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THE EVENING STAR. LONDON'. -• I .. , • • . 4 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23. ruLt fIF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, 8440-4 per Ct. 76}If —Cool for az 621 611 62 611 f pods 7P. 61. Anna. 15—Lot. Tick. A 22. 9s. .cequer Bilk par 41. pre. BONAPARTE'S REIURN TO PARIS. This event is ascertained beyond the possibility of doubt. The intelligence was communicated by Te legraph from Paris to Gravelines, and from the French c oast was brought to this country late on Monday . . It was on the 20th instant, Sunday last, that NA. WON blessed the eyes of the Parisians with a sight dhis August personage. We do not learn, how. ever, that many of , g the lads of Paris" have returned with him. He returned accompanied by one of his Generals. By the boat Which brobght the above intelligence, Noniron: and other Paiis Paper s , of the date of Fti day last, have been received. TWENTY-NINTH BULLETIN. MOLODETACHNO, DEC. 3. {: • u To the 6th Noiember the weather was fine, and the movement of the army executed with the greatest !access. the cold weather began on the 7th ; from that moment we every night lost se4eral hundred horses; and numbers of filen died in consequence of iivouaciting. Arrived at Smolensko we had already lost many cavalry and artillery horses. ite kassian army from Volhynia wai opposed to our right. Our right left the Minsk line of opera titini, arid took 14 the piiot of its Opeiaiioni the Warsaw Lae. a On the 9th, the Emperor waskformed at Sinc teAsio of this change in the line of operations, and conceived What the enemy would do. Howeireitard it appeared to him to put himself in movement du ting so cruel a teased, tbe new state of things de. sanded it. He expeCted to arriVe at Minsk, or at least upon the Beresina, before the enemy ; on the 13th he quitted Stitolensko ; on the 16th he slept at trasnai: . . " The cold which began the 7th, Suddenly creased, and on the 14th, 15th, and 16th, thelher !snakier was 16 and 15 degrees below the freezing paint; • The roars were covered with ice the cavalry, artillerj, and baggage horses ferislied every night not only by h9ndreds, but by thousands, particularly the Getinaii and French horses. a in a feiv days more than 30,000 horses perished .-our cavalry were on foot—otir artillery arid our baggage were With Without conveyance. it was ne cessary to aharilon and destroy a good part of our cannon; ammunition, and proilsions. " This army, so fine on the 6th, was very different on the 14th s almost without cavalry, without artil lery. Without transports. Withont cavalry; we could not reconnoitre a quarter of a league'S distance; twithoUt artillery, we 'could not risk a battle, and firmly await it i it was reqriiiite to march, in order not to be constrained to a battle, which the want of i ammunition prevented ttc, from desiring ; it was re-' quisise to occupy a . certain space not to be turned, and that too without cavalry, which led and connected the coltunns. 41 This difficulty, joined to a cold which suddenly came on, rendered cur situation miserable. Those men, whom nature had not sufficiently steeled to be above all the chances of fate and fortune, appeared shook, lost their gaiety, their good humour, and dreamed but of misfortunes and Catastrophes ; those whom she has Created superior to every thing, pre. etrved their gaiety and their ordinary manners, and taw fresh glory in the different difficulties to be cur mbunted. " The enemy; whd iati upon the reads traces of that frightfifl calamity which had overtaken the French army, endeavOured to take advantage of it. He surrounded all tke columns With his Cossacks,' , who tarried off, like the Arabs is the deserts, the trains and carriages which separated. This con temptible cavalry, which only make noise, and is not capable of penetrating through a company Of volti geurs, rendered themselves formidable by favour of circumstances. Nevertheless the enemy had to repent 'lf all the serious attempts which he wished to Under. take : they were overthr&wn by the Viceroy, before whom they were placed, and lost many men. " The Duke of ELCHINGEN, with 3,000 menh had blow n up the ramparts of Staoleosko. lie was su?- rounded, and tonna himself in a critical position but he ettrieated hirOself from it with that fntrepi dity withwhiCh he is diitingniihedl After havirig kept the enemy at a distance from him during the whole day of the 18th, and constantly repulsed hint at night, made a itiovement Osi the Sight, passed the Boryitheties, and deceived ali tin calculations of the enemy. gg On the 19th, the army paised the Borysthenes at Orza, and the Russian army, being fatigued and having lost a great number Of men, ceased from its attempts. 