The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-21 00:00:00

! 4 t .1 }' ' i , ' I • I 1 r,• ~~ I 1 .. .., . ~. , rr t ~, it ti t , „ • ~, : I; 1 . , , , , )' , t ' 1 i ~ i t ,1 , t 4 t. . ! ,t , I. 1 # stood, however, that the possessors of lands of what ever nature, shall retain the same power and the same right. as before, so far as regards the exacting of , debts or rents, and this in the same manner and form as they have hitherto enjoyed them. (His Majesty reserves to himself to give his. Royal sanction to else above article, when he shall have received the neces sary information respecting it.) • . Art. 14. The Military Branch agrees, also, ta.the suggestion of the Commons, that every proposal re. ! latire to subsidies shall proceed exclusively from, and be concluded in, the House of Commons, and from thence pass to that of the Peers, where it shall only be m ther I assented to or rejected, without the least alteration.. It is farther determined, that all propo sals respecting articles of legislation, or any other subject whatsoever, may be moved in either Howie indifferently, leaving to the other the power of re- jection.--Placei Regis Majestati. Art. 15. As to the other principles and arrange ments of the aforesaid British Constitution, the Par liament will hereafter declare those that are to be ' , admitted, those to be rejected, and those to be mo dified, according to the difference of the ercum, stances of the two nations. It therefore declares, that it will willingly receive any projects which its Itil mbers miy make for the convenient application of the British Constitution to the kingdom of Sicily; in order to select what may be judged most suitable to the glory of his Majesty, and to the happiness of the Sicilian' people.—(liis Majesty, whenever such articles shall be presented, will determine on those which may merit his Royal sanction.) GERMAN PAPERS. [FROM TUN ALTONA MERCURY, NOV. 10.1 BERLPJ, Nov. s.—Letters from 'Vilna, of the 12th of October, mention, that Count Lauriston, late Ambassador at the Court of Russia, having re paired to the head-quarters of the Russian General issimo Prince Kutusow, was received at the out-posts by Prince Wolkonsky, Adjutant-General to his Imperial Majesty, and conducted in his carriage to bead-quarters. The greatest myttery hangs over the occasion and the object of this mission. ST. PETERSRURGH, Oc r. 13.—During the blast month 558 ships entered our port, and 443 sailed out. Among the ships which arrived, there was on ly one under Danish colours. Existing circum- Stan Cos cause a stagnation in the trade in foreign commodities, but the shipments of Russian produce are so great, that only a few articles will btleft.--.. Grain is forbidden to be shipped from Archangel, ex cept to England, Spain, Portugal, and Sweden. SMYRNi ' San. 2.—The plague has entirely cats. ed, and trade is again very brisk. There are at pre sent 3U English ships lying, mostly taking in dried fruits. The merchants here are become very wary in their speculations, because they think that the peace of the empire depends upon the events of the wnr in the North of Europe. Li EGE, Oct. 2.6.—The following circular has been addressed, by the Prefect, to the Sub-prefects and Mayors of this department:—. " G/lITLIMEN,—A few intriguers, such as Malet, Guide', &c. attempted on the 23d instant, under the cover of fictitious orders, to place under constraint his Excellency the Minister of General Police, the Prefect of Police of Paris, and Count Hulan, Commandant of the first Military Division. This shameless and frantic attempt took place at seven in the morning ; an hour afterwards these wretched agitators were ar rested. A fictitious Senatus-Consultum was found upon them ; they spread the most agitating of all re ports, namely, that of the death of the Emperor,while his Nlajesty, full of glory and health, was carrying on his great undertakings—while constant and ample dispatches contained the most tranquillising accounts with regard to the sacred person of the father of his country, and his unbounded exertions for the welfare of his subjects. I have received the above details with regard to this crime; the Minister of General Police and of the Interior has informed me of the arrest of the. guilty. The tranquillity of Paris was not for a moment disturbed ; that city places full confidence in the Itrength and wisdom of the Government.— Tranquillise, Gentlemen, the people under your ju risdiction; they may be assured that a Government founded in victory, and conducted by wisdom and genius, can never be shaken by insurrection. I am, &c." RUSSIA. