Star.
London, England, 1812-12-05 00:00:00

EATART PROCEEDINGS.

JF LORDS, DECEMBER 4.
MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON.
2VERPOOL presented a Message from
ighness the PRINCE REGENT, to the fol-

:oval Highness the Prince Regent, acting in
behalf of his Majesty, having been pleased
' the Earl of Wellington the dignity of a
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
_ of Marquis of Wellington, Is desirous of
provision, in order to enable him and his heirs
sty. His Royal Highness, in consideration
services rendered by General the Marquis
, particularly at the glorious battle of l'alamarca,
House to concur with the other House of Parlia-
loyal Highness to make such provision."
of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the
.IRINCE REGENT was ordered to be
ideration on Monday next, for which
was ordered to be summoned.
Monday.

lISE OF COMMONS.
presented from Valentine Blake, Esq. cons-
: erection ot the Hon. Frederick Punsonhy
town of Galway, PO the ground of unqua-
been suffered to poll for him. •
• brought Ina Bill to renew an Act payed
the use of :Agar in Brewing ; also Buts to
and Starch Bills.
on presented the Report of the Commb-
Inquire Ipto the sum ot Lancaster Gaol and
the evidence amazed to U.—Ordered to be

, the proper Officer do present to the House
.equer Hills outstanding and unprovided for.
the Coma'toe of Supply, to grant a Supply
read a leasad tiros, antwas agreed to.
arvod for the several usual Estimates 91 the
Ordnattce, Stc.—ptilcred. '
MAJESTY'S PRIVATE PROPEEtYr
10ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
to bring
.in a Bill to amend an Act
I, authonsin4l certain Commissioners
'Majesty's real and personal pro-
iibts .having arisen, whether or no
lets had a right, under that Act, to
and forests of his Majesty, the
was to give them that powcr.—
ing in a Bill.
MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON.
'.EREAGH brought np a Message
:agent, similar to that in the Lords.
of Loid CASTLEREA car, the Message
COmmittee cf the whole House, to
iideration on Monday next.
• IERAL LE MARCHANT.
.GE BERESFORD brought up a
is i1.07E1 Highness the Prince Repot,
Haase that his koyal Highness had
'Dress, praying that hp, his Royal
be graciously pleaied to order a
:rectcd to the memory of General
ho gloriously fell at the battle of
that his Royal Highness had been
to comply with the same.
1E GERMAN LEGION.
;TONE obstrvtd, that the House
tat he had given notice of a motion
;onsequence, however, of some rea-
him by the Noble Lord opposite,
ild not resist, he would put off that
lay ;—in the mean time, he moved
German Officers in our service.—
'fled.

OF THE CLERGY.—WedneWay a
the Diocese of Canterhnry was held
Chamber, in Dean's-yard, Westmin-
kbess to the PRINCE REGENT was
yesterday was the day appointed
;hness to receive the same, when the
mbleJ in the some place, and pro-
'clock, in grand procession to Carl-
%shops being dressed in their lawn
, ai,d scarlet scarfs, and the other
men in their canonicals. The Arch-
TABU!tY, attended by his Chaplains
mu; the Bishops of Lomb**, Liu-
and OXFORD ; the Dean of Christ-
)lL, as Prolocutor; Dr.Yzaauta,
/estn.inster ; Dr. V7sr, Archdeacon
Dr. Hconzi. Residential? of St.
Mr. POTT, ArFlde4con Of St. Al-
iatbera. Soon sites their aroma 41; they
by thi Loan CHA14211111.A44 lo the
, who was seated of his ThOse. sod
Great qfficers and Ministers of State,
was. ma by the ArchbitliOp of
and the P/UNCIS was pleased toiVrcturn
Answer. His Royal Highneris after=
audiences to Viscount 8510137 R and the
Lt!aaroot.!

