The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-11-13 00:00:00

P ref: 7- '~ '1 t' E STATESMAN. r *MY.. et sited WI the events which hire afflicted cuslonied to labour, Bud dispatched them to aid Lieu arr:i teal cirp r onto rv." tenant Armstrong laborious duties. They It l'reitwetres set forth, that a eureb:.r of the were, I hope, of some use, anal the Lieutenant rt.,c„„. acme stated, being dismissed Colonel's position, though nut strong, was as much by OP d'Angoulerno, on account cf their po." . atrerigtherred as posailsle. Some false alarms occurred Uric:o conduct, Isere, as a matter of conrse, de. its the course of the night, alluded to in Lieutenant prised of their salaries. However the Conircillor of • Colonel Thompson'ti report; and at the earliest dawn State Vierenger„ Director General of irons ect contri. of day, a most bold and desperate attack was made btrti:nr-, tlinnklo proper to divide ilia sums arising by near 2000 of the enemy on all sides a the 1 )04, from "tits ti.awirik among the officers dismissed and exca'P'inl4 Singe, a hick, after a coolest of snore than ih. oincers retaioed. two hou r c, arid the death of Bhugtee 'f happ•r, who M. 'ledger's totter, dated the 20th of Septem- led the attack, terminated in the tibial repulse and her, arroczed to the helli o n, an d w hi c h was a l so dr feat of the enemy with very severe h.ss. read, contaios the following paragraph : Urn Mer Slog in person ass at musket shot llis "The Minister of Finance has considered this mt- lance, with a stand of colours, encouraging his men : se-e as caleulated to conciliate moderation of expellee and to mention the impetuous courage of the erre ith rr;•rity. It wig be proper to divide the salaries my, is only to bestow the due meet) of praise on the y Isa;se-, and distribute them its that proportion, conduct and valour of those who resisted one of the most (indite and impetuous assault ever sustained. under toes tome provisional indemnities, between the old nod the new elficers; it being to be remarked, Lieut. Cart wrights of the artillery, was left with that this kind of transaction will temper with w h a t only one man wounded, and aith that one man se may l o ne beets too sizorons in the circumstances o f cured his gun, whilst the other aas unsuited by Lieu one class, and diminish what may have been too fa ' vourable in those of the other class." pioneer serjea ts. • Several Members: the order of the day. i Many instances of individual exertion and courage 'I he Chamber decirled, that the Petition should De occurred both amongst the regulars and irregulars, sent to.the Minister of Finance. in this arduous cos:test ; and the conduct of the lat h. here gl t up a report of a law project ter, as being less expected, I shill consider it to duty •ms colonial produce, which was ordered to be printed to bring to his Excellency's notice in a separate dis and diseased on Friday. patch. • A discussion then took place on the law relative ; Major Innes's column moved from my own camp, to departmental companies. and proceeded in admirable order to the post, already M. ROYER opposed it, on the grnund that the gen- occupied by the nitht movement, whil s t Captain d'armeries and the National Guard were sufficient to Hamilton showed his judgment, where on :reach was preserve tranquillity. intended, by moving very briskly under the fire of • M. le Hiroo de PuYarawstin supported the law, the Ist Deentheel stockade to the same point. as highly necessary at a time when 1111 army of men, As this point was foiled very limited, and very used to plunder and disorder, had just been dis- strong, I was enabled to thaw from it during Ilse day banded. two companies of grenadiers and Capt tin Hamilton's M. de VAURLANC, Minister of the Interior: : detachment, and by this Ilielfts to send a reinforre " You have been told that the National Guard is • merit of 150, and subsequently a company from the anfficient to ensure the public tranquillity. But, 2d battalion 6th native regiment, to Lieut.