The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-12-07 00:00:00

e 1 '..1 i 1 1 !IF .1 1 ..: t • , . f. • , 1. ...- 2, Ix il ; i Ili H I . fl,• ' •,' 'I i',•',..i , • i' ! 1; ' • , I ii i , 1' J il! . • I li 1 j ' t ••,N, l . • ) ..• 1 '.. I:u s i . I •,••• • ! i . 1 t I *, ) • it 1 ••s•: .i 1 • ‘, 1 A (which forms nearly the half of my force) follows the enemy to a parallel line, betweeu me and the Moshaisk reads; and all the troops from the Don bare received orders to aetkipate the enemy, to de. stroy all the bridges, to break up the roads, and to give him all possible annoyance. 66 As I was about to dispatch the Courier this communiastion, I received a report from • General of Cavalry, Platoff, dated Oct. 19 (3 s while marching, in which he says—' This morn.. lug, at dawn, I attacked, with two brigades , the 1 ftAing of he enemy's rear-guard. The alarmed enemy then continued his retreat : 1 caused him - - As (snowed oe the flanks with Cossack kry, whilst.l threw myself upon his rear with es non and Cossacks. Theonemy several times hal and sheaved against us infantry end Ca11111)(ti 41treatenal in his flanks and rear,s he was still cop. . Jelled to retreat. He seemed disposed to maki. . *sod en the height near the convent of Kolonie; 'but' our artillery, however, ebligteL Abe to Woke himself to flight, and we As* #gesitypitoes of can nso, In consegoence tbis fOrtunato attack by tse ' Cossacks, two entire *Maligns were Andbilated.: and I send yaw isoellePSY their. two The enemy's loss is tory eonsidorable, as iti GM.' ; Nicks took but few prisoners. To-day, eairsaiesel 100 hive been brought in. The battle cesodellis, `;and I shall e r;invb report to your; when it is • : sad I shall send you list. Alan time who have • stioguisheCtivemselves.' " Yesterday Major-General •Ilovaisky cot down' we than 600 mu. I *all follow the enemy, sod snake hips suffer dreadfully. ilk eser.gnard is now.; w ing bridneve. His army emesy,.perhaps, boat s this day. On the waitron% the convent to oshaisk the, enemy left mere than 500 horses be bind him, and a greet number of carts and baggage. ale most suffer leech frees Want of provisions and forage. He even awed iiispowder waggons to be blown up. . "The original reportof Gieweral Platoff I enclose ; and your Majesty will see, that at the Convent of Kolotzk the enemy made a stand, but were attacked and made to fly by General Platoff. He took twenty cannons and two standards. The enemy re treated in such haste, that he burned all his heavy baggage and powder waggons; and during the night, be even marched his artillery by the light of lan' thorns." . CADIZ AND M. 4 LTd MAILS. MADRID, Noe. 11.—General Basseeourt yesier. day entered this capital: in the evening his cat airy arrived; and to-morrow morning his infantry will enter. The Empecinado and Medico are also here. CADIX_ ! Nov. 19 .— llis Excellency the Prince Re. gent bf England has consented to the appointment of Lord Welliugton as General in Chief of the Spanish armies. Nov. 21.—Upon the recommendation of the Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, the Regency has confided the command of the Id, 3d, and 4th armies to Senor Cas. tanos, with the title of General in Chief of the Forces of the South. CK %/lAD t, Nov. 14.—1 t is said, that the French Late evacuated Valencia. EXTRACT OF AN .IRTICLE FROM MADRID. " Aasrce TO THE Pontic.—ln consequence of the entry of his Majesty into Cois capital, there will be a general illumina tion to-night and the No 'following noes, which is made known to the public fee its fulfilment. by Order of the Senor Corregidor ad isterim.—Madrid, Nov. 3, 1811." SECOND LETTER FROM SENOR 14LLASTEROS TO Tilt REQENCY. Srfroa.—For the second that I call upon Year Excellency for I a change in my destination, The Regency, to whom I harem* i t my representution on th is sehject, has not thought proper to grant my request. as for as I can perceive by its order of the date of the 4th, which 1 have just received. A soldier, who ln so many ways has sacrificed himself to his country, appears deserving of this wean consideration. What Judgment will the nation and posterity form of me, abets they see me in Ceuta, esataweiled with criminals ? In the public acinion this Is a tanisborat re sot coneider myrelfas having committed any crime to deserve..