REPORT FROM LIEDT.-GENERAL COUNT WREDE.
" Cynovoska, near Babinctscky, 23d Oct. 1812.
" Being ignorant, it M. the Marshal Count Gou-
vion Saint Cyr has beep able, for the last two days,
to give your Excellency Any tuttlligence col xerning
the position which I occupy with the 6th curls of
Bavarians, the Ist brigade of French I;ght cavalry,
and the brigade of cuirassiers of General L'Hertier,
I now make it my duty to inform your Excellency of
the movements which I have made since the day
before yesterday.
" Perhaps, my Lend Duke, you have been ap-1
prised that on the 19th, the enemy, who, on the 18th,
had been so bravely and completely beaten befurel
Polotsk, has, by his superior force, gained much
grouud on General Corbineau, who was charged to;
prevent the enemy's pao,:ti,Te of the Ouschatz, and to
come by the rear on Polotsk.
" The enemy having been at the moment de- ,
bouchin? flora the town of Polotsk, M. the Marshal
Count Gouvion St..Cyr, caused me to be called, to
engage me to take the command of the tr3ops which
he had reunited on the left bank, to prevent the enemy
from debouching.
" I took the cominand just as his tirailleurs were
coming out of the wood. It was a battalion of the
brave 19th French regiment of the line that I found
had the most to Support, and to whom I gave orders
to charge with ba) tms, as it was necessary to have
the enemy di iven back half a league, through the
defile, beture the night came on.
" This expedition performed, M. the Marshal
Count Gonvion St. Cyr put/under my orders the
19th, 37th, and 124th regiments of infantry, the 2d
Swiss regiment, the 7th cuirassiers, and 'the brigade
of General Corbineau, to endeavour, taking with me
a Bavarian brigade, very few in numbers, to reptase !
the enemy from the other side of the Ouschatz, on'
the morning cf the 29d.
" I divided this corps into three columns myself
leading that of the centre, the left being commanded
by: General Baron Amey, and the right' by the. DA-
varigl General Dc Strath. At half-past fur o'clock
in the morning the enemy att ‘cked me on the Lleftlei
at the moment when I was myself preparing to make
my attack. As I had given orders not to fire, nor
to punish the insolence of the enemy, excepting with
the bayonet only, he was, in the course of an hour ;
and a half, driven through the defile, which is three j
leagues in length.
" The brave 19th and 37th regiments of time line,
commanded by their worthy Brigadier-General
trundler, coveted themselves with glory. Two Co-
lonels, one Major, a great number of Officers, and
1800 men, were made prisoners.
a After having debouched from the wood, I at-
tacked the chief corps of General Stengel, placed on
the left bank of the Ouschatz, having with him a nu-
merous cavalry and artillery. In the space of half
an fieur, the Bavarian artiltery, which 1 bad with
me, silenced that of the enemy, and I passed the
Ouschatz by wading. If General Baron Amey, to
whom I had given orders to march down from Rud-
nia by the left of the Ouschatz, to take the enemy oft
his right flank, had been able to arrive at this jun-
tore, it is meet likely that the whole of the MOO
corps would have been destroyed. . •
" I was in pursuit of the enemy on the road to
Diana, when I received orders from M. the Marshal
COORS Gouvion St. Cyr to return towards Polotsk,
his Excellency havlng resolved to await the arrival
.41 the 9th corps, which is under the command of the
Mlrshal Duke de Belluno.
(Signed) « DE WREDZ.".
REPORT OP MARSHAL GODVION IT. CYR, TO HIS HIGH-
TRZ mune; MAJOR-GENERA L.
" October 20.
" By my last of the 17th inst. I informed tour
Highness, that the 2d corps would probably be at-
tacked on the following day' by all the forces united
index the orders of the Count de Wittgenstein. I

.

