The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

SIXTY-SEVENTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND
ARMY.

OSTERODB, MARCH 25.--On 'the 14th instant,
at three in the afternoon, the ,Garrison of Stralsund„
taking advantage of a fog, made a sortie, with' two
thousand infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and six.
pieCes of cannon, in order to carry a redoubt thrown
up by General DUPAS. This redoubt, which was
open, without palisades and without cannon, was
deßAided by a company of VoltigeUrs, of the 58th .
Regiment of the Line. The immenSe superiority of
the enemy had no effeet upon these brave men;
-•
being reinforced by a
.company of Voltiaeurs, of 'rile.
4th of. the Line (Light Infantry), • under Captain
_BARRA', they resisted all the,attempts of the Swe-
dish Brionde. Fifteen Swedish soldiers reached the
parapet, but there found their death.
All the enemy's attempts were equally fruitless.
Sixty-two dead bodies of the Swedes were buried at
the foot of the redoubt. It is supposed that 120: ,
were wounded, and 50 • were Made prisoners; though'
there were not more than 150 men in 'the redoubt.
Several Swedish Officers were found'among the dead,
distinguished. by their military decorations. This in-
stance
of bravery has attracted the Emperor's atten-
tion. His Majesty has sent three Orders of the Le-
gion of Honour for the companies engagerL Capt.
DRIVET, who commanded on this Weak redoubt,
highly distinguished him Self. •
" On the loth, Marshal LEFEBVRF. ordered the
Brigade under General SCHRAANI to cross over, from
the Island of Nogat, in the Frisch Haft, in order to
cutoff the communication betiAseen Dantzic andthe
neia. These orders were carried into execution at.,
three in the morning. The Russians were routed,
and 300 of them fell into our hands.
At six in the evening, the garrison
.of Dantzic
sent out A detachment of 4000 men to retake the
post; but they, were repulsed, with the loss of some_
hundreds of prisoners, and one piece of cannon.—
General.ScnaAANt had under. his command the std
Battalion of the 2d.Regiment of Infantry, and seve-
ral Saxon Battalions, who distinguished themselves:
The Emperor has sent three Orders of the Legion of
Honour to be distributed among the Saxon Officers;
and three more for the privates, SubalternS, and to
the Major who commanded them. .
" In,Silesia, the
.garrison of Neiss has made a
sortie, but fell into an ambuscade.' A regiment of
Wirtembetrgli cavalry took these troops in flank,
killed 50; and made Co prisoners.
_;

The winter in Poland seems to .have resembled
the winter at Paris, that is to .say, variable. It
firez. es and thaws in alternate succession:; liowever,
we have the good fortune' not to have any sick in
the army. 'On the contrary, all accounts agree that
the Russians have a great number of _sick. ~The
army retnains tranquil in its cantonnients

winch
compose the tetes dlt pm( of oierocis, biciOno, '
Pr ga, Marieuburgh, and Marienwerder, are every
day becoming more formidable; and the magazines
are organized, and are every where receiving provi-
sions. Three hundred thousand bottles of Bourdeaux
wine were found at Elbing ; and though each bottle.
cost four francs, the Emperor paid that price to the
merchants, and ordered the wine to be distributed
among the army.
The ,Emperor has sent the Prince Ber.curEsr.
upon a mission to Warsaw."

SIXTY-EIGHTH BULLETIN OF THE GRANO

A'IkMY.

OSTERODE, MARCH 29.-oa. ,the 17th :of
March, at three o'clock in the morning; the General
of Brigade LEFEBVRE, Aide-de-Camp to .Prince .
Js-
nowt, passed near Glatz, his way io,Winche,l4.,
bourg, with three squadrons of Light Horse And the
Taxis Regiment of Light Infantry, when 1500 ,men-.
with two pieces of cannon, made a sortie from the
place..
,Lieat.-Colonel GERARD immediately at....
tacked and drove them back into Glatz, after having
taken Pio soldiers, several Officers, and two
pieces of artillery.
• " Marshal MASSENTA is gone from Willenberg to
Ortelsbourg, and forced an entrance there for the.
division of BECKER'S Dragoons, which he has rein-
forced With a detachment of Polish Horse. There
were some Cossacks at Ortelsbourg, and several at-
tacks were made, in which the enemy lbst 20 men.
" General 'BECKER, as he was coming to resume
his position at Willenberg, was attacked by 2000
Cossacks. An ambuscade of infantry ,was formed,
into which they fell,. and lost 200 men;

" On the 26th, at 5 o'clock in the morning, the
garrison of Dantiic made a general sortie, which
proved very fatal. It was reptilsed on all sides. A .
Colonel named CRACAW, who had a command, was -
taken with 400 men, and two pieces of cannon, in
an attack made by the .19th regiment of Chasseurs.
The Northern Polish Legion condueted itself in an
excellent manner, and two Salon battalions distin,
guished theinselfes:
" As for. the rest, there is nothing new. The
lakes are still .frozen; though there is some appear,
ance of the approach of spring."

