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aopro4.(l;ng to a. yell ; it evidently ills .comFosed fov he immediately turned himself o;ie o](l.e, and up. his hand. .At the door of the c ity gapl, he jumped out of the cart, and -as smided the steps leading to the chapel ,with the izame firnrytss which he had manifested throughout the morning. Here egainAie was attended by Mr. Vi.h, and was most attentive to his devotional ex ercises. lie was aboir€ , half an hour before he mounted the Platform, and repeated his .prayett— w;th- the worthy:. divine' fOr several minutes. He then arose, and the executioner proceeded to per tom his dreadful office. 7 Here, ,and for the first tinie, we perceived a tre -14,r throughout his whole frane, which remained ed it a less perceptih'fcdegrce to `the last, moment of his existence. After giving- some directions to tie executioner, he was tied up, when, advancing a step, he addressed the immense .crowd in these words : Gentlemen, take warning by my fate, avoid evil actions—and may the Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on all your seuls." He spoke in an unusually firth- manner. • The hangman then retired beneath, when having utter ed ,soine fervent ejaculations, at. a minute past one he gave the signal for his departure by dropping a : handkerchief—soon . after, the platforthfell, and he was launched, we trust, into a happy eternity. Such: was the Melancholy end of this unfortu nate youth ;' and we may - safely say, few have had so generally the Conimiseration of all classes-- his youth—his simplicity pleaded pOwerfully in. his behalfwhilst the wretched instigator of his' crime, on the contrary, has the merited -execra tions of every one. , Lomas 11:'1,6; -in his 20th year, about. 5 feet 6inches high, extremely stout made, and had a most hand some countenance—the profile as like iNir. Betty, the ci-devant atom:ins, as it is possible for two faces to be. AftftWED-IC-ottenburgh, - I Dublin, I.WaterThrd. DuE-;-1. Cadiz, 2 Lisboa, 1 Guernsey, 1-Jersey, I Waterford. PRICE OF , STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCIT: - ; CotY,ols 59 rorani am ir19 0 17/11 - 1 4 71 1T ikT A TILL St)LE]I Q 1 . 7; SDI k: U:.l t; 1) EA T ? L O. N.. ,D O N, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1312, Government this day received Dispatches from . Riga, of the 17th Angust,from which it does not appear that any general action had ,taken - pIaCC, - but various partial skirmishes, in which the Rua signs were invariably successful.—The Dispatches altogether are of . a,yery favourable description. ' Last night another Gottenburgh Mail arrived: •it brings the Russian official accounts •of the battle of OstroVno, and of the defeat'of - 017 m NOT by the Prince WITTGENSTEIN. The Rus . sians admit that the battle of Ostrovno WAS most obstinate and bloody,-but they state that the enemy Was repulsed 'and 'pursued for some distance. The loss on both sides is .stated to have been severe.— ••The defeat of Marshal ClumNoT appears to have been complete, and his loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners niust ,have been I immense; he might. well say after the .battle, that the Rus-, sians were in..-to 6 strong a situation for hiM to attack theth. Hitherto the success of the cam- paign has exceeded our most- sanguine expecta tions ; we 'hoped that the Russians would not risque a general battle, but that they - would con tinue to skirmish and retreat ; but they have done More, they have defeated the French in several se-. v ere actions, yet they have never suffered themselves to be So far entangled as to be forced to_ fight a general battle. The Russian army is Yet entire, and its spirits elevated ,by a series of the most glorious successes ;. it is hourly. acquiring fresh • strength' from reinforcements, and ,fresh con fidence from victory. We are not, however, among those who wish to underrate their op ponent's ; the French army is most formidable, ,Irom numbers, from discipline, ,from bravery, and from the abilities and experience of its leaders ; -but that that army must have lost much of its con -fidence since the commencement of the Russian campaign there can be no doubt : they are en gaged in a species 'of warfare totally different from that s which they carried on in Austria and 'Prussia. That they are exposed to the .most dreadful 'hardships BUONAPARTE has himself" told us'; they.:.re, almost -.daily engaged intie most sanguinary . conflicts ;- : victory they know, will not be followed by the plunder 'of rich cities and fertile districts ; - but defeat may involve them in utter ruin. There • is every reason' to be lieve that the French:troops manifested their feelings upon this