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W II 11 A to THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OP THE ANCIENT BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. It' consequence of the prevailing rumour that a 4 Dissolution of Parliament is likely soon to take place, I em- I rue the earliest opportunity of respectfully announcing my axed detern ination of again offering•myself as a Candidate for the representation of your ancient Borough, and at the same time of earnestly soliciting the honour of your support and Rl' frames on'tbat occasion. The long experience you lave bad of my conduct in Parlia ment, whilst it is the best pledge that I can offer for my perte sveranco in that course which teems most conducive to the pros perity of the Empire, ant: to the advancement of your individual interests, will, I trust, give my pretensions a decided preference ever those of any untried Candidate For your favour. I am, pentionen, Your very obedient and obliged servant, Grafton•street, Sept. 25, 1812, ROBT. 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Including the cure of that train of concomitant disorders, which destroy the functions of the finest organs of the animal or.conomy. By H. ST. JOHN NEALE, M.D. Of the Royal Academy of Paris, of the University of Leyden, and Praxtitioner in London ; formerly Surgeon-Major to the sth Regiment of Infantry, to the 16th, or Queen's Regiment pf Ltght Dragoons, and to the Royal Hospital, at Chatham. r printed for J. Walker, and Messrs. Sherwood and Co. Pater psatter-row ; and To be h ad at No. 61, Frith -street, Soho-square. al,Where also may be had, The Author's Chirurgical Institutes on the Knowleege, and Treatment of Gun-shot Wounds, as ta' en from his Journal daring the Campaigns of the late War in )Y refs America. FRANCH PAPERS. PARIS, SEPTEMBER 1 9. Petters from Valencia, dated August 16, s t a t e t h at Marshal the Duke of Alhutera-, after having concen trated his forces, had marched towards Alicsnt : the kingdom of Valencia continued to enjoy the greatest ;tranquillity. SEPT. 20.—Private letters from the Grand Army !state, that, according tcrall appearances, that army ( will approach near Moscow about the 6th or 7th of Septeoiber. The -same letters add, that a great num. ber of families have left that city, in which the grea. ' test fermentation prevails. The road from St. Pe_ tersburgh, and the Governments upon the route for Moscow are free ; but the Provinces of the interior 'are interdicted to emigrate, unless they have a spe. cial permission from the Emperor, which is very.ilif ficult to be obtained. VIENNA, SEPTEMBER a. There has just 'appeared with the Court Gazette in Extraordinary Supplement, containing the details of the successes which Prince Schwartzenberg has iirontinued to obtain since the affair of the 12th of A ti gust. At the departure of Major Werden, who left the i . bead-quarters on the 29th, the troops were in pursuit of the enemy. WARSAW, SEPTEMUER S. We have just learnt, that on the 29th the Prince of • Schwartzen berg was at Kowel. On the 25th there was a serious engagement be. Itween Tormazow's corps and the Prince's advanced !guard, which had all the honour of that day, on which the Russians greatly suffered, Sspr. S.—lf the Russians, say our Gazettes, had t enaintained themselves one d a y l onger i n S mo l ens k, lump would not have failed of being surrounded, and tiblige4:l to surrender at discretion. 'SEPT. 4.—A large Russian detachment, on the 'l2th of August, advanced within three German miles of Biala. A part of the Sd regiment of cavalry ;marched forward ; it was followed by a column of the general levy ; but the Russians did not wait their arrival, but precipitately effected their retreat. According to private accounts from Lemberg the Russians in civil offices in Volhynia are packing up, 'and some of them have already retired into the inte rior of that province. The Austrian and Saxon troops are upon Pro pia and at the same time threaten Dubna and Offrow, it is not believed at Lemberg that General Totma 'zow can maintain himself in that province. We have received accounts from Brody stating that reiterated orders have arrived -to the Russian Gene rals in Moldavia to accelerate the march of their 'troops upon Kiow and Choczym ; the fortress of Ka *iiiiek is rep'airing, and tt.e works of Choczym. By cotter accounts, the Moldavian army has recei ved another destination, and is to march upon Kiow, inclifrom