44 The army of Volhynia had ificlined on the 16th Upon Minsk, and marched upod Borisow. General Dombrowski defended the bridge-head of Borisow with 3,000 men. • On the 23d he was forced, and obliged to evacuate this poiition. " The enemy then passed the Beresina, marching upon Bobo ; the division Lambert formed the ad vanced guard. o' The second corps, commanded by the Duke of Reggio, which was at Taeherein, had received or ders to march upon Borisow, to secure to the army the passage of the Beresina. " On the 24th, the Duke of Reggio mot the divi sion, Lambert, four leagues froM Borisow, attacked and defeated it, took 2000 prisoners, six pieces of cannon, 500 baggage waggons of the army of Vol hynia, and threw the enemy on the right bank of the Beresin a. " General Berkeini, with the 4th Cuirassiers, dis tinguished himself by a fine charge. The enemy could only secure his safety by burning the bridge, which is more than 300 toises in length. Neverthe less, the enefity occupied all the Passages'of the Bere sina ; this river is forty toises wide, and had finch floating ice on irk but its banks are covered with marshes SOO toises long, which present great obsta. ties in clearing it. The enemy's General hid placed his four diviiions at the different deboUches, where he presumed the French army would attempt to pass. " On the 26th, at break of day, the Emperor, after having deceived the enemy by different mou mentt made during the day of tEe 26th, mirffled upon the village of Siudzeanea, and caused, in spite of an enemy's division, and in its presence, two bridges to be thrown over the river. The Duke of Reggio passed, attacked the enemy, and led him, fighting, twn' hours. The enemy retired UP= the tete-du-pnut of Borisow. General Legrirld; an offi cer of the first rate Merit, was badly, but not dan gerously, wounded. During the whole Of the 26th and 27th, the army passed. " The Duke of Belluno, comtnand;ng the 9th corps, had received orders to follow the trioverdent of the DA! of Reggici,tO form the rear-guard, and keep in check the Russian army from the Duna, which followed him. Portaumaufs division formed the rear-guard of this corps " On the 27th, at noon, the Duke of Belhino ar rived with two divisions at the bridge of Studzeanea. 46 Portaan ius's ui.•ision set out at night from 80. rissow. A brigade of this division, which formed the rear-guard, and which was charged with burning the bridge, marched at seven in the evening, and arrived between 10 and 11 o'clock ; it sought its fi:st bri gade and its General, who had departed two hours before, and which it had not met with in its route. Its researches were y in vain ; some uneasiness was then conceived. All we have been able to learn is, that the first brigade set out at five o'clock, missed its way at six, went to the right in place of proceed ing to the left, and marched two or three leagues in this direction ; that during the night, and benumbed with cold, it rallied at seeing the enemy's fires which it mistook for those of the French army. Thus sur rounded, it Was taken: This cruel mistake must have caused us a loss Of 2,000 infantry, SOO ca valry, and three pieces of artillery. Reports state, that the General of Division was notiwith his column, and had marched alone. " All the army having passed bn the morning of the 28th, the Duke of Belluno guarded the me du -peat upon the left bank ; the Duke of Reggio, and behind him all the army, was upon the right bank of the Borisow, having been evacuated, the armies of the Dune and Volhynia communicated they planned an attack on the 28th, at break of day. The Duke of Reggio caused the Emperor to be informed that he was attacked. Half an hour af terwards the Duke of Belluno was on the left bank. The Duke of Elchingen immediately followed the Duke of Reggio, and the Duke of Treviso, the Duke of Elchingene The battle became warm. The satiny wishing to turn out right ' General Doumere, • , , commanding the sth diVision of cuirassiers, which made 'part 10l the 2d 'corps that remained on the Nina; ordered a charge of cavalry, by the 4th and sth regiments of cuirassiers, at the moment when the legion of the Vistula was engaged in the woods; to pierce the centre of the enemy, who was defeated and put to the route, with the enemy's cavalry which came to the assistance of its infantry. Six thousand prisoners, two standards, and six pieces of cantion, fell into our hands. " On his side the Duke of Belluno vigorously charged the enemy, defeated him, took from 5 to 600 prisoners, and did not suffer him to advance within the reach of the cannon of the bridge. Gen. rournier made a fine charge of cavalry. " In the battle of Beresina, the army of Vollsynia suffered much. The Duke of Reggio was wounded, but his wound is not dangerous. He received a ball in his side. The next day (the 29th) we remained on the field qf battle. We had to make our choice between two routes—that to Minsk, and that to Wilna. The road to Minsk led through the middle of a forest and uncultivated marshes, where it was impossible for the army to subsist itself. 