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colville, of London, and D. Sheldon, of Manch...Lc •r, ni:totit;!L-
titiCrS Dec. '29, and I.ln .26, at eleven, at the Nicsly Arms,
Mincliester. Attorney, Mr. E.-Chester, Staple-inn.
D. De Berth. jun. of Spann's-Buildings, Pancra,, dealer, Dec
'Ai, and Jan Ali, at our, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. R. Thomas,
Eenchurch-streer,
lohn itickyrs, Lurie.; Bickers, and Wm. Bicker', of Iltteklerthurv,
Ai', reltousem-n, Dec.l9, and I an. 2, 2ti, at eleven, at G ui;dli. Attorney
lames. Bucklershurv.
1. Coolie. of Speidhurst-street, surgeon. Df.c. 19, 2G, aitcl I in. 06,
-Leven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Bath:l:ley, 17,
,James-street,
BLeiford-rote.

LONDON GA Z ETTE EXTRA ORDINARY,
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16.

FOREIGN OFFICE, DECEMBER 16.
Diqrttehes, of which the following are copies, were received last
n'ght by Viscount Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's Principal Sccre-
ories of State, from General Viscount Cathcart, K. T. his Majesty's
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of
us,ia, dated at St. Peteraburgh, the 23d and lith of November,

St. Petersburgh, Nov. 23.
My Loa n—ln my dispatch of the 15th instant, I had the honour
to detail such operations of Marshal Kutusefrs army as htid come to
my knowledge up to t :se 9th of November ; since that date no report
has been received of •the further proceedings of the corps entrusted to
General Piatrff. The Field Marshal had calculated to reach Krasnoff
on the litth instant ; but although he had advanced within a few
worsts of that place, I have nt't heard that his head-quarters were
established there on the 16th. His last dispatch of the latter date aft-
nnunces his intention of forwarding a journal of the preccdieg days,
which will contain important relations, hut it has not as vet been re.
ceived. On the 9th of November, Count Orl9iFDenizo(F, being ad-
vanced on the roads towards Smolensko and Krasuoi, received intelli-
gence of the march of a French crops from Smolensk() in the direc-
tion of Kalruga, composed of fresh troops intended for the different
regiments of guards ; this force was undi r the cemmatal of General
Barraguay D'Hillicr, hay ng with him General Charpentier and Bri-
gadier-General A ugereau, brother to the NI asshal of tkar name. Thy
were distributed in the three villages of Yaavin. Lake:if, and Deign-
must. A disposition of attack was immediately made by the three
partizan corps, commanded by Captain Seshavin, Colonel Davidoll;
and Captain Pctigncr. The result was, that the corps tinder Chan.
pentier was pearly cut to pieces; that Barraguay D'Hillier -having
patiently heard a cannonade for several hours in the quarters of A yge-
tcau's division, made good his retreat to Sinidenk ; and that A tine-
reatt's corps of three thousand men, after losing nearly one-third (f
their number, laid down their arms Mad canitulat d to Phifnntr, who
had inn 1,r)00 men, and who appears to have conducted this affair with
infinite address and gallantry.
lii this r ores were two squadrons of cavalry, well mein er-(1. The
piisoners amounted to one General, sixty stateand other onicers. atir;
two thous 'rad rank and file. The officers who capitulated sulcd the
object of their march by that route was to open another communica-
him in the direction of Kalouga ; they were not aware of the retreat
of their army.
Since this affair three General Officers, upwards of twenty pieces
of cannon, and tour thousand prisoners, ;lave been taken near :Inn-
lerisn,s, hut the particulars are not yet reported.
On the 1-lt h instant, General Count Witreenstein was attacked by
Marshal Victor, who had orders to chive him to the other side of the
Dwitia. The enemy was repulsed, with the loss of two to three
thousand men, and was pursued the next morning in his retreat tn-
wards Sewn), when six hundred prisoners were taken. I have tiles
ur to inclose a copy of Major-General Baron Dornberg's repert of
his alb ir.
Nothing material occurred at this post till the 18th, when Count
Wittgcnsten was joined by Colnnal Chernichef, Aid-de-camp to
his
Imiaerial Majesty, who had been detached by Admiral Tchichagolf,
with a sin ill corps of light cavalry, to discover and ascertain General
Count Wittgenstein's position. In the course of this expedition,
the Colonel had the singular gond fortune to rescue Major-General
Baron inzingeru,h.. and his Aid-de-camp, Captain Narishkin, be-
tween Wilna and Minsk ; they were proceeding towards the frontier,
under an escort of gene d'armes,and had been marched from Verret',
where they were presented to Buottaparte, with the French guards
under the charge of Junot.
Colonel Chernichef also took three couriers, one coming from
and the other two going to Paris. From these sources of intelligence
it is ascertained, that Buonaparte was at Smolensk° on the 13th
instant.
Admiral Tch%chakoff intended, according to his route, to arrive at
Minskon the 17th instant. '
Colonel Chernichef arrived at
,the palace yesterday. accompanied
by the prisoners he has released, and bringing with him the mter-
ee Pted dispatches. Those from Paris contain nothing but military
PldLs and maps.