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

(• 1 1 . 1 , 1 'c I serves. The Emperor ordered that the first corps should commence its attack the whole length of the wood, under protection of the batteries of the 12th, which had been constructed in the course of the night. Ills Majesty ordered me to make the attack at about seven o'clock io the muting. 1 immedi. itchy eesembletfthe Generals, to renew to teem ver bally the instructions which they had already te-1 ceived in writing. I caused his Majesty's Procla.ma tion to be read to the troops, it was received 1)% the soldiers with enthusiasm, and with cries of Long live Ole Eutperore—We marched instantly tot% a rdsl the "Remy. Die division of the 3d corps advanced In the following order 10th, 25th, and the I 1 elk, the fir.q in a column of attack, having its last regiment in column, by divisians deployed at a dis tance frorti the division ready to form in square, and to act its a Ate eye. 64 The Sth corps wai deployed on two lines. The ' 10th division, after having repulsed all the Tirail leurs and advanced guards, entered the redoubt on the left of the enemy, with the greatest seelour. This redoubt was attacked at the same time by the troops of Oe Ist corps, and in sdch wise that the • p4th of the light infantry, and the 57th - of the line, entered it together, pelt-mell. The enemy, reco- . veredefrom his first astonishment, retraced his steps to retake this redoubt, but at that moment the 25th division marched to support the 10th, and the enemy were repulsed. " A charge which I caused to be made successfully by the 14th brigade of light cavalry,: seconded the efforts of this infantry. " Whilst the 10th and 25th divisions were thus engaged, the 11 to marched on the centre redoubt, which they carried. The reiterated efforts of the enemy, who successively made several charges, both of cavalry and infantry, proved ineffectual; they retired in the greatest disorder, and renounced the idea of retaking their positions. The Bth corps then gained the heights; 1 led them to the rielit to attack the left wing of the enemy,in concert with the Poles, wheel was prosecuted 'by them together and with vigour. As soon as f perceived that the redoubt on the right was about to be carried by the troops of the let and eta corps, I moved forward on the enemy, always bearing on his left until the moment when he betook himself to a complete retreat. I cannot be stow a greater culogium ott the behaviour of the troops under my command, and it is gratifying to me to reflect, that the zeal with which they are ani teatel will be appreciated by the Emperor, his Ma jesty having been an eye-witness of it. The loss of tee 3d carps has been about 2500 killed and wouud cd. The field of battle prove., the immense loss sus taitted by the enemy. (Signed) " M rshat puke uf ELCHINGEN." REPORT OF GLNERAL PRINCE PONIATOWSKI TO TILE 31.1.10 tt-G EN LIZ .1 L. " Fiai of Bank. 70' Aug. 10 o'clock at night. " Moesumemit,-1 have the honour to inform your E':cellency of the battle of to-day. " At tire in the morning the sth corps put itself in motion by making a circuit of the wood. We arrived upon the old road from Smolensk° to Moscow. We pursued that road, and upon debouching from the wood icito the plain, we perceived a stroug column of infantry , near the village of Passarewo. I caused a battery of six and twelve pounders to be established ma small emiaence to the left of the road, which, having played for some time upon the column, I or dered my infantry to rapidly advance, and carry by main force the village of Passarewo, and by a second attack the small wood that is in advance of the Village. " The country being extremely uneven from the • small wood to the tep of the emiaence which coo:. mends all the plain, and strongly occupied by the enemy, 1 threw three battalions of tirailleurs into the small woods, which were filled with a great quantity of Russian foot chasseurs. A brisk fire of musketry • immediately took place, as well as a heavy cannonade, which lasted till noon. 1 ordered the eminence to be carried by assault. The first battalions succeeded in gaining it, after great efforts, but although sup ported by other battalions, it was impossible for them to maintaiii themselves against an infinitely superior force, We were repulsed from the eminence, but succeeded in maintaining ourselves in the copse, agree ably to the orders given us by his Majesty, and I con tinued to batter from mv batteries the top of the eminence, upon which the enemy had 12 pieces of cannon of a heavy calibre. 