The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-09-29 00:00:00

■ T r ,: r' for the enemy had himself burned the greater part of it. As he supported his infantry by batteries placed on the heights of the opposite bank, this d...fonce, and his numerical superiority, obliged us to support the royal infantry by some batteries ; but on the ruined batteries Of the town there were only con fined spaces for their erection, which were almost completely exposed to the, fire of the enemy's inX fantry. ilowever, these batteries were estab l ishe with the greatest activity, and, during the whole . of the actiou, kept up their fire without beingite. vered. " The two regiments of light horse, under the or ders of Major-General Brettiing, likewise endea voured to support our infantry, by various demon 'indigoes elong.the comae of the river-rstfrey partly passed the Dnieper, throtened thdrigiht flank of the enemy, and had various skirmishes with his infantry and cavalry : ; but as the.ground was very *earner able for aviary, he was obliged to confine himself to lipeie demonstrations, which, howeser o obliged the to . diside his.fefge, . 41- ''Ou the morning. lb* kb* 19th, the enemy was no longer visible; if was lioreear s ptesumable, that his rear/ard would turn to t eivitatage, for the purpose of covering tbsi s retreat - of :his 'army, the rugged teights which enarcled the right of the valley of the Dnieper, and that he would take.a position behind their crest. The third corps d'armee therefore re oeived orders to advance and carry these heights should it be necessary ; but, contrary to all expecta tion, the'ettemy did not defend them, and the dit isiou of royal infantry was posted there as in advance.— ?he two regiments of light horse passed the Dnieper lower down, and followed the corps d'armee.—After a few moments march the sharp-shooters came up with a troop - of Cossacks, who retired in the' valley of the Dnieper, on the road of Moscow, when they perceived the cavalry, and when our sharp-shooters opened their fire on them. 44 The corps d'armee, in three columns, marched lo the same direction in the valley, and about a league from Smoleieiko found the enemy posted beyond a' considerable stream with very. rugged banks, - and which falling into the Dnieper f interacted the road to such away that the left wing of the , enensy's first , iipe rested on the Dnieper. The bents of the stream, which were covered with thickets, were strongly bed with infantry ; the'enemy Mkt also thrown troops into .two villages situated along the stream. Some hundreds of paces behind the stream there was a wooded height, on which the enemy had placed a **coed line of infantry, with artillery. The corps , d!armee deployed, and briskly attacked, with artil lery and sharp...hooters, the enemy's first line; but it made a vigorous resistance, and the combat became poem,. One village on the left bank was attacked so warmly, that the enemy was dislodged; he en deavoured to gain the heights in his rear; but at the same moment the light horse of the guard passed the stream, took both in sank and rear this infantry, which was endeavouring to form a square, and sabred 'them. In consequence of this movement of the carat. re. he second village was also taken in reverse; ti.. i (ovary which defended it attempted in conse q J.". e to escape to the heights; a troop of Cossacks, advanced to protect them, were soon overthrown by the molly, who pursued, came up with, and sabred Ce infantry. " At the same time the enemy, in spite of his vlitTated attacks, was also driven back on his left wing, asui all the divisions nearly at the same me. want gained possession of the heights. The enemy con!inued his retreat several leagues without haWing, and it was not till five In the evening that the corps d'armee came up with him in the occupation of a very strong position. The Royal division, which formed the centre of the corps, could at first brtng into play only its artil'ery. The principal force of the enemy, in cavalry and infantry, was posted in clove columns, with strong batteries in front on a high ridge, in advance of which the ground for 4 or 500 paces was low, intersected with rivulets and ditclies, and covered with thickets, which formed a sort of girdle to the principal position. The enemy had thrown at least ten thousand men into this low ground, which was, besides, def. nded by the batte. vies on the ridge. The principal operation was to pierce across this girdle and gain the ridge, which was the key of the position. The 3d corps d'artnee was charged with executing the attack in front. The combat commenced, and had already lasted two hours ; during this time the Russians had been more than once relieved by fresh troops; night at