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severely El - tiring - this lont action, We have unfor= t unately 10 7 1 one attiiiiyman, who was killed by very gun that he Was loading. . Lieut. Priko has shewn much talen't, cortrage, and devotion to the service • he was bravely se condcd b y t h e L eg i onar i es , an ' d be the 'aimed force of the eustom4rOuse" Lieut. de RensiS has like 'wise greatly distinguished hintself.==—(Journal de I:Empire, Dec. 18:) -tiAMßuiGui, DEC. F9.--4Ve have just iecelved Tiews froth the Grand Army, With intelligence of a 'victory obtained on the 23th Nov. over the two Rnssi..ln corps of Wittgenstein and Tschitschagoff: The head-quarters.werearri'ved at Moldekhenoiv, Ivhicti gives the solution to the grand movement. *Lich. has been announced to have taken place on the Dwina and on the Borystbenes. It is now evident . that the dispositions made by .. the Russians were combined to stop the march of the Grand 'Army toriards its winter-quarters.— his:plan was . greatly conceived, but the execu tiett of, it was the less easy, as being to. take place before"th e greatest General, ever known, and be fore the fitst of all armies ; and as there must be less conne.7-ion beiween the operatiOns of Gene ~als' acting ,separately and nnable to communicate with each: other,. but by eircuilous r ways. 'The Prince of Schwarizenberg *as on the 10th °f November, at Slonim, about 30 miles distance f rom ISorosow. The Emperor arrived at the last mentioned city on the .27th, and it is.therefore certain that - the communisations were at that time ‘vell established. We'know by letters from Posen, from WarsaW, 411 (1 from Wilna, that the divisions of Dtirutte , Ligrange; Loison, the Neapolitan, diiscon, the Guards of Tuscany -and Turin, the marching, bat-: a.l.iotis of the IMperial Guards; and of all the divi lions o f the Grand Arilly, &c. were .On the Niemen. This imposing Mass of fOrces, which accordingto he most moderate calctilation, amounts to 120,000 I len, should, teach the - Russians to reflect.:. lts' `e-union with ,the 2d,'9th, and 10th corps, with he Sa:i:Ons . and Aus6ians, presents the image of lle most inaposing stren,rth, and renders the Grand superior in numbers to what it wason : onnuencing the campaign. The Russians having theSe forces in their front, and behind them, as far as Moscow, the desart 'reared by themselves, possibly flattered them 'el\ es with passing them, and to maintain them elves on the side of the Dwina and the Boryi 7 tickles ; hut the victory of the 25th Nov. ha s d e .. l.ded the question.----(Journal de Paris, Dec. 17,.) FRANKFORT,. DEC. 9.—M de Winzengerode, ilde-de-camp to the E:nperor of Russia, who ! 3 S ru'ade prisoner of war, is arrived here.—(Gd ette de France, Dec. 15.) DRESDEN, DEC, 6.—The Captain of cavalry; `mint. de Schulenbourg, cello left the heati-quar ers of the 7th corps an the 29th of November, 41 s brought the following intelligence : The 7th corps d'armee put itself in motion on !le 20th of November from Wiele-Hanki, • con °intly with the Austrians, and marched upon Ludna, Siereizeiv, Czernawczn, upon Brzesc, `Pere it arrived on the 26th. The enemy's Ge eral, Sack en, had taken the same route, with the . renter, part of hiS corer, having only caused a mall eolunin pass thrmigh kaminieu, and a trong 'detachment of cavalryby Kobryn : from ll'zesc, he retrograded to Ratnow ; and it now PPears beyond doubt that be probably would re ire across the marshes,. to the vicinity of Kowel rid Luck. The 7th corps did not cease pursuing his rear- Uard from Wieli-ganki to Brzesc, whilst the Au trians in their march, constantly menaced his i g4t. flank. The' bad road, and the re 7 establish- V a great number of bridges, the whole ofwhich 'ad been destroyed by the enemY, greatly retarded 4e march of .Cite corps : and these different oh tacies required considerable, efforts. The Saxon itvaced guard was several times obliged to fight . 