Star.
London, England, 1813-02-01 00:00:00

WARSAW, PECEMBER 19.

The Duke of Bassano has had many conferences
with Prince Ponillowski, Minister at War, and grin
cipally an the subject of recruiting the army, Al-.
ready the basis o. this important measure is laid, and
30,000 men arrive within our walls, for whom the
clothing is providing ; but it is the intention to invite
the nobles to join in the defence of the country, by
which 30,000 excellent cavalry will he raised. The
following ;s the substance of twenty-four articles of
regulation for that purpose :
Every gentleman, whether proprietor or tenant, is
to present himself before the proper authority on
horseback, either in person or by deputy ; and no
age, rink or profession is to exempt him from this
duty. Each individual may arm and clothe himself
According to his own taste, but he is at least to be
provided with a lance. Each deputy is to have a
good here, and clothing suited to resist the severity
of the winter. Volmeets will'be admitted, and will
be rewarded in pfoportion to their services out ola
fins& di be raised for that purpose ; and such volun-
teers need not be of noble extraction. An honorary
decoration will be assigned as 4 recompence for (Ns-
. tiognished gallantry. The Officer who shall conduct
1000 horses to the General in Chief shall be reward-
* by a pension of 10,000' Polish florins secured
-t;tpon land.

BiaTLE OF SORODINO.

The accounts of the battle of Borodino, of which
the following is an epitome, has been circulated at
St. Petersburgh, where it is ascribed to the pen of Sir
ROBERT WILSON, and it may, therefore, be deemed an
authentic sketch of that important action:
‘ The Russian army having exchanged Commit.
Ors, continued its retreat upon the village of Boro-
dino, between Mosjaisk and 'risk, on the high Mos.
cow road. It was here reinforced -by 18,000 effec-
tive men under General Miloradowitch, and 21,000
militia, chiefly armed with pikes, under General
Markow. The total number of the, Russian army,
exclusive of militia, amounted to 105,000 effective
men ; the French army amounted to I*o,ooo, rein-
forcements having been drawn to it from the military
posts occupied by the enemy. •
46 Bonaparte, contrary to all expectation, as he had
omitted the favourable moment for attacking 'the
Russians on their march front Smolensko, to repass
the Dnieper, presented his army in order of battle on
the 24th. It is possible that the appointment of
Prince Kutusoff had baffled his hopes of peace • and
that he felt himself now -obliged to effect that by
force, which he was in hopes to have obtained by the
influence of fear on the Russian Cabinet. Certain it
is, that he himself regretted his former neglect of op.
portunity, and that he said, 44 I have lost one of the
most brilliant occasions of my life !"
66 Prince Bagrathion's army sustained the Russian
left ; but it was very much advanced in front of the
centre and right. A battery of seven guns on a hill
covered the advance of Prince Bagrathion's army,
Which I shall in future call the Second Army.
66 The action began about two o'clock in the af-
ternoon of the '2sth, and was furiously fought on hothl
sides until near dusk, when the enemy possessed him.
self of the hill and battery, Ancl• obliged the Second
Army to retire and take up its position in afipentent
with the First Army, keeping some hills in its front,
on which batteries were erected. On the morning of
the 26th, the French with all their force again fell on
rrince Bagrathion ; after a desperate resistance broke
in upon him ; obliged his retreat in some disorder ;
and the reserves of the First Army were under the
necessity of moving to the left and front, to cover his
works' and oppose the enemy • which service was
effectually executed, and the Second Army being rat.:
lied again, advanced into battle, and in its tyrn sup-
ported the troops that had covered it. The Russian
line was, however, obliged to throw back its left a
little, so as to form an angle with a part of the centre
and right. At the salient point .or this angle was a
battery, which if taken and kept by óe enany, would
have commanded the whole &nation position, and
obliged a retreat. Bonaparte finding that the Rus-
sians' remained steady, notwithstanding his tremen-
dous artillerz crossiftire, roam; to have 40 work• •

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c4ried, various attempts were made daring tr
day, by OYalrt And- infantry, but they were always
repulsed.
46 Towards nine o'clOck int the morning, General
Bonami had, however, lodged himself in morning,
battcry,
in front of the Russian left; but General Gorenoulolf
aeixing the conunanctof a column (for he was a staff
officer), rushed upon the battery. re-carried it, pu
every man in it to the bayonet, except General Bun.
arni, who fairly escaped with twenty wound;, one of
I which struck into his breast. Towards dusk, thc
enemy's force retired, abandoning the battery, whicl.
he had again carried about four o'clock in the after.
noon, and which battery had been taken and te-tal.er,
three times during the day. He gradually withdtea
back upon some works in his rear, out of Cdtraill
shot, and from thence fell back about two wersts and
an half with his main body ; giving orders lot
heavy guns, &c. to retire upon Isfosjaisk. The Ru..
aim army remained upon the field until the next
evening, when Prince hutusoff fell back three wcrst.
with his main body, and left General Platow, nat.
his Cossacks, to occupy the ground in ficont of
rodino.

