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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1812.
FOREIGN OFFICE, DECEMBER 16, 1812.
Dispatches, of which the following are copies, were received last
night by Viscount CASTLIRIAOII, 00e of his Maiesty's Prta
cipal Secretaries of States from Guneral Viscount Ci r SMART,'
K.T. his Majesty's Ambassador Eitriordiniry •
tentiary to the Emperor of Russia, dated
tl.e 23d and 25th of November, 1812 ;
" St. Petersborgh,
66 MY LORD.-111 my dispatch of
I had the honour to detail such operations
Kutusoff's army as had come to ral
to the 9th of November : since that
has been received of the farther pros peit
Corps entrusted to General Platdff.
:hat had calculated to reach Krainot,
start; but although he had approached
Iwersts that place, I have not heard '
quartets were established there on
last dispatch of the latter date announces
tioa of forwarding a journal of the
which will contain important relations,
yet been recited...
"On the 9th of November Count
being advanced on the roads tow;
and Krasnoi, received intelligence of
French corps
.from • Smolensko in
Kalouga, composed of fresh troops
different regiments of guards ; this
the command of General Barrage
with him General Charpentier atsd
Angereau, brother to the Marshal of
were distributed in the three village
koff, and Dolgomust. A dispositi,
immediately made by three partil
manded by Captain Seslavin, Colonel
Captain Phigner, The result was'
der Charpentier was nearly cut to
rage Daher having patiently heard
several hours in the quarters of Angereatt
made good his retreat to Smolensko,
greau's corps of three thotesand
nearly, one third of their number,
arms and capitulated to Captain Phigner,
not 1,500 men, and who appear's to iv-
this affair with infinite address and
In. i.hit corps wer e two squadrons
wrU mounted. The prisoners amounted to :ge-
neral, sixty staff and other officers, and two thou-
sand rank and file. The 'officers who capitulated
stated the object of their march by that route, wasp"
open another communication in the direction of 4'
longa ; they were not aware of the retreat of dri!
army.
". Since this affair, three general officers, upwards
of twenty pieces of cannon, and four thousand prso
pners have been taken near Smolensko, but the par.
titulars are not yet reported.
" On the 14th instant, General Count Wittgeu•
stein was attacked by Marshal Victor, who had or•
ders to drive him to the other side of the Dow
The enemy was repulsed, with the loss of two to
three thousand men, and was pursued the next zoom-
ing in his retreat towards Senno, when six hundred
prisoners were taken. I have the honour to inclose,
repast.
of copy of Major-General Baron Domberg r- 3 3Crre
of this affair.
66 Nothing material occurred at this post till the
18th, when Count Wittgenstein was joined by Colo!
nel Chernichef, Aide-de-Camp to his Imperial DSs=
jesty, who had been detached by Admiral Tchichar
goff,with a small corm of light cavalry, to disouver
nri4 nacell* General Con* Wittgewaein's raisAt

les, weie received lad t ce
of his Majesty's Prime
Viscount Ce r acAlT,'
ordinary and Picini*.
laced St. Petenbares I
; •
ugh, November
the 15th instants' • d
rations of Maribak
my knowledge up
it date, no Report a.
proceedings of the
• The Fielc‘Mar.
not as the 14th la.
tched withie *kw
!arct that his heed. .
n the 16th, gis
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Inounces his wen.
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le preceding days,
ions, but it has not
• b
nt Orloff Deniaal
)wards Smolensko
of the march of a ). •
n the direction of
ss intended for the
iis force was wider
ge Dillier, having
id •Brigad:ter.-..qen. I
J thakname. They •
;es of Yasvin, La. !
tion of attack was
tizan corps, coin.
,nel Davidoff, and
s that the corps on.
to pieces, that Bar. ,
td a cannonadefor
ngereau's
.sko, and that An.
men, after losing
er, laid down their
Phigner, who bad
to have conducted
I gallantry.
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adrons of cavalry,
nounted to one ge.

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!tithe the of this expedition, the Colonel had the
sirplar good fortune to rescue Major. General Baron
winivigerode ,anfi his Aide-de-,camp, Captain Na.
rishkin, between Vilna and Minsk ; they were pro.
ceeding towards the tronter under an escort of Rens
d'armes, and had been marched from Verrea, where
they were presented LO Bonaparte with the French
rods under the charge of Junot,
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II Colonel Chernichef also took three Couriers--
061 coming from, and the other two going, to, Paris.
From these sources of intelligence, it svas ascertained
that Bonaparte was at Smolensko on the 13th ;mu; J.
Admiral Tchichakoff intended, according to his
mac, to arrive at Minsk on the 17th inst. , .
Colonel Chernichef arrived at the Palace yester•
idy, accompanied by the prisoners he has released,
and bringing with him the intercepted dispatches....!
'nose from Paris contain nothing but military plans
and maps.
a The expedition of Colone Chernichef was a con_
tinted and extraordinary exertion, he having marched
even hundred wersts in five days, and swam across
wend rivers.
" It is stated; but no official Report has been re-
that General Sachen has been left with a de-
ach/neat° observe Prince Schwartzenberg, and that
c„,14 Lute' bas advanced to and occupied Mohie
have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed)

