The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-04-21 00:00:00

1, , 1 4 II .11 t ?if ( )i ot. il I , . 1 ' 1 I !), , ti i l ... a . ••-‘ k' ( 11 4:- 1 II? . • PILENCII PAPERS. • 4r 1 Pints, Arnu. 15.-4•llis Majesty the Emperor set Out this morning, at one o'clock, for Mayence. 'SITUATION OF TIM TRENCH AItaIIES, ON THE 3:11 APRIL, 'IN THE NORTH.' The lutelligence from Drutzic,is satisfactory. The numerous, garrisou has' formed camps within the City. The enemy keeps at a distance from the place, and does not appear inclined to attempt airy thing. Two English frigates had appeared before it.—At Thorn nothing new has occurred. Proper advantage of the time had been taken to improve the -fortifications. The enemy has but very trilling forces beforeModliu ; • General Daendels profiting by it made a sortie, re pulsed the enemy's corps, and seized upon alarge I convoy, in which, 'taw% other thiegs, there were I 500 heed of cattle.. The garrison of 'Ptmox are I masters of the country for six leagues 'round. — The enerui observed that place only with some light cavalry. Gen. Fremont and Prince Poniatowskt were still in the same position upon the'ribia. • Stettin, Custrin and Gingen were in the same state. The enemy appeared to have designs upon Glogau, the blockade of which had been straight 'met. The enemy's corps that - on the 27th March passed the Elbe at Werden, whose rear-guard was on the 2vith defeated by General Montbrun, and driven into the Reuz, marched towards Luneburg. On the '36th, General Morand set'out from Bre men, and marched upon Luneburg,- where he ar rived on the .Ist 'of April. The' iuhabitaots, sup ported by some of the enemy's light troops, attempt ed to make a resistance, the gates were forced by can non, some 30 of these rebels were shot, and the town was subjected. On the 2d, an enemy's corps supposed to be from 3 to 4000 infantry, cavalry, and artillery, presented itself before Luneburg. General Morand marched to meet it with his column, composed of 800 Saxons and 200 French, with about 30 caialiets, and four pieces of cannon. The cannonade began—the enemy was forced to abandon-several positions, when General Bletend was killed by a ball. The command de. volved upon a Saxon Colonel. The troops, asto nished with the loss of their Chief, fell hack, and after having defended themselves for half a day, in the evening capitulated. The enemy thus made 700' Saxon and 200 French prisoners. A part of the prisoners have been retaken. The following day Gen. Montbrun, commas:dant of the advanced guard of the Pfince of Eckmuld's corps, arrived of Lune burg. The enemy, informed of his approach, hastily evacuated the town, and repassed the Elbe. The Pritic:- of Eclireultl arrived on the 4th, and obliged tie enemy to withdraw all his parties frOm the left bank of the Elbe, :led ordered Stade to be Uccupied. On the bth, Gen. Vandamme joined at Bremen St. Cyr and Dufour's divisors. Gen. Dumoncetut with Lis division was at Minden. The Viceroy on the (.3.d April Met a Princian vision in Avance of Magdeburg, upon the right ; hank of the Elbe, overthrew and pursued it for the space of several leigm , , and took several hundred prisoners. The Bavarian divislou, which formed part of Oen.. Duratte's division, had, on the 29th of March, an affair at Culdiz, with the enemy'/ This infantry repulsed all the charges the cavalry made upon it, and killed more than 100 men, among whom were a Colonel and several officers. The 8a... Varian log only amounted to sistern men wounded. Since this s time, General Durutte hal continued his movement to march upon the Saale to Bertrboarg. An enemy's detachment of cavalry on the sth, eM. Leipzic. The Duke of Belluno was-hr °biter vation at Calbe, and Beruhourg upon the Stale. PARIS. APRIL 15. SITUATION OF THE ARMIES (IF THE NORTH ON T1i1: 101'11 APNIL. On the sth, the 35th division, commanded by General Greneir, had an affair of advanced posts up' n the right bank of the Elbe, four leagues from