Star.
London, England, 1808-10-01 00:00:00

SEXATUS CONSULTUM.

The Senatus Consuhum referred to in the above Ad-
dress, and which is in conformity with the Minister
of War's Report, is of the following tenor—
Art. I There are placed at the disposal of the Government
80,600 Conscripts, who are inscribed in the classes tor 1806,
1807, 1808, 1809; 20,000 for each year.
11. These 80,000 Conscripts may be immediately placed in ac-
tive service.

111. The Conscripts of the year 1806, 1807, and 1808, who
were married b: fore the publication of this decree, shall not be
drawn for the above 80,000.
IV. The Conscripts of the years 8,9, 10, 11, 12,13, and 14,
who have answered to their Conscription, and are not under or-
ders for distribution in the army, shall be now freed from ser-
vice; and from these classes no new levy shall be made.

V. Eighty thousand Conscripts from the classes of the year
1810, are also placed at the disposal of Government.

VI. These Conscripts shall he allotted to the formation of corps
tor the defence of the coast, but shall not be called out before the
Ist of January next, unless before that period some other Power
shall he in a state of war with France. lit this case they may be
immediately called into actual service.
VII. The present Senatus Consultum shall be transmitted by a
message to the Emperor and King.

In the Sitting of the Senate of the lath of this
month, the Senator Count Lacepede, in the name of
the Committee appointed to report on the object of
the Senatus Consatum, &c. made a Report, which he
introduced by a long speech, in the conclusion of
which he thus expressed himself :
" The 80,090 brave men, who march to fulfil the
voice of their country, have already reached those
years, in which it is necessary far them to prepare
themselves for the fatigues of war. What, when
compared with the means of France, are those of such
Governments, as, spending in one year the revenues
of several years, and wasting their most precious ca-
pitals, scarcely pay those soldiers raised with difficulty
by the country, with an imaginary coinage, the ideal
value of which decreases every day, while the welfare
of the state, the riches of private individuals, and,
what is still worse, the good faith of all are dragged
into an abyss "
All the great roads leading from Mentz to the in-
terior of France, are at present covered with troops,
from the grand army on their march towards Spain.
As these troops follow each other so rapidly that
they would incommode each other, if they all took
the same road. their march is directed in various co-
lumns. The first goes by Trieves and Luxemberg,
across the Huadsruck ; the second marches by Key-
serslautern to Metz and Verdun ; the third goes by
Tuckheim, Newstadt, Saarburg, Luneville, Vancey,
&c. These columns go direct to Bourdeaux and
Bayonne. The fourth follows the course of the Rhine,
and passes through Voorns, Spiers, Strasburg, Colmar,
Besancon, and will pass through Lijon to Perpignan.
The columns which come through Wesel take the
route of Belgium.
A letter from Vittoria of the Ist September, con-
tains the following The 59th regiment of the line
entered St. Sebastian on the 28th of August. It is
also understood that 8000 men have come to Bayonne,
and that the passage of troops out of all parts of
France is incessant. Never were seen greater prepa-
.xations than have now been collected of military stores,
provisions, clothing, &c. The Emperor has ordered
to be in readiness 10.000 waggons a la .fifarlberompil,
for the conveynice of a sufficient quantity of provi-
sions for the support of an army of 200,000 men
during three months. Marshal Ney is at Bayonne."
The latest intelligence from Bayonne is of the lOth
September. According to accounts which have been
received there from Spain, the corps of the army are
id the same posi:ions. The division of the left wing,
Older Marshal Moncey, has its head-quarters at Lo-
grono and iana ; its advanced posts hive had several
skirmishes with the Sp.tni.irds, who, as much as pos. ,

stiabat ,avoided fighting, and dispersed as soon as at-
' Marshal Bessieres, who has the commzed
of dk tight wing, continues in the same positions,
which extend as far as Burgos.
Bayonne assumes mere and more a military aspect.
A camp for 3000 men has been pitched on the Glacis,
and it may be so enlarged as to contain 8000 troops ;
the inhabitants are to be relieved from providing guar-

