The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-12-16 00:00:00

Novi:Aiwa reliechatvviT reports on the I i t h ;octant, having( left in the pliociptlity of Warsaw, a corps ender the command of , General Sachem He marched K ith the remainder to Preyan, intending to pursue his march through 'Slotaim and Icessvich, to Minsk, where he proposed to arrive about the 17th or 10th November; that - he had sent orders. to Majer.General Leiders, and Lieute.. mint-General Eartel, to march upon the same point. The former from Yolhynie by Pinsk, the latter f ro m Mozern by Lutsk, and that he would not fail to detach parties of light troops on„the side of Vina, to keop up the communication with detachments on that flank. Intelligence having been received from some Fench artill4ry prisoners, of the places where the o „ 'my had concealed ca.olots and arms near Bold. inky monastery, twenty-seven cannon, five•or six thousand stand of arms, five hundred sabres, and Viol) thoosand shells, have been dug nut. The vlinarters of the army were this day at the vil- - - I lia , of 4; roff. Nob - Extra 15.—Major-General Platoff reports of tie 11th instant, that Beauharnois's corps having turned from • Duckotchina road towards Smolensk°, he continues to surround it, and cut off all•provi sions and forage. Adjutant-General Count Orjeroff reports, under date of the 14th November, that he attacked4the village of Koisool. 'Pho • ' , oilers, disregarding the E r e of grape. attacked the enemy's columns with their bayonets, and after a combat, in which our artillery and cavalry were also engaged, tool: pos session of the town ; but observing strong columns of the enemy moving from Smolensko upon Krasnoff, they f .11 back three wersts, to the farm of Kulkoff. 11l thic ,ffiir one Colonel and two hundred and fifty rank Rod iile were taken. 14ient.-Gen. Count Ostermaun Tolstoy reports,l fiat being id' his division of infantry on the 14th, in the village of Kovisotf, and learning that the ene. 2 , : y was half a werst of tintt place, he der. l tacl:ed a squadron of the Kalmovisky regiment. which killed a part and-taok 10 prisoners. Gen. Millaradovitch reports, on the 126,, that 4t the village of Ktiagcneim, he sent a.patrole the road from Smolensk° to Krasnoi, to re. cwonnitre the enemy,• which returned, having made 17 prisoners. . 1 he same day, Count 'Ostermann Tols. toy sent the Pskofki regiment of dragoons to examine the state of the villages occupied by the enemy. This! regiment, perceiving three squadrons of cavalry, at. tacked, and took five Officers and 290 men. The enemy remained also this thy in the village of Usolf. Adjutant-Gen. Count Orloff Denixoff also sent' in two Generals of the division of Geo. Iltniras, and a Brigadier-General Burt, with an account of his having takea 40 pieces of cannon, near the town -61..4rasuoi. Perervieire, Nom. 351!1 • , Mi LonD,— , ln addition to my dispatch of the 23d inst. I have now the happiness to inclose a trans. lation of reports which have been received from Field-Marshal Prince Kutusbff, of the 10th and 20th ingt. containing the details of the total defeat of the divisieits of the French army, "under'the commands of Marshals Davoust sad Ney. Near 200 cannon, aod 20,000 prisoners, have been taken in these nOoirs. Bonaparte is stated to have been with 'Mar- Doivoast's corps in the night from the 16th to' • .0 17th, and to base left the geld of battle at full speed. Every measure of precaution that could be thongbo or at this distance, has been provided for by the Ent.''. peroi to prevent the escape of the enemy; and it appears that every exertion has been made by the several Commanders of corps near Smolensk o. ,Bo naparte has probably sent forward his favourite Guards, the Polish divisions, and part of the Ita lian ; but if Admiral Tchichagoff has arrived at his ground, it does not appear that this corps would escape to the frontier. The display of force before Ceo. Count Wittgen. stein's post, after the,attack, was probably with In tention to favour the movement of the corps, which hare marched upon Minsk. It is not improbable that part of titer's corps • may have taken the same direction. 