-- hly services and rank cannot place me in a lower eonditioa thee the meanest of the eitisens. We have all an equel right to the proterion of the laws. If after you have beard me, formed my process, and judged my caw, I shall be found goilty, I will deliver lathe sword, if necessary, this same head which has so °flee been exposed to bells arid bayonets in the held of honour. Bnt before this examination, and the formalities prescribed by the Coustitution, I can neither be disgraced ow poniebed.— Let of sers take my place. if it seems good ; the Nidell sad the Government have a eight to select bin abets dter Ili* kilo-1 I will be the first to celebrate his triumphs owl e imiWrpppral, I i and I never shall see, without emetioln. the glories of as Foy ! which I have formed of twenty-live thonsand cornhatanq, which I have myself trained, and taught to defy dangers and 4e i sm,— My patriotism has never known any limits: the very events which might have enfeebled it. hair, on the contrary, giver; it more extension and energy. Since I took the sword in hand. I have net only sworn irrevoc ihly to the defence of the nation, I but to write, myself,witb oil my minium and interests,upon its altar ; therefore, in submitting to the order or decree.for my re m I only continue to act on the system which I ',reposed to myself in the beginning, and to be faithful to ate putt of my (pt vows: hut must I also renounce my honour, and involve my poor lividly in infau y and ruin? I insure you, Senor, these ; ideas distract me, and I would willingly sooner die a thourAnd ; deaths, than make the least saeriilee in this point. My resi dents iu Ceuta, after be events which have taken place, and the ' repeated request width I have addressed to you, Senor, and the Re , ,..ency nu Id amigo my sellft to execration, ar,at least render my char..cter doubtful in the gloomy history of our revolution. My hplik, greatly broken by the continual fatigues cf a war in ; which 1 base never spared myself, bar not permitted mo to con tinue my perigees whir as; speed I whawd. I have been ohliged to make POW stay in this town, to zecover from iny inF. Oitic• ; • and Ido wit think t h at the sufferings Of a disgraceful banith. meat. will be *memory to terariaste my painful existence. If my servicetr meet any eonsidenstion. and if the ardour with which I have sacrieced myself airja and day. to e vterminate to *Maps, of my i toter our couppon enemies, he entillest to any thing like reward or esteem,—l entreat that my order to Getttamay be chased to some plate in the Peninsula, p: lest till I base been aid a kid jodged. • 1 emit an Adjistant with this, to avoid the delay of the past, pat bedaose f Wink OM ceireyaltee the alit secure, • ' ' I bppe fromitte hamar ants plaits et your Eacellesey r pat yes Fitt acerdi Ism lowest, Gad netattler the beeper p a . 111 be aritber bat, ask ever her yd any thipa s p mo d a t as bear, 44 !wore it Ns Ft 1 014 7, gft he eit- Rio* c-4 progrvlt *C. Ir• P 4144444911 +PIM *!?,!): IcsslnFi l Om 3.—We learn fromaqicobtp4 R0407/nit elf Pi!ti!lt Govetfrilipt 4 13 colittnts ••) la~w~ _ rp /11 S ad with sow reapatable Osof corn from ' Os English armies in Pad nsol a , and that a portion to arrive at Malta. 41: 1 2rwo l 20--It is oangsatuitte the 1104 thit 04 health of ' obi* Fritts* of•tho twi Agent resto,.,that 11111foccipiftottin the IaiLa uc ACCOUNT Of 1101111 LATI ' iIID, AND IN f CONCICOS OF TOR 110TII • MADRID, Novi 10.-.. The were ns'-ignorant that South was approaching were they ignorant that men • but at the same . time Lt was . it umber • of trOMps ha pethei ighigh the Tages, And that. the Spin under the command of Senor . total of oar forces greeter than that of the enemy.