subject, in such- a way as to 'induce BUONAPARTE to halt in his career; and to allow' his army to rest fOr ten days. It is said, but we trust - without foundation, that the Rus sians are deterrained to give battle in the neigh bourhdod of Snmolens.ko we-h Ope the Russian . Generals will not abandon a system from which they have hitherto derived ,such advantages, and which has evidently' baffled all -the plans of BUD NAPARTE. ' Mr. ROBINSON, the •Messengei-, is arrived from 'Orebro. The Exchange of the Ratification of the Treaty of Peate with Sweden took Rlace at Ore 1-ro on the. 16th of July. The 'Dies - of Orebro and the Court have returned to • . NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST '3o.—Arrived the Swedish brig: Victory, LIBERG, from Gottenburi4h, with . , iron and! deals ; and the Snpl2sa, HuGats, froot provisions, both int- this port. -- PORTSI'.IOTJTH 3 AUG. 31.—A. , :-Tived his !'.:Jajestv's ship Protector, with the .Goldlltinter and; Ganges, from Africa; last from Cork ; and the Pioneer sloop of war, with a. , ffect, from. the Downs.: .DOVE . R, AUG. 31.—Some vessel is on Shoie on the coast of France, lint though We can see_ her with glasses from hence,. we cannot; make out whether she is a -merchant vessel or a - vessel of war. DEAL, AUG. 31.—came down from the River, and sailed, the Dolphin and Abundance §tore-ships for Portsmouth; Clio, Ca s t, and the Orion, BARRY, for Gibraltar ; and the Russia Company, COLE, for Malta. The latter, remains in.the Downs. Arrived his 'Majesty's ship Niemen i with Rear xvlio will proceed immediately to huist his flag on board of the Cliqth,int,. off Flushiug. HARWIGH, AUG. 31.---Arrived the Lord Nelson packet from Gottenhnrglk;: passed the-horneward bound.ccinvoy frOm (lo.ttenburgh on Friday last in the Sleeve ; all. well. - ' . - • FALMOUTH, AUG. 29.—Sailed the Pth ice Er nest packet for Lisbon. - . The Sut ftswre packet for mew-Fork is detained till Monday. . - ). 7 7.Rmonva, AUG. 31.--Arrived the King George!: cutter from Hosely Bay. A cutter, under prize c i alours, is just arrived in the Roads, supposed to be the goratio's, which has been anxiously looked for. It has been blowing a beavy Bile of wind :with continual rain from. the 27th at night, till 3-ester ' day, when it moderated. The ships in the. 13Loa.ds rode it out well. A schoquer, laden with coals, came on shore near Gorlerton, and went instantly -to pieces :, the crew andpassengers fortunately were taken out of her before she took the groUnd.— Three or four vessels have been lost off Winter -4)I) and all hands, it is apprehended, have pe THE BRITISH NAVY.—There are now in com mission 728 ships of war,• of which 158 are of the line, 20 from 50 to 44 guns, 141 frigates, 147 sloops of war, 9 bombs and fire ships, 149 armed. brigs, 42, cutters, 64 armed schooners. Besides which, there are repairing for service 71 sail of the line, building 31, together Vfrith a proportion of all the other descriptions ; making the grand . tali' 1010 ships of war, of which 260 are of the We are happy to find that there is a great pro bability of the redoubtable glouiinodore Rononns being overtaken by our cruizers, as, appears by . the following extract of a Letter from an Officer on the Newfoundland station Shannon, Banks of Newfoundland, Aug. 4, • • " W 6 yesterday boarded a vessel that had just passed the'AMerican squadron, Commanded by the redoubtable Commodore RoDGEas. By her we have have been informed of the course they were steering, and they cannot now be more than 40 miles a-head of us. The American squadron consists of five frigates, a sloop of war, and a brig. We have the Africa, of 64 guns, ..eEcolus, Belvidere, Guerrierei and Shannon frigates, as fine vessels as ever swam, particularly the GueiTiere. As Ave love the... Americans you may expect the .American squadron at Plymouth very soon. We have taken a man of war brig (the Nautilus), and burnt 20 ships." A meeting took' place, on Friday last, on Bag shot-heath, between Major JANE and a Mr. FOR MAN, in con's'equence 'of a dispute about a lady, at one of the Egliam-race balls. The parties 'fired twice without injury to 'either, when the matter was adjusted by the interference of the seconds: Deserted Infant.