The National Register.
London, England, 1813-01-17 00:00:00

JAN. 17.

to takeeplace in E.isteril t'rus':ia, which by the retreat of the I. reach
army, is in the power of th( a7nly. 1i c Prussian tr,..lps
will form a neutral corps, ani will nJt submit oostiities against either
party. Subsequent events, the consequence of tiegockitions, which
are to take place between the BAligerent powers, will decide their
future five.

•‘i hasten to inf,..rin your Excellency of a proceeding to which 1
have tern to.ce,i by weivlitv cn• infistatices. Whatcyti be the judg-
ment that the world may 1.1-s upon in conduct, I shall be very in-
different to it. Duty towards my troops, and the most mature deli-
beration dictated it. The most mit . nyftiv,:.., whatever 3: peararces
slay be, ;‘.li led file. It: mah g this declaration to von. Mons...igneur,
I a.:quit my:::Vot obln-ation to you, and beg of you to accept the
assurances of the mots: ;)r found rispe,:t, with I inn,
(Signed) D'YORK.
A true Copy, (Si,-,neJ)
' • the Marshal D uke of "rarente, NIACDONALD."

This correspondence was laid before the Senate, and a report was
ni7dt.: by the k•er for Foreign proposing.— •
" 1. To s.nd to the active arn.y the lOU collolts of national
guards.
" '2. To make a cal of 100,010 men fr;;nt the conscrjptions of 1809,
1810, 1811, and 181'2..
" s. To raise 150,000 nv..”c.fthe conscriptcn for 1811."
Then follow motives of t Senatus Consultutn for putting 350,000
men at the disposal of the Minister at War.
Here we have a laboured tir.,cle against England, imputing every
thing that has occtirred on the Continent, frem the first continental
wars down to the detection of General D'Y . The proceedings of
the Senate on the 1 Itlt inst. are then given, when the above pi posals
of the Minister w:te passel into a Senatus Cousultum, in the follow-
ing form—
A rt. 1. 350,000 men arc placed at the disposal of the Minister at
War, to wit :
" Ist, 100,000 men, forming the 100 cohorts of the first ban of th'2.
gu

" 2d, 100,000 men of the conscription of 1,909, 1810, 1811, md 1812,
taken front among those %elm have not been called upon to make a part
attic active army.
" 3.1, 150,000 men of conscription of 1811."
Art. 11. In the cxeLution of the preceding article, the hundred co-
horts of the first ban shall cease to form a part of the national guard,
and shall form a part of the activs army.
" Such men as have married betove the publication of this present
S•natits Conultum, cannot be designated to make a pact of the
levies taken on the conscriptions for the years 1809, 1810, 1811, and
1912.
" The 150,003 men of the conscription of 1811, shall be levied in the
course of the ) ear, and to such time as shall be designated by the Mi.
Mister at War."
Art. I 1 I. This present Senatus Consultum shall he transmitted by
a Message to his Majesty the Emperor and King.
The President and Secretaries,
(Signed) CAM IiACERES.
The Count DE BEAT' NIONT.
The Count DE LA PPA
Seen and sealed. The Chancellor of the senate.
(Sioed) Count LAPLACE.
PARTS, JAN 9.—The Prirce of Neufchatel, Major-Ce! oral, writes
from Kuuigsbergh, under date of 31st December, makes known the
positions of the army.
Marshal the Duke of Tarentum, with the 10th corps, occupies Td-
sit ant the b Inks of the Niemen ; he has taken several Russian bat-
talions and several pieces of cannon.
H uedeiet's division occupies Lahraw, Wulau, and Insterbourg; the
herd gin,rters of the 31st division and the guard, are at Konigsberg.
The Ist c. res is at Thorn, the 2d at Mattenbourg, Mattenwerder,
the It!, at Nlauenbourg, the lid occupies libing, the 9th Dantzie, the
clth Pluk, the Austrian corps on the Itinbstock covers the Duchy or
Warsaw, the it h corps between Presang and the Vistula, is in front of
Warsaw ; the 3th corps is at Warsaw.