— When the French had taken the castle of Chinchilla, they advanced, and in consequence the whole allied may abandoned the left bank of the Tagus. On the Ifith of October, of two P. M. orders came from his Excellency the Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo* that the whole army unlike Tagus should retreat to Old Castile. It wdeld be &Scutt to describe the alarm mid& seemed to have lefzud all the °Sara of Government, withent red on the effect esiticit so sadden and 'fit-considerate an ' on might lire: duce on the inhabitant& Not seethed to be theeght of bat the individual security of their per. sons ; and the Joni* having dissolved itself, os the Captain General, the Political Chief, and the In. fondant, affixing a notice, in substance purporting, that the entrance of the enemy into the capital being at hand, and considering that the sacrifice of their persons would be useleis, they had resolved to re. move to &pother place, where they might issue their We hate terAted Paris Papers this morning of the 11111 and' ad instant inclusive, from which we have *ken the following eatracts:— . pants, Dsa 3.—Agreeably to the Imperial De. Y. 4iiee of the 19th of February, 1806, the Annlrer• ilogy of the Coronation of his Majesty the Emperor will be itelebrated ni Bois on iiuns)sty, the 6th of De. cember. Ptaacroser, Nov. 4.l.—The number of French l a* Allied troops who passed through Frankfort daring the month of October, were very consider. able. WARSAW, Nov. 14.—Since the last time tha t soir a 1..: General Confederation spoke to the Nation, regents. rated, the course of events have been of the highest importince, and are still too recent to the mind t• require they should be called to remembrance; they orders with more are too great and too striking to allow any thing to On the evening of the 29th it was almost generally ' be added to their eclat.--Our brave chevaliers have believed that the French had broken the lines of the already often proved, and in in incontestible man. allied army • others reported the English army bad .. w h a t c mi . e they are capable of mak. suffered a defeat In Castile; yet, notwithstanding, 2 people his in t and though on the morning of the 30th the he sacred cause of their country. were without Government assay kind, and the are I But a field not less vast opens itself to the inbablo of the prisons and hospitals wen abandoned, no rob. butts of the Inheritance of oar ancestors, Who hal/ bery, uor mischief of any kind was committed. The hith er t o r e ma i n ed tranquil : w hilst the first as ks s ip. indignation, at the paper left by the Chief, was in. many sacrifices, and even that of their person% 1 deed, great ; bet it was not manifested hy any cries ‘,... Mint ry, new 9rt the latter should also make elf S, or expressions which could propagate alarm. The ' l ' two Alcaldes were among the first to attendee the the infallible success of which promises to all the people; the greater part of the Regidors did the moot sweet and brilliant recompense. At this very same ; but there were not wanting men 9f a &lame. moment the General Confederation has issued the ter and generous soul, who, far from feeling alarms following Address to the Polish Nation, width wit braved all danger when the safety of the people was hasten to communicate : in question. Three Regidors alone remained, Dota l — ne general cause which P.. 4. de Baranda, Don M. de Rivacoba, T. Gorbea, i " potash NATION , .—•T and Uriarti, who having called in the assistance of the force of arms maintains and defends before thel the Regidors, nominated of common accord 11$ cot. face of the whole world, is al so your own cause. regidor ad interim, the Corregidor derans Don Pedro Y o u will reap the most precio us fruits ofim wetly Sainz de Baranda. Oe the 3tst, the following Edict , wassailed up in all public places : blonde Wiles, brilliant victories, grand actions and "TO THE PUBLIC.. I fatigues of the greatest of heroes. The point is, the "The Junta of this city, convinced of the existence of your name, consequently of all yon sense which characterises the people of Ma rid , can or ought to 'hold dearest in the world. Yoe . 