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

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FOREIGN INT ELLIGENC E.

FRENCH PAPERS.

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fsuts, pct, s.__ lifer Majesty the Empress Meet' anti Regent
has received the following intelligence of the situation of the armies
on the 291 i of September :
" Emperor has given the command of one of the corps of the
young guard to the Doke of Ri ggio. The Duke of Castiglione
has put himself in march with his corps, to take a position upon the
&bunches of the Saale. Prince Poniatowski has matolied ‘vith his
corps npon Penang. (iroeral Count Bernard. on the 26th, attacked 1!
the enemy's* corps &aim& of Berlin. u hit h cos et ed the I)ridge
thrown over at Waricubourg, forced it. took some prisoners, and
drove it fighting to the fele de pont. The elwiliy evacuated the left
hank, and de,troyed his bridge. General Itertrand immediately
caused Ike tete-depont to be deAtroyed. 'lle Prince of Alo•kwa
marched upon Oranienbionn, and the 7th corps ;spun Dessau. A
Swedish division which was at Dessau, hastened to repass upon the
light hank. The enemy was likewise obliged to destroy his bridge,
situl the tete-de pont liar !teem razed. The enemy has thrown some
shells i:ito Wittenberg from the right bank.
On the with, the Emperor reviewed the .2d corps of cavalry,
upon the heights of Weissig.
" The mouth of September has been very bad, very wet, con•
trary to what is usual in this country. It is expected that the
month of October w ill he better.
" The Prince of Neufchatel's bilious fever has ceased ; the I'i ince
is convalescent."
)'Attu, OCT. 4.--The Senate assembled to-day, the -Ith of oe-
*ober, at noon, inukr the Presidency of his Screw. the
Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, who was received according

to the usual forms.
I
opened the Sitting,
His Serene Highness having taken his place,
and said—
" Gentlemen, I bring to the Senate, according to the orders of
his Majesty the Emperor and King, the documents relative to the
rear with Austria and with Sweden.
" This communication; determined by the laws of the State, and
by the will of the Sovereign, has only been delayed by Haul eseen
accidents.
" Explanations upon such great interests would add nothing to
the conviction which yon must feel on a knowledge of the facts,
which alone inform, and coma not he supplied by reasoning.
" There is, however, Gentlemen, one eirrnmstance on which 1
will dwell, anti which will neither escape yonr wisdom, nor the re-
rds of Etwope. The continuation of the war is contraryto his
MMajesty's wish. He has done every thing to prevent the resump-
tion of hostilities ; and even when the hope of arcommodation was ,
lost, you will see that the Emperor has manifested a desire that a
Comress could again he assembled, and seriously labour to recon-
vile tite interests of the ditierent belligerents."
Ills Serene Hi daness having ceased to speak, one of the Secreta-
dies read the follow ing, official documents. After this communica-
tion, the Senate, npon the proposition of his t. xcellency omit de
tacepede, animal President, deliberated upon presenting to his
Majesty the Emperor and king an Address of Thanks, and charged
the proper officer to prep .re it.
PARts, OCT. 7.—To-day, Thursday, the 7th of Oct. at one
trlock. her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent set out from
the palace of the Thnilleries, to repair to the Senate, with the re-
tinue, the order and posession of which has been published in the
The great officers of the %estate and twenty-four Senators, receiv-
AM her Majesty at the outer gate of their palace.
The Empress Queen and Regent, after basing reposed herself in
idle apartments prepared to receive her, repaired to the Hall of the
Sittings. [Here follow the names and order of procession of the
sittentlants, great Officers of State, &e.]
On the arrival of her Majesty all the Senators were standing and •
encovered.
Her Majesty act-ended the throne placed to the left of that of the
Zmperor ; and t::e Ministers and great Officers were seated in chairs
to the right and left.
Her Majesty then deliviered the following address
Senators,—The principal Powers of Europe, indignant at the
Oretensions of England, had, last year, united their armies to our's
L'-`lO obtain the peace of the world, and the re-establishment of the
rights of all nations. Ry the first chances of the war the slumbering
rassions were awakened ; England and Russia drew in Prussia and
einstria to join in their cause. Our enemies wished to destroy our
011ie's, to punish them for their fidelity. They wished to carry the