0 On the contrary, the road to Wilna led through a very fine country. The army being without ca . valry, deficient of ammunition, and horribly fatigued by 50 days march, carrying in its train all the sick and wounded of so many battles, stood greatly in need of getting to its magazines. a On the 30th,- the head-quarters were at Plech. nits; ; on the Ist December at Slaike ; and on the 3d, at Molodetschno, where the army recei7ed the first convoys from Wilna. a All the wounded Officers and soldiers, and whatever else could be of embarrassment; with the baggage ; &c. were sent off to Wilna. K To say that the army stands in need of re-esta blishing its discipline, of rerresh;ng itself, of remount-' ing its cavalry, completing its artillery, and its ma terials, this is the result of the Expose which has just been made. Its repose is of the first necessity. The materials and the horses are coming in ; General Bou reier has already more than 20,000 remount hOrses in the different depots. " The artillery . has already repaired its losses.— The Generals, Officers, and soldiert have differed greatly from want. Numbers have lost their bag. gage by the loss of their horses, and several by the effect of the Cossacks' ambushes. The Cossacks have taken numbers of isolated persons, of geogra. phical engineers, who were taking positions, and of wounded Officers, who were marching without pre- cantina, preferring running the riik to marching sloWly, and going with the convoy. " The reports of the General Officers commanding the different corps will make known what officers and soldiers have chiefly distinguished themselves, and the details of these memorable events. 64 In all these movements the' Emperor has been continually marching In the middle of his guards.— The cavalry commanded by Marshal Duke of Istria, and the infantry commanded by the Duke of Dantzic. H is Majesty has been well satisfied with the fine spirit shewn by his guards. They have aluays been ready to shew themselves every where that their pre sence was needful : but circumstances have always been such, that their appearance alone was sufficient, and that they never were in a case which required them to charge. " The Prince of Neufchatel, the Grand Marshal, the Grand Equerry, and all the Aides•de-Camp and Military Officers of the household, have always ac companied his Majesty. Our cavalry was dismounted to such a degree,l that it was necessary to collect the Officers, who had still a horse remainingi in order to form four com panies of 150 men each. " The Generalt there performed the functions of Captains, and the Colonels those of subalterns. This sacred squadron, commanded by General Grouchy, and under the Orders of the King of Naples, did not lose sight of the Emperor in all these movements. The health of his Majesty was never better."—(Mo nitear, Dec. 17. " PARIS, DECEMBIR Is. " On the Sth December, the Emperor having call ed together at his head-quarters at Smorgony the Viceroy,, the Prince of Neufchatel, and Marshals Dukes of Elchingen, Dantzic, Treviso, the Prince of Eckmuhl, the. Duke of Istria, acquainted them, that he had nominated the King of Naples his Lieutenant- General to command the army during the rigorous season. “ His Majesty, in passing through Wilna, was employed several hours with the Dalcc of - Bassano. s 14 His Majesty travelled iategeks, in a single slecigs with and tintiei the Lite of the Duke of lii HA examined the fortifications of Praga, surveyed Warsaw, and rerhlintd there several heairi.; , i 4 Two honii befor - i his departure he Beni fdti COunt Pbtocti; and the Minister of Vinance yt the Otansl Duchy; with whom he had long coherence. ig His Majestj arrived on the 14th; at one o'clock iti the morning, at Dresden, and alighted at the house of his Minister, Count Serra. 