The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-03-29 00:00:00

I, I, 1 it was in the morning of the 20th February. The Duke of Castiglione caused some cannon-shot to be fired at them, and drove them away with his in fantry. The lower class of people at Berlin endea voured to profit by this circumstance, but the Bur-; gher Guard, which is composed of all the citizens, I performed the part of the Police, and otder was im mediately re-established. After this affair, the , euetry's light troop! disappeared. On the 22d February, the Viceroy, with 600 1 horse of the guards, arrived at Berlin. Ho afterward took a position at Kopnik. Lieutenant-Colonel Cicero, with his battalion, occupied the post of Furstenwald on the Spree. He suffered himself to be imposed on by 600 Russian horse, who, made him believe that they had artillery and infantry with them. lie had the simplicity to quit the post which he ought to have defended, and fell back with his battalion on the army. Orders have been given to arrest this officer, who will be punished atcording to the rigour of martial General Gerard had remained at Frankfort, with a brigade, to burn the badge 2000 of the Russian cavalry cut hint off from Berlin. Ile marched against them, killed from 60 to SO men, made seve. ral officers prisoners, burned the bridge at Frank fort, and rejoined the Viceroy. The Viceroy had to take one of these two steps—either to cause the cavalry of the Ist and 2tl corps, which were re-organized on the left bank of the Elbe, to come op, and employ them ht scouring the country between the Elbe and the Oder; or to march before the other armies whilst approaching towards the Elbe. But this cavalry was not yet en-1 tirely re-organized, and a great many old soldiers, such precious resources, might be compromised by a premature step ; and besides this, Gen. Billow, commanding a Prussian corps on the right bank of Lower Oder, had suffered the enemy's light cavalry to pass the river. The Viceroy took the resolution of retiring in i good order towards the Elbe. Ile left the Oiler de fended in the following manner :—General Grand-1 jean, 'with a r,arrison of 9000 men, and supplied with provisions for eight months, commanded at I Stettin. The General of Brigade Dufresne holds the second command, General Chamberlahae commands the Engineers. General Fernier d'Abbo secures the town of Cus trin, with 9000 men. General Lapland and General Dodes of the en gineers, are at Glogau with 6000 men. Spandau is guarded by General Bruny, with 3000 men. All these places are provided with pro. sisions and stores, from nine , months to a y ear. On the 4th, between Berlin and Wittenkurg, 1200 of the Russian light cavalry attempted to charge the Viceroy's rear-guard. A battalion of the 6th of the line received them with fixed bayonets, and killed about 100 of them, after which that cavalry disap peared, and we have not seen them since. We have just shown our position in Poland and on the Oder, and shall now show that on the Elbe. General Lauriston, with five new divisions, formed of old troops drawn from France, and furnished with a numerous equipage of artillery, provided with double sets of horses, and with the Westpha- Ban corps, and the first corps of cavalry, occupies Magdeburg, and collects a great military force at this point. The Prince of Eckmuhl, with the first caps of the Grand Army, and the Duke of Belluno with the se cond, were near the Elbe. General Grenier, with the 11th corps, was be fore Wittenberg. This place was armed and, put in a state of defence. The Saxon General 'f belman was, with 6000 Saxons, in garrison at Torgau, a place which the King has caused to be constructed since 1809 ; and the works of which have been pushed on with so much activity, that it is now in the best state of defence. It is defended by 200 pieces of Gen. Regnier was in the front of Dresden, with the Saxon corps and the division of Durutte, having a Bavarian division on his-left. This corps d'arm.je will be reinforced by 10,000 men, who will arrive from the depots in Saxony. After having provided for all the points of this line, the head-quarters were removed to Leipsick. In this state of affairs, the King of Saxony had retired to Plauen, judging it proper to keep himself at a greater distance from the theatre of war. 