111,01C11 ?4?FRS. - -"haveippken to you of the reinforcements which he had
I received from St. Petersburgh, and which amounted
TWENTY-EIGHTH BULLETIN OF THE ito 17,000 men, includiug in that number 6or 8000
FRENCH ARMY. 'I
men which had been scraped together in St. Peters.
burgh and its environs. He has further received the
« SitiMENBll, NOVEMBER 11. 1 21st division, which was fresh arrived from Finland;
44 The l'mperial head-quarters were, on the Ist of one part of this division only hasbad an engagement
November, ar Viasma, and on the 9th at Smolensk. iu
an affair against the Prussians. They have formed
The weather
was very fine up to the 6th, but nn the a junction with the troops under Wittgenstein, at
7th winter began. The ground is covered with snow. Duna, on the 16th, at the moment when lie had dis-
The roads have become very slippery, and very dif- lodged the post which I had placed there.
ficult for carriage horses. We have lost many men ; gg On the 18th, at six o'clock in the morning, M'.
by cold and fatigue : night bivouacings are very in- 1 de Wittgenstein debouched before Polotsk in four
jurious to them. I columns, and extending his troops past my position,
" Since the battle of Maloiaroslavitz, the advanced and profiting by the enormous superiority ot which
guard has seen no other enemy than the Coss irks, he was possessed to take the reverse, and without any
who, like the Arabs, hover upon the flanks, and fly , danger made himself master of the position which I
about to annoy. I had occupied on the left bank of the Polota, in the
" On the 2d, at two in the afternoon, 12,000 Rus. . face of that which he had before occupied on the
sian infantry, covered by a cloud of Cossacks, inter- I Drissa. His first serious attack was against a battery
cepted the communication a league distance from Vi- ' a barbette, which I had caused to be established on an
asma, between the Prince of ECKatUriL andtheViceroy. advantageous position, and which it was necessary at
" The Prince of Eckmuhl and the Viceroy marched I any rate to occupy, in order not to expose to the ene.
upon this column, drove it from the road, and over- I my the weakest part of my position, that is to say,
threw it in the wood, took a Major-General, with a die tront of the town, which offered no other diffi-
, good our of prisoners, and carried off six pieces of culty than a pale , aka the front of which I had cover-
cannon : since that time we have not again seen the ad, but which, not being yet finished, was every
Russian infantry, but only Cossacks. where open, and principally at the two little bastions
which were to support it, but were as yet scarcely
44 Since the bad weather, from flee 6th, we have
marked out ; I nevertheless brought some pieces of
lost more than 3000 carriage horses, and nearly 100
i cannon there, which did us service. The bat-
of our caissons have been destroyed.
llerie was taken and retaken three or
46 General Wittgenstein having been reinforced by four times. It was defended by the troops of the
the Russian divisions from Finland, and by a great bth division, commanded by the General of Division
number of troops from the militia, attacked, on the Mahon. The defence of this front of the attack does
18th October Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr : he was re- him infinite honour, as likewise to the corps charged
pulsed by that M:irshal, and General Wrede, who with its defence, that is to say, the 2d and 37th of
took more than SOOO prisoners, and covered the field the line, and the 11th of light infantry, as likewise
of battle with his dead. two squadrons of the 14th regiment of cuirassiers,
" On the 20th ult. Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr commaneed by M. Remberg.
having been informed that Marshal the Duke of Bel- " Two squadrons of the light troops of the Bth
luno, with the 9th corps, was marching to reinforce lancers and 20th ehasseurs, commanded by the Chef
him, repassed the Dwina and marched to meet him, d'Escadrou Carel, who led the right of the Bth divi-
ia order, on having effected a junction with him, to sion, and whose conduct in all the charges which he
fight Wittgenstein, and oblige him to repass the received or made against forces so disproportionate
Dwina. Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr bestows the as theirs merits the est eulogiums. Tire enemy
highest eulogiums upon his troops. deployed another oneir columns before the front of
" The Swiss division distinguished itself by its the 6th division, commanded by M. the General Le
sang froid and bravery. Colonel Gait-licnue, of the Grand. He principally directed his attack against
26th regiment of Light Infantry, was wounded.— a battery, which was not completed, on the left bank
Marshal St. Cyr received a ball in the toot. Marshal of the Polota, and which thus became the centre of
the Duke of Reggio has arrived to replace him, and the division Le Grand.
retaken the command of the 2.1 corps. The health 44 Three or four times he endeavoured to obtain
of the Emperor has never been better." . possession of it, and was always repulsed with that
loss which is ever experienced when such enterprises
do not succeed. Up to the afternoon, the enemy had
lot dared to attack the front Of the right bank of the
Polota, some points of which were tolerably well en-
trenched and hnished ; but about four o'clock they
deuouched from the rr.ad of Seibet and Riga, and
furiously, and in a crowd, marched upon the left
flank or the town, supported by the column which
debouched from the Neval road. I wished to have
allowed :tit that fine ardour to have been spent upon
two redoubts constructed And occupied by the Bava-
rian artillery and troops necessary to their defence,
commanded by General Vicente ; but the Swiss of
the second division, commanded by General Merle,
as welt as the 3d regiment of Croats, in opposition to
the settled dispositions, precipitated themselves among
i the Russians, and met their fury with a remarkable
bravery and sang froid.
" We at last brought the Russians, who made this
attack, under the walls of the town, where the ear-
lnage we caused them from the morning upon all
1 points of their whole army, only terminated with
I night. The Russians, notwithstanding their supe-
riority, left the ground heaped with corpses, and did
not succeed in any of their attacks.
Notwithstanding the success obtained on this
day, I was uneasy in the evening, respecting the sue-.
cess my cavalry might have met with upon the left
bank of the Dwina. On this day I had deprived my-1
self of the greater part of -my cavalry to be easy re-
specting my rear.
" In the evening, Gen. Corbineau, whose brigade,
of horse. extrem .ly fa:Ague-I. had not penetrated be.
..yond the Odschatz, and had met, according to his
Jaccount, with some cavalry and a few infantry. As I
he wis peifecuy satisfied in this respect, having at 1
. his disposition three battalions of Bavarian infantry, ;
I I waited the following day with much tranquillity.
1 On the 19th, at break ot day, we saw the enemy in
moventeni upon the line, occupied in rectifying their'
i position, and forming a leaf circle round ours.-- !
About ten o'clock an Aid-de-camp of General tor- i
bateau arrived, and informed me he had before his ,
brigade 5000 men and 12 squadrons of cavalry. I
lost not a moment in taking a regiment out of each
of the three divisions of the second corps, taking in
preference those which might be most easily with-
drawn from before the enemy, who would not then :
have tailed to renew his attacks, and only waited to
i do it at the appearance of this corps, the arrival of
which he impatiently expected. Towards noon,
these troops defiled upon the heights behind Polotsk;
the enemy clearly perceived the object of this move. •
ment, but thought it was a kind of resetve behind
Polotsk. I assembled these troops, under the corn- I
mand of General Arney. I joined to them the 7th
regiment of cuirassiers, of Donmer's division, who
had not hitherto net the enemy in proceeding up
the Dwina.
At the same time, I ordered, that as soon as it
was dusk, the whole of the arniy should cross to the
left of the Duna. Towards the fall of day, at the
moment in which we- began to withdraw the artil.
lery from the advanced works, some imprudent per-
sons
set fire to General Le Grand's barracks, which
in a moment communicated through the whole line,
and gave the enemy certain proof that we were re-
tiring. Then he began to fire from all his batteries,'
and threw into the town a quantity of shells and
other incendiary projectiles, to set it an fire, in which
he in part succeeded, hoping by this to prevent our
artillery movements, and blow up our caissons.
4, This cannonade and bombardment were support-
ed by a general attack. We saw each other as if in
full day-light, by the light of the burning town ; and
;his attack did not cease until the moment when the
last man had repassed to the lett bank of the Duna ;
but in the midst of these attacks, and of the confu-
sion caused by firing-the town, the troops conducted
themselves with the utmost bravery, and the retreat
was performed in the best order. At midnight, all
the artillery was retired, and the whole body of the