thence take the route of Moscow, in which the French will probably arrive before this army. NUREMBERG, SEPT. 14. The Warsaw Gazette has published a very de ', tailed account, of the Polish Army'iinder General Poniatowski. The following is an extract of it: " The P. fish army remained at Mcitiilow and its neighbourhood to the Ilth August, on which day it 'matched for Doklowo. On the 12th it priceeded to Ortzal,where it passed the Borysthenes ; the follow. ing dait•pursued itt,march Ipon Romanow. Its junction the other corps of the Grand Army' was effteted, the 14th of August. The 16th it arrived bcforeSroolensk ; the 17th it received .. .inlets to at tack st me of the suburbs of S mo l ens k. Th e H an k ers began the battle at four o'clock in the morning ; the grand attack took place •in ! the afternoon, and-was continued till the night was far advanced. • • • The Poles succeeded in occupying -the suburbs,l which they were to take, and penetrate to the walls 'id - the place ; the - enemy made .aeveraltorties across the works of thesewalle, but were repulsed with the ;utmost vigour. 'Some detachments of!the'ls:h Po lish reginientlthco penetrated' into the town, which was occupied 'during the night: The loss of the Poles in this glorious day did not exceed. 1000 men. All the army was witness to the bravery of the Poles, and gave them due justice. They have received the highest compliments f►om his Majesty the King of Naples, under whose orders they were during that day. Our army cooperates in pursuing the fugitives, who are retiring to Moscow. " The Poles, according to the latest 'intelligence, had advanced 12 leagues beyond Smolensk (we have seen by the 17th Bulletin, that all the corps d'armee are now much further advanced)." EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER, DATED NERO; AUGUST $l. es Since our departure from Smolensk, the array marches by columns, so close to each other, that a few hours only would be requisite to form in order of battle. The enemy continue to retreat. The bulk of their army is considerably far from us, but we are close upon their rear-guard, 40,000 strong, as is said. We all follow in the direction of Moscow. If they do not think proper to halt, they will enter it, as we will afterwards. If they halt, they shall not enter it, and we will. It is said that the Grand Duke Constantine has retired to the estates of the Princess of Oldenburgh. Consternation prevails in the Russian capital—disunion among the Chiefs of their Army—indecision in their Councils—dejection in their troops, who see nothing but a flight in what their Chiefs call a retreat. Some months, perhaps in some days even, and this empire will have lost, without return, the influence it possesed upon gene. ral affairs. The retreat already made compromises its Military reputation. The Emperor will have shewn to all Europe what this Colossus of the North really is. The rapidity of his marches has, above all things, disconcerted the Russians. They did not ex pect that all these great corps, proceeding at the same time from the banks of the Elbe, and those of the Vistula, should, in three months, menace the gates of their capital. They had calculated the obstacles, the resistances, and the difficulties; all havZ been eluded. I have lately been witness of a fact, which has much amused me and my companions in arms : we slept in a castle, in which we remarked about 60 men collected in the corner of the court ; chey were peasants which the Lord had gained at play, and which had just been sent him from the banks of the Wolga. Men won at play !—ln truth, I perceive nothing of that reputation which the Russians have usurped in the trade of war. Our grenadiers look at their soldiers with pity. That reputation was first established in France by the extravagant eulogiums of certain persons." POSEN, SEPEMBER 2. The write from Warsaw, that the Emperor has appointed the Colonels 01 nine new ieg , ments of in fantry, and four of cavalry, which are to be raised in Lithuania," CONSTANTINOPLE, AUGUST 10. The veil by which the deliberations of the Divan, with respect to peace have been hitherto concealed, has not as yet been removed. _ _ .4 change in the important office of Dragoman to the Porte has taken place. Prince Panajottaki Mo. rousi, who, properly speaking, was only the substi tute of Dimitrasko Morousi, first Dragoman of the Porte, but who performed the duties of the office at the army, and assisted at the negotiations at