4.. General Wittgenstein is reinforced by `theieWvalry formerly under General Winzengerode, for the pre sent commanded by Major-General Kutusoff, who has made a mo-t rapid march to Ilabinowitcli, where he arrived lime enough, on the 18th, to receive four hundred prisoners from one of the French divisions. He has also taken two Generals and one Colonel. The French, with their usual savage and sacrile- F.'o , :s ferocity, wantonly blew up the venerable ca e,,,lcal of Smolensk° before they left that place. . 7'e Deunt has been sung this day in tho great ca thedral, in presence of their Imperial Majesties and the whole Court; she 44 Baton de Mareschal" Of Marshal Davoust, and such of the eagles and coloutil taken in the last affair as' are already arrived her were previously brought to the cathedral, in which the other numerous trophies of war are already de- I.osited. I have the honour to be, &c: • . (Signed) CATIICAR.T. The Commander in Chief General Field-Marshal Prince Ktitus(ift; from his head -quarters at the vil- ' lagc of Debrovo, submits to his Impede' Majesty the two following reports: FIRST REPORT, DATED THE 18th NOIMMBiIIt. After the battle, near Viasma, of the Sad October. my army. made every effort to turn, if not all the enemy's corps, at least its advauved geard, on the 1 . Tt I le. STATESMAN. , . . 't( - 401 hum TOMB 16 krasnoi. in which if completely ' The enemy's fleets In the Scheldt and Trutt have • succeeded on the nth Sail 16th November. - moved up to their winter anchorage, and the viral , —....,-.-! . , The 16th November the army ma d e a movement p ar t o f the crews '( it Was rep or t e d) h ave b een wit I DEAL, Dec. 15. - Sailed ' his Majesty's ship, /me by advancing five werete, as. far as the tonn of drawn sailors as eret i 6ac soldiers, aud•soarched to ' Krasnoi. The advanced gu ar d f e ll i n w i t h t h e ene- j o i n t h earmy i n l i te North. ' preguabk and Egmont to Portsinouth, to refit. The my t wno w ere com pl e t e ly d e f eate d b y Li eut.-Gen. Fifty Licences for imports, an d 32 fo r exports, ; former had Admiral Young's flag, which he shifted Oliva:row. On this occasion we became masters of signed by BONAPARTE, have been received at Paris. Jest evening to the Warrior. • . one standa r d, some cannon. and made a great nuns- The importations allowed consist chiefly of colonial' The'remone brig, detained by the Afars privateer, her of prisoners, one of whom was a General. • produce and hides. lost an anchor and cable this morning.- General Millarettloaitch, commanding the advanced Cif! Besteess.-Yesterday a Court of Aldermen Poarsstourn, Dec. 15.-Arrived his Majesty's guard, with th e ild light corps uf infantry, and the was held at Guildhall, at which were present the 2d uf 'cavalry, p er c e ivin g th e corps comman d ed b y Lord Mayor, 22 Aldermen and City Officers.- ships Impregnate and Egmont from the Downs; Marshal Davoust advance near C rasno i , d etac h e d The Court haviog investigated the Meal Weighers' i and Spitfire and Cordelia from a cruise.. thither Lieutenant-General Prince Gal/nein. The , kelsortv, ordered the.price of Bread to be continued 1 enemy, conceiving himself t urne d on a ll sides, be -it Is. hid. the quarters loaf of wheaten, and house.;PLYMOUTH, Drc. 14.-Arrived his Majesty's ship Danemark: from the Downs. . . - .. an to d e fend himself : Our art ill ery m a d e a terri- ; hold at Is. bd. The Court of Common Council re-' Sailed the Sabelk frigate for Cork; and the Fslla ble carnage in the enemy's ranks. Napoleon him- ! quested of the Court of Aldermen to prosecute the ' sl oop self was an eve-witness of the battle, and not wait-oop of war for Guernsey. : to the King in Council, for a Charter, Con - ' ' FA LMOCIN, Dec. 13.