troop; had passed over at half-past two
morning. I immediately reinforced
merits, which were the first that pa!
which I had put undir the orch.rs of
and who had succeeded in the event
the enemy in the defiles near to S
yet in sight of M. de Wittgentein's
troops there was a column of BAVAI
or 700 men strong. I re-united the
command of M. Merle, to wh(,m I 6
immediately against the front of Gen,
Ito repulse him with vigour and to ch
Onschatz, as I could then support hl
other part of the army, if it should
At the moment that these troops
motion, they fell in with those of the
6( The corps of M. de Steinheil
after a great loss in killed, driven
of the Bolonia, leaving in our hand
soners, among whom were 18 of
ranks, and among others a captain
sel employed in the Etat Major ci'
who said he had been three weeks .
vice. The affair gives great honour
Wrengal, who directed it, and t(
who seconded him well.

44 1 owe the greatest eulogiums
duct of the troops, to the zeal and ,
officer: of all ranks, and of the whole
seconded me well, among whom
Messrs. the Generals Le Grand, Merle,
renecz, my chief of the General Staff,
mender of the artillery of the 24 corps; Dede, tom.
mender of the engineers; and M. the Adjutant.cont.
mandant Dalbignae, who have on this day "area
new rights on his Majesty's favour. I shall have the
honour to address to your Highness, in a few clays,
from this place, a list of the officers who, by their
good conduct, have merited preferment.
44 Our loss is not very considerable, in comparisat
with that of the enemy, which is crtormotesi Gewalt
Le Grand has had a horse kited under him, and
received two contusions. Colonel Guicheneue, Aide,
de-Camp to his Majesty, is among the number due
wounded.

aids
whic

bubj
But

dq
He
of
I op]

