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a• nt, At. In mt or b• Dr- in- 1 it 'l4 at le4 ea net gionaries of Palmi, an et& Ruled pearantry of the vicinity i indepeidant Of the 'crews of the armed _vessels, each 1 f which had tivo heavy guns in her bow, which they fired, hoisting French colours on our a pproach. Two batteries of three 36-pou n d ers commanded the beach within a few yards. The quick a nd well-directed tire of the gint-beats soon silenced t h e fire of the batteries, and under the cover of grape an d musketry, 'I put on shore the smallotrm melt, , end about 30 of the foreign cops of marine artillery, wbo advanced in an admirable style against the enemy's line, and beat them up the hill, destmying a number, ttn a making others' prisoners a at this time another divislon of seamen disembarked, and in a few mi nuted eleven large vessels laden with silk, &c. &c. ' w ere in times, or blown tip ; and the guns in both b atter ies spiked and disabled. From the different reports of the prisoners, there cold not be less thin twelve hundred men assembled at Pietra Nero to protect their vessels, and the French General Moat, having had intimation of our inten tion, had himself, on the day previous to the attack, visited the defences of Pietra Nero, made the officer Commanding there acquainted with our object, and te as himself on the spot during the attack. Your Lordship will therefore be able to form a judgment of the ardour and gallantry of our men, so very infe rior in numbers, and having to act against a regu larly organized body, no men could behave better than the seamen of the flotilla and the marine artil lery on this occasion. Of the former I regret to say that three have been killed and seven wounded ; of the latter, two killed and seven wounded. Four officers and 36 privates have been made prisoners be longing to the enemy's artillery and 3d regiment ; three others deserted to us from the enemy's ranks and joined oar men in the pursuit. Lieutenant Colonel Lucchesi and Captain Natoli were very active, and Colonel Robinson played rff Congreve's rockets to good effect among the cavalry. Islo damage has been received by the boats of the flo tilla. I have the honour to be, &e. (Signed) R rm. HALL, Capt. and Brigadier. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, OCTOBER 6. Vice-Admiral Sir EDWARD PF.LLEW has transmit ted to Jowl WILSON CROKER, Esq. a letter from Cap-, Dail CIIASIDERLAyNE, of his Majesty's ship Unite, giving an account of the capture of three vessels, of from eighty to one hundred tons, on the 16th June, in the small port of Badisea, near Otranto, by the boats of the Unite, Orlando, and Cerberus, under the l directions of Lieutenant M'l)ougall. A letter from Captain Hollis, of the Achille, stat ing, that en the 17th of July, the boats of that ship and :he Cerberus captured or destroyed, off Venice, twelve sail of the enemy's trabaccoloes ; And also a letter from Captain Rowley, of the Eagle, reporting the capture by storm, on the 20th of July, and subsequent destruction of the battery of Cape Ceste, in the Adriatic, by a detachment from the 35th regiment, and a party of marines, tinder Captain Rutherford, of the 55th, embarked in the boats of the Eagle, under Lieutenant Cannon ; and the capture by the latter of an enemy's gun-boat, on the 22d. Vice-A,clmiral Sir EDWARD PELLEW has transmit ted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. two letters from Captain Sr Peter Parker, of his Majesty's ship Menelaus, (ale giving an account of the boats of that ship having on the 2d of September, under the direc team of Lieutenant MainwarinF,' brought out from tl:e river Mignore, near CivitaNiecchia, the St. Esprit, French letter of marque, pierced for iwelve guns, but nole two mounted :-the other stating, that on the 4th two of the boats under Mr. James Saunderson, master's mate, brought out from the entrance of the Orbitello Lake, la Fidelle, a government transport, loading with ship timber :—and also a letter from Captain Shaw, of his Majesty's sloop Philomel, giv ing an account of his having, on the 24th of August, tun on shore a French Polacre privateer, near Va kncia, where she was burnt by the crew on aban doning her. Vice-Admiral Sir EDWARD PULE,/ has transmitted t 6 John Wilson Croker, Esq. returns received from Captain Bathurst, of the Fame, and Captain Hamil