The Sun. — London, England, 1813-05-20 00:00:00

MAILS. AnnlvEr)-1 Leeward island. nut:--1 Gottenburgl), Het goland, I Dublin, I Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS Tlll4 DAY AT 'I WRINFI 0 e LOCK. Consols . 59i I 5 per Cent. 881 THE SUN. &M EM QVIS PICKIIE TALSIIM AVONAT ? L 0 N D, 0 N, tutinsDAY, MAY 20, 1813. By the arrival from . the North this clay, Go vernment have not received any dispatches, ei ther from,Lord CATHCART or General STEWART ; but letters have come to hand from Mr. 11A5m.- TON, at Heligoland, which state the IMPORTANT PACT that fourteen thousand Danes have entered Hambutgh, with the avowed intention of pro tecting that City against the French. By the Harnhurgh Correspondenten of the 11th► just received, we bave the Berlin (though not the official) account of the battle of Daze'', which differs in no material degree from the outline furnished by BUONAPARTE from his pretended Intercepted letters. The Prussians acknow ledge the loss of the Allies, .at ten thousand killed and wounded, among whom are an ,un utually large proportion of noble cadets : but state that most of the wounded are slightly hurt; that they took 10 pieces of cannon, and upwards of 1000 prisoners, and that they drove the French from the field with loss to the extent of double or, treble their own. Details of a desperate affltir in the streets of Leipsie, and of the action near Hamburgh on the 9th, are also furnished by this paper, and will be read with great interest. In the latter DAVOUST lost 300 men. The following was issued on the occasion t i3i.ILLETIN. " Downing-streA, May 20. - - " A Dispatch has been received frorh General LuooN, dated Schwarzenbruck, May 11, report ing that on the Bth the French made an attack on the Island of Willieltusbiirg and Oschen werder, and were 'repulsed with considerable loss. The French force, consisting of about 3500 Wien, effected a landing before day-break, on Wit belmsberg, and having overpowered the force sta tioned in that Island, gained at first considerable ground, but the arrival of a Illecklenburgh bat talion enabled the Allies to become the assailants, and they succeeded in driving the enemy back to their boats with considerable loss. The loss of the Allieswas 150 men and 15 ofiicers.''' BERLIN, MAY B.—Th c Nfilitary Government here yesterday published the following concise report, by affixment of papers, concerning the en gagements which' had taken place between the main armies of the Allies and French. Referring to any publicitiOn of yesterday, we noun hasten to lny before the public, the following further parti culars of the battle which took place on. the 2d lust. between I'egau and Lutzen. P4GAU (SAXONY), MAY 3.---Yesterdarmorning the two hostile main armies met between Pegan and Lutzen ;. the Russians and Prussians being under the chief command of General WITTGEN.• rrttlx, and the enemy's army under the Emperor NAPOLEON in person. One of the moat dreadful eatmonadef known in the /atter annals of warlike operations took place: it continued from eleven o'clock until ten in the evening, when night alone put an end to it. Auring this cannonade, the fire of musketry was nearly uninterruptedly kept up, and frequently the valour of the allied troops proved itself in attack with the bayonet. Seldom or ever was there a battle fought with such animosity, or so murderous. Th e Irench derived great advantage from their position 01 the heights' near Lutzen, where they had thrown up strong entrenchments - , which they defended with a heavy tire of artillery,— ; But the valour of the allied troops drove them Lack from one position to another ; nor were they even to be deterred when the superior defence of the enemy in his last positions rendered frequent attacks necessary. The result of this warm day was, that the Russian and Prussian troops kept possession of the field of battle during the whole night, awl caused the enemy a double or treble vteater loss than their own. s a but little As yet ther h has not been broug ht in wore titan 1.000 prisoners, with 10 pieces of ar titie, awl likewise 23 powder waggons, (which Gen.:lid VON \Vt 1 2INGEBOLV took from , the cue inY "rIY thi , Pluming) the animosity during the fight h ing too grettt to give much quarter. But the iveat conbequevice iv , that the 1 rencl) have now been convinced by th e Il l u s i tin an d Prussian troop, i liac ulity be performed by vtt wizen iiill.zn u by noble enth'ilshoun, iv) a Catise so great, just, and sacred fol own , an d of ~~~~~~ hit tlity may have to expdet in future, when all the armed force collecting for this war will be as seinbled. It certainly is likewise true, that the loss, of the Russian and Prussian troops is very great, nor shall we overrate it, if we for • the moment estimate it but from 8 to 10,000 men In kill ed and wounded, but most of the latter only very slightly.