The National Register.
London, England, 1813-10-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.;

and • that although Austria pretended that her auxiliary cot ps
remained at the disposal of France, no sooner were orders
dispatched to it at the renewal of hostilities in April last,
that it was declared they should rot be obeyed. We re-
member that the retreat of the Austrian corps at a time
when by advancing it might have powerfully assisted the
French, who were falling back on \Vilna, was noticed in the
Russian bulletins as indicative of the ft iendly disposition of
Austria. The Armistice concluded by Mote SCHWA!! r-
ZENECIIG, though it might be unknown to BOON A -
PA RTE, was also sufficiently notoriuus here, and it was pretty
well understood that the auxiliary corps would not be al-
lowed to act against the Allies at the i enewal of hostilities.
it appears, therefote, that the real intentions of Austria
have not been mist epresented in these documents ; but the
attempt to make the Fiends people believe, that NAPot.I ON
was the dupe of her pacific professions is ridiculous.. Ile
oily pretended to be so, in order to induce her to delay her
declaration of war, and to make her appear the aggressor
in the eyes of his subjects, that he might call up n them to
snake sacrifices equal to those of the Allied Powers to op
pose " their immeasurable ambition."
This appeal, instead of exciting corresponding patriotism
among -the people, created the deepest alarm The usual
scale of the public sentiment, the funds, sunk from sixty to
fifty-f ur. and it was supposed, that beside a new conscrip-
tion, the cua.sion of paper money would be demanded.
On the 7th inst. the Empress repaired to the Senate, to
state the extent of the sacrifices required. This Measure,
$o novel on her part, augmented the general apprehension,
as it was thought that she would not have resorted to it,
had not the demands which she hid to make, too exhoibi-
tant in their natute, to be safely entiusted to an inferior
personage. When it was found, however, that nothing
tut bun an lives were wanted, and that provided 200,000 •
yosiths of the classes of IS 14 and 181.5 shotld be furnished,
napoleon was willing to spare the money market, hope and
confidence revived. aed on a Seratus Consultum rssing
without opposition, the 9111 inst. to order the proposed levy,
the funds suddenly rese again to (o. So much for the huma-
nity of the Agisteurs in Ft aece. Front Dresden no tidings of
any motnent ILA been received.
.N Poi. eoe; was said to
lave returned to that capital on the 3:1 inst after fruitlessly
mancruvering as usual agains 13 LECH ER.% army. The pre
vious repot t, dated Septeteber 99th, boasts that the attempts
of the (Mows. Pm NC E to cross the Elbe-, have been 1. us-
ttated at Dessau and Wartemherg, by the capture of the
totes de pot which lie had formed on the left batik, and
the destruction of his bridees. AUGEILEAC*; army of re
serve had bee n cilled out of Franconia to the immediate
seat of war, probably to re open the communieAions, and
keep the army of 1-erlin in check, should it etiect the p ssage
of the Eine. T 1 e nit meroes pa tt isa us in the ear of the
epee:v are said to h7tve been diTerscd by the march
of V reToe's corps on Freybertf, and of the Poles on Pcnig. •
The bi!ions fever %Ouch coufined N A POL EON'S chief adviser,
BERTIII En, to Li-. be o, has now lef; conTales-
c!-nce may, therefore, his mater to re:•time tic of-
his'
chief um witiHi abstained during ti.e thole of
thief cunt) Woe, s it is, however, the general
ti!at he sv:11 etelenvoto• to I:taint:tit) binisclf al Dres-
den, will tile levy of Hie new con-erivi.n will enable him
to reinforce himself with tl.e List, which has hitherto re-
maitie.l exercising in the ~ depots.

Wednesday, two Mails art ed from Cottenbur4h, and at
the same :hue Capt. Bloomfield arrived with dispalches for
,cnt from bit. Charles Stewart. The dates of the

()CT. 17.

dispatches are not recent; they however serve to explain
the obscurities in the French Bulletins, to correct the false
representations of Buonaparte, and to place in a new and
important point of *iew the events which occurred about
the middle of fast month on the side of Bohemia. Soon
after the arrival of Capt. Bloomfie'd, an abstract of the in-
telligence ( f which lie was the bearer, teas made public in a
Bulletin. The whole of it will be found in last night's
Gazette.

By the Mails we have the 11th and 12th Bulletins of the
Crown Prince, dated the 20th and 22d ult. from Zerb.t,
where his head-quarters still remained. Detachments only
seem to have gone over and taken convoys and couriers
with letters, on the left bank of the Elbe, and some pat ties
had penetrated to Halle, and put themselves in communica-
cation with Thielman. All the Powers of the Confederation
of the Rhine, arc said to be preparing to throw off the yoke of
France. Bavat is and Wittemberg arc expressly mentioned as
expected to join the came of German liberty, and the Crown
Prince anticipates that a national war will soon extend from
the Elbe to the Rhine. In one of the Bulletins it is stated,
that the scarcity of forage was so great at Dresden, that 200
hot SC'S died daily.—Blucher had his left wing in combined
operation with the army of the Crown Prince, and his left
was connected wi:h the Allied force in Bohemia.

A Lisbon Mail arrived on Friday, with accounts to the,
4th inst. The following it the only paragraph of news which
it communicates:—

" LISBON, ()CT. :3.—We have received here the agreeable in-
telligence that the reports of the plague and yellow fever at Gib.
raltar and Cadiz were incorrect ; a few cases of fever only had oc-
curred, which are usual in spring anti autumn in those countries.
So decided and generally credited ores the report, that our Govern-
ment had taken the 'vast effectual measures to prevent its introduc-
a) here. Even the theatre was mdered to be shut up for a fort-
night. All accounts from head-quarters state, that Lord Wellington
is trometqately to enter Franee..'

Coiunna papers to the Bth instant arrived on Tuesday.
They contain no military intelligence of any interest. It
is reported that Soult had given up his command, and was
to be succeeded by Suchet ; and, it is added, that the former
was going to Dresden. The outworks of the fortress of
Dena hadbccn taken by the Spaniards, but the castle re-
mained in possession of the enemy.—Pamplona was expected
to surrender about the 10th inst.

Tuesday Colonel Arbuthimt left town to proceed to the
head-Itnuters of Lord W'elltngton, with a box full of
medals and (losses, for the General and Field Officers who
have distinguished themseeves ia the late battles and
•icges:

It is said, that Lord Wellington has required from Soult
the return of the Deputy Judge-Advocate Larpent (lately
stn prised and tal:cn by the enemy.) in exchange for the Com--
ritii.-ary De Cuilly, vhose liberty was stipulated for in the
surrender of the castle of St. Sabastian'to.

The following account of President Madison's state of
health is sail to be extracted from an American paper:—
‘• Madison is habitually confined to his chamber. Sick-
neAs Ills made havoc on his constitution, and has left him, it
is confidently believed, but a few months, perhaps only a
few (I;Ivs, to live. We do not mean that the fever which
has preyed upon his vitals will- produce his immediate dis-
solution, but we have the best reason to believe that it has
left him in such a state of debility, and so exhausted, as to
render his chance of even a few menths life at least pre-
carious."

SAl:rday last Mr. Read, Chief Magistrate of Row street, -re-
si4in.ti his seat, in eoty•crynynee of ill health. Monday, Mr. Con-
nant took his seat on the Bench, having been appointed to the of.
rice) in the room of Mr. head.

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