11 ring tee march : these dilfercnt combats always [ld it the 'greatest honour, Considering the great uperior.itv of the enemy's cavalry. It lost in all let ten Inen. On the 23d, towards midnight, a corps of six (unfired Cotsacks,•snpported by some.detachments )f infantry, wished to surprise it. The vigilance 1 - 41 sang-froid Of the cavalry piquets , of the grand • ;uarcl, conmianded, by Lieutenant D'Urilno, and he admiratale promptitude with which all the loops forming the advanced guard, got 'under inns ; occasioned all the disadvantages of this Ack to fall npOn the enemy. The grand guard ;cceeded in drawing the enemy's cavalry, under he fire of the Saxon light infantry, and a piece of artillery masked, which forced him to a speedy 'etreat, which he executed, but with considerable oss. The Saxons had only one light infantry slightly Ivoundect on this occasion. The loss of the enemy from nolkowYck . to Rrzesc, is at least eight thousand men. We had ti , ready taken two thousand four hundred 'pti-! loners on our arrival at Wieli-Hanki. During the March to this place, die Saxon adv'anced guard !Ttade two thousand, and the Austrians fifteen' . . bn u d te d. The Austrian Colonel, Seheiter, made, with squadrons , , t very s "fecesqui 'charge •tip ori the Russian cavalry near Ruzzany, and took prisoners three hundred mounted Cossacks, with ten officers . Of the new regiment of the Ukraine. At Brzesc, the ith corps found an hospital with eight hundred Russians in it, and delivered about tw o hundred prisoners. Among the Russian's taken by the Saxons, was a Major Officer, and seventeen officers. Major de Wertsdorff also took on the road from Brzesc to Ratno, nineteen ca: Ti ages, laden with provisions. The troops of his Majesty have suffered very little, notwithstanding the great efforts, they have been obliged to make. , There are now on their route considerable transports of military conva lescents proceeding from the hospitals of War paw, Pultusk,, and Bialystock. The mortality has been much less in these different hospitals than it it was in preceding campaigns.--4o . urnat de Paris, Dec. 19. The amount of unclaimed dividrnds on the 10th of October last, was 1,05,9921, qf this, there had been avvanced to Govertmetit at vosiou9 pe= riods; the sum of 876,739/. SPANISH PAPERS'. , • CADIz, DEC. 3: Having received the following ,Proclarnation;• issued b`v the French, in Catalonia, I ,Evfe communicate it to our rea d ers a s a pr oo f ' o lth e L ,.. tyoliations and atrocities which they. perpetuate 16, that brave, but unfortunate province We, Charles Decaen ; Count of the Empire, Great Offic,T of the Legion of , Honour, Cori Wunder in Chief of the Army of Catalonia, and Governor-General of that Province-- " Considering tat various accountshavereaCh ed us, from which it appears that the inhabitants of Areyns de, Mar have 'never manifested stibruiS= sion to our Government, except when French troops were in the 'vicinity of that town : that their protestations of fidelity and obedience, so often repeated, under such circumstances, have been illusorY and false ; " That, notwithstandivog the salutary intima tions given to the inhabitants . of Areyns, that such conduct, so opposite to loyalty and good would terminate• in bringing down upon them severe chastiser:lent o ditty tow's , has not ceased being a receptacle for Engliih crimps, who have r!wayS there found protection, and every facility for embarking on board their ves sels the soldiers whom they had succeeded in en ticino. • • . . . . " Ilavitig seen also a Memorial, from which it appears, that Leandro Francis, a CuStow-house Officer, residing •at Mataro, who ought at most .to have Leen. considered as a prisoner at war, after. many days' imprisonment; sentenced to death, on the 27th of August, in the said town; • " Considering, also, that on the 17th of Sep tember last; we being in the vicinity of Areyns de Mar; and meaning ta ptinish that town, which had been guilty of precipitate attempts against the army and our Government, imposed upon it an extraordinary 