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enemy on their march to Krasnoi, killed five hun-
dred, and took Jour hundred on the 12th instant.,
The next day he took some prisoners, some of which
were officers. ,
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" NOVEMBER. 14.—Admiral Tchichakoff reports
oft the 1 Ith instant, having left in the principality of
Warsaw a corps under the command of General
Sachen. He marched with the remainder. to Preyant
intending to pursue his.march through Slonim and
tleswich, to Minsk, where he proposed to arrive
aboaj the 17th,or 19th November ; that he had sent
orders to MajorrGeneral Leiders and Lieutenant-
General ,Eartio co; march upon the same point.,
The former frog Vol3tynia by Pinsk, the latter from
kozern by Lutsi, and that he would not fail to de-1
tach parties of light troops on the side of Vilna to
keep ois the communication with detachments on
that flank,
Intelligence having been received from some
French artillery prisoners, of the places where the
enemy had concealed cannon and arms near Boldinr
sky monastery, twenty-seven •cannon, five or six then',
sand stand of aims, five hundred sabres, and teen
thousand shells have bee dug out. The head-
quarters of the army were this day at the village of
Uroff. . .
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NOVILMBER 15.—Major OeneildsPlatoff seporio
of the 11th inst. that Beaubarnois's. corps baying
turned from Dnekotchin* rood Inwards Smolensko,
he continues to surround it and cot off all provisions
and forage.
;lc
" Adjutant General Count brjeroff reports, undet
date of the 24th of November, that he attacked the
village of Krasnoi. The gagers; disregarding the
fire of grape, attacked the enemy's columns with their
bayonets, and after a combat, in which our artillery
and cavalry were also engaged, took possession of
the town ; but observing strong columns of the
enemy moving from Smolensko upon Krasnoi, they
fell back three wersts'; to the farm of Kulkoff. In
this.affiir one Colonel and two hundred and fifty
rank and file were taken.

66 CA TIFItART."
" Jamich, November 15, 1812.
uyr Lonn-7I am very happy to inform your
hip, that Victor has failed in fulfilling the or.
.rrs,:he. received from, Bonaparte, to drive Count
Ifittgeristvio ,beh'ind the,..Puna.- He attacked yes.
wig mamas, Count Wittgenstein ordered the ad.
vaneccl. guard to Mitre to the position. This was
ed in $-Fnasterly manner : they retired in echi-
-00, ender a very heavy Ore, as, if it .was in a fled
*4. a the po,siti9a, gie French Were ~feeeived by a
t4-directed fire from the attillerys„bil which they
have
-lost a great number in killed and wounded
...I,seppose between 2.and 3900'.. The Aria* only
'o2iedOont seven in the evening.. The:Pengit had
estropi demonstrations on both wings, abut tire
fent!r was chiefly engaged:: This 9tornipg they
began their retreat towards Senno.. The troops who
are iniumuit have, as yet made about 600 prisoners.
It is re4y ,a pleasure to see these. troops- fight. ,
The new-raised Militia vie With the oldest regi.
One battalion of this militia being with the
guard, on receivinotdersto fall back first
Emperor had not sent
advance and beat Ole
la to do.. „
igned)., . passim' o."
oirratron, ortligareas,,Co7s of

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tins,A4lWilialial Prieto

41f 1440.410Ns
.General •Millarattovltat
,14yinced guard under,
village.of Alerecoly ;
„Lieutenant-General
detachment; sent by hiM
the enemy, ani drove it
"rt Cosaiteks pursued it on
lieasi-cio4ters or army
tot;cott
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teuteniii. t.-GeneratClount Ctr-
\.^giroslderabie fintiging
antsurtiliery depot were
ierti ,thero, killed tip-
Indeed, made one thou-
-104 took one thousand
:arriegei, mostly loaded

" MY Loan—ln addition to my dispatch of the
23d instant, I have now the happiness to inclose a
translation of repoi ts which have been received from
Field-Marshal Prince Kutusoff, of the 10th and 20th

instant, containing the details of the total defeat of
the divisions of the French army under the com-
mands of Marshals Davoust atti Ney'. Near two
hundred cannon, and twenty thousand prisoners;
have been taken in these affairs. Bonaparte is stated
to have been with Marshal Davoust's corps; in the
night from the 16th to the 17th, and to have left the
field of battle at full speed.
Every measure of precaution that could be
thought of at this distance, has been provided for by'
the Emperor, to prevent the escape of the enemy ;
and it appears that every exertion has been made by
the several .commanders of corps near Stnolensko.—
Bonaparte has probably sent forward his favourite
guards, the Polish divisions, and part of the Italian;
but if Admiral Tchichagoff has arrived at his ground
it does not appear that this corps would escape to the
frontier.