---It gives us much pain to be obliged to mention Major the Prince of IlEssE Hommtc, among the dead, and General 11Lucnrat as being wounded,- (he, however, only lett the field half an hour) Generals VON SCHARNIIORST and VON II U.. NERBEIN, whose wounds arc, however, only slight, as likewise the Russian Generals - VON KAISU VIEZEN and ALEXIEP. lint besides these, an un usually greater proportion of officers, and also of the younger sons of our native Prussia, are among the number of killed and wounded. The noble ardour' with which these volunteers met death in the just cause, insures them of being immortalized in the remembrance of their friends and their native country. • Even this morning the enemy attempted to make some attacks on the Allied troops, but was soon repulsed by some eannomidin g „ To . afYord the latter some rest awl refreshment after their great fatigue, they will be taken into the positions of Borna and Rochlitz, from whence k is . expect cd they will immediately break up to commence fresh operations., By ivhat we can learn from the prisoners,Mar shal NE? and General sc►uttn}2 are unions; ..the killed on the enemy's side, and. General BESSIERES is wounded. • According to acconnts before us, nothing ma terial took place on the 4th and tith. , The Elbe above Magdeburg was not threatened. We still wait the official statement of particulars con cerning the motions of the several corps, and their marches and connlermarches. (SiiI1C(1) I.4.tiSTOG, SACK, The Royal appointed Military Government for the Country between the Elbe uud the Oder.- ! ..Berlin, May 7. PARTICULARS OF TiIE.BATTLE BEFORE HAMBURG!" ON THE 9TH MAY. , Marshal DAVOUST had, on the 9th May, drawn Ili part of his troops, which had till then been sta tioned along the Elbe, from Lumebourgh to the moult; of that river, and concentrated about 5500 men un a line from Harburgh to the customs store-house. With this force, at One o'clock in the night of the 9th, he made an attack on the island of Wilhelmsburgh and on Ochienwarder. He had left about 1300 men at Harburgh. lire had on our side 1100 men;lisTantry, 4t IVllhc)mthttr b; and 600 at Ochienwarder. The enemy, who took advantage of the - ebb tide for lauding, crossed the river in mass'at se veral points, under a smart fire from all his bat,. teries ; he pushed our advanced posts, anti caused' them to fall back, and gradually gained some ground. ant no sooner hacl,the advanCed posts, and the smaller detachineliti joined the reserves in their rear, than the enemy was attacked, anci , a brisk fire of musketry commeneea at all points., A- battalion of Meeklenbuighers., were now 'seat to time support of Wilhehusburgh, and a.regiment of Ihnoverians, with :a battalion Of Lubeekers, advanced from l3ergedorf and the Customstofes against-Ochienwarder, and the enemy's right flank. The enemy could not lung withstand this new and impetuous attack ; he gradually gave way at 11 points, covering his retreat by burning some houses and mills. Our troops pursued hint,close ly, and made many prisoners. The enemy then re-embarked, under the protection of his mauler-. °us batteries on the other shore. ,His loss amounts to about 300 men in killed, wounded, and, pri soners; and on our side about 130, among whom are 13 officers. The Colivspondent, of the Int) May, gives an account that there was an obstinate engagement between the French and Prussians in the very heart of the city of Leipzic, before the gate tailed the Galgehote ; here was a Fiends La, igttery, consisting of three cannon and a howitzer. The battle, iutys the account, had scarcely Listed half an hour, when we saw one of these cannons car. tied through the town to the market, and it was soon after known that the other cannons and the howitzer were taken by the Prussians. The French withdrew into the town and the Prussian cavalry and sharpshooters followed close at their heels. In all the streets of the town, and especial) , in the great Market, the contest was very obstinate, as it was also at all the gates The Prussians rushed in every where, sealed walls, leaped ditches, and may their way through gar., dens and houses. It surpasses all belief with what bravery and activity the Prussians began, contintied, and end-, ed,the tight. Many fell in this contest, the loss Of the viletiq iLi killed.and . wptmded is 'especially considerable. The. French were poislirtt for tie lora] hours. A lettet front Mille, .dated ittaY 4; says, .