The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-30 00:00:00

.-.1-4 ~.,! • ,fr, 4, . .„, 1 ., A , ti 4 .0' , r • ••• , 1 I ~ i 1 •J, • i e.• ' • . .. . .., i' . ',.., 1 t 1 4,1 ,i' ;', il 1, 1 ' ' '. , , . ; A ' . I, 1 1 '4 1 e f. 4 . • ,'i~. ~' f E STATESMAN. neither the bard weather, Ivor fattu., diminish in any manlier their zeal for his Majesty's service. Thuust, Nov. 7.—A letter fyoin Warta, of the 2'.;t:i Cidaber. contains tae foiiowi!ig intelligence resdecting the Grand Army:-rate Russian corps of foe Finland division attacked the position of l'olotsk. On the 1-Ith and lfitit, Nlai•shrl St. Cyr briskly re mised them. Gcneral \\Pre: lilsowise heat them on the 20th. We took abaut IF.OO prisoorrs, r Tong whom are ma:iy h this number is an Eoglish Nasal Captain ( Willoochby), ho entered tire R.ossian service with the rank of Major. The 9th coitps 'cutler the D'aice of has arrived, frinhrßstoirefei on the enemy's flank. M. Barlow, Minister from the United States to France, arrived here on Om srh ; his Excellency yesterday continued his route for Knningsberg. Nov. 1 Sg—The following is the position of the lOtir corps d'armee:—the head-quarters are at 3littan: Gene* d' York is likewisethere. General ist has under his orders, behind the Eckau, %Iv! . nflueoce of that river into the Aa to Spoor, end in the totes-dn-pout of that line, seven batta rims, four squadrons, and four batteries of artillery. There is in camp at Altbcrgfrietle and iannenhausen, under the orders of Lieutenant-General Massenbach, six battalions, four squadrons, and a battery and a hair of flying artiilery. Colonel de lluhnerbein commands at Eclian ten battalions, of which four arr Poles, seven squadrons of cavalry, and three bit !Trios and a half Of artillery. There are at Anna bourg and Stalgen two battalions of Westphalian in fantry, and a squadron of Prusglan• cavalry: The Cen:ral of D:vision, randjeatt, observes the neigh bourhood of Friederickstadt, Jacohstadt, and Da nabourg, with ten battalions of Polish troops and • two squadrons of hussars, CovEx nit.l:7:, Nov. 3.—Ahont 20 merchants have lately been sent from Fetersburgh to Siberia, sus pected of being attached to France. Wn.N.s. Nov. 4.—On the 3lst ult. the 2d corps effected a junction with the 9th (St. Cyr with Victor). Nothi.ig nem has occurred at Riga. Gen. Tschits cLakoff commenced his retreat on the Qtith ult. . The 7th corps of the army (Itegnier) passed the Big on the 9.9 th, at Drnghvdschyth The Austrian tore: { gas i , .1 that liver nn the 3tjih, at five o'clock u the morninj, and pursued the enemy in their re trent. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF 1,f)R:), NOVVIBICI. 28. The pi; of Northampton was introducrid by Nl.in s uis of ‘Vincirter and tie Marquis of Hert ford. The ialt,n..iati.loed Nobici'Marquis tint haling take:: the oatit9, 'hey atiministla-ed to his Lord shi? yt ihe table, and the form of the introduction avls, in conscinence, repeated. Th..‘ Alarquis of Northampton's patent of creatlon havito4 been read at the table, his Lord took the eats and his sear. Ti le Mar t plis Girndeo was also intrniiticed by the Marquises of Winchester and Hertford, and his pattibit of creation having been read at the table, his j.sadship also took the oaths and hi:: seat. The oaths ware tolitlittistered to. the Duke of Glim tester, the Marquis cf . Lansdowne,. the Earls of rembrolco, Brilgevrater, Abereavenisy ; Lords Gren ville, Arden, ltetlesdale, and other Lords. At four 0',..10ck the House adjourned till Monday (this day). A -r. Mails. Doe O ,.... Dublin Waterford 5 O (itionisey .levey 1 11 .., Brazils O ST. ANDlLEW.—lluliday at the Public Ojtcee. THE STATESMAN. LONDON: moNDAY, Novi:xi:Eß 30, 1812. We have this morning received French Papers to Vtlt inclusive, which announce the arrival of N.\ roLios at Sm .leusko on the evening of the 7th ils:.ant. These Pal-icrs do not contain a:;y further in t,il:..;etice of the Grain!. Amity. S:itolensko i; 18J milc from Moscow, an/ from PetcrsburA4 ; in tlt noighb , wri.oori of Smolcosko Jo:an:tide Paris sulloosil that t`le army will be cantoced, with the rua:,;azi:tes of ',VE.ia io its rear. T:',2 Russian arnica ucnLr TounAzow and WITT:.;E,a :LIN, are, it is said, al‘anei.ig on their flank, and will, •no doubt, en t;eavour to intercept tlwir communication with the lazier place. 