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. /SPORT PROD[ GENERAL RENINCSEN TO HIS EXCEL LENCY YIELD-MARSIAL PRINCE RUTUSOW, COM HANDIER-IN-CHIEF) &C. DATED THE 19TH OCT. 1812. " I hare the honour to acquaint you with the par, • ticulars of the battle of yesterday, in which I had three corps under my orders. In consequence of. the plan arranged with the Prince Marshal, I left my position on the 17th el this month, at seven in • the evening, when the 2d, 3d, and 4th corps were . thus situated:—Teo regiments of Cossacks, under Major-Cowers! Count Orloff Penicoff; twenty regi. ' ments of the Yagers, and four regiments of the first corps of the Guards, under Major-general Muller Zakominskoi. We marched in threw columns, the j first consisting of the Cossacks, under Count Orloff Denisolf, and the twenty regirnents of Yagers under i Baron Zakominskol, which division vs directed to penetrate the left flank of the enethy. The .setond column consisted of the §rst tops Of Infantry, fol- lowedrhy a brigade of Yager* tinder Col. rilland, with fear Geld-pieces from the igiond corps, under, Lieutenant-General Bakavote: k 4'he :bird column was spider the command of Major-Gerieral Count S . rogapolf, and it had two battering trains, and two , ;troll/441es of bores artillery, under I,lsunt Osterman Talstoy. " The eqespy's Melee, were et e shod distance, when ordered COlonel Pilland to leave the woods is /MO he nes posted with a brigade of hussars, with the slew , of pnstectiqg the four pieces of art& lery which were with the celemw of infantry. At the Poe little I gas. the orders to the Officer com manding the:battering trate, t o Ore, as a s i gna l to General 0. penisoff, , to attack the enemy in his , ifai; at the same molt!rnt Count Talstoy had in structions to leave the weed *ith fouriegiments, for the PlirP 3 fe of .01 1 0$ 910 tutor 944, 009{4 1% . r • THE sTA3ESMAN Doctorow, the ditty assigned for which wen tologet in the attack which I had commenced on the one , left flank. 64 We found the enemy in battle array, in an ad vantageous position, just before the village of Mil officks, under the command of hie Majesty the King of Nipples, and perfectly prepared to receive as. I then ordered one of the batteries to take possession of the adjacent heights, and for this purpose, sup ported by two detachments, the artillery advanced. — As soon as we had formed the line of battle, the can nonading on both sides took effect, and we had the misfortune to lose, at the onset, our gallant comrade, Lieutenant-General Bakavate 9 and his detachment devolved under the• command of Lientenant-General Altufioff, who was second in rank with that deta ch- I men t. " In the mean while Count Osterman left the! ~ wood with three regiments, having orders to take' ' ! possession of the second height on the left, support- I ed by the battering train under the command of General Talstoy, from which the discharges had taken great effect. But this did not continue more I than half an hour, before I observed in the ranks of the enemy a considerable movement. This move- I ment, I found, was designed to bring into action their troops from every direction, for Count 0. ! IDenizoff having pressed upon the French towards the left flank with ten regiments of Cossacks, bad ' excited much alarm and trepidation. 44 At this favourable interval I ordered my divi sion to advance to the attack with great rapidity, and the result was, that the enemy was driven from every position he had occupied at the commencement of the action. Under these circumstances I continued my approach to the left Harnk of the enemy, in order to join the force with General 0. Denizolf. " During these operations I bad learnt nothing of the progress of Count Osterman, but I presumed he was with General Doctorow, as the infantry of the enemy still kept possession of the verge of the wood which we had passed. In this uncertainty I ordered the infantry to charge with the bayonet, when they rushed into the intrenchments, and both the columns of which the enemy's force consisted, took flight, and not one man would have escaped if the cavalry could I have been at this time engaged in the pursuit. " I now hastened to the division of General Doc torow, who, as I supposed, was with Count Oster- , man, and I ordered him to take possession of a third height, which enabled us to molest the enemy by a cross fire. Count 0. Denizoff at this time at tacking the left flank of the enemy, the fortune of the day was complete, so that with the small number of troops I have described, I had the honour of forcing the army of the Neapolitan King to a dis graceful flight, taking one stand of colours of the Cuirasiiers, 38 pieces of cannon, a great quantity of ammunition, the equipages of the King, all the 'officers' baggage, and a prodigious booty. We cap tared 1100 men in the pursuit for fifteen wersts, and among them is one General, and 12 Officers of the 'Staff. Two thousand were killed , and the field was strewed with the insignia of Noblesses. General Gari, Captain of the King's Guards, was among the