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.ose an additional duty of £25 per tent. The .s to be excepted wereall kinds of silk employe,' m anufactures, tea, sugar, and salt. tax I.:cco he should raise to the standard or British :0 , by imposing a duty of three halfpence per and upon coffee a duty of one-penny per' . On French wines he proposed to lay an ad- 1 d duty of RS per tun. -The last duty had been in ISIO, and those who still' continued to it after that duty would .probably do so still, an additional one should be imposed. With to the Excise, he should propose an addi duty of five shillings per bushel on malt, here he was afraid he should not have the sup. the Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir John trt,) making in all a duty of 15s. The whole duty in Leland would not exceed a half of t was in England. On the subject of Postage some regulations to propose. ,On all towns he capital, lie should propose to reduce the and to commence an increase at the distance miles ; the lowest rate should be two-pence. subject of the Assessed Taxes he should have lose some additional duties. The Right Hon. ttle :min then stated a number of additional duties lie intended to propose on windows, male servants, Lenses and carriages, and entered into a variety of de tills, stating on the whole an increase of 2.1 per cent. When he came to make his financial statements, lie should explain more fully his reasons for the Taxes he intended to propose. .I. NEWPORT briefly animadverted on the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He appro ved (t the terms of the Loan, but censured the pro ro:ecl Tax on Malt, as tending to make the lower rahks have recourse to spirits, to the ruin of their teahli and m'.rals. He was afraid the proposed ad dition to the Assessed Taxes would not answer. He was sensible, however, that in the present state of the Finances of Ireland; great diflicultities must be en counteted in making new taxes productive. Mr. FITZGERALD replied, and Sir JOHN NEWPORT explained. Mr. TIGHE was against the additional Duty on Malt. The Resolutions, after a few words more from Mr. Firze.a.icaLD, were then agreed to, and the Repurt vas ordered to be received on Monday.-. Adjourned. FRE ACH PAPERS. 1111 to ; 7 ( s in our nu tob• b.f ccc pr !Ind, d•tional drink it though respect t ;ional though pr,, t of Newpot !It the W.1.1t it 1 MAT th p()ltilge On the to prop( ent IL :: PARIS, MAY 7. Her Majesty the Empress and Queen has received f 'Bowing intelligence of the situation of the army at aline in the morning of the 2d of May : On the lst of May the Emperor mounted on horseback a t eine in the morning, with the Prince of Moskwa, and General Sotitham's division put itself in motion morels the fine plain which commences upon the heights of Weissenfels, and extends to the Elbe.— This d vision was formed in four squares of four bat talions each, each square five hundred toises from the other, and having four pieces of cannon. Behind the squ.ues was placed General Laboissier's brigade of cavalry, under the orders of Count Valmy, who had just arrived. Girard and Mat-chant's' division came behind in echalons, and formed in the same manner as Souham's division. Marshal the Duke of laia was on the right, w:th all the cavalry of the gsard. At eleven o'clock this disposition was made. Ti:e Prince of Moskwa, in presence of a cloud of the enemy's cavalry, which covered the plain, put him self in m..tion upon the defile of Poserna. He seized upon several villages without giving a blow. The enamy occupied, upon the heights of the defile, one of the finest positions that can be seen, she had six pieces of .:annon, and presented three lines of cavalry. Tice tit st square passed the d. file at the pas de charge, amidst cries of " Vive I'Empereur," long continued throughout the line. It seized upon the height. The four squares of Souham's division passed the desk. Two other divisionsof cavalry then came to reinforce the enemy, with twenty pieces of cannon. The can tnnade became lively. The enemy every where gave round. Souham's division marched upon Lutzea; Girard's took the direction of the Pigatt road. The Emperor wishing to reinforce the batteries of this last d.vision, sent twelve pieces of the guard, under the eaters of his Aid-de-Camp, General Drouet, and this reintOrcement performed prodigies. The ranks of the enemy's cavalry were overthrown by grape shot. At the same moment the Viceroy debouched from Merseboutg, with the II th