'I he King on his departure, which was on the 3d of Feb. hsued the proclamation hereto annexed. The King of Westphalia, wishing to have his guards and his troops at his own free disposal, to lead them in person, wherever circumstances may require, has desired that the Queen should go to Fiance, and the Princess should arrive this day at Com - peigue. Meanwhile General Lauriston had, with good rea son, withdrawn all the troops of the 3c2d military division, to concentrate themselves at Magdeburgh. The corps of General Vandamme, composed of 50 battalions, which had already left Wesel, to occupy tko. 32d military division; did not arrive there till to wards the eud of March. llamburgh was therefore defended only by a very weak force. The lower class of people wished to take advantage of this, and on the 24th Feb. they insulted the Custom-house officers, who fired ou the most mutinous, and the mob dispersed. _ The ci►izens of Hamburgh had the good sense to feel the necessity of restraining the populace. They formed themselves into a national guard, and re-esta. bushed pi oiler order. Several piqsiets of Danish cavalry contributed to zevtore order in Hamburgh. A Russian spy was arrested and shot, as were six mien who were the authors of the sedition. On the 12th of this month, General Cara St. Cyr judged proper to cross to the left bank of the Elbe, and to fix the head-quarters of the 32d military dirt.; ainn at Artlenburg. The first corps of observation of the Rhine, composed of the Bth, 9th, 10th, •11th, 29th, 38th, and 39th divisions of the Grand Army had united on the Main. The Prince of Moskowa, : who commands them, has at this moment his head quarters at Harlan. General tie Wrcde has taken his head-quarters at Bamberg, with a Bavarian di vision. The Wirtemberg, Hessian, and Baden divi sions wilt unite themselves at Wurtzburgh. •ecoud corps of observation •f the Rhine, ; of the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th divisions of Army will unite at Frankfort, under the The sec, composed c the Grand orders of the Duke of Ragusa. has marched out of Tyrol, with which compose the corps of observak The division of the Imperial Guards , dere of the Duke of Treviso, have L - fort. Utewardi of 2000 old hirsemet4 erhir been in all the wars,.are remounted,' eq united on the Elbe. They can all rejoin t it in the beginnincof April. • Sixty thousand of the cavalry are eqtripping s. selves in our depots in France. One half of them the ki ngdom' ordered by tins last edict, and des. are already on the road to Metz and Maeda. • titled to - 01 tlie frontiers and maintain the internal Notwithstanding the losses we have, sustained this security of the state. The' arming will not .be gene. winter, an army far more numerome " and having rat ; the commandants of !legions sill teceiret ce'r. one-third more artilleiy, will very soon take the fain !lumber of muskets, which shall brdeposited.in field. A corps of 80 battalions will guard the 32d the places pointed out by the ordinance, and which military division, and 150 battalions are forming will be distributed to the National Guards only during, themselves to the manoeuvres in camps, or are In re- thatiroe of exercise. After thli period, the National serve in the interior. • Guards will deliter their arms et the depots, and not • Independent of the corps which the kingdom of resume them till the order for marching is given.