'contribution 'of 1.00,000 pesetas "(about l Id. each), ,taking hostages until its com plete .payment ; " That far from enforcing a sentence so, just; iind appearing before us, to . intreat our clemency, in Order to obtain the liberty of their townsmen, and avoid military execution, the inhabitants of Areyns, whose port had: fir some 'months back been.a point for the introduction of.avms, ammu nition, and provisions - for the insurgents- 7 —a depot for merchandize- prohibited by the decrees of the Emperor—preferred 'seeking the support of a baud of insl;rgents whom they daily supplied ith money and . , provisions, and placing' them- . selves under the protection of the cannon of Eng lish vessels anchored in the roads. " And determined to repress such conduct by an example of severity, we have decreed, ordered, and ordained, as follows : A:t. 1. All grain, of whatever kind, to be :Blind in the different granaries of the town of Areyits de Mar, the greater part of which was destined to' supply the insurgents, shall be with drawn, and deposited in tile• magaii4es of the French army. " 2. Ali merebandi•re existing in the ware houses of Areyns de Mar snail be sequestrated, and removed for the purpose of sale, in such maw , neras shall be afterwards d'eterinined. " 3. All merchandise recognised to he of English manufacture shall be sequestrated and burned. • " 4. The houses of individuals, their property, and private shops which contain merchandizc, not prohibited, of of daily consumption, shall be carefully respected. Cood discipline shall be ob served by our troops while th:y continue in the town of Arevns de Mar. " 5. The General of Division Baron Lamargne„ superior Commandant of Upper Catalonia, re mains charged With the exec - .ltion of the present decree, w!!ich shall ,be transiqzed into Spanish, printett and posted in both languages. (Signed) • :" DECAEN. (A true copy) " iIANIELINAYE, Chief of the Staff." " TiCad:quarters, Areyna Li Mont, Oct. 5, 1812." EXTRACT FROM THE FRENCHIFIED GAZETTE OF GERONA, OF THE 22D OCTOBER, 1812. " The villages of Viere, Darnins, Aguliana, Boadella, Capmany, Cantallops, and Junquera; which gave asylum to -a band of brigands, and which did not; according to orders, send advices of the same tO Figueras, have been condemned to an extraordinary contribution of 4000 dollars, which *ere paid in 24 hours. " This example, and the chastisement suffered by the town of Areyns de Mar, must open the eyes of the most perverse Catalonians. " Areyns, the centre and focus of insurrection, thought to make head against us. Confiding in the prettcction of the English ships, which 're ceived us with a shower of balls and bombs, and' in the promises of the Chiefs of the insurrection, who engaged to defend had become the de pot where the enemy landed in security his colo nial produce, his muskets, ammunition, and pro-, visions. It furnished the troops of. Milan' with 3 or 4000 rations daily; an insurrectional Junta was established in its bosom, and had denounced the penalty of death against every individual who should convey grain to the towns occupied by the Fitneh army, and- principally to Mataro. It re fused with obstinacy, and even disdain, to pay the contribution imposed by the General in Chief ; its hostages were confined in Figueras, without. their being reclaimed, or any unsWer returned to "their letters. And what was the result of all Phis ? We established a few batteries, and the English abandoned those whoin they were bound to protect ; we assembled a few battalions, and the Chiefs who ought to have defended it have taken to flight. -The wheat and ; rice destined for the eiremy has been transported -to Barcelona ; the colonial produce has been conveyed to -Ge rona, where it be sold for the benefit of the army. In this ,way Areyns has paid ten times more than it 'Would othervvise have done.. " Catalonians, the English deceive you. The, insurgent Generals,. who rdb, dare not defend you : 'believe no more their promises, threats, and proclamations. Obey cheerfully, and^ with pride, our august Emperor, whose will firs thedestiny, the earth ;-our great Emperor, who has united under his colours three pits of Europe—who has -destroyed the RUSSian phalankes—who rules in Moscow—and who, 'when the hour fixed by 'his '- wisdom shall arrive, will finish in a few days the troubles of 'Spain."