The National Register.
London, England, 1813-11-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL 'REGISTER.

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avail himself of Ms grek nmnbers ; he eXftealed his the on his
ught. , brigade of '2OOO tiraillettri of the .2(1 corps, commanded hi
Gen. Dnhreton, was employed to cheek him ; aua Gen. Sebvstiani
caused-to he executed with enecese, in the open part of the %rood,
several chat ges oil the enemy's tirailleurs. Our as.oo thns
kept at bay the whole enemy's army, gaining time insensibly WI
tits ee in the ,afternoon.
The artillery having arrived, the Emperor 01-dered n. Curial
to advance it the pas. de charge upon the e:.enty wish two bet-
talions of Chasseers, and drive them lea-ontl the defile ; Gen.
Dronet to debouche pn the plain with 50 Ore( s of cannon ;
Nansuuty with all Sehastiani's corps, and the eavahy of the old
guard, to cbarge.sigorously the enemy in the pl-tin.
All these diepositions %erre exa e ctly xcente,l. Vatrial overthrew
several battalions. At the mere sight of the 11,1 ::card, the Aus-
trians and Ithvarians were actrified. nom fifttee to fifty pieces of
carman Were successively pieced in a hattely, with the ;Ictivity and
coolness %chichi distinenis'a Dronet. Gen. Nan•outy advanced On '
the tight of these batteries, mid charged 10.00 anen,t's cavalry by
Gen. Leveque, Major of the out thiard, by the St. Germain divi•
site' of cuirassiers, and successively by the grenadiers and dragoota
of the guard. All these chi-tars had a furtimate result. Thu ene-
my's cavalry was overthrown and sabred ; malty squares of iefantry
were broken ; the Aestrian reeinteut 3ordis and the Ifelans
of
Priace Sehwartzenberg were cetirt Iv dte.troyed. The roomy pre-
cipitately abandoned the .road of Franktiwt, which he Idoek;oletl,
aiel all the gromel oceopieti by his left. He retreated, and- soon
fell into complete rout.
It was five o'clock : the enemy made an efloit on their right to
disengage their lett awl gise time to the latter to retire. (kn.
Friant sent two tette:lions or the Old Guard to a farm-house,
situated on the old road of lianan. The endinv was di iven from
it, and his relit coalpelled to retreat. Berore six in the evening he
bad re-passed in rout the little river Kinfzig.
The victory Was complete. The enemy, 55114 pretended to block
up the w hely country, was obliged to evacuate the ruad to Henan
and Frankfort:
tire have made 6,000 pi isaners, and taken sevtral colours and
Pieces of cannon. The enewv hail •ix Generals killed or wounded.
His loss is agent 10,0:0 in killed, wenteled, and *prisoners ; ht's
only from 4to 500 killed or wounded. We hid engaerd only
about 5000 tirailcurs, 4 battallious of the old 'Guard, about b 0
squadrons of cava'ry, and 120 pieces of cannon.
At day-break of the 31st the enemy had retired upon Aschaffen-
burg. The Emperor continued his movement, arid at 'three in the
afternoon was at Vrarktort.
The colours taken in this !tattle, and those taken at Wachau and
Leipsie, have been sent forward to Peris.
The cuirassiers, the mounted grenadiers, and the dragoons, made
brilliant charges. Two squadrons of the Garden of
the sth regiment, commanded by Major S,dueis, particularly dis-
tinguished themselves, and cave reason for presumieg what may be
expected from this corps next spring, when they will he perfectly
organised and disciplined.
The General of Artillery of the Army, Noma it, and (;en. Meaux
Major of Artillery of the Guard, have merited to be distinguished ;
Gen. Letort, Major of Draeoons in the Guards, although wounded
in the battle of Wachau, would charge at the head of his regiment,
and had his horse killed.
Ou the 31st in: the evening, the grand head-quarters were at
Frankfort.
The Duke of Treviso, with tyro divisions of the young guard and
the Ist coil's of cavalry, was at Gelubancen—
The Mike of Reggio had arrived at Fruektort.
Count Bertrand awl the Duke of Ragusa were at Hamm ; Gen.
Sebastiani was on the Sidtla.