corps, commanded by the Duke of 'Parente, and the sth commanded by General L suriston. General Lauriston's corps was on the left upon the high road from Mersehourg to Leipsic ; that of the Duke of Tarente's, where the iceroy was, on the right. The Viceroy hearing the 17:sk cannonade which took place at Lutzen, made a movement to the ri g ht, and the Emperor almost at the same moment at the village of Lutzen. Mar chant's division, and in succession Brune and lticard's i:misions passed the defile ; but the business was set- Ilod when they entered in line. Fifteeen thousand cqv,lry were, thersfore, driven from these plains by 7 w•oly the came number of infantry. It was General \Vn.zingrrod e who commanded these three divi.ions, oleof which General Lanskoi's. The enemy dig layed btit one division of infantry. Lecome more prudent by the battle of Weissentels, and astonished at the ene order and sang froid of our mach, the enemy dared not approach any part of cur intarrry, and was crushed by our grape shot. , — Our h,ss amounted to 33 men killed and 55 wound ed, cne a ch'et of battalion. This loss may be con s:dered extremely trifling in comparison to that of the enemy, who had three Colonels, 3b Oillers, and 4 )0 men k llyd and v‘orinded, betides :4 great number tt ltrastA; by one of these tataliLies the history t,t the war is hill, tht• first cannon ball Was fired oil this day struck the wrist of the Duke of Istria, pierced his groin, and killed him in stantly. lie had advanced five hundred and six paces from the side of the tirallieurs, in order to reconnoitre the plain. This Marshal, who has a just title to be named brave and jest, wis equally recommendable for his military coufs d'ail, by his great experience in managing cavalry, as by his civil qualities and his attachment to the Emperor. His death upon the field of honour is the more worthy of envy, it was so rapid that it mustilave been without pain. There are few losses which could have more sincerely affected the Emperor's heart: the army, and all France, will partake of the grief his Majesty felt. The Duke of Istria, since the first Italian cam paign, that is, for sixteen Tears, had always, in the different ranks, commanded the Emperor's guard, which followed him in all his campaigns and battles. —The sang froid, good Will, and intrepidity of the young soldiers, astonishes the veterans and all the officers ; it is in proof of the saying, “ that to souls well born, virtue does not want a number of years." His Majesty had, on the night between the Ist and 2d of May, his head-quarters at Lutzen, the Viceroy his at Markrandstedt, the Prince of Moskwa his at Kaya, and the Duke of Ragusa his at Posirna. Gen. Bertrand was at Stohssen, the Duke of Reggio in march upon Naumbourg. At Dantzic, the garrison has obtained great ad vantages, and made so successful a sortie, that it took prisoners a corps of 3000 Russians. The garrison of Willenberg also appears to have distinguished itself, and to have, in a sortie, caused considerable injury to the enemy. A letter in cyphers, which has this moment arriv ed from the garrison of Glogau, is conceived in these terms : " All goes on well ; the Russians have made seve ral attempts upon this plate; they have always been repulsed with much loss. Three or four thousand men blockade us, sometimes less, sometimes more.— The trenches have been opened ;—during two days, the fire from our batteries forced them to abandon their project. (Signet) " GENERAL LAPLANE. " Glogau, April 13, 1813." Her Majesty the Empress and Queen Regent has received news from the Emperor from the field of battle, two leagues in advance of Lutien, the 2d of May, at ten o'clock in the evening, at the moment when the Emperor had thrown himself upon a bed to take a few hours sleep. The Emperor informs her Majesty, that he has gained the most complete vic tory over the Russian and Prussian army, comman ded by the Emperor Alexander and King of Prussia in person ; that in this battle more than 150,000 can non balls had been fired, that the troops covered themselves with glory in it, and notwithstanding the immense inferiority of cavalry which the French army had, that &pod will and courage inherent in French. men supplied every thing. The enemy was briskly pursued. No Marshal, no person composing the Household of the Emperor, was killed or wounded. PARIS, MAY 8. Her majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following intelligence from the Army:— The battles of \Veissenfels and