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London, England, 1813-05-16 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

this route. The King of Prussia and the Emperor Alexander hail
slept at Hochlitz.
" An Adjutant Sub-officer of the I th provisional, and who had
been made prisoner in the battle of the vd, made his escape, and
gave information that the enemy had sustained great losse4, and was
retiring in the utmost d isorder ; that during the battle, the Russians and
Prussians kept their colours in reserve, which was the cause why we
could not take any of them--that they have taken one hundred and
two prisoners from us, among whom are tour officers ; that these
pilioneri; were (unaided to the rear under the sward of the detach-
went which had the charge of the colours; that the Pinssians treat-
ed their prisoners very ill ; that two prisoners not being aide to
walk, through extrenr.! fatigue, they ran them through the body
with their swords; that Ca:. ;Astonishment of the Russians and Prns-
flans, at having found such a namerous army, and so well disciplin•
ed, and supplied with every thing, was extreme ; that there existed
a misunderstanding between them, and that they mutually accused
each other as being the cause of their losses.
General Count Laurestmi had put himself iu march from We-
vetzen, on the high road to Dresden.
" The Prince of l'illoskwa has marched towards the Elbe, to raise
the biockade of General Thielman, who commands at Torgan, to
tike his position at that point, awl raise the blockade of Witten-
; it appears that this latter place has made a tine di.timee, and
ropiiked several attacks which have cost the enemy very dear.
" Tate Priwians state, that the Emperor Alexander, finding. the
battle lost, rode through the Russian line, to animate the Soldiers,
by exclaiming, 46 Courage ! God is with us!"—They add, that the
Prussian General Mueller is wounded, and that there were five
other Prussian Generals of Di(ision or Di igade either- killed or
o untied."

CADIZ MAIL.

DEFEAT OF SUCHET.

VALENCIA (7 AZETTE EXTRAWIDINAttY, APIIIL

The Sqperior I'oliti.:;il Chief has rec•eived from the Gineral iu
Chief of the 1d alloy, from his Head-quarters iu Petrel, the foilow.

illtr, :-

" The enemy with a force almost double, attacked on the 11th,
the division of Brigadier Don Fernando Millan4, hich occupied
Yccla, and olfiai!xil au advantage, notwithstanding the bravery
with ‘‘htelt our troops fought. On the Sallle day, Marshal Stiviiet
presented himself before Valenti, and at night-fall occupied the
whnn the castle, in which was the battalion of Velez Ma-
laga, immediately surrendered.
'' break of day, on the 11th, Thrispe's division, which had
returned from Aguela, joined him ; and when part of the allied
army began to march upon Valenti, Suchet marched with all his
fi)rees, %yid' the object of attacking Vial.. At three in the after-
noon they presented themselves within shut of the I. w hen,
as it was not General Murray's- intention to maintain that position,
his troops were retiring, disputing the ground by inches, till night
put an curl to the contest. This not hieing conformable to the
enemy's plan, immediately that he observed the allied army was
reconcentrating in Castella, he advanced his forces, and at noon
yesterday, alter having displayed all his cavalry, advanced a corps
of 1:000 infantry, with the view of forcing the left of our line,
10:ieli the vanguard of General Whittinghasn'A division covered ;
but these troops, and the English, whom he encountered at this
point, received the attack with the utmost serenity. They allowed
the enemy to approach to the very points of their bayonets, and
then charged, breaking the French column, killing, wounding, or
makiu prisoners, the unhappy slaves who composed it.
" Suchet having seen the result of his first attempt, was obliged
to change his that was to vigorously attack the line,—and
reduce his operations to making various movements, and putting.,
himself in retreat. General Murray immediately ordered nine bat-
talions, and •1,800 horse, with 10. pieces of artillery, to pursue, who
caused terrible loss to the enemy's columns, which continued their
rc trogade march, -beaten and fatinued. The allietk.troopsare pur-
suing them, and I expect .we obtain still gi'eater 6 aantages.
the mean time I have the satisfaction of communicating to your
Es.cellency the result of the operations of the army during the last
three days, which you will be pleased to publish in your city and
province. God guard, .ke.
liead-quarters, Petrel) April 14. 66 X. ELIO. "
" To Don V. M. Pateno."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

MOND%Y MAY 10.
Their Lordships met at ten o'clock, and decided several appeal
can s.
The Qncenhithe Midge, and several other Bills, were read a third
time and passed.