" I have the honour to inform your Excellency,
that a ball which 1 h we received in my left footosi
which hinders me from marching or mounting cs
horseback, will oblige me to quit the Active cons
mand of the corps d'armee for ten or twelve days,.
I have given it up to Count Le Grand. 1 teats
upon remaining at only one march from the caw
d'armcle, to be ready to resume my functions, holm
to be still useful to the corps d'armie by my =4
if General Le Grand approves them ; but I
in i few days the Duke of Reggio. The 9th oripi,
under the command of the Duke of Belluno, hi
march. Our junction effected, we will briskly pgi
the Russian army. (Signed)
4. The Marshal G. Sr. CM"

no
foc
nu

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5.
If ever there can be a period in the history of the
world at which every manly bran ought to batik"
with exultation i and every human voice Into intik

exclamations of joy, that period has nearly arristd.

The once frightful meteor, which threatened to scold
all mankind with his beams, is now rapidly sinking
in that blood-stained horizon which his atrocities

has created around him ; and the next arrival from
Russia mty possibly bring the joyful intelligence of
his hat ing set for ever !
Endless glory to the heroes who have led the Bus•
sians to victory—knmortal honour to the Russian
name I Peace to the manes of their heroes! Hencer
forth may every Russian matron exult that she has
given birth to a male child !

al
fv
h

Jam nova progenies
E Colo detnittitur alto!
The Russians were attacked upon the soil which gave
them birth by an armed banditti, led on by a sanzei-
nary and ferocious Captain. They went forth to meet
their destroyers with all the energies with which nature
had furnished them—they came in contact, not mm
to man and horse to borne; but they made war,
as their cruel invader informed us, « like Barbarians."
They told him that they never invited him to CM
the Duna, and if he forced himself upon them IS
their guest, they would spread a banquet for him is
the wilderness, but, it should be one of havoc sad
desolation !
But let us repress our exultation until late
calmly surveyed the prisitions which the Role &ha
French armies now occupy. Sure we are that there
exists not an Englishman with an Eiglithhudi
heart, who will not trace the career of the hsPeleig
fugitive with feelings similar to ours.
BONAPAATZ fled from Moscow on the 19th 4
October, and on the 27th of that month, he bad ad.
eanced no farther than Vereja. Here he forsook
bts
army, (no new circumstance in his history,) 221
hastened with his Imperial Guards towards SD*
lensko, leaving orders for the rest to follow him Iva
all convenient speed. He himself did not reach thi
point of destination till the 9th ult. ; and on the 10
he was still there, waiting, as it
„should seem, 111
the other corps to come up. He had then, is
relays, advanced barely 200 miles from Moscow; 00( .
does the :43th Bulletin contain ch.! slightest intim*
lion that Ma journey was at an end. On he mnst.l
for at his heels are famine, winter, and the enel
Let us see how these terrible cot le deiatts have
ready acted in their joint wt,rk of destruction.
The enemy is cuntessedll troublesome ;-." the
Cos sacks, like the Arabs, hover on our flanks, oda/
about to annoy us." " 4
But is this all they do ? Have you lorgottes
they dashed in upon Muatr's cavalry before
bad time to mount their horses op the morning of

two o'clock in t!,, 18th
p'dassw.idtlitlitec'trr7ut Cauall;t:
Of General A. 0,7 t
ini;ig in confug4 To"
cuk, but utqe II i of thi
army. Wid) this for e' ,arians, of *sett have
e whole, tindery
i'
gave sad n teat-. the 'en. Steinlieil, 44 you
throw him past ti,, no 1°
his attack with a inr.
become nrcessar! drive
put themselves 4
he enemy. $t
A was broken, Ili illi°'
to the other side 'midi
Ids 12 or 15,0 p. whit
)(fleets of dutem
of an English Rt. yet a
CM. Steinhed, arid of r ,
i
in the Russian len MU'
onour to M. Cout up i
to General Autel, ilia
5 to the good r Nst. i intelligence of the
-- a ill
ok army, who hare
ro I shall mention of I
Merle, Baron Lae. it.affj Aubry, com- Imo
dui
corps; Dade, coni-
_