“Since Sunday the corps of iiTILOW, about 4000 strong, has occupied Our town." The Catholick hill was, asf night again Cryn mitted, pro forma, to receive new cla►tses, ;:o that the mtasitfe may come entire under the con Side r, ation of Parliament. on Monday next, which is peremptorily fixed for the main discussion of this vitally important question. The apparent facility with which they have hitherto proceeded, has been. received by the ad vocates for change as an earnest of stmeess, not only in carryit , the Cutholick Bill through Com mittee, but ultimately through the House. We arc sure there is nothing in what has yet been done to warrant the latter presumption ;, and, we trust, there is nothing that can be laid down as a sufficient ground for realizing the former. This, important measure is now before Parlia ment in naked deformity ; and the .Vote upon the' 'second reading mast, in a Parliairientary sense, be received as the determination of the present House of Commons upon the principle. What their ul timate determination may be, we shall not anti cipate ; but in so far as our efforts can 'they slidt be strenuously employed to favour the tied-, • swan with which alone, in our opinion, the salva tion-of the country is consistent. • • We are told by the advocates of the Catliolicks, • that we ought not to recur to old times, because, forsooth, it would stir up forgotten animosities, and bring into discussion'eireunistances of mu tual injuries to excite greater' than now exists. We doubt much that the animosities on one side could admit of any exaggeration. But we deny the authority of the argument itself, and however ungracious the avowal may be to that side, we say that before yOU admit the Catholicks to power, it is right and wise to inquire how they used power when they enjoyed it. It is Only from this view that we can form an opinion,how they are likely to exercise the authority to which you are admitting them; unless, indeed, it ran be shewn that CathOlic principles are changed or human nature altered. If we ararerefused.to form our op i, nions from the past, it ought at least to be proved to us that Pope Fesz;h; the . Uncle of Buts- Naxmzerp., is likely to be more favourable to the interests of Protestant Britain than Owl/mato:is, the Clements, or the Leo's of former days: But this is the age of 'reform, and .theory is found so much more lovely than practiee, that the 'latter must yield, and all the civil dominion of Papacy- (which , is great, and int e rw oven , b e y on d t h e possi b ility of unravelling, with religious authority) be surrender ed into the hands <if our bitterest enemy. • It ,is curious to observe 'the way in which the arguments of the Catholick Party. in Parliament have changed since the question was first mooted at the close of last Session. Then the House was inyeated to'go into .8 Committee, " to see what ebtild he done," and '' to Make an artangement which should happily terminate this long and in, jurious dispute." ,The latter argument had great weight. with most men, the forinve had very consi, derable influence with many. But what has -favorite, Of them; paw? Instek4 rettlfiig the-CutkoNek • claims, the concessions mow OGVed are acknow ledged to be Only a temporary and' partial' rcine'.', dy, leaving the Struggle, as before, with ring, mented hopes itNl perseverance, on the gide of the claimants, and less eilectual means of resist ance in the blind~ of the !'rote Cants. ' The other • argumentative, inducement has been still snore materially altered, and instead of infreaty to " in quire and-sce what 'can be done," it is now, on without inquiry, or dread the consequenees of, the expectations you have raised !" .Mr. CAN NING, in his eloquent and itty speten, was very happy in his allusions to Dr. Subtilis, but the lo gical ,acumen and subtility which we have no tided, seems to stamp every' man on the side which he so 'powerfully