_ CORI3I%Th:A PAPERS. • SANT'Li . r4,O, 110-:-The supposed expedi tion, of the French to Santander, was only .a false ftlarm. li. stead of ten thousand men pro ceeding to t'. - ziown, there were only one thousand; who tame to Reynosa from Burgos, in search of what cattle th•-y could find, and who appear to be part of the GGA - WhO with Cafirelli advanced to Vittoria. About the middle of. last month, Mendizabal Was at BiThoa, empioved in training the battalions Of Biicay. and even then the EngliSh were block ading.Santbna. . Ou the '24th of November, the English cavalry, which came to reinforce Lord Wellington, finish edits disembarkation at Lisbon, a.pd . the infantry which has left the ports of Great jiritain is Imme diately expected. General Boyer so well known for his cruelties, and on that aceinint so much esteemed by his master, commands the troops which are on this side the 'DUCCC). •It is said, that he has received orders from Napoleon to pass into the Asturias, but it appears that ,his employment is now re duced to imposing —and demanding contributions from the towns through which he passes, almost without _topping in any. He complains of: the want of money, and even of provisions. • Tip.! intrusive King is gone from Toro to ,There it seems as if he intended to make some stay.- - --(Corunna jolt,. Dec. 14.) • • FROM THE SAME PAPRP.' OF THE 15TH. It is indubitable that all c.ommunicition be tween Burgos and Paris is intercepted. I❑ the latter city, the police is very active in preventing any persons from assembling together, or convers ing on the Russian war. Catfarelli separated himself from the army,• to prevent the siege; of Santoun, which was in a very critical situation. It is doubted whether he will arrive in. time. Mina - is . blockading Pamplona, the garrison of which place is reduced -to the greatest distress. It was intended to attempt something against the celebrated town of Barcelona, but the negli gence of a General, as is, usual, prevented the de sign from succeeding. - - The article .concludes, with some sarcastic ob servatiOr.s on the repeated plunderings of the French, and the contributions they are continu ally impos►ng. SANTIAGO, DEC. 4.--Lord Wellington has his head-quarters at Ciudad Rodrigo) .in the vicinity of which- pla'ce his troops are encamped. The great scarcity cif provisions iri a country entirely wasted, has obliged our armies to divide them selves; and take politidns in which they-Can find subsistence. It appears, that except the cavalry, the whole Gtl) army is marching upon the town of Sanabria and Orense ; and the sth under Senor Caaa.nos, with all the cavalry of the Gth, has t:lken the to Estratnadura, and will establish his head-quart , :rs in Caceres. For the same yea son ; , we are assured that the Frcmch have not left Salamanca; but ,have seemed to manifest an in tentiOn of turning back upon Valladolid and Se, govia.---(Cortmna , Dec. 6.) OFFICIAL ARTICLE. The enemy, as I informed your Excellency in my anterior of the 30th ult. continue in Bene vente, in number 1,200 infantry, and 40 horse, collecting provisions, and are, as I am infoimed, fortifying themselves at the bridge cf . Castro' Gonzalo. These accounts have just been put-in posses sion of by the daily journal- which I receive .from two officers, who, with eight, horse;- had advanced' three leagues beyond Bantza,' and whose spies extend to Beneventc ; the latter confidently speak of the speedy .retreat of the enemy to Rio Seco, and add, that the 400 horse, which the, day, be-• 'fore yesterday marched towards Mayorga, had not passed the said town. All this I state to your Excellency for your in formation. M. DE OTERMEN. Astorga, Dec. a. ,P. S. This moment, eleven o'clock at night, a second dispatch has reached me, stating,-that the spies know that the English have entered Sala manca.