-Colonel Gentlemen, you must consider that the. National , Thompson. Guard cannot always, *a now, perform active Ser. In the columns of diversion undor Captains !ice. The National Guard is composed of artisans Showers and Bowyer, I have to express my entire alo of all kinds, of manufacturers, of tradesmen, o f probation of the conduct of Captain Bowyer and of merchants, who are torn from their business with Lieut. Rutledge, on whom the command devolved, and to lament the loss of a most zealots, brave, and regret. Surety you will be glad to see their burdens I ight eutd." I excellent officer, in Captain Showers, oho fell gal- Every thing announces that the public peace will lantly, setting an example of heroism to his men, itot be disturbed. The good disposition of the Pre- which might have been of the utmost importance, lad not his death, in a most critical moment, stag. fect makes us confident of the future. It was a re proach, and with reason, at the time of the Revolu- i gyred his troops, and givers confidence to the enemy. tiers, that thegood citizens did not hold together by I In mentioning the columns of division, I hope I a common band. The Prefects are unceasingly env. r may be permitted to indulge my personal feelings, in ployed in rallying all round the Authorities. i expressing the seutiments of gratitude and obligation N. HYDE DR NEUYILLE proposed, that the law to Colonel Arnold, who, lidding the Sikh auxiliaries blinuld only exist fur four years. did nut appear, as ordered, to join Capt. Showers's M. itcucsot thought it might be always useful. column, strengthened it from the small body of re. The law was then adopted by a majority o f 270 t o gulars left to defend his own position. 4?. The number of voters was 3 1 2 . ' Havin g now g iven a brief and very inadequate detail of the operations of the 14th, 15th, and 16th. it only reMains for me to express my acknowledg merits to Lieutessant.Colonel Thompson, in command of the first or principrl column ; and to Rlajor Lawrie, for the able and gallon' manner in a hich they couducted them to the heiehts of the second Deentheel ; and to Lieutenant-Colone! Thompson, for the w hole of Itia,cow.luct from the lime of his ar., rival to the moment of the defeat of the enemy, a long interval, in which the whole force were inces sorely harrassed by a concealed and galling lire, and softer ed the greatest inconvenience and privations with a cheerfulness and zeal, which, I am fully per suaded, will insure to all the officers arid men the strongest expression of his Escelteecy's approbation. My thanks are riot leis doe to Major Hines and to Captain liarnilton. Lieutenant Lawrie accompanied the night move. ment, and evinced his usual zeal and indefatigable activity : and it is to the intelligent mind, the dill gent enquiry. and personal observations of this officer, that I feel indebted for the knowledge which enabled me to have the outlines of a plan which has INDIA. CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. . Tnonaisai. MAT 11. FORT WILLIAM, MAIL) 1 . —The Lion. Vice-Pre sident in Ceusicil has tlfrirliheat satisfiretion in pub lishing, for general information, the feline ing letter and its inclosures, from Major-General Ochterlony, thted the 17th ultimo, containing a detailed report of the combined operations, directed by that able and gallant officer, against the enemy's fortified position on the Malown range of mountains, on the 14th and 15th of April, which tetrnitiated in the estatkli,lt- Went of the British troops on that range ; the eva cuation by the enemy of Soorujgarth and all the de pendent southern stockades, and in his complete re poise and &feat on the morning of the IGrh, after a desperate attempt, directed by the Gorkha Comman der in pertan, to carry by assault the position occu pied by the reserve under hieut.