!, Thus terminated in the field the memorable bat.
tle of Borodino; and so far it resembled the bau!e
of Preuss Eylau, but not in its consequences: tur
Eylau preserved Konigsberg, whereas Borodino .ic.
celerated the loss of Moseuw. I Am, however, u.-
chned to think, that Borodino, theoretically, was ,rt
the field amore decisive victory than Eylau, as the
Russians there quitted the ground during the sane
night ; whereas, at Borodino, it was the enemy who
withdrew. It, however, greatly differed from Erlali
in its progress; for Borodino was a battle on points,
Eylau was a parade battle, genor4l throughout the
line, and covering every man in the field with it:
iron canopy. The Russians had more than 609
guns in the field, but the fire was sustained by about
'4OB pieces.
44 The loss at Borodino to the Russian army was,
perhaps, severe, as it now appears that .25,000 we”
killed or wounded (at least one-half killed), and
above 1500 officers, of whom three Generals were
killed, and nine wounded.
14 The loss of the enemy could npt but be fa:
greater—calculation so fa- could not err ; but it now
appears, from their own correspondence, that t 1.4
estimate their loss at 26 Generals hart de combat ((:
whom seven were killed), and 35,000 me."

LISBON MAIL.
LISBQN, JAZIU4RY ;4.
Lord Wellington has been promised every 4141.0
he required at Cadiz.
The abolition of the Inquisition, the supprtsAion
of the Convents and establizirment of persons not
noble by birth, in the departments formerly occupied
by Nobles alone, appear to have caused considerable
discontent among the Clergy and Nobility of the an.
cient regime, some of whom, in conjdhetion with
King Joseph's partisans, have publishea libels,
Ole... Regency- and against british influence. T.ree
or four of the leaders of this faction were arrested in
Seville. The Regency, it is reparted,:deptantied of
the Cones a tempcirary suspension of the Habeai
Carpus, to make father arrests, which was refused
by the Cones, who did not think the affair of stilEi
cient importava to require so strong a ovasure,—
Qne of the libels above noticed was to the following
effeet The streets of Sevilla present to the Simi
nisli people, to that people ever pious and frieridly to
the monks, a spectacle which must excite the must
painful sentiments--liriests, who never could have
believed that: the smallest opposition could be wadi
to their assembling, present themselves : the Intend.
ant commands them, :n the name of the Governs
ment, not to assemble, and prohibits their entrance
into the monasteries ; they entreat, they supplicate,
but they are not heard ; they are abandoned, they
are repulsed, and in order to avoid dying %itzi hun-
ger, these wretches disperse themselves through the
streets, and beg their bread from tloor to door, cla'd
in -those sacred habits which the people revere they
stop in the public places, at the doors Qf the churches,
and there implore the pity of the populace. What
have these ministers of GOD done ? What crime bail
they committed ? Ike. Ste."

A Barcelona Paper, of the 3d of December, which
has been received, contains several official reports to
General Decaen, the Commandant, on the sub er:
of the late conspiracy among. the citiaens. It is itf•
firmed in these, on thq authority ot a voluminous con!
respondence, found in the possession ot Joseph Baigcs,
merchant, in Barcelona, that the design 14 poisoning •
the French garrison had been suggested and all tinged
by General Lacy, Commander ot the Patriotic foi ;
that it was to have been executed, by introducing at-
sonic and other poisonous substances into the water,
yeast, and meal, of which the bread for the poops
WAS to be made--and that the city, forts, and citadel
of Barcelona, were to have been attached and carried
by the conspirators, at the moment the garriscd had
began to feel the effects of *poison.
While this was passing within; it had been arranged
that the Patriotic army should give the assault with-
out, to facilitate the success of which, the ramprts
of the city, and powder ma sines in the citadel,
were to have been mined, and ready, on an appointed
signal, to be blowq up. We are not told in what
manner the conspiracy was discovered; but it appears
to have been the third attempt which had heen trus.
trated within a very short period. The French er
press great abhorreiwe of this conspiracy ; but in what
Manner did they obtain possession of the SpaniAt
fortresses