Mllliradovitch adviited

Narehokin, of the htis.
:hed by Adjutant- Geaeral
detachment of tht enemy
with some chasseurt and
tasted four hours, when
village of Michatloff,
them.

Colonel Prince Radbolk, and
Carpo, made apwards of

.1 reports on the 12th
teneral Neoff had made 150

(osdini reports,' that Colonel
detachment of 700 men un-
. part, and making priso.
men, 18 officers, and one

reports on the 9th of No-
pursued Beauharnois's corps,
• the river Bone, near the
without regarding the
he attacked the enemy:
numbgrs of killed and

-three pieces of cannon,
prisoners. He further reports
Beauharnois's corps on
,-nine guns were taken,
formerly reported. General
the remains of the same

" The display of force before General Count Witt-
genstein's post, after the attack, was probably with
intention to favour the movement of the corps which
have marched upon Minsk.
•4 It is not improbable that part of Victor's corps
may have taken the same direction.

." General Wittgenstein is reinforced by the ca-
valry formerly under General Winzingerode, for the
present commanded by Major-Gen. Kutusoff, who
has made a most rapid march to BabinOwiich, where
he arrived time enough on the 18th to receive four
hundred prisoners from one of the French divisions.
He has also taken two Generals and One Colonel.
44 The French, with their usual savage and sacri-
legious ferocity, wantonly blew up the venerable ca-
thedral of Smolensko before they left that place.

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41 Te Deum has bees sung this day in the great
cathedral, in presence of their Imperial Majesties
and the whole Court : the Baron de Mareschal" of
Marshal Davoust, and such of the eagles and• colours.
taken in the last affair as are already arrived 'here,
were previously brought o the eathedarl, In which

Adjut,nt•General Orloff Denim', attacked the

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the other nunte,Onrs trophies of war are 2.170ady de-
posited, I have the,bononrto be, Sic.. . . •
(Signed) " CATHCART."
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i. The Commander.in-Chief, General FielcbMarshal
Ptince Kutusoff, from his head-quirt:rs at the vil4
lage of Dubrovo, submits to his Imperial Majesty
the two following reports : . • ' •
FIRST REPORT, HATED THE 18TH NtWEMEER.
- "Skfter the battle; near Viasma, of the 2/41k-
tober, my army nude every effort to turn, if not 41
the enemy's corps, at least its advanced, guard, on
the road from Telna to Krasnoi,; in which if com- !
pletely stuceeidefeoniihr .17th and 18th November.. i
" The idfli ;i.;.,vertiber the army. made a move-`;
'tient by advancing five wersts, as far as the town of i
Krasnoi. The advanced guard' fell in with the
enemy, who were completely defeated by Lieute- 1
nant-General Onverow. On this occasion we be-
came
masters of one standard, some cannon; and
made a great number of prisoners, one of whom was
a General."
" General Millarodovitch, commanding the ad-
' yawed guard, with the 2d light corps of infantry,
end the 2d of cavalry, perceiving the corps com-
Imanded by Marshal Davoust advance near Krasnoi,
iletaChed thither Lieutenant-General Prince Galatzin,
The.enemy,;soaceiving himself turned on all sides,
began to defend himself. Our artillery made a ter-
rible earnage,in the enemy's ranks. Napoleon him.
I self was an eje-witness of the battle, and not wait.
! ing for the issti e,. he fled with his whole suite to the
i village of Liadani, and abandoned the corps of
Do. oust. . : ,
1 . 4f The, banlei lasted the whole day ; the enemy
were completely defeated and dispersed in the neigh-
' bowing wood, -for a distance of five wersts along the
banks' of thi. Dnieper--thus the corps of General
IDavoust has been idniplcltely destroyed. The loss
in killed and wounded is immense.., We have made
prisoners two Generals, .43 officers of different ranks,
i 9170 prisoners, 70 cannon, three standards, and taken