44 We remained in this position till two P. M. when observing that considerable progress was mak- I ire upon the centre, I ordered a fresh attack upon the eminence, which was seconded by the cavalry, vlii) arrived at the hack of the eminence, almost at the same time as the infantry, and we succeeded in establishing ourselves upon it. The enemy made some efforts to retake it, but not only were they repulsed hut I vigorously pursued them with my infantry, I cavalry, and horse artillery more than half a league. The cavalry made several charges upon their infantry; ' who suffered great loss. We made but few prisoners, la the cavalry se:red all who fell into their hands, after suffering several discharges. " The prisoners we have made shall be sent to head-quarters to-morrow morning. In the mean time 1 have the honour of sending your Excellency an officer who has just abandoned the Itussiatv flag, and, as a Pole, requested to serve his country. Ile is enabled to give us excellent accounts. It ap peals, according to what he has told me, that the tifth corps bad to -day before •Tulzkoirs corps d'armee, composed of Stroganett's grenadiers, caked the second guard, and Kanowitchen's division, more than two battalions of grenadiers of the reserve, two regiments of militia, a regiment of hulans, and ano ther of hussars. [lle here praises different officers.] " 1 wait your Excellency's orders, and hare the boitour to be, &c. •&c. " Prioce PONJATOWShI." Waitsavr, OCT. .19.—We every 'lay see pass through_ this place reinforcements proceeding tr, the army of rri,ct Schwartrentterg. 'Marshal the I.).the of Castiglione's corps Las marched for %Vilna, where it will not be long in arriving.. they *rite from. Cracow ;is follows :—" Some of the soldiers who mere taken prisoners by the- Rossiant, 4tave effpcted their escape and arrived here. The greater number of those rispaefspf sTar l v4. 580 Attstrioul, Sims, and Poles, killed, near Kretv, the Itubilan'stoldiers who escorted them.'• V IEN NA, OCT. :IL—TU.. !Mes intelligent* from Constantinople, state, that the French Amhe,ssador, Count A adreossy, etijoycd flie highest eentideration with the Ported ►: t . • Y • EnoNTit;a4 or OcT. 22.-I)tiring the last eight days, ntote than 2000 foreign troops, with several ammunition and other waggons, - have passed through Boar , . A transport of Itus•Aan prisencri has also passed through that town, proceeding to Magdeburg. CO9iTANTI NO l'T Sinr:• 25.—A n event which may have the greatest influence upon Vie course of affairs in the Otto Man Empire, -almost exclu sively occupies the attention of th:i public of this capital. According I. ion order given with the • utmost secrecy, am* comiag, a= it appears, per sonally from the fl mud Sei:;nior, Without the co operation of the IYran, the Growl Vizier, Ahmed Paella, has brytt dismissed, aa:l spat to Broussa.— Ali his property has'been conihcated to the profit of the State. Immediately after the tlisni . r.sion of the Grand Vizier, the Caimacan of this capital, ';shaker Admud Nem, was disgraced ; he Was banished the 15th inst. to the island of Stankae. lie has been allowed to retain his property, which is very considerable, with the exception of the samptuous furniture which he had in the Palace of the Porte, • in which he lived, and which he must leave for the benefit of his suc cessor, who is called ltudsche Suleiman Pacha, and owes his elevation entirely to the favour and pr6tec . .. Lion of the new Grand Vizier. The Grand .Seigulor, in his rescript issued on that occasion, accuses the dismissed Caimacan of negligence in supplying the capital with provisions. Whilst the Grand Seignior discards the Turks who co-operated in the Peace of Bucharest, the Missions Plenipotentiaries daily receive fresh marks of their Sovereign's favour. "int STATESMAN. AGRICULTURE. and in general all the Officers engaged in the ac tion. _. "' In conclusion, Lieutenant-General Essen says, that the ►ortie from Riga, of the corps entrusted to ' -the commatid of Count Steinhill, end the action, in which the enemy se:4M a much more considerable loss than we did, had for its consequence that the troops of M‘Donald withdrew from the' position they had hitherto occupied, by which means the corps of Count Wittgenstein, which will support the corps of Count Steinhill by its co.oppration, will be enabled to act with much greater convenience." TO THE LOITOR OF TUE STATESMAN. SIR,-It answer to a letter from llcervores, in your Paper of this evening, I wish to inform him that the practice which he recommends,'" of ke.ep lug a register,in every parish or division of this coun try, of the number of arable acres of land, and their annual prdduce of different kinds of grain, in order to ascertain the quantity produced," is one which has, for centuries, been adopted, and is still continued, In Ilindostan, and in some of the other Eastern Countries. .The Officers entrusted with that duty were appointed by the Governors of districts, in order that they might know the quantity of grain produced yearly, and thereby be enabled to regulate their demand of one-fourth, of one-half, or greater or smaller proportion, of produce to be paid, as the tax to the Government for the rent of their land. These Officers in India are called Kanoongos, and • are continued by the East India Company at the present time in every-village, for the purpose of refer ence, in case any of the cultivators of the land should claim a reduction in their rents on account of a failure of the crop, from droughts, or from mischief from a hail storm, the effects of floods, d;c.