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ki. lam;gall(' during the retreat 'of tha French, a de ,cholerm of forty-seven men Passed by the villages f *thin° and Polsino. He immediately assembled e peasants of those places, .and encouraging them ! h i s e xample, he killed seven of the forty-seven, a wing bound with cords the forty remaining, he tthem with the peasants to the out-posts of the coc a s . The said Jeresnenko having by so cou scous an action 'shewn his zeal for the hervice, and ion a proof of the spirit which Characterizes the i sss io soldier, his Highness the General Field has advanced him to the rank of subaltern s ee r, and has likewise given him the badge of the t aw order of St. George. noc oDINGS OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE ja ralAN ARMY, FROM THE 1 STH TO THE 16TH NOVEMBER. a Nov. 13.—The Aide.de.Camp General Count oxharoffsky, as he was proceeding on the 12th, with part of the detachment under his command, from Schkloif towards Mohilow, was informed by some of the inhabitants, who had left that place, that the en emy's troops which had remained there, had t h r eatened to set on fire all within their reach ;—in con se q uence of this informatidn, CouirtOscharoffsky, w ithout loss of time, ordered on the Cossacks from p a kawa, mounted the riflemen, and arrived before night with his cavalry and artillery, in time to save the town, from whence he immediately drove the enemy—thus at the same time relieving the place, and many large magazines which it contained, froth the danger with which it was Threatened. “ Another part of the detachment, under the orders of the Staabs-ltost-meister of the Hussars of the Guards, Natschakiu, which had been sent on by the read to Knaeschnitzi, came up with the enemy on their retreat from that place, attacked them, and took one officer and 1(X) men prisoners, putting the rest to flight, whom they pursued for six versts be yond Knaeschnitzi. In the magazines at Mohilow there were 34,000 koirls of provisions and forage. a General Millaradovitch reports, that on the 12th, be shall be with part of his van-guard at Tototschin. The grand army halted at Kopys. Nov. 14.—General Platoff reports that on the 12th, some of the enemy's troops, which had sepa rated from the corps under Marshal Ney, and had taken the road to Loubawitntz, surrendered, to the :umber of eight hundred men. The enemy's loss in prisoners was, indeed, so very great, that he founB it was unnecessary to make any particular report on the occasion, as it seldom occurred that he took less than a thousand prisoners each day. a Colonel Potemkin, belonging to General Mill°. radovitch's van-goard, in his report of the 13th, states, that Major General Karpow had assembled six hundred prisoners at Zolotschina, and that at Kostel they had found 100 Ischetwerts of rye. " On the 13th General Platoff reports, that Lieu unapt-General Martinott having attacked the enemy, with blajnr-General Koutenikoff's brigade, as he was marching on the high road, killed five hundred of them, and made four hunched prisoners, amongst *hom was General Dseworof.sky. M The head-qttattets were at Siaroselije." " Nat-EN:am 15.—Lieutenant.General Schefelett's teport of the 10th states, that the major part of the merchants of Ratslaff Polosott, together with the citi zens of that town, animated by the love for their coqatry, had equipped a detachment of one hundred caltalry ; and having armed them with pikes, swords, anti 7nuskets, dnring the whole of the corstinuarce of the Military operations in the government of Smo lensk°, they had made several excursions, in which they had had many affairs with the enemy, with ad vantage to themselves, by which means they in fact saved their town from being plundered. " The head•quaeters at Krouglo." REPORT :FROM THE GENERAL OF CAVALRY COL:4IT WITTOit:NSTEIN TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, DA TED s 1 AROC BORTSSOFF, NOVEMBER 29th. " Yesterday I had the honour most submissively to report to your Imperial Majesty, upon the defeat of the corps of Marshal Victor, from whom the troops of your Majesty took four cannon, two standards, sixty-seven staff and other officers, and three thousand prisoners, independently of a consi. derable number in killed and wounded. After this victory there surrendered, the General of Division Partheniart, the General of Brigade Sillier, the Chief of the Su ff D'Elert ; Generals Canins and Blamont, five colonels, fifteen lieutenant-colonels, two hundred and twenty -four officers, and seven thousand eigh t hundred privates ; amongst these were two \vb.:* regiments of cavalry, fully mounted, the one a Saxon regiment, and one of Berg. I afterwards reselved on attzckine; Napoleon himself : which I did not fail to perform on the same day. "The enemy approached the passage of the Be. rezma in