Lutzen were but the prelude of events of the highest importance. The Emperor Alexander aad the King of Prussia, who had arrived at Dresden with their forces the latter end of April, hearing nat the French army had de bouched from the Thuringe, adopted the plan of giving battle in the plains of Lutzen, and put itself in motion to occupy the position; hut they were an ticipated by the rapidity of the movements of the French army. They, however, persisted in their pro . jects, and resolved to attack the army, to drive it trom the position it had taken. The position of the • French army was, on the 2d of May, at nine o'clock in the morning, as follows :—The left of the army leaned upon the Elster : it was formed by the Vice roy, having under his orders the sth and 11th corps. The centre was commanded by the Prince of Moskwa, in the village of Kaia. The Emperor, with the young and old guard, was at Lutzen. The Duke of Ra gusa was at the defile of Poserna, and formed the right with his three divisions. General Bertrand, commanding the 4th corps, marched to proceed to this defile. The enemy debouched, and passed the Elster at the bridges of Zweukaw, Pegau, and Zuts. The Emperor, hoping to anticipate him in his move meats, and thinking that he could not attack till the .sth, advanced General Lauriston, whose corps formed the extreme of the left, to march upon Leipsick, in order to disconcert the enemy's projects, and place the French army, for the day of the 3d, quite diffe rent to that upon which the enemy had calculated to find it, and in which in reality it was on the 2d, and by this means carry confusion and disorder into their columns. At nine in the morning his Majesty, having heard a cannonade from the side of Leipsick, proceeded there at full gallop. The enemy defended the small village of Lestenau, and the bridges in advance of Leipsick. His Majesty only waited the moment when these last positions should be carried, to put in motion all his army in that direction, make it pivet on Leipsick, pass to the right bank of the Elster, and take the enemy a revert, but at ten o'clock the enemy's army de b uched towards Kaia, in several columns, extremely deep; the horizon was obscured by them. The enemy presented forces which appeared immense.- 4 he Eriveror immediately made his dispositions; the Vice-Roy received orders to march upon the left of the Prince of Moskwa, but three houri were ne cessary to execute this movement. The Prince of Moskwa placed his men under arms, and with five divisions supported the battle, which, at the end of half an hour, becam e t err ibl e ; hi s Majesty himself mounted at the head of the last guard, behind the centre of the army, supporting the right Of the Prince of Moskwa. The Duke of Ragusa, with his three divisions, occupied the extreme right. Ge neral Bertrand had orders to debouch upon the enemy's rear, at the moment in which the line should be most strongly engaged. Fortune was pleased to crown with the most brilliant success all these dispthitions. The enemy, who appeared set min of the success of his enterprise, marched to teach our right, and gain the road of Weissenfels. General Compans, General of Battle of the first merit, at thehead of the first division of the Duke of' Ragusa, stopped him quite short. The marine regi ments supported several charges with rani froid, and toeered the field of battle with the best of the enemy's cavalry ; but the great efforts of infantry, artillery and cavalry were upon the centre. Four of. Prince Moskwa's five divisions were already engaged. The village of Kaia was taken and retaken several times. This village remained in the enemy's power. Count de Lobau directed Mesemi Rivard to retake the village. It was retaken. The battle embraced a line of two leagues, severed with fire, smoke and clouds of dirt. The Prince of Moskwa, General Souham, and General Girard were every where, making head against every thing, wounded with several balls. General Girard wished to remain on the field of battle. He declared he wished to die commanding and directing his troops, as the moment had arrived fur all Frenchmen, who possessed any heart to con quer or perish. However, we began to perceive from afar the dust and first fire of General Bertrand's corps, at the same moment the Vice Roy entered in line upon the left, and the Dukeof Tarente avitcked the enemy's reserve, and reached the village upon which the enemy rested his right. At this moment the enemy redoub led his efforts upon the