand Duke of Berg are between Zeist and Leipsic ; , those, ot, the Prince of Ponte Corvo at Zeist; the Imperial.head-quarters at Ge ran,- w . th the Imperial Guards; and the corps of the army der Marshal,Soe LT, are at Pent: Marshal ,k 3 NEY'S c . 1s is at Neustadt. In the first line is the corps of he army . under Marshal DAVOUST, at Naumburgh ; tlyt of Marshal L A NNEs is at Jena.-- .___1_1.,..,.1.,11, A 1711 V 121 , .1 TT at _Kala.._ . NUM JAE ROZIK, tO " The commencement of hostilities against the French has taken place in a manner very unfortinale z for the German troops. They have, forced a post belonging to the left wing,,under Prince H,okir , -: Lour., and a .dreadful contest has taken.place with TAUENZEIN'S corps, when Prince,Loufs'F.Etimwi'li was killed on the spot. Not only the regiment of ZASTRAn, and one of BELLET battalions; the Greed Hussars, the Brown, &c. but' the, Saxon re giments of the Princes JErj, XAVIEIt, and BECIII TEII, have suffered terribly since yesterday.after 2 noon, and fugitives have been 'coming - in - all night who are following their . regimentS. It is..thoug4 the French arc moving in force against our left,' ley cut off the communication with Leipsic. force is stated at 400,000 men, commanded by, the Emperor, who' is: now supposed to be at Gerau, about four miles diStant., We already perceive some patroles ,we have immense . Magaziues , here, and without the means of saving them. We are under dreadful alarms': GOA grant that the King, who.will very soon be attacked, may not. be beaten, for ,that calamity would be.irreparabler, " According to the last leter§, the aqvanced guard; under General BLUCH,4R.„_,bas.iparched for ,Hesse, Where General RUCHEL'S Stall has also arrived, so that, excepting at Harheln, there is n'ot a single' sbit. dier , the Hanoterian territories. in fad, there is no resouyce now left us but the •deci - slyk battle which it will be necessary to give to &trot:sort, Id;this forlotnFituation my tate is of no consequence, provided the issue of the attual'crisiS be fortunate; and I repeat it, my friend, that our atfitirs,are'of the most bloomy and .unComfortable cast." The Courier, 'who , has- brOught these Bulletins a:rived this evenitx..about eight. In the course of an hour he was followed by a second Cotirier,- charged with two dispatches from the Prince of NEUFCHATEL, for his Serene Highness the Arcb,4l ..Chantellor of the Empire. TheSe dispatches announce, that on the 14th his Majesty the Emperor add Kipg has gained near Weimar a complete victory over the Prussians. The details of 'this memorable day will shortly be published. . . ",Monsieur Bishop. Paris, Off. “, 1806. " After the glorious events which produced the . Peace of Presburgh, his Majesty the Emperor and King; occupied solely about the internal prospe rity of his States, 'and the repose of the - world,"had turned all his thought's to the re-establishment_ of a general Peace. His 'AlajeSty Pletised lkimsel( with the thoughts that there did not , remain a single Cabinet in Europe which past experience had 0,„. , not emigntenea as to its real interests, -and{ which • did ,not wish to put at length a period to that scourge, . perpetually renewed, of a devouring the re-action of which: was always felt by those who provoked it, and which always' confounded' by its results the frantic hopes' of eri , iy and the deep calculations of, hd. - How far was he from foreseeing that the atre Sovereign. who was, ene 7 my enough to his own glory to embark first into the .war, would be that :Prince, who, haying en joyed a constant Peace amidst the long tumult of our latter wars, :had obtaitipd by the good Offices of France a remarkable increase of power and terri tory ! Nevertheless, this spirit of vertigo and er ror to which Providence sometimes abandons Kings, got possession of the Cabinet of Berlin. In, vain aid. the Emperor oppose moderation, and even tienc?, to severe provocations ! In vain has he de manded those explanations that the intimate rela tions which formerly subsisted should have rendered loyal and sincere ! In vain has he delayed even the preparations for just detente, hi order to give to the Kim , of Prussia time and means to return to the on .lv system compatiOle with his true interests ! The ... .„. . . _ 'Manse Towns have been thrcatened; Saxony in vaded : the wise Prince who governs it has been forced to aa contrary to 'his will; the frontlet's of the States of the Confederation of the Rhine have been swounded ; the troops 'of his Majesty have been tre: , ted in' a hostile inanner, and the public 'peace Of EUrOpe violated shamefully, and without motives. " In those circumstances, his Imperial and Royal Majesty, wishing to maintain the bonoUr of his crown and nation,' and the .security of his Allies, has drawn from its sheath that sword which he re ceived 9n the altar of the living God, for the triumph 'of justice and the defence of his country. It is in this solemn moment, when he had just notified to the Senate his , sovereign ~resolutions, that 1 invite you, in,his name, to call down upun his vidoxiouS Eagles the continuance of heavenly blessings. Col lea the people together iu the temples ; let all the 'faithful then 'assemblea pray for the august Fathe't of the State, and fur those of their children who fly to the 'common . . defence : let. them demand of the God of Armies (by whom Kings reign) the safety of the Prince, the preservation of our Soldiers, Vic tory; and Peace. " Receive, M. the assurance of my dis tinguished consideration. (Signed) le PORTAIIS." NUNISTRY OF WAR. , TO THE GENERALS COMMANDING MILITARY DIVI • SIoNS, THE PREFECTS _OF DEPARTMENTS, AND THE riUNCIPAL COMMISSARIES. " Nuts, OCT, 14,=-411 aggression, new as well as unexpetited, has forced the Emperor to quit his capital, and to transport himself into the midst of armies. " His' Majesty, on repeated protestations' of peace and friendship, had seen without` distrust the arena- ' meats of Prussia. He was going to recall his soldiers to the triumphal fetes : the moment of their return was fixed, and the signal. given. At that very mo ntent Prussia gave the signal of war. against us. ' ce The Emperor, obliged suddenly to change the preparations tOr.peace to those of war, flew where . the honour of his Crown and, the danger of his Al lies called him. ' He had scarcely, arrived there when dispositions, rapidly made, had preserved them from an invasion which was long meditated. " ° ,l.'hat instant,. Gentle Men, is an "appeal both to the courage of those who fight abroad, under the eyes of their •Sovereign, and to the zeal of those . Who serveli - an id the interior. The task of the latter, a!though less, glorious, is not -less usefill or Htred. HavM , T, remained the depositaries of the con, fidence of his Majesty, your efforts should redouble, in order to aCqUit yourself of the trust, and should. increase in proportion to thetlitEculties, The main tenance of public:order, the prompt execution of the laws; - especially of those which may contrbuw to the success of oar armies, the concert and bar.; mony of all the authorities, .should be more than ever the objet of your cares, and of your atten- flan. MA) , the Emperor, Gentlemen, in bringing . back "Lk arricid4; covered with new laurels, feel 'au' equal iatiSiaCtion at services rendered. him in ono.. ther way ; and When he casts his eyes from the field of battle to .. th' interior, may he be able to per ceive, that, .with.less eclat, your devotion has not been less. entire nor less aaive ! '" I satiite you With, distinguished considera tion.. „,. " For the Minister of War. - . The Dit'eaing . :Nlinister of . the '4.dnihiistiation of DEJEAN." ~~ ~ THE,MINISTER CF THE . INTERIOR TO THE PREFECT - OP TEE DEPARTMENT OF , . ``. SIRE, .. " The ~Continental .War . has commenced—the Emperor's moderation has. not been able to prevent is.. France . has been provoked by a Sovereign vhb 114 S lung been her friend, and whose power she has considerably augmented. The Emperor could - not be otherwise than just to that Sovereign—he has shewn himself generous to the last moment — but his justice has not been acknowledged, and his generosity has been repulsed. The Erhperor is com pelled to conquer. - It is in vain that he wishes to give peace to Europe, in setting limits to his own. greatness ; but an inconceivable blindness opposes the accomplishment of these. humane Wishes ; and that part:of Europe; which the sebbrge of war had hitherto reseeded, has brought , upon itself all the! fury and evil of it. " The territory of France will continue to enjoy all the benefits of peace. To excuse it from the ravages off War, the Etnperor has carried it far from his frontiet's. He is again going far to face new dan gers for the defence of his people. Let his people second him ; let those who are called to partalteof *dangers and glory fly to the post assigned them by ho nour and - their country ! 'Let the sacrifices of another nature, which,may contribute .to the success of our arms, be made with promptitude and devotion ! principally -by- a stri& exs`ci.ition . of the laws,. and a read} _obedience to whaterey is. commanded by their authority, that each citizen can prove his attachment to thelimveror; . and 'theletterest which he takes in the prosperity bf his . counKy. But it 'is incumbent Upon the Public Funaionaries in particular to set an exaniple the: i ttht3pc - eof.Oe . Empesor, should .ope 'Tate as.a mptive for redoubling their zeal-;; it ris• ne tessary they 'should': rnalec..A it evident that ;his liVes,il),:theittidst.Af'-`theni, and. that they, are worthy of the • choiee with which" he has honoured them. yti4 4 r i m ativiecfmore trtitOil from, perceiveeg degree - '9f; order i its • i e tenet - less, y4rjable. than tever, that atikd a.tesiinuny..to astonished Europe 'of the sp Fit which - ablifiai her- . --of the, immensity ° cif her resource, resilltin4POM the unanimity of all her eitizens—o t her confidence in the Genius' that conduits; her 'armies, and their devotion to their Sovereign, who has done:So much for her happiness: and his own glorY -- ; and who will do more still for her . prosperity when her enemies shall have been forced to accept the generous terms which he has never ceased to ,olfer them. ." Such, Sir, • will he the Apeetacle presented by your departMent. Thereto you shall contribute with all your efforts, and by employing all your means to their fullest extent, in the duties imposed upon you, and by every thing else which can W. added by the present important moment ; and thus , you will pro cure for me the Jatisfaaion of making known to the ~: