IIG ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Aug. 



Alexander the First, Emperor 



and Autocrat of all the 



Russias, &c. 



" By our Proclamations of 

 September 4, 1816, and August 

 '2,5, 1817, we had twice succes- 

 sively the pleasure to dispense 

 with the usual annual levy of 

 recruits through the whole extent 

 of our empire. As we have in 

 this manner, for two successive 

 years, not in the least called 

 away our beloved subjects from 

 their usual domestic occupations, 

 they were able tranquilly to enjoy 

 in the bosom of their families the 

 fruits of the happy continuance 

 of peace, and my cares for their 

 welfare. At the same time that 

 weaftbrded this relief to our dearly 

 beloved subjects, we were no less 

 impelled by justice to consider 

 the services of our old warriors, 

 and we annually give their dis- 

 charge to all those of the inferior 

 rank who had served out their 

 legal number of years, or whom 

 sickness or wounds rendered 

 unfit for service. The diminution 

 thence arising in our army and 

 fleethas become disproportionally 

 great in the space of two years, 

 and at length deficiency of men 

 in actual service has now become 

 very considerable. We have 

 therefore judged it necessary, for 

 the usual completing of our army 

 and navy to the peace establish- 

 ment, and for keeping it in proper 

 condition, to order, for this pre- 

 sent year, a levy of recruits ; and 

 we ordain that in the whole ex- 

 tent of the Empire, two recruits 

 shall be taken to every 500 souls, 

 according to our special ukase 

 of this day. 



" Given at Zarskojisel, 26th 

 August, in the year of our 



Lord 1818, and of our reign 

 the 18th. Alexander." 



On the spot where Moreau was 

 mortally wounded, near the vil- 

 lage of Rechnitz, about a mile 

 and a half from Dresden, the 

 Emperor Alexander has erected 

 a simple but solid monument to 

 his memory. It consists of one 

 large square stone of Saxon 

 granite, on the top of which is a 

 huge helmet of iron resting upon 

 a sabre. On one side of the 

 monument is this inscription : — 



MOREAU, 



Der Held, 



Fiel hiel an der seite 



Alexanders, 



den 27 Aug. 



1813. 



Moreau, the Hero, fell by the 



side of Alexander, 27th August, 



1813. 



27. Paris, — The day before 

 yesterday, being the festival of 

 St. Louis, was celebrated with 

 great pomp. 



At six o'clock in the morning 

 salvoes of artillery and the beat- 

 ing of drums announced the 

 solemnity of the day. The sun 

 rose bright and serene ; some 

 light clouds seemed only to veil 

 its light from time to time, that 

 its heat might be tempered, and 

 the movements of the people 

 rendered more convenient. 



At 10 o'clock the French 

 Academy, with several other 

 Members of the Institute, assem- 

 bled in the church of St. Ger- 

 main I'Auxerrois in Paris. Ac- 

 coi'ding to ancient custom, the 

 Abbe Guillon, professor of sacred 

 eloquence, pronounced a pane- 

 gyric on St. Louis. The most 

 striking part of his discourse was 



that 