'evinced by their conduct in the combined diversities , en t moLt co nseqtieutly to serve as an example—he form of fortune which they have experienced during the in courage and in teal all other nations wiliioemei last fi ve years, except that they will never depart - ~ from conduct so laudable, but that they will pre...!° draw you from the chaos into which yes wee* . serve the greatest quietness and silence ; of Europe their since on plunged—to confirm to the f rontiers this their happiness must depend : that they will avoid own safety, which your fall had shaken; you should all kind of disputes, quarrels, and brawls; and that employ all the resources of your strength and 11 they will do all in their power to induce the people to submit themselves with resignation to an event g enius to support that, to you, so important and s Nei which could not be avoided." 1 creela contest. But you do not want eneotrme• 1 This Order was dated Madrid, Oct, 30, 1812. ! ment for making new efforts. There are no Md. When this Decree was read in the Calle Mayor, it Bees which ought to feel painful to those who have L. was enquired by some, what it purported ? to which sworn at the foot of the altar of the country, to se. the answer was, that we should be quiet and obey.— crifice every thing for it—to snrtnonnt all obstacles It was replied, who can be more quiet than we are? , Truly heroic people, people worthy of a better fate, and to preserve for posterity the advantages which e people among whom f drew my first breath, you thy shall here obuined. " ought to be an example to all the nations in the 66 Brethren, what you have performed in this. LI world! , contest, and what you have still to perform ) flu the Ist of November, in the morning, when ' does not go beyond the hounds of duty pre, the Allied troops had entirely deported, an advanc— " r ib ec i to you by the act of confederation, Even ed.guard of French cavalry appeared at the gate of . th e Toledo, with a Colonel at their head ; they were country sloes not demand it of. you as a met by a deputation from the Junta ; and a notice sacrifice, but claims it as a debt. That lore for to the public was 'sued, signifying that his Majesty . your kinsmen and your country ; that brm and un. was about to return to the capital, with a part of . •moveable determination only to acknowledge for his troops, and expected to be received with all the i. consideration which circumstances required, and tor- your country, Poland, has unittd all hearts. This : is what . your regeneration has told you ; and it is responding to the ideas of peace aqd fraternity with i lupe the unanimous efforts of all the inhabitants of which they came. • On the evening of that day, ' The fralips entered, t he " 1 " 1 "" -3 nuk e' that he km fonadOd am liffie or and the municipality was established. forcing the enemy to acknowledge ypor rights. On the 3d, the Judges of the Tribunals were ap- I 66 PrOTO POW to him, that in this respect, he. has pointed, and the Judges in tile first instance; but on not in the least deluded himself. Already your the 4th, in consequence, it is said, of a dispatch re- brave warriors and chevaliers, who form the .more ceived, Soult returned to Ohl Castile by the gate of . G s adsramma, Marshal 4 0ar d an rema i n i ng i n Madrid . interesting part of your people, have fulfilled in the With the di va of Gen. Drouet. / most glorious Dumper the views they made for the On the 3th, at eight in the evening, General : your. service of the country, hi treading in the footsteps dan received a dispatch, but it did not trenspire from ' of the Zotattosays,Samqesetts,andCu.patewlees ; whom or whence ; but it is generally agreed that it: came from Old Castile; and oil the 7th, at noon, mp g t heir they have not yet degenerated, end are worthy of every thing was in motion, and the place entirely . "I— ns successors; to the'great eaploits evacuated. • . tuseestors, near Glazyna and Wielkieloukow, they of their On the nth, '2,M>O infantry ; and 800 pr 700 horse, , hive added those of Smolensk, Mojais, and Szeri commanded by Dots Juast Martin, entered the city, : tow. Err) , where, where the hand of your libere end the people of Madrid, ever truly Spanish, enjoy- i ed quiet. tor has opened to these invincible legions the road to 1 eery, they have proved themselves worthy of his Ltucoms Ctsri.E.