—(e&runna, Diary, Dec. 1] .) FROM THE CORIJNICA DIARY, DEC. 6. The 'reach have already divided through - Old Castile all the forces which they had collected to fight the Lord, to which they _have been obliged by want of provisions. In the beginning of this month about three' hundred Dragoons advanced to Baneza, and two hundred of them arr:ved at Astorga. • General Boyer, - who at present cominands' a division, imposed on •VallAdolid, Salatuanca, Za mora,and other places, a contribution "of 2,000;000 of real which they were not able-to sadsfy.. General, the most fierce instrument of the Tyrant, is destined to occapy the points of the Asturas, .by order of Napoleon., Only anxious for money, cruelty is the • prominent feature of his cha= racter. King Joitph, with a division of 10,000 meal, continues in Valladolid. A brig arrived at Plymouth, from Nev York, in thirty-four days, states there are now lying at New York upwards of one hundred sail of vesselS, laden with corn and flour, bound -to Spain and Portugal. Nearly the whole 'Of them are vessels of. great 'hurthen. The abOVe American vessel brings no news. The Society of Schoolmasters had their annual dinner on Tuesday, at 'the Cr % own and Anchor Ta vern, the Duke of CAnniundE being in the Chair. The Bishop of CARLISLE and other persons of dis tinction were present at the meeting, which was numerously attended. So early as the 11th instant, primroses in full bloom were plucked near William Pitt, , the eele hrated coal Mine in Cumberland. A few days ago, as the men were' at' work in George's Pit, they Were alarmed by a rustling noise, when in an instant a small bird, pursued by a hawk, dew past them with great velocity, into the work ings,where they disappeared !----The depth of the pit is nearly 206 yards. LAW REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY, DtC, 24. • At the Sitting of the Conrt of Chancery this morning; the LoP.. CHANC7,I:T.OII observed,. that cause of was ready to gi ve hi s j u d gmen t in the ause of the Rev. Mr. Le, and Mrs. Lee, but was pre vented by -the l imnroper•interferent,e of Mr. Lee, who had thought. it advisable to address hin! by letter on the subject, ml-lted private, ami last night he received another. riis was a practice *hick •his Lordship .had always deprecated, he- would not he doing justice to his oxv: if he was to givejndgment, r whpic the contents of those letters were fresh in his memory. His Lordship -then directed that the letters should be laid before the Learned Couns , .:l on both sides. _ Sir 'ARTHUR PiGGOTT,, Counsel for Mrs. Lee, stated, she was actually in a.state of starvation ; that she had not for.three years received a shil ling, and he trusted his Lerdship,would order her, some support ont . of-her own funds, The LORD Camv . 6ier.on observed, there could be no objection to her having her pin-money paid to her. • Sir SAMUEL • ROMILLY assured his Lordship, that those letters which he had mentioned,- were written without his concurrence, and he also un derstood from the Solicitors, with Out their know led The LORD CHANCELLOR Said; " it is unneces sary for von, Sir Samuel Rornilly, to give me this assurance, for I know the Counsel and ,Solicitors in the cause too well tot believe they would lend themselves to such a transaction." The pin-money was ordered to be paid to Mrs. Lee. 13XiKSIDE BREWERY. DENT, LEE, AND FOUR OTHERS V. DRURY, MOSE- LY E AND FIFTEEN OTHERS. SIR SAMUEL RomILLy stated, this was a bill filed, praying for an injimetiori, to prevent \ the defendants continuing as managei's and , directors of the concern ; also, that they should account for the profits of the trade, a receiver to be appointecl,.and the partnership to be dissolved. • The ,Learned Gentleman said, he moved thiS under the following circumstances :----It was a brewery undertaken