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:E E YNTri LONDON. ._.~ Ma AY, NOVEMBER 8, ISIS: i t PRICE OF OCK., Ti l ts DAY AT rwELvg O'CLOCK: Reduced 87 S _cons. Inif--fbr ace. 581 f i IF I. 4 per Ct. ?I 71-5 per Ct. 38 , 1 89-omn. .... Bk. Long Anna. 14 3 -16ths 14-130016,parsli. Ws Exchgner Bias 21. O. prem. In the greater part of our impression of Saturday we announced the arrival of Paris Papers, containing the French details of their recent disasters in Saxony, and we gave such a sketch of their contents as our limits permitted. To-day we give these statements at length : they are in an official form—a circum stance of unusual occurrence since the retreat from Dresden commenced. BONAPARTE has returned to Erfurt; but in such a plight as scarcely any other General ever found himself in, or his army. ,He sums up his calamities in the following paragraph—it is the quintessence of rhodomontade and folly The vic torious French army arrived at Erfurt as a beaten army should have arrived !" We shall now endeavour to enable our Readers to decide upon the legitimacy of the double claim thus put in for victory and defeat. The bold and decided movement of the Caowts Faust" in crossing the Elbe and the Saale, and aban doning his bridges on the former river, led Boma- PARTE into a snare, and filled him with a most un founded confidence. He instantly sent REGNIER, BERTRAND, and NET, to seize the bridges at Warten burg, Dessau, and Acken ; and it would appear that be proposed to pass the Elbe himself "(as we conjec tured at the time) to menace Berlin, and to make Magdeburg, instead of Dresden, his palate d'ajoai. It was at this juncture that Sir C. STEWART'S dis patches of the 14th and 15th ult. were written, which did not arrive till after those of the 17th and 19th, and consequently were not published till Saturday, when they appeared in a Supplement to the Extraor dinary Gazette. They shew, that the annihilation of the French army being the sole object, the Allies, despising the threat of moving upon Berlin, disre garded losing their bridges on the Elbe, and pro ceeded in their task of hemming in the enemy, with in a few miles of Leipsic, on all sides. The first in the of train disasters which BONAPARTE experienced was the defection of Bavaria. Notice of the treaty signed on the Bth ult. reached him on the 13th, at Duben. He conjectured that this example would be followed by other Princes : he found that the Lower Rhine was threatened ; and, therefore, he instantly began his retreat, by falling back on Leipsic, around which city he had collected all his force by the 15th, surrounded by the Allies, in the positions so Clearly described by Sir CHARLES STEWART.. OD that day, Prince SCHWARTZENBERGI announced in Public. Orders, that there would be a general and decisive action on the 16th . ; and accordingly, at nine the next morning, the Grand Army of Bohemia de bouched on the French. The French details of the events of this day are in a great measure fictitious.— The principal facts are already known from Sir C. STEWART'S dispatches. The Austrian centre was broken about-three in the afternoon ; but the reserves turned the scale. This is admitted by the French expression, that CURIAL'S division of the guard after wards succeeded in rs•ertablishing affairs : perhaps this may be termed a drawn battle. The French troops engaged in it were the 2d, sth, Bth, and 11th corpse under Vicloß g LAURISTON, PONIATOWSKI, and MAC DONALD, the guards under ()CNNOT and MORTIER, and the cavalry commanded by MURAT and LATOUR MAUBOURG. It would appear, that during the main conflict the 4th corps, under BERTRAND, was also en gaged at some distance on . the extreme right of the French, in defending the bridge of Lindenau leading to Weissenfels. He was, in fact, busily occupied in keeping open a communication with the rear. The battle with Bcyclesa, fought on the same day to the North of Leipsic, is alluded to• in terms which fully justify the account given of it by Sir CHARLES SlzwaitT, Here again, " one of those fatal circler:- :lances, which often have an influence over the most important affairs," disappointed the omniscient Da mnifies hopes. The Third Corps thought proper to march to the right, when it should have gone to the left. Besides which, some battalions of marine artil lerymen " behaved but indifferently s" and the result was, that poor MARMONT, who, with two subordinate Generals, was wounded in this affair, was driven across the Partha, abandoning some cannon and se veral waggons. But the most decisive battle way - fought on the 18th, and BONAPARTE enters upon the details of that memorable day with all the formalities requisite to prepare his readers for the overthrow of his army.