-Col-Thompr , ti. I.IEUT.;COLONEL ?AGA V, ADJUTANT-GENERAL. Si rt,—l had the honour to send you by express a! been crowned with greater, more important, and ptin of my intended operations for the night of the earlier success than my most sanguine expectations 11th, and morning of the 15th, together sill' a brief had anticipated, as the result has terminated in the' account of the repulse of the enemy in a most darint evacuation of the foil of Soorujurgh, and all the and desperate attack on the position of Lieut.-Col. southern dependent stockades. Thompson. Some indications given early in the evening induced To that sketch, and the general memorandum to I.ieut. Murray, in command of the Ilintlootiahs, to Officers in c o mmand of columns, I must beg leave to •suspect this flight, and by an happy foresight, in refer his Excellency the Commander in Chief for an which Itedisplayed equal judgment and discretion, he elucidation of the following detail : I placed himself in a situation to obstruct their retreat, On the night of the I.llh, two companies of light its which he WlseMinently successful, and afforded all infrittrv. under the command of Lieutenants Rem- oppoitonity to the Ilintlooriahs to manifest an midi- l ee and Greet, of the 19th native regiMent, 300 of tional proof of their devotion to the cause, by a dis the 11.eiltior ft. , jah's houselookl tramps, WO of the ' play of courage highly creditable. 1 Ncksceree G u•ok!ais, and about 300 of the Munn*: Lie l Lieu(. it Luigi:if-, who was selected by Col. Arnold filagra nutiliniies, mtrriwit f r om the village of Pun- long siiice for his particular acquaintance with the jur, and about one o'elnck gained the post they were • language and customs of the natives, has on all occa- it• 'ceded to occupy Leta pelt Dah and the first Deen- 1 sinus obtained my approbation, and on the 15th, with t!tro I, a ithout oppesition, which was immediately a small body of regulars and irregulars, was iittended 'tie• ethened, as well as the time and circumstances • to form a corps of reserve for the columns of division' could admit before morning. The preconcerted rigs !to retire on, but seeing the shameful flight of the n!r beine given of the possession of that post, it was Sikh ausiliariec, ndvanced and joined Capt. Bowyer, answered from a hill in the rear of my camp, and the , who 1143 uoticed in his report the good effect of thiS several relumins moved down to the Gumrot a, to pre. : movement, and his obligations to Lieutenant Dunbar. coed at deedt to the several points laid down in my i Hiving in an early part of this report had occasion instructions. to mention the conduct of Lieutenants Armstrong awl The columns under Lieut.-Colonel Thompson and Hutchinson, it is perhaps hardly necessary to say, Major Lawrie gained the heights of the second Dees,- that the same zeal and same activity were shown in (heel, almost •at the same moment, and having strengthening the position, and claim my best thanks. ascended in very galla n t s tyle, were proceedine along t Herewith I have the honour to transmit returns of she ridge to gain an advanced post, when the head the killed, wounded, and missing, durinoliese com of the column (consisting of light infantry) received bitted operations and movements.—l hove, &c. a check, by a charge from the enemy, sword in - (sixned) • 0. ocisTrAuayy, Major. Gen. Mandl, which induced them to fall back on the main cam e , itutteti, %pull r;. holly, by this time posted on the second Deentheel, (rue copy) tei g nee) G. A. FAGAN, A. G. arid the ground thus lost we were not aisle to reglits : [Here follows a report from Colonel Arnold, eon in the course of that day. The enemy strongly rein- taining the details of th e o p era ti ons o f th e di v i s i on terthisr his command. Ceptnitt Showers was killed at forcing their advanced !Indy, were able to give us , i the heat! of his tletachnieut, when he had mare than great annoyance, by sniping from the cover which led( ascended the imineimi steep ral g e of the hill Melon& atroided,and from behind the rocks between betsseets the Kuck re stockadesled the fort of Alatiwn. the- poet and Narrain Kote, whilst they were uttex- The detachment immediately fell b ac k t o th e s inge posed to the snipers thrown out by Col. 