The National Register. — London, England, 1813-12-26 00:00:00

THE NATION/I,li 11 EGISTEII... • to do the utmost to prevent the etnnm.s ion of them. If in welt a case the soldier, in contempt of diseiWine, co. 'mit:4 an act of violence on any individual whom he ought to protect. the exemplary punishment of thr of alone ran re-e*tablkh the lh inourtlf the nation to whom he oclOngq. It will he -ern by the documents, if the English officers behaved in this affair like men of honour, and whether the natioted character ha. been aveinted in this manner. 'flit groans and the cries of the innocent victims of a hellish no inoilesty at Ilampton were hear-I by-the American prisoners ; but they wtoe too weak to teach the var. , , and to disturb the repose 14' tho' En t .,l l -! 1 u ifieer l / 4 , .Ntiose duty, as men, it was to protect the woufen whom the ellaiice of war had put in their power. The Coltfinisiofiers will not insist MI tbk 4!lbject. llntnau langr.a:x lias nn to roi% shoo• elloO2ll to eXpresi the it:olio:1s which the e‘amitiation of the docoment proving these horrihle facts lots el:cited in them, and they rejoice that the Aowrivitil p; opic ha- consideied them as tOrgeil. For the [minim. of lititivni naturt• they !ecply regrA, that the it truth is too clearly confirmed. la the corrulmihlenre of the Commanders of the English and 'American force-, there are plirasts which are equivolent to an express &Tiara of the facts of which t, e have spoken above. As such atrocities, instcad if io•piling terror, as the enemy had doubtless imagined, Can wily prodilve a coot!ltry eit'crt on the 'rinds of our fello w citizens. the Cmum;ltee suhunts to the consideration of the house the foi;owiog resolution : JlG•oive d, - thir.. - President oldie United States he reque s ted to col:cct and iav bi fore the Reuse, dining the continuation of the • war, tin• proof- a'l the infractions of the enumy of the laws of in h.se among nations.—Moniteur , Dcc 17. sN him‘cii with Ut.nnt Woroozow's cavalry, cut oil . the communtcuttuit between llainburgh and Lubeck. Ooh the 4'll, General n oden passed the Stecknitz; and colleeted the matt r part of his corps at Klinkrade. 1113 advancer! guard encountered the enemy at the vidage of Stolvuliattln, mid droVe him from it, after tithing smite prisoners. The Swedish. army nurehrd between the Waeknitz and the Steekiiitz, pushed it 3 advanced posts upon the left bank of the latter river, and drove:OA:lN the enemy. General Vegesack crossed the Wacknitz at Giman. and VC-Cq. tablished timc bridge at Cromessen ; he took the left of the Swedish. Army. A strong detachment of all ;trams. uunnnanded by Lieut.- • Colont l Anelsaustvsard, ronaiimm•tl h, tvt 111 the %Vachon . ... and tl:e l'rave, to ci!msem ve Limb ri. on that side, and to culled nntlerials for the eonstrnethoi ut t bmillv. opposite Scle.varlan. Oil tbe in:minium: of the :ith, (hitch,' Posse caused a. division of the biigade of Genera*, St•htiltzentolum to attack the encin:.'s position upon the Landvehr, and after a short musketry tire he earlier] the. retionhtit, and te-established the hridoe. Stunt. teen were killed and wounded. The Baron de Melon, of the IA regiment of plaids, a distingnised officer, was killed in this affair. General Vegesack passed the Steeknitz, in order to join Count Wallimoden, who was to advance upon Oldeslolies. It being in tended to carry Lubeck by escalade, Marshal Count Stedingk cant ed the Swedish arm t. advance. When arrived at half it league from the town, he ordered a halt, to wait fur the ladders; during the interval lie engaged in parleys with the enemy. It was already three o'clock 'the ladders were not h et co.) enp ; the knowledge which he had of the fortre::,s of Lubeck, and of the means of e wltj ph it afforded to a man of skill and ivallittion, induced MittSbal S tedinttk nut to reject propo , als. • Gem•ral Lalleinand sighed with Colonel ltiornsterna, chief of the staff of the • Swedish army, a capitulation, importing that the enemy's troops should evacuate the town at len at night, "iv . e up at five in the afterivam the Moffett gate. and not be porsin d day break of the lettt,‘,iott morning. The enelily 11:!Vi11 , 4 emily to lit't; HI the trout of the Molletozate covered bv n doable ditch tilb el with water, and advanced %vomits, hail it al w3v s in his power to (filet his retreat white there vvas no bridge tipon the 'Dave, mid according to the.unifton) reports Of the Eogiocun , , t%0:11 , 1 have to tn requisite to therm true oa't's The troops entered the town at ten at mmi...o:t. The enemy retired upon Srgeberg. Gen Walmoden is niatchiPC anon that point ? anA Gen. Skiohlebrand licatm this inorning at six o'clock to pm- ne the. enemy wits his cavalry. Some hundreds of prisoners have already been made.