Alegdeburg, four battalions of this division only were engaged. The infantry displayed its usual In trepiElity, and the enemy was repulsed. On tilt: 7th, the Viceroy being informed that the enemy had passed the Elbe at Dessau, sent the sth and part of the 11th corps to support the 2d corps, commanded by the Duke of Belton°. The Viceroy himself took post at Stopfort, where, *on the ptit, his head-quarters were, and he has collected his ar upon- the ,Saale, the left to the Elbe, the right leaning on the mountains of Harz, and his reserve at. 31;:gdaburg. The Prince of Eckmuhl, who, ou the V.h, had his head-quarters at Luneburg, had poi hi.oself in motion to again approach Magdeburg. — The artillery of General Vaudatnnte's division had arrived at firemen and Minden: . . The head of a corps, composed or two divisions, wil.h were to take a position at \Veva, onipr,4lo orders of,Getterak Lew roil, had begat; **en* On the 10th, General Siluham sent a : regiment to Erfurt, where no accounts hail then been received of the enemy's light troops. The Duke of Ragusa tclit a position upon the heights of Eisenach. The French army of the Meine appears in motion in different directions. ---- The Prince of Neufchatel was expected at May. A part of the Emperor's Staff had already arrived there, uhich.gave reason for expecting the speedy arrival of his Majesty. PARIS, Aram 16.—His Majesty the Emperor rusted through Metz this morning, '2 7 hours after his departure from Paris. PARII4 Arait. 13.—Prince Schwartzenberg had the honour of being presented to his, Majesty the Emperor, anti delivering him a litter from his inve- BRENICN, APRIL 3.—Our town is filled, with troops. During the last three days five brilliant bat. talions have arrived from different directions.. PAstsi, APRIL 16.—His Majesty the Emperor set out Rota tit: Cloud at one o'clock in the morning.— Ile is going to take the command of the armies.— To the immense administrative labours which have wisisiterruvtedly occupied isis Majesty's thoughtdainee the epoch of his arrival until that of his departure, are going to succeed warlike works, anti those grand military combinations which rommand victory, and decide the fete of empires. The indefatigabloactipi vity which only reposes b;' changing objects; that 4. I l. , • 1 ease. force of mi stance, in that noble which coo Issue of ibis Pew Embadented struck th e wittier ; 1 ' Government. solemn* treat mies have ' with the quests them.- thc seeds .01 none except •Thus - Oder, the ther they ger will All the intelligence we rem - present the situation of the French armies in such a manner as to inspire us with confidence. This news cannot surpii4e us, we, who two months ago sent forth from the walls of l'ayissualchint troops to form a formidable army, whether considered in re spect to discipline or skilfulness in roanieuvres. We know that the divisions arrived from Italy lire full 'of ' ardour, and composed of soldiers tried in several cr. paigns. Artillery, ammunition, provisions of peg' sort, abound in the French armies, and when they shall find the/melees electrified by the presence or their Sovereign,.tbere is nothing which they cannotl undertake—nothing which they cannot execute. In the interior, abundance, tranquillity, an entire submission from the citizens to the la**, whiaishei can alone guarantee their persons and ptopertieci with armies filled with honour and courage, cote- mended by the first Captain of the age, fed by new and numerous battalions, daily organised under our eyes, how many reasons for hope, how. many for security ! If our enemies have not been able to ac& . complish their projects when a devouring climate' rendered courage and skill unnecessary,. can they now expect fresh 'success when the season is nbout to allow our brave men to deploy their forces, and re sume their accustomed superiority ? We do not seek by vain conjectures to anticipate events, but every thing leads us to presume that their hopes shall be deceived, their pride confounded. AMERICAN PAPERS. Herm°, Fes. 23.