LETTER FROM THE DVICc VICP.NZ TO THE rAPTAIN COM-
MANDANT OF THE TWo IirCINIENTS OF SAXON CUIRASSIERS
EMPLDYED IN COUNT MAUIsoURG'S CORPS OF C%VAI,IIY.
Mtestranvoitcr(le, 00. 19.
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hasten to inform yon, M. Le Commandant, that the Emperor
authorises the two regiment,: of Saxon Citirnoietirs of the Guard and
of ZeAchwitz, which are serving in his armies, to proceed to L
fries ; his Majesty thinking,,
th.it it Will he areeable to your good
King to have these troops of his goad near his person, mider exist-
ing eircilstanceg.
Gen. Latour Maitbnerg, who i- informed of this tlispwition, will
afford yon all the neces-itry that the retort) of these troops
stay suffer no: difficulty: I!I
:VI e holimr to tie,&e.
(iiined) GNI-LAIN-cot:KT, poke of Vicenza'.

LETTER FROM THE MAJOR•GENER tt., TO THE LIKLIT.-C,,LONICS. • -
COMMANDING TIIE BAVARIAN TR O,OPR.
Ellllll 0f*.t.,24,
The King, your INlN•ter, forgetting what the. Emperor has dooe•
for IniIIP, has de-elated war against France. Under such eircinss-
stances, the Bavarian troops which are with the army might be dia. -
armed, and prisoners of war ; but that would be contrary to .
the eorfi:lence which the troops Im:ler his orders should have in him.
coosequence, Monsieur, his illajesty's intention is, that you..
should collect your battalion. You shall have magazines given you, ,
and four day', WA:Ai:4OIIQ.; and von ~11,11 set out fi-om hence to pro-
ceed to Cherbourg upon Bamberg, t'. hem you ‘',lrk take Your °idol
trom the Minister of his Maje‘ty the King of Bavaria.
It would likeuise he equally contrary to the sentiments ofiiimonr
and loyalty, unit ou -.bear arms against Frauce. In comte-
: quence, it is the huperor's will, that you and your officers should .
give your wori of honour, that ruitlier you, nor your soldiers. shall •
sei ye agaillst France orevions to the expiration of one year.
the Prince Vice-Constable,
(SigneMajord)-Lieneral,
ALEXANDER. •
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Putts, Nov. 5. Private letters froM Frankfort' of the 314.
Or t. positively arminnce to us, that t le Bavariansjoined to the Ann
ti inns, having left the Inn, took a position at Hanan, in the deAgu -
of opposing the passage of the Ffelleil army ; they were won.
!mitred. attacked, and overthrown in an instant. Tne French army
went right through them, taking with it ti.ooo prisoners, cannoni •
atalff:!-K. This affair took place on the ,Wth. Count Wrede corn.
nrainCil the allied army. His Majesty set out the following day
for Mayence, where. in fait, a telegraphic dispatch announce* that.
the Emperor arrived on the '2d, in the morning.
MAYENCE. Nov. 2.—The 6,090 prisoners which his .Majesty .
, made yesterday lion) the Bavarian army, arrived to day at .4 p. M.
The consternation which roigns lit the conntenarees of these itsitiir
! tunates, seems to reproach the Sovereign of Bavaria tifr the.dis-
loyal conduct which he has held towards the Monarch who placed
him upon the throne.—The advanced guard of the army escorted
the Bavarians. The troops have been defiling over the bridge of
the Rhine, from eleven in the morning till eight at night. The
. men and ItOrses are in good condition. -The equipment and cloath-
iug alone have suffered a little. The Imperial United, for serving at
the palace in which his Majesty is expected, is as handsome and as
1 proper as when it mounts guard at the Thailleries. • :: • •
r His Majesty arrived this morning at five o'clock in this toim
A part of his guard accompany him, with all its artillery. The
1 i cunainder of that line troop is expected this evening and to-
morrow.
The Administrations are arriving in numbers. • • .-
The tear-guard of the army, which his Majesty commanded, has
completely
letZir of Cassel is n
yt
bataesisl the e?
asl enyt:ite of formidable defence. •
The number of troops which have already arrived by Mavenee,
(par Mayenec) amount to,nearly 100,000 mem ; a part has bees re-
eloatiied, and is in a condition to again take the field.
Ilk Majesty enjoys perfect health.
FRENCH I'4UNM.—Nov. 4.-52 franks 20 cents.. Nov. 5.-51
'fa,
50 c. N,v. 6-s:i f.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