---On Tuesday se'nnight, War. Page, who escaped from thin gaol on the 24th ult. voluntarily came and surrendered himself to the gaoler. On Wednekliy, morning the 45th alt. se veral of the felons managed to get out of their night cells, and it was discovered that they had nearly got pd' their irons, by means of aqua-fortis ' or some Other corrosive application, with the aid of small paw! ! Their intenlions 'sprat° have sallied firth on Tnet*y night, or early en the Wednesday morning. a sho emaker, W ho • committed Its tW eatta rt l a trial for breaking a shop tlt fitrobby (and whole Waif FP's la the fqrwardeltf aK Eot 4181111,10.$••• , of Awoke.l h. felf hadomeNged to , 4 • g fork at 0 0 0 iN le t litbr IV A LLIr ?list 1 0, • ?VOW •clult ce• Ng= we malls. • ••. • - 7 ; 4.. . r. confidence, of your love, and the gratitude of pos terity." (The continuation to bo given In another Nember.) le 27th Norm hers etletfideptte from f3eyoune. lii. Eicellency assiimsed his joorry for Faris the folloi log dey. Gottenbergh Miil sap orrived this morning with news from*. PeterOoirCh the most hoportgpt part al which we ban gin tt t•- ftrIPICIJI36 ISTELLIfiNICI soon ss : PRIERSIPTIOR I pr TIC Ms *grump'. Thom weed cogs** who !pitied here yesterdey Arm 4 4 1 , jpid e i * R om 11;10 11 1.filei SM7, 1 141, hill* 11)0 Miftwing iqf?rff!atkoe ~i ~ , .:. 71r. stiri af~i.'Le. On the 7th November, General IVlctoak. DOWITSCK attacked the French rearguard near Do. luck, and took 80u prisoners, four pieces of ry, and four pair of colours, two of which be. xi to the French Imperial Guards were taken oa occasion. rogobui On the Stb November, General PLATO?? at. ' the 'Viceroy of ITALY's corps and took 3500 mers 62 cannon,and several stands of colours. The French Gee. SAmson is atioug the number prisoners. " 'WeField-Marshal Prior.? KUTUSOFF is march. ith the whole of his army from Jeina to liras. Another corps is following the French army the high road to Smolensk°, and the Cossacks it on all sides. cljutant-General Count Kurusow has - loft ioscow, and joined himself to the first Russian ran. 64 General Couot WITIGENST6IN marches on Ors. xa, and it is reported has already arrived there. " The waut of provisions in the French army, and the loss of artillery, baggage, and horses, id exceedingly great." TUITHER REPORTS MOM MAAIUAL MINCE strrIISOV DATZD mon rnz TO Or =MaeWu inAit ziA.sn 4., nor. 5. " I have most submissively to report to rim ;in. perial Majesty, that Ann my last :owl of the het Nov. concerning Gen. PLATOW'S movemeets at the ! monastery of Kolotsk, Adjutant-General Coma i Ottcow Dzwissow, attacked near the town of VI. alma, sod at several poi**, the remainder of tile `enemy's regiments, which had been beaten, and . were then at that place. They made a desperla 1 resistance, but, were every - when beldam. to I this affair we have taken a piece or battering artillery and forty baggage waggons, and mad, prisoners, the Duke of Bassaxa's Secretary, Camw sits, with the whole of his papers; Capt. HARittiNgs of the Salon Guards ; the heed Surgeons M. SeitwAa• mats; three Commissaries of Mardmi Nue's *. Comps; and 130 soldiers. General Maßoaaeo. wrivet attacked the meaty oa the morning of fibe 3d November, near the town of Viasma. The bat. tale sandalled wee until theenemy retreated into She town, from whence be was drives with the bayoset by the I Ith and 20th divisions, under Major.Geste• rile Pawn, KLIMSGII, and TICHOGILOL47I. The infantry regiment of Peatiow, which was the fare. most of thecolumnsiwas the first that entered the town with velours k log and music playing, and teed ; ts a read for the rest of the beeps over the dead bot)les lof the enemy. Aseerdlef to the Pri.yler's relnOrtt . three of the enemy's wee 'eyelashe battle. namely, • them of the rieffilf•Ter &ALI., let Mani it QA. • Toner end NeX. The loss of the satiny is 060 men in killed end wounded, and 0,500 am made ' Iprisoners, among whom is the General of Artilletry, • I Prtrtr.a, with his Adjutants, and the Chief of Mat. 