Bucha rest, has been removed when such a thing• was least expected, and his office given to the Prince Janku Caradjea, who held it in 1807 and 1808. The Russian prisoners are still kept in close con finement. The Court of Russia has not yet an nounted its ultimate determination with respect to some points which the Grand Seigniot considers of very great importance. In order to pacify the inhabitants of the Morea, exasperated by the oppression of Vely Pacha, and to re-establish tranquillity in that Peninsula, the Porte, probably influenced by the advice of Aiah Jussuf Effendi, who was sent thither in the capacity of Com missary, has thought proper to appoint Vely Pacha to the government of Tixhola, and to give thatof the Morea to Ahmed Pacha. On the 28th of July, Mr. Liston, the new Ambas sador from Great Britain, had his solemn audience of the Caimacan. The Divan has fixed to-morrow for the same ceremonial towards his Excellency. On the 29th, General Andreossy, the new Ambas. sadorlrom France, notified, in the usual manner, his arrival to the Turkish Ministry, by M. Devil, Se cretary to the Ambassador. The Dragoman of the Porte, on the 31st, paid the usual visit of ceremony to General Andreossy. The Sultan has made an example of severity and justice of 30 pirates, who were brought here with their vessel a few days since ; he caused them all to be beheaded, and their heads were afterwards expos ed n different parts of the city. A singular occurrence took place here a few days age; 140 Russian prisoners, tired probably of their long captivity, embraced the Mahometan religion They were brought in triumph from their prison, completely clothed in the Turkish manner, and the pious Mussulmen loaded them with presents. Some were sent on board the fleet, and others placed in dif ferent military corps. JASSY, AUGUST 22. The Russian troops are advancing in .columns to wards the Truth. Their march suffers great delay from the increase of - the waters. After an extraor dinary drought, we have for three weeks had conti nual rain, which makes us greatly fear for the harvest. The first division, which has put itself in motion onder the orders of General Woinell, and consists of be tween 7 and 8000 men, is still in the environs of Ba luschany : its artillery is detained at Basokany, be cause the roads are absolutely impracticable. COPBNHAGEN, SEPTEMBER 4. Barclay de Tolly appears to have fallen into com plete disgrace, This intelligence has produced con siderable sedation at St. Petersburgh ; for since the opening of the campaign the Russians have had no engagement 'in which they have not attributed to themselves the advantage. In fact, it has appeared surprising that an'army should retreat immediately after the victories it has gained ; but it was answer. ed, that this made a part-of the plan of the General in Chief. It is therefore evident, either that injustice is done to a General who has always been victorious, or that the people are deceived by representing re treats as victories, and the loss of several provinces as advantages- • • • • THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. lodia Stock —Cons. 5711—for qpg. 584 4 per Ct. shut-5 per Ct. 884 H—Bank Stock Omn. 4i 4 pre.—Bonds So. 9r. dis.—Long Ekch. Btl.. (344.) Ss. ss. pre.—Do. (34d.). We have just leen shewn the letter of an Officer of the 7th division of the Marquis of Witta.maroN's Army, of which the following is an extract : 4$ Until we marched through this country we never conceived the actual state in whith it is, and by 'what a slight tenure the French hold it. In most of the small towns, and in every one that is a post town they are complete fortifications. This, we were told Iwas necessary, not only to prevent surprise by the 'Guerillas, but to over-awe the natives,--the church, or convent, in the centre of the village, with six or eight of the nearest houses, were formed into a cas tellum ; this was surrounded by one, two, or three walls, and as many ditches. In the middle of the main street there is a wall, gateway, and trenches ; and opposite every avenue to the place more trenches and logs of wood laid across—all the walls every where loop-hold. They obliged the inhabitants to work at these walls, and forbid them on pain of death, going in or coming out of the town or village after dark—yet, notwithstanding, there were few places where the Guerillas did not attack them. g g In every post-town or village there were 200 men stationed, and by these