PARIS, APRIL B.—The Arch-Chancellor of the
Empire, in consequence of his Majesty's commands,
repaired to the Senate on Saturday, the 4th in3t. at
two o'clock in the afternoon.
M. M. REGNAULT, ST. JEAN IT ANGELT, and
LACUEE, Orators of the Council of State, tieing pre-

sent with the Assembly, the Sitting was opened with
the usual formalities, when,his Excellency spoke as
follows • - .

" GENTLEMEN—The implacable hatred of the
enemies of-France has hitherto rendered fruitless the
redoubled efforts of his Majesty the Emperor and
, .
King" for-the.reStoratton of peace."
His Majesty is therefore compelled, to continue
the career of his military exploits, which, thanks tcp
the courage of his troops, have been crowned with
so many advantages. Still, however, the Bellige,
rent Powers are making their utmost exertions.
" Extraordinary recruitings and numerous
vies are ordered_ to recruit those armies which have
been :annihilated or dispersed' by the Imperial.
Eagles.
" The Emperor, under these circumstances, has
judged it only a prudent foresight to adopt in time
mew means to oppose the repeated oforts• of 'his
Enemies. His Majesty has concluded, that a strong
development of our energies can' only tend to bring
His Enemies to, a due sense of their true interests.

His• Majesty, in order to accomplish this object,
'has thought it necessary to call out immediately a
partof the Conscription for JBOB.
" Such,.Geutlemen, is-the sketch of a plan of the
• &rictus Consuiturn, which will be laid betbre you
in the present Sitting, after you shall have read the
Message of the Emperor. and King to the Senate,
.together with the Report of the Minister of War,
with. which it is his .Majesty's, desire you shOuld be
azquainted.
A. particular- regulation in this plan will not es-
cape your attention, but will afford you afresh cic-p-
-'lcitsit'in for acknowledging the paternal goodness'of his
Majesty. It is not,his Majesty's, wish thauthe nevi',
COasdiptS should epter,,alt. at once into the: tatignes
ofwar, without being giadhally accustomed to them
He will assign periods to their services, 'in which
• they shall have occasion to_ signalize the 'r courage.
'.ln order to 'Make thernselves acquainted.with victory
in the fteht, they will be permitted to remain at home
they are instruaed-in the military .manceuvres,
under Commanders whose examples will afford
them living lessons of courage and devotion to their
Sovereign, and at the'same time inspire ihem with
an interest in the glory of • their Country. These
CoMmanders,' Gentlemen, shall be chosen out of
r.ur own Body. In this regulation of his iVl.:jesty,
for the convenience of the Coh.cripts, pal ill also
.perceive another proof of, his Majesty's tender care,
and of those sentiments with-which the I.,i'lliperor ,is
actuated itirespeCi to the Senate. •
"The zeal with which you leave hitherto seconded
his Majesty's great views, and' particularly by your
Decrees of the 24th of September, 1805, and Dec;
4; 1806, is a certain:guarantee for that which it is
necessary you should exhibit under the present cir-
-I.`ciimsrances. w •

" The ardour •of the French paint) to assemble
under the,Standards of the Emperor, will afford a.
proof that they are worthy to treadin the steps of their
elder.brothers, and that, like them, tl.ey are ready
to form a rampart for the glory of their country.
" Thus the enemies of Franee will bedisappoint-
,ed—ettiose enemies , who have hank; since persuaded
themselves* that difficulties would arise which have
never existed, and flatterod4heir iinaginations with
fomenting animosities thatArtve been IOSt
general feelings of love and astonisinnent at theßero
whO governs us; and hence.Men'of fall -ranks;* and
all opinions, will join in the cointnnii"cau4e. •
dII unite under the standard of him, whom they
acknowledge as the author °fa ne,.v. order of things',
and who has banished,:fro-t i. their remembrance all,
the panful: considerations of paSt
" Then pos.€My the eyes of our enetnies.will,be
openeJ, and perceivel he facility ut.all'their
plansleast, hey.- will be clearly convinced, thAt
an Empire established by genius,, supported by be'
roisrn; and daily: strengthened. by a fresh acc:,..ssion •
Of love and fid,elify, cannot be easily zumilniated."
Ttiv folk) w.i .ducumeuts Wert: afterwards read

. J .. ~ ..,.....

