The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-09-17 00:00:00

I If! 1 1 is' - 1. I 4 ii • a • " SirA.TEBMAN. Princes, this affront would be a fresh intjecement for them. to prove that it is only by spilling the blood of those who stippese them capable of other sentiments, that they can revenge it.--{i►luaileur, August S ). The Gazette de France, or the Sth of September, centains a long geport from Prince Schwartzenberg, re , pocting the battle of the 12th of August, the de tails of which have already appeared. lie states his loss at 1300 'tilled, wounded, and missiug. arrows . oiitii rattsme OF SCIIWARTEENBERG TO TUE iIIINCT NA./ OR-GEN Ell AL. . . Ktibryn. Aug. 14. 1914. . . MONSEIGNEUR,—I beg your Most Serene Highness to acquaint his Majesty the Emperor, that the army of Tormasoff, which had taicen a position beyond Horodeatia and Podubnie, was attacked on the 11th by that which I had the honour to command, beaten and pursued on - the 13th beyond Kobryn. The enem suffered a loss of 3 , 000 men in k illed and wound % beside Ti y s . WO prisoners. Under cover of the night o the l'ith,.he withdrew alt his-artillery be) owl the Muchawe(z,and we could onlytake from him some caissootis. Our heads of columns arrived at Kobtyn on the 13th, an . hour after midday; the enemy's troops crowned the heights on the left bank. On tise tirt4al of the infantry, I- caused the bridge tole rq-established, and a . portion of the ground be- 'rood it tibe ocCapietl; but the enemy displaying a numerouslnfiotry, and my troops -being much fa tigued, loias not -able. to posh -him forward more thaw a league Stid a half, •'on the toutetronv Kobryn to VA., nrgeg..the -.enemy- took with his whole I hive this day sentYnrward Generid,Alanchi, with &-1 twq'brigadec, trio batteries , and' 1200, on the roaa to Dish+. Some parties are adianciag upon Antopal; cud I requested General Regnier to push strontdetaehments towards Brzesc. These detach- merits set out yesterday, and I await the details. Th enemy has• a very numerous artillery, and it has bOu pretty well served. fAearned at Kobryu, that General Gaplitz, with a corps of 7000 men, with which I had an action at Sietsivice,. did not arrive with 24 pieces of artillery, tiitthe evening after the battle ; a circumstance so much the more advantageous to me, because Torma sors cavalry is more numerous than that which I have to oppose to him. The greatest praise Is due to General Count Rey nier, and the Saxon troops which fought under him. It is to this General that I must chiefly ascribe the glory of the action of the 12th. The task of turn ing the left of the enemy fell to his lot, and he per tormed it with the coolness and vigour to be.expected from so distinguished an officer. The Austrian troops engaged in the combat, dis played the greatest ardour, and fought with admi rable perseverance and bravery. The brave regiment Jerome Colloretlo, amidst a shower of chain shot from a battery established on the heights, and not. withstanding a loss of 18 officers and 300 men, passed straight on through a marsh which was thought impracticable, to charge the flanks of the enemy, who, by redoubled attacks, had forced the Saxon brigade of General Saar to give way for a moment. 'this regiment overthrew, with the bayonet, all that opposed it; thus disengaging the left flank of the above brgade, which availed itself of that opportu nity to reform the line. The enemy basing pushed a detachment of 1000 infantry, tux) horse, and some cannon, by Lohiezin, upon lwantzewiezy, on the Czara, in order to dis turb our communications with Slonim, I have sent General Mohr, to attack this detachment, and give it all poseibie annoyance. With this I transmit a copy of the order of battle found in the lodgings of General Tormasoff, at Kobryn. I am ) &c. SCIpVARTZEN MERG. AMSTERD tM, SEPT. 3.—The Russian loan, with Noyre and company, which in April last was at 61 per cent. is now on our change at 39. BERLIN, AUGUST eg.—We learn, from the camp at SanetA)lay, three miles from Riga, that on the 3d, o ir troops celebrated the King's Birth.day. FRONTIEItS OF Tummy, AUG. 15.—Adat.Tschits chakoff, at the lAtekropolitan Gabriel, are expected' at Jassy ,from Bucharest; and it is thought that both of them will follow the Russian army, which is retiring from Alohl;svia and Wallachia. On the 7th inst. the Russians departed from Belgrade, for the purpose of evacuating Servia. What will be the fate of Servia is still unknown. SESII.IN, AUG. 13.—The RuOdan troops, which for two years have been in Servia, have now set out for Wallachia ; a great number of Servian Chiefs, who professed attachment to Russia, have departed with them, and it would appear, that in a short time all the Commandants, and even the Servian Serate, will retire into Russia. i. An account has to-day been recelygd from Ora. chowa, that the whole aussian-AvirT s io. Moldavia has had orders to abandon the Yuskish 4iroviaCtm. and to retire into Podolia, and upon 'Ockzakowl for the purpose of affording aid where it may be ' .l net.essary. .. . PARIS, SEPT. 10.