too, of the Termagant, of seven towers or batteries destroyed on the coast of Valencia, between the 14th and 2.Dth of August, mounting together twenty-one pieces of ordnance : And a report from Captain Hamilton of his having, on the 10th, captured two Preach privateers, one of four, and the other of three guns. - ReacaAdmiral LAUGUAIWE has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from Captain Sir Peter Parker, of his Majesty's ship the Menelaus, addressed to Captain Sir Robert Laurie, of the Ajax, giving , s account of an attack made by him on a small convoy of the enemy, in the port cf St. Stefano, in the Bay of Orbitelke, on the 10th of August last.-- A. four-gun battery, which commanded the right of the harbour was gallantly stormed and taken posses sion of by the marines, and two vessels in the port were carried by the boats, one of them a brig of 200 tons, laden with timbers and beams for a line of bat tleaship, was brought out; the other, a bombard, la den with naval stores, got aground and was scuttled. . Captain Sir Peter Parker highly commends the con duct of all the officers and men employed upon this • occasion. The loss sustained by them was one p mid shiman (Mr. George Thomas Munro) and ooe sea l'an killed, and five men wounded. .---e...,--. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7. FRICF, OF STOCKS 'fiilS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. arts, .501-I—for 0rg..5111-4 per C. 80-omo. 41 pr. Bali (Sid.) Li 4s.dh.—Do. (31d.) is. ptr We cannot revert to the Galena of list night, con taining the details of our victory ever the Americans in Canada, without dwelling witlydelight and satin- 1 faction on that passage which describes the co-opera tion cf the native Indiana. 4 4 When," says General,' 13110 0 E, " this contest commenced, many of the In dians were csgaged in active warfare whit the " United States, btit from the moment they to t t " part with us , nothing conk! exceed their order tea steadiatss: a few prisontts were taken by, siont: during the velem*, whom they:united with every • 4. 6 8 humanity I and, such was their forbearance, and " attention to what was required of them, that the enemy sustained no other Mss in men than what was ocea sioned by the fire of our batteried." Now mark the outrageous threat of the mighty Hector who has closed his career by. capitulation. If we recollect rightly, General Hutt, commenced his campaign with a Proclamation, in which were NvorUs to the following effect :544 If," said this humane w Genctal,• ge the barbarous and savage policy of " Great Britain be pursued, and the savages are let loose to murder our citizens, the war will be a wa; 66 of extermination. The first stroke of the toma i, hawk will be the signal of one indiscriminate scene " of desolation I" But, above all, mark what fol. lows :•.•14 No white inan,fornd Main: by the tide of as " Indian , will be taiaspritoner ; instant death will be hit eg lot !" What would have become of General Huttt and his unfortunate army, if white men hornet been found fighting by the side of Indians GLORIOUS VICTORY OBTAINED BY THE RUSSIANS OVER THE FRENCH. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this morning. The afFair of Moskwa, described in such glowing terms in the Eighteenth Bulletin, is said, by the Russians, to have terminated most gloriously for their arms; The French are said td have been completely defea ted—DavousT was killed—and NIT and MURAT were wounded. We hasten to lay the details before our Readers without farther comment. " PEI ERSBURGH, AUG. 02.-(SEPT. II.) " We have, thank Gon, glorious news from the interior. No news of the battle is published yet, and consequently we cannot discriminate what is official from what is only report. Certain it is, that a ge neral and bloody battle was fought on the 26th, O.C. (Sept. 7), not very far from Moscow, in which the whole of the two grand armies were engaged, and the enemy's completely defeated. It is said that the image of tie Virgin Mary was brought from the Cathedral of Moscow, and placed in front of the Rus. sian army before the battle. General Kutuzow and all his officers then pledged themselves, by a solemn oath, to conquer or eie. This operated on the Russian army like electricity, and the attack instantly com menced with an impetuosity beyond all example. 