The National Register.
London, England, 1813-10-31 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

OCT. 31

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Paris Papers to the 23d instant, reached town on Tuesday, cutting in pieces the rest. The next day he reverted to the
but they contain no efficial intelligence from Buonaparte or corps which he had before avoided, attacked, dispersed it,
his at my Private accounts are stated to have been received and took two more guns. Of this corps Soo Westnhahans
from Leipsic, but not of later date than the 10th. On the joined him, and proceeded on the 30th tilt. to attack the
Bth his head-quirters were attZurtzeg, near Leipsie, and or city of Cassel. One gate was already carried by storm, when
the loth, be proceeded to Eidenbnurg. On the latter day, the French commandant capitulated, end .evacuated the
it is said the French army were in a favourable attitude, and town. Czernicheff's first care was to liberate the patriots
bad several times -tiered battle to the enemy *'ho al- ays who were confined as state rrisoneis, the next to call the
relestal it ft 's stated ie confirmation of Sir "liarle Ste_ Heal it hab.taios of nesseaud Hanover to h:s standard. The
ware's di,pao be‘, tha: a' he French non% i.. as coneeetrated call w, s ebeyed by a body of '5OO, with whom this enter-
in the neighbourhood of Leiesic. Tt is also a, knowledged, , r sang Gencial returned to join the ranks of the Crown
that pasties of the allied troops were at N: umbourg and , Prince, after having given to the moek-kingdnm of West-
Vtreissetifels, and had reached :,s far as Wei:ear. A tele- ihalia a concussion, the moral effect of which must neces-
•oral hie dispatch states, that between the two former places; arily operate most beneficially in behalf of the common
Ausereau had stibrei or takes Poo men: and in another tele-- cause.
graphic dispatcl- we are informed, that Mere, Ney, and We arc hippy to find, by letters from Moscow, that a very
Aug reau hea' 'he enemy wherever they taet him, but not considerable portion of that once beautiful city has been le-
a single detail of these generalised victories is given.— !milt, It was estimated that not less than one-third of it
Accounts loin Mirinne are stated to announce, that on the would be roofed in, and perfectly habitable by the
13ih. Clause' gained a signal advantage over the Spaniat& commencement of the winter. Buonapartc's prediction that
and English, and that two English regiments were cut off Moscow would not be restored in an hundred years, is likely
and made erisoners. If, however. any success of imprelance therefore to prove as ill-founded as his other .Russian pro-
had b• en 01 twined it ...,,,ild, of roil rse, have been made tlic i phecics.
subject of an official dispatch —The Crown Prince is alain ►lt is said to be understood by Members of the House of
tononred he an invective, which form, part of an addless Commons now in London, that Parliament will be continued
from the Nfunicipality of Paris to the Empress, - Beauhar- , sitting from the opening of the Session until the 19th of
Iloilo has in his turn been compelled to exchange invasion : December, when an adjournment to the middle of February
for defen •e, antl has called upon the Italiaes to furnish him is expected to take place.—Mr. Charles Grant, it is said,
from the conscription with 15,000 men, to assist in defend- seconds the Address in the Commons. Lord Compton
ing their territory. moves it.
Paris Papers to the 25th instant reached town on Wednes- It is again said, that the measure of a general volunteering
day, with the exception of the minor Journa)s of the Oath. of the militia, by regiments, for limited foreign service, and
They are eqnally barren with those that arrived on Tuesday, more particularly for the service of Lord Wellington's army,
there being no official intelligence whatever from the army is arranged by Government, and will be submitted for the
Accounts, however, are said to have been received of the sanction of Parliament soon after the opening of the Session.
ISth, confirming the preceding telegraphic dispatch, an- Private letters from Paris represent that the distress
nouncingacivantages gained by Murat, Ney, and Augereau, amongst the merchants was not exceeded even in the year
on the I tth and 12th instant, on which day moo prisoners t 799. Merchants of the first credit and consequence had
and itt superior officers had arrived at the head-quarters, stopped payment ; and notwithstanding so much had been
which had been pushed to Duben, a village on the road to said of the great quantity of gold in France, the Bank at
Wittenberg, 24 miles from that place, and 21 from Leipsic ; Paris would pay no drafts upon it in Napoleons. Silver was
and where those of General Blucher were olaced a short time to be obtained in payment, but the coin was so small in
before. This aepears to corroborate the Beilin statement, value, that it required some hours to count as much as
in the Extraordinary Gazrtfc of Monday, that the French would discharge a bill of Wool. The merchants had with-
had forced the passage of the Elbe, near Wittenberg, and drawn all cofidence from each other, and iii consequence of
were on their march to the Prussian eaoital.—Jerome is the expected loan of twenty five millions sterling, not a man
stated to have returned to Cassel on the loth. would confess to have a Napoleon more than was necessary
A mail from Gottenburg arrived since our last, bringing for his immediate use.
dispatches from Mr. Thornton, and two fresh bulletins from General the Earl of Dalhousie left Passages on the 13th
the army of the Crown Prince. The 20th bulletin of the instant, on board the Princess Mary packet, which arrived at
- Crown Prince, states, that the enemy lost about 1 men
Falmouth late on 'Thursday night. He brings no intelli-
in an attack on fhe bridge of Rosslau, on the 29th ult. The
eence of importance. There has been no fighting of co:oie-
march of General Blucher and his passage of the Elbe, is '
quence since the 7th and Bth instant. Lord Wellington
described as oneof the finest military operations recorded in
was still at Lezaca, when the Earl of Dalhousie came away.
history. The siege of Wittenberg was entrusted to General The
army
was in excellent health, and in high spirits, in
Thielman. with orders to push it with vigour, as the posses-
conrequence of their establishment in France. We rejoice
sion.of that fortress would give the Allies the command of to
add, that the health of the gallant Marquis was never
the Elbe,—The 21st bulletin gives a brief sketch of the nye-
better.
rations of the Prince Royal to the 10th. Cassel was taken
Letters received on Monday from Gibraltar to the 29th
oil the 30th of September, by Geeeral Czernicheff, and the
ult. contain the following afflicting communication :
keys of the town were sent to the Crown Prince. In foul
days this enterpriang General renetrated from the banks of M " GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 20.—1 an) sorry to say that the fever in-
the One ta the neiglibou hood of (.tassel, a distance of 150 . cre*'es) instead of abating. Among the deaths last night were Mr.
vOies, dexterwusl) eiuding-oue corps of the enemy, beating iNiAolls, Agent fur the Transports; and Mr. Muir, of the house of-
a. other. and raking 4'lo pi isoners aeo ..ix guns. Alarmed r Muir and forrey. The Courts are shut, and the town well cleared
at • ic; i.i., roach, .letnme Buonare‘rte fled towards Frankfort; iof Jews, Spainards, and Pot tiiguese AB business is suspended.—
bui ''zernicheffpo ober' ono and annihilated fem. squadrons :i On the '2Bthot September the deaths were increased to near thirty
of hisatUndaut cavalry, taking 9.0 u of them prisoners, and ' Pt'r day."