The National Register. — London, England, 1814-01-23 00:00:00

52 THE NATIONA REGISTER. his coteniand, took an !active and liotiontahle i alt in the attack of the pinee, ereatly contiihoted to iti surrender. fihiekst. , (lt is i place of oreat importance Jo thy navigation of the Elbe. It h:is yiel ed us 3.:i niece , of artitlery, 119 of %1 are bra , •. The was determined on, and milling was ‘vaited foe but the cro• t, in cr.h.r to !Hideo:ll,e it. Count NVoronzow had form ed a hattaiiiiii of iOO piel.ett grenadiers to•sene a:•• e to the St• troops. too tI of Gltickstadt wag built in 1620, by IV. on a vet v ona•- ite. mid the establi-hoient was ri:e ocCasiou of eousi. der on the part of ti:e Dutch. In 1640. it was attaeked by the cekbrated Tilly, who, alter 15 weeks of uninterrupted opt,. lit tillag, %V.IS 01. 1 1ilrod t I rai-e the siege. 111 the expedition of •I'or. lyrenTe were Ito (►ily phievs in these . I) , ; •ides which the Swedish troop: did trot oc c u py. arfk.sy has taken -170 piece 3 of artillery since its entrance into 'They are lahoarlitg tit the demolition and destroying of the tar frets of cdericl,sert : the navigation of the Baltic and Belts will he more f ec. fortress had been built to injure the trade of the F.,nulish with the Northern Pow( rs. The French Commissary of War, Pregand, sent by the Prince of Eekeitilit, suceevtled in getting to tlw advanced-posts and to Ci•pi nbagen, ilistrrietiens from his Cforeroment for Baton Al inner. Genersl Lallemand himself was expected last week at the . • ()rile, s to sink till the pirates have been renewed to the Swedish navy. Terse eirites did iontli harin to the English, Ittevian, Pius mid S'. C4IISII in the The tvlists of the Cinthriint Penitisola have jn'st been opened to the allivd flags. This country, which has so witch suffered by the Con tinental -ystem, will -ce its commerce flourish again, and its pro,- perity revive. The Norwegians, who have experienced all the mi series of want and distress, will immediately he informed that their union w ith Sweden have its first basis the same advraitages that have jll5 been restoted to the inhabitants of the Cimbrian Pe r:hi-411a : Bruce Norway, tree anti happy', will no longer be governed as a colony, and will et joy all its political rights. JAN. 23. the stalls and leaves. of cabbages consumed by his soldiers. The table was instantly covered with maps, over which the Emperor pored most attentiv tly for a considerable time. Of what was passim, around him l u -.reined not to Nix the smallest notice. The spectators, of whom I was one, crowded pretty close about lint. On ()erasion of his visit to the city, a few mouths before, the French I. l i.covered that the iteople of Leipzig were not so evil disposed as they hiel Leen represented, but tolerably good-ttatn. - ed ei ears tires. They were therefhre altowed to approtch sittobstr.tetrd within twenty p,.ees. A lung tenni of eaniages from the Wutzen road ; the ciucking of the whips of the postilions, together with a gicat naintier of norse- , Oldiers and tall grenadiers, announced the r.rri yid of another distinguished personate. and called the attention of I t:e. hy—tanders that way. It was the Kitty of Simony, with his guartli and retinue'. Ile alighted, and a kind salutation ensued hetwi en him and his august ally. The Kirg soon afterwards mounted a horse, an:d thus proceeded into the city. Napoleon meanwhile remained where lie was. lie semethnes rose in his seat, went up to the vv.:itch-fire, held his hands over i•, rubbed them, anti that plac:d them behind him, whilst with his foot he pushed the wood, consisting of dry boards and rafters from the nearest houses, into flame, to make it burn more fiercely. At the sante time he fie gut ntly took snuff, of which he seemed to have but a small quan tity left in his gold box. At last he scraped together what was left with his finger, and ponied it upon his Jiand. When all was gone, he opened the box seversl times and smelt to it, withont I applying to anyotthis Marshals and Generals around him to relieve his want. As the dieeltargen of artillery towards Probstheide grl.w more and more general and alarming. and the wounded kept re turning in rontionally increasing numbers, I was rather ser l trised that the Commander sheul I, on this occasion, contrary to Isis usual custom, quietly remain so far from the field of battle, which WWI near ten miles distant, apparently without giving himself the least concern about the event. " It was uear four in the aftPrnoon when one of his Aides-de ('amp came at full speed from the city, and made a report. Toe erums instantly beatio arms, and the divisions of the guards broke up. The Emperor immediattly mounted his hone, and follow eel them. He directed his 'merle towards the Koh!garter', leaviir: the field of battle on the right. I soon perceived the cause of this movement : the message informed him of the arrival of thew hole of his guards, for whom he had been waiting. They came from Duben, eetering by the Halle gate, and now made a counter-march upon Dresden. %Viten I beheld their endless