18th October ? Was it a hord of wild Arabs which
came in 'search of the " Lads of Paris," and their
august Sovereign at Ghorodnia ?" Oh, how lightly
you talk of these poor Cossacks ! Since the crossing
of the Duna, they have furnished a happy metaphor
for every Bulletin. The clouds of cavalry which you
ham long since dispersed and driven into the Duna—
& infantry which you so often annihilated, and which
you described, atter the battle of Moskwa, as having
so longer any consistence, or any energies remain-
ing—all these forces have rallied upon you, and
(you you out of Russia.
But there are new enemies in the field against the
miserable fragments of the French army, more for.
saidable than the bayonet or the lance—an enemy
which gives no quarter, and whose progress was never
yet arrested by a human arm ! The serene atmosphere
d Fouttinbleau has suddenly disappeared, and a Rtis-
iiia winter, wi th all itsfroten horr ors, now clings aroun d
*toeing legions of Swiss, Italians, and French-
IA who have been collected from the South, for
03 most disastrous crusade against the independence
of the North-
Boaaraara's own scanty picture of the distresses
of his retreating army, forcibly reminds us of an ever-
memorable etent in our own annals. Much ma I
in.
cboly information is before the British public on the
subject of Sir JOHN Moon E's retreat to Corunna.—
But what were the privations—the miseries—the hot--
refs of that dreadful campaign, to those of the re-
treat from Moscow to Smolensk ?
BONAPA ATE, with his arn'ty, is now precisely twelve
degrees further ncethward in Europe than Corunna.
He has not mere apathy or indifference on the part
of the Russians to complain of, but he has every arm
uplifted to strike him as he passes—he has ho huts—
no covering—no shelter for his troops. Ile has no
food—no clothing—no forage—and he has a month's
march before him 'ere he can And a roof to cover
him, or meet a human being who will stretch out
)tis had to relieve him. Multiply the horrors of the
Catmint retreat by twelve, and even then the compu.
tation of that of the French will fall short of the rea-
lity. There was a time when a convulsive shudder
would have paralysed our hearts at such a picture of
universal horror—but the merciless invasions of Spain
and Russia have long since taught us to exclaim—
" Away to Heaven respective lenity !"
And may we not hope with due humility that so
much individual misery, and so many mortal suffer-
ings, have not been in vain
May we not expect that the time is now tome,
when mankind are to be taught that neither the most
experienced skill, nor the deepest-laid plans, nor num.
bets, nor resolution, nor perseverance, are a sufficient
guarantee for the success of platy projects!

We ought not to dismiss the subject without calling
the attention of our Readers to the exemplary con•
duct of the gallant individuals who composed our
retreating army. Their fatigues and privations for
several days were excessive—but they bore all with
cheerfulness, and the great soul of their beloved
Commander lent a kindred glow of animation to
every British heart. If it requires a passive as well
as an active fortitude, to constitute a Hero, most as•
suredly has every British soldier uow in the Penin-
sula, a title to that sacred name !

Since tht publ;carrOno- r Marquis 'Wzr.r.anGTosea
dispatches, we have been informed of some additional ,
particulars relative to his Lordship's masterly retreat,
which not only remove all grounds for apprehension
as to the safety of his army, but afford prospects of
future brilliant victories. The contending armies
have now gone into winter-quarters. If it Was SoucT's
intention, therefore, by concentrating the French Pe-
ninsular armies, to strike a blow which should even-
tually annihilate the English army, he has been grie.
vously disappointed, for the consummate military
skill of the Leader of the Allied Armies has defeated
his presumptuous project. Lord WELLINGTON has?
.earned off his army in the face of an enemy at least
double in numbers, and who bore down upon bins
with the mixed energies in their favour arising from
the desire of revenge for past defeats, and from the
ardour natural to youthful reinforcements who enter
upon a first campaign. His Lordship now occupies
for the.winter a line of strong, nay, impregnable po-
sitions, on the frontiers of Portugal. His head-quar-
tets are at Fuente Guinaldo, on the Agueda. On
his right and left are the fortresses of Ciudid Rod-
rigo and Badajoa, neither of which the enemy will
venture to approach, because his Lordship has both
immediately under his eye, and we trust his gallant
troops have not lost the recollection of the dreadful
sacrifices which placed them in their possession. In
this new position, the army keeps the whole of Por-
tugal open in its rear, and throughout the winter will
be roost abundantly supplied with provisions, while
thtre is every prospect that in Spring the reinforce-
ments from this country will enable the British Ge-
neral again to resume the offensive. In d.c mean
timer the concentration of the French armies has sub-
jected them to the most dreadful privations ; and as
want of sustenance must inevitably compel them to
tePerate for the winter, Salamanca, where their bead- !
Tuners now are, will once more be exposed to one
61 those rapid movements which characterize Lord 1
WELLINGTON'S tactics, and to which our army has
been now long habituated.
In the relative movements of the leaders of the con-
tending armies, we see a stupendous trial of military
skill, in which the heroic General of the Allied Ar-
tries is again triumphant. The advance of SOULT from
the South was directed, in the first instance, to the an.
nihilation, or at least to the interception, of General
1-ina.'s army; secondly, to the occupation of Madrid;
and, finally, to the junotion of his own army with
that of SOVHASI. The last, nay, and the least also
of these objects he has only attained. By a dexterous
combination of movements, Marquis WELLINGTON
and Sir ROWLAND Has. have joined in perfect safety.
Sour has noteeen able to spare a single regiment