Tht-following persons, implicated in the conspt•
racy, had been apprehended, tried by a military corn•
mission, and ordered to be executed :
Pedro Corp y Sala, an ecclesiastic ; Mariano Llo•
bet, notary ; Joseph Marti and Domingo Esteve, gar'
deners ; Josegh Rucles, painter; Anthony Olivier, eit
dii ector of domaines ; Gaspatd Leonard, merchant;
Francisco Barret, receiver of the customs;
Ektrada, baker; Listaret, alias Pontons ; Melchior
Catafu, hosier ; Andrew Muns and Joseph Casanova:,
domestics; Paula Riccart, Bernardina Riccart, anl
Francisco Villegas, merchant, all of Baroloa ; I.'•
sept &Ages, rherchant, of Barcelonett, ; Est,'"
Pages, notary of Grenouillers ; Narcis,a Roca, a ivy!
of ; Martin Mates. proprietor, of Tiana ; An 4
1).015b; Inerc4ant.

1111

•
, .
sal
*ions attempts were made during ter
dry' awl- infantry, but they were &Tway;
is nine jot the morning, General
„ however, lodged himself in morning,
battily,
e Russian left; but General Gorenoulolf
ommandof a column (for he was a Staff
hed upon the battery. re-carried it, psi
rt it to the bayonet, except General Bon.
irly escaped with twenty wound;, one of
k into his *breast. Towards dusk, at,
:e retired, abandoning the battery, whic:,
n carried about four o'clock in the after.
hich battery had been taken and te-tal.er,
luring the day. He gradually withdrew ial
some works in his rear, out of caratre iii
• thence fell back about two wersts and
h his main body ; giving orders for I.::
&c. to retire upon Islosjaisk. The Rut.. tit
remained upon the field until the next
en Prince hutusoff fell back three wcrst.
tin body, and left General Platow,
r, to occupy the ground in i'ront of 110.
ermina. ted in the field the memorable hat.
lino; and so far it resembled the battle 61
tylau, but not in its consequences: fur ao
;vied Konigsberg, whereas Borodino ac.
fie loss of Moseuw. I am, hoisever,
ink, that Borodino, theoretically, was 'a
uore decisive victory than Eylau, as the ion
ere quitted the ground during the same Ai
areas, at Borodino, it, was the enemy who FA
It, however, greatly differed from Erlav th
ess ; for Borodino was a battle on points,
a parade battle, general throughout the Tau
overing every man in the field with it: of
y. The Russians had more thap 609 bo
field, but the fire was sustained by about psi
,ss at Borodino to the Russian atmy was,
vere, as it now appears that 25,000 were a
rounded (at least one-half killed), and du
officers, of whom three Generals were an
nine wounded.
ob.
.oss of the enemy could npt but be fa: a
ilculation so far could not err ; but it now
out their own correspondence, that t 1.4
eir loss at 26 Generals hors de combat ((:
a were killed), and 35,000 mee." ..e
.=••••=01.11 0
LISBON MAIL.
411.7••= ,1•11 he
LISBQN, JAPILIAItY ;4. tro
eflington has been promised every ;Nog in
at Cadiz.
an;
lition of the Inquisition, the suppresaion
rents and establiAiment of persons not
rt,ft, in the departments formerly occupied to
alone, appear to have caused considerable Ea
among the Clergy and Nobility of the an. th,
ne, some of whom, conjithcrion with t&
ales partisans have p üblishea libels,
ry,- and against British influence. T.ree frc_,
the leaders of this faction were arrested in BO
['he Regency, it is reported:demanded of tea
temporary suspension of the Habeas be
a make father arrests, which was refused ow
tes, who did not think the affair of sulEi
nave to require so strong a rivaswe,— "
libels above noticed was to the following wfi
The streets of Sevilla present p the Simi fax
to that people ever pious and friendly to tb!
, a spectacle which must excite the must
ptiments—Priests, who never could have (31.•
hit: the smallest opposition could be made eff
,embling, present themselves : the Intend. CS
ands them, :n the name of the Governs
to assemble, and prohibits their entrance RI
onasteries ; they entreat, they supplicate,
ire not heard ; they are abandoned, they ag
d, and in order to avoid dying %kit bun- Of
wretches disperse themselves through the SE
1 beg their bread from door to door, 44 64
cred habits which the people revere they
public places, at the doors of the churchata
implore the pity of the populace. What
ministers of GOD done What crime bail
pitted &c. aces"
sit
elona Paper, of the 3d of December, which cc
eceived, contains several official reports to ini
iecaen, the Commandant, on the sub.;ect th
conspiracy among. the citisens. It is sf• be
hese, on the authority ot a voluminous con!
re, found in the possession ot Joseph Baiges, to
in Barcelona, that the design ot poisoning • ne
garrison had been suggested and an tinged Pot
1 Lacy, Commander of the Patriotic loi.:e;
to have been executed, by introducing at- or
other poisonous substances into the water,
meal, of which the bread for the troops
rnade-r-and that the city, forts, and citadel tot
na, were to have been attacked and carried th,
ispirators, at the moment the garrison had for
trl the effects of the poison.
ais was passing %within; it had been arranged
atriotic army should give the assault with-
ilitate the success of which, the remelt:a di
, and powder ma :fines in the citadel, sir
me been mined, and ready, on an appointed
be blown up. We are not told in what
e conspiracy was discovered; but it appears
Lc,
en the third attempt which had been teas.
tin a very short period. The French er
t abhorrence of this conspiracy ; but in what
id they obtain possession of the SpaniAt ta,
lowing persons, implicated in the conset-
ac
been apprehended, tried by a military cook.
tlt
nd ordered to be' executed :
:ores y Sala, an ecclesiastic ; Mariano Llo•
nt
; Joseph Mani and Domingo Esteve, gar'
osegh Rude:, painter; Anthony Olivier, e 1 rn
domains; Gaspatd Leonard, merchant: sty
Barret, receiver of the customs ; JosePli
salter; Listaret, alias Pontons ; Melchior te
icier ; Andrew Muns and Joseph Casanova:, th
; Paula Riccart, Bernardina Riccart, aria 0
Villegas, merchant, all of Barolon i ; I.'•
es, thenchant, of Barcelonett, ; Est,'"
tory ot Grenouillers ; Narcis,a Roca, al
Martin Matas. proprietor, of Tiana ; 41,4
rW
• atercbant.

