Lynchburg Star

French paper.

THE DAY.

Posen, the 6th October. The Emperor and King decrees as follows:

A monument shall be established in stone, dedicated to the Soldiers of the Grand Army.

Of the monument shall [be] tables of marble, [for] the [soldiers], by corps of the army [who] enlisted at the time of Austerlitz and of Jena. Tables of pure gold, [for] the [heroes] who died on the fields of battle. Tables of silver, shall be engraved [with] capitulation, by department, [showing] which each department has [furnished] to the grand army.

The room shall be sculpture where shall be represented the colonels of each of the regiments of the grand army, with their names. These bas-reliefs shall be formed in such a manner, that the colonels shall be grouped about their generals of division, and brigade by the corps of the army. The statues in marble, of the Marshals who commanded corps, or who made part of the grand army, shall be placed in the interior of the room (salle).

4. The armouries, statues, monuments of every kind, taken by the grand army in its two campaigns: the standards, colours, and symbols conquered by the grand army, with the names of the regiments of the enemy to whom they belonged, shall be deposited in the interior of the monument.

5. Every year, on the anniversaries of the battles of Austerlitz and Jena, the monument shall be illuminated: there shall a concert be given, preceded by a discourse on the virtues necessary to soldiers, and an eulogy on those who perished on the field of battle on these memorable days.

A month previous, a concurrence shall be opened to receive the best pieces of music analogous to the circumstances. A medal of gold, of 50 Double Napoleons, shall be given to the authors of each piece which shall have obtained the prize.

In the discourse and odes, it is expressly forbidden to make any mention of the emperor.

6. Our minister of the interior, shall, without delay, open a concurrence of architecture, to choose the best plan for the execution of this monument. One of the conditions of the prospectus shall be to preserve the part of the building of the Madeleine, which exists at this day, and the expense shall not exceed three millions.

A commissioner of the class of the fine arts of our institute, is charged to make a report to our minister of the interior, before the month of March 1807 on the projects submitted to concurrence. The work shall commence on the 1st of May, and are expected to be finished before the year 1809. Our minister of the interior is charged with all the details relative to the construction of the monument; and the director-general of our museums, with all the details of the bas-reliefs, statues and tables.

7. There shall be purchased a hundred thousand francs of rents, in inscriptions on the great-book (stock) to serve as an endowment for the monument and for its annual expense.

8. The monument once constructed, the grand council of the legion of honor shall be specially charged with the care of its preservation, and with all that is relative to the annual concurrence.

Our minister of the interior, and the intendant of the estates of our crown, are charged with the execution of the present decree.

NAPOLEON.