The National Register.
London, England, 1813-02-14 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PAM% Fri. I.—The Viceroy, the Emperor's Lieutenant, Com. I
maroler in Chief of the Grand Army, writes from Posen under date of
2flth of Jaunary, at six o'clock in the evening,. that the remounts
of horses are proceedieg in with the greatest activity ; that the corps !
which Gemral Rape ce nimai ded to Dantzic, amounts to thirty
thoui:ind five hundred men, without inciuding the troops belonging
to the artillery, engineers, or marine- ; that he has under him Ge-
nerals Heudelet and Granjean ; that General Campredon commands
the engineers in it, ai.d General le-peu the artiller) ; that tho place
is provisionAl with tread and vegetables for five years, in meat, .
braud)r, medicines, &c. for feurteeli months ; that all the besieging
artillery frern Riga entered that fortress ; that the besieging equipage .
sent from Magdebureh, end destined for Dunaburg, had previously
entered Dantzic ; that the fortifieatit its were in excellent condition ;
that the magazines were abunnantl) supplied with cloething, arms, I
and warlike ammunition ; that a brigade of cavalry, composed of dra-
goons an chesseurs, 2000 strong, is at Dantzic, under tie orders of
General Cavaeceic ; that General Rapp occuties the neighbourhood
of the place tor six leagues round. lie has in the Treasury where- •
with to Insure the soldiers pay tor a }ear.
From Thorn the intelligence is equally satisfactory. The commu-
nications from that town with the head-quarters were open. The
'lace was well armed. The division charged with its defence con- I
sisted 016000 men, and had its posts at six leagues distance from that
town. The Prince of Eckmuhl had sent General Girard upon Born-
berg, from whence he had repulsed the Russian General, Worceacif,
after having tal en or killed some Cossacks. The Bi.varians were can.
toned between Thorn and Posen, connecting the communications.
The Viceroy besides announces that Prince Sch.eartzenberg occu-
pied Pultusk and Ostrolenka ; General Reynier, with the 7th corps,
was on the right : the sth corps, which Prince Poniatowski com-
mands, was re-organized, and already reckons '30,000 men under arms ;
horses abound at Warsaw ; that the Prince of Neufchatel had been
extremely ill ; the gout, which had attacked his stomach, made him
suffer (Oreille pain, but they had succeeded in receiving him, and the
Prince was in the he -t state ; that the Prussian corps is reformed be-
tween
Stettin and Po•en • that the King of Prussia, accompanied by
M. St. •Marsan, French Minister, and the Austrian Ainbasador, had
gone to Breslau ; that orders had been expedient to f,rm a strong •
French advance-guard composed of more than 40,000 fresh troops ;
that Stettin, Custrin, Glogau, were provisioned for a year, and in goon
condition.
BERLtN, JAN. 25.—His Majesty the King having determined to
remove for some time his residence to Breslaw, and to establish here
during his absence a Supreme Commission and Goveinnient, com-
posed of the following Members, viz.
Count de Goltz, Private Counsellor • De Kirchusen, Minister of
State and justice ; Count de Lottum, Major General and Privy Coun-
sellor ; Dc Schuckmann and De Bulcn, Counselors of State. •
The said Commission is authorised to take, in the name of his Ma-
levy the King, the measures Necessary in all cases which require a
prompt determination, or of these which cannot be decided by his
Majesty himself, on account of the distance of his residence. Ad the
authorities, civil and military, are bound to obey the orders and deci-
sions of this Commission, one of whose first duties is to maintain,
with the military authorities of his Majesty the Emperor of the
French, t:te same good understanding, which, to the great satisfaction
of his Majesty, has hitherto subsisted in consequence of the just coo-
duct of Marshal Duke of Castiglione, and the good discipline whiA
his Excellency has maintained. The ordinance, however, changes
nothing in the constitutional duties of the respective authorities.
Each of them will remain responsible to his Majesty for the duties
entrusted to them.
The Commission will only occupy itself about affairs of general in-
terest ; but in order that it may have a general knowledge of the whole,
the Superior Author ties are bound to send their reports to his Ma-
jesty, through the hand of this cormnission, that on arriving, should
it be necessary, they may be accompanied with their opinion. After
which the Royal decisions will be regularly forwarded through the
same channel . It is not necessary to observe that all the Authorities
are bound to furnish the Commission with whatever information they
may chuse to demand. His Majesty exhorts all his faithful subjects,
and particularly his good citizens of Berlin, to conduct themselves in
every circum;tance towards the French soldiers: as becomes the rela-
tions between allies, and the good understanding which subsists with
his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, whose Envoy accompanies his
Maj, sty to Breslaw. His Majesty has given the superior authorities
the: ecessary orders, hut at the same time enjoined me, befCre follow-
ing I im to Bre3law, to make known his august will to the Public c
which 1 do by these presents.
Berlin, Jan. 22. (Signed) HARDENBERG.
BERLIN, JAN. 26.—According to our Official Gazette, the Russi-
ans I ave repassed the Vistula, with the exception of detachments at
Bron berg, and its environs. Their principal army was between Os-
trot( nka and Pultusk.
I/01741C, JAN. 9.—The 19th Corps d' Armee, under the Duke