The National Register. — London, England, 1813-09-19 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. combating for the independence and integrity of their . country, could not successfully Foist ? General MUCH evinced great bravery in the actions which pre retied the affair of Gross Becrcn. Although wounded, he continued to c onmand in person General O'Rourke displayed in all the ac• tions with the enemy, a great deal of coolness and talent.—Since the renewal of hostilities, the enemy's force opposed to that of Ilk Allies in the North of Germai.y, has lost more than 11,w,', men. According to the reports of the General.:, 7000 prisoners have been made, of %.hom 2,a ,arc Officers, including several Colonels and Lieu Mum t- Colonels. August 29, Nine o'clock, a. m. •Lieutenant-General Count de Tauvritzein has detached General Wone , er t.► take possession of the city of Ltickatt. The latter sum moned the Commandant yesterday, and having met with a refusal, lie I►ombarded the I:l,►cq. At the moment he was about to give the assault, the entinnandant capitulated ; rine pieces of cannon, 1000 prisoners, and a cou , Mierable quantity of ammunition and stores, arc the rrsults of this brilliant operation. SEPT 19. ple ; free from all ambitious thoughts of conquest and aggrandisement ; his Majesty has only taken up arms when called by the urgent necessity of self-preservation, by an anxiety fur the fate of contiguous States in- separable from his own, or by Ow danger of beholding - die entire social system of Europe, a prey to a lawless and absolute Power. To p ro . _mote - justice and order have been the object of his Majesty's life and reign ; fur these alone have Austria coetended. in these frequently unsuccessful coetests deep wounds have been inflicted on the Moiiiir c hy, still his Majesty had time consolation to reflect, that the fat e 0f m _ Aire had nct been hazarded upon heedless and violent enterprises; that all his decisions were justifiable before lion, his People, his C .mem. poraries, and Posterity. . Notwithstanding the most ample preparations, the war in 1809 would have brought the State to ruin, had not the ever-memorable bravery of the army and the spirit of true patrio , isro which aniwated all parts of the Monsichy overbalanced every adverse occurrence. The honour of the nation and its ancient renown in arms, were liappay uph e ld dining all the mischances of this war ; but valuable pioviaces were lust ; and lustria, by the cession of the countries bordering upon the Adriatic, was deprived of ell share in maratime_commerce one of the most effi cient means of promoting her industry; a blow whidi would have been still more sensibly telt, had not at the same tune the wht.le Continent beet. closed by a general and destructive system, preventing all com mercial intercourse, and almost Suspending all conimunicattenumningst nations. The progress and result of tlais war fully satisfied his Majesty ; and that the obvious impossibility of an immediate and thorough improve• ment of the political condition of Europe, shaken as it was to i:s very foundation, the exertions of individual States in Orris owl' defence, in stead of setting bound- to the general distress, would only tend to de stroy the little strength they stid retained, would hasten the fall of the whole, at d even destroy all hopes of future and better times. Under this conviction, his Majesty foresaw the important advantage that would result irons a peace, which, if secured fur some years, might check this overgrown and hitherto irresistible power, might allow his Monatchy that repose which was indispensable to the restoration of his finances and his army, and, at the same time, procure to the neighbouring States a period of relaxation, which if improved with prudence and ac. tivity, nught prepare the way to more fortunate times. Such a peace, under the existing circumstances of danger, was only to be obtained by an extraordinary effort. The Emperor was sensible of it, mid made this effort : fin the preservation of the empire, for the most sacred in terests of mankind, as a security against immeasurable evils, as a pledge of a better order of thiegs, his Majesty sacrificed what was dearest to his heatt. With this view, exalted above all common sertudes, armed against .every misconstructitai of the moment, an alliance was formed, whit h was intended by a sense of sonic security to reanimate the weaker and score suffering patty, after the miseries of an unsuccessful struggle, to incline the stronger and victoi ions One to a cou - se of ma_ deration and justice, without which, the community of States can wily be considered as a community of misery. Ills ALsjesty was the more jucified-in these expectations, because at the time of the consummation of this union the Emperor Napoleon had attained that point of his career when the preservation of his conquests was a more natural and desirable object, than a restless struggle after new posses.ious. Any farther extension of his dominions, long since outstretching their proper limits, was attended with evident danger, rot