The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-20 00:00:00

• 1 I .11i1 % I r f, 1 ~`~~ • 1 .1 ( t • ; I 1 ? , I t , 1° titi . , I I ' 6 1 ; ' 't . 1 1 o.i , ti . i 1 ( 1 ' I t ' : * k f ;, ~i THE STATESMAN the village of Chol:n, 15 worsts from the great high toad. Of this I have to inform your Excellency, as likewise that the Marshal of the Nobility of the towns of Sytscliewki, and the Land Commissary at that place, have rendered me every assistance in this undertaking." REPORT FROM Finn-MARSHAL ReFUSOW. 11.roarcliefka, Oct. 49. As he had received intelligence that the corps of Murat, of 50,000 men, was on the river Tshernisltua, at a sufficient distance from the other forces of The enemy, to enable him to act against the said corps• — our army advanced from Tarushina to the Nara in r..veral columns, which were followed by our right wing on the following night. All these troops crossed the Nara, under the command of General beneigsen, whilst the remainder of our army followed his move ments by the main-road. Before day-break these troops had reached the appointed place, together with the 2d, 3d, and 4th corps of infantry ; they passed, in the same order, through a forest, from which they rushed upon the enemy. The Cossacks, under the command of Count Orlof D.liisof, who had almost turned the enemy's left wing, and were rein forced by several corps of cavalry under Gen. Muller, with thetd, 3d, and 4th corps of infantry, fell upon the unguareed enemy with such impetuosity, that the latter could not maintain his position for any length of time ; but very soon betook himself to flight ; our light troops pursued him with artillery, heavy cavalry, and infantry, as far as the borough of Woronow.— The enemy's loss, on that dlry, was 1000 prisoners, and about 2500 killed, a standard of honour belong. leg to a regiment of cuirassiers, and 38 pieces of cannon, 40 ammunition-waggons, and the whole baggage olthe enemy, including that of the King of Naples, taken. Our loss of only 3()0 men is eu- Lanced by that of the brave Lieutenant-General Ba. gawut, who fell at the• beginning of the bat tle.--General 13ennigsen also received a slight wound from a shot, which, however, did not pre. vent him from continuing in the command, even un til the pursuit. At this moment, we receive intelligence that a re giment of ,Cossacks has taken 500 prisoners with General Daru. Kutusow also writes, with his own hand, that this victory was distinguished by the stea diness and regularity of our troops. Those who have witnessed it, compare it to a well-directed maticcurre on the parade. REPORT FROM mAnut-ca:NERAL Now.% IsKA (41"10. Moscor, Oct 0.1 this day General Baron Walu.gerode gave orders to his van, under llowaiska, to advance from .Nikoisk upon Moscow. The whole corps folloaed, under the command of Major-General Bettkendorff. Baron Wiazinetode attacked the enemy's out posts in the city with great impetuosity, and com pelled them to retreat : but in pursuing the enemy to the Kremlin, Gen. Winziugcrode separated from his corps, and. hastened forward to Nrsuntle the bo,tile Commander to cease a useless tiring. Avlitch could not hinder us from taking the town. This te. merity was the cause that this brave and esteemed General, together with the Captain of cavalry Na. rishitin, were suddenly seized by a detachment of die enemy, which suffered them to come quite near, without paying any attention to tho white handker chiefs which they waved as flags of truce, and thus they were taken prisoners. Hereupon Ilowaiska pursued the dispositions which the Gederal had pre viously directed ; took the Kremlin,• and the whole city, in which the enemy left his hospitals and a great quantity of ammunition. Arr. iNe Mils. 0 0 A 1 liserusey 1 0 PRICK OF STOCKS Tlll% DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Hank India Bonds par 1 2 dis. I per Coot. Red. 58 71 Eschequer Httis 30. 2 p :1 per that. Coin. 59 9 Uiuo 96d. 46 p 4 per Cent,. 73efli Dinnitna 5} pr. 5 per Vent. Navy 903 , 11 Consols for Aect. 591 9 Long. Ann. 14 15-hi 15 Lottery Tickets THE STATESMAN. LONDON: rammr, NOVEMBER 20, IRI2. We yesterday gave a variety of intelligence re ceived by the Gottetiburgh Mail from Russia ; and in a Second Edition we published the snbstance of the Bulletin issued by Government, which had been received from Lord CATIICAnT, dated Petersburgh, Novontber I. By this Bulletin it does not appear that any Official Account had then been received at St. Petersburgh from the Russian Army ; and the reports of fifteen thousand French having laid down their arms, and lost a considerable quantity of baggage, &c. between Smolensko and Moscow, wants confirmation. The reports from General STstsatvit. and Count WlrrovisTrin, to the ;:rith ultimo, state several advantages