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ItriSSIAN*

REF:IAT. OF THE. ADJUTANT GENERAL 'i\TATlclurs
TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY> DATED
RIGA, Nov.- 18.
[Cortclude4 froz on I4aper of I'esterday.j

The enemy, wh o had a greater number of troops
especially cavalry and artillery, the half of whiar_
was horse artillery, drove back the adviinced guard
posted :at th,! Custom-house and 'Plankluzum,-
and forced them to fall back upon -their own
corps.
Lieutenant-General Count Lewis left the posi-
tion behad Wilbert° Occupied near to Dalic•Church,
•
and took another which was far more advantage-
ous for his forte, at the distance of three vierstr
from his former one.

The former position was advantageous to us on
account of the surrounding morasses ; but this atl-.
vantage was now lost, as being at the present
season of the year rendered by the frost in
some measure passable for the cavalry, and conse-
quently the, corps of
.Lieutenant-General Lewis,
being very inferior in cavalry to the .enemy, might
easily have been turned ; whereas the new posi-
tion being less extended, strong by means of the
defile, and surrounded by coppices,P,does not per-.
ilia the enemy's cavalry to act with effect. This
action, which.b ease& when night came on, was not
decisive,: and. on. the following day, being the• 4th
(15), at nine o'clock in the morning; the enemy
''retiewed his attack with a heavy cannonade. Our
artillery, by a well directed tire, soon silenced that
of the enemy., and slur 'cavalry hniing a favoura-
ble position, although furiously attacked by that
of the enemys repulsed it, and obliged it to re-
treat; Which, by the'good effect of our artillery,
was done in great disorder.
In such'a manner all the enemy's attempts were
defeated at every point, and he, at 12 o'clock at
noon, entire y discontinued his attack? being com-
pelledetO retire. In this action the enemy lost
about four lnmdred men killed, and eighten were
made prisoners. On our side, we had about
.100
men killed or wounded.. . • .

Up to thishour the troops are employed in 'car-
rying my-plan into execution, agreeable to the,
supreme commands of your Imperial Majesty,
and although I cannot as yet say that every, thing
has been completed according to my plan, yet-I
must do justice to-the ardent zeal and skilful rites-
, sures of Lieutenant-General Lewis; nor can I
sufficiently= praise the judgment, prudence, and
zeal of Major-Gencral Wilgamonow, Colonel Re-
dinger, Majors Bojanow and Jelistratow. •
'As soon as the movements with regard to this
undertakingare finally completed,, shall have
the happiness of transmitting a partiettlar report
to your Imperial Majesty, both concerning these
movements, as likewise mentioning the other
staff and chief oiters who have Signalised them-
Selves hi this action.—(Supplement to St. Peters.-
burgh Gazette, Nov. 12 (24.)

OPFICIAL ACCOUNTS FROM THE AnmiEs--.IIEIIORT
OF TIPE EMPEROR'S ADJUTANT, COLONEL IS-
.CHERNISCHF,'W, TO GENERAL COUNT WITTURN-

STEEN; CATED THE 17TH. NOVEMBER.