•; and, in all such cases, they are found useful ; their reports 6 being correct, and trusted to by both parties. The East India Company let out all their lands on regular leases for three, seven, or ten years, and 1 some are perpetual, on what they call "pattaks ;" and the yearly rent and time of payment are as cor rectly stated in such pattahs, is as regular a manner as any lease in Great Britain. If the landlords in this country had the intention , of making, as the East India Company do, an abate ment in the rents whenever the crops of grain may ' fail, without making any increased demands in the most abundant seasons, I think. it would be right and proper to establish sucha practice in England. But I am confident, that you and every other person who considers the difficulty that would attend the carrying such a plan into execution in the different! parishes in the first place, and the expence and trou ble that would be afterwards incurred and occasioned by collecting all these returns in one central office in Loudon, are in themselves sufficient to shew the al. most impossibility of its being effected, with any' . chance of correctness or utility. BENEVOLUS does not perhaps know, that in Sicily, that very system which he recommends has been adopted, in regard to the returns of the quantity of grain•produced in such principality or division, and that there • are in that country regular magistrates in each borough, town, and principality, who receive these reports, and who, after the harvest, determine what quantity of the grain,. the produce of the dis trict, shall be retained in the country for consump tion, and brought to market every week or month, as it may be wanted, by all the farmers, in exact pro portion to their respective crops ; and, BcsEvoLus does not appear to know, thet, instead of such a system answering the ends that he expects to effect by it, that the reverse has been the result. You, Sir, ntust,know, although BEttEvoLes does not, that one of the greatest grievances which the, Sicilian pole have against their Government, is the. continuance of that system ; by which the agriculture of Sicily has been nearly.destroyed ; by which, in stead of exporting annually one million of quarters of wheat to other nations, as she had wont to do, she has been for the last years obliged to import corn from Egypt for her own cousumption ; by which RUSSIA. SUPPLEMENT TO TOE ST. PETERSBURGII GA. ZETTE OP OCTOI3EIt 4 (16)0811. °MGM,: ACCOUNTS MOM TUE ARMY. " Lieutenant General Essen informs his Imperial Majesty of the date of the 22d Sept. (Oct. 4), that as he did not find it practicable to act with an instill cient body of cavalry iti the plains of Courland, he conceived the design of assisting the operations of the army, which, under the command of Geueral Count Steinhill, had marched out of Riga on the right bank of the Duna to l)ruga. At the same tine he has transmitted the following account of the eb stivate action of the ad . v.aneed guard of Count Stein hill : " On the 19th Sent. (Oct. 1,) in the morning, the enemy attacked, with superior force, the advanced guard under Major-General IVeljamettow, near the inn Garossen, where the four roads from Bausk, Miitau, Peterhof, and Eckau meet, which he was directed to observe. The enemy first attacked our further picket, which was posted three wersts frcm the inn Garossen, on the road to Bausk;' but he wal completely repulsed,. and pursued for two wersts by the COFPaCii regiment of Major Siliwanewk, and a squadron of the Grodtro regiment of Hussars. In this attack five men were made prisoners, • and some killed. The enemy opened a cannonade upon our right flank. Colonel Galathei, who was ith this advan;:ed guard, took this for a false attack, and judged Clot the enemy meant to make his real attack on our left wing, to possess himself of the road coa:ing . from Eckau, and endeavour to cot off our advanced-guard. It soon appeared that he was in tlo. Toe enemy advanced with his whole force agaiNst our left flank, and began to ford the small river which was there, in order to possess himself of the road coming from Eckau. Major. General Weljamettow committed the defence of this flank to Colonel Count t;alathei. The first two attempts were soon defeated by the sharp-shooters of the Lithuanian regiment of infantry, and by the Cos-' sacks of the regiment of Lieuteuant-Colonel,Losts chillin. The enemy, who continually received re inforcements, at length succeeded in fording for the third time, the rivulet, in order to occupy the road from Eckau, but was driven from it by our artillery, .• under the command of Lieut.-Gen. Vel, by the Cos sacks of Lieut.