44 Lieutenant General Count Ostermann Tolstoy I the baton of Marshal Davoust. ~ . --,.
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reports, that being with his division of infantry on the 64 On the 17th November, being infoimed that the
i 4th in the village of Kovisoff, and learning that the . corps of Marshal Ney, forming the rear-guard of the,
enemy was within half a werst of that place, he de-' enemy, was moving on the waif leading to Krasnoi
tached a squadron of the KAmopolsky regiment, I I made the following dispositions:
which killed a part and took ten prisoners. SECOND REPORT. •
" GepErai Millar 4lovitch reports, on the 12th, that 44 In order to obtain a certain victory over Mar.
being
_i• ... .• . she- Ney, and to cut off entirely his communication
# vie vupge of tniteneirn, he sent a patrole
with the rest of the army, I reinforced General Mil-
upon, the rtnd ,from Smolensk° to Krasnoi, to recon-
noitre the etrmj,,,Which returned, having made 17 laradovitsch with the Bth corps, giving him orders
prisoners„, The ;same 4 iy, Count-Osterman Tolstoy to prevent the Marshal's advance, and to take a post-
sent the Pskofki regiment of dragoons to examine don near the villages Syroherenic and Tcherniska.-1
the state of the villages occupied by the enemy.— ; Major-General Lourkouski perceived, about three in
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lillails ini.,t, perceivingthree squadrons of cavalry, .the afternoon, the enemy advancing. The thickness
hundred and
=ck took five officers and tw' of the fog prevented him from ascertaining his num_ I
lied; and-
ninety men. . , bets, who kept marching forwards till they were close
"The enemy remained also this day in the valor i to our batteries.
of ilsoff. 1 «The enemy attempting in vain to pierce through
4 Adjutant-Geti eral count Orloff tienilrotE also ' our lines, received, at the distance of 250 paces, a
sent in two Generals of the division of General Al. gederaf, discharge of musketry and of 40 pieces of
mires, and a Brigadies.Genetal Burt, with an ac- cannon : the effect of this fire upon the enemy was
count of his having taken twenty pieces of canon:it, ; extreinsly fatal. Finding he had no hope of escaping,
pear the town of Krasnoi." he at length sew a Bag of truce to General Millara-
. A St.Petersburgbi November 2s, 1912. dovitch. At midnight the whole corps d'armee of

the enemy, amounting to 12,000 men were obliged
to lay down their arms. All their artillery, in num-
ber tit pieces of cannon, all the baggage and mai_
taiy chest were the fruits of our victory.

,e In the number of prisoners are above one hun-1
dred officers of different ranks. Marshal Ney was
wounded, but saved himself by flight, and was pur-
sued by the Cossacks beyond the Dnieper. The loss
of the enemy is enormous : according to the report of
the prisoners,fonr Generals of division were wounded.
We bare not lost above five hundred men in killed
and wounded.
a The army is at present at Krasnoff, and the ad.
vanced guard at Dowbrowna, from whence we shall
follow the movements of the enemy.
" General Platow informs the by a private letter
annexed, that the enemy left behind him, seventeen
wersts film Smolensico, a great quantity of artillery,
amounting to 112 pieces."
LK1712 O 1 GrinutAL COUNT PLATOFF TO THE GENIRAL
FIELD MARSHALL, DATED Nov. 17.
48 After the signature of my report to your High-

ness, Captain Parkin arrived with the rations, and
states that, at The distance of seventeen wersts from
Smolensk°, in the great road, he had counted one
hundred and twelve cannon, besides a great number
of tumbrils and carriages. I am not able to send
your Highness a report in form, not having received

it from the Governor of Smolensk°. I join the una-
nimous voice of the troops in pronouncing, Hourra !
your molt Serene Highness 1

Yesterday, soon al*: er one o'clock, the QUEEN, and
Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY, arrived at the
Queen's Palace, from Windsor. Several of the Royal
Dukes, and a number of the female Nobility, paid
their respects to them, and in the evening they dined
with the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton House.

ROBERT Gounow, Esq. Governor of Berbice, is
•about to proceed to his Government, in the Seahorse
frigate, commanded by his gallant namesake, Capt.
GORDON.
Fifty Licences for imports, and $2 for exports,
signed by BONAPARTE, have been received at Paris.
The importations allowed consist chiefly cf colonial
produce anti bides.


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SECOND EDITION.

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STAR-OFFICE, TWO mazer:,
t. ..;
In consequence of the antlered glorious
Funds,hAve hail a rise of It per cent, °moil
been, done at 10:pei cent. premium, by whit
of. iC150,000 hive been decided at Lloyd'•
'house.

• .• .; KTARAFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK.
Private letters from Paris, dated on the :
suntrhave been. Fec4ived in Town. They state.
General VALENCE,One of BO
NAPARTieb Staff;
denly arrived in. Faris, from the Army in the
The utmost possible secrecy was Preserve
subject of bis mission, but it was loudly
that BONArAltrit was dead. For the accuracy
intelligence we can ple,te oarseltier. _
A Decree• was.expected to be instantly issl
ng out 300,000 additional troops from
her dependencies.