great force, and stopt there to defend it 'With the greatest obstinacy, in order to save his as., linen' and baggage ; without being disconcerted by ills great efforts, I drove him back the distance of, three versts. The engagement lasted the whole ilaY. To-clay I compelled him to cross the river near Stoudenzie, where, after having passed it, he burned the bridge ; but having received . pontons from Admiral Tchichagoff, 1 am at this moment 'occupied in getting them thrown on the river. I 1 1411 pass it immediately, and shall act in conjunction salt him and General Platoff. Yesterday we took from the enemy one field-piece, and made fifteen hundred prisoners. To-flay we took twelve pieces 'of cannon, and a considerable number Of them he cast himself into the river. I have also taken a number of officers and men ; others are continually arriving, so that I have not as yet beer. able to take any account of them ; they bring in, besides, so many carriages, belonging to Bonaparte as well as to private individuals, that the distance of half a Vera is covered with them, so as not to allow persons to pass either on foot or on horseback, I have been obliged, therefore, to dispatch three 'companies of militia to clear a passage only for the troops. Upon these carriages; most bf them lately the property of Moscow Emilies, was found, besides a great booty for the !mops, a quantity of chutch plate and other effects, which the enemy had stolen at Moscow. We are occupied in collecting it altogether, in order to send it to the Goveinor-General of Moscow. Ia re porting this Most humbly to yotir Imperial Majesty, I lay at the same time at your feet the standards which I have taken from the enemy. We have lost, during these days, above three thousand men. REPORT SF ADMIRAL TCIIICHAOOFF, ON THE ROAD OP OSTACHERO, ON THE 29TH OF NOVIINBER. Seeing the possibility of communicating di rectly with St. Petertburgh, I profit of it, to make known to your Majesty all that has happened since my last report. The following day after my ar rival at Minsk I reinforced my advanced guard; and ordered General LaMbert to go on the side of Borisow. On the 21st of November he attacked at the break of day the redoubts occupied by the rear guard of General Dombrowsky, who had ane rived in great haste from Beresina to take pos session of it. The resistance was very great; they fought a long time, and with fury. Your Majesty possesses in Count Lambert an active, courageous, and able General, capable of surmounting every , difficulty, who having perceived the importance of this post, in which the enemy had collected all their force to inaintain themselves, decided to take it, and completely succeeded. The enemy lost two thou sand men in killed, and we have made as many pri -soners. The remains of the corps of Dombrowsky have been pursued arid dispersed. " In the mean time, whilst my advanced guard was going from Minsk to Borisow, General Icha plitz was sent to Lembin to observe the passage of the Berisina, and Colonel Loukowkin to take pos session of every thing that the enemy had been ob liged to abandon. Some detachments of Dombrow sky had really crossed that river, Colonel Loukow. kin attacked them, and took from them a colonel, may n o ffi cers, three hundred soldiers, and one co, .our. " The passage of the river near Borisow had been judged so important, that the enemy turned towards it all his attention. In consequence, Oudinot was detached to reinforce Dombrowsky, but the tete-du pont established on this side, rendered fruitless all the.r endeavours. " The enemy, determined to farce his passage; made demonstrations upon many points, and he suc ceeded at last in finding a very strong position at 13 versts from Borisow, where he placed a battery of 30 pieces of cannon, and having on its flanks marshes and heights. He effected the passage of the river under the protection of his batteries, so as to render lit impossible for us to prevent it, particularly as the river, at the place where he effected his passage, was very narrow, so that the infantry crossed it on horse iback. - " On the 27th and 28th we heard a cannonade, first on the right and then on the left; The Counts Wittgenstein and Platoff approached. Communica tions were established between us. On the 28th I attacked the enemy in front, at the same time that Wittgenstein found himself already engaged with the troops which defended the passage of the river on the opposite side. Some prisoners informed us that Na lpoleon was in person at this battles with all his force, which amounted to about seventy thousand men.— The corps of Oudinot and Victor; that formed part of it, weft composed of soldiers who had not suffered much, as they were still provided both with artillery and cavalry. " The guard of Napoleon is likewise in tolerable condition; The enemy was driven back to the dis tance of four or five versts, with the loss of one can non, many officers, some hundreds of prisoners, and a considerable number of killed. 