— The A4ies, he briefly informs us, Were in a strong pcsition. Although their movements had been dis. voneerted by the battle of the 16th, they nevertheless " were so numerous, that they had still resources," ..ad General BENIGUN hastened up with 4000 men, hassist in what BONAPARTZ is pleased to term their "chimerical projects." The sublime genius of the Tmperor, which had I'e t_em previously occupied in planning movements-upon rlin and Magdeburg, now hastily resolved upon a :treat. He calls this " drawißg the enemy to different round. On the 18th he concentrated upon Leipsic, lt as a proof that he foresaw a reverse of fortune, Ge ra' BERTRAND was ordered out with his division 417 in the morning, to secure the communication With Itettut; tAlthin. loiAPAlTitish, do cimitte it; termineti to Meat. At ten o'clock the. Allies de boucbed upon Of French positions at all points. ' details of the battle, which raged furioudt until Elul* o'clock in the afternoon, are given with tolerable pre cision and perhaps with accuracy, so far as the mi nutia of time and place are concerned. At this Ma ment however, when victory had declared • for the French eagles—ia the moment of triumph and suc cess—the whole of the Saxon infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and the Wirtemberg cavalry, went over to the enemy ! Strange that the hour of victory should have been selected for this act of insanity and treason to the vic tors ! History affords no parallel for such an event— we have one comfort, however—the evidence of a victory having been gained by three o'clock in the afternoon is confined to BONAPARTE'S own testi mony. Upon the same authority we learn that by sun-set the fire of the French cannon had driven the Allies at all points, a league beyond the field of battle. While the victorious French Emperor was reposing ,amid the laurels he had thus acquired, and had made his dispositions for the following day; he is informed that there were no more cannon balls : we remember that a few minutes before the brave, but unfortunate' Sir Join; MOORE, received his death-wound, the Offi: cer commanding a British regiment intimated that his men were without ammunition. ir They have still their bayonets, I hope ;"—the gallant leader replied. The hint was taken, and a successful charge covered the regiment in question u ith fresh laurels. This was not prekisely the case on the present occasion, for BONAPARTE is in want of an excuse for abandoning the Elbe, and eagerly seizes upon any circumstance, however trivial, which can palliate his disgrace . He therefore seizes upon this ridiculous occurrence, in the first instance ; and next adverts to one of a more disastrous character. This was the blowing up of a bridge by the stupidity of a corporal, and from that moment the French army lost its victorious attitude. —lt will not surprise us to learn from subsequent dispatches from the Allies, that this explosion was concerted by BONAPARTE with his more immediate military attendants to effectuate his own personal re treat at the expence of the rear-guard of his army. This was his policy at crossing the Berezyna last winter, and we are inclined to think there was just as much occasion for alacrity in his retreat across the Saale. Be this as it may, the blowing up of the bridge operated in favour of the French who escaped, by checking the pursuit of the Allies. It is highly ridiculous to hear of the 41 profound grief" of the Emperor at thus making his escape. There is a curious expression towards the close of the Bulletin ;—the enemy were 4 , terrified" with the" battles of the 16th and 18th, but the disasters of the 19th made them " mune" the courage and superio rity of victory. How they could rennne what they never possessed, remains to be explained. Upon the whole, the veil drawn over BONAPAR'TZ'S recent misfortunes is flimsy, but ingenious. He is constantly beating up for excuses ; but none of them will pass muster with any but the French Corporal, who blew up the bridge of Lindenau.