While we are writing this article, the
Tower guns are tiring in homier of the gler,
umph obtained by the Russians over the Fre,

NAVAL /INTELLIGENCE

•• • • FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 13.
. Arrived the (Economy, Sutton, from Southamp..
ton, and a gun brig, name unknown. Nothi
to-clay. The Seahorse frigate made a
1 morning for the West India fleet to unmoor,
I sequence of his Majesty's ship Itamilies 'nil
expected. They will, no doubt, 4,111 in the
I"Wind E. N. E. and fresh breezes.

• . PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 24.
Came in his Matsty's ship Diumemark •
Downs. Sailed, the Sybille frigate for. Cori
the Fylla sloop of war for Guernsey.—Wini
DEAL, DECEMBER IS. •
Sailed his Majesty's ships frnpregnabli
mom to Portsmouth, to refit ; the former
miral Young's flag, xvilich she shifted last
the Warrior. The Pomona brig detained
Mary privateer, lost Ai anchor and cable
ing.—Wind N. E. and blows a gale.

" DOVER, Dac. 15.—The vessel mentioned
letter of yesterday as having arrived off here.
Ostend, came into the harbour last night.
seen the Captain, and, from what he says,
vinced that the inhabitants on the opposit
kept in a state of ignorance of what is no,
forward, and they do not like to talk of •
which is not published in their Papers.
now a great many conscripts at OstenV,
the army, and quartered on the inhabitant
is uncommonly dull along the whole French
—lt really appear*, from the reserve of the
Captains who• arrive from France, that
bound, before they sail, not to give information
they come to this country, or that the poor '
are themselves afraid, if. they know any
tell it."

OORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER IS.
Arrived his Majesty's ships Impregnable and Eg•
mont from the Dawns ; Spitfire and Cordelia, tiom-s
cruizc.—Wind N. E.

CORK, DECEMBER 7.
Yesterday morning his Majesty's ship Stork, Cap.
tain CouLsos, sailed in quest of a privateer said to be
off the coast. The Virago gun brig, Lieut. Pitt.
MAN, convoy for the Downs, is still detained by con.
trary winds. The Admiral's flag-ship (TEEN?) yes.
terday hoisted signals for all Masters of vessels in.
tending to take convoy to the West Indies, to repair
cnt board for instructions. The Dauntless sloop of
war, Captain Barber, arrived this morning from a
cruize, and imuzedialely hoisted convoy signal for
the West Indies. During the whole of the night and.
this morning, it has blown a violent gale from the
S. E. This miming also arrived the Protector
gun-brig, Lieutenant Mitchenor, with the Nimrod
transport, last from Waterford. She continues on
this station.

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An additional small detachment of Artillery-dry.
vers is ordered to embark inimedia.ely atPortsmouth •.• ~
for Lisbon. If we are inferior to the French in any
species of force, it is this, and the Engineers.
On Monday the Marquis of "WINCHUTER and Earl
CHOLHONDELLY had audiences of the PRINCE RE-
GENT after the Levee.. •
Tie Bishop of Chester, the Recorder of London,
Mr. R. THORNTON, Mr. BobvEttlE,. and a number of
others, came to Carlton House after the Levee was
over on Monday. •
This morning the Admiralty. Sessions commenced
at Justice Hall, Old Bailey, before Lord ELlA:six).
ROUGH, Sir Vim. SCOTT, Baron THOMPSON, and Jils- •
rice LE BLANC,
.with the trial of the Marquis rf
SLIGO, for having in the month of May, 1810, en-
ticed seven seamen from his M tjesty's service, whilst
he lay off the island of Malta. • The trial is not e=.
peered to finish before a late holm. The Court was
very crowded, the Duke of CLARENCE and many
people of rank being present.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, DECMBERdir
The trade in general to-day is i.• arty the, same as Mon ,we • n
have no farther an male, ersept a f w oats, and one or two Sof-
folk vess..ll with Barley and b aus: all these articles fully lbws-
sain our last prices, and most things that are 11 granary ate asked
higher prices for, tiki cuuntry zuriguisos beltg ROW'MAtir
stcpped w'th the frost.
etkit. t. F S FUCKS THI t DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIL
Redut- d 60{ 54 801 -64 per Cetin 764 —Cons. for se. el lit , •
inn. B.l9—Bonus es. difir-Ls Ann,. 1517-16 t .s
Asa. Bills (Si.) is Is. pe.—Do. 28. Si. pr. 3
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-dranesed guard, on receiving ,o
• used to do so, saying, the E
m there to retire, but to, a
my, which they were
I have, &c. (Sign,
•` • ,et the lomat of the Operation
. • v • • 1, • •-•
ihAm C y under the usna4of et
frieeihe'fidi to iheitStft
utsssl
a.
it• on le 1 Ph Nuembet..6
• ; s, tke.'9o
mennand eras so,be ste .the
• ekit 'rat at that Yakoff.
. leff *retsoni; thei den's_
the 19th; Snit' a I:004 of t!).i
?Joie Parsuf the Don 4
thisolensko road:
_Tire hew!
. this day at • the village of,
• •
Novesseeit IV.—Lieuterse
Dinizoi lesining that
jof the 'enem" Ciii4i7
• d in-the till0s0004:4
edi.of orie thousand dielus
• ,d three hondr..ejprisonais's
• Sind tour •hincged tar
...stores.
" Teo corps of General Mi
the village of Ivergkoff.
" The army halted..
"NOVEMBER 18. —Ca Ptain
of the guaids, detached
".tlt Otleroff, attacked a .de
Io' the villsige of Ilmorai, w
1 • .cavalry ; the combat la
•
enemy • retreated to the
bete he pursued and took tht
" Detachments under Colon
sent by Major-General CI
0 prisoners.
"General Millaradovitsch
mber, that Major.Generl
ers at Charvanaoff.
"Major-General Volosdini
Ttigaoobski defeated a detac
Major Aberjeu, killing a p
the remainder, 370 me
-if Surgeon.
Itajor.General Platoff re
-be; that having pursue
Wife tip with it at the
.te called Yansdoff, and
' 'ges of his position, Is,
thin occasion, besides n
"" .• he took thirty-th
. ' two hundred prisoners.
daring the pursuit of l
8111 of' November, sixty-:
' not sixty-two, as forme.
Mr is now pursuing the