length came on, their columns could no longer he easily seen ; their batteries gradually produced less effect, and, in conioquel.ce, orders were given to form a column behind a cloud of sharp.shooters, and to assault the ' ridge. c. The light brigade of the King formed a chain'. of sharp.shooters, anri was followed by the two bri. ! gades of the line, in two parallel columns. The obscurity of the wood, the thick smoke of gunpow der, the obstaeles presented by the hollows and thickets, rendered the march very painful i but at' times they afforded a protection from the enemy's I batteries, to which this royal division was greatly exposed, Frequently the enemy, who presented a bristling with steel, overwhelmed the columns his sharp-shooters, who advanced with lan. ,y ; bet nothing could prevent them from renew.' heir attack. Thrice tbe enemy were charged, this sanguinary field of battle had been long ;kited up by the moon, when at last the ridge was tried, and the enemy's masses compelled to re .; however, the sharilattooters did not cease iug till near reidnig..t. The whole of the 3d corps d'artnes passed the at where the combat bad closed. The troops of Majesty, on this day took a number of very rang positions. On the meruing of the 20th, this •ps marched a league in advance of the field of and there encamped- Die diviiiiou of his Majesty has taken a great lay Officers and soldiers prisoners, Its loss in lase different combats is seven Officers killed, 41 'Hided, and one flashing ; subalterns and sot. 4 killed. 559 wounded, and 45 mis s ing." • . Majebty has also reecked, by LieuteMant ,p ssigsrl fr,witi*.polottel kliikatt, commanding tfilkl iefOrTl? ol . of4ookr of Qtskt Williams, dated at, bivouac' of .gpsdssia •fltit of. Aognist. •.Ate.' dais 4 f riegivatet Ind on that' WNW uPUMUWOMMoI ,-- at intisloii s r.1;:•• ••'1!•:".. • . 1 , '9 . 4141 i»': t d - gvn:t f".! ; i *ma • s I I 1 1 k‘ , 1 batter expos front • , with pid i ty ing it 4%' sad 1 lighte i i l (arise 0 treat; , ti • firing 4, - , i 4 ' . • • : ..: 4t night his NI 1 , stron i ' corps 1 .ti • battji 11• ‘4* 1 i: :. many i 1 . i i i 1 f t . 1 1 i 11 woos diek,s, le 111 . 3d i the c°4 to 4 . - ' • 1 manoeuvring against the enemy, and to tower its left tienk. On this occasion they repulsed several attacks from 3000 of the enemy's cavalry, and made several successful ones in return. However, the re giment, while combating an enemy so greatly supe rior in numbers, experienced a considerable loss. — Major-General Count Waldbourg, Brigadier of this 4 corts„. amidst a very dense cloud of dust, was lost sight by the regiment. He had with him only the First Ldeutenant Count Groevenitz, the Second Lisp tenants Fink and ilornstein; the trumpeter oQiis ~taix, and three privates. In en instant they were s'urrounded by two squadrons of Cossacks, and the General had the misfortune to fall from his horse. In spite of the efforts of those who attended Mm, he was slightly wounded, and made prisoner. The brave Lieut. Hornstein was severely wounded, but escaped. Lieut. fiat was also severely wounded and made prisoner. Besides the Officers above named, the regiment lost in this affair six hone men killed, 13 wounded, two prisoners, and nine . missing. TRIESTE, San. 10.—The frigate La Duro, of 44 guns, and 350 men, stationed here, blew up about midnight; the Commandant had gone on board scarcely a quarter of an hour before. The whole roadstead is covered with the fragments of this vessel, awl there are few houses in our town which have not' had the windows shattered. Vaunt, Seery/inv.& 11.—The Officer of Maritime Health of this city, having been informed that the merchant ship it °ludo, from Barbary, had touched at Lissa, and landed some infected merchandise, that the persons employed in transporting this merchandise had fall ii to the contagion, which had after wards spread in the !shied, has deemed it proper to pre-cribe the following regulations for protecting the Italian States from this scourge :- Ist. All vesseb eomimt from Dalmatia, Rama, and the Quer.. ear. Isles, are subjected to a quarantine of forty days. ed. Vessels visited by enemy s cruisers shall be subject to 10 da3s quarantine. hl. Captains must make their declaration with the most sera. pistons exactness, uedet pain of being punished with all the rigour of the laws. • ir..11.111•316.. liedislaya the Pith& o.Aces. THE STA TESMAN. • • LONDON: TtranAT, • SZPVIMIIIIII 29, lilt A Cadiz Mail arrt*ed this morning, which brings Papers to the 9th instant, from which the following are extracts : CADIZ, Surr 8. We are assured that Swum is collecting his troops in Granada, and that Gen. Him, was in Cordoba.