slain, and his Majesty sent to request his body. " The intrepidity of the troops is beyond all I praise; I myself received a contusion, which obliged me to leave the field, but not until the enemy was in flight ; but this circumstance renders me unable from my own personal knowledge to state the sequel. I shall inform you as soon as possible of the merits of the officers under my command ; but I cannot at present emit to mention with applause, Major-Gen. ; Denizoff, whose bravery confers the highest honour lon the Russian arms ; and also Prince Holstein 01- ! denburgh, who conveyed my orders amid the death ..ful shower of the enemy, and under his own imme- I diate inspection, constructed a battery, which emi nently contributed to the success of the day." PURITY• OF ELECTION. The following Plan of a Club for returning Members to Par.. !lament free from personal trouble and expesce, barn been en titled the " Warmness.= CLOS TOR PROMOTING OINNTART RUMMY;" not because any nth thing is at p►esent in existence—but because it was thoug h t to afford the best ex emplification. It may, with very little alteration, be adapted to any place. WESTMINSTER CLUB FOR PROMOTING PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. ' It is intended to return Members to Parliament for this City free from personal trouble and expence, and to defray such charges as the faithful exercise of their duty may occasion them. PLAN.—Any Elector may become a Member upon payment of not less than 6d. at his admission, and not less than 9d. per week, so long as he continues a Member. No person three months in arrears is to be consi. dered a Member. Members may pay any portion of their subscrip tion in advance. A payment of 20s. in advance con. stitutes an annual Member. Persons, not Electors, who desire to promote Parliamentary Reform, are invited to become Sub seribers. Every Member at his admission, and every Sub scriber, is to have a copy of these regulations given to him. PARISa CONMITTEES.—Each of the seven parishes is to have a Committee of three Electors, and the Liberty of St. Martin's-le-Grand is to have a Corn mittee of two Electors. The Parish Committees meet on the first Monday of every month, and as much oftener as they think proper. One of the Members of each Committee acts as Treasurer, and another as Secretary (or some other person may be appointed• Secretary): the Treasurer receives the money from the Secretary and others, and pays it to the Treasurer of the General gem mittee, as often as it amounts to 51. and the balance at every quarterly meeting. , The Secretary receives the weekly and other mi. trihutions of the Members, whose names and adol dresses are to be entered in an alphabetical book. The Secretary must pay all money be receives tee the Treasurer every time the Committee meets (and oftener, if it amounts to 51.), and the Members pre sent must sign his book. Any Member one month in arrear is to have the following notice sent to him:— Parish of St. Martin's. Sta,—l am directed by the Committee of this Parish I. In form you, that your subscription to the Wesminster Club is weeks in arrears. No. —, Coclo.par-street. RIVRARD Waal, Sec. Each Committee must transmit a monthly account of cash received, the name, residence, and occupation of every new Member, and notice of the removal of the old Members to the Secretary of the General Committee. The Committee may call the Members of the Pa rish Club together whenever it pleases : it mast call a meeting of them by summons on the lit Monday in June in each year; it must lay Its accounts before the meeting, and deliver up all bobks, paper, cash, &c. to the new Committee. The Meeting will elect six persons for the ensuing year by shew of hands—they rank according to the number of suffrages—the three who have the most from the Committee—the other three may attend its sittings, but cannot vote—they are to fill up any va cancies that may occur. Any one of the Parish Committees may order the Secretary of the General Committee to summon that Committee. The GENERAL Costumes consists of the Members of the Parish Committees :—it meets every three months, on the 9.4 Monday in the month ; the Secre tary must apprise the Members of the hour and place , of meeting ;—it appoints a Secretary to keep the mi nutes, the accounts, and to enter the particulars fur. nished by the Parish Committees, &c. &c. It appoints a Treasurer who is its Chairman ; be is a Member of all the Committees—he has no vote es ceps the casting vote in the General Committee---he must lay his account before the Committee every , time it meets. I It appoints two Trustees, who with the Treasurer,, must (under its direction)• lay out the funds at in,, terest. llt may remove its own o ffi cers. It cannot expend the funds, nor any part thereof, except for the current expences, such as rooms, sta tionary, advertisements, &c. except by an order of the Club at a general meeting. It may call a general meeting whenever it thinks proper, giving at least three days' notice. t l GENERAL MEETINGS.