-Arrived the E _ronontN, . ing for the isstie, he fl ed with his whole anite to the .Petitio n ting all the Aldermen of the City to be Justices ' village of Liadam, and abandoned the (serfs of Da- .Sutton, frier Southampton ; and a gun-brig, name of the Peace in the Tow n and. Borough of Southwark, voust. i unknown. , .as they shall be advised. Precepts for the Election The battle lasted the whole day; the enemy were •of Common Councilmen and other Ward Officers , The Seahorse frigate made a signal this morvieg eunipletely defeated and dispersed in the .neigh- on St.Thomas's Day neat , were ordered to he issued . for the West-India fleet to unmoor , in consequence botiring wood, for a distance of fi ve wersts Court al o n g'AC C'lt of . Common outlet , i s t o b e h e ld o-mor- of his Majesty's ship Realities being hourly exe the banks of' the Dniepere-thus the corps of Gen. ' row, at Guildhall, and a Court of Aldermen on Davoust has beei, completely destroyed. The logs Friday • pected. They will, no doubt, sail in the morning. in killed and wounded is immense. We have made! Th . M • 1 e General M arqu is of Ely, Marquis prisoners two generals, fifty-eight o ffi cers o f different Camden, Gharks Gran t, H arris , P • erseverance, ceasigned i " The garrulity of age" has ever been a Proverb ; ranks, nine thousand one hundred and seventy pri - but now we may add to it the ", GARRCLITY of the for Bombay and China ; and. the Ceres for St. Ile / goners, seventy cannon, three standards, and taken . e. BIR " for since it h as, unhappily, been the fate of . Jena, Bom b ay, and China ; will be dispatched at the .- ' • the baton of Marshal Davuust. , Ltiglano to be lan-ridden, a raw praters of that India on Saturday next, and will sail early On the 17th November, being informed that the .. • House, profession, who, althoagh using mere sc/L;0/-Pa s tes in the ensuing week, wider the protection of the corps of Marshal Nest, forming -he rear guard of the language, areas pleased with the echo of their ga;) es Derdulus friasae. These ships are all of the largest enemy, was moving inalls ruati)ssadio4 to Kreantit s , a conceited coarse-featured woman at the iee.ecteit oat troops divas - and the fi ve first-named will take - ' I made the fufluwiug dispositions: I picture of her face in the glass. .. , . , sare-lkiabay. The trowdejase (country ship) is un- SECOND Stroll . . • The r ise Scotch estates appsV 41 n n of resits on , ,e der orders to proceed.on Saturday from Portsmouth ' in order to obtain a certain tictery oVer,MarshalThe jcdnture of the ruches of Box every s id e. foe Madras an d Bengal, as a packet, with dispatches Ney, and to rut of entirely hie etnnmunication wit h BURG'S., on tho They of the Inst Duke, nay. tiler to those Peesidencies. . ~ the rest of the army, 1 reinforced General Millers- , - ho married Mr. M.% Ni NERS, Na 9 11,0001. a- We now find that the troop-ship seen in distress when 6 - • dovitch with she Bth corps, giving him orders to , resulting not from a peony resit but from a year, t one of the ships with the Life-Guards; being prevent the .Marshal's advance, and to take a pod. was ",.,n super:or - ay. The rental is now about 16,0001.; We Cal edonia, with detachment, on board for tion near the villages, Syroherettic and Tcherniska. ! and in some few years, probably, even that may Le . Cadiz belonging to the 9th, 67th, and 87th regi- Maio General Lourkonski perceived, about three, r doubled s whit.a were . taken out at sea by his Majesty's in the afternoon, die enemy advancing. The thick. ments, Seventeen licensed ostmasters have at the in. ness of the fug prevented him from ascertaining his !ships Nemesis, with the exception of a su ffi cient P 9 stance of the Collector of Post-horse Duties for next numbers, who kept marching forwards till they wcr einuul.....s *umber to aid the management of the vessel, which land, been fitted 101. each, and costs, for various close to our batteries. The enemy attempting i e , 'Arrived damaged at Falmouth on the sth instant. species of fraud practised by them on the revenue.' vain to pierce through our lines; received, a t, th e iThe l. e r ...i.e,suards are thus satisfactorily accounte d , IN EW UNi PURIM-A Correspondent (who iS not distance of two hundred and My paces, a general, for, the whole being now arrived, excepting four ' . an Anne TAILOR, but who, we can discover, is as discharge or musketry and of forty peices of cannon :i vessel!, one of which is still at Falmouth, and the the effect of this fire upon the enemy was extremely; remaining three have already sailed from Plymouth, given to fi nery, and as fond of every fool's col a • i which ,is foreign), most vehemently recommends fatal. Finding be had no hope of escaping, he at # under the Alphea. length sent a flag of INCE to General Millaraclovitch. I Within these few days past, 1149 prisoners of adopting the costume of the COS S AC KS , especially 'the. their At midnight the %%hole corps d'armee of the enemy.. war have arrived at the Perth depot, ma king ,, their vast WIIIsKERS and long Benites !