The National Register. — London, England, 1813-05-16 00:00:00

. . ATAY 16. t.i 'A. ••• THE NATIONAL REGISTER. this route. The King of Prussia and the Emperor Alexander hail slept at Hochlitz. " An Adjutant Sub-officer of the I th provisional, and who had been made prisoner in the battle of the vd, made his escape, and gave information that the enemy had sustained great losse4, and was retiring in the utmost d isorder ; that during the battle, the Russians and Prussians kept their colours in reserve, which was the cause why we could not take any of them--that they have taken one hundred and two prisoners from us, among whom are tour officers ; that these pilioneri; were (unaided to the rear under the sward of the detach went which had the charge of the colours; that the Pinssians treat ed their prisoners very ill ; that two prisoners not being aide to walk, through extrenr.! fatigue, they ran them through the body with their swords; that Ca:. ;Astonishment of the Russians and Prns flans, at having found such a namerous army, and so well disciplin• ed, and supplied with every thing, was extreme ; that there existed a misunderstanding between them, and that they mutually accused each other as being the cause of their losses. General Count Laurestmi had put himself iu march from We vetzen, on the high road to Dresden. " The Prince of l'illoskwa has marched towards the Elbe, to raise the biockade of General Thielman, who commands at Torgan, to tike his position at that point, awl raise the blockade of Witten ; it appears that this latter place has made a tine di.timee, and ropiiked several attacks which have cost the enemy very dear. " Tate Priwians state, that the Emperor Alexander, finding. the battle lost, rode through the Russian line, to animate the Soldiers, by exclaiming, 4 6 Courage ! God is with us!"—They add, that the Prussian General Mueller is wounded, and that there were five other Prussian Generals of Di(ision or Di igade either - killed or o untied." CADIZ MAIL. DEFEAT OF SUCHET. VALENCIA (7 AZETTE EXTRAWIDINAttY, APIIIL The Sqperior I'oliti.:;il Chief has rec•eived from the Gineral iu Chief of the 1d alloy, from his Head-quarters iu Petrel, the foilow. illtr, :- " The enemy with a force almost double, attacked on the 11th, the division of Brigadier Don Fernando Millan4, hich occupied Yccla, and olfiai!xil au advantage, notwithstanding the bravery with ‘‘htelt our troops fought. On the Sallle day, Marshal Stiviiet presented himself before Valenti, and at night-fall occupied the whnn the castle, in which was the battalion of Velez Ma laga, immediately surrendered. '' break of day, on the 11th, Thrispe's division, which had returned from Aguela, joined him ; and when part of the allied army began to march upon Valenti, Suchet marched with all his fi)rees, %yid' the object of attacking Vial.. At three in the after noon they presented themselves within shut of the I. w hen, as it was not General Murray's- intention to maintain that position, his troops were retiring, disputing the ground by inches, till night put an curl to the contest. This not hieing conformable to the enemy's plan, immediately that he observed the allied army was reconcentrating in Castella, he advanced his forces, and at noon yesterday, alter having displayed all his cavalry, advanced a corps of 1:000 infantry, with the view of forcing the left of our line, 10:ieli the vanguard of General Whittinghasn'A division covered ; but these troops, and the English, whom he encountered at this point, received the attack with the utmost serenity. They allowed the enemy to approach to the very points of their bayonets, and then charged, breaking the French column, killing, wounding, or makiu prisoners, the unhappy slaves who composed it. " Suchet having seen the result of his first attempt, was obliged to change his that was to vigorously attack the line,—and reduce his operations to making various movements, and putting ., himself in retreat. General Murray immediately ordered nine bat talions, and •1,800 horse, with 10. pieces of artillery, to pursue, who caused terrible loss to the enemy's columns, which continued their rc trogade march, -beaten and fatinued. The allietk . troopsare pur suing them, and I expect .we obtain still gi'eater 6 aantages. the mean time I have the satisfaction of communicating to your Es.cellency the result of the operations of the army during the last three days, which you will be pleased to publish in your city and province. God guard, .ke. liead-quarters, Petrel ) April 14. 