—The General Committee only can call a General Meeting of the Club. It must call a General Meeting by public adver tisement, on the 3d Monday in December, in each year. . It roust report to the Meeting all suck matters es it thinks worthy of being communicated. It must make a report of the state of the finances, and the disposal of the funds. . The Meeting will appoint two Members to audit and sign the accounts, abstracts of which shall be sent by the General Committee to the Parish Com mittees within 21 days _from the day of the Meet ing, and the Parish Committees shall cause a copy to be sent to every Member and Subscriber within the next 10 days. ELECTIONS.—Upon the eve of an Election for this City, the General Committee shall give at least three days' notice by public advertisement, of a Geneial Meeting of the Club. The Meeting will decide who are proper persons to . THR Dniswa..—Mr. !CRIME we sia nth, represent represent them in Parliament. anti begins his engagement there on ' y 'A General Meeting of the Electors, Friends of Munk/. The Bristol Theatre being combined with parliamentary we, conclude, Reform, may then be called to carry that propeety, this engagement, cow .. the nomination into full effect. prises a few performances there also. From Batt I _ ~These regulations can alone be altered at a Gene and Bristol, we understand, he goes to the Min.. sal Meeting of the Club, convened by public adier burgh Theatre; with a few nights at Liverp oo l, and tisement, or by summons to each Member, and the perhaps •York, &c. on the way o b v i ous h ow intended alterations must be stated at full length in mach this must redound to th e f am e an d mer it o f our the adyertise meat or summons. public taste, snit the means of gratifying it! now 1 much this must lift our drannulc character in the said that the Duke of OLDENBURGII is to be estimate of strangers !—FRr,whit shoni4 bo the state ProPeled as the new Sovereign of Poland, under the of 'the art in the metropolif, when the 4iirtevit p ro . {Navin* of Great Britain and Russia. This men- ThiCes have to%oast slic44l a. IV!' I wit It it pxpectea, wilt detach the Poles from 80- . ssc!! CIO gessufrml...-asente at soli" • ku44,21.. 1 • • NOTICE FROM THE MINISTER oF POLICE, RELATIVE TO THE WRENCH ORGANIZATION OE MOSCOW. It is well known, that the enemy has nominated, in Moscow, functionaries of his own, under pretence of re-establishing order and tranquillity among the in. habitants, whilst his soldier Committed all kinds of excesses and plunderings. In order better to suc ceed, he has imposed upon some of the inhabitants, who were weak enough to become Members of his established societies. The intercepted papers contain the names of those people. Government might justly have made their names public, and inflicted on those wretches a deserved punishment; for, their proceedings must be considered as criminal, in implicitly yielding obedience to the foe; but still, wishing to doubt the authenticity of the documents presented to it, and fear ing that its too prompt resentment might fall on the innocent, it is graciously pleased to restrain the ex ercise of justice in this particular. Meanwhile, out of real care for the benefit of each and all, it warns every individual not to listen to the promises of the subtle foe, who, instead of fulfilling them, desolates and plunders the Empire. It would be absurd in any •ne, who considers , the lamentable occurrences that have lately taken place, to believe that the ene my can wish to promote the welfare of the invaded people. He who comes to rob us of our glory and honour, is surely not desirous of doing us a benefit. lie who has despoiled our churches of their holy images, 'cannot mean to protect the religion of oar forefathers. What, are then, his words and pro testations ? He who listens to them is no true son of the Empire. Fin4lly, the Government proclaims, that it will afford shelter and relief to all those who may be reduced to poverty by the enemy; whilst, on the other hand, it expects that the before-mentioned misconduct will cease, and hereby notifies that a per severance in the same will be severely pimbilled. W ASAIT4INOW. Mills. O S Arr. 0 Waterford ............... •• • 1. 0 1 0 PRICE Or STOCKS Tlll9 Oink 214 16 9 per Cent. Red. SS 71 3 per Ceot. Con. 59 per cram 736 i 5 per Cent. Navv 90i6 Long. Ann, 14 15-16 DAT AT OKI O'CLOCK. India Baud! pb I 1 db. Excheqiduer Kills*. p Ditto S. 4 p Omnium 5} pr. Consult for Acet. 59 Lottery Ticket, THE STATESMAN: LONDON: SATURDAY, NOTEKIIIII 21, Int. It appears by the official report of Field. Marshal Kwrusow, which we have this day inserted, that General Bewtxustx commanded the Russian army engaged in the late defeat of MURAT, which was n o t so extensive as was at first represented. The loos of the French is stated at 1000 prisoners, sad 2,500 killed. General BRMINOSRN recei►ed a slight wound, which, however, did not prevent him from coati. nuing the command till the pursuit.