gained over the enemy ; that a corps of Bavarian troops had been cut off from ST. Clues army, and its their pursuit they had taken 800 prisoners, and found 300 horses killed on the road, the cannon Is:longing to which, were supposed to be buried in the marshes. Sr. CPR's army had retired to Lapelle, a ton a in Russian Lithuania, 55 miles south-west of Polotsk, waiting for reinforcements; and Generals Sam's:tr. and WITTGENSTEIN were following him, and had taken a considerable number of prison ers, cannon, standards, &c. From these differ ent accounts, we receive no information of the French army with IlosApAars, since his retreat from Aloscow ; but the probability is, that he is in his route to Poland, where his whole army will most likely take up their winter quarters, unless a general battle has previously taken place in the neighbour hood of Smolensko, towards which place General Kontsow was advancing with his main army. A di3pateh has been received from Lord CATO. CART, dated Petersburgh, Nov. 1. He incloses the Bulletin of the action, 18th October, which are tin der trans!Ktion. Also report • from Gen. SIEINIIEIL and Count WITTGENSTEIN. The former in his pursuit Of the enemy had taken 40, waggons, 2'2 standards of the Bavarian regiments, SOO ducats of the military chest, - 7 officers, and 100 men prisoners, on the 25th Oct. ; and on the 2fith he took from the enemy 7 pieces of artillery, and made 7 officers and 150 pri soners, besides those taken in various recontres of rear-guard, wherein the enemy had much suffered. Count IVITTGENSTEIR reports, that by .the opera. tion of General STLINIIEIL, the Ravatian corps was separated from that of General Sr. CYa,—he him self, in the pursuit, had taken SOO prisoners and 10 tumbrils. lie found 300 horses killed on the road; and some timbers, the cannon belonging to which, he supposes, were buried . in the marches. The ene my had retired to Lepelle. He adds, that Sr. CYtt's corps is so weakened, that it is impossible for him to attack again till he is considerably reinforced. Ge neral STEINHEIL dates from Koubliche, on the 26th of October, and Count WITTGENSTEIN, on the same day, from Outchatchi. Lord CATHCART states, that nothing of moment had been reported from the Grand Army. " The French were in the utmost want of pro visions and forage; and the Russians were greatly superior in the number and vigour of their cavalry. " The French left several thousands sick in Mos cow, in the most miserable state." By letters from Gibraltar to the 4th inst. it ap pears that the Algerines have recently captured sere. ral of our merchant-vessels and coasting craft, anal shown other unpleasant and hostile symptoms of en mity against this country. We understand that Mi nisters have received dispatches to the above effect. It certainly reflects disgrace on the different maritime powers of Europe, that they should alternately suffer themselves to be insulted and injured by this petty and savai;e hoide of marauders. We have been accused of endeavouring to render this country discontented with the war, and to this charge we plead guilty. But we may be permitted to urge in arrest of judgment, that we hare thus enclea .voured, because we are convinced that this is the only meal's by which its duration can be shortened, and a rtiod put to its complicated miseries. It is only by the voice of the people, temperately, yet perscve►ingly expressed, in favour of pacific mea su►es, that Government will be induced to take any effectual steps to accelerate the return of peace, and to abandon that fatal policy, which has long been the bane of this country—the system of making Great Britain not merely a party, but a principal in every contest that arises in Europe, we had almost said in the world. War, notwithstanding all that State smen have said, and all that Sophists have written in its favour, is an evil of an enormous, of an incalcu lable magnitude, and must, sooner or later, make itself felt by the misery it produces, even among those who are removed from the immediate theatre of its operations. It would be as rational to expect ease in a paroxysm of the gout, or tranquillity in the accession of a fever, as a state of permanent prospe rity in war; and it is happy for the general interests of the world, that such is the constitution which the Creator has ordained; were it otherwise, wars would be eternatt For, unhappily, there is too great a por tion of selfishness in the great mass of mankind to antler them to be very anxious about the removal of evils which do not affect their own interest, or at least, come under their own observation. The de tails of a battle, in which thousands and ten thou. sands of their fellowmen are destroyed and cut to pieces, are read without emotion by those who would