The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-29 00:00:00

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on the 22d of this month by 5. or 600 Cossacks at
-The combat continued from the morning
till the-evening. The French defended themselves
bravely against the CossaCks, who suffered very
considerable loss. Many Polish Gentlemen came
forward to contribute to repulse the enemy, and one
.of them, animated by his patriotic courage, killed
.five Cossacks, and remained dead on the field of
battle. 7
"'Gen. 11,11i,itAtin arrived at Lowicz on the
.22d
in the evening With 1000 'horse, and lils,sent some
detachments beyond Lowicz towards War Saw, whi-
ther the enemy have retired."
The French army is in full march for that•capi-
Aal. The more it advances'the More it is convinced
' that the Poles deserve •to recover the.rank which
-they formerly had.among+nations."

POSEN, DEC. 2.—The Emperor NAPOLEON,. soon I
after his arrival here, gave a solemn audience to the
_following deputations::—to the Senate, in the name
of which the Senator RADZIMINSKY delivered a very.
neat speechin Latin ; M. DE SOKELNICKI spoke,
io the name of the Noblesse, also in- Latini, the •
Archbishop of Gnesen delitered a speech, in French,
in the name of the Clergy ; as did also M. DE BRO.
ZA, President of the Chamber. After him speeches
were delivered by the ;resident of the Regency, 04
• lastly by the President of the City. His Majesty
' ..peplied from his Throne to all tlise speeches in the
most affable manner. The Emperor said, among
other things,.,to the Deputation of the Senate :
Illustriotis Lords, show yourselves worthy of your
ancestors. They commanded the Princes of Bran-
denburgh ; Moscow was in their power ; :they coo.;
quered Widdin, and delivered every where the whole
' Christian World from the yoke of the Turks. ,I am
perfealy satisfied with all !that I have seen of you
hitherto, as well as with the reports'of my Generals.
.1 will proclaim your independence at Warsaw."
POSEN, DEC. 3.—An imperial Decree has ap-
.peared here to the following purport
From the Imperial Head-quarters in Posen, Dec. 2.
WE, NAPOLEON, Emperor of France and King
. of Italy, have ordained, and we do ordain as follows :
" In the Place St.-Magdalene, of our City of
Paris, a Monument shall be. ereaed at the expence
of our Imperial Treasury, with this inscription on the
' front of 'it—
The EMPetor NAPOLEON to. the Soldiers of the
Grand Army :
In the interior of this monument shall be,en-.
graved on marble tablets the names of all the indi-
viduals of the different divisions of the army, and of
. -the regiments, who were present at the battles of
Um, Austerlitz, and Jena ; and upon tablets of pure •
gold shall be recorded the names•of those warriors
who
_fell in the above battles. • Upon silver tablets
shall be engraved the number of those 'who were
• 'furnished to the Grand Aimy .by the Departments,
and even by each single Department.
" Upon every anniversary of the battles of Aus-
terlitz and. Jena, this edifice shall be illuminated,
and a concert given therein, which shall be preced-
ed by an oration upon the necessary virtues of a sol-
dier, making honourable mention of those who fell
in tht...battles of these never-to-be-forgotten days.—
One month previous to each auniversary a prize
shall be gi,ecn for the best musical vbork on the occa-
sion. A Old medal of 150 double. Napoleon's d'or
shall be given to the author of every musical coin-
, position that is considered deserving, of preference.
It is expressly fOrhidclen to mention any thing in the
least respecting the Emperor, either in the-oriitiohs
or in the odes.
Our Minister for the Home Department will
immediately invite the architects to give in plans, in
.order that the best may be chosen, for the accom-
vlishment of this objea. The expellee must not
exceed three millions of francs. The foundation'
Shall be laid on th .ist c,f Mar, 180.7, and the whole
.must be finished before-the ear ISO 9. *
" A fund of 100,000 francs shall be set aside for.
the yearly support of the building.
As soon as it is •tinished, the Grand
,Coencil
alone of the Legion of Honour, shall have the Super-
intendance of it. ,

(Signed)

NAPOLEON."

. Yesterday being the memorable 2d of Decembqr,
the Prince Archbishop of Gnesen performed grand
(pass in the Cathedral ; the Prince of Neult:hatel,
the Field.. Marshals and Generals, the whole Imperial
Coat, and the Polish Senators were present. The
ma's `i being- ended, a 're Deum was sung.amidst the
'or bells ?and the discharges of a hundred
pi: ;:es of cannon. Afterwards the senators and.
kalghdlood, &c. proceeded to the Imperial chamber,
in 01%1,1- to testify the deepest reverence. for his Ma-,
jestY.
,In the evening the whole city was -illumi-
nated. At seven -o'uloclr,. p.m. a ball commenced
iti
the grand hall of .the Theatre,- to which the' Field
Niarshals, Generals, and ,011icers were invited, and
ins Majesty honoured•them with his presence.---,
-Upon the entrance of ,the, Emperor into the box,
where a throne had been ereted, all the ladies stood
ty in a circle in the hall, and the gentlemen formed
a rank behind them, while the citizens' daughters
strewed flowers along the -steps and passages.
BAMBERG/1 DEC. 2.---The Gazette- bf this City
ontai..s the following article :