—1 t is rumoutied that General Prevost has gone into Upper Canada to meet General Harrison with a force of about 8000 men. General Dearborn has taken the command in per son at ,acket's Harbour. Letters have been received in this city, dated the head-quarters of the North-Western Army, foot of , the Miami Rapids, Feb. 20, 1813. These letters state, that General Harrison was intrenching himself at that place, and that all idea of invading Canada, during the present season, was abandoned. They add, that the army were in the daily consumption of 0500 rations, and that an additional force of front .590 to 1000, were expected before the Ist of May. Letters have been received from General Harrison I we understand, at -the D . ..psi•tment of War, it .a I date much later than the information we this day copy from a Chilian Paper. It is said that he had advanced with his army to the river Raisin, and as late as the 20th had not met the enemy. - SOUTH AMERICA. PenNAmeuco, JAN. I3.—Yesterday the George and the Gambier anchored off the harbour, after having been engaged for four hours with an Ameri can scooner of 14 guns and 120 men, and they are crippled in their masts and rigging. In the morning and afternoon of the same day a considerable tiring was heard in front of the harbour, from which we feared further depredations on the trade ; awl we have learnt from the Officer of the Libre Portuguese ship of war, who boarded the American schooner, that the latter had captured five days previous a Bri tish vessel of 20 guns and 43 men, a little to the southward of Augustin: PERNAMBUCO, Jan. 17.—The American schooner I still hovers off this harbour. Yesterday a large ship, supposed a frigate of the same nation, came from the southward, and lays-to opposite Olinda. 1 134111 A, J'Ag. 26.—The brig Edward, with a va luable cargo from Liverpool, and the November packet, have arrived. The former, on the 11th in.. , stant, was pursued by the .American sloop of war Hornet, and the latter, on the 13 th. A few days !previous to the arrival of the Edreard, several boats ' were placed along the coast with the promise of re. ward should they succeed in putting the letters given to them on board any British vessel that should ap., peni; and two of these letter's being put on bOard the Edward, the warning she received. was the mean of ber escape. The Hornet was close in with thetand on the 23d. Admiral Dixon, in the Montague, arrived yester. day from Rio Janeiro. An American schooner kept i company with him for some time, sailing round him. i TH „, E STATESMAN. LONDON: WIDNESOCIN APRIL W I lft 13. ..: ~. -...5...-- ' Paris IPapers to the 18th inst. arrived last night, which contain the Imp Orient intelligence of BONA.. PARTS. having set out enThanday last to take the isotnatand of his army. Astitement is also given of :the situation of the French armies in the Nartfi; up' ; to the 10th instant ) which is deserving of atte n ti on, ! If this statement be correct, the cnnfideitt anticipk. i tlon of success expressed in the French Journalaf would not appear to be altogether unfounded. Bf Ithese accounts it seeing, that with the exception of Pillau, the French have. retained posiesite‘Of all„thW, strong places in the rear of the allied forces`, thos upon the Vistula, as upon the Elbe and too Oderal the latter have no point of support ; and the further they advance, the more difficult and dangeroes will be their retreat in case of disaster, the probability of ; Which is cousiderably increased by such a division 'of ' their attention and strength, as those hostile plat is their rear, must, of necessity, occasion. The intel ligence from Dautzic is stated to be satisfactory, and . no apprehensions are entertained of its surrender. — The possession of this city, we hive always consider ed as of the utmost importance to the ensuing cam paign, and, notwithstanding the flattering accounts •{ which at various