shudder at the sight of a single mutilated human body. And, we may add, that this sus ceptibility diminishes, as these horrid details are rendered more familiar, by the long continuance of hostilities. And yet, the sufferings of a single battle, if they could be brought home to the imagination, would Shock the most obdurate feelings. If we could take an account of the sufferings, and unutterable agonies of those who, though mortally wounded, yet languish for hours in the field of battle ; of those who are rendered miserable for life, by wounds, which though insufficient to destroy life, are incur. able, and destroy its comforts ; we should be over whclmcd with horror, and be ready to exclaim, "that no cause could justify so costly and horrible a sacri- ' fice." But how minute and inconsiderable a part of the calamities of war are the sufferings of one battle ; how many such battles have been fought since the corn. mencement of the present contest: and were we to' carry back our retrospect to the last war, of which the present is the consequence and the continuation, j we should find the subject almost too vast for the 1 1 imagination to grapple with. If we could view those innumerable victims of war, whose bodies lie immured in the bosom of the earth, piled into an immense pyramid, whose top would reach al most to Heaven ; if the blood of these victims was collected to form a moat round this horrible strut.. ture ; and if we go gin further and surround this pile with the myriads of orphans and widows, formed by these innumerable battles, where could we find the advocate of war, who would dare to' step forward and say, " Yes, I approve of this sa crifice, but it is insufficient, the pile must be raised higher, a deeper and wider meat must be formed for the Wood, the number of widows and orphans must be still further augmented, for this is a war for reli gion and the preservation of social order !" No, not a men could be found, but would be struck dunth at the horrid spectacle, the most infuriate advocate of war would be silent. This to be sure, is an imaginary scene, those bodies lie concealed from human observation, shrouded by a thin co vering of earth, but to the eye of the Dory they aro preseut, they are remembered by him, and must be accounted for when he 'maketh an in quisition for blood. And it is an awful considera tion that crimes are not lessened, because multitudes participate in the perpetration of them ; every in dividual must be answerable at the bar of the Su preme Judge, for that blood which his incitement and concurrence has contributed to shed. Noy more, every man who does not, as far as his sphere of action and influence extends, endeavour to stop the effusion of human blood—to shorten the dura tion, and lessen the fury of the pitiless storm of war, must be considered as consenting to the death of their fellow creatures, and as an accomplice in their murder. To those who, in reality, believe in a righteous judgment to come, these are considerations of weighty import. STAITESNIAN OFFICE, Two O'CLOCK. In the course of last night Government received some further Dispatches from St. Petevsburgh. These came from Lord WALFOLZ ; and are undorstoOd to he merely an echo of the accounts previou,sly ceived from Lord CATHCART, ria Gottenburgh. —The defeat of the French, near Smolensko, with. the loss of fifteen thousand of their army, is again mentioned ; but the various account', are so complex, and so evidently exaggerated, that it is dif ficult to separate the intelligence which is new, from what has been already before our Readers. ,We are, however, in hourly expectation of receiving further accounts from Russia, which, we hope, will enable us to give the real situation of the contending armies. The following is one of the most recent communi cations from Sir ROWLAND HILL'S army : " HEAD-QUARTERE, CUELLAR, NOV. 3.—A Field Officer, who left Sir R. HILLS army after the ac tion of Puento Larga and Aranjuez, speaks highly of the great order of the General's army, on their march to join Lord WELLINGTON. COI. SK%RRITT arrived very seasonably to display the brilliant gal lantry of his brigade at Puento Large. Sir R. HILL is full of admiration at the manner in which this bri gade was conducted from Seville, a distance of 400 miles, under the most severe privations and difficul ties. There was no dread of advancing into the country in the brave troops, but a general emulation to do their duty. The order for marching was given out at Seville by Col. SILERRITT." That excellent Officer, Lieut.