Star.
London, England, 1813-01-07 00:00:00

IMPORT ADDItEsiED TO ILIL iiiNf; (of SAXOX7) B,

TUE COUNCIL or MINIsCERS.

Sire—On the approach of events which were to
have a decisive influence on the fate of your Polls:..
subjects, your Majesty, considering in your wisdon,
the importance of so great an epocli, deigned to p,
to the operations of the Government of the Gr.:::u
Duchy of Warsaw that celerity of execution, of
which circumstances demonstrated the necessity._.
Your Majesty judged it expedient to give unusual
extension to the power of the Council of Ministers.
Five months have elapsed, Sire, during which, the
Council of Ministers has exercised that authority
with which you entrusted them. Tt wishes, however,
to fulfil that duty which your Majesty's confidence
imposes, by presenting to you a sketch which may
exhibit in detail the efforts of the Government, and
the means which it has put in activity, as well as the
zeal and patriotic sacrifices of the nation, whose hap.
piness is the constant object of your Majesty's cares.
To exhibit exactly the situation of and to
mark the commencement of the epoch comprehended
in this sketch, it becomes necessary to allude to
evens which immediately preceded it.
The Duchy of Warsaw, deprived, from the con.
merfement of its existence, by the course of events,
of a vent for the produce of its own soil ; compelled,
on the other hand, to purchase for ready money the
raw materials for manufactures which this country
does not produce, was obliged to struggle incessantly
agaicst pressing wants, by measures the inefiScacy of
whin increased in proportion to the diminution of
prime fortunes and public funds.
The extraordinary drought of the summer before
last, which ruined the harvest, put the last hand to
so many calamities. But, notwithstanding this, the
year, which elapsed between the Ist of June, 1811,
and the 31st of May, 181% was not less distinguish.
ed by the efforts made by the Duchy of Warsaw to
augment the armed force, and execute such mea.
surer as prudence did not permit to neglect.
The army was increased by new depot companies,
and by companies of artillery attached to each regi
meet of infantry ; by the formation of a new baua.
lion of artillery, one of sappers, and one of the train:
the horse artillery and the company of artificers were
also reinforced. The sum of all these reinforcements
amounted to 4623 men, and 4580 horses.

The levy of 83,784 conscripts raised the army to
its highest degree of completeness. 4t the corn.
menctment of the war, it amounted to 74,782 men,
and 1'2,285 horses, of which the country had furnish,
ed 10,876, by way of contribution. in the above
number of men are not included the conscripts des-
tined to complete the legion of the Vistula, nor those
furaished by the Duchy of Warsaw for the train.
battalions at Warsaw and Dantzic, formed at the
expence of the French administration.

Ic has also furnished in all, 30 waggons of every
kind, with the requisite teams, for ammunition, for
field forges, moveable hospitals, the train of artillery*
and field bakeries.. The medicine chests for the
army and the fortresses were supplied with all the
necessary stores.
The purchase of arms and tools for the sappers ;
the. construction and maintenance of numerous
bridges on the Vistula; various ettraorslinary war.
expences, which it would be tedious to detail at
length, have cost the public Treasury considerable.
sums.

The Duchy besides furnished the French military
administration, at a fixed price, with 490 foutlorse
wa4gona, and 1200 two-horse carriages.
the important fortress of Modlin has been in a
manner entirely rehuilt : entrenchments have been
made at Thorn, Zamosc, and Frage. The rapidly.
executed works of these fortresses, as well as the ma.
gazines of ammunition and provisions with which
they have been supplied, have placed them in a situ.
aeon to make the most vigorous defence.
The national troops Which have been incessantly
collected on the Vistula and in the vicinity of War-
saw were provided with victuals ; and when marched
off, had biscuit, meal, forage, brandy, and fresh
meat, for 20 days' consumption. All the allied
troops which traversed the Duchy of Warsaw were
also supplied with provisions. The 7th and Bth corps
of the Grand Army, which remained there for two
months, on their setting off, carried with them pro.
visions for thirty days.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

cc, THE STATE LOTTERY
win Ie Drawn in TWO DAYS, viz. 14th of THIS MONTI
(JANUARY), and following Day.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1813.

Some extracts from American Papers will be found
'n another part of our Paper. On the subject of the
Invasiop of Canada, the Americans are still amused
with the dreadful note of preparation, but this is all.
.....Their future attempts must necessarily prove as
abortive as the last, so long as they tolerate the un•
principled imbecility which marks the policy of their
rulers. The mighty expeditionary armies which they
collect for this great achievement, after chewing
themselves in parade order for a few days, uniformly
disband when an enemy approaches, upon the alter.
nate pretexts of want of ammunitioA or want of pro-
visions. In the mean time, it is evidently the policy
of the American President to ward off all advances
towards reconciliation, until he has conquered Ca.
nada. This is fixing the Ira of peace among the
Greek calends, if this man continues in office. We
trust that Ministers are now as fully aware as we are
of the real dispositions of the American Cabinet.
and have issued orders to o'ir Commanders for
most viforcus naval Campsigq on the American

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shores.—A few terrible examples are about to be
made to convince British seamen of the criminality of
entering the American service. The Americans
have the effrontery to call these deluded men Ameri-
can citizens, and-they talk largely of retaliation on
British prisoners.

Thrice now has the British flag struck to the Ame-
rican—renspora mutantur ! After the perusal of the
partly report of the Captain of the MACEDONIA.N, to
insinuate censure against the gallant Captain himself,
his Officers, or crew, would be an act of injustice—
even to withhold approbation would be a want of
generosity. Blame, however, rests somewhere, and
ve surely need not be more explicit than merely
to state, that at this moment Great Britain has in
commission 6 Admirals, 11 Vice-Admirals, and 20
Rear-Admirals ; 159 ships of the line ; 20 ships of

from 50 to 44. guns ; 157 frigates, 95 sloops, 203
brigs, 41 cutters, and 62 tuggers, besides 297 vessels
of war of different descriptions at her disposal I We
never founded the naval character of our country

upon a " charm:" we know its bases to be skill, disci-
pline, and bravery ; nor can we allow the managers
of the maritime means of our country, to demand
from our brave defenders the useless sacrifice of
their Eves, and to screen themselves behind the shield