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Fag*, ti4Asit..-AktE.OTION NEEL' I NG.
Monday there was a very numerous bfeeting of
the Electors of Westminster at dinner, at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, to celebrate the late 'return,—
Mr. William . was•in the Chair.
When the cloth was removed, Mr. Wistieut rose,
_;end stated, that their late election had done equal
honour to the electors and the elected. The electors
of Westminster had set an honest precedent, which
entitled them to the hest thanks of the country. They
had selected, free of expence, merrhom they con-
sidered as the best qualified to represent them. They
had returned men who •never would betray their
trust, or the invaluable Constitution that they were
selected to defend. The lesson that they had set, he
hoped would not be lost sight of, Great exertions
had been made at Liverpool and Bristol (although
these exertions were not successful) to follow their
example. He hoped that similar exertions, in other
parts of the country, would finally operate much in
the great -cause of Parliamentary Reform. After
some other ob ervatiens, he gave as a toast, .
" Sovereignty vi the People."
This toast was received with loud applause ; and
the music immediately struck uO-46 Britons, strike
heete." - •
'the next toast was, •
Reg.nt," and may he ever bear in mind the declare.
don of "the Prince of Wales-14 That the Crown Is held in trust
for the benefit of the Peuple."
The p-st toast was,
" May the People select their Rep;esentatives, Instead of per-
saleite Chndidates to cajolethem."
After this toast had been drank with great ap-
plause, and a song given, the Chairman gave, after
some preliminary observations, ' •
The Constitutional assentr of the People's Righti, Slf
Francis Burdett.".
This toast having been drank .with the loudest and
most unequivocal marks of approbation,
'Sir FRANCIS Bueorte rose, and • said, that it was
.difficult indeed ter him to express adequately the
sense he entertained o/ the honour conferred upon him
by the marks of applobation with which his health
badbeau received. He did fed, licm ever, that as far
as the most persevering endeavours on his side—en.
deavnurs (wl.ich he feared had been tifhprofitable) to
restore the lost rights of the country, he was in some
degree entitled to these marks of approbatioe, from
the sincerity and zeal pith which he had laboured in
that cause. ( ://ipiau:e.) Their conduct to hint upon
this, as veil as every other oCcasiOn upon which he
lad met them, w is fir'meire flattering than anY me: '
sits of. his could have entitled him• to. expect. He
had no moans of repaying these favours but by con-
tinuing, tis he ever had dune, to use the utmost power
that his abilities enabled him to employ, to recover
for them that which he-conceived to be the greatest'
of all blessings—their ancient Constitution., (afftw.,
Id au.) The late appeal (as it had been most falsely!
called)—the late appeal to the people, upon the gp.
neral election which had taken place, was, in his opts
nibn, so far front *encouragement to hope favourably.
of-the cause otrefOrm, a thing that should rather tend
to damp•the hopes and feelings of its warmest fr;encla..,
It certainly was no argument against the peoplealri
their just claims, but it was an argument which,
strongly proved that the people had nu fair play in,
the choice of those who are called their Representa-
tives ;and it wasa strong argument to prove that the
system Of election by which the Representatives are
now chosen, is a mere farce ; and that.thoee who are.
returned are by no means the men whom the coup.
try.wotild wish to select, it had been said, that the
city of Westminster lodate a great example,, and
the worthy Gentlemati Mr. Wishart) had expressed
a hope that this examele would be generally followed.
He, however, felt no such hopes, When he cast his
eyes over the representation of the country, he saw
no such bodies of electors as those of Westminster.—
lie saw no great bodies of men who were permitted
to choose their Representatives. It appeared to him,
however, that it was a great argument on the side of
the people, to strew, that in the metropolis, where
corruption must be supposed to predominate, yet
whenever the election was really in the hands of nu-
nerousbodies of electors, corruption could notprevail
against them. (App/acre.) When he heard of the
popular spirit which was•manifested in other places,
and the exertions which were made at Liverpool to
k:turn a candidate whose merits and talents were ge-
nerally acknowledged by the country, he could not
see that there was ground &hope in the •late
contest, whit h stewed, that a man or the most un.
doubted merit, and the highest claims upon the
country, would, under the present system of election,
be defeated by the COurt candidate. He hoped.
however, that the rejection of a than of strati astir*
as Kr. Brougham, would have a good effect in open-
ing the eyes of the people to the present system cif
election. The Court candidate at Liverpool (who
was. the highest upon the pork) bad but 1500 vote.
Now, as he was informed, in the town of Liferpool,
there were no less than thirty thousand householders,,
paying all manner of taxes 'to: the State and to the
Church. If the election' foiLiverpool had been de-
cided as a Westminster election,. by the 'Weed the •
great body of householders paying taxes, there would '
have been no doubt at all about the issue of Ai'
the .Court candidate weld have had no chance of
success. No man would have even-ventured then to
stand upon. the principle of being hostile to all pepu-
lar rights; (atplause) and to the 40stest interests of
their cower) those who, as he did, wished for
the ancient Constitution of the country, were to be
stigmatized as Jaeobitis•ased levellers; and men 'who,
wished entirely to :destrotthe state of thioge in this '
;11,06t • '`.being assigned or assign-
wish to sebveit the state
this country, more than"
tys professed as lie sin- I
to sup pert the 'Throhe
coticeived the firmest
'three ptineiplestin which
• aristocracy; or the sup- I
men ; a regular army ;1
at-large. • • If a &Svc- i
istnciacy .as his support, I
the mere instrument of a
es. -I( he. depended upon air
gat flue edge of that posier, ii
w intended only against
danger to iris own se-
.supports, the -strongest and
should uphold the British '
pople. (Losulapp/afue.)

