The Sun. — London, England, 1813-05-06 00:00:00

Frentb, and in some of. these conntries they can scnr he withhel.t from ,breaking Out upon them. ' The head-quarters of leis Excellency Count 'Wittgenstein, - according to the latest acc:uunts, • are at Delitsch, near Leipzie.. EXTRACT OF A LRTITER PROM THE CAMP ,tEFORE WITTENBERG, DATRD APRIL 12, Qn the 16tH, we marched from Dessau to the . village of Zanow, to assist tit the redaction of Wittofilferg:' `On,.the ,17th,: at four, o'clock in the morning , ' we *ere attacked by 800' French, .whol made a sally.to inundate, the trenches. They lostrt Lieu- tenant-Colonel, and. 78 rank anti file,- WhO were made prisoners. On. our side we ,had...l offieer killed, and 17 wounded ; and about 250 rank and file killed and wounded. The rrussians were. the chid sufferers. The cannonade lasted till , late the evening. In the mean timc Count Wiltgen stein .reconnoitred the fortross, occasitintily on hiirse'back, but mostly on i6O+.: — .1 7 roin its local situation it possesses every possible adVaritage.. We were speedily discovered and sainted with a discharge of grape shot. • - . '"COrtnt Wittgenstein ordered the bombardinent to commence at eight o'clock, in the morning a the .18th, and directed the tire the batteries iii person. General KOsatschkciwsky, Who blockad ed the te4-du-pout, was apprised of this proccol . mg, a - xi ordered to, make an attack at the same time; in that quiater. A flag Of truce that bad been sent in, was sent back with a haughty an swer. 'The cannonade took hut little effect, the batteries being at too great a distance. About 50 shells fell in the fortress, and set it on fire in ten cir eleven placeS Our ptesent ,object is to burn . the bridge, the accomplishment of "which, • bow -evert, is doubtless a military problem,. in cous.e (pence of• the teti?-du-pout, and the numerous batteries constructed by the French between the town and thebank Of the Elbe. lint should the bridge be once burllt down, the . garrison, cbmist ' ing of 3500 men; will bet ern - 4%1y confined within the fortress. Bernburg still holds out. General Von tOrek is before it: Adjutatit-General Ku titsow is in ' Quir•corps irarince has been reinforced with. eighty battalions and ninety , sik squadrons." • ' • ..I)LssAu, APRIL 20:---General Von Kleist'S tny continues to niarch ihrOugh ihis place, being rclicved in the siege of Wittenberg by the [tits- skins, or,. aceording to other aceottnt , ;, by Saxon tkoops. The tottunandant - of Wittenberg has of fered to, surrender in fourteen if he should reoeiye no suceouls bathe the expiration of that term. . • • General. 'Volt Yorck's head-quarters are this day •at'ZOrhig.'-• General Von Dornberg is sup posed to have •re.tehed, The environs. of The head-quarterS of bk Royal Highness ]prince. Henry are stilt here, and also those of Gen'..Vot / 1 Wittgcnstein,,thcngh,his Excellency is not Verso nail.? present. ,it:, iLNISUAG, A ['Fitt. 19•.--The; French rire - de-' Louching through the forest of Thuringia. Ney is Lkcitach, and 'Soultain in Coburg They. are Advi'nuinir by way of Erturth and Weimar : we 4re coneen •tratin, • g. ,General ;Lansktii', having learnt that. the West; phalian light, horse of the•guards intended to at fack the PrnSsians at Nordhausen, marched with a pulk of Cosssaeks, and' attacked and defeated the, enemy, killing, a nniaber, and taking prisoners three cAlkees and 102!rank and file. • • LiEfAtc.; A VIOL lii.---Aftertheconference which .' denerdi Winzingez ode glad, on*tue, itn, with our General Tbiehmtn, courier was Sent off to ou t %Ito,. it is generally 'reported, is on the point at setttn out for Salzhurg. On the 13th the troops composing the Russian' tintin army enterd Dresden, with' g'r'eat pomp. • CitAhthorr'rCriauttO, 21.