4 ‘ Lieutenant-General Sacken, whom t left in the environs of Brut, has perfectly executed any orders. The Prince of Schwartzenberg has twice approached Slonim, but General Sacken having attacked Regnier two days successively, forced him to retreat and join Prince Schwartzenberg. Lieutenant-General Reg nier has lost one pair of colours and 1000 prisoneis. " I have just learnt, that the enemy is retreating from before me, having lost one more cannon and some baggage. I any going to pursue them." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30. PP.ILE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Red. 60 S9l 60-4 per Ct. 761—Cons. for ac. 614 Trends 4s. 5.. dm—Lg. Anne. 1:4 7416fIts—Omn. 9} pr. Exch. Bill. (34ti.) (Sid.) 9a. sa. pr. We have this morning received New-York and other American Papers to . the 19th ult. Their intel ligence is of great importance, and, we are sorry to observe, decidedly of a hostile character. The Lark had arrived at New-York in 27 days, from Liverpool, having on board Mr. Russuc. His correspondence with Lord CASTLEREAGH, immediately before his embarkation, is subjoined. The National Intelligencer publ.ished at Washington, claims a decided advan tage for Mr. MAntsou, in the number of votes for the Presidency. The Federal Newspapers state the contrary to be the case. We hasten to lay some im portant extracts before our Readers " WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER'S. " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ' A message was received from the President, communicating the last dispatches from Mr.Russza.,- our . late Charge des Altairs at London. They are isa •uspiciuus to a Peace with England. The last pro position by Mr. Rosszu., for an armistice and the appointshent of Commissioner.l to &eat for peace, has been rejected by the PRINCE REGENT, for the reasons (as stated by Lord CASTLEREAGH), that it is similar to the one Made the 24th of August ; that if variant; which could not be perceived, there was a disguise upon the face of it, and therefore snoreollektionable; and that no Specific plan is suggested to psta - eni the employment of British seamen on board of American vessels. Mr. RUSSELL, in his last lettee, says, that, as the last proposition has been rejected, i.e sees flood)* alternative on our part, than a vigorous prosecution Of the war. . Mr. WRIGHT, after so m e remarks respecting the cruelty of the British in using the savages in the pre- Cent war, :submitted a resolution, which was agreed to, for the appointment of a Conimittee to report a Bill 'vesting the power of retaliation is the President of the United States, in certain cases." The following are the Documents alluded to atxlve, and which accompanied the Presidtit's Message : MR. RUSSELL TO MR. MONROE. " London, September 19, 1812. el SteJ--On the 12th instant I received your letter of the 27th of July last, and the copies of my note t• Lord Castlereagh and of his Lordship's reply in closed herein, will inform you that the propositions Made in consequence of it have been rejected. " As I have but this moment heatd of the imme. diate departure of the Friends, I have time only to add, that I have received the communication of Mr. Graham of the 9th and 10th of August, by the Clea ner, and that I leave London this evening, to em. bark on board the Lark at Plymouth, for New York. " I am, with great respect and consideration, Si r , your faithful and obedient servant, (Signed) " JONA. RUSSELL." " POSTSCRIPT.a—AR intereresting interview took place between Lord Castlereagh and myself on the 16th inst. the account of which I must, for want of time, reserve until I have the honour to see you:" NM. RUSSE4 TO LORD CkSTLEREAGH. 19, Bentineit-street, 12th Sept. 1812. (Private) •s MY LORD—In consequence of additional instruc tions which I received from mygovernment this morn ing, 1 called about noon at the Foreign Office, and found with regret that your Lordship Was out of town. My object was to communicate to your Lord ship the powers under which I act, that you might perceive their validity and extent. r have, however, sought to state them substantially in the official let. ter which I have herewith the honour to transmit to your Lordship, but should you find any thing that stands in need of explanation, previous to being sub mitted to his Royal Highness, I shall remain at 18, Bentinek•street, to receive the commands of your Lordship. 44 If your Lordship could, ih courtesy, find any motive in my personal convenience to hasten a deci sion upon the propositions which I have submitted, the season of the year, my anxiety to depart (all my arrangements being made and all my baggage hav ing left town), and the detention of the Lark at much expellee, will plead powerfully in my favour. 