centre ; the village of Kaia was again taken, our centre gave way, t flechet) some bat talions fled, (se delsanderent) but these valorous youths, at the sight of the Emperor, rallied, ex claiming " Vive ?Emperor i" His Majesty judged that the critical moment, which decides the gaining or losing of battles, had arrived—there was no longer a moment to be lost, the Emperor ordered the Duke of Treviso to march with 16 battalions of the young I guard, to the village of Kaia, overthrew the enemy, retook the village, and overcame every thing he met with there. At the same moment his Majesty or dered his Aid-de-Camp, General Drouet, an Artil lery Officer of the greitest distinction, to form a bat tery of 80 pieces, and place it in advance of the old guards, which was formed in echelons, as four re doubts, to support the centre. All our cavalry ranged in battle behind. General Dulauley, Drouet, and Devaux, set out at full gallop, with their eighty pieces of artillery, in the same groupe. The fire be came dreadful, the enemy gave way on all sides. The Duke of Treviso obtained possession of the village of Kaia, overthrew the enemy, and continued to ad vance, beating the charge, The enemy's cavalry, in fantry, and artillery, all retreated. General Bonnet,, coMmanding one of the Duke of Ragusa's divisions, received orders to make a move ment upon. Kaya, by his left, to support the success of the center. He sustained several charges of ca valry. Nevertheless, General Count Bertrand ad vanced and entered the line. It was in vain that the enemy's cavalry capered about his square ; his march was not relaxed by it. To rejoin him the sooner, the Emperor ordered a change of direction, by pivoting on Kaia. The whole of the right made a change in front, the right wing foremost. The enemy then fled, and we pursued him for a league and a half.— He soon arrived at the heights which had been occu pied by the EmpererAlexander, the King of Prussia, and the Bradenburg family, during the battle. An Officer who was taken prisoner there, informed us of this circumstance. INTe have made several thousand prisoners. The number could not be more considerable, considering the inferiority of our cavalry, and the desire which the Emperor had shewn of sparing it. At the commencement of the battle, the Emperor said to the troops, «' It is a battle like those in Egypt, a good infantry, supported by artillery, should be sufficient for it." General Gourd, Chief of the Prince of Moskwa's Staff, was killed—a death worthy of so good a sol dier. Our loss amounts to ten thousand men, killed and wounded ; that of the enemy may be estimated at twenty-five or thirty thousand men. The Royal Prussian Guards are destroyed. The Emperor of Russia's Guards have suffered considerably ; and the two divisions of ten regiments of Russian cuirassiers are destroyed. His Majesty cannot pay a sufficient eulogium to the good-will, courage, and intrepidity of the army. Our young soldiers took no danger into consideration ; they have, in this great instance, shewn all the nobleness of the French blood. The Chief of the Staff, in his relation, mentions the fine actions which have shed a lustre on this brilliant day, which, like a clap of thunder, has paralized the chimerical hopes, and all the calculations for the de struction and dismemberment of the Empire. The cloudy train collected by the Cabinet of St. James's, ' &winng a whole - vrir.ter, are in an inAant destroyed. like the Gordian k sot by the swori of Ala.t.u.ler. The Prince of Hesse H imb irg was kthed. The prisoners say that the young Pt ;nce Royal of Prussia is wounded, and the Prince of Mecklenburg Streliis killed. The infantry of the old gu irJs, (oily six hat. talinns of which have arrived, by their presence kept up the affair with that sang froid, with which they are characterised. They did not Ire a mthket.