times have been received,we never en. i tertained any very sanguine hopes that the Russianil 4 would become masters of this strong fortress beforit l ; the cemmencetnent of the campaign. The great difficulties experienced by the French Ruler in con sequence of the destruction of his former Grand Army, appear in some degree to have been overcome, and the work of slaughter is about to be renewed with greater violence than ever. Of the Issue of the a peroachioe !contest it might be deemed presumptuous to offer an opinion—the only cirtuasstance that can be consi i dered as certain is, thalit will be long and sangui nary, and that a great portion of . Europe will be again deluged with blood. The exertions made by NAPOLION to take the field with a' numerous army, appear to have been commensurate with the &geode, of hi; situation. It is probable, that his military fame does not stand so high ; in the opinion -of the world, as it did previous to his receut disasters, but, at the same time, it should be recollected, that the destruction of his mighty army was not accomplished by the sword, tut by, one of those visitations of Providence which no human fore sight could anticipate or prevent. , We are not dis posed to follow till example of some of our co temporaries, who affect to- treat the power of Bora- PARTE with ridicule and contempt; on the contrary, when we consider the immense disposable Military - force of France, which has been called into 0te..1 tion, placed under the command of so consummate a General, whose character and existence are at stake—when we consider also that the fate of Eu rope depends, in a great measure, on the event of the approaching struggle, we cannot dissemble, by con cealing our anxiety as to the result. BONAPANYI ;weed 'through Metz the day after his departure from Tarts, and was expected to arrive at the bead;quer• tors of the Viceroy. the following 'day, where he vita ,to be joined by his old companion hs arms s irOli,.- * TRIER, who has not been before mentioned fe4ll*On. 'Adorable time. • .1 '.` The French account of the defeat of MORAND I 1 r Luneburg, is included in those Papers, .but it Will be found to differ materially from that which we had previously received.' They state their loss, nu .. this occasion, not to eXceed 1000 altogether, 1 700 of wham were Saxons. They hive also collected a cossidertsble army at Bremen, and Gee. VANDAMME had joined the divisions of ST. CYR and Du noun on the bth inst. but on the 10th he wu about moving to Magdeburgh, which is the wan position of the 'French army. Some American Papers reached town yesterday, in which, under the bead of New York, the Bth ult. information is stated to hare been received of the cap ture of the !latish frigate Gator, by the United States frigate Ewes, off the coast of America. The re port; however, cannot be true, as the Caster was very , recently stationed in the Mediterranean. It has been supposed that, by mistake, the Castor was put for the Aeolis, but the rumour of the capture of the :dcasta wit had ieree days ago, and it was ascertained to be unfounded. There is every reason, therefore, to hope, that there is nothing to *arrant the state ment given in the Amerioass Pavers. • -- ... p' . 4 Coronae, we are intern demonstrate a gnat sang war Heir whole country considerable u an °tableau cir. arduous tadt we lune un- Spaniards by tbis.conduct England has taken 'tawny pay, pose ought to fight without pay. It was once Spanish: nation was up is ? • night c,oataine Extracts of t h e Jona MURRAY, OD which • the our Paper of yesterday, was account of the engagereeift Constitutios and the Jean frigates it of lad night. Th e * ter of Lieut. CHADS conOrrns the accounts we before rt. ceived of that sanguinary conflict, and clearly proves that the success of the enemy is solely baattributel to his great superiority in fora.' ' Yesterday morning; about eleven o'clock, the PRINCE REGENT left town for Windsor. . The 'Duke of CUMBERLAND . will certainly . leave 'Gown for Germany next we a k,.. ' tifestergy, abbot _ half-p_es(eleve, o'clock, ',Geri -1 his wide,' except hit spegr e • HiAof rtegs S err i: waGa l t ruci o da ll so : wws p di xtlerthilf CO the • WerNPUto arrive at that with the . COnacie,' k r lickneY • coach, with :n on t: c p e oplet oot nhad aAd s f re i r i e nuftt-vta a n ttra ti-e ired iveirafh ab itllis o u °m t ffi: L eif. (pence. -The LORD MI:AVM has made an alteration •in the day otiglire . Ifreplibinted for a Court of Common .Couttell,Ao - Coiwider of an Address to her Royal HighOess-the PAUCess of WA Les, and has summoned the Cent forThersday (to-morrow), instead of Sa tuetltry: A,Reqtadtlon has been presented to the Mayor of Wortester, soliciting him to convene a Common Hall,. for the purposia of voting an Address to the Princess of Wstra,•oti the failure of the late atrocious at 4tripts against her Royal highness's honour and life; And arrangements are making for an application to the-Mayor of Bristol for a similar object.—(Glou ,trster Peer:) • llttso A, 'Sham 26.—The French are still in pos session. -of this part of the country, and keep gar , risons as far as St. Andero. They are collecting 1 great:forces in the vicinity of Castro, probably with the intention of rendering themselves masters of that itiare.,. and we shall be in constant fear till we see , tue uitimate result. M ARCH' 29. —I have great pleasure in informing you; that the 'French troops have been completely defeated in the neighbourhood of Castro. Oar Chief (Longa), appeared with eight thousand men be fore that town, and has acquired that glory which the enemy had vainly flattered themselves would have beet conferretrupon theism The number of wounded brought in here is considerable. • A representation having been made by the Com• mittee at LLOYD'S, of the unprotected state of the coastof. Portugal, where-French and American pri vateers were cruizing without obstruction, their Lordshipireplied, through Mr. CROKER, that they were suepri•ed that any Muster of a vessel should I presume to quit his convoy, and that they should order the p ro secution of Masters so offending under I the Convoy Act. 1 MAssiost-Iloust.—The Bridewell and Christ I Church Hospital bays were admitted, yesterday, to the Mansion-Uouse, according to annual custom, to see the Egyptian Hall, with the ornaments and de. corations as fitted up for the dinner the day before. I , They walked with their Beadles and Nurses through • the grand saloon, where the Lord Mayor, the Recor : der, Sheriff's, and Aldermen were seated, with the Lady Mayoress and several other Ladies. Each boy ! received a shilling, or a six-pence from the Lord 1 Mayor, according to their respective merits, with a bun and a glass of nine. After this ceremony, the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, &c. went in state to arises Church, where theyheard anexeellent sermon. They then returned to the Mansion-house, where the Lord Mayor entertained a large party to dinner. At night the Lady Mayoress had a sele ct p art y to cards and supper. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be fore the Right Hon. EDWARD Lord Euxuaortooon, Lord Chief Justice, &c. in and after Easter Term, Y;) t IN tEltif. • Lemon. MOOttiy ..... 'BM 10 Wedgicabr 16 .. Wednesday . - 19, ......... Wednesday FrWay ..... 2d Satanlay 29 . AFTER TERM. Tuesday ...... .... . . ../une 1 I Wednesday June 2 Boxtaa.-4ingch has been made between Oliver, the Batteisea gardener, who beats Ford a few months 'since, and cooper,. who beat Lancaster at Coombe Warren. The battle will take place in a few days.— , A match is also iit Contemplation between Harmer and Fuller. The race between Captain Barelay's.groom and the Kentish man, the former of iihom receives as r hour lit a hnuared miles, will take place in the middle of May, for 400 guineas. The former is in close training on the Barclay system, and the latter 14 improving in Lancashire, under the care of a c.e143- heated trainer. Immense sums of money are depeud. ing oit the event. The Minister's New Plan to raise a Loan by De beutu res, does not seem' much approved by the Monied Interest, as very few have been subscribed for. — It was reported that one Gentleman had subscribed for 500 Pebentures'.