'Thompson. During the whole day the pioneers were ms , ' busily of Lag, pursued by the Co o rk e l is . The r e the British rallied and repulsed the enemy, and petsned employed in strengthening the post under the ditto:- them up ti n s steep hill aktia to wine distance fro.n flora of Lieutenant Hutchinson, Assistant-Engineer, and the orders of Lieutenant Armstrong, whose hi.. the vill a g e. ] derange& exertions I catinot,sufilciently commend ; A d M e t r ri t r ne t I r t , e nn ti m irri ln i 4 if ta i r to. l 4l . l r eil tl fi c i f i . / .1. 10:11n1 ; ;;Io t l I' S Itpe„:1-tirititior with h livot as the labour was very great, nod many of the the enemy on the Millown Range ot l ' Y Alnuntainp, on the lbetr pioneers, with Lieutenant Bagot (since dead), were , stud 16th of April, 1815. rut cro. reported to be wounded, I requested the !Bodoni. ! Lient . . Col. Thoinponni . s del:whim:ld l lsubadar, 1 thirildar, 4 Rajah to collect every Mtn be possibly could ) Lc. maids, 21 sepoys.—Total s $O, 41$1tt k rapt. Shower dotaclimpot, I captain Isibadar, 2havildars, silmr. —Total, Lien,. 1 liii.baeb ditto, 4 sepor. Capt. How)er's ditto, 1 crpoV. Party at Ruttatightir, ,under a Native Officer, 1 iinhailar. AT NINE O'CLOCK. NEXT TITURsOkY monNixn (RI:1" 4 1q Lxqr DAY KU I' (INF), U V Olt TO TARLL s or .4;t0.,./0, Al! T''l FOUR PR:LES OF .4'J,,:OJ YE! UN DIZ A iV N. '.".v.s. t.! , ir O O U 0 • . 2 S'COCKS 3 per Cent. Ned 6411 ;1..r ent C 62.1 I p•r l..n t 7'4 ,•u Cegit \ay% 912 DAY A r I.: 0 c....oeit ‘nr. 15 3-If; t HW , 5 7 o.:dherirr still. 1 5 p omnsurn Co•rsol. ftr nrc. G:1 7' 11 .14: f. 7 1 ,17' IC S 11,1 N LONDON: ..• MONDAY, NOVEMTItR 13, 1415. TRIAL OF MARSHAL NEY. Yesterday and to-day we received Paris Papers to the 11th inst. The Journals received to-day are of the gieatest interest. They furnish the particulars of the commencement of Marshal NEY'S trial. We give the report at length. ft is . truly interesting and important indeed. MarsharJouniaxra is President of the Court. MASSENI has refused to sit on the trial, on an alleged excuse that he had a qaarrel with Near in Spain, which might be considered as influencing his decision. This excuse has not been deemed satisfac tory to the Court, but nothing further is said of it. Marshal NEY denies the competency of the Tribu nal, hot does not refus? to answer questions. The evidence adduced uu the first day goes strongly to criminate the Marshal, but the Court ha• yet to de. ride the question of its competency, which was to he entered upon the second day. There is little eke worth attention in these Papers. The Funds are still only a few cents above 56. P4RIS, Nov. PERMANENT rOtNCIL or WAR OF TILE FIRST MILITARY HEARING OF THE Pret Nov F.Mlrlt. TRIAL OF MARSHAL NIX. 'rhe serious nature of the indictment, the former well.earned reputation of its object, the cutting re membrances attached to an epoch so disastrous as the month of March, the hope of unfolding the plan which was crowned with the inconceivable success of an apparent madman,—all these considerations im posed a duty upon the General Officers nominated by his Mnjosty, and the !Magistrates associated with them in their labours, to neglect nothing which might throw a light upon this important trial; to follow with a scrupulous exactness the most minute details o f thi s grand exhibition of the judicial authority.