-Ile says, • be has met withalieni, hi more places than one; amountin g to twelve thousand men, were . obliged : total number lodged there 4,826; 900 more are-ex . .aad s a f ter a lithe time, without startling the acoach- to lay down their arms. All their artillery, in , pected. ihorses,- oesending airy. patients prematurek to the number twenty•seven pieces of cannon, all the ' Miss MELLON, whose generosity is prover bial , _ . , that is 4 / 'f " Yet, ' h - fib ' Christ. i t qing-t . n . ospaa s. •st it cap— or baggage :and military cheer, were the fruits of our has ordered a number of cloaks, intended as• They-2 victory. In the number of prisoners are above one mas presents for her female theatrical friends. rare in a traveller and enqmslest, silo'. therefore does - .. . --- h i m inconceivable - koriour- "he does think there hundre.' N.21V.1L lATI.LLIGILNC . .ed effieitiof different riniks. Marshal Ney was wounded, but saved himself by flight, and was pur sued by the Cossacks beyond the Dnieper. The loss of the enemy is enormous: according to the report of the prisoners, four generals of division were wounded. We have not loot above five hundred men in killed awl wounectl. The army is at present at Krasnoi, and the advan ced guard at Dowbrowna, from whence we shall fol low the movements of the enemy. General Platuw informs me by a private letter an , boned, that the enemy left behind him, seventeen siersts from Smolensk°, a great quantity of artillery, amounting to one hundred and twelve pieces,/ • - 0 LETTER OF GENERAL COUNT PLATOIT.To GENERAL YIELD MAILSUAL, DATED 17.t11 No-' VEMBER. After the signature of my report to your Highnem, Capt. Parkin arrived with the rations, ..and states that at the distance of seventeen werats item Smo lensko, in the great road, he had el:tented 112 can- 1 nun, besides a great number of tumbrils and car. riages. I am not able to send youillighness a report, in form, not haying received it from the tiuvernor Smolensk°, I join the unaiiimouivoice of the troops in pronouncing, Bourret! Oar' most soros MO mess! • • MIA Mit .* • - Another nottenburgh man arrived this morning, bringing a Proclamation of the . Emperol. Aiszett ) oin dated the 15th of November, the soitstatice of which we have already given.—The following is the • only extract of importance : " SToritiront, Dee. I.—The Adjutant-Gen. Mar quis l'set.txt; informs, from Itiga, under date of the 15th Nov. that having been informed that the Caemy was strengthening his right wing against Jacobstadt and Dunaburg, he gave directions to Col. Runt scra, l who commands a part of the troops arrived from Flu- 1 land, to march to Freilerickstadt ; and likewise or dered Geo. Lewis to make a strong reconnoissance and disturb the enemy in his motioni towards Frede rickstadt and Jacobstadt. The consequence of this reconnoissance was, that one Officer, two Subaltern Officers, and 32 privates were made prisoners. " On the 10th (22d) of November, Major FILA• , ?Ow received orders to attack the town of Kreuz- . . burgh, from whence it was very easy for the ene my to make an inrand into the interior of Livonia. 1 This was put in execution on. the night of the 13th, I when Major F l 4 ro w A attacked, Kreuzburg, and af ter an action of three hours, compelled the enemy to, retire is complete disorder ; one Officer, three Sub- altero °Meer', and 23'meo, were made prisoners, and three picas of artillery taken." ". ; 7 ; • are called Platoff Cossack-cloaks, in compile:teat to ; might be no harm, at fret, in blietterifor the saddle • the fair Cossack Maid, Miss PL.