" From the Ithperial Calip at Osif r March 20,

" NAPOLEON, Einperpi of the Fiench,

"We have decreed,. and do decree as follows :

" The Senate shall, on Satin-day the 4th of April,
assemble at:the accustoMed place, under theinspec-,
tion of our 'Cousin, the Arch-Chancellor of the.
Enipire.

(Signal)

" NAVOLECIsi. -r '
" H. B. MARET."

nourable experience shall operi the career of the
French yOuth in,, the paths of glory..
"These advantages, Sire, must have determined
your Majesty to call out the Conscription for the
year 1806,
" One objeaion, Sire, may he made against the
motives which have prescribed this measure:: to your,
Majesty ; that is, the increase of the expenditure
which it *ill occasion. But your Majesty's finances
are in the most flourishing situation. Your Majesty's
good'cOnduEt; in providing extraordinary means for'
extraordinary measures, has prevented the necessity
of laying'any fresh burdens upon your people; and,
Without, requiring
,any fresh sacrifices from them,
your Majesty will be able_ to answer every claim that
your own glory and the safety of the country. can
require.

Report of• the Minister of War to his Majesty the
Emperor and King : , •
" Imperial Head-quarters at Ostc9i,&„ March ;9.
"SIRE=-Never were your arinies so numerous, so
well disciplined,•iiind organized-as at present.
" The Senatus Consultant of Sept, 2'2, 1805, had
Put MOOD of -the-Conscription of 180 under the
disposal of Goverrirrieete 'Piet of. the,4th of De-
cember last has PaLfed.:etheealliner-pciceTati equal
number of Conscripts for 18'67:-
" These Men, areountine to' 160,000, are already
assembled under their iestiediVe 'colours: .I gannet, i. _
but bear the most honoerable.testimony to the ac- `` SENATORS,
tivity of the Prefedk, and the good conduct of the; "We have given ordera.fOr a Proldt of the Sena-
Recruiting Officers, and the Gendarmerie, not toe ;PS C0M111i4172 to be laid before ypu, in order for the
Mention the loyalty manifested on this occasion by 1 immediate calling out of the Conscription for 1808.
the Empire at large. I The Report which our Minister of• War has
" But, Sire, notwithstanding this general union transmitted to us will acquaint you with the various
of all sentiments and opinions, we are not to con- j advantages'which must be the result of this measure.
elude' that your Majesty's armies are at present more I. All the Nations round us arearming ; -England
numerous, by 160,000, than they were at the_ peried j has again set on foot an extraordinary levy of eOO,OOO
of the commencement athe Fourth Coalition. men. Other Powers, ••es well as England, are
" Since the-Ist of September the, eriepal reviews adopting the Measure of extraordinary levies, as their
have closed; and in cenSequeece of the double inspee, lasteresource.': HoweVerstrotig and numerous our
tion Which your Majesty had ordered, we have been armies-may -be, we are by •no means convinced
in a situation' to picl ont and dismiss, thpsl old sol- that the regulatieng of 'the Seeeitus Cense/tem will
diers who had fulfilled the period -of their engage-- be• the less necessary and advantageous. At any
tient, and" who, of course, had a right to the reward rate, the sight of the triple barrier' of camps, which
of their services; and more especially on, account of • encircle- our territory; must have the same effect up-
the honourable wounds they had received. In this I on our enemy as the triple line of fortresses which
manner 15,000 men have been discharged. The men defend our advanced frontier. This wit! leave them
which an army so numerous as your Majesty's has- without the-least hope of gaining any advantage over
lost by sickness, and who have fallen upon the field us, will assuage their fury, and finally, in, consee
battle,,for instance, in the battles of Schleitz and I quence of their total incapacity to do us any injury,
Saalfeld, Jena, 'and in the affairs of Prentzlow, e: will bring them back to a sense of reason and jus-
Golyinin, Lubeck, Pultusk, Bergfried; and Hoff, anda tire...
in the battle of Eylau ; and those whom I have been "-The zeal with which our people have executed
obliged to send to the depots, in order that they [-nay
,the.Senatus Consultunt of Sept. 24, 1805, 'and- that
be discharged, after the, first inspe&ion, have also Of Dec. 4, 1806, has made a sensible impression-
been the cause of a decrease of 14,000 men. The upon- our gratitude. Every Frenchman will probe-