. Whilst Admiral Tschitschagoff 'was advancing
with his armyfroin .Brzisc to Minsk ;Ale bn'the
6th November 'detached, Colonel Ischernischew
with a regiment of Cossacks, to open a direct.
communication with Count Witgenstein, of whose',
operations no intelligence had been received for a
long time past. But on the same night the Admi-
ral received a report from Lieutenant-General
Sackeri, who bad been left in the vicinity of
Brzesc, that Prince Schwarzenberg bad,'sent
considerabre number of troops to Wolkowisk and
Selwy, which threatened to cut of the communi-
cation: 'between 'General Sacken and Admiral
Tschitscbagoff ; Colonel Ischernischew therefore
received 'orders to go for the present with his re-
giment to..Selwy, and there watch the enemy's
motions. On the Bth„ when he came to Derets-
chin, he was informed that an enemy's corps un-
der General Moor was employed in throwing a
bridge ovethe,kriver•Neman. , At 'the wine time
hi wasdiiifiirmed-by the spiesheAsad sent Out; that
another corps of the enemy had already taken pos-
session of Wolkowisk,„ and was on its march 16'
Selwy. He then resolved immediately to ,go
against the e-nenay, in order to destroy all the
bridges over. the river. before their arrival, in
which 'he Was successful. .Fourteen werstS from
Selwy, he•fell. in 'with the vanguard, consisting
of sonic Squadrons of cavalry,, who attacked the
Cossacks With: great fury, in hopes to press for-
ward to'the'bridges hefore they were destroyed;
'but when, they found, their mistake, they on
following day withdrew to WolkoWisk.
. Colonel
lschcrnische,,r wa.sjust preparing to tollow
,the
enemy, when he received- orders froth the Admiral
to proceed. along the,Neinan to -Novogrodek, dud
fom' ththice onwards to his first destinatiOn.
FrOm,Novogrodek„, whither he had gr."Le by fore-
tharehea, that is to. say;' ten G marl'titres
aklay,,9i;. mpg, be entered' on his hold expedition,
noiWithitanefing that Belizy, NikOlagen, and
other places ware in possession of strong detachi
intents- of the enemy, and Dombrowsky's whole:
cop Wks in the vicinity. In. .Kamen and Jwenez
be found. an enemy's hospital of 800 sick protected
by 100 men, but in consideration of the great nu-
portance of hiS destination, and his great distance 7
from the artily,' he 'could not _encumber; himself-,
with these •:prisoners; and therefore contented
himself with destroying their arms and provisions,
and icarrying',:4l their horses. Tivo German miles
from DithrovVh, be Met with a French picquet of •
;20 men; whotiv he likewiSe set.. at liberty, after
disarining them. They informed, biat,.
that the French main army had retired to .Smo-
lensl4,7land that the whole of the Russian -force
was candling' on Minsk, Or Mohilow ; so that
the French -'were fearful of being cut off from
Wiltia. "That. finally. ',after. marching night and
flay, and, at least nine,aniles per day in general, he
one night :-fbffttnitely-crosSed the high road, on
which strong columns of the enemy were always'
moving`: in the day time, and halted in a secret?
place, three worsts a the main road, in order
from thence to, watch the enemy, and stop their -
couriers. Here he was so fortunate as ;to release
from French captivity Adjutant-General Baron
Winzingerode, as also, Major Naryschkin, Major-
General Swetschin, and several . other persons ;
he likewise took three French cabinet couriers,

Jug%

One of whom-vas going from Parit to tl4
and two from tiffs seamy to Paris the papers foiriia
on theca were of-the greatest consequence.
nel Tschernisi:littiv tifterwards continued his 'tiara,
until he cameup with Count Wittgeasi.cin s ariny,
ee hicks accordiag to his instructions, he w;as to
join. , Thus was this remarkable expedition Com-
pleted, hi which he had in the since of fir days
-attt-tralf,- marchißlThfrards of 350 wersts; sur=
rounded on all sides hy. ,numeraus oodies of the
-erteTtl",—Waefeiricross four rivers, --destroyed a
great:nal-Tibet' of baggage waggons, and -iihiong
them. the medicat.stores of the French Guards, and
took 50, priscinerS'. A.llo,,..llussian loss consists in
four- CoSsacks killed, five Wounded, nod sik miss=

MORE RUSSIAN BULLETINS

REPORT OF TUE ADJL'T.:k.NT-•GENEIIAL
`srPAtTLiJC6i'C '.
OlCilii IMPERIAL MA/ESTY, D.ITED

RiGA,

On the 20thi-n4.-intelligence was received from
Major-Gen. Weljaniinow stating that the enemy,
vva approaching With 10,000 men and 30 pieces
Of artillery, and appeared intent on making an at-
tack. Major-General Wcljaminow received di-

rOtiOns in such case to retire to his
,tortner posi-
.
tier') and TActitenatit:-Peneril
,who corn.,
ma.nded Colonel Riedinaer's corps at Fried-
rickstadt, was ordered to- approach. Riga, aird
and
.to tae position on the right bank of the
bwina, whilst Major-General Weljaminow kept
posiession of the left. By this the city vas per-
fectly secured, .but the enemy did not think pro-
per to venture an attack, but immediately retired
on All points„ and on the evening of the 2Lt our
patroles lost
,sight of him. Major-
General WeljaminOw was therefore ordered to
collect his whole force, and with the needful pre-
cautions pursued the enemy on' the roads to
Eckau and INfittau. According to all the intelli-
gence received, Marshal Macdonald .wAs Con cen -
twins- his whole force at Eckau, from Ivhich it
•
may, be with certainty inferred, that he intends
joining the French main arm' y with the greater
part of his troops which certainly stands highly
in need of such reinforcement.

REPORT FROM GEIj.ERAL COUNT WITTGEgSTEIN

TO HIS IMP.EffiAL.IIATZSTY, DATED TC.HASCHNI.

KI, NOY, 22,;,*7, .17 ns

his reporListatevtltat: the enemy commenced
his retreat on tireeirening of the 21st, and was
pursued by General Wittgenstein. It is imagined
that the enemy will shape his retreat towards ei-
ther Tolotshin or Surulensko, to join his main
.army, 'which appears to be. 'still standing on the
Dnciper.

ADP:TANT-GMT. PRINCE WOLKONSKIJ, TO iZIS

IMPERIAL MAYESTYy NOV. 5, (17.)