66 X. ELIO. " " To Don V. M. Pateno." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. MOND%Y MAY 10. Their Lordships met at ten o'clock, and decided several appeal can s. The Qncenhithe Midge, and several other Bills, were read a third time and passed. TUESDAY, MAY 11. Their Lor(l4tipq met in a Committee of Privileges, and heard Counsel on the claim of Sir George Jerningham to the Baronage of Stratford. Petitions were presented from the merchants and traders of York . and Devizes, praying that a law may be enacted to prevent mock auctions and the irregular vending of wares. . _ _ The Earl of DAR N LEY gave notice, that he should certainly bring forward his motion on the conduct of the American war, on Friday. IVEDNESDAY, 11 , 01 12. The House received a Petition from Alnw lc, praying the propaga tion of tl u •istianity in India ; and one from the freeholders of Devon, ill favour of the Catholic claims.—Adjourued. TIlliltS1)1N MAN 1.3. A number of Petitions were presented in favour of the propagati on of the Gospel in India.—Earl Gn Ey said, if these Petitions went merely to forward that laudable purpose, he should support them ;. but if the Petitioners sought any powers to prevent the tiovernment from sending them brick, in case they should abuse their licence, they would not receive his sanction or support.--The Oxterd Coun ty Rates Bill was read a third time and passed.—Adjourned. Fill) \I, at ‘1( 14. NAVAL A DMIN ISTRATION. Lord DARNeEy rose on the Order of - the Day, and called the at te;ition of tl►e House to tl►e general neglect of Ministers in delaying measures of hostility towaids America ; in a long and able speech, he contended that the frost culpable ne.,digeuee on the part of Go vernment had ocea.iioned the loss of the merchants' property, and the disasters we had recently expel ieneed in our conflicts with su perior naval three. The Noble .Lord concluded by moving, •c That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the circumstances of the War with the linited.States, awl particularly with respect to those who have had the conduct of his Majc;t3's naval threes." Earl HATilutt. - ;T elefilieled the conduct of the Noble Lord at the head of the Admit alty, and in 'the course of his speech observed that America went to war because they had an opportunity of com mencing it with ad - vantage. It was this cotisideration which de tei mined them as to time, and their main object w•as to intercept the Wert India Fleet. For this purpose they got their frigates ready even before the declaration of war, and ran down imme diately to accomplish their object. They, however, fi►uud the trade protected, ai:d utterly failed in their design—a circumstance which itself she the well-advised preeautums taken by his Noble tricnd (Lord Melville). The enemy took the time advantageous to themselves, and they. were completely disappointed in their expec tations. As for the injury sustained by trade, it was not to be ex peeled that some damage would not be done at first upon a com mrce so vast, by an adversAy who possessed so many privateet and !If great an extent of coast, filled with ports And harbours. His Lordship; alluding to the suece4es of our troops, spoke in terms atilt highest praise of the conduct of Sir G. Prevost and Sir 1. Brock. He stated also, that two regiments had been sent out in good time, and that every reinthreement, kiee. had been promptly dispatched to tlfe seat of war, on the first application of the Com manding Officer. He trusted our good fortune would continue with us this year as well as in the ast, as we had neither reason to doubt the skill of the commander, the zeal of the soldier, or the attach ment of the people. L•itd Melville, Lord Stanhope, Lord Galloway, Loid Grey, and several others, spoke on the question, aml the motion was finally. negatived, by a majority of 66.—Adjournuti. - • HOUSE OF COMMONS. MON O. l Ci ;11 %It *. • General FERGUSON presented a petition for Peace from certain Inhabitants of the town Of Dysart, in Ficesiiire. Mr. Vii CM) observed, that he did no: think this the proper thne to call the attention of the House to. the aubject of Peace,. but A•• • t o x