66 He had a long conference with the King of Saxony, and immediately afterwards poritued his journey taking the road of Leipzic and Mentz. gg M. De Montesquiou, Aid-de camp of the Prince 'of Neufchatel, dispatched by the Emperor fr " m his head-quarters at Selitehe, on the 2d of Decethberi with dispatches for the Empress, arrived at Puis last night." ARMIES OF SPAIN. OFFICE OF THE MINISTER AT WAR. PARIS, DEC. 11. COPY OF A LETTER WRITTEN TO THE MINISTER AT WAIL BY MARSHAL JOURDAN, CHILE* OF HIS CATHOLIC MA JESTY'S STAFF. " Salamanca, November 21. le I have the honour to address to your Exc llency the account of the prisoners of war and deserters which have entered Salamanca from the 16th up to this evening. " I am ignorant whether the Duke of Dalmatia, whose head-quarters ought to be at Salvstiert a, has any still with him. When I shall be in:OrMed on that head, I shall have the honour to mufti You as account thereof. ACCOUNT OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR AND DESERTDRI WHICH HAVE ENTERED SALAMANCA, Fiteqd THE 16TIE OF NOVEMEER, TO THIS DAY, THE 4 21ST OF THY iAMg Sub-olloers and teasel. MONTH. • . Officers. English - 7 - - 1414 Portuguese - 9 - - 904 Spanieh - 9 . - bib Deserters - o . - SSO 25 3497 " Among the Oftceri is Licut.-Oerieral Paget, (Signed) " JOURDAN. EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM /AR , NTHOUVINOT. GENERAL OF BRIGADE, GOVERNOR OF THE FOURTH GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN, TO THE MINISTER AT WAR. " Vittoria, Dee. 4. " General Bigarre, Aid•de-Cam . mp to his C thotic Majesty, has just arrived at Vittoria, bearing dis: patches for the Emperor. He annoucnes that 2600 prisoners, among whom is General Paget, will art?..e on the 6th at Vittoria, under the escurt of 3000 of the Army of Portugal. " The English have retreated into Pi tttgal, and it appears that our affairs in that quarter are going on as well as possible. " The General in Chief, Count Reillei set out to. day to proceed on his route to Burge.. (Signed) " Baron THOUVENOTe" THE ARMY. It is with sincere satisfa6ion we pereehe, on the part of his Majesty's G vernment, a disi.o.,tio.i ro give full scope to the tried genius nt th Mari .is of WaccascroN. This - remark made by us at pr• sent, from just learning that, in addition o ti.e deiai. tient which we announced a f w days ago, a very strong .Troop of Horse &tiller) , (cons.s ng of If e.,riy LK) horses, with aproper prop., Lion of oth e t wen, and a complete artillery equipment) s oritted mediate preparation for service in the Peain.i.l next campaign will, we h.ve no d übt, attest vantage over the French in telerity of rnovem and the, science of manoeuvre. From the resea happy tranquillity in the internal aff ors nt ti is courts, try, contrasted with the dismal distraction of France, we are warranted in oneluding, that the Masquit of WELLiscirox will be enabled to take the field hi the Spring with an army better bei, t 'land, and f rmed, if not numerically greater, than tha. 'Cie enemy. The 10th and 18th Hu•sars, 00102 h .Id in 11304 mentary readiness, have not yet received aders to proceed to the coast for embarkation. CORN MARKET, MAXIM, MARK-LANK, Dec. 23. Our Market is shortly supplied to -d •y with • Oats, and this article fully m - sintaii , s its late rr crs ; in other respects sve observe no variation ; the sarripeles left over from Monday's Market, being generally of an inferior quality, rare a very dull sale. We have this clay to congratulate our Renders on a domestic event, of almost equal importance :o'the welfare of this country as a Russian victory. We allude to the Acquittal of Mr. WHEBLE, in the Court of King's Bench yesterday. on his trial for a Libel On a person of the name of BRIMFIELD. Those who have the direction of the Press of this countly—neys all who properly estimate the blessings of our glorious Conititution, and wish for a continuance of those blessings—are bound in gratitude, first Mr. WHE. ate, for his firmness in boldly mewing th- action and shaping his defence according to the dictates of reaso . and common sense ; and secondly, to the Jut y, who manfully returned a verdict of NOT GUILTY. We, shall make a point of publisqing the names of those enlightened Jurymen, whose verdict has thus given us an additional assurance, that a Br , ti.h Jury, in the true spirit of our glorious C n , titution, are the sole judges both of the law and the fact 1 There would be an extinction of the Liberty, f the Press..... there would be an end of Civil Soci: ty, if t p. .vi. lege were taken away of detailing in th. , public J a . . nays such facts as those for which Mr. Ik'ne..a..a was prosecuted. Without the slightest Ain: on t o _ t h e ease before us, how often, we wonld ask Luc. headers, have they had occasion to thank the Law -end Puhce Reports, which appear in the daily Journal , , tor being put upon their guard againq the contAvances of cheats and swindle' s ? And will- Lawye rs that villains of this description are entitled to extend their system of plunder bk actions at law agait s the Pub. lishers of those statements? Lawyers may s r -le —the Jury, we trust, will always sty, Nap. Ar e may the Nays carry it as long as the Coos* Whoa I in existence ! 9