--The following . are the latest accounts respecting the. progress , of, the -siege: of • Spandau • ! • ! .I:he !armistice concluded ow. the lOth for six binirs having expired at six in the evening, the C o mmandant' of the fortre4 "prevsnted the in tended .'tuft, by a . proposition that he would by six o'clock on, the following 'morning deehre his ii3tentions with regiArd, to h citpitulation,.,without requiring' .any prolongation of the armistice. The besitstgers had, Consequently, reason to ap prehend that a sally would i)e made in - the Collne of the night of the lOth tand, accordingly, pre ared to give the enemy a Suitable reception. l'he night, howe% - rer, 'passed over, without any slther occurrence than the usual cannonade on both • Sides.. ~ . . . At. six in the morning the Commandant sent out an offer. of "capitulation, proposing nothi 16 , s than that the garrison should be' suffered to, eva , :totte the place with' their, artily and two pieces, ,Of Innen, and March ofF without: any escort. This offer, 'as 'may be naturally supposed in the pr,:sent state of things, was - itieete[l. , • therefore, prepared to storm the pia LT the folio Wing. Pre:panitory to this . nicasn:.e, th , :y commeueed 't brisk bombardment 1 1 14,111 the town utti 'fortreSs„ iu eonseqUenee of wkiich, the part next the fortress was, at eight ,o!eloek in eyetiing, set on fire." There hung ht ;}t ,the fire nnuie mall • progress, the 1%1:tole ,of that quarter of the to\vo was speedily . involved in flames; which the :environs AO such an extent, that the 'be siegers thorn ht proper to put 'off the tended as6Atilt, and satisfied themselves With merely alarming' the garrison on till sides. The kiss on our sitie•consisted of a few •Wolipclecl . ; sOmo ' e.verely, 4ind others slightly:, That of the enemy enonot be accurately stated. , The Captain of A r tillcry,ludwig, owed the preservation of his life WhiCh was completely bent tO his gold snuff-box, liy 4t musk,et-ball. - The French hare, 'probably, b4Ld the greater part of their Ipßgazines of provi 7 „ 2 4i:!.;titsti:oyeti by the fire, RS tIICII* I- Mention being oeonvied at Ali poitits of the fortificatiol2s, they i t , :c t,“lo ekittion to - qt:,'neh the flames,7— thL)•thit'e;,eXpeet. the SPeeh Sl"Clider t: T (4 A •Lwrrv.R v3toNl 'Flit!. VICINITY DANTZ !C, 1 •3 ‘ The. Cifovernor of - Ceneral Rapp, unon heariu , €4 of the counnenc(mtnt tl hoctifitie's Letiveen au;l Fi-Jnee, arrk-Aed tin! p os t lu ... As tvr and hif , i o .. ltrks. Tile arnsy fore' the place the''. Operations tci a strict 'being fully convinced that it specdily'surrender , ad, On the One hand, the eases" that.have broken Out there rage with such violence, that those WhO are compelled .to tet:ve It have•in their mouths a piece of sponge, or carry before them a cloth, dipped in vmeor ; and, on the other hand, there is a total want ,eff thedieines and fresh provisions, which ore indispensable to the re-estahlislonent of health," • D'URTTiIt .E X ri'R A CTS .3 KUM!, Anal, 16: 7 ,—Ti:c following, Order to the Artily from his I.l•o . ic,ty the Eniperor of RosNia has been printed here SOL:D " Wary has crowned .you' with never fading laurels. The ever weinorable desirnction of the "enemy who dared to NttaCk you, your rapid ad... val= into a foreign country, nOt for the purpose .of conquest, bra: to 'free it 'from oppressiOn, and finally, your peaceable and generous, condnct to wards. peoPle who, by the force of necessity.; ap peared as our enemies ; all this has won the hearts of neigibours. Prussia joins her armies so long renowned for their . Valour with our powers, prepar ed tor her defence. Animated by the same spirit as ourselves, and zealous for the dignity of its Mo narch, and for its national honour, it flies to L : arms, and in conjunction with us, to quell that horrid thirst for conquest, which, regafilless of its own destruction and. that of oilier nations, endea vours to establish its ..despotism by streams of blood, and on the slieletous of ,the huthan race which it.has destroyed: " Soldiers ! Let friendship and nni(yistrentlihen the hood - between us and Prussia's noble warriors; when need requires it, lend them Our assisting hand : they 'wit! act in the same manner towards you ; may yonr ibuuls be Ltnitcd 'in the . , most glo rious achievements. Ours is a .efinunon :cause,. and lust in its object ;, we , defend the holy faith against the. ungodly ; liberty against oppresSion, and the rights of humanity against tyranny and wieltedues. " God judges our intentions you will see the proud enemy low at your feet, .a►►d shame and dis grace will fait on the cowardlymisCreant who, to the detestation of human society, c►awls before him in ti►e dust. " BERLIN, APRIL 24.