the mail was alway escorted from place to place, in parties of 100 Dra goons. On conversation, it appeared that the inha bitants dreaded the Guerillas as much as the French did, for they made contributions on them, and plun dered them unmercifully. They have for a long time been increasing in audacity, and not unfrequently have got close to the gates of Madrid. As Allies, they are of little or no use to us ; as we never can trust them to co-operate either with our cavalry or infantry." The cntrance of the Marquis of WILLINGTON is described to have been grand beyond any thing we read of lately. The enthusiasm of all ranks, parti cularly the females, bordered on madness—they were frantic with, joy. The entrance into Salamanca, Segovia, and Ilde, Ions), was equal to the triumphal entries of the heroes of antiquity. But when on the second day Lord Wu.- LING lON made his entry into the capital, the spectacle was truly grand. His Lordship was attended by the Prince of ORANGE, Marquis of WORCESTER, Lord C. MAN N Ens, Lord SomEasEr,and the flowerof the young English Nobility, by the Generals of English, Portu guese, and Spanish armies, particularly Don CARLos D'ESPAGNA, J. JULIAN SANCHEZ, Generals EILLAVER, the Spanish Nobility, the Dignitaries of the Church, principal inhabitants, and the Magistrates in their robes, came out to meet them, these last offering them the keys of the city. Almost the whole of the popu lation of Madrid came out to meet them, and the air was rent with shouts of " Viva le Duc de Ronittoo le Grande." But the elegant females and those of the first rank, were the most particular, they thre under the horses feet not only laurel and flowers, but a very great many threw their shawls and veils, which were of the finest texture. 46 When he attempted to alight at the Palace women of the first quality, old and young, hugged and kissed him, and even every person whom they took for the Duke of RODitIGO, so that it was a long time before the Duke and the Generals got housed. There was little trouble in getting billets for the in habitants got hold of the British Officers where they ,could find them, and insisted on making them in mates of their houses. 44 When the strong French garrison was marched out of the Retiro, though they were privately sent off by a detour, the populace got notice, and were with difficulty kept by the British and Portuguese guards from taking vengeance on such of the officers and men as had committed the greatest depredations on them." The Qualm and Panic EssEs are expected in town on Tuesday, for a few days. • Yesterday Lord CASTLEREAGH left town for his seat, North Cray, in Kent. Mr. citOKER is indisposed, at his house, at the Ad miralty. Lady NEPEAN is seriously indisposed, at her seat, at Fulham. The Hon. Miss BURRELL, only daughter of Lod GIVYDER and Lady Wm:mummy, we are concerned to state, is seriously ill at her father's house, Whitehall. His Royal Highness the Duke of Grocces•rea is on a visit to his august Sister, the Princess Sui•ilin, to West Cowes, Isle of Wight. Their Graces the Duke and Duches3 of RuTLAND, on leaving Leicester Races, went to his Grace's seat, at Cheveley, near Newmarket, where his Grace will reside during the October Meeting, and entertain a select party for the amsement of shooting, The Dowager Duchess is at present at Tunbridge Wells. Wednesday last two Sheriffs Officers, belonging to Deptford, father and son, of the name of COPE LAND, went on board a ship lying at Woolwich, to execute ; Writ on the Purser for 4400. They succeeded, 'and had got him into custody in a boat: part of the crew followed in the ship's boat with fixed bayonets, and rescued the prisoner from the officers, akeewounding them, and stripping them almost nated. The case is laid before the Board Of Admiralty. ' • • STAR OFFICE, ONE O'CLOCt. Two Russian Messengers have this instant arri ve d at Lord Castlereagh's Office in Downing -street_ one from Lord CATHCART, NOW ii with th e E mperor ALEra.Nostn, and the oth e r from Sir Ronan W u . who is with the Rus s i an army ; t h ey are the beams of dispatches of great imp ortance. We trust that we shall be enabled t o lay sku ab s t ract of 6er contents before our Readers in a SecondEdi t i tc , TwO Gottenbtirgh Mails have also arrived. " GO:ITENBURGH, sEpt i t. " On Wednesday last. the Governor gave orb to prepare transports for 7000 men by the 24th j a: but a Courier arrived last night from Stockholnw4 i orders for them to be ready f