The Sun.
London, England, 1813-04-27 00:00:00

HELIGOLAND MAIL.

D'TIRTRER EXTRACTS.)
MOCKER',; Aertm-fi:.--What was still left to us
after the first of -the French from Magde-
burg, was tote'lv, inst by the second, which took
the day .hefore yesterday. On the Sd inst.
the Frei-ch made sortie from Magdeburg, with
not less than 17,000 men, a strong train ofurtil-
Jety,
with the Viceroy and •General Grenier
at
their bead. They had prudently left all the West-
phalian troops behind theta in Magdeburg, :and
collected only Fretach for the sally. Their
cavalry consisted of new raiseo troops, suei)
as the Pwisini, Red IlEssars., Cbassemrs, Cuiras-
siers, and Uhlans. General librstell,
tome at the utmost. did not exceed 5000 men, was
obliged .to give way to such a superior farce, and
wait for'snccourk. Scarcely had he (pitted; our
place towards Hohenziaz, when the Viceroy en-
tered here, dnd .together with General Grenier;
tools. his quarters in the Count's palace, and dis,
pulled some cavalry in pursuit of our Prussians.
At this place, every thing was taken,
,:broken;.
and destroyed. If complaint was made to the
General, the reply was, that it -was usual in
war, and this was ;accompanied with the mot
abusive language. ',Whatever tattle came in their
way were killed and carricd .away i and besides
this, the town was obliged to send twepty-eight.
bullocks to Naddelitz. All sorts of grain for seed,
bread, and forage, as likewise all the hay and.
straw, were taken from the inhabitants, in Suelya
nutnn, r, that many of the proprietors. left their.
bonseti empty, and Sought their personal safety in
.'The Officers themselves searched the,
rooms and cellars of the wealthier •inhabitants,
and carried off whatever provisions. they found.--•
On the 4th the French retired to Zeddennick, leave
jag 5000 men in Mackern.. On the sth at .4 o'clock
in the afternoon, the Cossacks and ftednussian Hus-
sars appeared. Scat rely . had the French cavalry
drawn up. at the hospital, when they weresur-
rounded by the ;Cossacks, like swaraei.of bees,
with the celerity of lightning,-.and soeght,their
Safety in flight, Immediately came Russian, and
Prussian infantry and cavalry, as if they hatibeen
borne .on wings, • from all sides ; and the fire of
artillery and musketry continued till'eight o'clock.
Bay: this time the regiment ctt red Parisian Hus
stirs, and another regiment, of cavalry, mere to-
tally destroyed.. The General Count Witgeostein,
Prince Henry of Prussia, multhe'Princeof Hesse
Homburg, are all at present at Zetidenick. .

roost SAXONY, Arm 4,---Saxony, although
pot actually the seat, of war, Alas', nevertheless,
suffered more now by themessurei taken for the
defenee of the banks of the glbe,,by narterink of
troops, ant! supplying of previsions of all kinds,
and by the drendfol contagions sicknesses, and the
rapid spreading nervous hospital, fevers, than she
did in the wars (41807 anti, 1809 r. The two valu-
able bridges over the *Elbe, at Meissen and in
Dresden, which wo.e destroyed amidst the !amen.'
tations of the inhabitants,
,cannot be restored at
a less expe,nce than 150,000 dollar‘, ,
The %vhole navigation of the Elbe, from Schan-
clan, where it enters Saxony, to NVittenberg, is
destroyed ; for not only" the small boot+, but like-
the large craft, ley which the navigation tend
commerce was carried on, as far as Magdeburgb,
are rendered useless. This destrnetion will for a
length of time injure tbetrade„on the glbe, which
supported great numbers of peoPle, and, will bring
thousands to poverty and distress. No branch of
manufacture or couunercecan in the present state
or things attain the least degree of vigour. Every
thing is deprcsed ; even agriculture every where
suffers.' The winter, which set in SO early and se-
vece, Prev,ented many thousand. of acres from be-
im, sown with winter corn, and likewise great
quintities of the latter kinds of fruits from being
athered. lint since February last, the occur.
renew, of the war, the transporting so many thou-
of sick, and the supplies ()fall kinds through-
out the whole country, have kept the peasantry
continually ()coupled. The consequence was, that
there not only appeared on all sides symptom's of
crareity, hut like ise of distempers among the
cattle, the draft cattle being worked' ranch harder
than they, could bear.
Such vast contributions of grain and forage_
baye been required in the Circles of Leipsick,
Thuringen, nod Wittenberg,ithat the amount was
some weeks' ago calenlated at upwards of half a
million of dollars. The greatest supplies are de.
mantled for the troops, in the territory of Magic-:
burg; and for effecting them in them in the,spectli•
est manner, a 'Privy Councillor of finance line
teen sent from Dresden. • '

The great hospital in the metropolis was clear
id oat with all speed, and the sick, among whom
were many dying, were sent in part to Freyberg,
iart to Augustenbcrg end liubertsbing,,othersio
Wefssenfels, anil further on to Weimar, Erfurt!),
and Gotha. The mortality at Wittenberg and
Vrcylierg Was therefore very considerable. At
L,,.ipsic alarming symptoms, of contagion were
ob,,erved. At ‘Vetmar the sick strangers
ware carried by hundreds to the honse fc,n. shunting
exercises, at some• distance from the city. At
Gotha, Wewise, 'it was necessary to prepare a
place for them with all sßeed. if we compare the
notifications of deaths in the weekly papers, with
those in the Leipsick political paper, it will he
found that Saxony has this year already lost six-
teen excellent and greatly deplored physicians,
who have fallen sacrifices to- their professional
duties.