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THE EVENIN

LONDON.

STAR. '

MONDAY, FEBIZAiit
tRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE OtLOCits
tea. 59A —Cons. 50—Cons. %be see. 54
4 per Ct. 750-5 per Cent. 81541--Omnium nothing.
Ll.Anns.ls 5-16ths i-a-Ekchequer Bs.loe. premium.

A Lisbon Mail hks arrived via Kinsale, in Ireland,
triwre the packet landed a Messenger with dispatches
from the Marquis of WELLINGTON. The Messenger
trrived at the Foreign Office late on Saturday even-
ing, but the mail has been sent round with the packet,
is it is presumed, to Falmouth, for it has not yet
,:lched the Post-Office. In the mean time, we refer
Or Readers to the intelligence from Lisbon, inserted
in the preceding page.

Letters from Caen, in Normandy, of the 25th ult. ,
state, that great expectations were entertained
throughout I'rance of a General Peace. Count '
fiTAHREMBERG is also said to be on his War to this
country from Vienna, as the bearer of the offers which
are to conciliate Russia and England. It is only ne-
cessary to mention these proposals to slttw their utter
inadequacy to the grand object wbichithe French and
Austrian Cabinets profess to have iii view. BONA-
PARTE is willing to admit the Vistula to be the sou-
thern boundary of the Russian Empire—to grant•an
iudeuinity to the Duke of OLDENBURG for the seizure
of his territories ; and, finally, to permit Russia to
hold a commercial intercourse with England—ad-
:nimble condescension I
That proposals have been made by BONAPARTE for
a general pacification, we have no doubt, and if
they are not precisely in the above terms, that they
are equally extravagant we are also confident. His
object is not Peace ! Tt is war, eternal, unmitigated
war, by which he supports his existence ! The delay,
therefore, of a few months, consumed in the daily
passing of Couriers to and from Paris, Vienna, St.
Petersburgh, and probably London, will enable him
to " turn himself round" and make another desperate
effort against the rising independence of Europe. In
the mean time he is summoning around him all the
troops which can be spared froni the departments,
and issuing Commercial Licences in profusion for the
supply of his exhausted Treasury.

He cannot surely expect that Russia will accede
to his unprincipled proposal of merging the whole of
East Prussia and Poland (so lately regenerated) into
the Russian Empire, or accept of an Indemnity for
the Duke of OLDENBURG, which must be made up
from the robberies committed on some other degraded
Sovereign. His permission to Russia to carry on
trade with England is indeed a most magnanimous
boon t He forgets, however, that the unparalleled
successes of the Russians have made them masters
aot only of their own harbours, but of those of the
whole of the Baltic ; and he treats with equal indif-
ferent& the solemn declaration of ALEXANDER, that
the present is not a war of territory, of animosity, or
of selfish policy on his part, but a magnanimous
effort to restore the balance of power in Europe, and
to place it on a basis from which it never can be
Aitken ! We have no doubt that the Ministers of
Russia and England are fully upon their guard
against all insidious attempts to suspend the destinies

of the Great NAPOLEON, which seem now irrevocably
fixed ! His ruin is inevitable, if Russia preserves
the formidable attitude in which her successes have
placed her.