THE ARMY.

for the garrison of Madrid, from which place he is I
now some hundreds of miles, in a northerly direction. I
By falling back upon his reinforcements, and by 1 The captivity of General Sir EDWARD PAGET will
keeping his army unbroken, Marquis WELLINGTON be felt as a severe loss by the whole army in the Pe-
' ninsela. Sir EDWARD was considered as one of the
will keep the whole disposable force of France at bay ' best cavalry Officers in Europe. He was surround.
during the winter. The Alicant expedition and the ed by five French dragoons, and was gallantly cut.
Spanish armies in the South-will, in the mean time, ting his way through them, when his horse fell under
him, from the effect of wounds and fatigue. He was
be liberated ; and thereby not only will SUCIIET be then necessarily compelled to deliver up his sword.
kept in check, but the future retreat of SOULT towards
The baggage,of Lord llautousir., it is said, fell
the South will be obstructed. into the hands of the enemy at the same time Sir E.
Tt is not for us to mark out the line of conduct PAGET was made prisoner. .-
whic 1 The 55th regiment have arrived at Chatham, on
h the Marquis of WELLIEGTON will pursue, but their route for Canterbury.
we otii.,6t to rely, in humble admiration, on the re. i The Royal Bucks Militia pissed through Sedbergh
sonrces of his great and capacious mind. It may not last week, on their route to the North.
have het n given him on this occasion— I Tuesday evening last, a soldier-belonging to the
" Eripere czlo fulmen—sceptrumque tyrartnis !" &ME Corps, stationed at Hythe, owing to the dark.
But if he has parried the dreadful blow, which the : hess, fell into the canal at that place, and was
tunately drowned. unfor-
combined armies of SouLT and SOLAIAM had it in I
contemplation to strike—he has once more saved the
Peninsula.

NAVAL. INTELLIGBATE

PLYMOUTH. NOVEMBEIk 3.

Arrived the transport Dawn, Captain WanuEttel
from Lisbon, with about 120 sick and wounded sol-
diers. On the night of of the 23d of November, In
lat. 42. long. 10. during a heavy gale, she came close
to a large ship, and, it being moon light, saw her
decks full of men, and from that circumstance, sup-
posed her to be a troop ship. She was in a sinking
state, and close to the water's edge, and bailed for
assistance, on which the Dawn wore round with that
intention, but having lost sight of her soon after, it is
feared she foundered. The American brig Express,
Captain MoLtN,has arrived from New York ; sailed
the 6th of November, bound to Bourdeaux, was cap►
tured on the 30th ult. by the Romt gun brig. Ac-
counts are stated to have been received at New York
that the FROLIC sloop of war was captured by the
American frigate Hornet, after a most desperate ac-
tion, in which both were dismasted, and complete
wrecks, and were soon after fallen in with by his
Majesty's ship PuscriEtts, and both taken. The
President's Message was expected at New York the
day the Express sailed. It was generally be-
lieved that an order for a general embargo would be
one of the first acts of Congress, on account of the
immense exportation of grain and flour from the
United States.

The British frigate JUNON, with dispatches from
Sir J. B. WARREN, which had beta at New-York
about 1 4 days, left it with an answer to the dispatches
about two days before the departure of the above ves-
sel : nothing was known of the nature of the said dis-
patches, or the reply given. The Swiftsure racket
was waiting dispaches, and shortly expected to sai
for England. The CASTILIAN brig of war uas left in
chase of another American off Bcurdeaux. Arrived
his Majesty's ships UNlconn and bzimanft, from a
etuite; also the transport Hinry;l3avcs, from Lisbon*
with the loss of her main.Yatd, fore-top.mast, and
other damage, she spoke a packet from Guadaloupe'
off SciHy, but could not learn her name, or any par-
ticulars.