only to France, already sinking under the borthen of his compiest-, but even to his own real personal interest. - What his authority gained to extent, it necessarily last iu point of seenity. By all uniun w nth the most ancient Imperial Fatuity in ('hristendom, the edifice of his grratoess acquired in the eyes of the French natio), end of the wtrld, such an addition of strength and perfection, that any Hitt rior scheme of aggrandisement must only weaken and destroy its stability. What France, what rurope, what so mazy oppressed and daspairing natiors earnestly demanded of Heaven, a sound policy prescribed to the tri umphant ruler as a law of self preservation—and it was allowed to !aye that so many groat and united motives wou'd prevail over the ambition of an individual. If these flittering prospects were destroyed, it is not to be imputed to Austria. After many years' fritities cxmtions, after I,opeless sacrifices of every description, (her:. e‘i,ted stitlieltnt motives for the aftemo to procure a b?tter order of things by confidence and conctssicn, stieuint of bkod had hitherto produced nothi!;g but mi.icry find tbs. tt tleti ; nor tun his Alajesty ever regret thut he itas Imeett inductd to attempt it. _ _ . The year IF$lO was not vet closvd, the war still raged in Spain, the people of (;.!rinany had scarce bc-n allo%itd a suCcient time to recover from the devastalinn• of the former war , , when, in an c%ii hour , I" Emperor Nilrileuii resolved to unite a considerable portion of the North of (lemony with the mass of countries which bore the name of the Frei E opire, and to rob the anciunt free commercial cities of liatn;A:r 1 !!), Breme n , and Lubeck, hcbt 9f their politica], and ,horny SEVENTH SWEDISH BULLETIN. Head quarters, Belitz, Aug. So, 1813. T:,e Prince Ruyal removed !lib head quarters kr this place in tilt ;lay, _ _ rrnin all tilt Iltelligence received by the pi isoners of the corps oflend Girard, that officer was killed in the atlair of the 2711:. (lemma' Puthtz received a iohnt contusion on the shoulder. He :eed mud' bravely and talent. Prisoners are hourly made ; rod ihe ti.clos are in hri-k purse„ of the enemy. Gen , ral liorste!l occupies Znina and Juterbuck, and has given, • tv, y opportunity, la outs of his zeal and science. Tie es.eray appeared disposed to concentrate yesterday, at Feknems , !oid , n Kattenbore, between iVittenburgh and Truett b The inteilit:ence received this day f'om Generals Win. zingerode a d Woronzotf, leaves it no longer in doubt, that the e e,ny Lave retired towards the Elbe. General Winzingerode purr,'', them with 8000 cavalry. Gera rat Woronvoff, who went to take the command of the 11 . -si•ra advallecd guard, made attack upon 3uterboek, the day b, foie yesterday, towards night, with between.; and 4,0(K) men, whilst Ow enemy had at least 20,009 in the town, or very near it. A ',risk c annouatle put the enemy in great alarm. This operation • a• creditalde to the talents of General Woronzoli, who at the :raiment of its commencement, was uninformed that a strong column was on its march to support hint in case of necessity. All the army is upon the advance. • The Grand Russian, Austin'''. and Prussian Army, under the command of Marshal Prince De Schwartzenberg, debouched from Bohemia into Saxony the :"2d Angnst, taking a position on the left bank of the Ellue The troops inch t he enemy had 'tested in the defiles were forced. Oa the ..:9th, the head quarters of the Allies were berme Dresden. The bombardment commenced, and the city was alre-oly in flames. The Emperor Napoleon arrived -there theoll► with .es guard. 'fia' French Army 'milt r his orders immediately quitted Lusatia and Silesia, and approached the Elbe. General Bludier clied front Jammer the '2slh in the morning, and f limed with all 10. fusee,. General PI ince liondasehoff , who was sent express from the camp bettare Dresden, by tilt` Prince De Schwartzenberg, to his rene Itigline..s the Prince Royal, arrived at eight this morning with this i:ttelli...ence. Tie General traversed the enemy's army, crossed the Labe, It; swinoLiti., with ‘zoo Cossacks, between Reissa and Maissen, f,,teell several posts. He has just set out to Lichco..% ciia. from Ownee he is to go to Dahme, where he will fall in wit'. tine first Prussian troops. In his march, he made six Polish °Weer, isttners, %%limn he hrotight with him : he joined the head tio;:ri erN of hip Serene Ilidniess without the loss of a man. of his Csissaelis weie wounded by sabres. ACTS! RIAN DECL.4 RATION against FRANCE. MANIF Eq() OF HIS DIA.IrSTY THE FAIN Holt (4 AUSTRIA, KING OF HUNGARY 11:/lIF.:%11.1. The ?simian:ll'e lc , , beets compelled ly its sit ii rim , by its vati_ms count etions with the other POWNPg, :Ilia its 111 1 11irtlitee in the OttiteAeracv 8,1 Europea.) Bastes, to eog , ige in esust those wars which have rAvii , fed Europe liar upwards of twenty yl , ors. Througliont Hie i.covresi arthi , itis ttrovgLs. the Linn* principle has in directed his Imperial Majesty. A leVCr• of! cace fruiu a sense ut trum Lis own 'lacuna feelings, aid (row atto:tivacat to ilia pc./-