The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-09 00:00:00

\ - 484 his Maje.tv at Wilna, and submitted to his approbation and protection the Act of Confede..ation. To the Act of the Confederation, his 'Majesty replied as follows : " Gentlemen Deputies of the Conlederation ty . Poland, " I have heard with interest what you have related to me. " Pole.! I would have thought and acted like you : like you I would have voted at the Assembly at Warsaw. Love of the country is the first duty of civilized man. • " In my situation l have many interests to conciliate, and many dit ties to perform. Had I reigned daring the Ist, 9d. or 3d partition of Poland, I would have armed all my people to support you. Immedi ately that victory enabled me to re'tore your antient laws to your capi tal, and a part of your provinces, I did it, without prolonging a war which would ha% e continued to spill the blood of my subjects. " I love your nation. For 16 years f have seen your soldiers by my Side, in the fields of Italy, as well as those of Spain. " I applaud all yon have done ; I authorise the efforts you wish to make ; I will do every thing that depends on me to second your MO hitiOnS. !f your efforts are unanimous, you may conceive the hope of re ducing your enemies to acknowledge rut rights ; but in these coun tries, so distant and extensive, it is entirely upon the unanimity of the efforts of the population which covers them, that you must found your hopes of success. " I have held to you the same language since my first appearance in Poland ; I must add here, that I have guaranteed to the Emperor of Austrsa the integrity alas dominions ; and that I cannot sanction any mancesivre, or any movement, which may tend to trouble the peaceable posse.sion of what remains to him of the Polish provinces. Let Lithu ania,.. Samogitia, Wetewsk, Polotsk, Mohilow, Volliynia, the Ukraine, Podolia, be animated with the same spirit wliich I have seen in Great Poland, and Providence will crown with success your holy cause ; Ile will recompense that devotion to your country which has rendered you so intert sting, and acquired von so many claims to my esteem and pro tection, upon which you may depend under every circumstance." [The Moniteur of the and 30th contains nothing farther respect ing the armies or the Polish Confederation.] RUSSIAN 13ULLETI FROM ST. P ETERS BIJ RUH GAZETTE. •FFICIAL ACCOUNTS'OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE WAR, FROM HEAD-QUARTERS, NEAR ALKASMA, JUNE Is; (JUNE SO.) This day the army is posted at the following places :—The corps of Count Wittgenstein, at Breslau.; the '2d and 3d corps, at Deden ; the Ith, at Nawloky ; the sth, at Melaschi; the 6th corps, at Novgrodi. The movements of the enemy have increased, which has caused some sliirmishing. Major-General Curl, commanding the rear-guard of the ed and 5d corps, has repulsed all the attacks of the enemy in the road to bozos. By prudent measures he succeeded in keeping the enemy in check, although they had a great supermrity of cavalry. The horse artillery. under the command of General Count Kutusow, forced them to retreat with loss. We have made prisonets Colonel Puntzen, in the service of Wurtemherg, and 30 privates. The Com manderlin-Chief praises the conduct of Count Kutusow, and likewise the bravery of the Imperial Cossacks and Polish Ilulans. June 19, (Jell( 1,) N. S.—The Fr•nch army seems to have divided itself into two parts; one follows our movements, and the cther tries to out-flank us on our right.. Our first army pursues its march to the appoint:-d direction ; it has already united seven': detached corps. The enemy has attempted attacks at different points, for the pnrpose of reconnoitring ; however, he was always repulsed with loss. In one of these skirmishes Count Orlow Denizzow•, Adjatant.General, has made many poisoners, among wltum is Count ()davit's Sermr. On tte 18th, the corps of Count Wittgenstein was between Willtomir and Noltinany. The corps► of Lieutenant-General Tutschkow, and that of Count lichuwalow, approach Swenzany. The corps of General Doktorow is on its march from Oschmany to Swenzany. General Platow has left Pjalistock, and is proceeding to Wileika. Prince Bragationcontinoes to approach with the first army. Jolty ?1 (Jyr.r I.)