—A female child, about • five weeks old, ,was left at the door of Mr. Fitter, lace man, in Bedford-street, COVent-garden, on !ia 'turday night, about nine o'clock, in the follo.w ing manner decent Looking woman entered into conversation with a little boy in LOng 7 acie, and told him she would give Mitts 6d. if he would._ deliver the parcel, which she carried, for her. :The boy agreed to obey her wishes, and aceompanie4: her. to the door of Mr. Fitter's house,, at which-slit • rapped ; and then giving a basket into his arms, she ran off. The boy suddenly let the basket fall, and the cries of a child were heard, • .The door being opened, tile persons- within refused to suffer the child to be carried into the house, but sent the watchman to look for the beadle, the child retaining in the basket on the flags. A gentleman at length, taking compassion on the little innocent, conveyed it to the watch-house in Covent-garden, where, on thelirst view, it was supposed ,to be dead, bat upon closer inspection it proved to be wrapped in a' deep sleep, xhich had evidently been produced by the use of an opiate. The bas ket . being opened, a letter was discovered ad dressed to one of the family, whom it accused of being the father . of the babe, and of neglecting to furnish the mother with the means of supporting it to which circumstancewas attributed 'that mode of disposing of it. The letter was written in a neat female hand, and was signed Harriet Newton, — Tip? child was decently clad.; and in the basket with it was found a change of linen, and soMe food. On the arrival of the Overseer, it was sent to the workhouse, where it will be properlytaken care of until some means are found .to discover the real parent. Mr. Pitter's family were 'out' of at the time of the occurrence. GOTTENEUiLG,II MAILS. RUSSIAN . BULLETINS. , . OFPICI A X A CCM.TN'Ei t , 7 .O`,I THE Anytt. .;.. q-o,itartc r g, (0. 2(;tti July., The first army HAS taken di strong position near Witepsk, and during their march, even from Po: ldzak, the enemy never. dared to attack a singlet": corps of which it is composed. The small skir 7 ., :mislies of the van-guard along the banks of the "Dwina, across cavalry fregnently swam., for the, purpose of . seizing the enemy's pi-, gitets, have always been to our advantage. After the arrival, it was necessary to make strong re- .' tonnoissauces'decisitewith regard to.the-jtinetion with the first. hi the night between the 13th and 114th, the .Cotinander in. C•hief . , - who" hag received information of patroles of theeuemy having shev,;n . themselves' on the road . to BischenkoWitschi; gave orders to Count Osterman -Tolstoc to dire& his march towards th..t place with his corps.-:--- Scarcely bad-Count TdlstOc advanced three wersts, before he fell in with the 'enemy's videttes. TWO videttes were taken, but the Aliira_escaped, and gave the alarm to the French van-guard. These caused immediately a regiment to _ward] out . against the two Hussar squadrons of the guard, which 'We're in front of this colimin: They charged the enemy, and iminediately overthrew him, .but . pUrsuing with too much ardour, they fell' in with the whole of the enemy's cavalry, by whotn . they' were pursued ,close with,Our ittiaritry Count . Osterman 'then continued - .his mot:talus, and found the 'enemy drawn up in order of lgit tic,. at no great distance f . roln Ostrovno. The battkeptymenc-ed wip i ,cannonale, tinue4 several :lours." Both sides fought with-the: tt . most-Obstittacy: The greater nu . mbcir of War , riOrs4cre on the , French : side, biAt the 'Val - out; of our trooprs. bvercame'every. thing. :.We have not Only masters of the field (if battle, - but h a vre ren - p afeand die enemy_ four versts beyond his position. ;86 hot an rrrgagement cannot be expected to have been without sonic loss. *At- , cording . ito , the reports 'of the pris'etnerS, the . my's:lois 114 be:eh very considerable: They ast sure rts, , - that:llle King -of 'Naples commanded in pers'liPi 'and that the Viceroy of Italy . was . wounded.., - -r, • „ „ ~:U['~J~ I:i SECOND lII.T.LLE'fig. dead-Quarter:, .1115 . 13, (30th), 1312 , . . Theeorps of Gen:Doctorow, who had directions ,1 to Observe the motions of the eneiny : inoe•vicinity of BiSCh en Kolwitsch, where a part of 'their troops were discovered marching towards hiM, began to -make motions, ' whiebiietarded:their progress.. It was therefore neeessaryto suffer them to pass the lAwina.,in.order to join the army; which was sta , tioned near Witepsk onthc left hatikef that river. In order to perform this, the :Commander in Chief deemed it necessary' td confine him back to :these places, where on the 13th.inst. Count Osterman had stopped him with a much sthaller - force than that of the Count Konownezyn was or dered on this service..' Ile replaced-the corps of Osterman, and his division Was, the whole of the 14th, continually engaged, Our troops :evinced equal valour and constancy. The enemv-did . not gain a single Toot,of.gronnd • of them. Lieut.