- The itdokbitant3 of Lubeck were determined to second by mean% more efficacious than mete wishes, the t 4,ui ti of the army which came to iestore to them their naive, their tialit*, and independence; they were ready to join their arms to those of the asmaitants. brave resolutn,lm is an appcal t o tr,e inhabitants orl lambarg. I,iii►ccL , tow i c•umnes its annient denomination of Free and Iftwea. tic City ; the than; of civilization tr.:tl Coiumeree again waves Oft walk. 1 hos that: juAiee alviot3s destroy the cailice tailed-4 vio!voce. • Tile Fin Of nwst capitulation grPntea to hi- troop.. that the of !tit S..letlen is o.ot yet /•losol. ha• ot•Iy t l item Citr to the ray: rs of hi s su hi c ets. to the wishe4 of . the inhabitants of the Norta, avid to the genttoni propoisis of Sven and !Ivy Ail:es. IMPERL4 I: PA RLIA Al ENT., HOUSE 01: LORDs. • MONDAY, 141.:CF.MPETI The Royal Assent way given I,y Commission to the French Wine 11; il, E'xchcqiirr Bill:: Bill, Frame Stinits ioiei change Bill, Por tt month 11 arks gill, and the k'ntrtity Ent - utEce I)F.CIAIZA . 110 N OF 'Fla,' ALLIES. Lord N vt. r Tel to a paper in this country, le iii: it was to In . a I)eelai at ow of tite Anted Powers; anti i•Xorl'S el a Ns, i3ll i OWI: 3 CilltstitlO to the minister re•pecting it, as tw moo not have tile opportunity after nu it coon seeing Lim rirst wistiv.i the paper In question or '% b 4 Vet aoCietstic If it w:1•4 atit;.rottc, ultt - titt r the ....;-(iveni vwitt (ft Oki.; count ry,lViii a oat ty to P. I lie declaration contained tlu . se word, The tese %%Lion ir Imp. toil. hint 0y...1 111a j..s*.les Live initle ~ t vic;or.., has In. it to 01;c1 . Eltpert,.• eilt• F e i - ocit." net d not read and inagaanir.mtis language cf that tleetaration. Coo atu6e oat of tite wurtii which lie hail var.!): e:tee to Itti ;Majesty the relit of the ttise Dui gskother toes- Oliether or DO the BULLETIN OF THE CROWN PRINCE. • . 1 - lead-(Quarters, Lnhcck, Dec. 6, 18:3. General Tlii o v, With ilk troops, has carried by assotilt the Cortre,s. ot pl.we cr the greatest importance Tor the deience Hol'cuel. I 2' o :111i-011 of !()('() 11:ell'; the worts were in a vcr‘ 1 4 .1;h: st,ite, inoo!y :trilled. thi this orc;isioii, the Prussian! , g , iVe ;1 new proof of ;he intrepidity which characteri‘ , es them. The ilss of General Pithm, in killed and wounded, was 300 men ; that UV the enemy must 113%e bcctl considerable. Same hundreds of pri tamers wei 4' taken. . 141.kjor Marklav, %%it!! a detachment forming fart of the advanced gnarl or - Gene:al Witiz;tigcrode, tattered Amsterdam on the V-Itit of November, amidst the acclamations of rho inhabitants. He was I tollowed by Cleni•ral Oil the 27th of November, Geocral Gagarin, with 30 , 1 ilisionimted Co•saeks. attacked the gal risen ot Deventer, who had sallied out for the purpose of iniriihig or occupying one of the suburbs; and after a very obstinate combat . , lie aro% e hack the enemy as far as I the Itritl;:e, killed a iiiimber, and took tit) Ott the Vail' Colony' Narisclit in occupied Aincr4ort, the gam- I EMI of which retired upon Naatalen. l• Tile two forts of Cuxhaven, Faro and Napoleon, are taken. The I garrisons are pi .sencrs of w.ir. V. are impvoving the fortifications of I)oeshurg and Zutpla n. General NV inzingerode has see t to the Crown Prince the Per , the city of Utrecht, taken by the- troops of Colonel Narisehkiii. !! The Prince Royal transmitted them to the Emperor AleKandcr. Como Siroumintl . i • charged %%ilk iiie.hlockadc of Ilarburf. - file Swedish army haviirtg approached the Stceknitz. with the corps o . t . l4litzow, occupied the points from the mouth of that river, to the environs of Michell. Dispositions were made for attacking j iiie enemy on the '2d of December. General Count Woronzow, anti General TetteLhorn. had received orders to cross the Elite At B o ity, , noi l r 4 . Tile M arOsal Prince of Eektmild abandoned In , 4ion in the and retired behind the Rine. M•ijoi Cederstrom, V. ill! ‘ ''ving corps, at the saute time passed the Elbe at (ir,:ch.tadt. • Ti:t. ti (pops crossed the Stecktitz, pursued the chui;:) , 's tear•gttard, Lod tiok .Torte prisoners. 'I'I lent hank of tiie SteckWrz presents, at cert,.ia lna..:ots and positions wine!. :ippear iiiiiissailab!e. 'i.e llorilets the river %%hid, the enemv occupied ate very rueled, ;Awl the ot.t. t' ,j,unk•is tilinast every where marshy. . aoressible .entrencliments constructed with great ca 1 ..., palitaded t a I 1114.'/A•ti. in a way that thi2ltt hove stopped, kr tiraiy days, t h e prow,le6: of tbe most bit rep.t. and troy; s. • The army inAde it ino%enieitt on its tizht ; Genet al Woronzow advanced upon Lautaibourg : army .Itatsehurg. 01; tl.e Goiieral Vli'otiarc.rat ;Tat, S,..lresar etilteck. and carried ii..rged,if by as, , ,att. CAA airy Made poine•pti::oncrs. ticiier4 l l'et4t.iboto 4dvrocci ttpon Auv.V.tie ) anti conDectiwg 'EC. 26. TV