— Finding it impossible to give all the writings a place in our Paper, the reading of which occupied more than six hours, we shall confine ourselves to the re. sults, and if we cannot give the whole at this time, we will at least he correct in what we do give. The Sitting was opened exactly at eleven o'clock by Msrshal Jourdato, President of the Council % which was composed as follows : Marshal Count Jourdan, President of the Coott ; Marshals Monier and Angerrau ; Lieutenants-Ge neral Counts Cagan, Claparede, and Vitiate ; Com missioner Ordinuteur Joinville, filling the duties of King's Commissioners ; Marshal.de.Camp Grundler, Reporter, and M. [Lodi's, Secretary. Marshal Massena was appointed a !Member of the Council. but did not attend. The excuse e filch he offered for his absence was. that a violent quarrel had taken place between him and Marshal .'fey in Spain; but this excuse was not deemed valid by the Council. After the rending of several letters relative to the convocation and formation of the Council of War, Marshal Jourdan gave precedence to Lieut-General Grunaller, the Reporter, in leading the process. The Reporter first produced before the Council the two Ordinances of the King of t h e 2lth of July and the 24 of August. The first of which points out tge in viduals who are to be tried by Military Commissions as guilty of appearing in open nrms artists. the Ro ol Government ; and the second confides the cogni zance of their ctinies to the Permanent Council of War of the first envision. The Proces Verbal of the arrest of Marshal Ney was then read by the Reporter, which contains a de scription of the papers found in his portfolio, when it was examined at Aurillac, on the 4th of August la t, eae papers were In general of little color extvpt diirermit passports under ti c li,i, ts !limes, and an order which Marshal Ney had r e . cei►eil from the Minister at War, to repair to 1,,„. The etallence were impatient to hear Mush! N.. 7 lute' irgated. It was expected that be word,' ine k e a confession of a criminal error which had taraistilA so rnaoy 3 ears of glory. ‘Ve Will give the must re. mirk il)le points of the interroptioo. What k your name, your Christian name, and i ll. rack NPy, Mirchal, Peer if France, &.:. b.,r; at SAira Loci, Mit January, 17,19. you Offer your services to the King in the of March Inst ? No ; I set out from ['iris on the Bth of March fo r my goierunrent (the sixth Military Division), yawls I waited fur and received the orders of the Minister at W' r. The Marshal then protested formally against tli competency of the tribunal to try him. Did )ou not receive the King's orders, and did you riot make protestations of fidelity ? The King told me that Bonaparte had landed • 1 think I said that Bonaparte was a fool, and if he was taken lie would deserve to be put in an iron cage. I.m..ntioned this circumstance ofterisards to lidnuparte, who laughed he . artily at it. I ki sm i the ',atilt] of his Majesty, who extended it to me ea leaving Li s s presence; but I had no occasion to make protestations, as I wished to serve hint in the be s t manner I could. When I arrived at Lnuis.leoivul. trier on the 12th, I assembled the Officers, and in. deavoured to excite their zeal in favour of the King. I received in the night of the 13th a Proclsmatiou, signed with my Wine, by the orders of Bonaparte. —On the morning ilk the 14th, before reining tis Proclamation, I communicated it to Generals Le. courbe and Bourmont. The latter desired me n, read it, saying, that the cause of the Bourbons was lost. In the afternoon of the same day i read this document in the public square. Afterwards' had it printed, but it was already well known. I did not write to Bonaparte till the 15th ; on the 12th I had sent two General Officers to Lausanne to watch the movements of Napoleon, and to give me an account of them. On the 13th, before receiciag the Proclamation, I had assembled the Officers, led had harangued them in the King's name. I told them that I would take the guu of the first grenadier to give the example. Why then have you thus changed your senti. men's and conduct ? I was wrong," I own it. I was led away. was afraid of civil war. l gave myself lir to the assurance that was made to me that the Poiineri weeld second the projects of Bonaparte. On the 130, my pretended Proclamation was circulated in Salt. zerland, where Napoleon had sent it to his brothel Joseph. Napoleon himself, when I• saw him at Auxerre, told me he could have had the King and the Royal Family arrested, but that he could depend upon Paris. Ile told me, that on the day before hit departure, he had breakfasted on board an lingl%l resnel. After the Proclamation of the 141 h, I "4 no longer myself. I sought death every where, and could not find it. 