44 I have the honour to be, with great considera tion, your Lordship's very obedient and very humble servant, (Signed) “ JONA. REMSZt.L. " Lord Viscount Castlereagh, &c. &c. Etc." RUSStLI. TO LORD CASTLEREAGH. " 18, Bentlnck-streer ' Sept. 12, 1812. "MY LORD—I h6sten, authorised by instructions recently received from the Government of the United States, and urged by an unfeigned anxiety to arrest the calamities of war, to propose to your Lordship a convention for the suspension of hostilities, to take effect at such time as may be mutually agreed upon, and stipulating that each party shall forthwith ap point commissioners, with full powers to form a treaty which shall provide, by reciprocal arrangements, for the security of their seamen, from being taken or employed in the service of the other power ; for the regulation of their commerce, and all other in teresting questions now depending between them, and that the armistice shall not cease without surf:pre vious notice by one to the other party; as may be agreed upon, and shall not be understood as having any other effect, than merely to suspend military operations by land and by sea. 44 In proposing to your Lordship these terms for a suspension I hostilities, I am instructed to corhe to a clear and distinct understanding with his Britannic Majesty's Government, without requiring it to befor. mal, concerning Impressment, comprising in it the discharge of the citizens of the United States already ' impressed; and concerning future Blockades : the re vocation of the Orders in Council being confirmed. 46 Your Lordship is aware that the power of the Government of the United States to prohibit the em ployment of British seamen must be exercised in the sense and spirit of the constitution; but there is no reason to doubt but that it will be so exercised effec tually and with good faith. Such a measure, as it might by suitable regula tions and penalties be made completely effectual and satisfactory, would operate almost exclusively in fa vour of Great Britain; for as few American seamen ever enter voluntarily into the British service, the reci procity would be nominal, and it it sincerely believed that it would be more than an equivalent for any ad vantage she may derive from impressment. •' 13y the proposition which I have now the honour to make in behalf of my Government, your Lordship will perceive the earnest desire of the President to re move every obstacle to an accommodation; which consists merely of form; and to secure the rights and interests of the United States in a manner the most satisfactory and honourable to Great Britain as well as to America. The importance of the overture now made, will, I trust, obtain for it the early considera tion of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and I shall detain the vessel in which I have taken my passage to the United States, until I have the honour to learn his decision. I have the honour to be, my Lord, with high consideration, your Lordship's most obedient servant (Signed) “ JONA. RUSSELL." " Lord Viscount Castlereagh, Ice. Etc." LORD CASTLEREAGH TO DOI. RUSSELL. eg Lord Castlereagh presents his compliments to Mr. Russell, and requests to have• the honour of seem? hit! 4 his Untie in St. James's-square, at nine ieclocic this evening. " Foreign Office, ..;e0.16, 1814. " N.B. Received a little before five o'clock." ME. HAMiLTON TO MR. RUSSELL. " DEAR SIR-4 hi 4 t* not seen Lord Castlereagh since his receipt of your two letters of the ..........t., but have received his directions to say to you that he is concerned that he cannot have it in his power to reply to them for a few days ; or would have had much pleasure in attending immediately to y cur re quest in that respect. . You may be assured that no delay will take place which can be avoided. 66 I ant, dear Sir, faithfully you's, (Signed) tr. HAMILTON." Foreign Office, Sept. 1812." Milt. RUMEr e L To MR. HAMILTON. " DEAR Stn—/,lr,fie,learnt w4.:1 much regret And disappointment, that Lorde..tsrL:fteAtit has directed you to inform me, that it is not in his power to give an immediate answer to the fist letters which I have had the honour to address to him. The object of those letters was of a nature to require an early de. cision. Reluctant, however, by any precipitancy on my part, to protract the *sent unhappy relations between the ; two countries; I beg you m acquaint his Lordship, i that I shall remain in town until Sundr pr.- _ (the 20th instant), when, unless some special and satisfactory reason be assigned for a longer delay, I shall consider it to be my duty to proceed to Ply. mouth, to embark for the United States. 44 I am, dear Sir, with great respect, your obe. dient servant, 44 JONATHAN RtSSILL. " 18, Bentinck•atrcet; September 16. N B. Sett at three o'clock." LORD CASTLEREAGH TO NR. RUeELL. 