-General KonoWnezyn repulsed • all their attacks, and did not leave. the spot till night, when he received orders from . the Com mander in Chief to take the positibr, ordained• to hint 'for a, general battle.. „.INleanwhile General Doetorow passed the Dwina, and arrived at the same place. The Whole rear-guard Caine under the command of MajorL:General Count Von ridden. They were drawn up at ten worsts diwance from the head position, and the enemy was -reported to be *bearing towards them. In the' interim the Commander in Chief received intelligence- by - a courier from Prince Bagration, -who informed hith, that having been advised of the ap proach of the first army, and finding Mogileu al ready in the possession of the enemy's troops, he had, for the preservation of his troops, altered the direction of his . march to Pisch, and had taken the road to Moteslaw and Smolensk—that his van-guard had, on the preceding.day, .had 'an en gagement, in which Lieutenant General Rajewsky had defeated the van-guard of .111arshal,Davoust's army, and forced it to retreat a distance of twelve wrests. This _intelligence changed the Com mander ,in Chief's first plan, and determined him, insteaVOf giving battle in the vicinity of Witepsk, to march towards Smolensk, and so much the more, as Marshal Davoust could take his March thither with his whole force, and by the same road. He took this bold determination at , the very moment when the n year-gbard was en- • gaged in the hottest fight—he manoeuvred in the face of the enemy, and drew himself • hack in three. columns. The Commander in .Chief -attri bates the good effect of this undertaking chiefly to , the admirable diSposition•of Count Von Pah- , lea; who, by covering the army, lasArn this or- % ~casion shewn proofs of every thing, that, can, be produced by skill and the art of war. Oar troops have given wonderful prOofs of courage ; they have taken, advantage ,of 'every 'position ; the borders of the -small river Lutchepg were de fended with such obstinacy, that tiie enemy "lost a number of nieii in killed. General Von Pahlen likewise understood how to tender .the smallest defile of utility, and ,an. -in bush xvas laid in a suit able place in tire vicinity, 1:01pid Cr4pollOWSelllo- CheSild; Which has, on the March of the 17th, cut up seVenFren:lisquadronS. Thisday the : 2d and '3d columns have joined .atrorischye ; the first, which goes over Lismia and Rudna, - covers - their march ; General Pla tow, who is only at the distance of 'two days march, has , received orders to draw up his. corps in the front of Smolensk°, in order to cover the operationS of the first army. Prince Bragration, on 'his side, is pushing with rapid marches towards Smolinsko. According to ac counts from Lieutenant-General Count Witgen stein„.he still continues to hold himself at Drissa ; he states that Major-General Kilnow; who Was sent to the other side of the Dwiva, has attacked the French, and made 700 prisoners. THIRD BULLETIN. The Commander of the corps first dispatched, Lieutenant-General Count Witgenstein, gives the following information in his Report, dated the 21.,t1y (Aug. 2.) " According to his Majesty's command, the corps entrusted to my orders ,is destined to act se parately. In consequence of which, I - remained ‘lt one banks of the,Dwina, at the advanced work of Poka.scuze, to observe the enemy stationed op pOsite to me on the other bank, anti having thiown across the river in the course of the night, I sent my cavalry out sevral times en.expeditions„ and which, in the course of eight days . took 'eight •Officcra,arid - , - about..looo men prisoners. front. the corps of the General of Brigade St. Genie, and almost. entirely 4estroyed the ith • and lith regi-. inentsof FrencL , .lragers, t!.e Bth lihians, a n d the lath regiment qf Foot Yagers,- both Poles, are nearly . cut up', Finally, on the 17th of this. pre sent duly, i received infotaration from my de- . taehinents from Driasa, that Marshal Oudinot, Duke of Reggio, after having passed the Drissa . ' with' his corps, was on his I:larch to Sehesch from • Dunaburg. I was informeat that - Marshal Mac tlonald bad crossed the river at Jacobstadt,. and was shaping his march for Lusye and•according to the statement of a French Officer of the:Gene ral Staff, whorn We - had taken prisoner, those troop at thechtireheavvere destined:to cut meofi from the road of Pschknow. In this station I resolvedtd . attack 'the enemy nearest to me in the church of the Villte Klastiiia, and discOVered the corps of 'Ondinet stationdbefore the village of - jatkubow,,at - ' the. distance of five ,wersts, ansl which was- akeady_approaching. to meet me froril Klastiga. I attacked it with impetuosity, and after one of the most . obstinate and bloody en-- o k4genie4ts, Vihm.h lusted without internitspon -for three days; :from _morning early till late 1 - ,t migbt ; we at , length, thanks be given to our 'all graciouS•Goir,..and praised be the victorious :Russian ..troops; - , obtained - this Vietory.. over the - Most deceitful4and• greatest -enemy of ear native ,country; thecorH of,MarshalOadinot,which con 'sisted -ofthreeikv,isigiof the flower of the. French infantry, is totally beaten, and thrown into the greatest - confusion -; it ims retired inclisarder, and onlzescaped by mean';:-Of the woody places, and , by crossing ovee•the .