or sea b y t h e 20th ilst. I et The whole of the S we di s h troops to be ern . barked will amount to 30,000 ; they are to be j e l lied ' by 35,000 Russians. " Letters from Riga of the Ist instant,*state, the Prince of Wittgenstein had a fourth rime at. tacked aqd defeated, with very great loss, the cap s lately commanded by the Duke of Reggio. c' Account's Copenhagen say, that the Dale 4 Re gg io has of his wounds. The garrison of Riga has made a - sally and .cnt three Prussian rt. ments to pieces. An official report from General Wittgenstein, dated the 19th August, states, that on the 17th he drove General Oudinot back into his in,renchments. The loss" of the Russians is estimated at 2000 m ea in killed and wounded ; that of the enemy as very considerable, in addition to 2000 prisoner. On the 18th, the French again attacked tle Russians under Wittgenstein, and were repulsed trick great loss." SECO\ D EDITION. The following are all the particulars which have been stiff, red to transpire in the Government Offices on the subject of the above arrivals : The Russian Messengers above alluded to left G. tenburgh on the 19th. All was hustle and prepan tion tt Gottenburgh for the sailing of the Grsnd Es. ,edition, which was to take place next day. The dest:nation was openly reported to be Rig, in the first instance, and from thence to proceed vp the Dpna to cut off the communication between dal main body and the reserve of the French Army; supported by a formidable Russian and English flo tilla. One of the Messengers is the bearer of ample de l tails of the aftirs at Smolensk, preridus to &alma. donment of that place by the Russians. The whole of the actions in question were higbly honourable to the Russian arms; and the evacaatio of Smolensk, so far from being a capture, as rep* sented by the French Bulletin{, was a measure WS* nimously decided upcn by the whole Russian Gel nerals. Dispatches have been received from Lord CAM, CART, but it is understood that they do not emb7lo any military events subsequent to the entrance of 04 French into Smolensko. The Russians, in both the Capitals of Moscow sad St. Petersburgh, so far from being disheartened by the advance of the French, oppose a determined spi• rit of resistance to the invasion. The hastening of the expedition from Cottenburgh was understood to be the consequence of the sumy sition thdt the critical period had arrived, when snme to thing decisive could be effected in the rear Of the French Army, the Russians baying determined to give battle in front of Moscow. cOVEN T-GARDEN THEATRE. Last night Cox (Raves Love for Love was represented, and per. formed in a manner creditable to the talents of the Company. BLA NCHARD, FAWCETT, and C. !Galas, as Sir SIIMPIOn Legend, Foresight, and Yelentior; were excellent. The effect of EMERY'S Bea was irresistib le ; and Miss S. BOOTH'S Mist Prue, deserved and re: ceived much approbation. The Burletta of Mid" which followed, loses none ,Of its attraction. TO House was exceedingly well attended. LYCEUM THEATRE.--The Spanish Patriots we' again greeted at this Theatre with the most tar bounded applause. Mr. PHILLIPS, in his songs— " Lovely Woman" and the 64 Polacca," asas d e ' servedly encored ; as also were the songs of Mr. PYNE, " The Minstrel," and Though keen is the sorrow."— Miss KELLY, too, received great and well• merited applause for her sweet and impressive song and her interesting action. As hitherto, the appear ance of . Mr. RAYM.)ND in the liermit) engaged __tb! mos t fiattering.attention of the House , and the enel• getic and impressive manner in which he con/erg the fine, though misanthropic, sentiments of the al -1 acter, were accompanied throughout by the 2 ing feelings of the audience. When announce d % this evening, loud and unanimous plaudits fu the most sure and flattering testimony that theDT' of "Spanish Patriots" his firmly established itself favourite of the Town. It is understood that the Haymarket Theatre close for the season the evening before the opening . ' New Drury. We are happy to learn, that the supply of bell* in this country is estimated to be equal to near dom years consumption. The exportation from St. Pew" burgh during the present season has been imp'. By letters of the 24th ult. we are informed, th4. l !: wards of 18,000 tons had, been shipped fron)..'"' warehouses of that capital, independent of the.shit . , silents from Riga and elsewhere. The shipinent n. . tallow liave beta equally large..