ters. In the mean time the Mayor of Bayonne has
required the inhabitants, by Proclamation, to receive
with kindness the brave men, who have never ceased
to conquer. The Mayor will be obliged for some
time to increase the lodgings ; • the proprietors of
g •
mat houses shall accommodate the Chiefs of the ar-
my, and the absent must take care that their houses
are not shut up. " Let us," says the Mayor, " with
all our means, contribute to the accomplishment of
'the great designs of our illustrious Emperor, who has
declared to his people, that before the end of the pre-
sent year not a village in Spain shall be in a state of
insurrection. We shall be the first," he adds, "to
enjoy the advantages arising from the restoration of
order in that extensive country."
On the 10th inst. a numerous corps of troops arri-
ved at Metz, on their route for Spain. At the en-
trance of the city a costly triumphal arch was erected.
The troops were entertained; in the evening the city
was illuminated, and the theatre was opened gratis.
The King of Naples arrived r.t. Rome on the 3d
inst. at five in the morning. General Miollis, with
his Staff, went to receive his Majesty, and the whole
garrison was under arms.
SEPTEMBER 16.—The Journal de I 'Ernfiire of this
day gives the present position of the French army in
Spain, in an article from Vittoria, dated the 6th Sep-
tember. The principal corps of the army, where his
Majesty is, holds the two banks of the Ebro, and 111
the defiles of the mountains of Biscay, the head-quar-
ters at Miranda. The corps of Marshal Bessieres ex-
tends from Pancorbo to Burgos, which last city Is
held by the light cavalry of General Lasalle. The
head-quarters of Bessieres are placed at Santa Maria.
Defiles in the mountains have been explored, which
were hitherto unknown, and which will very much
promote the farther operations of the army. All the
troops await with impatience the signal for the combat,
and burn with desire to meet "the English.
A great number of troops come here daily, who go
to strengthen the army of Spain. Marshal Jourdan
is arrived at his head-quarters, and Marshal Ney is
expected to morrow or the day after. The Ministers
and Members of the Junta of Bayonne are at Miranda
with the King, as well as at Vittoria.
SEPTEMBER 18. —The Moniteur of yesterday has no-
tified, that the Meeting of the Legislative Body is to
take place on the 25th of October, and nct on the Bth,
as formerly directed.
On the 16th a Council of State was holden at St.
Cloud, at which the Emperor was present. On the
day before his Majesty was at Versailles, where he re-
viewed the 3d Regiment of Dragoons, on their march
to Spain.
Letters from Tours state, that a column of the
grand army is speedily to pass through that depart-
ment, and that its passage will occupy twelve days,
in the proportion of about 2000 men a day. In the
like manner, 17,000 men of the same army are ex-
pected to pass through Nancy between the 14th and
the 2'2d. Preparations are also made for the passage
of a vast number of troops, both infantry and cavalry,
at Doyn. A Portuguese regiment of cavalry, about
a week ago, marched through Lyons to Grai. A
part of the French troops in the kingdom of Italy
have received orders to break up and to proceed
through France to Spain. Two divisions of Italian
troops are also expected in France; but these, it is
said. are not to serve against the Spaniards. Most
of the Polish troops which have been taken into French
pay, and which amount to about 8000 men, have al-
ready passed through Mentz.
It is said that early next month the Emperor will
leave this capital for Saxony. The Dutch Papers
already report, that the Emperor of Russia is to be
accompanied on his journey by the Hereditary Prince
of Saxe-Weimar, in whose capital he is soon expect4i
to arrive.

The Journal de 'Empire has published a particular
account of the joyful manner in which the King of the
Two Sicilies was received on his entrance into Naples
on the 6th inst. The same paper gives the following
intelligence from Spain, in a letter dated Vittoria,
Sept. 8 )---" Thy Duke de Frias is appointed Envoy
from his Catholic Majesty to the Emperor of the
French. The appointment of the embassy to Vienna
is completed, but is not yet made public. Don Banito
Pardo.de Figuera, who was appointed Envoy to Pe
tersburgh by Ferdinand VII. is continued in that
character by his Majeity, and new credentials have
been transmitted to him."

His Catholic Majesty arrived on the 31st at Cala-
horra, where, as is stated in the Gazette de France,
he was received with the most lively demonstrations
of joy. The enemy, who have left Tudela, are pur-
sued in their flight.
SEP rrsißEß I9.—The ifoniinir of this day says,
that yesterday being Sanday, during the mass which
was celebrated at the Palace of St. Cloud, the oath
was administered to M. Fontanes, in his capacity of
Grand Master of the Imperial University, by -ttic
Prince Arch Chancellor of the Empire, in the presence
of the Emperor, and upon the Holy Gospels. The
formula of the oath is as follows :

" SI It C !-I swear, in the presence of Gob and of your Majesty,
to fulhl aU the duties which are imposed upon me ; and in •irtue
of the office which your Majesty has entrusted to me, to devote
myself to nothing else but to promote the attachment of the citi-
zens to their Religion, to their Prince, to their Country, and to
their Ancestors ; by all the means which are in mj. power to che-
rish the progress of the sciences, of useful studies, and of good mo •
rats; and, as testimonies to the glory of your dynasty, to perpe
tuate the happiness of children, and the repose of fathers of fa-
milies."

It is thought that the departure of his Majesty the
Emperor and King, fur Germany, is very near at
hand, for his Excellency the Minister ter Foreign
Affitirs wig set out this evening, while his Highness
the Prince of Benevento will. take his departure to-
M Orrow.

General Oudinot, Commander of the Grenadiers
of the Grand Army, has already passed through Meti,
in the greatest haste for Germany. We are assured
that this General is appointed Govertisr of the City
of Erfuith.
General Sebastiani goes to take the command of a
division of the Army of Spain. A regiment of the
troops of the Duke of Nassau, 1700 strong, reached
Orleans the 14th inst. where it wait reviewed the same
day by Field-Marshal titt Duke of Dantaiels. On

the 17th, this regimen/ set out on its march. to
teauroux. Other troops of the Princes of the Confe-
deration of the Rhine are way shortly expected in that
city.
FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, AUGUST so.

A certain class of persons occupy themselves much
with reports and details respecting the bupprbed
tary preparations of Russia. According to their
statements, powerful armies are already assembled on
the frontiers of Galicia, and a new coalition is on foot.
Some politicians, who pretend to better information
than others, .assert that these troops are iatended to
act against Austria. There isr however, no truth in
this, and none but the most ignorant politicians could
be persuaded that Russia entertains any idea of war,
either against Austria or France. The most perfect
understanding prevails between these three Powers.