64 The slaughter of the enemy is said to be im mense, and he was already driven 15 wersts from the field of battle when the dispatch was sent off, which was done before any account of the number of the killed, wounded, and prisoners, could be made up, that the account might reach the Emperor yesterday, being St. Alexander's day. 16 This intelligence arrived just as the Imperial family were going to church ; and it may easily be ' imagined with what grateful feelings -the Te Dens (always sung on that day) was celebrated. " The victory was announced to the public by the discharge of 101 great guns from the Citadel, and the town illuminated in the evening. " It is said that Davoust is among the killed. Murat and Ney among the prisoners." " ST. PIZTERSIIURGH, AUG. 29, (SEPT. 13 ) " This moment the official account that General Kutusoff has totally defeated the French, taken 20,000 prisoners— among whom are the Vice.Rny of Italy, and Marshal Ney I Davoust is dead.— The battle was fought 90 wersts from Mcscow, on the 27th, (Bth September) where it is said that Mu rat is among the prisoners." " ST. PETERSEURGH, (AUG 30), SEPT. I I. "• We have been abstaining for some time to men tion any operation of the armies. It is with so much more pleasure we communicate to-day a splendid victory which crowned the Russian arms three days ago, in a general battle, fnupht about 120 wersts from Moscow. Particulars are not known, but it must be something very grand, since our Emperor, on re ceiving the news this morning, bestowed the Mar shal's staff on our Commander-in-Chief, Prince Ku tusow. 44 We are waiting with impatience for the Official Dispatch of this great atchievemenr, which, if the statements in circulation prove correct, will decide the fate of this campaign, and perhaps mon. It seems, indeed, Eternal Justice is roused at last from her sleep, and has let her thunders loose from both extremities of groaning Europe." . a ST. PETERS BURGH, AUGUST SO. " To•day the guns of the fortress have been fired, on account of a great Victory Prince, now Marshal Kutusoff is said to have gained curer the enemy's army, as is supposed, about 80 miles distance from Moscow, the particulars of which are not known yet." " ST. PETERSBURGH, AUG. Si, (SEPT. Is ) " Yesterday couriers arrived from the army, bring ing accounts of the success of the Russian army in a general battle with the French, having turned one of •the wings of the French army, and broken the centre, they were retreatiug at all points, which is a very great thing for this country, the face of things 'being now entirely changed. Reports are various as to prisoners, cannon, &c. taken, and as yet it is not known by the public here. a Yesterday being the festival of St. Alexander, .! MI concourse of people assembled on the occasion '1•1110 the Imperial Family on their way to andirons .tom-1;1" - accompanied by the-Nobility and Foreign rAininunderat bat the public wan disappointed oat 'the • *tern, the Elropetor. frialitertiken 'some other 'rotas rite, as the famity:dipetat_'iin early hour." ST. PETERSSURGH, AUG ; SI, (SEPT. 12.) *t . At tdb o'clock a Coofiobo arrilred from Since Kutuzoff, dated 111 - nersts int-the ibikhbOttrhood of Mojaisk; that heli'd hien ittiaefid`by e tench at Borachoa;in a general engagement, that the French were repulsed . at all points, leaving 10,000 killed and wounded, and 16,000 prisoners ; difoffiical bulletin was expected to lie . printed e114j4 moment, and it wing with difficuity.they-eouldorake the Russians t..keltny prisoners. When the Courier had left the field of battle, the Russians had broke through the centre of the French army, whiCh retired precipitately 3 versts, and , Platow werin.pirnuit of the Uhlans and Cos sacks. This is the'rePort of the Minister to the peo. pie. • 'lbis important victory was unwonted by the firing of guns fronfthe citadel:" • 44 'ST. PETEEsSURGH. AVG. St, LS106:110 le In opposition to general belief, but not to one . opinion, which we have ventured most clearly to et press for several months, we have now the satisfac tion to inform you of the general discomfiture and defeat Of the F r e nc h arm y on t h e 26th August. 