— Italy has in the Grand Army, 40,000 Italians win - Government has besides decreed that the National form several camps to defend the coasts of Venice, Guards shall receive pay and provisions as infantry of the Illyrian provinces, and of the Adriatic. ' of the line, from the moment they leave us, tabs. The army of Spain has sent back to Franc* nearly placed in a state of activity ; the officers shall be 150 skeletons of battalions, and about 50 skeletons paid the same as those belonging to troops of, the of squadrons, but they have found recruits, which ; line. I far more than compensate for this loss. J The levy of this national guard is beimme• the The 7th Regiment of Polish light horse, the fine more necessary, as all the individuals forming the legion of gene-d'armes, which in such a distinguish- first class of reserve have been called to the active ed manner overthrew the English cavalry, and four; army, and cannot consequently remain in the inte. regiments of guards,nre the only entire core which! dor. However, no circle has yet received orders to have been withdrawn from Spain, where they have! pot the national guard In motion, but it is believed been replaced. I that such an order will immediately appear. The gens-d'armerie of France has famished j STUTOARDT, MARCH ILL—Count de Narboane, 3000 officers and subaltern officers to complete all appointed Ambassador from France to the Court of the skeletons of the cavalry. I Vienna, hied on his way through this place, proceed- This is the true military situation of France ; it is i ing on his detestination, the honour of being pre the result of the energy and patriotism of the French. ; rented to his Majesty. The Russians were received at Koningsberg and in Old IHAMM/Rani MARCH 11.—We learn, from certain Prussia, with those impressions which attracts one to teources, that very impcising forces are to be immedi whatever is nee ; hut their leaden administration has ,Intely collected iii our neighbourhood. The first already made itself felt. The Cossacks pillage :troops will arrive on the 15th or 16th instant, and wherever they come; the country is obliged to sup- (take a position along the canal of Stecknitz, in the ply all their wants; and all their eapences, even towns of Lauenhourg, Moeln, and Ratzebnuirg. At those of the Generals and the Officers; those of the the same time a park of artillery will be established posts, and at the inns, are paid merely with uotes,' upon the two banks of the nbe, and in the town of or paper roubles. There is no longer any gold or Bergedorff. silver coin to be seen. Thus is the ruin of that ViEvNA. MARCH 7.—We still possess 'rince country completed, which the Russians pretended Schwartzenberg. This Prince goes often to Couit,end they came to liberate. has frequent conferencet with the Chiefs of the War Prussia is a prey to the same factions as those ! Department. which preceded the war of 1806. i VIENNA, MARCH 7.—The troops which compose PARIS, MARCH 20.—The Queen of Westphalia the army of observation were placed upon the war arrived on Wednesday last at Trianon. I tooting from the day of their departure. DRESDEN, MARCH 2.—The Minister for Foreign • Vreeee, Marten 10.—An extraordinary event at Affairs, who remained at Dresden, after the depar- I this moment occupies the attention of the public. tare of his Majesty, and General Guesdorf, the day j On the Bth at night, an actual Court Councillor and before yesterday set out for Plauen. Gen. Lingenan a Councillor of Justice were arrested by order of the now commands our town. I police. Their papers were seized and deposited with Mance 9.—llis Excellency the General of Divi- , the Archives of the Department for Foreign Affairs. sion, Regnier, arrived here on the 7th with his ge- Yesterday afternoon the former was transported un neral staff. . 1 A part of the 7th corps entered rt the der an escort to Cie fortress of Munkats, in Hungary, same time w ith a numerous train of artillery. These and the latter to that of Theuscenstadt, in Bohemia. troops were put into quarters in the new town, and A Captain of a circle in the neighbourhood of the ca likewise in the villages situated on the right bank of pitni, and a person employed in an office (Comptabi the Elbe. The inhabitants of this capital aeieyed a I life) who were to have beeaarrested at thesame time, high degree of pleasure in seeing their brave country.. and by virtue of the same order, have disappeared, men return in such fine condition. Two battalions land according to the information which has been re of the new levy have been united to this corps, and ceived, they have escaped into Hungary. it is believed that they are destined to complete the regiment of infantry of Prince Clpinent, which so particularly distinguished itself at the battle of Ka lisch. GOTTENBURGH MAIL. Gen. Regnier has this day reviewed two fine regi ments of cuirassiers, of Lichtenau's brigade; and expressed the highest satisfaction at the behaviour and discipline of these troops. CASSEL, MARCH 12.