—Our Paper contains the follow ing " We have deemed it to be our duty to in form , • our most gracious Monarch of the noble sentiments 4Vith which all the inhabitants of, the' country between the Oder and the Elbe were disposed to rise against the enemy, even previous to our publication of the 4th instant, whenever be !night venture to leave the fortreues in his possession 'to cross the ' Elbe, first in the Magdebtirgh _territory - on this side, and afterwards. in the Prugnitr, by, assembling all the men .cl , lpable' of bear, ing arms, which they have accomplished ,in 'the most satisfactory manner, and to which we have received the following gracioni Cabinet latter : " I have, with great pleastirecbeen convinced, by your later of the, sth,inst. that you are en4eavour ing to promote the great cause of the defence of our country, by the most incessant activity,,and with that, zeal I was.eutitled to expect trwn you, and what /he neceosity of the times require. Whilst it is my hope , itnel wish that your example will have a good effect on all innovating bodies, I, shall find the first proo; of it in the quickness of the progress made in the general armament of the provinces.' "With the most lively joy . frecOgnise loyal itiid trtily patriotic sentiments which have led my brave subjects in the Prugnitz.and,the.vicinity of Bukg, out tO combat, en nuose, on the borders. Make known to them, ia the most lively fermi, my satisfactidn with their conduct, and tell them, that it is such spLit that leads a people to con quest, and raises a King superi6r to all arpre bensions, even front, the most, powerful enemy. " FuEonitich: IVIGLIAM." 4 f.Beeoan,' April lq. , • • aTo flee General of Cnvalry, L' , r,stotat, • Counsellor Sart. ' wOrtive inhabitants o tin Mark of Mundell burg 'and Hither, Pomerania, yon . inivp slie‘vu that' die example set yori,and alt other wins threatened by the enemy, by-your fellow citizens on the Elbe, have not suffered your sentiments to cool, and that you are animated by the same spirit on which our doureand beloved king looks - vtith confidence and pleasure. Preserve this spirh is tits most sacred virtue, as your richest property, that the names of 13randet4mrghers and Pomeranians may remain honourable in the liktoric page We °trust that the, Roy:11 words \rill animate the zeal of the .inhabitfints of our Government, and. • especially the metropo ~,, to ~ OIL hihhcst pitch, for the great cause. of our country, lint) that. we shill enjoy the highest satisfaction in having con tinual opportunities'of reporting to his -Majesty the, King. proofs thereof in the .Veedy made in the general arniament, and the formation of the insurrection. The ,Government established fOr the country between the tithe and th e Odcr, " L'Es:rocQ,' " April 21, 12J.5." eXacrAtT OP A LirfEßlost utAn:bituArrEßs,"Af .AtitNitußO, tiATrai APtlft, Mii.AtitiooNkryrsCu is this day ht PITY)Urg; and in readinesS to Join our army. . MajoiVotißtAnunti; With Only oresquadron and a half of his hussars, has e'ombAtettwith the whu!e advaticing force of the enemy,. and has thrice vif•- . toriOasly driven their vanguard through Weimar, • whither. he had hc.en Obliged to Withdraw froM Clothe. He bad already made 50 prisoners when 1 he tell ih with the .main body, and his hussars •,being all hot in the pursuit, could not penetrate through it. He has lost one officer and 14 men, and coatld not keep his prisoners. Major Von Ili.Ocrtna himself Was wounded in the'cheek in the skirulish, but he. had AnSpired the ,enemy with so' nutelf reSpect that he contirin ed his re resit to the Saale .not in :a trot, but at ft foot retreated behind .Tena, but has again advanced, and is said tube again at ‘Nreittlar. On'the„ 21st it was expected :in' oar army that the'enemy would cross the saale, , aud attack us, but on the following day it Was perceiVed that:they were retreiting, and apparently towards . trfart.' Peneral Von B LUCIIER recovered ,from. his in— indisposition. • , E Ssxostv.7--On ttic, 24th April the mpeior of, Hal eiia and kind ' of Prussia, 'with the Russian army, entered Dresden. Count 8-ram ON, accord ing to appearanceS,mill-remain af,the,head-quar ters of the MonarchF on the part of the Austrian Court. . Letteri front I.,,einieoV the 19th, recall the report that 50p,000 nix-dollar's had been required of the city of Leipzie as unfounded. DttEsnEir, Aram 22.