64 Foreign Of f ice, September IS. " SlR—Undek the etplanaLion you have afforded me of the nature of the instructions which you have received from your Government, I have, as on the preceding occasion , beep induced to lay your letter of the 12th instant before his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. 46 His Royal Highness commands me to express to you his regret that he cannot perceive any substan tial difference between the proposition fur a suspen sion of hostilities which you are vow directed to snake, and that which was contained in your letter of the 24th of August last. The form of the proposed arrangement, it is true, is different ; but it only ap pears to aim at executing the same purpose in a more covert, and therefore in a more objectionable manner. " You are now directed to require, as preliminary to a suspension of hostilities, a clear and distinct un derstanding, without, however, requiring it to be formal on all the points referred to in your former proposition. It is obitious that, were this proposal acceded to, the discussion on the several points must substantially precede the understanding required. " That course of proceeding, as bearing on the fact of it a character of disguise, is not only felt to be in principle iradmissably, but as unlikely to lead in practice to any advantageous results ; as it does not appear on the important subject of impressment that you are either authorised to propose any specific plan, with refereect to which the suspension of that prac tice could be Made a subject of deliberation, or that you have received instructions for the guidance of your conduct on some Of the leading primtiples, which such a discussion must in the first instance involve. 46 Under these circumstances, the Prince Regent sincerely laments, that he does not feel himself ena bled to depart from the decision which I was directed to convey to you in my letter of the 2d instant. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, ( Signed) " CASTLEO EACH." " Russell, Eaq. &co" The accounts received by Government from Ame. rica this morning. afford strong grounds to hope that CLINTON will be elected President. The votes are supposed to be, for CLINTON 108—for MADDISON 100. The election, it is understood, will be strong 4 contested. A report has been circulated of the capture of the AarrnusA frigate, by the Americans. By the sub joined, from Lloyd's, it will be seen that the repoit rests on no authority : " LLOYD'S, DECEMBiII have nd account here of the capture of the AaxntusA frigate, Cap tain Coffin, by the Americans. She is stated to be from Vera Crut, with two Millions of doibut on bond, and to have been taken in the dulph of Mex ico, and carried into the Missisippi. The only ac count we have of the AREVIUSA, is o that she sailed from Havannah, on the 24th of October, on a cruize.'' No accounts whatever have reached the Admiralty P the capture cif the ARMIUSA, and the whole story is discredited in the Public Offices. PORTSMOU CH, DECEMBRR 29. Arrivid his Majesty's ship HAMArIITAii front Gottenburgh, last from the Downs; Muitos sloop of war from Newfoundland ; Mons, ROSAMOND ' and VossoNE from having been to assist getting n ff his Majesty's ship Prsisnoicz—they have succeeded, and she is arrive. at St. Helen's, with * the loss of her main and mizen.masts. Sailed hit Majesty's ship CHRISTIAN VII. for of Cherburgh.—Wind W. and blows hard. PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 29. Came in the Betsey, NEALE; Necrotic, Kenitra ; dnd the Amom, SCOTT, from Smyrna ; Three Bro. thers, BELDMY, frork Palermo; Leeds, ULLIMIDALti from Malta ; Raven, JAMsON, from Mogadore ; and several other Coasters, &c. but no King's ships either arrived or sailed t©-day.—Wind W, COVE OF CORK; DEC. 24. Arrived his Majesty's ship AFRICA / Admiral SAWYER, frosts Halifat. His M .jesty's ships VIRAGO t Lieutenant PrrtstAx, and EARL SPENCER, Lieutenant BOTHWELLi are ,getting under weigh with a large Beet up Channel. The EARL SPENCER sees the ships into Plymouth. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, DEC: 30. The Market remains nearly wi bout alters ion from our last; the prices of most articles are nominal, and the fresh arrivals but few; good Oats still command their late terms, and other articles, if fine, freely support the prices quoted in our currency. English Wheat, 80F. 105 s. 180 s. I Boilers 105 s. 12Ca. 1265. Foreign do. 80s. 102a.124.. Canary Seed 955. 105 s. 118 s. Rye, 795. 745. Caraway, per cwt. 84. 98*. Batley, 645. 655. 655. 708. I Coriander, do. 40i. 445. Malt, 108 s. 1141, Tares, per bu.hel,oos.ooa. Oats 48s. 54e. 625. 645. White Mustard, do. 16s. 30a. Horse Beans, 76s 82s. Brown do. 325. sta. Tick Ditto, 68s. 745. Rape Seed £5B, £62 per last Bog Peas Sit. es.. Ibrat 1054. to 110.. per tack - , 1 -.