'hal DAYOUCT'S General Star, Colonel Mu. at'- Our loss ip killed and woundell does not except: 4uo men, After the ;skims of Violist', 011, req-plofd advanced past that place on the rood to imulensko; ana our light troops, under the command of Genes! PLaßow, pursued the enemy from Viasma m far as Emmet'. We have taken from the enemy one pair of colours and WOO prisoners, 'Relative 0 the sick and wound d. 1a has, besides, left 4 great !timber of deed on the road.* . IOR A CT PROM Tat acwit4g.. OP MARSHAL R H TO. SOY'S ARMY PROM O F T. 21 TO NOT. 5 t "General MPLRRADOWITSCH informs FRP, thal the enemy left i lnrcslawitz on the 26th of October, and retired to Borosisk in such baste, that be left be. hind and destroyed his baggage, and blew sap his powder chests. General hleLottAnorTsca taade 100 soldiers prisoners, as also one of NATOLZON'S IState Maste.s, and an Officer of the king of Ntet.es's General Stalf.—oolol3ol )LAI4EIOOII' reports, he has seen the greatest part of the enemy's army to tip way to Borowsk. Cobalt Emmert, has emu , 4Q ;prisoners. AU the prisoners which, colonel gu. aciaher made on the October report that the enemy was in full retreet to Smolensk°. On i the 26th, Getters! KansAw reported, that the Intel my's rear-guard being forced to quit Berqnsk, had set fire to the towp, and taken the • read to Wereja.----Geaeral PLATOW reports, on the 19th, that nine regiments of Cossacks were is pursuit of the enemy, who was retiring toward; Smolenskp, that be himself, at the heed of 40 regi T meads, was in hopes of gaining a day's march on the , enemy, and to fall on his think . .near Ghiatsk. Ma. jor.Gencrel It.oseAtax it, with 10 regiments, is al. ready acting on the enemy's flank; the prisoners taken by jam already amount. to a very considerable number. Colonel EreancEe states that one of his detachments has made fig prisoners. General PLA• TOW'S engagement with the enemy at the monastery of Kolotzk, has already been given in a separate Bulletin. General PLATOW reports, on the lit Nov. thit the enemy's army does not retire, but flies on all sides in such haste as never before bas been %it, nessed. It marches day and night, Icaving behind it all its sick and "mended, and all its baggage ; the roads a. every where covered with his dead and dy , lag men. ! 6. Within the space of two drip, and in the view of Osman! Pi.ATOW, the enemy his blown up 100 Immapition chests, and been obliged to leave as many snore to our pwn hands. He has several times atteillited 9 Peke ts stand, but the Don Cossacks, .c NMI Tifit.WI'A'I I FRMAN. 1) 0 : ::::1 1 -- . • ...aoryg Malls. e merchants, for • . ~ Dahlia the Levant, for the supply the Mediterranean mid * Cadis 0 Ms to '' portion is expected every aiy km& • Malta fitterntoy 1 - ..tte o4 lier j —it le wi l t thereat,* pais. Ir..j/ ...... ... Jersey ....* .t.i..... ,Q. aged to the pe 14, on the Intel& - f....01. 6 &UV I/ . • .'•• ••• •. • Lr• .. .it coew.t i r .•• • .••..v.•••• ,is ea r his Royal hues do* Kern - 1 • ••••• Meng° .. .4... ..••... ~... 44 0 re Skillet, and Vicar General, 1 %rime • • tacked he it . enabled to rani* bit - • 1 athirs of fate. ~ • pr i sone ...-. , 3 per gay M ; 51ti . o inssir n 'Lilo', p "TI -. • f INT Met' .9 5 re' OCdORROCES IN MADRID, i pa 2 . . . Of pr ise 1 imve-alliasseelly ,illiarit I -** 44111111g4Voti - tg 11 111 AND 41ST OF NOT. 1514. "If& ika• Ii '. :. iiiadt . Ilekeis -, • Nowille brave people of Madrid ------ - - -.--;- w- -- --- -: ----- - - i inn wit at the Frenols 'army of the Wilt ''117 , 7A TZSALI N. 1 iph i. A g La blanche, and as little ---::---,...:.-:.-i-;...4 - f ti-i--;-==-- - ---- -,-- _l -.4-7, on the it ite-force exceeded bO,OOO • , ' LONngllr . ' harass i into it was known how Feat a . . , Anithar, IIC•1111211 11 l VIM . `c Ai atblatlibigil The city towtrde . -.4n...-- Mc4ce" P Spnolth Army of the Centre, . FRENCIR !AMU; RECEIVED THIS MORNING, TO ' guard. of Senor Elio, rendered the i ...... . THU 4sa INfrANT; ... 6 4 nt, lii