The Chonenshji Beloussow of Lieutenant Co-
lonel Tschemosnbols' 's regiment of Cossacks, who
had been sent= .from the - detachment of troops
under my corn much, :to procure intelligence of
the enemy ilk the Circle of Duchowschtschina,
on the Ist (13th) instant,• sent into the town
of Beloi eighty-one private, soldiers:whom he
had taken prisoners.. Captain Tichanowskji, •of
the Werchuei-Ural garrison regiment, who on the
same day entered the town Of, Welish with the
•
-sth,BasOh-kir regimentunder his-command ; took
there three marauders, and 1000'puds of rye-meal
.left by the enemy, as :also 500 of hay, 50 ischet-
werts of oats, and 60 head of horned cattle. This
regiineut has likewise taken six maurauders on
their march in the Circle of Welish. The pa-
troles of
,this regiment, which were sent to Po-
retschje and to-SUMil,llld not found any of the
10 [1
enemy remaining.

• . -
COMMON COUNCIL ELECTlONS.—Yesterday,
according to annual custom on St: Thomas's Day,.
Wardmotes Were. held. in the several Precincts for
the Election Of, Common Council for the yea: en-
-Suing, together With the minor Officers. In some
of the Wards some slight alterations took place.
Alder!.4gate, Kay was elected, vies Rose, removed
oat- of the: Ward. Cripplegatc Within, Heath
opposed the old Members, b►it declined a poll.
Bisbopsgate Ward,-.Bumstemt- was with..
out opposition, vice Marsh; resigned'.
,Candle-
Wick Ward, Eaton was .elected, vice Payne, re-
signed. •

The annual Meeting of die Bath and We,t of
England ,at Bath on Tuesday awl
Wednesday, w4HtkOttroinsly attended by all the .
diStingUiShed characters for agriculture and science
in that, part of tAtie ;kinOdom, as well as many
strangers. The. President, Sir Benjamin Hob- ,
house, Bart. was votetilhe Bedfordean medal, for
the zeal, assiduity-, and impartiality with. which
,he has so long and so admirably conducted the
husineSs of the Society. New proofs were pro-
duced of the great utility of cultivating Fiorin
Grass, and the premium was awarded to W. Dick-
enson, Esq. M.P. for his successful experiments
On that subject ; and the Rev. Dr. Richardson
Was unanimously elected an honorary Member, and
a silver medal voted him for his liberal cominimi-
dations-to the public on the inanifold advantages.
cf that grass. 'A tes*tiqii passed for presenting
,a petition' to Parliament for a General Tnclosure
Bill.-- The show of lives cattle greatly exceeded,
:in point of number as well as value, that of the
preceding year. Nearly one hundred members
dined at the White Hart, with the greatest
bar-
mony, and were 'gratified by conversation highly
interesting as well as beneficial to vie public.

13IPERIAL PAItLIA

lIOUSE OF LORJ)S,
NoNDA-i• , r'Et

SCOTS APPE4ll...,—JatileS .Craigtialli,n, the Rev.
others!,, - In this • cause,
AIes.J.J.T?, Adam and i.lorner were heard as Counsel
...fortheAppellant. Further hearing to take plate
Irbe aousehOld Bill, the Wellinolon, Estate,'
the xcheepier Bills, the Rice Duties; the Order's
in Connail; Spanish Red. Wines, Chocolate Duties,
Post Office 'Franking, Malt Tax; Place and 1107 4
.SlOll Duties, and Corn Distillation Bills, were se-
yerally read a .third time and passed, atitl a INICs •
Sage ordered to acquaint the Commons therewith.
The LORD COANcELLOR called their Lordships
attention to the Appeal Cause, the East India
Cornpany Antrobus, and others, which stood for
judgment this • day, and adverted- to some consi-
tieratiOng "connected with the case,. which may
render • some .farther bearing ,:desirable: , In that,
view, he proposed that the case- should,,he taken
into fart4er.consideration to-morrOw, which was
rikiet a 6clOr dingly. •
INin,COURTENAY and other MeMbers. returned
. the Insolvent. Debtors' Bill from; the.Cbuintons,
with certain Amendments- made , therein ; these
were f.artliivith. taken into consideration. by their
'_l:os-dships; and agreed to:
- .The Household Bill was also returtred, by the'. , ,
same Gentlemen, With the acyliescence .of the
Commons to their faordsiiips,Aluendwents therein.
Adioiir ri ed . . .
. . . .