supports as worthy of this ele-' vated title. Their conning and ingenuity in shift- • ing their ground. , -their various modes of rea souing--and their ability id suiting the, ar gantent to the times, evince that' there arc among them it great number of Doctor Sub tilises, however scantily theyanay be buirthened with theologicians, to whoM the titles of Etwilge hew or Admirabilis may 'be applied. Like the beggar in Gil Bi as , th e y get a little f ront oar,chn, , thy, and then they 'want to extort a great deal more from our fears-,-'r. rh riot, for the love of Heaven," said the former ;"1---" a Committee for, the sake of Concord !" said the latter. But no sooner had the mendicant his rial, and the peti tiOners their Committee, 'than the one skews his musket nieelymounted an two sticks, through the potent intercession of which he obtains a pistole ; - and the others display the tjanger of disappointing the hopes of the Catholieks, (hopes which them selves have excited), and through thii threat en deavour to wrest from us all that ;hey desire, and leave us " poor indeed." , We this flay present the. Documental Appen dages to the Cardinal - (he - I.:otratioN's Manifesto, publislied in TUE SUN of yesterday. , A more irtt portant exposition of what may be expected from foreign infhienee perhaps never appeared at a con- juncture so critical ; and we trust it will have the c&ct of opening the eyes of, rousing and uniting every Protestant inGreatßritain against the insasu re now pending, whickwill (if passed into a law) send Papal Nuncios to preside here and interfere in like manner in the politics of our own coantry. How flue a field is pres.ented by Ireland for the labours of a meddling mischievous priest of the kind of rids Most Reverend Peter Graving I Having, by his treasonable practices, made Spain too hot for his residence, or at lust, bud his plottings so decid edly brought to light as to deprite him of the abi lity to work further mischiefs,,iti that country why maybe not (so soottpi the Catholic!: pusses) be seat to irelaild‘f aliad Archbishop of Nieea , . . • i..t.t, - : a very good Archbishop of AAlin, Wheitivi,- , d shops thrre ate no longer titidar, butrea!--105'. , f sufficient power, and robed in ainhotalb” blinded Protestant Government, he will bc.° to solve the inexplicable paradox of our del),'i°! promote that dominion of Popery which otill'!. the minds of men in subjection, but has null f4t ; _ upon their temporal actions !! Nail to the 4 „ l : llrA qi tiosldip to the Green Island 1 .---' PRTER GRAVINA j *artily candidate for tb!,iti, , . harvest of husbandry like thine is to be ree f . till Britain rejoice in the abundance of the Poidl and there shall be no longer any struggle lgr i !ri tendency between Catholiek and Protestant. .1 A ,) of there it is thailii The conclusion (from our Parrot Tile s yT , r l o la ffi st ce p i a .s g a c i . t . c r r h e e w n : r f ra th4 e J , the interesting Minutei of the Court Virli ‘ a L ° ! o th u e r tAn 91togetlicr, I a record highly honourable to the 13001 fig; „ 11 fl' the lustre of which no unsucce4sful issue t° - u mi equal contest can tarnish, while nPb elj 4 ,1, so brave as the lamented Captain LorsEsW". „I. bis 3A*; . tenant CHADS, and the gallant crew v. • • )esty's late frigate. ' 1 . __—. 4 0.....—_ wine of th e . Air. CREENEY received the 'afltr /It 3 1 0 hiteli! -Court offing's Bench this morning, o r .1 ,,,. vis will br latol!io! on Mr. KIRK PATRICK. The Sentence Os.' ~!! • , „ 1 1 1 0 lenient, being only flue of 1001. will' - If ! a IC Ca heard, the . detenclant paid, and .was 3,cc't ~ d, • .)i) is Out - o \ f' ctistodV. This ( 10° ' , , hoogk importance as confirming the laW , tli rt. t . 'we Members of Parliament C . nay , say what Oct 1 1 1 5 . i ,b, in Vtrliamenr, they ar e n ot a. liberty 0 1 1 out of doors statements injurious to pthcrs' . !! „ lo k, tte • Yesterday, :it a quarter bef or e one 'Y e! s „ f i 4 PRINCE IteGliNT; It CCOllipfllHett hY "1 frit le d l'AumouTH and Sir THWIA3 TY RWli ITT*, - 3/0 0re, for WinclsOr,to proceed from thence wil l t ke to be present .iit the dinner to Cubit ti dial s. RuP.EN to the Royal Family, the it)1,,,,t, ufi tees, the O ffi cers of State, and a select 1' ' Nobility and persons of 1 oistinction.. bey IK II Ihe 'Princess CtiATCLUTTE fOilOti'eti ui tt , v ofs Father soon after two oclock, attere I Duchess of LExps. Fie. let The Royal Dukes, Cabinet giej s ! er !'