-General DoT La, will shortly resume his command, and give his assist. anre to the Spanish Legions, organizing at Cadiz. We understand that Major-General Belowxv, from the Sussex district, is to succeed the late Lieu tenant-General ENGLAND as Lieutenant-Governor of ' Plymouth, and Commander of the Western district. The Modern Masons are to give their zealous Act ing Grand Master, Earl tiozaA, a splendid dinner on the 13th of January, previous to his departure for his Government in India. The Duke of SUSSEX is to preside on the occasion. The report of the KING'S indisposition originated in nothing more than a slight paroxysm, which • his MAJ uric experienced last week, but from which he is happily restored to his former tranquil state. Previous to Vice-Admiral Sir JAMES SAI:MAREZ leaving Gotteuburgh, he received a most superb I sword, which was delivered to him by Baron ESSEN, Aid-de-Camp to the CROWN PRINCE., accompanied by a most flattering letter from his Royal Highness, expressive'of the sense which the Swedish Govern ; ment entertained of the gallant Admiral's merits.— ' The whole of the hilt is elegantly set with brilliants, of exquisite workmanship, and of great value. An Admiral was yesterday appointed at the Admi ralty for the River Thames, between Chatham and the Nore. Sir CMARLES HAMILTON will in future only command the River upwards, from Chatham to London. We understand that it is in contemplation to re ward the further acts of distinguished bravery mani tested by the troops of the German Legion io the : late conflicts • in the Peninsula, by making them re-' gimeuts of the line, and giving tbem numbers ; in • which event the G erman- cavalry regiments will be.' the 26th, 27th, 2flth,.29th. and -30th ; and their'! l infantry the' 105th . , &c. We suppose the corps • Of the Duke of Batunowtot will have the same privi leges. The Duke of LEINSTER is *id to have declared his determination to reside in Ireland the greater part of the year. The 2d battalion of the 73d Regiment, now in the Tower, mustering only about 450 men, were not strong enough for the duty, the men scarcely r getting one night's rest in a seek. A detachment of the Guards, therefore, do the duty of the Tower out-posts. The Ist battalion of the 73d are above 1200 strong, doing duty at Port Jackson, command ed by Col. Maceuatutze, who is also Governor of Ithe place; they are continually augmenting, by de tachments going out, and doing duty nil board the convict ships,ind on arrival join the regiment, which accounts for the weakness of the 2d, and strength of the Ist battalion. The place being remarkably healthy, very few fall by sickness. The Medway, a fine new ship, of 71 guns, was launched yesterday at PILCHER . s yard, upon tile Thames, it: presence of •a great concourse of spec tators. The ships Lord Cattlereagh, Ktrmee, and if ren fh.Hnga , Jones, arrived at Prince of Wales's IBland on the 3d of May last, from Bengal, all well, and were to proceed for China in a few days. Sir GOBERLY WEBSTER, on his return to Both- Abbey last week, was met by his tenantry witi. I torches, and his carriage was drawn by the populace. The brig Peace, W ILLI.IIII 11. Mint I„, tiL 4 er, from Oporto to Lond on , was captured by a F ie lugger privatee r , o f 17 guns:tint 1 men, off neat lei ;, head, en the m orn i ng o f the 14th inst. The c tain, assisted by f our o f hi s men, attempted to e% ) . . ver his ship by attacking seven Freedmen, wh, were put in possession of her, in which att,m ie and three of his men were badly wounded (the C., r sere ; tain, it is much f eare d , mortally)—after a ;,: and unequal co n t es t, t h e crew of the brig wer. 0 7(i . powered by the Frenchmen, who directed their co,ee towards Dieppe, b u t f ortunately were &stele ( ' e his Majesty's ship T ian, and retaken by he... She is now in the Londou Docks. Mr. BRANDE has lately determined, by a series accurate experiments, that the colouring matter at blood is not dependent 111)041 the presence of has been commonly rcceivest; and has renders,! ;t probable that it may prove more useful in ti.o art • dyeing, than has hitherto been imagined, siaee neit:wr the alkalies nor the acids (except the nitric), ea se much tendency to alter its hue. The readiness t on , with which its stains are removed from substtec e s to which the mordant has been applied, seems to render it peculiarly lit for the purposes 4 the calico printer. 46 By impregnating some pieces of Woollen cloth %ee l solution of nitrate of mercury (Inner caustic). or of corrosive sublimate, and afterwards steep; ;,g them ; , watery solution of the colouring matter of the blo o d, I succeeded (says hip. BRANDI') in giving them a per. mattent red tinge, unalterable by washing with soap. and by employing the ammonical solution of the cp. louring matter, calico and li nen may b e d yed with t same mordant." lt is n ot a lit t l e remarkable that bloo madder,er dis , it ns t e tlie b ir y tii itie les and ii most durable Ar t ill('iand3ers,togeth er w i t h reds ; en d that it has ever been found a necessary a ddi t i on to ensure the permanency of the colour. Last Sunday night, as three boys of Beth city were attempting to steal pohltre in one of the gardens, which had been robbed before, at the bottom of the Crescent fields, the oldest, about 17 years of ago, and hii leg so dreadf u ll y was shot b il y a a t b sp e ri w n a g s conveyedl in great agony t o th e i ' Casualty Hospital, where it wa s c u t o ff t o save hi s P life. There is a pleasing novelty in .the revival of old custom!