The National Register.
London, England, 1813-10-17 00:00:00

THE NVTIONAL RrGISTER.

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by the total derangement (Wits finances, will take it' resolution, and
4i-,;•cppt the piroposals which w ill be made to it. In the contrary
ica,e, and it that Coot will not join the coinnom cause until it has
already trio:llord, it will then he no merit, nor be of any utility in
obtaiiiii,g for it hitch moderate conditions. The whole North sees
ctith concern, the delusion of the Danish G ,yernment. The
31ii6 ter !pier, who kept there, must be himself listoiti%lied at
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polAcE oil( et of hi% commands. At the moment when all
the liritice, f the Ithenibli Confederacy are pt (Taring to throw off
the yoke, it is ti hard matter to acconuffirr the submissiveness of the
CL,,int of Covett:.agets.

fleaisgnarterm, Zerhst, Sept. 12
n llnwai ky, with Iris Cossacks, and General Von Dobschtiss
itli f tits %/padre's., 'a hi, h made a part of General Count Tanen:l49l's
adva:aa d gu rd, oe the 10th instant between Borack and Selivrediss,
met «it' she Ist, nth and 13th French regiments of horse chasscnrs,
anti attacks 1 them so successfully, that scarcely 30 men escaped of
these eeti I eimetits. Colonel 'f alleyrand. Lienteuant.-Colonels,
it; other officers,
_and :',OO men, where made prisoners, arid the rest
ere kilted or %sounded. A remarkable circumstance, and
avoid' can only lw attributed to the want of union which prevails
in the um my's troll's, Ual that our own low consisted in a snick
-efetin :cal Cossack. General Doixtehuss has ()crwled Coulorf surd
INtillei.sng. General Wobessel observes Torgan. Two great boats,
%slid' came down the laden with ammunition and clothing
for the garrison 'ldle latter fortresses, have been taken. Captain
Van Zettnert, who hail been sent with 30 men of the Landwher, on
'horst '.ark, to the left bank of the Me, has destmyed the retrench-
men's thrown rip near Rogatz. The enemy sent frornWi•liiiirstatit
100 men to prevent this ; hut Captain Zentiert fell upon them at
the bead of his 30 men, and after an obstinate resi •.ance cot
them down. Some prisoners were mode, whe hat' been all wounded.
Ca 'cant Ziamert himself was %remitted severely in this action.
Colonel Bjernstjerna, having been detached with Swedish troops
to the left bank of the Elbe, marched c a the ‘.:oth to Kembrrah. in
the hope of surprising there a troop of Poles ; hot it had already
le that place, = nil taken the road to Leipsie. The Colonel went
)kilt to teronnoitre the bridge-ltead, rear Wittenburgh, and to. k
Sander him the vi • y cannon of that work, an advanced corps and a
courier with sr venal letters Neat him. Among these are several
from the Governor General Lapoype. addressed to Marshal Ney,
ike of Elchincen ; to the Duke of Recoio ; to Generals Regnier,
Narbonne, Margaitt. The content's of these letters chew that not
only the sa!diers, but even the officers and serjean)s of the weak
gairistat of Wittenberg, are daily deserting.
Genetic! Count Walmonden reports, ruiner the date *Celle 196,
it gem r Tettenborn has pursued the flying enemy to Bleekedo,
Itrackcde, Litnenberg. Winsen, and even to Harbert ; we have
livery wl e e picked up soldiers that had been left behind. General
reclitux has made ins escape with 5 or 600 hundred men, which he
tMlected at Lnirenburg. where he arrived early in the morning on
the day after the battle, and proceeded On kis march to Win-
Den awl Ilopte, without stopping. the enemy's General Osten
had gone before with a detarlintent from Harbtarg to Wiesen, hut
left that place when our detached party approached it. A number
if wounded were laying dispersed on the roads. General
lettenborn collected them, and sant in besides some ammunition
swag:vats that had been left behind. The number of prisoners had
increased to 1:300 (hiring the pursuit ; a pair of colours, belonging
to Val 3d regiment of the line, was taken. On the lath, the enemy
l;ad snide a strong reconnoissance from Mullen towards Zurrentien
and, at. last, threw himself back on the Boitzenhurg with his right
Count Walmoden has received outer* to attack the Prima,
of Eckintild, with his joint force. He is to be supported by 15,i;00
Men of the Mecklenburg' Landstnim, under the command of the
Hereditary Prince.
The evies-en-ma,se are organizing every where on the right bail
Of th.• Elbe. This example will soon be followed likewise on the
left hank of the Elbe ; and a national war will shortly he seen exten-
ding frtnt the Elbe to the Rhine, similar to that with which tile libe-
ration of Spain commenced. The chiefs of the Districts wait only
for the signal for collet ting their forces; and this moment is now
not tar distant.
Gtateral Blucher has pushed forward a strong detachment on
Roisigsb• ark. Count Von Tentatzien li.as taken possession of Lies
benwelds. and Eisterwertio, alai the line behind the Eisler. Tie
(molly hers broke up his camp at Stolzenliagen, near Elsterwerd ), in
the tie.lit bets% ten the 19th, and (.1 oth It is estimated at 4000 men
Accortting to the latest aceoptits, the King Qt Naples Is still at
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Grnsst uhayn.
Tile Napoleon in irerson, on the 11th attacked the pest
of tiolltudo'vf, tiie narrow pas..4s-or Bohemia, Cut was ieptilsed by