—Several distinguished persons- of the' Ducal Family have arrived iierc •fr cam Wei mar. • On 'the- 19th some more regiments of Russian cavalry afrived ; on the 20th infantry anti artillery about 25,000, men. , Vonperor is expected here with a retinue of 500‘persons, And 6000 of'his guards ; he, will it is said, remain here • some weeks.; the , head'- 'qttarters will also remain here, and 15,000 Rus sians, a part of which are expected by the end of the month. • • The:Prussian general lIFISTRR, sent from hence to our King, returned on the 21st in the evening. 'The best understanding.prevalls between the garri son of Torgan and .theflmssian troops, tin& it is said that the garrisdn soon march out. Single Cossacks have already, for sonic time, been ,ad mitred into the fortress tsa porchase omch , neces saries as, they ,stand in need Or. ;fella, among. other places, is Mentioned as one where the Preach will assemble. 1 \ APRIL 24:—A Report 'has .been received here, that the King of Saxony by , way of .Linz to PP - we lit:, will, it is said, arri f ve the e to.-mrirrow. • The brigade of euriaSsiers• of Lubetiow, a part of the grenadier guards, and all the depots, will tot low the King thither.to..tnorrow.by Pilsen., May the Sqlmuts soon be permitte:l.to take a. vigorous part in the sacred Struggle :for which all hearts pant., • BREST:AW, APRIL tire a!sured, that a 711 Courier, who on the Pith of this Input!) -arrived at Vienna, from 'Paris, brottglk the positive re., jeetion', by 'N'Avot.vosi, of, the pr6posats for a peace made ..b7 Austria;,silicc which the Aus.trian Goveritmeat ha's reiolved - t . O set on foot :An army tot 1:10,000 men io derma:ly; and another of . rt 1.1,000 in-. tTpT l wr' Italy: ult.'inia.tilm- of the. Freneh Emperor ott. the .whole business of.. .the peace, 1,v111.• be presented •by Om,- Prince: of ~ ‘.ienwatta.z•Eue.s:lto. t to whieh WC can scarcely ex pect a speedy &niswer will be - give,a. It is said that flay:ilia positively insists on pre serving its neutrality. 1) :10111, 5 Waterford. I) (414iir, 2 i.isboi►, 4 Vialta, 1 Gutisa)bar4b, 1 Dub PRICE OF STOCKg !ups DAY.AT '1 WELVV. O. CLoCii• ~ ... THE SUN. I.)GE,AJ utIIS nicEnt • n'tosum LONDON; Tuultiniy,, MAX tl, 1813. Two Heligoland 'Mails and ilanthnrgh Papers #. to the Iscinstant, reLielted town last night,. They bring, in many respects, highly gratifying intelli gence. The foeti.esses of Spandau, Alodlin, aati Zatnose, have surren(dered. Ten thousand S - 011,, It '1 or have joined the Russians. 0 The troops of Saxe Wei'ifiar, Gotha, and Itildburgh, a Igen, have entered the Prussian service ; Lite Po trolops at Cracow have cotte'sudcd a coitvention, and are to.l.)edisartned ; and in the Tyrol, Ca rinthia, snit Croatia, the people are in a state of insurrection against the French. The enly, drawback upon this' favOnrable news is the advance of 'DA,vo.r 07, Si BAS11.A1SII; and VANDAINIMP.', against Dart:iTiEito, which compelled the latter ! to' recross the Mlle, but he effected anit movement without the )east loss, and by the position he has taken, he covers Hambuigh; for the defence of which city the most active pre parations were making,- not that we believe the French are in any fOrce in that toaster sufficient Co excites, the least apprehension for the safety of Hainburgh, nor have thoyboats or heavy artillery. Saute gloomy reports got into -circulation yes terdqty evening, consequence of the firing upon the French coast, which was supposed to be a re juicing On account of a great victory