—Nothing particclar has ()centred during these two Jays; the troops are concentrating from Swenzany and ‘Vidzv. By thi• movement the communication between the different corps of the General of Infantry Doktorow has been re-established ; Count ,}'Alden who at the t,e7ironing of the campaign was at Grodtto, will join .arsia iu du• Lime. la this Mamie; the different carps till pow have re- THE NATIONAL REGISTER, AUG. g. mained un di stur b e d, an d have not lost a sitOe detachment. Yesterday seven squadrons of the French cavalry, with their cannon of the reservv, were severely repulsed. Head-quarters at Zamosz, June 23, (Toly The army continues to concentrate itself. From all circumstances, it appears, that in consequence of the plan of the campaign adopted by us, the Emperor of the Fleoch has been compelled to alter his first ois poAtions, which has served no other purpose thao to produce useless marches ; because we have avoided, on all occiifinuc, to give the enemy battle, where it appeared likely to be attended with ady entn ,, to him. Acting on this principle, our views have been completely fto. filled; and we expect a similar result train the future. This day our army is situate I as follows :—Thu corps of General Wittgenstein, at Rimschany ; the different corps of General Baggo. hufwudt, Tntschkow, and Schuwalow, are united at Widzy ; the corps ' of General Doktorow, at Budna ; the Reserve, at Zamosz. On the 18th of June, Captain Galewa. of the regiment of Poli•li Hulans, was sent on a reconnoitring party, with a squadron intrusted to him, by the orders of Major-General Kurt'. On the evening of the , 30th, he received orders CI pass the village Lantupa, and to take Ilk course to the town at Swenziany. On the morning of the following day, having collected his out-parties, he set nut with a view of returning to his regimmit ; hut all the places through which he had to pass were already occupied by three regimeots of enemy's cavalry. Captain Galewa seeing himself thus cut off, formed his squadron in column, and cut his way through the enemy's troops. Having succeeded in dashing through these, he W 7.3 a second time met, in a wood, by a party of chasseurs, who en&orvoured to intercept his route ; but he quickly put them to flight. Ills loss consisted in one officer, and 46 privates ; and that of the enemy in two Chiefs of Squadron. and a consi detable RUM ` ber of hulans, grenadiers, and chasseura, killed. NEW BIBLE ►SOCIETY. A numerous meeting of persons of both sexes took place on Thurs. day in the Egyptian Hall, at the Mansion House, for the purpose (f founding an auxiliary Bible Society. The LORD MAYOR in the Chair. The Hall was completely filled when the Cha'r was taken, and the assembly was as highly repectable'as it was unusually numerous. The Leen MAYOR opened the business, and in a short but real speech ex pressed . his happiness at finding so respectable a meeting a s. sembled for the best of purposes ; assembled to give to others that book, which was not only the foundation of our comfort h ere, but which furnished the means of finding the road to eternal happiness hereafter. The Reverend Mr. OWEN appealed to the experience of the last eight years, if the predictions originally thrown out against the Bible Society had in any one instance been verified by facts. If any were still afraid that such a Society would be injurious to the State, when he . could shew them a Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a F irst Lord of the Treasury, among its supporters ; when he could go th e Courts of Justice, and point to two ermined Judges who were among them ; when ascending to the Episcopal Bench, he could point to mitres, the owners of which were adorned with all that ennobled humanity, who were with this Society,—surely, when he pointed to such cha racters, apprehension must cease. If they went to the Aristocracy of the country, it would be found that Statesmen, who were at pre sent employed, and who were not employed, were with them,. and when the same might be saictalmost of the aggregate of the British Population, who, if adorned with no outward distinct i on , were yet entitled to the admiration of posterity as ornaments to literature, and as benefactors to mankind ; they must he satisfied that the plan Wai as unexceptionable in practice as it was in noble principle. He con cluded, by introducing to them Dr. Brumahaute, the Chaplain to the Swedish Ambassador. Dr. BRUMAIIACTE expressed his inability to address as he cru . d . wish so august a meeting ae that now assembled , in t he presenee ot the first Magistrate of the first City in the world. If, however, the simple I aigtelee of truth and gratitude continued to be welcome to British hearts, he hoped, that what tae was about to say, though net elegantly expressed, and though uttered in a foreign tone, would not; be altogether disregarded. "I he Reverend Gentleman then went on in a st ra n of easy neat - reefed eloquence, to prove the necessity which existed for the establialettent of the proposeil Society, and to set torth the benefits it might he the means of bestowing upon tne whole viorld. Great and s uccessful as were the exertions which had been made by the Bible Society, there were yet many millions who . ha. , ; never heard the Saviour's name, and there were many other who had heard his name, hut who had never seen his word. strongly enforced the necessity of estahlishing flibleSectetie. arooleti, Christians of every denomination in the Br i t ish Em p ire, as sih % i , e( ; the pressure of the times ahro id, that friends and foes were cons! ia to h.ok to this eoui:try for relict. From the inf null had on tile subject. he was led to in t er , t h at one-third of the pee r e clas3es; Sweden were without a bible and suc h were the ex