%Torr. Mr. Itgascuat., of St. John's College, Cambridge, ' horses, and LONG BONN rrs for the Ladies !" eldest son of the celebrated Astronomer, has been ! A few days ago, some workmen, employed in a honoured with the thanks of the Royal Society, for quarry at, Byker-hil, on splitting a block of f cc some new and important discovery in Conic Sections. ' stone: about three loos weight, found a live toad is .. • . . Every man .with the feelings of an Englishman, the centre of it. - . On the I Ith inst. as Matthew Quantock, Esq. Ms !the must read with indignatitinon attempt to htigin disc ' skaiting on a small plent, in the'etiviymis orChicheg _ persons who may he professionally employed to plead the cause, or assist in the defence of the prison- ' tee/ and jest'es he bad reached the centre, tne ice ors now confined - in our county jail, on charges of broke, and he oink, newer to be seettagain, but a 1 Luddism. 'Are the prisoners to be-pot - vet Of thepate I if 44 """ 410 I" fik ' "lir as expert slytenel'i knit in . of the Constitution, and be debarred oh! , privilege of ' ' ltch a cale n t ittitn gild-Oen, it ebuia.noi afford him . a fair trial ? This is not a matter of favour, but of , ape "lief' -.• '.' • • right ; and whoever endeavours to deprive then: of this f A n" girl, abent • three m 6 nths 'WI &weir! , of e, tinewariPer;of Lonteutton, died air privilege,acts in contravention of the laws of his coon. I Mr. Witint try, and endeavours to intro.:laces system better fitted- few daYaagnr*in cotgequente of asciiiatitity onnedauum e . to thetimes ofJellt haring been admieister lto her bye Servani t esit! out ies than to the days of the righteous Judges who now adorn the British Bench. . If the i the knowlekt*if her • thigyess, .for the purposo, of • prisoners, after a fair triad, with all the advantages causing sle ep.' c - i •' . given to persons in their unfortunate situation by the 1 The following . extrionlinary circumstance took law, be found guilty, every friend to the Place on the entrance of the French into Moscow :-- petite and : • o re! The Archbishep,. wl.a %; as ie advanced ago, welq-being of society, will wish them to meet.whose character wai held in the highest veneration, and who punishment due to their crime; bur no man but a lead compose-la prayer which was much admired, was Jeffries orl Monk,, will wish, before their trial, to? dam up against them the Avenues of justice, by de- .4n the act of performing,Divine Si vice, whea he aas luforaned that tie . enemy had entered the city. • lie prlving them Of the bestlegal assistance tbey can pro.; care.—( Leeds Nereury.) ; o:opted fora moment, crossed himself, and itumedi ate yepited.: At a Court Martial; held on board the Raisonable, lex ' • 'Marshal Soete, at the pre;entsmoment, ris'‘ s an en Monday sennight, Lieutenant kg:4ll/am Malone; of which he be illst) of the. Osprey, was tried for' his behaviour on I English bleecl hove %k lti , ; Om ge ', i came possessed •in the follow in i; pudgier:—On there he 18th orJai) last, at the capture! of the French iltent of the British army, and their re-embarkation privateer Lc &lc, oti the Island of Heligoland, be' tat Cocoons, all the horses being ordered to be shot, the boats of the Osprey, Lenard and !triter/wt . The following Is - the purport of the sentence :--ilSir GODFAEY WEBSTEISN groom, rather than destroy his master's favourite charger, shipped hit, of his The Court are of opinion, that . no blame 'eau be at tacked to Lieut. Malone on that occasion ; on the furniture and cloathing, and, turning him loose, Ire contrary, that he upheld the high character of the ;Tan immediately into the French lines, end being molt fully anted shewn to SoULT, he adopted him immediately. for his British Navy ; and he is accordingly honourably acquitted ; and the Court cannot sufllJ own charger. 'This horse was no other than the ciently express their indignation at the foul asper- inoted horse Pedestrian, that won so many plates sions that have been throws On Mr. Malone's cha- i and matcherat Newmarket. ratter, by whose previous Arrangements and personal 1 MELANC,IIOiTCOLSCIDPICE.