—fie should not enter into the state' of the country
with respect 'to the war erits'foreiga policy, as upon
those subjects Ministers were alone• possessed of lee
formation to speak correctly; but he would say, that
ias the people of England paid tbe taxes for all those
wars, the items of this expenditure ought to be fairly
laid before the real representatives of those who paid
'the taxes (effiedeure). He should next advert to a
subject which was always considered as one of the
dearest rights of Englishmen,—the Freedom of the
Press. He considered that the mode of proceeding
lately, and the severity of the sentences pronounced
in the case of libel, made the Court of King's Bench
now differ very little from the odious court of Star I
Chamber, which formerly existed. He would not
allude merely to the case of Mr. Drakard (whorl he
considered to have deserved highly of his Country),
for publishing a very able ess ly against the, base,
cruel, and unmanly system of flogging soldiers with
that horrible severity ellich had been too often prac-
tised; nor to the cases of Mr. Cobbett, or Mr. Hunt,
who was lately convicted of' a libel. Much had been
said of the tyranny of having a supervisor and 11-1
censer of the press, with power to prescribe what.
should or what should not be published.; but it ap-
,peared to him, that the present system was much
more illegal and unjust. A sham trial, and opprese
sloe under the forms and colour of law, was, of all
oppressions, the most greting and unjust. In the
power that was now given to an Attorney-General
, of filing his information ex (Pio against any man he
pleased--of withdrawing that trial at his pleasure, or
of keeping it suspended over the head until he got
exactly such a Jury as he could wish (Loud aura: of !
aNdnuse) : there was all the mockery of justice with-
out any of the substance of it. He would really wish,
to ask those twelve Gentlemen who convicted Mr.•
Hunt, of what they found him guilty ? if it were only
of writing a libel, or a little book that could not be
denied. He would insist, however, that this was a,
crime of modern creation, and that our ancient laws
were silent about the crime of writing a little hook.
Those who chose to set themselves against popular
principles found that the safest way of proceedings
was to decline arguments altogether, and rsonfilie
themselves to misrepresenting them. If they spoke
of Reform, they were told that they meant revolu-
tion ; and when they professed attachment to the
throne, they were. told that they were Jacobins and
Levellers. It however appeared, that those who
spoke most against popular rights, and the meetings
I of large bodies of the people, were themselves most
'anxious to be thought to possess popularity. They
were net ashamed to go, somewhet like strolling
players, about the country ('Loudatsplatae), and boast
highly of the popularity they experienced in their
tour. If they, however, (the people) valued the ex-
pression of the popular sentiment in largebbdies, they
I were immediately called Jacobins, and a stigma was
immediately attempted to be attached to them. It
appeared to hint, howeVer, that the Electors of West-
minster hid done • die* duty fully: to thecount/I ;
and es for him, he should tediairour "10 td act as' not
to disgrace their choice, hie shOuldeontlthrii in'the
course he had hitherto pursued, of speaking, at all
times, fairly, without disguise, or .appeebensson .of
artilequentes, the truth, in defence of the eights of his,
coufttey. (Great i'lpfdatme.) He felt that -he was at-
wameentauding for that only whieh was -becbming
.of good subjects to ask, and Which a beuevolentiand
patriotic Sovereign. might• well grant. tle ;should,
consider his life well spent in a constant struggle to
rescue his country from the oppressionOf the Olioarcliy
which has seized upon its Government. 'Hertisleed