over the Nothil.g however, appears to warrant - any' sguecnict:i4ptohseitilione.itoTlittneideile6,ainlso tphaaittcoafnthcet ductet.'' conclusiOn that aqy victory of imPoiont c have been gained by the French; unless they 04. nify the movement of Di Vonrr into'a circunotoce of that character, whicb would be utterly ions. Neither in the Paris Pap ers of the 30tbelt:' which also reached town last night, is thereoli military intelligence .of the:least importance, 5'..1 there .being thus an - arrival front France, the no doubt that if there' bad been any victor!! t 4 boast of some means would have been devisedcf communicating to as the intelligence. The French 'Papers merely state,. thatnig 1305.'' PARTE arrived at Franchfort on the 24th at that he only stopped there to, charge 00' 1 at then took the road to Ha:::m. i :i e t t i e l f ) r o o: i a t l i ß v : l e: p t r 11: 1 : 0 1 : 3 1 :7 1., for rejected tine "r Peace made liy Autria, and that the Sturry t .11ad.in cons cq uence, resolved to set °6 airy Qf . 130,009 turn. in Germany, anti OA° 50,000, in Upper-Italy. a ex m i l i ) V o sx : v i c i a lg r u e u t i t y l i i re e d a o rt f ifi t c le :s ec o ti l l'g the the ai wt37hiinirC;rl4 i , OW disgust its. i v at e e nt s t i tr l eaniteolepssre;:7l ieti,oftobtauti::l,c,it:ll.. tinnal put of its Readets must have vert lf ' ell '' , , • t i tooni:ileibeeßinrittiislhe Gsoar:neertinsitcaritte. aTihefe;Lurigtero,, s 'e v u e l p p t r s it h lb A a r 1 1:1; ; ' cannot deferi t the cads of j':::, isc°rnagdeemaned by the s Law, oho , I' s ', ' our time wholly its nb3urdities. Contrary to Alr.PoN 3 ° .°l'dv otio' Proof of his deligniglititiesta,clrll wli7ctlisivv:,shsasistieloAtiluiiit ill-employed in aninvovertieffy tion, that though he admitted the right of tb'' c . cor , try to a'sist Sweden in the idiainineat a ',_. ~ „, t beg' general policy tray. as we are at '‘viii with Deinair' - r•l e p l 111 ( ' .t I; e 1.,,V I , trusted the policy of such a measure' ' ' ,gr i '' t, te ( it l o r, :rve its own purpose, to tain'' ti) :: t c ,:stio gii ; I f owsoway distinctly added, that 3 5 ' .l 1 ,,,1," consider rhis rn „ dei al ,f . ust relate to the views Of '''-' . ow , vb ., tt day by t , b ;r it means nothing. 13° ' ' A l ottl ' words of Mr, PoNsimnY, a s recav fr " , , tf ,' i ve i' Ina the particular interests of FAO' e °I I it could not be j"'" ' w 1 , a. tioenh:ooiftbcon•li:itse.l.th-11: sh:lirte:` g l e Y n - t e l r l3 (.: 11 f: il ' irl j tint, t- I lie ° , not 1/01tate to question th e proPri et Y ' c '' gt :' , 7 ° I , 6 , t yiN ' guarantee as that alluded to.'" Is ta" lallotte, o-day, t h at te it CO b,,La Said so, is ills judgitie • Ilk' - the Chronicle affirms t rq o 50 10 justified "—But su ' that I ‘ ll. ' ° t liqr ppdse .•., do 0 , inquiries foornmtathie:putboj ediee"teilasighf3euispvi:tst.: e tti‘ t ue cl :::;: e ' si v i ! . l -8 : ,i, 'set' ,i Chi°niciehas the h arahond to ail on cll ' 1, (big " without an ally;" that " there is .0 su c 111 red lit'e e . , t o ns i t C01111110(1' Calitie against Fraticr: vb , t t ' o t- , II itcc:est:iila ;_to l a l ts ri y definitive ttue.anisnifh.tat ' ii ~, 0 1.1 . uat is itusSas -- a p"' which , if report m ay ,be trusted, a" 30 ,./ saPporte,d l r. joined the colll9l° c :oi l; , as e versi P , t, What are the object* of tba s ~lic, 4 of Germany, . many of What). hoe occ , 0 risen against the Coriiran monster, tv ld e ', l c j iii pes,e3 be joined every 'day by the other o pPebr-. nity _ . 0 4 , a ki i ll r e i ll , ti o lt r S w t h ill a t:S is ? l ' i i k s el ll y o t i o On this lit '?" B . 0 1 6 ut without kno wing the tleslgnsi et, e oi c n'bf' the;:i F r . :t a ol i n i g : i rui l e ; : ty "%l eir : e r iay a l Austria ti l l S s e t h 4 : s la g g r e rialt ta p t h l t , i a t at O kb : e :: Pv viataresst i s t 1: e :1 r tiv t ti e l l lust lat : ts. 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The Address awl liesoll', lied. J 1' • lOAL, y's sbil Maio s, ani S. s, his .1 I.uu,lC kE< Wi. I ; all ngerS kmo u INGTo , Yestc 1, 1(4 el !", ti 'gate a %lir le j ia I by . a t