—Conformably to the 10th, ar ticle of the Imperial Decree of the 4th of May, 1812, with regard to the supply of the markets, the said Degree ceased to operate in the departments from the -W of this month, with the exception, however, of the first article, whicli ordains the free circulation of grain and flour throughout the whole of the empire. licrmoass, SEPT. 3.—Ten years ago the Rus sian Government negotiated a large loan in Hol land. By the contract with the ereditors, it was bound to repay, annually, the sum of 100,000 .roubles. This repayment has hitherto taken place ; but the houses of the Bankers, Hope and Co. yes terday announced to the Russian creditors, that this repayment is provisionally suspended. • [PURTUER EXTRACTS RECEIVED TUIS monmal W &UAW, Auo. 14.—Among the numerous acts of accession which the G eneral Confederation has lately received we remark the following : The good cause at last triumphs ! Poland arises, and marches towards the greatest glory. I learn that the senate has made an appeal to the children of t)ie country, to invite them to concur in the ye-establish scut of its ancient gremdeur. 1 wlsb to reply to this happy appeal: the power and force of those who direct the enterprise must incite all the virtues. [never doubted the existence of eternal justice, which would one day revive Poland from its ashes, and restore her to her former splendour, which she can never again lose, because concord will reign in it. Receive dip:, Oh bouritry !my wishes r and my accession to - the Ge neral- Confederation. (sizued) GEORGE CliAlteES, New-Motifs, Jody 31. Prince and Landgme of Heim (Gazette de France, Sept. 8.) Memo, Auce 11.—On the sth and 4th we were annoyed by several English gun-boats, .t,hat ascend ed up the Aa, and which were accompanied by seve ral Russian battalions that had disembarked. They repulsed some Prussian t r oop s, and approached our town. On the 7th we attacked and repulsed them. At this moment several gun-boats are cut off, and we every instant expect that they will be obliged to surrender. We are wailing for the heavy artillery in order to vigorously press the siege of Riga. That town now presents the image of consternation ; more than 500 persons perished during the night in which the suburbs were burned; others saved themselVes in their shirts ; we expect that this place will not make a long res6tance.—(Same Paper.) FRANKFORT, SEPT. 7.—The Sovereig ns who pos sessed any part of the possessions of te Teutonic Order, In the states of the Confe4eration of the Rhine, have agreed, that in order to 'adjust theme. &woes' interests on this subject, to hold A Congress at Mergentheirn. Their Plenipotentiaries ' have assembled there, and the opening of the Cep gress has already taken place. Consequently all the creditors of be possessions of the ancient ' Teutonic Order.s and of the funds adminis. • • tared at Mergentheim, have been invited by the 1 Deputation of the Affairs from -the said Order, to • personally, or by deputy, present theniselves at the Congress of Mergenthein, within the peremptory interval of two months from the publication of the present, to duly and legally prove their claims ; after the expiration of this term they will not be allowed Ito prove their claims, which will be considered as null.—(Journal - de Paris, Sept. 8.) BERLIN, MAR. 25.—Our Gazettes which had de clared Stettin was in a state of'scige, and that it was possible the gardens and country-houses situated round the town would be rased ; have to-day offi cially contradicted this information.—(Journal de Paris, Sept. 6.) WARSAW, Auo. 18.--The Prince of Eckmuhl has established at Minsk, a Commission of Govern ment, to administer the public atfabs of that pro vince. On the 14th of August, this Commission held its first sitting, under the presidency of the General of Brigade, Barbenegre, Governor of Minsk ; Prince I'uzia is Chief of this Commission. — (Same Paper.) COPENUAGEN, Aun. 25.—The First-Lieutenant Falsen, commanding a division of our gun-boats, had on the 18th inst. near Grenae, an engagement very glorious to our marine, with five brigs and English cutters. The result was the taking of the enemy's brig Attack, of 14 guns and 53 men, coin. manded by Captain Simmons. The brig had two men killed and five wounded. We besides took an enemy's sloop. The English had the barbarity to expose upon the coasts of Holstein, six Prussian soldiers, which they had made prisoner:, at two or three miles from 1 this coast, in imminent danger of being carried away tby the high tide—a fisherman fortunately saved them. -(Same Paper.) - - • - --- On the 24th instant will be published, In royal Bvo. price 18s. in hoards. A TREATISE. on the OFFENCE of LIUEL : wilt) a Disquisition at large. on the Right, Benefit:, and Proper Boundaries, of Political Diww•sion. Bv JOHN GEORGE, Of the Mid.lle Temple, Special Pleader. London : Published by Taylor and Henley, No. 93, Fleet street. • Arr. Mails. Due 0 0 ...Waterford O 0 • Cadiz Gottenburgti 1 0 O PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank 3 per Cent. Cons. 590 3 per Cent. Red. I per Cents. 