-Col. Lostschillitt, and by a battalion sent as reinforcement from the Newski regiment. They were obliged to repass the rivulet, on which occasion a superior officer, and some privates were made prisoners. This violent attack of the- enemy upon the flank, induced Major-General Welzamin. das to reinforce it with two companies from the re- • giment of-Pet rowsk. '• - • " The enemy, however, passed the rivulet a• fourth ' also, the price of bread is rendered higher in Sicily time, and was again driven back over it. Oar flank , than in any other country; and by which that want was then again reirtforce4,iith two- more :lintmat ' of exertion to tnerease the snips of grain has arigi from the Petrowsk regiment. About evening the lire' nated which now distresses Sicily. of small arms began to cease, and soon after began ; , I Sir who have on the sp ,ot witnessed the ef again, and the enemy made another attempt to pass • $ 1 , the rivulet with a greater number of troops. The . fects of that system which BENEVOLUS proposes to New ski battalion, under the command of Colonel . establish in Great "Britain, have ventured thus shortly, Scheel, and the Petrowsk battalion, under the com- at present, to notice his proposal, though I shall ;nand of Lieatenant.Coloeel Kusmin, now threw : h tl s or y, perhaps, otter you a further and'more ela themselves upon the enemy's column, and after a: heavy tire of ,mall arms, which continued till night, borate detail of the mode in which such a system has been carrri drove them back again over the rivulet, and our ed on , and of the ruinous consequences troops remained in their former position without hay. •resulting'from it. • ing yielded to tho. enemy a single foot of ground.— : If, Sir, there ever was a system of policy, . adopted This action lasted 12 hours, almost without ceasing. for the ruin of the `agriculture and property of any According to the account of the prisoners, the. ene- country, the system enforced by the Corn Laws of my, at the commencement of the action, bad five Si c i ly is the one the most preposterous in most of pieces of flying artillery, -I full squadrons of cavalry, and• five complete battalions, and in the evening re. , their regulations. hat I have ever studied, and hid an ceived consirie,able reinforcements; but, vtotwith. opportunity of witnessing their practical ill effects; standing he was . thus twice as strong as we were, he wits obliged to yield to the bravery of our troops.. and I have every reason believe, that the refornsa - ' tion or total abolition of 'these regufationsrespecting I The enemy had two pieces of artillery lismounted, erain will be oho of 'the fi rst acts of the riet!.*get- Neil a great number . of .men ,killed and wounded.— ' ' • Our toss, .considerittithe lengtlk and obstinacy of the . verutueet of Sicily. ' • . action, was 'tat very peat.. Our troops .displayed . I would, Sir, recommend Bes.evoLes to make 1 unexampled courage, as theyftst3 times-repulsed the some enqUiry into the effects ef that darling and fa- attacks , of the etteasjr (In oer-Jeft nail.- Major-. eeee ie e s ystem e t his foe the regulation of the,quati-• General Welian now deas full justiCe to Colonel tity • , : e r. gra i n , &c. from the hi , tory of Sicily, :or Octant Galathei, for: the successful issue of this from soee well-informed traveller, who has lately,. affair, and highly. commends the distiuguithed con- • Sett of Colonels, Twitchattcoo -1 ,pent• Colonel Kusmitt, the Lieutotmot of Artillery plifiltudY• tie d &b ee t, u cute . , been in the Letitia of Sicily, and made these subjects. - • . . • • PPrbeli Captain Smykrow l of the Minsk regiaseat t It is not toy inteatiou at prOsent to pointrOate as•l could do, the evident impolicy am! rilsel.ief irisi„g from many of the Corn Laws of 1 - .H4l;ttnl, but I ea, : . not admit BENEVOLUS to assume as a gt that the labourer or farmer has not his prop, o :ion of gr a i l , on as fair and reasonable terms as any other men h i 1 England ; nor can I see the propriety of the farme r or labourer in the fields being able to r,et more f oo d for their labour, than the porter, mason, or • ter ' who are useful in their different capacities, and equally entitled to be well fed. It is a hard Las e for any person, much morn so for those who lah-Jrt hard, to 4,e unable, from the high price of bread, t o obtain enough for themselves and flrri!is. ft am confident, that the measures reconva:c:;ded llENE.vot.us would only increase thr- In grain, as an article of comtaer, I Luc unable to find any essential cliffercr;co from article of food or necessity, as meat, coals, ::re. wood, &c. and am therefore of opiniou that an} • re , gulations or laws regardi ng it, %% f i l c h are contrary to the general laws of trade, must, in proportion as they differ from them, be detrimental and injuriuui. Grain and money have, in all countries, occupied the attention of their respective Governments, r.s these articles are most necessary, and always are primary objects - of notice. nut, will any man, who has studied the different laws :and regulations which have heen adopted in , different countries re. specking grain, deny the position which I assume, that