•
• •-
HOUSE OF COMMONS
MeNDAY, D7.C: 21.• • . •
. Lord CASTLgiAGH said, that it would ime.de- •
sir.!tble,. in. Consequence of the presstit e of•business,
tip have. a call of _the House on the 9t.h3- but• on,
the s'Ziggestibri of the Speaker, it was put oft' to
the ;10th. • ,
Mr..WITAXITOIC' brought up the. Copy of the
- Oath taken by y Berk,ele y Drummond; on the. 17th
'January, 1812.-h-Ordered to lie.npon the table.
The Connnittee.of Ways and Means, and, the
Committee of Supply, were put'off to the 3d of '
February. • . •
• -Mr. PEEL Cabtained leave to bring in a Bill to
/..—superinteinti•the •Pubhc. and Private Schools of
It was -read t tune, and' ordered
_ beyead a second flume on the Sth of February.
Lorcl , „ r
L-ALMERSTO.N .brought up an Account or
• the Estimates required for the Foreign Military
-.SerVice;-7-9rdered to he upon the table. •
Tbe petition of Capt..Englis was: read, and. or
' -Zered to lie upon the table. • •
Ssr F. BURDETT.p.re-S-ellted a Petition from cer- •
tainpersons confined.inll.chester gaol, on charge•
:!it-rioet the Bath viection, complaining .of the.
~,Vard :usage-they feceived. The 'lion.. Baronet
produced a small loaf, which he threw on, the
floor of the House, and asked if that Was smith-.
• • -
••eiefif tosupport.any man for 24 hours
. The Petitionibeing read,
II avEY-said,.that-that.part of the Petition
related to quarter: sessjous was- founded in
--4 mistake. - thought it would be a dangerous
...precedent; if things•thatiroperly belonged to the
:coguiLariec of
:a Jury, should' -be -brought before
that House.
4 Message was brought from the Lords, agree-
• ing to the • Gold_C•oitt.,l3ll4 and, several. other
public Bills: ' ' ' •
' The4lebate on time qudfion that the Petition do
lie-upon the, table was, then resumed,--and 'after
few remnarks
,from 111 r. Wallace,„Lord. Palmer=
'Ston; -Burdett, it was ordered to lie
the-table:. • .•
A-.'Message was.. brought from the, Lords, giv-
jug their Lordships' consent to the 4,,,Readments
the 'House- of Commons On: the Bill for the
Relief of Insolvent Debtors.-
The House ,adjourned,..until to,mcerrow.

F ROM,/HE LONDON "GAZE' A; Dr:C. 19.

• DIVIDENDS--At
Jan. 12. F. Ward, Great Pentland-street, linen-draper,' at 10.
Dec. 2,2;J. flhend and J. Satterthwaite; l'en-court, iusurauce-
' brokers„ at eleven.
Jan. 9. 'l'. G. Richmond, Church street, Rotherhitlie,
met-
chant, at eleven, . -
Jan. 16. W. Atkinson, Austin-friars, at twelve. .
Jan. 19. A. Cederherg, late of Worship-street, engine and
• tool-nay. ker, at eleven.
Jan, it;. 'l'. Parke' Hatton-wall, timber-incrchan ..
t, at eleven
Feb. A, J. Cliff, Aston, Cheshire, lineit-ilraper, at the George
lup, Leek, Stafford-thire.
Jan. .18. J. • Pacey, St. Martin, Worcestershire; hosier, at
t•ict We; :It the house °C.lobn Isoucker, knowitty the name
-,i>f Diglisszgreen, St. Peter the Great; Wpreestcr. '
Jan. 11, H. bord,.Mnitchester,cotton-twist dealri at-eleven,
.•
at the Star Inn, Manchester.
Feb:l3. R. Anstce, Wuleet, Somersetbii6 initclier, at els-,
ven, at New Inn, Horse-street, Bath.
m
Feb. 10. P. Hyas, Maneliester, merchant, at two, at the
Brigewat&.Arnks . Milichester: •
Jan. Rath, Anderton„ Cornwall, rope-maker, at four,
• at-tlie t.Z.ing's Arms Ina, Ply-Mouth. -
Dunsfer, Sontersetsbire, merchant,
- ateleven, at the !angel I0;' Bridf;wittei:.
Tehn. Bentley,. Wakefield, I ,rkshire,:'woolstapler, at
at the Woodmen Inn, Wahe:lel.l.
clan: U..Brookreati, -Winchester, tanner, at twee, at the
G"Ege- lan,-Winehesta., ,
'tan..ls. N. Portee, factor; at twelve, at' the •
.•- Royal Hotel, Birmingham,. - . .
• 1 s: von 'and-and T. S. Liverpoel, mer-
chants, at-one, at the Globe Tue-crn,• Liverpool. • .
• 9. IV. \`..fiJit, Tewkesbury, c-elonce.strzsliire„:
linen-
• irlii`er, at eleveu;: at thesSWan Tcwkeshary.
.Jan. Ellis, Corn -Dean, Gloucestershire, lmtclier, at
eleve», at the Alarlhorough' Arras Inn, New Viciodstock,
Oxfordshire.