MONDAY, NOV. 8.
TREATIES WITH THE ALLIES.'
The Earl of LIVERPOOL laid on The table, by command of the
{'tires Regent. certain Con‘ et:t ions concluded-between this coon-
try and our Allies. There wile two supplementary Conventions
(.n11(.1104.4 with the Emperor of Russia and the King ot Prussia
(for the fulfilment of objects referred to in the former Treaties, of
which the ratifications had not yet been exchanged, but for the
c•muenienve of the House with reference to the details, he would
move an humble Address to the Prince Regent, praying his R
to be
l.
Higlicess to order the substance of those two Conventions
laid before the House.—This 'Motion was agreed to.
VICTORIES OF THE PV It EN EES—CA PTURE OF ST. SE-
BASTIAN, &v.
Earl BATDURAT, after stating the operations of the army from
the battle Of Vittoria to the capture of St. Sebastian, took the op-
pyrtnnity ot notieing a fo;11 calumny upon our troops that had been
pntdished in the Spanish papers. Sir Thomas Graham was on the
spot at the time, and in the neighbourhood for neatly a woUth after-

wards, arid no complaint whatever was made to him by the Autho-
rities of St. Sebastian, or by the inhabitants, of any outrages having
been committed, yet we were charged with having committed sacri-
lege in their cluarelies, and plundered them of the plate; but was it
to be believed, that the French, who had uniformly, in every town,
carried off the plate from the elmrebes, would have made St. Se-
bastian a solitary exception ; or that w hen they had converted the
churches of that town (as was the fact) ieto barracks, stables, and
hospitals, they word(' have suffered the ,plate to remain ma the com-
munion tanks? The charge was utterly false ; equally false was
the allegation, that our troops were occupied in plundering the
town, •at the moment they might, by following up the enemy, have
captured the castle. The fact was, that nor troops did follow up
the enemy, with the view of capturing the castle, and suffered mica
in the 11141reessfid.attempt ; the 9th regiment, in partienlar, suf-
fered severely, nod it was actually found necessary to reprove some
of Inc Officers for not checking the troops in attempting' that which'
was impracticable. The last charge against us was, that of setting
fire to the town. This also was utterly false : so far from it, that
repeated repreventatice.s having been made to Sir T. Grahrei', ofl
the expediency of bombarding the town, for the purpose of hasten-
ing its surrender, by the consternation twlaieh ‘vould he thus ()cc:a-
liened, he at length transmitted them to Lord Wedingtoo, and his
Lordship sent sixteen mortars, but with expte(s directions, that
they should nta he wed so as to set fire to the town, and only four
of them were used in the direction of the attack Nina the works
during the whole seige. It was not our interest to set tire to the
town, but it was Ilia of the enemy ; and the fact was. that abu,st
immediately after the entrance of our troops into it, the fivues
burst -out in several places at the same time. The only pa; tof
the charees to which he, on the part of the troops employed at St.
riebnstian pleaded guilty was, that of saving the lives of COO of the
enemy. When our soldiers entered the town, smarting under the
effects of a most obstinate and protract( d resistance, surrounded by
the fire which was consuming the tnwn, and scorched by the if lilletim
690 of the enemy's soldiers, unable to escape, flung down their
arms, and threw themselves upon our mercy. Our troops certainly
were merciful enoueb to grant them their lives, an act which was
saletioned by their Officers, and which was not nor had been since
objected to by Sir T. Graham. His Lordship then shortly adverted
to the subsequent operations (highly praising the conduct of the
Portrguese and Spanish troops), eliding in the establishment of our
army in the French territory, which he stated to be necessary for
the purpose of perfecting a lilac of defence, and of enabling Lord
Wellington to watch the operations of the enemy, whilst he could
conceal his own. If this country had iu ore respect contributed
more than another to the glorious results* that had at length been
achieved, it was in our perseverance in the contest in the Penin-
sula, under every eiremnstmee, however nufavourable, in the per.
tinacity with which we per,isted in maintaining even a corner of it.
until circumstances led to more auspicious events, and thereby
holding out a clear and !night flame amid the darkness that over.
spread the natives of Europe, that soon rose into a pillar of fire to
light them on their way to security, independence, and peace. His
Loroship concluded, by moving the Thanks of the House to Field-
Al ursln.l the Marquess Wellington, for the eminent skill and ability
dj-pas ed. in the operations succeeding the battle of Vittoria, ter-
slim:tang in ti e establishment cif the allied army on the French ter-
ritory.—The motion was agreed to near. dis.
Earl Rattle ST next moved the Thanks of the Honse to Sir T.
Graham, tbr his skill and perseverance in conducting the siege of
St. Seoastian.