'rho Treasury Journals, as usual, anticipate the destruction of the Fr'ench Army, and the improbability of BoNAPAitTr. escaping the dangers of his retreat. These kind of speculations, so fre riocAly intruded upon the peblia, are deserving of vc-y little attention, as they are seldom or ever realisk.d, and a little time will probably determine the success or disaster of NAPOLEON in this destruc tire enteiprise. We have given some further extracts from *the French Papers received on Saturday, which will Le found in a preceding column. PAr..l3, Nov. 21.—His Majesty, the EMPEROR, arrived in good health in the evening of the 7tb, at IVmolcm;ko.—(Gozette de France, Noo. 25.) We have intelligence from the Grand Army ; his Iltiajesty arrived the Bth instant, at Smolensk°, in good health. His Majesty the King of ROME, some days ago entered his 21st month ; the health of this august iufant becomes more and more strong. Some private letters written by commercial houses In the South, and from the frontiers of Spain, en v flounce that the Preach troops entered Madrid, eft the *I of November. They do not give any details Tespecting this mqp—y. (Jourtwi de P4iPpire l NA? POOR' 25/) PARIS, Nov. 25. EXTRACT OF A LET EER FROM BA ROlti TIITRAULT TO Tut MINISTER A r WAR. VITTORIA, NOV. s.—On the 29th of October,. during the absence .of General nouor.v, Durango was attacked by 180 t, men; Colonel BORD, .who occupied it'ivitit 900 men, vigorously defended him self, and repulsed the enemy. On the 30th, Mesetz.tuel., marching with 500 men, renewed the attack, and surrounded the place. General ltotrerri in the meanwhile arriving, defeated every thing he •met with on his passage. Colonel Bonn, Informed of General Rouen's arrival by the fire of his troops, marched from Durango, fell upon the enemy, routed them, killed 200 men, wounded 300, and made thirtylthree prisoners, lamong whom there were one o ffi cer and two cadets. I—This1 —This affair, honourable to General ItorieeT and his troops, cost us but ten men wounded, one of whom is an Officer. Gen. Itouesv mentions as halt ing particularly 'distinguished themselves on this occasion, Col. Bonn, M. FfiLeoe, performing the duties of Aid-de-Camp to Gen. - ROOGET, and who, with QS Grenadiers precipitated himself into the middle of tho enemy, and sabred many men. [Here follow praises of other officers who dis tinguished themselves.] PAnis, Nov. 20.—There has been a talk for some days of the French having entered Madrid.— This event, upon which there has not yet appeared any official docuMent, is announced in privateletters j from Bayonne, as having taken place on the 2d init. Nov. 25.—The operations relative to the con. i scription, for 1815, have finished in the greater ; part of the departments, and the departure of the conscripts carried into execution, not only with zeal and devotion, but even with enthusiasm. One thousand four hundred conscripts, from.the depart. ! ment of the Orne, are already in march; those of the department of the Stura are admired for their gaiety and eagerness to answer the call of honour. LEIPSIC, Nov. 14.—Moro alaat 10,000 Bavarians are on their march to join the corps of General Count Warne, under the orders of Marshal Count General St. Cin ; several columns have already tra versed Saxony. We shortly expect the Wurtemberg troops, who are likewise going to, the Grand Army, and for whom they are, at this moment, assembling 1200 hertes ; besides the 20,000 men which at first constituted the Saxon contingent, and Prince 5 1 1xx1- MILIAN'S regiment of infantry, which is, with a bat. tery of foot artillery, at Grufswald andWalgast, un der the orders of Marshal the Duke of Cerricerose, particularly two regiments of infantry, one of caval. ry, and 400 artillery-men have been sent. We continue to use the greatest care to keep com plete the Saxon corps which are on service, for which purpose several thousands of recruits hare been raised, of whom.provisionary battalions are formed, in order to render them tit to enter the ranks of their brethren in arms, who are honourably fighting for the interests of their country. The last transport, which consisted of more than 1000 men, set nut on the last day of October to join the 7th corps. They are constantly occupied at Torgau in exer cising the new recruits ; they display much zeal and attachment to their King and Country. There have lately arrived from the Circle of Moldavia and the North of Germany, several transports of horses, by means of which all the Saxon cavalry can be re mounted; to whom horses will be sent ) from time to time, as they want them. We are now raising 25,000 conscripts in the duchy of Warsaw ; 18,000 of them will soon be in a con dition fit to march, and will proceed to join the Grand Army. We have established five military hospitals here for the purpose of placing in them, till their perfect re-establishment, the Saxons badly wounded. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 10.—The ci-dcrant Ad miral, HATIZ ALI PUHA, has been named Go vernor of Ohre and Abanasso, in Upper Albania.— VAIIED EMINE EFFENDI, who was Ambassador tOi the Court of France, is appointed Intendant of the io place of GLOW EFFENDI, who will pro bably be raised to another dignity. The Tschauselt Basch° has lest his place, and other changes ip the Ministry are expected. A great stagnation in boa- ness prevails. It is , calculated that .70,000 Perilous have aied thialpital and its neighbourhood. *-fro augment the misfortune which weighs upon it, tiro fires have lately broken out. The* plague hit; also broke out in Smyrna and Adrianople. REPORT or• Tut bill CORPS &ARMEE. , WonoNowo, Oer. 3.—.0n the iDilt Sept. at ten in the morning, the sth corps, commanded by his Highness Prince PeNtarowsiz received orders from! his Majesty the King of Nano to repair to the ! village of Czerikow, which is on the road from Moscow to Kalonga. Our advanced guard, which was composed of caialry and six pieces of horse artillery, began its march at eleven in the morning, and was soon followed by the infantry. At the distance of four worsts, we found, on the road which passes through a wood, about 100 Cos-1 sacks, whom 1Q hussars, of the 13tb regiment, dis persed and pursued. When we afterwards arrived in the-plain in which the village of Czerkow is id. tented, end which is surrounded with - woods en every side, we perceived the pavalry of the enemy, which was much superior to ours, and Which %TO preparing i 9,ttac4 our advarned cm* Our cavalry, •in consequence, by*-1t movement prompt as lightning, formed in order of battle in two lines,.under the command .of Gen. DEMOUETTES. Scarcely had our horse-artillery ad vanced on a gallop, when the enemy attttked our ! cavalry ; but the 12 - th regiment of linlatts, and the sth !regiment of chasseurs, who supported with intrepi , dill the fire of the Russian artillery,, repulsed the enemy several times. They attempted in vain to drive the advanced guard from its position, and re ! pulse it into the woods ; when our infantry begin to debouche from the woods, the enemy . displayed new forces, and brought up reinforcements of infantry to maintain themselves in their position, where.they were covered by the road from Moscow to lialouga. Prince PONIATOWSKI having prceived that the vil lage of Czerkow, on the Jigitt wing of is enemy, and a small wood in the front of their left, were the most important points of the Russian position, be quickly sent a battalion to this village, and occupy it ; but when the enemy were obliged to abandon it, they set fire to it. A second battalion was sent to occupy the small wood. The Prince, after basing lined the great wood with in-1 fantry, both on his rear and wings, advanced some pieces of cannon to the centre of his position. Im mediately upon our ,troops taking possession of the village of czerkow, and of the small wood, the enemy attacked with three regiments of cavalry the artillery placed in the small wood and village.-1 In consequence of . an order from Prince Pow -1 TOWSKI, Prince Sur.KOWSKT, at the head of three squadrons, attacked with so much visacity and success the cavalry of the enemy that he not only' re pulsed it, but occasioned it a considerahle loss, which fell principally on the regiment Connopolsey. It was only then that the enemy deployed his whole force to maintain himself in his position, and drive us from that which we occupied. He attacked the 'village several times, and always with fresh troops; I but our troops repulsed him several times. The elle. my, in like manner, caused his numerous columns to march against the small wood. As this great sirt periority of the enemy, who had besides n grefre. nnmber of chasseurs in advance and on his flanks, encreased more and more, •and his forces overspread the plain, Prince PONIATOWsKI ordered our in fantry, supported by three squadrons of cavalry to attack with the bayonet. The affair then be came very warm. About 500 men were killed on the spot, and the enemy was overthrown. The fire continued till eight in the evening. Out troops, how- I over, maintained themselves on the edge of the wood. Whilst this was passing on the left wing, the enemy, with 3000 men and ten pieces of cann'on, attacked our right wing, and made et tempts to penetrate'into its flank ; but the valour of Tivsetewites brigade twenty times repulsed. the enemy, who attacked, with the greatest velocity, although in vain, our cavalry• in be front, flank, and even in the. rear, in. such a man tner, that notwithstanding the inequality of the fight, this brigade did not lose an inch of ground.