real increase, therefore, Site, of your Military force i bly shew himself worthy of so honourable 'a name.
does not exceed 130,000 men. At thesconelusion of "We have neteinated Senators to the command
the war of the,Third:Coalition, your . Majesty had and diredion of these-interesting young men—Sena-
' tne, numerous, ande formidable armies, ;and this- tors Vvlll4-4iave'already distingifished- themselves in
considerable increase fias rendered them isttil finer, the career -of glory. 'We flatter ourselves, that in
reore numerous, and, foemidable.. • , consequence of this determination; you will justify
" The Army of Italy, which your Majesty has the unlimited confidence -reposed hi you. The Se-
assembled in Frioul; in the Plains of Brescia, Verona, . netorewill teach the young men that discipline and
13assano, and Alexandria, is the most respectable.: patieneewhich. are necessary to support the toils awl
that France ever had in that quarter. No detach-. efatigues of War : you Will convince them that these
Mem has been sent from that army to join the Grand - are the principal, guaranteeS of vidory you will
Army in Poland, some cavalry excepted, and which • teach them to make every sad ifice for the glory of
has since been replaced by others, in consequence the throne, and the good of the comer/.
of your Majesty's decree to double the .number of ; • "We have triumphed • over all our enemies. In
your cavalry... i the course of six Months we have passed the Main,
• " The Army of Dalmatia has suffered .by sick- the Saar, the Elbe, the Oder, and the 'Vistula : .17:hre
laes, which has.l3.een put a stop to by the return of ; have made ourselves master of the strongest places
..the fine, weather. Its losses have been repaired, and in Eurgpe -..-INlagdeburgh, Hameln, Spandau, Stet-
the depots in Italy are numerous.
tin, Casein, Glaugau, Breslau, SchWeidnitz. and
" The army of islaOles has received. 100,000 Con- Brieg,. - Our soldiers-have preyed vidothotie in several
• scripts drawn from the depots, several of which have. 'battles ; they have taken upwards of 800
-pieces • of
been establishedin your. Majesty'S Italian States: cannon upcin - the field of -; they have sent
" The victories of the Grand Army haVe covered . 4000 pieces of heavy artillery to • France,' 400 Rus-
the frontiers along the Rhine ; these frontiers are sian and Prussian standards, and made upwards of
covered by a second line of the Army of Reserve, 200,000 prisoners of war. • •
under the command of Marshal KELLERMAN. , " Neither the . sands "of Prussia, the 'deserts of
filled The Corps belonging to the Campof Boulogne, Poland, nor-the storms of I,vinit_T—in fad, nothing
!,,1...4ed up by the conscription of 1807, defend the has been able to damp or extinguish their ardour for
-L'orthern coasts of -France against all attacks from obtaining peace by their conquests, and, by means
the enemy. ,
of their triumphs, to return' to their 'native country.
" Your Majesty has given- orders to form three our armies in Italy, in Dalmatia, and Naples,
Camps,
at St. Loo, at the City Napoleon, and in La-: 'remain undiminished ; our camps at. Boulogne, in
Vendee, for the safety of the Coasts of Brittany,Nor- Beittany,in Normandy, and on- the Rhine, remain
Mandy, and Gascony. We are occupied in the exe- entire. .
cetion of your Majesty's commands. " Though at preseet we' ask for new sacrifices
• " The Grenadiers and Jagers of the National from our people, in order that we may obtain a
Guards, belonging to the Departments of Gironde, greater extent of force, it is not that we should abuse
the Lower Seine, anct,the „Rhine, ,contributetieward3 this power for the purpose of prolonging the 'war.
the safety of the Interior. , .• • - Our policy. is invariable. We offered peace to Eng-
"ln this situa4o4 .9f.affairs, and irreoleedienc.e to land before, the fouith coalition . had shewn itself;
Your Majesty's comenarele, I submit to your Majesty THE SAME-PEACE WE OFFER "TO ENGLAND STILL.
the necessity of calling out the Conscription of 1808, The principal Envoy which England employed in-
and to form them into five legions of Reserve, for the these negoelation
.has made the most public declara:-
defence of the Interior. Your Majesty bad given me 1 five's, and
.in -the most unequivocal terms, that the
to understand, that besides this line of camps, and peeve would have been both honourable-and advatt-:
this