— He very early determines to retire upon Erfurt " to appreciate the influence of the defection of Ba varia ;"—this is the fiest excuse of the whole—the treason in the Saxon and Wirtemberg armies—the want of cannon-balls, and the blowing up of the bridge, are mere clap-traps. The fact is, he had very early decided upon returning towards France, and his movement upon Berlin was a mere demonstration with a view of inducing the CROWN Pamce to fol low him, and thus to break in upon the grand plan of operations of which that great Captain was the prime mover. A Mail from Gibraltar arrived this morning. We are happy to learn, that at Malta the plague has nearly disappeared. At Gibraltar the ravages of the fever also diminish.—The following are extracts : FROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE, SEPT. IS. 1 , The Serapis came in from Mahon the beginning of last week. Before she left that port, a vessel had arrived from Malta, with the welcome intelligence that the violence of the malady had considerably aba. ted in the latter island ; and we are happy to learn, that the Dasher, which has also arrived in the course of the week from Palermo, brings accounts of the same satisfactory description." PROCLAMATION. BY HIS EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CAMPBELL, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE TOWN AND TERRITORY OF GIBRALTAR. His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, in conse quence of the following Report of the Board of Health, is pleased to declare his intention of sanction ing all and every precaution, the adoption of which may be considered by that body as expedient, under existing circumstances, the same as if the disease was contagious. Given at Gibraltar this 18th September, 1813. By his Excellency's command, F. &Rams, A. Sec. - EXTRACT FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OP THE BOARD OS HEALTH, RATED 18TH SEPTEMBER, AND REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING PROCLAMATION. A fever of a suspicious type having manifested itself in this garrison, the Board recommend that the issuing of clean bills of health be suspended. " The Board has divided the town and garrison into 34 districts, which have been placed under the superintendance of the most respectable and iatelli . . . i4tAt inisiiiiiatits ) yid ge eiatteci iiitt el ifildrai of the siek, and those - haitidg had ituitinitnicitiai With them, k, a Lazaretto, and cauips of observation, esta blished on the neutral gimuld and Windmill hill.— From this arrangement, and from the prompt and extensive assistance afforded by all classes of Inhabi tants, there is every reason to hope for the happiest results. No effort will be wanting on the pact of this Board to render the situation of the sick as little un pleasant as circumstances will permit. ig The folloWing return of Casualties, since the Bth instant, will spew the state of the publiC health z • •[NT TO LAIAR&TTO. DzApis 1M LOZARZTTO. &Pt. a . l &pc. 0 Sept. 8 ••••• - 9 - 4 - 9 - S B 5 5 9 -54 DEATHS ••••• 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 N TOWN. _ -16 Total deaths from Bth to I • Remain sick, Sept.l3 1 14 3 t 15 ..... 0 16 ...... 1# 17 ...., - 0 111••• Sept. both days inclusive, SS 38 5• Tut: 17. 4MMI 66 REMARKL—SeveraI cases have occurred in the military, but they are of a much milder type than that which appears among the inhabitants. Exclu sive of those noted as above, the deaths of the troops do not exceed five to this day. 44' a Opened the Lazaret. 66 t Captain Hall, 4th Veterans. 4 , $ Son of Paymaster Smith, 7th Veterans. 0 , § Lieutenant Calvert, 11th Regiment. 1 There is reason to believe, that several other cases occurred, at the cOmmencement, which did not fall under our observation. The number of sick at present in town does not exceed ten. (Signed.) •1 J. D. A. GILPIN, Deputy Inspec. of Hosp. gg W. W. FaArza, Surgeon Major." FROM THE GIBRAL'FAR CHRONICLE, SEPT. 25. ~ The following is a statement of casualties, and the actual number of cases since our last : AZATIIS IN LAZARZTTO •ND OZNIZAL DOaPITAL. Sept. ls 19 90 22 43 24 SENT 70 LeZARETTO. Sept 1 8 - 19 6 20 33 4 5 7 91 19 92 13 23 • -- 18 24 14 Total l to DEATHS IN TO' 2 Sept. IS 19 20 21 10 13 Total !I AND SOUTH. Sept. 22 43 24 • Tog • 25 Total Deaths - 99 Remain In Lazaretto - 81 REMARKS.