—H Alf the army was not engaged ; for the fonr divisions of General Lauriston's corps have done n , th.ng but occupy Leipsick, the three divisions of the Dnke of Reggio were still two days march from the field of battle; Count Bertrand did not charge but with one of his divisions, and so lightly that it did wit lose fifty men ; his 2J and 3d divisions did not charge at all. The 2d division of the young guards, com thanded by General Barrors, were still five days march off: it was the same with half the old guards, commanded by General Decowe, who was then only at Erfurt. The Duke of Beßunn's corps was also three days march from the field inf battle. General Sehastiani's • carps of cavalry, with the three divisions of the Prince Etlcnsithi, was on the banks of the Elbe. The allied army 150 to 200,000 men strong, commanded by the two Sovereigns; with a great number of the Princes of the House of Prussia, has thug been de leased and put to rout, by less than the iv!l of the French army. The field of battle presented the most affecting spectacle : the young soldiers, on seeing the Emperor, forgot their sufferings, and exclaimed, kite PEmpercr. " It is now twenty years," said the Emperor,“ that I have commanded the French armies, out I have never yet witnessed so much bravery and devotion. Europe would at length be at peace, if the Sovereigns and the Ministers ‘‘ho direct their ca binets could have been present on the fit Id of battle. They would give up all hopes of causing the star of France to set, and perceive that those ct , unsellors who wish to dismember the French Empire, arid humble the Emperor, are preparing the rain of their So vereigns." 'PARIS, MAY 9. The Empress Quecn and Regent has reclgved the following intelligence from the army, dated the 3d May, nine o'clock in the evenin,; : The Emperor, at the break of day of the 3d, traversed the field nj ' , auk. At ten o'clock he put himself In mot ion to follow the enemy. His heasi-quartcrs were on the 3d, in the evening, at Pegau. The Viceroy had his corps at Wichstanden, half way between Pegau and Bernataint ; Lauriston, whose corps had taken no part in the battle, had set out for Leipsic, to march upon Zwemkaw, where he bad arrived. The Duke of Ragusa had passed the Elster, at the village of Leitz kourtz, and Count Bertrand had passed k at the vil lage of Gredel. The Prinee of Mciliva was In posi tion upon the•field of battle. The Duke of Reggio, from Naumbourg, , was marching on Zeizt. The Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia passed through Prague on the night of the 2d, and atrived irk the village of Loberstadt at eleven o'clock at night. They reposed there four hours, and set out on the 3d, at three o'clock in the morning, in the direction of Borna. The enemy has not recovered from his asto nishmei-t at finding himself beaten on s' large a plain, by an army so greatly inferior in cavalry. Se. veral Colonels and superior officers taken prisoners. assure us that at the enemy's headquarters, they Lad not learned of the Emperor's presence at the army till the battle had commenced. They believed the Emperor to be at Erfukth. As always happens in similar circumstances, the Prussians accuse the Russians of not having suppor ted them. The Russians accuse the Prussians of not having fought well. The greatest confusion prevails ,in their retreat. Several of those pretended volun teers, wich were raised in Russia, have been made prisoners ; they cause pity ; all declare they were enrolled by force, and on pain of seeing their property and families confiscated. The country people say a Prince of Hesse Hambourg was killed ; that several Russian and Prussian Generals have been killed or wounded. The Prince of Mecklenbourg Strelitz is also reported to be killed ; but all this intelligence is yet but reports of the country. The joy of these countries at being delivered from the Cossacks, is indescribable. The inhabitants speak with contempt of all the proclamations and attempts which have been made to tempt them to insurrection. he Russian and Prussian Army was composed of the corps of the Prussian Generals York, Blucher, and Bulow, and those of the Russian Generals Witt genstein, Winzingerode, Mrloradowitsch, and Tor. mazow. The Russian and Prussian Guards were likewise there. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Prince Royal of Prussia, and all the Princes of the Royal House of Prussia, were in the battle. The combined Russian and Prussian Army is esti. mated at from 150 to 200,000 men. All the Russia cuirassiers were there, and hive suffered greatly. Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the folluwing intelligence of the situation of the armies on the 4th May in the evening: The Em peror's head-gcarters were on the evening of the sth at Borna, those of the Viceroy at Kolditz, those of General Count Bertrand at Frehburg, flose cf Ge neral Count Lauristoa at Isla!berg, those of the Prince of Moskwa at Leipsick, and these of the Puke of Reggio at Zeitz. The enemy is retiring en Mrs- •e: .11 e ! on sit PTO. pan elys OH 'cr! 11::) n.. . r~:~- h , A e ~v.c ceg' ;cv. ;ler) ) icit er . - osed