—A very remarkable corsdnet, the capture of the privateer is chiefly to b e : occnrrence : of Simile'. circutnstances signalized two attributed. . • i melancholy accidents which happeneZl .on -Saturday • last, one of which termiteeed fetalljet-,0:: that "eon • Monday evening last, at half-past eight o'clock, died, at his house, on Ham Common, aged ; night a )"n"g Lady, ll'h ) g in Millhinit'streiti She 72, Lord Viscount Toanteelost. He is aocceeded! niece of the ndetress of the horse rose, it is supprsel in his title and estate by his only brother the Ho- :in her sleep, anti threw herself from the window of nburahle Joux BYN6, now Lnrci Viscount Toa- the third' floor. When taken up, though much atoerox. bruised, it was found she had not a bone broken. It is hoped, therefore, that she will speedily recover. It is not in the feeding of horses attd cattle only that it is proposed to use sugar; but Mr: Wtsson At the same hoar, on the same night, another young has taken out a patent for introducing it as an i n . i Lady, the niece-of the Gentleman to whom the house gin:powder. He gredient in the manufacture I hi htillbenk-street belongs, hut residing with her me. of says, that when properly reduced to powder b y I then. in SloaneAoreet, threw herself from the one pair re trituration; it may 0 mixed et,kb.:ocifisinoo gonpow. of stairs window into an area ;her hack was broken, C dr, _in the proportion of one-foorth sugar to three.. and she died oa Sundhy morning. In this last I^. mentable case, the safferer sea suke t,' in a certain . 'fintrths powder, without. dimiaisting its exploding degree, to insauity, and rose from 'elide her mo. We are force. , sincerely glgst to learn that an effectual . .. they, with whom she Slept, under the pretence that Core has at length beets discovered, for that dread. she was going to drink aglasa of water. , Con :Y.. EMAIL-U(01S ) !he. 16., , -Tho severity of the Ohl disease ~the. Opthalutia, which has proved so frost having in part stopped the navigation, we have fatal in our brave army, since the memorable cam had no arrivals of any kind; trade is quite at a paigu in Egypt. An Oculist of celebrity from the West of England, having liberally offered to corn- stand ; and it is expected, that if the weather - coati.. menicate his discovery, his Royal Highness the Dues severe until Friday, there will be no buyers, - Commander in Chief immediately ordered a trial , ,not being able to wetk. 'Wheat, Barley, Oats,. of the experiment to be made on one of. the Reins, and every other article, are nominally as lief... - ntergt inveterate eases, which has proved, so, satisfac- Monday's_ prices, nothing dolts. -. tory, that., we understand; ,Orders lithe been gizen, r u i n . " ( i... 1. "",g, ii ' 1) ) ) • •." lU3 co lg s , 1,1.,.... /too . -00, ill' • - • :6 ift , diet the practice should be generally adopted through- . eve '- - -Cn. •• • 70 ig Tick ' do. on as. bat the army._ . .. ark"' 53 0 ' New ditto ' ' 11 01d.... 1 7 ICO 60 Oats . loli' la 60 ''' - win Grand and Peed- r s4 ,,i t ., ` 6 lull Firer ditto ' OO 011 • - White Ohl Poland do • 44 .4 126 Feed ditto.... .41) 51 - 1 0 raw Floor Septa& Private letters • received by the last arrival &oil I.lsbets state, _that Lord Wr.r.s.rootcm, accompanied '11) , four Officers of his Staff, was, at the time Sir &MARE. PAGET was taken prisoner, in the same wood, and at a short distance from him. The firing of the French piquet; was the firstintiniation of the enemy's proximityy, and pia Lordrship Was saved by the fleetness of his horse. . Letters have been iately, received by some Officers if he German Legioniin ipsvgictsleons their friends 'on the Continent, whic) glis_te 46 4hebJeaoste - 13osta.. TATITE,_Oe EinA of VKitstOlditt, .Ate mot all Ms v a -. bauble slnd month!, Floparje, true etissel to Frani:4 o 'J! It is mid to be in evviltetaPbvtiosta emend tha C 1 44 cense Trade with.Freute from the Ems le BottrdatvaL DA _ SINTZUJETAI, 44 Rs st - of the Central Consistory of tha Jowl of th. irinch Empire, &c. died in Paris, oaths 9th of No , member, at a very ad►anced age. vs e Peas' Dino (bailers) llll 126 New ditto 410 IX) iitey Yeas 64 VS . , i -~ ~..._ ... a ,_....fir . -I - - -- t ~~ , . .. aaall Q it. 4 1 a r f !- )f IA d IC ;t ~ 1 I