—8 y a Royal Decree of the Bth inst. the contingents of the conscription for 1813, has been fixed, viz. for the active army, four thousand men; and for the reserve 2000 men. FRANKFORT, Ahem 16.—Marshal the Duke . of Treviso arrived here yesterday, as Well as Gene. rals Sebastiani„ Lefevre, Barrow, Chouard, D.tin tu, &c. LEIPZIG, MARCH 9.—Prince Fckmuhl arrived here yesterday evening, with his staff. The Viceroy of Italy arrived to-day, at one in the afternoon, so that the head-quarters of the Grand Army is no in our town. The day before yesterday the different administra tive branches of the French head-quarters arrived in our town, where they are to remain till new orders. The passage of troops in this country is very great. This town and all the neighbouring com munes are, far two leagues round, filled with troops. Weknow, from good authority, that the two Po. lish fortresses of Modlin and Zamosc, are in an ex cellent state, and have nothing to fear. FRONTIERS OF SIXONY, MARC'S 9.—At the same time that the Prince Viceroy transferred his head. quarters to - teiptitk, Uenerat Reviler, wlttchad for ten days occupied the !eft bank of the Spree, near Batmen, with a corps composed of French, Bava rians, and Saxons, marched upon Dresden, the mi litary position of which is so important, on account of • its fine stone bridge over the Elbe. A corps of se veral thousand Bavarians took the direction of %Ns sin, to cover the bridge of that town. The skilful General in Chief appears firmly resolved to vigor- 1 oUsly defend the Upper Elbe, as. well as the course of that river from Wittenberg to Magdeburg, and G OTT ENEWRGE ) MARCH 20.—Letters received this morning represent all Prussia as up in arms against the French. Young men of the fitst fumilie were in the ranks. The Russians occupied Be.litl on the 4th, and are now said to be in possession of Stettin. According to accounts received here, the Russians entered Berlin on the 4th, after a severe skirmish, in which the city suffered a little ; the Viceroy fled towards Leipzic, pursued by 8000 cavalry. Gene. ral D'York arrived at Berlin on the sth, when the Government of the City was immediately given up to him ; there was a general illumination on account of the entry of the Russians; they were received by the people as their deliverers; when young Kutusow, with two other Generals appeared at the theatre, there was a general burst of applause. the King of Prussia is stated•to have had a meet. ing w,ith the Emperor Alexander, at a small town ou the confines of Poland, where it was agreed that Sax ony s!iould be occupied by 30,000 Prussians, of which 5000 are to be cavalry. BORDERS OF PRUSSIA, k EB. 21.—The Konings berg papers of the 28th January, contain the follow ing notice According to an article is some copies of the Berlin papers f the 19th inst. Major and Adjutant Von Nalzmer had been •dispatehed by Major-General on Kliest to carry him orders to take the command from me. and to assume himself the vols..' mad of his Majesty's Corps d'Arnsee na Prussia. Al. yoa t Nalkiner has however, 'reached me, nor General Yoe Kliest ; I shall, therefore, without any hesitation, continue to exercise thecommand is chief. as well in the said corps, as in the other functions, to which 1 am authorized by the Cabinet Order of t , e 90th December last; and this the more so ia con sequeoce of there being no Official Gazette in the Prussian States, and there has hitherto been no instance of any General receiving orders for his conduct through the medium of the newspapers. To prevent all mistakes I have deemed it requi site to make this declaration public. (Signed) " YON YORK, Royal Prussian Lent.-Gen. Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Corps d' Armee iu Prussia." Konigsberg, 27th Jan. ISIS. . - beyond. Considerable reitk;orcements daily arrive. AMERICA. Generals Sebastiani and Latour Mauboerg are ' upon the two Batiks of the Elbe. There are 8000 men INTERESTING FROM CONGRESS—Fsa. 18. betweeh Torgau and Beigera. General Lauriston has " The Committee of Ways and Means beg leave conducted 10,000 men .to'Magdeburg, whets other, to report, that they have deemed it to be their troops are stilt expected. duty that the public service may not suffer, and NUREHBURG, MARCH 14.—The events of the war that the public credit may be duly supported, to have occasioned the provisional suspension of the look beyond the Ways and Means of the present Universities of Berlin and Breslau. . The Salon year, and to take into consideration the revenue University of Wittenberg hag likewise very lately which may be wanted for the yepr 1814.—That an been suspended, that city having been put loft state estimate of the probable amount of • the revenue, of defence, and become an important military post ; which accru e und er existing laws, and be recover the greater part of the students have left it, Some able within that year, has been submitted to Con of the professors, however, continue their emnrses to ' gress in the annual report of the Secretary of• the• a few student. The ramparts of Wittenberg, which Treasury, made during the present Session.— are very solid, and which have stood Veer since the That comprising the amount thereof, with the Kith century, are now furnished with cannon, and sums w hick will probably be required, by a present the bridge over the Elbe is secured by formidable regard to the public credit, it appears to the COT.. intrenchrnents, which have been • thrown up to mittee indispensably necessary •to make a further cover It. provision; that this may be done by a partial sus _ MAGDEBURG, MARCH B.—phis Serene Highness pension of tile .Now-intpojtation Acts, lAA 3Eill not the Prince of Ec,lmuhl, set out the 4y befarc yea ! greatly lessen Me* injurious (Pas upon the . terday to proceed to Saxony. my." After some further observations the Retort ..).• . ....... - ....4. - -...: h-* 4 • ' , . , TitE7 MAN.' . •• •• • - •". •• ' .=,.• . , . General. Sid i ' .Stetdi) / an d the small town of Dam; situated coil the . five divisions . ippositV on the right batik of the Oder, have been Sus rat i on o f . Italy.—.l4ociared in a state of siege - ,'and it has been signified cot As, under the or- 1 to the inhabitonl4:ith tho. exception orweritstmigt ,sio arrived at Freak. ! vvho will s ndt . ho well to quit r it, either , tb laava• *N I rsemei , ii'whO hare i t h e tow n , •or, fir in provisioias fors yMir, and be , bet ed,' Noland, and to endpre A-thou privatioltalibleb tbil tar- *II rejoin their rucks ties shoal& onditt_nelitataty., • -• , ths . 1 AUGSSU RUH; NA RCM 12. -e-Governmenth at this (oil . e eqtrippingthem- • moment (indulged leitrinlifitheY National Guard, of ! " -• • concludes, is That it is bowereivntleessarf, that the Suspension of the Non-intportition Acts, which is contemplated, should be enacted at the -present Se t . ,siott of Ceigress; for this pares, and the fr imp os i. 'lion of 'additional duties on foreign tonnage, th e , beg tear/ate report a Bill. They also repo r t here with' the Correspondence• between the Secretary An d the Committee on the subject of this Report." 'rh ea follows the Blil. . '. 66 A• Bill for the Exclusion of Foreign Seamen from the Pablie Vessels and Merchant .civics . .01 th e United States," was read a third time, and the ques tion Stated, 4 .. shell the Irdliiiiis ?"..11.1 ong discussio n took place. .* • Mr. Resput.f.a• moved an adjournment, which was lost, yeas 34. The question on the passage of the Bill was ulti. mate!), decided in the affirmative, 89 to 33. [FROM ?HZ-BALTIMORE COTIPZI-lIIOUSE 1001111.) A letter from the neighbosrhood.of Bub'alo, dated Feb.'3, after stating Winchester's defeat, gives a re port that was current there, that llarrison has pushed ' lforward, overtaken the British, recovered the pri soners, and stormed Fort Malden, tarryinget every . - thing before him. This'news was boiler there, be- I cause a large body of the British troops had left 1 Fort George, and marched upwards with precipitancy and eagerness. TROIA THE MERCANTILE ADVERTISER, TER. .) 