for the best purposes, to provide good beer at a. mo derate. price. The 'company consisted of a great number of individnals who held shares, purchased at 501. each ; the defendintS took upon themsel%'e3 the management of the concern, with the funds of 100,000/, and in October .last, they made a statement to the proprietors they had only funds to•the amount of 11,000/: to meet it, and that there ive - re 17,6001. of bad debts. It was not his wish to say any, thing disvespectful: of the de fendants, but is loss .had arisen; it was 'for his Lord Ship to. decide , t hether they ought to be en trusted with the :irtli - er management. There wa4 one allegation to the'bill, which he conceived it his duty to_state. ; It was, 'that a house had ,been erected and furnished for . the defendant Drui y,. without the approbation of the-majority of the proprietors ; that the defendants had been in the. habit at times of depreciating the concern, and at other times raising it AO e its value,. so as to make it a business of stock-jobbing. tinder those consideratiotis, he bad not a doubt but his Lord ship would grant the prayer of the bill: Mr. BELL followed on the same side, and obL served, that 'the 'deed of paternership was only dated in . June, 1809, and in that period a most enormous loss had taken place, which, in itself, must be considered sufficient by his Lordship to remove the defendants from the management of the concern. Mr. HART, Counsel for the defendants, contend ed, that the case %Vas out of the jurisdiction of his Lordship - ; for the defendants, by the - deed of co partnership, were appointed the committee of ma nagement, and had individually become respon sible for . the debts o:• the concern, for which rea son he trusted that tie bill•would be dismissed with costs. Sir A. PIGOTT, Mr. SHADWELL, Mr. LEACH, and Mr. WARE followed on the same side.. Sir S. RomILLY replied. The LORD CIIANCiLLpR observed, the parties were ill advised in. bringing the case bef o re him, they ought to have kno;vn they must abide hy_the deed of co-uartnership. It was highly improper that the time of the •Court should be occupied with causes of that nature; for he would never be come the manager of a brewery or a theatre. Motion dismissed with costs. The Court adjourned at halt-past three o'clock to the llthOf January, when the business before Hilary Term, 1813, will proceed as follows : On Monday the 11th, Tuesday the 12th, 'Wed- , nesday The 13th, and Thursday the 14th—Further Directions and Exceptions.. On. Friday the 15th-- ! -The First Seal. On Saturday the 16th, and _Monday the 18th-- Rehearing of Appeals. onyttesciay the . 19th—The Second Seal. On Wednesday the 20th—Petitions. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GumnuALL, DEC. 24. SHIPLEY AND . , OTHERS, V. KYMER AND MACTAG- GART. This was an action for money had and received, brought by the Dean of .St. Asaph, aiul two other persons, as the trepresentatives and heirs of ant late Lady Frances Stapleton, to recover against the Defendants, the amount of a cargo of sugars, which had been sold to them, by the consignee. The cargo in question was shipped on board•a ves sel called the Augusta, at Jamaica, and consigned, on account Of the plaineiifs, to itiessrs and Wilson. SMITHFIELD MAJIKE,'F, DECEM B E 25 This day's Market had hut a scanty supply Qf different kinds of cattle :—Bcef, Veal, and Pork are cheaper ; Mutton is dearer;, and the trade for the most part was somewhat flat. The sales in the Flay Market were not lively : Straw has got up in price ; Hay has fallen in .price ; ClOver fetched last prices.—The undermentioned prices and numbers are a correct statement :--- To sink the Offal, per Stone of sib. Beef, 4s. 4d. to ss. ad. Mutton, ‘4s. 4d. to Gs. Rd. Veal, ss. od. to 6s. 6d. Larch, Os. to Os. Od. Perk, ss. od. to Ss;ba. Beasts, 490. Sher:T, BMO. CO. Pigs, 100. • SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET. Hay, 41. Os. to 51. LOs. ptras, 21. 63. to 9.1. 54. Clover, 1. Os. to 71.55.