„ ol e I)f' town in 'the course of the! clay for E l ie °- pose. . 1 io arYes telli l ' Her Mljesty completed bey 69t.)..1 it La ce, ..- .This day the PRINCE REGENT. l id° Carlton-house. ;~ 'fingers „mot Alo 'RIO a L kor ()tie p eta 11 4(1 frc Let.. q 4 l4it, ti it its y th I)l7tfic L l / 4 1 - .lr. l ,b 1 1 ,,,' i , fitti ,!,.ti u4nh (4 . t. r,4' - 1 , 401 A Petersh Ttx mated through l r it?_-_ ; I low, state, that the K . ' !bat no military Frenchman nrgh Paper, of the22"l" li t to b inti mg of DENMAIig hail caus e ` arrti-c -rCerotliosenealol-10elitit:Goettilieerneat BURN, that he would observe a strict °r be v r.'; :i t r u trd to remain in his States, owl tlif..t iit,iceoh. sail a upo th e it :told, I _9, _use they attempted to infringe. - viryerl 11161 t -k. .g 9, )0 1,, ;Metreirom-Gos-tgaotatrob„ boot AMY, g r i i 1 ,,h Pour thousand Swedes ore on hood tat , : itit i i a at Wingo, waiting for a fair ~ dor for Weirnrir,, when the Swedish Inr`erbicht their.o. arrival will amount to 30,000 Mea , 5 01 joined to 20,000 'Prussians and 25,00 0:,, , 0„ „, .....,....be commanded by 'Brjr,g‘knorre• L'e 1 , .11" , 11t • , r fet l immediately to jo n ti e n ' 1. bough the ' ) tell+ French 1 apers coPtain ia,. 1 . 1 ,dc, from .v the army to the morning o f the 1)1 I:0 ',Xi rarti e n . te letters from Paris state that actas:diceij operations had been recived. It i 5 i i pie thou den hoal( . ii.,,,,0i fighting bad taken place belon Loiv the 9th, and that in pursiting Or '',i tutorl' -Li . 0500 Eris ' , ,MUHA.Rsois had Catou. -- '.: cava ry . it 'Wolf is also that 18 000 itali(lo ( stated,. , , ._,, l; ~_; bad re. • ' NI ached the Saale,' on their way to Jul ~,liatt.l in u P r a UTE ; and it is added, that fifty 117140 d) destienTt'e, ready to mardli from Italy for '' Private i". Stott ti lilt t ' accounts from Corunna sta ' i st , At i s d French Ihave actually entered Castro inu ..,45;04• in resolved to derv.ot.ti in their fiat attempt CO obtain p0t70.1 former town, the enemy %ye" r e l )(11' ilk eon the) i e d stle 5 "able it)" ; but. in the second [Wel . se cceded. On the 30th of April , the frowiitc,4 day themselves before St. Anderuu (111`,0;ere LI wi Y is leY obtained possession of the too'. 1 , !,I whir o il sonic slipping - time to to the harbour: _coo forme its escape ; tind it is saw A that o tie i whole had arrived safe at Gjo s ,'' 00 4.1 0 : Fren i c i hi" 2d and 3d of May, hi:tweet' ', A d be''', , prisoners entered Coranini, who P., ALl ort, e . taken ' The-second, In various actions in Arragoa roll ro' arc moving third, and fourth Sponis" ; 01 1 ~ up to c0 .. 0 fourth idop , pei ate i LINbTUN. „r l' A if 1 "" Of tholiePening Correspondent says, that ~."0,. v Bill ist•pabsed, • rile 10/ n 3 a sum upon . House of Co Inmoos. it will slicw holy"' , are in need of Fuller's F ottt a .tar . th lot- or The Moniteur, in one of its pretendeti ,041;.:1,1'.:, ed lette r s from lAitzeri, has said of litl° 0 0 7e') followers, ‘.: the soldiers of this orgliYa„,tt» ''' walls .o . and for he i e ` ai l once it speaks t , , there Are a great many o f d ie m stair a „e,eo Thegreat. 1 , be' t i,e ..! Cro-s ho ot R ace ruat‘itoiatft,A; Crass, Captain 13arelay's man, alPi,„*,t foetito' Ke event flush man, is nein , . by ( 4 e the grea).---,,tot - A , morrowent on the tapir. The ~ pedeberians : or P ro , !I' l night ; Cross, who receiVes an 1 %, o' l. ' : iriii. hundred miles, at 12 o'clock, and Itairie t eP 3 1)1 41' n VI , 0 0 r il e ,, tl I v theOn Saturday morning. Thonsands ar t -- o d NO 'RI sir a event , Cross Cross is a , pedestr i an trietube tel'eci :'''t% i 0 miles, and }lnkier is known to ja pg 0 0 ,1, , f a i 20 ~en Hes , but has never been tried af ° v ice, 644,-, 'tCif, Booing is about equal, but Cross for , e , la 1)(),41 til, u that the winner dues the matcb i'gr '''#- ' t MO ' I ' 'ye t After the reat race , a b ttle-ot a 5 tt-ieffel tti-11, 1 "ill t a ke place. - a • o'-' l' t- , f It IVtolinenx having , 0 0, , t l, , a al would fight any thing alive, lot' I, co o( l ,,' l „ l ,tt , 41 ct was made for hint to tight a ha* 611 001P-"* ,: fit 4 t irti Olt • the annual 1i I horns .tei, Yl),, s )oa t have iris o pi fo,P i, t ti and sire match cannot be Off with a" el '' Q‘t' The Mick will h h Ca=ter g band Of - g t ct I 1 When Ty Cl 4 t , 11 o f till i S it 11, I A rtil vi thke r t ) t 1 !)1 • 1 .1: t , t 1 -1 iel~, 141 6"