0. S. after three days severe engagement; It is reported that'the whole of the French army was in flight leay. ing upwards of 100 cannons behind. " General Davoust is said to be killed and Ney made prisoner, a circumstance which, if correct, will finish the career of the French in this country, and perhaps open brighter prospects to the oppressed help- I less States on which French despotism has been af flicted." PU RTHER PARTICULARS. " We are all so much occupied with gloriousnews from the army, that jay possesses every faculty, and business is quite at a stand. Particulars are not yet known. Tile note it from the field of battle on the evening of the 27th Agit. 0. S. and mentions—" the enemy have been repesed at all points ;" and ce r . tainly it must be something both decisive and glori ous, as the Emperor yesterday raised General Ku tusoff to a Field Marshal, gave him 100,000 rubles, and made his Lady a " Stall Dame." All the sol diers are to receive five rubles—a monstrous sum ; and a great many promotions are making. Witgen stein is made a Compte." OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROM GENERAL BARCLAY DE TOLLI, DATED UMOLJE, 9TH (21ST) AUG. 1812. " After my last official report to your imperial Majesty, very important events have taken place re specting the positions of the Army. On the 3d (15th) August, a report was received from Major. General Newrouskye, that the enemy, who advanced in great force towards Krasmoe, had pushed on his advanced guards to Ladyj. In the mean-time 1 also received information, that Napoleon had left Witepsk, and concentrated his whole force near Bolemsutzchy, Orscha, and Dubrowna. In consequence of this, it was immediately determined that the 2d army should march to Smolensk, and, after uniting all its corps on the left bank of the Dnieper, halt. The army was to approach Smolensk, or act offensively, should the enemy divide his forcei. On the night of the same day, Lieutenant-General jewskye reported that Major-General Newrouskye, alter having been attacked by a superior force, had found himself under the necessity of retreating, after having suffered considerable loss, and that he was only seven wersts from Smolensk. All the other pccounts agreed in stating, that the enemy with his whole force were passing to the left bank of the Dnieper ; in consequence of which, without loss of time, I immediately put the army in motion ; and .a the night of the 4th (16th) arrived near Smolensk, just as the enemy were making a heavy attack on Lieutenant-General Rajewskye'a corps. This affair has already been made known to your Majesty, by the Commander in Chief of the 2cl army, I , and serves as a new proof of theinvincible courage of your Majesty's troops. Having ascertained that the 1 , enemy concentrated their whole force at one point, and had even drawn Prince Poniatowski's corps to their assistance, it was to be supposed his real inten tion was to anticipate us in Dorognbush, or any other point, by which he might obtain possession of the Moscow road. Taking this into consideration, we determined, together with Prince Bagration, that the Ist army should occupy' Smolensk, and remain on the right bank of the Dnieper, and by that means cover the march of the 2d army to Dorogubush. a In the night between the 4th and sth (16th and 17th) this plan was executed. ‘,. The 6th corps, to which w as attached the 3d division of infantry, took possession of Smolensk and all the outposts. “ The 2d army, which put itsaYin march on the same night, took its position 15 wersts from Sam. lensk, and sent the irregular troops towards Jana and Rosbawl to observe the enemy. Meanwhile the enemy concentrated their whole force, and brought 150,000 men against Smolensk. gg On the sth (17th) at one P. M. they sttsehed• our troops, who were draws% itif is the void from Krosnos and other points, roand Smo/enst, but , after an engagement, which contrasted without intermix , sion for three hours, they. were repulsed at ell - points. At fwe P. M. after bringing a strats cabana aftheir fomenesid an uncommonly sateen:me fbr ward, slity attacked the city in clay diteition, but all thek spits and endeavours were vain, although Vityr iiee back our asimmeed troops n to. ri . tigtfilidUiel'Als Of tmalenslt, arid appeared (fete mined to storm the city. , g Our valiant crow nor only defeated them bat to such a distance, that at night our advanced gli.tri were placed without the walls. The attach of t/ airy impetuous, but they receivedthe recompence in loss, which was so extr.tord;n great that ours bears no proportion to it, althoul; we had 4030 killed or wounded. sgoomb'EbiTiom -; bi'AFICE, TO/0 O'CiAiett Dispatches were this: morrthieeiticed miraltifrom Saimaa m, in.the Baltic, ant at .the Foreign Offici in bchiaitiglt&„ 'frOtti ;Lot% War ? rtne, the British 'Secretary di Igation at St F i etersburgh. All these official aecnunts Confirm . 