22 Intelligence received from Ilavannah, by vessels which have arrived at Reedy Island, mention, that Christophe, the sable Emperor ctf Hayti, has de i clued war against G r eat B r itai n . A Bill had been received treat do Senate for vest ; ing the power of 'retaliation, in certain cases, in th e President. A Mellon was under the consideration of the House for laying on new takes in support of the war. The Senate of Pennsylvania had rejected ! a Bill sent up from the Rouse of Representatives of that State, for building a frigate and a sloop of war. On the 10th ult. Mr. MADisow was formally de clared President, and Mr. GERRY Vice-President of the • United States, for four years ensuing, the 4th tlnst: The result of the votes was—For Mr. MA W . IRON 128, and Mr. CLINTON 89—For Mr. Gzaay 131, and Mr. INGERSOLL 86. FROM THE ALBANY GAZETTE OF THE 4TX OF FEB.]" It is with extreme pain I inform you, that on Saturday last a flag of truce came across from the English side with Capt. Fitsgerald, of the 49th regi meta, informing the CQjnmanding Officer on our side, that General Winchester, and about_looo men, were killed or taken prisoners at the Mime Rapids ; that it was a dear-bought victory for the British. He adds, that 000 of our men were killed, and 400 taken prisoners. An express has been sent'with this dis. tressing intelligence by Colonel Porter, commanding at this post." NEW.YORL, FEB. 11.—Letters from Norfolk state, that that town was greatly alarmed at the ap proacl-. of Admiral Warreu's squadron. The Go vernor Immediately put 5000 militib-uswier arms, and ia courier was dispatched to Washington. The Le. gislature has voted a loan of 300,000 dollars to corer ithe necessary 'cpences. NORFOLR, Fee. 6.—Yesterday morning we were informed by s boat sent from the Constellation, that that frigate had grounded ill the port, and that two enemy', friOtes were approaching ker. The gun. boat, t%c•r, immediately manned by volunteers, who got her pi, and she is now above theforts, in perfer4 safety. . %any people in this town believe, that Admiral Warren is preparing to attack it, and that he has on board his squadron bombs, mortars, and fuzees.- 1 For our part, we believe, that the enemy only want ed the Constellation frigate. • TO CORRESPONDENTS. Tincrrire Tavintmes Third Letter, in which the case of, the Prince's of WAtzs is Consittitionally Considered, will appear To-morroir. A rr. Seib. D 1 I Dire Dublin 1 ' 1 1 o • Cadiz % Lisbon „ Census 1 • • 0 Guernsey • • 1. Jersey 1 - _ - PRICE 01 STOCKS TEIS ba AT ON O'CLOCK. Hoak • India Bonds 4. 6 dis • 3 per Cent, Red. Ertoquer Bills Sid. 3 S per c,ens. Cons. 59 Ditto d : 3Si 5 p cent... 4 per 4.;ents. Oninittin' 7 5 per Cent. Navy 8511 Consols for Acct. 58j, Long. Ann. Lottery Tickets THE STATESMAN. LONDO.I4. MONDAY, .MARCH 14, 1813. A Heligoland Mail arrived this morning, with im portant intelligence from Hambuigh, of a recent date, as will be seen by the following extracts :•-• HELIGOLAND, MARCH 23.—Our Governor has been applied to by the peo ple in and round Bremen for arms, and assistance to drive, the French away. A Russian Officer arrived here last night. The Danes have been called upon by the Emperor of Russia, to al-, low an open and unmolested trade in the river Elbe with England and this island, It was at first referred to the Prince of Hesse; and on the 20tb, ore , o were given not to molest the trade, to all Dr. , ilbh ships of war and privateers. Our Governor has addressed the following letter to A. Ellen:nen, Esq. of this place : " Sin,—l think it right to acquaint you, in order that it may be made known to the merchants, that I have requested Major Kentsenger to take the earliest opportunity of communicating with the Officer com manding the forces of his Imperial„ Majestyy the Emperor of Russia, upon the subject of rendering the navigation of the river Elbe secure to the trade. carried on under the protection ef. the British ht. " I have the honour to bey Sr, , Your meithatuble.aerranty • " W. A. 0. ItAIIII.TOS, Lieut.-Om" Mirch 17. . I I • P '.• I