—at least so it would appear from the plea. sure the Public express at the return to the old mt. :hod of drawing every Ticket separately from tha Wheel, instead of determining two or three at once, as in the late Lotteries. EDWARD JERNINGIIAM, Esn.--On Tuesday last died, at his house in Green-street, Grosvenor-square, in the 75th year of his age, Eow.JERNINGIIAM, Esq. brother to the late Sir W. JERNINGIIAW, and uncle to the present Sir GEORGE JERNINGRAM I of Costis sey, in Norfolk, Bart. He was sent in the earlier part of his life to France ; he remained some time in the English College at Davey, and was removed to Paris, where he improved himself in classical attainments, till he had nearly reached his twenty first year. lie was a good Latin scholar, and was tolerably well acquainted with the Greek. The French and Italian languages, but particularly the former, were nearly as familiar to him as that of his native country. In his mind benevolence and poetry had always a mingled operation. His taste was founded upon the best models of literature. The first production which raised him into public notice was' a poem in recommendation of the Magdalen Hospital, and Mr. J. Ilimway, one of its most active patrons, often declared that its success was very much promoted by this poem.--lle continued occaidonally to afford proofs of his poetical ge nius, and his works passed through many edi firms. • They are uniformly marked by taste, ele. gance, and a pensive character, that always excites tender and pleasing emotions. In some of his works, however, as in The Shakespeare Gallery, Entho siusm, and The Rise and Fall of Scandinavian Pocky, he displays great vigour and even subli mity. The first of these Poems had the following elegant and spirited compliment from Mr. Bouts, In the following passage: " I have not, for a long time, seen any thing so well finished. He has caught new fire, by approaching in his perihelisons so near to the Sun of our poetical system." His last work ) published a few months ago, and which has reached a second.edition, was entitled, 44 The Old Farewell." It is not unworthy of his best slays, and it breathes an air of benevolence and grateful piety for the lot in life which Providence Ind issigned to him, highly honourable to his begirt as well' as to his talents. His family has all of the Roman Catholic persuasion, but he very early conformed to the Protestant faith, and remained in it till his death, having received the Sacrament ac cording to the rites of the Church of England, oa Vednestlay last; His illness had lot% continued, and was very severe at times, but he here it stills the firm ness of,a Philosopher, or, rhtliei, with the patience 31 14 `ire,signation of a true Christian. He had, for the whole of his life, enjoyed an intimacy with the highest people in this country, and was particularly intimate with-the celebrated Fur! of CnesTrnemo and the present Earl of CARLISLE. He vas for several weeks honoured by having been au inmate with the Prince of 'Wat.i:s 3 at Brighton, soon 'after the marriage of his Royal Highness, and was favoured with the Priuce's atteutiots and condescending inquiries duriag his last illness.—lt may be finally said. that "his life t w h a r s o g u g e ; I t t t l e h , e " w a o n r d h t t h ‘ a v t h e v s h a • v f v e w h ? i v n n e mire d e:f e r m i:a n sof; of ifs esteem and respect, wit hitt their circle of action. than this Gentleman. The fate of Lieutenant Gilawe, consiciel of the murder of a sorjeattt of masino-, o board !`s vessel, was yesterday derided WA um's." - stand he will be executed on Monday next. SPARRING..—There aas a numerous meetinz the amateurs cf boxing yesterday, at the li if r• 1 Rooms, for the benefit of Ford. !everal .ets-to took place, but thAt betwixt Richmond and ilarilter was a display of first-rate science. Several rudian ing matches took place amongst those. of fps, ',el fection in the art. All the Itickmansworth hero"° attended, except carter and Faller, who are not sr rived in London. The fasting woman, Mrs. Ann Moore, at the vil lage of Tetbury, in Staffordshire, is yet in e%irtence —though she ii es nether eat nor dratil , a. y for upwards of roar years and i t 41 1. r I 11, , , :.;f