'I often wished to destroy myself, and if I have not done it, it is because of the hope entertairsed of justifying myself, and preserving the honour of my children." In his second interrogatory of the 22i1 of August, received as the first by the Prefeot of—PeTtei, the Marshal pressed to explain himself as to the ceases of an alteration in his conduct on the 14th of March. Answered--'' It is getting deeper into the di!cl It is what I cannot explain to myself." Two eliminations we;e then re•td, w!,ich th Marshal had undergone by Gen. Grondler. V.I. undergoing the first, the Marshal put in 3 I , ;P' against the authority of the Council of %Var. Ti. exatrinationo contained nearly the acme answer,' those which were given before the Prefect of Vi!ice The reading sof the depositions of %Rue - ices iv” then proceeded in. We shall notice the most porfnlit. M. l3astardy, the Marshal's tiecretary, 1 Leri n f .r4 that he himself announced to the Marshal at the ii'ws of Benaparte's landing—that the :11 , 11:113! on hearing it, exclaimed, 44 What a n.i=fnottin , What is to be done ?" end other etpressions of sto pf i se. M. EH-Hip de Segur, Marsbnl-de.Camr, v l ses,t!. , on the 7th of Alnrch, Marshal Ney told him ~ f 0. landing of I3 u napa r le, and that he 'Duet t' that the A 1111.0141 expresse I hiniseif as a faithful se s vant of the King. The Prince de Poix, •declnrec, that he stns 'l and;ence of the King, when 'Marshal Nly wAs initied—that his Majesty said to lii rr, " Vero. depend twos] your fidelity;" and that the•Alsrs , .. Ati,wPri , (l,—" His Mn .'sty might dope:id Upon Lk. for lie felt himself strong enough to bring B.inapo'' in an iron cige. He kissed the King's handon , l out. The Duke de Duras first Gentleman of the Chamber, confirmed the testimony cf tI,P Print 2 Poi c. M. ‘:iaint Amour, a sorrii , r was sro" Gretio!i'e, t here he could not got aelrnisino ; lie , ^ (iol; to Lyons to Monsieur. The fii!clits i f troops was doubtful. The *Ones; left I n u;:s Loola le S inkier in search of Mar hel 'sky, awl got lim to will:draw toward Mou •n • : he found Li at Q.vingeY• Ile told him what he had seen. Vi WOVNDED. Th pson's detachment, 1 serleant, 4 matrnsses, 12 has ilrlacs, 13 naicks, 143 sepoys, J Licars, 1 geits-driver. Total. lit Capt. Shossers's detachment, I tient, 7 !1ntr0.:4.4. 1 sulearlar, 6 havildar,. 5 suoistks, I drummer, 22 ario 1 guu driver. 1 hheesten.—Total Lieut. Dunbar's ditto, 1 nairk. t' sepoys.—Total 7. (apt. Bowyer's ditto, 1 has iklar, 2 naickt., I di ummer, 14 sepo)s.--'l'otal IS. Party at !tattling:tar, under a Nmive (116ez•r, 1 naiek, and '2 veitop.—Grand Total, 63 killed, awl 2 , 11 u wir:Jed. ()merles NAMCI. 47. Capt. Showers, Ist butt. 19th nstive infantry. Lieut. NlAlessy, hl bait, 7th native infantry, wounded sc yerels. M;:jor Lawrie. wounded very slightly. Lieut. Gabh, light battalion, w ounded severely. Lieut. Bigot. pioneer:, wnittnlt.tl dangerously. sinee dead. Lasio D t zair.tv, yd batt. 3.1 retc. w ouuA.d s!ichtl , .. (signed) (:. 11. kN, M I :. General. N. 13. Five Cinvonionriat rvr.li.i wounded, tw o of them se verolv, while carrying toe I idders. CI a‘vio Ham's irr.lnlars, nod the Tim regulars. wlach acted under Colonel Arnold's orders, not include:l in the return. (True copitm) A. AI) A M, Fee, to Govt. Published by command ni tie Honourable the Vice-Presid ent in Council. J. MONCKTON, Act. Chief Sec. to Govt. I b b li r e %1 it Ib tl r• ti P 11 is 11 to A i( rd R CI pe et rr tr th au th IP r. It al el et pis n 1 44 Id I, el tr br J. hi di re lb IA th 4; 1) 011 tPI Inl - sal Ilti ,it fel ;10 Wi thl 101 rier p •, • .'e • .1; . C ,f 11 1 1 la !Is l ar '4• ' i l ).i F ~)