- sinall rivulets,•the.bridges-cif set on fire Gild destrOyed, and at the ,same time laying,:hindra n e e i n cur way at, almost erervsteo, to stop the. ra pidity. with w hi c h he , - Was - plirstied by us;', Commanders of Divi visions_Le Qrand and Verdier, are both wounded., I shall,puysne6thena. along , the Dwinato Polotsk. tltte'dia.yittle has crowned our Itus-: sian.arti with fresh laurels, and .the _corp. trusted tonnerhay ;performed. ipceedible actions by its valour and its-discipline, which I am un able sufficiently to des4ibe. . Whatever was op -7 , Ii ei to it; TtAteries.ankStiong-Colitintis,•4t witlaottt _paying atte.atiiiii* to the strongest and tiOst olistri44 . ...osition 'On the part of the epe "AiST:; bV the bayonet, and;by the elfeet-_ , o the villages ankl-fieldsllirottAnwhich we passed, were covered. `3lPe have taken. about 3000 priaoaerS, inougaw, - igam are 2a Okcers,„ 2pieces of cannon, and "seyaral -powder waggons, and boat the'croWn and private baggat ;e,..among niiich is the qeneral'a l equi,paka;. has fallan almost entirell into,,the hands of.the. victors. - ..So soon..as i shall have driven them over :the Dwina, • I -anr deter mined, as I attack' . thear ran - 7ezrelt - sitie, - to turn myself against the corps of Marshal Macdonald, to attack it : and as Ihope, witle--the assistaacc of*God; and with the Sprit Of Aar trooi)s,.in). - if gorated. by these successes, likewiSe , to perfordi something,. I shall endeavour to deal...the:line; of demarcation . allotted me from the, enemy, a,ild if this cen'be effected, - the enemy's trOops must necessarily withdraw themselves from before Riga ", ne loss on our side is 'not . small, .partion. lariat' in having lost the - "brae General' kidnow, who yesterday had bothh is. legs carried away by cannon-ball, of which he died on the apot ; duel l myself am wounded by a hullet in the cheek,. near to the teMple, but the wound] is not• at all -clan uerous." OFFICIAL, FROM KOBRIM, July 16 (28.) `,‘. I have the honour to congratulate your Im - 4' perial Majesty on the total defeat and taking.of the whole Saxon corps prisotic..rs, whO'had occu , - piekKobrim, and defended it nine hours on the I , sth (27th) of July. The trophies of this vi-tory are . B pieces of cannon, and a . great .nuniber of -arms. Among the prisoners are the , Commander of'the corps, General MAclengel, 3 Colonels, b Stuff Officers,: 57 Officers, and 2234 men .- above 1000 men left dead on the field. The loss on our side is inconsiderable. The Saxon corps, under the French• General Regnier, marches from Slo nim. The first corps was here. Prince Schwart zenherg marches through Sluzli : to Minsk.'r . ACCOUNTS FROM RIGA OF THE 91''a --FROD/L-T;ln OFFICIAL BULLETIN. ". General Barclay de Tolly and Prince Bagra stion had joined a Smolensk. The 'third army under . General Tomasoff defeated a Saxon -cOrps , At Kobrim, took four standards, eight pieces of cannon, and made prisoners General Klengel, 7° Officers, and 3000. men.. General Platoff, com manding the advanced guard of. Gen. de Toily's had daily shirnitshes, which . had always proved iavourable to the Thissian arms. `: The army.employed i'orkey had reached the province of Voilivnia. It was reported ley th( 3 ' deserters, that Buonaparte was not Up with the army. The Austrians remain quiet, and are said to b greatly discontented with the ,interference of the Freneh in re-establishing the kingdom ° Poland. "' Moscow had •contribtited toVrards the Nvos' 3,000,000 of silver iubles, and 100,000 men equipped. At St. PeterSburgh immense subscrip tions- were making, and 70,000 men Were there organising. The entlinsiastic . patriotism of 61 'ranks in - Old Russia; in succouring the army, i s. beyond .deseription.'!" The general inferences which.the most impar7 tial criticism will draw from the above, when coo-, tectedWith the St. Petersburgb Gazette, eann nt l we think,. bill befavonrable to the Russians and their cause. Buonaparte has certainly made an advance such as it is,-- r -a tortuous and wry one !° Witepsk : • but he has himself suffered greatly in the body of his army in carrying this movement ; and in' his, war of detachments; that under,l3-eg nier, and even that under Oudinot,. appear to have been defeated; The Russian array is ceNi'