•but on enquiry at .the .B2nk, we find be came to bespeak 500 select Tickets in the present State Lottery, supposed is be for the Conll tinent . • and as the increasing demand will require a the Tickets to beissued in a few days, persons wish. ing to secure favourite Numbers, should malte bootee -diate application to some Lottery Otlice . esd the the Drawing begins so early as the dth of May, an Scheme females more Priaesthan Bloats, besides Sig of 20,0001. and 10,00Cil, and every Ti , . drcira 41 on Oat day will be a Fria.. I • , ......: . . .• . , - •- ... ~ : ai p t - NO tile NOCOSS - - ;If — : 1 1T ASS - mind always the same, und er ever'''. 4 /344111 M ° . .., tr council equally uin the field of - • :..ft,lf . , „,- : . leilie sewspaloars t. id thst the Galician til le audacity which no rererse,ean shakes '*s . itt . '" , . 0 . - Ik e 1111 " 1? emit kayo' 0—... -4 remands ovents=leitves• act doubt as to the Ow of takl a Nest, es te :iiiirefinsi 7 5 !li g , res .. P ed "* ' ciniPaigq- .• • .' .. far.. nip , 'Fosse Wesan's A 1 .-,. Mad W. We comas' 4 k e t t el ew bf o l e ordeseis earsrsire mini: Itott e t44 , :ilaa , .. tr en tri .- •L • e e l 4 k staulo altoodlag the A -Ows' s; I ell le Span. The lie Wench array it dui corn:noir-01mA di I 1 coltvie,ol . l2..6,l l 7 d o rkieg tent, Ir:riglhilebet:bt:intelectod.rens;°-wf t i ik tl e t tPhrelismiliadit' .$l4llO/C4oddde'lliltiolgir4lllll,lloll49/*NIII-riterni.a.nal . -9 . , ** l.- . 4 4 ' lisileb their as iou lla n Y try /that men ig re l tri‘aties--4e change with' forttine,. our epee •npokffse, edes.4oll,..dreguteset:, .. . , ...., ---..,—.., : ism in their awn cause u 'e spread through. a part of Garniany, less ~._...._______._ sod, t!ukt, a the whole s hopes of making solid and 'glorious eon. A n. Dee here, than to sow in the midst of those people o , 49 .. .. . Liam . • 1 inns." Whom is it now 0 sof discord and anarchy. . t•• II the strong places occupied by the 'French, ° c• .;:„.•..:.... ...... ; Gel iiii ' 'i•'••••• • 1 — " 111 ' . 4 !*••••Ai i• . • ' . 1 , ' rho ;tifeett• of lust ni a cept Pillau have fallen before them. ' .1 8 0ent lt1414 0 ; ST . OOK/1 . T ... 11111 t i t osedi AT )j It Pispetiiies hes Sir Jou upon the Vistula, he upon ' the Elbe end the ' . b if;tu et aul w nietd ee edi' nf, th in'fi e l C rte4 ofor ii ir a ut arl io l i hey have no point of support; and the fur- 3, per Uwe Rat •iilet - itselheudle BBC ha. y advance, witb the more difficulty and tian . - i 1 p ptt er_Coo deccosiL L sa cos‘. 73„; so l BBl _ i. c . ....WOO 114..=,..:L: ~...,. their retreat be accompanied. ha intellizetlee we receive from Germany, re. %Im er uft. Awe lii 13.16 - lite 7 / 7 Tiet 7 u. 4 . . also giren in the ate& ..f f :,... 0.............4 . To the EDEMA of the STATESMAN. Slay—l request you will insert the enclosed la your paper as soon as possible.—l am, Sir, your's, &c. A. B. ST. LEGI.R. Moatrigueliouse, April 20. 5114 —Having the honour to serve her Royal Highness the • Princess of WALES in the office of ' Vice-Chamberlain, and being well acquainted with her Royal Highness's handwriting, have examined the fac-simile of a pretended letter from her Royal Highness, published in " The News" of last Sun.. day, and I do most positively affirm, that it basis no resemblance to the hand-writing of her Royal Highness. I am , Sir / your's, &c. • A. B. ST. LEGER. The Viscountesi Paucxv a has .also transmittal t* us the following article for insertion : " From the undue and unauthorised vise which . bas been made of the Dame of her Royal Highness the Princess of WAE,II4i in one of the weekly papers, LadriPsectvattheis hertelf celled upon to declare, " Firstly ) That she never receited any authority