— Gen. Mooannow has been named Governor, a 4 tering, of Seville. ALICANT, Accs.ll:—_ Secures troops in this provinre apparently intend to defend the positions which are from Xucar to this .plaeo, in points of Ibi, Alcoy, and others ; but we 'believe that the montrut the new combi ,ed army shall march forward, the enemy will seek another theatre for their operations. Ave, The enemy have abandoned all the places in this' , province to the !Cum. The combined army, which happily occupies this territory, will quickly Corn. mence important operations. It is currently reported that Gea. BALLASTEROS has obtained important advantages over the ene. my in Alameda. MERIDA, Atm 26. The French have abandoned the Guarena an 4 places in its immediate vicinity, taking the directing! of Cordoba. MADRID, Ago. V. Lord Wer.r.lNGTos has detached a division of from 12 to 13,000 men, towards Valladolid, which is to join another of about 7,000 strong, in Coellar. Eight battalions of militia have been formed . for the pert. son of this city, in which the greatest tranigeillit, continues to reign. CARTHAGENA, A0i,13. The contagious yellow fever, formerly suffered hi this place, having again made its appearance, the most efficacious measures have been taken to destroy it in its beginning; barracks have been,constructed In the fields, and all those left the city who had not had it. r • DISPATCH PROM GENERAL BA LLASTEROS TO THECIIIEP OW THE STAFF, DATED A'TEQUERA, SEPT. 3. 6 ' I have the honour to inform r our Excellency,. that this morning I attacked an enemy's corps, com posed of 8,000 infantry, 2,000 horse, and six pieces of artillery, commanded by Generals VILLAT and &mum., who covered Setivr's rear, dislodged it from its positions, pursued it more than a league and a half, and obliged it to leave in our power some prisoners and two pieces of cannon. I made my self master of this city, which in vain they attempted to defend." • - We know that 'on the sth General BALLA:rage& Isprprised in Lois, Ji part of SOULT'S geepei . ' :0114 made more than WO prisoners, MADRID, Ano: as. .4 , •0 • i Lard Wier.sawaTom hai requested a IMO of; '1;00,000 i it is now it ling up. To.day the pri. , roners from Guadalaiara'arrived here. 'Aim% 44: •11p mecl, deserters, and i risonern, who had eonceplad lirlfselett, Ifni* dkii *ern ihnn . Booo hare alennat ; feeseatell themselves In nonvognence of Govern o r faiiiii ii s i l ioelsatatiOas..;;*/* 'repot the itlitintr . " •,... e 9 " 4 . a ft i llOtO r 3 11 AUVii 9 Ma* ' . '' . ' ' ' : i " .. • .sv . ..114 ...! .....i , piyanisall Ail - • ..; -1 ' • • ""' " • poi 11 --...ffi11M1N..... _ CADIZ, Sem 9 There has already arrived here some gold and ail. ver money coined at Madrid, with the image of our beloved FIMINAND Our troops from. the Isla were in Xeres; those.' which were is Seville, had proceeded to Carmona. The enemy were in Ecya, their vanguard in gee s . , LA SERENA, AGO. 27 On the t&I, the enemy's artillery began to move from..Zalamia to Mcnterr, from whence 18 pieces more were forwarded to Puente Obijuna, escorted by two regiments ;• all are retiring. In Zala mia, where they had mere than WOO bushels of cern, they were rendered quite furious, became the inhabl. tants, instead of giving up their horses, whicti had been demanded, lied to the mountains. What will they do with the 54,000 bushels of grain which they have in Vilaicazar ? The garrison of Almaden have abandoned their forts, and marched towards Cor doba. Ave. 19. The enemy precipitately continue their retreat to. wards Cordoba, and sell, at a very low price, the corn frost' the matasiaas. CADIZ, Suns. 4. The island of Leon, the principal defence .of Cadiz and the boundary to French Impetuosity, will hloceforth belbe rendezvous of all the 'alba* defenders of the 'enantry. For this purpose orders hate been dispatched to all Justices, kr. to send thither all the dispersed and Jummdittados, to be disciplined In this depot. Jossen has entered• Valencia ; he has published a Proclamation, in which he says, the plagee obliged him to quit Madrid. Sarr. /. On the 4th, the Allies entered Cordoba, and nlidd some pesoners. ' _ . The smelting-horse at Seville has nut been much damaged.. On the flth, 1 4 200 dispersed were .t0:44 int from Seville for the Isla. , On the 29th, .the French marched frees Marching towards Osona, and took the direction of Granada. They left the magazine in F.eyja untouched. . A LicAyr, Ave. le. The English Gentleman, TUPPER, one 9f the Mem. hers of the Government of this Province, who has so, greatly distinguished himself in* ourAlorinus Revo. lution, has addressed, under thisflay's date, a Pro clamation to the Valenclaqi, fls4',ltich, after an. flouncing the triumphs obt . i ined over MARIIONT'S great army, ,concludesthoit:•••Ji In this province we have a numerous English army, arrived from Sicily, which, in