-union of the National Guards, you wished to have i .tageous to, England ; thus- he Lhas•made the justice'
a triple reserve, to secure your territory against any j of our cause appear' evident: )7Ve are ready to cone
Plan of hostile attack. whatever. Your Majesty fur- chide.a peace- with Russia, upon the same condition's
ther Observed, that the Camps of Boulogne, St. Loo, as were ,signed by her negociator, but which were
the City of NapOleon, and Le Vendee, found employ- rejected in consequence of the arts, and . intrigues- Of
teem for a great number of the old battalions, who; the. English. We are ready. to restore to the-eight
besides, would be in a condition for service else= millions of the inhabitants whom we have conquer
Where, as it might be required, and that your • eceiSts ed, their tranquillity, and to restore-to the King of
would be sufficiently prote&ed by the National PRUSSIA his Capital. • ~ •
Guards; end the legions of reserve. " But though so many traits of moderation;
r, Sire, this predent foresight is Worthy of the already so of ten renewed, have not been ablem pre--
Chief of a great Empire, and a great Gesieral ;''one,' I wail over the deceptions to which England, enflamed
'Who though confine :lily. attended, by victory, I haVe as it is by its passions; has bad recourse, that Power
constantly seen carefully adopting every measure cannot see the possibility of Peaee but in our en-
. celcelated.eo repair the consequences of a defeat. - nihilation ; nothing; therefore, remains for us but
When your Majesty advanced and obtained the vic- to bear the calamities ofwar, and 'todhrow the shame
tory of Jena, I received your commands to provision and odithil of it upon that nation, which continues to
the fortresses on the Rhine, just as if our own fron- j purchase its monopoly with the blood of the Con-
tiers had been threatened by the enemy. . tieent. We, shall, in the .resources of our own mind,
But hg's weighty these considerations may in
Coure':cre devotion and. the power of our
. , „ e• a
there is still one which is not les* worthy your jaeoele, find certaiteineans -tai render the efforts
Majesty's heart. According to the usual -course of of that , coalition,, formed, of hatred and injustice,
things., the Conacripts of 1808 shot Id be called out nulhaud void, and to turn them to the disgrace of
Within the limit of six months, and: assembled under their adtho-rse, Frenchmen; we brave all. dangers for
!heir respedive •colcura. Consequently they would th'eg-jory and tranquillity
.of our children.
have to endure the pain of tong marches and • heavy " Given at our
.Imperial Head-quarters at Osterode,
fa •
Mare-4'23 lase. •
fatigues ; .but now youd. Majesty's goodnessecondea
"Signet! 'by order of the Emperor.
v.seends to inure them ipaensibiy- to the- servi'ee• ; for
" H. B. Mettee.''
"eing called out six Month* before the Conscription. • - •
of 1. After the Message had been read, M. REGNAtJLT
- -08 was expeded, they -will have au opportunity Sr. JEAN D'ANGELY-RSCellded the tribune, in order
•of f learning-the use of arms in our ownefortreasese
in 0 to explain the motives of the Senatus Consultum. • His
ur own fields, antlf even in the heart of their own • • -- •echo
speec is little-mo:e than an •to the drriperor
Country.
•-••'' e.
"In consequence of another of your- Majesty's - Message,
determinations," in which; .actuated -by the love 'of
yourspeople,
you -have entrusted the training of the
• sg Men to persons distinguished by their rank,
inci,theservitel thy have performed for the State,
of
Majesty, of course, has eontided the command
)
tl:e Legions:Of the Interior and the Reserve to thi
•!9l.hb..et's of the
A i
Senate—men who • had before arb-
Ligt shed th'ectiiielves by their military skill and
63-1-I,raZe. These are the fathers of the country, satho

" The Prince of' NEUFCHATE Minister,at War.
(Signed) "'Marshal ALEXANDER LIE RTHI ER."

MESSAGE OF HIS MAIESTY THE EMPEROR AND

KING.

' CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 4.--Admiral Duck-
-wcatta- having passed find days before the Capital
of Turkey, andth7 rigotiation between the Ain
bassadot Mr.'.O.BI.I,T„IIICOT and the Ministers of the
Porte being 'brokea off, ;the Engbill. Fleet unexpea-
edly set t ail is the morning of the igt instant, and,
under favour of a strolignortheily wind, steered to-
wards the per Dardanelles, for the Mick
However, as Fleet again altering ity cousre,