—No foreign Dews of any importance has arrived this day. A report was very prevalent yesterday, both iu the City and in the West end of the town, that an action had taken place between the armies under the cool. mend of Lord WELLINGTON and Marshal Sow s the latter amounting to about 70,000 men. Rumour attributed an unfavourable result to the contest; it was said that the Allied Army, after sustaining Lou. siderable loss, had fallen back towards the Portu. geese frontier; but we are happy to observe, there ims not appear to be the least foundation for this statement. No intelligence has been received by Government either from Spain or Portugal. It is impossible to contemplate the present discs. en f t or tah;ne and safetyilsotohf edomestic our brats trees situation of affairs in the Peninsula, without a f re ee rr a li t y n io g a n n s s en d e t a f t : s t t i h n o ear sensatio n s Government, f ve Commanderrn alarmm which pe. who is s m o us e t t strike either stlivdtt lily,t interested s y ovy , n emissariese. driven eoa are rertw otoc feelingh depu throughoutthoh c conducted e looktbe d oeyuoe xternal corruptioncoo conviction i t o h n e whole of its machine, 00isets s tal Government,t back aa e t y t u o t n o t tg e h r t y e h ol pr e e ma i o ni ni u di Pe y d ü b n d d o i tff u i h n ue g t sy i I d : n n o ss :f . a lin e men t the se te e rp c co esse ns li d l e y ted m , us o t o be t , ho w oo he t n as i i t o s o nd ta i ty tur s e oc is , cess of LordWELLINGTON, after the dearly.purchased battle of SALAMANCA, we feel pity for their present humiliation. It is a curious reflection to took on th e 1 different feelings which actuate the public organs of the several parties into which the political adventurers of the day are divided. The Times, evidently the hired parasite of the Wsz.xessx•es, in its anxiety to accomplish the double object of vindicating the Irish Marquis, and bringing the English Marquis into power, shews a pettishness of temper at the late dis. asters, which is divided into a doubt, whether to rejoice at them in reference to the power of attack which they afford against the Ministers, or to lament them, for the occasion given Mioisters of de. fending themselves at the expence of their General. — It was really disgusting to read the laboured and tPf:vearsyyinsteinan' fulsome adulation which that Print, each day bestow, ed on the whole Wuxi:nee family—the Irish Marquis was the only Statesman in Europe-140 him alone, the Cabinets of the whole world looked with reverential awe; and when he quitted the Ministry a universal mourning was the general consequence. The other branches of this family were equally pre-eminent in their respectiv' occupations. Mr. Wttostsi Pots: was the only man to whom the affairs of Ireland could, with a chance of safety, be committed. -4 Sir HENRY Werlast.ze was the only man to whom the interests of the Peninsula could, with any probability of advantage, be confided. The Rev. Mr. V. WELLESLEY, the only Churchman who properly understood the various duties of the sacred order, in its political, as well as theologicals bearings. But, in the Marquis of WELLINGTON were combined all the talents, of all the Generals which .had ever existed, or ever could exist, past, present, or to come. It would be a useless waste of our co- Jumps to occupy the time of our Readers, with an i• tnadversions on the evident folly of all this purchased praise. There is an homely saying, 46 good wine needs no bush"—it forcibly applies in these instances. It is not our present intention to point out the folly of this flattery ; we merely call the attention of the Nation to the flagrant, debased state of the Press, proved as it is by the language adopted by the newspapers of sock party. We have already sheen the feeling of the Times. The whining cant of the Morning Post and Courier is toe despicable to be stow a word upon. They shew themselves the crea tures of the Treasury; and perhaps a menial clerk in that establishment is paid out of the taxes, t ° look over their prostituted columns, and see that their " service money" is properly applied. 111 such a servile and degraded state of the Press; where shall we find a newspaper in the interet of the people ? Alas I that is now rendered 2101°!I an impossibility ; for if such an one sh ould exist, lie would be assailed by the partizans f or the pub ' plunder, and, in the Herring horrors of Ft NE and IsteatsoNmeme, the author would become - _~ •. _~,. - -u ~' F • it ~~, ~F ! !:. • 1 ~1 ~i:~ - ,