conjunction witisithe national Spanish army, will act according to circumstances. Sucurr• retires; bet if your effort; oh people of Valencia ! are only equal to those which have been made by your neighbour', theCatalonians, the unconqUerable Na. yarrow and Areagonese, and the constant Galliclans and Castilians, there will not remain a Frenchman in Valencia to.relate the history of their rapines. Let us all9rm, march to the field to interupt their convoys, and destroy their single - fifties, Do not give them rations if they demand them; and in order to avoid their injuries in their retreat, you should abandon the town, and take your whir and children to the mountains, whilst you, worthy Valencians, should seek all possible means to revenge the injuries you have suffered. A Gibraltar Mail arrived this morning, which brings the following : GIBRALTAR, Aga..?,9A Consul ANATLER informs Lieutenant- Colonel ..RuTHRIGIORD, Secretary to the Governor, under dater6erthagena, - Ikug. 18, that be "hitirrijetited, on the pi!ecOdfileilay, an official communication from 4 the Baird Health, 'stating, that their being six suspicions cases in the hospital out of the walls, Government had established a temporary custom house and the other necessary offices at Ks Combre ras, in order that, in case of any distemper break ing out in the city, it may prove no impediment to trade. Several private letters of the same date bring intelligence to the same effect. Nothing can possibly be of greater importance to the people of the United Kingdom, than the ap proaching exercise of their elective franchise inform ing a new Parliament. Amore eventful period than lisa present one has never been recorded in the an, ,hats of our existence as a nation ; let any man of sound mind; and possessed of political virtue, take a retrospect of three antecedesitParliaments,which will embrace little more than the period of the present war, including the short interval of 'peace, and he will then be presented with a scene of political profligacy, , wanton expenditure, and ,sanguinary contention, in which has been involved the lives, liherty, and pro- Perty of upwards of sixteen millions of souls I— 'Fot three successive Parliaments the IVs MISISTZIII have received their authority, at the heeds of the 'people for loading them .:with an aer.nmulat, ,mg debt, already -beyotsd,: et, limits of human calculation, aesCAoseeeegissit weight of taxationi under svlslalc-,lail*bple• nfb ''groaning out the last sighs rof 61.14nr endurance During the appeared/fife( proiPeCity, the English nation are, to eoforb) llbaral ; and their character for brav ery . andloyalty has beessuebaodothio,ughont every quarter 4614 0 WO*. Thty .haa4 Cbastitution,io itSerifollet Xr "LiPrie"48144".#441f6,,,, ..01171414(t4i..00 COMPlinited • P":"WWW0:‘1411:1/$11Xib .1141110111 society, forming at -114106,,0044444 of ogee $ a w t h y yla ~I nations. "Tps2; bve roup4lfiv Akithigit4 iiititiatiiii r tliii4rltailsal Ttro v.vaiai.-..tv; .3 .41No. i ...• g oo - I - i ir geance on any fo re i gn f oe who dared to Inv Ide the hallowed rights; it ii only among themselves that could be found an e;.emy formidable enough to seize upon, and by degrees destroy the noble bulwark of British liberty. The present situation of the coun. try sufficiently exemplifies the successful pr , gress of these internal destroyers, who, to gratify their 'avarice and ambition, have sacrificed the vital in. t.erests of the nation, end establi.fied a system ' of corruption, that, like a gangrene, js.ftol7 diffusing its deadly poison through every part of the land. These are the characters who are now cellist on the people to furnish them with the ifieani of ri. vetting more folly their chains, aed contintd ig' theie 1 oppressive measures to the last stage of -human suffering; but the bond by which they haie bee n knit together will this day be dissolved, and the pee. . pie will again beta possession of the power of free ing themselves from the gripe of their oppressqrc t and sweeping from the Constlt ition those •tate leeches who have so long been a ping its foundation, This day is fitted for the Dissolution of Parliament, and we have reason to believe that Ministers issue the Proclamation with heavy hearts—but they have gone too far to retreat. Yesterday the Earl of Limnos. hut an audience of the Panics Itsccet, at Carltou.anus.., Dlspetches were yesterday received from Sir Sire. Imilairses and Sir Eowaao Puzinr. -A letter from Coottenburgh, tilted Sept. 18, says—. " The stores and profisions fn r our expedition a re b e . •• . pa to. embark ; next Tuesday the troops are ex pected here; Wednesday they are to be reviewed, and Thuriday to be embarked, about 7000 men; no ca. 