TUESDAY, MAY 11.
Their Lor(l4tipq met in a Committee of Privileges, and heard
Counsel on the claim of Sir George Jerningham to the Baronage of
Stratford.

Petitions were presented from the merchants and traders of York.
and Devizes, praying that a law may be enacted to prevent mock
auctions and the irregular vending of wares. . _ _

The Earl of DAR N LEY gave notice, that he should certainly bring
forward his motion on the conduct of the American war, on Friday.

IVEDNESDAY, 11,01 12.
The House received a Petition from Alnw lc, praying the propaga-
tion of tlu•istianity in India ; and one from the freeholders of Devon,
ill favour of the Catholic claims.—Adjourued.

TIlliltS1)1N MAN 1.3.

A number of Petitions were presented in favour of the propagati-
on of the Gospel in India.—Earl Gn Ey said, if these Petitions went
merely to forward that laudable purpose, he should support them ;.
but if the Petitioners sought any powers to prevent the tiovernment
from sending them brick, in case they should abuse their licence,
they would not receive his sanction or support.--The Oxterd Coun-
ty Rates Bill was read a third time and passed.—Adjourned.

Fill) \I, at ‘1( 14.
NAVAL A DMIN ISTRATION.

Lord DARNeEy rose on the Order of -the Day, and called the at-
te;ition of tl►e House to tl►e general neglect of Ministers in delaying
measures of hostility towaids America ; in a long and able speech,
he contended that the frost culpable ne.,digeuee on the part of Go-
vernment had ocea.iioned the loss of the merchants' property, and
the disasters we had recently expel ieneed in our conflicts with su-
perior naval three. The Noble .Lord concluded by moving, •c That
a Committee be appointed to enquire into the circumstances of the
War with the linited.States, awl particularly with respect to those
who have had the conduct of his Majc;t3's naval threes."
Earl HATilutt.-;T elefilieled the conduct of the Noble Lord at the
head of the Admit alty, and in 'the course of his speech observed
that America went to war because they had an opportunity of com-
mencing it with ad-vantage. It was this cotisideration which de-
tei mined them as to time, and their main object w•as to intercept
the Wert India Fleet. For this purpose they got their frigates
ready even before the declaration of war, and ran down imme-
diately to accomplish their object. They, however, fi►uud the trade
protected, ai:d utterly failed in their design—a circumstance which
itself she the well-advised preeautums taken by his Noble
tricnd (Lord Melville). The enemy took the time advantageous to
themselves, and they. were completely disappointed in their expec-
tations. As for the injury sustained by trade, it was not to be ex-
peeled that some damage would not be done at first upon a com-
mrce so vast, by an adversAy who possessed so many privateet
and !If great an extent of coast, filled with ports And harbours.
His Lordship; alluding to the suece4es of our troops, spoke in
terms atilt highest praise of the conduct of Sir G. Prevost and Sir
1. Brock. He stated also, that two regiments had been sent out in
good time, and that every reinthreement, kiee. had been promptly
dispatched to tlfe seat of war, on the first application of the Com-
manding Officer. He trusted our good fortune would continue with
us this year as well as in the ast, as we had neither reason to doubt
the skill of the commander, the zeal of the soldier, or the attach-
ment of the people.
L•itd Melville, Lord Stanhope, Lord Galloway, Loid Grey, and
several others, spoke on the question, aml the motion was finally.
negatived, by a majority of 66.—Adjournuti.
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