—The number of sick in the General Millitary Hosptial is 211, and 95 convalescents. " J. D. A. GILPIN, Deputy Insp. of Hosp. " W. W. ritASER, Surgeon-Major." FROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE, OCTOBER 2. WEEKLY RETURN OF THE STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SINCE THE 24TH SEPTEMBER NEW CASES IN THE AIAILITTO. TOWN. Sept 25 20 Sept. ftS 26 •—• 27 26 27 27 11 11 22 49 14 29 SO ••• 16 SO Oct. 1 ••••• 23 Ott 1 .a IMMO 114 45 DITTO IN THE SOUTH AND MILITARY HOSPITAL. Sept. 25, South 1 Hospital Si Sept 29, South 2 Hospital 31 26, Ditto 3 Ditto 94 30, Ditto 0 Ditto 10 27, Ditto 0 Ditto 19 Oct. 1, Ditto 2 Ditto 17 28, Ditto 0 Ditto 14 Total 8 South, 165 Hospital. TOTAL NEW CASES 348, DEATHS IN THE Sept. 2.5, Lazaret 6 Town 5 Sept. 29, Lazaret 11 Town 6 26, Ditto 8 Ditto 7 30, Ditto 9 Ditto 8 27, Ditto 10 Ditto 6 Oct. 1, Ditto 9 Ditto 3 26, Ditto 7 Ditto 1 Total 60 Lazaret, 34 Town. DEATHS IN THE MILITAIT HOSPITAL. Sept. 25 26 27 28 29 SO Oet. 1 SOUTH. Sept. 25 0 26 0 27 0 28 0 29 • 0 80 4. 0 Oct. 1 0 - .NM. •=•••• 61 'TOTAL MATHS • • ' OFFICERS DEAD. 26th Reg.--Lieutenant Mahony, Captain Child, Dr. Taylor. 7th Veterans—Lieutenant Courtenay, Lieutenant Tewkbury. " J. D. A. GILPIN, Dep. Insp. Hosp. " W. FRASER, Surg. Major. " Gibraltar, October 2." " MALTA, SEPTEMBER 1. , 4 It is with much satisfaction that we observe, that, in consequence of the measures of precaution adopted by Government, and those which are con stantly taken, the prevailing malady sensibly dimi nishes ; so that, in the present week, there are 16 dead and 26 taken sick less than on the preceding. The following is a List of the Sick and Dead, from the 25th to the 31st ultimo : " On the 25th of August, 34 persons died, and 30 took sick. On the 26th, 31 died, and 12 were taken sick. " On ti.e 27th, 38 died, and 18 were taken sick. • " On the 28th, 27 died, and 17 were taken sick. " On the 29th, 25 died, and 25 were taken sick. " On the SOth, 29 died, and 26 were taken sick. " On the 31st, (yesterday) 28 died, and 29 were taken sick." Yesterday the following Bulletin was exhibited at St. James's Palace : " WINDSOR CASTLE, NOV. 6. " His Mn asTir has continued, unremittingly, in the full influence of his disorder for many months past ; he has, since the last Report, had a transient increase of it; but this has again subsided into its former state. His MAjnsTl 4 s bodily health shews no appearance of decay, and his spirits are generally in a comfort able state. (Signed as mil.) '~~: ~.. • P.. 0. -v •••• • A-, • • bittaitalAki oetobia t otwAis urriit e The feet* continue* much as dated; the deathis l however, base rather decreased for the two last (LIM but lain increased to 23 today t but We do dot pact the disease to cease before the middle of Deeetti ber. About 1300 people have already been attacbd by the disease, but the Faculty are Moth more for tunate in their practice than they were in 1804. Ca kimel, in small quantities, every three or font hours, and the cold effusion, has been found the most stk. tessful mode of treatment. 4 4 The port is shut l full cominunieitiOn cut off itithlile shipping there, to - prevent the contagion be ing conteyed - from the garrison to the numerous in habitants who have fled there for shelter. 6 4 None of the inhabitants or Military who had the fever in 1804. (and who amount to upwards of 3000) hate been in the slightest degree affected, though they have been chiefly employed as the attendants on the sick ; and it nett appears to be clearlt ascertained that no person is subject to a secodd attack of this disease: 64 About $OOO of the inhabitaini are encamped on the neutral ground s outside of the Garrison, and these hat* all escaped hitherto, as have a l so a ll the Artifi cers and Officers-of the Dock-Yard, who, With their families, have all gone toiive in the Naval-yard, at the New Mole, outside of the walls, where the draw. bridge is raised; and all commuuication hit off with the Garrison. • fg It has been clearly ascertained, that the drat per son taken ill of the fever was a sailor, who came in a vessel from Cadiz in the end of August; and two more la the same house, and two others in the ad. joining house, were the next taken " This has been the coolest summer ever remem bered, the rains hating fallen early ; and the weather now is not warmer than is England in the autunm.