'airy embark' here." " • A letter from, Wine() sound, dated Sept. 19, says ---.".This morning the ifamatiriad rigice soiled with 100 sail of vessels for the belt, with a hue breeze N.N.W. The dent for England are still detained by contrary winds. We understand by letters from Sir H. POPHAM'S squadron, that there has been another brush with the French on the Spanish coast, with various success on both sides. Itia stated in the Leipsic Journals, of the let instant, that, in order to complete the corps under Marshal Aunsatay, drafts were making from all the garrisons in Prussia, Saxony, and Bavaria. It was expected to be assembled between the Elbe and the Oder before the 10th of next month. s l d t iz is , re w m hi a c r h ka to b o le k , that plac t e he on mis t i h n e g a4ofththoef ug siege of should be unknown to bird WFJAINGTON on tha Bth inst. as appears by his Lordship's dispatch to Saturday's Go:vile. • What must the deceived people of Moseow . feel, when they see Boxieiatrapproaehlng their city,after having been repeatedly told of the great victories ob. taimd over his armies ? What confidence can a people so - treated ever have in their Government in future, and what sort of a Government must that be, which could resort to such a foolish and foul expe. client! On the lfith inst. an alarming tire broke out at Chippen ; bat we are happy to add, that after seven houses being burnt, the Ire was got under and no lives lost; several engines were landed from the English ships of war. Our Huddersfield Correspondent, under the date • ' of the 24th init. retyi:—" I am happy to inform You, that no depredations have been committed in 1 this neighbourhood this week, and that prisoners (chiefly on charges of burglary, under colour of 144. dim), are daily brought in here, by the vigilance and activity of the police; many itre in custydy, wig, will be examined before the Magistrates tin.akorcqvr, —N, B. I hope I shall be able next week to commu nicate something to you relative to the horrid assassi. nation of Mr: Horsfall." . Yesterday the new Sheriffs, Mr., Bison and Mr. ! HAY, were sworn into office, and they gave their first public* dinner to their friends, at the City of London Tavern. They are themselves men of great opulence, and their dinner, from its magnificence, did them honour. Upon no similar occasion of late years has there been assembled a company of guests 1. to distinguished for their wealth and respect In the City. • . ... To-morrow the Loan MAYOR, Sunlit , elect s several Aldermen, the RSCORDER, &c. attended by the City Marshals, their Marshalmen, City Consise bles, &c. will go In procession from Guildhall to Blaekfriars Bridge, where they will take water, and proceed to Westminster Hall, There the Sheriffs will be swor n , into office before the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer. Serreral siagle frigates have been provisioned on the home station at sea, and have arrived at the Arne. zican station, where they havedone•great service. His . Majesty's bleed armed cutter lime, was on 'Monday taken into Little Hampton harbour, having been seized while at anchor in the Downs, by the Customhouse Officers of Arundel, for having car• ried on.an• illicit traffic. A Csurrox.—On Thursday, as a gentleman, having two females and a child in a gig, was baiting his horse at a small public-house between Southamp• ton and Winchester, he very imprudently ordered the bit. to be taken from the horse's mouth, when the animal immediately set of at full speed, whereby the carriage was dotted to pieces; and what is very re : markable, neither the women nor the infant, who were in it, sustained any material injury. We understand-application has been made to the Contractors of the Lottery, for a certain Number of Tickets, to be divided into small Shores for an Flea tion purpose ; and a desire that they would take the Opinion of the great Lii* Officer, on the legality of their being given to she Wives and Children of the :,Electors ; an opinion has been taken, and the' eo• ewer is as follows ;'''' 64. We are of opinion, that legal • tempt Shares may with safety be given before an . ec tli t e ors W t i h vt e r mi s se m i l v d es, F ai sou n l o ies pr Lf '.l , ' pares of either of the Titiinty Thousands, nre• }:eliiikett4":l/19116140e1:1ucarretielytofittEloed to them ; for they may be :,`• . qiestrids,_ One Thousands,- - or soy other* of the .' moms Prises with wbielt the Scheme iboon4 4 i 1 *saki, It else' alune.llo helping the Scheme _ 4 *UAW, wit assionappitlat. . ..7; far w '• TO CORRESPONDENTS. - CASSANDRA shall appear to-DIUNTOW, if possible, and Ms fu. Lure eorrespeadeaes will be much esteemed. Arr. Mails. " Dart 1 . 1 Waterford ..‘ •:. •.. . Al 0 ...:.c -- : Lisboa 1 .._ 0 Gettenbargit ....... ......... 11 I 1