it isliut an 'article of 'tradb, and that every at. tempt to resihtin and confine the dealings in that ticle have been hurtful instead of beneficial. Will any Man, who has watched the restrictions respecting bullion, who has attended to the enquiric. and read the long speech and numerotri publications about that article; now•say, that any advantage has been derived to . the nhtion, that any' increase in its quantity has-been effected, by all the rest. i lions, by way of regulation, which the Muse of Common,, in their deliberate judgment, have been able to clint. I would, Sir, judgitig from the many and strong lessons which the history of our own and other countries afford us, recommend to BENEVOLU, and such of his friends who are the supporters of re. striations, to consider grain in. the same view as any other article of food, and not to saddle transactions in grain with morii obstacles than etey already have. Let the cultivation of waste lands be encouraged; let the immense expenditure of grain to cattle be dis. ea &lied, and some other substitute found ; a td let the farmers be at perfect liberty to bring grain to market when, where, and in what qtiatttity they please, and 1 am certain that the price of grain will be reduced as low as the comparative price of tieery other article will admit of. If BeNevoLus expects that a labourer who now ' earns three shillings per day is to bpy a quartern loaf ; ' at the same price which he paid for it when his.iragoi were but two shillings per day, he will find:hroseif n ii b l a k ga ; . 4 4 i -"nable, and therefore would be unjust. ot. S• ISM • . . • c. • P: S. Flume!' Fnistestees.-Cight French officers lately brake their parole of honour, and escaped from An dover. The following particulars •of their escape and detection have since transpired. They went off in the uight, saddle .horsed being. provided for them ' ; six of them rode double., horses, preceded by two other horses, on each of w'bich was mounted an of& cer, accompanied by two English conductors, who were to receive 6001. to cover all expences. They arrived oft the coast near 'ChristChareli; opposit? the Needles, on the 2d of October ; wile,* there was a smuggler's vessel from Weymouth, In waiting for them ; but the Wind was so completely contrary, and it blew such a hurricane at the time, that it was deemed improper to goon board. They, in come. quence, prevailed on a cottager to take them in, im posing the French officers on the cottagers for Overt'. sey merchants, who were pursued by the !lemma officers. They remained concealed in the cottage till .the sth of October. At eleven o'clock that n ht, they went on board the vessel, the whirl being tkie`ftlt.the coast of France; hoWever, they had been to sea but a very short time, when a violent storm-erase, which drove them back fd fhe same place wheie they - got, on board. The vessel• was not able to to put them eshOrei some of them were inconsequence nearly drowned, not beiqg able to swim, and the sea being tip to their necks. At this time it• was about three o'clock. ft was there intention to have returned to the cottage; but oft actount of the darkness of the morning,- and the noise occasioned by the therm, two of tlekefficers *seed thg 4,nesissii&gesk, ducCors,: and could not find the cottnger- Theywan ' tiered about till ,day 7 lieht, and then made enquiries of peasantaand.othees that they met with. From their conduct they were suspected to be officers who had broke their parole of hontittii and they were at length Charged with beitit so. ':.They' behaved very candidly;' and one of them; who apolte'English very well, after very little hesitatiou, confessed the whole of their proceedings, .and that.he believed the other Six were conceiled in a cottpie; b u he could not tell where it wag. The 'cottage was', • after some dif ficulty-, trued, 'and the ethetsix alters discovered thei.e.. The business came clear investigation before G. ROsEi Esq. M. P. •fitt L Actinrblagistrate of that neighbourhood, who wrote up toy on don to the Transport Board; and„tidkies, and Vickery, the Bo wpstreet oilicersieeetridiipitated in . p a rseit of the tionductois. . They linen ihtccitesietl' in takin custody Rose, the "nUece •of the vessel. took . Cuiliford, the . principal canductor, at Belies ter. 41e had been clinvieted berate for .a similar of fence, ani when he Arai npprebeneled then it re quire(' four mint to *Vie him, • Desperate resistance was therefore eipeeted, Adkini contrived, to follow him into a stahle, the ahistance ore • ntettv had hlxndiq!Cen..biefieforehe knew he 015 in custody.. Tfie o ffi cer conleyed hip; to Southampton, d where be untliftvdtttan eiaminationlast W es edntia in' before 9. 4L . Roit,PEscp when ho was identifiewit' ono of the French *officers, and several o ther liesses• who - cdrtoideated his testimony. Ile Ito, fully'eommitted fOr trial.. Viekary is in pursuit °' others concerned in theatfinsaition: T 11 F ~~ ; I 1 ,:i r I ~ E 14t t • i A ~t `, !' .t .ttj ~i 1 \ I