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London, England, 1811-12-31 00:00:00

FOREIGIV II4TELLIGE4VCE.

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E',IIIACT :,111014 THE sT. PRTERSBURGH COURT
• GAZETTE. .-
et)Crtly'S trOOpti occupying an•extent of (300
Ver‘gti) 225 miles, between and Silistria,
1t IVi' boen beaten at the same lime: •
Ist, On the mill of September, the Grand
tier, who had; some time before With the greatest'
part if his army, crossed to the lett bank, of the
' Danube, and entrenched himself, was surrounded by
the, Russian army under the Commander in Chief,
and in different sorties lost about 1)0(.0 of his best
troops. Du.ing, this time Lieutenant-General Mar-
koff, with 7000 men, were ordered to cross the

Danube, which ho effe6ted ou the 12th of October,
and suddenly falling on the camp of the Grand .Vi-
-zier, which rerhained on the right side of the Da-
nube, took it, with 22 standards, all.,the artillery, a
great quantity of gun-powder, ammnnition, and all
the boats which were employed to. carry over the
Turkish troops, by which means their communica-
tion was entirely cut off.
2d, About the same time, Lieutenant-Gen. Zass
was ordered to make a similar Movement towards
Widdie, for which purpose he detached Major-Gen.
Count Michael Woronzow, who ott the
.60 Octo,
' her left the camp near Kalafat, and by a forced
march ho reached the Danube, which he crossed on
the 7111; arid having joined with. Major-Gen. Count
O'Rourke marched all night through mountains and
111041 difficult passses, with about 3000 infantry and
cavalry, and on the Bth reached the neighbourhood
of Widdin before day-light, for the purpose of cut-
. thig off such of the enemy's .troops as might be tin-
aging, The enemy catbe out against hirer; with
7000 men and upwards ; a very desperate engage
merit commenced, and lastei upwards of fbur hours
with great fury. The 'forks at length gave way at
every point, andlost a great number of men.. In
conwprence of this, Ismael Bey, who was On the
left side of the .D,inutie, was forced to re-cross that
river, after, engag rig not to -commit any hostilities
on the other side. The day of Count Michael Wo-
rouzow's virtory,.was further signalized by the sur-
render of the fortresses of Tourkoutay and Silistriai
with all their artillery, ammuoitionr arsenals, and
immense booty.
Frovettes, Dac..3.-,--Our troop: have advanced
to the N trcea, which the enemy repassed on the
tit' the loss of 9 prisoners. Geri, Lossada is
with the 2d division in M illeza and the vicinity,
Mai,ted Ebrcena upon the Piguena, with the
first rlivisien. The bridge-of Coreellana has been
destroyed, in order to render the irruptions of the
enemy into the country on this side the Nareca
more difficult ; and to secure the retreat of our
troops wires atting between that river and the Na
via, a bridge of boats, which will soon be corn-
,plettd, is forming. upon the latter near Porto. 'A cor-
don has also been formed on the banks of that river,
Consisting. ofthe regiments of Saragossa, and others.
Our private commuuications informs us that. the
force tinder Bonnet, ;including the detachincins in
his
rear to keep opett.les communication with Leon,
does not exceed 7000-men, and that he lets ishewn
no, intention of lot•tifying any posts. Tare French are
employed in maklng large.depOis of corn and other
-provisions, and in preparations for the transport of
'them Into Leon.
PRESEURO, DEC. 6.----WeAL, learn from Lemberg.,
. that there died lvtely at the .village of Prussy, situ-,
ate about a tnileirom thin city, and belonging to
MnStrzemboss,.a person named J. Ursculak, at the
ages of 116. He had had 6 wives, and t child by each
of them ; the last child was a.danghter, of which
his wife. was delivered last year. He had been at
all,times very temperate, and had enjoyed the best
health. He was so active and so industrious, that
be was at work even six hours before his death.
WARSAW, DEC. 7.----The funeral., ceremony of
Count Gutakowski, of
of the Senate, who
died here on the firit of this month, took place'last
Wednesday.' His mortal remains were conveyed
with suitable pomp to the church of Saint. Croix.
Alter the religious ceremonies, the Secretary of the
Senate pronounced,a discourse,. in which lie paid a
tribute to the great qualities of Count Gutakowski.
The Senators, ten Ministers of the Duchy, the Fo-
reign Ntei,ters, the Members of all the Public Au-
thvrrities, the Nuncios and the Deputies-lo the Diet,
assisted at this ceremony.
Coupt o.trekowki, who has ,been appointed in
the placeof Gutakowski, as President of Senate,'has
this day entered on his functions.
To-morrow, Sunday, the Nuncios and. Deputies
, • ei the tour Departments, Which' have been ie-an-
sexed
.to the Duchy of the peace of Vienna, are, to
- do homage to the King in the Mime of their Ceti-
stituents.' 'l'his ceremony will, take place in ,the
chuich of the castle.
The Det will be opened next MOnday. Various
Decrees of the month of November last contain the
following arrangemeots:— . ' •
"The superintendence in chief of the, admini-
strpoon of Domains and Forests, which' fel toed
part' of the ftmctions of-the Minister of the Inlet ior,
has been colifided to the Minister of Fitrances. .
tr The free exportation of raw hides, and of horses
and oxen' is permitted.
Tee commerce of. transit is declared free, as
ter foreigners as for the inhabitants of the court-
'try, upon the sole condition of paying the expense
of the necessary ertablishinent of customs"
- Mem, DEC. 21.—There is to be a grand parade
to.morrow at the Thuilleries.
The wall which surrounded the old cemetery of
St. S7ephen of the Mount, has been removed some
ttletres; in `order to render the site of the parish
tinge regular, und•foren a better termination to tho
new street Clovis. .
The foundations of the -buildings on the 134ule-
yard Bourdon are finished, and the pilasters even are
begun, as well as the walls of the encloaure, and a 1...
ready Convey a notion of what the edifice will be.—
There sire six row) of fifty pilasiers eselt, the dig-
tance" between each row four metres, forming pa
rallelograms,
on which rest the architraves of the
Such, is Idike origin of the canal 'of irrigation of
Craponne, it st is ippoiedf vi"..l) Was
construdect in
France. From itshead in the Our-
of 34,928 ;tones, and • in
to Arles is clktonee
Race .
its pawiage the territory o! u comm Craw,

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