files, and cannon w itlittit aumber, irouring out of the city, I certainly gave up the Allies for lost. I was thoroughly convinced that Napoleon had no other plan than to strike off to the right behind the Kohlgarteu, with his nt w army, and, proceeding from Stotteritz, te torn his cu. :Mee on the right flank, and, as he bad often done Irefiae, to attack and anni hilate them. I was, however, egregioesly mistaken. The Em peror went with his retinue scarcely a thousand pares, to the list house of the Kohlgat ten, where he took up his quarters, and quietly passed the night. The guards anti the whole train likewise atom -eel in !hat neighbourhood and there bivouacked. It grew dal k. The palisades sat the gate had left but a marrow 'insane, through which troops and artillery kept pouring without interini-sion. People MI horseback and on foot, who wanted to return into the city hail been already detained for several successive 11011C4; the crowd every moment increased, and with it the danger. To set k ;mother en trance was impracticable, as a person would rim the risk of being detained by the numbers of pickets and shots, or, at least, exposed to the ti4liie,t Involutes. 'I he night Has ilw.k as pitch, end no !tope left far get t iinz lo me. It rained fast, and not a corner w e t to he ► Hemel ekme p an might tale shutter. I was in the midst o f mote than a thous:led horses, which ilneatemal every momtait to trample me inuler their feet. Fortunately for me, they were all tolerabty quiet. The thunder of the artillery had long ceased : but hail it ' even eantinne.l, it could not possibly have been heard, amidst the rattling of cat-tines and f ',won; the shouts of soldiers and others, as sometimes ea% airy, at others infantry, wanted to pass rust ; the incessant cur•ipe. eiarking, pushing, and thrusting. Neser while I live shall I e itneas such a scene of (.011thsi011, 4•1 which, indeed, it is• inepossibk to convey any conception. It emitinued without inttamis.ion from four in tae afternoon till twelve at night, so that you may figure to yourself the disagreeable sitnatiou in which I was placed. No sooner had the first coltimns arrived at their Nvonacs in the neighbouring villages; than a thou sand messeiagers . came to nemounce the intelligence In a way that sufficiently proved what unwelcome visitors they . *ere. Weeping mothers with beta packed up in bbskets, leading two or three stark-naked children by the hand. anti with perhaps another Mint ' at their back; fathers seeking their wives and families; cledren IVA I?RATIVE Of the mast remark•ablc Er.ents which occurred in and near Leipsie, Sc.. from the 14th to the 191/i of October. Such k a part of the title to one of the most interesting little works which we ever read, 4mblished, it is proper to state,. by Mr. Aekerteini,bl the Strand, with a view to apply the receipts from the sale to the relief ." of the unfortunate inhabitants of Leipsic, of Whore' sutfernms so heart-rending a picture is drawn in the nar rative. But, humanity wholly out of question, we will again ven ture to a s sert, that the hook presents the most lively description ever putilistied of one of the most sanguinary actions recorded ill I.ioory. There are few persons, we beiieve. that have rot bashed to be present at a general engagement, and to witness (were it possible), in security, all the occurrences therein. " Suave mari Inagua turbantihas avora ventis, &e. And here. we have a most intelhs,•ent eye witness of the several enpueivents in and near Leipsie, preserved to record the events which he saw, in the same manner in which they struck him. •6 The 1.1111 of October At ie;%!;,th dawned. It had been preceded I.s• seri. ral rainy Ittvs; but this v.i;•l wen hi" (T i m! , The cannon • .mdered at iederv4ls towards Lieher..woil,o Ix. In the forenoon wounded F,eneh, chiefly cavalry, kept vowing in sinily. With ' vhon, they 1111(1 been envo;.:ed knew not. Cossacks, of course. We looked tor wards with certainty to ft 41(11Cral CII;ZESfiIeNt. It liecione cvery hors more dangetous for the inquisitive to venture out. or M. at thy gateig. Thell` V . :14 no Clid to the Entrching of horse and foot, and .the rdlino (.f carriages t at every ten pares You met in all directions with enrps ge'ggrie. by whom evert: non. suilita!•% person, ‘vi:hotit inction, was io der' d hick, sometimes with tail apords, and io uthtrs with tudenesfl. Sever: , ) canriers had heen sent forward ti; ounnonce the ~pe edy arrival of Hie Ring of Sa‘ony a/0 Napoleon. The hero of ti:e :we, as he had been \ led, actually come ahont poem, not, ac Ise anticipated, by the Drc, - den road, but by that from Berinh He passed hastily through the city, and out at the farthest Gramout gate, attended by stint(' battalions and sp la irims o f his Plank A camp-chair aod a table were brought in all haste, and a great wateli-tire . I.nolled it, the open field, not far from the gallows. The Emperor took po , oseision of the 'fioad-quarters prepared for" him, which were awy thing but magnificent, being surrounded only by the relics of Who lag -14 it! 'T - ~~ - $