for the dominion of the ancient lew of the country,i
by which the Sovereigh held his Crown, and which
was therefore above the Sovereign. He certainly
thought that the Representatives of the People, fairly
chosen, would be the proper persons to examine the
accqunts of the public expenditure ; and although' he
had heard many sneers against people of low origin,
and much said about the advantages of high birth,
yet he must say, that he should expect to find at
least as great talents among the people, as 'aistrbke
the aristocracy. If they were even to require men
great genius, he would expect to find these greeters
niuses as soon among men bearing flitch fors Ati
among men bearing white shrew; (Laughter and ofp.
flame.) He beliesoed that if history were fairly eita.
.mined, it would be found, that as many 'men t Who
bad done groat deeds to entitle them to the gratitude
of after ages, proceeded from an ImmNo. origip
well as from a noble stock. If the actual situAttem Of
'-the country were considered, the accumulaticiti a its
taxes, and the dreadltil seserity of the inquisition
to which every bo-cly was liable in the collectiog .d
those taxes, he must 547, that he Could concereeipo
other remedy for those evils, but a full an fair ee.
presentation of the People in the Reuse Of Com isms.
This was what he conceived to be the fundamente
basis ofthe Constitution; for the attainment o( which
he should never telex id his efforts! Those 41,44
feared, would, however, be unavailing, unleSi bided
by the People. 'He might bring the object of
' form forward again, as he had done before, hut be
could have no hopes of success, unless his efforts wale
backed by the petitions of mianz. To millipo thet,
`cause was most interesting; and if they di : cour.flor
ward peaceably, and exercise their taullspnted ifight
of petition, bethought that ne Government evoild
'venture long to resist that wl.ich would appear tOhe
the decided sense of the country.
'Thii speech was followed.by lend applauses.
1. On the health 'ef L'Oid flesr N AKE bang drank, his,'
Lordship expressed theitratinest acknowledgements'
for the honour they had done him ; and said' that as
:the Hon. &millet had passed over the conduct of the
-war and our foreign policy, he would say a few words
on these subjects. . Although some hundred millions
have hissed espeuded on the last rind present war, Stilt
he would assert, that the prominent effect produced by
all this expenditure has beeasolely the enlargement of
the power of France. He observed that the Govern-
ments on the Contiekerit of Europe, before the French
Revolution, were so bad, that it Was scarcely possible'
for worse to succeed them. .I'he contest on our part
i was carried bn without any proofs of mind, or of re-
•
Amines, though in the present year'the French mai-
-1 tary power had for its basis a population of 62 mil-
-1 liens. He did not approve much ofotir struggling it
Spain and Sicily,. at least in, the present moth, for a
people who were not very cordially dispOsediawards
us. It was not very wise on the part of our Goverti,
ment to keep 16,000 men in Sicily for the purpose of
keeping the people in subjection to the most despica-
ble of all governments; particularly when it was done

country, withuitt any reason
able, %thy he or they should w
of. things, and of society in th
• her people. He had alma,.
ply wished, a strong desire
o England on what he .had
fa adations. He knew but th
M itarchies were upheld ; an
po t of the-Nobles and great
O he affections of the people
✓ ..4n depended upowthe arisi
b tonnd himself too often thi
faction of aznhitiogi Nobles.
army, it was often found qtat
ful instrument (which wo
the people), "was full ogyi
• i.y ; whereas, of alk.sopp
t t - burnt was that which sho
Shraoe—the affections of the p
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