-- The Mornings, for these some days; have been cold enough to tender a fire agreeable, with a uorth-cest wind, and the most delightful, sire, and *creme skji that can be possibly imagined. " OCTOBER B.—The wind changed to the eastward yesterday, which has caused a great increase of sick to:day. Amongst the deaths to-day are Cap tain Barr, dt the 26th Regiment, Mr. ALLEN, First Clerk to the ordnance ; and the widow of Colonel LTSNS." LOSS Or AN EAST-INDIAMA.N An account has been received that the MARQUIS WELLastay, having struck on the Caner* Rocks on the voyage from Bengal to Madras, the ship was or dered tOund to Bombay to be docked, and aeriod there the 29d March, where the requisite repairs wens afforded her, but in the act of transporting her from the dock to the mooring chains- in the harbour, the hawser, it is reported, unfortunately parted, when the anchor was immediately let go, but in swinging to it, she foundered about a table's length to the south eastward of the pier -head, and all efforts for getting her off the rock on which she had grounded, proved ineffectual, and, on the 24th April, she was a come plete wreck. Yesterday morning two of the Pursers of the under mentioned ships arrived at the East India Honse, with the intelligence, that the Ann extra ship from Bengal, arrived off the Isle of Wight the 6th inst. in company with the Thomas Grenville (Company ls ship), Lord Castlereagh, Indus, and Carrington, with the Cam. perdown cutter and several whalers, under convoy of his Majesty's ships TIGRE and ILLUSTIIIOI3. The Ann lett Bengal the 17th February, 1812, left Point de Galle the 23d March, put into the Isle of France the 15th May, to repair het damages, left it on the 18th June, at which time she had not heard of the Sit Godfrey Webster since they parted company, let St. Helena the Ist September with the ships above men tioned. The Thomas Grenville and Lord Castlereagh left Bengal the 4th April, arrived at St. Helena 10th August. The Diana and Northumberland extra ships were left in Bengal when the Grenville sailed thence. The Princess Charlotte of Wales and the Fairlie left Bengal for Batavia early in February, 1812. Tile Inglis. for China, remained at Baugar when the Grew ville left, was to sail for the former place early in July. SPORTING INTELLIGINCE. NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER M.EBT!NO, 1912. SATURDAT, NOVIII Sic S. Mr. Batson i s Dora*, est. 121 b. beat Geo. Gosver's Lodona, S.C. R. M. 100gs.--3 to 1 agst Dorus. Mr. Villiers's Don Cossack, flst. 11b. beat Lord Sueleid's Ho cuspocus, est. elb. Ab. M. noogs.-3 to 2 agst Don Cossack. Lord Foley's OWa's Dyke beat Ld G. H. Caiendislt's Eccleston, est. 2.1 b. each. D. M. 500g6.-2 to 1 on Offa's Dyke. Handicap Sweepstakes of 50gs. each, 6p. forfeit if declared within a quarter of an hour after the weight* are fixed, (or 3-yr-olds and upward.. T. Y. C. General Gower's Ladoga, 3 yrs old, 7 st l alb. . I Mr. Payne's Onyx, 3 yrs old, Yet . 51b. •• . 11 Duke of Grafton 's Antonio, 6 yrs old, 9st. elb . . ... $ Ten to 1 apALodosa-5 to 2 apt Onyx-6 tot on Antonio. • Sweepstakes of 15p. each, colts, est. 41b. fillies, est. Ilb. T.Y.C. Sir J. Shelley's g. by Young Whiskey, out of Lalda - 1 Lord Lowther's Conceit - - . - 11 Lord Foley's L by Governor - - - $ Even betting on Sir J. Shelly's g. Sir C. Bunbury's Scout beat Mr. Eades's Accident, est, 91b. each. D. I. 25g5.-2 to 1 en Scout. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, NOV. S. We had a large supply of Wheat this morning from Kent and Essex, but very little from any other part; the sales were es °matey heavy, and our prices are Se. per quarter lower than on last Monday. Having but few arrivals of Barley, prime from Suffolk sold is. par quarter higher, but there is no amendment In the price of any other descrtpdon. The arrival of Oats being very large, that grain is from Ss. to Ss. "per quarter cheaper. In Peas, Beam, and other grain, there is no alteration., Flour has declined is. per each. Cveaasrr Parces—Wheat, Kett and Essex, 70s. SIN ads.; Suf folk, 70s. 715. SOL ; Norfolk, Sas. 745.; Dantsick, SOS. 905., Baltic, itc. 60s. 70s. per quarter. Flour, 711 s. 755. per sack. In consequence of barley having fallen in price. the brewers of Bury, Suffolk, have lowered beer ail pone; one penny per pot. i .0. I I I ) CCP gut L 1 1-OSI ore iWr- 101 Ir I,lt of try. le I uict =