3 per Cent. Navy 90111 Long. Ann. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Bond' 6 7 clic. Exchequer Hills aid. par 2 d Ditto Sid. 2, 5 3 p Omoium 60 pr. Consols for Acct. 60 5.9 i Lottery Tickets THE STATESMAN. • LONDON: TBERSSDAT, SEPTEMBER 17, Islt. . We have received French Papers to the 11th in stant, which will be found in our preceding columns. They bring no Bulletin, and are ,silent respecting the battle said to have taken place between Smo lensko and Moscow. The confusion attending the retreat of the Russians and the entry of the French into Smolensko, had nearly subsided; and the French were occupied in burying the dead, removing the wounded of both nations to the hospitals, and re pairing the damages occasioned by the fire.—lt ap pears that the Nobility and rich inhabitants of Mos cow, alarmed at the approach of the French, are. packing up and sending away their most valuable ef fecta, and taking measures for abandoning a city which they despair of seeing defended by an army in fall rout. Under the bead of Vienna, we bare an account of en action, In which the Austrian' troops were engaged, in Volhynia, against thi Rus sians, which proves that the Einperni FRANCIS has ostensibly joined his foroes with Nitrot.uon—and that Prince ScaWARTZENaIaG had received orders from the French EMPEROR to taker the command of the 7th corps of the French Army, to which the Ans. &lam were attiched: This 7th corps iris engaged with the Anstiana, under Tonwapoer elad limiEN salOhe particulars of which astleitlio already been matte public. . Respectl4 the policy Which our Ministers are pun suing in regaryl to the affairs in the North wo are much in the dark ; but a circumstance occurred ye, terday of rather an extraordinary nature. Lon! CATII CRLT'S regiment ef Horse Guards, who were intended for the Peninsula, is now on its way to Harwich, from whence they are to embark for the Baltic to join the Swedish Expedition ; and - other regiments are under orders for the same' destination. The principal ob ject of this Expedition is said to be that of forming a junction with Sweden for the purpOse of creating a diversion favourable to the Russians in Hanover, where, it is reported, the people are favourable to such a measure. This, like all other coalitions, having individual objects in view rather than general utility, has been devised by our sapient Ministry, for the purpose of inducing Sweden to engage her self in a Continental War, in order to restore Hanover to the British Crown, which appears to us a most impolitic measure. Whether the CROWN PRINCE . first encouraged such an expedition, or whether it originated in our Cabinet, we cannot say ; but one thing is certain, that they must have been prompted by a rich subsidy to engage in such an unprofitable undertaking. By Letters from the Isle of France we learn, that the situation of the inhabitants has not been much im proved since it was taken possession by the English, as will be found in the following account : ISI.E OF F,3ANCE, Kalteut "The miseries which this Island has endured since its capture by the British are inconceivable. They publish numerous Proclamations, with liberal pro mises, but we have no performance s. " The exclusive privileges of the English arc also among our calamities, and the consequence has been that the opulent inhabitants have either emigrated, or are in progress of so doing, by which means the wealth of the Colony will disappear." The concluding paragraph, to our feelings, is suf ficiently paradoxical.—" We must all," says this Correspondent, 44 leave our present situation to en joy again the advantages of French Government, and escape from the distresses of British authority." It is now clearly understood that Ministers have i in contemplation to dissolve the Parliament ; but it is probable that in consequence of the King's illness, and of the frequent recurrence of his paroxysms, that they may wait till after the first Saturday in_the month of October, when the Queen's Council make their Quarterly Report to the Privy Council, which, it is thought, .may contain a declaration. that all hopes of his recovery are extinguished. Upon this . Report the Dissolution would take place; and this would be made a pretext for passing a Bill that this should be considered tantamount to a real demise— land that, therefore, no second Dissolution need to `i follow, on the actual event of the King's death. — Such is said to be the design—and by which the two Houses would most ungraciously be called upon to ! pass a Bill to prolong their own sitting, in spite of the written letter of the Constitution. We suspect time tM etremg ~num will be trio:al.