The Duke of NORFOLK observed upon the-novelty of a distinct
Motion of Thank, to an Officer under the command of another.

Earl RATAURST said, that Sir Thomas Graham had closed a alo-
riami militar!. career with the affectionate rc2'ard and esteem of the
while army ; and he had thou .ht it tight to deviate from the usual
cow e, for the p'irpose of distinctly marking the merits of this
distiugpished Officer.

- The Motion, as orijnally proposed, was azreed to nem. disi. ;ac
were also Motions thatilOng the General Officers under the com-
mand of Lord Wellington ; the (Miens, British, Spanish, and Por-
tuguese ; and higlOy acknowledging and approving' the services of
the noo-conimi,:. ;wed officers and soldiers, British, Spanish, and
P1N...0010e till Wednesday.

We 'iliNclay Thnrwiay, ;Ind Friday, their Larrbhip‘ met, bu
of a public uature.—Mjourned till Monday.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, NOV. 8.

The SPEAKER read the Answer to the Address to the Prince
Regent, which was nearly in the following term::—
" I thank you for this &Wit' and loyal Address The senti-
ments which it breathes, and the assnrances of support which it
contains, are such as become the Commons of a great empire, ear-
rving to the Throne At such a moment the expression of their fvpi-
niowt. The means which you have determined to place at mv dis-
posal, shall be employed by me in the manner most conducive, un-
der Pi ovidecce, to the ssiecess of the treat cause in which we are
enuarred ; and I tunst, that though the alliance which has been
formed 1, WI the Continental Powers, Europe may look forward
to the attainment of a solid and luctourable Peace."

On tin. Motion of Mr. BANJOES, leave was given to bring itra
Bill to secure purity of Election in the Romig!' of He (stone.
Ina Committee of Supply. the CHANCLI.J.OR of the ExcEig.
Qllt.lt moved, and it
.was resolved, " That a supply be granted to
his Majesty."
'the House resolved itself into a Comm;ttee on the Local Tokens'
Act, when, on the motion of Mr. VANSITTART, leave was given to
bring in a Bill to continue the Aet.
A^counts were ordered to la laid before the Hone, of the Net
Receipts of the Pefinatient Taxes and of the War '[axes in Great
taitain, fir the several quarters of the years ending aith of OctobeN
11112. and s:h of October, 1813.

On the motion of Sir C. MONCK a variety of papers relative to
the Leather Trade were ordered to be laid before the House.
CONTINENTAL TREATIES.
Lord CArrt.rnEscit, at the Bar of the House, presented, from
his Royal Highness the Prince Regina, Copies of three Conven-
tions entered into on the part of His Britannic Majesty :—The first
with his Prussian Majesty, dated 14th of June, 1813 ; the second,
with his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, dated 15th of
June. 1813 ; and the third also with his Majesty the Emperor of
all the Rnssias, dated the 6th of July, 1813
The Papers were ordered to lie on the table.
Lord CsmEnEAcil gave notic', that on Monday next, he woola
move to refer them to the Committee of Supply.
An humble Address was then ordered to be presented to the
Prince Regent, praying that lie would be graciously pleased to
order the three Conventions, supplementary to the above, to be
laid before the Hone.
SINECURE OFFICES' BILL.

Mr. BANK Es observed, that the Act of last Session would expire
some time in February. It being expedient, therefore, to adipt.a new
measure before that period, he should move tit! lei:ye to bring iu a
Bill to continue the said Act* for a time to be limited.—Leave
granted.

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