the Austrian corps of Generals CoPored° and Meerveld, with the
loss of 7 cannon, 1 standard, 4,0 N) prisoners, and the General
of llmigatle Krentzer, who was taken.
TI e united Army of the North of Germany has taken more than
213,na) pmi-xners since the cud of the truce. From the 17th of
August tilt the /Mb of September, there have pas-ed through Berlin
as prisoners of war 1;/,'L57 common soldios, and tn. 9 Officers; anti
t upwards of !,000 mote nete on the road to that city ; from eto
3,()C0 have remained behind sick in the hospitals of interhock,
ITreemenbriet7en, Beizi(s, and Brandentangh ; and the corps d'atinte
under Coma Von Warnoden, which sends its prisoners to Stralsund,
has mode mar, than 4 000 of them. 'Uwe add to this windier that
tor the killed, wounded, and neisshr,s, we may reckon. the total loss of
the army opposed to that of •the North of Germany, at not kss than
45,010 mien, since the 17th of August.
'lke pri,onems taken by time Army slider General Blucher, and the
jGrand Army of Bohemia, amount to 40,101.). We may, therefore,
without exaggeration estimate the enemy's loss since the reCOM-
wencement of hostilities, at more than 100,0cCi men, and I'mt) pieces
t of cannon.
It, s every thing gives us room to hope, Bavaria and Wurtenbert;
I should join the cause of lilterty,the Emperor Napoleon will
not have more than r 50,900 men to oppose time Allies.
The King of Ernmark has sent the Prnssian Minister back, and
stated the cause of it, that as Prussia is engaged in oar n ith the
Emperor Napoleon, tl,e presence of that Minister tumid no longer
be allowed at Copenhagen. This Cowl endeavom's to justify
itself to the Allies on aeronnt of its declaration of war against
Sevedea. and pretend, to ha% e taken that step, merely to usettle the
incessant demands of Baron Aiquie r, who demardea to (X) tett,
more ta, be sent to lioNtrin. In t;-.ls. however, there .app:ars 0
vast ditlerettee between the intent and the deed.
The enemy has not any more fast position on the left hank of
the Elbe from Wlttenhorgh .to Sehermibeek. 1-Es advance'', posts
are still hetvreen the last envntioned !dam and Magtnsing. Gen,
C2ernitscheff is at Dersibmirg, 'Major Von Ro'cnstern at Little
lto•enhurgh, and Major Cleezensky at Zoetbk. Detached parties
have penetrated as far as 11:1114', where they have pat -themselves in
connection with the corps under General Threlmann, and thence as
far vs near to Deltsch and Billerteld, and on the kft wing as tar as
' Egehm and Wantzleben. They have been able to make only a small
' nenarber of prisoners, as they never could find the enemy in any
considerable force. Major Von Low enstern has taken a transport
; of 1 4300 measures Gloats awl other provisions, which were intended
ter Magdebargb.
The saa-gnard of the Russian army, eommanded by Court Von
Woronaoft, is at Acken (on the kft bank of time Elbe.) The Swedish
van•gmbarti under the command of General SCIIIIIZOIktiriIt is at
Dessau.
L The Crown Prince has cutrnsted the siege of Witteaborgh is
1 General Bulow.

The Secretary of State for the Home Department has appoiotedl
a general voluateering from the Militia to take place on the 19th,
VIII, and ‘i1174 days of this month.
The Committee of Underwriters at Halifan, Nova Scotia, have
presented a piece of plate, value one hundred gniveas, to .7aptaiii
Broke, the brave Conumnder of the Shatmon. Piddie notice has
also been given of a meeting at the Guildhall, Bury St. ralmund's,
on Saturday next, to consider of the best means or conferring upon
flic gallant Captain, some testimony of the gratitude and admira-
tion of the inhabitants of his native county, for his intrepid condnet„
in capturing the Chesapeake.
In the llonthay Pavers is the following account of the punish-
, ine;,l of a climbed at Itarosla,by an elephant:--The man was a slave
:111(1 two days before had nundered his master, brother to a native
Cl:ieftain, namod Ameer Sahib. About eleven o'clock the elephant
wi 9 brought out, with oely the driver on his hack, surromaird by
natives ‘vitii hamboos in their hands. The criminal was place('
three yards behind on the ground, his legs tied by three ropes, v: Inch
acre fitstimed to a ring on the right hil dhg of the animal. At
every step thl elephant took, it jerked him torwarois, and eight or
h n stt ps must have dislocated every limb; for they were loose mat
' Woken, when the elephant had proceeded 300 yards. • The man,
1 though covered with mud, chewed every sign of life, andseersed In
he in nig •most excruciating torments; the skin from off his Wei;
hung lou-e anti in pieces even fat behind his head: the slow
motion of the eleplinet appeared to give him time to breath, till the
leg be is tied lo moves, when he is lirown forwards. After having
' been tortured in this manner abaft an hour, he was taken outside of
the town,'
when elephthich is instructed for such occasion*,
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