— Night, and a heavy rain put an end to the combat, which lasted six hours. Our troops maintained themselves in all their positions, and particularly in the possession of the village of Czerkow, which they received orders to take. The loss of the enemy amounts to some thousands of men, besides 500 prisoners ;.among them were 300 so dangerously wounded, that they died the same night and following day'. Our loss is three subaltern offi cers and 110 soldiers kilted, and 300 wounded. The advices received last week from America, and announced in the Extraordinary Gazrttc, are, we understand, the subject of much felicitation among Ministers. No doubt the capture of a body of men by inferior numbers, and the surrender of the Gene. ral in the field, are satisfactory proofs of the high discipline of the soldiers, and skill of their Com mander—but this is only one other proof of the con. sequences naturilly resulting from a war, the object of which is not a national one.—llow different was the ardour displayed by the Americans in their great struggle for liberty, on the late memorable contest— , every man was then .artned, as he conceived, in his own defence ; and felt an enthusiasm and determination proportionate to the sacred Cause in which he imagined 'himself engaged. Not so, at present. The A►tterican nation is,. .0e doubt, dissatisfied with the arrogant overhearings oar Ministers, and Air wretched Diplomatists, to ! whom our affairs with that COntinent have been con. fided ; but the people in general would much prefer a state of peace—.-nor will they enter cordially into a war, which they see is not immediately connected with their own advantage. Thus it is that their invasions Canada, have beed spiritless and inefficient, and theit . ' troops (if indeed they 'can, be so called) have been beaten by inferior numbers,almost without resistance. 1 We lament to see that the savage tribes of America have been called in, principally by the British. We were in hopes that the scalping knife and tomahawk would have been weapons unknown in British warfare. We trust that the Americans May not succeed in a similar aid. For even the cold blood of the Treasury Bench must shudder sit the indescribable horrors of a savage compaign, We received Letters and Papers on Saturday from Quebec to the . date of the 23d ult. and the intelligence is Important. The consegunce of the defeat and anni. ' hilatioa of the American detachment in Upper Cana.: da, has been the advance of 'Gun. DEARBORN! from platiburg toyerds the lines of Gott. V8EV0ET,..... • The tatter was stationed about 50 miles to the t:nittlt of Montreal, withi n th e li m i ts of the British territory, The forces under Gene ra l DEARBORN having b een -joined by General Ilcoommcn, with 4,009 wen, were computed at 15,000, while those of the flrtisli, lode - pendently of our Indian Allies, did not exceed half that number : but active exertions were makinr. to organize the provincial militia, and no apprcheu. sions were entertained from this numerical inferiorit% Our Quebec Papers state the comparative streiliti of the respective forces in the action of Queenstowu as follows : 44 ()cr. 9.1.--We learn by terbal accounts, that the Americans who crossed over in the night conslit. ed of 1500 men. The whole of these are womuled, or prisoners ; and about 500 more, wh o attempted to cross afterwards, were drowned. 44 The total number engaged on our side did r.c.t exceed 700 men, of whom the loss is not more thaa 50 killed and wounded." Saturday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council wa s held at Carlton House, which was attendod by mos: of the Ministers. At the close of the Council, count CAsmtur kGI I had au audience .4 th e p i ,,, cc REGENT, and introduced Baron Nicoi.‘y, the Rus sian Ainbasaador, who had also an audience of Ng Royal jiighness. A Privy Commit was then cld , which was at.. tended by the I'lw:ft RI:4EN; the Cabinet ster v tile Groom of the Stole, the Lord chambe r l a i ti , the Lord Steward of th e H ouse l ;u ld, the Couiptrol. ler of the Household, and the Treasurer of thellouse. hold. • Satiirday, about four o'clock, the Princess CHAR. LOTTE Of WALes, attended by Lilly Lr Curroi t n, arrived at Kensington Palace, to dine with the Prin.. cess of WALks. 