-however un gracioys. We learn that the Jamaica fleet, consisting (0- about 35 or 40 ships , homeward-bound, set sail under con voy of the Polyphemus, on the 25th of aoly. MARTINIQUE, AVG. 12.—American privateers sur round us, and in their depredations, shew an unfor tunate preference to our neigebn , shood. The militia is to be called out, and the dragoons are mounted, and on duty. The immediate object of our equip ment is to prevent the predatory invasions of the crews of privateers. These troublesome visitors have destroyed a great number of our coasting vessels. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 14.—We have heard to-day that the American privateers are taking all the Ame ricans with Licences on board from this country. — They are good prizes by a late law of Congress, for. bidding trade with Great Britai'i and her Dependen cies with Licences, on pain of fine and imprison ment. The Fanny, from Greenock, was boarded 1 by Admiral Sawv ea, off the Tail of the Bank some 1 t;me ago, and being bound to New York, and having a British Licence, she was suffered to pass. She was lafterwards taken by an American privateer, and re taken by one of our ships and carried into Halifax. General GRAWERT, who commanded the Prussian Itroops in the vicinity of Riga, has been dismissed in a charge of inactivity. An embargo is daily expected to take place in the ports in the neighbourhood of Dunkirk, on account of the intended sailing of two frigates ready for sea l in that port, to join the fleet in the Scheldt. It is said that the object of the late meetings af the Conservative Senate was to consider of the means of carrying into effect a Decree issued by Naremeos, 1 from Smolensko or Witepsk, for calling out a double conscription, that Is, 160,000 men instead of 80,000. There was a pretty general belief that this demand would be resisted by the French people, however passive they may_ have been hitherto ; and it is even supposed that the Senate ventures' to send a repre sentation against it. The eight transports which brought over three thousand French prisoners, return immediately to i Lisbon ; they carry opt artillery and troop horses i for the 11arquis of WELLINGTON'S army. On board one of these transports, Lieut.-General STEWART and Staff go out ; aBo Captains STat.rros, DOWNS, and TURTON, of the 40th regiment ; Captain NEED and Lieut. TATE, of the Staff Corps ; and Paymaster JONES, of the King' own Dragoons. • Mr. Rose has withdrawn from his duties at the Board of Trade , which are now discharged by Lord - CLANCARTY an d Mr. Romessox. It is expected that the French privateers will soon renew their predatory excursions in the Chan nel, taking advantage of the long dark nights.— There are now 18 of them lying in Calais harbour ; 15 at Gravelines ; many also at Boulogne, and the other adjacent ports, ready to put to sea as soon as :the fairoluabla season for their cruizes shall' corn maeek -t: - • -- •.. ,. --5,,•• : • • , . 4. • ~'• 1... We have 1)(!•‘n g;vc:ti to understand, that Lord ils7,•roN's embarrassment for money, has been re. lieted • to a certain extent; a sum of about 150,0001. was sent to him nearly a month ago; and he is pro. wised a snm to tLe same extent. The division of tl.e Guards which embarked at Portsmouth, sailed for Corunon, and not fo r Lis bon, as was at first expected. I.;eutenant-Gene r al the Earl of DALUOUSIE, and Staff, went out with them. Yesterday morning, at four o'clock, the last de. tachment of the Foot Guards, consisting of 100 of the 2d regiment, with 150 of the 11 regiment, with Officers, amounting to 300 men, marched from the parade in St. James's Park, along Westminster, for Woolwich, there to embark for Spain. The troops were in high spirits, and as they passed, repeatedly gave and received several cheering huzzas. One hundred and thirty men, and 200 horses of the corps of Royal Artillery Drivers, and 50 horses, for the Staff of Marquis Wzcuxuion's army, em barked on Tuesday at Portsmouth. Marshal BEItESFORD, it is said, is so exasperated with the late conduct of the Portuguese casalry, un. der that gallant officer General D'URSAN, that hi has issued orders that they shall walk he,ide their horses, with their swords slung on the pummels, and their jackets turned ; but when the enemy appear, they may mount and charge, and retrieve their cha racter and jackets. It is said, that Baron Gatusta has offered his ser vices to Denmark, but that they have been rejected. So great is the military man i a for war in Americ-., . _ two men were tarred and feather ed in July, at a P d i d tt o s d : , burg, in : Virginia, for speaking against the war. The Fends of Greenwich Hospital are so prospe. roue, thaf a very considerable wing on the upper side. There are Bulletins issued about the health of Marshal .Beites FORD every day in the Lisbon Gazette. The last says, " Marshal B.'s wound is doing very well, and his health excellent; except that his legs and feet swell very much, because he cannot lie in au horizontal position." Seventy-nine poetical addresses, hare been trans. mitted. to Drory-land -Theatre. We take it for grattted that they have been all sent anonymously, .and that the critical judges have had no private corn• municetion made to them by any of the authors. It ought to be all upon honour. It would be a proper opening of Drury-lane Thea tre if the first night's performance were devoted to the fund for the widows aed orphans of the gallant men who fell intim battle of Salamanca—the boxes a guinea, and the pit half.a-guinea. Taos. MANTELL, Esq. was on Tuesday last elected Mayor of Dover, for the ensuing year. Miss Mzeoe, who, on all occasions, is benevo lently disposed, ordered every workman, about - Drury. lane Theatre a pot of porter on striking the seal- Gilds ; on which one of the Pals asked, who the fair Crater was that their throats that hot day were so much indebted to ?.4-And being informed that it was Miss )MELON, he grat.fulty exc'aimed—" Wout " pray to Holy Sr. PATRICK then, that such sweet cc fruit may always be ripe, and In season 1" The Resurrection-men of London, like other corn. hinations of workmen, struck, it seems, the other day, and refused to supply the Edinburgh and G'.?. , :t - e•st Schools of Surgery with dead bodies, under an art vance of two guineas per subject. These uorthy weathers of society assigned as realone for saes Jo- . mand, the increased diffitterie; and dan4ers attendaut open the robbery of a Chnrch-yird, even in alliance with the Sexton of the pit; ish, and t!.e great scarcity of sound subjects after they have rem -;'clioned thew, from the more corrupt manner in which ell men now die, as well as live ! Last week, as a labourer belonging to Mr. The:. -ts Green, of Aslaokby High Park, was fetelnyed in filling a manure.cart, which he had placed, for the convenience of loading, in such a direction tt . ..t one of the wheels was considerably more elevated than the other ; the lower side, when nearly full, as night be expected, gained the preponderance, and the cart suddenly fell over upon the poor fellow, and bruised him in such a manner, that his life was for some days despaired of. Tuesday afternoon, about fire o'clock, a coal heaver, of the name of Brent, going across the p lank to a li ghter, by accident missed his step and fell into the river ; a fellow labourer went to his immediate assistance, and conducted him safe on shore, where he soon recovered. All unqualified persons celebrating clandestine marriages in Scotland, are now liable to be banished from the kingdom for life: two persons lately found guilty at Jedburgli, have been banished. A melancholy occurrence happened near Boston, on the evening of Sunday last. A number of boy, having gone into the river for the purpose ofbafhine. near Skirbeck church, tire of them went beyond their depth, of whom three only escaped with lift , . With the daring of youth they4ere braving one an• other to venture into deep water, .when the two un rorthate lade having got into te part of the rite which was much deeper than they imagined, suddenly disappeared tend met a watery grave. The body of one of them was foUnd on Monday; and now lies at the New Inn at Skirbeck.—where an inquest will Ira held. The other body has' not yet been found, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTS'MOU 111, Stet*. 16. This morning sailed the Battalion of (Wards wkich lately ett• barked fur Spain. They are gone to Comma in the Alttd. Dover, and ltegulus, armee eu bate, and transports. A r rived the Freya, Capt. Scott , f rom Leith; Yarthian, CAP ‘' , Carretty, from off Havre; and the Vip er, with a conoy frt tho Downs. ' The Crane is appointed convoy for the West Indies. 01:AL, Serr. 16. Arrived the Gambier cnucr, with a convoy from Exramitti, which have sailed fur the River. FALMOUTH, Stir. 14. Bailed the Freelicg packet, for the Mediterranean. The Savage sloop of war ; the Little Aon, ---• end fiat °deer Pilips of the Que..ec dert, have arrived off Brighton. ~ The Royal Bounty, Gamblii, from 11011, to Princ e tw ward's 1-laud, has been taken me the Banks of Newfonnlind. by the Yankee privateer, and burnt, after an action of an bout and a half—one man killed, rend five %. mended. The N levy, Thompson, from Greenock to St. Andrew. (N .S. ) ! was taken )uly an AlDeTiCall privatr Newfoundland. e inst. by the Pomoit frigates, aid earned to 1"e privateer captured, Aug. 1 the brig Two ;Brothers, of • .• Jvlitia t k I'l ; 11 +. . t. I J