61 the fullest eitat, the glorious intelligence of thi French basing tnstained a roost' signal defeat on thi SiAtettiber, by tile Radials ' commanded Urencral AITTUSOM The follow hg is an ei'sact of a privateleiter fro St. Petersburgh, datedSeptentber ib. :It is tram person of high official rsUilcin that Capital : “ The Frenchlare, at list,' thanl'Gitg been to pieces. Ydu Will•bertmitth reed** tholletalls ' K o cos" on the 9th i lwai In full #tiiiiiitdr the enemy a ThirtithMatioci Cossacks cut their way int* centre 'of the FrestZll attny , incl2Carthid them. The .14041 Guards of France are'annthi lated, and the Epiperar fled as *fast as his lior could carry him, surrounded by a few Marshal s the Empire. Hi s route i s un k nown. ' ao Our Emperor has created kUTUSOFF a Marshal of the Empire, with a present of 100,009 rubles, and has ordered a donation of about five rubles to be presented to every soldier who fought on the glorious., occasion." • 1 Latest intelligenCe of the Bat•le of Borodine, rece:ved at Stockholm on the evening of the 22d September: " On the s:h September, four eagles, and eight pieces of cannon vier* taken from the French. 111 the course of the same day and evening, 4,000 pri. soners were made. " On the 7th General Platow, at the head of the whole of the Cossacks of the army, was in full pur: suit of the enemy 15 versts beyond the field of battle] ig Among the wounded are Generals Prince Ba gration, Lutschkoff, Prince Gotockechoff, Generals Kutusoff, Raemsky, and Count Wurontzoff, slightly "The Te Dews was sung in the church of St. Alex. ander Newskj. The Prince General Kuvusoes was created a Marshal, and his Lady was decorated with the Portrait of the Emperor. His Majesty has alma presented him with 100,000 rubles." THIRD -E-DiTIOIV4 The following is the Offici4l Statemeat citculated by Government : • boIuaNGIITIETT, d3TOBEit 1 1. A Dispatch from LordCarucAaT, dated the IStli depiembet &aft St. Petersburgh, contains* the Ra-s sian accounts of their armies from the 41 to the 7th on which, after a most obstinate general action, the Russian arms Were vietorious. 44 On the 4th, the French made a recolnoig -Ica lb the Russian position at BbrOclitio, and w to driied back with loss. " On the sth, the French attacked the left, and were driven back with great loss, and the loss o' several cannon. 44 On the 6th, General Kutuzoff bionght 4 his swerves, and completed his arrangeme its. 14 On the 7th, under cover of a f g. tI.P French attacked the Russian left with great impetuosity; and with successive bodies of troops. " They were received by the Grenadiers under Bagration. The Russian centre thenintacked, saki • the battle became general. General Kutuzoff writes from the field of trattle. 66 The French covered their retreat by the Wu: sienberg infantry, and large corps of cavalry: Thef retreated thirteen versts. 4 t The loss of the Russians is estimated at 30,000 Jailed and wounded. The loss of the French is said tobe much greater, as the fire of the Frinch artillery iatased at an earlier hour. That of the Russians con-' sinned as long as the guns could be brought to bear. 44 Only one ttattalion of the , Russian guards sefi . feted any loss. The first division of the Army of Moldavia hes 'Joined Tormazoff, withieveral other division?, which* make his army amount to 80,000 mend " The corps from Helsingfors had strived at Reit vel, and was advancing to Riga. 66 The national spirit is great. Ilsampititt's sits tempts to ietveduee Ftench pviiseiple4-boothAel'i and be ip indignant , at bring diativect ton.thousand tnllillts *sere revieised'se'rtersa Iburgh on the 13th, and were to march s e twd Ja i. When Lotd Cathcart wrote. ncifunkr nificiak accounts had been received, to KntusolPslefterifreiat, the field df battle. Private letters represent the ba'r-* de to ballia•rn of greater eitent +I d more san,. d i * dary than the battle of Preus;cli Erlau." Cird- ZfitwilWYS S Ee DDA —the num' eth steti Conine, I9SI-..Skerw, kt 717.4 irailloolesso4—oook i;311. gorrigwaar-~7.ahrs t, auts--Tborntgo, 114S—Bwdat, sts4