'lie evening ber Royal Highn ess returned to Windsor. • More than forty Petitiostaiwprepared against the returns to the new House of Commons, amo ngs t 'which is one by Mr. J. JONES against Wottea • M. miral CAMPBELL, brother to Lard CAWDOE, for the Borough of Carmarthen ; and also another against Sir Junta °wax, who was. reterned for the County of Pembroke, after so severe a contest with the corn. bined interests of no less than five` neighbouring Peers ! General LOrd BOSTON was the Lord' in Waiting, KEPPEL was the Groom in Waiting for Colonel Sl . t t h m e i so death t , e, o who f his daughter,was unav oidably whodied on acee ulit of Wednesd a y. Mr. TILUNEY, not having' procured a return to the new Parliament, waits; like Mr. SHERIDAN, in lexpectation of an introduction front some vacancy arising No o t d h e e d d t o o u double z l , e k o vet u placer nq. at present in c ft ha t n o g f e o is ne in o te f t t a s t e i os Cessions, 0 0 0 f s, Pe t e d ilf i s o es r the or i the Lord Lieutenantcy of Ireland. 1 lan i. d h l e he re p p r r e e s se en n t a he lu A rc rc h h o li f is i h r o e p . i of Tuaat, and the Bishopi of- LIXEIHCE, RAPHOT and Ditoment ; the three last are arrived in London': i MecriNo o r Tilt ii: AT,H41.10 411,t1tOrs,---On Tues, Meeting we 1 'day last the Meeting of the . Catholic Prelates of Ire !anti terminated. On the subject of the .are confirmed in our former statement, that it had for its object the appointment of a Select Committee, as Deputies, to wait on Parliament in the ensuing Session, in order to answer such polemical questions, and give such other information touching Catholic Tenets, as might be demanded of them. The Meat ing assembled in consequence of a Circular Letter Written to each of the Bishops, which stated ? that it was intimated to the Right Rev. Doctor Tata, 'lltu f lar Bishop of Dublin, from high Authority, that a I Message from Parliament, in the ensuing Sessiou, I would be sent to the Prelates of Ireland, requesting their attendance before the House, &c. ecc.—(Diil i lin Evening Post.) That brave Officer and excellent man, the late General BROCK, the PRINCE • Recr,rr, for his for, Imer gallant conduct, at the onset of the American • wtr, rewarded, by appointing bin an Extra Knight 0 . the Bath. He was nephew of the gallant Admiral .si: JAMis SALTMAIIEZ, K. B. , Great credit is due to Lieut.-Gen. Sir GEoncr. ' PanvosT 7 for mildly terming the surrende red arm y of America, only his deluded ncietthours; with the hope, no doubt, that coticiliatiNi may soon restore • them to amity, with the vigilant and energetic Go vernment of his Majesty's Canat'ian Colony. Three spa dr :its of the loth : tossers (the Pitts.'..? Rye eNT'S o‘i Et) have receii- c, orders to prepare for immediate service in the Peninsula. The Earl of I. 7 XI3tIIDGE'S regiment, the 7th ,la.- ears, disembarked at Liverpool, from Ditl..!iti, on Wednesday last, when two squadrons immediately proceeded .tp -Warrington. This regimeut is com plete, and a very fine body of.meti. They are in tended to relieve the 10th Haman in the duties of the home distkiet. • , ' The 550,,lter_vment of. Foot marched from Nee eastle-uneni-Ty ne ,tp .Nprth,Sbields, tna Tuesday last, siihioisbarked -oft hood trauspertvfor the Kent dis- Acid. ~ ... The smalfdetachments of the 13th and 14th Dra goons, which were marched- from Winchester to em bark for the Peninsula, are halted at Southampton till further orders. jive sail of the line, part of the Dutch blocka din g squadron, are arrived in lioseley Bay, for the par posse of 'receiving a supply of stores and provisions. - The Mercurius sloop of nor has been some days st a ti o ued below the Great m ore, with several 1)&9 on board, for the purpose of conveying the Iliwian fleet to their respective m oorin g s in t he riverol , Id I wa y. Tuesday evening evening It. Phillips, a yovng m. , , teresting appearance, went into tile parlour ofr Green Gate public - louse , in the City-road, in 1.. i t were several strangers, when he' deliberately. &eq. pistol from his pocket, and before they could ante cipate his design, shot himself. • will riin On the Ist of rebru ,, v , 1813, the sun and continue partially eclipsed, about hal f - p ast•seven, in that state fur nearly two hoers. o s. Two melancholy circu mstanc e s occur red on r.. t t day ev ening, at the Army Dep ot, at Newpor Lot. tlie Isle of IVight. ( --- 11 pinto -----, t. o f the /co! 'regiment., put a period to his existence, by cu,.. his throat ; and a private soldier; a t the depot b e at" c 1 iii, was found dead in hit bcd, w ith his throat 77' ,:. ilk i Erti .1 ~1 k"y.! I 4 ~,. L , tI